, Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana
THE NENANA
The BIG Show Of The Interior
DAILY NEWS
i VOLUME ONE member of associated press NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 1918.
NUMBER 79
CHAIRMAN EDES
SAYS WORK WILL
William C. Edn Arrived in Nenana
La»t Night and Will Remain
Here About Ten Day*.
William C. Edes, chairman and
only remaining member of the
Alaskan Engineering commission, ar
rived in town last night on the
launch Sunbeam from Fairbanks,
accompanied by Andrew Christensen
manager of the Land and Industrial
department of the Alaskan Engin
eering commission Mr. Mason, sec
retary to Mr. Edes, and Mr. F. D.
Browne, engineer in charge of the
Fairbanks division. The party will
remain here about a week or more,
as Mr. Edes intends to go thorough
ly into the question of the work
on the railroad in this division.
Mr. Edes states that it is the in
tention of the Alaskan Engineering
commission to push construction
work on the main line until the coal
fields at Lignite have been reached,
after which the line to Fairbanks
will be taken in hand and com
pleted; the main line will then be
extended toward the coast until the
construction party advancing from
the coast over the Broad Pass route
have been met and the rails joined.
Mr. Edes also says that some work
may be done on the branch line to
Fairbanks this summer, but he will
decide this later on, after he has
had a chance to go over the situa
tion with Mr. Browne and inspect
the work already accomplished.
Regarding the improvements to be
made on the waterfront with spe
cial reference to the work to be
done to prevent bank erosion. Mr.
Edes said he was not in a position to
discuss this matter until he had all
the data before him, but though
that the Commission would take this
in hand as soon as conditions would
permit and that in all probability
the property owners along the water
front will be given the necessary
pro tection.
With reference to the proposed
mail trail between the ends of steel
at the coast division and this divi
sion, Mr. Edes told the News repre
sentative that the Alaskan Engin
eering commission would gladly
help the scheme and haul the mails
on the trains operating from the
coast and Interior terminals, but
did not think that the Commission
would care to handle the mails over
the unfinished part of the road.
After he has had an opportunity
to consult with Mr. Browne and
look over conditions for himself,
Mr. Edes says he will be in a better
position to make a definite state
ment regarding the Government
railroad.
According to Mr. Edes, about a
million and a half to two million
dollars of the appropriation, when
passed, will be utilized for the work
on this division.
VLiiils
SCENEJF BATTLE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Advices
received from Vladivostock today
indicate that the Czeco Slovaks had
ousted the Bplsheviki forces from
the town of Vladivostock several
days ago in a sharp eneouter in
which several of the Red guards
were killed.
Resident Engineer Hawley W.
Sterling went to Fairbanks on the
Peerless this morning. He expects
to return with is family on the
steamer Yukon.
GERMAN GENERAL
TAKES COMMAND
AUSTRIAN AIM
General Otto Von Bulow Will Com
mind Austrian Forces on the
Italian Front.
ZURICH.—A despatch received
today is to the effect that Fild Mar
shal Conrad Von Hoetzendorff. whc
commanded the Austrian troops or
the Italian front during the recen!
disaster to that army, has beer
superseded in the command by Fiek
Marshal Von Koevess. The despatcV
states further that General Otto Vor
Bulow of the German army, will be
in supreme command of all the
Austrian forces.
Soldiers Have Difficulty Returning
Home With Trinkets of the
Struggle
LONDON.—No longer are British
soldiers on leave seen streaming out
of the big London railroad stations
yitn tropntes oi tne great war m
the form of a German helmet, rifle,
bayonet or a few old bombs and
shells to decorate the walls of their
home. An army order long sines
issued, but only very recently pui
rigidly into effect, forbids the carry
ing off of these trophies from tht
battlefield, and now hawk-eyed mili
tary police watch the leave boats
But all the orders in the work
and all the precautions ever in
vented will not stop the souvenii
i hunters. And the Tommies have th<
| craze worse than the nimble-finger
ed gentry who used to specialize ir
railway straps, hotel soap and tow
els and chips of granite from ok
1 castles.
To carry the stuff home the sol
diers will try all sorts of subter
fuge. They will carry their souv
f enirs about with them from res
billets to the trenches, sometime:
even refusing to dump it when go
l ing into action. They guard thei:
treasures like a diamond for month:
and will sacrifice little comforts
that mean so much in the line ii
order to stow a harmless Germai
bomb or the fuse cap of a shel
I in their sack.
Men have left their own rifli
| with the quartermaster or in somi
! unauthorized quarter and carried of
; a German one in a waterproof casi
past the picket at the boat. Piece
of bombs and shell have been foum
in puttees because haversacks ar
liable to be searched and extra pock
ets have even been sewn into tail
: of overcoats to hide forbidden souv
i enirs.
RED CROSS MEETING
HAS BEEN POSTPONEI
Mrs. J. R. Bowen, chairman o
the local Red Cross branch, %wishe
to announce that, owing to th
Fourth of July celebration, the regu
lar meeting of the branch will no
jbe held on Friday as usual, but wil
be held on the succeeding Frida
at the usual place.
Acknowledgement is also made o
a contribution of $2 made to th
Red Cross fund by P. V. Anthonj
C. Herb Wilson came into tow
from his home near 35-mile. H
has finished his clearing eontrac
and will probably put in a bid fo
another.
AMERICAN AIRMEN
DEFEAT GERMANS
j WITH THE AMERICANS—An j
American air squadron of nine ma- i
| chines tackled an equal number of
German machines this morning west
j of Chateau Thierry. The battle
| which ensued, as observed by the
Allied commanders, is said to have
been a very thrilling afair and re
sulted in a victory for the American i
air forces. The Germans were
forced to retire with the loss of
three machines shot down by our
i airmen. Two American planes fail-1
1 ed to return to their base.
FRENCH MAKE GAINS
—
PARIS.—Reports received from !
the French field headquarters state!
that French forces last night de- j
livered an attack on the German;
positions north of Mulinsous Tout
vent along a three-kilometer front
and succeeded in causing a retire
ment of the enemy's forces. The .
positions captured were consolidated j
and the French battleline was much
improved. A strong counter attack
by the enemy near Vaux was check
ed by the accurate fire of the
French troops.
Several attemps were made by the
Germans to advance thier line north
I
of Moncel and in upper Alsace, but i
i were foiled by the opposing troops
every time.
GERMANS ANNIHILATED
nfTmn TtI13 , nra
! cial information received today teu
j of the annihilation of an entire
i German regiment in an attack made j
WICKERSHAM WINS
DELEGAJE CONTEST
—
Telegram from Fairbanks Announces
Reinstatement of Former
Delegate.
_ i
Dave Dunbar received the follow
ing telegram from Fairbanks this
morning:
“House election committee vote
. unanimously to reinstate W'icker
. sham.”
: (Signed! Pendergraft and Lavery
i The telegram was received in Ne
. nana this morning and several
■ friends of the former delegate have
; sent him congratulatory messages.
One of these telegram was sent by
, some of the sourdough ladies of
, Nenana, headed by Mrs. J. C. Kellum
: DEATH SUMMONS
: VETERAN PASTOR
5
1
, Rev. Doctor Washington Gladden
Is Called to HU Reward at
Good Old Age.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. — Reverend
Doctor Washington Gladden, na
tionally knowm Congregational min
, ister and author of note, died here
yesterday, aged eighty-two years.
f
. LADIES ANNOUNCE RAFFLE
DURING GRAND BALL
The Red Cross ladies wish to an
j nounce that the raffle of the Red
Cross rooster “Liberty” will take
place during the course of the grand
f ball, which will be held on the
night of the Fourth
Resident Engineer Kenneth Case
is in town for the Fourth of July
i
celebration.
^
t Billy Lynn went up to Fairbanks
r on a business trip. He expects to
return to Nenana in a few days.
by the American troops. The de
tails are meager, but it is thought
that the attack was delivered by
our troops on the enemy in the
neighbborhood of Chateau Thierry.
GERMANS ADVANCE
LONDON.—Reports received by
the war office from the front are to
the effect that after a particularly
heavy bombardment last night, the
German troops attacked to the north
of Albert and succeeded in recaptur
ing the greater part of the ground
which they were obliged to surrender
to the British last Sunday.
BRITISH IN RAIDS
LONDON. — Several successful
raids were conducted by the British
forces against enemy positions and
trenches today, north of Merris
Myennevills and Boyelles Claude.
The British took several prisoners.
FRENCH CAPTURE VILLAGE
PARIS—Despatches received from
the front indicate that the French
troops made a successful assault in
force and captured the village of
St. Pierre Aigle, from which place
the Germans were ejected with
heavy losses to them.
AMERICANS REPULSE ATTACK
PARIS.—Official reports received
peatedly attacked tlTe positions neia
by our troops to the west of Chateau
Thierry, all of which were repulsed.
PRESIDENT SENDS
GREETINGS ABROAD
President Wilson Sends Personal
Greetings to Wounded Soldiers
and Sailors.
LONDON.—The Red Cross have
been entrusted with a message from
the President of the United States
and on the anniversary of our In
dependence the personal greetings
of President Wilson will be con
veyed by the Red Cross workers tc
every American soldier and sailoi
now in British hospitals.
LAND IN RUSSIA
American Sailors and Marines Ar«
Landed to Guard Immense
Stores At Kola.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In a cable
received from Ambassador Francis
the officials at Washington are in
formed that American marines and
sailors have been landed at Kola
a White Sea port, for the purpose
of guarding the immense stores and
war supplies assembled there. This
action was made necessary by the
action of the Bolsheviki soldiers
who recently arrested the member!
of the provisional government a!
Archangel and it was thought thai
the supplies will reach hands foi
which they were not originally in
tended.
The ambassador makes no men
tion of the sensational rumors cur
rent recently regarding the Russiar
developments, and it is thought tha'
these rumors originated in Germany
i'ranklin K. Johnson is an oui
town visitor from the 35-mil<
re. He will return to his statioi
er the celebration.
FALCON MIN
HAS ORGANIZED
MUMMY
Railroad Man Has Organized Com
pany to Develop Bering River
Coal Mine.
SEATTLE.—Falcon Joslin told
| the executive committee of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce that
! he intends to develop the Bering
} river coal on an extensive scale
! soon.
A company to work the coal mines
has been organized with a very
large capital at the back of them,
and they have obtained the neces
sary coal and oil land permits from
the government.
The company, Mr. Joslin said, in
I tend building sixty-five miles of
, railroad that will connect the coal
| fields with the Copper River &
Northwestern Railroad, and F. R.
Vaneampen leaves on Monday to be
gin the work immediately.
munihonTplant
I WRECKEDJN EAST
Explosion In Munition Plant Causes
Immense Damage and Is Fatal
To Many.
i SYKAtUSt, :s. r.—.nil vjvplosmn
which occured in a large munition
factory at Somet Solvay, near Syra
j cuse last night, killed forty-five of
the workers and injured eighty
others.
A fire broke out as a result of
| the explosion and half of the plant
was destroyed. The actual damage
; done to the works so far as is now
I known, is estimated at four million
1 dollars. It is thought that the ex
plosion was due to an accident.
SYRACUSE.—Acording to latest
reports received from the rescue
parties at the scene of the disaster
forty-seven bodies have been re
moved to the morgue and fifteen
others have been found, bringing
| the total dead to sixty-two, and there
: may be other bodies in the ruins.
The explosion, the cause of which
istil remains unknown, shook the city
and many workmen with their fami
lies fled from the vicinity during the
night.
MSlSENHERE
ON ANNUAL VISIT
Manager of Land and Industrial
Department Arrive* on Inspec
tion Tour.
I Andrew Christensen, the manager
| of the Land and Industrial Depart
| ment of the Alaskan Engineering
I
I
commission, arrived last night with
the Edes party on the launch Sun
beam and plans to remain here for
about a week to look over conditions.
Mr. Christensen, with Townsite
Manager Ryus, was seen looking
around town this morning and is
now busy gathering data concern
ing townsite affairs.
It is probable that immediately
after the Fourth of July celebra
tion in Nenana, the Nenana Com
mercial club will take up matters
pertaining to town conditions with
Mr. Christensen.
Ralph Darling came in from Resi
dency 4 today to take part in the
festivities. He will return to his
station in a few days.
CONGRESS PAYS
TRIBUTE TO DEAD;
TILLMAN PASSES
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
Paxes On; Congress to Adjourn
Today In Respect.
AA ASHIXGTOX, D. C.—Senator
Benjamin Ryan Tillman, of South
Carolina, died today, and as a tribute
to his memory congress will adjourn
for the day.
The late Senator Tillman was
born in Edgefield County, S. C.,
August 11, 1847, and received art
academic education at Bethany in
the same county. He followed farm
ing as a pursuit and took no active
part in polities until 1868, when he
began an agitation for industrial and
technical education. His demands
broadened into demands for other
changes in state affairs, and he was
put forward by the farmers as a
candidate for governor in 1980.
He was elected governor by a
large majority and was re-elected
to the same office in 1892, his term
being signalized by the passage of
the dispensary law for the control
of the liquor traffic by the state.
He entered the race for senator
against General Butler in 1894 and
was elected by the general assembly
by a vote of 131 to 21; was re
elected in 1901 and 1907 without
opposition, and in 1913 His term
"Ttf JlFifflgFSkle* for“tfie ISIS
lishment of the Clemson Agricul
tural and Mechanical College at
Fort Hill, and the Wintrop Xormal
and Industrial College for Women
at Rock Hill.
AMSTERDAM.—Human fat. says
the Vienna Klinische Wochenschrift,
i has proved a great benefit in heal
, ing, especially deep wounds where
; lesions of the bones and other parts
i have occurred. Such fat—obtained
, from operations, this medical jour
! nal explains—is preserved, free and
I is sterilized before use. It is then
heated to the temperature of blood
and injected, rapid cicatrization be
ing obtained Human fat has also
proved very useful in accelerating
the healing process in cases of torn
tendons and nerves.
■f AIMAK MIS
Will NOUME TRIP
i The following telegram received
, from the manager of the Fairbanks
ball team is self explanatory;
Fairbanks, July 3rd.
“Shusana not going. Boys have
to be back the morning fifth. Shall
, I hire launch?
“JOE FISHER.’’
The Fourth of July committee
| agreed to send the following;
Xenana, July 3rd.
j “Joe Fisher, Fairbanks:
} “Regret eleventh-hour decision.
Local soldier team w-ill take your
place.
“DOUSE.”
A series of games has already
been arranged between the Soldier
boys and the town team. Wm. C,
Edes has promised to pitch the first
ball and Frederick D Browne has
agreed to act as umpire. With this
array of talent we will have just as
' good a series as though the out-of
; town boys were coming.