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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA,
ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER V< 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 163
ALLIES EAGER FOR FINISH FIGHT
FIRM STAND OF WILSON IS APPROVED
HUNS QUITTING BELGIUM; RETREA T ELSEWHERE
ALLIES HAMMERING
HUN ON WIDE FRONT
LONDON.—According to official
reports received from the front to
day, the Belgian troops have now
reached the outskirts of the town
of Menin, which is within a few
miles of the important city of Cour
trai. The Allies are within artillery
range of the railway running from
Lille to Courtrai for almoost its en
tire distance and dominate the con
necting link between the Germans
and the Lille-Ostend sectors.
HUN WARSHIPS DEPART
LONDON.—Reports received to
day indicate that several large Ger
man torpedo boats loaded down with
troops left Zeebrugge recently dur
ing the prevalence of a big storm,
steering a course towards Germany.
Reports have also been received in
dicating that the Germans are evacu
ating Ostend.
FRENCH ADVANCE
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived by the war office today, the
French troops, continuing their ad
vance, have reached to within a few
miles of the important town of
Rethel, where they engaged the
enemy in a terrific struggle for the
possession of the town. A fierce
battle of several hours’ duration,
ended in a victory for the French
men, who were enabled to fling back
the enemy and occupy the town. The
French also captured the town of
Manteuil sur Aisne, and in the Ar
gonne sector they captured the vil
lages of Olizy and Termes.
HUNS WITHDRAW FROM COAST
WITH THE BRITISH.—Reports
received from British headquarters
in Belgium indicate that the enemy
resistance in Flanders is broken and
such fighting as has taken place be
ing confined to rear guard actions
of no great importance, the Germans
generally retiring out of range after
the first few shots have been fired. ]
There are ample indications point
ing to the fact that the Germans
are withdrawing material and men
from the coast, as their coast bat
teries which are within range of
the advancing British lines, have not ;
fired a single shot. The British
troops have passed through Roulers
and are still advancing. They are
meeting with hardly any opposition.
AMERICAN TANKS USED
WITH THE AMERICANS—Using
their tanks to break through the
wire entanglements erected by the
enemy to the west of Romagne, ex
tending from the east of the Meuse
to a point near Grand Pre, the
American troops succeeded in chop
ping fresh notches in the German
line. The Germans put up a stiff
resistance and a ver^ lively battle
was on, but it did not last very long,
as the Americans forced the fight
ing and compelled the Germans to
give ground and gained their ob
jective.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
Allies are continuing to make im
portant gains on the Flanders front
and from the Oise to the Meuse;
and the French are steadily advanc
ing on the Laon-Aisne region. The
Allied offensive in Belgium is pro
gressing very favorably. The oper
ations of the American troops to
the west of the Meuse have been
renewed successfully.
The German resistance on the
Flanders front would appear to b^
a movement for the purpose of de
laying the Allied advance until the
German evaluation of Belgium has
been completed.
LONDON PAPERS
MORSE STAND
LONDON.—One of the leading
Liberal papers, the Star, published
the text of President Wilson’s note
to Germany today.
It was given great prominence in
the Star under the heading “Ger
man Autocracy Must Go.”
FRANCE PLEASED
WITH THE REPtVi
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PARIS.—The popular sentiment j
among the French people entirely
favor President Wilson’s reply to the
German note accepting the terms laid
down by the President in his ad
dress delivered on January 8th.
All Paris is jubilant over the Presi
dent's answer.
C. Herb Wilson arrived in town
on a brief business visit last night
BUILDERS’fURGEb
TO SPEED OUTPUT
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
of the Navy Daniels, in an urgent
appeal to all American shipbuilders,
requests that they hurry forward
as mucri as possible the construction
of destroyers to meet the new Ger
man submarine effort.
NATIONS TO DECIDE
EXACT ENDING DATE
LONDON.—The world war can
be said to have reached its legal
end on the date when “ratifications
of the peace treaty are exchanged
or deposited,” according to the re
port of a committee appointed to
consider the subject in relation to
emergency legislation.
The committee recommended leg
islation giving the government power i
to declare authoritively the date at |
which the war shall be deemed to j
have ended, whether generally or in
the event of a separate peace, as
regards individual belligerents.
wilson's my
10 TEUTON NOTE
SENT 10 BERLIN
President Put* An End to Armistice
end Peace Talk Until Huns
Are Ready to Surrender.
WASHINGTON, D. C. - President j
Wilson’s reply to the German accept-1
ance of his terms is on vhe cables1
and is expected to reach Berlin in
a few hours.
The reply has ended nil taik of an I
armistice until the Germans are!
ready to surrender, and has closed!
the dood to peace negotiations to
Kaiserism.
The aims and purposes of the
Allies are now more than ever clearly
stated, and it is thought that Ger
many must surely see the futility
of further attempts to avert defeat
by compromise.
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Over Six Hund-ed Bodie* of Forest
Fire Victims Have Been
Recovered.
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DULUTH, Minn.—Over six hun-r
dred bodies of the . ictims of the
great forest fire which devastated
a large portion of northwestern ■
Minnesota, have so far, been re-1
covered, and it is believed that there'
are many more in the burned woods.1
An army of searchers are busy |
in the burned area recovering the
dead and succoring the lost and
helpless sufferers.
A great many half-starved settlers
have been found wandering aim- j
lessly about and manv more are I
thought to have perished from ex-;
posure. ,
The Red Cross workers a'p doing
splendid work among the sufferers.
AMBULANCE WORKERS
FACE GRAVE PERIL
HARE, France.—Ambulance work
is not the safest job imaginable dur
ing a battle, according to the re
port of Lieutenant E. A. Fish, com
manding American Red Cross Sec
tion “SS 101”, to the Red Cross
director of transportation.
During the fighting of July 21-27
the section, consisting of 20 am
bulances, worked day and night in a
gas-ridden and shell-swept area. Al
though it handled 1286 wounded
during fhe seven days of fighting,
the section found time to assist a
British ambulance in evacuating gas
cases.
The report mentions L. L. Wen
hem, who, after his car had been
wrecked, took that of another driver
who had collapsed, and worked both
posts. It tells of ambulances being
so shot-up that the sides resembled
sieves. In one case the driver
found himself holding only the
wheel of his steering apparatus—a
shell had scattered the other parts
i to the winds.
HUNS HOPEFUL OF
NEW SUB INACE
Hunt Entertain Hope* of Embarrass
ing Allies By a Big Submarine
Program.
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received in this city today
from German sources, the Germans
submarine warfare will reach rhe
climax during the coming winter.
Germany, the reports se.v intends
to put in force a submarine cam
paign on a huge scale and by this
means she hopes to produce an
economic crisis of dime.vdons hr'iei
to unanticipated in Entente coun
tries.
VON HINDENBURG
ACCEPTED TERMS;
NOT CHANCELLOR
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Accord
ing to reports received from neutral
countries, von Hindenburg is said to
have caused the acceptance by Ger
many of the terms of which peace
could be made, and which were con
tained in an address delivered by I
President Wilson on January 8th.
It was at first belived that Prince
Maximillian of Baden, who is known
to be a pacifist, caused the German
government to accept the terms soon
after he was appointed chancellor.
On the last mail a notice wasj
received from the governor’s office,
at Juneau, requesting information I
of one Ernest Kerr, believed to be
in Alaska. The letter is as follows:
Governor’s Office, Juneau, Alaska,
September 19, 1918
This office is in receipt of a re
quest for information regarding the
whereabouts of Mr. Ernest Kerr, who
is supposed to be working for a min
ing company in Alaska.
His mother, Mrs. Sarah Kerr, of
No. 6 Nicholson street, Tempe, Syd
ney, Australia, is anxious to hear
from him.
If any person should know the
present address of Mr. Kerr, would
they communicate with this office.
Very truly yours,
F. F. CRAMER,
Secretary to the Governor.
HORSES ARE SCARCE
IN GERMANY NOW
NEW YORK.—Because of the
shortage of working horses in Ber
lin, coal is to be transported from
the coal yards to the homes of con
sumers by a trolley, according to the
Berlin Tageblatt. The coal will be
conveyed in trailers attached to the
street cars.
SCRIBE BELIEVES :
PEACE FAR AWAY;
Norwegian Newiptptrmtn Says That
Germany Doe* Not Venture
to Show Her Hand.
CHRISTIANIA— Gustaff Joseten,
a prominent newspaperman, has just
returned from Germany, where he
had spent the past fifteen years. {
He stated, as his belief, that the ^
war will not end quickly.
Germany, he said, was so deeply;
in perils of all kinds that she does
not venture to put her cards on the
table in a show-down.
EPIDEMIC CLAIMS
AN01HER NENANA !
BOY IN TRAINING
—
Frank E. Nye, who is employed
as cook at the Alaskan Engineering
commission’s tracklaying camp near
the end of steel on the D line re
ceived a telegram this morning from
the officer commanding at Camp
Dodge, Iowa, stating his brother John
A. Nye died yesterday from the ef
fects of an attack of influenza and
asking for instructions regarding
the disposal of the body.
The Commission telephone line
was not wording very satisfactory
this morning and as the message con
taining the sad intelligence could not
have been phoned out to the track
laying camp it was consequently sent
out on the speeder and it is ex
pected that Frank Nye will take
steps to send instructions regarding
the disposition of his brother’s body
to the commanding officer.
John E. Nye was 29 years old at
the time of his death. He entered
the service of the A. E. C. on April
1 1917 as baker and left the service
on September 13th of the same year.
He was well known in and around Ne
nana and counts a host of friends
who regret his early demise.
NIGHT SCHOOL
HOLDS FIRST SESSION
The Citizenship Night School held!
its first session last night, in the |
Franklin K. Lane school building, j
with five men in the class. It wa',
later learned that several others, j
who had previously enrolled, had |
misinterpreted the notice in last |
night’s paper. There will be thirty t
or more in the school when all come
in.
Under the rules governing citizen
ship night schools, the students must,
at their first session, elect one of
their number as director. Mr. James
Henry Steele was unanimously!
chosen. The night school board
consists of three persons: the in
structor, the secretary, both ap
pointed by the district judge; and
the director, chosen by the class, j
Mr. Diven is the instructor and
Mr. Pennington is secretary.
U. S. TRANSPORT
SINKS AT DOCK;
NO LIVES LOST
Tr«a*port America, Forme' German
Liner, With Troop* On Board,
Sink* At Pier.
HOBOKEN. N. J.—The United
States army transport America, for
merly the huge Hamburg-Ameriean
liner Amerika, sank at her pier to
day- The troops on board the trans
port at the time were in their berths
and the vessel sank so quickly that
they had no time to don their
clothes.
The Red Cross hurried' a supply
of clothing and blankets, which were
handed out to the shivering soldiers
on the pier .
The cause of the sinking is a
mystery, and a most searching in
quiry is to be instituted for the pur
pose of ascertaining the real cause
of the accident. The necessary steps
are now being taken to raise the
vessel and as soon as this has been,
done a minute examination of the
hull will be made.
i No explosion was heard, and it is
not thought that the vessel has sus
tained any injury. The rapidity with
which she sank and the absence of
any sound of explosion gives stability
to the theory that someone on board
the vessel must have deliberately
opened the sea cocks.
SALE? BONDS
! SHOWS INCREASE
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WASHINGTON, D. C. President
j Wilson’s reply to the German note
which was sent to the Imperial Ger
ment government today has had the
effect of stimulating the sale of
. Fourth Liberty Loan bonds.
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WICK ARRIVES
| IN SPIRII CITY
SEATTLE.—Judge James Wicker
sham, the Republican candidate for
j delegate to Congress from Alaska,
j arrived in this city last evening,
■ having concluded a tour of the towns
. and settlements of Alaska.
I It is not known, at present, how
j long Mr. Wickersham will remain in
, this city.
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KNITTING CLUB MEETS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
I Announcement is made that the
j Nenana Knitting club will hold their
| next regular meeting at 2:30 on
i Thursday afternoon. The meeting
| will be held at the home of Mrs.
J. R. Bowen, in the Bowen building
on A street.
The steamer Reliance left at mid
night for the lower sloughs to cache
away the barges for the winter.