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Alaskans Are Urged To Save More Food For Allied Soldiers
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
| VOLUME ONE member of associated press _nenana, Alaska, Thursday, july n, ioisNUMBER 84
BRITISH PREMIER SEES VICTORY AHEAD
HUN BOMBARDMENT^ OF AMIENS LINE CONTINUES
ITAUANS MAKING GAINS AT HOME; ALSO IN ALBANIA
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GERMAN ARTILLERY
HURLS MANY SHELLS
LONDON. — Official despatches
from the battlefront received today
indicate that the British have been
able to improve their positions south
of the Somme as a result of opera
tions against the enemy undertaken
last night.
A very heavy bombardment of
the British positions to the east of
Amiens is reported to be in progress
and it is thought that the Germans
drive to the Channel ports will be
commenced in this neighborhood.
FRENCH CAPTURE TOWN
PARIS.—Official despatches re
ceived today state that the French
troops operating on the battlefront
to the southwest of Soissons cap
tured the town of Corey, also the
chateau and farm of St. Paul, south
of Corey. The French troops also
captured fifty Huns.
AUSTRIAN LOSSES
Italian Headquarters.—The evi
dence gathered from the prisoners
VERY EFFECI1VE
AGAINST DIVERS
Admiral Sima Makes Statement
Regarding Effectiveness of
Ou,“ Navy.
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LONDON.—Speaking at a dinner
given in honor of the American naval
officers by the National Liberal club
in this city today, Admiral Sims,
commanding the American naval
forces in European waters, said that
the submarine menace has now
ended and that our naval forces were
sinking the subs faster than they
could be built.
Following Admiral Sims, former
Premier Asquith said that President
Wilson by his keeping of a steady
head and clean tongue has enabled
men to look beyond the smoke of
the battlefield, and that the clean
peace that must surely come will
clear away the crisis of war and
bring in its train a league of nations
with well defined ideals when the
final goal has been reached.
He paid a very high tribute of
honor to our president, referring to
him as “the greatest of United States
pioneers”
Major General Biddle, command
er of the American troops in Eng
land, made the announcement that
American troops were now garrison
ing over seventy points in England
and Scotland.
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FINN WORKMEN
ARE ARRESTED
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received today, the minoritj
leader of the Socialist parly in r c
reichstag declared that. 73,000 Fin
nish workmen have been arrested
and many more have been «xicntoc
since the Germans entered T iniard
taken by the Italian troops in the
recent offensive against the Aus
trians along the Piave river show
very conclusively that the Austrian
losses were nearly 250,000.
ITALIANS GAIN
WASHINGTON, D. C —Official
reports received today from Rome
indicate that the Italian forces oper
ating in Albania have advanced for a
distance of fifteen miles over a fifty
mile front along the Semeni river.
They carried by assault all of the;
strongly held enemy positions along
the line of their advance.
In their operations in the Asiago
plateau they have driven the enemy
back at Come.
LONDON.—Rome despatches re
ceived here today rndicate that the
Italian forces are continuing their
advance on the Albanian front and
that the enemy are falling back on
Skum, situated near a river of the
same name and 25 miles north of
Berat.
MEMBER OF NEW
GOVERNMENT OF
SIBERIA HOPEFUL
Objects of the New Siberian Gov
ernment Are Stated By One
of the Members.
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LONDON.—According to a state
ment made by a member of the new
Siberian government, the objects and
purposes of the newly formed gov
ernment include the repudiation of
the treaty of peace made with Ger
many, the establishment of a Rus
sian republic with autonomy for
Siberia, a declaration of war with
the actual commencement of hostili
ties against Germany, and the ac
knowledgement of the Russian na
tional debt.
Though such a statement has not
yet been officially presented to the
nations, it is thought that it will
be done.in the near future and the
government so established will be
duly recognized by the great powers,
who will then clearly define their
attitude towards the new govern
ment.
CARD TOURNAMENT
NETS FAIR AMOUNT
The card tournament held yester
day at the Adams building on A
street was fairly well attended and
the sum of $30.50 was taken ir
from the sale of tickets.
The sale of refreshments brought
in the sum of $12.25, making a
total of $42.75 collected for the'day,
The net amount after deductions
have been made for the expenses in
curred, will be placed to the credit
of the Red Cross yarn fund.
The Edes party, comprised ot
Chairman Wm. C. Edes, A. Christ
ensen and J. L. Mason, left for th(
coast via Fairbanks on the steamei
Alaska today.
ALASKA WILL BE
DEVELOPED SAYS
CABINET MEMBER
Secretary Redfield Tell* Governor
Ri(gi That Alaska Will Be
Developed.
WASHINGTON, D. C—In a letter
addressed to Governor Riggs of
Alaska, Secretary of Commerce Red
field, who visited the coast of Alas
ka this summer and conducted some
investigations regarding the develop
ment of the fisheries and the mining
industries, says that every interest
in Alaska should have the fostering
care of the United States govern
ment, so that the development of
the resources of this vast territory
may be complete.
Special aid, he said, would be
given to navigation and the fisheries
and that the government would also
give every encouragement to the
| Alaska shipyards.
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CAPTURE STAIN
Washington Advised That Important
Junction Is In Hands of Czecho
Slav Forcea.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Accord
ing to official information received
today by the state department, Nl
kolask Junction, on the trans-Sibe
rian Railroad, near Vladivostock, has
been captured by the Czecho Slav
troops.
Nikolask is one of the most im
portant railroad junctions on the
trans-Siberian Railroad.
DR. KENN1SON ARRIVES
TO LOOK AFTER EYES
Dr. A. A. Kenison, the Fairbanks
optician, arrived in Nenana last
evening on the Carl White launch
from the Tolovana country, enroute
back to his headquarters in the upper
town after a circle of the nearby
camps. He has opened offices tem
porarily at the Cooney hotel, where
he will attend to the eye needs of
Nenanaites until his departure on
Saturday.
Regarding conditions in the Tolo
vana, Dr. Kenison says that every
one is busy over there and that the
indications are the output for this
year will be fully as much as it
was a year ago- He estimates that
there are about three hundred people
in the camp and that there is work
there for all.
FAIRBANKS LAUNCH
ON WAY TO GIBBON
j Roy Lund’s launch, which came
I into port the other night from the
upper town, left today for Tanana
with Tom Bush and Joe Gustafson
who will probably work with Ed
McAdam, who was recently awarded
a contract to build the new bar
racks at the army town.
Mrs. George Markus and daughtei
Virginia left for Fairbanks on the
steamer Alaska this morning.
AMERICAN CONSUL s
SAFE AT TEHERAN
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Gordon
Paddock, the United States consul at
Tabriz in Persia, has wired to the
state department that he has ar
rived safely at Teheran.
Tabriz was recently captured by
Turkish troops under German offi
cers and the American hospital and
consulate was seized and sacked.
Consul Paddock managed to make
his escape shortly after the Turks
arrived.
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JURY DIMES
IN SEDITION CASE
Jury Is Split, Nine to Three in
Trial of Winstedt on Charge
of Sedition.
Last night at the commissioner’s
court, Louis Winstedt was put on
i trial on a charge of sedition. The
complaint was made by Louis Dozet
and stated that on the 3rd of July
last, at camp 22, Louis Winstedt
uttered insulting and opprobrious
expressions in regard to the flag of
I the United States in a conversation
| with Carl Brown.
A jury composed of Tom Smith,
j John Flower, Wm Julian, Q. F. Lehr,
1M. V. Tyler, Hiram Clark, R. C.
: Morris, Frank Cleary, Peter Grandi
son, Frank Taylor, W. C. Freeman
and Jack Dugan were selected to try
the accused. Assistant District At
torney Harry Pratt conducted the
prosecution, and J. Hampton Miles
| defended the accused. William C.
! Freeman and Frank Taylor were
; challenged by the defense and their
I places on the jury were filled by
Robert Horn and Bob Mitchell.
| The prosecution introduced Louis
| Dozet, the complaining witness, who
j told of the occurrence and substan
tially the same in his cross ex
examination by Mr. Miles. He was
j followed by Carl Brown, who cor
roborated him in everything but the
remark complained of regarding the
I flag, which, he said, he did not hear
' as he was in a hurry to catch a
train. William Arthur was called
to testify to the fact that Dozet
told him of the terms used by Win
| stedt a few moments afterwards.
Fred Craig, E. L. Booth, Robert
Benson, Ed Head and the accused
were called as witnesses by the de
fense; most of whom were character
witnesses and the prosecution then
also called Overin Radovich, Steve
Foster, Martin, Harry Shaw, Wm.
Coghill, Albert Charlton and Morris
Levin as witnesses and William
Arthur was also called.
After the usual speeches by the
prosecution and defense and a gen
eral summing up by the commis
sioner, the case was left in the
hands jof the jury shortly after mid
night. The jury deliberated for over
an hour but failed to agree and
this decision was handed to the mar
shal shortly after one o’clock this
morning.
A new trial will be commenced at
half past seven this evening.
J. L. Anders, deputy marshal at
Hot Springs, was a passenger on
board the steamer Alaska bound for
Fairbanks. He is taking Carl Nigel
an alien enemy to the upper town.
WHITE SOLDIER IS
EXECUTED FOR CRIME
WACO, Texas.—Nat Hoffman, a
white soldier who was stationed here
during last April, was executed to
day at Camp MacArthur, in expia
tion of a dastardly crime committed
by him.
He was found guilty of having
attacked a girl only 11 years old.
The crime is said to have been com
mitted last April.
BRITISHMIER
SAYS AMERICANS
WILL SAVE DAY
Bearing In Action of American
Troop* I* Highly Praited By
Stateiman.
LONDON.—At a banquet given in
his honor by the members of the
house of commons in this city today,
Premier Lloyd George of England
said that he was now more than
ever confident of the ultimate
triumph of the Allies over the Ger
man foe.
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The latest reason for this confi
dence, he declared, was the impres
sion made upon him by the Ameri
can troops, whom he recently saw
on the battlefront in France.
He said “They are superb, both
as regards material and training,
and in the gallant way they have
borne themselves in battle.”
iWOMEN TO MEET
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All Ladies Are Urged to Attend
Meeting At Important Matters
Will Be Discussed.
Immediately after the regular^
meeting of the local branch of the
Red Cross, which will be held at the
Nenana club rooms tomorrow after
noon, the Women’s Committee of
the Council of Defense will hold
their meeting.
Mrs. M. J. Cooney, who has been
entrusted with the formation of this
committee, has recently received in
structions and suggestions regarding
the work of such committees from
Agnes Swineford Shattuck, of Ju
neau and wishes to urge on all patri
otic ladies of Nenana to attend the
meeting.
GERMAN TANKS PROOF
AGAINST MACHINE GUNS
WITH THE AMERICANS.—The
fighting tanks built and used in Ger
many look like a turtle surmounted
by a turret. They are of a large
type generally. The armor plate
is very strong, possibly double, and
affords effective protection against
special infantry munition, but is not
gun-proof.
In battles between British and
German tanks, the English tanks1
armed solely with machine guns
were powerless against their oppon
ents, while those armed with guns
of larger calibre drove back the
German tanks. The speed of the
German tanks is very limited in
broken country.
AMERICAN BOAT
BESTS DIVER IN
RUNNING BATTLE
Pu<en(er Liner Ha* Two Hour
Fight With Hostile Submat'-ne
A* Sea.
New York.—The American pass
enger liner Lake Forest, which tr
rivcr here today, reports having
been attacked by a German sub
marine fifteen miles off Cape Henry.
The batteries of the Lake 1'orest
engaged the enemy boat as soon
as she made her appearance and a
lively battle was commenced. The
guns of the submarine replied to
the fire of the Lake Forest, but
without much effect. She also
launched two torpedoes which went
by harmlessly. The captain of the
Lake Forest thinks that he sank the
submarine, as she disappeared at the
end of two hours of a hot fight.
SON OF GREAT INVENTOR
IN THE TANK SERVICE NOW
MORRISTOWN, N. J.—William
Edison, a son of the great inventor,
has enlisted in the army of the
United States. Young Edison has
chosen the tank service.
WORK IS RUSHED
OH SEWARD ROAD
Alaikan Engineering Commiuion
Making Effort to Close Coast
Gap This Summer.
ANCHORAGE—So as to insure
the completion this eason of that
part of the government railroad be
tween Seward and Anchorage, which
towns are about 114 miles apart,
night shifts of construction gangs
have been put “to work. Daylight
nights innure greatly to the progress
of operations.
When the laying of steel was
ended as a result of bad weather,
early last winter, the rails extended
north from Seward to Girdwood, a
distance of nearly seventy-four miles
and south from Anchorage to Falls
creek, a distance of twenty-three
miles. The intervening distance be
tween the two ends of steel was
about seventeen miles.
Some difficulty is experienced in
obtaining laborers. The demand for
men to close the gap between Sew
ard and Anchorage is greater now
than the supply.
SON OF FORMER CZAR
IS REPORTED KILLED
LONDON—According to accounts
appearing in the Swedish news
papers which purport to publish
despatches from Moscow, Alexis
Romanoff, the young son of the
former Russian czar and heir ap
parent to the Russian throne, was
killed by a bomb thrown by a Bol
sheviki soldier.
Dr. Kenison, the optometrist, is in
town for a couple of days on his
way to Fairbanks.