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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 154
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Al l IRS DESTROY AUSTRIAN BASE
AMERICAN TANKS TERRORIZE BOCHES
ITALIANS HIT AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS IN ALBANIA
BRITISH PENETRATE
BEYOND LENS LINE
-* LONDON—Reports received from
the front today indicate that the
British troops, pursuing the Ger
man forces retreating from Lens,
have reached the railroad to the
east of Lens and captured over four
thousand prisoners.
The British wedge pushed into
the line to the north of St. Quentin
was advanced farther to high ground
a mile northeast of Sequesart. De
spite several strong counter attacks,
the British are holding the ground
^ gained.
PERSHING’S REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A report
received from General Pershing to
day states that the Americans have
captured Mont Blanc and several
other strong enemy positions on
the Champagne front.
GERMAN RESERVES USED
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived from the front today, the
Germans are using their general re
serves in the fighting around St.
Quentin, which marks the beginning
of the last phase in the big battle
The Allies are gaining steadily, de
spite several violent counter attacks
Le Catelet Captured.
The British forces have succeedec
in driving the Germans out of theii
positions and have captured anc
occupied the town of Le Catelet
The French troops are slowly push
ing the Germans toward the uppei
Oise.
YANK TANKS IN ACTION
American Headquarters.—Whet
the Germans commenced their at
tack for the purpose of capturinf
Apremont, lying to the northeas
of Verdun, American tanks sud
denly emerged from the town am
lurched through the advancing Ger
man forces, pouring a veritable hai
of shot and spreading terror am
destruction in the ranks of the foe
Our infantry, following swifty ii
the wake of the tanks, complete!
the discomfiture of the enmy, wh
were seized with consternantion am
fled in disorder.
GERMANS FIGHT HARD
0 - LONDON.—According to report
received from the battle front tc
day, the Germans are making gigar
tic efforts to stem the advance c
the Allies. Their best troops ar
now heavily engaged and are figh
ing with energy and desperatio
against the advancing Allied hos
There are no signs of a great Gei
man retreat except on the Flandei
front, where, it is believed, th
Germans intend to withdraw from tl
Hindenburg line and fall back 1
positions which had been previous]
prepared for just such a contini
»' ency.
AMERICAN GAS ATTACK
WITH THE AMERICANS.—C
the battlefront to the northwest <
Verdun, the American troops ma(
a very successful gas attack on tl
Germans and compelled them to fall
back today. The Germans had pre
viously attacked the Americans and
thrown many gas shells to the rear
of the American line. The Ameri
cans, advancing to occupy the posi
tions from which the Germans were
| ejected as a result of the American
gas atack, found and removed over
a hundred mines which the Germans
had buried, with the evident inten
tion of exploding them when the
! Americans advanced.
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ALBANIAN FRONT
! LONDON.—According to reports
! received from the battle front, the
j Austrian troops are in disorderly
I retirement before the advancing
Italian columns. The enemy are
also reported to be destroying de
pots in the line of their retreat in
order to hamper as much as possible
the advance of the Italians. The
[ Italians, however, are close at the
j heels of the retiring foe and are
| taking heavy toll of them in a series
j of rearguard actions.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—Tc
the northwest of St. Quentin, the
British are fighting in open countrj
behind the Hindenburg line and ar«
making very good use of their tanks
against the enemy. Since last Mon
day, the British have advanced s
distance of five miles on the sectoi
of the battlefront, from Lens north
wards.
From Rheims to Argonne, thi
Allies continue to bend back ths
. German flanks in spite of a veri
. i stubborn resistance. A breach was
. i driven through the German de
. j fenses south of Deaurevohv along s
I j five mile front, where the resist
. i ance of the Germans was very bit
[ | ter. British cavalry and tanks ari
[(now pouring through the breache
' made.
KNITTED GOODS
! SHIPPED OUTSIDf
si
j On the steamer Alaska, whic
_■ sailed yesterday, a box 'ontainin
f articles knitted by the patriot'
g1 ladies of Nenana was shipped to th
States. The package was consigne
n i to the Red Cross representative i
| Seattle, and will be forwarded froi
I that point to its final destination
s 1 The contents of the box and th
e names of the knitters are as follow?
e! Socks—13 pair, knitted by th
0 following ladies: Mrs. Rothenbur
y 6 pair, Mrs. Steele 5 pair, Mrs. Ralp
i Waechter 1 pair, Mrs. T. R. O’M ,lle
: 1 pair.
Sweaters—13, knit by the follov
ling laides: Miss Grace Ralston ■
! Miss Margaret Southworth 1, dr
n Wm. Gilcher 2, Mrs. Herman Ando
,f son 2, Mrs. Victor Sogura 1, Mr
le Lillydale 1, Mrs. Ralph Waechter
ie Mrs. W. H. Grigg, 1.
IS
THE BILLION
Subscription* Have Not Yet Reached
Schedule Fixed By Officials
of the Gov^’-nment.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Subscrip
tions to the Fourth Liberty Loan
continue to be reported from the
several federal reserve districts at a
steady rate, the total of record this
mornign at headquarters being
$727,383,957. This amount is still
behind the schedule estimated by the
treasury department and instructions
are being issued to workers through
out the country to speed up the sales
whereever possible and it is ex
pected that the remaining days of
the campaign will be filled with in
creased activitiy.
EPIDEMIC WILL
ill AAJMiyiWI
a 11 J if tv h it mx(i
iJLlnl uHILiNuu
OF II
Spread of Spanish Influenza Among
Troops In Training Slows
Down Movement.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—-Provost
Marshal General Crowder is authori
ty for the statement that the move
ment of troops overseas has received
a temporary setback owing to the
presence of Spanish influenza at
several of the camps and canton
ments throughout the States. The
delay is not regarded as serious,
however, officials of the depart
ment being hopeful of stamping out
the epidemic at an early date. The
statement merely says that shipments
are to be retarded somewhat in the
near future, as it is the intention
of the department to hold back all
men who have been exposed to the
disease or who show the slightest
symptoms. The men overseas will
not be given the opportunity to con
tract the disease if the department
can prevent it.
The number of American troops
abroad is now 1,800,000. Whether
or not the number will reach the
two million mark before the end of
the present month will depend en
tirely upon, the progress made in
checking the spread of the epidemic.
HOOTCH seed
ll
The deputy marshal stationed at
ranana is reported to have made
i raid on a place in the army town
which had been suspected of hav
ing liquor for sale, and, as a result
of the raid twenty-two five-gallon
kegs and ten cases of whisky were
said to have been seized.
Fuller particulars of the raid
were not available up to the time
the News went to press.
Line Auditor Sam Beatty left foi
Fairbanks on the launch this morn1
ng on official business.
SMALL CARRIER
SUNK OVERSEAS
(Vmericr n C»'[:o Boat In Supply
Service Goes to Bottom A*
Result of Collision.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Advices
received by the navy department this
morning state that the American
cargo carrier Herman Frasch, a
small vessel engaged in the over
seas supply service, was sunk this
week as the result of a collission
with another vessel.
The fact that fifty members of
the crew lost their lives, it is be
lieved that the collision occurred
either at night or during a heavy
fog, rendering rescue work difficult.
The department has requested a full
report of the accident.
ALASKAlAMMSES
a. e. c. Launch
Shortly before the steamer Alaska
sailed and while she was hooking onto
the barges Idaho and Arizona to take
them in tow, one of the barges
swung in with the curent and ram
ming the Commission launch Sun
flower, forcing her toward the bank.
When the barge finally cleared the
Sunflower it was found that the
barge had stove in one side of the
boat. The Sunflower, which leaked
badly after the contact, filled slowly
and sank in the shallow water.
The extent of the actual damage
done is not known, but it is ex
pected that a thorough examination
and inquiry into the accident will be
held today. It is thought that the
damage sustained by the Sunflower
will necessitate her reconstruction to
some extent before she will be able
to take the water again.
NENANA GARDENS
GIVE GOOD YIELD
Evidence of the suitability of the
soil of Nenana for growing vege
tables were produced in the office
of the News yesterday. Most ol
the crops have been havested and
the yields of the different classes
of vegetables have been abundant
and of good quality.
Fred Major’s garden on First
street, has given him a very fine
crop of potatoes and turnips. One
turnip of the white variety, brought
to the News office, weighed 5%
! pounds, and one of the yellow
variety weighed 4 pounds, and were
very solid. The potatoes, of whicl
he raised quite a crop, were verj
large in size, and four of them tip
! ped the scales at 4 % pounds.
The garden planted by Oscai
Rothenburg, which was twice cov
ered by the spring floods, neverthe
less yielded a bountiful crop. Por
tions of it had to be replanted, am
despite this handicap, a large cro]
of radishes, lettuce, carrots, beeti
1 and other garden truck was har
vested.
ALLIED WARSHIPS
BOMBARD DURAZZO
LONDON'—A powerful fleet made
up of warships of the British, Ameri
can and Italian navies, engaged the
forts and enemy fleet off Durazzo
today and heavily bombarded them.
Durazzo is a fortified port and
naval station in Albania and was
in use as such by the Austrians, j
where they had assembled much war j
material and supplies.
The ships of the combined navies
poured in a terriffic hall of shot
and shell and succeeded in com
pletely levelling all of the fortifi
cations and destroying much of the
material that had been landed there
for the use of the Austrian army
operating on the Albanian front.
The enemy warships opposing the
Allied squadron were destroyed dur
ing the engagement, which is re
ported to have been furious while
ft lasted.
American submarine destroyers
LIBERTY BONDS
SELLING WELL
The sum of $11,850 was derived
from the sale of Fourth Liberty
Loan bonds at the office of the
special disbursing agent up to last
night. The N. C. company sold
$5,000 worth of the bonds, bring
ing the total amount of the bonds
sold at these two places up to last
night, to $16,850.
Mrs. Carl Schmidt’s committee,
composed of Mesdames F. D. Browne,
J. C. Van Orsdel and E. R. Brown,
have not been heard from yet, but
it is thought that they have sold
quite a considerable number of
bonds.
Mrs. Carl Schmidt was appointed
chairman of the Woman’s committee
by the head of a similar committee
at Fairbanks, and the impression
that her sales will be creditel to
Fairbanks seems to be entertained.
All of the moneys collected from the
sale of bonds by Mrs. Schmidt and
her committee will be turned in to
the office of the special disbursing
agent and will be credited against
I Nenana’s quota.
ATTACkIT8E
MADE SOON ON
CONSTANTINOPLE
Turkish Capital Soon Be Subjected
To An Attack By the Troops
of the Allies.
SALONIKI.—General Desperety
the French commander in chief oi
the Allied forces operating on the
1 Macedonian front, said today, thal
i a blow will soon be directed al
; | Constantinople and that the van
■! quished Turks will be thrown across
the Bosphorus into Asia.
taking part in the engagement, while
not being able to take their plate
with the heavier ships of the line,
atted as scouts, and engaging the
submarines sent out of the port to
menace the battleships and cruisers
in the bombardment, did excellent
work, destroying two of them and
sending others scurrying back to
safety
A large Austrian steamer escorted
by a destroyer, attempting to escape
under cover of the fire from the
fleet and forts, was engaged by an
Italian warship. The Italian sailors
went into action in the face of a
particularly hot fire from the enemy
fleet and forts and succeeded in
sinking both vessels. The casualties
on the Italian warship were heavy,
the ship also being damaged some
what from the fire she was sub
! jected to.
New Chancellor end Anothe” Mem
ber Without Portfolio Appointed
By Hun*.
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AMSTERDAM.—According to an
official despatch from Berlin re
ceived in this city today. Prince
i Maximilian of Baden, has been ap
pointed German chancellor and
Prussian foreign secretary.
Scheidemann, the majority leader
of the Social Democratic party hn*
also been given a cabinet appoint
ment without a portfolio.
It is believed that Scheidemann
is merely a tool of the Pan-Ger
man party.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In the
appointment of Prince Maximilian
of Baden, and the Socialist member
of the cabinet by Germany, ob
servers see a desperate attempt by
the German government to hood
wink the Allies and the German
people into the belief that the
democratization of the German em
pire has been taken in hand.
The junkers still hold power in
the German cabinet and are not an
swerable to the Reichstag for their
actions.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones, government
school teachers at Sewalik, reached
Nome recently on their way Out
side- Mr. Jones kept in communi
cation with the outside world while
in his far northern station by in
stalling a set of radio instruments.
The schooner Flyer is on her way
from Nome to Siberia under charter
to M. Eudahl, the fur buyer and
will proceed to the station of the
fur trader Komiloff, in the hope of
making a deal with the trader for
his large stock of fur pelts.
H. G. Walker, of Ophir, Alaska,
appears in the list of w’ounded in
the Canadian casualty list. This is
the first Alaskan casualty in some
I time.