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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAIL Y NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBERl, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 178
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EIND DRAWS NEAR
AUSTRIANS SURRENDER NAVAL BASE
ALLIED VICTORIES LEA VE GERMANS ISOLA TED
GERMANS CONTINUE !
THEIR RETIREMENT
LONDON.—According to reports
leceived from the front today, the
British forces operating on the front
to the north of Valenciennes, have
resumed the offensive after a lull
of several days, and are making!
steady progress, in spite of the re
sistance offered.
YANKS MAKE GAINS
WITH THE AMERICANS —The
American troops took the initiative
this morning and strongly attacked
the positions held by the Germans
in the Verdun sector. The Germans
resisted stoutly and much heavy
fighting resulted. Our boys, how
ever, pressed the enemy very hard
and forced the fighting at every
point. Hand-to-hand fighting of a
FiGHI BETWEEN
AUSTRO-ITALIAN
MAY BE ENDED
—
Armsitice Negotiation* May Have
Put a Stop to the Fighting On
the Piave Front.
LONDON.—Advices received in
this city from the front indicate
that negotiations between the Ita
lian and the Austro-Hungarian mili
tary commanders with a view to an
armistice is proceeding* and that
actual fighting may have already
stopped.
The Evening Star, commenting on
the Austrian collapse and the re
sulting armistice overtures, says that
General Diaz, commanding the Ita
lian forces has handed the Austro
Hungarian commander the Allied
terms on which an armistice could
be granted.
EMPERORMS
10 LEI MMY:
HAVE HER WAY
Austrian Ruler Is Reconciled to
Hungarian Independence and
Stops All Conflict.
LONDON-—Immediately after the ^
assumption of the government of,
Hungary by the new Hungarian
National Council, composed of the]
Czecho-Slovaks, Arch Duke Joseph,
the emperor’s representative, left
the city of Budapest.
Emperor Charlas of Austria has
issued orders that all conflict with
the population be avoided and has
also instructed the authorities at
Budapest to yield to the new powers
without resistance.
The Juneau Fruit & Vegetable
Market is going out of business. I
very stubborn character took place
at several points, the Americans
easily proving their superiority over
the foe in every case.
Villages Captured
The steady and terrific pressure
brought to bear by our troops on
the German lines soon began to tell
and the enemy were forced to
abandon their positions one after;
the other and fall back farther east-1
ward. Our troops captured over a j
dozen villages which they occupied.;
Prisoners Taken.
As a result of the severe fighting;
our troops succeeded in capturing!
over three thousand prisoners, as!
well as considerable war material |
and stores of all kinds. The fight-!
ing is continuing unabated and the
Americans are slowly forging ahead.
REFUSING ALLOW
PATIENT TO LAND
I
Influenza Patient of Steamer Pre
ferred to Go to Seattle, Where ,
He Later Died.
JUNEAU—A statement was made
some time ago and published by the
newspapers than an influenza pa
tient on one of the steamers from
Seattle was refused admittance to
Alaska at the various coast ports
and that although he was unable to ;
get the needed medical attendance
on board, was compelled to go to
Seattle.
The statement was strengthenedI
further by the action of the officials '
of the Pacific Coast S. S. Co., who j
protested against the drastic action1
of our governor, citing the instance;
of the illness of a member of the
crew of the Admiral Farragut, who
was not permitted to land at Sew-1
ard, Valdez or Cordova because he
was suffering from influenza.
Governor Riggs issued a state
ment today denying the report that
the authorities at Juneau had re
fused to allow George Sprague,
second officer of the steamer City
of Seattle, to come ashore because
be had influenza, and says that
Sprague was offered hospital ac-,
commodations but refused them,
saying that he wanted to go to
Seattle.
Sprague is reported to have suc
cumbed to the disease later in
Seattle.
Hyland & Co., organized by Hy
land, Dorney, Moore & O’Leary.;
will conduct a saltery ai uandlock:
Bay and will pack salmon, codfisn.1
herring etc. They have leased the
dock and building belonging to the
Standard Copper Mines Co.
J- L. Long is starting another;
cannery at Douglas in connection I
with the fresh fish industry oper
ated by the Alaska Coast fish Co.
NEW GOVERNMENT
TAKES CONTROL
Hungarian National Council Takes
Over Control Amid Rejoicings
of Inhabitants.
COPENHAGEN.—Reports receiv
ed in this city today indicate that
Count Michael Karolyis, who was
recently chosen ruler of Hungary,
which was created an independent
anti-dynastic state, sent a message
to the Berlin Tageblatt indicating
that the revolution started in Buda
pest has succeeded and that the
Hungarian National Council has as
sumed the government of the coun
try.
The Hungarian council is com
posed of the Czecho-Slovaks, and
there is said to be great rejoicing
among the inhabitants of the an
cient Danubian capital of Buda
pest at the turn of events.
TAKES OVER RAILROADS
COPENHAGEN.—According to
advices received in this city today
from reliable sources, the officials
of the government in control at
Budapest have seized all of the roll
ing stock of the railroads and have
taken over the lines as far as
Bodenbach, near the frontier of
Saxony.
The new Czechish cars bear the
inscription ‘Free Czechist Socialist
Republic’. All German soldiers
found within the limits of the new
Hungary have been disarmed.
BERMANS ARE
)cierte<l By All Her Allies, Germany
Finds Herself In a State of
Isolation.
LONDON.—Germany has now ;
)een completly isolated as a result
>f the surrender and desertion of!
ler allies.
rhis isolation, coupled with desper
ite internal conditions and dis
irders, will it is believed, bring the
var to an end in the near future, j
lespite the fact that the German |
irmy and navy still exist.
Germany will, sooner or later,
virtually have to accept any terms
he Allied powers may care to im
pose.
Jerome L. Drumheller, Spokane!
capitalist, has bought a half inter-;
:st in the Fern—Goodell property -'
in Archangle creek, near Willow;
creek
The Taku Canning Co. will em
iloy a crew all winter to construct
i new cannery building and dock
'rom lumber cut by the Juneau I
Lumber Co., this fall.
TheRed Cross Packing Co., has
>een organized at Jui.'au to can
clams.
In Fear of the Fate That Befell j
the Former Russian Czar, the
Empress Urges Abdication.
PARIS.—The Petit Journal, one
of the leading Paris newspapers,
gives much prominence to an article
regarding the situation in Germany ■
since the kaiser has been shorn of
much of his power.
The article says that the empress
is ill and weak as a result of the
worry caused by recent events; and,
haunted by the memory of the Rus- {
sian revolution and the tragic end
of the once all powerful Romanoff
family, insists upon the kaiser's ab
dication, as the easiest solution of
the complex problem now facing the
Hohenzollern dynasty.
[AEROPLANE PROBE
SHOWS OEMS OF
MISMANAGEMENT
Probe Committee Makes Report and
Recommends Criminal Prose*
cution of Officers.
—
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Former
Justice Charles Evans Hughes and
Attorney General Gregory who were
appointed a committee to inquire
into the alleged mismanagement of
the aeroplane program under the
administration of the Aircraft Board
have submitted their report.
The report covers the period pre
vious to the reorganization of the
Aircraft Board last May and severely
scores the board for mistakes, de
lays and. waste of aeroplanes under
the administration of the board and
recommends that four army officers
be prosecuted criminally for their
share in the mismanagement.
Charles E. Hughes, in his report,
says that the army organization in
connection with the aeroplane pro
gram was defective, the Signal Corps
being chiefly responsible for the
failures and delays in getting aero
plane models from the Allies and
preparing the specifications for the
production of the planes. He charg
es that they frequently changed well
equipped plants and often concluded
contracts which went to plants with
few qualifications for the proper
performance of the work entrusted
to them; the profits accruing from
some of the contracts let, in some
instances, being enormous.
Attorney General Gregory says
that these profits reverted to the
government in taxes.
The Columbia Red Metal Mining
Co., is installing a sawmill near
Valdez. A monorail will be built
from the beach to the mine.
Libby-McNeil &Libby are report- i
ed to have bought the Carlson can- j i
nery at Taku Harbor. ! i
AUSTRIANS ROUTED;
ARMIES SHATTERED
ON ITALIAN FRONT
Italian Headquarters. — According
to reports received from Italian
field headquarters on the Piave
front, the Austrian forces are con
tinuing their hasty retirement. The
Allies are hard at their, heels and
are inflicting severe losses on the
enemy. In their great haste, con
siderabl war material is left behind,
which is gathered up by the Allies.
The Allies have also captured a
great many prisoners.
ADVANCE VERY RAPID
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Rome j
despatches received by the war de
partment today indicate that the |
Allies are advancing all along the1
Piave river front in great strides.,
Many Towns Taken.
The advance of the Allies has
been so rapid and the necessity forj
keeping up the pace at which they i
are going is so great that it has
been found practically impossible to
keep accurate count of the number
of prisoners and guns captured and
the number of Italians liberated
from the enemy’s control. The Al
lies, who are practically strangers
in this part of the battle line, have
found it impossible to identify a
great many of the towns that have '
been recaptured.
COLLAPSE COMPLETE
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ROME.—All despatches and re-;
ports received f^m the front indi
cate that the collapse of the Aus- (
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Wilson’s Terms to Be Basis (or the 1
Discussions o( Armistice With
Germany.
PARIS.—The terms of the armis- I
tice for Germany, which is now be- j'
ing discussed in Allied councils, is |
:o be confined to the military re-'
luirements of the belligerents, ex-‘
:ept that it will be brought out that
:hey will be considered generally!
jpon he principles laid down by ^
President Wilson with some definite
less. <
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F. C. Johnson of the Alaska Fish
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tannery at Waterfall was destroyed
>y fire is untrue and that damages
(mounted only to about $25.
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trian defense on the entire battle
front has been absolutely complete
and that at no place have they been
able to hold their own, even for a
brief spell against the vigorous at
tacks of the Allied forces, who are
continuing to advance practically
unchecked along the entire Piave
valley.
BRITISH TAKE TOWN
LONDON.—According to des
patches received from the Italian
front today, the British forces co
operating with the Italians and
French have advanced to strong
positions, fifteen miles to the east
of the Piave river and have cap
tured and occupied the town of
Sacile.
Austrians Retire
In the Monte Grappa sector of
the battlefront the Austrian forces
are retiring very rapidly and the
British troops who are pursuing
them find it hard to keep in touch
with the enemy's rearguard.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary—The
shattered armies of Austria-Hun
gary are fleeing pell mell from the
advancing Italians and Allied troops
over a front extending for a dis
tance of a hundred miles from the
Brenta river to the Adriatic coast.
The Austrians have apparently lost
all power of resistance. The Allies
have captured countless prisoners.
BIG NAVAL BASE
IS SURRENDERED
10 SLAKOUNCIL
Dhief Austrian Naval Base At PoU
is Surrendered to the Southern
Slav Council.
LONDON.—According to reports
■eceived in this city from reliable
lources, the Austro-Hungarian gov
ernment has surrendered their naval
>ase at Pola to the Southern Slav
Council The Austrian fleet assem
)led in the harbor of Pola is also
ncluded in the surrender
Pola is a seaport in the peninsula
if Istria, on the Adriatic Sea, 55
niles south of Trieste. It is a for
ified town of the first rank, and
he chief station of the Austro
lungarian navy. Large dockyards,
xsenal and barracks have been con
tracted here. The entrance to the
arbor is narrow, but the water is
!eep, and with it expands into a
arge basin, land-locked and safe,
'orts and batteries on the hills
orming the background, protect the
arbor- The principal modern edi
ice besides the arsenal and bar
acks, is the cathedral, which dates
rom the 9th century. Pola had a
opulation of nearly 50,000 in 1900.