The Nenana News
A
VOLUME NO. 2
NENANA, ALASKA SATURDAY, NOV. 3, 1917
WHOLE
NUMBER 7
ALLIES GATHER
FOR BIG FIGHT
* LONDON_The armies of three j Western front, including seasoned
of the Allied nations are gathering veterans from the ranks of both the
on the Tagliamento plain, in Italy, British and the French,
where hasty preparations are being The Austro-Germans have halted
made for what is expected to devel- their advance toward the Taglia
op into one of the most decisive , mento river from the direction of
battles of the war. Udine and are engaged in prepar
The Italians under Cadoma have ing entrenchments and other forti
^ been reinforced by troops from the i fications.
GERMANS START
BRAZILIAN STRIKE
Buenos Ayres—Railway traffic in
Southern Brazil is completely tied
up in consequence of the strike now
. in progress and which was started
by German colonists, following the
declaration of war against Germany.
Reports received in this city state
that the strike is spreading to other
sections of the country. It is only
by the application of rigid measures
that trains have been kept moving
in the threatened districts.
NOME CITIZENS
ABANDON SEARCH
FOR MISSING BOAT
Nome—After an extended search
along the south shore of Norton
sound, from the vicinity of the "iu
kon flats toward St. Michael, the
tug Genevieve returned to port on
Thursday night and reports having
been unable to find any trace of the
power schooner White Bear, which
was blown off her course early this
T week by a severe blizzard while en
route from Solomon to Nome. It
is now believed certain that the four
men aboard the boat perished, for
they had very little food and fuel. :
The tug Genevieve, which was sent j
out by the citizens of Nome after
having been taken forcibly from her ,
owners and manned with a volunteer i
^ crew consisting of members of the
Coast guard and citizens of the,
town, reports that it was found im
possible to approach the shore at
any point on account of the slush
ice, which extends from ten to thirty
miles off the St. Michael coast. The
searchers express the belief that the
Bear was swamped by the freezing
slushes weighting the vessel down.
The rescue boat was all but lost as
the result of having been caught
in the slush. All hands were com
the boat and the crew returned to
port exhausted from the long vigil
and intense cold.
f GOVERNMENT WILL LET
GERMAN GOODS ENTER
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Washington—Manufactured goods
with a value of many millions
of dollars, which were bought and
paid for in Germany and Austria
before America entered the war,
will be permitted to come to this
^ country, as orininally intended by
the American importers who made
the purchases. An announcement
to this effect was made by state de
partment officials today, following
months of negotiating with England.
JACK THE RIPPER
DONG NEW YORK
New York—A new “Jack, the Rip
per” is operating in this city, five
victims of the unknown knife wield
V, er having been reported to the po
lice during the past two days. The
victims were girls, who were slashed
in the face and neck. They will
all recover. The police have ar
restd an Austrian on suspicion
that he is the guilty person and are
holding him pending further inves
tigation.
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THREE STEAMSHIPS
REPORTED AGROUND
Seattle—Three Pacific coast ves
sels went ashore yesterday. The
Alki, southbound, grounded during.
a snowstorm off Chicagoff island
and the passengers were taken back
to Juneau by the fishing boat San
Juan. The Governor, bound from
San Diego to San Francisco, went
ashore in a fog outside the break
water near San Pedro. Her three
hundred passengers were landed
safely. The third vessel was the
steamship Javary, w^ich grounded
during a fog off Whidby island, in
Puget sound, while enroute from
Shanghai to Tacoma with a cargo of
oil. The steamship Governor was
floated today and it is expected the
other vessels will be floated within
the next day or two.
ITALIANS INTACT;
THWART INVADERS
Italian Front—Not only is the
main body of the Italian army in
tact, after having dealt several
blows to the enemy, but it is now
apparent that the Italians have
thwarted t||e Austro-German plan of
encompassing the Third army, there
by cutting off the flower forces in
this region and rendering the Vene
tian plains defenseless and en
couraging the hope of the enemy
for a decisive victory, with far
reaching political results.
The first American soldier wound
ed in the trenches of France is Lieut.
Devere H. Hardin, of the Signal
Corps. This is of interest to Al
askans because the injured man was
once stationed in the North, having
been attached to the station at Pe
tersburg, in 1914.
MORE LUMBER NEEDED
Seattle—Lumber mill operators in
the Northwest are urged by the West
Coast Lumbermen’s association to
make efforts to reach a capacity of
production. It is pointed out that
more airplane material is needed
than is being turned out by the
mills and that it is important to the
success of the war that the output
be increased materially and without
delay.
EIGHT WERE KILLED
Washington—Officials of the navy
department state that eight lives
were lost as the result of the attack
on the American transport Finland,
which was torpedoed this week on
the way back from France.
GERMANS PREPARING
FOR BIG OPERATIONS
Petrograd—Reports received in
this city today state that the Ger
mans are preparing for large-scale
operations on land and in the Gulf
of Bothnia. The reports also indi
cate that further engagements may
be expected in the Gulf of Riga
sector.
SOCIALISTS GET THEIRS
Sioux Falls, S. D.—Twenty-seven
German Socialists have been sent
enced to the federal penitentiary at
following their conviction on the
charge of conspiring to obstruct the
selective draft. The sentences
ranged from six months to ten
years.
With the American Army in
France—German snipers are active
along the American front but no
Americans have been hit t^us far.
The Yankees have replied to t^e
enemy shots and it is believed that
several of the Huns were potted.
About the only complaint of the
American infantrymen is that there
is not enough rifle shooting. The
artilery has been active on bot]|
sides for several days along the
American front but no harm has
been done. The first contingent
of Americans in the trenches has
; been relieved by fresh troops and
all the men are in the best of
spirits, eager for the time to come
for them to participate in a real
battle.
GERMANSlEBEL;
U BOATS CAUSE
London—Three officers and sev
eral sailors are reporte4 to have
been killed this week in another
mutiny at Kiel, according to advices
received in this city from Amster
dam. Sailors aboard the German
battleships Kron Prince and Schles
wig Holstein rebelled against being
drafted into the submarine service.
The sailors on the first named ves
sel threw Admiral Schmidt over
board and stabbed Lieut. Raul, aid
to the admiral, after which he also
was thrown into the water, where
he drowned. The admiral was
saved.. The mutineers were ar
| rested.
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GERMANS EXPLAIN
RETREAT IN FRANCE
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London—Reports from Berlin say
that the Germans have retired from
points along the Aisne front, where
the French have been hammering
away for months. The reports in
dicate that the retirement was made
quietly and without interferance of
any sort from the French. It is
not stated how far back the Ger
mans intend to move but it is be
lieved that they will retire well be
yond the range of Petain’s big guns.
HOME PRODUCTS O. K.
Washington—The first fighting air
planes, made entirely in America,
were submitted to final tests this
week and were found satisfactory in
every respect.
FINLAND PREPARES
TO SHAKE RUSSIA
Helsingfors—The first direct steps
to establish the independence of Fin
land were taken today, through the
drafting of a bill in the Finnish
senate, proposing that the body
I elect a president to preside over the
i proposed Finnish republic.
NEWLANDS SEES FINISH
San Francisco—In a speech de
livered in this city last night, Sen
ator Newlands expressed the belief
that the war likely would be over
in six months.
GEORGE IS SANGUINE
London—In a message addressed
to Premier Orlando, of Italy, David
Lloyd George expresses the belief
that with the aid of British and
French troops, the Italians will be
able to “roll back the enemy for
ever.”
CAN THE HIGH PRICES
Washington— Food Administrator
Herbert C. Hoover predicts that a
marked decline in the price of can
ned vegetables as t^e result of gov
ernment regulation, which is now
, in force.
REED SUGGESES
FEDERAL WON
San Francisco—Federal Mediator
Reed, who was sent to this city to
try to adjust the differences between
the Pacific Coast Telephone & Tel
egraph compang and that concern’s
employees, has apparently given up
the attempt, following a refusal of
the company to give recognition to
the recently organized girl operators
union. Reed telegraphed to Sec
retary of Labor Wilson this morn
ing recommending that the property
of the company be taken over by the
government immediately and operat
ed as a government enterprise.. He
urged that the president be advised
! to commandeer the plants in the in
terest of national defense.
Following the action of the me
diator, the heads of the telephone
operators’ union here and in other
Pacific coast cities, issued a call for
the strikers to be prepared to re
turn to their places, and many an
nounce that the are ready to go to
work pending the transfer of man
agement.
RIGGS ENROUTE;
NOTHING^ TO SAY
Anchorage—Thos. Riggs, Jr. left
Seward for Nenana on October 29,
it being his intention to return di
rect to the Interior terminal, by way
of Fairbanks.
Neither Mr. Riggs nor either of
the other two members of the Al
, askan Engineering commission has
made any statement, for publication,
regarding the character of the con
ference held, or the results of the
meeting.
ITALIAN PRISONERS
GROW IN NUMBER
j Berlin—The German war office is
authority for the statement that a
total of 200,000 prisoners were taken
by the Germans during the invasion
of Italy. It is also announced that
no important fighting has taken
place on the Italian front since
Thursday.
LANSING DENIES
SLAVS HAVE QUIT
Washington—Secretary of State
Lansing declares that the report
that the Russians have quit the war
is false in every particular. He
says they have no intention of quit
ting, but will continue to fight on
to a victorious end. The state
ment of the secretary is supported
by that of the Russian ambassador.
GERMANS ARE ORDERED
TO CELEBRATE DAY
Amsterdam—The kaiser ordered
a general celebration yesterday in
recognition of the Teuton victory
on the Italian frontier. Salutes
and flag raising were the order of
the day.
BRITISH AIRPLANES
DROP MANY BOMBS
London—The admiralty has an
nounced another successful air raid
having crossed the German lines in
by British machines, t^e raiders
i to Bavaria, where bombs were droo
ped on some of the kaiser’s muni
tion factories. Considerable dam
age is reported to have been done.
FRENCH MOVE FORWARD
AS GERMANS RETIRE
Paris—The French troops won a
great bloodless victory today in a
sweeping advance between the Oise
and Aisne rivers, following the re
tirement of the Germans from that
sector. The for%vard movement ex
j tended from Cerbeny on the west,
to the Ailette river on the east.
GERMANS DRIVEN BACK
Paris—The war office announces
GERMANS LOSE
IN SEA BATTLE
LONDON—A naval engagement |
of considerable proportions is report- j
ed by the admiralty to have taken '
place today in Cattegat, an arm of1
the North sea, between Denmark !
and Sweden. The official reports
are not yet complete but the advices
thus far received show that eleven :
of the German vessels engaged by
British craft were sunk, with heavy |
loss of life. . No British losses
have been reported.
that the Germans have made several
unsuccessful raids during the past
two days in the St. Mihiel sector,,
east of this city. The attacks j
were repulsed, causing the enemy
to shift the scene of activities to
the left bank of the Meuse river.
GERMAN CRUISER SUNK;
MANY TAKEN PRISONER
London-—The admiralty announces
that certain British forces have been
operating with success between Den
mark and Sweden. Ten armen pa
trol craft are reported to be on
the way now to a British port with
German prisoners captured on the
high seas. The admiralty also an
nounces that a German auxiliary
cruiser was sunk during an angage
ment yesterday and the wounded
Germans have been landed at Hel
singfors, Denmark.
LISTER FORCING
MAYOR 10 CLEAN
Seattle—Attorney General Tanney
of the state of Washington, has ar
rived in this city, with instructions
from Governor Lister to see that
Mayor Gill makes a good job of rid
ding the city of the evils complained
of by General Greene. Following
the arrival of the prosecutor, all
the dance halls were given notice
to quit business and all other resorts
of questionable character will be
compelled to close. Gill has re
fused flatly to discharge Chief of
Police Beckingham, as requested by
John McCourt, who is here as the
representative of the war depart
ment. In discussing his conference
with the mayor, Me Court told a
newspaper representative that ne
had “told Mr. Gill that the war de
partment wanted Seattle cleaned up
at once, if the soldiers of Camp
Lewis were to be allowed to visit
the city.. He at first said that
everything that could be done had
been done but asked me what I had
to suggest. I demanded that he
fire Chief Beckingham at once but
this he refused flatly to do.”
STRIKERS ORDERED BACK
Washington—Frank J. McNulty,
president of the International As
sociation of Electrical workers, has
telegraphed to the striking tele- j
phone workers of the Northwest to 1
return to their places, pending the
outcome of the mediation.
CHANGE IN LEAGUE
San Francisco—There is the pro
bability that Sacramento will take
the place of Portland in the Coast
league and that Portland will join
the Northwestern association.
BALLOU GETS COMMAND
Washington— Brig.-Gen. Ballou
has been selected to command the
92d. Division of the National army,.
composed of colored troops.
PICKET BOAT FOUNDERS
Washington—Officials of the navy j
department state that a picket boat
attached to the battleship Michigan
foundered this week in home waters
and it is believed that the entire
crew of twelve perished.
Copenhagen dispatches quote the
master of a German auxiliary crui
ser as saying, after he had been
rescued from his sinking craft, that
“My vessel’s four guns were almost
unworkable because of the hail of
fire from the enemy destroyers, the
guns having been centered on us.
We were soon a mass of flames.”
His vessel was t|[e Marie of Lenberg
and thirty of those on board per
ished. Many of the Germans are
now in the hands of the British.
MAIM MIN
WHSJAUGHTER
Cedar Rapids, Iowa—U. S. Marsh
al L. T. Erwin, of Fairbanks, has
arrived in this city for the p'li'jrose
of instituting legal proceedings to
recover possession of his daughter
Mary, aged nine, who is attend
ing school in a local academy, hav
ing been placed there by her mother
after the latter had secured a di
vorce from the marshal. He may
try to reopen the divorce proceed
ings.
AMERICANS TAKEN
INTO GERMAN CAMP
Berlin—It is announced by the
war office this afternoon that a
number of American soldieis were
captured this morning by a^ German
reconnoitering party, on the Rhine
Marne canal. The number of pris
oners is not stated.
BRITISH REPORT
PALESTINE GAINS
London—The British troops op
erating in Palestine report further
successes, including the capture of
Beersheba Many Turks are report
ed to have been slaughtered during
the past few weeks.
KING VISITS FRONT
Rome—King Emmanuel and Pre
mier Orlando made a personal in
spection of the Italian front today,
spending several hours among the
troops and making a general review
of the field with staff officers.
SLAVS AT IT AGAIN
Petrograd—It is announced at
general headquarters todav that the
Russians have resumed hostilities
on the southwestern front.
ITALIANS LOSE GUNS
Amsterdam—The Berlin war office
claims that 1800 guns were taken
by the Germans during the drive
across the Italian frontier.
GERMAN SPEED BOAT
ATTACKS BRITISH PATROL
London—Britishh vessels patrol
ing the Belgian coast were attacked
this morning by an electrically con
trolled speed boat. Before any
damage had been done by the craft,
however, it was sent to the bottom
by a well directed shot from a Brit
ish gun.
THE LAST IN CAMP
Seattle—Four hundred eight men,
the fourth and final contingent of
national army troops, left for Cam™
Lewis today, to begin training for
active service.
DESTROYERS MAKE KILLING
IN SCANDINAVIAN WATERS
Copenhagen—The German com
merce raider Crocodile and several
armed trawlers are reported to have
been sunk this week by British de
stroyers operating in Scandinavian
waters.