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DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA... FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918.
NUMBER 125
ALLIES DRIVE BOCHES ON WIDE FRONT
CAPTURE OF PERONNE AND HAM EXPECTED SOON
CZECHOSLOVAKS JN AUSTRIAN NAVY ARE REVOLTING
BRITISH CAPTURE
HUN POSITIONS
LONDON.—According to official
reports received from the battlefront
today, the British troops made a far
ther advance along both sides of the
Somme, and succeeded in capturing
Combles, Bullecourt, Hendecourt,
Lescagiecourt and Clerysur, inflict
ing heavy losses on the enemy, who
were forced to retreat.
Between Hendecourt and the
Arras-Cambrai road the Canadians at
tacked strongly, and forcing the Ger
mans to give ground, made very fav
orable progress.
FRENCH REPULSE COUNTER
PARIS.—Official reports received
by the war office today indicate that
the Germans launched a heavy
counter attack on the positions held
by the advancing French columns
between the Ailette and the Aisne.
Fierce fighting resulted, the Ger
mans attacking desperately and per
sistently- All of their attacks, how
ever, were repulsed and they were
forced to retire farther back. The
French forces also gained much
ground to the east of Pasley and
north of Soissons.
Raids Repulsed.
The German forces conducted a
series of raids along the Vesle rivei
on the positions held by the Ameri
can troops, but they were on th<
alert and severely punished the raid
ers, who were forced to beat a hast}
retreat, leaving many dead on th<
field. The American troops als<
repulsed raids in the Champagn<
sector.
ADVANCE RESUMED
LONDON.—According to report
received from British field head
quarters today, the British forces
resuming their advance east o:
Arras, penetrated two thousand yard;
farther on a seven-mile front be
tween Bullecourt and Scarpe, an<
hurling the enemy back farther still
captured Reincourt.
LOSSES SLIGHT
PARIS.—Newspaper correspond
ents of several Paris papers who ar<
with the forces at the front agrei
in the statement that the Allie<
losses in the present operations havi
been, comparatively, very light. The;
also state that the Allied armies ha<
never before taken so many pris
oners or so much war material a
they have done at so little cost ii
casualties.
NEARING PERONNE
WITH THE BRITISH—Advanc
ing along the bank of the Somm
river, the British forces compellini
* a retirement of the Germans, hav
occupied Biaches .which is situate
about a mile distant from the forti
fied city of Peronne. The Britis
have also entered and occupied Le
Boeuffs in their advance to outflan
the enemy and form a cordon aroun
Peronne.
GERMANS RETIRING
WITH THE BRITISH—Accorc
ing to reports brought in by Britis
aerial scouts, there are ample indi
cations that the Germans are con
templating a general retirement on
a large scale on the northern end of
the battlefront, particularly in the
Lys salient- They are employing
similar tactics to those adopted in
their retirement on the Marne front
recently and are burning whole vil
lages and huge quantities of ammu
nition. The roar of the exploding
ammunition can be heard on the
British firing line.
BRITISH ADVANCE
The British forces operating to
the north of Lens have made an
advance of a thousand yards and,
ejecting the Germans from their
positions, have seized and occupied
Letransloy.
SUMMARY .
Associated Press Summary.—The
hard pressed and war worn armies
of Germany are still wavering be
fore the spirited attacks of the Allies
who are relentlessly hammering away
and steadily pressing them back, es
pecially in Central Picardy, from the
Somme in a northerly direction to
Bapaume. The Germans are re
treating eastward toward St. Quen
tin, and large numbers of prisoners
and many guns and much material
are daily falling into the hands oi
the British on this portion of the
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Picardy front.
Elsewhere along the battlefront
the apparently untiring British
French and Americans are maintain
ing a heavy pressure against the
enemy, who now has lost all of the
important bases held by them wes1
of the Hindenburg Line, with the
exception of Peronne, Ham and Terg
ner. The British are now withir
two miles of Peronne and are slowlj
closing in on the doomed city. The
French forces are five miles wes1
pf Ham and are steadily continuing
their advance towards this city, while
Tergner is not seriously threatenec
as yet. On the extremity of the
battleline the Allies are moving for
ward slowly and steadily.
To the east and southeast of Arra:
the British forces appear to have
crashed through the Hindenburg
line.
| TANANA SAILS SUNDAY
TO CONNECT WITH YUKOb
J. H. Scott, the local agent of th<
American-Yukon Navigation com
pany, announces that the steamei
Tanana will probably sail fron
Nenana about 9 a. m. on Sunday
September first, taking the mail
freight and passengers to connec
with the steamer Yukon at Tanan;
for Dawson and the States,
j The steamer Yukon will turn bad
at Tanana and proceed up the Yukoi
1 river to Dawson, where she will con
s nect with another of the company’
t boats for Whitehorse and beyond.
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S. E. Ivey, locomotive enginee
in the employ of the A. E. C., ha
rented Mr. Geo. W. Pennington’
house near the sawmill. His famil;
. | who arrived in Nenana recently
h. has already moved into the house
HOOTCHMAKERS
ARE ROUNDED UP
BY GOVERNMENT
Illicit Distiller* of WhUky Are
Captured In Large Number*
By Revenue Men.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Intensive
operations conducted by government
revenue men in the mountain dis
tricts of Tennessee, Alabama, Geor
gia, Florida, and North and South
Carolina, have resulted in the biggest
roundup of illicit whisky distillers
ever known in the history of the
country.
As a result of the intensive round
up four hundred and sixty-eight
stills were seized and destroyed, and
two hundred of the moonshiners
were placed under arrest.
During the raids on the stills, two
sheriffs and five outlaws were killed
and about a score of them were
wounded.
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ANOTHER CAMP
IS ESTABLISHED
NORTH Of TOWN
New Camp Is Located Across Rivei
At the Foot of the Bluff, to Be
Known As Camp 415.
To take care of the grading worl
now being done on the Nenana
Fairbanks right of way, an engineer
ing camp has been established at tb
foot of the bluff across the rive
from Nenana. This camp will b
known as camp 415, and will b
the headquarters of the engineerini
party under the supervision of Resi
dent Engineer J. J. Kestley.
The buildings of old Camp 6 ar<
now being made ready for occupa
tion and the advance guard of tb
men who will compose camp 411
have already gone across. Pa
Meehan, with a two-horse team am
a light load of supplies was sen
across the river this morning am
he will be engaged in freightinj
supplies to the contractors along th
right of way.
It is expected that the necessar;
messhouse supplies and a mess crev
will be sent across the river soon
who will get the mess into runnini
, shape against the arrival of the mei
who will form the camp.
There are five well-built log build
l ings at the foot of the bluff acros
the river, formerly known as camp (
consisting of bunkhouses, messhouse
• barn and cache with ample accommo
j dation for a large number of mer
The camp is very pleasantly situate
. and there is an ample supply o
, fresh water, in fact the quality o
. the water found there is said t
j be much superior to any found any
where in the neighborhood of Ne
nana. The buildings have not bee:
• in use for about two years.
j Volney Richmond, superintenden
r of the N. C. company, is due in Ne
, nana on the Carl White launch. H
. is on his way to the States.
WINDY CITY 10
GET MAILS VIA
AIMES SOON
New and Greatly Accelleratad Mail
Service I* Planned Between
East and West.
CHICAGO. — According to the
present plans of the postal authori
ties, a regular aerial mail service
will be established between New
York and the Pacific coast. The
aerial mail schedule will be com
menced on October first and it is
expected that the movement of mails
from the East to the West will be
very greatly accellerated.
Air mail for Chicago will be de
livered for the first time on Sep
tember 5th, when the new aerial
mail service will be given a tryout.
STEPHENS NAMED
BY POPPY STATE
California Republicans Chose Their
Present Governor for Another
Term.
SAN FRANCISCO.—At the state
primaries held throughout California
for the nomination of candidates,
Governor Stephens, the present in
cumbent of the office, received a
large majority of the Republican
j vote, defeating Mayor Rolf of San
| Francisco, who sought the nomina
. tion on the Republican ticket.
: Firit Meeting of Newly Formed
Knitting Club Is Held at the
Herman Anderson Home.
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t The patriotic ladies of Nenana
I who recently formed a knitting club
t! for the laudable purpose of stimu
I lating the output of woolen articles
! for the use of the boys at the front
> held their first meeting yesterday
at the home of Mrs. Herman Ander
r son.
i Seventeen members were present,
, a very enjoyable afternoon was spent
; and much knitting was accomplished,
i Dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess during the course of the
- meeting.
3 All those present were assessed a
, nominal fee of twenty-five cents
, which will go to swell the French
- Orphan Fund.
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URUGUAYANS LEARN
TO FLY AIRPLANES
) WASHINGTON.—Nine army avi
- ators have been graduated from the
- newly established Uruguayan army
i aviation school at Montevideo. The
Uruguayan army is planning ex
tensive developments of the aviation
t branch and a number of young offi
- cers are taking the course at the
; school, which has a new flying field
near the capital.
SEVERE FIGHTING
IS REPORTED ON
SIBERIAN ERONI
Japanese Troops Suffered Many
Casualties in Severe Fight On
the Ussuri River.
TOKIO—Onthe Ussuri river, along
the Manchurian border, fighting of
a very severe nature took place to
day between the Japanese forces
co-operating with the Allies and the
Bolsheviki troops, who are believed
to be led by German officers and to
contain many Germans in their ranks.
The Japanese casualties in the
operations of the last few days now
number 170 and include many offi
cers.
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Two Grading Contracts Let to Hugh
Ross & Co. on D Line Have
Been Completed.
Hugh Ross & Co., composed of
Hugh Ross and Red Sladoje, who
had a grading contract on the D line
extending from station No. 18130
to 18200, and later was awarded an
other contract from station 18200
to 18300, have completed the work
alloted to them and are now in town
for settlement.
The grade finished by Hugh Ross
& Co connects up with the grade
finished by Albert Lundborg re
cently, the southern end of which
joins the old right of way near the
30-mile roadhouse.
MONEY PAID TO SOLDIERS
IS USED UP QUICKLY
ALEXANDRIA, La—The question
of what an enlisted man in the
American army does with all his
money has been answered here by
a disclosure of the financial affairs
of one member of a machine gun
company at Camp Bauregard. The
soldiers receive $44 a month. Of
this $15 is sent to his mother, $5
is paid on a Liberty Bond and $6.50
is deducted for insurance, leaving
a balance of $6.50 or approximately
twenty-one cents a day. As Uncle
Sam provides him with everything
he desires and the twenty-one cents
idle wealth he has decided to open
a savings account.
GRADING CONTRACT LET
ON NENANA-FAIRFANKS LINE
A contract has been awarded to
Fred Joyce for the grading of a
section of the Nenana-Fairbanks
right of way lying between station
No. 19840 and 19860 ,a distance of
two thousand feet. Mr. Joyce, who
arrived here recently from Ruby
with his team and outfit, left this
morning for his campsite and ex
pects to commence operations as
soon as he gets settled down The
grading will be done with teams
and scrapers.
Line Auditor Frank Qoner ex
pects to get away for Nenana in
about a week’s time.
CZECHOSLOVAKS
STAGE REVOLT IN
AUSTRIAN NAVY
Crews of Warships in Cattaro Harbor
Revolt; Will Be Tried By
Naval Court Martial.
WASHINGTON, D. C.— Reports
received in this city today indicate
that Czecho-SIavok crews on the
Austro-Hungarian warships assem
bled in the harbor of Cattaro have
revolted.
The revolting seamen have been
arrested and will be tried by court
martial soon.
The Czecho-Slovak deputy of the
Austrian parliament Mr. Schukukh,
left Prague today for Cattaro and
will defend his compatriots in the
court martial trial.
STEEL NEARING
GLACIER CREEK
SOUTH OF TOWN
Work on the D Line Moving Along;
It Is Now Within a Mile
of Glacier Creek.
Steel had reached up to station
No. 18855 when the day Kang of
the steel laying crew went off shift
yesterday evening, making the dis
tance on the I) line to be reached
by steel from the switch just a little
over eight miles.
From station 18855 to the north
bank of Glacier creek, a distance
of about a mile intervenes, which,
it is expected, will be covered the
[steel gangs in a few days. The track
driver will then be requisitioned
to drive the necessary piling for a
120-foot bridge which will span Gla
cier creek.
After Glacier has been crossed
steel will be laid on the grade com
pleted under contract and the work
of extending the rails towards Lig
nite will move about twice as fast,
as at present.
It is expected that in about two
weeks the steel will have reached
Camp 400, the headquarters of the
engineering party under the super
vision of Resident Engineer Hawley
W. Sterling.
GERMAN PAPERS TELL
OF LONG RANGE GUNS
NEW YORK.—The first mention
in German newspapers received here
of the nmmber of shots fired in the
long range bombardment of Paris,
within a specified period, is made in
a special despatch from the Western
front published in the Cologne Ga
zette of May 28, in a review of the
day’s activities, concludes with the
statement that “thirty-five shots
were fired at Paris.”
Mason B. Leming, special agent
of the General Land office, arrived
in town yesterday, and left this
j afternoon for the Lignite district.
He expects to be back in Nenana
in a few days.
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