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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 166
GERMANS QUIT BELGIAN COAST
HUN LINES BREAK AS ALLES ADVANCE
PEACE AGITATION SHAKING CENTRAL POWERS
BRITISH FORCE HUNS
TO QUIT DEFENSES
PARIS.—The German forces have
begun a new retirement movement
along a wide front between the Oise
and Serre rivers, extending prac
tically from the town of Cambrai
on the north to Laon on the south,
according to official despatches re
ceived today. The French forces
who were in close pursiut of the
Germans, also captured the town of
Anguilcourt.
CITIES DELIVERED
PARIS.—The great cities of
Douai, Lille and Ostend were de
livered from the enemy by the
Allied soldiers yesterday, the entry
of the Allied soldiers in to these
cities being marked by scenes of
the wildest enthusiasm by their in
habitants, who flocked towards the
advancing ranks and almost stopped
their march towards the quarters
they were to occupy.. It was the
most glorious day for the Allies
since the great battle on the Marne
front.
Hun System Imperiled.
The British troops operating on
the battlefront to the south of the
town of LeCateau have broken tnru j
the German positions and are now
threatening the Hundig line and
thereby placing the entire German
defense system eastward toward the
Meuse, in dire peril.
CROWDS WEEP
PARIS.—When the French troops
who were to garrison the town of
Lille arrived at their destination
and the inhabitants of the city had
learned of them of the recent
Allied victories and the peace
moves, they wept and cheered in
turn. The French soldiers were
lionized by the populace for having
delivered them from the tyrranous
rule of the Hun.
PRISONERS CAPTURED
LONDON.—According to official
reports received by the war office
today, in the fighting which took
place yesterday in the LeCateau
region, the British forces captured
over four thousand prisoners and
much war material.
BRUGES EVACUATED
LONDON.—Reports received by
the war office today are to the
effect that the important Belgian
city of Bruges has been evacuated
by the Germans and was immediately
occupied by the Allied troops.
Zeebrugga Occupied.
The seaport town of Zeebrugge,
which is the second important Ger
man submarine base on the Belgian
coast, was occupied by the Allies.
The first important submarine base
to fall being Ostend, which was
evacuated by the Germans and oc
cupied by the Allies yesterday.
GERMANS QUITTING
LONDON.—The Teuton forces
are being withdrawn from Serbia,
Albania and Montenegro, and the
people are steadily returning to their
former homes. There is a jubilant
feeling among these hitherto op
pressed people and the process of
reconstruction has already com
menced on a small scale.
Belgian Coast Restored.
The whole of the Belgian Foast
has been liberated by the Allied
armies and has now been restored
to the heroic king of the Belgians.
Belgians Pursuing.
The Belgian cavalry is hotly pur
suing the retreating Germans in
Flanders and are attempting to cut
off their retreat to Ghent. The
Belgian artillery is bombarding the
Germans.
TURCOING CAPTURED
LONDON.—The town of Turcoing
six miles to the north of Lille, was
entered and occupied by the British
troops today.
Bruges Occupied.
The Belgian infantry occupied the
town of Bruges today and are now
turning their attention towards cut
ting off the retreat of the Germans
who are thought to be falling back
on Antwerp.
I _
I AMSTERDAM.—Reports received
from Flushing today indicate that
huge fires were burning in the direc
tion of Bruges and that the flames
appeared to be spreading. This is
taken to indicate that the with
drawal of the German forces from
Western Belgium is apparently not
being halted.
hungSIet
PEACE MEETING
SCENE OE RIOT
Demands Fo- Peace Are Made In
Meeting of Hungarian Diet and !
Stirring Scenes Enacted.
BASEL, Switzerland.—Tumultu
ous scenes were enacted yesterday
at a meeting of the Hungarian Diet
and demands were made for peace.
It was announced at the meeting
that Austria was being organized
into federal states on an independent
basis.
Count Michael Karotyi, president
of the Hungarian Independent
party, made a demand that peace
negotiations be started immediately,
when, in reply to Count Karoty, for
mer premier Tisca said that he war,
an agent of the Entente powers.
This remark threw the whole
house into an uproar and the two
factions railed at each other, using
strong language. Members of the
diet called each other liars, traitors,
and slaves and fist fights were in
dulged in.
A continuance of the meeting
being hopeless under the circum
stances, an adjournment was taken.
The steamer Reliance is expected
to arrive in Chena today. She will
behauled out on the ways imme
diately after arrival.
WILSON’S REPLY
HAS CREAIED A
NEW SITUATION
Hub* Say That the J°ne of Our
President* Latest Note 1*
Open to Objection.
BERNE, Switzerland.—President
Wilson’s reply to the German note
has created a new state of affairs
in Germany, in the diplomatic dis
cussions relating to peace.
It is understood that the reply
; of the Imperial German government
to President Wilson's note win matte*
it clearly understood that the tone
of his note is open to objections.
The presence of Marshal von
Hindenburg in Berlin, is believed,
forshadows the drafting of GeV
many’s reply to the President’s note.
German newspapers, commenting
on the text of President Wilson’s
note, says it is it trap, and one
prominent paper characterizes the
note as Wilson’s evasions.
GERMAN IROOPS
PARADEiSTREETS
Slim PEACE
Hun Troops Join Crowds In Peace
Demonstrations In the Streets
of Berlin.
PARIS.—According to an article
which is given great prominence in
the French journal Matin, peace
demonstrations continue throughout
ermany. German soldiers are tak
ing part in the demonstrations and
are parading the streeets of Berlin,
singing revolutionary and pacifist
songs.
A pan-German meeting, which was
held near the Hindenburg statue,
was broken up by hooting crowds,
who also attempted to burn the
statue. They were restrained with
great difficlty by the police.
MG MB
WILL ADOPT ONE
As a result of the collection taken
at eight of the meetings of the
Nenana Knitting club, the funds of
that institution have reached the
respectable figure of forty-five
dollars. This means that they can
now support one French orphan and
have a very fair start towards the
sppport of another.
Steps are being taken for the im
mediate adoption, by the club, of
a girl, and as soon as sufficient
funds become available for the pur
pose, they will adopt a boy.
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
and victory for defeat.
ISLANDERS SEEK
GOVERNMENT AID
Porto Ricsn Government Asked Con
gress For Red Cross Aid For
Earthquake Sufferers
NEW YORK.—The Porto Rican
government has asked Congress to
extend Red Cross aid to the islanders
to enable them to cope with the situ
uation caused by the disastrous
earthquake last Friday.
As a result of this earthquake
over a hundred were killed and many
thousands have been rendered home
less and are starving.
CAMP LEWIS B
QUARANTINED TO
SI0P EPIDEMIC
CAMP LEWIS—To prevent the
spread of influenza to the troops
stationed here, the cantonment will
be placed in strict quarantine com
mencing from tomorrow.
Nobdy will be allowed to come
into the camp and none to leave it
except on business that cannot be
postponed. Those entering and
leaving camp, will, it is thought, be
fumigated as a precautionary meas
ure.
John Lindgren, who was awarded
a contract to grade a section of
the right of way from Station D
18420 to D-18470, has completed
the work and arrived in town last
night for settlement. Commencing
at the station where Lindgren’s con
tract ended and extending up to
Station No. 18540, the grading work
was awarded to P. A. Thelin, who
has also completed the work allotted
him and arrived in town last night.
Messrs Thelin and Lindgren’s con
tracts collectively covered a distance
of twelve thousand feet and one
large camp was established about
midway between the two contracts,
where the crews and stock used by
both contractors were located. Four
teen head of horses and quite a
large crew of men were employed
on the work.
With the completion of these two
contracts the entire grading work
on the D line has now been com
pleted. Steel is being laid on a
| portion of this grade now.
Advices received today indicate
that Willis Nicely and Raymond
Griswold have been inducted for
military service at Seattle.
The steamer Tanana arrived very
' late last night at Chena and is be
j ing hauled on the ways this mom
jing. The crew have been paid off
| the officers expect to get away for
ithe coast on the next stage.
FOURTH LOAN IS
WASHINGTON, D. C —The treas j
ury department announces that four!
billion two hundred and fifty million j
dollars have been subscribed so far
to the Fourth Liberty Loan, with
two more days remaining in which
to get the balance that will go to
make the needed six billion dollars.
Reports received indicate that the
workers will be satisfied with noth
ing but oversubscription.
austrWbe !
REORGANIZED ON
FEDERAL BASIS!
Proclamation is Made of Reorganis
ation of Austria on Federalixed
Basis.
VIENNA.—A proclamation issued
by the emperor of Austria today
stated that steps have already been
taken for the reorganization of Aus
tria on a federalized basis.
According to the reorganization,
plan outlined, Trieste on the Adri
atic Sea, is to be treated separately,
in conformity with the wishes of its
population. The plan also does not
include a union of Austrian Poland
with the independent Polish state
which will be created.
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ON NEW D-UNE
Tracklaying, Surfacing and Dragline
Camps Have Been Moved
Farther Up the Line.
The camps housing the men of
the steel gang, surfacing gang and
the dragline excavator have been
moved farther along the D line and
they are now located near the new
permanent siding near the end of
steel.
The siding, which is 2,000 feet
in length, commences at Station No.
18560 on grade recently completed
under contract by Thelin and Lind
gren.
The dragline excavator is now
working on a very large bed of
gravel of a better quality, for rail
road purposes, than the gravel found
in the old bed near Bailey station.
There is no moisture in the gravel
bed, and tests made disclosed tho
fact that water is struck at a depth
of 14 feet. This means that early
frost will not interfere with the
work of the dragline excavator and
a practically unlimited supply of
gravel can be procured for the road
for a long time to come.
Supplying food is America’s prin
cipal part in the war right now;
SEATTLE PAPER
SAYS ALASKANS
NEED NOT WORRY
Aluli* Day Editorial Breathe*
Encouragement For Sticker*
of the North.
SEATTLE—The Post-Intelligencer
in an Alaska Day editorial, said this
morning that although Alaska is
j distressed, as a result of the war,
| the people of the Northland are not
j discouraged. The Post-Intelligencer
| as well as the sourdoughs of the
: North .believes present conditions
■ in the territory are only temporary,
and that after the war, Alaska will
get back her all, and more besides.
| The return of peace will be followed
quickly by an influx of people into
; Alaska and by a resumption of ac
I tivities in every section of the Nor
thern territory.
! “Alaska has a destiny” says the
| Post-Intelligencer, “which world
■ events cannot halt.”
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ANNUAL DINNER
OF ARCTIC CLUB
IS CALLED OFF
Influenza Epidemic Cauies the
Abandonment of the Annual
Alaska Day Dinner.
SEATTLE.—For the first time in
its history, the Arctic Club was
forced to abandon the annual Alaska
Day dinner and smoker, which or
dinarily would have been held today,
owing to the influenza epidemic.
This is one of the big functions
and is eagerly looked forward to
by all sourdoughs, who will, on this
occasion, mark the day informally.
PIONEEHANCE
IS POSTPONED
Oldtimers Postpone Entertainment
and Dance for One Week
At Least.
The entertainment and dance that
was to be given on Saturday night
at the Nenana Labor Union Hall, by
, Nenana Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska,
has been postponed for one week.
1 It will probably take place on Sat
| urday October 26.
This action was taken by the
■ members of the igloo in view of the
recent death of two of Nenana’s
sons, which sad events have cast
quite a gloom over the entire district.
The program which will be rend
ered on the later date will be sub
stantially the same as published yes
terday. One item in the program
published was inadvertently omitted,
this was a dancing speciality by Mrs.
Leon Kellum.