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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 137
BIG ST. MIH1EL SALIENT OBLITERATED
TWELVE THOUSAND GERMANS ARE CAPTURED
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YANKS IN ACTION
WIPE OUT HUNS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In the
great offensive undertaken by the
Americans on the St. Mihiel salient,
our troops, advancing over a four
teen mile front on the southern side
of the salient, penetrated for a dis
tance of eight miles along practically
the entire front. The troops are
driving forward very rapidly and
are giving the Huns no chance to
rest or reform their shattered col
umns. It is reported that our troops
have captured Vignuelles, Renoy,
Heudicourt and Boisdethiacourt. Vig
nuelles is seven and one-half miles
north of the town of Xivray, through
wh’ch the former German Jine ran.
Salient Narrowed.
If the American troops have cap
tured the towns named, as it is re
ported they have done, it means
that the neck of the St .Mihiel
salient has been narrowed to less
than six miles.
Huns In Peril.
If the two German divisions re
ported to be in the St. Mihiel salient
have failed to make their escape, it
is believed that it will be impossible
for them to get away, as the Ameri
cans are rapidly advancing towards
the ecnter from both the south and
the west side of the salient.
Destroying Munitions.
The Germans are reported to be
blowing up great ammunition dumps
preparatory to retreating from the
St. Mihiel salient. Aerial scouts re
port that explosions have occurred
at Hottonville and Domboux, where
they are known to have had large
supplies of munitions.
Prisoner* Taken.
In their advance along a fourteen
mile front on the southern side of
the St. Mihiel salient, our troops
captured 9500 prisoners and sixty
guns of large caliber.
Advance Continued.
On the west side of the St. Mihiel
salient, our troops advancing along
a twelve-mile front, encountered a
more stubborn resistance than that
offered by the enemy on the south
ern side. This is due largely to the
fact that on the west side of this
salient the country is rough and is,
consequently more easily defended.
The fighting here, though very stub
born and terrific, did not materially
check the advance of our boys, who
penetrated to a depth of three miles
over the entire line of advance of
twelve miles.
Opening Battle Seen
The opening battle of the Allied
offensive on the St. Mihiel salient,
which is dominating American, was
commenced by our troops and was
witnessed from behind the sheltei
of a fort behind the middle of th«
advancing line by Secretary of Wai
l Newton D. Baker and other civilian
notables. They were amazed at the
swiftness and dash of our boys, who,
advancing under a heavy rifle and
machine gun fire soon had the Hun
on the run.
GERMAN TRIBUTE
LONDON.—German prisoners cap
tured in the attacks on the St. Mihiel
salient state that although they ex
pected the Americans to attack, they
did not expect that it would be
made so rapidly and that consequenly
they had no time to complete their
preparations for offering a strong
resistance, as they were ordered to
do by their commanding officers.
! The points in the line of advance
I which the Germans defended very
j stubbornly and energetically, were
j easily captured by the Americans.
| Nothing seemed to be able to stop
| them as they swept onward through
ja hail of shot and shell.
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ATTACKS CONTINUING
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PARIS.—The Americans are con
tinuing their attacks very vigorously
near St. Mihiel and are meeting with
success everywhere. The French
troops have captured the town of
Savy.
NIGHT ADVANCE
WITH THE AMERICANS—All
! through the night the Americans
steadily and unceasingly advanced
on the St. Mihiel salient and over
coming all opposition, have reached
and passed all of their objectives,
while German prisoners kept pouring
in. Our troops, however, met with
less resistance than they expected
after having penetrated some dis
tance, except at one point, where the
Germans attempted to make a stand.
A short and decisive, though furious
action was fought here and our
boys compelled them to give ground,
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GERMANS COUNTER
Later the Germans made one big
counter attack in an attempt to stem
I the onrushing American tide. They
j began their protective barrage fire
I a little to early and thus gave the
| Americans warning of the coming
! infantry attack and when it did
i come our lads were more than pre
pared. They met the German rush
with a perfect inferno of rifle and
machine gun fire and with a wild
yell, charged with fixed bayonets
into their battered ranks before the
Huns had time to recover from the
effects of the leaden hail and did
terrific execution. The German
| counter was a signal failure.
CENSOR OBJECTS
—
| PARIS.—The entire St. Mihiel
salient has been reduced. The cen
sor will not permit the publication
of the names of the towns anil vil
lages forming the present American
line on the St. Mihiel salient.
SALIENT CAPTURED
LONDON-—In an offensive un
dertaken by the Americans on the
St. Mihiel salient they have suc
ceeded in eliminating the entire
salient and driving the Huns to cover
in great disorder and with heavy
losses.
Prisoners Taken.
The Americans have captured
twelve thousand prisoners in the
present offensive.
CAMOUFLAGE
BERLIN.—It is officially reported
that during the night the Germans
evacuated the St. Mihiel salient,
which was liable to encirclement.
The evacuation of this salient had
been under consideration for some
years. “We are now standing on
new prepared lines”, the despatch
adds.
BERLIN.—We began evacuation
of St. Mihiel salient a few days ago,
anticipating a Freneh-American at
tack.
SUMMARY
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Associated Press Summary.—The
American offensive is continuing its
brilliantly successful course and with
the wiping out of the St. Mihiel sal
ient deals a very heavy blow to the
Germans in the loss of men and
material. The Germans are working
feverishly in their efforts to get the
men and guns out the salient.
GRADING CONTRACT LET
ON RESIDENCY THREE
J. W. Clark & Co. have been
awarded a contract for the grading
of a section of the right of way
lying between Station No. 18069 and
Station No. 18085 (Weir’s location),
a distance of sixteen hundred feet.
The portion of the road to be graded
is within the limits of residency 3
and is under the supervision of Resi
dent Engineer Howard G. Haslem.
There are three men on this con
tract, and December 1 has been set
as the date on which the work is
required to be completed.
Theodore Johnson returned to
Fairbanks yesterday on the launch.
He expects to leave for the Outside
in a few days.
Knut Roland, who has a grading
contract on a section of the Nenana
Fairbanks line, came into town last
night and left again for his camp
| this morning.
IKE MITCHEM, ALIAS BAILEY
ON WAY TO FAIRBANKS
E. H. Fernald, who arrived in
Nenana on the steamer Reliance,
stated to a News repreesntative that
; he met Fur Warden Cal Townsend
'at Tanana shortly before the.depar
ture of the steamer Reliance from
that port and in the course of con
versation learned a few facts re
garding the rearrest of Ike Mitcham
at Marshal City- It would appear
that Ike Mitcham was working on
one of the mines on Willow creek
under the name of Bailey, and ap
peared to be getting along pretty
well. He was recognized and his
identity reported to the deputy
marshal of Marshal City, who said
he could not make the arrest without
a warrant. The necessary warrant
was sworn out by Fur Warden Cal
Townsend and Mitcham, alias Bailey,
was arrested and placed in the jail
i there.
Townsend told Fernald that Mitch
am will be sent to Fairbanks on the
next boat bound up the Yukon from
St. Michael.
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OF DEPARTMENT
—
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Yester
: days registrations under the new
I man power bill have added about
; fourteen million to the man power
rolls of the nation.
According to all reports received
the registration has exceeded all ex
pectations.
BOILER HOUSE IS
NOW OEM BUILT
|
N«w Structure to Houie Boiler It
Being Built on Commission Yard
Near Engine House.
The steamer Shusana, which ar
’ rived in Xenana yesterday from Fair
' banks, brought a 40-horse power
I Pennsylvania boiler which had been
purchased recently by the A. E. C.
For the present the boiler will be
: used for heating the engine house
and machine shop and to run the
pumps in the engine house. Later
when the steam hammer, which has
| been ordered, is received and set up,
' will supply steam for the running
1 of this piece of machinery.
A boiler house is now in course
i of construction in the Commission
> yard, between the engine house and
the machine shop, sixty feet away
from each of those buildings. Gravel
is being dumped from the cars for
the purpose of raising the floor of
1 the boiler house to the level of the
1 tracks in the yard which have been
raised well above flood level, and it
is expected that the house will be
finished and ready for the installing
of the boiler in a few days.
“Full steam ahead” on canning—
“Slow” on sugar.
WASHINGTON, D. C—The vari
ous local boards throughout the coun
try, under the selective service regu
lations, have beerl instructed to re
jct any claim for exemption based
on alleged usefulness on war pro
duction.
LILLE FUGITIVES
! FLEE TO ANTWERP
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LONDON.—According to reports
j received in this city today, fugitives
i are arriving in Antwerp from Lille
’ and the neighboring country and
! bring reports of unusual activity
! among the Germans garrisoning the
town.
Observers believe that the Ger
mans are apparently evacuating
j the town.
Lille is a large fortified city on
the extreme northern end of the
i Picardy front and well inside of the
I Hindenburg line. It is a large and
important railroad center and is on
the direct railroad line bttween
Douai and Ypres.
I CONTRACT IS LET
FOR Y GRADING
The clearing of the land near
Camp 415, situated at the foot of
the bluff across the river, having
been finished under contract by C.
Herb Wilson, a contract was awarded
to Oscar Dahl & Co. for the grading
work necessary for the construction
of the Y, and it is expected that
I actual grading operations will be
j commenced immediately.
The contract awarded Oscar
I Dahl & Co. calls for the grading of
a portion of the right of way be
' tween Stations R19538 and R19549
a distance of 1100 feet, and between
Station No. S19550 and S 19559, a
i distance of 900 feet.
There are six partners to this
contract and December 1 has been
set for date of completion.
LAUNCH PEERLESS
IN FROM FAIRBANKS
The launch Peerless with Joe John
son at the wheel arrived from Fair
banks yesterday evening,
j She brought a little mail and four
passengers for Nenana. The names
I of the passengers could not be
I ascertained.
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WASHINGTON. D. C.—President
Wilson has notified the striking
i
machinists at Bridgeport. Connecti
cut, that unless they return imme
diately to their work that they will
be barred from employment for a
whole year.
STEFANSSON IS
ENROUTE SOUTH
—
SEATTLE—Explorer Stefansson
cabled the Associated Press today
that he left Skagway yesterday for
Victoria. B. C., where he will prob
ably give a lecture or two for the
benefit of the Red Cross,
i The cable also contains the inform
ation that five members of his party
with considerable equipment and sup
! plies were landed on an ice pack
on the northern coast of Alaska.
The party will drift with the ice
towards Siberia in search of new
lands.
; Stefansson says that it is the most
remarkable Arctic venture even un
I dertaken.
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HALL 10 RETIRE;
Special Disbursing Agent Resign*;
Line Auditor I* Appointed to
Succeed Him. *?■
Mr C. H. Hall, special disbursing
agent of the Alaskan Engineering
! commission, has resigned his posi
j tion and expects to get away for the
| States shortly. Mr. Frank Doner,
| who is now acting at line auditor,
jhas been appointed to succeed Mr.
1 Hall and will probably take up his
new duties as soon as he returns
to town from out the line.
Mr. Hall joined the staff of the
! A. E. C; as property clerk on May
i 4, 1916, and was promoted to the
. position of receiving and forwarding
I agent on the first day of August of
the same year. He held the position
| until June 1, 1918, on which date
I he was transferred to the main office
as special disbursing agent, succeed
ing Fenton Cramer, who resigned
: his position to take up duties as sec
retary to Governor Riggs.
Mr. Frank T. Doner came to Ne
nana from the Anchorage division
to take up the position of chief
timekeeper of the Fairbanks division,
and held this position until July 25,
! on which date he was promoted to
i line auditor.
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