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■ THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA..
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918.
NUMBER 131
GERMAN RETREAT GAINS SPEED
ENTIRE BOCHE LINE NOW ON THE RUN
. AMERICANS GIVE CHASE WITH ARMED AUTOS
YANKS OVERCOME
BOCHE RESISTANCE
WITH THE AMERICANS—The,
Franco-American forces, continuing
their eastward advance, reached the
south bank of the Aisne last night,
between Conde and Vielarcy, on
a eight mile front. The Americans
occupied the villages of Dhuisel and
Barbonval virtually without any'
opposition.
Advancing from the Vesle, a
strong American column succeeded
in dirving the enemy from the posi
tions held by them and advanced
their lines as far as the outskirts
of Villers en Prayers on the Aisne.
They also captured the village of
Clemies.
FRENCH PUSH FORWARD
PARIS.—The French forces con
tinued to push forward on the en
tire front between the Somme and
the Vesle, to the south of Peronne.
driving the Huns before them. The
French also made further crossings
of the Somme river in the region
of Openencourt and captured sev
eral important towns lying in the
line of their advance.
BRITISH CAPTURE TOWNS
LONDON.—On the entire battle
line on which the British troops are
operating with the exception of from
Havrincourt in a northerly direction
to Scarpe, the British forces today
crossed the canal du Nord, cap
turing Neuve Chapelle and Bussu.
French Make Gains.
The French forces advancing be
tween the Somme and the Oise,
captured the village of Outrecourt
Massif, which is within three miles
of Chauny. The French are now
approaching the Hindenburg line at
St. Gobian Massif.
HAM MENACED
PARfis.—The French divisions
under the command of General Deb
eney are advancing steadily towards
Ham, which has now been practically
encircled with a strong cordon oi
troops; it is expected that the fina
attack will b'e delivered in a very
short time.
Nearing Laon.
The town of Laon is now in sight
of the French troops under the
command of General Mangin, who j
are now within about ten miles of
the city and advancing rapidly. \
They are very steadily breaking;
down the resistance of the Huns
and are compelling them to give ;
ground. French troops commanded i
by General Bathelot have reached
the Aisne on a large front and are I
consolidating positions which
they forced the enemy to give up.
FIRE SLACKENS
WITH THE BRITISH—Along the
entire battlefront, from its southern
extremety to the Bapaume-Cambrai
road, the fire of the enemy’s big
! guns is noticeably dwindling. Ob
servers think that this is an indi
cation that the Germans are making
strenuous efforts to save their guns
I from falling into the hands of the
’ Allies, by taking them to safe posi
i tions behind the defenses on the
! Hindenburg line. The British forces
j have captured more posts around
Havrineourt woods.
MAKE STEADY PROGRESS
PARIS.—The French divisions
commanded by General Humbert
are making steady progress today in
the Guiscard region and according
to reports received by the war office
j from the battlefront, his troops have
j virtually captured Ham.
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AUSTRALIANS ADVANCE
WITH THE BRITISH—Accord
ing to reports received this morn
ing from field headquarters, the
Australian troops, advancing in the
j face °f a heavy enemy fire have
j succeeded in crossing the Somme
on a wide front to the south of
Peronne. The British troops have
captured St. Christ, Brielimesnil and
j Heis from which positions they
have succeeded in driving the enemy
! with great slaughter.
f CHICAGO TAKES
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CHICAGO.—The second baseball
game of the world’s series between
the Chicago Cubs and the Boston
Red Sox was played in warmer
weather than experienced yesterday.
The game ended in favor of
Chicago by the score of 3 to 1.
Chicago was credited with three
runs, seven hits and one error, while
Boston had one run, six hits and
one error.
H ♦ The batteries were Bush and
Agnew for Boston; Tyler and Killi
fer for Chicago.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burns
left their camp near Lignite yester
day morning and are due to arrive
here sometime today.
YANKEE WANES
ABE POWER NOW
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, told the House Militarj
Committee today, that he had re
ceived a confidential' message from
General Pershing, to the effect that
the American army in France now
has a sufficient number of airplane;
of all descriptions, to properly pro
tect its men in battle.
R. R. Robinson returned to towr
today from the Hot Springs countrj
whither he had gone to take th<
baths. He states that the trip ha:
done him a world of good and tha
he feels much better. He is a suff
erer from rheumatism.
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IN FATHERLAND;
Drastic Measures Taken' at Berlin
to Stop Circulation of German
Loss Stories.
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AMSTERDAM—According to the !
statements appearing in a Cologne
newspaper, reports of the German
retreat across Northern France are
being greatly exaggerated behind
the German lines, with the result
that grave fears are entertained |
by the German populance for the
safety of the German army. The
unrest is such at Berlin and other
interior cities that the capital and
the province of Brandenburg have;
been placed under regulations which '
provide for the fining and impris
onment of persons found guilty of i
inventing or circulating untrue
rumors for the purpose of creating
disquiet.
The efforts of the censors to sup
press news of the Allied successes,
seemingly have failed to keep the
people in ignorance of the tremend
ous losses sustained by the kaiser’s
forces during the past several weeks.
A. Y.N. STEAMER
Steamer Tanana Brings Mail, Freight
and Passengers of Str. Yukon
From Tanana.
' The A. Y. N. steamer Tanana ar
rived at 9 o’clock this moring from
Tanana, where she made connec
1 tions with the steamer Yukon from
Dawson and beyond. She had the
barge Superior in tow with 370 tons
of rails and also brought about
130 tons of other freight, most of
which is consigned to the Alaskan
Engineering commission. She also
landed eighteen sacks of mail trans
ferred from the steamer Yukon, two
sacks of which contained first class
mail matter.
She had fourteen passngers on
board, eleven of whom were for
j Nenana. The passengers landing
; here were Wm. O’Connor, James
| Wickersham, J. R. Winterbottom,
Mrs. P. O. Winestedt, Mrs. J. H.
j Scott and two children, Miss H. M
Biddell, Sarah John, Sam Cotes and
IR. R. Robinson.
Those in transit for the upper
' town were Sylvester Howell, A. P.
I Nelson and L. T. Erwin, and the
: passengers joining the boat at Ne
! nana were Mrs. Fritz Welch and
I two children, Mrs. Robert Lavery
' and son and C. S. Crider,
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The employees of La Touc.he have
given $70,000 for war purposes
' since the beginning of the cam
i paigns. The subscriptions to the
j Third Liberty Loan averaged $15C
! per capita.
YANKEE STEAMER j
VICIiOF HUNSj
largo Carrier Lake Owens Sent to 1
Bottom of Atlantic By German
Diver.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Official
announcement was made this morn
ing of the sinking of the American
steamer Lake Owens and the loss
of five members of the crew. The j
vessel was attacked by a German (
submarine, but details of the sink
ing have not yet been given out.
The Lake Owens was a cargo car
rier, of 2300 tons register. She |
was supplied with a naval gun crew,
all of whom escaped when the boat;
went down.
Wickersham Will Make a Trip Out
the Line Today; Speak* In
Town Tomorrow Night.
Judge James Wickersham, the Re
publican candidate for the delegate
ship arrived in town this morning
on the steamer Tanana. He went
out on the line this aftrenoon, and
is scheduled to make a speech at
the Coliseum tomorrow night in the
interests of his candidacy. The
speech will follow immediately after
the picture show.
Mr Wickersham will probably re
main in Nenana for a few days and
will then go on to Fairbanks, where
he will deliver speeches. He then
expects to go out over the trail
to Juneau, visiting Anchorage and
other coast towns enroute.
He was at Hot Springs several
days on his campaign and stated
that he may make a trip to Brooks
and the Tolovana country provided
the facilities for travel to that
country do not interfere to any
! great extent with, his schedule.
JAPAN VERY BUSY
BUILDING WARSHIPS
YOKOSUKA, Japan.—The keel of
rf the battleship Mutsu, a superdread
nought with a displacement of 43,
j 000 tons was laid here recently,
' with much rite and ritual. The cer
! mony consisted of Shinto religious
^ services conducted by Shinto priests.
Closely following the launching
of the second class crusier Tatsuta,
which took the water recently, the
work of construction of another
| second class cruiser, Kuma, is to be
: started at the Saseho navy yards
early this month. The Kuma is
of the same type as the Tatsuta and
on her completion is to belong to
' the light cruiser squadron.
—
R. M. Brown, of Fairbanks, ar
j rived yesterday on the launch Peer
less. He will remain in Nenana
I for a few days on business.
'resent Two-Pound Ration Will Be
Continued Until Supply Is
More Plentiful.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Accord
rig to announcement made today j
ay officials of the Food Administra- j
tion, the present sugar ration of1
two pounds per month per person
will be retained indefinitely, owing
to the shortage of the sugar supply
throughout the country.
The present ration, it is believed,
is sufficently low to insure a con
tinued supply throughout the United
States, and with enough to spare
for European needs.
YANKEE TROOPS ;
FOLLOW BOCHES
WITH AUTO GUN
WITH THE AMERICAN’S—The
retreat of the Germans beyond the
Aisne river has become so rapid
that it is with difficulty that the
pursuing forces are keeping within
range. To make the pursuit more
effective and less laborious, the
Americans have organized automo
bile machine gun detachments, and
hundreds of the armed cars, it is
expected, will soon be engaged in
the chase across Northern France.
Thirty of the armed autos are in
commission today, to the north of
the Vesle river, where they are do
ing deadly execution. Each car is
manned by three men y
KlfTINGCLUB
If I YESTERDAY
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Largely Attended Club Meeting I*
Held At Home of Popular
Nenana Lady.
The newly formed knitting club
■ of Nenana, who have banded to
gether for the laudable purpose of
knitting sweaters and other articles
of apparel for the use of the boys
in the trenches, met yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Frederick
D. Browne, in the Commission re
' serve.
There was quite .a large attend
ance and much knitting was accom
plished during the meeting, during
which refreshments were served by
the hostess- The members present
were assessed a nominal fee of 25
* cents, which goes to swell the French
I Orphan fund.
The next meeting place of the
knitting club will be announced in
these columns later o
Mrs. Robert Lavery and little son,
who had been staying here for some
time past, left for Fairbanks on
the steamer Tanana today.
BAKER CLEARING
WAR DEPARTMENT
OF CLASS 1 MEN
Bureau Head* Are Directed to Fill
Places With Men Unfit for
Service At Front.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In anti
cipation of the enforcement of the
man-power' law% Secretary of War
Baker will commence immediately
the weeding out of department em
ployes subject to the new draft. He
has issued instructions to the chiefs
of the various bureaus in his de
partment to replace all men within
the draft age who properly belong
to Class One. The instructions in
clude all Washington empolyees of
the war department and those as
signed to duty elsewhere throughout
the country, all of whom must be
released from the service not later
than the end of the present year.
The jobs are to be filled with
men physically disqualified for gen
eral military purposes.
Similar action, it is believed, will
be taken by other departments of
the government, so that all men
of draft age may be released for
active service.
FIRST SHIPMENT
RAILROAD STEEL
ARRIVED TODAY
About 325 Tons of Rails Held Over
From Last Season Is Received
Here Today.
On the barge Superior, in tow
of the steamer Tanana, which ar
rived here today, a shipment of
about 325 tons of steel rails was
received by the Commission. This
. is the first lot of rails to be re
! eeived during this season, and it
| is expected that it will be followed
| soon by many more.
The rails arriving today were re
ceived at St. Michael some time
last season and were loaded onto a
barge from the ocean steamer for
transfer to Nenana, but the barge
containing them was sunk by acci
! dent and the cargo was salved and
forwarded this season.
Two thousand two hundred tons
' of rails have been ordered by the
I A. E. C. for delivery at Nenana
this season and advices have been
received that 1800 tons of it had
already left Seattle for the North
and that the balance will follow
soon. It is expected that the ship
ments, which will probably come
in by way of St. Michael, will be
, rushed by the American Yukon
Navigation company.
S. H. Milwee, the Fairbanks at
I torney, is paying a brief visit to
! Nenana. He arrived yesterday on
the launch Peerless.
Better feed the Allied soldiers now
than the kaiser’s later on.
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