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DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated pressNENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1918.
NUMBER 99
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GERMANS LAUNCHING HEAVY COUNTER
MORE THAN MILLION TEUTONS OPPOSING ALLIES
ALLIED ACTIVITIES IN MARNE INTERRUPT HUN PLANS
' SANGUINARY BATTLE
IN PROGRESS TODAY
LONDON.—The German forces
are now counter attacking very
heavily along virtually the entire
battlefront, their attacks being spe
cially heavy and vicious on the
American sector. The Americans
4 have been driven from the positions
they held in the village of Sierges
five miles southeast of Fere-en-Tar
den'ois and the French have been
compelled to fall back from their
positions at Beugneux, northwest of
Fere-en-Tardenois.
Very heavy fighting is reported
to be in progress near Buzancy.
five miles south of Soissons, and at
the Plessier woods, five miles far
m- » ther south, with very doubtful re
sults so far. The German attacks
are said to be very powerful and ‘n
tense and the slaughter on both
sides is very heavy.
The Allied forces have made some
advance at Ardrevalley, also near
Villers Agraoaigvizy, where the Ger
mans are conducting an orderly
withdrawal of their forces.
There are said to be seventy-one
German divisions on the Marne sal
ient, ten of these divisions having
^ recently arrived from among the
troops under the command of Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, to re
inforce the army under the crown
prince of Germany.
The reports also indicate that it
is now believed impossible to round
up the Germans.
GERMANS MAKE STAND
PARIS—Judging by the fierce
ness of the fighting on Monday, it is
the accepted belief in Allied mili
tary crcles that the German retreat
has reached the limit and that they
will now make a determined stand
on the line now occupied by them,
with their right wing on the plateau
south of Crise and their left wing
on the hill to the sooth of Ardre,
for the defense of this line.
The Germans will, it is believed,
use this line for defensive purposes,
using the army under General von
y Boehm with reserves drawn from
the forces under the command of
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.
SEVERE FIGHTING
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Reports
received by the war office from
General Pershing indicate that very
heavy and severe fighting, resulting
from heavy counter attacks deliver
ed by fresh German troops, is now
in progress in the region beyond
Orcq.
GERMAN PLANS NIPPED .
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WITH THE AMERICANS.—Ow
ing to the fact that the French and
American forces found immense
quantities of German stores when
the forest of Fereriz was captured
by them, military officers of the
Allied forces believe that the Ger
man plans for a drive on a large
scale beginning upon the Epernak
forests have been nipped.
The section of the country to the
north of the Marne now in the
hands of the Allies is said to be
virtualy one great arsenal and in
places a large quantity of shells
were found piled up like cordwood.
The Allied soldiers are now gather
ing up these shells for use against
the Germans later on.
SITUATION UNCHANGED
PARIS.—Official reports received
last night from the battlefront are
to the effect that the situation to
the north of the Marne remains un
changed.
INCESSANT FIGHTING
WITH THE AMERICANS.—The
American forces on the Soissons
Rheims sector have been fighting
without intermission for the past
twenty-four hours, the German de
fense has stiffened and it is thought
that incessant fighting will become
necessary for some time to come.
The Amercans have made very little
progress up to noon today in this
sector.
FRENCH RETAKE TOWN
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Reinforc
ed French troops attacked tHe Ger
mans at Begneaux, near Grand
Rozy, which the Germans had cap
tured from them earlier in the day.
and succeeded in driving out the
Teutons and recapturing the town.
ON FLANDERS FRONT
LONDON.—The Australians at
tacked the German positions in the
! Merris region on Monday and suc
ceeded in forcing the enemy to give
ground. The Australians then en
tered the German positions and cap
tured forty prisoners.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary—Th<
Germans have thrown a force oi
nearly a million men into a giganti<
battle which is now raging betweer
Rheims and Soissons, and althougl
they countered with great vigor, th<
net result so far has been only s
dent in the Allied line, which is re
ported to be holing firmly.
GRADING CONTRACT IS LET
ON FAIRBANKS-NENENA LINE
Knut Koland, the well know
railroad contractor, has been awa *
ed a contract on the main line
near the mouth of Lignite creek, bu
owing to the fact that the Nenan
river encroaches on the grade wher
he was at work, it became neces
sary for the engineers to call hii
in. He was working a large fore
of men and many horses.
By way of compensation in par
he has been awarded a contrac
to grade a section of the Nenan
Fairbanks line, lying between st*
tions L-19662 and L-19708, a dis
tance of 4600 feet.
Koland is now making the neces
sary preparations to establish hi
camp on a suitable spot near th
grade on which he will be workinf
and as soon as this has been at
complished will take his force an
stock over and commence operation!
A new discovery of gold is re
ported on Jenny creek, on the left
limit of Hannond river.
LINERS ESCAPE
FROM U-BOATS;
ARRIVE SAFELY
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Three America-Bound Liners Arrive
At Atlantic Port After Battle
With Submarine.
ATLANTIC PORT.—Three large
liners' arrived today and report hav
ing had a running fight with a Ger
man submarine at sea.
The master of one of the arriving
liners said that the three boats were
travelling in company for safety
and when about 200 miles off the
Atlantic coast the foremost ship in
the line sighted a German sub
marine which immediately opened
fire with her rapid fire battery.
Signalling to the rest of the ves
sels to do the same, iVe liner im
mediately commenced steering a
zig-zag course, cutting loose with
her batteries at the same time. The
two other vessels followed suit and
a running fight was kept up for
several hours. The sub was given
no chance to get within range for
torpedoing and none of her shots
took effect on any of the liners.
NEW EMPLOYEES
TAKE UP DUTIES
Appointments Made of Now Resident
Engineer, Instrumentman and
Draftsman.
Roy Hershberger has been ap
pointed resident engineer in charge
of Residency 4 (43-mile), replacing
Kenneth Case who left the service
to join the colors; and W. W. Croll
has been appointed instrumentman to
Resident Engineer Hershberger, re
placing Ralph Darling who has also
joined the army
These two appointments became
effective on the 24th instant and
J Resident Engineer Hershberger and
his assistant have already assumed
duties.
Mr. M. C. Edmunds, who has been
engaged in prospecting and mining
in the North for some time past,
has been appointed draftsman effect
ive this morning and has assumed
duties.
'GERMAN COURTS SEVERE;
PUBLIC HAS NO CHANCE
NEW YORK—German courts mar
tial evidently administer the law
with a stern hand in the attempt
to prevent the spread in Germany
of Bolshiviki doctrines. Their ap
plication of the law was denounced
in the Reichstag by the Socialist,
Dr. Cohn, as a disgrace to German
justice, according to the Cologne
Gazette.
Citing instances to show how se
vere these sentences had been, Dr.
Cohn said that a woman who stoop
ed to pick up her hat which had
fallen on the ground near a trolley
car was sentenced to serve one and
one-half years in a penitentiary on
a charge of attempting to endanger
transportation.
Dr. Cohn said he could enumerate
dozens of similar cases.
EQUIPMENT IS DUE
FOR THE COMMISSION
On the next boat arriving in Ne
nana from St. Michaels, the Alaskan
Engineering commission expects to
receive twelve flat cars, one Ameri
can ditching machine and a power
ful narrow guage locomotive.
AH of this lot of machinery and
flat cars left Seattle »n July 22,
and is probably now on the way up
the Yukon river.
There are several other shipments
of rolling stock and railroad equip
ment due to arrive here but it is
not definitely known just when
they will be received in Nenana
DRAFT TREATIES
MADE EFFECTIVE
BETWEEN ALLIES
Treaties Arranged Between America
England and Canada Are
Now Effective.
WASHINGTON. — The treaties
arranged between America, England
and Canada regarding the drafting
of the subjects of England and
Canada and the citizens of America
residing in the countries participat
ing in the treaties and who become
liable for military duty, have been
.ratified and exchanged in London
I making them effective from today.
In terms of the treaty, British
and Canadian subjects residing in
the States will be drafted into the
American army under the selective
service regulation in force in those
| countries and American citizens re
' siding in England and Canada will
! be drafted into the armies of those
i countries in conformity with the
I laws govemng such procedure in
j force in the States.
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EAGLES DEDICATE
BIG SERVICE FLAG
AT CONVENTION
I Annual Convention of Fraternal
Order of Eagles Is Held In
Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG—The annual con
tention of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles was opened in this city to
day, delegates from all parts of the
United States and Canada being in
attendance.
| The principal business transacted
on the opening night was the dedi
! cation of the service flag.
The flag contains twenty-three
thousand stars, representing the
number of Eagles in the service of
the country, in the army and navy;
with eighty-aix gold stars on the red
bordering of the flag, representing
the number of Eagles killed in ac
tion.
United States Government is in
j stalling a plant on Pribiloff Islands
to extract oil from the carcass of
seals.
WAR DEMANDS INCREASE
ITALIAN AUTO MAKING
ROME.—The automobile industry
has been quadrupled in Italy owing
to war demands. As compared with
1913, there are now 55 manufactur
ing companies instead of 32, with
a total capital of nearly 200,000,000
lire as compared to 50,000,000 lire
in 1913. Dividends now paid are S
per cent as compared to 3.5 per cent
in 1913. Exports of automobiles
have increased in value nearly four
times, or from 34,000,000 lire to
! 116,000,000.
The use of passenger cars by pri
vate persons has been forbidden for
a year, so as to save motor and
I lubricating oils for military purposes.
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MUNITION PLANT;
MANURE DEAD
Explosion Occurs In a Japanese
Munition Plant; Much Damage
Done.
LONDON. — Reports received in
this city from the Far East indicate
that a serious explosion took place
on Saturday in a munition plant at
Simonoseki, Japan, as a result of
which thirty of the workmen were
killed and sixty wounded.
I The reports are meager as to the
j damage done by the explosion, but
it is believed here that the factory
was completely wrecked
Shimonoseki is a large town situ
ated on the straits of the same
name, which is the southern en
j trance to the famous inland sea of
l Japan. It is also close to the town
of Moji, frequently referred to as
the Cardiff of the East, by reason
of the fact that it is the great
center for the coal trade of the
Japanese empire.
BUCYRUS STEAM SHOVEL
ARRIVES FOR COMMISSION
The first piece of machinery of
any size to be received this season
by the Alaskan Engineering oc nmis
j son, arrived yesterday on the steam
er Aleska- It consisted of an up
to-date Bucyrus steam shovel of the
, latest type, and the big pieces and
I packages which go to make up the
^ steam^shovel were discharged or. the
.dock opposite warehouse No. 1. The
j stiff-leg derrick being used to handle
I the heavy pieces and cases of ma
chinery parts.
The work of assembling the steam
shovel will be taken in hand soon
and it is expected that the machine
will be ready for use in a short
| time. After it has been tested it
will probably be sent out on the
line for active service.
The new steam shovel is fitted
with a three-quarter yard dipper
and is capable of moving from place
to place under her own power on
the caterpillar arrangement, the
same as the Bucyrus dragline ex
cavator
SPLIT UNCONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, D. Q.—The re
ported split between the German
government and that the Ottoman
empire is unconfirmed.
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SERIOUS STRIKE
IS REPORTED AT
KALI PRUSSIA
A Strike Called In Prussian City
Is Quelled by the Use of
Machine Guns.
AMSTERDAM—The Echo Beige,
one of the leading newspapers of
this city, makes prominent mention
of a new strike among the govern
ment workers in the town of Kalt,
in Prussia.
It would appear that the strike
has assumed such serious propor
tions as to make it necessary for
the forces sent to quell it to have
recourse to the use of machine guns.
The leaders of the strike have
been arrested and are now awaiting
trial.
Kalt is one of the large fortified
'town in Prussia and is a few miles
I east of Cologne. There are some
large factories there.
STEEL FOR ROAD
EXPECTED SOON
i Two Large Consignments of Rails
For the Government Road Are
Expected Shortly.
According to advices received by
the Alaskan Engineering commis
j sion, the steel ordered for the ex
tension of the government railroad
to the coal fields at Lignite will ar
rive here shortly from the States,
j The first consignment, consisting
r of 800 tons of 70-pound rails, will
i leave Seattle on the 8th of August
| and this will be followed by a ship
ment of 1400 tons of rails of the
same weight on August 19th. They
will be brought to Nenana as soon
as possible.
It is not definitely known just
: how these shipments will be routed,
. but is ie thought likely that they
PIG RAISING POPULAR
AMONG ENGLISH TOANS
LONDON.—Hammeismith, one of
: London’s suburbs, is going into ’he
| pig business. The Hammersmith
food control committee croposes
j formation of a co-operative oigge.’y
land under present plans 1.900 shares
! of stock will be issued. These will
be disposed of at ten shillings a
share. Each share will entitle the
holder to the corresponding nlue of
pork, bacon, and other pork pro
ducts, at cost price or to the cor
responding profits on the invest
ment.
HAWAIIAN CITY WANTS
GUNS FOR PROTECTION
HONOLULU.—Hilo, the largest
city of the island of Hawaii has
; presented a formal request to the
commander of the Hawaiian depart
ment for a land battery to keep
submarines at a respectful distance
from the harbor.
Ask no rest—we have a victory to
win.