Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana
THENENANA
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The BIG Show Of The Interior
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
member OF associated press NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1918.
NUMBER 77
RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET CAPTURED
GERMANS TAKE TIFLIS, MENACE BRITISH ARMY
, PRESIDENT WILSON STANDS BY FEDERAL WORKERS
GERMANS PREPARE
TO LAUNCH DRIVE
LONDON.—The Germans today
commenced very heavy artillery ac
tion on the entire Flanders front,
as far south as Albert and from
[ reports brought by aerial scouts,
there would appear to be ample in
dications that the long heralded of
fensive is about to be launched, and
the big drive to the Channel ports
resumed.
The Allied forces have made
elaborate arrangements to meet the
shock, which is momentarily ex
pected, and confidence is felt in the
ability of the defending troops to
check the advancing Teuton hordes.
German air patrols are reported
to be very active making observa
tions of the strength and disposi
tion of the allied positions and sev
eral lively air combats have taken
place.
FRENCH MAKE GAINS
PARIS—Despatches received from
the French field headquarters state
that the French forces carried out
extensive operations against the
p German lines on the Marne front,
to the south of Ourc, which resulted
in a considerable improvement of
the French positions in the vicinity
of Passy en Valois. The Germans
were pushed back with heavy losses.
FRENCH ADVANCE
PARIS.—Reports received by the
war ofice today are to the effect
that the French forces operating on
the Aine front advanced along a five
mile front in the Vinly sector, ex
tending their line to the south of
Aine. The enemy were forced to
abandon their strongly held posi
tions, the French taking many pris
oners and guns.
'FAIRBANKS TEAM
ARE COMING FOR
BASEBALL GAMES
A Strong Team From the Upper
Town Will Oppoie Our Boy*
In Serie* of Game*.
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The following .telegram, received
from Manager Joe Fisher, of the
Fairbanks Baseball Aggregation,
gives the assurance that the team
will be here for the Fourth.
“Ball team will be down Fourth.
Will you guarantee all expensees?
Arrange for transportation. Gamq
called at what time? Answer at
once.
“JOE FISHER.”
There has been a meeting of the
Nenana Athletic association called,
for this evening to be held in the
timekeper’s office of the Alaskan
Engineering commission, at 5:45,
at which time a captain and man
ager will be eletced and all arrange
ments made for the series. Frank
Doner seems to be the unanimous
choice of the ball players for cap
tain.
Mrs. Theo Johnson and Misses
Dorethea and Ruth Johnson paid a
visit to Nenana. i
GERMANS CAPTURE FLEET
LONDON—The British chancellor
of the exchequer announced in the
house of commons today that confir
mation has been received of the news
of the capture by the Germans of
the entire Russian Black Sea fleet.
The Russian black Sea fleet is
one of the most powerful divisions
of the Russian navy and consists of
3 dreadnaughts of 22,500 tons each,
completed in 1914; 3 battleships of
12,800 tons each, 2 battleships of
12,540 tons each and ona. of 9000
tons; 2 protected cruisers of 6740
tons each, 2 minelayers, 4 gunboats,
1 repair ship, 1 training ship, 26
destroyers, 10 torpedo boats and 11
submarines, besides an armed naval
yacht and numerous naval tenders,
tugs and smaller craft.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary'.—The
end of another week has been reach
ed without a resumption of the ex
pected German offensive, for which
the Allied armies have made all pre
paration. The Allied troops have
shown great activity on several points
on the battlefront and have carried
the fight into the enemy’s lines.
These attacks were made for the
purpose of gaining important posi
tions held by the enemy and for
[ strengthening the Allied lines where
' they needed bolstering. These suc
cessful moves of the Allies have re
sulted in jeopardizing sections of the
enemy lines and gave the Allies a
better and more extended control
over wide sectors of the front.
Th great German drive, with the
Channel ports as the objective, is
expected momentarily.
FIGHTING CRAFT
TO BF LAUNCHED
ON JULY FOURTH
Large Addition to Our Navy Will
Be Launched On Independence
Day.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—As a part
of the shipping program which will
have a place in the celebration of
Independence Day, American ship
building yards will launch fourteen
destroyers and a large number of
submarine chasers known as Eagles,
the Fourth of July.
This will represent the United
States navy’s share of tonnage to be
launched on that day.
The Federal Shipping Board has
announced that one hundred mer
chant ships will be launched on ihe
Fourth of July from shipyards all
through the country, and will, on
that day be added to Uncle Sam’s
merchant fleet.
Julius Anderson and a party of
friends arrived in Nenana Saturday
night on the launch Arrow. The
party returned to Fairbanks yes
terday.
J. D. Reagh and son Jack left for
Fairbanks this morning.
Switzerland Despatch Says Ambi
tious Peace Terms Will Be Im
posed By Germany.
PARIS—A despatch received here
today from Basel quotes the German
peace terms as published in the
Goerlitz Nachrichten on the authori
ty of Count Roon, a member of the
Prussian house of lords.
.These ambitious terms stipulate that
Great Britain must turn over to
Germany her entire war fleet, re
turn Gibralter to Spain, and restore
the whole of Egypt and the Suez
Canal to Turkey. Northern France
and Belgium must be surrendered to
Germany, while France and the
United States will be called upon to
pay a war indemnity to Germany of
five billion dollars.
The account in the Goerlitz Nach
riehten further adds that there will
be no cession of unrestricted sub
marine warfare or no armistice until
Germany has realized these terms.
HBROWL
REPORTED SACKED
American Hospital at Tabriz, Persia,
Attacked and Sacked by Turk
Troops.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Accord
ing to reports received by the offi
cials at the capital, the American
hospital at Tabriz, Persia, as well
as the American consulate there,
have been seized and sacked by
Turkish troops.
The United States government has
presented a note to the Ottoman
government, demanding an explana
tion, as the reports received state
that the chancellor of Turkey was
responsible for the outrage and in
dignity offered to the United States
by the act of this Turkish troops.
It is thought that the outcome
of the note presented today will have
a very important bearing on the
American attitude towards Turkey.
RULE AGAINST FAMILIES
IN BERLIN IS UNPOPULAR
NEW YORK—The Socialist fac
tion in the German reichstag has in
troduced a motion requesting the
chancellor to propose a law prevent
ing landlords from refusing to lease
apartments to families with many
children, according to the Berlin
Vorwaerts.
VLADIVOSTOCK COUNCIL
TRYING TO GET LOAN
VLADIVOSTOK.—The municipal
council is endeavoring to arrange a
loan of three million roubles for the
use of the city. The foreign com
suls have given their assistance. . It
is hoped to place the loan in the
United States.
Albert Lundborg, who has a big
grading contract on the new D line,
is preparing to leave for his camp
site to commence work.
WORK OR FIGHJ
LAW IS WORKING;
MANY ARRESTED
Federal Law Putting Ban on Idlenen
Became Effective At Midnight
Yesterday.
NEW YORK—The Federal small
laws, placing a ban on idlesness and
aimed at those who are content t*t
live a life of non-productive ease,
was put into effect last night. This
law effects all men between the
ages of eighteen and fifty.
The district attorneys, with police
squads and detectives, visited all
the pool halls, chop suey joints and
restaurants where the bright lights
i and idleness had been boon com
! panions for years, and arrested
I many. Pedestrians on the streets,
who were unable to give a satis
] factory acount of themselves and
! men in non-essential occupations,
1 were also served witji subpoenas.
U. ill
TELEGRAPH OVER
Telegraph, Telephone and Cable
and Radio Systems Will Be
Taken Over By Government.
WASHINGTON, D. C—In view
of the impending strike of the em
ployees of the Western Union Co. or.
account of a lockout of the men
some time ago, President Wilson
has recommended to congress the
necessity for government control of
all telegraph lines throughout the
country. It is expected that con
gress will endeavor this week to
pass the necessary legislation em
powering the President to take over
the control of the nation’s telegraph
system.
At the request of the President
made in the house today, the Inter
state Commerce commission favor
ably reported on the resolution giv
ing the President authority to take
over the telegraph, telephone, cable
and radio systems throughout the
nation.
The operators have set July 8th
to strike against the Western Union
Company.
CLEARING BEE FOR GROUNDS
SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT
Tonight is the night of the big
Fourth of July clearing bee. The
time is 7 o’clock and the place is
the baseball grounds in back of the
schoolhouse; everybody who can
handle a rake is requested to be
on hand and do their bit. The
more that comes out the less work
there will be for any one person to
do, and with thirty or forty men,
the whole job could be done in less
than an hour.
It is very reasonable to suppose
that all of Fairbanks and part of
Chena will be down here on the
Fourth, if the dance given Saturday
night and the number of folks that
came here can be taken as an indi
cation.
“Make your acres tote double,”
says 'l.e Progressive Farmer.
SUBMARINES LEVY
TOLL ONCE MORE
PORTSMOUTH, Virginia.—A tel
egram was received here today from
Lieutenant Edward Isaach, announc
ing his safe arrival in England.
Lieutenant Isaach was on the Ameri
can transport Lincoln when that
vessel was torpedoed by a German
submarine and was taken prisoner
and spent many days on the under
sea boat. The submarine was after
wards captured by a British patrol
boat and taken to an English port
with her entire crew and the pris
oners she had on board.
HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK
LONDON.—The British hospital
i ship Landovery Castle, homeward
bound from Canada, was sunk by
a German submarine one hundred
and sixteen miles south of Fastnet.
The vessel had two hundred and
fifty-eight persons all told on board
at the time she was attacked and
sunk by the enemy submarine. A
boat containing twenty-four of the |
CZAR NOT M ’
IS LATE REPORT
PROM EUROPE
Daughter of Former Russian Ruler
Telegraphs That He Is In a
Safe Place.
STOCKHOLM.—Minister Lenine,
of the new Rusian government, is
I sued a statement today, declaring
that he has no knowledge of <.ne re
ported murder of Russia’s former
ruler.
A Moscow report . quoting the !
Nashe Slovo, says that friends of I
the Romanoffs in Petrograd nave
received a telegram from a *ughter
of the former Czar which reads
“Father, mother are in safe place.”
GERMANS OCCUPY
CAUCASIAN CITY
Capture of Largest City In the
Caucasion Region By the
Germans Is Reported.
LONDON.—Despatches received
today from Moscow state that Tiflis,
which is the capital and largest city
in the Caucasus region, has beer
captured and occupied by the Ger
man forces. The despatches further
add that a large number of Teutons
who had been prisoners of war in
Russia, and who were recently re
leased to shift for themselves, have
been organized into a powerful
fighting force.
The occupation of this city gives
the Germans dominance over the en
tire Caucasus region and constitutes
a grave menace to the British forces
operating in Mesopotamia and
Persia.
The resistance to the Germans in
the Caucasus was of a very feeble
nature.
| survivors of the Landovery Castle
were landed at a British port today.
AMERICAN BOAT SUNK
WASHINGTON, D. C.—According
to a report received by the navy
department, the steamer Californian
struck a contact mine and was sunk.
The crew of the Californian were
landed at a French port. No details
are given, but it is thought that the
steamer was on her way to the
United States after having landed
her cargo in France.
SCHOONER WRECKED
SAN FRANCISCO.—Reports re
ceived here today indicate that the
schooner Annie Larson has been
wrecked on Malden Island, in the
South Pacific.
The suspicious movements of this
vessel had been under investigation
for some time past, and it is thought
that she was a gun runner and
tender to a German raider.
FEDERAL ROLLS
President Vetoes Measure Increasing
Hours of Clerks on Government
Payroll.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The leg
islative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bill, carrying funds for
the payment of running expenses
for the coming year for various
branches of the government, was
vetoed by President Wilson today.
In explanation of his action, the
executive stated that he would not
sign the measure because of the pro
vision contained therein, increasing
the hours of work of govern men1:
clerks from seven to eight hours.
He explained further that in viev/
of the fact that employers through
out the country had been asked by
the government to make no changes
in working conditions unfavorable to
the workers, he did not feel justified
in assenting to a measure in which
the United States itself sought to
make such change. )
The bill has been sent back to
congress for reconsideration, and
when next presented 'o the presi
dent, the objectionable clause doubt-^
less will not be included in the
measure.
JELLICOE REFUSES POST
AS NAVAL REPRESENTATIVE
LONDON.—According to the Sun
day Herald, the British government
recently offered to Viscount Jellicoe
» post in Washington as British naval
representative there. He was un
able to accept the post, however,
argely because his wife’s health
made him desire to remain in Eng
and for the present.
Kenneth Case, who had been in
iharge of the location party on the
south end of the D line, is in town
in business.