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Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana--The BIG Show Of The Interior
THE NENANA PAIL Y NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918
NUMBER 74
ALLIES AWAIT NEW ATTACK IN WEST
AMERICANS MAKE SUCCESSFUL RAID ON ENEMY
, NUMBERS ARE DRAWN FOR NEW ARMY ADDITION
ALUES EXPECT NEW
WESTERN OFFENSIV
Associated Press Summary—All 's
quiet along the battleline on the
Western front and the Allied forces
are resting, but ever on the alert
| in anticipation of the great German
offensive which, it is expected, will
be launched at any moment. There
has been considerable activity in
the air and the reports brought
by aerial scouts indicate that the
enmy is preparing to launch an of
fensive on a gigantic scale.
Several encounters have also taken
place between the scouts of the
opposing armies; the French and
IT British airmen yesterday forced
thirty-six German machines to land.
The Berlin report claims that twelve
Allied machines were downed.
AUSTRIANS WIPED OUT
ROME—Advices received from
the Italian field headquarters state
that a surprise attack was delivered
by the Italians on the advanced
positions of the Austrians in the
mountain regions which resulted in
the eenmy being practically anni
•*- hilated. The attack was very bril
liantly conducted and was marked
by its active intensity. The enemy
were taken completely by surprise
and the rapidity with which the at
tack was pressed have gave the ene
my no time to offer any strong re
sistance. The slaughter was im
mense.
BIG CAPTURE BY YANKEES
WITH THE AMERICANS.—The
war office is advised that the Ameri^
can troops operating in the Belleac
Wood sector of the battlefront made
a drive on the German posts in tha1
neighborhood and succeeded in put
ting the enemy to rout. Our troops
in this operation, captured three
hundred and eleven prisoners, elever
big machine guns, ten automatic
rifles and a large quantity of small
arms, ammunition and other wai
material.
The whole of the Marne battle
front is reported to be quiet Iasi
night.
BRITISH ADVANCE
LONDON—Official despatches re
ceived today from the British field
headquarters in France state that
the British forces attacked the Ger
man position to the east of Haze
brouk and captured, it, inflicting
heavy losses on the enemy, who were
driven back.
UNCLE SAM GETS
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—American
youths of the class of 1918 stood
at attention as the numbers assigned
each man who had attained his
majority in the year ending June 5,
1918, were drawn in the national
draft lottery.
The historic events of a year ago
were repeated today as the numbers
representing 744,500 youths were
drawn.
It is believed that all the men
drawn who will be placed in Class
One will be called to the colors be
fore the end of the year.
The first number to be drawn was
246, the sond 1168 and the third
818.
POSTAGE RATEi RAISED
ON ENGLAND’S LETTERS
LONDON.—Until the new budget
put a war tax on mail, this country
had been sending letters for a
penny—two American cents—for
seventy-eight years. Not until 1870
was the postcard introduced. It has
required a half-penny stamp, now
raised to a penny, for inland de-'
livery
Papers here express the belief
that the increased postal charges
will cause more post cards to be
used. In announcing the increase
of half a penny for letter postage,
the chancellor of the exchequer
pointed out that the new rate had
been fixed by all the big countries
of the world.
A. E. Light, territorial officer for
the suppression of the liquor traffic,
with headquarters at Ruby, was a
visitor in Nenana yesterday. He is
making his annual tour of the In
terior districts.
TEST VOTE TAKEN
Test Vote In House on Prohibition
Results In Adoption of
Resolution
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Another
test vote taken in the house on pro
hibition resulted in the adoption of
the resolution by a vote of 112 to
92. The resolution was to the effect
that the President be called upon to
inform the house whether any rul
ings had been made regarding the
curtailing of supplies to liquor man
ufacturers by the Railroad Admini
stration board, the War Industries
board and the War Trading hoard.
The resolution and the subsequent
votes on it served to test the feel
ing of the house in their attitude
toward the question of prohibition.
GAS BOAT AMOCAT
IS STUCK ON BAR
It is reported that the two well
known traveling salesmen, Joe Me
herin and S. E. Wing, who left here
Sunday morning on the boat the
Amocat, ran into a little tough luck
in the way of bar finding in this
dry territory of ours, and as a re
sult of her instinctive proclivities,
the “crew” were forced to spend
about 72 hours in one place, some
where between Nenana and Hot
Springs. Hr is also reported that
the mosquitoes were very active
during salvage operations. The boat
was finally gotten off the bar and
the party proceeded down river.
Foods that may be substituted for
sugar are raisins, maple syrup, corn
syrup, sorghum and molasses.
If you have a sweet-tooth, pull it.
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PUT 10 DEATH
Former Emperor of Russia Was Pul
To Death By the Bolsheviki
Followers.
PARIS. — A despatch received
from Kiev today gives confirmation
to the rumor current some time ago
| that former Czar Nicholas of Russia
had been killed.
j The despatch further adds that
! the former czar was killed by the
i Bolsheviki troops during their re
. treat on Ekaterinburg.
A report from Geneva states that
, the Ukraine Bureau at Laussane
| announced having received confir
] mation of the report that the Bol
: sheviki gave the former czar a short
trial at Ekaterinburg, at which he
was condemned and later shot to
deftth. _ Details are lacking.
Former German Embassy At Rome
Visited By Mob Celebrating
Great Piave Victory.
ROME.—During the celebration
of the Italian victory on the Piave
river, a mob rushed Capitoline Hill,
burst into Pallazo, Caffarelli, for
mer residence of the German min
ister at the head of the capitol steps,
and destroyed everything belonging
to the embassy. Portraits of the
kaiser, which were found on the
i walls, where they had been left by
| the diplomats, were torn down and
I trampled upon, and the Italian flag
I was hoisted above the building.
FRAUD DISCOVERED
IN SPIRIT CITY
SEATTLE.—According to an an
nouncement made today by the
clearing house and several individual
banks in Seattle, forged checks,
bearing the name of Skinner & Eddy
the big shipbuilding firm, in amount
exceeding twenty thousand dollars,
were cashed Saturday by merchants
of this city.
The fraud was first discovered
when the checks wen£ through th {
clearing house and the authorities
were apprised of it.
An investigation is now under
way, the authorities being assisted
by the victimized merchants and
bankers.
FORMER RUSSIAN LEADER
IS NOW IN LONDON
LONDON.—Kerensky, the Russian
; patriot and reformer who, it was
thought had been killed by the Rus
sian imperialists some time ago, ar
rived in London today on his way
: to the United States.
He was reecived with great cheers
by a large number of labor leaders
assembled in conference and after
wards addressed the gathering.
He said that it was certain that
the Russian people would soon join
in the fight for the great cause for
freedom.
ARK IN PORI
! FROM FAIRBANKS
1 Steamer Alaska Takes Away Many
Nenana Passengers Bound for
the States.
The American Yukon Navigation
company’s liner Alaska arrived in
Nenana this afternoon at five o’clock
land sailed again shortly after for
Dawson.
She took away the following pass
engers from Nenana, all of whom
are bound for the States :Margaret
Stranberg, Howard P. Curtis, Mrs.
W. S. Rogers, Wilma Rogers, Earl
Owens, Mrs. Owens, J. A. McGovern
A. Satterquist, O. A. Strom, Walter
Hollerbach, Mrs. Kate Masters, Sam
Lowderbach, John Francis, Tillie
Wiseman and P. J. Wenn.
Those bound for Hot Springs are
Bob Steele, Charles Sundstadt, Joe
Brondino and Jack Winterbottom.
The Fairbanks passengers on board
were as follows: Mrs. Ceaphil Moffet
A. Hyde and wife for Vancouver;
Carl Taipole, Mrs. Anna Taipole, G.
A. Peruse, Mrs. Peruse, M. G. Leach
and wife, Carl Wigen, Victor Lund
blad, Mrs- H. J. W’empe, Mary
Wempe, John Fortman, Mrs. Frank
B. Hall and four children for Seattle.
John Dahl, F. G. Dunn and Julius
Sward for Skagway. Chas. Schaef
fer and Mrs. N. L. Peterson for Hot
Springs, J. Anderson and wife for
Tanana.
Messrs B. H. Bamdollar and A.
J. Hewitt were the only passengers
for Nenana.
She brought a little freight for
local merchants and some mail.
GERMANS WARNED
OF HARDER TIMES
Populance Advised to Make Pre
parations for Another Winter
of Fighting.
NEW YORK—The German people
are being warned that they must
prepare for another winter of war.
In announcing that this was prob
able, Conrad Haussman, a progres
sive member of the German reich
tag, said in a speech at Stuttgart as
reported by the Berlin Tageblatt,
that it is necessary to give the
warning to prevent public disap
pointment. Germany, he said, saw
through the desire of the Prussian
upper house to rule the empire.
Never, he added, will salvation come
from these super-Prussians. The
Prussian upper house was arming to
storm against Kuehlmann (foreign
minister) and the imperial govern
ment. Kuehlmann had fallen into the
bad graces of the supermen. He
was exposed to a concentrated at
tack of those who considered nego
tiations during which one pounds
the table as the most salutary.
Mrs. C. H. Wilson, wife of the
well konwn railroad contractor, is
a town visitor. While in Nenana
she will be the guest of Mr and
Mrs. CharleB Hall.
FOR SIBERIANS IS
NOW ON IIIOB
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich
Is Chosen Head of New
Siberian Government.
AMSTERDAM.—In a despatch
from Moscow received here today,
it is reported that a new government
for Siberia has been formed.
Grand Duke Michael Alexandro
vich, younger brother of the former
czar of all the Russians, has been
chosen the head of the government
and he has issued a manifesto to the
Russian people.
SUSPECTED RAIDER
SIGHTEDOEF COAST
Maste** of Merchant Vessel Observes
Suspicious Looking Steamer
At Sea.
NORFOLK, Va.—The master of
an incoming freighter reported to
day that four days ago, when his
vessel was about one hundred and
fifty miles off the Virginia Capes
he sighted a strange craft and is of
the opinion from the observations
made of the actions of the stranger,
that she is either a German raider
or a mother ship to enemy sub
marines operating on the Atlantic
coast.
The navy department has taken
steps to investigate the report and
destroyers detached from the patrol
squadron have been despatched with
instructions to capture or sink the
stranger if she proves to be an
enemy vessel.
MO RICK RAISE j
MONEY J0JI6HN HON
Islanders Subscribe Six Million
Dollars to Three Liberty Loans
of America.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico—Six mil
lion dollars in subscriptions to the
three Liberty Loans is, in round
figures, Porto Rico’s investment of
money in the war.
On the first loan approximately
$700,000 was subscribed in the is
land, while Jnearly all of the large
subscriptions were placed direct in
the United States. Subscriptions of
sugar companies to the first loan,
placed in the States, amounted to
close to a half million dollars, one
subscription alone having been $200,
000. Total subscriptions in the is
land to the second loan were $1,
986,900, while to the third loan the
total subscriptions were $2,783,050.
With the increase in the total
amount subscribed the number of
subscribers also increased. The de
partment of finance reports 4,877
subscribers to the second loan and
8,714 to the third.
Wheat is needed for the front
line trench “over there.”
pus FAVOR
PUTTING NATION
ON HE WAGON
Agricultural Committee Vote* For
National Prohibition During
Coming Year. 1
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Notwith
standing the fact that Chairman
Hurley and Bainbridge Colby, of
the Shipping Board, are vigorously
opposing prohibition on the grounds
that it will interfere with the work
of shipbuilding, the senate agri
j cultural committee has agreed to
an amendment to the eleven billion
dollar emergency agricultural appro
priation bill, providing for national
prohibition. The manufacture of
whiskey and wine is to be prohibited
after June 30, 1919, and the manu
facture and sale of beer is to be
prohibited three months after the
final approval of the bill by the
j President.
Members of the Shipping Board
declare that if the shipyard workers
are unable to get beer when they
want it, the work of the yards will
suffer to the extent of twenty-five
per cent. Chairman Hurley told
the members of the house agricul
tural committee the other day, in
opposing a similar amendment pend
ing before that body, that the pres
ent is no time to experiment with
prohibition on a national scale.
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Location Party at 20-Mile Are Now
Making Slight Adjustment
on D Line.
The location party camped near
20-Mile, under Resident Engineer
Kenneth Case and Howard G. Has
lem with their respetcive staffs, have
been engaged during the past few
days in making a slight revision of
the original survey of the new
railroad location, known as the D
line.
The revision is merely to make
a small adjustment of the first sur
vey line and will not materially
affect the line as it now stands.
The work is expected to be finished
on Saturday.
A wagon road is now being con
structed from the old right of way
near the camp at 20-Mile for a dis
tance of about eight miles to the
new location, for the purpose of
having the material and supplies
now at the 20-Mile camp hauled to
the new line.
About six and one-half miles of
this road has been completed and
the piledriver is now being hauled
over this road. It is expected that
the piledriver will be used to drive
a trestle across a small stream that
crosses the new right of way near
the present camp of the location
party.