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DAIL Y~NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 170
ALLIES WILL PRESS THRUOUT WINTER
AMERICANS MAKE HEADWAY ON MEUSE FRONT
BRITISH LAUNCH OFFENSIVE NORTH OF LE GATEAU
AMERICANS IMPROVE
POSITIONS ON MEUSE
WITH THE ALLIES.—The Brit-1
ish forces are heavily engaged in j
fighting their way into the center i
of the city of Valenciennes against
a strong machine gun fire from the
east bank of the Scheldt canal which
flows through the city. In spite
of the bitter opposition, the British
are slowly gaining.
NEW ATTACK BEGUN
LONDON.—According to official
reports received by the war office
today, the British forces have be
gun a new attack between LeCateau
and Solesmes and have captured the
town of Bruay, two miles north of
Valenciennes. The British have also
succeeded in reaching the west bank
of the Scheldt.
ATTACK PROGRESSING
LONDON.—The German forces
are very stubbornly resisting the
new attack launched by the British
and much severe fighting is in pro
gress, with heavy losses on both
sides. The British, however, had the
best of the t/ghting and were en
abled to advance to the depth of a
mile.
WINTER OPERATIONS
WITH THE AMERICANS.—Un
less the Germans are saved by pleas
of peace, Marshal Foch intends that
their forces be subjected to a steady
hammering on the greater part of
the Western front all through the
coming winter. It is believed that
Marshal Foch does not intend to give
the Germans a breathing spell, but;
that he will continue pressing them j
vigorously all along the line and with ;
all the available forces at his com- j
mand.
During the previous winters of j
the war, the Germans have had time ;
and ample opportunities to rest their |
POLES TO GOVERN
AUSTRIAN POEM)
Parts of Poland Occupied By Austria
Is to Be Governed By the
Polish People.
_ !
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received in this city today
from reliable Austrian sources, Aus
trian officials in parts of Poland
ooccupied by Austria have formally
given over the administration of af
fairs to Polish officials chosen by
the inhabitants of the conquered
territory.
HUN COURT CHAPLAIN
HAS HONOR CONFERRED
AMSTERDAM.—Emperor William
has conferred the order of the
Black Eagle on his Lutheran court
chaplain, Dr. Dryander, who now
becomes automatically von Dryander
as the order carries with it the
patent of hereditary Prussian nobil
ity. This is believed to be the first
time that a Lutheran cleryman has
been raised to the Prussian nobility.
forces and replenish their supplies,
but such conditions will not obtain
during the coining winter. It is be
lieved in Allied military circles that
winter operations will be possible
along seventy-five per cent of the
Western front.
AMERICANS VICTORIOUS
WITH THE AMERICANS.—Des
pite very stubborn resistance, the
American troops have succeeded in
cleaning up the opposing German
forces and have occupied the town
of Boisdeforst, to the west of Brieul
les. on the western bank of the
Meuse.
Terrific Fighting.
The fighting for the possession of
the defenses guarding Boisdeforst
and Brieulles, which was started a
week ago, is described as being the
fiercest in character since the be
ginning of the Meuse-Argonne of
fensive; the Americans, at times,
were compelled to retire und^r ter
rific pressure, but later rushed for
ward to the attack with all their
might and finally forced the Huns
to fall back.
BRIEULLES EVACUATED
WITH THE AMERICAN'S.—As a
result of the capture by the Ameri
cans of the town of Boisdeforst and
the terrific pressure exerted by our
boys on the Hun force guarding its
approaches, the enemy evacuated
the town of Brieulles and withdrew
their forces farther eastward. This
latest important point to be gained
was where the Americans badly
dented the German line of defense,
in spite of the fact that the Ger
mans put up a most powerful re
sistance.
Town Burning.
Our troops on entering the town
of Brieulles to occupy it, found that
the Huns had set fire to it prior
to their evacuation.
ZABOFF IS BURIED
AT FF m MOINES
The news was received in Nenana
this morning: that Alex Zaboff, who
died recently at Camp Dodge, Iowa,
presumably from the effects of an
attack of Spanish influenza, was
buried at the military cemetery at
Fort. DeaMoines, Iowa, on October
22, with full military honors.
Alex Zaboff entered the service
of his country by voluntary induc
tion on June 29th, and left with
the boys of the first draft on July
1st to join Company B, 14th In
fanty at Fort Gibbon, of which
company and regiment he was a
member until called by death.
Prior to joining the military
forces of the country, Alex worked
in partnership with his brother An
drew Zoloff on several grading
contracts on the railroad south of
town. Andrew has a wood contract
with the A. E. C. and is now en
camped about nine miles out of
town.
Supplying food is America’s prin
cipal part in the war right now;
CHURCH ENDS
LONG RIVER TRIP
10 MOSSING
Reverend Drane, who is in charge
of the Episcopal mission at Nenana
has returned from an extended trip
to Tanana Crossing and the missions
at Salchacket and Chena, making
the entire distance in a poling boat.
He left the mission at Tanana
Crossing on the 9th in a poling boat
and reached McCarty's in three and
a half days; stopping one day at
the Healey river trading post on
the way down. The post at this
point is owned by W. H. Newton
and serves the needs of the pros
pectors in the Healpy and Good
paster countries and the Indians liv
ing in the neighborhood. Mr. Drane
reports that Newt# n, who nad met
with an accident recently as the
result of which he lost his right
thumb, was having a little trouble
with the thumb, which had not
healed yet. The burden of the work
at the post fell on Mrs. Newton.
From the Healey post, Mr. Drane
came on to McCarty, where a brief
stay was made to replenish his
stock of grub. Resuming the jour
ney from McCarty and taking a cut
off, some distance below McCarty,
which connects with the Salcha river,
he landed at the Salchacket mission,
situated near the Munson roadhouse,
where he spent a day. Up to this
point Mr. Drane traveled alone, but
at Salchacket he took on two Indians
to help in the navigation of the
. boat down the swift and treacherous
waters of the ivoper Tanana river.
The party made Fairbanks in very
good time, and after a short stay
there proceeded to the mission a
few miles below Chena, where a day
was spent, finally reaching Xenana
on the 19th, and bringing the long
trip to a close.
During the trip down from the
Crossing, Mr. Drane “siwashed” it,
making camp on the bank of the river
where the end of the day found him.
Shore ice was in course of forma
tion, he says, with every indication
of the near approach of the freeze
up, and, in consequence, he lost no
time at the stopping places.
The waters of the Tanana river
above Chena are very swift, and
navigation is at all times difficult
and dangerous. River steamers sel
dom traverse the waters above
Chena The army transport makes
a trip or two every season with pro
visions for the Signal Corps stations
at Salcha, Richardson and McCarty,
and a commercial boat has made
the trip but very seldom, perhaps
once in about three years, as far as
McCarty only. Last season the
steamer Reliance made a trip to
Tanana Crossing. During the stam
pede to the Shusana country, the
Reliance and several independently
owned steamers, as well as a for
midable flotilla of steam and gaso
line launches and other craft of
various types, made the trip up the
little known waters of the upper
Tanana.
Mrs. J. A. Davis has been ap
ponted secretary of the committee
in charge of the work being done
on behalf of the fatherless children
of France. She succeeds Mrs. Cecil
H. Clegg, who resigned the position.
AXEL RUNNING
BADLY INJURED
IN A E C YARD
Heavy Weight Crushes Commission
Employe, Who Sustains Serious
Internal Injuries.
During the process of loading the
heavy cases containing parts of the
big locomotives at the Commission
yard, for conveyance to the engine
house, yesterday afternon, a heavy
case, said to weigh 2650 pounds,
accidentally tipped over and badly
crushed Axel Running, one of the
men engaged in the work of loading
it, necessitating his immediate re
moval to the Commission hosptal.
It would appear that Axel Run
ning and another man were engaged
in helping to load the case onto a
flat car, the heavy case was stand
ing on end alongside the track, near
the old roundhouse and the men
were engaged in putting a chain
sling around it, preparatory to its
, being hooked onto by the Brown
: hoist. In tightening the chain the
case would appear to have tipped
over, falling towards Axel and crush
[ ing him badly before its downward
progress was arrested by another
case and some ties. It is stated
that had it not been for this other
case and the ties, the accident might
have resulted fatally.
Axel was removed to the Com
mission hospital at about 3:30 p. m.
yesterday and was immediately at
tended to and made comfortable. On
examination, he was found to have
been bruised considerably and has
also sustained serious internal in
juries, due to the crushing he was
subjected to. No bones were broken
however.
Dr. de la Vergne stated this morn
ing that the patient has sustained
several external bruises and serious
internal injuries, and that general
peritonitis had set in. The case, al
though serious, is not an operative
one, and the patient is reported to
be doing as well as can be expected
under the circumstances.
VALUABLE JADE FOUND
IN FISH BY FISHERMAN
PEKIN.—A jade seal belonging
to a famous general of the Ming
dynasty was found recently in the
belly of a fish, according to a
Chinese daily.
A fisherman, living outside one
of the city gates, caught a fish
weighing over fifty pounds. When
he dressed it for sale, he found in
side the jade seal, about half an
inch square and one inch thick.
The seal bears the name of Tsi
Chi-kuang. The letters are engraved
in the Chuan style and are still
legible. The finder did not know
the value of the seal, and parted
with it for a dollar. The new owner
took it to curio experts and was
assured that it was genuine. He
sold it later to a foreign collector
for $500.
The rare quality of the jade and
the engraving convinced the experts
that it was the property of the great
General Tsi Chi-kuang, who flour
ished in the latter part of the Ming
dynasty and whose deeds in the
suppression of the Japanese pirates
who infested the Chinese coast have
rendered his name a household word.
BOCHE CHANCELLORS
DISCUSSES OUTLOOK
j WASHINTON, D. C.—Charge d’
Affairs Oederlin, of the Swiss em
bassy, handed the German peace
note to Secretary of State Robert
Lansing.
CHANCELLOR SPEAKS
COPENHAGEN,—German Chan
cellor Prince Maximillian, of Baden,
| in a statement to the Reichstag
| said that the peace conversations be
j tween Berlin and Washington had
reached a very critical point and
urged strongly that further debate
on the subject be restricted.
President Wilson’s first answer, I
he said, brought the question of a
peace of justice or a peace of vio
lence to the highest point it can j
possibly reach, and that his next
answer will probably show how the 1
peace agitation will end.
If the enemies of the Fatherland,
he said, are anxious for war, then
Germany must prepare for defense
with all the strength of a people
driven to the last extremity.
He told the Reichstag of a bill
making the Reichstag responsible
for peace or war; this bill will be-1
come effective when the proposed
League of Nations has been formed.
Regarding the proposed League
of Nations, the chancellor said that
the essence of President Wilson’s'
program for a league of nations;
cannot be achieved until all peoples,
have the right of self determination.j
This realization of community law,1
he said, means the abandonment, in ;
part, of unqualified independence,
which has been the indication of i
(sovereignty by the Germans and
I
tow TELEPHONE
RAIL ANNOUNCED
To foster a more extended use of
the telephone system in Nenana,
announcement is made that business-;
men who have phones installed in
their places of business will be al-,
lowed to have a phone in their resi- ■
dence at the very low rate of two
dollars a month.
This will also, it is thought, bo
of great help in the fire protection
scheme, referred to elsewhere in this;
issue, a prompt telephone call for
assistance in case of fire may bo
the means of saving much valuable,
property.
ENGLISHMEN ARRANGE
TO ENTERTAIN YANKEES
T •* V —
LEEDS, England—A scheme put
into effect here for extending hos
pitality to American troops is prov
ing highly successful. The plan
is to distribute the visitors among
private houses, the hosts being re
lieved as much as possible of ration
ing problems, each guest being pro~
| vided with ration cards and special'
permits for obtaining food supplies.
! The entertainment arranged for the
Americans includes golf, bowling
land tennis. The Y. M. C. A. build
ing is general headquarters and
central club for the visitors. Efforts
are made to show the Americans
the principal points of interest in
this district, including the big in
dustral plants.
other nations, if we fully compre
hend that the significance of this
war is a victory for our idea of
justice.
If we submit, with good faith,
to this idea, he said, we shall find
it to be a eure for our present
wounds and a reservoir of future
strength.
In conclusion, the chancellor said
that he and his colleagues aimed to
ward the establishment of the political
Daniels, regarding the German peace
CONFERENCE IS HELD
WASHINGTON, D. C —It is be
lieved in official circles that there
is nothing in Germanys latest com
munication, to alter the decision ar
rived at by the President, and he
will consequently propose no armis
tice to the Allies until the Germans
have evacuated all of the occupied
territory.
The President had a conference
today with General March, chief of
staff of the American army. Secre
tary of State Robert Lansing, Secre
tary of War Newton D. Baker and
Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels, regarding th German peace
note.
THE BRITISH VIEW
LONDON.—In commenting edi
torially on the speech made by
Prince Maximillian, German chan
cellor, regarding peace conversa
tions, the Standard, one of the lead
ing British journals, says that Maxi
millian’s speech to the Reichstag is
nothing but vague talk.
PUT INTO EFFECT
According to recent rulings of
the National Food Administration,
the practice of setting apart speciul
days for the conservation of certain
classes of food have been done away
with. Regulations for the conserva
tion of wheat by the use of at least
twenty per cent substitutes with
wheat flour is to be strictly ob
served and tHe practice of strict
economy is enjoined.
To give effect to these new in
structions, Local Food Administrator
H. B. Joseph has issued the follow
ing notice to all the restaurant keep
ers of Nenana:
Nenana, October 21, 1918
To All Restaurant Keepers:
Under the present rulings of the
Food Administration, no special days
are to be observed as wheatless or
meatless, or otherless days.
In the use of wheat, the twenty
per cent rule applies on all days for
all purposes.
The general rules as to conserva
tion by the practice of economy
remain in full force.
H. B. JOSEPH,
Local Food Administrator.
Barney Goss, former F'airbanks
newspaperman, is reported to be in
one of the regiments of engineers in
France.
Mrs. Alec Simson is reported to
be ill.