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VOLUME ONE NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1918 NUMBER^
AMERICANS ARRIVE ON BRITISH FRONT
GERMANS EXTEND^ FIGHTING LINE INTO BELGIUM
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN IS INCREASED TOTENB1LLIONS
, GERMANS SEND NEW
ARMY INTO BATH
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LONDON, April 10.—The war of
fice announces the arrival of Ameri
can troops on the British front, where
the Germans are making desperate
efforts to break through the defend
ing lines in front of Amiens. The
newly arrived troops consist of in
fantrymen, aviators and engineers
and a portion of the force is re
ported to have already taken its
place on the firing line and the
Yankees, it is predicted by war of
fice officials, will soon make their
presence felt on the fighting line.
Their arrival, it is asserted, will be
followed very soon, by the move-1
ment of additional Americans to the
battlefront.
BIG BATTLE CONTINUES
LONDON, April 10.—Advices re
ceived in this city this afternoon
from the mainland state that the
battle which was started by the Ger
mans yesterday, between Labasse
and Lafleurbaix, is continuing today
with unabated furv. The nrtillerv
dueling has been extended south ward j
to Arras, while other divisions are
attacking the British lines between 1
Armentieres and Messines. Along
the Belgian border, to the north of
Armentieres, the Germans are throw
ing their infantry against the Brit
ish positions in dense masses.
TEN DIVISIONS USED
With the British Army, April 10.
—Ten fresh divisions of the best
Bavarian troops wrere hurled against
the British last night in a series
of assaults on the high ground around \
Givench. That town was captured
twice by the enemy and twice the
British hurled the Germans back,;
during the pitch black darkness of
the night. The men fought with
bayonets, clubs and with their fists
until the remnants of the German
stormers were forced to retire, beat
en decisively by an army inferior
numerically.
FRONT LONGER NOW.
LONDON, April 10.—The battle
front has been increased to a length
of 120 miles during the past couple
of days, and now reaches into Bel
gium to the Ypres canal. The Ger
mans are bombarding Armentieres
heavily and a new attack has been
started by German infantry in that
sector. In the fighting about Gi
vench last night the British captured
over seven hundred Germans and
patched up their line north of La
basse canal, where it was penetrated
by the enemy.
ATTACKING AT HANGARD
PARIS, April 10.—The Germans
made a fierce drive on the French
positions at Hangard this morning,
nine miles to the east of Amiens,
but were repulsed. Heavy artillery
duels are now in progress on the
west bank of the Meuse on the Ver
dun front, in Apremont forest and
the Woeve plain. The French re
port the capture of a number of
prisoners in an engagement which
took place this morning northwest
of Rheims.
ENTER BRITISH TRENCHES
LONDON, April 10.—In his re
port of the German attack on the
British lines north of Armentieres,
Major General Maurice states that
Germans entered the British first
lines trenches near the river Lys, the
attack extending from Armentieres
to Messines. He says that the gains
made by the Germans today, coupled
with their operations of yesterday,
have placed Armentieres in an awk
ward salient. With regard to enemy
attacks on the Messines front today,
he says that all assaults have been
repulsed and that the Germans thus
far have been unable to gain a foot
ing on any high ground, in that sec
tor, the British continuing to occupy
the more favorable positions.
GERMANS REPULSED
PARIS, April 10.—The war office
has issued a statement in which it
is claimed that the Germans were
prevented from advancing their posi
tions last night west of Castel and
west of Nayon by cleverly executed
counter attacks, which were launch
ed by the French. Counter attacks
also prevented the enemy from im
proving his position this morning
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AMERICANS ENGAGED
PARIS, April 10—Heavy artillery
fighting is in progress today along
a wide front held by the French
and American troops, from a point
to the south of Verdun, to a sector
east of St. Mihiel. Shells have been
pouring from the German guns since
early morning, but no attempt has
been made thus far to invade the
Allied positions with infantry.
AMERICANS CAPTURED
AMSTERDAM, April 10.—The
Germans are reported tc^have made
their first capture of American avi
ators on Sunday. Dispatches reach
ing this city state that an American
plane was shot down at some point
on the Western front, and the avi
ators taken prisoners.
NO BULGARIANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10 —
Acting Secretary of War Crowell
has issued a statement in which it is
reiterated that no Bulgarians or Aus
trians are being used in the present
operations on the Western front.
POLITICAL EXPLOSION
LONDON, April 10.—Premier
George threw a political bomb yes
terday when he announced to the
house of commons that the govern
ment intended to extend home rule
and conscription to Ireland. Great
excitement prevailed in the house
during the address, the remarks ol
the premier being received with
cheers and cries of protest. The
premier stated that the exclusion
of conscription from Ireland could
not longer be justified. The char
acter of the war. he said, is as much
Irish as it is English, and for that
reason should receive the support
of Ireland as well as England.
The address of the premier con
tinues to be the subject of general
conversation today and it is the con
census of opinion that he made the
boldest stroke of his career when he
coupled Irish home rule with con
scription.
The man power bill, which makes
every man in the United kingdom,
between the ages of 51 and 18, sub
ject to military duty, passed its first
reading in the house of commons
late yesterday afternoon, the pass
age being accompanied by enthusi
astic cheering.
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GERMAN TROOPS
KILL OFFICERS
AT ARMY CAMP
Mutiny Is Reported From Brevloo
Which Resulted in Death of
Several.
AMSTERDAM, April 10.—Ad
vices received in this city today from
Belgium state that a mutiny of seri
ous proportions occurred on Monday
at the German military camp at Bre
, loo. The report states that the mu
I tineers fired on their officers, kill
] ing three of them and wounding
many others. A number of the
mutinous soldiers also were injured.
Seventeen of the men were placed
under arrest and several of them
are to be executed, it is understood.
Every effort was made to keep the
uprising secret, and only the most
meagre details have sifted through
the German! ines.
YANKtt CASUALTY
LISI BJMWING
Nearly Three Hundred American
Casualites Repo-ted From the
French Front.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—
■ The largest casualty list thus far is
, sued by the war department, was re
leased by the government today.
The list contains the names of 283
Americans, Five are reported to
have been killed in action in France,
and three are reported to have died
from wounds.
JAP AMBASSADORS
REACH SEATTLE
Mmbers of House of Peers Reach
Seattle on Way to Attend
Conference.
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! SEATTLE, April 10.—Count K.
Yossii and Professor I. Isshiguro,
members of the Japanese house of
peers, and T. Naurse, their secre
tary, have reached this city from
the Orient, enroute to London to
attend the fourth international con
ference. The conference was called
for the purpose of working out a
uniform internationl trade law.
(STONE IS STRICKEN
BY PARALYTIC STROKE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10. ~
Senator William J. Stone, of Miss
ouri, suffered a stroke of paralysis
this morning, while enroute to the
capitol on a street car. His left side
is affected.
Arno Reinhold, who was placed
under arrest out the trail south of
Nenana by Game Warden Steve
Foster, was given a hearing this
morning before Commissioner R. S.
McDonald on the charge of killing
moose out of season. He plead
guilty to the charge and was fined
the sum of $1 and costs.
Buy That Libery Bond Today.
MS PROTEST
AGIST JAPAN;
; FEELING GROWS
i Committee Representing All Siberian
Soviet* Appeals to Japanese
Diplomat.
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! MOSCOW, April 10.—A commit
| tee representing all of the Siberian
j soviets, has made formal protest
I stock against the landing of Japan
i to the Japanese consul at Vladivo
ese troops on Siberian soil. Copies
of the protest have also been de
livered to other foreign consuls at
Vladivostock. The feeling of in
dignation among the Russian people
i has been intensified by the state
ment issued by Ambassador Kato,
! in which it is claimed that £he lives
of Japanse subjects in Siberia are
in danger.
The protest handed to the Japan
ese consul denies that Japs are in
danger and it is pointed out that i
interference in the domestic affairs j
of Siberia.
EMPLOYEES GIVE
Monthly Statement Shows Sub
stantial Amount Raised By
Commission.
The monthly subscription from
the employees of the Alaskan En
gineering commission for March,
1018, was forwarded to Mrs. Frank
lin K. Lane today. This money is
used by the War Work Association
of the department of the interior,
headed by Mrs. Lane, for the pur
pose of supporting beds that have
( already been given by the employee:
of the Commission.
The March subscription was re
ceived from the following sources:
Camp 21, section crew, Feb. $ 16.50
Camp 16, track gang, Feb. 33.00
Residency 3, (35-mile) Feb. 42.75
| Rer Cross box, Telegraph
| Office .. 5.75
| Red Cross box, Postoffice $5.26
Red Cross box, Disbursing
office . 15.00
Camp 9, corral camp. 30.00
Camp 17, bridge crew. 22.00
Nenana employees . 320.75
Total .$491.01
SEATTLE BUSINESSMAN
FOUND DEAD ON WHARF
SEATTLE, April 10.—Frank Mc
Eachern, treasurer of the firm of
J. A. McEachern & Co., one of the
biggest piledriving firms on Puget
Sound, was found dead yesterday on
the Bell street wharf. The evidence
indicates that the man shot him
self, with suicidal intent.
“Shorty” Long and party reached
Camp Nine( 20-mile) last night and
resumed their journey again this
morning. The intend to go through
to Lignite and stop there for thej
night.
TEN BILLION SET
AS LIBERTY LOAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—
The treasury department issued a
statement today in which the people
of the United States are urged to
increase their subscriptions to the
Third Liberty loan to ten billion
dollars, instead of three billions, as
originally planned. The department
also expresses the hope that at least
twenty million persons subscribe, in
order that the burden of carrying
FOOD ALLOWANCE
Territorial Food Administrator Se
cured Privileges For Distant
Camps.
SEATTLE, April 10.—Territorial
Food Administrator Royal A. Gun
his headquarters at Juneau for the
puropse of conferring with Outside
administrators, has obtained for
Alaskans a modification of the food
rules. He has been authorized to
permit large shipments of flour to
isolated points in the territory, suffi
cient for the season's consumption.
These isolated districts may pur
chase three pounds of flour to every
two pounds of substitutes.
ATIACK A PAM
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Body of Dead German Is Carried '
Across No Man’s Land for
Identification.
PARIS, April 10.—American out
posts in the Lorraine sector attack
ed a German patrol yesterday and
drove the Boches into the enemy
trenches. One of the Germans was
killed and his body was carried across
No Man’s Land by the Americans
for the purposes of identification.
The Americans escaped unhurt.
GUN 15 LOCATED;
MAY BEWRECKED
Allied Airmen Succeed in Discover
ing the Hiding Place of Long
Range Canon.
PARIS, April 10—The discovery
of the hiding place of the long range
German gun which has been used
in the bombardment of this city,
was announced by the war office
last night, and French airmen and
heavy artillery are now engaged in
a continuous bombardment, in an
effort to wreck the mysterious
weapon.
Fourteen citizens of Ruby recently
perfected the organization of a
branch of the Loyal league, the pur
pose of the branch being “to pro
mote Americanism and to offset the
efforts of I. W. W ism.
on the war may be distributed more
evenly throughout the country.
The subscriptions already reported
will exceed four billion dollars, it is
reported, although no official state
ment regarding the amount received
has been issued. It is known, how
ever, that six hundred communities
have reported over-subscriptions en
titling them to honor flags. Three
hundred flags already have been
distributed.
SIB ARE USED
10 BOOST MKA
Manager of Alaska Bureau Educat
ing Members of Committees
At Capital.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 10. —
J. L. McPherson, manager of the
ber of Commerce and Commercial
club, is giving a series of illustrated
lecutres on Alaska before the mem
bers of the committees on territories
and public lands. McPherson took
a large number of pictures during
his recent visit to Alaska and he has
had many of them reproduced in
slides for the purpose of enlighten
ing the national lawmakers and in
forming the public generally.
The lectures are a source of much
interest to the members of congress
and are being very largely attended.
TROTSKY APPOINTED
TO A NEW POSITION
MOSCOW, April 10.—Leon Trot
sky, who has been actio* as minister
of war since the removal of the
Russian capitol from Petrograd to
this city, has been appointed joint
minister of war and marine.
AVER! STRIKES
Judge Taft and Associate! Named
to Adjust All Labor Disputes
During War.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 10.—
President Wilson has issued a pro
clamation creating the National War
Labor board, the functions of which
are to adjust all labor disputes oc
curring in the United States during
the war. The members named by
the president are those men who
recently framed the labor policy of
the government fof the war period
headed by Judge Taft, who was
selected by the employers, and Frank
Walsh, representative of the work
ers.
This board will have full power
to adjust all differences arising dur
ing the war, between employers and
employees and the decisions will be
final.
“FOB SALE” CARDS at the News
office.