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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA,
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 148
NEW DRIVE STARTS
BRITISH PALESTINE VICTORIES GROWING
. BULGARIAN ARMY CUT OFF BY FRANCO-SERBS
ALLIES ATTACK ON
CHAMPAGNE FRONT
( PARIS.—The combined French
and American forces commenced a
powerful attack today on the Cham
pagne front and in the region be
yond it on the east.
Renewed German attacks in the
region to the north of the Aisne
were repulsed. A strong counter
attack delivered by the Germans
was also repulsed and the Huns
were hurled back from positions
they had recently gained which gave
them a foothold on one point of
^ the battle line.
COMMUNICATIONS IN DANGER
NEW YORK.—Reports received
in this city today indicate that the
combined Franco-American attack
is the first Allied thrust on the
Champagne fron since Marshal Foch •
assumed the initiative last July, and
is the logical result of the Allied
success on the Picardy front, where
they have driven the Germans back
to the Hindenburg line from Arras
to Laon. The Champagne drive
threatens the German communica
tions to the rear of the Hindenburg
line where the Germans are strug
gling hard to keep the French and
the British from breaking through.
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Attack Extensive.
It is believed that this new at-;
tack on the Champagne front ex
tends along a good part of the dis-j
tance from Rheims to Verdun.
THE FRENCH ATTACK
WITH THE FRENCH. — The
French troops commenced their at
tack on the Champagne front during ■
a thick fog and after a period of;
artillery preparation which termin-'
ated in several hours of the most |
intense gunfire.
Progressing Favorably
Early indications point to the
fact that the attack is progressing:
very favorably to the Allied cause, j
The French are fighting gallantly |
and are slowly forcing the Huns to !
give ground.
Forty Mile Front.
LONDON.—The French and the j
American forces jointly attacked j
along a forty-mile front between:
Siuppe and the River Meuse. The ■
attack was opened vigorously and
pressed forward hard, and much
heavy fighting is now in progress.
Positions Abandoned.
Shortly after the commencement
of the combined Franco-American
attack, the Germans voluntarily
abandoned several of their forward
positions on the north end of the j
line of the new offensive and fell i
back to other positions slightly to j
he rear.
Resistance Offered.
The Germans are making a stand
al there is much strong resistance I
t*the Allied advance, by the ene- i
m- artillery and infantry.
Positions Penetrated.
Allies have succeeded in pene-!
trat. the German positions along I
sevei mj]es jn the jjne 0f the new'
offene which lies between the
scene f the successful Marne of
fensive and the more recent Ameri
can success in the St. Mihiel salient.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
storming of the German positions
on the Champagne front, by the
French and American troops is ap
parently the major stroke of the
new offensive. The combined
armies are progressing rapidly. The
opposing forces on the Champagne
front have been inactive since July
fifteenth, when the Germans at
tempted to advance and were very
soon checked. The American forces
are advancing steadily to the east
of Champagne.
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IN MACEDONIA
LONDON.—According to reports
received today from the front, the
Prilep-Veles road has been cut by
the Allies at Izvor, isolating the
First Bulgarian army from the main
line of communications. The Bul
garian army is now in a very pre
carious position and faces destruc
tion at the hands of the Allies. The
First Bulgarian army occupies a
position to the left of the advancing
Allied line.
BULGARIA INVADED
SALONIKA.—The Allied troops
have invaded Bulgarian territory.
The British troops entered Bulgaria
at a point opposite Kosturino, which
is only six miles distant, in a south
erly direction, from the main Bui- j
garian base at Strumnitza.
IN PALESTINE
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived in this city, the British forces
operating in Palestine have cap
tured approximately forty-two thou
sand Turks.
TURKS SURROUNDED
LONDON—The Fourth Turkish
army on the Palestine front, east of
the River Jordan, have now been
virtually surrounded by the British
and face annihilation. The prison-.
ers taken up to date total forty-five
thousand and the hoped for anni
hilation or surrender of the Fourth
Turkish army would complete the
cleaning up of the entire Turkish
army in Palestine and account for
eighty thousand Turks.
MEXICAN PEONS ARE
UStfD BY RAILROADS
I
EL PASO.—Labor agents for the \
railroads of the Eastern states are
‘'ere to employ the Mexican track
laborers on Eastern railways. Mexi
cans are being sent East from here |
in car load lots. The Mexican peon
aborer makes an excellent track
worker. He will move from place
■° place with his family, pots and
harrots at an hour’s notice.
Mrs. Hawley W. Sterling came
nto town on last evening’s train.
She left again for camp 400 on this
norning’s train.
MIR IS KILLED
8Y FALLING ROCK
DAWSON.—Thomas Taylor, a
pioneer mining man of the North
was killed today by a falling rock.
The rock was of great size and
weight and deah was instantaneous.
Inquest proceeding were held
over the remains and it is expected
that the body will be buried to
morrow.
PATTERNpKER
IS ARRESIED ON
SERIOUS CHARGE
Seattle Shipyard Wo'ker I* Thought
to Be An Agent of the German
Government.
SEATTLE.—J. A. Carlson, a ship
yard worker was placed under ar
rest today by the federal authori
ties and will be tried on serious
charges in a day or two.
Carlson, who was employed as a
pattern maker in one of the big
shipbuilding yards of the city, is
charged with having doctored the
steel used in the building of ships,
of conspiring to wreck troop trains
and of having destroyed a quantity
of spaghnum moss intended for the
use of the Red Cross.
KILLED BY ROCK
Mine Worker U Instantly Killed in
Drift on Amy Creek; Funeral
to Be Held Tomorrow.
According to telegraphic advices •
received today, a fatal accident oc
curred at Soini & Co.’s workings on >
lower Amy creek in the Tolovana
country yesterday afternoon, when
a heavy slab of rock which had
become loosened, dropped suddenly
in the drift, crushing E. Osberg J
to death.
Osberg was a Norwegian about
40 years old and was a well known
miner of the district. He will be
buried near the scene of the acci
dent tomorrow.
CARL WHITE LAUNCH
ON WAY TO FAIRBANKS
The launch Helen M, which is be
ing used by Carl White on the run
between Brooks and Fairbanks, left
Brooks this morning with the mail
and some freight and the following
passengers for Fairbanks: , Mrs.
Jacobsen, Miss Lillian Smith, James
Gibbs. Mrs. George Gibbs, Colin Mc
Pherson, Mr. and Mrs. Craig, Mrs.
Stoner, T. Raymon, Louis Isadel,
Walter Morris and W. Koesch.
W. R. Taylor, who arrived in Ne- i
aana recently, expects to return to i
ais camp in the Kantishna country J'
in a few days. 11
my frowns
ON MARRAIGE OF
HEIR 10 THRONE
Crown Prince of Rumania Marries
Girl of the People Against
the Rules of the Game.
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
ports received in this city today,
Crown Prince Charles of Rumania
has been placed in confinement in
his apartments by royal decree be
cause he married a girl of humble
birth, against the recognized rules
applying to the marriage of persons
of royal birth.
The crown prince said that thrones
are so unstable nowadays that he
much prefers the certainty of hav
ing the wife of his choice than the j
chance of losing his right to the
succession.
King Ferdinand of Rumania has
failed in his attempts to annul the
marriage
BERING RAILWAY
George W. Nelson and Charles D.
Davis, contractor and manager re
spectively of the Alaska Anthracite
railway, arrived at Cordova recently
and reported the work of complet
ing the road from the river terminal
to the coal mines at Carbon moun
tain as progressing satisfactorily.
The surfacing is being done on the
last three miles of the road, and the
track will soon be laid. On account
of the scarcity of material in the
States it was impossible to secure
an earlier start on the railroad, but
notwithstanding this fact the road
will be in operation this fall. About
one hundred men are now employed.
A promising coal mine is also be-'
ing developed by Mr. Davis, who re
ports that a thirteen-foot vein of'
anthracite coal has been struck in
tunnel No. 1, which has been driven
for a distance of nearly 1,000 feet.
There is also a four-foot vein in
tunnel No.2. Fifteen sacks of run
of mine coal were taken to Cordova
for shipment to the States as speci
mens of the quality of fuel in the
Bering river country. It is expected
that 3.000 or 4,000 tons of coal
will be shipped from the mine this
fall before the river terminal freezes.
TURKS DO NOT
LIKE BULGARIANS
NEW YORK.—A recent issue of
:he Ikkdam, a Constantinople news
paper received here contains a warn
ng to Bulgaria, not to press Turkey
:oo far. It says: “Bulgaria has be- ,
:ome one of the great powers of
Surope by stealing from Turkey,
Rumania, Serbia, Greece and Al
>ania. She now refuses our reason- (
ible request to straighten the bound
iry of Maritsa. Let Bulgaria be
vare. Her position regarding this 1
equest does not augur well.” 1
OWN PEOPLE
G0ING_ OUTSIDE
DAWSON’—The exodus from Daw
son at the end of this season will
be greater than ever before in the
history of the camp.
Reservations have already been
made and every available berth on
the river steamers has been sold
out. It is thought that many will
be forced to wait until after the
freezeup and go out over the trail.
TILL THE SOIL
ATLANTIC CITY,—At the Amer
ican Hospital Convention, held in
this city today, prominent speakers
declared that returning soldiers will
not look with favor on the “back to
the soil” movement which was being I
discussed at the time. They stated j
that the training that the soldiers
are now receiving will create in j
them a desire to enter commercial
and technical pursuits.
T. B. Kinder, vocational secretary
of the Invalided Soldi|rs Commis
sion of Canada, said that most of
the soldiers who had returned to j
Canada had enough of soil to last
them for the rest of their lives.
DR. MORE GOES
10 AI1END ROSS
Dr. More Leave! for Fairbanks On
Urgent Call to Attend on
Carlton Ross.
In response to an urgent tele
graphic message received late yes
i
terday evening, Dr. David More,
chief surgeon of the Commission
hospital, left on the launch Victory
this morning for Fairbanks to at
tend on Carlton D. Ross, the News-1
Miner reported, who met with a j
serious motorcycle accident last Sun- j
day, and is now lying in the St. i
Joseph’s hospital in a very critical,
condition.
Te report of the injuries sustained
by Ross, which appeared in the
News-Miner, says: “One rib is brok
en off right over the heart. The j
broken rib was forced down toward ;
the heart and tore the sack con-!
taining his heart so that it is un-!
:ertain as to how it can be sewed, i
rhe pleura which surrounds the
ungs is torn, so they put in a.
training tube, sewed up the incision;'
ind will wait several days until they |
ran ascertain by an X-ray just
vhere all the injury is, so that i
;hey can start work in the right:
ipots.”
It was reported this morning that: J
here was no change in Ross’ con
lition.
J. C. VanOrsdel returned from i
he Kantishna country last night on 1
lis launch. , i
READY TO OPEN
M 1 STATES
Appropriate Patriotic Exercise* Will
Mark Opening of the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
NEW YORK.—Air raid sirens
will be sounded, all the church bells
will ring joyous peals and thousands
of other sound producers will join
in the demonstration when the
opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan
is heralded here tomorrow night.
Half an hour before the time
scheduled for the opening of the
Fourth Liberty Loan, President Wil
son will address the mutitude at the
Metropolitan Opera House.
All loyal Americans are requested
to stand facing east towards France
and our boys with General Persh
ing, at nine o’clock Saturday morn
ing, signifying that the eyes of
America are focussed on the Allied
troops fighting for liberty in France.
Powerful raid whistles which can
be heard for a distance of fifteen
miles will be sounded.
ENEMY AIRPLANE
WITH THE AMERICANS.—Ma
jor Kenneth Marr, of the Aero serv
ice squadron, is credited with the
downing of a German airplane while
out on scout duty.
Major Marr is an Alaskan and
hails from Nome.
SEATTLE.—Captain French, an
oldtimer of the Northland and for
seventeen years a resident of Alaska
has been assigned to important mili
tary duty in the United States air
service.
AERIAL PHOTOS SHOW
HAVOC OF RAIDERS
LONDON.—Evidence of the de
structive character of the British
»ir raids upon Thionville, Germany,
is afforded by aerial photographs
which have just arrived from France.
The first photograph, which was
aken during the raid on Thionville
luly 16, shows the starting of a big
Ire caused by bombs, among the
‘oiling stock to the east of the
'reight station. The second photo
;raph, taken by British airmen over
he same place on the following day
hows charred remains of several
rains visiible upon the track. The
reight station and nearby build
ngs have been burned. The origi
lal fire developed into a huge con
lagration, which was only arrested
dtimately on the river bank.