, Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana
THE NENANA
The BIG Show Of The Interior
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918.
NUMBER 60
HUNS MAKING GAINS IN PARIS ATTACK
BRITISH FORCE GERMANS BACK NEAR ALBERT
• edesoTtImistic over outlook for summer work
HUNS USING TANKS;
FRENCH FALL BACK
PARIS.—The German drive to
ward Paris from the Montdidier
Noyon line continued uninterrupted
throughout the night and is being
prosecuted vigorously today, the
battle being described as one of the
bloodiest of the war. The Germans
are moving forward with relentless
steadiness, despite the fearful losses
which they are sustaining. The
kaiser, seemingly is determined to
throw his last reserves into the ac
tion in a supreme effort to reach
Paris before the American apny be
comes sufficiently large to prevent
further progress on the Western
front.
The Germans continue to press i
forward in the center of their line
of advance, where they are throw
ing their greatest weight against
the French defenses. At this point,
they have advanced a distance of
six miles since Saturday.
SUCCESSFUL COUNTER
PARIS.—On the left of the line
of attack, south of Montdidier, the
French have offered effective re
sistance to the German advance.
The French also executed a brilliant
counter at the center of the line,
after having been pressed backward
to the Aronde river, and hurled the
enemy back sufficiently to premit
of the re-establishment of the lines
at St. Maur, south of Belloy. They
have been unable to hold the ground
however, and today are retiring
slowly again, pressed hard by an
army much stronger in number.
The Germans also have gained
ground on the right, where they are
employing large forces in their at
tacks. In that region, the French
have withdrawn their lines to the
west and south of Ribecourt.
GERMANS USING TANKS
PARIS.—Reports received from
the Mondidier-Noyon front this
afternoon show that the Germans
are making every possible effort to
push toward Paris. They have
thrown division after division into
the melting pot during the two days’
fighting. The first rush was mark
ed by the use of many tanks, which
were operated successfully against
the French until means were found
to destroy them.
BRITISH MAKE GAINS.
LONDON.—The war office has
issued a statement today to the
effect that the British forces in the
Amiens sector carried out an oper
ation by which their line, to the
south of Morlencourt, was advanced
half a mile along a front of a mile
and a half. Two hundred and thir
ty-three prisoners were taken by the
British.
THE GERMAN REPORT
BERLIN—The war office reports
that the German forces to the south
west of Noyon are making progress
against the many French reserves
which have been thrown into the
action. It is claimed by the war
office that the Germans have taken
eight thousand prisoners since the
commencement of the present of
fensive.
BIG AMERICAN ARMY
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
Bakei! is authority for the state
ment that there are now more than
seven hundred thousand American
troops in France. In the secreary’s
last statement, issued a few months
| ago, he announced that more than
! half a million soldiers had been sent
to the European battlefields.
SUPPLY SHIP SEEN
NORFOLK, a.—Survivors of the
torpedoed steamer Pinar del Rio
declare that the submarine which
destroyed their vessel last Saturday
was accompanied by what is sup
posed to have been a supply ship,
a vessel of about six thousand fVns
and painted gray.
TAKE SHOT AT SUB
NEW YORK.—According to in
formation given out today, a trans
port took five shots at a submarine
off the Jersey coast on Monday.
Details of the incident are not ob
tainable.
IMPROVED SERVICE
FOR THE MIS
ARRANGED FOR
Nenana Commercial Club Arrange*
For a More Frequent Mail
Service to Nenana.
At the last regular meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club, held
last Sunday, a committee was ap
pointed to make arrangements for
a better and more frequent mail
service between Fairbanks and Ne
nana.
As a result of the \vork of the
committee, the launches Peerless
and Victory, which have an alter
nating sailing schedule, will handle
the mails during the balance of the
season.
The service arranged for will be
in addition to the regular weekly
service maintained by the American
Yukon Navigation company.
BIG ENGINE COMING
FOR USE AT NENANA
SEATTLE.—A ten wheel loco
motive, for use on the government
raliroad in Alaska and consigned to
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion at Nenana, has been shipped 10
St. Michael on the steamship Valdez,
sailing today. A second locomotive,
of similar type, will be sent to the
Interior later in the season.
PEN OF INDEPENDENCE
AIDS RED CROSS FUND
HONOLULU, T. H.—The pen and
penholder which President Sanford
B. Dole used to sign the constitution
of the Republic of Hawaii on July
3, 1894, has been presented by Mr.
Dole to the Hawaiian chapter of the
Red Cross to be auctioned off, the
proceeds to go to the Red Cross.
It was with this pen that Mr. Dole
signed away the last vestige of offi
cial monarchy in the islands.
BRITISH CRAFT
REPORTS OIVER
SUNK JH SHELLS
British A’-med Steamer Made Direct
Hit Off British Coast and .
Sub Went Down.
ATLANTIC PORT—According to
the belief of passengers mem
bers’ of the armed guard of a Brit
ish steamer who have just reached
this port, an enemy submarine was
sunk by the ship’s guns on June 2,
a short distance off the British
coast.
When the submaxine was sighted,
it was not more than one hundred
and fifty yards from the steamer.
The guard opened fire immediately
and the first shot made a clean hit,
The extent of the damage done is
not known positively, but the diver
submerged suddenly after being hit,
and was not sighted again. After
the submarine had disappeared, sev
eral depth charges were dropped by
destroyers where the boat went
down.
RICE SHORTAGE FELT
IN HAWAII TERRITORY
HONOLULU, T. H.—Hawaii is
experiencing a rice famine and the
price is aviating.
To relieve the shortage the terri
torial food commission acting in co
operation with the Japanese Chamber
of Commerce has arranged to char
ter a special steamer to bring sev
eral thousand tons of rice from
Japan. As Hawaii imports four
fifths of her rice supply, the short
age is due in a large measure to
scarcity of cargo space from the
Orient.
The island crop amounting to 120,
000 tons will not be available until
this month.
JAPAN TO SEND MISSION
TO HAVE LOOK AT CHINA
TOKIO.—A delegation of mem
bers of the Japanese house of rep
resentatives will soon visit China,
Manchuria and parts of Siberia to
observe conditions. Harbin and
Vladivostock are among the places
at which they will call.
The projected vis*t is occasioning
some interest because of the possi
bility of Japan eventually being forc
ed to send an army into Eastern
Siberia should Japanese interests be
in peril.
SOLDIERS ARE SAVING
TIN FOIL AT CAMPS
CAMP KEARNEY, San Diego.—
All officers of the 40th division,
stationed here, have been requested
by the reclamation division of the
quartermaster’s department to aid
efforts to save lead and tinfoil, such
as paste tubes, tobacco wrappings
and similar articles. Boxes for the
collection of the foil are ordered
placed in each company street and
office.
Grant Allen, who came in from
43-mile camp for the purpose of be
ing medically examined under the
selective service regulations, left for
his station this morning.
We must meet sacrifice at the
front with sacrifice at home.
PRESIDENT SAYS
NATION DEPENDS
UPON HOME WORK
Wilton Sends Message to Federation
Convention Urging Loyal
Support of Men.
WASHINGTON, D. C—Realizing
the importance of uninterrupted
activities in all lines of industry,
President Wilson has sent a tele
gram to the American Federation of
Labor and the American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy, now in
convention at St. Paul, urging the
renewed efforts of labor in supoort
of the war.
The president informed the dele
gates that the “war can be lost here
as well as in France.” Illconsidered
and unjustified interruptions of es
sential labor may make it impossible
to win the war, he told the work
ers. He said further, that no con
troversey between capital and labor
should be permitted to interfere
with the prosecution of the war,
until every instrumentality set up
by the government has been employ
ed to settle it.
BIG Sttfuffi
STORE BOOSTING
SALT LAKE CITY—Located at
one of the principal corners in the
business district in Salt Lake City,
is a big department store, employing
nearly five hundred men, women,
boys and girls, and it is on this site,
pioneers here say, that irrigation
was first introduced in the United
States. In commemoration of this
event in agriculture, the manage
ment of this huge emporium has
signed virtually every one of its
employees as a participant in the
National Community War Garden
. I
campaign.
Every employee of this store, ac-;
cording to the management, has I
agreed to plant a war garden on his j
or her back yard, or vacant lots ad
jacent to their homes, and this com
munity campaign to stimulate the
production of food has been the in
centive of starting a similar move
ment among the employees of other
establishments here, although they
have not the “original irrigation
site” as a stimulus for their Com
munity War Gardens.
PROHIBITION REDUCES
CRIME IN SALT LAKE
SALT LAKE CITY—Prohibition
is given the credit for a noticebale
decrease in crime and misdemeanors,
according to the Chief of Police J.
Parley White, of this city, who has
just made a comparison of police
records for the first four months of
1918, with those of the first four
months of 1917.
The comparison shows a decrease
of fifty per cent in the number of
arrests in the four month period.
Emergency hospital cases, however,
have shown an increase, but none of
the cases treated can be directly
traced to liquor, the report indicates.
SWI1CH LAID
FOR NEW LINE
ON RAILROAD
A Branch Line to Join the New '
Survey Line Is Commenced :
Near Fish Creek.
A commencement was made to
day with the work of laying a switch
and line beginning at a point on
the completed railroad lying be
tween bridges 5 and 6, about three
miles out of town. This line will
be continued in the direction of the
new survey line that is being run
for the purpose of getting informa
tion as to whether a line as good
or better than the present railroad
line exists.
It is not known definitely how
far this branch line is to be ex
tended but it is thought it will be
extended sufficiently far to serve
the present needs of the survey
parties and will be handy for instant j
use in the event of the present!
location of the line being changed :
to follow the survey line now being
run and thereby eliminate Lost i
Slough,
The switch which had been in use j
at the north end of the spur track
built on the old location of Camp
22 (Dragline camp) to accommodate
the gravel cars, was taken up yes-1
terday and brought to the present!
location this morning. * The work
of putting in the switch and the
first few lengths of rails of the new
track will be done by the men of
section gangs one and two.
The land over which the new line
will be laid is of a swampy nature,
and it will therefore be necessary
to built up grade and ballast the
track following the laying of the j
rails and it is proposed to do this |
work on force account, as it is the1
easiest, cheapest and quickest way. i
As soon as the work is well under1
way it is probable that the dragline j
camp, under Foreman Fred Craig,
will be given charge of the con
tinuance of it.
The laying of a spur track at this i
place and the extention of it to-!
wards the new survey line does not
necessarily mean that the railroad is'
to be built on the new location, al-1
though there is a strong probability j
that it will eventually follow a line i
that will eliminate all trouble from'
Lost Slough.
Mr. Frederick D. Browne, engin-,
eer in charge of this division of the I
road, told the News representative!
that the survey is being undertaken j
with a view of ascertaining whether
a route as good or better than the
present route can be found.
When the survey has been com
pleted all of the data obtained with
such recommendations as the engin
eer in charge would care to make,
will be laid before the proper au
thorities and their decision in the
matter awaited.
In the meantime, Mr. Browne was
of the opinion that the regularly
recurring floods and consequent
damage to the roadbed and the prop- j
erty of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, may dictate to the
engineers in charge the course to
be followed.
Harry St. George, who arrived in
Nenana from the Tolovana on the '
launch Red Wing, left for Fairbanks :
on the Victory this morning.
EDES SATISFIED
WITH ACTION OF
COMMITTEEMEN
Head of Alaskan Engineering Corn
million Sayo Five Million Will
Be Enough. J
SEATTLE. — Interviewed today,
regarding the action of the house
committee on the Alaska railroad
appropriation, Chairman W. C. Edes,
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, expressed the belief that, not
withstanding the fact that congress
had been asked to grant seven miK
lions of dollars this year, the com
mission would be able to do a great
deal of work with five and one
quarter millions, the amount recom
mended by the committee, yester
day. He said also that, on account
of a possible labor shortage, it might
be impossible for the commission to
do more than /ive million dollars’
worth of work. ,
Manager J. L. McPherson, of the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, who has kept in
close touch with the Alaska appro
priations, says that he did not ex
pect the committee to recommend
more than five and one-quarter
millions.
Before apporving the Alaska rail
road item yesterday, the house ap
propriation committee heard Her
bert A. Meyer, representative of the
Department of the Interior, who in
formed the lawmakers that he visit
ed Alaska a few Months ago and
found that the work of building the
Government railroad had progressed
well and that construction costs were
as low as possible, considering the
distance of the work from the
source of supplies. He said that
the Alaskan Engineering commission
believed that the road should be con
tinued toward Broad Pass, and
southward from Nenana to the Ne
nana coal fields.
MIDNIGHT SUN CELEBRATION
PLANNED AT FAIRBANKS
As a fitting farewell to the boys
ivho will leave Fairbanks for the
training camp at Fort Gibbon, the
good people of the upper town are
planning to hold a three-day cele
bration, commencing on the 21st of
June, with the celebration of the
Festival of the Midnight Sun.
Arrangements are under way to
get the Nenana ball team to journey
to the upper town and add zest and
interest to the proceedings.
CARD PARTY WILL BE HELD
AT NENANA CLUB TOMORROW
The last of the series of card
parties given by the ladies of Ne
nana for the benefit of the Red
Cross yarn fund will be held at
the Nenana club rooms at 2:30 p. m.
tomorrow.
All ladies of Nenana who can do
so are cordially invited to attend
ind help the good cause.
A new series will be started soon, *
:he details of which are not yet
ivailable.
Mrs. Ike P. Taylor left on a visit
;o her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred
L.ewis, at Fairbanks.
Harry Abercrombie returned to
Zenana on the Douse launch Victory
ifter a brief visit to the upper
own.