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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, alaska Friday, august 23, i9is number 120
ALLIES SCORING ANOTHER ROUT
FRONT WIDENS AS GERMANS RETREAT
RUSSIAN RED GUARDS MURDER CZECHO SLOVAKS
BIG GERMAN ARMY
IS IN GRAVE PERIL
WITH THE FRENCH. — The
French army under the command of
General Mangin, now operating
along a several mile front between
the Oise and the Aisne in a series
of vigorous assaults during Wed
nesday and Thursday, have succeed
ed in considerably advancing their
positions. They have driven the
enemy across the valley of the Ail
ette and captured five thousand Ger
man prisoners.
AERIAL ATTACKS
LONDON.—According to official
despatches received from the front,
British airmen bombarded five im
portant German towns yesterday.
The towns attacked were the centers
of aerial activity and each con
tained a large aerodrome. Very con
siderable damage was done the aero
dromes.
SOUTH OF SOMME
WITH THE BRITISH.—Reports
received from British field head
quarters indicate that the British
troops have captured the villages of
Chiegnolles and Herliville, to the
south of the Somme, and have taken
over one thousand prisoners. The
advance of the British to the points
named has had the effect of elimin
ating the bend in their line of ad
vance.
VIGOROUS OFFENSIVE
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS—The
offensive is being conducted in so
vigorous a fashion that it Is ex
tremely difficult to keep pace with
the developments. The advancing
troops have no time to take a count
of the prisoners captured or pay any
attention to the vast quantities of
stores and munitions which fall into
their hands and are pressing for
ward eagerly following up the ad
vantages gained.
FIFTY MILE FRONT
LONDON.—All reports received
from the scenes of activity point
to the fact that a fierce battle is
raging along one of the widest fronts
in the present stage of the strife,
extending for a distance of fifty
miles, north from Soissons. with the
Allies winning all along the line.
On the front where the British
troops are doing the fighting, they
have penetrated to a depth of over
two miles and have rolled up many
prisoners. Their advance is being
continued vigorously, severe losses
being inflicted in the ranks of the
retreating army.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
very much battered German lines on
the northern and southern ends of
the Picardy battlefront are waver
ing and the enemy is retreating pre
cipitately along the Oise. The Allied
pressure along the whole line is
terrific and the Huns are being
forced back steadily, fighting des
perately as they retire farther.
British and Gtnnaol
The British and Germans are bat
tling fiercely along a twenty-mile
front, extending from Lihons, six
miles south of the Aisne, to the
Coieul river, south of Arras. Fight
ing of a most desperate character
is in progress and the enormous
pressure exerted by the Britishers
is telling on the German flanks
north and south of Noyon.
Pivot Still Holdiag.
The British attacks are being
pressed hard with the German lines
showing signs of giving way at any
time. The great German pivot of
Noyon is still holding but 't is con
sidered only a matter of time before
they will be compelled to evacuate
the city.
Greatest Battle.
The battle which is now raging
along the Picardy front is described
as the one greatest battle of the war
and all reports received so far from
the front indicate that disaster
threatens the whole German army
on this front- The Germans are
throwing great masses of their
troops into the struggle in an effort
to check the tide of battle, which
is surely setting strongly against
them and as a consequence fighting
of the most desperate kind has de
veloped with enormous losses on
both sides.
Villages Captured.
The Britishers advancing from the
northern end of the front at Boiry
Bacquerelle and Beylen have made
much progress, capturing Meal, near
Albert, and dominating the entire
Happy Valley to the north of Bray.
COMPANY IMS
MONTO STORE
Carpenter* Now Buijr Putting On
Addition to N. C. Store For
Living Quarters.
To serve as living quarters and
mess for the employees of th Nor
thern Commercial cohmpany’s Ne
nana staff, a building 28 feet long
by 26 feet wide is being added to
the present store building.
The work of putting on this addi
tion was commenced last Tuesday,
and it is expected that the addi
tion will be finished and ready for
occupancy in a short time.
The new building is on the south
side of the main building and is con
nected with it, and the N. C. em
ployees will be warmly and com
fortably housed when the cold
weather comes around again.
Pat Lynch went out on the Ne
nana-Fairbanks right of way this
morning to look'^ver the line with
a view to taking a grading contract
later on.
Every potato you eat is a bullet
| fired point blank at a “Made-in
Germany” peace.
ALLIES FORCED
10 GIVE GROUND
TOJBOLSHEVIKI
Allies Are Forced to Retire in Battle
With Bolsheriki Near
Vladirostock.
LONDON.—In a despatch re
| ceived from Harbin today, the eom
1 mander of the Allied forces in the
j Far East says that in the operations
conducted on the Ussuri river front,
north of Vladivostock. the Bolshe
viki troops appeared to be in great
■ number and have compelled the
| Allies to withdraw.
• The commands given to the Bol
, sheviki were in the German lan
i guage, indicating that there were
German officers in command and
that large numbers of Huns were
engaged in the operations in con
junction with the Bolsheviki.
j Several Bolsheviki monitors on
Lake Hangka are harrassing the
; Allied troops by their continuous
fire.
The Allied forces are composed
of British, French Cossack, Czecho
slovak and Japanese troops.
1
AVERS TORPEDO
Triumph Survivors Say Submarine
Claims She Sank San Diego
With Torpedo.
PORTLAND, Maine.—According
to survivors of the captured steam
trawler Triumph, the commander of
the German submarine which cap
tured the Triumph boasted that the
j armored cruiser San Diego was sunk
by a torpedo and not a mine.
It amused him greatly he said
to read the accounts published in
the Boston. New York and Portland
papers which he found on board the
trawler Triumph when he captured
her, of the ramming of German sub
marines by steamers arriving at
American ports recently.
GABRIEL BOZOV1CH
IS NOW REGISTERED
Through a mistake made by the
Fairbanks Local Board, while listing
Alaska registrants, Gabriel Bozovich,
who is a Montenegrin, was classed
as an alien enemy. The man did
not know of this for some time,
but as soon as he got knowledge
of it took steps to have the mistake
rectified.
Mr. William Grigg, townsite man
ager. took the matter up with the
Fairbanks Local Board and had the
matter starightened out. Bozovich
who is now properly classed is very
anxious to go to the front.
Cut out non-essentials—wa are in
a race with a swift antagonist and
need no handicap.
Big British Freighter is Seat to the
Bottom By Submarine Off t
Atlantic Coast.
The British steamer Diomed was j
submarined and sunk off the coast, \
Over one hundred of her crew have ;
been rescued.
The Diomed is a large freight
steamer owned by the Ocean Steam
ship company of Liverpool, formerly
known as the Holt Line, and owned
by Alfred Holt. She is specially
built for the Far Eastern cargo
carrying trade and is fitted with a
greater number of cargo hatches
than is usual on oce^p freighters
with facilities for rapid handling of
freight.
The steamers of the Ocean Steam
ship company or the Holt Line are
! better known as the blue funnel
i line, by reason of the fact that their
j funnels used to be painted a light
blue color with a black band at the
tops. Their trade before the war
took the boats out from Liverpool
to the Far East via the Suez Canal;
Seattle and Tacoma also being their
regular ports of call. Most of the
boats of this line are now in the
service of the British government
as transports.
RuU of Seniority Is Abandoned In
Favor of Policy of Selection
For Army Officer!.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The war
department has issued orders for
the abandonment of the rule of
seniority in making appointments to
commissioned rank in the army, a
' policy of selection in such matters
being favored.
All future commissioned officers
I in the United States army must
; come frogj the ranks of the army
after having undergone a course of
training in the schools established
for that purpose.
BRAZIL HAS PUT BAN
ON GERMAN TEACHING
WASHINGTON, D. C—The Ger
man language as a basic language
in the many schools of Santa Catha-|
rina, Brazil, has been forbidden, ac
cording to advices reaching Wash
ington. The authorities have de-'
cided to permit the teaching of Ger-;
man in the curriculum, but Portu-!
guese is ordered as the basic lan
guage in all schools, public and pri
vate. In a single district of Santa
Catharina there, were before Brazil
declared war, 134 German schools
where nothing but German was
spoken.
James T. Oldfield, timekeeper on
the D line, came into town this
evening on a visit to his family, who
are Nenana residents.
HOOVER IS BACK
FROM M ZONE;
Nation'* Food Administrator Return*
From Extended Trip to Allied
Countries.
NEW YORK—Concluding an ex-!
tended trip to Europe, Herbert
Hoover, national food administrator, j
returned to the United States today, j
He spent mo$t of his time gather-'
ing first hand information regard-1
ing the food situation at the battle
front, among the troops and in the
areas contiguous to the battleline,,
and has thoroughly gone into every i
phase of the question with a view
to arriving at a definite conclusion
and adopting methods for combating
unnecessary waste and shortage,
both at home and abroad.
He has not expressed his views
j on the question yet, but it is possible
that in the course of the next few
days new instructions for the con
servation of food will be issued by
him based on the information glean
ed during his visit in England,
France and Italy.
NEW ENGINEER
FROM COAST IS
i DUE HERE SOON
Locating Engineer From Anchorage
Division Arrived at Camp 373
Last Night.
Herbert K. Ward, a locating en
gineer from the Anchorage division,
arrived at the camp at N’enana
Crossing (43-mile) last night, trav
elling over the Broad Pass trail.
He came in with a bunch of stock
consisting of twenty-five head of
horses for work on this division
Mr. Ward, who is now on his
i way to Xenana from the camp at
1 43-mile will be assigned to the work
of rehabilitating the Tanana Valley
railroad, and will probably leave for
Fairbanks in the near future.
LODGEli
AS NEW LEADERj
WASHINGTON, D. C—Republi
can senators will elect a floor leader j
tomorrow to succeed the late senator 1
Jacob Harold Gallinger, of New'
Hampshire, who died recently.
The election of Senator Henry j
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, to
fill the vacancy is assured.
Knut Koland, who has a grading
contract on the Nenana-Fairbanks
line, came into town last night. He
will return to his camp this evening.
Knut says he intends to make an
early start and avoid the bears
prowling around the country after
dark.
Give King Corn a royal welcome
to your home.
SIMBIRSK TAKEN;
SLOVAKS HANGED
RuuUb Red Guards Capture Town
On the Volga and Execute
Many Cxecho-Slavt.
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received in this city today
the Russian Red Guards captured
the town of Simbirsk, on the Volga
river, from the Czecho-Slovak troops
and hanged three hundred of them
in the market place of the city.
The hanging of the unfortunate
Czecho-Slovaks was done by way of
reprisal for alleged atrocities com
mited by the Czecho-Slavoks during
the time they occupied the town.
AUSTRIANS SEEK
OFFICERS' LIVES;
CAREJS TAKEN
Officer* Are Ordered to Take
Precautionary Measures Against
Attempts On Tkeir Lives
WASHINGTON, D. C — A des
patch received in this city today
from Switzerland says that the
attempts made on the lives of the
Austrian officers by disaffected
soldiers have greatly increased re
cently.
Several commandants have issued
orders to the officers under their
command at the rear of the army
on the battlefront to carry revolvers
ffith them always.
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HORSES ARRIVE
OVER TRAIL TO
Twenty-five Head of Stock Arrived
At 43-Mile Over the Broad
Pass Trail.
The officials of the Alaskan En
gineering commission have been
notified that twenty-five head of
horses with some men accompany
ing them had reached the camp at
the Nenana Crossing (43-mile), now
known as camp 373 yesterday even
ing.
The stock came over the Broad
Pass trail and are said to have
reached there in fine condition. It
is expected that they will be given
a short rest of about a week before
they are distributed along the
line where they can be of the most
service.
It is expected that with the addi
tion of these animals to the stock
owned by the Commission, many
hired horses will be released to
their owners.