DO NOT HELP THE KAISER AT MEAL TIME—BE SAVING
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1918.
NUMBER 49
GERMANS BEND THE ALLIED AISNE LINE
FIERCE BA TTLE CONTINUES TO NORTH OF PARIS
, YANKEES DEFEAT GERMANS IN BRILLIANT COUNTER
OBSERVERS BELIEVE
AMIENS OBJECTIVE
I
V
LONDON, May 28— Reports re
ceived from the mainland this after
noon state that severe fighting con
tinues along the Aisne front, north
east of Paris, where the Germans
are engaged in what appears to be
a supreme attempt to reach Paris
The Germans forced a passage across
the Aisne yesterday, to the west of
the British sector, compelling a por
tion of the British line to fall back.
Heavy pressure was maintained all
day yesterday against the British
line, and the battle was resumed
with redoubled fury today. The
Germans are developing attacks of
great strength along the entire Aisne
front.
LOSSES ENORMOUS
PARIS, May 28—The new offens
ive, which is being carried out under
the direction of the crown prince,
along the Aisne front, with a picked
army of sixty-five divisions, is cost
ing the Germans dearly. The kais
er’s forces are attacking in mass for
mation, and fresh troops are being
brought up constantly to fill in the
holes made by the Allied fire. The
bloodshed is equally as great as any
hitherto recorded, not excepting the
sanguinary drive against the Allied
lines in Flanders.
ALLIES COUNTER
PARIS, May 28.—The war office
announces this afternoon chat tht
Allies have launched a vigorous
counter attack on the Flanders front,
southwest of Ypres, and at a late
hour this afternoon it was announc
ed that they had recovered practic
ally all the ground lost to the Ger
mans yesterday. If the lines can
be held as they are now in that
sector, the German successes of yes
terday will have been turned into
complete and costly failure.
AMERICANS ATTACKED
With the Americans, May 28.—
Three German raiding parties simul
taneously attack the American posi
tions on the Picardy front yester
day. The attacking forces pene
trated the first line to a depth of
one hundred yards. At this junc
ture, the Americans executed a bril
liant counter attack, throwing the
Germans back in a tumult. The Yan
kees kept on until they had entered
the enemy first line and remained
there until they were ordered bach
to their own positions. There was
considerable hand to hand fighting,
in which the Americans proved them
selves superior to the Germans, the
latter suffering heavily.
HOSPITAL ATTACKED
With the Americans, May 28.—
i The Germans made on Sunday whal
had the appearance of being a de
liberate attack on American hospi
tal behind the American lines on the
Picardy front. High explosives anc
gas shells were hurled to within z
few hundred feet of the buildings
but fortunately no damage resulted
DETAILS LACKING
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 28.—
In the absence of details regarding
the progress of the new Germar
drive, American officials are un
prepared to etsimate the danger that
confronts the Allies. It is not known
here whether or not the offensive
is proceeding over a sufficient area
and with sufficient power to threaten
the security of the forty-mile front
against which the attack was launch
ed. A majority of American observ
ers are inclined to the belief that
the Aisne operations are merely a
prelude to a later and direct assault
in the Amiens region, to the west
of the present fighting.
GATHER FOR BLOW
PARIS, May 28.—Aerial observ
ers report great concentration of
German troops close to the bulge in
the front around Peronne, Roye,
Ham, Nesle and Noyon, indicating
that the enemy is making ready to
: strike at Amiens.
Tanks are being used by the Ger
mans on the Aisne battlefront.
ITALIANS TAKE PRISONERS
ROME, May 287—'The Italian
forces have captured the summit of
Mont Zigolon, taking more than
seven hundred prisoners, fourteen
trench mortars, a score of machine
guns and several large pieces of ar
tillery. Among the prisoners taken
were fourteen Austrian officers.
LINE PRESSED BACK
VIENNA, May 28——1The Austrian
office announces that a small sec
tion of the Austrian line has been
pressed back by the Italians in the
Tonale region. It is claimed, how
ever, that further progress in that
sector has been frustrated.
SIGNS OF DRIVE
LONDON, May 28.—Dispatches
from France state that the shelling
of Allied positions far behind the
lines with high velocity guns indi
cates a resumption of hositilities on
a large scale. German airmen also
are unusually active, which is re
garded as another sign that the Ger
mans are engaged in a determined
attack.
YANKEE FLYERS HELP
With the Americans, May 28.—
Several American aviators are fight
ing in conjunction with the French
infantry. They are swooping down
over the Germanlines, near Pontau
mousson, pouring an avalanche of
bullets into the trenches.
CROSSED THE AISNE
PARIS, May 28.—Following a
desperate encounter, which lasted
practically all day, the Germans suc
ceeded -in crossing the Aisne river
late yesterday afternoon. The Al
lied line was pressed back between
the towns of Berry-au-Bac and Vailly
and today the fighting is progress
ing desperately in that sector be
tween the Aisne and Vesle rivers.
SHELLING FRENCH
PARIS, May 28—The French posi
tions in the Champagne and Woevre
districts are being shelled vigorously
today by the Germans, a great num
ber of gas shells having been hurled
at the Allied positions, in those sec
tors and along the right bank of
the Meuse. The bombardment,
which proceded the infantry attacks
u
ilong the Aisne river are described
js scarcely less violent than that
which preceded the offensive of
March 21. Gas shells have been em
ployed in great quantities and the
drive is being conducted between
Boissons and Rheims on a more
terrible scale than the Flanders bat
tles. The Germans are now fight
ing desperately for possession of
Chemin des Dames. Severe fighting
is also in progress near Erimont,
close to Rheims.
LONG RANGE ATTACK
PARIS, May 28.—The long range
bombardment of this city, which
was resumed by the Germans early
yesterday morning, has claimed
three victims. Fourteen others are
reported to have suffered injuries.
RAID FRUSTRATED
PARIS, May 28.—An unsuccess
ful attempt was made by the Ger
mans last night to attack this city
from the air. The raiders dropped
bombs in the suburbs, but the ma
chines were prevented from reaching
the city.
MORE SOLDIERS
EXPECTED SOON
FROM BARRACKS
Expected That Local Detachment
Will Be Increased During
the Early Summer.
Sergeant Smith is in receipt of
a telegram from Captain Harry
Twaddle commanding the post at
Fort Gibbon, requesting information
regarding men of the detachment
stationed at Nenana with a record
of at least two years service in
Alaska and who desire to return to
the United States.
In response to the telegram the
sergeant has informed Captain
Twaddle that Sergeant Drury and
Privates Fury, Songcr, Turk, Miller
and Gallagher. are the eligibles of
the deachment for transfer and it is
expected that these men will be sent
to Fort Gibbon at an early date
to await transportation to the States.
It is also expected that, in addi
tion to the men who will be sent
to replace those leaving here, the
Nenana detachment will be farther
reinforced with about a dozen extra
men. Sergeant Smith will remain
in command of the detachment.
CLUB ENTERTAINS
AT FAREWELL HOP
Departing Members of Local Organi
zation Are Guests of Honor
At Reception.
The rooms of the Nenana club
were the scene of a farewell re
ception last night, given in honor
of several members of the organi
zation on the eve of their departure
for the Outside. The affair was
public and was very largely at
tended. many having responded to
the invitation to spend the evening
at the club quarters.
The gathering was entertained
during the early part of the evening
bv a number of selections rendered '
!
by Mr. Victor Durand, followed by |
short talks by Geo. W. Pennington,
on behalf of the club, and ly Dr.
Malcolm E. Smith and G. F. Cramer
and others of the guests of honor.
The floor was then cleared for danc
ing and several hours were spent
very pleasantly in tbht manner.
The guests of honor were Dr. M.
E. Smith, G. F. Cramer, Jack Greer,
Geo. B. Richardson and Max M.
Smith. The first four mentioned
left on the Tanana- early this morn
ing, and Max Smith will leave within
the next few days.
Dr. Smith will join the medical
corps upon his arrival on the Out
side, Mr. Cramer will go direct to
Juneau to accept a position as pri
vate secretary to Governor Riggs,
Max Smith will enlist with the quar
termaster’s department, Geo. Rich
ardson will seek a place with the
engineer corps and Jack Greer will
join the Canadian colors.
WORK PROGRESSES
SOUTH OF NENANA
Reports From Out the Line Indicate
That Water Situation Is Now
Improving.
The flood waters that for a time
threatened to hamper construction
work on the line are reported to be
subsiding and the works undertaken
to control the overflows are progress
ing as rapidly as possible. There is,
however, still a considerable body
of water flowing over the right of
way and alongside the roadbed for
some distance below the big trestle
across Lost Slough, and it is ex
pected that this will be got under
control in a short while.
Team Foreman Ed Forbes is tak
ing out eight head of horses for
work in the ueighborhood of Camp
9 (20-mile). He will use the old
wagon road for part of the journey,
completing it from Camp 16 on till
the big trestle is reached, on the
right of way. He expects to be able
to make a crossing in the neighbor
hood of the trestle and establish
communications with points beyond
to enable supplies to be freighted
until such time as steel will be laid
across the trestle.
CONTRACT IS LEI
Nick Jelick & Co. Will Get Section
of Right of Way Ready for
the Rails.
A contract has been awarded to
Nick Jelick & Co. for the grading
of a section of the right of way
from Station 17714 to 17729 and
from 17763 to 17770 across the Ne
nana river from the camp at 43-mile
and within the boundaries of Resi
dency 4, under the supervision of
Resident Engineer Kenneth Case.
The partners of the contract are
Nick Jelick, Louis Louden, James I
Russell, Erik Kahlen and John Car
len and they( expect to leave on the
train tomorrow morning with their
outfit and equipment and commence
operations as soon as they reach
their camping grounds.
Nick Jelick & Co. completed a
section of the grade within the limits
of Residency 3 last season.
ICaiser Finds Increased Difficulty
In Procuring Food Supplies
In Ukraine.
MOSCOW, May 2S. —Opposition
to the Germans in Ukraine, among
the peasants is increasing steadily
and very materially interfering with
the kaiser’s plan of refilling his lard
ers from the fields of ths captured
territory.
Forests are being burned in many
districts and buildings, filled with
supplies, are being disposed >f in a
similar manner wherever the Ger
mans attempt to take possession of
them.
Disorders in Poltava have com
pelled the Germans to send addi
tional troops to that district, where
rioting has assumed a serious stage.
The peasants have armed themselves
with machine guns and are thor
oughly organized to resist the Ger
man program.
HUGE LENS READY
10 BE INSTALLED
Product of Belgium Will Be Used
in Big Telescope on Observatory
Hill.
VICTORIA, B. C., May 28.—What
is said to be the second largest tele
scope lens in the world has arrived
here and will be installed in the
giant telescope on Observatory Hill.
The lens, which is 73 inches in dia
meter and weighs two and one
quarter tons, was made in Belgium,
being shipped from Antwerp one
week before the war broke out. It
was ground in a workshop in Pitts
burg, Pa., the operation requiring
three and one-half years, and re
cently arrived here. It is said that
the only lens in the world larger
than the one to be installed here is
th 100-inch lens, at the observatory
at Mount Wilson, California.
BACK TO THE TREES
AMSTERDAM, May 28.—Profes
sor Ernest Haechel, the great Ger
man exponent of the Darwinian
theory, is reported by the German
newspapersc to be in failing health.
On his 84th birthday, he sent out
to his friends an engraved birthday
card, bidding them all farewell, and
declaring that he expected to die
before the next winter. His vale
dictory expresses the hope that “soon
after the end of this mad, culture
destroying war, our longed-for Ger
man peace will be firmly established
on a scientific basis.”
MOSS FROM JUNEAU
JUNEAU, May 28.—This section
of Alaska will likely contribute a
large share of the sphagnum moss
needed by the American Red Cross
for surgical dressings. There are
bogs near here which are said to
produce it abundantly .and local Red
Cross workers are making prepara
tions to collect large quantities of it
GERMANS SHORT
USE OF ARMIES
Empire I* Being Ransacked For
Articles Which Can Be made
Into Munitions.
PARIS, May 28—Reports received
from the Swiss frontier indicate that
raw materials for the manufacture
of munitions are becoming very
scarce in Germany.
Several of the German news
papers, it is stated, recently con
tained orders commandeering need
ed articles and a nation-wide can
vass is being made in the search
for metal articles which can be
dispensed with, such as door knobs,
handles, window locks. Many mon
uments have been thrown into the
melting pot to stretch out the sup
ply of needed metal, and it is pre
dicted that great difficulty will be
experienced in securing material
should the war continue innay more
months.
TANANA LEAVES
WITH BIG LOAD
FOR THE GOASI
First Dawson-Bound Boat lakes
About Fifteen Passengers Away
From Nenana.
The steamer Tanana, the first
boat of the season to leave for the
upper Yukon, pulled out of Nenana
at an early hour this morning, with
every room filled. The majority of
the passengers, however, boarded
the steamer at Fairbanks, only about
fifteen having taken passage here.
Among the Fairbanksans were sev
eral well known famines who are
enroute to the Outside.
The Tanana left Fairbanks at 7
o’clock last night and reached here
about four this morning. rtfter a
brief stay here, the boat i roceeded
on her way, with a considerable in
crease in the passenger list.
Those who boarded the boat at
I Nenana were: Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
O'Neill, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Cramer,
Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm K. t-Jnith,
Mrs. D. liartwig, M. T. Murray, F.
H. Hamilton, Geo. B. Richardson, J.
R. Lamb, Andrew Andorson, Mike
Risealetti, Nap. Beaudoin, Henry
Lesparance.
COMMITTEE SUGGESTED
TO REGULATE OUTPUT
LONDON, May 28.—The Boiler
makers’ and Shipbuilders’ union in
a letter tothe British government,
has offered to form “tonnage com
mittees” in every shipbuilding dis
trict to deal with the labor side of
the shipbuilding problem. The duty
of these committees, the union says,
will be “to see that the annual out
put of ships is brought up to 3,000,
000 tons.”
In order that the committee shall
have the entire confidence of em
ployers and employees in each dis
trict, they will be settled locally as
they occur.