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THE~NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NE WS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, alaska, Wednesday, October 2, i9is.
WHOLE NUMBER 153
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ST. QUEINTIIN FALLS
BRITISH TAKE DAMASCUS FROM TURKS
* BIG DEVELOPMENTS FORSHADOWED IN WEST
ALLIES UPROOTING
HINDENBURG LINE
PARIS.—It is announced that the
town of St. Quentin fell today, and
its fall has shaken the entire Ger
man Hindenberg defense system.
The Allies, advancing along the
upper Oise valley, have crossed
numerous waterways and intricate
canal systems upon which the Ger
mans largely depended as a base of
their defense. Beyond these mul
tiple waterways, open country, suit
able for tanks, lies before the ad
vancing Allies.
Germans Outflanked.
With the capture of St. Quentin
and the continued advance of the
Allies, the armies under the com
mand of the German crown prince
are outflanked and a general retreat
of the German forces has now be
come more imperative.
GAP TORN IN LINE
LONDON.—According to official
reports received today, the British
forces have to,rn a wide gap in the
German lines between St. Quegtin
and Le Catelet, and have captured
four more towns.
FRENCH FORGE AHEAD
PARIS. — After the fall and oc
cupation of St. Quentin, the French
forces moved on ahead beyond St.
Quentin and continued their ad
vance to the northeast, east and
southeast of the town. The French
troops now’ hold the line along the
Somme from Tanquory to Rouvroy,
and along the St. Quentin-La Fere
road to a point near Ft. du Vendoul.
Moving Heavy Guns.
As a result of the heavy attacks
which are being continuously de
livered by the British, French and
Belgian forces on the German posi
tions on the Flanders front, the
Huns have already commenced mov
ing their heavy guns from points
along the Belgian coast.
HUN LINES BREAKING
LONDON.—The German line in
the neighborhood of Cambrai and
St. Quentin ife breaking rapidly and
it is not known what lines of de
fense the Germans have to the rear
to which they will fall back.
Retreat Threatened.
The advance of the British threat
en the German retreat in the Oise
valley, and the advancing British
force in the direction of St. Gobiam
Massif also threatens to cut off a
large force of retreating Germans.
GENERAL RETIREMENT
LONDON.—A general retirement
of the German forces on a large
scale seems highly probable as a
direct result of the loss of St,
Quentin and the line north of the
city. If fairly good weather is
experienced from now on, big
changes on the Western ront ma>
be seen before the coming oi
winter.
AMERICANS PROGRESSING
WITH THE AMERICANS—Or
the battle front to the west of Ver
dun, the Germans appear to be
withdrawing their forces facing the
left flank of the Americans and are
going toward the junction of the
Befunhild-Kriempild systems. The
Americans have made considerable
progress in the Argonne forest.
Advance Over Six Miles.
The Allied forces have advanced
; over six miles betwen the Meuse
and Argonne. Their advance on the
first day, along this line, was so
rapid that they captured a large
party of Germans sitting down to
I lunch. They also captured a Ger
man colonel in one of the dugouts,
in which they also found a quantity
| of wine and beer. American avi
ators scouting ahead of the advanc
, ing lines, dropped packages con
] taining newspapers and cigarettes
; for the allied soldiers on the front
j line.
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HOSPITAL SHELLED
i -
WITH THE AMERICAN’S—On
. sector of the battle line to the west
of Verdun held by the Americans,
a German shell struck the Ameri
can hospital near the firing line
today and killed twenty of the pa
tients, many of whom had but re
cently been wounded in battle. It
may possibly have been a stray
shell, although it appears as if the
Germans deliberately attacked the
hospital.
HUNS BURNING JUNCTION
PARIS.—The German forces are
burning the railroad junctions at
Menin and Roulers in the face of
the advancing Allies and it is
thought that they will fall back
from these places without offering
much resistance. The French guns
now command and control the rail
road from Ostend to Courtrai.
Coast Bombardment
A powerful squadron of British
monitors are now conducting a sys
tematic bombardment of the Ger
. man positions and are doing con
siderable damage.
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IN PALESTINE
LONDON.—According to des
patches received today from the
front, the Turkish commander of
the garrison in the city of Damas
*us has requested the terms of sur
render. It is expected that the
British will enter Damascus today.
—
CITY OCCUPIED
LONDON.—Official reports re
ceived today indicate that the Brit
ish forces occupied the city of
Damascus last Tuesday.
Damascus is a large and import
ant city tn north-eastern Palestine,
and its capture by the British marks
their advance of one hundred and
thirty-five miles.
During this advance the British
have captured over fifty thousand
prisoners, destroyed at least three
Turkish armies, and driven the
enemy from Palestine and the great
er part of Syria.
Wm. Maloney was a passenger
from Nome to Seattle on the last
sailing of the Watson.
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NENANA’S QUOTA
OF FOURTH LOAN
30,000_D0LIARS
The Alaskan Engineering com
mission received a telegram yester
day which stated that the sum of
$30,000 has been fixed as Nenana’s
contribution to the Fourth Liberty
Loan. Nenana’s quota for the
Third Liberty Loan was $15,000,
and the patriotic citizens of this
district doubled this amount, and it
is hoped that they will as loyally
support the Fourth Loan and double
it also.
The total amount of the bonds
sold at the disbursing office yes
terday was $4,950, bringing the
total sold since the beginning of
the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign
to $14,000. Bonds sold by members
of Mrs. Carl Schmidt’s committee
and other volunteer workers are not
included in the figures given
ANCHORAGE AIDS
WARJUFFEREftS
ANCHORAGE.—With donations
of $1,120.06, employes of the An
chorage division of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, in the recent
campaign for the relief of dis
tressed Syrians and Armenians in
! Western Asia, went over the top
i with a cheer. The sum of $600 was
apportioned by the national com
; mittee having the relief work in
charge as the amount that should
! be contributed by the Anchorage
| district. With the large subscrip
; tion from the railroad workers, the
i total remittance from the Anchorage
' region was within a few dollars of
; $2,000.
Every department of the Com
mission responded to the appeal for
; aid for the persecuted Christians of
j Western Asia with a generosity be
j yond all expectation. There are
I 1,181 railroad employees in the An
i chorage division and the donation
^ list shows all of them made con
! tributions—a record of 100 per cent
j in the matter of subscriptions for
every man, woman and messenger
boy on the job.
REV. BRUCE IS NOW
NORTHERN! MODERATOR
YAKIMA, Wash.—Rev. George C.
| Bruce, who was in charge of the
; work in connection with the Pres
byterian church in Fairbanks a few
• years ago, has been elected moder
: ator for Washington, Northern
Idaho and Alaska.
Eat-em-up Frank was among the
upriver visitors in Nenana during the
early part of the week. He made
the trip down from his ranch on
the steamer Shusana with a con
signment of spuds for the Commis
i sion. He reports a severe crop
shortage in his loca\y, but his
potatoes are of good quality.
Robert Lavery, well known Fair
! banks merchant, visiteH in Nenana
• this week.
ME IS CAUSE
OF VIENNA RIOTS
MADRID—According to reports
received in this city today from
Austrian sources, an outbreak of
Asiatic cholera has caused many
deaths in the city of Vienna.
Unsanitary living conditions and
poor food is stated to be the cause
of the outbreak, which is spreading.
The people are demanding a better
and larger food supply than that
allotted by the government hereto
fore, so that they will be able to
combat the disease better. The re
fusal of the authorities to accede
to the requests of the people has
j caused a riot.
sir. Reliance
is COMING TO
MEET ALASKA
The steamer Reliance, which will
connect at this port with the steam
er Alaska is reported to have sailed
from Chena at noon today and is
expected to arrive in Xenana about
9 o’clock tonight.
She brings the mail, express and
freight out of Fairbanks for the
States and upper river points. The
outbound passengers who will trans
fer to the steamer Alaska on ar
rival of the Reliance at Xenana left
on the train for Chena to join the
Reliance. They are as follows:
For Seattle—John Sullivan, Mrs.
J. H. Heath, John L. Slather, A.
P. Brevick, Miss L. Langseth, T. K
Ekron, Miss Anna Lindgren, Miss
Bertha Brevick, Anna Vig, John
Thompson, Paul Hyland, E.YV. Elliot,
Elizabeth Ellen Wagner, Mrs. Henry
Wagner, Mrs. Alice McLeod, Inge
borg Meraes, P. Nicholson, Mrs.
Will Parker, Lydie Kallio, Mrs.
Sophie Knutson, Rolf Knutson, Sig
rid Knutson, Conrad Knutson, Geo.
Sholseth, T. Casselman, Carl Ander
son, Mrs. August Hess, Mrs. O. B.
Hart, Mrs. W\ W. Clarke, Guy
Marks, Wm. Mates, Clifford Mc
Clellan, Henry Werugles, Louis
Heinzer, Chino Clemento, Peter
Kontes, Jim George.
For Skagway—Thos. Katsantres.
For Dawson—H. B Parkin.
For Xenana—Mrs. B. Gould.
For Tanana—Earl Orr.
NORTHERN VESSEL
REPORTED ASHORE
VICTORIA, B. C— A British
| steamer carrying two hundred can
| nery hands from the North, bound
. for this port, ran aground in a fog
i near here.
I All her passengers were safely
i removed in lifeboats, and efforts are
J now being made to float the boat.
I She is not lying in a dangerous
j or exposed position and it is ex
pected that she will be got off
[without much difficulty.
IM SERVICE
IS
ANCHORAGE—The first through
train from Seward arrived in this
city early Monday evening, having
negotiated the distance between the
two towns without incident and at
a good rate of speed. Officials of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
are authority for the statement that
a regular schedule will be inaugu
rated at an early date to accommo
date the traveling public and to de
liver railroad material at the front
which will reach Seward from the
States during the winter months.
Engineer Muir was the first to
make the trip over the completed
section of the road He made the
run from Anchorage to Seward in
a speeder immediately after the
ends of steel had been connected
on Turnagain Arm, but it was not
safe to send trains over^the line
until considerable ballasting work
had been done.
i The opening of the line has been
fittingly celebrated, both here and
at Seward.
BOYS OF DRAFT
EMBARKED TODAY
The army transport Jacob; pulled
into port at a very early boor this
morning with the men of the Fair
banks draft quota on board, bound
for the training camp at Fort Gib
bon and from ther.ce to one of the
big camps in the States.
Sharp at 7 o’clock this morning
our boys embarked and every one
of them was present when the roll
was called by E l Cronin on board
the boat shortly before she pulled
away from the dock.
The following is a complete list
of the boys leaving Nenana on the
transport: . 0. H. Boen, Sam Geroff,
John A. R. Larson, Harry Gasaloff,
I Sam Gassoff, Alex Kazoff, Andro
I Gibson, Kyuzabura Saito, Sam Gat
off, Jack Lucich, Thomas Brown,
Karl Gutnoff, M. D. McCambridgg,
Daniel J. Gallagher, Frank Weisel.
George Gatto, Elas Amelahan,off,
Hazerat Minzalf, Harryton Alda
toff, Gabriel Bozovich, Daniel Kud
zasof, John Romanoff, Gambol Rev
azoff, Milo Saulich, Stephen Tazoff,
Mike Hamoff, Dwight Fox, Oscar
Dahl, Charles A. Wheeler, Archie A.
Myre, Elvin Johnson, William. N.
Thomas, A. F. Johnson, Thomas
Lake.
The vessel sailed shoitlv after
seven o’clock this morning.
Miss J. O’Bryan will be in Ne
nana on the next trip of the Re
liance with a consignment of ladies’
fall wearables.
J. W. Barnes, who was assigned
to Cape St. Elias as lighthouse
keeper, only got as far as Katalla
when he received orders to transfer
to the lonely station at Scotch Cap,
Unimak Pass.
SWEDISH RAILWAY
HEAVY LIFE TOLL
LONDON —Reports received to
day from Swedish sources tell of
an accident to a passenger train
near Malmo, Sweden, as a result
of which three hudnred and fifty
people were killed. Of those killed,
fifty were children who were re
turning to Stockholm from the coun
try, where they had been picnicing.
The train, which was carrying
about a thousand passengers at the
time of the accident, ran into a
washout. F’ire spread to the over
turned coaches immediately after
the accident and most of the them
were burned.
According to telegraphic advices
received from the Anchorage Times
yesterday afternoon, the News is
informed that Judge Wickersham
addressed an audience of 800 people
in the railroad town Monday night.
His speech was made at the Empress
theater.
The talk was simialr in many
respects to the address delivered in
Nenana. Wickersham questioned
Sulzer’s loyalty, referring to him as
a slacker. He also arraigned the
Democratic ring, and paid a high
tribute to President Wilson, and
compared his own record with that
of the present delegate.
The Anchorage paper says that
Wickersham is making a splendid
impression among the people of that
section of the territory and ex
presses the belief that he will carry
Anchorage and neighboring district
by a substantial majority. It is the
intention of W'ickersham to visit
Chickaloon, Matanuska, Eska and
other towns in the Anchorage dis
trict.
FEDERAL COMMISSION
VISITING ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE.— (Special to the
News)—The members of the federal
commission who were appointed to
make an inquiry into conditions in
Alaska, with a view to furthering
the development of the resources of
the territory, have reached this city
and are now looking over the dis
trict. They express themselves as
being well pleased with what they
have already seen.
James Hyland & Co. is the title
of a new firm organized by Hyland,
Dorney, Moore and O’Leary for the
purpose of conducting a saltery at
Landlock Bay, a short distance be
low Valdez. The new firm has
leased the wharf and buildings of
the Standard Copper company, that
were sold at receiver’s sale some
time ago, and is well equipped to
do a general packing business. Dur
ing the first two days, the firm put
up 25 barrels of fish worth $22.50
per barrel.