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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press _NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1918.
NUMBER 111
HUN RESERVES ARE GIVING OUT
FRENCH CAPTURE IMPORTANT CREST
COMMITTEE APPROVES NEW MAN-POWER BILL
ALLIED LINES HURL
HUN FORCES BACK
LONDON.—The French forces
i are still continuing to make progress
in the valley of the Oise and are
steadily driving the enemy before
them; the Germans are retiring
slowly, contesting every inch of the
ground they are compelled to evacu
* ate. The German trenches on the
bend of the river to the west of
Bailly have been evacuated; the
French forces are now occupying
' them.
To the northwest of the battle
line the French have almost entirely
gained the crest near Lassigny
Massif and are now working around
Roye.
To the west and south, the enemy
are destroying villages, n their rear;
a large one near Peronne is now in
ruins and still burning.
From Chaulnes southward on the
Picardy front, the Allies have made
very heavy attacks and very stub
born fighting is now in progress.
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BRITISH MAKE GAINS
LONDON.—According to reports
received by the war office from
Field Marshal Haig, the British,
continuing their advance, have gain
ed much ground north of Roye and
on the bank of the Somme.
Attack Repulsed.
A powerful attack delivered by
the Germans on the positions held by
the British in the Merris sector in
Flanders was repulsed with heavy
losses to the enemy.
RETREAT MADE DIFFICULT
PARIS—The Allied artillery have
advanced and are now in full con
trol of the converging roads in and
out of Noyon. The guns are bear
ing on the enemy’s line of retreat
making it increasingly difficult for
them to affect an orderly retreat
and inflicting heavy losses on them.
FRESH GERMAN TROOPS
LONDON.—Thirty-three German
divisions have been identified in the
recent fighting, giving ample indica
tion that their reserves are being
exhausted They have drawn troops
from their reserves and also from
parts of the line for the purpose
of extending their flanks and cover
ing the wide gaps in the line caused
by the vigorous attacks of the ad
vancing Allied soldiers.
ACCRUED RESULTS
PARIS.—According to the Echo
de Paris, one of the leading French
newspapers, since July 18th the
Allies have taken over seventy
thousand German prisoners, one
thousand large guns and about ter
thousand machine guns.
FOCH’S NEXT MOVE
I' PARIS.—Marshal Foch’s plan o!
campaign appears to be shrouded ir
mystery and speculation is rife as
to what his next move in the greal
war game would be.
Even those in close touch with
him do not know whether he will
press the advantages gained on the
Somme-Oise front or suddenly change
his tactics and order a powerful
counter offensive elsewhere along
the battlefront. Confidence is ex
pressed however in his ability to
continue the advantage gained by
the Allies, and it is also the con
sensus of opinion that he will strike
soon and strike hard.
MORE REINFORCEMENTS
PARIS—According to reports re
ceived in this city today, large
bodies of Austro-Hungarian troops
are arriving on the Western front
to the aid of the beaten Germans.
| The reports do not state just where
I these Austrian troops are stationed,
but it is believed that the largest
part of them are strengthening the
weakened German lines on the Pi
cardy front.
I SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS
PLAN BUYING REFORMS
COPENHAGEN—The co-operative
stores of the Scandinavian countries
are forming an organization for cen
jtral purchasing of all gr Merits and
: other commodities, It is said that
the total business which can be thus
centralized will amount to more than
fifty billions of dollars a year.
Patrolling British Destroyer of the
Medeterranean Squadron, Is
Sunk By Suh.
LONDON.—A report has been
received by the British admiralty
today to the effect that a torpedo
boat destroyer was sunk by a Ger
man submarine on the 6th of this
month in the Medeterranean Sea,
with the loss of seven lives.
The torpedo boat destroyer would
appear to be one of a patrolling
squadron of destroyers clearing the
Medeterranean Sea of enemy sub
marines. It is thought that the
enemy submarine which sank the
destroyer delivered her fatal blow
under cover of darkness.
TOURISTS ARE RESTRICTED
BY GERMAN FOOD SHORTAGE
NEW YORK.—Secretary Steger
, wold, of the German War Food
, Board," announced in a meeting in
, Dresden that Germany’s supply oi
potatoes was not quite sufficient tc
last until the next harvest, accord
ing to the Berlin Tageblatt.
He added that the supply ol
sugar and early vegetables met the
: requirements better than last year
i but the shortage of meats and fats
i was greater. Owing to the short
t age of food it is proposed to restricl
tourists in Bavarian communities
i says the Tageblatt.
Large Brazilian Freighter Run*
Agronud In Fog; Now In
Dangerous Position.
ATLANTIC PORT.—A Brazilian
freighter ran aground in a heavy
fog off the New England coast to
day. The vessel lays in a very dan
gerous position and may be totally
lost.
The reports received of the acci
dent state that the freighter was
attacked by an enemy submarine
and was driven considerably off her
course in her efforts to evade the
U boat. A heavy fog following im
mediately after the exciting chase,
rendered it almost impossible for
the master of the vessel to verify
his position and in steering a course
for the open sea the vessel grounded
hard.
COMPLAINT FILED
DALES ADE HIGH
FROM NORTHWEST
Public Service Commissions of Three
States Complain of Excessive
Rates.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Com
plaints have been filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission by
the Public Service Commissions of
Washington, Oregon and Idaho
against a recent increase in the
freight and express rates.
The complaint states that trans
portation officials have increased
the freight rates twenty-five per
cent and the express rates ten per
cent on fruit, vegetables, berries
and fish shipments to the states
from the Northwest.
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FOR THE KOYUKUK
Reliance With Barge Camille Arrives
Here on Her Way to the
Koyukuk.
The A. Y. N. company’s steamer
Reliance arrived from Fairbanks last
night at 10 o’clock with a sack of
mail and a little freight, most of
[ which was consigned to the Nor
i them Commercial company. She
' brought no passengers for Nenana.
i The passengers on board were J.
. R. Smith, cashier of the A. Y. N.
Co., attached to the Fairbanks office,
■ who is on his way to the Tolovana
> on business, and Mrs. A. V. Homer,
, of the Horner Hot Springs, near
! Ruby, whither she is bound.
The steamer sailed at midnight
: with R. R. Robinson as a Nenana
, passenger for Hot Springs, and Jim
McQueen for Seattle.
Government Is Asked to Pay Bonus
On Account of Inc,*eased Cost
of Production.
RENO, Nevada.—The American
Gold Conference, assembled here,
have adopted a resolution at a re
cent meeting, asking the government
to "pay”the mining men a bonus on
the gold produced.
The cost of production has ad
vanced considerably with no cor
responding increase in the value
of the gold produced. The resolu
tion adopted by the Gold Conference
calls for the payment by the gov
ernment of a bonus of twelve dollars
per ounce.
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Dave Fairburn, the well known
Fairbanksan, is in Nenana for a
brief visit.
HUNS PREPARING
10 SEND IR00PS
10 OLD CAPITAL
Finnish Despatch Credits Germans
With Preparations to Occupy
Petrograd.
LONDON.—According to a des
patch from Helsingfors to Constan
tinople, word of which was received
in this city today, the Germans in
tend shortly to occupy the Russian
capital.
The despatch says that the Huns
are now gathering troops for the
military occupation of Petrograd,
and that they will commence the
journey to that city very shortly.
PUYALLUP VALLEY CROP
OF BERRIES RANKS HIGH
PUYALLUP, Wash.—Berry pro
duction in the Puyallup valley this
year is expected to be among the
valley’s best seasons, according to
President W. H. Paulhames, of the
Fruit Growers’ association. It is
said the crate supply is not equal to
the size of the crop and that many
of the berries will have to go to
the cannery.
EL PASO DOGS TAGGED
TO ENRICH THE CITY
EL PASO, Tex.—El Paso dogs
are for liberty and they show it by
wearing liberty bells. Without these
bells the will forgo their liberty for
a temporary stay in the dog pound
ending with a quick trip to the can
ine elysian fields. The dog license
tags are shaped like a liberty bell
and dogs not wearing this liberty
tag are lassoed by small Mexican
boys and taken to pound. Many
poor Mexican families have paid
licenses for as many as five dogs
at the city tax collector’s office.
U-BOAT ACTIVITIES
SHOWING INCREASE
NEW YORK.—The Norwegian
steamer Hommerstad of 3, 875 tons
net register under charter to the
Federal Shipping board for use as a
transport was sunk by a German
submarine off Fire Island yesterday.
At the time she was attacked by
the enemy U boat the Hommer
stad was in ballast and on her wav
to New York from a Norwegian
port. Her crew of thirty-one men
were landed safely.
SCHOONER SUNK
NANTUCKET. — The American
schooner Earl and Nettie was at-1
tacked by a German submarine off |
the Georges bank on Saturday and
destroyed by gunfire. Six survivors
of her crew were landed here.
The Earl and Nettie was the tenth
fishing vessel known to have been
sunk by enemy submarines.
The survivors of the Earl and
Nettie say that the crew of the
submarine looted their vessel of all
she had including the personal be
longings of the crew, who were sub
jected to many indignities at the
lands of the Hun crew. After she
was looted, the schooner was sunk
by a few shots fired at close range
by the submarine.
Three Men Misting.
The names of the other vessels
that have fallen victims to the sub
marines have not been publishd, but
the report received by the navy de
partment says that the captain and
two members of the Lena May are
still missing.
NANTUCKET.—The rescued fish
ermen of the schooner Lena May
say that one of the officers of the
German submarine that sunk their
craft wrapped the American flag
which they had taken off the schoon
er, around his neck and gave a
drunken dance on the deck of the
submarine while his crew cheered.
The submarine officer also took
a series of photographs of the Lena
May as she made her last down
ward plunge, and of the crew of
the schooned in their life boats which
he said would look pretty good to
the people in Berlin, where the
pictures were to be sent later.
ALL GERMANS REQUIRED
TO HELP WITH HARVEST
AMSTERDAM. — The Bavarian
minister of war has issued an order
in all towns and villages of Bavaria,
directing that “every person capable
of work, irrespective of rank, age,
or sex, shall be compelled to aid in
the harvest on the order of the local
authorities.”
A. E. C. EMPLOYEE
NOW IN_CAVALRY
Carl Kahlen Expect* to Be Sent
“Over There” Shortly; Now
In Training at Douglas.
On the last mail Erik Kahlen, who
is a partner in a grading contract
on the government railway near 43
mile, received a letter from his son
Carl, who is now in the U. S. army
in training at a camp near Douglas.
Arizona.
Carl Kahlen had a contract to
supply cordwood to the Alaskan En
gineering commission some time ago,
and at the expiry of the contract
worked for the Commission for some
time, until he went Outside to en
list. He will, no doubt, be re
membered by many Nenanaites.
He is now a member of Troop E,
17th U. S. Cavalry, and writes of
the strenuous times at his camp
and the intensive training the troop
is being put through preparatory to
being sent “Over there.” He says
that he expects to be given a long
furlough pretty soon to enable him
to visit friends and relatives before
leaving for the battlefields of France
James Haney, the Kantishna min
ing man, arrived from Fairbanks
yesterday. He will leave for the
Kantishna country in a few days.
CONTRACTOR IN TOWN
TO PURCHASE HORSE
Ted S. Balias, who has a grading
contract in partnership with two
others on a section of the new L>
line from station D1810U to D18250
a distance of a little over a mile_
arrived in town last night for the
1 purpose of purchasing or hiring an
extra horse for work on his con
I tract.
The grading contract of Ted S.
Balias & Co. calls for a fill to an
average height of about four feet
All of the grading work on their
contract is done with scrapers, and
they expect to finish the work in
about a month's time.
Ted came in over the D line and
reports that all of the contractors
are going at it as hard as they can
in an effort to finish before the
freezeup and hit the town for the
winter.
GERMANS REALIZE HOW
ALSATIANS ARE BITTER
NEW YORK.—Realization that
the sympathy of the people of Alsace
and Lorraine are with France ap
parently has penetrated to the minds
of some of the members of the Ger
man Reichstag, for according to the
Cologne Gazzette, Deputy Waldstein
gave notive in the Reichstag in June
that “many wrongs must be righted”
in those provinces. Feeling of the
j people of Alsace and Lorraine is
no longer so friendly toward Ger
many as before the war, he declared.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MADE
OF YARN FUND DONATIONS
Mr. C. H. Hall, special disbursing
agent of the A. E. C., wishes to ac
knowledge receipt of the foilwing
contributions for the Red Cross yarn
fund:
S. V. Anthony.$2.00
White Pass collection box. 3.70
Southern Hotel, box.25