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DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 177
TURKS DROP OUT
AUSTRIAN RETREAT IS CUT OFF
FOCH DEMANDS FLEET AS HUN PLDEGE
AUSTRIANS TRAPPED
ON ITALIAN FRNOT
LONDON.—All reports received
by the war office today indicate
that the entire Italian front is
ablaze and that all the Italian
armies, assisted by French and Brit
ish reinforcements, are in action
and are pressing the enemy as they
have never been pressed before. All
along the line desperate fighting is
in progress, but despite the hitter
resistance offered, the Italians and
their allies are slowly but surely
forging ahead.
British Reach Livenza
The British forces, co-operating
with their Italian allies, have reach
ed the Livenza river, at the town of
Francenigo, where a passage of the
river will be forced, the Austrians
are stoutly opnosing the further
advance of the British, but have
failed to make much of an impres
sion on the advancing columns yet.
Italians Occupy Town.'
In the face of a terrific enemy
resistance and hot fire from their
batteries of artillery and machine
gun platoons, the Italians continue
their advance northwards. The
Austrians were forced to retire and
the Italians were enabled to occupy
the town of Oderzo.
ENEMY CORNERED
WASHINGTON, D. C.—By a bril
liant advance of the Italian army
with the co-operation of the French
and British forces, and the capture
thereby of the Vadal mounia.n pass,
the retreat ofthe fifteen Austrian
divisions operating between the
Brenta and Piave rivers liar, been
cut off.
Allies Pres* Advantage
The Allied forces are pressing
the advantage thus gained to the
utmost with a view to the final
surrendering of the cornered Aus
trians. Miltary observers consider
the capture of the Vadal mountain
pass a master stroke and do not
think that there is any possible
chance to escape for the Austrians,
whose surrender is merely a matter
of a short time only.
CRISIS NEARING
The cutting off of the retreat
of so large a body of the enemy
troops has brought i'ne issue on the
Italian front to a crit’ca! state, and
early developments are expected.
Appalling Losses
In the fighting preceeding the
capture of the mountain pass and
the deseperate and frantic efforts
made by the enemy to stem the
Allied advance as soon as they real
ized their peril, the loss of enemy
lives is said to be appalling. Troops
were thrown into the gaps in the
ranks of the enemy caused by the
fierce Allied attacks and these were
practically mowed down as often
as they were sent to block thei ad
vance. No estimate of the appalling
loss has been attempted.
Feltre Threatened.
The Italians occupied the entire
valley of the Quero and thr > ten
the enemy at Feltre.
Enemy Flank Exposed.
The Austrians in the Gr.t.ipa
region are now exposed to a flank
ing movement, and their immediate
retirement is expected.
Third Army Advancing
The Italian Third army is steadily
advancing along the lower Piave
river despite desperate enemy re
sistance and are gaining ground
right along.
Territory Regained.
As a result of the fighting which
tok place yesterday, over a thousand
square kilometers of Italian terri
tory has been recovered, bringing
much joy and satisfaction to the in
habitants, who greet their deliverers
most effusively.
Enemy Driven Northward
Apparently the enemy forces
along the entire front are being
driven steadily northward.
Enemy Claim Denied.
Thedespatches received from the
battlefront deny the Austrian ciaim
that all of the terrtory across the
Piave river was evacuated volun
l tarily.
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Austro-Hungarian T-oops Are Being
Withdrawn Frcir. Serbia and
Italy; Peace In Sight.
VIENNA.—Orders have been is
sued for the withdrawal of Austro
! Hungarian troops from Serbian
territory and accordingly a large
number of them have already cross
ed the Danube on their homeward
way.
Austrian troops are also being
withdrawn from the Italian front.
TURKISH FORCES
SURRENDERED TO
ALLIED GENERAL
Large Body of Troops In Mesapo
tamia Were Surrendered to
the Allies By Turks.
LONDON-—According to reports
received jin this city today from the
eastern theater of war, General Is
mali Hakki, commanding the Turk
ish armies in Mesopotamia, sur
rendered with the forces under his
command to the Allies today.
The Turkish forces which were
surrendered were composed of one
entire army division and the larger
part of two other divisions.
Supplying food is America’s prin
cipal part in the war right now;
FOCil DEMANDS
SURRENDER OF
6ERMAN FLEET
Great Commander Sends Germany
Terms On Which An Armistice
Will Be Granted.
LONDON.—According to a des
patch from Copenhagen, received in
this city today, Marshal Foch, com
mander in chief of the Allied armies,
has sent a note to Germany, con
taining the terms on which the
Allies will be willing to grant an
armistice. The note is said to have
arrived at Berlin on Tuesday.
It is understood that the terms
laid down by the commander in
chief include the surrender of the
i German fleet and the occupation,
by the Allies of the Rhine cities.! '
IURKISHM
TERMS OUTLINED
Allied Powers May Insist on the
Occupation of Turk Territory
and Passage of Straits.
LONDON.—Commenting editori
ally on the collapse of the Turkish
defense and the apparent eagerness
of the Ottoman government to make
peace with the Allies on almost any
terms, the Express thinks that the
Allied powers should insist on the
Turks permitting a fleet to go thru
the Dardanelles and the landing of
an adequate force on Turkish soil.
The Ottoman government should
also be made to give up to the
Allies, for punishment, certain per
sons who are accused of violating
the rules of civilized warfare.
It had long been recognized that
the Turks had a right to prevent
any foreign ship of war from pass
ing the Dardanelles, and in 1841
a treaty was signed between the
five great European powers and the
Porte, in which it was laid down
that this was not to be permitted.
The treaty was confirmed in 1856,
the sultan of Turkey, however, re
taining the right to permit certain
vessels belonging to foregn govern
ments, to pass. By the Berlin
treaty of 1878, the duty was again
imposed upon the sultan of Turkey
to prevent the passage of any foreign
I ships of war.
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I The regular meeting of the local
Red Cross branch has been post
poned, and will be held at the
. Nenana Club rooms on the after
j noon of Friday, November 8th.
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Roy Lund left Fairbanks yester
. day morning with the mail for Ne
! nana, via the Ester trail.
! If you have saved a slice a day.
! eat cornbread and save a loaf.
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
and victory for defeat.
G. 0. P. LEADERS
URGING ELECTION
OF REPUBLICANS
Roosevelt and Taft Issue Joint
Appeal for the Return of a
Republican Cong<"ess.
Former Presidents Roosevelt and
Taft have issued a joint appeal ad
dressed to the American people, urg
ing on the return of a Republican
Congress at the coming elections.
The statement, which is a lengthy
one and the first of its kind ever
composed and signed by two former
presidents, said in part, that Presi
dent Wilson had indicated his will
| ingness to make peace by negotia
tion, but that he has not demanded
unconditional surrender of the enemy
as he might have done and as the
American people demand should be
done. The American people should
| elect a Congress that would be in
| dependent enough to interpret and
enforce the will of the people in the
! matter of a world peace, and not
merely to submit to Wilson’s un
j controlled will.
j It is was not the traditions of
i the American republic, the state
' ment said, to give one man un
controlled power, and only a Re
publican Congress will have the
courage to exact a detailed and
accurate account of the administra
j tion’s stewardship of the funds ex
I pended in the prosecution of the
j great war.
j The statement said, in conclusion,
that Wilson was elected as a peace
president and that the country should
; be governed by men elected in war
‘ time.
I NOTED MEDICAL MAN
j HAS USE OF ESTATE
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{ PARIS.—Doctor Alexis Carrel, of
•the Rockefeller Institute for Medi
cal Research, of New York, was re
cently seeking a building at Saint
Cloud suitable for a la I oratory and
work shop near certain hospital cen
tres. He found the house he wanted
in a park full of splendid trees. The
“Verger” (Orchard), as the property
was called, belonged to a Andre
Bernheim, who had refused the most
tempting offers to rent it on ac
count of the family souvenirs it con
tained and the art treasures.
When Mr. Bernheim heard of Dr.
Carrel’s wish to lease his house he
said: “Tell Doctor Carroll that I am
greatly flattered at his choice and
that the Verger'and it surroundings
are at his service.”
When the question of rent was
raised, Mr. Bernheim declared, “No
No, a scientist owes nothing to any
body. It is I who am honored.”
Albert Lundborg, well known
railroad contractor, came to town
last night from his grading camp
on the Nenana-Fairbanks line. He
leaves for Goldstream tomorrow.
Resident Engineer Haslem was in
town last night. He left this morn
morning for his station.
ARMISTICE SIGNED;
TURKS QUIT KAISER
PARIS.—Official reports received
in this city today indicate that the
terms of an armistice previously
agreed upon between Turkey and
the Allied powers, was signed today
; at Minos, becoming effective at
' noon, after which hour all hostilities
i will cease.
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j LONDON—A despatch from Reu
1RACKLAYERS ARE
i DRAWING NEAR 10
END OF D LINE
^ Only 1800 Feet of the D Line to
Be Railed; Camp 16 Moved
Forward.
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The steel gang, under Foreman
Thomas K. Blakey, who have been
averaging about half a mile or more
; of track laid in one working day
j recently, had reached Station No.
| 18156 on the evening of October
; 29th, leaving a short distance of
; 1800 feet to be covered ere the
end of the I) line is reached.
The work of extending the road
| towards the coal field was sus
' pended yesterday and the men were
engaged in constructing a permanent
j siding, extending from Station No.
! 18188 to 18168, a distance of 2000
feet, and just as soon as this work
has been completed the extension of
i the road will be taken in hand.
The Brown hoist, which had been
1 engaged in salvage operations on
the abandoned road, was taken over
! to the D line yesterday and utilized
. for loading camp cars housing, the
men of camp 16 (tracklaying camp)
' on to the flat cars, preparatory to
their removal to the new location
: near the end of steel, in the neigh
borhood of the new permanent sid
ing. The cars went forward this
morning and the tracklayers will
i be in their new campsite tonight.
From the point where the D line
converges on the old location, a
(distance of 6000 feet remain to be
' covered to . reach Billy Lynn’s.coal
| mine, and it is expected that the
1 mine will be reached next week
and shipments of coal for the use
! of the Alaskan Engineering commis
; sion in the big power plant will
' be brought to town.
Bunkers for the loading of the
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| coal into cars have been constructed
| at the mine and some of the coal
! contracted for has already been
j mined and placed in readiness for
• loading into the cars.
! Carl White arived in Fairbanks
from the Tolovana district with his
pack train, the mails and two pass
engers.
Tom McKinnon and Fetti arrived
last night in Fairbanks from the
Tolovana with Carl White.
ter’s News Agency says that the
British government has officially re
ceived definite peace proposals from
the Turkish government today.
The text, of the peace note has
not been published, but the govern
ment officials intimate that it
amounts to an unconditional sur
render of Turkey.
AUSTRIA IKES
URGENT APPEAL
FORARMISTICE
Austrians on the Italian Front Are
Apparently Anxious to Cease
. Fighting.
LONDON"- All the Lon Ion papers
are giving great prominence to the
brilliant feats accomplished by the
Italian army with the aid of the
French and British reinforcements
on the Piave front, and are loud
in their praise of the masterly
tactics adopted by General Diaz,
commanding on the Italian front
The Exchange Telegraph says that
the Austrian commander m !he
Italian front has applied to General
Diaz, the Italian commander, for
an armistice. The application is
said to have been forwarded to Ver
sailles to Marshal Foch. commander
in chief of the Allied forces.
ANTI-TANK GUN TAKEN
BY YANKS IN FRANCE
With the American Forces in
France.—A German anti-tank (run
was captured recently by the Amer
icans. The weapon had only been
in use a short time and the stock
and rifle barrel had the appearance
of just having come from the fact
ory.
The gun fires but a single shot
and is of ordinary Mauser model
When in action the gun is fired
from a bipod mounting, one man
doing the shooting.The gun weighs
thirty seven pounds, has a length
of five and a half feet and a caliber
of 13.4 millimeters.
German prisoners say the anti-tank
gun is at -its best at about 220
yards. American officers say the
German invention does not compare
with the American anti-tank gun in
any of its features that the Amer
ican gun can outshoot it.
Premier Llyod George, in his
speech at Manchester, September,
12, stated “now we are carrying
about 60 per cent of the American
troops across the Atlantic.”
Leon P. Shoemaker, transitmaa
with thfe engineering party at camp
385, caiqe to town yesterday for
the bazaar. He left for his camp
on this morning’s train.