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THE NENA NA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 176
HUNS MAKE NEW PEACE APPEAL
ALLIES FORGE AHEAD ON ALL FRONTS
LIGHTHOUSE VESSEL IN STORM, CALLS FOR AID
FRENCH CONTINUE
TO DRIVE TEUTONS
PARIS.—Official reports received
by the war office today indicate <
that the French forces under the
command of General Debeney are
steadily continuing to encircle the
town of Guise and have gained
much success. To the north of
Guise the French troops have cap
tured the Beufort farm and along
the Peronne river they have prog
ressed to the east of Monceauleneuf
capturing a great many prisoners.
BITTER FIGHTING
WITH THE AMERICANS.—On
the Meuse sector of the battlefront
where the Americans are bearing
the brunt of the fighting, very bit
ter fighting is reported to be in
progress.
Yank* Move Forward
East o fthe Meuse, the Americans
in a brilliant attack hurled back
the defending Germans, moving for
ward and occupying several import
ant positions which had been lately
held by the Germans.
Bombardment Continuing
West of the Meuse, the German:
artillery is still hard at it and an
intensive bombardment of the:
American positions with gas and (
high explosive shells is in progress;
the American gunners cutting loose
with every available gun, are vigor
ously replying to the fire of the
Huns and have succeeded in silenc
ing a few of their batteries.
Yank Gun* At Long Range
Our heavy batteries at a very
long range are pounding away
strongly at the Hun supply lines j
at Conflans with great success.
AXEL MIING
10 BE Oil
BY PIONEERS
All arrangements have been com
pleted by the Nenana Igool No. 17,
Pioneers of Alaska for the funeral
of their late brother Axel Running,
who died at the Commission hospital
last Saturday as the result of in
ternal injuries received while at
work for the Alaskan Engineering
commisison.
Funeral services will be held over
the remains at the Nenana Labor
Union Hall, commencing at 1:30
p. m., on Sunday, November 3, and
interment will take place at the
Nenana cemetery, about two miles
south of town.
The late Axel Running was a
charter member of Fairbanks Igloo
No. 4, Pioneers of Alaska.
NOTICE
Nenana Club members please re
member the regular social gathering
each Friday night at S:30.
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
and victory for defeat.
Scouting airplanes, acting in con- 1
;ert, are signalling the correct range
;o our gunners, who though firing
»t an invisible target, are making
?ood practice and doing great dam
ige to the enmy supply lines.
PATROL SKIRMISHES ONLY
LONDON.—Field Marshal Haig,
commanding the British forces in
his report made today states that
except for a few unimportant en
counters between patrols, their has
been no activity on the British front.
The British forces have advanced,
however, and captured a few pris
oners.
ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
Italian Headquarters—The Italian
army, assisted by the French and
British supports, have covered them
selves with glory and are continuing
to press back the Austrian forces
on the Piave front- The Austrians
are continuing their retreat under
pursuit, and rearguard actions are
very frequent.
Captures Ma<^e
As a result of the fighting: yester
day, the Allies captured one thous
and prisoners and one hundred and
fifty large guns, which the Aus
trians were compelled to leave be
hind in their precipitate retreat.
Attack Repulsed.
The Austrians launched a power
ful attack on the positions held by
the Italians at Monte Grappabut,
which were easly repulsed. The
fighting today was done in fair
weather.
MEN OVER BY
CZECHOSLOVAKS
COPENHAGEN.—Despatches re
ceived in this city from German
sources say that the Czecho-Slovak
National Committee has taken over
the functions of the local govern
ment at Prague, thus marking the
final steps in thier success of the
Czecho-Slovak national movement.
Emblems symbolic of the old
order of things have been removed
from the various buildings and the
imperial proclamations have been
torn down from the walls of the
public buildings.
Last Monday, the general com
manding the garrison at Prague
placed his entire forces at the dis
posal of the Czecho-Slovaks.
GOVERNMENT OF CUBA
SENDS SMOKES TO BOYS
LONDON.—The r overnment of
Cuba has sent to the American Red
Cross in Europe 240,000 cigarettes
and 3,500 packages of smoking
tobacco, for distribution to American
wounded.
HUGE FREIGHTER
TAKES II UR
— i
’hiladelphia Yard* Launch Largest,
Largest Freighter Ever Built
For Federal Shipping Board.
PHILADELPHIA.—The steamer
South Bend, built at a Philadelphia
fard, was successfully launched to
lay. The installing of her ma
:hinery w'ill be commenced at once
>nd rushed to completion, so that
she can enter the freight carrying
service as soon as possible.
The South Bend is believed to
be the largest cargo carrier ever
built. She is of 13,600 tons register.
GEllYlNDS
ANOTHER NOTE
Huns Send Supplementary Note
Addressed to American People
and Not to Wilson.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Another
German note, supplementing their
last brief communication, was re
ceived here today.
This new note, which is addressed
to the American government and
not to President Wilson, says that
the terms of the armistice are await
ed and recited the details of the
changes in the form of the German
government as evidence that the
kaiser has been shorn of his power
to have any say in the conduct of
the war or the declaration of peace.
The note fully describes the
changes made in the German con
stitution, which changes transfer
the actual power and responsibility
of the German government to the
Reichstag.
It is believed that the note will
be forwarded to Paris immediately
where the supreme war council of
the Allied jiations are now formulat
ing the terms on which the Allies
will be willing to conclude peace.
The President is now busily work
ing on the answer he will send to
Austria.
BARK IS SUNK
IN COLLISION
Japanese Steamer and Fishers’ Bark
Come Together In a Fog and
Latte* Is Sunk.
SEATTLE.—During the preval
ence of a heavy fog in Seattle har
bor, the Japanese steamer Mexico
| Maru rammed and sank the fisheries
bark A. J. Fuller. No lives were
lost as the result of the accident,
which was unavoidable.
The bark A. J. Fuller was owned
by the Northwestern Fisheries com
pany, and at the time she was
rammed and sunk was on her way to
her berth from a voyage from Kodiak
Island, Alaska, with a full cargo
of canned salmon valued at half a
million dollars.
It is not known, at present, wheth
er the ship and cargo will be a
total loss.
AUSTRIA WANTS
PEACE QUICKLY
\uitria-Hungary Asks Secretary
Laming to Intercede With
Wilton For Peace.
VIENNA.—The government of
Austria-Hngary, through Count An
drassy, their foreign minister, has
despatched a note to Secretary of
State Robert Lansing, reqesting his
intercession with Wilson for an im
mediate armistice on all fronts and
a commencement of peace negotia
tions.
RULES FOR SIGNS
NOW IN FORCE
!
For the information of those in
terested, the following townsite
regulations regarding signs, are pub
lished :
Pole signs may be placed at the
edge of the sidewalk next to the
gutter, on a substantial and safe
base; the sign itself to be not less
than seven and one-half feet above
the sidewalk.
Pole signs o ther than electric
shall not exceed dimensions of four
feet in width by three feet in
heighth; and electric pole signs shall
not exceed these dimensions except
by special permit.
Skeleton electric signs may be ex
tended from the buildings not closer
than seven and one-half feet from
the sidewalk, provided that any
such sign extending more than six
feet from the building or more than
three feet in heighth, will not be
permitted except by special permit.
Wood or metal signs may extend
not to exced three feet from build
ings, and not less than seven and
one-half feet from the sidewalk.
No cloth or rag sign allowed to
extend from building.
Ownings may be lettered, but no
signs may be attached to them.
All signs must be constructed and
attached in a manner to fully safe
guard public safety. Any sign not
so constructed and attached shall
be removed on order of the town
site manager.
budapesTscene
OF MUCH RIOTING
Military A-e Called Out to Quell
Serious Riots; Machine Guns
Used; Many Are Killed.
LONDON.—According to reports
received in this city today from
reliable sources, serious riots oc
curred in Budapest, Monday as the
direct result of the peace move.
The rioting reached very serious
proportions, necessitating the calling
out of the military to quell the dis
durbance. The soldiers used ma
chine guns and bayonets on the
crowds, killing a great many of
them.
IDENTIFYING BODIES
PROCEEDS SLOWLY
JUNEAU,—It is reported that,,
ibout half an hour before thu!
iteamer Princess Sophia went down,
he wirelss operator on board picked
ip the government lighthouse tender
Hedar and sent the following mess
»ge: “For God’s sake hurry; water
sntering room; just time to say
?ood-bye.” The wireless operator
an the Cedar thought that the oper
ator on the Sophia had got ex-1
cited and tried to call him and sent
him a reassuring message, reading:
“We’re coming; save juice to guide
us.”
Immediately after receipt of the!
wireless call from the Princess
Sophia, the Cedar was headed in the
direction of the wreck, as indicated
by the message receievd when that
vessel first struck, in the teeth of i
a heavy gale of wind and some sea
The prevailing storm, however, grew
in intensity and drove the Cedar
back to the shelter of the harbor.
The mournful and grewsome task
of recovering the bodies of the vie-1
tims is proceeding as rapidly as the:
weather will permit All of the
bodies found have life preservers on.
The bodies are scattered over a very
wide area, some of them being
found on the beaches of the main
land, and of the many islands within
a wide radius of the scene of the
appalling disaster.
The body of John F. Pugh, col-1
lector of customs of Alaska, was
found on the Douglas Island beach :
the greatest distance from the I
wreck at which any body has been
found so far.
The reports received so far indi
cate that only two of the bodies of
the women passengers have been
found so far, that of Mrs. John
CANADIAN VESSEL
MAY BE WRECKI
Lighthouse Vessel On Voyage Across
Hecate Straits Sends Appeal
For Assistance.
VICTORIA, B. C.—The Canadian
lighthouse steamer Galiano, on a
voyage from Triangle Island to
Ikeda, Queen Charlotte Islands, sent
an urgent wireless call for help last
night. The wireless message indi
cated that water was rapidly enter
ing the hold of the vessel. Nothing
further was received, which is taken
as an indication that the wireless
on board of the Galiano must have
been put out of commission, pre
sumably by the water rising in the
vessel, which also may be lost.
Help has been despatched and
vessels are speeding over the course
taken by vessels ordinarily in mak
ing a voyage from Triangle Island
to Ikeda, in the hope of being able
to reach the Galiano in time to be
of assistance.
The Galiano carried a crew of
thrity men and was laden with sup
plies for the lighthouses established
in the track of the northbound
vessels.
Beaton, wife of the discoverer of
Iditarod, whose two small children
were also lost; and that of Mrs. W.
L. O'Brien of Dawson. The entire
O’Brien family (Mr. and Mrs. O’
Brien and five children) was wiped
out in this disaster. Mr. O’Brien
was a member of the Yukon legis
lature. Pathetic interest attaches
to the finding of the body of Mr
O'Brien as he had his small son
clasped tightly in his arms when
found.
Bodies identified in addition to
those whose names were published
yesterday include Henry Francis Law
less, N'cnan; Howard Bennett, Wise
man; George N’iles of Flat City;
Thos. Tolbart of Tanana; Wm. Al
fred Smith of Fairbanks; James
Ale.vander of Atlin: Wm. Edward
Shaw of Fairbanks; Walter Harper,
of Eagle; William Scouse of Daw
son; Samuel Bourne, of Iditarod;
C. W. Porter of Fairbanks; E. M.
Nelson of Fairbanks; August Stan
ley Winkler of Ruby; U. G. Myers
of Eagle; John F. Pugh, collector of
customs; A. D. Pratt of Fairbanks;
Edward M. Bell of Hunker creek;
Mrs. John Beaton of Iditarod; Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. O’Brien of Dawson.
INVESTIGATION
SEATTLE—In discussing the dis
ter today, steamboat inspectors said
that an investigation into the cir
cmstances of the wreck would not
be possible on account of the fact
that the Princess Sophia was a
Canadian boat and that, as in the
case of the Titanic, an English boat,
special action of Congress will be
needed to authorize an investigation.
Austria’* Reply to the President’s
Peace Note Is Received In
Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Aus
trian note, requesting that an armis
tice be arranged with a view to a
permanent peace, has arrived in this
city.
The note was received at the
Swiss legation and will be in the
hands of the President immediately.
MAIL IS DELAYED;
1 MAY GEE IN TONIGHT
Mail, which was expected to ar
; rive this morning from Fairbanks,
i had not reached town up to a late
j hour this evening. It may possibly
1 arrive yet tonight, as the wind
I storm prevailing this afternoon has
! more than likely retarded the stage
I driver somewhat.
If you have saved a slice a day,
eat cornbread and save a loaf.