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THE NENAN A DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918. NUMBER 18
GERMANS PREPARE TO ATTACK AMIENS
BAD WEATHER ENDS FIGHTING ON WESTERN LINE
BRITISH"GENERAL SAYS THE END IS NOT YET IN SIGHT
GROUND IS UTTERED
WITH GERMAN BODIES
LONDON, April 20.—Details of the
staggering losses sustained by the
German forces on the Northern front
during the past week are beginning
\ to reach this city. Estimates of the
number killed during the heavy fight
ing vary greatly, and in the absence
of official figures, the war office
is refraining from making any state
ment of enemy casualties. But all
reports received from the front in
dicate that appalling losses were sus
tained. At some points, the dis
patches declare, the air is so full of
the stench of decaying bodies, that
the movement of troops is all tut
ir impossible. In many instances, the
troops donned their gas masks while
passing around the littered fields,
strewn thickly with the corpses of
Germans, mute evidence of the effi
ciency of British gunfire.
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE.
With the British Army, April 20.
—General fighting along the entire
front is suspended today, chiefly due
to unfavorable wreather conditions.
The whole line, from Flanders to
Soissons, is enveloped in mist and
rain.
The opposing forces are taking
advantage of the lull to prepare for
the next onslaught. There were no
big attacks undertaken by the Ger
mans during the night, and no chang
es have taken place today, the en
gagements being chiefly of a local
nature.
The preparations being made by
the Germans indicate that further
hostilities are contemplated in Fland
ers, and it is also believed that they
are planning another mighty thrust
south of the Somme, in a supreme
effort to reach Amiens. There was
w’as considerable enemy activity in
the Arras sector yesterday and last
night, and there is a steady move
ment of German troops in that di
rection today.
THE BRITISH LOSSES
LONDON, April 20.—The war of
fice has issued a statement in which
it is shown that the British casual
ties during the past week were
12,368 ,of which number 2,200 were
killed in action.
BOMBARDING PARIS
PARIS, April 20.—The long range
bombardment of this city was re
sumed today, after a several-day in
terval. Shells are falling with the
usual frequency, and the damage is
only nominal.
CAN’T STOP FRENCH
With the French Army, April 20.
—The efforts of the Germans to
keep the French so busily engaged
$ about Hangard that they would be
unable to send reinforcements to the
aid of the British, have proven un
successful. The French have replied
vigorously in this sector to the Ger
man attacks, repulsing the enemy
^ with well-directed counters, and im
proving the French positions at sev
eral points. There is considerable
artillery dueling about Hangard to
day, but no infantry action.
k , GERMANS ATTACK COAST
AMSTERDAM, April 20—Advices
received from Berlin this afternoon
| state that German vessels were en
j gaged today in bombarding the
Franco-Belgian coast between Dun
kirk and Nieuport.
THE FRENCH SACRIFICE
NEW YORK, April 20.—In an ad
dress delivered in this city today,
! Andre Tardieu, French high com
j missioner to the United States, said
I that 1,300,000 Frenchman have been
| killed since the commencement of
l the war. The number of wounded
! and captured is almost as great.
—
i AUSTRIANS PLAN STRIKE
! AMSTERDAM, April 20.—The ex
■ ecutive committee of the German
i Socialist party in Austria has de
cided to call a country-wide strike
on May first, as a demonstration in
favor of a declaration of peace by
Germany.
IRISH TO EXPLAIN
DUBLIN, April 20.—The Nation
alists of Ireland are making arrange
! ments today to make known to the
| world their objections to conscrip
i tion. It was decided at a conference
; held this morning to take this action,
i and it was also decided to request
j the lord mayor to go to Washington
j for the purpose of explaining the sit
I uation to President Wilson.
SITUATION GRAVE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.—
Advices received from London today
indicate that the determination of
the Irish Nationalists to resist con
scription is regarded gravely through
out Britain. The Nationalists are
said to be united as never before.
ITALIANS AIDING YANKEES
—
| PARIS, April 20.—The southern
flank of the American army in Al
sace-Lorraine is being guarded by a
strong force of Italians, which ar
rived on the Western front this
week.
ITALIAN DRIVE SOON
ATLANTIC PORT, April 20.—
General George Bridges, of the Brit
ish army, who has just arrived from
Europe, predicts that the Germans
are planning to start a drive against
t the Italians early in June.
In a further statement he said
that although the present drive on
the Western front may be checked,
a series of crises will continue all
through the year, ultimate victory
being a question of man power.
PRISONERS TAKEN
LONDON. April 20—General Haig
reports that in a local action south
of the Scarpe river yesterday, the
British captured nine machine guns,
a trench mortar and a number of
prisoners.
WEARY OF THE WATER
ROME, April 20.—Advices receiv
ed in this icty from a reliable scarce
state that the crews of the German
submarine squadron mutinied re
cently, forcing the unexpected re
turn of the divers to their' base. The
mutineers were prevented from go
ing ashore, however, by the land
forces. They are being held prison
jSEAlTLE MAKES
WORLD’S RECORD
AS SHIPBUILDER
Steel Steamship Is Launched Just
Fifty-Five Days After Laying
of Keel.
SEATTLE, April 20.—The new
steel steamship West Lianga, which
is under construction by the Skinner
& Eddy corporation for the s'n'pping
board, was launched this afternoon,
just fifty-five days after the laying
of the keel. This is a new record
in shipbuilding, the best previous
time having been made by the Port
land yards, in turning out a vessel
in sixty-one days.
The West Liango is the fifteenth
steel steamer launched for the gov
ernment by the Seattle yards *his
year, the tonnage aggregating 129,
000 dead weight. The West lianga
is of 8,800 tons capacity.
RIGGS TsloMING
10 TAKE UP WDRK
New Governor Will Reach Seattle
Enroute to Capital of the
Territory.
SEATTLE, April 20.—Advices re
ceived in this city today state that
Governor Riggs is now enroute to
the pacific coast from Washington
and will arrive here tomorrow night.
His plans include a stay of several
days in this city, following which he
will go to Juneau to take up his new
duties as chief executive of the ter
ritory.
The Alaska Bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and Commer
cial club is making arrangements to
entertain Governor Riggs at a lun
cheon to be held at the club rooms
on Tuesday.
ers on their boats, being unable to
land or leave the base.
BRITISH TAKE GROUND
LONDON, April 20.—Field Mar
shal Haig has reported to the war
office the capture of important posi
tions on the southern edge of the
Flanders battlefield, as the result of
counter attacks launched by the Brit
ish during the night. The Germans
were thrown back from their posi
tions taken by them in Thursday’s
fighting, at Festubert and Givenchy.
The British also advanced along a
1500-yard front east of Beaurine
and repulsed a severe counter attack
later in the night. The British have
since withdrawn to the original line.
SEDITION PRISONER
BUYS LIBERTY BONDS
Advices received from Fairbanks
state that Ed Lund, who was tried
and convicted in Nenana on the
charge of making seditious utter
ances, and sent to Fairbanks to serve
out his sentence, has invested a
portion of his bank roll in Liberty
Loan bonds. The reports state that
he took |600 worth of bonds today
and is contemplate g a further in
vestment.
DANIELS TALKS
TO WORKERS IN
Secretary of Navy Says Command
to Every American Is Full
Speed Ahead.
QUINCY, Mass., April 20.—In an
address delivered before several
thousand shipyard workers in this
city this afternoon, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels declared that “every
day we delay in turning out our de
stroyers, we are delaying the re
demption of the world.”
“We should all be dedicated to the
task before us,” he continued, 'the
command to every one in America
today is full speed ahead.”
The secretary emphasized fhe im
portance of speeding up the work of
shipbuilding, pointing out to the as
sembled workers that the United
States cannot hope to make a credit
able showng in the world war un
less equipped with ample shipping
| facilities to insure the dispatch of
troops and supplies to Europe.
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PILEDRIR CREW
GOES TO CAMP 51
—
Piledriver No. 3 and crew, under j
Foreman Charles Wermundsen, with
i the necessary teams and camp equip
ment, will leave on Monday for
Little Goldstream. about nine miles
north of town, on the Fairbanks
Nenana line. They will form the
camp known as Camp 51 and will be
engaged in driving the necessary pil
ing for the bridges across Little
Goldstream.
Piledriver No. 3 was used on this
division to drive the piling for the
Ibridge across Clear creek and a few
I other smaller bridges farther along
the line, the motive power being
supplied by a team of horses.
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Congratulations Sent to Washington,
Following Favorable Action of
Senate.
Following the announcement that
Thos. Riggs, Jr. had been confirmed
by the senate of the United States
as governor of Alaska, the Nenana
Commercial club voted to forward
a night letter of congratulations to
the former railroad builder, and in
accordance with that action, Secre- ,
tary H. B. Joseph sent the following i
message to Washington during the ;
week: '
Nenana, Alaska, Apr. 16, 1918. <
Thos. Riggs, Jr., care Interior De- i
partment, Washington, D. C.
“The Nenana Commercial club :
as an organization congratulates you ,
on your appointment and hopes to
do so in person individually, soon if
your affairs perimt your coming this
far north. We feel that the distance '
between Juneau and Nenana is ma- 1
terially lessened. ]
.. “NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB" i
PRESIDENT HAS
RIDE IN BRITISH
Executive Makes Tour of White
House Grounds Inside of Steel
Monster-.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20
President Wilson enjoyed the novel
experience of making the rounds of
the White House grounds today in
side a huge British fighting tank,
which is being used for exhibition
and educational purposes in this
country.
The president displayed great in
terest in the great fighting craft
and made a close examination of
the inside workings of the machine.
In climbing out of the tank, the
president had the misfortune to
grasp a hot exhaust pipe and burned
one of his hands severely, so severly
in fact, that he will be unable to
play golf for a month. Heretofore,
he has visited the links daily.
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Members of Nenana Club Extend
Courtesies to Men In Service
of Uncle Sam.
The Nenana club at a regular
meeting last night voted the freedom
of the club rooms until further
notice, to all men wearing the uni
form of the United States.
Cards will be issued by the sec
retary to those desiring them; but
the uniform itself will be sufficient
passport without cards.
This includes entertainments, as
well as the ordinary daily use of the
rooms.
JOHN SCHARLE FINED;
VIOLATED GAME LAWS
John Scharle was tried before
Commissioner R. S. McDonald last
night, on the charge of violating the j
game law, and fined the sum of $1
and costs, the costs amounting to
about $19.
The complaint was filed by Game :
Warden Steve Foster, who charged
:he defendant with, having purchased
meat out of season. Scharle explain
;d to the commissioner that the meat ;
found in his possession had been '
accepted by him as part payment of
a freight bill.
TRIAL OF VEDIN
IS MOVING SLOW
The trial of Gus Vedin, which is
tow in progress in the district court,
at Fairbanks, on the charge of per
jury in connetcion with the filing of
affidavits of annual labor, is moving
ilong slowly, accordng to advices re
vived from the upper town. The
lefendant was on the stand today,
n his own behalf.
The case probably will not be
unished before Monday or Tuesday.
FAIRBANKS AND RUBY
TO GET HONOR FLAGS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20—
rhe Towns of Fairbanks and Ruby
lave been awarded honor flags in
ecognition of the large subscription
eceived for Liberty Loan bonds.
JAPS NEED HELP
AIVLADIVOSIOK;
TROUBLE FEARED
Increased Anti-Japanese Demands
Made By Bolsheviki Indicate
Trouble.
LONDON, April 20. — Dispatches
received in this city today state that
reinforcements are needed at Vladi
vostock, as the result of t he in
creased anti-Japanese demands.
Trouble of a serious character is be
lieved to be imminent and the troops
recently landed at the port are re
garded as insufficient to cope with
the situation.
Reports also state that orders have
been received at Vladivostock from
the Bolsheviki government, directing
the shipment of all shells, explosives,
metals, machinery and other war sup
plies, now assembled at \ laui/ostock,
to European Russia. Freight and
passenger traffic through Russia are
to be suspended, if necessary, to
move the supplies immediately.
Attack on Steampship Kulakemoor
Believed to Have Co.,1 Lives
of Two Sco-'e.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.—
A statement issued by the navy de
partment today announces the loss
of the American steamship Kalake
moor, with an apparent loss of forty
five lives. The vessel was attacked
by a German submarine about the
middle of April and went down be
fore assistance arrived.
The navy report says that, of a
total of ten officers and fifty-two
men, only five officers and twelve
men have been accounted for. The
survivors landed at an English port
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Veteran Automobile Man Making
Trip Down With Pasiengers
From Fab-banks.
Bobbie Sheldon, veteran automo
bile man of the Fairbanks district,
left thd^upper town for Xenana this
morning with his tractor machine,
and expected to reach his destination
at an early hour this afternoon.
He is bringing four passengers
and a quantity of light express mat
ter for Nenana people. The pass
engers are: Mrs. Alex Fowler and
son Donald; Axel Carlsten, of the
Peoples store, who is coming to Ne
nana for surgical treatment; and
Alf Ekeland, of Chatanika, who is
enroute down to look over the local
field.
Advices received at Fairbanks on
the last mail, announced the death
sf E. C. Grandison, father of Peter
Grandison. Death occurred at Val
paraiso. on February 10, following
i long illness.