Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana—The BIG Show Of The Interior
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1918.
NUMBER 71
ITALIANS CAPTURE MANY AUSTRIANS
ARMIES CONTINUE INACTIVE ON WESTERN FRONT
IRISH REBELLION GIVES MORE CONCERN TO ENGLAND
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AUSTRIANS RECEIVE
DECISIVE REVERSES
OFFENSIVE BROKEN
ROME.—Official reports received
today by the Italian headquarter’s
staff definitely confirm all previous
reports received to the effect that
the heroic defense put up by the
Italian army, coupled with the bril- j
liantly conducted counter attacks
which were successfully undertaken
with the assistance of the French
and British reinforcements, have
completely broken the Austrian of
fensive all along the battle line, ex
tending from the Asiago Plateau to
the sea.
On the Montello sector the vicious
attacks of the enemy were repulsed;
the Austrians being hurled back with
heavy losses, the Italians here in
creased the number of prisoners
taken to forty thousand. A previous
statement issued by the Italian war
office gave the number of Austrians
captured during the present offensive
as twelve thousand only.
THE GERMAN VIEW
BERLIN. — Official communica
tions received today indicate that
the French and the Americans at
tacked in force northwest o' Chateau
Thierry and were repulsed with great
slaughter.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
first phase of the big offensive un
dertaken by the Austrian forces
against the Italian army assisted by
the French and British reinforce
, ments, on a ninety mile front, may
be said to have come to an end.
The Austrians have been most ef
t fectualy blocked in their advance,
which has cost them dearly with
no objectives gained, and the Italian
battle line holding firmly on all
I fronts.
The Austrian advance which took
a large part of their forces across
the Piave river in an attempt to
reach the Venetian plains has been
so efectively checked as to render
the position of the sixty thousand
Austrians now across the Piave un
tenable. Communications have been
cut off and it is hourly expected
that this force will be compelled to
surrender to the advancing Italian
divisions. The water in the Piave
is still rising, some bridges have been
carried away, while those remaining
intact have been blown to pieces by
the Italian artillery and airmen. The
Austrians are short of food and am
k munition and are unable to replenish
their much depleted stocks owing
to the fact that the Italian batteries
i command the river approaches to the
rear of the enemy and 'are sinking
every boat within range of their
guns, which are also hammering
away at the damaged bridges and
* floats.
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ARIMEN IN ACTION
Italian Headquarters.—Air com
bats are very frequent on the West
ern Piave front and the Allied avi
ators apparently are having it all
their own way. Numerous attempts
^ by Austrian airmen to deliver sacks
of bread and other dry foods to
V their comrades marooned across the
V1 river have been frustrated. The
Austrians are, however, still holding
on tenaciously to their positions
across the river, which positions,
from a purely military standpoint,
are untenable and it is thought that j
it is only a question of time when :
the enemy will be compelled to capi- j
tulate.
YANKEE TROOPS LAND
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
Marsh has issued a statement today
which states that one hundred thou
sand American troops were safely
landed in France during the current
week, in spite of the German sub
marine blockade of the Atlantic
coast and their zone of activity
across the water.
PRISONERS HELD
MOSCOW.—Advices received in
this city today indicate that, owing
to serious differences that have
arisen between the Germans and Rus
sian authorities regarding the ex
change of war prisoners, the Rus- j
sians have issued orders to stop the j
repatriation of all Germans who are I
fit for military service. This order
goes into effect imediately.
The agreement was arrived at
after much parleying, but in giving
effect to the terms of the agree
ment Germany has shown a strong
tendency to act in bad faith, which
called for the drastic order issued
by the Russian war office.
GERMANS REPULSED
With the American Forces—Sev
eral violent attacks were delivered
by the Germans on the section of
the battle line to the northwest of!
Chateau Thierry, held by our troops.
All of the attacks were repulsed
with heavy loss to the enemy. There
is much artillery duelling in progress
in this sector, the Yankee gunners
replying spiritedly to the heavy Ger
man bombardment.
LAUNCH ECLIPSE ARRIVES
WITH MANY PASSENGERS
The launch Eclipse arrived at six
o’clock this morning from Fairbanks
and sailed again for the upper town
a few hours later. She brought the
ball players and the following pass
engers for Nenana: Mrs. W. Blakey,
Misses Queenie Russel and Helen
Hutmacher, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Carter and two traveling men.
IMMIGRATION INSPECTOR
ARRIVES IN NENANA
William G. Strench, inspector in
charge of the immigration bureau,
with headquarters at Ketchikan,
Alaska, arrived Saturday on the
launch Feerless and left yesterday
morning on the launch Amocat.
Mr. Strench is visiting the towns
of Interior Alaska on business con-!
nected with his office, and is now'
on his way to Ketchikan, via St.
Michael. j
Mr. Strench denied the rumor j
curent some time ago, that a port
of entry was to have been estab
lished at a station south of Ketchi
kan. He said there was a cannery
operating some distance south of
Kechikan and for the purpose of
handling the business done by this
cannery, a man was temporarily
stationed there for this purpose.
PRUSSIAN DEFICIT
MEANSJG TAXES
Minister of Finance Warn People
That Situation Has Reached
Serious Stage.
NEW YORK—Announcement that
there would be a deficit of several
hundred million marks in the Prus
sian budget for 1916 was made in
the Prussian House of Deputies re
cently by Minister of Finance Hertz,
according to the Cologne Gazette.
“Our people must fully realize
the seriousness of the situation” he
said. “The restoration of the rail
roads will cost billions. Canal pro
jects are being discusfed which also
involve billions- I will not indulge
in absurdities. Tax rates of 50 per
cent have been mentioned. I con
sider tax rates of 20 per cent to 25
per cent as absolutely unbearable.”
He said that talk that incomes
would be taxed 45 per cent had
caused great alarm through the
the country and that he deemed such
rates as absurd.
Rebellion In Emeral Isle Assumes
Serious Proportions; Worst
Since 1888.
LONDON.—Information received
by the British authorities indicate
that an alarming state of affairs
exists in Ireland. The unrest of the
people, helped along by German in
fluence and propoganda, has resulted
in open rebellion and the reports
state that the outbreak is the worst
of its kind and more far reaching
in its effects if successful, than the
serious disorders that occurred in
1888.
The rebellion is reported to be
rapidly spreading and to be beyond
the control of the few loyal troops
garrisoning the country. Violence
of all kinds, rapine and murder are
common in the large cities, and the
cry “To Hell with England and
America” is very frequently heard.
Reports received so far are meager
in detail and it is not known what
steps the authorities have taken to
quell the outbreak.
LADIES TO GIVE LUNCHEON
TO BOYS OF THE DRAFT
The matter of entertaining the
Alaska registrants who have been
irafted under the selective service
regulations and who will go to Fort
Gibbon on the transport Jacobs on
the 29th, was discussed at the regu
lar meeting of the Nenana Com- :
mercial club, held .yesterday.
Dr. Bowen, Mr. Mofris and Mr.
[looney were appointed a committee
:° arrange with the Red Cross ladies
For a luncheon to be served to the
joys of the draft who will leave '
in the transport. The Fairbanks
:ontingent of drafted men will also
be invited to the luncheon. i
Wheat is needed for the front
line trench “over there.”
AERO CLUB WILL
FINANCE FLIGHT
ACROSS THE POND
New York Club Notifie* Willingness
to Aid Trial Flight Across
Atlantic.
NEW YORK—The Aero club, of
this city, has notified John D. Ryan,
the directing head of aircraft pro
duction in the United States, that
they are willing to assume the ex
penses in connection with the pro
posed trans-Atlantic flight.
This is done by the Aero club in
a patriotic effort to assist the Gov
ernment in delivering airplanes over
seas, under their own power and
thereby utilizing the space on the
vessels used for transporting these
machines hitherto for freighting
urgently needed supplies and equip
ment.
HONOR EMBLEM
WILL BE RAISED
BY COMMIITEE
Third Liberty Loan Honor Flag
Will Be Raised With Appropriate
Ceremonies
The Honor Flag recently received
by Charles Hall, special disbursing
agent of the A. E. C., was turned
over to the Commercial club ant! was
on display at the meeting held yes
terday.
The club turned it over to the
Fourth of July committee, who will
arrange for appropriate ceremonies
to acocmpany the raising of it. Mr.
William Julian has very kindly
donated a suitable pole and arrange
ments will soon be completed for
erecting the flagpole in a suitable
place.
It is expected that the flag raising
ceremonies will be one of the big
events arranged during the celebra
tion of the Fourth in Nenana.
PARTY OF PROSPECTORS
ARRIVE ON BLUEBIRD
The launch Bluebird, formerly
known as the Tolovana, arrived in
port yesterday afternoon from the
upper town.
A party of prospectors, Consisting
if LeClair, McDowell and Kauffman,
with provisions enough to last them
for one year are on board and in
tend to go up the Kantishna river
is far as they can, enroute to the
Broad Pass country.
They expect to conduct extensive
jrospecting operations in anticipa
;ion of the completion of the Govern
nent railroad. They will put the
aunch in winter quarters on the
ipper Kantishna and mush over to :
;he Broad Pass country.
The launch had some engine
;rouble on the way down river, but i
;his was satisfactorily corrected and j1
;he party proceeded on their journey 1
;his morning. The Bluebird is a
iteam propelled craft.
“Make your acres tote double,” t
says the Progressiva Farmer.
MEN BEHIND EINE
DIRECT WAR WORK
G-oup of Seven Advisor* Responsible
For Movements of Various
German Armies.
AMSTERDAM.—“The Brains of
the German Army,” according to the
Local Anzeiger, consists of seven
German officers, none of them of
higher rank than colonel, and four
of them who have risen from the
ranks and belong to the “lower
classes.”
“It is they,” says the newspaper,
“who are at Ludendorff’s elbow ar*l
are in charge of the Western of
fensive. They are the inner High
Comand, being Ludendorff’s per
sonal and imediate war council.”
Their names are given under the
caption “Men of Action.” They are:
Colonel von Merz, Lieutenant-Col
onel Wetzell, Lieutenant-Colonel
Bauer, Major Frahnert, Major von
Bockelberg, Major von Harbou, Cap
tain Geyer.
ft is hinted that Wetzel! is chief
of the intelligence department.
“Lieutenant Colonel Bauer’s forte is
intuitive divination of LudendorfF's
intentions,” says the newspaper.
All of these seven men, it is said,
have come to the front since the
beginning of the present war. They
are characterized as “men of un- i
tiring energy, drive, and capacity
for quick decision.”
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CONTRACTS LET
Clearing and Grading the New Line
to Be Rapidly Finished Under
Contract.
Several contracts have been award
ed both for clearing and grading
on the new right of way, known as
the D line, and the men who have
been awarded these contracts are
leaving for their camping grounds
daily and it is expected that in a
few days they will all be away and
that the work will be in full swing.
The clearing contracts are as fol
lows:
Hugh Ross & Co , from station D
18130 to D-18200. The partuers of
the contract are Hugh Ross and Red
Sladjoe, the date set for completion
being July 15th.
Joe Pearson & Co., from station '
D-18700 to D19000. !
John D. Murphy & Co. from sta- !
tion D-18600 to D18700. There are
:hree men to this contract and the
Tate set for completion is July 30th.
The grading contracts are as fol- <
ows: 1
A. G. Hanaeff & Co., from station i
3-18250 to D-18320. There are six 2
nen on this contract, and the date 1
let for completion is September 30. i
Dominick Funaro & Co., from sta- 1
ion D-19142 to D-19152. There are f
hree men on this contract, and the «
late set for completion is August 30.
Ted Balias & Co., from station 1
3-18190 to D-18250. There are four r
nen on this contract, and the date 1
et for completion is July 15. f
VERY HEAVY GUNS
11 BE USED BY
YANKEE TROOPS
Mountain Field Siege Cannon For
Advance on Berlin Ha* Been
Ordered.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Repre
sentative William P. Borland, of
Missouri, chairman of the committee
on the new fortifications bill, made
a report on this measure in the
house today.
The bill calls for an appropriation
of five and one-half billion dollars
for mountain feild siege cannon and
munitions for these pieces. The
amount set aside for munitions alone
being from 75 to 155 million dollars.
This is the largest field artillery
program in the military history of
the world and is so framed, Chair
man Borland said, that we will be
enabled, in our triumphant march to
Berlin, to cross the Rhine and re
duce the German fortifications.
S1EPS IE TAKEN
Commercial Club Confers With
Engineer Browne Regarding
City Council.
The committee appointed by the
Nenana Commercial club at a meet
inf; held some time ago to see about
incorporating the town of Nenana
if possible and electing a council
with power to make laws and enforce
them, had a conference regarding
this matter with Fred'k. D. Browne,
engineer in charge, and F. S. Ryus,
townsite manager, a few days ago.
The committee reports having me*
with very satisfactory encourage
ment.
The committee was instructed to
arrange for a further conference a'j
which the chairman of the Commer
:ial club will also be present, with
Vfr. Edes and Mr. Christensen, in
iddition to those present at the
former conference.
The result of the conference with
Chairman Edes and Mr. Cristensen
will be looked forward to with much
nterest by the taxpayers of the city.
Mr. Edes and Mr Christensen are
low on their way to Nenana and
nay be expected to arrive here in
t few days.
1TEAMER ALASKA WILL
ARRIVE TOMORROW NOON
The American Yukon Navigation
Company’s steamer Alaska sailed
rom Tanana at 3 o’clock this morn
ng and may be expected in Nenana
t about 1 p. m., tomorrow. She
las no barge and will probably
lake the run from Tanana on time,
ihe has some mail, express and pass
ngers for Nenana, but the pass
nger list is not available.
H. Wheeler, general manager, and
V. D. Gordon, superintendent of the
iver division of the White Pass and
’ukon Route, are on board, bound
or Fairbanks. ,