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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1918.
WHOLE
NUMBER 145
TURKS TRAPPED IN PALESTINE
SERBIANS FORCE BULGAR RETIREMENT
, ALLIES CONTINUE ADVANCE ON WESTERN FRONT
GAINS CONTINUE ON
ST. QUENTIN FRONT
PARIS.—According to reports re-'
ceived from the front today, the
French forces made very notable
progress yesterday in their drive for
the encirclement of the town of St.
Quentin. They advanced far on the
south and captured the fortified vil
lage of Vendaleil, nine miles south
east of St. Quentin- North of Le
Fontaine they penetrated the wood
in this neighborhood and contributed
their advance toward Rincourt.
BRITISH MAKE GAINS
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LONDON.—Last night the Brit
ish forces delivered a powerful at
tack on the positions held by the
Germans between St. Quentin a*
Cambrai and made much progrA
near Tombois Farm. They also suc
ceeded in capturing a group of Hun
trenches and strong points on the
ridge northeast of Vendaeuil, and
expect to form a junction with the
French troops who have captured
Vendaeuil.
»■, Counter Repulted.
The Germans delivered a strong
counter attack against the British
near Gillemont Farm and were re
pulsed with heavy losses.
METZ BOMBED
LONDON.—On Saturday night a
strong squadron of British airplanes
which had been detailed to assist
the Americans in their operations
against Metz succeeded in dropping
sixteen tons of bombs on the Ger
man airdromes and a big blast fur
nace in the town of Metz, doing con
siderable damage, according to offi
cial despatches.
METZ NOT BOMBARDED
C.
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NEW YORK.—According to des
patches received in this city today
from the American front in Lor
raine, the city of Metz was not bom
barded by the American heavy ar
tillery as at first stated. The forts
guarding Metz were subjected to a
heavy fire by the American artillery
and shells have fallen occasionally
near the city.
AMERICANS IN RAID
WITH THE AMERICANS.—A
strong American force conducted a
raid today on the lines held by the
Germans near the village of Hau
mont in the center of the new St
Mihiel line, and driving the Huns
before them gained some grounc
and captured twenty-five prisoners
One unit of the American raiding
force advancing right up to the vil
lage, delivered a bold attack ant
succeeded in killing forty of its de
fenders and wounding many othprs
THE GERMAN REPORT
BERLIN.—Reports received fron
the front are to the effect tha
the Germans have advanced thei
lines slightly on the Moselle. Thi
refers to the American front.
ON MACEDONIAN FRONT
LONDON.—According to report
received from the Macedonian front, j
the Serbian forces have succeeded
in cutting the railroad between J
Uskub and Salonika and have reach- j
ed the western bank of the Vardar \
river. This railroad, which has been '
cut by the Serbians is the main
German line of communication to
Prilep.
The Serbian infantrymen operat- j
ing in the mountains have advanced i
for a distance of twenty-five miles j
and are daily capturing prisoners'
and supplies of all kinds.
LONDON.—Reports received last
Saturday from the Macedonia front
indicate that the Serbian troops
operating to the east of Monastir
advanced their lines for a distance
of over nine miles in one day.
Their lines are now less than eight
miles from the main highway con
necting the town of Prilip with the
Vardar river, the Serbians also cap
turing many prisoners.
The town of Godiyak, situated
about fifteen miles in a south-east
erly direction from Prilip, was also
captured by the Allied forces.
OUTFLANKING ST. QUENTIN
PARIS.—Continuing their (Rive
for the purpose of outflanking the
town of St. Quentin from the south,
the French captured the town of
i Banay and have advanced for a con
1 siderable distance north of Banay.
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CIVILIANS LEAVING
PARIS.—According to reports re
j ceived from the front last Saturday,
i the Germans have ordered the civil
i ian population of the city to leave
| it and are reinforcing the fortifi
; cations in and around the ctiy.
I Several new batteries have been
! added to its surrounding bastions
and forts.
BRITISH RESUME ATTACK
—
LONDON—The British troops, re
| suming their attack against the'
I Hindenburg line to the northwest of
! St. Quentin, have met with much
i success and have considerably im
[ proved their positions. They have
i also succeeded in capturing a strong
j point in the line to the east of
! Ephey.
SUMMARY
| .. .Associated Press Summary.—The
! Serbian and Allied troops operating
j in Central Macedonia have dealt
i the German-Bulgarian communica
i tions blows that are calculated to
I cause a complete readjustment of
i the enemy’s positions. Important
I railroad ocmmunications running
; from Uskub to Saloniki and from
j Gradso to Prelep have been severed.
The Teutons operating around Lake
Dorian and to the north of Monastir
are in danger of being outflanked
1 and captured by the Allies in Mace
donia and vicinity. The Allies are
I now operating along a . front of
nearly fifty miles, from the east
of Monastir to the Vardar river.
Put the right food on the home
table and the camp table will take
3 (care of itself.
MARCH STATES
I
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, announced last Saturday
that the embarkation of American
forces for all fronts has now passed
the 1,750 000 mark.
The news received during the
past week from the scenes of the
conflict, he said, has been con
tinuously good.
FORMER ALASKAN
FALLS TO DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO. — Theodore
Hearsey, formerly United States
commissioner at Dillingham, Alaska,
was instantly killed in this city to
day.
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It is though that Hearsey either
jumped or fell from the fifth floor
| of the hotel he was staying at.
formeTcTaT is
INIERRED-AGAIN
—
AMSTERDAM. — Reports from
Moscow reecived today state that,
according to the Russian newspapers
published in Moscow, a hopeless
Russian army held solemn cere
monies over the body of the former
czar at Yekaterinburg, and that the
burial of the body took place in
the woods near where the former
emperor was executed.
NEW YORK.—This is the second
report of funeral services having
been held over the remains of the
late Russian czar.
The first report stated that the
body was destroyed in one of the
deepest pits of a coal mine.
ANOTHER A. E. C. MAN
CALLED TO COLORS
Leon P. Shoemaker, transitman
with Engineer J. J. Kestley’s party
engaged in the engineering work on
the Nenana-Fairbanks branch line,
received his induction papers from
the local board of Mongomery Coun
ty, Maryland and will probably go
to the training camp with Nenana’s
third draft quota. This draft quota
will leave Nenana about the end of
the current month or early next
month.
Mr. Shoemaker joined the Com
mission when railroad activities were
commenced in Nenana and steadily
rose to his present position. He ex
pects to remain with the engineering
party to which he is now attached
until the date fixed for the sailing
of the transport which will take
. Nenana’t third draft quota away.
There is work for every person
to do in this war—food is ammuni
tion, are you wasting it?
10 FOOL ALLIES
British Newspapers Think Talk of |
German Political Crisis Is Part
of Peace Offense.
LONDON.—Although reports of a
supposed German political crisis,
arising from a desire by a section
of the people for the parliamentari
zation of the German government,
have been printed in many of the
London papers, it is generally be
lieved that the stories are part of
a German peace offensive.
The Daily Telegraph says that
this is the eighth German crisis re
ported since the outbreak of the war
and yet nothing has come of any
of them, and things have been left
much as they were before the crises
were discussed.
The Telegraph also thinks that
this a strategic scheme to make the
Allies believe that the German em
pire has become a democracy.
NEW MACHINE IS
SENT TO FRONT
American Ditching Machine Sent
Out Today to Lay the Track
Through the Swamp.
The new American ditching ma
chine which was received about a
month ago and was recently set up.
was loaded on a flat car this morn
ing and sent out to the end of
steel on the train leaving this after
noon. On arrival at the front she
will be put to do the work done
hitherto by the Brown hoist and help
the railroad builders through a piece
of swampy country, after which she
will be brought back to town and
will probably be used to drive piling
along the waterfront.
The American ditching machine
can be readily converted for use
either as a piledriver or a steam
shovel. She is fitted for traveling
under her own power on rails and
in the present use to which she is
put, will travel on rails laid on the
flat cars. It is expected that the
swampy section of the right of waj
encountered will be rapidly got ovei
an dthe American ditcher releasee
for service on the waterfront in the
course of a few days.
ANCHORAGE MAYOR
TO ENTER SERVICE
J. G. Watts, townsite manage)
and mayor of Anchorage, accom
| panied by Mrs. Watts and little
| child, recently left Anchorage foi
the States. Mr. Watts will entei
the Spruce Production Division o1
the United States army, the head
quarters of which are at Vancouvei
Wash. He has been promised a firs'
lieutenancy as soon as the regula
tions temporarily forbidding the is
suance of new commissions is re
vqked. Mr. Watts has been townsitt
manager at Anchorage since August
1916. He says the office will ii
all probability be abolished.
BRITISH FORCES HIT
TURK MIGHTY BLOW
LONDON.—Despatches received |
today from the British headquarters
in Palestine state that the forces j
under the command of General j
Allenby, pushing their way through1
Palestine, have captured twenty-five
thousand Turkish prisoners and two
hundred and sixty pieces of heavy
artillery.
They have also seized the crossing
of the River Jordan at Jiered Damar,
thereby cutting off the last avenue
of escape for the Turkish forces
operating to the west of the River
Jordan. The British troops are now
gradually closing in on them, and
their capture is merely a matter of
time.
TURKS TRAPPED
It is believed that the seizure by
the British forces of the crossing
of the River Jordan has had the
effect of trapping a force of forty
thousand Turks, whose escape is
now impossible.
DIVISION ELIMINATED
The armies composing the Seventh
Turkish army division have virtually
ceased to exist, as the Britishers have
captured the entire transport sys
tem of this force, and they must
now surrender or starve to death.
DRAGLINE CAMP
WILL BE MOVED
OUT TO D LINE
— i
A commencement will be made
tomorrow with the moving of the j
dragline camp from its present loca- i
tion near old Bailey station to thej
new location near the end of steel j
on the new D line.
The big excavator will be loaded
on a flat car after the work of the
day ceases this evening and it is j
expected that the entire camp and
the machine will be moved aniS ready
for work on the new location some-;
time tomorrow.
The dragline camp, on arrival at
the new location will be consolidated
with camp 16 and will so continue
until frost conditions calls a halt
to railroad construction work on the
line, when it is expected that she
will be brought into the yard and
put away for the winter.
BOGHE GOVERNOR
ON VISIT TO METZ
PARIS.—According to a despatch
received in this city today from
Basle, Switzerland, the military gov
ernor of Alsace-Lorraine is now on
a visit to the city of Metz.
The governor is visiting the city
for the purpose of inspecting the
damage done to the fortifications
and other property in the city by the
long-range bombardment by the
American heavy artillery, and to
visit the injured in the hospitals.
JAPS IN HONOLULU
BUY LIBERTY BONDS
HONOLULU.—Japanese residents
are investing in war securities of
the United States. At a recent
meeting of Japanese here hundreds
of Japanse girls sold $21,640 worth
of Thrift Stamps.
George Gotto, who has a grading
contract on the new D line arrived
, in town on a busines trip Saturday
i night. He expects to return to his
j camp in a day or two.
MATERIAL WILL
BE SALVAGED ON
OLD LOCATION
Gang of Men Will Commence Salvage
Operation! on Old Railroad
Location Today.
A gang of men were sent out to
day on the old railroad line for the
purpose of taking up the rails and
other railroad material for use on
the new line. They will go out as
far as possible on the old line and
commence salvage operations from
as near the banks of Lost Slough
as they can get.
It is believed, that, owing to the
depth of the flood waters covering
the tracks in the neighborhod of the
south bank of Lost Slough, about a
mile of track will have to be left
on the roadbed to be salved after
the freezeup.
All of the rails, ties, bridge ma
terial, etc., that can be got at
readily will be taken up and sent
on to the end of track on the new
D line.
There is also a large quantity
of railroad ties, bridge material and
saw logs in the woods in the neigh
borhood of Lost Slough partly sub
merged by the flood waters and an
effort will be made to get as much
of this material as possible at pres
ent, leaving what cannot be got at
until freezeup.
CEREALS SET ASIDE
FOR BEST POULTRY
LONDON.—Fifty thousand tons
of cereals have been set aside by
the British Food Ministry “for the
preservation of the best breeds of
English poultry.” The selection of
the fowls to be thus favored is to
to be made by local committees
formed in various localities by
poultry keepers.
Tommy Scott, of Engineer Hawley
Sterling’s party at Residency 2, was
in town yesterday. He left for
camp 400 on the train this morn
ing.
The Hoonah Packing company at
Katalla has packed 25.000 cases of
salmon this season.