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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
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NENANA, ALASKA .. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1918.
NUMBER
124
HUINS LOSE NOVON
BRITISH CAPTURE CITY OF BAPAUME
ALLIED STEAMROLLER REACHES GATES OF HAM
HUNS LOSE HEAVILY
IN GROUND AND MEN
WITH THE BRITISH.—The ad
vancing British forces today suc
ceeded in forcing the Germans far
ther back and capturing the town of
Ginchy, which is two miles north
west of Combles, which was also cap
tured recently. It is reported that
the British forces have penetrated
farther and taken jossession of the
towns of Belloy, Assevillers, Perbe
court. and Fueilleres, all of which
are within four miles of the import
ant town of Peronne.
Peronne is a large town on the
Somme, and on the railroad line
to Amiens via Chaulnes. It is
guarded by strong forts and redoubts
and also by a large force of Germans.
NOYON CAPTURED
WITH THE FRENCH.—French
troops under the command of Gen
eral Humbert attacked in force this
morning and driving the Huns from
the positions they held, occupied the
city of Noyon. The force under
General Mangin, operating between
the Oise and the Aisne, who succeed
ed in crossing the Ailette yesterday,
crossed the Oise today and captured
Morlineourt.
BRITISH CONTINUE ADVANCE
LONDON.—Official reports re
ceived by the war office today in
dicate that the British troops oper
ating to the south of the Somme are
continuing to exert great pressure
against the retreating German lines.
Strong counter attacks delivered by
the Germans in the Arras sector
were repulsed by the British with
heavy loss to the, enemy.
Captures Made
Since August 21st, the British
have captured twenty-six thousand
prisoners and over one hundred guns
of large caliber.
AMERICANS IN ACTION
WITH THE AMERICANS.—On
the Vesle river front our troops to
day engaged the Huns in a series
of very spirited actions in the Ba
zouches and Fismette regions and
fierce fighting without any letup
took place at all the points attacked.
The Americans gave the Huns no rest
carrying the fighting throughout the
night, making important gains at
some points around Bazouches. Our
boys also captured Fismette, but the
Huns, bringing up strong reinforce
ments during the night, were able to
recapture the place. Fighting of a
most desperate and stubborn char
acter is still in progress, the Ameri
cans centering their attention to Fis
mette, the defense of which is stead
ily weakening as a result of the
spirited attacks delivered incessantly
by our troops.
QUESNOY WOOD CAPTURED
WITH THE FRENCH—The ad
vancing French columns succeeded
today in dislodging the strongly en
trenched German troops occupying
positions before the strongly forti
fied Quesnoy Woods. The Germans
forced from these positions fell back
on the wood and a sanquinary battle
followed, lasting for several hours.
After much stubborn fighting, the
French forced a further retirement
of the Huns and occupied the forti
fied woods of Quesnoy.
VIOLENT ARTILLERING
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived from the French field head
quarters today artillery actions of
great violence occurred along the
Somme during the whole of last
night, the Germans following this up
with a series of surprise attacks in
the Lorraine sector. All of the sur
prise attacks were repulsed. On the
rest of the battlefront all is reported
to be quiet.
HAM THREATENED
PARIS.—The French forces, con
tinuing their advanc.e have reached
the outskirts of Ham and are now
hammering at its defenses. Ham
is an important strategic point in
the line of the French advance and
is situated on the canal connecting
the Somme and the Oise. The
j French advance towards Ham was
conducted so rapidly that it took
the Huns completely by surprise,
and in their precipitate retreat from
the town of Breuil, five miles west
of Ham, which the French occupied,
j they were compelled to abandon
i three complete munition trains which
jwere promptly seized by the French
j troops.
I
AMERICANS CO-OPERATING
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
Pershing in his report to the war
department today says that our
troops, co-operating with the French,
advanced tg the railroad west of
I Juvigny, and also captured two hund
red prisoners.
On the Vesle front, heavy local
attacks on the positions held by our
troops have forced our outlying de
tachments in Bazouches and Fismet
to fall back on the main line of
advance.
BAPAUME CAPTURED
LONDON.—Fighting their way
steadily forward in the face of
fierce opposition, the British forces
under the command of Field Marshal
Haig, overcoming the stubborn re
sistance offered, today captured and
occupied the important town of Ba
paume.
BRITISH CASUALTIES
LONDON.—The British casualties
for the week ending last night are
placed at fifteen thousand, five run
dred, including twenty-five hundred
killed.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
capture and occupation of Morlan
court by the Allied forces may mark
the beginning of operations with the
crossing of the Oise, over a large
front as the first phase of it.
SOUTH AMERICAN
TROUBLE AVERTED
Conflict Between Nicaragua ..and
Honduras Over Boundary Dispute
Will Be Arbitrated.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—An armed
conflict between the republics of
Nicaragua and Honduras which seem
ed inevitable as the result of the
long standing boundary dispute, was
staved off in deference to the repre
sentations made by the United States.
The troops which had been as
sembled on their borders have been
withdrawn and both governments
have agreed to submit the contro
versy through their ministers at
Washington, to the United States
for final settlement.
Mexicans Offer Indignities to the
Employees of Consulate at
Nogales; Clerk Shot.
NOGALES, Senora.—During the
skirmish on Tuesday last between
| Mexicans and American troops sta
I tioned at the border, several armed
! Mexicans entered the American con
: sulate at Nogales and forced vice
Consul McGuire and Clerk Tooley
to leave.
While leaving the consulate build
| ing, Clerk Tooley was shot and
severely wounded by one of the ma
rauding band.
! Consul Lawton, who is in charge
^ of the consulate at Nogales, an
nounces that an investigation into
the outrage, conducted by American
and Mexican officials is now in prog
ress.
liquorcaOsT of
BORDER TROUBLE
Drunken Greasers Fire Across the
Border and One Soldier is
Slightly Wounded.
NOGALES.—The investigations
made today into the shooting which
took place late last night, resulting
in slightly wounding an American
soldier, disclosed the fact that drunk
en Mexican civilians were respons
ible for the outrage.
The troops stationed in this neigh
mourhood have been considerably re
inforced and no further trouble of
a like nature is anticipated.
POSTMASTERS NOMINATED
FOR A FURTHER TERM
WASHINGTON, D. C—President
Wilson sent to the Senate today, the
nominations of nearly a thousand
postmasters throughouf the country.
Among the nominees the name of
Postmaster Deal, of Fairbanks ap
pears.
DIFFERENCES ARE
ADJUSTED QUICKLY
BY CONFEREES
Action Is Taken on Man Power Bill;
Amendment Is Rejected by
Conference Committee.
WASHINGTON, D. C—The minor
differences between the Senate and
House on certain provisions of the
man power bill were cleared away
today after Provost Marshal General
Crowder had explained that the new
instructions will provide that draft
boards and not registrants shall in
stitute proceedings where deferred
clasificiations are desired and ex
; pected.
The joint conference committee
! thereupon struck out the Penrose
i amendment to the man power bill.
The provisions of the bill now
| rfem&.id that all registrants wanting
| deferred classification must request
\ same themslves through their own
! local boards.
I
E FI
. Dominick Funa-o & Co. Have Now
Completed Their Contract on
the D Line.
Dominick Funaro & Co-, who had
! been awarded a contract to grade
j a section of the right of way lying
between station No. D-18892 and
No. 18898 have completed the work
, and arrived in town last night for
I settlement.
Dominick Funaro, better known
j as Joe Funaro, says that they had
, a pretty hard job, owing to the fact
(that the ground was swampy and it
jwas hard to get material for the
i grade out of the soggy borrow pits.
I The mosquitoes were also said to I
have been very plentiful in the sec-1
tion of the country through which
their grading contract ran, and an
noyed the workers very consider- j
ably.
Joe will try to land another con
tract for the balance of the season
if possible. He has had several'
grading contracts on the grade in
days gone by and has done some
good work on the government road.
PIANO IS BOUGHT
FOR SCHOOL HOUSE!
_
To further the musical education1
of the pupils of the Franklin K.
Lane school, the school board has
purchased an up-to-date Kohler &
Campbell piano of the baby grand
type, from Simson’s store.
The instrument is now property
installed in the schoolhouse and it is
expected that the pupils will be
given an opportunity to take up
the study of music at the next and
the succeeding school terms.
Mrs. R. R. Myers, wife of Dr.
Myers, arrived in Nenana yesterday
from Fairbanks. Mrs. Myers will
make her home in Nenana.
CREW OF CHASER
UNACCOUNTED FOR
A Large Part of Chuer'i Crew
Have Not Yet Been Accounted
For; Believed Lott.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—According j
to a report issued by the navy de
partment today, the commanding offi
cer, executive officer and fourteen
enlisted men of the crew of the sub
marine chaser No. 200 are still miss
ing and it is believed that they were
lost.
The submarine chaser 209 while
on patrol duty was mistaken in the
prevailing darkness for a German
subarine by the steamer Filix Taus
sig, and was sunk by her off Fire Is
land on August 27. Eight of her
crew only, some of whom were
wounded, were rescued shortly after
the accident.
10WAR0 LIGNITE
Nearly Eight Miles of Track Has
Now Been Laid on New Line
Toward Coal Field.
When the day gang quit work
yesterday evening the steel on the
D line had been laid up to station
No. 18863, or a distance of nearly
eight miles, and the work is being
pushed forward as rapidly as con
ditions will permit.
The railroad builders have now
reached a very swampy stretch of
country and in order that the men
of the steel gangs may be properly
protected against any ill effects that
may arise from having to work in
the cold water of the swamp, rubber
hip boots have been issued to every
man of the day and night gangs.
The swamp extends for a distance
of about three miles, with an aver
age depth of water of about a foot;
there are some deep holes in places.
It is expected that the grade run
ning through this section of the
country will be completed in about
a week’s time.
DUTCH INVENTOR SELLS
PATENTS TO NEW MOTOR
COPENHAGEN—The Dutch in
ventor, Ellehammer, recently sold his
patent rights in a new motor engine
to Norway and Sweden. The sum
he received is reported to be greater
than has even been paid in Scandi
navia for an invention- The feature
of the new motor is steam. It is
claimed that it will superseede the
ordinary explosion engine, that it is
neither heavier nor bulkier than the
benzine motor in common usage
and can use the cheapest raw oils.
Mrs. Fritz Welch, of Chatanika,
and two children are Nenana visitors.
Mrs. Welch’s little son has been
troubled with tonsolitis for some time
past and will be operated on to
morrow.
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SPANISH VESSEL
SUNK BY OiVER
TENSION CAUSED
Tension Growing Between Germany
and Spain; Relations Now At
Critical Stage.
PARIS.—The Spanish ship Cruza
has been reported to have been
sunk by a German submarine today,
the time and place of the occurrence
or whether the passengers and crew
were saved is not reported.
The leading French newspapers,
commenting on the latest outrage
against Spain, in spite of the many
vigorous protests sent by the Spanish
government to the German govern
ment, believe that the relations be
tween the two governments have
now reached a very critical stage,
and some action is looked forward
to in the immediate futre. An open
rupture is quite probable.
The Spanish authorities recently
notified the German government
that they would make use of intern
ed German vessels to replace tonnage
lost by them through submarine ac
tivity, which called forth a protest
from the Huns and a promise that
Spanish ships will not be molested
future The violation of this prom
ise shortly after it had been made
has caused much bitter feeling in
Spain, and an immediate break in
diplomatic relations is probable.
E EXPLOSION
KILLS WORKERS
Accident At Coal Mine At Burnet
Result* In Many Deaths and
Some Injuries.
TACOMA.—An explosion occurred
today at a coal mine at Burnet
that resulted in the death of twelve
of the miners and the serious injury
of four others. The extent of the
property damage done is unknown.
An exhaustive inquiry is being
conducted now for the purpose of
finding out the cause of the ex
plosion.
AIRPLANE DROPS;
LIEUTENANT DEAD
Accident on Texas Flying Field Kills
One Occupant and Injures
Another.
DALLAS, Texas.—Aviation Lieut.
Charles Hyde is dead and another
officer slightly injured as the result
of an accident on the local flying
field this morning. The machine in
which the two men were riding be
came unmanageable at an altitude
of 300 feet and fell to the ground.
The fact that both of the officers
were not killed is regarded as mira
culous.