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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 167
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YANKS PASS TWO MILLION MARK
FRENCH CAVALRYMEN REACH GHENT
■ REPORTS SAY HUNS ARE QUITTING BRUSSELS
GERMANS RETIRING
ON ENTIRE FRONT
WITH THE ALLIES.—In a com- f
bined assault against the Germans 1
in the region to the east of the Selle (
river, the American tanks com- 1
menced the action and easily went i
through the barb wire entanglements 1
paving the way for the infantry '
following in the wake of the tanks. 1
The Germans kept up a hot fire '<
on the tanks but did not succeed ’
in stopping afciy one of them. The
infantry, following up the tanks,
were met by German marines, who
^ gave them a very hard fight. The
slaughter on both sides was heavy.
The fight was won by the Allies,
who compelled the German marines
to give ground.
Bridges Built.
American engineers, working un
der a very heavy machine gun fire,
succeeded in throwing bridges across
the river to enable the Allied troops
to continue their advance.
NEARING DUTCH BORDER
AMSTERDAM.—The British sol
diers are now approaching the town
of Sluis, which is on the Holland
frontier and ten miles northeast of
Bruges. The German forces are
reported to be retiring toward the
city of Ghent.
6,000 GERMANS TRAPPED
By the British occupation of the
W town of Eecloo, th$ retreat is cut
off of a force of Germans estimated
at six thousand. Their only means
of avoiding capture by the British
is to enter Holland territory, where
they will be promptly interned.
YANKS REPULSE HUNS
WITH THE AMERICANS.—On
the battle front to the northwest of
Verdun, the Germans delivered a
powerful counter attack against the
positions held by the Americans at
Lagrande Montagn. Some very stiff
fighting resulted and the Germans
were finally repulsed with heavy
losses.
YANKS IMPROVE POSITIONS
WITH THE AMERICANS.—To
' the northeast of Verdun the Ameri
cans made further advances and
very considerably improved their
positions near Brandeville and in
the region of the Woevre forest.
Hunt Plan Withdrawal.
There are ample indications that
the Germans are making prepara
tions to withdraw their forces to
new lines, a few miles to the rear
of their present positions.
BELGIANS MADE CAPTIVE
WITH THE BRITISH.—Shortly
after the occupation, by the Brit
ish forces, of the town of Lille it
was ascertained that duung the last
fifteen days of the German occu
pation of the city they took over
fifteen thousand inhabitants away
practically into captivity.
BELGIANS SINK BOATS
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LONDON.—According to reports
brought by refugees arriving in Bel
■ian territory recently recaptured
y the Allied forces, Belgian troops
perating along the Eecloo canal
iave sunk by gunfire several boats
lavigating the canal loaded with
var material and carrying many
Jerman army officers. All aboard
he craft are reported to be lost
md the cargo of the boats de
itroyed.
BRITISH ENTER EECLOO.
AMSTERDAM.—It was reported
lere today that the British troops
lave entered and occupied the town
if Eecloo.
ALLIES HAVE COAST
LONDON.—According to the re
ports received today, the Allies have
now captured and are in absolute
;ontrol of the entire Belgian coast,
and their lines now extend from
the coast of Holland at the Belgiar
frontier to a point south of Cour
trai.
FRENCH NEAR GHENT
WITH THE ALLIES.—Accordinj
to reports received from the Fland
ers front today, the French cavalri
have reached the outskirts of thi
important town of Ghent.
KlECfi
OF ALASKA BOYS
AI CAMP DODGE
Condition* At Camp Dodge, low.
Said to Be Greatly Improved
and Boy* Are Well.
Harry Locey, a former employe
of the Northern Commercial com
pany and now a member of Com
pany B, 14th Infantry in trainin
at Camp Dodge, Iowa, in a telegrar
received in Fairbanks today, send
a list of those of the Alaska boy
who died of the effects of influenzE
They are Harold Anderson, Roy Le
Ketchum, Michael Saroff, Micha*
E. Meagher, John Nye, Nichola
Gustiff, Russel Lovelace, Dufferi
Pickin, Timothy Rickman, Josep
Gustafson and Aleck Zaloff.
Harry says that the boys wh
have been attacked by the epidemi
and who are still in hospital as
consequence, are getting along ver
well and mending very rapidly. Th
situation, he says, has improved
great deal and no further dang<
is apprehended.
A. J. Nordale also received
telegram from his son Hjalmar, wh
was stricken with the disease, to th
effect that he has fought the malad
successfully and is now convalescin;
1,185,000 tons of sugar will l
saved the first year if each of t
uses one ounce less each day. Th
will keep sugar plentiful and chea
War is an ugly thing, but a Ge
man peace is uglier—
HAS FORK
OVER 2 MILLION
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In an an
nouncement made today to the rep
resentatives of the newspapers, Gen
eral March, chief of staff of the
American army, declared that over
two million Americans are now
assembled overseas.
HONSliiK
BELGIAN CAP11AL
AMSTERDAM.—Belgian Deputy
Heinrich reports today that the Ger
man forces have commenced the
evacuation of Brussels.
It is believed that the Germans
intend to withdraw entirely from
Belgium. The people of the in
vaded territory who had fled at the
approach of the Huns, are gradually
returning to their ruined homes.
urn LOAN
SUBSCRIPTIONS
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The Fourth Liberty Loan cam
paign comes to a close today and
Nenana, once again, has good reason
to feel jubilant at the results
achieved.
The subscriptions received up to
noon today at the office of the
special disbursing agent shows thfe
very substantial total of $69,000.
which means that Nenana has more
than doubled the quota allotted tc
the district. Several of the com
mittee have not been heard froir
yet and it is expected that the figure
given will probably be exceeded. The
quota allotted to Nenana was thirtj
thousand dollars.
Great credit is due the Women’s
committee for the very thorough
and whole-hearted manner in which
they canvassed the town and dis
trict. A full report of the worl
accomplished by the patriotic ladies
of Nenana will be published ir
Monday’s issue of the News.
The Women’s committee is com
posed of Mesdames Carl Schmidt
Frederick D. Browne, J. C. Vai
Orsdel and E. R. Brown.
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Vilhjalmar Stefansson, the Cana
dian explorer, recently passed thri
Juneau enroute to Ottawa to repor
upon the result of his Arctic ex
plorations. He will stop at Victorii
and then go to Wynward, Saskatch
ewan, where his mother, brother am
sister live, where he will spend :
few days before proceeding to th
Canadian capital. Mr. Stefanssoi
said he had had a very hard tim
recovering from an attack of typhoi
fever contracted at Herschel Islam
and developed while he was enrout
from that place to the Yukon. Thre
of his five comrades who contracte
the disease died of it.
GERMS REPLY
10 WILSON NOTE
WILL COME SOON
Submarining to Continue Until
ArmUtice Term* Reached,
Say» Danish Newspaper.
COPENHAGEN.—The Politiken,
one of the leading Danish news
papers, says that in her reply to
President Wilson’s note, the Imperial
German government will deny Wil
son’s accuracy in his accusations re
garding cruelties perpetrated by the
Germans.
It also declares that submarining
cannot stop until an armistice agree
ment has been reached.
The German reply, while not re
jecting Wilson’s demands, will make
more peace negotiations possible, it
1 is thought.
BOCHES ANSWER
10 WILSON NOIE
WILL BE DELAYED
German Reply Not Yet Completed;
Panic la Reported From the
Be-lin Bourae.
BERNE, Switzerland.—According
j to reports received in this city to
; day from reliable sources, the replj
! of the German government to Presi
' dent Wilson’s note is not yet com
: pleted, and, in consequence, will no1
reach the United States for severa
days.
■ As a direct result of the peace
notes, it is reported that a panic
was caused on the Berlin Bourse
I Maritime securities and chemica
products suffered a considerable
drop in the market.
EL PASO BALL PARK
NOW WAR GARDEh
EL PASO.—Kaffir corn grow;
where second base used to be, fri
jole beans twine around the home
plate and a runner between firs
, and second bases would get tanglec
up in the cantaloupe vines at the
Washington baseball grounds. The
diamond at the big municipal pari
, was converted into a war gardei
i early in the spring by Park Com
missioner John W. Fisher, who ha<
the ball grounds plowed under am
- prepared for cultivation The schoo
i boys of the city undertook th'
t planting and tending of crops and i
- was announced at the last meetini
t of the city school board that th
• boys cleared $500 on their wa
I garden. The boys had an advantag
t over other boys in the ctiy as th
i water for growing crops at th
1 Washington park war garden is ob
; tained from the main irrigation cans
1 which passes near the park and th
I water cost them nothings.
> In England “His Majesty fh
1 King” and the humblest subject hav
a duplicate ration eard.
US EVACUATE
BELGIAN COAST
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, in a statement made to
day, announced that the entire Bel
gian coast from the French to the
Holland border has now been evacu
ated by the German forces.
AUSTRIAN NOTE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In his re
ply to the Austrian peace note which
was sent to that government today
through the Swedish minister, Presi
den Wilson declared that Austria
Hungary must satisfy the national
aspirations of its people, and that
the people shall be the judges of
their rights and destinies. He called
the attention of the Austro-Hunga
rian government to the Tenth peace
condition which was laid down by
him in his address of January 8th,
which reads as follows: “The peo
ples of Austria-Hungary, whose place
among the nations we wish to see
safeguarded and assured, should be
accorded the freest opportunity of j
autonomous development.”
He also called attention to the;
fact that the United States has re
cognized he Czecho-Slovak national
council and ail of its adherents as
Allied belligerents and stated that
America also recognized the national
istic aspirations of the Jugo-Slavs
for freedom.
JAP CONSUL PUIS
BAN ON KIMONO
HONOLULU.—R. Moroi, consul
general of Japan, has forbidden his
countrymen in Honolulu to wear
kimonos on the streets. To enforce
his order he has had the sheriff
swear in M. Nishigaya, an attache
of the consulate, as a deputy and it
will be the latter’s duty to arrest
Japanese men who appear on the
| streets in kimonos, on a charge of
wearing improper clothing.
Those who still cling to the ki
mono after the first warning will
be denied all consular privileges,
such as permission to bring relatives
I or “picture brides" here from Japan,
I according to Mr. Moroi. Japanese
I women will be allowed to continue
wearing kimonos in public, as their
’ mode of dress is not held to be
offensive.
Mr. Moroi explained his order a3
’ being part of a campaign he is
waging to induce his people in
” Honolulu to adopt American styles.
“I believe that when one is in
Rome one should do as the Romans
1 do,” said Mr. Moroi. “Men who
cling to the native dress of Japan
are apt to be careless in their man
ner of wearing it. The kimono as
> worn by Japanese reminds Euro
, peans and Ameriacns of a night
i gown."
WAR SITUATION
ON WEST FRONT
jcrman Retirement Continue! And
Allied Troops Continue to
Make Gains Everywhere.
WASHINGTON, D. C—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, in speaking of the mili
tary operations on the Western
front, said that the much talked of
Hindenburg line was now entirely
behind the Allies, who are continu
ing their eastward advance and
pressing the enemy hard, without
giving him the slightest opportunity
for rest, in accordance with the
plan of campaign laid down by
Marshal Foch, commander in chief
of the Allied armies.
The retirement of the German
forces on the Belgian coast district
is increasing in speed, the general
said, and during the past four days
the Germans have evacuated over
eight hundred square miles of Bel
gian territory.
The general retirement of the
German armies from invaded terri
tory, which started last week, on
a sixty mile sector between Oise
and Argonne, spread during the
week, he said, until now it affects
all but fifteen miles of a two hund
red and fifty-mile front from the
coast to the Meuse.
The attacks made recently oppo
site Douai by a combined force of
British and American troops carried
their line to some hastily constructed
German defense works following the
Sensee canal and the marshes in
that neighborhood. No attempts
by the combined forces, to cross this
hnrrior Kppn vpf
MUCH SLUSH ICE
IS RUNNING HOW
Much slush ice was noticed in the
Tanana river today, giving indica
tions of the nearness of the freezeup.
Arrivals from down river report
that the Kantishna river is throwing
a great deal of ice, rendering navi
gation of the Tanana below tho
mouth of the Kanti/;hna almost im
possible. The launch Ram, coming
up from Tanana, had great diffi
culty in making her way through
the slush ice, and the mail launch
which was a few hours behind her,
is reported to have turned back and
made for Hot Springs.
It is thought that the slush ice
will catch Roy Lund, who left here
with the mails to connect with the
up-bound launch, and that he will
have to winter his boat at Hot
Springs.
Reports from up river indicate
that a large quantity of slush ice
is being thrown by Wood river.
The Big Chena river, emptying
into Chena slough above Fairbanks
is also contributing in a large meas
ure to this slush ice.
Fred Douse of the launch Victory
announced last night that today’s
trip would be his last for the season.