Uncle Sam Needs YOUR Help To Beat The Kaiser
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1918. NUMBER 33
BAD WEATHER HOLDING HUNS BACK
AUSTRALIANS MAKE ATTACKS NORTH OF AMIENS
NEW CRISIS IS DEVELOPING IN BRITISH GOVERNMENT
‘ RAIN IN FLANDERS
HAMPERS GERMANS
LONDON, May 8.—The Allies are
still awaiting a resumption of the
German offensive in Northern France
and Flanders, but it is apparent that
the rainy weather, which has set m
along the Western front, is seriously
hampering the German preparations,
through causing delay in bringing
up supplies and new batteries for
use in a further attempt to extend
the enemy lines to the coastal region.
The present lull in heavy fighting
has developed into a longer period
. of quiet than previous lulls since the
commencement of the offensive in
the latter part of March, and has
enabled the Allies materially to
strengthen their positions.
LOCAL OPERATIONS
LONDON, May 8.—Successful
minor operations were carried out
by the British forces last night, in
the region east of Amiens, between
the Somme and Ancre rivers.
Hostile artillery was active during
the night between Meteren and Kem
mel, on the Ypres line, but no at
tempt was made to advance the
German positions.
FIGHTING ALONG AVRE
PARIS, May 8.—An offical an
nouncement issued by the war office
this morning states that heavy ar
tillery fighting is in progress along
the Avre river, to the southeast ot
Amiens, the operations including
both sides of the stream.
AUSTRALIANS MAKE GAIN
With the British Armies, May 8
—The Australian troops, which art
holding a section of the line east oi
Amiens, made another advance Iasi
night. They forced the enemy bad
a distance of five hundred yard:
along a six- hundred yard front
near Saillilesec. Gains were als<
CACHE IS FOUND;
OWNER ARRESTED
Sixty Gallons of Perfectly Gooc
Hootch Unearthed by Fairbanks
Officers.
FAIRBANKS, May 8.—Anothei
booze cache has been discovered b;
the local authorities, and the mai
suspected of owning the liquor w'il
be tried on the charge tomorrow.
A cache of sixty gallons of whisk;
was found in the Healey warehous:
on Second avenue, back of the Pio
ner hotel, and investigation indi
cated to the officials that Tom Mahe;
j was the owner.
The first cache of proportion
was found in the McPhee buildinj
several days ago.
MONEY FOR YARN
k The barn dance given at Fair
banks on Saturday night netted thi
sum of $259.75 for the yarn fund
the total amount now available fo
the purchase of yarn in the uppe;
town being somewhat in excess o
* $4000.
made by the Australian forces near
Morancourt, where they pushed the
Germans back three hundred yards
along a five-hundred yard front.
The Germans did everything possible
to resist the attack, including the
laying of a heavy barrage in front
of their positions, but the Australians
forged ahead in spite of the stub
born opposition and now appear to
be strongly established in their cap
tured positions.
PREMIER VISITS YANKEES
With the American Army in Pi
cardy, May 8.—During his recent
visit at the front, Premier Clemen
ceau spent a portion of this time
with the American fighting forces.
He talked with officers and men and
congratulated them upon the show
■ ing the Yankees have made during
i the brief time they have been in
| action on the Westrn front. He
| appeared particularly pleased over
j the harmony prevailing between the
| Americans and the French and Brit
j ish forces, and expressed confidence
: in the ability of the combined forces
; to resist any attack that may be
j undertaken by the enemy.
The premier inspected billets and
i kitchens and made a general survey
1 of conditions in the American sec
; tor- The sector was under fire dur
I ing all the time the statesman was
here.
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CRISIS IN GERMANY
—
BERNE. May 8.—The kaiser is
reported to have returned to Pots
dam from the front, having been
summoned to avert a threatened
trouble resulting from the rejection
of suffrage reforms by the Prussian
diet. The situation has a serious
aspect, and the kaiser and Chan
cellor von Hertling are now in con
i ference.
CRONIN IS NAMED
MEMBEROF BOARD
Member of Commission Force Has
Succeeded Robert E. Burns
On Exemption Board.
Ed. J. Cronin, member of the
headquarters store office force, has
succeeded Robert E. Burns as a
member of the local exemption
board, his appointment having been
1 made at the request of Chairman
' Howard P. Curtis arid Dr. D. H.
More, the other members of the
board.
' The change was made at the re
quest of Mr. Burns, whose private
affairs made it impossible for him
to give his attention to board
matters.
' WAECHTER IS NAMED
TO REPRESENT CLUB
At a meeting of the board of
- trustees of the Nenana club, held
« this week, Ralph Waechter was
, named as the club’s representative
■ on the board of public works and
■ charities, which will be made up of
’ representatives of the various or
ganizations of the town.
SALE CAMPAIGN
Fairbanks Boys Make Creditable
Showing In Upper Town During
Big Drive.
FAIRBANKS, May 8.—The Boy
Scouts of this city made a splendid
showing during the Liberty Loan
campaign, and several of the boys
have been awarded prizes for dis
tinguished service. Eighteen of the
scouts who took part in the cam
paign. disposed of ten or more bonds.
The first prize, a $50 bond, was
won by Eugene Feraud, son of G.
E. Beraud, the well known assayer.
He sold 61 bonds, representing a
total value of $15,800. Norman
Russell won second prize, a $25
bond, for having sold the greatest
number of bonds. He disposed of
66, representing a total value of
$7,250.
Roy Lund is reported to have left
Fairbanks this morning for Nenana.
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DEFIES II BOMS
—
Shortage of Food In Switzerland ,
Now Renders Drastic Action
Imperative.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8—j
In defiance of German submarines, 1
the United States is sending grain
to Switzerland on board armed ves-1
sels, under heavy naval convoys j
which are prepared to fight their
way through the European danger •
zones. Four ships laden with wheat
and flour have already been dis
patched to Europe and others are
! loading, preparatory to an early de
j parture.
\ The critical condition among the
I people of Switzerland, whose food
! supplies are practically exhausted,
' necessitated immediate action and
; the food ships are being dispatched!
in defiance of the German order j
requiring three months notice prior i
to the shipment of food supplies to
neutrals.
POLITICAL CRISIS
MENACES ENGLAND
(Associatec
LONDON’, May 8.—A political
crisis, involving the security of the
Lloyd George government has arisen
in England, the result of a letter by
General Maurice, former chief dr
rector of military operations, in
which the charge was made that the
British cabinet had deceived the
country and parliament in repre
sentations made concerning the army
in France. The general questioned
ROAD COMMISSION
SHUTSJJP OFFICE
Interior Headquarters of Alaska
Road Commission Is Moved
The Fairbanks office of the Alaska
Road commission has been closed
and all Interior work hereafter will
be directed from headquarters oi
the commission on the coast. E. G
Morrison, who has been connected
withthe Fairbanks office, left foi
Valdez this morning.
The closing of the office means
a considerable loss to Fairbanks, as
the maintaining of the Interior head
quarters at the upper town resulted
in the distribution of a considerable
sum of money annually and insured
a greater amount of work locally
than can be hoped for under the
new arrangement.
FAIRBANKS TO SEND
47 TO FORT GIBBON
Advices received from Fairbanks
this afternoon state that the quota
of registrants which the upper towr
will be required to send to the ter
ritorial training camp is 47, ex
clusive of those who have already
joined the colors.
Press)
| the veracity of the premier’s state
| ments and also those of Chancellor
| Bonar Law.
The charges were made the sub
ject of a debate on the floor of the
] house of commons, and, upon motion
j of former Premier Asquith, it has
1 been decided to discuss the form
j of inquiry to be made regarding the
| statements made by General
j Maurice.
KAISER PLANNING
RULE IN FINLAND
Uncle of German Crown P-incets is
Slated for Job at Head of
Captive Nation
LONDON, May 8—There seems
little doubt of the intention of the
German government to proclaim a
! monarchy in Finland, which has been
overrun lately by German troops
; The reports reaching this city from
I Stockholm state that it is the inten
| tion of the kaiser to instal Duke
Adolph Fredrich, of Mecklenburg, on
| the throne as king. He is the uncle
!of the crown princess of Germany.
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CLUB B1NGLES GOOD
FOR ARMY TOBACCO
Bingles of the Nena^a club may
be used by members of the organi
zation for contributions to the Sol
diers’ Tobacco fund. They will be
cashed for that purpose, at the re
quest of members desiring to con
tribute. This action was taken by
the board of trustees of the club,
at a meeting held Monday evening.
The Fairbanks exemption board
reports a list of seventeen delinquent
registrants.
AMERICA HAS HALF
MILLION AT FRONT
WASHINGTON, D C., May 8.— ,
secretary of War Baker has author
zed the statement that more than
lalf a million American soldiers
lave been sent to France to assist j
;he Allies in crushing the kaiser’s
’orces. How many more than half I
i million is not made known, the
datement merely announcing that
:he number exceeds five hundred
:housand.
WIRE INSTRUCTS
LOCAL BOARD TO
GET MEN READY
i
Nenana Will Be Required to Supply
Twenty-Two Men fo- National
Army.
In a telegram addressed to Chair
man H. P. Curtis, the local exemp
tion board is informed that the quota
of registrants which Nenana will
be required to supply to the National
army is 22, exclusive of all credits.
The board is instructed to get
these men ready for induction into |
the service during the early part
of next month and the members
are now rushing matters in an effort
to round up delinquents so that th.‘
quota may be drawn in proper order.
Several of the registrants, who prob
ably will come within the quota,
have not yet reported to the board,
and the names of those who will
compose the first quota, consequently
will not be known definitely until
certain of the absent registrants
have been properly classified.
Three of the local registrants, who
wouid have been included in the
first draft had they remained here,
have already joined the colors.
They are Henry McPhee, who en
listed with the Twenty-thrid Engin
eers, Frank R. Sherrard, who joined
the same outfit, and Walter Love
who has joined the infantry.
The Nenana quota will be sent to
Fort Gibbon, and it is understood
that they are to be transferred later
to Fort Wm. H. Seward, near Haines.
This is not known positively, how
ever, by the local board, no official
advices having been received by
them to that effect.
The telegram instructing the local
board to take action, was sent from
Juneau yesterday, and reads as
follows:
“No. A 256- Your net current
quota is 22 men. It is estimated
that you will be called upon between
1st and 15th of June to induct these
men into service. It is therefore
requested that you bend every en
ergy to the end of preparing your
quota for delivery between these
dates. The number of men men
tioned is net, this is the number you
are required to furnish over and
above all credits.
“HUNT.”
Deputy Marshal John Woods, who
took Herman Kessler and Charles
Olson to Fairabnks, is reported to
have reached the upper town shortly
after seven o’clock this morning.
The trip was made without incident.:
The announcement was made by
the secretary to inform Americans
that he had not over estimated when
tie forecasted, many months afro,
that half a million Americans would
be in France early this year.
The movement of troops and sup
plies to Europe is now going ahead
steadily, the number and quantity
being: limited only by the number of
vessels available for overseas service.
Liners of Alaska Steamship Company
Will Call At Pioneer Town
This Month.
SEATTLE, May 8.—Beginning
with the departure of the steamship
Northwestern for the North today,
all the big passenger liners of the
Alaska Steamship company will call
at Skagway on their voyages to
ports in Southwestern Alaska, for
the purpose of making through con
nections for Interior Alaska via the
White Pass route.
A new service will also be in
augurated by the Steamship Alaska,
which will be first vessel of the
Alaska Steamship company’s fleet
to go through to Anchorage this
year. Homeward bound, the Ala
meda alone will call at Skagway,
while the other vessels of the com
pany’s Southwestern Alaska fleet
will return to Seattle from Anchor
age and Southwestern Alaska ports
by way of Juneau and Ketchikan.
The steamship Jefferson will leave
Alaska every twelve days for Skag
way, calling enroute at Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Petersburg, Doi|:las, Ju
neau, Treadwell, Haines and Skag
way. The steamships Northwestern,
Alameda and Alaska will leave Se
attle on the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
of each month, and the Northwest
ern, sailing on September 1, will be
the last of the Southwestern Alaska
liners to call at Skagway north
bound.
CRAMER HAS RESIGNED
AS MEMBER OF BOARD
In anticipation of his'early de
parture for Juneau, where he will
accept a position as private secre
tary to Governor Riggs, G. F.
Cramer has tendered his resignation
as a member of the board of trus
tees and house committee of the Ne
nana club, which o.Vices he has held
since the organization of the club
several weeks ago. Mr. Cramer's
resignation was acted upon at at
meeting of the trustees held on Mon
day and his successor probably will
be named at another meeting to be
held on Saturday.
Fairbanks reports bond sales ag
gregating $425,500, a very substan
tial part of which amount was sub
scribed by the residents of Brooks,
the last remittance from that camp
being $17,000.