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DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
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NENANA, ALASKA... WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1918.
NUMBER 118
FRENCH ATTACK MENACES NOYON
GERMANS TALK POST-BELLUM REVOLT
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORTS NEW DRAFT BILL
BRITISH FORCE HUNS
TO GIVE UP GROUND
WITH THE BRITISH—According j
to official despatches received from i
the field headquarters, the British j
forces attacked strongly along a ten j
mile front north of Ancre, between ;
Artois and Albert and forced the i
enemy back with great slaughter.
During the first hour of the British
attack they captured the towns of
Ablainez Ville, Beucourt, Moyenville,
Courcelles and Archietlepetit and
also two hundred prisoners and
many German field guns.
The attack was made by the Brit
ish Third army under the leadership
of General Byng and was undetaken
with great suddenness and absolutely
without artillery preparation. Their
advance carried them two to three
miles along the front attacked.
FRENCH ADVANCE
PARIS.—The French troops con
tinued their advance along the front
between the Oise and the Aisne and
overcoming the stubborn resistance
of the enemy, captured the villages
of Cuts and Calepont and much
ground to the west of Lassigny. The
fighting was sharp throughout the
advance, with the Germans bitterly
resisting. Much slaughter is re
ported but no prisoners taken,
taken.
NOYON THREATENED
PARIS.—The new French attack
along'a twenty-five mile front, join
ing the battlefields of Picardy and
the Marne has carried the advancing
troops to positions which have given
them an opportunity to slowly out
flank the important town of Noyon,
the capture of which is merely a
matter of time now Carefully pre
pared German positions constituting
their shield for the real line of de
fense under the German defensive
plan, which were flanked by a for
midable array of machine guns, have
been scattered to the winds as a
result of the spirited attacks de
livered by the soldiers of France,
the Germans being compelled to
withdraw farther.
TANKS PLAY HAVOC
LONDON.—The advance of the
British forces under General Byng
along a ten mile front north of
Ancre, between Artois and Albert
was supported by several tank
suadrons. The continuous fire from
these monsters played havoc in the
ranks of the retreating Huns, who
lost very heavily.
NEARING NOYON
LONDON.—The French forces ad
vancing rapidly along the Oise have
now reached and occupied the vil
lage of Sempigny, which is only a
mile from the outskirts of Noyon.
They are pressing their attacks vig
orously and are keeping the Huns
fully occupied all along the the line
of advance.
HUNS PLAN REVOLT
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS—An
order recently issued by the German
military commanders and found on
the captured Hun officers is more
illuminating than anything coming
from German sources in many
months. It was learned through a
letter to the minister of war that
men on leave from the German army
had spoken publicly of a revolution
which is to break out after the war.
German officers have been order
ed to deal with such objectionable
talk immediately and unhesitatingly
and severely punish the guilty ones.
The civil, military and railway
authorities in Germany have also
been ordered to take corresponding
measures.
BATTLE LINE REDUCED
WASHINGTON, D. C—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, said that the battlefront
extending from Rheims to the North
Sea has been reduced over fifty
miles in length as a result of the
successes achieved by the Allied
forces during the last month.
When the Germans began their ad
vance the line extended for a dis
tance of over two hundred and fifty
miles. It is now a little under two
| hundred miles in length.
IsteelTeachb
BANK OF JULIUS
ON NEW D LINE
Julius Creek Has Been Reached and
the Bride Across This Stream la
Being Driven.
On Monday evening the steel on
the new D line had reached station
No. 18898, which is at the north
bank of Julius creek.
At this point a trestle bridge 156
feet long will be required to carry
the steel across the stream. The
work of driving the necessary piling
for the bridge was taken in hand
j immediately after the steel had been
j laid to the water’s edge, the track
driver being used for this purpose.
It is expected that the work oi
| driving the bridge will be completed
j tomorrow, when track laying will be
I resumed vigorously and the con
| struction of the road pushed for
j ward.
Durig the period consumed in driv
ing the bridge the men of the steel
gangs were put on to build a new
side track about 1800 feet long, ex
pending from station No. 18961 to
Station 18944. This is the first per
manent siding to be constructed on
'the new line.
j Reverend Father Monroe arrived
I in Nenana last night on the steamer
Yukon from Fairbanks. He will hold
services in the Roman Catholic
church here during his stay.
The war comes first. Save food
and help the great cause along.
RICE RIOTS ARE
STILL TROUBLING
JAP GOVERNMENT;
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Mobs Continue Rioting on Account
of the High Prices of Their
Staple Food.
TOKIO.—Serious disturbances, re
sulting from the high price of rice
prevailing in the country still con
tinue in several parts of the empire,
and are causing much worry in gov
ernment circles.
Mobs numbering from three to ten
thousand people yesterday attacked
the rice stores, geisha houses of
entertainment and the police in
Tokio, and did a great deal of dam
age to property.
It is claimed that the mobs par
ticipating in the riots have been in
; cited by the socialist activities in
the country.
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MOSCOW SCENE
OF BLOODSHED;
OFF® SHOT
Disturbances With Arrests and Exe
cution of Officers Is Reported
From Moscow.
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received in this city today from
Russian sources, as a result of the
recent disturbances in Moscow, sev
eral hundred Russian officers were
arrested and shot without the for
mality of a trial.
The report also says that several
hundred British and French busi
nessmen have been placed under ar
rest and that other arrests are ex
pected to follow shortly.
A reign of terror in Moscow, with
public executions is spoken of as a
possibility, in the report.
VANCOUVER WOMEN
v RUNNING STREET CARS
Vancouver] w^h—ciad in
khaki bloomers, a middy blouse and
regulation motorman's cap, Van
couver’s first woman operator has
taken up duties with the street rail
way. Seven more women are to be
put on the cars, all with the pay
given their male predecessors.
SACRIFICES HOME
SO SON CAN FIGHT
YAKIMA, Wash.—By selling her
home, Mrs. Mary Hecox has made it
possible for her to offer another
sacrifice to the nation—her son,
Raymond Hecox, her only son, had
been placed in Class 4 by the ex
emption board because of his de
pendent mother, but Mrs Hecox sold
her property so her boy could en
list. She expects to support herself
on the proceeds of the sale.
William Taylor, who arrived in
town recently from the Kantishna
country, left for Hot Springs on the
steamer Yukon last night
MAN POWER BILL
GOES TO HOUSE;
REPORT FAVORS
Man Power Bill Hai Been Favorably
Reported on By the Home
Committee
WASHINGTON, D. C—The House
Military committee has reported fav
orably on the man-power bill which
calls for the induction into the mili
tary service of the country of all
men between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five years.
It now only requires the action
of Congress to make it a law and
that they will pass it is a foregone
conclusion.
The first call will be made on
men between the ages of twenty
and forty-five, after which the boys
between eighteen and twenty will
be called.
NEW ARC LAMPS
10 LIGHT I0WN;
ARE UP-TO-DATE
Lighting of City Being Improved by
the Placing of the New Arc
Lamps In Service.
The electrical department of the
A. E. C., under the direction of Jack
Ronan, are now busily engaged in
replacing the old city lights around
town and on the Commission reserve
with the new 200-watt Mazda arc
lamps, which were imported for this
purpose some time ago.
The work of installing these new
lights, which was taken in hand some ^
time ago, is expected to be finished.
this week and Nenana will then have
a Areet lighting system second to
none in the territory.
These lamps were intended to be
suspended in the middle of the
street, but owing to the difficulties
entailed in putting up the extra
poles which would have been nec
essary for this purpose, they are now
| swung on mast arms.
WASHINGTON WOMEN
TO GET WAGE RAISE
OLYMPIA, Wash.—Called as a
general war emergency meeting, the.
j industrial welfare commission will
ihold a conference August 28 and 29
; here to determine increases in the
; state minimum wage scales for wo
: man and children during the war.
| It is planned to raise the wage in
all industries over which the com
mission has jurisdiction.
R. G. Sommers, late of the Alaska
Road commission, arrived in Nenana
last night on Roy Lund’s launch.
He is on his way to Tanana to take
the physical examination with a view
to qualifying for a commission in
one of the regiments of engineers
for service in France.
RAIDER MENACING
EASTERN FISHERIES
Canadian Atlantic Port.—The Ca-1
ladian steam trawler Triumph which
(vas recently captured by a German
submarine, has been fitted with two
rapid fire guns and a wireless ap
paratus. She is manned by a crew
af sixteen Germans, drawn from the
rrew of the submarine that captured
her and is now engaged in raiding
the fishing banks off the Nova
Scotian shore.
According to stories brought by
survivors, she has succeeded in sink
ing three fishing vessels so far and
was steaming within the limits of
the extensive Nova Scotia fishing
banks in search of victims.
None of the fishing boats are
armed and it is thought that the
Hun raider will do considerable dam
age to the fishing fleet and the
fishing industry unless she is soon
destroyed.
The survivors of some of the
sunken fishing craft who are mak
ing their way to port in their small
boats, state that they heard heavy
firing out at sea in the direction
of the fishing banks and they be
lieve that the raider was engaged
in sinking more unarmed peaceful
fishing boats.
Captain Myrrhe, who was the
master of the steam trawler Triumph
at the time she was captured by the
Hun submarine, said that the sub
marine commander told him that
there were six submarines of the
large cruiser type operating on the
Atlantic coast, and that it was the
intention of the Germans to com
pletely destroy the entire fishing
fleets of Canada and America.
DESTRUCTION ORDERED
j _
WASHINGTON, D. C—As soon
as the news was received by the navy
, department, the swiftest and most
powerful destroyers and patrol boats
of the submarine chaser type were
detached from the American patroT
ing squadrons and despatched to the
Nova Scotian fishing banks, with in
; structions to destroy the raider
; Triumph on sight, and the news that
, this has been accomplished may be
loooked for at any moment. The
search for the raider will be very
thorough and the measures taken to
rid the fishing banks of this menace
will be very complete, as the force
sent in pursuit is more than ample
'for the purpose.
GOVERNOR LEAVES
A Large Crowd Bids Farewell to
Governor and Mrs. Riggs on
Steamer Yukon.
Governor and Mrs. Riggs left last
night on the steamer Yukon on their
homeward trip after having spent
a few days in Nenana. A great
many of the friends of the Governor
and his wife were on hand to bid
them “Good bye.”
They will go to Tanana on the
steamer Yukon and at that point
transfer to the steamer Sarah bound
for St. Michael. From St. Michael
the guberatorial party will go on to
Nome and will also visit some of the
camps beyond Nome.
They expect to return to Juneau
shortly before the freezeup.
KNIGHTS WILL BUILD
BIG RECREATION HALL
FORT BLISS.—The Knights of
Columbus national war fund organ
ization has appropriated $15,000 for
erecting a recreation hall at the post
here and plans are now being pre
pared for the building. While in
tended for recreation headquarters
of the men of Catholic faith, the hall
will be open to soldiers of all de
nominations. The building will have
shower baths, bowling alleys, read
ing and writing rooms and a gym
nasium.
Chris Mortensen, who had been
carpenter foreman in the carpenter
shop of the A. E. C., resigned his
position and left for the States last
night on the steamer Yukon.
ANOTHER ALASKAN
HIT BYJERMANS
Alaska Mining Man, Serving With
Canadians, Is Wounded In
Battle.
OTTAWA.—H. G. Walker, for
merly of Ophir City, Alaska, who en
listed in a Canadian regiment some
time ago, is mentioned in a Cana
dian casualty list received recently,
as having been wounded in battle.
This is said to be the first Alaska
casualty mentioned in the Canadian
lists for some time.
BRITISH WAR WORKERS
EARN FAT WAGES NOW
LONDON.—Some of the 8,000
I boys employed in war-work in the
Woolwich arsenal near London earn
twice as much as the salary of the
Bishop Suffragan of W'oolrich. The
Bishop, W. W. Hough, recently
pointed out in an address and said
that a year ago some of these boys
were street outcasts. “They are
earning far too much money,” he
said, “they easily get into bad com
pany and many of them go to the
devil as fast as they can.”
MINES IN ARIZONA
BOOST COPPER YIELD
DOUGLAS, Ariz.—The production
of copper in Arizona now exceeds
the amount the nation is exporting
to Europe by 20,000,000 pounds per
month. Figures show, however, that
the exportation of copper has de
creased recently because of the need
of ships for men and supplies and
because much of the ore is shipped
in the form of manufactured pro
ducts.