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■ The Nenana News
VOLUME I
MEN AN A. ALASKA. DECEMBER 2. 1916.
NUMBER 11
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BIG DBIVESTARTS
Russians Launch Great
Offensive
. GERMANS SAYJND IS NEAR
Believed at Serin That Slavs
Are Making Fiaal
Supreme Effort
BERLIN Advices recieved sa this citv
state that a gi "attic offensive movement
has been tnangura'ed by the Russians :n
tite Camsthiva district and it is was
•lent; v expected here that the Slav 'arets
are about to mate a supreme effort to
4 down the Anstro-Aerman defeases to the
east of Hungary. Should this movement
tat'. German military experts declare the
whole Russian organisation will collapse
and the failure will be quick; v followed
by separate peace overtures.
The Carpathian campaign is now in
progress alone a hattlefrout lullv Is.
miles in length and while the lighting
has not yet reached a dectsiv* stage, sev
eral bloody encounters hive already tak
en place. Tee Austro Gertr-an Hue has
leea heavily reinforced at points where
the Russians have gathered in strength,
and the outcome is being awaited with
confidence.
BRITISH FORCES
BEATEN IN SERBIA
BERLIN— Official advices received
from Sooth -m s<rrt>a report that the
Br.tish forces is that sector have launch
ed several unsuccessful attacks against
^the Teuton positions during the past
'several days. Particular! y strong attacks
were made on the heights to the east of
Parlove. Other engagements occurred
west of the Viu.hr river, where the Brit
i -k directed a strong are against the Ger
mans followed by a vicious assault,
which was repulsed with severe losses to
the attacking forces
* FARNUM FEATURE
COLISEUM SUNDHY
A Fanam feature will be the attrac
tion at the Coliseum Saadav night. This
announcement in itself should be suf
ficient to all the theater, bet for the
benefit c-f those not acquainted with
William Firtta, it is perhaps advisable
to state that this cerebrated movie actor
will appear in “The Plunderer one of
the strongest features presented by the
popular Fox Film Corporation- “The
Plunderer'' was produced bv Edgar
l.e ais, who won fame as director of
“The Nigger”, “The Gilded Fool ' and
other attractions its which William Far
ina appeared in the leading role.
The store has a read “Famnn part '
rad is full os action from start to finish,
with many thrills, a splendid double
love affair and a happy ending, ail of
which combine to make of “The Plun
derer’' a most interesting and tkorccgh
ly enjoyable picture. The picture is in
five ports and the usual feature prices
will prevail.--general admission, fiftv
'"♦cents, with a quarter extra for reserved
seats,
Cas Williams, disburse? of the Fair
bmns <j5ees af the Alaskan Engineering
commission, arrived in Nenana Wednes
day evening with a quantity of cash for
the December payroll and the money
was distributed among the local employ
ees of the commission on the £r« of the
month.
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Karlv Tbursdiv morning the tent
home of Ed Swedal. jaat aS A street be
tween the Adams budding and the Mod
^caie. was practically destroyed by £re.
ether with the clothing- and other
belongings of the owner FU‘ > amociit
tu Jbf wrt is.* burned beyond repair.
Swvd.ii nsi: brwklis! vhea the ire
startevi. and hs is cf the opinion that it
was caused be a~ overiy hot stove. Night
Watchmen r'eihi.fsen was among tfce
Srs; to MTiuo" the scene. ! it the hre
wa* notdiscovered nati! too Lee to evt
may of the e5ec:- the tent
FREIGHTERS BOOST
RATES TO NENANA
The freight chatpe between Nenara
mad Fairietuks *es - .treed1 foureents
a pound during the week ad of the big
outfits on the run Ltvat arrived at ti'.e
conclsmoa that there is no money to be
made at three cents rer pound. especial -
ly with the trail :n its p-gser.: ha*l con -
dition and fre.b.t offerings irsutfci-.r.:
to make ka is. There has been no ..d
—mice in the psvssertger fere, however,
the rate remaining a: >Ii for the trip
either wav.
There-:s a probability th.u the freight
rate will he reduced later in the season
when there sre more goods mo\ rig
th*- banting 'is ea-rer. The present rate
on ton lots and over is three cents.
HOUSEWIVES .MAKE
FIGHT ON COMBINE
NEW YORK— In sr. etior: to ir.'tk
the egg com ae and cause* lowering in
other food prices, thousands oi house
wives of this and other Eastern cities
have inaccurate', a boycott on eggs and
attached their names to a petition asking
"President Wilson to assist them in their
wor.hr object. The women see red a
poeat iu Weinr *for when a redcctlba
o! four cents a potted on turkeys v. _s ;s
nousced bv local dealers.
WELLING To N. KAN. Four bandits
entered the town e; Hare'ton. near here,
early Wednesday u_erring ar.d robbed
the bank of ft. OX Telegraph ard tel
ephone wires leading into the town were
cut sc- that :t was impossible ter the cit
irens b str.ro; assistance nntti the des
peradoes had escape*.', with td-.ir loot
PETROGRAD It is arrocrctd at
heaiic nmi tens that the Russians have cap
tured an impomut position in the Catr
' pathiurs ne_r Ktrlitsaba. Eleven hun
dred pnsocers were taken, including
Germans and Austrians.
BARIS i he German authorities have
issue*! a decree imposing npen Belgium
a further payment of ten miiitou francs a
month. This is in addition to the exist
ing levy of -i&.IXk) francs.
WASHINGTON— New represents -
tions are a bent to be made to Germany .
with regard so the deport anon of Bel
gian civilians ter work in Germany.
Evcrv effort will be made by the snte
department to put a stop to the deports -
■ tMB.
WASHINGTON— Ambassador Elkus.
m a cable received from CoBStattiaople.
informs the state epsrtment that the
Turkish geverument has g.ne back oc
its agreement to permit several hundred
I Americans, now in Turkey, to leave that
; cocntrv. State department erScials are
indignant, but state that they must pro
ceed with delicacv.
NEW YORK Forty-one Americans,
survivors of the steamship Marine, have
! arrived here and declare that the vessel
I was torpedoed by a German submarine
■ without warning.
Corporal Be” an-d Private Deems ofj
the local signal corps starioc. ma.de a
trip down the rirer during the week to
look over the telegraph line. They went
'as ii: as Minto.
NEW YORK Treasurer Marsh, of j
the Democratic National committee, re
ports that cv'ctriputtcus receive*! bv the
committee Iran various sources for cam
paign purposes totaled approximately
Sl.KG.'A.
Road Ready 10 Haul Cca!
To Nenana In 1917
Tft
iO
Work Will Be Resumed On North
Side of River As Soon As
Weather Will Permit
Altkorgfc at present there is eou-pvir
itvt'y tie >*crk in progress on tb< In
terior end of the government railroad,
trtnthiajc is in readiness to rush "he
Kork to the utmost as soon as the neith
er will rerun: a resumption of activities.
In discussing plans tor the spring work
Mr. Riggs stated yester lay ti.st track
. iag ia Lite Street a of the coal & is
vest 1 beCarried on with erter«.v taring
the coding summer. and if there :s any
coal ready for shipment rest fail the
comm is-ien won id have trains reulv to
deliver t: to Nenana. Mr. R egs also
stated with positivecess that the -cv.d be
tween Nenana an t Fair'viuks solid he
completed by the end or l°;>
There ts a prvdibdity that no farther
. ^e..— ^ c v*... —c ua tt e to c re . a .a .—v
steam shovel this wirier Ths weather
cwretn. ns are sneh. Mr Riggs says ‘-hat
the work cannot led.ee now vvitnecon
ouiv. It is believed, however, that the
work c..n he renamed ir, the spring be
fore the >ar* leaves the croon-!.
The pjedriver *-hjch -- driving pt'f
icg for trestles and bridges along the
grade to the socth of Nenana. ts making
siihslactcry progress. although the work
is necessarily slow on account of frost
c neon i ts red. A mess boose, ba.it on
runners. was sent oct the grads during
the week as i shecld add greatly to the
comfort of the plledriver crew, he sides
hastening the work.
There are fewer men in the employ of
the commission a: present, in this divis
ion. than at anv time during the post
several months The number, including
contractors, is 56d. and it is expected
that it wtll remain at about that ngttre
nnrilmcre active operations are resumed
early next spring.
COAST WORK LAGS
Mears Explains Why Con -
structin Is Slow
WEATHER (MOTIONS BAD
Doubtful If Road Will Be Com
pleted Before End of 1920
From Coast Erd
SEWARD Cap:. Frederick Mears.
member of the Alaska Engineering Com
mission. arrived in this citv on Mondav
from Anchorage and left almost immed
iate’v for Washington, where he is to at
tend an important conference on railroad
matters- He was two days making the
trip item Anchorage, traveling by train,
dog sled, ban I car. gasoline speeder and
some distance on foot. He dnshei on
the regular passenger train into this city.
In the opinion of Capt- Mears the rad
road. cannot be completed into Fairbanks
before 193) or 1911. owing to the fact
that the work is heavier oa the coast than
was anticipate*!. He also said that the
work along Tumagam Arm would be de
layed for the same reason. The problem
of getting ia supplies ia mere difficult
-'-.-■r was anticipated and the weakness
of the bridges along the line cf the old
Alaska Northern railway prevents the
use of t’:e n'jn plow. so that it i:
impossible to Veep the rice open bey oik
Mile I'ntavrrd Je neither com’nioc•
on Tumsguia Art;: also liin 'ere.l work
during the summer
The cwnaiissianrr states that there i
eons enable gambling Jt Anchorage in
't t e < : the efforts of the department ; :
justice to prevent it. Before leaving fot
Washing tea he directed that ail person
c ugh: stralmg or trying to defraud the
government in any r.ay be bound over :•
the grand ;ur. and pr seente.l cndei th;
statute which aiai.es it a serious felony
to steal treat the a jvernment. On tht
lay he left :wo employes f the eonnii*
*:o~ were arrested on the charge of pad
ding the payroll.
ROADHOUSE HELPED
BY HEAVY TRAVEL
Of* the mar.v rcaJhoast* in Intent::
Alaska, there probably is none as -. ell
patronized this winter as the Ohio,
which is conveniently situated on the
Nerana-Fatrisanks trail about midway
between the two :rwn« The posineno!
the house, more than anv ether feature,
is resr-ens:'. le for the volume o; basines
eiyeved. and with heavier traffic in rr.v
pect. as the season a dvances, there t
reason to believe that the owners w: 1
clean up a substantial sum for their win
ter's work.
It :s a common occurrence for a score
of travellers to stop at the place for the
rich:, and frequently the number ex
ceeds thirty. When it is considered
that each cues: spec is cot less than 54
and many of them considerably more
- than that amount, it is apparent that the
; owners have a eery good thing
MACEDONIAN FRONT
SCENE OF BATTLES
SOFIA Fnnotts fighting is in progress
along the entire Macedonian front, ac
cording to official advices which have
been recieved here. The battle which
is now raging in that quarter is regarded
as the most important of the Mace loci an
: campaign and there appears everv reus u
; to believe that it will end. with the com
plete roc: oi the Allies. The reports
state the battlefield is strewn with .lead
and that tho losses of the enetnv have
been particularly heavy as a result of the
many attempts made to take the Bulgar
ian positions.
NEW YORK— In a message to the
Imperial German government. General
f von Falkenhavn savs: “Our task of de
stre-vieg the Rnmaniau am:v reads black
I regret the misere of the women and
children in the path of our armies ana
1 I am net anxious, to go to Bucharest,
because of the recessltv of caring for
the population there.
PARIS Official advices receive! from
M^ceac-cia claim that the French hare
capture! Hills Ten and Fifty and other
heights in that district which are of im
portance to the Allies. Hills Twelve
and Forty-eight are now being stormed
an! their capture is expected hourly.
The annual thanksgiving ball of the
Fairbanks aerie of Eagles was attended
by two hundred couples. The features
! of the occasion were the elaborate turkey
dinner given in connection with the af
fair. and the fantastic terpsichorea.i spec
Laitv of Mr. and Mrs. Scanlon. The el
ectrical decorations were also very elab
orate.
Fred Barton, night watchman in the
emplov of the Alaskan Engineering Coe
mission, will leave for the Outside soon
for the benefit of his nee 1th. He plans
to go direct to Arizona after a brief stav
in Fairbanks on business matters.
E. H. Mack is acting mayor of Fair
banks during the absence of Dr. R. R.
Myers who is now in Neman practicing
Lis prcitsaOB.
EMBARGO1$ PLAN
Many Petition President
To Stop Shipments
LAWMAKERS^DRAFTIKG BilLS
Senator Lewis and Others Claim
Congress Is Powerless
To Step Traffic
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IV ASHING TON" There is much dis
cussion among Congressmen arriving in
this c::v regarding the proposed esparto
on foodstuffs from the United States, and
it is bow believed certain that an effort
w .1! be made during the coming session
to enact legislation that w ill put a stc—
to the heavy shipments and prevent a
further advance in food prices.
Notwithstanding the fact that both
Senator Lewis and Congressman Mann
declare that congress will not act. Rep.
Fitzgerald, of New York announces he
his drawn up two end area measures «nd
writ introduce them at the earliest oppor
tunity.
Petitions are coming in from all sec
tions of the country requesting that ac
tiv>c be taken, and a number of mem Vers
have signified their intention of giving
their support to the Fitzgerald fcriis.
WILSON MAY CALL
AN EXTRA SESSION
WASHINGTON— There is a probabil
ity that President Wilson will call an
extra session ot congress to consider im
portant matters which he has included
in his program cf legislation He is anx
ious to secure the enactment of compre
hensive supplementary labor legis’at or.
enlarged commercial commission an i a
compulsory stuke act.
H. A. Hadley, of the Tolovana, and
Hazel Taylor, of Circle, were married at
Fairbanks during the week at the Pres
byterian church. The ce terror, v was
witnessed by Mr and Mrs. Ingwaid An
derson of Circle.
—
Ed Wolcott, private secretary to Judge
Bunnell, left Fairbanks during the week
tor Fresno. California, where he owns a
large vineyard.
PARIS Alarmed over the steady ad
vance of the armies of Mackensen an 1
Ton Falkenn. officials of the Ruman
ian government are moving to Jassy, two
hundred miles northeast of Bucharest,
and near the Russian frontier. The gov
ernment documents of value were re
moved several days ago.
WASHINGTON Omciai advices re
ceive! by the state department indicate
that the submarine which caused th*“ de
struction of the American steamer She
mung was firing the fiag of Austria at
the time ot the attack. It is also claim
el that the Shemung was attacked with
shell fire as well as torpedo.
BERLIN The British steamer New
castle wras sunk by a mice on Wednes
day o5 the coast of Scotland. Twentv
seven are reported to have lost their lives
and nearlv fifty were injured by the ex
plosion. _
There will be a meeting of the ex
ecutive board of the Commercial club
tomorrow aiivruo&u at the office cf
Commissioner Burns. The meeting is
set for o’clock.
TOKYO The Ozaxa and Kyoio dis
tricts were severely shaken by an earth
quake on Wednesday and hundreds of
lives are reported to have teen lost. A
score or more -sere killed as a result of
the collapse of the* railway station at K> -
oco.