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THE NENANA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918.
NUMBER 51
GERMANS ADVANCING TOWARD MARNE
AMERICANS HOLDING FAST TO CANTIGNY LINE
GERMANS CLAIM CAPTURE OF THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND
HUNS HAVE GREAT
ARMY IN RESERVE
PARIS, May 31—Desperate fight
ing on the Soissons-Rheims front!
continues today, but the progress of
the Germans has been considerably
slowed by the stubborn resistance
of the Allied forces, supported by
French reserves which have been
thrown into the battle to check the
German flood.
The Germans today are pushing
forward toward the Marne river,
from a point east of Rheims, and
are reported to have advanced to
within a short distance of the river.
The belief in army circles is that it
is the intention of the Germans to
establish themselves on the Marne,
with a view to directing their future
advance toward the west, trusting
to the river to protect their flank.
The fighting along the southern
frons is described as most violent.
The advance of the enemy to .vard
the Marne, to the south of Rheims,
has seriously endangered the Paris
Chalons railroad, the main line of
communication between Paris and
Verdun. The forward movement
during the past two days also has
rendered the position of Rheims
critical, and it is feared that the
Allies will find it advisable to evacu
ate that city in the very near future.
MORE PRISONERS TAKEN
BERLIN, May 31.—The war of
fice announces today that the Ger
mans have occupied the towns of
Grecyaumont, Jutigny and Cuffies,
suburbs of the city of Soissons. It
is also claimed that the number of
prisoners taken by the Germans has
increased during the past couple of
days, bringing the total to 35,000
captured since the commencement of
the drive on Monday.
MOVING CHILDREN
PARIS, May 31.—The children of
this city are being removed to a
place of safety in Central France,
where they will not be in danger of
attack by long range German guns,
A thousand children were sent to
the vacation colony this morning
and others will be sent as rapidly as
arrangements can be made for their
care. The plan of moving the child
ren was decided upon soon after
the destruction of a Paris church
on Good Friday.
GERMANS ATTACK HOSPITAL
With the British, May 31.—An
other big hospital behind the Allied
lines has been bombarded by Ger
man airmen, and many of the hos
pital workers and wounded soldiers
are dead and maimed as the resuH
of the attack. After a large sectior
of the building had been demolishec
by the German bombs, the other pari
of the building was set on fire
The victims, including patients
nurses and attendants, have beer
buried near the scene of their death
FORTS GIVE WAY
BERLIN, May 31—The Germar
war office announces today that sev
eral forts couthwest of Rheims havi
fallen into the hands of the German;
The report states further that “w<
are fighting our way to the Mam<
and have almost reached the stream
our advance troops having pushed
forward to within less than three
miles of the river. We have cap
tured guns of every description, in
cluding railway guns, and we have
taken airdomes, with machines ready
for flight, and large quantities of
airplane material, large depots of
munitions, quantities of provisions,
many railroal trains loaded with sup
plies, and hospital establishments.”
BRITISH IN RAID
Withthe British, May 31.—British
troops conducted a successful raid
in the Arras sector during the night,
penetrating the enemy defenses to a
depth of six hundred yards. They
found many dead and wounded, vic
tims of the British bombardment,
and six hundred more were killed
by the raiders.
AMERICANS RAID LINES
With the Americans, May 31 —
A detachment of Americans success
fully raided the German lines north
west of Toul last night, capturing
a few prisoners and dping consider
able damage to the enemy positions.
KNEW NO LAW
PARIS, May 31.—The long range
bombardment of Paris was resumed
on Wednesday and one the shells
partially wrecked a church. The at
tack was entirely unexpected, as the
Germans had requested the British
to refrain from attacking Cologne
on Wednesday, out of consideration
for the feast of Corpus Christi
French officials say that the leasl
that could have been expected oi
the Germans was that they woulc
have the same consideration foi
Paris as they had asked for theii
own city.
THE GERMAN STRENGTH
LONDON, May 31.—Official ad
vices received by the war offic<
state that forty divisions of German:
are engaged in the attack along th<
Aisne front, with forty additiona
i divisions held in reserve.
FRENCH RETIRE .
PARIS, May 31.—The war offic<
announces that the French force:
retired from Soissons to position:
seven miles northwest of the town
near Epagny and Blerancourt. Thi
city of Soissons is reported to b<
in flames.
SPANISH STEAMER HIT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31.
Advices received by the state depart
ment from Spain state that thi
Spanish steamer Maria Pia was shell
ed recently by a German submarine
the captain and several passenger
■ being killed during the attack. Th<
I vessel was considerably damaged bu
managed to reach a Spanish port.
GERMANS USE TANKS
1 With the Americans, May 31.—
' The Germans are using tanks ii
! their counter operations against th
* Americans in the Cantigny sectoi
! When the enemy infantry made it
1 appearance, however, the America:
i ^artillery opened fire on such a tei
rific scale that the attacking forces
were unable to advance, the tanks
and the infantrymen being driven
back in disorder. The Americans
have not budged since their occu
pation of Cantigny, notwithstanding
the vigorous assaults which have j
been launched against them.
A large German force is now be
ing concentrated in front of the
American positions and it is expected
that a supreme effort will be made
very shortly to dislodge the Yankees.
PEASANTS GASSED
LONDON', May 31.—Dispatches
received in this city state that the
Germans are punishing the peasants
of Ukraine by the liberal use of
gas, the attacks being in the nature
of rerpisals for the disorders which t
have occurred in that district. Sev- j
eral villages are reported to have j
j been drenched with the deadly j
vapors, whole communities having j
been asphyxiated. . . . „ ,
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SULTAN UNANSWERED
LONDON, May 31.—The sultan of
Turkey is reported to have appealed
to the kaiser recently to moderate
his ambitions and offer more reason
able peace terms. The reports state
that the sultan has received no
reply.
HUN PLANE DOWNED
PARIS, May 31.—The American
forces northwest of Toul have down
ed another German airplane.
LATEST SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary—While
the Teuton center advances steadily
but slower toward the Marne, the
Germans simultaneously are strik
ing the Allies’ left flank, along the
Ailette river. The Allied line has
been forced back and now runs from
a point near Soissons through
, Epagny and Berlancourt to the Oise
; river, eight miles east of Noyan.
. The present offensive suggests the
i possibility of a resumption of the
German drive down the Oise valley
toward Paris. A similar attempt
to reach the capital was made in
March, but was checked by the
1 Allies.
THE JUNE DRAFT
’ WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31.—
It has been announced officially that
280,000 men will be called to the
colors during June, the date of the
June draft having been set for the
24th.
VICTORY IN PORT
The passengers arriving from Fair
banks on the launch Victory this
’ afternoon were R. J. Sharkey, Al
! bert Morris, Mrs. Jack Bellerby,
Russell Bellerby and Ed Lund.
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Mike Stepovich, more familiarly
known as Wise Mike, oldtime quartz
man of- the Fairbanks district, ar
rived from the Outside on the
Seattle No. 3, accompanied by a
1 young bride.
Mrs. Jack Bellerby and son Russell
5 arrived from the upper town this
l afternoon to make their home in
- Nenana for the summer.
SEATTLE BRINGS
FRESH EAIS FOR
NENANA TABLES
Fint In-Bound Steamer of Seaton
Arrive* With Big Attorted
Cargo.
The steamer Seattle No. 3, of the
American Yukon Navigation com
pany’s fleet, reached port yesterday
from the upper Yukon river, with
a barge load of cattle and a cargo
of assorted freight for local and
Fairbanks merchants. There was
freight for the Alaskan Engineering
commission, for W. A. Coghill, the
Northern Commercial company and
others, and today numerous of the
stores are offering the new arrivals,
which include eggs, lemons, grape
fruit, oranges and apples. E. L.
(Scow) Davis brought in a general
assortment of perishables. The
cattle consisted of 100 head foi
Waechter Bros, which were broughl
through under the personal directior
of H. B. Parkin, general manage)
for the concern. The stock was
driven aciois -country from .the roasl
and loaded on to the barge at Car
macks.
Arrivals on the steamer are au
thority for the statement that th«
breakup along the Yukon was on(
of the worst, recorded in many years
The water was unusually high am
many small camps along the rive:
were flooded and otherwise damaged
The passengers arriving on th<
Seattle No. 3 were: Mr. and Mrs
Mike Stepovich, H. T. Scott, G. L
Olson, E. L. Davis, H. B. Parkin
Erik Olsen and Eck C. Guerin, o
the land survey department.
The Seattle is the first steame
to arrive at Nenana from the uppe
Yukon this season. All the freight
with the exception of the cattle, wa
moved across Lake Lebarge oi
sleighs and loaded on the barges a
the foot of lake.
It is the opinion of mariners o
the upper Yukon that the lake wil
be unusually late in opening thi
year.
The Seattle left for Fairbanks lat
yesterday afternoon and will returi
down river after discharging carg<
at the upper town.
linemaTisTost
ON LOWER YUKOfc
Signal Corps Man Victim of Higl
Water on River Between
Koyukuk and Lowden.
According to advices received a
the local signal corps station thi
morning, one of the signal corp
men stationed at Nulato, whose nam
is Franz, has disappeared complete!
and it is feared that he was drownei
in the Yukon. The missing man wa
engaged in doing line work betweei
Lowden and Koyukuk stations, oi
the Yukon, but nothing has beei
learned regarding the fate that over
took him. A search of the countr;
between the two stations has failei
to reveal any trace of ' him.
No trouble to buy, cheep, eon
venient, a real inveataaeat.—WAI
SAVINGS STAMPS.
LOAD OF LUMBER
FOR LOCAL YARD
Wood River Man Lands Consignment '
of Nearly Eighty Thousand
Feet.
Among the recent arrivals in Ne
nana is Louis Johnson, one of the
proprietors of the Wood River Lum
ber company, who reached town on
the steamer Shusana, with a tow of
76,000 feet of,* lumber for the locpl
yard of the company.
Mr. Johnson, who, by the way, was
one of the first white men to locate
on the Tanana river, and who put
up some of the log structures com
prising the old Duke trading post,
reports that the boilers at Wood
river were fired on the first day <tf
May for the purpose of furnishing
power for the planing mill. A large
quantity of lumber was dressed dur
ing the month, and yesterday the
big sawmill was started. Most of
the lumber landed at Nenana is
dressed.
Aseked regarding water conditions
at Wood river, Mr. /ohnson stated
this morning that high water very
seldom causes any annoyance at his
establishment. The Wood river
store, which was built before Mr.
Johnson had become familiar with
1 river conditions, is reached when
■ the water becomes extremely high,
. but the other buildings, which were
; built at a later date, are high ar.d
. dry at all times.
The oldtimer is at a loss to ac
- count for the manner in which the
Nenana river is acting and has acted
during the past several years. He
says that when he first setlled in
this part of the country, an over
> flow along the Nenana was a very
* exceptional occurrence. He recalls
1 a period of eight years of normal
- conditions, during which time it was
possible to mush out to the Nenana
f foothills at any season of the year,
' without encountering wet trails, not
5 withstanding the fact that the coun
try immediately adjacent to the river
; is considerably lower than that back
1 a short distance from the stream.
> The floods of the past several years
indicate to him that a change is tak
ing place in the Interior.
The flat near the Commission saw
mill, known as the ball grounds,
which has been under water a large
part of the time during the past
several years, was one a potato
patch, crops having been grown
there a number of years by Mr.
Johnson and others, without bother
i
from the water.
Mr. Johnson will remain in Ne
nana several days.
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. CAMP IS MOVED
, Camp 22 is being moved today to
a point about a mile and a half
j south of town. The moving is being
done by the Brown hoist.
Sam Hagan, operating on 8 above
on Cleary creek, in the Fairbanks
district, is reported to have dis
r covered a body of good pay on the
I ground.
The lucky Finns, operating on 7
. below, Cleary creek, are reported to
I have had a $12,000 cleanup yes
terday.
WATER OVER TOP;
FAIRBANKS GETS
SEVERE DUCKING
Water At Upper Town 1* Higher
Now Than When the Ice Went
Out Thi» Spring.
Reports received from Fairbanks
this afternoon state that high water
is causing considerable annoyance
there, with the possibility of much
damage resulting. The water is
higher now by fourteen inches than
when the ice went out and a con
siderable portion of the town is
inundated. Wendell avenue and up
ped Front street, above the old Col
umbia hotel, have been transformed
into navigable canals, and all trav
eling in that end of the town is now
done with the aid of,boats. Similar
conditions prevail in the lower end
of town, P’ront street being sub
merged from the shipyards to Kellum
street. The occupants of several
houses between St. Mathews church
and the Dick Wood residence, at the
corner of Kellum and Front streets,
have been compelled to move.
Every ceilar along f r6nt* street,
with the single exception of that
; of the Hale warehouse is flooded,
j The water is also coming into town
; from the south, a considerable por
| tion of Cushman street, from Fourth
avenue out, now being submerged.
There is good boating on Fourth
avenue.
j The ”-ater continued to rise up
I to noon today, but a later report
; states that it is at a standstill, and
Fa'rbanksans are nursing the hope
that the worst is over.
; Water conditions in N'enana are
; not nearly so bad as they were at
the time of the breakup, the present
level of the water being fully a foot
and a half lower than when the
town was inundated. The situation
. is bad enough, however, many resi
dents having been compelled to move
to high ground. And the water has
; been rising steadily all day.
The Commission grounds are sub
merged but the power house, which
! was put cut of commission earlier
in the month by high water, was still
doing business at the time of going
to press and there was no immediate
danger of a shut down.
I WILL HELP RIGGS
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John J. Finnegan Appointed to
Assist the Governor to
Administer the Draft.
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SEATTLE, May 31.—A special
: Washington dispatch to the Post
I Intelligencer states that Attorney
John J. Finnegan, of Seward, has
been appoined captain of the judge
advocate department, to assist Gov
ernor Riggs to administer the draft
in Alaska. The appointment was
made at the request of Riggs. Fin
i nigan will succeed Hunt, who served
under Governor Strong.
Ed Lund is in town again after an
absence of many weeks in Fairbanks
where he served as a member of
the trial jury.