Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana—The BIG Show Of The Interior
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1918.
NUMBER 70
Teutons held today on all fronts
AMERICAN^ CASUALTY UST I_S MOUNTING DAILY
ATTEMPT MADE TO ASSASSINATE ASUTRIAN RULER
AUSTRIANS GATHER
FOR NEW ASSAULTS
ROME.—Premier Orlando inform
ed the chamber of deputies today
that it was permissible to say that
the Italian forces had won their
battle with the Austirans, and he
stated further that the attacking
Teuton forces had been checKed with
the assistance of only a small part
of the Italian reserves.
The battle situation on the Italian
front is unchanged today and there
are no infantry engagements in prog
ress. The Austrians, however, are
gathering all their available men in
certain sections of the mountain
front and it is believed that there
will be a resumption of the fighting
at an early date.
AUSTRIANS REPULSED
Associated Press Summary—The
great barrier formed by the armies
of Italy, assisted by the French and
British, extending from the Asiago
Plateau to the sea still remains im
pregnable to the violent attack of
the Austrian armies, whose opera
tions in an effort to advance to;
wards the Venetian Plains may be
accounted a signal failure thus far,
In some sectors in the mountain
regions where the enemy had ben
able to advance b yexerting greai
pressure on the defending lines, they
have been compelled to retire and
the lost ground has been regained
by the Italian forces, assisted by
the French and British troops, who
seemingly have the upper hand here.
The Teuton forces are sorely
pressed at every point and, for the
present are not making any attempts
to advance anywhere along the battle
line.
SCOTSMEN IN ACTION
LONDON.—Official reports re
ceived today from the British field
headquarters indicate that the Scot
tish trooops in a brilliantly conduct
ed sortie penetrated the German
trenches north of Scarpe last night.
In the hand to hand conflict that
followed, the Highlandmen proved
more than a match for the Germans
on whom they inflicted heavy casual
ties. The Highlanders captured
many prisoners and destroyed sev
eral dugouts and machine guns.
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THE BERLIN REPORT
BERLIN.—Official reports receiv
ed by the war office today state
that several attacks delivered by the
Americans to the northwest of Cha
teau Thierry were repulsed by the
German troops. Attacks delivered
by the French to the south of the
same place were also repulsed- The
French and Ameriacns both suffered
heavy casualties and the Germans
captured some positions.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Reports
received by the war office today in
dicate that the American forces are
steadily increasing their participa
tion in the fighting on the Western
front. The casualty list published
today is the heaviest roll yet issued.
The list gives the names of 153 men;
52 of whom, including 4 officers,
were killed in action. As a compara
tive statement showing the limited
extent to which the Americans havei
been able to use their power thus
far, the British casualties for the
past week of over thirty thousand
men is given.
POSITIONS IMPROVED
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Reports
received by the war office today
from General Pershing state that
our troops operating on the battle
line to the northwest of Chateau
Thierry improved and consolidated
their positions.
GERMANS REPULSED
PARIS.—Official reports received
today by the French war office are
to the effect that the Germans made
several attempts to raid the French
positions near Bellow, southwest of
Montdidier and upper Alsace, and
that all of the attempts were repuls
ed with heavy loss to the enemy.
The casualties among the French
troops were very light.
TOWNS BOMBED
LONDON.—Official reports re
ceived today indicate that British
airmen conducted a series of air
raids and dropped sixteen tons of
bombs on the docks and munition
and supply depots at Osterid, Zee
brugge and Bruges and caused a
vast amonut of damage at these
places. Several enemy aircraft rose
to give battle to the raiding planes
but they were beaten back, one
enemy plane being downed.
LONDON.—Reports received here
today, and which were also current
in the Amsterdam exchange, state
that news of attempts made to
assasinate the irtnperor of Austria,
has been confirmed although the
details are lacking.
Members of Craft Hold Meeting and
Take Preliminary Steps to
Form Club.
Yesterday evening, twenty mem
bers of the Masonic order met in the
room above Anderson Brothers &
Nerland’s store and discussed the
preliminaries toward the formation
of a Masonic club in Nenana for
purely social a/id beneficial pur
poses.
It is expected that a large num
ber of Masons will be present at the
next meeetig, due notice of which
will be given later on.
Mr. Louis Anderson was elected
premanent chairman of the organi
zation.
FAREWELL ADDRESS TO
OUR DRAFT MEN
At the regular service in Sirace
church on Sunday evening the pastor
will deliver an address to the drafted
men and to the Signal Corps and
newly-arrived soldiers. The general
public is invited to participate in
this service. Service begins at 7:15
and closes at 8:20.
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DEPARTMENT IS'
AUTHORIZED TO
i [QUIP ARMIES
Expected That Central and South
America Will Supply Many
Men For Allies.
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| WASHINGTON, D. C—The twelve
i billion dollar army appropriation bill
; has been amended by the senate mili
I tary committee so as to give the war
' department authority to equip the
troops of any other nation engaged
in the war against Germany. Cer
tain restrictions as regards training
and equipment were planned by the
department originally, but the com
mittee has made the power general.
The object of the amendment is
to make it possible for the depart
ment to equip troops from the eight
Central and South American nations
which have severad relations with
Germany and any others which may
break relations in the future. The
eight which 1 arc now at war or tie
ready to take up arms against the
kaiser have a fighting strength of
nearly three million men between
the ages of twenty-one and thirty
years, and Brazil alone could supply
close to a million men if the age
limit was increased.
RAILROADS LOSE
UNDERJEW PLAN
Report Shows That Government Has
Lost Over Two Hundred Million
Up to Date.
CHICAGO.—Those opposed to
government ownership of railroads
are making much of the announce
ment that the railroads of the coun
try have lost heavily since they were
taken over by the secretary of the
treasury. Reports made public in
this city shows that during the four
months that the government has
been in charge of transportation, the
railroads have run behind two hur
dred and fifty million dollars.
CARL WHITE’S LAUNCH
ARRIVES FROM FAIRBANKS
The Carl White launch, trading
between Fairbanks and Tolovana,
pulled into port at 3:45 p. m. today
and left again for the Tolovana dis
trict about an hour after arrival.
She carries the mail between Fair
banks and Tolovana.
She brought a sack of mail, a
little freight for local merchants and
Miss Jennie O’Brien, Taylor McFeel
ey and Ole Anderson as passengers
ofr this port.
She had four passengers in transit
and these were joined at Nenana by
Miss Hilda Bay, who had been spend
ing a few days with friends in Ne
nana.
Joe Meherin and S. E. Wing, well
known traveling salesmen, arrived
from Fairbanks yesterday on the
launch Peerless. They expect to
leave down river tomorrow on the
launch Amocat.
Let potatoes serve as the home
guard “over here.”
HOUSE MEMBERS
ARE INTERESTED;
ASK JOINS
' Fuel Administration Will Be Asked
to Explain Action in Liquor
Matters.
WASHINGTON, D. C—That the
members of the house of representa
tives are taking a lively interest
in the prohibition question, was in
dicated today when the members
gave their approval to a resolution,
introduced by Representative Charles
H. Randall, California Prohibition
ist, calling on President Wilson to
inform the house whether or not any
order had been issued by the fuel
administration, curtailing the sup
plies of fuel used by liquor manu
facturers. Of the 251 members vot
ing, only 47 opposed the resolution
[STRAY ANIMAL
IS IMPOUNDED;
FINE IS PAID
Regulations Working Now and the
Owners of Animals Are Again
Warned.
A stray horse belonging to Te;l
Balias was found late yesterday on
the Commission reserve and was
taken up by Frank Smith,corral boss
and put into the Commission corrai
in terms of the notice regarding
estrays published in these columns
and posted at various places around
town.
Later on, Ted Balias, the owner
of the horse made an attempt to
take the animal away, but was
promptly held up by the sentry on
duty and made to put the animal
back in the corra1.
This morning Balias appeared at
the disbursing office, paid ter. dollars
and got the release for the horse,
which he then to^k away to his own
corral.
Galvin, one of the men ’/ho came
up from Fort Gibbon on the trans
port Jacobs, was the sentry on duty
and nis action is highly commend
able.
Owners of stock should take warn
ing, as the atuhorities intend en
forcing the regulations in every de
tail and the military guard will back
up its provisions at all times.
It was reported that a few head
of horses were seen wandering loose
on upper A street last night, but
who the owners were could not be
ascertained.
Several dogs have also been im
pounded and if the charges men
tioned in the regulations are not
paid and the animals released within
a period of five days, they will be
destroyed.
Mrs. Axel Ruuning and daughter
arrived in Nenana yesterday even
ing from Fairbanks on the launch
Victory. They have rented the Brevig
house and will reside in Nenana
permanently.
Do not help the Hun at meal time
CIRCUS TRAIN HIT;
DEATH TOLL HEAVY
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CHICAGO—Between one hundred
and one hundred and fifty persons,
j mostly members of the Hagenbeek
j Wallace circus, were either killed
j or injured this morning as the re
! suit of a rear end collision which
J occurred at Ivanhoe, near Gary, In
| diana. The death list was swelled
I considerably by the destruction of
I the wreckage by fire, flames having
: enveloped the demolished cars before
j many of the injured could be moved,
j Seventy-three of the victims have,
i been removed to Gary and Ham
mond hospitals.
The circus was traveling in two
sections, enroute from Michigan Cjty
to Hammond. When the trains
reached Ivanhoe a" hot box caused
the second, or rear section to stop
suddenly, and a train of empty Pull
mans, traveling close behind, crashed
into the circus cars almost at full
! speed, the locomotive plowing its
way through the way car and four
sleeping coaches of the show train.
The cars went to pieces like paper.
It is believed that several families
of the circus people were killed and
I there was heavy loss among the
j hundred ballet girls carried by the
J show.
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| The only explanation offered is
j that the engineer of the Pullman
I train did not heed the danger signals
displayed when the circus train came
to a stop. This cannot be ascertained
I definitely, however, since the en
I gineer died at his throttle when the
[disaster occurred.
AUSTRIANS ARE
FIGHTING HARD
FOR MORE FOOD
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.Council of Workers Issue Manifesto
Asking Government to Increase
Rations.
LONDON.—Advices received in
this city today state that .he Ar
: Beiter Zeitung, Vienna newspaper,
{ admits that a great strike movement
has developed, but it is not yet
i known here to what extent the move
merit has developed. The news
jprper also says that the Council
| of Workers has issued a manifesto
| saying that it hopes the government
j w ill understand ho.v necessary in
! creased food ration; are to the* coun
try.
PARENTS RESPONSIBLE
The Vienna Nieue Freie Presse, an
other Austrian newspaper, says ‘hat
jthe police hav? adoi/e ! strict rmas
jures to stop street rioting in \ ienna
Parents have been warned that they
will be held to strict account for the
ci;sorderly conduct of their childien
The food situation has been agT!
gravated by thi inability of Bavaria
jto supply Austria with potatoes, j
i Frosts are said to have ruined the
;new crops, and old stocks, ir. ccn-1
j sequence, must be used sparingly, j
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IMPORTANT MEETING HELD
AT LABOR UNION HALL;
Pursuant to a notice which ap-1
peared in these columns, a fairly
well attended meeting of the Nenana
Labor Union was held in Union hall
last night.
The principal business transacted
was the receiving of nominations for
the office of president, rendered
vacant by the resignation of Frank
Murphy, the present incumbent.
The following nominations were
recorded and action will be taken
toward electing one of them at the
next regular meeting: G. W. Woods,
Henry Steel, Norman Smith, J. A.
Brevig and Ben Estby.
Dr. R. R. Myers, well known Fair
banks dentist, arrived today on the
launch Peerless. He will open for
business on Monday, June 24.
10PS MOVING
ACROSS SEA IN
STEADY STREAM
Hundred Thousand American Soldiers
Cross Atlantic Within Period
of Weiek.
WASHINGTON, D C.—According
to a statement made today to news
papermen by General Marsh, there
are now nine hundred thousand
American soldiers on the European
side of the Atlantic, that number
having been shipped to Europe by
the United States since this country
enterd the war. The general de
clared that the nation is now five
months ahead of the program of
placing an army in France.
The fact that General Marsh an
nounced last week that there were
over eight hundred thousand men
overseas, today’s statement of one
hundred thousand more shows the
rate of progress that is being made
by the war department.
Regarding the outlook in Europe,
General Marsh said that while the
general battle situation looks good
now, the present lull in the fighting
on the Wetsern front means that the
Germans are preparing for another
drive. Viewing the whol^ situation,
including the Italian front, he as
sured the newspapermen that the
Central powers are again held on
all fronts.
NEW WAREHOUSE WILL
BE BUILT BY N. C. CO.
The Northern Commercial com
pany have let a contract for the
building of a warehouse 100x31 feet
and the work of erecting it will be
taken in hand immediately.
It will be built right alongside of
the present warehouse on the water
front and will be put into use im
mediately after completion to house
the large stocks the big company
will get this summer.
The materials for the building of
this warehouse was brought to Ne
nana a few days ago on the steamer
Shusana from Chena, and at one
time composed the N. C. warehouse
and part of the old D. C. Co.’s ware
house at Chena.