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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA..
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918
NUMBER 130
HUNS CANT CHECK ALLIED ADVANCE
SIXTEEN THOUSAND HUN PRISONERS THIS WEEK
BRITISH RECOVER GROUND LOST DURING HUN DRIVE
. GERMANS CONTINUE
IN HASTY RETREAT
f
PARIS.—The precipitate retreat
of the German hordes before the ad
vancing French line in the region
lying to the northeast of Noyon
continued during last night, hastened
considerably by the French forces,
who, following hard on the heels
of the Huns, kept in touch with
their rear guards and pushed after
the retreating foe relentlessly as
far as to the east of canal Du Xord
American* Gain C<-e«t.
Advancing to the north of the
Vesle river, the American troops,
acting in concert with the French,
compelled a farther retirement of
the Germans and gained the crest
of the ridge dominating the valley
between the Ailette and the Aisne.
Towns Captured.
The French and American artil
lery then silenced the enemy guns
and advancing to the attack, suc
ceeded in capturing the towns of
Clamency, Braye and Missyur Aine
in the Vesle region.
Canal Crossed
On the Somme front, the French
troops crossed the Somme Canal
near the towns of Voyenne and
Offoy, and continuing their advance
southward, reached the region be
yond Hombleux, Mery Hallon and
Flavy de Meldeux.
Operations Extended.
The operations of the combined
French and American troops on the
Vesle sector of the battle front has
been considerably extended to the
eastward and a crossing has been
effected between Venteaux and
Joncherrry on a two and one-half
mile front in spite of a stubborn
resistance. The Franco-American
forces following hard on the heels
of the retreating Germans to the
north of the Vesle, have now reach
ed the line of Aisne.
BRITISH ADVANCE
LONDON.—The British troops,
continuing their advance along the
Flanders front, made marked prog
ress last night and, overcoming the
resistance offered, compelled the
enemy to give ground. They cap
tured the "village of Ploegsteerm and
Hill 63 after much heavy fighting.
The Germans held on with great
tenacity to their positions on Hill 63
but the persisitent heavy attacks of
the Britishers proved too much for |
the defenders, who finally retired, j
leaving many dead and wounded be
hind. The British immediately oc
cupied and consolidated this posi
tion and advance guards, scouts and
reconnoitering parties were sent out
preparatory to a further advance
in force.
Drive Southwards.
Driving in a southerly direction
from Neuve Chapelle to Givenchy,'
the advancing British line succeeded
in reaching the old line held by
them up to last April. Their ad
vance was disputed at several points
but the resistance offered was of a
feeble nature and was easily over
« come by the British troops, flushed
with their recent victories every
where.
Positions Improved.
Much improvement is reported on
the line in front of Cambrai to the
south of the village of Moeuvres and
preparations for a general advance
against the town are now under
way.
Prisoner* Captured.
During the last four days the
British forces have captured over
sixteen thousand prisoners and over
one hundred guns of large caliber.
HUNS READJUST LINE
WITH THE BRITISH—In the
region to the south of the Scarpe,
a large portion of the German line
is now being readjusted, trenches
are being hastily dug and gun place
ments and protecting bastions are
being erected. These activities of
the Huns are frequently interrupted
by the British artillerymen, who
very frequently and regularly take
a crack at them at long range,
drawing the ineffective fire of the
Hun batteries covering the working
parties. Several thousand yards of
the old Hindenburg line lying to the
southeast of Mocouvres have been
cleaned up by the British, who are
now in possession of it.
HUNS DESTROY MUNITIONS
WITH THE AMERICANS—Ae
riel scouting parties reported today
that they believe the Germans were
destroying ammunition dumps, and
the violent explosions frequently
heard by the troops along the Vesle
line would appear to bear out the
statements of the scouts. One avi
ator reported that he heard a terri
fic explosion at Villers Emprayers,
on the south bank of the Aisne and
directly north of Fismes. It is
thought that the Germans are re
peating the tactics adopted by them
prior to the great wihdrawal of the
main body of their troops on the
Marne front, and are now planning
a retirement on a large scale.
Town* Occupied.
The Americans this morning oc
cupied the villages of Basouches and
Fismette, which places the Germans
had evidently evacuated during the
night, and by noon strong American
units, following the retreating Ger
mans, advanced beyond the occupied
positions and reached the slopes on
the northern side of the plateau
between the Vesle and the Aisne.
Every indication points to the fact
that the Germans had retired their
main body across the Aisne.
CARDIFF OFFICIALS
CLEAN UP STREETS
CARDIFF, Wales.—Inhabitants of
Cardiff were surprised the other
night to see the lord mayor, aider
men, the city councillors and their
friends turn out armed with spades
and brooms to clean two of the
principal streets.
Municipal employees have been on
strike for several weeks and the
accumulation of dirt made it neces
sary for some one to lend a hand
in the interest of health.
Knut Koland, who has a grading
contract on the Nenana-Fairbanks
line, left for his camp with an ex
tra team »f horses today.
LEAVIHG RUSSIA,
REFUGEES REACH
FINLAND SAFELY
Tbc American* and Other* Leaving
Ru**ia on Special Train Have
Reached Finland.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—American
consuls and their staffs, members of
the Allied Missions and civilian refu
gees, who recently left Russia on a
special train, are reported to have
crossed the frontier safely and en
tered territory under the control
of the government of Finland.
Although no definite word has
been received by the authorities
here, it is believed that they arrived
yesterday at the town of Haparanda,
in Finland.
Arrangemnts will be made for the
care of the refugees during their
stay in Finland and for their tran
port, under safe conduct guarantees,
to one of the Allied countries.
FIRST AIR Ml
NEARING CHICAGO
Succettful Trial Trip of the New
I
Aerial Mail Service From East
to West, Made Today.
LOCKHAVEN, Pa—The first
aeroplane carrying the mail from
New York to Chicago made a suc
cessful landing at the golf links
here today after a successful flight
from New York.
Max Miller, an experienced air
man of note, was the pilot of the
plane carrying the mails. He stated
that everything ran smoothly all the
way and that he experienced no
trobue from start to finish.
He left for Cleveland half an
hour afterward with the mail.
PHILADELPHIA.—One hundred
women workers are being added
daily to the force at the factory
established here by the Quarter
masters department for the manu
facture of army uniforms.
It is a “no man factory,” not a
man being employed there. It now
has about 2,000 women at work.
The force will be increased as rap
irly as women can be obtained
until 5.000 are employed. The
plant is organzied as a model fac
tory with lunch rooms; rest r^oms.
hospital, recreation center and wel
fare workers. Pay ranges from
$12 a week up. All sewing is by
piece work. Expert operators on
the power-driven machines can earn
from $20 to $30 a week. The fac
tory will eventually be one of the
largest in the country. It will be
in operation for several years, it is
predicted, as its establishment is i.r
line with the new policy of the gov
ernment to manufacture its own
army clothing.
RED SOX TAKE
OPENING GAME
CHICAGO—The first game of the
baseball world series, played here
today between the Boston Red Sox
and the Chicago Cubs, was won by
Boston with a score of 1 to 0. Dur
ing the game Boston was credited
with 5 hits and no errors, while
Chicago had six hits and no errors.
The batteirs were Ruth and Ag
new for Boston, and Vaughn and
Killifer for the Cubs.
ATTENDANCE AT
NENANA SCHOOL
SHOWS INCREASE
Mit* Luella Shaffer, the Principal
Open* New School Term In
Nenana.
Miss Luella Shaffer, the newly
appointed principal of the Franklin
K. Lane school, assisted by Mrs. M.
A. Schaeffer, opened the winter
term of the school last Tuesday with
an attendance of thirty-four pupils.
Six new pupils were added to the
roll this term. There were twenty
eight pupils attending the school
last term.
Several other pupils will be added
to the attendance list in the near
future, both in the higher and lower
grades, some of whom are now on
the way to Nenana.
Miss Shaffer has had very con
siderable experience in school work,
and on being selected by the school
board to take charge of the training
of Nenana’s younger generation, re
linquished her position in the Sitka
government school, arriving here re
cently. She is favorably impressed
with our town and school and hopes
to see both grown in importance as
time goes on. The school at Sitka
which Miss Shaffer had charge of
was much larger and had a bigger
attendance of pupils than the Frank
lin K. Lane can boast of at present,
but this condition is bound to im
prove with the growth of the city
and population.
Mrs. M. A. Schaeffer, who assists
Miss Shaffer in the school work has
had considerable experience in school
work. She was last engaged in this
work at Ukiah, Cal.
At present eight grades are
taught in the Franklin K. Lane
school; thirteen pupils comprising
the higher grades are taught by
Miss Shaffer in one of the rooms
in the building, and 21 pupils com
prising the lower grades are taught
by Mrs. Schaeffer in another.
Miss Shaffer, the principal of the
school, stated that she was very
much pleased with the way in which
the school board had arranged for
the work to be done, especially as
regards the equipment and supplies
available, which she said was ample
for all purposes. She was also much
pleased with the school building,
which was fitted with all the mod
ern conveniences for the health and
comfort of the pupils attending the
school.
ACCIDENT AIDOCK
IS FATAL TO MANY
PORTSMOUTH. Va — Unofficial
reports received in this city today
are to the effect that a sudden land
slide had occurred at one of the dry
docks in the navy yard near this
city.
Many of the workers were buried
under the great mass of material
and the reports state that fourteen
workers are known to have been
'killed.
An investigation into the accident
is now being conducted and the
findings are eagerly awaited.
RICE SHORTAGE
IN JAPAN PUTS
BAN ON HAWAII
HONOLULU. — Rice imported
from Japan must not be sold to any
but Japanese is the edict of Tokio
under which exports of rice to
Hawaii are permitted. Another
limitation is that the rice must be
used only as food and not for the
manufacutre of sake, the Japanese
national drink.
Orders to this effect have been
issued by the Japanese consulate
general for Hawaii.
Japan is short of rice, but is will
ing to accept the shortage to supply
it for the white population
This it is thought will probably
work a hardship on the Caucasian
populance later in the year, as Ha
waii is dependent on Japan for
about five-sixth of its rice supply,
the islands producing only 120 000
bags a year, as aga>nst a ci sumn
tion on the average of 600 000 bags
Rice is now selling here for $11
a bag as against a pre-war price
of $6.
GERMAN AIRPLANES
HAVE NEW MARKING
AMSTERDAM.—Detail.! regard
ing new marking on German air
planes became known here recently.
The arms of the black cross are now
straight (not curved as formerly)
with white edges. The change is
said to have been made because
the previous form made recognition
of German machines difficult and
easily led to confusion with the
circular signs on Entente airplanes.
GERMANS USE LEAVES
FOR HORSE FEED NOW
ZURICH.—Children in Munich
were recently employed in stripping
the leaves from trees and bushes
in the public parks fer conversion
into hay, according tj the Munich1
Post, which says this is necessary!
owing to the lack of fodder for
army horses.
Mrs. James Wickersham arrived
from Fairbanks yesterday. She will
meet her husband, who is expected
to arrive on the steamer Tanana j
tomorrow and return to Fairbanks
with him.
TRAIN DITCHED;
TWO ARE KILLED
SCORES MIRED
Coaches of Rock Island Train Leave
i Track and Turn Turtle; Two
Are Killed.
| CHICKASHA, Okla—Three coach
jes of a swiftly speeding Rock Island
I train left the tracks near Chickasha
today and were ditched. As a re
sult of the accident two men were
killed and about forty-five are re
ported to have been injured.
The train, which was proceeding
at a good rate of speed, contained
a great many drafted soldiers from
jKansas and Oklahoma.
Many people, among whom were
doctors and nurses, speedily gather
ed at the scene of the accident and
rendered first aid to the wounded.
CHANCELLOR SAYS
ACTION 1$ MENACE
Von Hertling Fear* For Safety of
Crown and Dynasty If Reform*
Are Granted.
AMSTERDAM. Speaking to a
constitutional committee of the Prus
sian upper house today, regarding
the fulfillment of the kaiser's pledge
for the reform of the franchise
rights of the German people. Chan
cellor von Hertling said that it was
his honest conviction that the ques
tion was a very serious one anti that
it placed the German crown and
dynasty in jeopardy.
The chancellor intimated that if
the emperor redeemed the pledges
: given the German people and grant
1 ed franchise reforms, the protection
^ and preservation of the crown and
i dynasty would be at stake.
ARMY ENTERTAINERS
PUT ON GOOD SHOWS
JORT BLISS, Tex.—Much of ire
entertainment furnished civilians
here comes from the army camps
hear here and at Deming, N M
Recently a cavalry regiment st<>
tioned at Fort Blaiss gave an enter
tainment in a downtown theater
which would have been a credit to
any traveling professional.
The opening number was by a
graduate of the Boston Consola
tory of Music, a violincello solo was
rendered by a soldier who had quit
the Eastern vaudeville circuit to en
list and trained musicians from the
army bands gave instrumental and
vocal solos.
In addition the soldiers presented
a military playet which dealth with
the humorous side of army lift.
Whenever these shows are given the
theater is packed for every per
formance.
Mrs. Le Roy Moyer and children
arrived from Fairbanks yesterday.
They are on their way Outside.
While in N’enana. Mrs. Moyer is
staying with her mother. Mrs. .1 H.
Russell.