Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana
THE NENANA
The BIG Show Of The Interior
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918.
NUMBER (51
TODAY MAY DECIDE PRESENT BATTLE
GERMANS TRYING HARD TO DISLODGE YANKEES
, AMERICAN SHIPBUILDERS OUTDISTANCE SUB RAIDERS
HONORS ARE EVEN
IN LATEST ATTACK
PARIS.—The Germans continue
to make desperate efforts to extend
their lines between Montdidier and
the Oise river, but there has been
little change in the positions of the
opposing armies since yesterday.
Every foot of ground is being vigor
ously contested by the French forces
and wherever the Germans have ad
vanced, it has been at tremendous
cost.
The French left wing is reported
to have forced the Germans back
east of Mery and Genlis wood, and
heavy German attacks in the center
along the Aronde river front, were
repulsed during the night. Despite
the repeated efforts of the Germans
on the French right wing, they have
been unable to debouch on the south
bank of the Matz river.
The French lines are holding south
of Chevrincourt.
AMERICANS ATTACKED
PARIS.—The war office announc
es this afternoon that the Germans
have launched a heavy attack against
the Allied line between Soissons and
the Marne, and desperate fighting
is now progressing between Veillers
Cotterets forest and the Marne.
CAN’T BUDGE THEM
LONDON.—That the Germans are
taking seriously the thrust at the
apex of the line in the Clignon valley
northwest of Chateau Thierry, is in
dicated by Reuters dispatches pub- j
lished today, which state that the!
Germans thus far have used five di-!
visions in their attempts to counter
the Yankee forward movement, and
have been unable to do so. Two
entirely fresh Boche divisions were
thrown against the American center j
this morning, At Boureaches, in a
fruitless attempt to capture the
village.
YANKEES AID FRENCH
WITH THE AMERICANS—The
counter attack which was under
taken by the French yesterday, to
the south of Montdidier, was aided
by American artillery. Otherwise, (
however, the Americans are not;
participating in the present struggle ■
on the Mondidier-Noyon line. To
the west of Montdidier there is a
force of Yankees ready to get into
the battle at the first opportunity.
YANKEES REPULSE RAIDS
—
WITH THE AMERICANS.—Two
raids against the American lines
near Cantigny were attempted by the
Germans yesterday, but the attack
ing parties were easily repulsed.
One of the raids was broken up with
revolver fire.
UNDER FALSE COLORS
With the Americans—Enemy air
planes, bearing the French insignia,
attacked American soldiers on the
march yesterday unexpectedly. When j
the deception was discovered, the j
Americans scattered quickly and
there were no casualties as the re
sult of the attack.
SUCCESSFUL COUNTERS
WITH THE FRENCH—The Allies
yesterday made several successful
counter attacks and recaptured con
siderable important territory taken
by the Germans in the earlier rush
toward Paris. Over a thousand Ger
mans were taken prisoners and the
forces of the kaiser in that quarter
were considerably disconcerted by
the dash of the Allied infantry, as
sisted by tanks. The town of Belloy
was taken and a foothold obtained
at Antheitil, the German lines hav
ing been penetrated for a distance
of fifteen hundred meters.
GAINING STRENGTH
PARIS.—The counter blows which
are being delivered by the French
along the twenty-one mile front be
tween Montdidier and Noyan are
gaining in strength steadily and have
resulted in important advances on
the left wing and in the center. On
the right wing the Germans continue
to hurl reinforcements into the ac
tion and their progress in that quar
ter has been steady, although con
siderably slowed down. At frightful
cost, the Germans have pushed their
way past Ribecourt. The French
evacuated the Dreslincourt-Ribe
court angle in order to avoid need
less losses.
RESULT IN BALANCE
PARIS.—Henri Bidou, noted mili
tary critic, expresses the belief that
today’s battle may decide where
victory will rest in the present battle.
He says that each side has won vic
tory on the wings, the honors being
even at the start of the slaughter
today.
PLANES DESTROYED
LONDON.—The war office is au
thority for the statement that Brit
ish flyers have destroyed twenty-one
enemy airplanes on the Italian front.
WAITING TO STRIKE
PARIS—In the opinion of French i
military observers, Foeh is permit-j
ting the Germans to weaken them-'
selves in their attacks on the Allied
lines. The French are awaiting a
favorable opportunity to strike, when
the enemy forces have become ex
hausted.
GERMANS FORCED BACK
WITH THE BRITISH.—An ope
ration undertaken by the Australian
forces during the night, at a point
north of the Somme, forced the Ger
mans back nearly a thousand yards
along a considerable frontage. Over '
two hundred Germans were captured,
including two of the kaiser’s officers, j
The Austrailians also captured twen- j
ty-one machine guns and a trench
mortar.
THE GERMAN CLAIM
BERLIN.—The war office has :
issued a statement in which the;
claim is made that the Germans have
taken ten thousand prisoners since
the commencement of the present i
drive. This, says the statement,'
make a total of 75,000 since May 27. i
The war office also states that
heavy Franco-American attacks ini
the Chateau-Thierry region have been |
repulsed by the Germans, the attack-!
ing forces having suffered heavy I
losses. I
AUSTRIANS LOSE BOATS
ROME.—Official announcement
was made today of the destruction
of two of Austria’s largest dread
naughts, as the result of a daring
attack on the Austrian naval base
by two Italian torpedo boats. Defy
ing the entire Austrian naval force,
the torpedo boats made a dash into
the harbor at Pola yesterday, where
each attacked a monster battleship.
After discharging the deadly tor
pedoes, the speedly little boats made
a run for home, where they arrived
safely, and reported their attack
successful.
NO PEACE OFFERS
LONDON.—It is believed by the
British officials in charge of the
conduct of the war, that Germany
does not intend to make fresh peace
offers. This it is stated, will be
embodied in a forthcoming state
ment which will be made by the
German chancellor in the reichstag.
PRUSSIAN SAYS
FOCH RESERVES
HEAVY LOSERS
War Minister Boast of Big Victory
Over Allies In the Chemin
ties Dames Sector.
AMSTERDAM.—In a speech made
before the reichstag yesterday,
Prussian War Minister von Stein de
clared that Berlin dispatches indi
cated that a great part of the French
army had been beaten. The so
called Foch reserve army, he assert
ed, no longer exists, the heavy losses
sustained having reduced the re
serves to an inconsequential fighting
force.
He informed the members further
that the carefully prepared attacks
of the crown prince against the
French and British on the Chemin
des Dames front had inflicted one
of the gravest defeats suffered by
the Entente during the war.
A. y. N. STEAMED
IS DUE TOMdOW
Steamer Washburn Is Expected to
Arrive From Tanana on Way
to Fairbanks.
The American Yukon Navigation
company’s steamer Washburn left
Tanana at 11 a. m. today and is ex
pected to arrive in Nenana to
morrow morning.
The Washburn is the boat placed
on the regular run between Holy
Cross and Dikeman and is rarely
seen on the waters of the Tanana
river.
Her present trip is made neces
sary by reason of the fact that the
mails for the Tanana river, which
the A. Y. N. Co. had planned on
despatching on the launch Sybilla,
will now have to go on the Wash
burn, as the only available boat.
The Sybillia having been used to
take the mail for points on the lower
Yukon.
The Washburn will proceed to
Fairbanks and will take the court
party to the Iditarod country.
Mr. Herman Rosburg, of the Coli
seum theater, went up to Fairbanks
on a brief business visit this morn
ing. He will probably return in a
few days.
GERMANS AWAIT
OPPORTUNITY 10
STRIKE ON SEA
Washington Hears That Kaiser Is
Planning Naval Offensive For
Nev Future.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—According
to information received in this city
from Switzerland, there is reason
to believe that Germany is planning
a naval offensive, against the com
bined forces of the British and
American navies. The reports state
that von Tirpitz, in a recnt inter
view, declared that Germany is now
ready to measure strength with that
of the Allies. After the land forces
of the Allies have been driven back
around Paris, it will up to the Ger
man fleet to test the British strength
on the high seas.
Anticipating such a step, the
Allied defenses on the water have
been strengthened by the addition of
many American vessels to the British
fleet and when the test comes,
American naval forces will play an
important part in the operations.
A German sea offensive has long
been regarded as a possibility and
the appearance of the enemy fleet
in the North Sea will not come as
a surprise.
Teams and Fresno Scrapers Are
Engaged in Repairing Parts
of Front Street.
The services of the teams owned
by Dave Patterson and Norman
Campbell have been requisitioned by
the management of the townsite and
for the past few days have been en
gaged with Fresno scrapers, in put
ting Front street into shape.
It is believed that this work is
undertaken preparatory to grading
and it is expected that actual grad
ing will be taken in hand shortly.
The work done now consists in
filling in the holes, smoothing off
the rough spots and cutting down
the mounds that occur in the line of
the road, so that it will be easy for
teams to haul on.
When the work now in hand on
Front street has been completed, it
is expected that other parts of town
will be attended to.
PENNINGTON IS APPOINTED
MEMBER OF LOCAL BOARD
In a wire received from Governor
Riggs yesterday, Mr. George W.
Pennington received intimation of
his appointment as a member of
Local Board No. 19, under the
selective service regulations. Mr.
Pennington assumes duties as such
member immediately.
The Local Board was originally
composed of Messrs H. P. Curtis, R.
E. Burns and Dr. David More, but
owing to the fact that the nature
of his business compelled Mr. Burns
to remain out of town most of the
time, he was obliged to relinquish
his membership and Ed Cronin was'
appointed to secceed him.
Mr. Pennington was endorsed oy
the Nenana Commercial club for
the vacant appointment on the board,
Governor Riggs being notified of the
fact by wire.
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DISCUSSION OF
AUJREAHESj
President Wilson Disapproves of
Discussion of Treaties During j
Negotiations.
—
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson’s disapproval has had the
effect of killing the bill before the
senate regarding treaties made with !
foreign powers.
It was the intent of the bill that I
the terms of all treaties to be made
with foreign powers should be openly
discussed before being signed and
ratified. But President Wilson
thought that such treaties should
be made public only after negotia
tions had been completed.
LAKE LEBARGE ICE
'Through Navigation Now Eatablished
With the Opening of Lake
Le Ba'ge.
Advices received from the upper
Yukon country are to the effect that
the remaining ice in Lake LeBarge
has gone out and that that body of
water is now open for through navi
gation.
The steamer Nasutlin, up bound
from Dawson to Whitehorse, got
through and arrived at the latter
port this morning.
The steamers Yukon and Casca
are scheduled to leave Whitehorse
down bound at eight o’clock tonight
with freight and passengers for the
lower Yukon and Tanana river
points.
The steamer Yukon has fifty1
passengers for lower river points,
but her passenger list is not at pres
ent available. It is expected, how
ever, that this will be available to
morrow, when all details of same
will be published.
She also has the barge Olympia <
in tow with eighty tons of freight
on board.
The steamer Casca is bringing all |
the perishable cargo consigned to':
Dawson. It is not known, at pres- ]
ent, whether she will come further j
down the river from Dawson or re-11
i
turn to Whitehorse from that port.!:
With the opening of the lake and j (
the establishing of through service 1
from Whitehorse, the busy freighting i
service on Alaska’s great waterway
may be said to have commenced *
for the season.
The mining industry in the Daw
son district is said to be in full <
blast and that there is plenty of l
labor available for the working of i
all the mines. ,
Any food consumed over and
above the needs of the human body
is wasted. 1
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Saving wheat is a military neces- c
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YANKEE BUILDERS
MAINTAIN LEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C—In a state
ment issued today, the Federal Ship
ping Board announces the fact that
since the inauguration of the sub
marine blockade of the Atlantic
coast on May 25th, and up to date;
the output of American shipyards
have exceeded the sinkings of Ameri
can vessels by over one hundred
thousand deadweight tons.
During this interval, American
shipyards produced twenty-one ves
sels for the Shipping Board, while
the number of vesesls destroyed by
enemy submarines were ten.
SUBMARINE SIGHTED
ATLANTIC PORT—A British
freighter which put into port this
morning reports having sighted a
German submarine last night when
she was about 250 miles off the
Jersey coast. The course the freight
er was steering took her to within
a hundred yards of the enemy craft,
which, however, did not appear to
be in a position to bring her torpedo
tube to bear on the freighter and
launch a messenger of death and
destruction. Contrary to the ex
pectations of those on board the
freighter, the batteries of the sub
amrine w’ere also silent and no at
tempt was made to molest her.
The freighter crowded on all
speed in a desperate dash for port.
The submarine was not seen again.
SUSPECTED SPY ARRESTED
PHILADELPHIA. — The federal
authorities have placed under arrest
an Atlantic City bartender, who is
suspected of being a member of a
gang of German spies operating in
the coast cities.
The actions of the accused, who
was working at one of the resorts
on the waterfront overlooking the
Atlantic in the neighborhood of the
Brigantine shoals, had been closely
watched for some time past. He
was caught in the act of swinging
the curtains back and forth at a
window of the resort in front of
lighted gas jets.
It is believed that he was signal
ling to an enemy submarine out at
sea. He offered ro explanation of
his actions when arrested.
CLAIRVOYANT IS FINED;
PREDICTS HUN VICTORY
SAN FRANCISCO.—Anna Gaetz,
an alleged clairvoyant who recently
predicted a German victory, was
given her choice yesterday between
paying a fine of $100 or spending
sixty days in jail. Of the five
clairvoyants arrested on this charge,
the Gaetz woman received the heav
iest punishment.
PROPERTY OWNERS MEETING
WILL BE HELD TONIGHT
A meeting of the property owners
of Nenana will be held at the Labor
Union HaU at 7 p m-, at which the
resolution drawn up by the com
mittee selected for that purpose, will
oe read and ratified.
The meeting is called by the com
mittee selected by the property
owners at a meeting held last Sun
lay. All property owners are in
cited to attend.
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