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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918.
NUMBER 58
ALLIES DRIVING GERMAN ARMY BACK
SUB-COMMITTEE FAVORS MONEY FOR RAILROAD
TROOPSHIPS HAVE CLOSE CALL ON VOYAGE ACROSS
FRANCO-AMERICAN
FORCES TURN HUN
Associated Press Summay—There
has been no realaxation in the
pressure exerted by the Allied forces
against the German lines to the
northwest of Chateau Thierry, and
the retirement of the enmy con
tinues at several points. The Ger
mans yielded readily to the first
thrust on Thursday and the Allies
are now progressing in a series of
local operations. The whole Ger
man line at the tip of the salient
■which was driven into the Allied line
has been pushed back, the Allied
forces now being astride the river
Clignon.
FRENCH PROGRESS
PARIS.—The war office states
that French troops made a forward
movement last night in the region
between the Marne and Ourcq rivers.
They pushed their way through the
town of Chezy to the eastern out
skirts and reached the western edge
of Dammard village. Two violent
German attacks along the Boures
chis-Latholet front were repulsed,
with heavy Teuton losses.
GERMANS MOVING
WITH THE AMERICANS—Large
forces of German troops are re
ported enroute from the Metz sector
toward S. Mihiel. This movement
has aroused discussion relative to
the probability of a German assault
in the Woevre district, in the neigh
borhood of St. Mihiel. That point
is regarded as a logical place for an
attack, since by a drive through the
St. Mihiel line, the Germans might
outflank Verdun from the rear and
menace Bar le Due.
DEPEND UPON ALLIES
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson is in receipt of a communi
cation from the Moscow Russian
chamber of commerce, informing the
American executive that the Rus
V sians rely upon the economic support
of the Allies for the reconstruction
of Russian power. The chamber
expresses the hope that the Allies
win.
PERSHING AT HEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The war
department has been informed that
General Pershing personally directed
the American forces who drove the
Germans from Cantigny on May 28.
Accompanying this information is a
statement to the effect that all at
tempts which have been made by
the Germans to recapture the posi
tion have failed.
MORE PEACE TALK
PARTS.—Reports received from
Germany insist that most of the
political parties of Germany and
Austria have agreed upon the de
sirability of offering peace to the
Allies and it is predicted that Chan
cellor von Hertling shortly will make
a very sensational speech before the
reichstag.
CHURCHES WRECKED
PARIS.—The Bishop of Soissons,
who has arrived in this city, is au
thority for the statement that the
Germans have razed one hundred
churches and pillage as many more
since the commencement of their
offensive operations along the Sois
sons-Rheims line. The famous Soi
ssons cathedral, reports the bishop,
has been seriously damaged by the
Teutons, who knew neither faith nor
law. They know only war, pillage
and the carrying away of everything
of value.
The bishop also reports that Ger
man aviators flew over the lines and
poured machine gun fire into the
columns of French refugees, as they
fled from the war zone.
CONVOY ATTACKED
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I LONDON.—Rev. Father Joseph
Wareing, who was one of a party
| of Red Cross workers returning
to England on a convoy which in
I eluded ships carrying American
; troops and Red Cross workers, graph
j ically describes two attempts made
| on Sunday by German submarines
I to sink the convoy.
The U boats attacked in force
from several directions and were
promptly engaged by the protecting
destroyers who soon got the range
and maintained a rapid and deadlly
fire, sinking some and compelling
! others to submerge and retire from
the action.
It is certain that a few of the at
tacking submarine squadron were
sunk, but the exact number could
not be ascertained.
I It is believed that the two attacks
were made by separate submarine
I squadrons operating in the Channel.
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NAVY OFFICIALS
EXPECTING MORE
RAIDS SOON
Believed That Late Activities Cer
tain to Be Followed by Others
At Early Date.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Notwith
standing the fact that no vessels
have been reported sunk by German
submarines off the Atlantic coast
during the past few days, officials
of the navy are maintaining the
closest watch on coast waters, firm
in the belief that the late raid will
be followed very soon by others,
j possibly of greater magnitude. The
| possibility of German submarines
j lurking off the coast of the United
States must be regarded as a con
tinuing factor in American meas
ures.
Naval officials declare that so
long as the enemy divers are at
large it never will be safe again to
assume that American waters are
free from this menace.
There is an unconfirmed report
in circulation to day to the effect
that a submarine was either sunk or
captured off Virginia Capes. Offi
cials are of the opinion that the
raiders are moving south.
SURV1RORS ARE LANDED
FROM NORWEGIAN CRAFT
CAP MAY., N. J.—Nineteen sur
vivors of the torpedoed steamer
Vinland, which was sunk a short dis
tance off shore on June fifth, have
been landed here by a destroyer.
MWO URGES
TAXES TO PAY
PARTJF COST
Secretary of Treasury Wants War
Profits and Incomes to Pay
Heavier Tolls.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo has sub
mitted a plan for the raising of
eight billion dollars during the com
ing fiscal year through taxation,
his plan being to take eighty per
cent of all war profits to triple
the present four per cent rate on
incomes.
Reports submitted to congress
show that twenty-four billions will
be reuired during the coming fiscal
year to defray the expenses of the
nation, and Secretary McAdoo hopes
to be able to induce congress to dis
tribute a large part of the burden
among those who are making money
on war orders and those who con
trol the wealth of the nation.
It is expected that the plan will
be vigorously opposed.
BRIJISHLOSStS
WERE NOT HEAVY
Less Than Five Thousand Fell During
German Offensive Operations
This Week.
LONDON.—The casualty list for
fhe week which has just been made
public, shows that less than five
thuosand officers and men were
killed during the German offensive
operations early this week. The re
port states that 208 officers were
either killed in action or died of
wounds during the week and that
the number of men killed was 4,259.
Seven hundred fifty-three officers
are reported missing and the num
ber of missing men is 27,425.
DRAGLINE CAMP IS
BUSY PLACE NOK
Clearing and Stripping Work Ii
Done to Uncover Gravel Bed
for Railroad.
After a short period of enforcec
idleness, during which time the Bu
cyrus dragline excavator had som<
minor repairs attended to, the camj
has resumed activities today, com
mencing at an early hour.
Considerable ground is now being
cleared and stripped to enable the
machine to get at the underlying
gravel bed and it is expected that
some of this gravel will be available
for use immediately.
The sidetrack being put in to ac
commodate the gravel cars will be
ballasted with the first loads of
gravel excavated and it is probable
that a large quantity of this ma
terial will be hauled into town for
use in rasing the track in the yards.
Red Slaboge will leave for the
camp at 43-mile this evening, in
company wilK Herb Wilson.
IB LEADERS
HEED FOR TRIAL
ON DAD CHARGE
Jeremiah O’Leary And Six Other*
Indicted At New York on
Treason Charge.
NEW YORK.—Jeremiah O’Leary,
the Irish leader, and six others, in
cluding Marie Devicorica, have been
indicted by the federal grand jury,
charged with treason- Among those
indcited are Albert Paul Friecke, a
Mt. Vernon manufacturer, Willard
J. Robinson, Karl Rodiger and John
T. Ryan, prominent Buffalo poli
tician. Friecke is a naturalized j
German. <
O’Leary and Ryan made their es
cape a month ago, when the investi
gation first started, but all the
others have been arraigned and en
tered pleas of not guilty.
O’Leary is president of the Ameri
can Truth society and editor of the
Magazine published by the organi
zation.
iaps Wrepori
DF PACT IS BUNK
Nipponese Government Denies That
China Forces Are Now Under
Jap Control.
LONDON.—According to official
advices received in this city from
rokyo, the Japanese government has
;mphatically denied the report that
:he Chinese-Japanese military agree
ment gives to Japan the control of
;he Chinese milita.vy forces, the fi
lances, railways and mines. Repre
sentatives of the Japanese govern
ment declare that there is absolutely
10 truth to the reports that Japan
s seeking to wield authority over
LLhina, the miltary agreement being
)ne of mutual protection.
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HARRY ABERCROMBIE
TAKES A HOLIDAY
Harry Abercrombie, the genial an
| esthetist attached to the Govern
ment hospital, left for Fairbanks,
his old stamping grounds, on the
Siwash yesterday morning. He ex
i pects to be back at work in a few
days.
While at Fairbanks, Harry in
tends to interest himself in connec
tion with a lodge of the Arctic
Brotherhood, recently insituted in
Nenana, and will probably secure
the rituals and other paraphernalia,
the property of the branch of the
order at Fairbanks and which is now
defunct.
FRENCH BRIDGE WILL BE
NAMED IN WILSON’S HONOR
PARIS.A new bridge which is be
ing constructed over the Rhone river
is nearing completion rapidly and
will be dedicated July 14. The
structure will be named President
Wilson, in honor of the American
executive.
Will you permit appetite or
habit to take precedence over pat
riotism and duty?
Eat no wheat!
COMMITTEEMEN ARE
FOR THE RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, D. C—Continu
ation of the work of building the
Government railroad in Alaska is
virtually assured as the result of
the favorable action taken by the
sub-committee of the house appro
priations committee. This committee
has recommended the appropriation
of additio'nal funds of a sufficient
amount to carry on the work with
the present force of three thousand
men.
| The fall estimate of $7,300,000
j was not approved, but assurances
| has been given that enough funds
i will be provided to complete the rail
| road well toward Fairbanks. It is
j expected that the work can be com
pleted at least as far as Susitna
river and the committeemen say
that both the Matanuska branch and
a line to open up the Nenana coal
fields wiTl be finished with the funds
which will be made available.
LANSING DEFUSES
OFFER OF KAISER
Secretary-of State Declines to Agree
to Proposition to Exchange
Prisoners.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Accord
ing: to announcement made today,
the department of state has declined
to enter into negotiations with Ger
many for an exchange of certain
prisoners. The German govern
ment recently demanded the release
of Captain Franz Rintelen in ex
change for Siegfried Paul London,
a citizen of the United States, who
is under arrest in Germany as a spy.
Germany proposed to make the ex
change through Switzerland and
threatened reprisals in case the !
United States refused to consent to j
the arrangement.
northerner!!
INJUARANIINE
Mrs. Leon Kellum’s Departure for
North Delayed One Month
Longer.
Mrs. Leon Kellum, at one time
i and who went Outside last fall to
visit her mother, expects to be back
in Nenana at no very distant date.
She had arranged to come in on
j one of the very first boats and had
j made her plans accordingly but was
' prevented from doing so owing to
| the illness of one of her brothers.
Writing from Sacramento, under
date of May 10, to her husband,
! she states that her brother’s illness
has been diagnosed as scarlet fever
I and that the house has been quar
antined for a month, thereby delay
ing her departure for the North for
the duration of the quarantine
period.
The quarantine regulations in
force in sunny California would ap
pear to be very stringent and Mrs.
Kellum states that she will not be
permitted to mail a letter during
this period.
YANKEE STEAMER SUNK
BY DIVER OFF SCILLY
NEW YORK.—According to ad
vices received in this city today by
the owners of the American steamer
Argonaut, that vessel was torpedoed
and sunk recently off the Scilly is
lands by a German submarine.
Saving wheat is a military neces
sity!
KING OF ENGLAND
10 WINJfflNKEES
Head of British Nation Will Cele
brate Fourth of July for First
Time in History.
LONDON.—For the first time in
the history of the British nation,
the king of England will take part
in the forthcoming celebration of
the Independence of the United
States, which is being planned by
the Americans in this country. Ac
cording to announcement made to
day, King George has promised to
attend a real baseball game which
will be staged on the Fourth of
July at Chelsea by teams represent
ing the American army and navy.
Late General Storekeeper Is Said
To Be on the Way to Town
With Marshal.
Rumors were current in town last
night to the effect that a launch
rearing some traveling salesmen was
:>n the way up to Nenana from
Fnrw.ne * L » II. 1 T> /' a!
in the custody of the marshal, is on
board.
! Up to a late hour no confirmation
of the rumor could be got.
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NEW PASSENGER RATES
GC INTO EFFECT SOON
! WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
. McAdoo is authority for the state
j in^nt that the new passenger fare
j of three cents per mile, will become
; effective throughout the country on
I Sunday, despite protests. The in
| creased revenues will be used large
| ly to fatten the wages of railroad
I employees.
(property OWNERS
INVITED TO MEET
I A call has been issued to the
i property owners for a meeting to
be held in the Labor Union Hall at
14 p. m. tomorrow.
As questions of importance to the
town of Nenana will be up for dis
cussion, all property owners are
urged to be in attendance.
Herb Wilson leave for his camp
tonight over the old Indian trail,
to the east of town.
We must meet sacrifice at the
front with sacrifice at home.