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NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1918
NUMBER 73
AMERICANS ADVANCE ON MARNE LINE
ITALIANS GET MORE PRISONERS ON PI A VE FRONT
GERMAN RAIDER REPORTED; STEAMERS ARE WARNED
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS
MAKE DARING RAID
PARIS.—Despatches received to
day indicate that the American ar
tillery commenced a bombardment
using their heavy guns to shell the
German positions north of Belieu.
The report further adds that our
gunners have the range perfectly j
and are silencing the enemy bat
teries. Later reports received from
the front are to the effect that,
following the bombardment, the
Americans attacked brilliantly, driv
ing the enemy from their positions
and capturing 150 prisoners, among
whom was a captain.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The list
of casualties of our overseas forces
for the week ending last Saturday
and published by the army today
are given as 549. Details are lack
ing, but it is thought that this in
cludes the killed, wounded and miss
ing.
AMERICANS ATTACK
WITH THE AMERICANS.—Re- j
ports received from the American
field headquarters state that our |
troops operating on the Marne, at
tacked the Germans last night on an
extended line northwest of Belieu,
wood and captured two hundred and
sixteen prisoners. Our casualties
were very light.
GERMANS GAIN
WITH .. THE ..AMERICANS.—A j
raid in force was made on Monday j
by an entire battalion of Germans.
on a section of the battlefront near |
Barbonviller, which was held by |
only two companies of French and j
American troops.
The Germans advanced in two
columns in the approved Berlin style
of massed formation, following a
heavy bombardment. The defend
ing forces were compelled to retire
by sheer weight of numbers and lost
several, who were taken prisoners. •
They inflicted heavy losses on the |
Germans ere they retired from the
fight.
MORE FLOODS
ROME.—It is reported that an
other sudden flood occurred on the
Piave river today and washed away
the new bridges constructed by the
Italians hampering, to a great ex
tent, their pursuit of the Austrians.
A great many of the enemy forces
afterwards surrendered after cross
ing the river.
AUSTRIAN LOSS HEAVY
ROME.—From reports received
by the Italian war office it is esti
mated that the Austrian losses to
talled two hundred thousand in kill
ed, wounded and missing. These re
ports have been confirmed by the j
Secolo of Milan and Matin of Turin,;
two of the most reliable Italian j
newspapers. The newspaper reports !
further state that the Austrian rout
has been complete and that th|
enemy are still in disorderly retreat,
and that the Piave river has carried
away thousands of Austrian dead.
Certain army divisions, it says, lost
two-thirds of their effective strength
and that the Italian troops gathered
in 45,000 prisoners and enormous
war booty. The retreat of the Aus
trians, says a Geneva dispatch, con
tinues in the greatest disorder, un
der heavy fire of the Allied artillery
which is playing havoc in the ranks
of the retiring foe.
ANOTHER DRIVE
WASHINGTON, D. C—The Ita-:
lian forces are apparently preparing
for another great drive against the
Austrians in the Trentino sector,
and expect to repeat the disaster
inflicted on the enemy forces along
the Piave river.
ITALIAN GAINS.
ROME.—Official despatches re
ceived today by the war office state i
that the Italian forces now >ccupy '
the right bank of the Piave river.
They have also taken twenty-nir.e
hundred additional prisoners and
gained much ground in the battle
line northwest of Monte Grappa.
Nine hostile airplanes were also de
stroyed.
ENEMY SURROUNDED
LONDON.—A Rome despatch re
ceived today states that the Aus
trian troops under the commands
of Archduke Joseph and General
Jurn have been surrounded by the
Italian forces and that they must
surrender or be annihilated.
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REVISED FIGURES
Italian Headquarters—Reports re
ceived this afternoon from the front
indicate that the Italians yesterday
captured between 2,500 and 3,000
prisoners, bringing the total cap
tured in the great offensive to
18,000 prisoners. It is estimated,
that the Austrians lost over two ’
hundred thousand men in killed,
wounded and those taken prisoners.,
GERMAN ATTACK FAILS
PARIS.—The Germans delivered
an attack on the Entente Allied
positions at Bligny, eight miles j
southwest of Rheims, and succeeded ;
in getting a footing temporarily. In
a vigorous counter attack under
taken by the Italian forces on this
sector, the enmy were quickly eject-1
ed and the line was reestablished.
The casualties on both sides were
pretty heavy, the Germans losing
many more than the Allied forces. ;
RED CROSS DIRECTOR
KEEPS MEN INFORMED
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CAMP KEARNEY, San Diego.—
Official notice that Dr. T. C. Bur
nett, associate field director, had
been placed in charge of home ser
vice of the Red Cross at this camp
has been issued here. His duties
the Saturday Bulletin, the camp
official organ, says, are to “relieve
the anxiety and sustain the morale
of the soldiers who are worried i
about their families at home, and
to promote the comfort and well- j
being of those families.”
The man who grows more food
adds to the wealth %>f the world;
the man who grows dollars may be
adding only to his own wealth. 1
Troops A-t Landed At Caucasian
Port to Oppose British Force
In Persia.
STOCKHOLM. — German trans
ports, under a strong convoy of
cruisers, destroyers and submarines,
have landed a force of over three
thousand men at Porti in order to
efect a complete occoupation of the
Caucasian littoral. The presence of
this force here constitutes a grave
menace to the British expeditionary
forces operating in Persia and Meso
potamia.
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BRITISH PREMIER
ASSURES PEOPLE
j WILL WIN WAR
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, Lloyd George Predicts Grave Events (
Pending; With Defeat For
Germany.
LONDON.—Premier David Lloyd
George in a lengthy speech delivered
today in the house om commons told
his hearers that the Allies were on
the eve of a great event which
would come in the form of a great
blow by the enemy forces. It might
come in a few hours, certainly with
in a few days, he said, and ex
pressed the confidence felt in Allied
circles of the ability of their troops
to meet the blow and crush the
enemy. The premier stated further
that sufficient American troops
have arrived since March to defeat
Germany.
Foods that may be substituted for
sugar are raisins, maple syrup, corn
syrup, sorghum and molasses.
German Foreign Secretary Telia the
Reichatag of Germany'a Attitude
After War.
LONDON. — Dispatches received
here today from Amsterdam state,
that, in a speech delivered yesterday,
German Forein Secretary von
Keuhlmann told the members of the
reichstag that the chief blame for
the instigation of the war must be
laid at the doors of Russia and
France with England next in order
of culpability.
Discussing Germany’s war aims, he
is reported to have said that Ger
many wishes for herself and her
allies a free, strong and inportant
existence within the boundaries
drawn up for them by history and
that their possessions overseas should
be commensurate with their wealth
and greatness, with absolute free
dom of the seas so that their com
merce may be extended to all parts
of the earth without let or hind
rance.
In discusing peace, he quoted
former Premier Asquith of England,
who, in a recent speech said “Eng
land must not turn a deaf ear to
peace proposals if they are not
couched in ambiguous terms;” and
said that statesman’s remarks apply
with equal force to England, whose!
unvarying policy in such matters,
he said, had always been to veil their
declarations of peace in terms of
ambiguity.
The case against 14-year-ol<^
George Starr has been postponed
until tomorrow, owing to the ab
sence of L. R. Gillette, who is de
fending him. It is reported that
George will be taken Outside by his
mother after the case has been de
cided.
Labor Delegate* Go to Washington
to Intercede With President
For Mooney.
WASHINGTON, D. C — Laoor
delegates from all over the country
will arrive here on July 29th for the
purpose of interceding with the
President on behalf of Mooney, th(
convicted dynamiter.
The delegation is headed by W.
Bourke, who is at the head of a
big corporation, and they will ask
the President to use his office as
commander in chief of the army, to
take the case from the California
courts and treat Mooney as a m li
tary prisoner, giving him a trial by
court martial.
CLE ELUM IS
VISITED BY FIRE;
Disasterous Fire Visits Cle Elum;
Red Cross Rushing Aid to
the Stricken.
SEATTLE.—A very disasterous
fire broke out in the town of Cle
Elum yesterday and practically
wiped out almost the entire town.
It is estimated that the fire de
stroyed a million dollars’ wcrth of
property and rendered 'ver two
thousand of the population homeless i
The Red Cross is rusmng food,
blankets and other comforts to the
stricken city and a great many medi
cal men and other workers are rush
ing to their aid.
The origin of the fire has not yet
been ascertained.
SHIPS ARE BUILT ;
AT RAPID RATE;
DIVERS OUTDONE
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Nearly a Million Ton* of Skip* Are
Added to American Merchant
Marine.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The first?
i
million tons of ships built for the;
American Shipping Board will prob-'
ably be delivered before the end of
the month. Five large steel ships
were delivered last week, making the
total of the shifts built and delivered
during the year 924,000 deadweight
tons.
SYRIANS SELL STAMPS
AND HELP RED CROSS
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EL PASO, Tex.—Syrians of El j
Paso are organized to sell war and :
thrift stamps, collect Red Cross sub- j
scriptions and obtain subscriptions'
for Liberty Bonds. The Syrian
colony here has organized a club
for this purpose and each member
is pledged to buy at least $1 in war
stamps each week, to buy a least
one Liberty Loan bond and sub
scribe to the Red Cross campaign.
SUBMARINES ARE
i
.British Transport Is Sunk by Enemy
Submarine Off Deleware
Capes.
NEW .YORK.—Eighty-one of a
crew of one hundred and forty-eight
belonging to the British transport
Dwinsk arrived here today. The
survivors report that the transport
was torepedoed and sunk by a Ger
man submarine when she was seven
hundred miles east of tiie Deleware
Capes and that there were no troops
on board at the time of the disaster.
The crew was given time to es
cape in the lifeboats; three of these
boats are still missing.
RAIDER REPORTED
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A warn
ing has been issued by the navy de
' partment to all shipping concerns
who have vessels operating east of
the 40th degree of longitude and be
tween lattitudes of Cape Race and
Bermuda, of enemy activity- No
explanation was given at the time
this warning was issued, but it has
since been learned that an incoming
steamer yesterday brought the re
port that a German raider was
operating in that vicinity. The navy
department has taken adequate steps
for the capture or destruction of
the raider.
TONNAGE SUNK
AMSTERDAM.—According to an
official statement issued today by
the German naval authorities at
Berlin, it is claimed that the U boats
were responsible for the sinking of
614,000 gross tons of shipping dur
ing the month of May.
Senate Agricultural Committee Is
Warned By Hurley Against
Prohibition.
WASHINGTON, D. C—In a state
ment made before the Senate Agri
cultural Committee, Chairman Hur
ley, of the Federal Shipping Board
who has vigorously opposed absolute
prohibition, told the officials that
the shipbuilding program will be cut
twenty-five per cent if the privilege
of drinking beer was denied the ship
yard workmen and declared that the
nation cannot afford, at this time,
to conduct experiments, when the
success of the shipbuilding program
which depended entirely on the loyal
support of the workmen, was of
such vital import to the nation.
Mrs. Nelson and child, wife and
daughter of Mr. Nelson of Nelson’s
Shoe store, Nenana, are going Out
side on the steamer Alaska. Mr.
Nelson will go out to Juneau over
the trail.