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• THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE _ NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1018.NUMBER 8
CRITICAL HOUR AT HAND-LLOYD GEORGE
HUN GUNS ARE ACTIVE ON THIRTY MILE FRONT
LEN1NE SAYS RUSSIA MAY DECLARE WAR ON JAPAN
• ENGLAND NEEDS MEN
NEW CALL EXPECTED
LONDON, April 9—Addresing the
house of commons today, David
Lloyd George declared that the
Allies are now entering the most
critical period of the war and that
an emergency has arisen which
makes it necessary for England to
send men into the fight for liberty
who heretofore have been either too
old or too young. Men of 50 and
boys of 18 are now needed by the
Allies, he said, and no time must be
lost in preparing them for active
service. Continuing the premier
said that it would not be possible
even, to exclude Ireland from con
scription, so urgent has the need
for additional troops become.
The premier assured the members
of the house that the full strength
of the American fighting force would
be thrown into the ^aitle immedi
ately, but this force, he said, had
not reached the numerical strength
that had been expected by the Allies.
Therefore the urgency of providing
additional English and French sol
diers.
At the beginning of the present
battle of the Somme, the Germans
had as many men on the Western
^ front as the combined fighting
strength of the Allies, and while
the forces are now more evenly di
vided, the Germans are still superior
in number at many points.
To meet the emergency which has
arisen, it is the intention of Lloyd
George to introduce a measure,
known as the new man power bill,
making every man in the United
kingdom, under 31 years of age,
liable to military service.
WAR ON JAPAN
MOSCOW, April 9.—In a speech
made in this city today, Lenine de
clared that it might become neces
sary for Russia to declare war
against Japan, as the result of the
landing of Japanese troops at Vladi
vostock. He declared that a crisis
had developed which might require
drastic action on the part of Russia
to insure the safety of Siberia, if
not the entire republic.
BIG BATTLE CONTINUES
LONDON, April 9.—Reports re
ceived from the mainland today state
that the great battle continues to
rage along the entire Western front
from a point near Arras to a point
to the north of Soissons, more than
a hundred miles in length. The ac
tivity, however, is chiefly confined
to heavy artillery, no infantry move
ments of importance having develop
ed during the day. The Germans
are shelling the French positions
heavily to the east of Noyon and
other big guns are pounding away
steadily at the British lines east of
Amiens.
SURPRISE ATTACKS FAIL
PARIS, April 9.—Two enemy sur
prise attacks are reported to have
failed in the famous Chemin des
Dames sector, northwest of Rheims.
American troops are holding a por
tion of the trenches in this sector
and the Yankees took an active part
in repelling the attacks.
BOLO PASHA FREE
PARIS, April 9—Bolo Pasha, who
was sentenced to death as a spy, has
been reprieved, as the result of mak
ing disclosures of the highest im
portance to the Allied cause. De
tails of the disclosures have not been
permitted to reach the public.
ENEMY HELD BACK
PARIS, April 9.—Continued pres
sure is reported to the north of the
Ailette river and in the region of
Coucy forest, where the Germans
are trying continually to advance
their positions The French are still
holding their ground, however, and
this in spite of Che fact that, they
are greatly outnumbered at that
point. The daily German losses are
described as appalling, due to their
frequent assaults against advanced
French positions.
L
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The Red Cross party held at the
Nenana club rooms last evening for
the benefit of the yarn fund which
is being raised by the ladies of the
local Red Cross chapter, was a
j splendid success from every point of
j view, and the ladies who were in
■ strumental in the work of prepara
tion are due a great measure of
thanks.
The games were started at a little
after eight o’clock, and tables of
bridge, hearts and five hundred were
played until nearly midnight. The
prize winners were, in the whist
series: First prize went to Mrs.
\ Kellum, and to Mr. Hildebrand the
second prize went to Miss Jane An
iderson and Mr. Pennington. The
| first prize for ladies in bridge was
I won by Dr. Bowen, who played ladj
and won, but not having any use foi
for the prize, which happened to be
a boudior cap, the doctor turned it
over to the lady with the next high
est score. The booby prize was wor
by Ike Taylor.
The lucky ones in the series of
hearts were Mrs. Slippern and Mr
Clausen, who both won first prizes
and Miss Valentine Anderson and
Mr. Depperman, who won second
prizes.
In the games of five hundred, the
highest score went to Miss Liver
son and Walter M. Hollerbach, and
Mr. Flower and Miss Mildred Ander
son won second prize. Mrs. I. A.
Alderman was the winner of the
booby prize.
Following the prize distribution,
j the announcement was made that
i Priate Tom Gallagher, of the 14th
IB. Company, stationed here, had
; made a lady’s bag which was to
be awarded to the. ope who sold
the most tickets for the affair. The
winner was Mrs. Dr. More, who was
far in the lead.
! Following the card games, the
floor was cleared and the automatic
i piano was brought into action, danc
J ing following until early this morn
: ing.
All tickets are not accounted foi
yet, but it is conceded that a con
servative estimate of the amount
raised for the fund last evening
'would be $150.
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FROZEN BODY OF
CASPUR GOOD IS
VIEWED BY JURY
Body Found On Trail Above Wood
River Brought to Town For
Inquest.
Commissioner R. S. McDonald and
Deputy Marshal James Hagen, who
left for Wood river on Sunday to
investigate the report that the body
of a man had been found in that
vicinity by an Indian, returned to
town late yesterday afternoon with
the frozen remains of Casper Good.
The body was found on a wood trail
which joins the Nenana-Fairbanks
trail about two miles above Wood
river.
The man had not frozen to death,
as the authorities had been led to
believe by the story brought to town
by the Indian who discovered the
body. Investigation show’ed that the
throat had been cut, and the dis
covery of a razor near the body
points strongly to suicide. This,
however, will be determined more
definitely tomorrow, when the in
^ quest will be held.
A coronor’s jury was impaneled
! this afternoon and a careful inspec
j tion of the body made. Tomorrow
j the jurymen will hear such additional
; evidence as the authorities have to
I present, in connection with the case.
The dead man was well known in
this part of Alaska. He was in the
employ of Herb Wilson for a time,
and before coming to Nenana, he
worked at Chatanika and elsewhere
in the Fairabnks district. He was
a man about 55 years of age,, and
i wore a gray mustache. He had evi
dently been dead about a week when
the body was discovered.
The entertainment committee of
the Nenana Labor Union has an
nounced a calico ball for Saturday
night, the net proceeds of which are
: to be turned over to the Red Cross
society.
Good music has been engaged for
' the occasion and everything possible
! will be done to make the dance a
| success. It will be strictly informal
| and the dancers of the town are
urged to get their aprons and soft
shirts ready for the occasion.
trialTlucky
TO BEJATURDAY
The trial of Harry Lucky, who
wras placed under arrest last week
on the charge of making seditious
utterances and poisoning meat, has
been postponed until Saturday aft-r
noon at two o’clock, at the request
of the accused. The hearing was
to have been held today.
Lucky is still in jail, having been
unable thus far to secure Kondsmeji,
Miss Stella Herrington arrived
from Fairbanks today to enter the
Government hospital.
FAIRBANKS JURY
RETURNS VERDICT
GRAY IS GUILTY
Yukon River Man Held Responsible
For Death of Townsend At
Rampart.
FAIRBANKS, April 9.—After a
deliberation covering t he greater
part of the night, the jury in the
Gray first degree murder case reach
ed a verdict at 5 o’clock this morn
ing, the decision of the jurymen
I being that Gray caused the death
of Townsend, at Rampart, last year,
but that the verdict should read
guilty of manslaughter, instead of
first degree murder as charged in
the complaint.
The prosecution made a strong
case against the accused, but the
fact that Townsend did not die un
til some time after he had been
i assaulted by Gray, influenced the
jury to bring in a verdict on the
lesser charge.
DREAM OF BRYAN
! 10 BE REALIZED
SIXTEEN TO ONE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.
Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada.
I has introduced an ^administration
j measure which provides that two
| hundred and fifty million silver dol
lars, which are now in the treasury
of the United States be melted into
bullion and placed on the market for
sale and for export to pay trade
balances. The bill also provides for
the purchase of silver at the rate
of $1 per ounce.
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| ROAST MUCKRAKER
There is a story in circulation in
Fairbanks to the effect that three
prominent women of the upper town
visited the home of a former woman
' member of the school board yester
| day and pulled that lady’s nose in
dividually, collectively and vigor
ously because of certain uncompli
mentary statements which had been
made before the grand jury in an
effort to discredit a certain public
official.
The fact that the woman whose
nose was pulled, had appeared be
fore the grand jury, did not become
generally known until after the
grand jury had adjourned. But
when it did become known, the other
women in the case were not slow
to show their disapproval of the
manner in which they had been at
tacked.
GRAND JURY FINISHED
.. .Advices received from Fairbanks
state that the grand jury concluded
its deliberations yesterday, the final
report of the body having been turn
ed into the court at three o’clock.
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EVERYTHING READY
FOR SUMMER WORK
Preparations for the resump
jtion of aggresive construction work
on the railroad south of town are
in full swing and as soon as an ap
! preciable quantity of the now deep
laying snow has gone, it is expected
that a big force of men will be put
on and activities on a big scale will
be stared. During the past ten days
winstorms with the consequent drift
ing of the trails and roads, have
once again seriously handicapped
the work of the transportation de
partment of the A. E. C., and for
several days the movement of con
struction materials and supplies from
Camp 9 (20-mile) to camps beyond,
have been rendered impossible. The
j snow plow had to be requisitioned
| and practically the entire length of
j the trails had to be gone over again
| ere traffic could be renewed. This
; work is now being continued under
i normal trail conditions. Contracts
j let for supplies of cordwood for the
: use of the locomotives have almost
j all been completed, and, at intervals
| along the completed grade to almost
| the end of the line at Nenana Cross
ing (43 mile) great piles of neatly
stacked cordwood await the coming
of the locomotives. Near the en
gineering camp at 43-mile the coal
bunker is almost full, and is being
added to daily. A considerable
quantity of wood cut by some of the
contractors in the neighborhood of
Lost Slo igh, and which has been
glaciered in will also be available
as soon as the ice melts and the
country has been drained, and thus
an ample supply of fuel for all pur
poses, during active construction,
has been assured. The second dam
across the head of Lost Slough has
been completed and the Commission
expects to take down the piledriver
and ship it to residency 3( 35-mile)
where it will be put to work driving
piles near a section of the grade
where bank erosion is feared.
This section of the grade was re
cently completed by Contractor W.
J. Lynn.
To facilitate the Handling of
freight destined to the outlying
camps also to serve as a convenient
coaling station, a platform 112 feet
long and 12 feet wide and about
four feet hight has been erected
at a point about one mile below the
present site of camp 9 (20-mile).
At the extreme southern end of
this platform a substantial corru
gated iron shed has been erected,
which will serve the purposo of a
mail station and office for the sta
tion agent and will also accomodate
a limited quantity of freight of a
frail nature, the uncovered portion
of the platform will be used for the
storage and handling of hay and
oats and freight of a non-perishable
nature as well as a quantity of sack
ed coal for the use of the loco
motives. The work, as completed,
has resulted in a very businesslike
looking structure, and will be util
ized just as soon as Lost Slough has
been crossed. According to the pres
ent plans of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, it is intended to
station permanently on the south
side of Lost Slough, the switch en
gine also known as locomotive No. 5,
or the “five spot,” and in the event
of any unlooked for trouble which
may necessitate a change or alter
ation of the big trestle spanning
Lost Slough, there will always be
ample locomotive power to enable
; construction work on both sides of
the slough to be continued without
interruption.
Bridge At Nenana Crossing
i The nine bents of eleven piles
j each (double rows of five piles with
lone pile at the upstream end) sup
j porting 24-foot spans across the
j main channel of the Nenana river,
l have been driven, squared and cut
I off in readiness for the trusses to be
j placed in position. This work, how
! ever, will not be taken in hand un
j til steel reaches the bank of the
: river at the Crossing. The work of
j cribbing in these nine bents is go
j ing on and is rapidly nearing com
pletion. For some distance around
| the piling the ice is cut away to
allow of the cribbing being started
| from the river bed up, and when
, this has reached some distance above
| waterline the space between the crib
! bing and the piling is filled with
J heavy gravel and rocks which lodge
| firmly therein and add greatly to
I the stability and resisting power of
each supporting pier. The big pile
j driver is working continuously, three
shifts of men being employed, so
! that the work can be completed be
| fore the breakup, and in spite of
j the fact that the work has been held
i up for several days owing to bad
1 weather and windstroms, very satis
\ factory progress has been made.
I The piledriver is now busy driving
! the piling for the approach on the
| near side of the river, this approach
j will consist of 17 bents of five
'piles each with a distance of 12 feet
' intervening between the bents. A
j miniature railroad from the piers of
| the new bridge, and running to the
| bluff about a couple of hundred
j yards above, is in contsant use dur
ing the day. and .over this road
dump cars of the same type as
| those used by the grading contrac
j tors, are busily employed hauling
j the necessary material used for fill
i ing in the cribbing around the piers,
residency 4 is now the busiest camp
on the whole divison and boasts of
i quute a population, as such go in
I
1 construction camps,
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HUH INSPECIOfi
Captain R. J. Paulson, of Seattle,
deputy federal inspector of hulls,
I has been suspended from the service
pending an investigation of charges
alleging German connections and
pro-German activities.
BAILEY ENROUTE HOME;
DUE HERE ABOUT MAY 1
Advices received from Seattle
state that Division Engineer F. H.
Bailey has reached the coast from
a hurried trip East and will leave
for the North after a brief stop
here. He expects to be back in Ne
nana very soon after the first of
May.
Mr. Bailey went Outside for the
purpose of interesting capital in a
mining proposition in the Kantishna.
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