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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918.
NUMBER 117
ALLIES THREATEN SOISSOINS LINE
GERMANS ADMIT AMERICA IS FACTOR
ITALIANS EXPECT FOR AUSTRIAN ACTION SOON
FRENCH PUSH AHEAD
ON NEW BATTLEUNE
LONDON—According to despatch
es received to day by the war office
the British forces advanced their
lines near Vieux Berquin and Out
tersteen, in the Lys salient and oc
cupied the strong positions from
which they had driven out the enemy
In the neighborhood of Chilly, six
miles north of Roye, the Huns
launched four different vicious at
tacks against the British, all of
which were repulsed with heavy loss
to them.
T HUNS WEAKEN
LONDON.—According to a Hague
despatch originating in Cologne, the
Germans are now weaker than they
have ever been on the Western front,
and they are making frantic efforts
to add to their strength in every
possible way. Leaves of absence
have been cancelled and men who
are not fit to bear arms by reason
of wounds received which have not
yet healed, are being sent to the
front from the hospitals.
Discontented troops and deserters
who’have been held in punishment
camps are being hurried to the fir
ing line, and men are arriving daily
with bandages still in place and weak
from their wounds. A large num
ber of horses are also being sent tc
the front to replace the cavalry
mounts that have been killed ir
action.
FRENCH ADVANCE
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PARIS—According to official des
patches received from the FrencI
field headquarters today, the French
troops last night occupied the vil
lages of Vasena, northwest of Mor
sain, betwen the Oise and the Aisne
Their advance was contested by th<
Hun troops and severe fighting tool
place before the soldiers of Franc<
wer able to occupy the place. Th(
opposing Germans were very sever
ely punished and left a great manj
dead and wounded behind in retreat
ing to safety. The German wounded
were taken care of by French sur
geons.
HUNS KEPT ON THE RUN
PARIS.—The powerful attacks de
livered by the Allied armies during
the past two days between the Som
me and the Aisne rivers are keeping
the enemy on the alert all the time
and preventing them from making
any preparations for a counter of
fensive. General Ludendorff has
been forced to keep over one hundred
and forty divisions fully occupied on
their first line.
THE ITALIAN FRONT
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A des
patch received from Rome today I
says that the Italian newspaper
critics expect the Austrians to re
; sutne the offensive at almost any
! time now. A great activity in their
troop movements have been noted
I recently and elaborate preparations [
j on a large scale have been known j
to have been in progress for some
time past with a view to a resump
; tion of aggresive operations. Except
for a few minor skirmishes between |
! outposts, everythig has been very i
; quiet cn the Italian front so far.
! The storm is expected to break soon.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
German forces holding the vital
sector on the battlefront between
the Oise and the Aisne rivers have
been hurled back over a ten-mile
front by the powerful French attack.
This attack is a continuation of the
j assaults made on the line to the
1 northwest of Soissons on Sunday and
■ endangers the entire German posi
i tions at Soissons and on the Aisne.
:; Much heavy fighting, with the Huns
sullenly falling back, is in progress,
and it is expected that they will
be compelled to retire to Chemin
des Dames.
DEEP UNREST IS
FELT AT WARSAW
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Germans Are Having Serious Trouble
In Poland; Poles Are Now
Forming Army.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A des
patch from Switzerland received in
this city today indicates that deep
unrest is manifest in Warsaw.
The German patrols are arresting
many citizens who are supposed to
be members of a secret association
formed for the express purpose of
organizing an army of liberation to
fight the Germans.
The houses of those arrested are
also being searched by the Germans
in an effort to secure incriminating
evidence against them.
Cut out non-essentials—wa are in
a race with a swift antagonist and
need no handicap
NEW YORK. — The Brazilian
motorship Magrugda has been sunk
by a German submarine off the
Atlantic coast.
The despatches give no details t.f
the sinking and the loss of life, if
any, is not known. The position
of the ship at the time she was
sunk by the U boat is also unknown.
HONOLULU CHINAMAN
HELPING LICK HUNS
HONOLULU, T. H.—Kong Lee, a
Chinese storekeeper here has family
of seventeen sons and daughters
Three sons are in the army and
one in the navy. One of the boys
is a second lieutenant at Camp
Gordon, Ga.
AMERICAN VESSEL
RAMS SUBMARINE
Matter of Incoming Ve**el Report*
Probable Dettruction of Hun
Submarine.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The mas
ter of an incoming steamer brings
the report of the ramming of a Hun
submarine by the vessel under his
command off the Virginia coast last
Saturday.
His vessel struck the submarine
on her port bow swinging her sharply
alongside. The submarine was badly
damaged and could not possibly re
main afloat long; her crew realiz
ing their peril, told the master of
the American boat, in the German
tongue, that they were friends and
wished to be taken on board his
vessel; but the master replied that
they were no friends of his, and kept
on his course.
As a result of the ramming, the
bow of the American boat was badly
damaged by the force of the im
pact. The submarine disappeared
and probably sank with all on board.
REFUGEES EAGER
10 QUIT RUSSIA;
SWEDEN HELPING
Swedish Government Is Asked to
Send Vessel to Take Refugees
to Safe Point.
WASHINGTON. D. C—The Swed
ish consular office at Moscow, act
ing for the American and Allied con
suls, has sent a request to the Swed
ish government to send a ship to
Petrograd to take away two hundred
refugees, or if possible to obtain
permission for the refugees to pass
through Finland.
It is believed here that the refu
gees are American and Allied citi
zens ,who are eager to escape from
Russia, in view of the hostile atti
tude of the Russians toward America
and the Entente. It was recently
reported that Germany had refused
safe conduct for any refugees from
Moscow, including the consular offi
cers, and it is feared that there will
be opposition to the departure of
the refugees from Petrograd.
DOC EHLEN IS NOW
ON THE WAY OUTSIDE
According to advices received re
cently by his friends in Nenana,
Henry Ehlen, better known as “Doc”
^ho had been in the employ of the
Alaskan Engineering commission for
some time past, and who left for
the States via the Broad Pass trail,
arrived safely at Anchorage on
August 1, just too late to catch the
boat leaving for the States.
He was obliged to stop at An
chorage until the 11th, on which
date the next boat for the States
sailed, taking Doc along.
LARGE NUMBER
OF REGISTRANTS
10 ANSWER SOON
Men Becoming 21 Since June 5th
Last, Subject to Immediate Call;
Estimated at 158,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Provost
Marshal General Crowder said that
the men who had reached the age
of 21 since the 5th of June last and
who should register for military ser
vice next Saturday, are estimated at
158.000.
It is expected that about half
of those registering will go into class
one and be subject to immediate
call to the colors.
GOVERNOR’S PARTY
GO OUT ON LINE
10 VIEW WORKS
Gove-nor and Mrs. Riggs and Party
Take a Trip on Railroad and
New D Line.
On a special train which left
town shortly after ten o’clock this
morning, Mr. F. D. Browne, engin
eer in charge of the Fairbanks divi
sion, and a party composed of Gov
ernor and Mrs. Riggs, Mrs. F. D.
Browne, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan and Mrs.
David H. More went out on the line.
It is expected that they will go
out as far as the end of steel on the
new D line and view the progress
made in railroad construction since
the line was partly relocated.
The special train is expected to
return to town with the party some
time this afternoon.
FRED I m IS
MADE A CAPTAIN
OP ENGINEERS
Late Townsite Manager Pastes the
Examinations and Gains a
Commission In Army.
The news was received here re
cently that Fred Ryus, former man
ager of the Nenana townsite, hac
taken the mental and physical ex
aminations prescribed by the war de
partment for officers in the Unitec
States Reserve Corps, and that he
has passed very creditably.
He left Juneau with the rank ol
captain, and will go to one of th<
big training camps in the States anc
take a course of intensive training
prior to being sent to the front.
Mr. Ryus qualified for one of th<
engineering regiments now in course
of formation for service in France
Waste and want are twin sister
and neither beautiful.
AMERICANS ARE i
DANGEROUS FOE
GERMANS ADMIT
Hun General* Say Britith and French
Owe Recent Succesae* to the
Americans.
AMSTERDAM.—Professional sol
diers of proved ability like Generals
von Blume and von Libert do not
belittle the significance of the con
statly growing American army op
posing them.
In an article published in an Essen
newspaper, General von Blume says
that Germany must realize and give
due recognition to the fact that the
Americans have done very smart
work on the battleline and that it
is time to take very serious cogniz
ance of this fact if the Germans
have to face an American fighting
army of millions of men.
General von Liebert writes that
the American army has become a
big factor in the war and that the
'British and French owe their recent
! successes on the Marne and Picardy
; battlefronts to the Americans.
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: Food Riots Occur At Petrograd and
Martial Law Has Been
Proclaimed There.
LONDON.—According to reports
received in this city today serious
disturbances have occurred in Pet
rograd, owing to a shortage of food
The workmen who had been with
out food for two days started a rio'
and a regular pitched battle is sail
to have taken place before thi
Smolensky Institute between th<
rioters and a force known as thi
Lattish Guards, in which hundred:
of people on both sides have beet
killed.
The workmen paraded the street:
shouting down with the Germans am
down with the Kremlin.
Martial law has now been pro
claimed in the city, which is nov
fairly quiet.
The Kremlin is a Russian citade
lying in the center of the city am
contains the royal edifices and thi
churches, particularly the residenci
of the emperor.
A. R. Hillery, who recently re
turned to Skagway, where he ha<
lived from early boyhood until hi
went to West Virginia » few year
ago, is expecting his wife and child
ren to join him at Skagway. Hi
says that hereafter he will remaii
in Alaska. He is employed by thi
White Pass company.
The Venus mine at Conrad, B. C
near Carcross on the White Pas
i railroad, has closed down its mini
and mill for a time.
TAKES CHARGE
OF CAMP LEWIS
Brig. General Cornelius Vanderbilt
Assumes Charge of Coast
Training Camp.
CAMP LEWIS.—Brigadier Gen
eral Cornelius Vanderbilt has arrived
I
from the East and assumed com
mand of the training camp today.
He is accompanied by his son,
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr., who is a
^ private in one of the line regiments
now under training at this camp.
Cornelius Vanderbilt who has been
recently appointed to the command
of the training camp, is a well
known millionaire and financier, and
i volunteered his services shortly after
the outbreak of war with Germany.
He had received a course of intens
ive training at another big trainig
camp prior to being appointed to
the command of Camp Lewis.
I Although a diligent search has
, been made and is still being con
tinued along Lost Slough in the
neighborhood of the ferry and for
a considerable distance below, the
: bodies of the two unfortunate men
| George Noeller and Aik Kadzoff,
who were drowned when the scow
; on which they were making the cross
I ing upset, have not been recovered
up to the time the News went to
press.
I Rumors were in circulation around
town yesterday to the effect that
j one of the bodies had been found,
, but were proved to be without
. foundation on inquiry this morning.
II Searching parties are still on the
job and a very diligent search is be
ing made along Lost Slough from its
1 sojirce to the mouth.
l WILLIAM SHREEVE TO
BE TRIED THIS EVENING
I William Shreeve, who was arrested
[! by Deputy Marshal Hagen late Sat
I! urday night while in a state of in
, I toxication, will be brought to trail
,; before Commissioner R. S. Mc
Donald at seven o’clock tonight on
a charge of violating the liquor law.
I CAMP CODY, N. M.—Selective
, draft men reporting for duty here
. | include one dog trainer, one pigeon
.! fancier, a bacteriologist, a physicist,
,' a florist, one apiarist, two glass
, S blowers, five detectives, one geolo
, gist, one weaver and seven maga
| zine writers. It was found that
there were 2470 men in camp who
. followed trades considered useful in
s the army. Of the 6,000 men sent
; [ here for training, 800 men were
I rejected as being physically unfit.