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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 171
WILSON TO LET ENTENTE DECIDE
BRITISH DELIVER SEVERE NIGHT BLOW
AUSTRIANS EAGER TO COMPLY WITH DEMANDS
GERMANS HARD HIT;
CAN’T CHECK ALLIES
WITH THE ALLIES—In the new
attack undertaken by the British
forces below Valenciennes the enemy
forces were badly beaten; the Brit
ish taking over six thousand prison
ers, with many guns.
British Cross River.
In very heavy fighting yesterday, j
the British forces succeeded in \
crossing the Ecaillon river and cap
turing the villages of Neuville, Sal
esches and Neaudiges.
Counter Attacks Repulsed
The Germans delivered a strong
counter attack against the positions
taken by the British, in a futile
effort to recapture them. They
were repulsed with heavy losses
after some very sharp fighting.
Attack Resumed.
This morning the British troops
resumed their attack between Sam
breet, on the Oise canal, and the
Scheldt, and much heavy fighting
is reported to be in progress, with
the British gaining steadily.
BRITISH REACH CANAL
LONDON.—According to reports
received by the war office today
from the battle front, the British
troops have reached virtually the
whole of the canal bank northeast
of the city of Valenciennes.
Country Flooded.
The Germans, in an effort to halt
the advance of the British, have
broken the canal banks and opened
the sluice gat.es northeast of the
city, thereby flooding a vast stretch
of country.
Brituh Gain City.
Finding that their approach to
the city from the northeast was
practically cut off, the British forces
approaching the city from the west
were reinforced and they were en
abled to fight their way into the
city.
FRENCH MAKE GAINS
PARIS.—According to official re
ports received today, the French
forces have crossed the Sambre
canal to the southwest of LeCateau.
The French forces also maintained
the positions recently gained by them
on the east of the canal, despite
several strong German counter at
tacks.
DORWtN BROWNE SUFFERS
ATTACK OF APPENDICITIS
Frederick D. Browne, Jr., who is
serving as rodman with Engineer
Kestley’s party, looking after the en
gineering end of construction t pro
gram on the Fairbanks-Nenana line,
came into town last night suffering
from an attack of appendicitis.
Dr. David More, who is attending
on the young man, said that he
could not tell, at the present time,
whether an operation will be nec
essary. The patient is resting easy
at the home of his parents, and if
further developments indicate that
an operation will be necessary to re
lieve him, he will be removed to
the Commission hospital.
YANKS CONTINUE PROGRESS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In a com
munique from General Pershing, re
ceived today, it is reported that the
American forces operating to the
north of Verdun, have continued
to make good progress. They have
penetrated the German positions to
the east of the Meuse and cap
tured Brandeville.
Many Air Combats
Several squadrons of American
airplanes engaged enemy squadrons
during the course of the fighting
north of Verdun and succeeded in
driving the enemy machines back
to cover. During the many combats
fifteen German airplanes and one
balloon were downed. Six Ameri
can planes and three balloons failed
to return to their base.
FIGHT BY MOONLIHT
WITH THE ALLIES.—The Brit
ish forces fought through the bright
moonlit night, and using see-saw
tactics, attacked all of their ob
jectives simultaneously, bringing up
their heavy guns in relays and
bombarding the German front and
rear.
Allies Co-operate.
Squadrons of bombing planes act
j ing in concert with the land forces,
kept up a constant bombing of the
enemy lines and the constant roar
of their engines was heard all night
long. The tactics adopted by the
British in this all night attack be
wildered the Germans, who were
compelled to fall back. The coming
of dawn found the enemy forces
much bewildered and falling back
farther eastward.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
; British forces have succeeded in
smashing their way through the
oouter defenses of the strategically
: important German line to the south
of Valenciennes and are hammering
their way toward Mons and Mau
! beuge.
The British forces have also sur
rounded the town of Valenciennes.
The Germans have cut the Scheldt
canal, making a huge lake of the
ground around Valenciennes.
"CONDITION of running
IS VERY CRICITAL NOW
Axel Running, who was injured
; while loading a heavy box onto a
j car on the 22nd and was taken to
the Commission hospital for treat
ment, is now lying in a critical con
dition.
| Dr. More stated that during last
i night the patient developed syipp
, toms of intestinal obstruction, neces
: sitating an operation, which was im
| mediately performed. He rallied
nicely, but is very weak and in a
j critical condition.
Game Warden Steve Foster re
! turned to town last night from the
l Lignite country.
COPENHAGEN.—A Berlin des
patch received in this city today
says that the democratization move
ment is rapidly spreading throughout
the German Federal states.
The government of the Grand
Duchy of Baden is seriously consid
ering the abolition of the three
class franchise system, which has
been in force almost from time
immemorial.
The crown council of Dresden,
which is the capital and seat of
government of the federal state of
Saxony, is reported to be con
sidering the advisability of allowing
the Socialists to join the govern
ment and to have a hand in the
administration of its affairs.
Lawmakers Will Not Be Permitted
to Join the Colors In the
Future.
NEW YORK.—Secretary of War
; Newton D. Baker said that he be
j lieves that Congressmen can best
serve the country by remaining in
office, and he assured his hearers
i
(that no more Congressmen will be
! allowed to join the fighting forces
j of the country.
newsIeceived
OF IM BOYS
According to a telegram receive*
from Grady Sumerlin from Camp
Dodge, Iowa, Company B, 14 th In
fantry, has lost nineteen men as a
result of the influenza epidemic.
Jack Fallon, formerly of the A.
: E. C., and who also did some sur
| veying in the Fairbanks and Tolo
J vana districts, who was attacked by
| the disease, is said to be convales
I cing.
EMPLOYE OF COMMISSION
! DECEIVES INJURY ON HEAD
Andy Sidbeck, subforeman of the
: surfacing gang, while at work with
| his men on the grade, was accident
ally struck on the head with a pinch
bar and received a nasty scalp
wound about two inches long and
extending down to the skull.
The wound was stitched up at the
Commission hospital and Andy was
able to resume duties yesterday
morning. The pinch bar was sud
denly thrown out of a jack anc
struck the sub-foreman in its flight
I
WORK WILL BEGIN
SOON ON F
To prevent bank erosion along
the Nenana waterfront, the piling
taken out by the ice last spring will
be replaced and the double row of
piling will probably extend farther
upriver than before.
Mr. Browne, engineer in charge,
stated that he had intended taking
! this work in hand earlier in the
1 season, but owing to the fact that
' the hoisting machinery could not
| be released earlier, owing to the
late arrival of the heavy freight
consigned to the Alaskan Engineer
| ing commission, the work had to be
| delayed.
j This freight has now all been
• attended to and the Brown hoist,
which had been doing the work, will
be sent out this morning to relieve
the American ditching machine,
which is now being used in the sal
vage work on the abandoned line.
The ditcher will then be brought
i to Nenana and will be utilized for
the driving of the piling along
the waterfront.
The American ditcher can be
easily adapted for various purposes.
In making excavations and ditches
she works in much the same way
as a steam shovel would, digging
up the earth and carrying it way
30 feet from where it was dug. A
clam-shell bucket could also be fitted
on to her boom and used for dredg
ing and filling purposes; and when
necessary, she could be used as a
piledriver.
Foreman Sid Sheldon, who will
be in charge of the gang of men
who will drive the piles along the
waterfront, is now getting his gang
together and it is expected that ac
tual operations will start tomorrow
morning. The necessary piling has
been got together and the ditcher
will be in town tonight.
1 No difficulty is anticipated from
: frost conditions, as the ground is
frozen for a depth of about six in
ches only and will not retard the
i work at all. Later on, when the
i ground freezes to greater depth, a
starter for the piles will be thawed
out.
Two rows of piling will be driven
along the old line, a penetration of
about 12 to 14 feet being obtained,
and, as statdl before, th.e pil.ing will
reach a point upriver some distance
farther than where it ended before.
When this work has progressed suffi
ciently and as soon as a sufficient
number of teams become available
a large quantity of poles will bo
got and placed in the space between
the piling and the bank, to act as
a spring buttress, gravel and dirt
being placed on top of the poles to
reach well above high water mark.
It is expected that the work will
be pushed as rapidly as possible and
the bank amply protected against
the next breakup.
Dr. David More, chief surgeon of
the Commission hospital, returned
to town last night from a hunting
trip in the mountains beyond Lig
nite roadhouse.
WILSON SAYS KAISER
MUST QUIT HIS POST
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson has informed Germany that
he has transmitted its correspond
ence seeking an armistice, to the
Allied governments, with the sugges
tion that if they are disposed to
grant the armistice sought by Ger
many upon the terms indicated, the
Allied military advisers and those
of the United States be asked to
submit the necessary terms of such
armistice, in order that the inter
ests of the people involved may be
adequately protected.
The President said further that
the acceptance by Germany of such
| terms, if offered, will be the best
I evidence of Germany’s acceptance of
l the terms and principles on which
, peace will be based. It does not ap
' pear, he said, that the German gov
ernment is yet responsible to the
German people, and that the nations
of the world feel that they do not
and cannot trust the word of those
who have hitherto been the masters
of the German policy.
If America must deal with the
German autocrats, then uncondi
tional surrender and not peace ne
gotiations, is demanded by the Presi
i dent.
BRITISH CABINET MEETS
LONDON.—The British cabinet
called a meeting today, presumably
to discuss President Wilson’s reply
, to the German note.
AUSTRIA TO SUE
PARIS.—According to reports re
j cieved from Budapest, Hungary in
I tends to apply directly to the En
i tente Allies for the purpose of find
ing out on what terms they will
be granted an armistice, preparatory
to the conclusion of peace,
j The report adds that Austria
CAMP IS MOVED
10 NEW LOCATION
The camp occupied by the gang
of men engaged in salvaging ma
terial from the abandoned line, that
is now located at Clear creek, will
be moved today to a site nearer
the switch where the D line com
mences.
Much progress has been made
j with the work of salvaging, and the
abandonment of the old line is daily
' growing more complete. The mov
! ing of the camp occupied by the
, salvaging crew was made necessary
owing to the amount of work ac
complished and the new camp loca
tion will be a handier place from
which the men can work.
Fred Douse left yesterday for
Fairbanks over the winter trail. He
will probably maintain an auto serv
i ice between Fairbanks and Nenana
during the winter.
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
' and victory for defeat.
I
Hungary is reconciled to the idea
of an unconditional surrender.
Reports received from Vienna in
dicate that the city is threatened
with famine and that the food laws
are no longer enforced there.
PANIC IN AUSTRIA
BASEL, Switzerland.—According
to reports received in this city to
day from reliable sources, President
Wilsons reply has had an over
whelming effect in the dual mon
archy, and a panic created in finan
cial circles.
The tone of the President's note
is considered extremely humilating
for Austria-Hungary.
REPLY SENT BROADCAST
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson’s reply to the German peace
note was sent broadcast from the
naval radio towers at Arlington,
after the official text of it had been
transmitted by cable. If the wire
less massage is not picked up di
rectly by the German radio station
at Nauen, it will undoubtedly be re
layed from the radio stations at
other European points and would
reach Berlin this morning.
HUNS CALL CONFERENCE
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived in this city today, the kaiser
had a conference on Monday with
all the members of the Imperial
government.
The Nuremburg Frankische Tages
Post, a prominent Socialist organ,
says that if the kaiser must go be
fore peace can be concluded, he had
better go now. The Germans, the
paper says, are to be urged to carry
on a defensive war to the utmost of
their power as soon as President
Wilson’s reply has been received.
I
VICTORIA. B. C.—-The Canadian
Pacific liner Princess Sophia is re
ported to have gone aground on
Vanderbilt reef in Lynn canal, while
on a voyage from Skagway to Van
couver.
It is believed that she had a
capacity load of passengers from
Skagway, bound for the States.
It is expected that the vessel will
be floated off the reef at high tide
and with a little lightering.
REFORESTATION WILL
BE BRITISH PROBLEM
Headquarters American Forestry
Corps, England—One of tha great
tasks . of reconstruction in Great
Britain will be forestry, according
to American foresters who have
been at work in lumber camps in
England and Scotland for the past
year. The American lumber-jacks
are now being assisted by detach
ments of young women, who use
heavy two-handed saws and who
clear away all the brushwood.