Uncle Sam Needs YOUR Help To Beat The Kaiser
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1918.
NUMBER 30
HUNS RESUME BATTLE ON TWO FRONTS
BRITISH LOSSES WILL TOTAL QUARTER MILLION
FOOD SITUATION IN AUSTRIA IS BECOMING ACUTE
TEUTONS STARTING
ATTACKS IN ITALY
(Associated Press)
announces that the Germans have
resumed their offensive on the Fland
ers front, having launched an in
tense bombardment at an ea’lynour
this morning, the line of attack ex
tending from Looce to a point south
of Ypres. Great artillery activity
also is reported in the region be
tween Nieppe and Meteren and there
is every reason to believe that it is
the intention of the German com
mand to resume their infantry at
tacks on a huge scale, in a final
effort to break through the Allied
defenses in front of Ypres.
ACTIVE NEAR AMIENS
PARIS, May 4.—Simutaneous with
the resumtion of hostilities on the
Flanders front, the Germans began
an artillery attack this morning
along the Avre river, southeast of
Amiens.
The British are reported to have
improved their positions slightly in
minor operations near Hinges, on
the Lys salient, and the French have
taken a number of prisoners in tneir
defensive operations north of Ypres.
ITALIANS ATTACKED
VIENNA, May 4.—Official an
nouncement has been made by the
Austrian war office to the effect
that heavy fighting is now in pro
gress along the entire Italian front,
the Teutonic forces having launched
their expected offensive at an early
hour this morning. The baitlefron*
extends from the Adriatic, on the
south, to the Giudicaria valley, in
the north.
EMPEROR AT THE FRONT
AMSTERDAM, May 4.—Bv,patch
es received in this city from Vienna
state that Emperor Charles ,of Aus
tria, has started for the front, evi
dently indicating tha~ it is the in
tention of the monarch to make a
personal survey of the offensive
operations that have been started
by the Austrians against Italy.
THE BRITISH LOSSES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4 —
British military officials in this city
estimate that the losses suffered by
the British since the commencement
of the big German offensive on
March 21 will total 250,000, killed
wounded and missing. This loss, al
though small by comparison with
the losses sustained by the Germans,
has crippled the British army and ii
the remaing forces are compelled tc
bear the brunt of the new attach
just starting, the situation will be
come critical unless sufficient re
serves are forthcoming to suppori
the British lines.
Everything now indicates that ii
is the intention of the Germans tc
continue their offensive
GERMANS SUFFER SEVERELY
The estimate of British losses is
remarkable by contrast with the
enormous losses suffered by the
enemy. German officials have noi
yet disclosed the number of theii
dead and wounded and it is reported
that they dare not do so, because
of the greatness of the number. In
order to keep the German public
fices made, as many as possible of
the wounded German soldiers are
being cared for in Belgium.
Owing to the lack of accommoda
tions in Belgium, however, it has
been found necessary to send thous
ands of the wounded to Germany,
and the railroads are being taxed to
their capacity to handle the traffic.
Reports received from Amsterdam
state that 265 trains, crowded with
wounded soldiers, have been counted
on their way through Belgium dur
ing a period of three days, on April
7, 10 and 11. Through lack of or
dinary coaches, the Namur-Liege rail
road was compelled to use open coal
cars to transport the wounded.
All Belgium hospitals are crowded
to their capacity; and every available
school, convent and factory in Bel
gium has been transformed into a
temporary hospital. And still the
accommodations are not sufficient.
FOOD CRISIS IN AUSTRIA
AMSTERDAM, May 4.—The em
I peror of Austria has empowered the
! premier to adjourn parliament forth
\ with and to inaugurate measures
! which will render a resumption of
its activities impossible. According
to a statment published at Vienna,
the closure of parliament is indi
cated to be due to the seriousness
of the food situation. The state
ment says that it is the intention
of the Austrian government to de
vote its entire strength to the eco
nomic situation with a view eo creat
ing conditions which will enable the
people of Austria to hold out until
the end of the war.
BRAKKE DISPOSES
OF HIS INTEREST
Ai Ekelund, former Resident of
Chatanika, Becomes Partner
In Portland.
Al Ekelund, well known oldtime
resident of Chatanika, has purchased
the interest of Theo. Brakke in the
Portland cigar store and pool hall,
the deal having been eonsumated this
morning. The firm name hence
forth will be Jackson & Ekeland.
Mr. Jackson still retaining his in
terest in the popular place.
Mr. Brakke has not yet fully de
cided what he will do, but it is prob
able that he and Mrs. Brakke will
make a trip to Fairbanks within the
near future and may leave for the
Outside during the summer.
Mr. Ekeland returned to Nenana
this morning from a hurried trip
to the upper town and he is now
ready to settle down to business in
Nenana, having fully convinced him
self that the town has a bright
future before it.
Roy Lund is in Fairbanks awaiting
the arrival of F. B. Browne, new
division engineer of the Nenana di
vision. Should he not arrive by
tonight, however, it is possible that
Lund will start down river without
him.
PAIL IN EFFORT
10 BREAK LOOSE
Wholesale Delivery Averted By Dis
covery of Tunnel by Guardi
At Fart.
(Associated Press)
ATLANTA, Ga., May 4.—What is
regarded as an attempt to make a
wholesale delivery of German war
prisoners confined at Fort McPher
son, was foiled today, following the
! discovery of a fifty-foot tunnel
which was being dug in the direction
! of the double wire fence, enclosing
| the prison camp.
The tunnel began at a point di
rectly under the barracks occupied
; by the prisoners, the work suppos
' ediy having been carried on during
the night. The discovery was made
; by the guards.
BONOS SELL FAS!
Fairbanks Raffle Disposes of $100
Securities at Rate of a Bond
An Hour.
Advices received from Fairbanks
today state that the disposal of
Liberty Loan bonds at the Fairbanks
j Cigar store is proceeding at the rate
! of a bond an hour—practically as
! fast as they can be raffled. The de
mand is such that it is believed the
1 raffles can be continued at the pres
1 ent rate until the close of the cam
paign at midnight. At any rate,
the reports say, buyers are standing
in line, eager to take chances every
time a new sale is announced.
Only $100 bonds are being sold
now, and they are moving equally
as rapidly as the cheaper bonds
which were offered when the raffle
was started several days ago.
CONIRACI IS LEI;
FIRST OF SEASON
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—
j Charles Johnson Awarded Job of
Grading Eleven Stations South
of Nenana.
j Charles Johnson has been awarded
: a grading contract, covering eleven
I stations of 100 feet each, four miles
to the north of 35-mile, on the right
of way south of Nenana.
The Johnson contract is the first
one awarded by the Commission this
season, but it is expected that a
number of other contractors will
soon be assisting in the work of ex
tending the line toward the coal
fields.
Johnson is using four dump cars
in his work. Twenty cars have been
distributed along the right of way
for the use of contractors.
Glenn H. Dickinson, member of
Co. ‘B’ and attached to the local
Signal Corps station, was informed
this week of his promotion to first
class private.
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BOTILERTO
FATE OF VESSEL; j
LOST YEARS AGO
Prince Rupert Fiihermen Find a
Message Dated 1896, Relating
to the Ivanhoe.
(Associated Press)
PRINCE RUPERT, May 4.—A
sea-weed covered bottle was found
by fishermen today, containing a
time-discolored message dated 189G,
stating that the steamer Ivanho was
sinking and that all on board were
doomed.
Oldtimers of the Alaska coast re
member the Ivanho and recall that
the vessel sailed into a storm off
Cape Flattery, while enroute to San
Francisco. Nothing was ever heard
of the vessel afterwards, or of any
of those on board.
NEW AGENT HERE
FOR WHITE PASS
John H. Scott, Oldtimer of North,
Will Look Afte- Shipping
This Summer.
John H.Scott, a resident of the
North for many years and exper
ienced in the transportation business,
arrived in Nenana on the Koland
stage this morning to take charge
I of the local office of the American
j Yukon Navigation company, succeed
’ ing Chas. Hicock, who represented
j the company as local agent last sum
I mer.
j Mr. Scott came to Fairbanks in
i the early days and was identified
| with the transportation business in
the upper town for a number of
years. He went down river about
eight years ago and has resided at
Iditarod much of the time since
then.
He is thoroughly familiar with
the work which he will be called
upon to do in his capacity as agent,
knows the ways of the North and
Northerners well, and has taken an
active interest, wherever he has re
sided in Alaska, in local affairs and
territorial development.
OLDTIMER PASSES
Advices received from the Outside
this week tell of the death of Wil
liam Kleinburg, oldtime resident of
Fairbanks, who is reported to have
died at Seattle during the early part
of April. He was founder of the
Red Cross Drug store, in the upper
town.
EXPECTED STAGE MAY
HAVE OUTSIDE MAIL
An N. C. stage is expected at Fair
banks this afternoon from Chitina
and it is believed that there is a
shipment of mail on board. It is
not known, however, whether it is
first or second class.
An inbound mail stage was re
ported at Hogans today and should
reach town early during the coming
week.
Buy That Libery Bond Today.
BOND SALES PASS
EXPECTED AMOUNT
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4.—
Officials of the treasury department
announced this afternoon that the
three billion mark has been passed
by Liberty Loan subscriptions, and
it is confidently expected that later
figures will show that the total sales
far exceed the amount Americans
were asked to subscribe to carry on
the war.
The total amount of subscriptions
reported today is $3,006,888,900,
over six million more than w/; asked
for.
Reports received from all section-!
of the country today state that re
doubled efforts are being made to
push subscriptions “over the top”
and there is promise that thousands
of subscriptions will be added to the
list before the campaign has closed.
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SOLDIERS SAVED
BY WILSON UPON
BAKER’S ADVICE
Men Who Were Found Asleep On
Duty In France Will Not Pay
Extreme Penalty.
(■Associated Press)
i WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4.—
President Wilson has disapproved
1 the findings of the courtmartia!
which recently sentenced four Ameri
can soldiers to death because they
were found asleep while on sentry
duty. . Three of the men, Privates
Forest, Sebastian and Jess Cook
; have been granted full pardon.
| Privates Olon, Ledoyen, Stanley
'and Fishback, who were convicted on
j the charge of disobeying orders, will
be compelled to serve time at Fort
Leavenworth, each having been sen
tenced to three years imprisonment.
President Wilson acted upon the
advice of Secretary of War Baker,
who conducted a personal investiga
i tion during his recent stay in France.
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KOLANO ARRIVES
ON LAST VOYAGE
The Koland stage arrived in Ne
nanan this morning, bringing in two
j passengers and a consignment of
: first and second class mail. Mr.
i Koland does not contemplate another
1 trip to Fairbanks, owing to the bad
condition of the trails.
The passengers arriving on the
stage were John H. Scott and Alf
Ekeland.
PILEDRIVER OUTFIT
IS MOVED OUT LINE
The piledriver and complete out
fit, which was used at Camp 9, has
been moved out the lint* to 35-Mile,
where it will be put to work build
ing up the bank of the Nenana
river, to prevent erosion by the swift
waters ofthe stream. The outfit
will be located near Lynn’s old con
tract.
The first unit of the Cordova
Home Guard military company, con
sisting of 125 men, has been selected
by the National Council of efense,
and another company will be formed
as soon as the necessary equipment
arrives. John Gillies, of the Cor
dova naval radio station, has been
selected as company commander.
MORE MEN SENT
OOI TODAY FOR -
• RAILROAD WORK
i
Foreman Lee Leaves Town With
Surfacing Crew to Follow the
Steel Gang.
—
More than sixty men left town
on this morning’s train to begin
work on the right of way, south of
Xenana. The majority of those leav
ing compose the surfacing crew, amt
will work from Camp 15, under
Foreman Lee, immediately behind
the steel crew.
i In addition to the members of
i this crew, several men were sent
out to the Wilson camp and still
others for various places along the
right of way. Each day adds to
the number of employees on the
i Commission payrolls, and within a
, comparatively short time, full crews
will be working at all points, south
, and north of X’enana, where work
j is to be carried on this season. The
funds available for use between now
and the first of July make possible
a considerable amount of work.
The amount available after that
date, will depend upon action taken
by congress on the pending railroad
appropriation. X’o uneasiness is fait
on that point, however, reports re
' ceived from Washington indicating
that no difficulty will be experienced
I in securing sufficient funds to carry
| on the work outlined for the season
j in the several divisions.
Trail conditions beyond 20-Mile
! have become so bad as the result
! of the warm weather of the past
several days that it is no longer pos
sible to use sleighs to advantage,
and it is probable that pack horses
will be used between 20-Mile and
the camps to the south to bridge
the time until wagons can be used
along the right of way.
The trail is also going to pieces
rapidly on the north side of the
Tanana and special efforts are being
made to make deliveries of supplies
j to Goldstream camps before traffic
is made impossible by further thaw
ing.
Rumors current throughout the
southeastern part of Alaska were to
the effect that the Alaska-Juneau
j mine was going to shut down. Man
| ager Bradley at once denied the re
port, stating that about thirty men
would be laid, off for about three
months in the mills but the under
ground working woujd not be less
ened any. This curtailment of work
will only be temporary.