Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana
THE NENANA
The BIG Show Of The Interior
DAIL Y NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918.
NUMBER 62
AMERICANS BREAK UP BOCHE ATTACK
FRENCH CHECK GERMAN RUSH TO WARD PARIS
. PRISONERS “SAY KAISER MAY END WAR THIS YEAR
AMERICANS HOLDING
CAPTURED POSITIONS
(
t
i
1
1
1
WITH THE AMERICANS—The
excellent artillery fire of the Ameri
can guns is said to have been largely
responsible for the capture by the
. marines of four hundred Germans
■ during the fighting which resulted
in clearing Belleau wood of Germans.
The kaiser’s soldiers had been told j
to avoid capture at any cost because
they would be tortured if taken by
the Americans. Fearful of such a
fate, the Boches started to run when
they found that they could not hold
the wood, but their retreat was cut
off by the American barrage fire.
Among the prisoners taken were a
• major, a captain and four lieuten
ants. The men were poorly clad
and the majority of them were glad
of their capture when they dis
covered that they were not to be
treated harshly. Many of them
have expressed a desire to go to
America after the war, which they
believe will end this eyar. They
say that it is the intention of the
kaiser to terminate the struggle this
fall.
ATTACKS BROKEN
PARIS.—The war office announc
es further successful defensive oper
ations by the American forces in
the Chateau Thierry sector, where
they have been subjected to repeated
attacks by the Germans. The Amer
ican line between Boureaches and
Belleu wood is reported to have
been violently attacked, but the
Americans broke up the attack with
apparent ease and infycted heavy
losses upon the enemy. The Ameri
cans are holding all the ground they
have taken on the Marne front.
BRITISH ADVANCE LINES
LONDON.—According to a state
ment issued by the war office this
afternoon, the British forces have
advanced their lines a short distance
on the Flanders front, to the south
west of Merris. The French also
have improved their positions on this
front, through local offensive oper
ations. The capture of a number
of Germans is reported by the
French.
FRENCH STRIKE BLOW
PARIS—The German army which
has been advancing on the eastern
wing of the new battlefront, was
hurled back by the French last night
in a series of brilliantly executed
counter attacks. The enemy was
retired to the north bank of the
Matz river.
Violent fighting continues today
between the Aisne river and Villers
Cotterets forest. The Germans
have advanced to the east of La
boraine and to the north of Cutry
and have gained a foothold near
St. Pierre Aigle, southwest of Sois
sons.
HUNS NEAR COMPEIGNE
*
LONDON—The British war office
report states that the Germans con
tinued to advance down the Matz
valley yesterday and today they are
reported to have reached a point
five miles distant from Compeigne.
Their progress was made at great
«ost. On the left wing, French
counter attacks have forced the
Germans back in the Mery region.
The general situation is not greatly
changed on the Montdidier-Noyan
front.
MORE TROOPS FROM EAST
LONDON.—According to advices
received from Petrograd, it is the
intention of the German military
authorities to withdraw the bulk of
the German forces from the Russian
front in the near future. The troops
are to be used on the Western front
against the Allied armies in that
arena.
QUIT CARLPONT WOOD
BERLIN.—The imperial war office
announces that the French have
been forced to evacuate Carlpont
wood, on the east bank of the Oise
river. The Germans, the report
states, are now advancing all along;
this important line.
PREMIER QUITS
LONDON.—Premier Radioslavoff,
of Bulgaria, is reported to have re
signed his post.
_
BATTLESHIP LOST
PARIS.—The loss of the Austrian
battleship Szent Istvan, 20,000 tons,
| is reported in official advices re
ceived from Vienna, via Switzerland.
The vessel was torpedoed in the
Adriatic. The Szent Istvan was one
of the largest warships in the Aus
tro-Hungarian navy. It was com
pleted in 1915, had a speed of 21
knots, carried twelve 12-inch guns,
twelve 6-inch guns, eighteen 12
pounders and two 2-pounders (anti
aerial.) The vessel had a comple
ment of one thousand men.
Details of the sinking of the
battleship were not disclosed in the
I dispatches, but it is believed that the
j Szent Istvan was one of the two
1 vessels destroyed by Italian torpedo
j boats, announcement of which was
j made earlier in the week by the
j Italian naval office.
TOOK THE COPPER
NEW YORK.—When the Nor
wegian steamship Vindeggan was
torpedoed 200 miles off the coast
of Virginia, the members of the crew
were first compelled to remove eighty
(tons of copper ingots from the
vessel to the submarine.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary—The
German forces which crossed the
Matz river to the south of Noyon
held their positions but a brief
period. The French counter at
tacked and hurled the enemy back
to the north bank of the river, thus
checking the German advance to»
ward Compeigne. The Germans
also have been halted west of the
Oise river and their advance stopped
toward the Aronde river.
BAD NEWS
AMSTERDAM.—The fact that
American troops are now taking
part in the fighting in France is
being given wide publicity in Ger
many, according to newspapers that
have reached this city from the
kaiser’s domain. Berlin newspapers
announced this naming,'in big head
lines, that more than a million Ameri
can soldiers are now in France and !
that fully half of them are scattered
along the firing line. Official an
nouncement of the presence of the
Yankees in the war zone has been
made by the German war office,
after having endeavored for some
time to keep the Germans in ignor
ance of the true state of affairs.
New Line Around Washout Com
pleted Today and Train Service
is Resumed.
The temporary line carrying the
rails around the washout on the Gov
ernment railroad approximately one
mile south of Bailey station, the
construction of which was com
menced as soon as news of the wash
out was received by the officials
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, has now been completed
and train service has been resumed.
Train service is now only possible
to a point on the line about 12 or
14 miles out of town and in the
neighborhood of the old location of
the dragline camp.
Travelers destined for points be
yond take the wagon road and ferry
across Clear creek, continuing along
the wagon road and ferrying again
at Lost Slough, near 20-mile camp.
The wagon road from the camp at
20-mile is reported to be difficult
and the completed grade is used
from this camp up to Bartlett’s old
camp, at which place the wagon
road is again used.
From the engineering camp, some
two miles beyond Bartlett’s old
camp, the wagon road is said to be
fairly good as far as Moose creek.
From Moose creek the road follows
swampy land for the distance of
about two miles and is aid to be
difficult for wheeled traffic. Mush
ers have made it through this part
of the road and reports received
indicate that although still very wet
and muddy it is not so very bad
for mushing.
DESIGNATIONS CHANGED
OF COMMISSION CAMPS
In accordance with the terms of
Circular No 93, issued by Frederick
D. Browne, engineer in charge of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
and published in these columns some
little time ago, the designations of
the camps along the line have been
changed and they are now known
as follows.
Camp 9 will be known as 20-mile.
J Camp 15 will be known as camp
15, surfacing.
Camp 16 will be known as camp
16, surfacing.
Camp 18 will be known as mile
379.
Camp 22, as Dragline camp.
Residency 4, on the north bank
of the Nenana river will be known
as mil£ 373, and that portion of
the residency encamped some few
miles from the south bank of the
river will be known as mile 368.
Mr. E. R. Peoples arrived in Ne
nana on the launch from the log
jam this morning. He expects to
get away tomorrow morning on one
of the launches bound for Fairbanks.
Miss Hilda Bay, well known Fair
banksan and who is in business at
Brooks now, is in Nenana on a
short visit.
HAS BEEN TIED
10 MAIN ROAD
Location Party No. 1, Working
Southward, Have Tied On to
Switch on Branch.
The survey party under Resident
Engineer Ike P. Taylor, working in
a southerly direction from a point
along the right o^ way between
bridges five and six, have now tied
on to the switch recently put in for
the purpose of extending the line
to serve the needs of the survey
parties.
The line from this switch is being
extended southwards but it is not
known, at present, how far the ex
tension will be carried.
The survey party under Resident
Engineer Kenneth Case, working in j
a northerly direction from a point,
near the right of way close to the
engineering camp at 35-mile, have
come within five miles of the camp (
at 20-,mile and are encamped in
the woods there.
The two survey parties will con
tinue to work toward each other un
til they meet, when the plans of
the surveyed line will be made
and submitted to the proper authori
ties for approval.
BOYS OF NORTH
NOW TWENTY-ONE
President Wilson Sets Date for the
Registration of the Territorial
Drafts.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson today signed a proclamation
designating July 5th as draft regis
tration day.
The proclamation effects all
residents of Porto Rico who have
reached the age of 21 since June 5.
It is expected that the registra
tion day for Alaska and Hawaii will
be set soon.
MAYFLOWERS SCARCE
IN OLD LONDON NOW
LONDON.—If there are in Eng
land any descendants of the little
band of Pilgrims who.,sailed in the
Mayflower 298 years ago, they are
difficult to discover. An American
woman, living in London, has been
trying to find them, and with that
object she inserted advertisements
asking any “Mayflowers” now in
London to meet her at a hotel at a
certain hour.
The appointed hour came, and the
American woman waited. A moving
picture photographer, several news
paper photographers and * dozen
reporters arrived and were mis
takenly and enthusiastically greeted
as Mayflowers. There was an air
of eager expectancy and suppressed
excitement. Everybody waited fer
forty-five minutes, but not a single
“Mayflower” appeared. There were
signs of disappointment.
“But there must be some May
flowers in London,” said the Ameri
can woman to the reporters. “I
can’t be the only one.” She looked ’
again at the door, but there was no
sound of footsteps, and the meeting ^
adjourned.
Mr. Geo. Coleman, manager of
the N. C. Co. at Fairbanks, arrived j
in Nenana on the Carl White launch j
from Tolovana this morning. He'
will go up to Fairbanks in a few |
days. |
TOLOVANA LAUNCH I
ON WAY UP RIVER!
Carl White Launch Arrive* At An ,
Early Hour and Leave* Again
Fairbank*.
I
At four o’clock this morning the
Carle White launch pulled into port
from the Tolovana country, having
completed the run from the log jam .
in just thirty hours, which is con
sidered very creditable.
She brought no mail for this
j point, but had a large crowd of
pasengers on board, thirty-six all
I told, five of whom were for Nenana.
I She got away again for the upper
town about < an hour after tu rival,'
but did not take any mail from
Nenana.
Among the passengers for Fair
banks were about fifteen of the
boys who have been called to the
colors under the selective service
regulations and they will join the!
quotas of Fairbanks and Nenana;
and be sent to Fort Gibbon on the
!
transport scheduled to leave Fair- i
banks on the 28th of this month. j
Rumor has it that there is a j
strong ball team among the boys:
enroute to Fairbanks and it is said.
that they will try conclusions with j
the Fairbanks aggregation as soon j
after their arrival in the upper
I I
town as possible.
i
FRENCH RULER |
EXALTS BRAVERY j
OF OUR TROOPS
President Poincaire of France Wires
President Wilson Conduct of
Troops.
i On the anniversary of the arrival
in France of the vanguard of Uncle
; Sam’s fighting forces to uphold the
honor of the Nation and put down
Kaiserism forever, President Poin
caire, of France sent a congratu
i latory message to President Wilson
| in which he eulogized our soldiers.
J He said that all France sends the
. expressions of their admiration for
; the magnificent efforts of the
j American troops and spoke in the
highest terms of the conduct of the
American troops in action, who, he
said were commencing to give ex
amples of gallantry and bravery un
der fire of an unprecedented char
acter.
MANY GERMAN WOMEN
ATTEND UNIVERSITY
AMSTERDAM.—The number of
women students at the great Ger
man universities has increased about
one-third ' during the war. At the
eleven Prussian univeristies the num
ber of women is now 3,290, as com
pared with 2,300 in 1914.
TRAINING SCHOOL
OF NAVAL FLYERS
FOR NORTHWEST
*
N«*«l Flight Officer* Arrive to
Establish Training School In
Seattle.
SEATTLE—A party of nine
naval flight officers arrived here
today for the purpose of establish
ing what is known as a Naval Ground
school for the training of men for
the naval air service.
The school which will be estab
lished on the campus of the Univer
sity of Washington, will be built
to accommodate two hundred pupil
aviators.
Pupil aviators will be given a
thorough ground training and when
they have mastered the intricacies
of this branch of the service, will be
sent to either San Diego or Pensa
cola, where they will be given the
final training in flight work.
The Naval Ground school when es
tablished will'be ine oniy s-jhooi oi
its kind in the West.
FOR THE SEASON
Preparation of School Grounds For
Play Will Be Commenced
Immediately.
The baseball fans of Nenana have
taken in hand the work of preparing
the school house grounds for the
season’s play.
This is done because it is felt
that the old grounds near the saw
mill will not be fit for use for a
long time to come.
The Commission officials have
kindly consented to let the Nenana
Athletic Association have the use
of the necessary teams, men and
scrapers free of cost and it is ex
pected that the work of putting the
ground in condition for play will be
taken in hand immediately.
A back stop will be erected today
and just as soon as the necessary
material can be hauled to the ground
the work of erecting a grandstand
will be taken in hand.
The proposed grandstand will be
big enough for the accommodation
of at least 400 people and will be
of a very substantial character.
A meeting of all lovers of the
game will be held today at the
chief timekeeper’s office immediately
after the five-o’clock whistle has
been blown, and it is expected that
arrangements for the season’s play
will then be perfected.
TALLEST AIRMAN LOSES
BOTH FEET IN ACCIDENT
LONDON.—The tallest airman in
the British army, Lieutenant David
Drummond, 6 feet 5 inches in height,
has just suffered the amputation of
both feet as the result of an acci
dent while flying in Italy. He is
a nephew of the duke of North
umberland.
Make ,your home service reach
the firing line.