Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana—The BIG Show Of The Interior
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
4 VOLUME ONE
member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918.
NUMBER 69
ITALIANS NOW HAVE AUSTRIANS BEAT
NEW BLOW EXPECTED SOON ON BRITISH FRONT
BREAD” RATION FIGHT LOOMING LARGE IN AUSTRIA
ARTILLERY ACTION
GIVES CUE TO PLAN
PARIS.—Military experts are oi
the opinion that very grave events
are pending on the British front
north of Mondidier and extending
towards Ypres and the intense can
* nonade undertaken by the Germar
batteries are believed to mark the
commeneemnt of an offensive on s
gigantic scale. The new Germar
attack, it is believed; is about tc
be launched by the Fourth armj
group, under the command of Crowr
Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria. Thes<
forces have had three weeks foi
rest and reorganization. Infantrj
attacks of great magnitude are im
• minent and the British are makinf
preparations to meet the shock.
AUSTRIANS DEFEATED
ROME.—Premier Orlando tolt
parliament today that the Austrian:
have failed completely in their ef
forts to widen the north-easterr
salient on the Montello sector, whicl
is considered the key of the Piave
front. The enemy, he said, at sev
eral points to the south had crossee
the Monte Belluna Susegna railroac
* near Niversa, but were prompt!;
stopped. The Italian troops in i
counter attack pushed back th:
Austrians on the lower Piave am
consolidated their positions on th:
ground thus gained. The enefny’
losses are said to be enormous.
The Austrians in their advance
westward in the Montello sector
r had thrown a force of sixty thousam
men on the west bank of the Piav:
river, with the capture of Niversi
as the objective. Niversa is an im
portant railroad point guarding th
approaches to Montello. By th
failure of their operations the Aus
trians have jeopardized the troop
on the west bank of the Piave am
they are now cornered between th
Piave and the advancing Italia:
army. It is thought that this fore
4 will be compelled' to surrender.
UNREST IN AUSTRIA
COPENHAGEN—Reports receive:
here today indicate that the situa
tion in PFague, Bohemia and all im
portant industrial centers through
out the country have become ver;
serious. The situation has reache:
such a stage that the governmen
of the dual monarchy it is thought
will be compelled either to increas
the bread ration immediately or tak
the risk of still further excitin;
the people.
According to the Vienna Neu
Presse, in the latter event it is high!
probable that all railroad communi
cation will be cut and a revolutio;
started.
. AMERICAN CASUALTIES
_
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Govern
ment officials announce today tha
the marine casualtiy list contain
one hundred and twenty-seven name
of whom ten were killed in actior
The army list shows thirty-eigh
names, six of whom were killed ii
action.
No names of any Alaskans occu
on any lists yet issued.
—
? AUSTRIANS LOSE MANY ...
ROME.—Reports received by th:
Italian war office indicate that th<
total losses of the Austrians in theii
present offensive up to last Wed
nesday are 120,000 men. This state
ment is confirmed by the “Corrieri
D’ltalia,” one of the leading Italiai
newspapers.
BRITISH LOSSES HEAVY
LONDON.—The war office an
nounces that the casualties amonj
the British forces for the past weel
have been 36,620. No details ar
given but the figures are taken ti
include the killed, wounded am
missing.
Announcement was also made, ii
the house of commons today, tha
England’s losses since January wer
72,140 killed, and 300,000 wounde<
and missing.
TRENCHES STORMED
WITH THE AMERICANS.—Th
American troops operating in th
Cantigny region today at daybrea
carried out a raid in force on sev
eral sections of the German trenche
and machine gun nests, which th
enemy were ordered to hold at an
cost. Our troops carried the pos
tions by storm against a particular!
stubborn defense, killing most o
the defenders by the accurate gur
fire. The storming party used thei
bayonets with deadly effect. Severs
prisoners were also captured.
FRENCH ADVANCE LINES
ROME.—Reports received by th
Italian war ministry today indicat
that the French troops operatin
in connection with the Italians o
the Asiago Platau sector drove bac
the Austrians with heavy losses an
occupied the town of Bertinfe Her
nar on the Asiago Plateau. The
also took one hundred prteoncrs an
destroyed fourteen hostile plane
One Allied machine used in th
operations conducted by the Frenc
was lost.
AMERICANS GAIN GROUND
- WITH THE AMERICANS—In
- series of brilliantly executed counte
r attacks delivered with a dash an
11 vim that drew the surprised admirs
t | tion of the Allied commanders an
, troops, the Americans operating i
» the Chateau Thierry sector drov
s back the enemy and straightene
; out the line, thus gaining mac
ground. The French and Britis
:' are loud in their praises of th
r j superb tactics employed by ou
- troops in countering.
i
THE BOCHE VERSION
BERLIN.—It is announced off:
cially that enemy attacks mad
• north of Albert and southwest o
t Noyon and Chateau Thierry wer
= repulsed with heavy losses.
3i -
.j ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVE
: j WITH THE AMERICANS—Fo!
lowing shortly after the heavy gas
sing given by our troops to the Gei
mans yesterday in the Toul sectoi
their artillery have increased in a<
tivity and they are keeping up a ho
fire today. Infantry action has bee:
!, confined to an attempted raid undei
s j taken by sixty of the German troop
I
| which was easily repulsed.
The Germans today have thrown
, six thousand shells from their heavy (
'guns along the Woevre front.
SUMMARY
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Associated Press Summary.—All
outward appearances indicate that'
the big offensive undertaken by the ;
Austro-Hungarian forces against the j
Italians have failed all along the j
line.
In the hill region the Allies have'
advanced a^d captured more ground
and they have consolidated their
positions, while on the Piav.e front: <
where intense fighting has taken j
place the issue seems to sway in the [
balance with the odds in favor of,
the Italians and the Allies. ■1
In the region to the south and '
east of the Asiago Plateau the! i
French and Italians have captured ’ (
Pennar. Bertigo and Coastalunga,).
and taken 200 prisoners. j,
HAVE CLOSE CALL
[ Sisters of Secretary of State Forced i'
To Take Refuge In Wine
~ Cellar In France.
t WITH THE AMERICANS—Miss
* es Emma and Katherine Lansing,
f sisters of the secretary of state, who
^ are conducting a Red Cross canteen (
* in France, were forced to take ref- j
r uge in a champagne cellar as the; j
* result of an attack which was made
upon a village by the Germans, on
the Franco-British front. They re
mained in the cellar until the firing
a had ceased sufficiently for them to
e close their canteen and quit the ,
, village.
: EXPLOSION KILLS
: TWO IN MARYLAND
Secretary Baker Has Close Call
Result of Wreck of Trench
Mortar la East.
a BOSTON.—The premature ex-1
r plosion of a trench mortar at Aber
i deen, Maryland, resulted in the
- death of two soldiers. Reports from
I the scene of the accident state that
i Secretary of War Baker and several
b ordnance officers were standing less
i than three hundred yards from the
) mortar when the explosion occurred,
h but all escaped injury, doubtless be
b cause the explosion occurred in a
r bomb-proof enclosure.
SPECIAL TRAINING
WASHINGTON, D. C—Provost
- Marshal General Crowder has issued
e a call for nearly nine thousand reg
f .istrants, qualified for general mili
e tary service, to be sent on July 15,
to various schools for special train
ing.
GERMANS MAY AGREE
TO FAIR TREATMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Span
’, ish ambassador is authority for th
- statement that representatives of the
t German government have agreed to
i a conference with state departmen*
• officials relative to the treatment'
s of prisoners of war.
\ERIAL EXPERT
SAYS PLANES TO
lember of British Air Ministry
Believes American Planes Will
Fly to Front.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Major;
Jeorge Brancker, of the British air
ninistry, is of the opinion that
argo space now devoted to air- j
ilanes, shipped by the United States
o the war zone, will soon be avail
ble for other uses. He says that
he big American sea planes, which
ire now shipped as freight, probably
oon will make the voyage across the
Atlantic under their own power. He
lelievs that the new machines will
le moving steadily across the water
ly next summer.
The British Air council is of the j
ipinion that the plans of forwarding
lircraft tothe front by the air route
s a good way to send machines to
he front.
REPUBLICANS ARE
NOT BIND FORD
Michigan G. O. P. Refute* to Support
Auto Maker, A* Reuested By
the President.
NEW YORK—Henry Ford, who
las consented to make the race for
ienator in Michigan, will not receive
he support of the Republicans of
;hat state, according to John Mag
lum, chairman of the Michigan Re
mblican State Central committee,
fie says that his party will not back
he auto maker, notwithstanding the
act that they have been requested
o do so by the President.
The Democrats have endorsed
F’ord as the Republican candidate.
NATIONAL KITCHEN IN
ENGLAND IS POPULAR
LONDON.—Opening a national
citchen at Stoke Newington, Mr.
Slynes, parliamentary secretary to
the minister of food, said there were
lot enough of these institutions in
ixistence.
“The best meals I have had of late
lave been those obtained under such
:onditions as in this building where
Food is prepared under sanitary con
iitions, and where you are certain
there is a no motive for personal
jain or profit,” he said.
GERMANS SEEK LIBERTY
BY MEANS OF AIROPLANES
COPENHAGEN—Driven to des
peration by food and other condi
:ions in Germany, four residents of
:he kaiser’s domain sought liberty
yesterday by means of airplanes.
One of them reached Denmark safe
ly, but the other was brought down
t>y Baltic guard shifs.
DEPORT ANARCHISTS
WASHINGTON, D. C—A bill pro
viding foy the exclusion and deporta
tion of anarchists has been approved
t>y the lower house of congress.
FRANCE AND GERMANY
EXCHANGE PRISONERS
PARIS.—According to announce
ment made today, French prisoners
who have been held in Germany
since the early months of the war.
in 1914, are to be exchanged on
Monday, the two governments hav
ing come to an agreement on the
exchange after considerable nego
tiating.
HONOR EMBLEM
OF BOND DRIVE
REACHES TOWN
Distinctive Emblem of Nenana’i
Patriotic Efforts Has Been
Received.
The flag, unde: the Liberty Loar
honor flag system, awarded to thi:
town as a result of the splendis
showing made during the Thri(
Liberty Loan compaign has been re
ceived, and as soon as the finishinf
touches have been put on it, it wil
proudly wave at the end of the mos
prominent flagpole in town, when
all the residents and vistors, as wel
as those passing the town on thi
boats can see that Nenana is indee<
a live town. The location of thi
flag pole will be decided later on
probably by the Commercial club, ti
whom it will be turned over.
The chief purpose of the hono
flag system is to arouse a spirit o
competition between towns in mak
ing the best records in sales of Thin
Liberty Loan bonds. Arrangement
will be made later for a fitting cele
bration to mark the raising of thi
flag.
The flag is 36x54 inche? and con
structed from a good quality o
material similar to that in the navy
It has a red border and a whiti
center and three vertical blue stripe
indicative of the Third Liberty Loai
campaign, and the flag is awardei
to Nenana for having subscribed thi
sales quota set for it by the Federa
Reserve Distrcit Liberty Loan com
mittee.
The quota allotted to Nenana ii
the Third Liberty Loan campaigi
was $15,000, and the actual sub
scriptions received amounted ti
$32,950.
By reason of the fact that thi
patriotic citizens of Nenana havi
considerably oversubscribed the al
lotted quota, the flag will be furthei
embellished by the additional hono
emblem of a blue star, which wil
be sewed into the white field of th<
flag. The star has also been re
ceived and is now being sewn in a
the right place.
This honor flag system is one tha
will separate the quick and the dea<
towns beyond all shadow of douL
and it puts the classification up t<
the citizens of the communities them
selves.
We are, beyond the shadow o:
any doubt, a real live town, and thi
raising of the honor flag will herali
the fact to all.
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Mrs. Louis Levy was a passeng •!
outward bound on the steamer Yukoi
Lester Earhart, one of the boyi
included in the present draft, lef
on the Yukon for Hot Springs. Hi
will join the transport Jacobs at Ho
Springs on her way to Gibbon.
COLBY DIMS
i DRY SUPPORTS
IN 1 SENATE
Ardor of Dry Advocate* In Con
grctsional Committe Dampened
By Shipipng Board.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—After a
three-hour session, the senate agri
culture committee decided this morn
ing to postpone action on the Jones
prohibition rider to the agricultural
appropriation bill, pending an in
vestigation of the statements made
before the committee yesterday by
Bainbridge Colby, member of the
' United States Shipping Board.
Colby informed the committeemen
I that prohibiting the use of beer
j among the shipyard workers would
result in a reduction in the output
1! of American yards twenty-five per
I cent.
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■ FALSE ALARM OF FIRE
CAUSES SOME EXCITEMENT
I _
; | Shortly before midnight yesterday,
. j the Comimssion whistle tooted a fire
['alarm with the usual malamute ac
. | companiment, and citizens from all
[ parts of the town were seen hurry
■ i ing in the direction of the supposed
,; blaze, which was said to be in the
, Belmont hotel and pool hall.
I The city chemical responded
■ promptly, the townsite manager and
’two other men doinp the haulinp.
. while a lot of men looked on until
| the chemical had almost reached the
;: pool hall, where the fire was sup
. j posed to be. The buckets recently
. placed on the racks at the Terminal
and Thompson’s Drup store were
. • also quickly grabbed by the men
’ going toward the fire.
. j Fortunately, it turned out to be a
. j false alrm, and the crowd that had
j 1 gathered soon dispersed,
i 1 It would appear that a smudge
I 1 had been made in one of the rooms
, on the second floor of the Belmont
I hotel for the purpose of petting rid
. of the mosquitoes and the doors
and windows closed, allowing a large
i quantity of smoke to gather in the
i room. One of the men lodging there
. returning late to the room occupied
i by him, opened a window to let out
some of the accumulated smoke.
. The large quantity of smoke seen
, issuing from the window of the
. building gave the impression that
. the interior of the place was on fire
. and an alarm was turned in.
I
CURTISS WORKERS WANT
INCREASE IN SALARIES
BUFFALO.—Machinists in the
employ of the Curtis Aeroplane
I company have gone out on strike
to enforce their demands for an in
crease in wages. The strikers were
engaged in the production of war
material.
SHRAPNEL IS REMOVED
FROM SOLDIER S HEART
LONDON.—A piece of shrapnel
weighing one-seventh of an ounce
has been extracted from the anterior
wall of the heart of an English sol
i dier at a hospital here. The patient
was warned that the operation might
kill him. When he came out from
the influence of the anesthetic, he
' said that he felt like a new man.