We Must Save, Serve and Sacrifice to Win the War
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
^ VOLUME ONE _NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1918._NUMBER 3
AUSTRIAN PREMIER TALKS OF PEACE
HUGE ARMIES. PREPARING FOR SUPREME EFFOR T
LONG RANGE GUN EXPLODES, KILLING GUNNERS
^Allied Generals Say Defenders
View Outcome of Big Contest
With Assurance of Final Victory
LONDON, April 3.—In an ad
> dress delivered before the Vienna
municipal council, Count Czernin,
Austrian foreign minister, is reported
to have said yesterday that Austria
Hungary recently was on the point
of opening peace negotiations v.-th
the Allies. The wind had suddenly
veered, how’ever, he continued, the
Allies evidently having decided to
await developments in Austria in
the hope that the dual monarchy
would soon be defenseless. Dis
patches had been received from Pre
mier Clemenceau, of France, asking
Austria on what basis she w'ould ne
gotiate peace. To this, Austria, act
ing in. agreement with Germany, had
replied that Alsace-Lorraine ap
peared to be the only obstacle in
the way ef pea^e with France. Fur
ther discussion, said Czernin, was
prevented by Clemenceau, who had
declared that France could not ne
gotiate on that basis.
After referring to the above in
cident, Czernin informed tne council
that Austria would insist on a status
quo, adding, “The aspirations of
France and Italy are utopias which
will be terribly avenged. I do not
intend to go begging for peace or
to obtain it by entreaties and lam
entations, but to enforce it by our
moral right and physical strength.
Any other tactics, I consider, would
* contribute to the prolongation of
the war.”
Referring to the recent declara
tions of President Wilson, vile for
eign minister said that ne did not
believe the American executive really
desired to cause a separation be
tween Vienna and Berlin, but prob
ably considered Austria-Hungary
more favorably disposed toward
peace than Germany.
In conclusion, Czernin declared
that a colossal struggle has begun
on the West front, where the Austro
Hungarian and German troops are
\ fighting shoulder to shoulder. “We
are fighting together for the defense
of Austria-Hungary and Germany,”
he said, “and come what may, we
will not sacrifice Germany’s inter
ests anymore than Germany will
leave us in the lurch. We are not
fighting for imperialistic or annexa
tionists aims for ourselves or for
Germany.”
VIEWED WITH SUSPICION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—
The statement credited to Count
Czernin to the effect that France
suggested a peace discussion, is re
garded here as the beginning of a
new peace offensive, with the Aus
trian foreign minister acting at the
request of the kaiser. It is believed
that the speech of Czernin is a poli
tical maneuver designed to spread
the impression that the Allies are
fighting solely to recover Alsace
Lorraine. The peace move has been
i. timed to follow the breakdown of
the Teutonic military offensive.
Officials of the state department
declare that the Austrian foreign
minister has deliberately misinter
£ preted some of the statements re
cently made by the French premier,
twisting the words to suit the Teu
tonic plans.
I
NEW ATTACK PLANNED
PARIS, April 3.—The failure of
the Germans to reach Paris and
Amiens through wing attacks in their
first rush from Cambrai, apparently
has caused the German command to
center the attack on Amiens, hoping
to encircle the British base by at
tacking through five well defined
natural approaches. The first sec
tor is south of the Ancre, the second
between the Ancre and Somme riv
ers, the third between the Somme
and Luce rivers, the fourth between
the Luce and Avre rivers and the
fifth between the Avre and Noye.
BRITISH HOLDING OWN
LONDON, April 3.—Reports re
ceived from the British field head
quarters today state that the Brit
ish forces are more than holding
their own in the Arras sector, where
the Germans are massing for an
! other big drive. Pressure was re
| newed in that quarter today by the
. enemy, but the attack was repulsed
: by the British and a number of Ger
, mans taken captive. The reports
state that the British have also taken
Ayette, together with 100 prisoners
and three guns. Ayette is a town
eight miles southwest of Arras and
its possession by the British is re
garded as most important. The
contest is described as one of the
most stubbornly fought of the big
offensive, the Germans having sac
rificed many lives in their effort
to retain their reecntly captured
i position.
FRENCH REPULSE ATTACKS
PARIS, April 3.—The war office
announces the repulse of a large
I attack last night south of Moreuil,
| where the Germans launched a heavy
j assault in an effort to advance their
| positions. The French also broke
j up a big attack near Rollet and
; gained some ground to the north
I of Plemont.
GERMANS REPULSE ATTACKS
—
BERLIN, April 3.—The war of
fice has issued a bulletin in which
i it is claimed that enemy counter
1 attacks near Hebuterne, which were
j directed against the heights between
| the Luce and Avre rivers, were
stopped easily by the Germans, the
Allies losing heavily as the result
of their operations.
HUNS LOSE MANY MEN
British Headquarters, April 3.—
The British forces have improved
their positions by attacks to the
south of Hangard. They have also
repulsed two vigorous German as
saults. German prisoners say that
one German division lost seventy
per cent of its men during the fight
ing, and other losses were fifty,
forty and down to twenty-five per
cent of the strength of the divisions
engaged. The average strength of
the companies of one of the divi
sions v/as reduced to forty men.
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
PARIS, April 3.—Considerable
artillery action is reported on both
sides between Mondidier and Lassig
ny. French batteries caught enemy
concentrations to the east of Can
tigny, doing great execution and a
strong German reconnaisance on the
left bank of the Oise was put to
rout. German attacks in the upper
Woevre and upper Alsace also have
been repulsed by the French.
BIG GUN EXPLODES
PARIS, April 3.—Announcement
was made in this city late today that
one of the big German guns em
ployed in long range bombardment,
exploded this morning, killing five
of the gunners. A number of shells
were thrown into the city, however,
before the accident occurred. The
bombardment wjtfs resumed at ten
this morning, be
for a short time
*
BIG SLAL
it continued only
ER EXPECTED
! LONDON, A'pril b.—According to
advices received in this city today,
the German command is beginning
I to prepare the German people for
I exceptionally heavy losses in men
and material, as the result of the
big operations planned for the West
ern offensive. The advices state
i that it is futile to suppose that the
i operations are ended, tne Germans
| having apparently determined upon
' making a supreme effort before
abandoning the campaign.
STILL PREPARING
PARIS, April 3.—Local attacks at
various points along the front con
tinue to keep both sides busy in the
outpost areas. Back of the lines
preparations for the renewal of the
slaughter on a vast scale are mov
ing steadily and rapidly and a gen
eral resumption of hostilities may be
expected within a very short time.
Allied commanders continue to ex
press confidence in their ability to
check any further material advance.
The situation on the whole has a
hopeful look for the Allies.
GERMAN PLANES DOWNED
LONDON, April 3.—British air
planes dropped seventeen tons of ex
plosives among the German forces
on Monday, according to advices just
received by the war office. Thous
ands of shots also were fired from
the aerial machine guns. Sixteen
enemy airplanes and two ballons are
reported to have been shot down
during the attack.
LADIES TO DRILL
AT SCHOOL TONIGHT
The instruction in calisthenics for
! the ladies will be held at the Frank
' lin K. Lane school this evening at
7 o’clock, under the direction of
Sergeant Smith.
SMITH CASE DELAYED
Ten days will elapse, it is be
lieved, before the trial of Wm. H.
Smith will be taken up by the dis
trict court at Fairbanks. The trial
of the Gray murder case is now in
progress, and another case is to
be heard before the Smith case will
be aired.
MANAGERS ASKED
10 ACCOUNT FOR
PROGRAM DELAYS
Hurley Want* to Know Why Ton
I
| nage Launched During March
Fell Below Mark.
I -
i WASHINGTON,D. D C„ April 3.
|—Chairman Hurley and General
\ Manager Piez, of the emergency
fleet corporation, have wired to all
shipyard managers throughout the
United States, asking for an explan
ation for the failure of the yards
to deliver the tonnage expected of
them during the month of March.
Chairman Hurley says that the
; shortage in output was a keen dis
! appointment to the board and he
! places the responsibility on the man
I agers of the shipyards, the men
actually in control of building oper
ations, the keynote of the present
situation. Money, men and material
have been supplied without stint by
the nation, he points out, and there
appears to be no excuse for the poor
showing made in the delivery of
vessels.
YANKEE TROOPS
I REGARDED
Allied Officer* Predict That The
American* Will Make Good
Showing In Action.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—
It is generally agreed by British
i and French officers who have come
in contact with the Americans in
training in France and England, that
the Yankees are capable of fitting
themselves for the front in from
sixty to ninety days, provided they
are sent into action in company with
veterans. These officers have been
deeply impressed by the quick per
ceptibility of the Yankees and they
predict that the showing that will
be made by them will justify the
use of partially trained men.
Germany, it is stated, has been
combed for the present drive, and
has been compelled to use soldiers
hitherto considered unfit for actual
service. It is doubted if such troops
can make much of a showing against
the kind of men sent to F'rance by
the United States, and who are per
mitted to take part in the fighting
before they have completed their
training, as originally decided upon.
COLE WILL APPEAL
TO HIGHER COURT
Advices received from Fairbanks
this morning stated that the at
torneys of Lawrence Cole, the young
man recently convicted on the charge
of assault with intent to comit mur
der, have decided to appeal the case
and were to have apeared in court
for that purpose this afternoon.
Dr. Kenison, the Fairbanks opti
cian, is expected in Nenana tonight
| from the upper town.
UP-TOWN VOTERS
CHOOSE MEMBERS
OT HEW COUNCIT
, Mat Carlson Defeats Mrs. Hess For
I
1 Place On Fairbanks School
Boa'd.
FAIRBANKS, April 2—The voters
of Fairbanks elected a new mayor,
three new members of the city
council and a new member of the
school board yesterday, a total of
704 voters casting their ballots for
the various candidates. E. A. Suter,
the live jeweler, the only candidate
in the field, was chosen mayor, to
succeed Henry T. Ray. The three
successful candidates for councilmen
are George Johnson, the restaurant
man, Ben Sherman,- one of the pro
prietors of the Eagle barber shop,
and J. A. McIntosh, of the drug
firm of McIntosh & Kubon. Matt
Carlson, office deputy in the office
' of Marshal Erwin, defeated Mrs.
j Luther C. Hess, in ihe school board
contest.
The principal contest was between
the school board candidates, Carlson
having made the race on the anti
Keenan platform, while Mrs. Hess
permitted the voters to behove that
she favored the retention of Miss
Keenan as principal of the schools.
Carlson received 359 votes and Mrs.
Hess polled 325, indicating that
sentiment is very evenly divided on
the school question.
Dan Callahan, who has served
more terms as councilman than any
other man in Fairbanks, was ,i can
didate this year, but finisnei last
on the list, and the number of plunk
ers cast showed a large falling off
in the support which elected the
veteran on many former occasions.
vesselTotTway
! ARE NOT WANTED
United States Will Not Interfere
With Dutch Ships Now On
th® Sea.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 3.—
According to announcement made
this afternoon, it is not the inten
tion of the government to interfere
with Dutch ships which left Holland
ports from the United States after
the decision was reached to requisi
tion vessels belonging to the Dutch
government. They will be per
mitted to continue in the service of
their own country. .
INDIANA NOW DRY
INDIANAPOLIS, April 3.—The
: state of Indiana became dry at mid
j night, the new law prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of liquor. It
is also against the law to give booze
away.
GRAY HEARING ON;
DRAWING JURY NOW
The case of U. S. vs. Gray, in
which the defendant is charged with !
murder, the alleged crime having
been committed at Rampart last
year, began in the district court at
Fairbanks this morning and the day
was largely taken up with the se
lection of jurors.
'
III OF BAKER
TO EUROPE AIDS
CAUSE OF ALEIES
Believed Secretary Had Unified tho
Enemiea of Kaiser In a
Gratifying Manner.
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 3.—
Whatever may have been the origi
nal purpose of the visit of Secretary
| of War Baker to Europe, it is ap
| parent that his mission has resulted
in the most complete unification of
I Germany’s three most powerful ene
mies and it is confidently expected
I that the effect will be demonstrated
I shortly on the Western battlefront.
! Reports received from the other
| side of the Atlantic indicate that
i brought much closer together by
I America and her allies have been
the efforts of Baker and the pre
| diction is made that the nations op
j posing Germany can be depended
j upon to work together shoulder to
; shoulder, with perfect harmony and
i for a common cause.
Men Convicted of Robbery Charge
Must Serve Time For Their
Offense.
j FAIRBANKS, April 3. —In the
J cases of Songer, Carpenter and
| Workman, the three Fort Gibbon
J soldiers who were convicted in the
district court recently on charges of
' robbery, have been sentenced by
Judge Bunnell to terms ranging
■ from eight to eighteen months.
Songer will be sent to McNeil
island for a term of eighteen months.
Workman will spend fifteen months
^ at the same place, and Carpenter,
the youngest of the three, will get
off with a term of eight months,
Lwhich he will serve in the local jail.
Carpenter is only 20 years old and
this is the first time that he was
ever in serious trouble, which ac
counts for the light sentence im
posed.
iMILWEUtESIED
Fairbanks Attorney Will Be Tried
In Uppe*- Town On Charge of
Larceny.
FAIRBANKS, April 3.—S. H.
Milwee, former attorney of this city,
who was acquitted this week on a
charge of embezzlement by bailee,
has been placed under arrest again,
the charge against him this time
being larceny. The arrets was made
on a secret indictment returned by
the grand jury several days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woodward
and daughter are enroute to Nenana
with the Malamute Kid, and are due
here tonight.