Alaskans Are Urged To Save More Food For Allied Soldiers
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOI IJME ONE MEMBER OF associated PRESS NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JULY 20. 1918. NUMBER 91
ALLIES MAKE ADDITIONAL GAINS
KAISER RUSHING RESERVES TO MARNE
MARCH SAYS AMERICANS WILL NOT STOP NOW
ALLIED OFFENSIVE !
TO BE CONTINUED
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, issued a statement today
summarizing the war situation on
the Western front. The statement
has been carefully compiled from
the reports received officially from
the field headquarters of the army.
The general said that there were
sijj American divisions of 200,000
men, engaged on the right flank
of the Allied line which is advancing
over a twenty-mile front between
the Aisne and the Marne. The
troops are composed of the First.
Second, Third and Fourth divisions
of the Regular army, the 26th New
England and 28th Pennsylvania
National Guard divisions, with their
reserves.
The present offensive will be con
tinued with vigor until the enemy
has been forced back.
The town of Soissons is now un
der heavy fire from the American
batteries and with the forcing oi
the Germans out of this place, which
is only a matter of time, a genera!
withdrawal of the German forces
on the sector to the south of the
Marne is expected, as with the towr
of Soissons and the heights com
manding the surrounding country ir
our hands, all of the German posi
tions in this sector will be renderec
untenable.
The greatest Allied penetration al
one point has been a little over ter
miles, while the average penetratior
along the whole line of advance
over a twenty-five mile front be
tween the Aisne and the Marne has
been seven miles.
The Germans had prepared a big
offensive against the British in the
north, with the Channel ports as
the objective, but the counter of
fensive of the Franco-Americar
troops on the Aisne-Marne front ir
the south, has completely upset theii
plans and forced them to postpone
their projected northern drive.
The embakation of our troops foi
France, General March announced,
had now passed the 1,200,000 mark.
PARIS.—Official reports received
here today from the Marne' fronl
contain the statement that the
Franco-American advance still con
tinues on the entire battlefront be
tween the Aisne and the Marne and
that all of the ground to the south
of the Marne lying between Fossoj
and Ouilly has been recaptured, ous
troops penetrating beyond and reach
ing the line near Virsey. The de
fending Germans were badly beateT
and several towns in the line of th«
f Allied advance were taken.
POUNDNG ENEMY
WITH THE AMERICANS—Th<
Franco-Americans continued pound
ing the enemy near Soissons ant
although the movement lacks th<
dash that characterized it in th<
early stages of the advance, thej
are making their blows felt ant
causing severe losses to the enemy
^ The greatly reinforced Germans art
making desperate efforts to hold th<
positions which our troops are vigor- j
ously attacking.
FRESH GERMAN TROOPS
PARIS.—Official reports received!
from the front today indicate that j
owing to the large number of men:
they have lost in killed and cap- [
tured in the great offensive inaug
urated by the Allies, the Boches have
been forced to order 100,000 re
serve troops to reinforce the Crown
Prince’s command and these rein
forcements are arriving rapidly.
The positions captured by the
Allies southwest of Soissons have
now been fortified and consolidated.
Battle Rages
A fierce battle raged all day and
the troops on the plateau overlook
ing Soissons were able to make some
important advances on various points
Prisoners Thus Far.
The Franco-American offensive i
[thus far has yielded 17.000 prison
I ers and over 360 guns besides much
munitions and war material.
GERMAN CLAIMS
BERLIN.—Official reports issued
by the German war office make the
claim that the Germans have taken
over 20,000 prisoners in their oper
ations on the Wetsern front since
July 15th.
BRITISH ADVANCE
LONDON—Official reports from
the Flanders front received today
state that as a result of operations
undertaken by the British forces yes
terday, the Germans were compelled
to retire before the British assaults.
The British troops advanced over
4000 yards on the front near
Meteren, and also captured 36 pris
oners.
GERMANS DRIVEN BACK
WITH THE FRENCH—The Al
lied attacks on the sector south of
the Marne are increasing in intens
ity and they are steadily driving
the Huns back from the southern
bank of the Marne. The attacking
troops are now approaching the river
embankments.
LONDON REPORT
LONDON.—In the Franco-Ameri
can advance on the Aisne-Marne
front, to date the number of pris
oners captured total 18,800.
GERMANS ADVANCE
The German forces have made
slight advance from Mont de Paris
southwest of Belleau on the Rheims
front, but the advantage so gained
is unimportant.
The French forces have advanced
100 yards between Souain and Au
brieve.
GERMANS RETREAT
LONDON.—According to a tele
gram received in this city this after
noon from Reuters’ correspondent
at the French headquarters, the Ger
man forces on the front south of
the Marne have suffered a very
severe repulse at the hands of the
French and are now reported to be
retreating northward across the
river.
NEW GERMAN CHIEF
PARIS.—It is reported that Gen
eral Ludendorff has been made chief
of the general staff of the German
army.
Much speculation is rife and
wonder is expressed as to the where
about of Field Marshal Von Hinden
burg.
AIR ATTACK REPULSED
LONDON.—Official reports .-e
ceived today state that an attack
on the Kentish coast by a German
airplane was repulsed by anti-air
craft guns.
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
SWEEPSJLAV CITY
LONDON.—According to reports
received in this city today, an out
break of cholera is raging in the
city of Moscow, and is playing havoc
with the population, especially among
the poorer classes.
The outbreak is said to be of t
very virulent type, there being as
many as 225 known cases occurring
daily, with a large daily death toll
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO MEET TONIGHT
Nenana Commercial Club Advance!
Date of Maetinf So As Not
to Clash With Ball Came.
Attention is drawn to a notice
appearing elsewhere in these columns
in which the announcement is made
that the Nenana Commercial club wili
hold their regular weekly meeting al
the usual place, the office of the
U. S. commissioner tonight.
The election of an advisory board
who will act in all matters pertain
ing to the welfare of the city, in
conjunction with the townsite man
ager, and assist him in the admini
stration of the city’s affairs with
their advice and counsel, will be
considered at this meeting,, and all
of the members of the Nenana
Commerical club are urged to be in
attendance.
As most of the members will wani
to be present at the baseball game
to be played on Sunday afternoon
the date of the meeting has beer
advanced.
ALASKAN SOURDOUGH
WILL GO TO FRON1
SEATTLE—Captain George Sykes
who had been a resident of Alaska
for 24 years, has offered his ser
vices to the country and will go t<
the front shortly.
Captain Sykes, who is seventy
four years old says that he will re
turn to the North after the war.
O’LEARY IS DISCHARGED;
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
| NEW YORK.—The federal jury
impanelled to try the case of the
Government against John J. O’Leary
was unable to arrive at a verdict,
and O’Leary has been discharged.
Some time ago Jeremiah O’Leary,
, a brother of the accused in this case,
was arrested and placed in jail,
pending his trial on the charge of
| espionage.
John J. O’Leary was arrested a
few days ago and tried for con
spiring to aid his brother Jeremiah
to escape from custody.
IS NOW CONFIRMED
I PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived today, German aviators have
dropped notes in the neighborhood
of the American camps containing
the news that Lieutenant Quentin
Roosevelt is dead.
giantsWmake
TRIP JO FRANCE
NEW’ YORK.—Manager McGraw,
of the New York Giants, expects to
be able to take the team of big
league players to Paris shortly for
a series of games to be played
there with the former professional
players who are now serving with
the army and navy.
Announcement of the fact was
made here today, and all of the ar
rangements for the departure of the
team at an early date, are now be
ing made.
MORE HYDRANTS
10 BE INSTALLED
Fire New Fire Hydrant* Are Now
Being Installed In Variou*
Part* of the Town.
The townsite manager has now
taken in hand the work of putting
in more fire hydrants in different
parts of town and expects to have
this accomplished in a few days.
Two hydrants were installed some
little time ago as a starter; one on
First street, in the alley between
Main and A streets, and the other
on Second street in the alley be
tween Market and A streets.
One hydrant is now being in
stalled at the back of the Arctic
Cigar store and arrangements have
been made for putting up four more
of these hydrants in various parts
of the town.
Townsite Manager Grigg skys that
he plans to house in these fire hy
drants and intends to have a coil
of fhose approximately, 300 feet in
length, coupled on to the hydrant
and fitted with a nozzle, available
for instant use in case of fire.
During the cold weather he will
have lanterns hung in the wells of
the hydrants to prevent freezing.
Eat a baked potato instead of the
other slice of bread when potatoes
are plentiful.
SUBS AGAIN ACTIVE;
U. S. CRUISER SUNK
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 19—
The armored cruiser San Diego was
torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine ten miles off Fire Island,
New York, at 11:30 this morning.
No loss of life has been reported
as yet.
STAFF CHIEF REPORTS
WASHINGTON—The staff chief
1 of the cruiser froces in a report
: made by him to the navy depart
! ment regarding the loss of the ar
mored cruiser San Diego, said that
although no definite information or
' conclusive facts have so far been
advanced in substantiation, it is be
| lieved that the cruiser was sunk by
j a torpedo.
At a late hour today, the cause
of the sinking of the San Diego
and the casualties that may have
resulted, have not been ascertained
' and the navy department has re
fused to comment on the disaster.
COMMANDER REPORTS
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Com
mander Christy, of the armored
I cruiser San Diego, made his report
of the disaster today to the navy
: department. He said that he be
I lieved the cruiser was torpedoed, al
j through no submarine was sighted
I during all the time she was on her
; course at sea. He also said that
j only a very few lives were lost.
| -
SURVIVORS LANDED
NEW YORK—All of the surviv
ors of the armored cruiser San Diego
numbering over 1100, were landed
here today from the rescuing ships.
The tol^l number of the crew car
ried by the cruiser was 1114 offi
cers and men.
The San Diego, formerly called
the California, was one of the most
PLANS ON FOOT
TO SPEED GOLD
PRODUCTION
Plans of the United States Has
Ordered a Conference to Speed
Up Production.
SEATTLE-—According to a spe
cial despatch to the Seattle P.-I.,
the secretary of the treasury has
ordered a conference which will be
held on Monday for the purpose of
taking steps to speed up an increase
the gold production of the country
Delegate Sulzer of Alaska, Mint
Director Baker, Assistant Secretary
Struss and Hening Jennings, who
represent mining interests, will meet
in conference.
Woodbury Abbey, head of the
public lands surveys in this district,
came to town last night on a brief
business trip. He left for his camp
up the river this morning.
Now is the hour of our testing, j
powerful armored cruisers in the
United States navy and belonged tv)
a class of six sister ships known
as the California class, the others be
ing the West Virginia, Colorado,
Pittsburg, Maryland and South
Dakota All of these armored cruis
ers have since been renamed, owing
to the fact that the great dread
naughts are named after the states.
The San Diego was completed and
went into commission in' 1907, her
sister ship the South Dakota was
completed in 1908, the rest of the
class being completed in 1905.
class being completed in 1905. She
cost the government $5,341,754.
The San Diego was an armored
cruiser of the first class, of 13,680
tons displacement, her indicated
horse power being 29,658, which
gave here a speed of 22.20 knots an
hour. Her main battery consisted of
four 8-inch breech loading rifles in
pairs in turrets fore and aft,(these
being afterwards substituted by 10
inch rifles) and fourteen 6-inch
breech loading rifles. Her secondary
or torpedo repelling battery con
sisted of 18 3-inch rapid fire guns
and four 3-pounder semi-automatic
guns. She also had two 18-inch
submerged torpedo tubes when
launched but it is believed that her
torpedo tubes were altered later on.
She carried a crew of 1114 offi
cers and men. There are only three
other armored cruisers in the United
States navy which have the same
speed, but are slighly more powerful
in armament and one of these, the
Tennessee, afterwards called the
Memphis, was wrecked recently.
The others are the Washington, Mon
tana ar.d North Carolina, these boats
have also been renamed to permit
of these names being given to the
super-dreadnaughts.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Secretary Baker’s Ruling That Base
ball Is Non-Essential Occupation
Results In Closing League.
CLEVELAND, O.—In compliance
with the ruling of Secretary Baker
that baseball is classed as a non
essential occupation and in terms of
the selective service regulations, the
American League closes its season
tomorrow.
Ban Johnson, the president of the
American League, has wired all own
ers of clubs belonging to the league
asking them whether they are will
ing to comply with the order at once.
Over 395,000 tons would be saved
in America in a year if everyone
used one-third of an ounce less of
fats from meats a day.
Don’t waste soap which is made
of fats.