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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, alaska, Saturday September 28, isms whole number iso
TURKSHABOUT READY TO QUIT
BELGIANS HIT HUNS IN YPRES SECTOR
YANKEES CUT HINDENBURG LINE NEAR VERDUN
ALLIES ATTACKING
ENEMY NEAR YPRES
PARIS.—Despatches received by
the war office today state that the
Allies attacked in force in the region
to the north of Ypres and advanced
to a depth of over two and one
half miles at some points.
Belgians Attack
The main attack, in the region
to the south of the North Sea was
delivered by Belgian troops, who
advanced to the attack very en
thusiastically. ' Their impetuous at
tack was very successful and the
Germans were compelled to fall
back. The Belgians captured over
a thousand prisoners.
Heavy Fighting
Very heavy fighting of a most
desperate character is raging all
along the line between Dixmude
and Ypres.
GERMANS RESISTING
WITH THE AMERICANS.—In
the region to the northwest of Ver
dun, with their backs to the outer
edge of the Brunhilde line, the Ger
mans are offering strong resistance
to the American troops in a desper
ate attempt to stop their further
advance in this direction.
Increasing Fire.
The increasing volume of fire
from the German batteries gives
ample indications of their intention
to resist the advance of the Ameri
can troops to the utmost. The line
now runs through the northern part
of the forest of Argonne, with the
Germans massed at Cierges and the
Apremont Woods. Heavy fighting
is in progress and the Americans
are pressing their attack relentlessly.
AMERICANS PRESS FORWARD
WASHINTON, D. C—To the west
of Verdun the American troops have
penetrated the Hindenburg line and
have progressed beyond it. They
are now facing the enemy at New
Kriemhiel.
ON CAMBRAI FRONT
LONDON—According to des
patches received by the ^r office
today the British have captured ten
thousand prisoners and two hundred
guns in the fighting around Cam
brai. They have also captured the
towns of Epinoy and Oisy le Verger.
Attack Pressed.
The Britishers pressed their at
tack without letup until late last
night' and resumed the battle again
at break of day. It is reported that
they have succeeded in capturing
four more villages.
BRITISH CASUALTIES
LONDON.—The British casualties
for the week total 24,929.
IN MACEDONIA
LONDON.—According to reports
received in this city today, the Ser
bian troops have captured the city
and fortress of Veles, which is said
to be the most important Bulgarian
base of supplies in Southern Serbia.
The victorious Serbian army is
pressing on towards Uskub.
HUN CHANCELLOR
EAGER J RETIRE
LONDON.—According to a des
patch received in this city from
The Hague, Holland, Chancellor von
Hertling, the strong man of Ger
many and the kaiser’s chief advisor,
has tendered his resignation.
LATER REPORT
LONDON.—A later despatch re
ceived today, states that the kaiser
has not accepted the resignation of
Chancellor von Herling.
G1LCHER GETS CONTRACT
TO FINISH ENGINE HOUSE
W. H. Gilcher was awarded a
contract today to line the ceiling
and pits of the new engine house
and it is expected that he will take
this work in hand at once, so that
it will be completed and the place
made ready for the locomotives be
fore freezeup.
The engine pits and ceiling of
the big building are to be lined with
sheet metal, of which material Mr.
Gilcher carries quite a large stock.
With several advantages over a
wind shield an attachment for
motor-cycles has been invented that
deflects air currents and dust above
a rider’s head.
POPULAR MATRON
GUEST OF HONOR
The home of Mrs. Ike P. Taylor
was the scene of a pleasant gather
ing yesterday afternoon, the occa
sion being a farewell to Mrs. Charles
H. Hall, who is leaving Nenana for
the Outside soon.
Those present, besides the hostess
and the guest of honor were com
posed largely of the more intimate
friends of Mrs. Hall and included
Mesdames W. H. Gilcher, E. I.
Foster, Alex Fowler, Carl Schmidt,
j M. A. Schaeffer, R. G. Southworth,
J. J. Kestley, E. C. Ellenson, R. E.
! Burns, Norman Smith and J. R.
Bowen, and Misses Ja-.e Anderson
and Irene Roadruk.
Dainty refreshments wcie served
by the hostess, and the party broke
up at 5 p. m., after having spent
a very pleasant afternoon.
DRAFT BOYS ARE
IN SAN FRANCISCO
According to advices received in
Nenana today, the boys of the draft
who left St. Michael recently, have
arrived safely at San Francisco en
route to one of the big training
camps.
The potato is a native American.
Enlist it to fight against the kaiser.
JUNEAU.—When the bank open
ed for business this morning, rep
resentatives of the Alaska Packers
Association were on hand and sub
scribed for the entire amount of
the Fourth Liberty Loan quota al
lotted to Alaska, amounting to
$1,369,400.
It is expected that the total sub
scriptions to the Foutrh Liberty
Loan from the territory will be
double the amount of the quota.
TURKISH TROOPS
REFUSE TO TAKE
PARTJ BATTLE
NEW YORK,—Advices received
here from Turkish and Arabian
sources tell of insurrections among
the troops of the Turkish army.
At Konia, half way bewteen Con
stantinople and Aleppo, when orders
were given to a contingent to en
train for Palestine, the troops seized
the guns, large and small,, and made
for the mountains, where they form
ed a new revolutionary center in
Asia Minor- They have so located
themselves, that they command the
main thoroughfare between Con
staninople and Palestine.
In Smyra and Aidin, some fifty
kilometers to the south, a similar
revolt has been inaugurated.
In the Caucasus, the Turks have
been having a hard time to pluck
the fruit of the Brest-Litovsk con
ference. They are being resisted
by the Kurds, the Armenians and
Georgians, ar>d have made little or
no progress in seizing the coveted
lands there.
LOUSIVILLE, Ky.—Handling the
street broom with almost as much
confidence as they ever flecked dust
in the home of a “missus”, twenty
eight negro women have appeared
as official street cleaners in Louis
ville. They receive $2 a day for
nine and a half hours and each cares
for a territory eight blocks square.
They will earn uniforms, some
thing akin to the “white wings”
worn by men in pre-war days, as
soon as they prove their capability.
On the streets in the retail shopping
district, pedestrians good naturally
urged them to “be careful”. All
the women worked diligently, croon
ing Southern melodies as they pro
ceeded.
They came in many garbs, one
wearing a new suit of overalls, a
man’s hat and hob-nailed shoes.
Superintendent Charles Oestreich,
of the street cleaning department
said the experiment, if successful,
will solve an important labor short
age problem.
Successes Are Scored by Our Troops
In Operations Against the
Bolsheviki.
ARCHANGEL.—On virtually all
sectors of the Northern Russian front
the Americans have met with suc
cesses, and driving the Bolsheviki
before them, have captured several
villages.
Co-operating with the British,
they have advanced for a distance
of over fifty miles along the Dvina
river.
YANKEE TACTICS
ARE RAPID EIRE
AVERS GENERAL
March Says Americans In Last
Action Moved Very Rapidly
In Delivering Attack
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In com
menting on the last action by the
American troops when, acting in
concert with the French troops, they
delivered a powerful attack on the
Champage front. General March said
that the fighting done by our boys
was characterized by their usual
sharpness and rapidity.
In the first day of their advance
the Americans covered from five to
six miles and captured eight thou
sand prisoners. The French troops
on the western section of the ad
vancing lines captured over seven
thousand prisoners.
EQUIPMENT FOR
GRADING IRK IS
MOVED TO CMP
A number of dump cars such as
is used on grading work, were sent
across the Tanana river yesterday
on the power barge Midnight Sun,
and about twenty tons of light rails,
also for grading purposes, are be
ing sent across today.
All of this equipment will be
landed and stored at camp 415 for
the present and will be distributed
along the line to the various grad
ing contractors as required.
There is considerable grading
work in progress on the Nenana
Fairbanks branch line and the sta
tionmen are making great efforts
to finish their allotted tasks before
the freezeup.
Grading work on the Y is also
being rushed so that the Commission
will be enabled to lay track on it
in readiness to accommodate the big
narrow-gauge engine and other roll
ing stock which will be sent across
as soon as the ice in the river is
strong enough to bear the weight
of the big engine.
BULGARIANS LEARN
NATURE OF TERMS
WASHINGTON, D. C—According
to a report received today, the Bul
garian Minister Panateroff believes
that Bulgaria is now out of the war,
and that she has definitely aband
oned her alliance with Germany and
Austria.
The minister further stated that
the Bulgarian government intends to
appeal to ihe United States to use
its good offices in the event of a
refusal by the Allies to listen to
peace overtures.
Bulgaria, he said, is quite willing
to let the question of a settlement
of the issues res^ with the United
States, in accordance with the prin
ciple of justice as announced by
President Wilson.
TURKEY MAY FOLLOW
LONDON.—It is expected that
Turkey will quickly follow Bulgaria^
in suing for peace, in which event
the iron ring around Austria will
be rebuilt.
PANIC IN BERLIN
LONDON.—According to reports
received in this city today, there
was a panic on the Berlin Stock
Exchange as a result of the events
transpiring in the Bulgarian situa
tion.
CONCENTRATION DIT IT
WASHINGTON, D. C—Genera!
March, chief of staff of the Aeri
can army, said today that the im
pending collapse of the Bulgarians,
is a direct result of the concentra
tion of American troops on the
Western front.
Heretofore, he said, the Huns were
enabled to withdraw divisions from i
the Western front and dispatch
them to the aid of their allies and
bolster up threatened points when
ever any section of the Teutonic
lines elsewhere were threatened.
That day has passed, he said, and
the concentration of American
troops on the Western front has
forced the Huns to keep their en
tire forces intact in France.
ENGLAND’S ANSWER
LONDON.—The British govern
ment has sent a reply to the request
made by Bulgaria for the declara
tion of an armistice with eventual
peace with the Allies in view.
The reply says that the attitude
of the British government is fully
covered by the answer given to
Bulgaria by the French commander
in chief of the Allied forces on Lhe
Macedonian front.
The commander in chief in his
reply to the Bulgarian note request
ing an armistice, said that military
operations will not be suspended for
a moment and that peace between
Bulgaria and the Entente Allies
would involve a complete rupture
by the Bulgarians with Turkey,
Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The Allies would demand every
guarantee which they consider
necessary to them for the purpose
of safeguarding military operations
and to prevent Germany from send
ing troops to Bulgaria.
ARMISTICE FAILED
LONDON.—According to an offi
cial Bulgarian statement issued to
day, the Bulgars have fa^.ed in
their proposal to obtain an ar
mistice with eventual peace as the
main object in view.
CAMPAIGN OPENS;
SALES ARE BRISK
The Fourth Liberty Loan cam
paign was launched today and as
far as is known at the present time
is making good progress.
Mrs. Carl Schmidt, who is at the
head of the Woman’s committee,
has appointed Mesdames Earl Brown
and J. C. VanOrsdel to assist her
in getting in subscriptions, and they
expect to reap a rich harvest. Mrs.
Schmidt enjoys the distinction of
having obtained the largest amount
of subscriptions for the Third Lib
erty Loan drive in Nenana, and will
try to beat her own record now.
Fourth Liberty Loan buttons will
be issued to all those who sub
scribe to the loan by either buying
bonds outright or on the instalment
All who can possibly do so are
urged to bify bonds and help lick
the Hun and those who wish to sub
scribe to the loan and help the gov
ernment are urged to do so without
loss of time. Subscriptions will be
received at the disbursing office of
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion during office hours or by the
various committees at all hours.
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WARNING POSTS
BEING ERECTED
Boundaries of Danger Zone on the
Commission Reserve Being ,
Marked Today.
The posts which will mark the
boundaries of the danger zone in
the Commission reserve will be
placed in position today and the
warning signs will be placed on them
in due course. There will be two
posts at each of the corners of the
boundary line on which the warn
ing sign will be tacked, the posts
will be about seven feet out of the
ground and, it is expected that elec
tric lights will also be installed on
the posts bearing the signs so that
they can be read at night time.
The regulations governing the
guarding of this danger zone will
go into effect after 7 p. m. on
October 1st and the necessary pass
es will be issued by Mr Browne
to those who have business within
the zone.
Attention is invited to the notice
regarding the danger zone which ap
peared in the issue of the News on
Wednesday, September 25.