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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1918
NUMBER 132
HUNS RETREATING OVER WIDE FRONT
TREATY PLACES FINNS AT MERCY OF KAISER
ADDITIONAL GAINS
MADE BY BRITISH
WITH THE BRITISH.—The Brit
ish troops advanced today along a
line to the east of Longavevnes and
in the Lieramont region, to the
northeast of Peronne, against a
somewhat half hearted and feeble
resistance of the enemy. In the
Lys salient the troops operating on
the sector to the north of Eramuf
ghemare, in a great rushing move
ment toward the western bank of
the Lys, have penetrated to a depth
of over nine miles, compelling the
disorganized forces of the enemy
to beat a hasty retreat. To the
east of the Somme river and along
the Cologne river, the advancing
British columns have reached the
town of Tincourt, from which place
they ejected the enemy. They have
occupied the town and rearranged
and consolidated its defenses against
any possible counter move.
TERGNIER CAPTURED
LONDON.—The town of Tergnier
which is about three miles west of
the fortified town of La Fere, was
captured by the French troops today
who advanced on a twenty-mile
front to an average depth of two
miles and in some places to a depth
of four miles. The occupation of
Tergnier by the French troops was
not opposed by the enemy, who ap
pear to be too much disheartened
to offer any serious resistance. The
fighting along the advancing French
line is said to have been of a
sultory nature, the enemy retiring
after the first few shots had been
fired. The advancing french forces
have also reached the forest of
Coucy.
British Advance Rapidly.
The progress made by the ad
vancing British columns on prac
tically the whole battle front from
the Heverincourt wood to the river
Aisne, continued today with rather
greater rapidity than had been ex
pected. This is due mainly to the
very feeble resistance offered by
the retreating Huns.
HUNS BOMB HOSPITAL
WITH THE AMERICANS—In an
air raid made by the enemy on Wed
nesday night, the Hun aviators
scored two direct hits on a large
•Red Cross hospital between the
wings of the French and American
lines southwest of Soissons. There
were no casualties, as the patients
had been previously removed and
safely lodged in a cave nearby as
soon as the presence of the enemy
'flyers was detected. The Hun
aviators arrived after dark and com
menced bombing indiscriminately,
utterly ignoring the Red Cross signs.
Several of the inmates of the hospi
tal who were only slightly wounded
helped the hospital attendants to
carry their less fortunate comrades
to a place of safety. The women
nurses attached to the hospitals be
haved very bravely under the mur
derous fire from the airplanes.
OUTLOOK BRIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, told the Senate Military
Committee today that the situation
on the Western front was more sat
isfactory this morning than it had
been in months. Splendid progress
is being made by the Allies, he said,
and the outlo«k is very bright.
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SUMMARY
Associated Press' Summary.—Ac
celerating the headlong flight of
the retreating German forces, all of
the Allies have gained important
new ground during last night and
today along the entire front, from
the Aisne to the west of Cambrai.
The British have pushed forward
on a front of over fifteen miles,
and the French, to the south of
the Somme, have effected important
gains on their front to an average
depth of over a mile along the en
tire front.
RED SOX CAPIURE
IHIRDJF SERIES
CHICAGO—The third game of
the world’s baseball series was
played today in fair weather be- j
tween the Boston Red Sox and the
Chicago Cubs.
The Boston team is credited with
two runs, seven hits and no errors,
and the Chicago team with one run
seven hits and one error.
The batteries were Mays and
Schang for Boston, and Vaughn and
Killifer for Chicago. The lineups
otherwise were the same as yester
day. Klem umpired the balls and
strikes. j
Ivory St. Clair, partner in the
grading contract with George Pal
mer, came into town for settlement.
They have completed their contract.
FINLANDERS ARE
PLEDGED 10 Hi
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived in this city today, a new
treaty of alliance has been entered
into between Germany and Finland,
in terms of'which the entire man
power of Finland has been placed at
the disposal of Germany.
The good old prospecting bug
seems to have been getting in his j
work on a lot of people around
Anchorage. There is more talk of
people getting out into the hills j
than there has been for several
seasons. This has been brought
about to a great extent by the re
cent appeals of the government for
a continuance of gold production
and the likelihood of having a bounty
or subsidy of some kind placed by
the government on this product.
STOCKHOLM.—According to the
reports brought by travelers from
Moscow who arrived in this city re
cently, Minister Lenine of the Bol
sheviki cabinet, died of his wounds.
Minister Lenine was recently shot
and severely wounded by Dora Kap
lan, a Russian revolutionist, who
was arrested immediately after the'
shooting. His condition was re- j
ported as being very critical yester- i
day.
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Very Litle Grading Work Remain*
On the Right of Way on
Residency Three.
Walter Oldenburg & Co,, who
have a contract to grade that por
tion of the old right of way from
Station No. 18277 to Station No.
18304, within the limits of Resi
dency 3, under the supervision of
Resident Engineer Howard G. Has
lem, have completed the work and
are due in town shortly for settle
ment. These contractors finished
the work begun on force account
some time ago.
Leonti Vercun & Co., working on
the grade between Station No. 18185
to 18197 expect to finish tomorrow.
Joining the grade at the point
where Leonti Vercun and company
commenced their work, viz from Sta
tion 18160 to Station 18185, Ben
Peterson & Co., who hdld the con
tract on this section of the line,
are making strenuous endeavors to
finish before the cold weather sets
in. Of the 2600 feet of grading
that these contractors have, part of
it consists of a through cut and
part of a fill through broken coun
try. The fill averages about 8 feet
in height and the material borrowed
from the cut; dump cars being used
for this purpose. They will be a
little more than a month from the
present time in finishing the work.
A portion of the grade is being
raised gradually, the extreme heighth
to which it will be raised being five
feet at station No. 18020. This
work is progressing favorably and
it is expected that it will soon be
finished. The section of the grade
being raised runs from Station No.
18005 to 18040.
Hugh Ross & Co., working four
men, started work on the right of
way from Station No. 18021 to |
18040, commencing from the five-j
foot raise, working in a downward |
slope.
The grade from Station No. 18069
to 18087 still rempins to be com
pleted and it is expected that a
contract will soon be let for this
work.
“There is no half way house be
tween victory and defeat ”—Lloyd
George.
ALASKA BUREAU
MANAGER TAKES
PASS TRAIL OUT
Visitor Changes His Mind About
Coming Back to Nensna, and
Hits the Trail.
J. L. McPherson, manager of the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, who arrived in
Nenana recently from Fairbanks,
left this town on the morning of
the third on a trip to the Lignite
country for the purpose of getting
first hand information regarding our
coal fields, continued his journey
onward and is now on the way to
the coast by way of the Broad Pass
trail.
When he set out, Mr. McPherson
intended visiting the coa1 f;elds,
looking over the road and return
ing to Nenana,where he figured on
staying for a few days. News re
ceived late yesterday evening from
out the line, however, indicate that
he changed his mind when he met
Joe Pearson, who is going out over
the Broad Pass trail with a pack
horse, and decided to go out with
him.
It is expected that Mr. McPnerson
will stay a few days in Anchorage
before returning to his headquarters
in Seattle.
JAPS ADVANCE ON
SIBERIAN FRONT
Important Town In Siberia Seized
and Occupied by Japanse
Cavalry.
TOKIO.—According to an official
statement issued today by the Jap
anese officials on August 28th the
Japanese cavalry, advancing west
ward on the Ussuri river front in
Siberia, compelled a retirement of
the opposing forces in the neigh
borhood of the town of Krasnoy
arsk!.
The Japanese cavalry subsequently
entered the town of Krasnoyarsk!
and occupied same. The town is
situated some sixty miles northeast
of Lake K hanka.
FLAT POSTMASTER
CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. Chittick, well known resi
dent of the Iditarod country, where
She served as postmaster at Flat
for a number of years, passed away
suddenly during the latter part of
August, according to advices re
ceived in Nenana on the last mail.
Death was caused by a stroke of
apoplexy.
The deceased prospered during
her residence in the Iditarod camp,
and was planning to leave for the
Outside before the close of this
season, to enjoy the fruits of her
toil in the North. Her sudden de
mise came as a great shock to her
many friends.
RETREAT GENERAL
Hun Force* Are Now Farther Away
From Pari* Than Ever Before
In the War.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Char
acterising the retrograde movement
of the German forces as a “general
retreat” on a hundred mile front,
from Arras to near Rheims, General
March chief of staff of the Ameri
can army pointed out that the Ger
man lines have been pushed back
steadily until now at the nearest
point it is sixty miles from Paris.
At the commencement of the
great counter offensive ordered by
Marshal Foch and commenced on
July fifteenth, the German line was
within forty miles of Paris .
NEW TlELO ARMY
IS TAKjNG SHAPE
Troop* Are Being Rapidly With
drawn to Form Army; Only
One Division Engaged.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army said today that the organ
ization of the First American Field
Army in France is progressing very
rapidly and will soon be enabled
to give battle as a separate Ameri
can unit under the command of
General Pershing.
Nearly ninety-five per cent of the
American troops brigaded with the
French and British soldiers have
been withdrawn and assembled at
a point which General March did
not designate.
This withdrawal, he said, would
account for the small number of
Americans engaged in the present
forward movement of the Allied
forces. Only the Thirty-second di
vision of the American army is now
engaged in the actual fighting.
STEAMER TANANA
SAILS TOMORROW
FOR TORT GIBBON
The steamer Tanana is scheduled
to sail from Fairbanks at 8 o’clock
tomorrow morning and may be ex
pected toarrive in Nenana about two
o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
She will connect with the steamer
Alaska at Tanana for Dawson and
beyond and transfer to the latter
vessel such mail, freight and pass
engers as are destined for the upper
river points and the outside.
The Tanana has hardly any
freight for Nenana, and it is ex
pected that her stay in Nenana will
be a short one.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert ^E. Burns
returned to town from the Lignite
country tod*?.
WARNING ISSUED
BY THE ENTENTE
TO BOLSHEVIKI
Bolsheviki Authorities to Be Held
Responsible for Safety of
Allies in Russia.
j TOKIO.—According to an official
statement issued today, the Bolshe
I viki authorities at Moscow have been
warned by the Allies through neu
tral ministers, that they will be held
personally responsible for the safety
j of the Allied consular officers and
missions now detained in Russia
All of the consular staff of the
American consulate with the excep
tion of the consul general, recently
left Moscow on a special train for
Haparanda in Finland, where it is
thought they have arrived safely.
There, are several members of the
Allied consular staffs and missions
as well as many civilians still in
Russian cities, who are unable to
leave the country owing to the un
setled conditions.
It is expected that the Bolsheviki
will arrange for their safe conduct
to some neutral country in the near
future.
RAILS NEARING
GLACIER CREEK
m D LINE
Rail* Are Now 700 Feet From
Glacier Creek; Bridge Will Be
Commenced Tomorrow *
When the steel gang quit work
for the day yesterday evening, the
steel on the new D line had reached
Station No. 18811, which is only
about 700 feet distant from the
north bank of Glacier creek.
It is expected that this distance
will be covered today, in which ca3e
a commencement will be made with
the work of driving the piling for
the 120-foot bridge across Glacier
creek. The steel is being laid in a
swamp with about a depth of two
and a half feet of water, and, in
consequence, the work is not moving
as fast as the officials would like.
All of the material for the con
struction of the bridge which will
I span Glacier creek has been assem
! bled handy for use as soon as it
becomes possible to get the track
: driver to the spot to commence
! operations.
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jSLAVS SEEK REFUGE
IN JAPANESE TOWNS
TOKIO.—The exodus of Russians
j from their country into Japan has
so steadily increased that the for
| eign community in this country has
. become chiefly Russian. All the
| foreign hotels are crowded with
j Russian refugees. It is difficult
(for world travellers to find accom
modation in any of the foreign style
hotels in Japan.