Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana—The BIG Show Of The Interior
fHE NENANA DAILY NEW5
VOLUME ONE member of associated press NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1918. NUMBER 65
ITALIAN FRONT NOW IN GRIP OF BATTLE
TEUTONS CAPTURE TEN THOUSAND PRISONERS
CHAMBERLAIN IN FAVOR RAISING DRAFT AGE TO 45
ITALIANS HOLDING
ATTACKING FORCES
ROME.—The much heralded Aus
trian drive,which started on Satur
day with local operations at several
points along the line, has assumed
gigantic proportions and now in
volves the entire Piave front. The
Austrians are using sixty divisions
in their attempts to break down the
Italian defenses, but thus far have
been unable to pass the Italian ad
vanced area at any point. War
office reports, issued today, state
that the situation is reassuring.
PREPARED FOR ATTACK
ROME.—The Italian forces were
prepared for the great Austrian
drive and confidence prevails
throughout Italy that the Italian
army, asisted by the French and
British forces, will be able to break
the blow. There is a feeling of
tense expectancy throughout the
country and yesterday the churches
were crowded with women praying
for victory and safety. Many
brought jewels to the churches as
offerings.
BIG BATTLE
WASHINGTON, D. C—Dispatches
received from Rome today state that
the Austrian offensive is growing
in extent and violence steadily and
it is expected that the battle will
assume the proportions of a Western
offensive within a very short time.
The Austrians are attempting to
break down the Italian defenses by
a great pincer movement, and it is
predicted that several days will
elapse before a decision is reached.
TEN THOUSAND TAKEN
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The state
d^iartment is in receipt of inlor
mation from Vienna to the effect
[ that the Austrians hav^e taken ten
thousand prisoners on the Italian
front, including French and British
soldiers in addition to Italians.
AMERICANS TO HELP
WASHINGTON, D. C—It is the
plan of the war department to dis
patch American troops to the Italian
front at an early date to assist in
checking the Austrian offensive,
should it be found that the present
Allied forces in Italy are insuffi
cient to cope with the situation there.
SPEEDING UP
LONDON.—The arrival of Ameri
can troops during the past few days
has eclipsed all previous perform
ances.
POSITIONS IMPROVED
PARIS.—The war office announc
es that the French have improved
their positions between the Oise and
Aisne rivers as the result of local
operations. The capture of one
hundred prisoners is reported.
FIFTY DIVISIONS
PARIS.—French newspapers are
authority for the statement that the
Austrians have thrown fifty divi
sions into the battle now in progress
on the Austro-Italian battlefront.
ATTACKS CONTINUE
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ROME.—The Austrians are keep
ing up their attacks with great vio
lence along the Piave river, where
the enemy troops are endeavoring
to establish themselves on the right
bank of the river, where they can
command the crossings. Italian
troops are counter attacking with
violence.
KAISER BOASTFUL
AMSTERDAM.—Replying to a
telegram from Chancellor von Hert
ling, congratulating him upon the
thirtieth anniversary of his succes
sion, the kaiser declared that Prus
sian militarism will bring tictory to
Germany. He said further, that he
leads the most capable people on
earth and hopes the German peonle
will have the strength to bear their
sufferings and privations.
THE DEVIL TO HIS SON
AMSTERDAM.—The kaiser has
sent a telegram to the crown prince,
congratulating him upon his recent
successes. The kaiser says that the
Teutons have shattered the Allied
reserves and captured eighty-five
thousand prisoners and more than
a thousand guns.
SHOCK TROOPS SHOCKED
WITH THE AMERICANS—The
American first line trenches were
raided yesterday by a force of six
hundred German shock trocps, the
attack having taken place at the
village of Xiveray, in the Toul sector.
Some of the Germans succeeded in
i getting into the village, but they
did not remain long. The Americans
i also broke up the attack at ether
points in the neighborhood, ihe re
ports of the encounter stating that
the Germans were badly beaten.
LINE RE-ESTABLISHED
LONDON.—Advices received by
the war office from the Italian
front state that the Austrian troops
who penetrated the first line held
by the British, have been driven
back, followed by the complete re
establishment of the British line in
that sector.
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AUSTRIANS CAPTURED
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ROME.—A war office statement
says that three thousand Austrians
have been captured by the Italians. '
The battle is now progressing along 1
a front of more than one hundred \
miles and the Italians appear to be
holding their positions on the Asiago
front, which were taken by the Aus
trians during the first rush, have
been re-occupied by the Italians and ;
at other points the attacking forces j
have been driven back by counter
i attacks'
YANKEE LOSSES
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Accord
ing to figures made public by the
war department, the total casualties
suffered by the Americans since the
landing of the first Yankee troops
in France are: killed, 8,085, includ
ing 291 at sea; died of wounds.
1172; died of disease, 364; missing
1234.
NORWEGIAN BOAT SUNK
WASHINGTON, D. C—An Ameri
can warship has reported the rescue
of the crew of the Norwegian sail
ing vessel Kringsjea, sunk by a
submarine less than one hundred
miles off the coast of Virginia.
CHAIRMAN EDES
WILL BE HERE
END OF MONTH
Chairman Edei, of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, Will
Come In Soon.
News received from Fairbanks in
dicates that Bob Sheldon, the pio
neer automobile man, who is oper
ating an automobile stage line over
the Valdez trail, had a telegram
from Chairman Edes, asking him
to meet Mr. Edes and party of five
at Chitina on the 21st of June.
It is not known definitely who com
prise the party, but it is expected
that Examiner of Accounts Barn
dollar and Andrew Christensen, man
ager of the Land and Industrial de
partment of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, are traveling in
company with Mr. Edes.
The party may be expected to ar
rive here about the latter part of
the month.
Manager of Land and Industrial
Department, Will Arrive About
the End of June.
Mr. Fred Ryus, townsite manager,
is in receipt of a telegram from
A. Christensen, of the Land and
Industrial Department of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, in
forming him that Mr. Christensen
will be in Nenana about the latter
part of this month.
He is on a business visit and will
probably go thoroughly into matters
pertaining to the Nenana townsite.
It is not know at present how
long he intends to stay in Nenana.
Mr. Christensen will probably
come in over the trail with Chair
man Edes, of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission and party, who are
also contemplating a visit to Nenana
shortly.
PORTO RICAN CROPS
SHOW BIG INCREASE
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico—An es
timate of the present tobacco crop
places this year’s production at 35,
000,00 pounds, the largest Porto
Rico ever produced, and an increase
of approximately 5,000,000 pounds
over last year. Growers themselves
agreed not to plant a second crop,
which if it had developed would
have made a large surplus of stock
in the island.
We have to put every ounce of
effort behind the men behind the
guns.
WILL EXTEND
THE DRAFT LAW
Chamberlain Approves Measure to
Increase Draft and Reach Men
Doing Nothing.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—At a hear
ing, by the Senate Committee on the
twelve million dollar army appro
priation bill today, Senator Cham
berlain, chairman of the Senate
Military committee approved the
plan suggested by Provost Marshal
General Crower for the extension
of the army draft law to include
men between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five.
The senator stated that there were
a great many men throughout the
country over the age of thirty who
are doing nothing to aid the coun
try in her hour of need, and that
the law’ should be adopted so that
these men could be reached.
1EN WHO OBJECT
TO FIGHT FOR U.S.
TO BE SENT BACK
Secretary of War Approve* Puniih
ment for the Conscientioua
Objectors.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
of War Baker today approved of the
court-martial, sentences ranging
from eighteen months to twenty
years, imposed on conscientious ob
jectors who refused to perform mili
tary service with the United States
army on the ground that they had
relatives in Austria and Germany.
Secretary Baker stated that he
approved of the measure that is ex
pected to be passed for the return
of such men, after the war, to the
countries from which they came, and
for which they evidently show a
preference.
BRITISH WARSHIPS BUSY;
HAVE STEAMED MANY MILES
LONDON.—In view of the reit
erated German statement that the
British fleet does nothing but lie
in home waters and harbors, some
interest attaches to a report of the
British admiralty which shows that
during a single month recently the
British grand fleet and its units
steamed a total of over a million
miles, w’hile for patrol vessels
around the British coasts, the figure
was approximately six million miles.
RUSSIAN RIVERS WILL
GIVE POWER FOR LIGHT
MOSCOW.—Electricity sufficient
to supply all the industries of Petro
grad and to light and give power
for the needs of the entire northern
district, is to be generated from the
falls of the Neva, Volkov, Svir, Na
rova and other rivers, according to
plans being worked out by the Na
tional Economic Council. For retro
grad alone a special station will be
built on the Volkov wdth a capacity
of 60,000 volts.
HOUSES VERY SCARCE
IN BERLIN NOWADAYS
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AMSTERDAM.—Berlin has be
come so short of houses that a card
rationing scheme is to be put into
effect. According to Vorwaerts, the
housing cards will involve the sub
division of large houses and the re
distribution of their rooms according
to the size of the family to be
accommodated- Single families are
no longer to be allowed to occupy
houses of ten to fifteen rooms, only
a few of which are actually used.
LEONARD WOOD
10 COMMAND
WESTERN DEPT.'
General Wood Is Assigned to Com- 1
mand Western Department at
San Francisco.
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| • WASHINGTON, D. C—Announce-,
ment was made by the officials of
j the war department today that the
i orders assigning General Leonard
j Wood to the command of the troops1
[ at Camp Funston, has been can
j I
i celled; and that he has been assign
| ed to the command of the western
i department with headquarters at the
! Presido in San Francisco.
| The revocation of the orders im
mediately follows the speech made
j in the senate recently by Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California. The
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j senator, in the course of a vigorous!
] speech, demanded to know the rea
! son why General Wood was retained
I in this country when the division
j under his command had been order- !
‘ ed for active service at the front
i
! He also stated that the people had
a right to know the reason for the !
action of the war department in this
' matter.
The senator’s speech has resulted
, in much newspaper comment and j
speculation throughout the country, I
both in civil and military circles.
ARE PLACED
ON THE RACKS
Racks At Terminal and Thompson’s :
Drug Store Now Adorned
With Bucket*.
As an additional aid in fighting
fires that may occur in town later
the Nenana Commercial club pur
chased a number of buckets and had
two racks built on A strett, one at
the Terminal and the other at
Thompson’s Drug store, on which
these buckets were to be hung handy
for use.
The buckets were sent by the Com
nfercial club to Anderson Brothers
& Nerland, where they were painted
a fiery red, and laid there for some
little time until they were thoroughly
dried out.
Mr. Woodbury Abbey, who was
appointed one of the fire committee
by the Commercial club, with the
assistance of one of the land survey
crew, placed them in position on
the racks yesterday.
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LAYING OF STEEL
ON NEW LOCATION
STARTED TODAY
Blakey's Gang of Steel Men Are
Out on Line Now and Track
Is Being Laid.
Foreman Thomas Blakey and the
steel gang which had been laid off
temporarily on account of the floods
went out on the line yesterday to
make a commencement with the
work fo laying steel on the new
location.
The cars of camp 16, which will
house the men, were moved to a
new location near the switch; the
work of placing them in an advan
tageous position for the commenc
ing of operations was finished last
night.
The necessary rails, ties and other
material are now being assembled
and the steel gang, which number
about 16 men at present, have com
menced laying steel today. As soon
as more of the material and supplies
are received at the starting point
the gang will be increased and the
work rushed to completion.
Foreman Jim Satterwhite, who
will be in charge of the night shift
of the steel crew, was in town yes
terday, picking out men to form
a steel gang ami it is expected that
the night shift will commence to
night
Premier Resign* Because Bulgarians
Are Sore About Rumanian
Peace Terms.
SOFIA. — Premier Radoslavoff,
head of the Bulgarian cabinet, has
returned his portfolio to the govern
ment and it is expected that his
successor will be appointed shortly.
The downfall of Radoslavoff is
said to be due to the fact that the
people of Bulgaria are not at all
satisfied with the peace terms made
with the Rumanian government.
They feel that Bulgaria, through
her premier, did not make the most
of the opportunity for annexation
and compel Rumania to cede to Bul
garia the whole of the Dobrudja
territory.
The resignation of the premier
followed an agitation by the people
for his dismissal.
CHINESE TELEGRAPH
COMPANY GETS LOAN
TOKIO.—Advices from Pekin re
port the conclusion of a Chinese
telegraph loan totalling the equiva
lent of about $10,000,000 for which
negotiations had been going on be
tween the Chinese government and
the Japan-China Industrial bank. A
part of the loan is said to have been
handed over to the Chinese govern
ment.
The loan is said to be at 8 per
cent interest and the mortgage for
it is the revenue of telegraph busi
ness conducted by the Chinese gov
ernment, estimated at about $2,500,
000 a year.