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THE NENANA 'DAILY NEWS
V VOLUME ONE NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY. APRIL 23, 1918 NUMBER 20
NEW BATTLES BREWING ON WEST FRONT
BRITISH NAVAL FORCES ATTACK U-BOAT BASES
, COMMISSION REPORT URGES CONTINUATION OF WORK
CANADIANS ATTACK
ALONG ENEMY LINE
LONDON, April 23.—Advices re
ceived from the mainland today in
dicate that another German thrust
may be expected at any moment,
Raiding and artillery activity are in
creasing steadily along the Somme
and Ancre river banks at numerous
points, and two vast armies or Ger
man troops have been drawn up
ready for action, one in Picardy and
the other in Flanders.
The greatest activity reported to
day is in the Canadian sector, where
the Canadians are harrassing the
enemy in every way possible Dur
ing the past twelve hours they have
raided the German lines at seven
points, have gassed the Huns with
thousands of shells, harrassed them
with special artillery shots, swept
the opposing trenches with machine
gun and rifle fire and hammered
the front lines with trench mortars.
SUB BASES RAIDED
LONDON, April 23.—The admir
alty reports that British naval forces
attacked the German submarine
bases at Astend and Zeebrugge to
day. Five old cruisers, filled with
concrete, were sent ashore in the
two harbors and blown up, with the
object of blocking the harbors, and
preventing the egress of enemy
boats. Two of the hulks were thus
destroyed at the entrance to Zee
brugge harbor and the other three
were disposed of in a similar man
nr at Ostend. A German destroyer
was torpedoed during the operations.
It is too early yet, asserts the
admiralty, to say whether or not the
attacks were successful. The Brit
ish casualties were heavy in pro
portion to the number engaged in
the enterprise.
MAY DECLARE WAR
LONDON, April 23.—Advices re
ceived from Berlin state that Ar
gentine and Uruguay are expected
to declare war against Germany
within a very short time. German
newspapers have been notified to
prepare the German public for such
a development.
NO MORE MASS ATTACKS
LONDON, April 23.—Reports re
ceived in this city today from an
authentic source state that the Ger
man command has decided to make
no more massed attacks, probably
due to the heavy losses sustained
during the recent offensive opera
tions.
TWO HUNDRED KILLED
WASHINGTON', D. C., April 23.
—Reports received from General
Pershing, concerning the battle in
which the American forces were en
gaged on Saturday and Sunday, in
dicate that upwards of two hundred
American soldiers were lost. The
German losses during the same en
gagement are reported to have been
twice that the of the American cas
ualties. Secretary Baker probably
will lay the report before the house
military committee at a meeting to
be held tomorrow.
END MAY BE IN SIGHT
British Headquarters, April 23.—
Advices received from the German
lines state that the practice of
granting leave to the soldiers was
to be resumed after the first of May
indicating that the enemy antici
pates a suspension of offensive
operations early next month.
It is apparent from preparations
being made, however, that the Ger
mans are geatting ready for a re
sumption of hostilities on a large
scale and the Allies are preparing
accordingly. It is the belief of
Allied generals that the coming
week will witness two great turn
ing movements, one at Robecq and
the other at Mesnil, to the north of
Albert, the purpose of the move
ment being to cut deep into the
Allied lines where they project into
German-held territory.
MAKE NIGHT ATTACK
LONDON', April 23.—Taking ad
vantage of the moonlight, the Ger
mans last night launched a strong
but unsuccessful attack on the Brit
ish lines to the north of Averluv
wood, above Albert. The fighting
began at ten o’clock and lasted until
four this morning. The attack was
preceded by a heavy bombardment.
The Germans lost considerable
ground as the result of the opera
tion.
CENTRAL POWERS
ARE WORRIED BY
Ottoman Empire Insists Upon Return
of Adrianople From the
Bulgarians.
ROME, April 23.—Advices re
ceived in this city indicate that seri
ous trouble of an internal character
is brewing in the inner circles of
the Central powers.
The trouble has resulted from de
mands which have been made by
Turkey and Bulgaria, each nation
having insisted upon territorial con
cessions not planned by the kaiser
The Turks demand that Adrianople
be taken from Bulgaria, to establish
territorial equilibrium in the Bal
kans. Bulgaria claims all of Dob
rudja and the annexation of Bessa
rabia.
The obstinacy of these two na
tions is said to be causing the kaiser
much anxiety.
Mill
AID WjTH WHEAT
Colonial Wheat Fields Will Supply
Pacific Coast With Large
Amount Monthly.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.
:—Negotiations have been practically
completed for the deliverey of a
million and a half bushels of Aus
tralian wheat monthly to Pacific
coast ports, to relieve shortages
caused by the shipment of American
wheat from Atlantic ports to Eu
rope.
WAR IS COSILY;
Estimated That Germans Are Linde
Daily Expense of More Than
Six Million.
LONDON, April 23.—In intro
ducing the British budget, the chan
cellor of the exchecquer announce^
to the commons today that the gros
national debt of England at presen
is five billion, eight hundred fift;
million ponuds sterling. He explain
ed that the revenues had been pay
ing twenty-six per cent of the wa
bill and it is expected that the rev
enues during the coming year wil
pay at least twenty-eight per cent
! The estimates of expenditures tha
; will be required during the comini
year, beginning April 1, place tlv
total at nearly three billion pounds
| The chancellor says that the wa
is costing Germany six and a quar
i ter millions daily, practically equal
ling England’s daily expense.
ERICKSON FALLS
Well Known Miner of Fairbanks:
District Meets Death on Little
Eldorado.
FAIRBANKS, April 23.—Carl
Erickson, a resident of the North
since 1S9S and well known through
out the Fairbanks district, met
death yesterday on 3 below, Little
Eldorado creek, while engaged with
a man named Anderson in timber
ing a shaft. The two men were
working on a platform about ten
feet from the surface. In some
manner the platform tilted, causing
both men to slide off. Anderson
saved himself by grasping a rope,
but Erickson fell to the bottom of
the shaft, a distance of one hundred
feet. His dea;h was instantaneous.
Erickson’s body was brought to
town last night and will be interred
on Thursday, under the direction of
the local lodge of Pioneers. The
deceased was 55 years of age.
MEXICANS PREPARE
FOR BORDER DRIVE
EL PASO, April 23.—Arrivals
from the Mexican border bring the
report that entrenchments have been
' discovered on the Mexican side of
the boundary, opopsite Fabens, this
state and that arms are being dis
tributed among the Greasers, with
instructions to use them against the
Americans when an attempt is made
to invade Mexico. The invasion pro
paganda, it is believed here, is the
work of Germans on the Mexican
side.
It is also reported that a Mexi
SENATE IS EAGER
! 10 INCLUDE HUNS
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Report That Hungarians Are In
Belgium Followed By Demand
For Declaration.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.
—Following the receipt of an offi
cial report from Europe to the ef
i feet that Hungarian troops have
arrived in Belgium to assist the Ger
mans, members of the senate en
gaged in a spirited debate, demand
ing that war be declared on Bul
garia without further delay.
A resolution providing for such
action was introduced, but final ac
tion was deferred until tomorrow.
The resolution also provides for a
declaration of war against Turkey.
Rev. F. L. Forbes, who was in
Fairbanks last fall and who spent
the winter at Ruby and Iditarod,
recently left the latter camp for
the coast, going out by way of An
chorage and Seward.
Mail will be dispatched for Fair
banks and the Outside tonight.
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I THRIFT STAMPS.
j can federal force of sufficient size i
1 to be regarded by American military j
| officers as a menace to the Ameri- j
can border, has been concentrated1
at Ojinaga, and all American patrols
| and outposts in that district are be
j ing reinforced.
The border is quiet, very few j
raids having been reported during |
the past several weeks, but the quiet j
manner in which the Mexicans ap
parently are preparing for some
new move, is proving most annoying
i to American officers.
HOUSE COMMITUE
; MAY RAISE LIMIT
Committeemen Are In Favor of In
, eluding Men of Forty Within
Draft Age.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23. ,
—Members of the house military
committee are strongly in favor of
increasing the draft age to forty
years and an attempt undoubtedly -
will be made by that committee to
make the desired change in the bill, j
recently passed by the senate, which ,
provides for the registration of all .
men reaching the age of twenty-1 (
one after June first of last year. j
The bill will be taken up by the £
house within a few days. ! r
FORTY-THREE CASUALTIES
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23. Jf
—General Pershing has reported 43 :
casualties as the result of today’s j1
operations in the various American 1
sectors.
The Koland stage reached town
last night with first and second
class mail from the Outside.
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COMMISSION URGES
RAILROAD PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.
—The report of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, which was
:ransmitted to congress today by
President Wilson, urges the con
inuation of railroad construction in
Alaska throughout the period of the
.var. ,,
“While it is true.” the report says,
‘that labor is not very plentiful in
:he territory, the commission con
siders it advisable to furnish em
RAILROAD MONEY
NOT ENDANGERED: i
RIGGS BELIEVES
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Sew Governor of Territory Say*
There Is No Indication of
Retrenchment.
SEATTLE, April 23—In answer
:o a question relative to the con
inuation of railroad construction in
Alaska and the availibilitv of funds
for that purpose, Governor Thos.
Riggs Jr. stated today that there
.vere no indications to justify the
aelief that congress would cut down
:he Alaska railroad appropriation.
The only handicap under which
:he commission may be compelled
:o continue work this year, he said,
s a possible shortage of labor.
Speaking of his plans, Mr. Riggs
said that he intended to make a
:our of the Northern country (hiring
:he coming summer, for the purpose
if learning the needs of the various
listricts. He is already well ac
quainted with a large section of
\laska, but there are certain dis
:ricts which he has never visited.
Governor Riggs will be the guest
it an Arctic club luncheon today
ind tomorrow morning he will leave
‘or Juneau, having advanced his
iailing date from Friady.
fountain Trails Blockaded As the
Result of Earthquakes In
California.
ELCEXTRO, Cal., April 23—Re
ief parties have been sent into the
lountains to rescue two large picnic
nd several smaller parties of pleas
ire seekers, who are reported to
ave been imprisoned as the result
f the several earthquakes which '
ocked Southern California Sunday'
nd yesterday.
The shocks loosened great boulders
rho rolled down the mountains and
illed the trails so completely as to 1
revent travel in either direction.
The picnic parties were compelled
o spend the night in the woods,
rithout shelter.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Vachon and ^
wo children arrived in Xenana yes
;rday from Tanana, where Mr. Va
hon is engaged in business.
ployment for what there is. The
serious curtailment of work at this
time would be a blow to that por
tion of the territory through which
the road runs.”
It is understood that both the
president and Secretary Lane are in
favor of completing the road with
out interruption and will use their
influence to induce congress to pro
vide the necessary funds to carry
on the work.
SENATOR PHELAN “
SAYS KAISER IS
SEHIND_MOONEY
California Lawmaker Declares That
German Money Induced Con
demned Man to Act.
WASHINGTON, D C , April 23.
—During a discussion of the Mooney
case in the senate today, Senator
Phelan, of California, expressed the
belief that Mooney was influenced
by German money to throw the bomb
which caused the death of several
persons during the preparedness
parade at San Francisco. He de
clared that the protest that Mooney
had been the victim of big business
was absolutely without foundation.
He predicted that the condemned
man would get a new trial.
Senator Jones, also of California,
declared that he believes Mooney
capable of the offense charged
against him, but it should be re
membered, he pointed out, that the
testimony upon which Mooney had
been convicted has since been re
pudiated.
Senator Poindexter expressed the
conviction that Mooney had com
mitted the crime and should be pun
ished for it.
NORWEGIAN SNIPS
WILL AID ALLIES
Floet of Sailing Vessels Will Enter
South American Trade As
Freighters.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23
—Officials of the shipping board
innounce that arrangements have
jeen made for the use of a fleet
)f Norwegian sailing vessels in the
South American trade, where they
vill not be exposed to the danger
>f attack by submarines.
The use of these sailing vessels
vill release American steamships for
European war traffic.
The deal includes vessels aggre
gating 400,000 tons.
EAGER FOR BOUT
ST. PAUL, Minn-, April 23.—The
tate boxing commission has voted
inanimously to approve the Willard
^llton bout, which is scheduled to
ake place in this city on July 4.
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