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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 160
HUN GRIP ON FRANCE IS BROKEN
CAPTURE OF LAON SOON IS EXPECTED
. YANKS HIT FRITZ ANOTHER BLOW IN ARGONNE
ALLIES ADVANCING
ON CAMBRIA FRONT
WITH THE BRITISH-AMERI
CANS.—A great battle, involving
the British and American forces and
extending along a thirty-mile front
northward from Cambrai, is now in
progress, with the Allies gaining
everywhere.
The reports state that there is
virtually no enemy opposition and
that their artillery would appear to
have retired beyond range of the
Allied guns.
ST. GOBlAfl EVACUATED
LONDON.—According to reports
received from the battlefront today,
it would appear that almost im
mediately after the British and
Americans commenced action, the
German forces abandoned their posi
tions guarding the approaches to the
St. Gobian forest and evacuated
that entire salient shortly thereafter, j
YANKS COMMENCE ACTION
WITH THE AMERICANS.—On
"t the battlefront to the west of the
Meuse, the American troops com
menced action before daylight, cut
ting loose with the heavy artillery,
preparatory to an attack by the in
fantry. The German batteries re
sponded to the fire and a great
artillery duel is in progress. Large
fires are reported in many towns
behind the German lines and it is
believed that the American shells
started these.
GERMANS RETIRING
LONDON.—According to reports
received from the battlefront today,
the Germans are evacuating the
Chemin des Dames region, under
heavy pressure from the Allied
forces.
HINDENBURG LINE TURNED
The Allied forces have now turned
the Hindenburg line at its southern
extremity near Laon, and thus have
made the German situation in the
Laon -area a most difficult one. It
is believed that all of their strong j
positions in this region have now
been rendered untenable and that
the further retreat of their forces
have become inevitable.
WITH THE AMERICANS.—The
American forces hit the German
line to the east of the Argonne forest
a terrific blow today and hurled
the defenders away back farther east
They captured the villages of Som
merance, Chevires and Marcq, and
stormed the heights of Dame Marie,
which they eventually carried after
some terrific fighting. Over one
thousand prisoners were also taken
by our boys.
ARCHBISHOP TAKEN PRISONER
WITH THE BRITISH—In retir-,
ing from the ruined city of Cam-j
brai, the Germans carried away
Monsigneur Chollet, archbishop of
Cambrai.
—
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—The
erstwhile firm grip of the Germans
on France has now been loosened j
and the process of herding the Huns
back is progressing at an increas- i
ingly rapid pace. Since the com
mencement of the great Foch of
fensive last July, the Allies have;
pushed the Teutons back to a maxi- j
mum depth of forty-five miles from
Ancre, near Albert, in the north to'
the present British-American wedge!
at Le Cateau. Twenty-five miles j
more of driving will bring the Alliesi
to the Belgium frontier. South of j
the fortified city of Maubeuge, j
which is on the Franco-Belgian1
frontier, the Germans are carrying!
out a general retreat.
ANOTHER FAMILY
TO SETTLE HERE
A powerful little launch, towing
a small scow, arrived in Nenana
last night from the Tolovana coun
try, bringing ten people who intend
to settle in our town. Those jour
neying on the launch were Mr. and
Mrs. John Strom and three children,
John Sola, Henry Aho, Matt Kivela,
Gabriel Aho and Herman Mackie.
The launch left Brooks on the
second of this month, but owing to
the low stage of the water in the
Tolovana and the Tanana rivers and
the impossibility of night travel,
slow progress was made.
Mr Strom operated a roadhouse
at the Log Jam for some time past,
but was obliged to give it up to
come to Nenana for the express
purpose of educating his three child
ren. The rest of the party ar
riving on the launch will seek em
ployment on the government rail
road.
HO! SPRINGS MEN
COME 10 NENANA
Among the recent arrivals to!
swell the population of Nenana from
the Hot Springs district are William I
Ford, Billy Dallas, C. C. Stack and!
John Renza. They all expect to
wintfr in Nenana and will probably
seek employment with the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
William Ford is the proprietor of,
Ford’s roadhouse, situated at the i
mouth of the Hot Springs slough, \
near Olson’s landing. He has closed^
his establishment lor the winter at'
least. Bill Dallas has been mining
and prospecting in the Woodchopper
country for some years. John Renza
is not altogether a stranger in Ne
nana, and has several property in
terests in our town. He paid a
brief visit to Fairbanks before com
ing here.
They all state that Nenana looks
good to them and they intend spend
ing the winter here.
1
KAISER SUMMONS
LESSER MONARCHS
TO CONFERENCE
Monarch* of Sovereign German
State* Are to Meet In Conclave
to Di*cu** Peace.
AMSTERDAM.—According to re
port received in this city today from
German sources, the German kaiser
has summoned all the sovereigns of
the various German federal states
to a conference for the purpose of
discussing President Wilson’s note
and sending a reply thereto.
A conference of this nature is said
to be unique in the history of the
German empire.
A discussion of the Wilson note
will be entered upon immediatley
after all of the sovereigns who have
been summoned, have been duly
assembled and it is expected that
the reply to the note will then be
drafted.
COMPOSITION OF
AMERICAN UNITS
AND CASUALTIES
Ninety-First Division, Which Include
Alaska Troops, Is Still In
Training.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In a state
ment made for publication today,
General March, chief of staff of the.
American forces, said that the Nine
ty-first Division of the American
army, composed of troops from the
western states and Alaska were still
in training for active service at the
front. This division has been at
Camp Lewis almost a year.
The American troops who «o
brilliantly obliterated the St. Mihiel
salient recently, he said, were com
posed, in part, of the famous Rain
bow division, which included in its
roster the regulars of New England
and the New England National
Guard and the Middle West National
army.
The casualty list to date, which
included the slightly wounded, totals
sixteen thousand, he said.
WIILIAMMCR
IS PROUD FATHER
Or. Wednesday evening a little
daughter arrived at the Commission
hospital for Mr. and Mrs. William
Taylor. The little lady weighed
8^6 pounds. Both mother and babe
are reported to be getting along
very nicely.
Bill Taylor, the well known Ne
nana jeweler and father of the
young lady, is still wearing the
smile that brightened his counten
ance when he was first apprised of
the arrival of his daughter.
MAIL BOAT SUNK;
LIFE LOSS HEAVY
Mail St-.-cirer Leinster I* Sunk By
An Enemy Submarine With
Loss of Six Hundred Men
DUBLIN.—The Royal Mail steam
er Leinster wa storpedoed and sunk
yesterday in the Irish Sea. Captain
Birch, the commander of the vessel,
and six hundred of those on board
at the time she was attacked, were
lost. About one hundred and fifty
of her passengers and crew were
saved.
The attacking submarine fired
two torpedoes at the Leinster, the
second of which exploded her boilers
and completed the destruction of the
vessel, which sank in a few minutes.
FRENCH APPROVE
WILSON’S REPLY
10 GERMAN NOTE
French Committee of Foreign Affairs
and Chamber of Deputies
Endorse Our President.
PARIS.—The French Committee
on Foreign Affairs and the Chamber
of Deputies held a joint meeting
today and unanimously approved in
its entirety, the note sent to Ger
many by President Wilson in reply
to Germany’s peace feeler.
They also expressed entire con
fidence in President Wilson’s action
not to accept, on behalf of France,
any armistice that did not provide
for adequate atonement for wrongs
committed by the Germans and for
guarantees to which the Allies were
entitled by reason of the victories
! achieved by their armies.
I
IS REQUIREMENT
OF DEPARTMENT
Nation Is Urged Not to Withhold
Support; Eight Billions Needed
For War Purposes.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, said today tlfit the war
department has asked Congress for
an appropriation of eight billion
dollars to complete the war program
and that the nation must not with
hold their support of this program.
A whole-hearted support of the
Fourth Liberty Loan should be
forthcoming in order that the war
program may be completed in every
detail and sufficient troops sent
“Over There” to ensure a lasting
world-wide peace.
It is reported that the Petersburg
Packing Company has packed 125,
000 cases of fish.
EPIDEMIC STOPS
PICTURE RELEASES
Influenza Epidemic Cause* Manu
facturers and Distributors of
Movie Films to Stop.
NEW YORK.—On account of the
epidemic of influenza, which is said
to be spreading all over the states,
manufacurers and distributors of
moving picture films have been ob
liged to curtail their operations, and
no new films will be released until
the spread of the epidemic has been
arrested.
A great many moving picture
houses in this city ha\fc been closed
on account of the influenza epi
demic.
MOVING NICELY;
SALES GROWING
Up to noon today $25,600 worth
of Fourth Liberty Loan bonds were
sold and the purchasers represented
only about eight per cent of the
population of Nenana.
Nenana has always made a very
creditable showing in every line of
patriotic endeavor, and nearly doub
led the quota allotted the district
for the Third Liberty Loan. It is
hoped that Nenanaites will again
show the proper spirit and double
the quota allotted for the Fourth
Loan.
Nearly everyone in this district
and town will be in a position to
buy at least one fifty-dollar bond
on the installment plan and thereby
help the country in her hour of
need to that extent. For the pur
chase of a fifty-dollar bond on the
part payment plan, a deposit of ten
I per cent or five dollars, with the
application is necessary, the other
payments of twenty per cent each
becoming due on November 21,
December 19, and January 16, and
one payment of thirty per cent on
January 30th, completes the pur
chase of the bond.
HOLLAND NEUTRALITY
TICKLISH BUSINESS
AMSTERDAM. — An American
newspaper correspondent here just
beat a German colleague by a head
in a race to reach the motherly
dame who vends newspapers at the
corner of the royal palace here.
She was waving her papers about
excitedly, with the cry: “Murder of
the czar of Russia! All the horrible
tetails!”
“Wish it had been the kaiser,
: sir,” she smiled at her American
customer.
“Or the king of England," she
added as the German put out his
hand for the paper.
Neutrality was satisfied.
1,185,000 tons of sugar will be
saved the first year if each of us
uses one ounce less each day. This
will keep sugar plentiful and cheap.
AMERICAN FORCE
OVERSEAS NEARS
l MILLION MARK
Nearly Two Million Men Have Been
Sent Overmeat; Two Million
More to Follow Soon.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army announced today that the
American forces sent overseas have
passed the million, nine hundred
thousand mark.
In urging upon the people to sup
port the country by investing in
Fourth Liberty Loan bonds. General
March said that this was no time
to hang back, as the maximum re
sources of the nation, in men and
money, must be hurled at the Hun
in order that complete victory may
be assured.
The government, he said, was
preparing another force of two
million men, who will follow the
first two million as soon as they
can be got ready for active rervice.
WILSON’S RfPLY
IS PUBLISHED BY
BERLIN PAPERS
Berlin Newspapers Refrain From
Commenting On Wilson's Note
Which They Publish.
LONDON.—All of the newspapers
of Berlin, with the exception of the
North German Gazette, have pub
lished without comment, the text
of President Wilson’s ’reply to the
recent German peace note.
The Official North German Ga
zette says that they have reason to
believe that the steps taken for
the conclusion of peace will be con
tinued.
GERMAN PRISONERS
WORKING IN FRANCE
With the American Forces In
France.—Thousands of German
prisoners, many of them taken by
the Americans in the drive north
o fthe Marne and southwest of Sois
sons, have been working: in the
grain fields of France during the
last few weeks.
In some instances a single French
soldier guards fifty or sixty Ger
mans as they labor in the field.
One French soldier said he had been
guarding prisoners all summer and
that not one of them had endeavored
to escape. All of the Germans work
ing as harvesters still clung to their
gas masks, many of them carrying
them on a strap over their shoulder
as they toiled in the field.
At night the German farmers'
helpers were taken to quarters in
the different farming districts where
temporary buildings, surrounded by
a high barbed wire fence had been
erected.
Food means first of all Wheat. . The
next two months will tell.