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NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER tf, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 162
AUTOCRACY MUST GO!-WILSON
NO REST FOR HUNS UNTIL THEY QUIT
ALLIES ANSWER PEACE NOTE WITH NEW BLOWS
ALLIES TAKE LAON;
START GHENT DRIVE
WAR LEAD
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES.—
The British, Belgian and French
troops attacked simultaneously on a
wide front in Flanders and are mak
ing a general drive in the direction
of Courtrai and Ghent. The Ger
mans appear to be prepared to re
tire from the Ghent line, which
means the evacuation of their bases
at Ostend and Zeebrugge on the
coast.
Attack Furiously
The Allies are paying scant atten
tion to the peace talk, and attacked
furiously. A great battle is raging
with the Allies steadily progressing.
FRENCH PRESS FORWARD
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived from. the front today, the
French forces are continuing to
press forward on all fronts.
Germans Resisting
On the right bank of the Aine
Canal the retiring Germans are of
fering desperate resistance to the
advancing Allies, but this resistance
has, so far, not held back the ad
vance to any serious extent.
BRITISH ADVANCING
LONDON.—Official reports re
ceived by the war office today in
dicate that the British troops are
pressing in on both sides of Douai
and that they have made very con
siderable gains both north and south
of the city.
CIVILIANS LIBERATED
PARIS.—The French troops, on
capturing Laon, liberated sixty-five
hundred civilians, who had been held
as prisoners by the Germans.
French Moving Forward
From Laon, as a base, the French
troops are pushing forward beyond
the town on the whole front be
tween the Oise and the Ailette.
AMERICANS IN ACTION
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
Pershing reported today that the
newly won positions held by the
Americans on both sides of the
Meuse were subjected to repeated
strong attacks by the enemy forces.
All of the attacks were repulsed by
our boys and the Huns finally hurl
ed back farther east, to take cover
under the fire of theri bateries.
To the south of the town of Le
Cateau, the combined British and
American forces are operating very
successfully, while on the Champagne
front the French forces are doing
equally as well. The Germans are
being steadily pushed back with
heavy losses.
NISH CAPTURED
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived from the French commander
in chief of the Allied forces operat
ing on the Albanian front, the Ser
bian troops in a brilliant assault in
force, captured Nish, the capital of
Serbia. After their occupation of
the city they left .a sufficient garri
son to look after the place and
restore order therein and pushed
forward beyond, attacking and cap
turing several strong positions held
by the enemy to the north of the
city.
NEW CHUR
WILLJIT POST
Newly Appointed German Official
Will Tende- HU Resignation
Soon.
LONDON.—The Berlin National
Zeitung gives prominence to an arti
cle which declares that the resigna
tion of Prince Maximillian of Baden
as chancellor of Germany may be
expected at any moment.
The article states further that
the chancellor’s resignation is con
sidered inevitable in German official
circles, and, although no reason is
advanced for such action, it is
thought that the recent peace move
may have something to do with it.
AIR MAIL SERVICE
LONDON.—Airplanes will carry !
New Zealand's mails after the war j
is over, according to Sir Joseph;
Ward, postmaster-general of the i
Dominion.
Mr. Ernest I. Foster and family
have moved to the Copimission cot
tage lately occupied by Charles H.
Hall. This is one of the newly built
cottages and is much roomier than
the old ones.
STEAMER TANANA
IN WITH BARGES
The American Yukon Navigation
company’s boat Tanana arrived
shortly after one o’clock this after
noon with the barges St. Michael
No. 10 and the Irene in tow. Most
of the freight on board the barges
consists of railroad material and sup
plies consigned to the Alaskan En
gineering commission.
She brought, as passengers for
this port N. McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs.
Nels Peterson, S. N. Nikoloff, Eli
Eadsoff, Argel Petroff, and had the
following on board in transit for
Fairbanks: Dr. H. L. Hedger, E. P.
Allard, J. L. Clark and Mrs. E. Mc
Auley. These passengers will trans
! fer to the steamer Reliance soon
! after her arrival.
The steamer Tanana after making
j fast her barges to the dock here,
j went down to the Tolovana river
|with a couple of barges in tow.. The.
i barges will be put away for the
winter in a sheltered slough of the
Tolovana river; on her return from
the Tolovana the Tanana will prob
ably go on to Fairbanks for the
winter.
So long as the boys are at the
front, difficulties are to be subdued,
impossibilities to be trampled down.
GERMAN KAISER
DIDN’T ABDICATE
BERNE, Switzerland.—Berlin offi
cially denies the report that has been
in circulation for some time past
to the effect that the kaiser contem
plates abdicating; the throne in favor
of the crown prince.
ALASKANS ARRIVE
AI CAMP LEWIS
CAMP LEWIS.—Sixty-nine draft
ed Alaskans arrived here today and
were met by their tillicums who had
been in training for some time.
They jokingly referred to the
peace note and advised the new
comers to go back to Alaska, as thej
war was over “Over There.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
SWEEPS MINNESOTA
DULUTH, Minn.—the worst fire j
ever recorded in the annals of the,
state, visited the northwestern sec
tions of Minnesota, reaching: pro
portions that made it humanly im
possible to control it. A careless
camper is thought to have caused
the fire and the dry state of the
vast forests of northyestern Minne
sota, at this particular season of
the year was all in favor of the de
vouring element, which rapidly gain
ed headway and spread over such a
wide area that all chances of con
trolling it by known methods was
made absolutely impossible.
Early estimates of the actual loss
of life as a direct result of the con
flagration state that at least a thou
sand people perished.
Every able-bodied man constituted
himself a fire guard and worked un
tiringly to arrest the spread of the
flames, while the women and child
ren escaped to safety, but in spite
of all human effort the loss of life
was appalling.
Thousands of the people residing
I in the section affected by the fire
| have lost everything they possessed
j on earth and have been rendered'
homeless, while the property losses ^
will amount to many millions of dol- j
lars. It is impossible, at the present;
time, to make anything like a fair!
estimate of the damage done by the
flames.
A vast quantiy of the seasons
crops, some of which was ready for
shipment, was destroyed, and it is j
; feared that some of the more pre- j
i tentious farms in the burned area
i will remain uncared for and unde-1
veloped owing to the fact that valu-;
, able machinery, livestock and acces- <
i sories have been lost. These things j
will be very difficult to replace for!
some time, owing to war industries (
j having preference over everything
I else in the big factories.
It is reported that at least a dozen
| towns and cities that were in the!
| path of the flames were destroyed j
! and incalcuable damage done.
The sections that suffered heaviest
j by the visitation were Moose Lake,
i Kleet River and Cloquet.
REWARD OFFERED
FOR LOST LAUNCH
It is reported from Fairbanks
that Resident Engineer Hawley W.
Sterling has offered a reward of
one thousand dollars to anyone who
finds the wrecked hull of the launch
Flyer on which boat Mrs. Sterling
was a passenger.
Mr. Sterling believes that the
bodies of the victims of the disaster
are still on the boat and he has
been working almost unceasingly,
with the parties engaged in the
search for the bodies and the hull
of the launch, at Hadley’s camp.
Up to a late hour this afternoon,
no news had been received of any
thing having been found by the
searchers or of the locating of the
hull!
Andy Hoey, who had been with
the search parties for some time,
returned to town on the steamer
Shusana last night and states that
although there was no letup to the
operations of the searchers, their
efforts, up to the time he left Had-,
ley’s camp, had been unrewarded.
Mr. Hoey worked with the party
on board the Northern Light. This
vessel with two poling boats fastened
to her stern was allowed to drift
with the curent in just the same
manner as a derelict would. Her
drift was, however, controlled and
was only for the distance of the
cable attaching her to the shore.
The men in the poling boats astern
of the launch probed the surround
ing waters with long pipes while
the launch slowly drifted with the(
tide. When the end of the cable
was reached, the shore end of it
was brought to the spot reached
by the boat and again made fast
and the drifting process continued.
In this manner a total distance of
nine miles was covered, but not a
trace of the boat or the bodies were
discovered.
Mr. Hoey thinks that Norman
Hadley may have been mistaken as
to the channel followld by the sunk
en launch and is of the opinion that
it may have been another channel
that branches off the river a little
below the spot indicated by Hadley
as the point where he cut the Flyer
adrift. This channel, he says, is
full of snags and has not been thor
oughly prospected. He recommends
a thorough search of this channel
and the use of dynamite to loosen
the many i«nags, some one of which
may be holding down the hull of
the ill-fated launch.
Edward J. Williams came' into
town on a brief visit on Saturday
night and went back to his station
on this morning’s train. Mr. Wil
liams is stationed at camp 16 on
the D line.
PRESIDENT REPLIES;
NO ARMISTICE YET
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator
F. Ashurst, of Arizona, after a con
ference with the President today,
said that President Wilson does not
propose to take any action that will
weaken the Allied successes, but on
the contrary will greatly strengthen
the military situation by his answer.
to the German note, signifying the ac- j
ceptance by them of the terms as
laid down by the President on Janu
ary 8th, and in subsequent state
ments.
THE BRITISH VIEW
LONDON.-—The morning news-;
papers, discussing the peace situa- j
tion and the acceptance by Germany
of President Wilson’s peace terms,
advocate no armistice until it is ac
companied by Germany’s uncondi
tional surrender.
A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE
WASHINGTON, D. C—The Gov
ernment of the United States asks
the people to withhold their judg
ment of Germany’s peace note until j
President Wilson has had time to j
give the official document contain-!
ing the German acceptance of hisj
terms the fullest consideration.
Immediately after the receipt of!
the document at Washington, Presi-j
dent Wilson called Secretary of
State Robert I.ansing and Secretary1
of War Newton D. Baker for a con-|
ference and a discussion of the
terms of the note.
The note does not mention the j
kaiser and Imperial German gov-;
ernment and the officials are wond- ,
ering what has happened to the,
kaiser.
Editorial comment on this latest
phase of the peace proposition in- j
dicates distrust of Germany. The j
Washington Post says that no peace
conference can be made possible1
while Germany still holds the sword. ]
The New York W.orld says that!
the German offer would appear to
be a surrender without proper se
curity being given for a compliance
by th§m with the promise made
regarding acceptance of President
Wilson’s terms.
PRESIDENT TO ACT QUICKLY
WASHINGTON, D. C.—It is be
lieved in official circles that in deal
ing with the German reply accept
ing the American terms, the Presi
dent intends to act quickly and posi
tively. It is thought that the Presi
dent is not contemplating the grant
ing of an armistice except upon con
ditions amounting to an uncondi
tional surrender being assured.
Allies Are Consulted. 1
President Wilson exchanged leng- j
thy messages today with Paris, Lon-,
don and Rome regarding his answer i
to Germany.
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SENATE OPENS DISCUSSION
—
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator
Harry S. New, of Indiana, in open
ing the peace discussion in the Sen
ate today, declared that only uncon
ditional surrender to the American
army by the Germans will adequate
ly meet the demands of the Ameri
can people.
Senator Charles S. Thomas, of
Colorado, introduced a resolution
stipulating that no peace be made
with Germany without a due recog
nition of the rights of the self gov
ernment for the Slavs and the Poles.
BRITONS OPPOSE AMISTICE
LONDON.—The Central News,
commenting editorially on the situa
tion, says that it learns that Eng
land will resolutely oppose the grant
ing of an armistice unless absolute
naval and military guarantees are
forthcoming.
GERMANS ANXIOUS
LONDON.—Lord Northcliffe, in a
statement made at a meeting of the
House of Lords today, said that the
very short time taken by Germany
in making reply to President Wil
son’s peace terms is indicative of the
anxiety felt by the Germans for the
safety of their retreating army.
THE PRESIDENT’S REPLY
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson notified Germany today that
German autocracy must go before
peace can come and that when the
time was ripe to consider an armis
tice the Allied military leaders and
advisors will be consulted, so that
no military advantage gained by the
Allied forces will be lost.
The only condition on which an
armistice can be granted, the Presi
dent said, is that atrocities on land
and sea must cease. In the mean
time the government will continue
to send 250,000 men monthly, to
gether with the necessary war sup
plies. There will be no relaxation
of the war preparations of the coun
try.
fourtTloa? is
NOt AFFEGTED BY
PEACE REPORTS
American People Unaffected By
Peace Talk; Are Steadily
Subscribing to Loan.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Despite
the peace proposals and peace talk
of the past few days, the American
people, who appear to be unaffected
by the peace movement, are not let
ting it interfere with their patriotic
duty and are pledged to subscribe
at least three billion dollars to the
Fourth Liberty Loan during the
next six days.
This is the greatest financial task
ever given to any nation, and the
response of the people has been
good. So far three billion dollars
have been subscribed, which is just
half of the entire loan quota.
We’U substitute corn for wheat
and victory for defeat.