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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 139
HUINS FEAR FINISH
TEUTONS SENDING OUT PEACE FEELERS
ALLIES ANSWER WITH BLOWS ON BATTLEFRONT
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
ON LORRAINE FRONT
WITH THE AMERICANS.—The
German artillery which had begun
a heavy cannonading yesterday and
this morning, increased in intensity
this afternoon, but contrary to ex
pectations, no infantry attacks were
made- Our artillery is replying
vigourously and have succeeded in
silencing a few Hun batteries. The
men are ready for any sort of at
tack the Hun may see fit to make
at any time.
PARIS RAIDED
PARIS.—It is officially reported
that a squadron of German airplanes
conducted a raid on Paris during
last night and succeeded in dropping
several bombs in parts of the city
before they were driven away by the
French planes that rose to meet
them and the anti-aircraft guns that
commenced firing as soon as the
Hun machines were sighted.
A few people were killed as a
result of the raid, but the damage
done to property was very slight.
ON FLANDERS FRONT
LONDON.—According to official j
reports received from the Flanders i
front today, the British forces car
ried out several minor operations on ]
both sides of the canal connecting*
Ypres with Comines and gained con
siderable ground.
On a two-mile front along the
Arras-Cambrai road, the British
forces advanced a considerable dis
tance and succeeded in establishing
outposts in the vicinity of Sauchy.
Cauchy and Oppy.
VILLAGE CAPTURED
WITH THE BRITISH—In the
operations conducted by the British
forces yesterday the village of Mais
semy, lying about five miles to the
northwest of St. Quentin, was cap
tured. To the southwest of Honlon
the British improved their line slight
ly. Fighting of a local nature is re
ported to be in progress near La
basse. The fighting is continuing
in warm sunny weather.
FRENCH ADVANCE
PARIS.—According to official re
ports received from the front today,
the French continuing their advance
in the region lying on the north
bank of the Aisne and to the east
of Soissons, have succeeded in eject
ing the enemy from the village of
Vailly, which they captured.
The French also continued their
progress between the Oise and the
Aisne, capturing the town of Mont
dessinges.
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MORE NEGUS 10
JOIN THE COLORS
Colored Troop* Fo*- Service With
Color* Will Be Sent to Training
Camp* This Month.
WASHINGTON. D. C—Provost
Marshal General Crowder has issued
an order calling twenty-nine thousand
and sixteen colored registrants from
thirty-three states.
The men will be mobilized at
different points and will entrain for
the training camp chosen for their
accommodation on September 25.
The name of the camp chosen for
the training of these men is not
mentioned.
FALL 10 DEATH
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NEW YORK—Lieutenants Charles’
Kenny, Jr., of Covington, Ky. and j
E. Austin, of Boston, were killed
as a result of the fall of an army
plane today.
The two young officers were en
gaged in a practice flight in one;
of the new army planes and when j
over Brooklyn, their plane suddenly j
came to earth from a great height,!
killing them instantly.
It is thought that the disaster
was caused by engine trouble. An
investigation is now being made by
the authorities to ascertain if poss- j
ible the cause of the accident.
WISH VESSEL
SUNK BY DIVER
LONDON.—The British steamer
Galway Castle was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine last
Thursday.
Out of a total of seven hundred
and forty-nine passengers who were
on board at the time she was tor
pedoed, one hundred and fifty-four
are missing and it is believed that
they were drowned. Ninety women
and children in the steerage are be
lieved to be among those missin"
The Galway Castle is a large pass
enger vessel operated by the Castle
Line S. S. Co., who maintain a reg
ular freight and passenger service
between Liverpool and the South
African ports.
COMMISSION EMPLOYEE
IS CALLED TO COLORS
Bruce Huntting, who is acting
as instrumentman with the engineer
ing party under Resident Engineer
J. J. Kestley, received notice of his
induction into the service from the
local board at Chehalis, Wash. The
noice of induction which was re
ceived by Huntting on September 13
orders him to report on August 24.
This is from Chehalis, Washington.
Bruce reported to the local board
at Nenana and will be sent to the
training camp at Fort Gibbon with
the boys of the third draft.
“All the resources of the country
are hereby pledged”—now is the
time to work them to the limit.
STRIKERS ARE
AGAIN AT WORK
AT BRIDGEPORT
Expected Lone-Standing Trouble
Will Be Finally Adjusted
Thu Week.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn—Brought to
their senses by the proclamation of
President Wilson, in which he threat
ened to bar them from employment
for a period ^f one year, hundreds
of local strikers returned to their
places this morning, independent of
union action, and it is expected that
the strike will be called off within
the next day or two. Formal action
may be taken at a meeting of the
striking organization to be held this
afternoon.
The Bridgeport trouble is long
standing and involves fifty-eight in
dustries, mostly engaged in war
work. Early in August the employers
and workers submitted their differ
ences for arbitration, but the Na
tional War Board was unable to
reach an agreement. Pursuant to
the rules governing procedure of the;
board in such cases, the board pro- j
ceeded to the selction of an umpire j
to decide the undetermined points
in the controversey. Otto M. Eidlitz,
of New York City, director of the
Bureau of Housing of the Depart
ment of Labor, was unanimously
chosen as the umpire, and will pro
ceed at once to a hearing and de
termination of the issues, the prin
cipal one of which is the method of I
classification to be established fori
the government of wage rates in
the respective plants.
Pending a final adjustment of the
trouble, President Wilson issued a
proclamation, warning the strikers
to return to work immediately or
forfeit their right to further em
ployment for one year, as well as
heir right to exemption from active j
service in the army. This warning!
was issued on Saturday and appears'
to have had the desired effect.
WAR Sly
BACK FROM LINE
—
LONDON—American Secretary of!
War Newton D. Baker arrived in;
this city today from the front. j
Secretary Baker, who is paying
his second visit to the scene of the |
big conflict, witnessed the brilliant
action fought by the Americans on
the Lorraine front recently, which
resulted in the complete elimination j
of the St. Mihiel salient and the:
shortening of the battleline by
twenty miles.
The secretary, in company with
Generals Pershing and Petain visited
a village in the pocket of the salient
shortly after it’s capture by our I
troops and was effusively greeted
by the overjoyed inhabitants.
Three electric machines were or- j
dered purchased for use by the1
women of the Cordova Red Cross j
chapter.
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KAISER OFFERS
BELGIUM PEACE
ON NEW IERMS
Offer U Branded By Allied New»
papera As Shameless Insult
to Little Nation.
LONDON’—Simultaneously with
the dispatch of the Austrian peace
note to the Entente powers, a sep
arate peace proposition was sub
mitted to the Belgians by the Ger
man government. The terms of the
German offer are that Belgium re
main neutral throughout the re
mainder of the war and use her
offices later to secure the return
of German colonies. In return for
this assistance. Belgium is promised
economic and political independence
after the war, and a revision of pre
war commercial treaties. No men
tion is made of indemnities.
SHAMELESS INSULT
LONDON.—Commenting on the
German peace offer to Belgium,
British newspapers brand the pro
posal as a shameless insult.
BOLSHEVIKI MAY
BE GERMAN ALLY
Premier Lenine Throw* Out Strong
Hint of a Possible Alliance
With Teuton*.
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received in this city today, in
a note addressed to the Peoples
Commissaries, Premier Lenine of the
Bolsheviki government strongly hints
that the government may have to
seek alliances with other powers.
The note sets forth that the Bol
sheviki are becoming daily convinced
that alone they are powerless to
bring order out of chaos and that
the only way out of the difficulty
it finds itself in appears to be in
entering into an alliance.
In conclusion, the note says that
the Bolsheviki governmen must not
even recoil from an alliance with im
perialists.
COMMISSION LOSES
20 CORDS OF WOOD
A pile of about twenty cords of
wood which had been stacked up near
the powder house a few miles out
of town, for the use of the loco
motives, was destroyed by fire early
this morning.
A spark from the engine which
went out about midnight is thought
to have started the fire, which was
seen by the engine crew on their
return. It was reported to Super
intendent Packer at about three
o’clock this morning and he imme
diately proceeded to the scene of
the fire.
Owing to the high wind prevailing
nothing could be done to arrest the
spread of the flames, and the pile j
of wood was soon consumed.
AUSTRIA SUGGESTS
PEACE DISCUSSION
LONDON—Representatives of the
Entente government are indignant
over the receipt, yesterday, of an
invitation from Austria-Hungary to
enter into a non-binding peace dis
cussion, at some neutral place with
representatives of the Central Pow
ers, with a view to terminating the
war.
In a statement issued this morn
ing, Lord Balfour, British foreign
secretary, declared that nothing pos
sibly could come of the Austrian
peace offer. He branded it as a
cynical offer, not a genuine attempt
to obtain peace, but a trick to di
vide the Allies.
WASHINGTON WAITING
WASHINGTON,D D. C.—Officials
of the government are awaiting the
receipt of the offical text of the
Austrian peace note. They express
the belief that there is no basis in
the proposal upon which the Allies
will be willing to meet the enemy.
They believe that the whole thing
is a ruse to get the best terms
possible before an Allied victory has
I imposed severe punshiment on Ger
many and her allies.
REICHSTAG CONSIDERS
—
AMSTERDAM.—Leaders of the
majority parties of the Reichstag
held an important conference yes
terday, following the receipt of a<l
J vices that the Austrian peace sug
I gestion had been forwarded to the
j Entent governments. The result of
j the conference, however, has not
! been disclosed.
KAISER BEHIND IT
PARIS.—Semi-official advices re
i ceived from Berlin today state that
the German government had a hand
in drawing up the Austrian peace
note.
CHARLES SENT IT
AMSTERDAM—The Salonika Zei
. tung is authority for the statement
j that the Austrian peace note was
| dispatched at the request of Emperor
Charles of Austria.
ASK FOR PEACE!
Food Question It Raised In Berlin ;
City Council; Peace Talk Is
Loudly Applauded.
AMSTERDAM.—According to a
report received in this city today
from German sources, the Socialist1
members of the Berlin municipal
council raised the food question at
a meeting of the council held last
Thursday.
One speaker, in the course of an
address to the assembled council,
exclaimed that it was time the war|
was ended. This remark was loudly1
applauded by a large number of,
people from the gallery.
The meeting of the council is said
to have broken up amid tumultuous
scenes.
PORIDGAL LOSES
VESSEL; MED ,
—
ATLANTIC PORT.—According to I
reports brought by sixteen survivors
who landed here today, the Portu- !
guese steamer Leikoes was torpedoed L
and sunk in the North Atlantic five
days ago. i (
The survivors also state that there .
were thirty-five other members of
the crew of the steamer adrift in
boats after their ship went down.
These men have not been heard
from yet and it is believed that they
are lost. , I
SALONIKA FRONT
Reorganized Serbian Army Launch
Offensive Against Bulgaks On
Salonika Front.
WASHINGTON', D. C—An official
communication received by the state
department from the Serbian au
chorities at Salonika states that the
reorganized Serb army has taken
die field and is acting in concert
ivith the Allied forces on the Sal
>nika front.
The Serbs launched a powerful
offensive against the strong posi
tions held by the Bulgarians today,
ind, with the co-operation of the
French, succeeded in capturing three
)f the strongly fortified positions.
The Serbs are said to be fighting
magnificently, and have drawn the
admiration of the Allied officers who
witnessed the first engagement, of
their reorganized army which ended
>o brilliantly. The men are full of
irdour and are eager to continue
he advance against the foe.
Later Report.
The positions captured by the Ser
>ians in the brillant ofensive on the
Salonika front were held by the Bul
rarians for the past eighteen months
rhese positions are regarded as the
trongest on the entire Salonika
ront.
Captain Spaulding, commanding
he army post at Fort Gibbon, who
3 on a tour of inspecion of the
cattered detachments in the Tanana
alley, expects to- return to the post
n the steamer Yukon tomorrow
If you believe in peace you will
ight to get it.