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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 159
BIG GERMAN RETREAT STARTING
YANKS EXECUTE BIG AERIAL ATTACK
- DUAL MONARCHY PREPARES TO MEET DEMANDS
GERMANS ON RUN
ALONG WIDE FRONT
^ WITH THE BRITISH—Yesterday
the combined British and American
forces reached a point on the battle
front where the German lines, with
a hard blow, could be cracked.
Cavalry in sufficient force could
have penetrated the German line at
this point easily.
Cambrai Mopped Up
Canadians and Britishers mopped
up Cambrai, where many Germans
were killed and many others were
captured. Some Germans were
v found in deep cellars and tunnels
forming part of the defeness of the
city. These men are now being
taken out their underground quarters
and are being sent to prison camps
to the rear of the Allied lines.
City Is Damaged.
The city of Cambrai is reported
to be quite as badly damaged as
feared, both by the fire of the at
tacking guns, as well as the fires
deliberately started by the Germans.
YANKS COMMENCE ACTION
WITH THE AMERICANS.—Gen
eral Pershing reports that after a
heavy bombardment which lasted
all night, the American infantry
forming the left wing of the ad
vancing columns commenced a shar^
action this morning in the Argonne
forest region, where a spirited battle
is now raging. The Germans are
using a large number of reserves
and are offering very stubborn re
sistance to the Americans. Our boys
however, are slowly forging ahead.
GREATEST AIR RAID
WITH THE AMERICANS.—A
great air raid, which marks the high
est achievement in aerial operations
since the opening of hostilities, was
undertaken today when over three
hundred and fifty American planes
conducted a bombing expedition on
a most extensive scale. This great
fleet of airships was composed of
over 200 bombing airplanes, 100 pur
suit airplanes and fifty triplanes.
They started out in much the same
manner as a great fleet at sea would
do, in squadron formation, one
squadron supporting the other and
yet acting as separate independent
units, with aerial scouts and power
ful planes to repel attacks and cover
the work of the bombing machines.
The expedition was entirely success
ful and thirty-two tons of high ex
plosives were dropped on the Ger
man cantonments between Warville
and Damville, twelve miles to the
north of Verdun, doing irreparable
damage to the enemy camps and
supply depots.
ADVANCE CONTINUED
LONDON.—According to reports
received today from the battlefront
the French and British forces oper
ating betwen Cambrai and St. Quen
tin, continuing their advance along
this sector ot the battle line, have
captured the towns of Solesmes and
.Noyelles. The Allied forces are now
within two miles of the important
town of Le Cfateau. Severe fighting
is repotred to be in progress to the
southeast of Cambrai on both sides
of Caudry, where the Huns are
offering stiff resistance.
HUN MAINLINE PIERCED
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
Pershing, commanding the American
forces in France, in his report today
says that the Americans launched
a heavy attack against the German
lines to the west of the Meuse, where I
they had assembled fresh divisions
to oppose the advance of the Ameri- \
cans. Our troops forced the Ger
mans to give ground and penetrated
the German main line of defense.
Height* Captured.
In the Argonne forest region the
American troops captured important
heights south of Marcq and succeed
ed in affecting a junction with the
French troops advancing eastward
at Lancon. In the fighting that
preceeded tjie capture of the heights
the Americans captured over two
thousand Germans.
HUNS IN FULL RETREAT
PARIS—All reports received from
the battlefront today give ample in
dication that on the battle front be
tween Cambrai and St. Quentin,
the German forces estimated to be
about a quarter of a million strong,
are in full retreat, with the Allied
troops close at their heels and rear
guard actions in progress all the
time. The advance of the Allied
forces on this sector of the battle
front during the last two days, at
some points, exceeds fifteen miles.
General Retreat Inevitable
This great advance of the Allies
is believed to be the first step to
wards the precipitating of a general
German retreat, which now seems
inevitable.
LIVESTOCK TAKEN
BY HUNGRY HUNS
Belgian Livestock Is Being Removed
to Germany; Evacuation of
Flanders Foreshadowed.
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received in this city from re
liable sources, the roads throughout
Flanders are encumbered with cattle,
horses and pigs, which are enroute
over the border to Germany under
military guard.
This move by the Germans is
taken as a preliminary indication
of the evacuation of Belgium by the
Hun.
GERMANY BUILDING
CONCRETE VESSELS
AMSTERDAM—Germany has be
gun to build concrete ships. The
Berlin Taegliche Rundschau reports
that the first reinforced concrete
motor vessel has been ordered by
the Baltic Shipping company at
Hamburg. The ship, which will be
of a dead-weight capacity of 800
tons, will ply between Hamburg
and Sweden.
WILSON’S TERMS
MAY BE ACCEPTED
Germany May Require Counle*
Guarantee* Before Accepting
Wilton's Peace Conditions.
BASEL, Switzerland.—The Col
ogne Gazette, one of the leading
German newspapers, commenting on
President Wilson’s reply to the Ger
man peace proffer, says that only
military reasons could compel Ger
many to accept the conditions laid
down by the President and that it
is quite possible that Germany may
demand counter guarantees before
complying with any of the demands.
Evacuation by the Allies of the late
German colonies may be one of the
conditions demanded by Germany.
SUBMARINE GETS
AMERICAN VESSEL
ATLANTIC PORT.—It was re
ported here today that a large Amer
ican steamer was torpedoed and sunk
at sea by a German submarine. The
report also states that many of her
crew were lost.
LATER REPORT
ATLANTIC PORT.—A later re
port received discloses the fact that
the victim of the enemy submarine
was the steamer Ticonderoga, for
merly the German steamer Camille
Rickmers, which was interned at
Manila shortly after the outbreak
of hostilities and during a time when
America was neutral in the war.
The Ticonderoga was attacked
five days ago by a German sub
marine, which first shelled the ves
sel and finally loosed a torpedo,
which sunk her. The steamer car
ried a large crew, some of whom
arrived on a British vessel.
BROWNE TAKES
POSTJT FRONT
Frederick D. Browne, engineer in
charge of this division of the gov
ernment railroad, went out the line
and has gone into residence right
at the front. He occupies a portion
of the timekeeper's car at Camp 16,
near th> end of steel, and expects to
be away from Nenana for quite a
little while.
Mr. Browne will personally super
vise the railroad extension work and
may also go on farther out on the
line to size up the situation with a
view to arranging for the winter’s
work. It is not known, at present,
when he will return to town.
Mrs. Harriet S. Pullen of Skag
way, has been supplying Uncle Sam
with fresh beef from her ranch at
Dyea. She recently shipped twelve
quarters of beef to Fort Seward, for
which she received a good price. I
REPRISAL THREAT
WORRIES TEUTONS
Hun* Try to Shuffle Off. the Blame
On British Shell Fire for the
Destruction of Towns.
LONDON—Ample indications that
the Germans are worrying consider
able as a consequence of the threats
of reprisals for the destruction of
French towns, made by the Allies,
is afforded by a Wolf News Bureau
despatch.
The despatch states that the Ger
mans, fearful of the consequences
for the burning, by them, of the
town of Douai, are circulating the
report that the destruction of the
city was the result of the heavy bom
bardment by the British artillery.
belgiansTppose
PIMOF BOCHES
Citizens of Bruges Oppose Attempts
to Deport Non-Combatants;
Many Are Killed. ^
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received in this city today
from reliable sources, a serious re
volt occurred recently in Bruges,
Belgium, when the Germans at
tempted to deport Belgian Civilians
for use on works of a military
nature for the Germans. German
soldiers sent to quell the disturb
ance, opened fire on the rioting
Belgians and many of them were
killed and wounded.
KAISERlfflCATES
IS LATEST REPORT
STOCKHOLM.—Persistent rumors
are current in this city today, to the j
effect that Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger- ^
many has abdicated the throne. |
The rumors have not been con
firmed, though there are many here
who believe the report to be true.
FAIRBANKSllRL
10 GO J NURSE
Miss Genevieve Creamer, one of
Fairbanks’ most popular young ladies
writes that she has been accepted
for Red Cross work and that she
expects to be sent “Over There”
most any time.
Miss Creamer was, for a long time,
connected with the commissioner
and recorder’s office in Fairbanks
as stenographer, and resigned her
position only recently for the pur
pose of going Outside and entering
some war work. Her only brother
Charles Creamer, is in the army,
having enlisted voluntarily, and is
now with the rest of our boys at
Camp Dodge, Iowa, from which
place they expect to be sent to the
front.
APPEAL IS
Secretary of the Treatu'y Sends
Appeal to Every Citizen to
Buy Liberty Bonds.
WASHINGTON’, D. C.—Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo has made
a stirring appeal to every loyal
American citizen to support the
Fourth Liberty Loan to the utter
most extent of his financial ability
in order that the loan subscription
may be doubled.
By supporting the loan, patriotic
citizens will be matching the achive
ments of the Allied armies in France
who are triumphantly marching to
wards the German frontier.
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BEING ASSEMBLED
IN NEM YARD
New Flat Cars Are Being Assembled
For Work of Railroad
Extension.
The mechanical department of the
Alaskan Engineering commission are
a very busy bunch these days, and
they are speeding up on the work
of assembling the flat cars received
on the barges arriving here recently.
The cars are being rapidly put to
gether and as soon as completed
are sent out to help in the construc
tion work on the line.
Although the force employed in
this work is not as large as the Com
mission officials would like to have
it, satisfactory progress, under the
circumstances, is being made; and
when all the cars have been assem
bled and ready for service, the Com
mission will have sufficient cars for
construction work and for freighting
of material and supplies out the
line and for the loads of coal that
will be brought here.
As soon as the work on the cars
have been completed, the asA/mbling
of the two big locomotives will be
taken in hand. These two loco
motives are to be slightly larger and
more powerful type than the 270
and 272 now in use in connection
with the construction program.
The boilers and heavy cases con
taining the various parts of the two
big locomotives are now in course
of removal to the new engine house,
where they will be assembled. It is
expected that when they are ready
for use they will be put into com
mission and the 270 and 272 brought
into the engine house to be thorough
ly overhauled.
The United States was the first
country to realize the value of con
crete ships for ocean tonnage, and
a number of such vessels are being
built under the Emergency Fleet
Corporation’s program. The Faith,
a concrete vessel of 5,000 tons, was
launched on the Pacific coast early
this year, and met all the rigid
government tests to which it was
submitted.
MOVE 10 DIVIDE
DUAL MONARCHY
IS PROGRESSING
Wilton’* Peace Stipulation May
Caute the Separation of Austria
and Hungary.
LONDON.—According to a report
received in this city today, the Aus
tro-Hungarian ministerial council has
decided to introduce national auton
omy in order to make one of Presi
dent Wilson’s peace stipulations an
accomplished fact.
A Copenhagen despatch says that
a movement favoring a separation
of Austria and Hungary recently
launched, is progressing rapidly to
ward the desired end.
IURKS EVACUATE
SYRIAJUEAPORT
Ottoman Troop* Withdraw From
Important Seaport and British
Troop* Occupy It.
LONDON.—A combined squadron
of British and French warships, ac
companied by transports filled with
troops intended to garrison the im
portant port of Beirut after the
naval boats had reduced its forti
fications and compelled its sur
render, found, on arrival off the
port, that the Turkish garrison, an
ticipating such a move, had already
withdrawn from the port.
After a careful reconnaissance of
the harbor and the forts guarding
it by the Allied torpedo boat flotilla,
as a precautionary measure against
any lurking danger, the squadron
entered the port and the British
Indian troops were landed from the
transports to occupy the city.
The civil population of Beirut
seemed delighted at the arrival of
the Allied fleet and garrison.
LUDENDORFF GOES
TO BERLIN CONFAB
Commander in Chief of the German
Army I* Summoned to An
Important Conference.
BASEL, Switzerland, Reports re
ceived in this city from reliable
sources, are to the effect that Gen
eral Ludendorff, chief of the Ger
man general staff, who left his head
quarters near the front recently, has
arrived in Berlin, to attend a mili
tary conference.
Although the purpose of the mili
tary conference is not definitely
known, it is thought to be connected
with the recent peace note sent by
Germany to President Wilson.
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Wheat is still short and sugar is
shorter, but nobody is worried—
these hammer blows only harden
American mettle.