If It s Authentic Youll Find It In The Nenana Daily News First
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, alaska Monday, august 26, 1918. number 120
GERMAN COUNTER FLAT FAILURE
ALLIES PRESSING FORWARD STEADILY
JAPS DEFEAT BOLSHEV1K1 IN SIBERIAN BATTLE
BRITISH MAKE GAINS;
FRENCH ROUT ENEMY
u
The British forces operating in
, the Scarpe sector of the battlefront
delivered a powerful attack today
to the east of Arras and succeeded
in drivng the enemy farther back
and making good progress. South
east of Mory and west of Croiselles
the British have improved their
positions, and despite the heavy fall
of rain they attacked brilliantly and
captured the town of Favreuil, a
mile and a half to the north-east
of Baupaume.
It is unofficially reported that
the town of Baupaume has also
fallen to the British, as the result
of the fighting yesterday.
On both sides of the Somme the
British lines have been advanced
slightly and progress made towards
Maricourt, .four miles north-west of
Bray
In today’s attacks the British
forces drove the enemy before them
and captured the towns of Monchy
le Preu, Guemappe and Jancourt,
five miles south-east of Arras, and
penetrating farther south, have cap
tured and occupied Mory. Advanc
ing from Mory in a south-easterly
direction, the troops progressed for
a distance of two miles on a four
mile front.
BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS
PARIS.—Since August 21st the
British have taken twenty-thousand
German prisoners.
MAN POWER SHORT
WITH THE AMERICANS.—Ac
cording to the belief entertained by
soldiers in the German army who
have been recently taken prisoner
by our troops, the Germans are not
planning any more offensives be
cause of a serious shortage of their
man power. The prisoners also
stated that the German soldiers have
no more enthusiasm for the war
and would be glad to quit fighting.
> ATTACK FAILS UTTERLY
PARIS-—According to reports re
ceived from Jjie front today, the
Germans attempted a counter of
fensive on a large scale against the
right wing of the French army be
tween Vailley and Soissons. The
French troops, who were ready for
t any emergency, met the attack very
spiritedly, and desperate fighting
ensued, at the end of which the
Germans were compelled to fall
back on their positons, leaving a
great many dead on the field of
battle. Their counter was a com
plete failure.
BRITISH ADVANCE
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS—In
the operations conducted by the
British yesterday they captured an
additional fifteen hundred prisoners
i - and many guns, Field Marshal Haig’s
_ forces have swung forward as far
as Longueval, north of the Somme.
To the north of Baupaume, the
British have succeeded in driving
the Huns farther back, inflicing
'heavy losses on them. The British
have now advanced their lines as
far as the Baupaume-Beugnatre road
and have established themselves
there.
BAUPAUME SURROUNDED
WITH THE BRITISH.—Despite
the great and desperate efforts be
ing put forth by the Germans to
stem the advancing tide of the Brit
ish soldiers, the town of Baupaume
is being slowly surrounded, and the
cordon of the attacking forces is
being gradually closed up.
FRENCH ADVANCE
—
PARIS.—The French army under
General Mangin, who are operating
| on a wide front between the Oise
and the Aisne and who last Friday
drove the Huns across the Ailette
valley and took five thousand pris
oners, today repulsed the furious
onslaughts of the Hun troops every
where along the line. The gallant
Frenchmen gained much ground and
in some places on the battleline
have flung the enemy even beyond
their starting point.
ARRAS POSITION RELIEVED
WITH THE BRITISH—The Brit
ish, in a series of strong attacks
delivered today, have succeeded in
throwing back the German line
southeast of Arras, considerably re
viving the position of that city,
which was being menaced by the
Hun batteries who were operating
within range of the town.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
attack delivered by the Allied armies
today is a new development of the
terrific battle raging to the east
of Ancre. The British appear to
be quite near the old Hindenburg
line south of Arras, and if success
crowns their efforts along the
Scarpe, they would be in a position
to force the Germans to retreat
over a wide section farther south.
Since last Wednesday, the Ger
mans have been driven eatstwards
for a distance of four miles on a
thirty-mile front, the greatest Allied
gain on this front being a depth
of six miles at some points.
MUCH BRITISH SOIL
UNDER CULTIVATION
LONDON.—The food production
department estimates that there is
under cultivation in Great Britain
more than 200,000 acres in allot
ments. Some of this land under
cultivation by individuals is in the
great parks of London, even Hyde
Park not being spared. In the city
the individuals pay about twenty
five cents a year for plots from
thirty to forty feet in length to
fifteen or twenty feet in width.
Food officials say there are more
than 1,400,000 allotments and that
about 100,000 acres of potatoes are
growing in plotted ground.
SENATE TAKES OP
MAN POWER BIEL
WASHINGTON, D. C—The mem
bers of the Senate are now con
sidering the man power bill as
passed by the house of representa
tives and tfie hope is expressed that
they may be able to dispose of it
tomorrow.
The bill as passed by the House
make provision for the drafting of
all men between the ages of 21
and 45- It also contains an amend
ment which provides for the educa
tion at Government expense, of all
soldiers under 21 years of age after
the war.
As the new man power bill calls
for the induction of men between
the ages of 21 and 45, the education
provision in the bill will probably
affect only those who have joined
the army before attaining 21 years
of age.
I
A Temporary Engineering Camp
Ha* Been Formed on the
Nenana-Fairbank* Line.
To take care of the grading and
other work on the Nenana-Fairbanks
line, the engineering party in
charge of Mr. J. J. Kestley have
gone into camp near Roland’s camp,
a few miles out of town and across
the Tanana river.
Bruce Huntting, who until re
cently was in the engineering party
under Resident Engineer Howard G
Haslem at camp 385, has been ap
pointed transitman and went out to
the new camp this morning.
EL PASO SURVEY FINDS
USEFUL INDUSTRIES
EL PASO- — Industrial alcohol,
made from cacti, overalls for Amer
ican soldiers in France, and old tin
cans are some of the things the
war industrial survey has discovered
of value in its recent survey of El
| Paso. One local firm makes a
1 specialty of manufacturing blue
denim overalls and it may be pos
1 sible to obtain cotton for these
from the Laguna cotton fields, near
Torreon, Mex. The alcohol, used
, extensively in the manufacture of
! munitions, is manufactured at the
cactus alcohol plant near Fort Bliss
from desert cacti. Tin cans are
i bought at the smelter here for the
! metal contained in them and will
be salvaged from the city dump
piles.
Miss Margaret O’Connor, of the
Ruby Telephone company, has re
signed her position and is on her
way to Fairbanks on the steamer
Tanana to visit her parents and
sisters who reside there. She in
tends going Outside this fall.
Tommy Scott, one of the engin
eering party stationed at camp 400,
paid a brief visit to town. He came
in yesterday and left again it.is
morning.
JAP TRROPS ARE
MAKING GOOD IN
SIBERIAN ARENA
Our Jap Allies Score Victory Against
the Bolsheviki on Ussuri River
Front In Siberia .
LONDON.—According to a des
patch received by the war office
; from Vladivostok today, the Japan
, ese troops are rapidly completing
their concentration on the Ussuri
river front and at Engenueka.
Japanese sailors, supported by ar
mored cars, attacked the Bolsheviki
troops in the face of a very heavy
artillery fire and succeeded in rout
ing them.
Last Friady the Bolsheviki troops
under the Hun commanders, gained
a slight advantage on the Ussuri
front before the Allied troops had
an opportunity to prepare their de
fenses. The Allies have now more
than evened the score and have com
pelled a retreat of the Bolsheviki.
WHOLE M GOES
M AUCilON SALE
LONDON.—Any man whose am
bition is to own a whole town will
have an opportunity to satisfy his
desire here next month. By direc
| tion of Lord Stalbridge, the owner,
i the entire town of Shaftesbury will
| be put on the auction block, in
! eluding private houses, banks, post
i offices, stores, offices, hotels and
three saloons. The town is located
i in a picturesque part of Derbyshore,
j perched on the top of a hill in the
| midst of rolling farm country. The
nearest railway station is three
miles distant, at Semley.
i Sales of great estates are fre
: quent in these days, when taxes are
eating up profits, and many of the
younger generation of the nobility
iare losing their lives on the battle
' fields. This is the first sale of an
entire town which has been ar
ranged.
PUBLIC LAND SURVEYS
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
The Public Land Surveys in this
district which are being conducted
under the supervision of U. S.
j Cadastral Engineer Woodbury Abbey
assisted by U. S. Transitman E. C.
Guerin, are progressing rapidly and
i it is expected that the work will be
: completed in a short time.
The party under Mr. Guerin work
ing from the line of the old survey
( near Chena, are continuing the sur
i veys, making the subdivisions, to
; wards Nenana.
The party under Mr. Abbey will
, continue on east of town on both
j sides of the Tanana river until the
party under Mr. Guerin is met.
It is expected that the entire sur
vey planned for this season will be
completed long before the clase of
! navigation.
I
LOSS OF SEAPLANE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The navy
department announced today that
an American sea plane, with its
crew of three men had been lost
off Fire Island.
The lost plane with several others
was engaged in practice evolutions
in the neighborhood of Fire Island,
and when well out to sea, two of
the swiftly moving planes collided,
resulting in the loss of one of them.
The other colliding plane, though
' badly damaged, managed to reach
| the shore.
WINTER HOUSES
TO BE ERECTED
AT CAMP LEWIS
To Permit of Military Training In
Bad Weather, Special Structure*
Will Be Put Up.
WASHINGTON’, D C.—To insure
uninterrupted field training and so
that bad weather will not interfere
with such training, special struc
tures are to be erected at Camp
Lew’is immediately.
All of the other large training
camps throughout the country will
also have such buildings erected so
that our boys will get the benefit
of field training uninteruptedly, but
which now has to be abandoned dur
ing the prevalance of bad weather.
knitiingIlub
MEETING SOON
Newly Formed Patriotic Club Ex
tend* Invitation to Ladie* of
District to Join.
Mrs. J. R. Bowen, chairman ol
the local Red Cross branch, an
nounces that the first meeting ol
the newly organized knitting clut
will be held at the home of Mrs
Herman Anderson, on First street
at 2 o’clock on the afternoon ol
Thursday, August 28th.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the ladies of Nenana who have
not yet joined the club and an op
portunity to do so will be giver
them at the meeting to be held or
Thursday afternoon.
Carl Schmidt has joined the cleri
cal force of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission as timekeeper. He
assumed duties today and will be
attached to the head office at pres
ent.
E. C. Guerin, U. S. transitman.
now with the parties on the Pu'.Cc
Land Surveys, arrived in town yes
terday. He returned to his camp
this morning.
The war comes first. Save food
and help the great cause along.
STEEL WORKERS
Steel Worker* of Emergency Fleet
Corporation Demand Better
Working Conditions
SEATTLE.—Over a thousand em
ployees of the Pacific Coast Steel
company who are now engaged in
contracts for the building of vessels
for the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion, went on a strike today.
The strikers demand better pay
and that the working conditions be
made similar to those imposed on
other shipyard workers.
It is expected that steps will be
taken immediately to look into their
i grievances with a view to getting
the men to resume work.
I _
I
Seven Head of Horiei With Wagon*
and Equipment Arrive He-e
on Steamer Tanana.
On the steamer Tanana, which ar
rived in port last night, two freight
ing outfits arrived to seek employ
: ment, if possible, in this district.
They had been freighting in the
Ruby district for some time, but
cannot find employment there any
i longer, as business is almost dead
in that camp.
Fred Joyce owns the four horse
outfit and Fred Nelson brought a
three horse outfit, and both of these
men, it is presumed, will try to get
a grading contract which will give
them and their stock work until
times become better.
They jiad been engaged in the
freighting business in the Ruby min
ing district for a long time past and
possess very fine stock.
DONATIONS RECEIVED
FOR AMERICAN HOSPITAL
Mr. C. H. Hall, special disbursing
agent of the A. E. C., wishes to
acknowledge receipt of the following
donations toward the upkeep of the
beds in the American Hospital at
N'euilly, France:
Nenana employees.$225.50
Track-laying camp . 104.25
Surfacing camp . 109.50
Camp 385 . 59.00
Camp 373 . 46.50
CamP 9 . 19.50
Disbursing office box . 12.95
[ Postoffice box . 1.66
Telegraph office box . 2.10
Other contributions . 18.10
Total .$599.06
The money has been forwarded
to Mrs. Franklin K. Lane through
the Hon. E. C. Bradley, who is
Mr. Lane’s secretary.
Waste and want are twin sisters
and neither beautiful.