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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA... TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1918.
NUMBER 128
HAIG HITS GERMANS HEAVY BLOW
ENTIRE HUN LINE IS NOW THREATENED
AMERICANS TAKING ACTIVE PART IN ADVANCES
GERMANS LOSE MANY
MEN ON NORTH FRONT
LONDON.—The British forces
operating to the north of Arras cap
tured the town of Lens, which the
Germans evacuated this morning;
they also captured Queant, and ad
vancing beyond this point on the
Droucourt-Queant line, reached a
point west of Buisey and occupied
Proville. In the fighting preceeding
the capture of the places named, the
Germans were badly beaten and re
tired in disorder. Over ten thousand
prisoners were taken by the British
yesterday and many more were taken
today.
The British troops now hold the
villages of Doignies, Velu, Bettin
court and Rocquigny, representing
an advance to a maximum depth of
four miles on a twenty-mile front.
In Flanders the British captured
the fortified town of Wulvergsem
Contrary to all expectations, the
enemy did not put up much resist
ance to the heavy captures made
by the British forces in the neigh
borhood of the Queant-Droucourt!
line.
The sensational breaking of the!
German line with the immense cap
tures of men and material have made
a great impression in England. It is
regarded as one of the worst dis
asters that has befallen the German
forces in the whole war, as the
part of the line pierced by the Brit
ish had some of the most formidable
fortresses and other defenses, and
was held by crack German troops.
Nothing equally as strong is be
lived to exist behind the German
line.
STILL ADVANCING
WITH THE BRITISH.—A strong
British force driving forward on the
northern reaches of the Hindenburg
line have now reached positions well
inside the Queant-Droucourt line with
the enemy in full retreat.
Determined Resistance.
At the cross roads to the north
I of Villers les Cagnicourt, the power
ful German resistance encountered
was overcome after much heavy
fighting by the British today, and
Haig’s men are shoving steadily for
ward in the direction of Cambrai.
Advanced East of Pe'onne
Strong opposition is developing on
the left flank of the advancing Brit
ish line, but no organized counter
^ attacks have been started by the
Germans. The British advance has
carried them well east of Peronne.
AMERICANS ADVANCING
WASHINGTON, D. C—According
to official reports received by the
war department from General Persh
ing, the Americans are continuing
their advance to the north of the
Aisne, in spite of the desperate re
sistance offered by the enemy.
Heavy fighting marks the progress
of our men, who are giving a very
good acocunt of themselves in every
stage of the conflict. The advanc
ing American columns have cap
tured and occupied Terny and Sorny,
repelling all counters made by the
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enemy for the purpose of recaptur
ing these positions.
AMERICANS IN FLANDERS
WITH THE BRITISH.—Ameri
cans brigaded with the British have
done some terrific fighting on the
Flanders front and compelled the
Boches to fall back. They captured
the fortified town of Vormezeele
and have advanced beyond in an
easterly direction, overcoming the
desperate resistance offered by the
enemy.
Telling P>-ogres* Made
A dateless despatch indicates that
very substantial and telling prog
ress was made by tlj Allies when
the Canadians and the British pierc
ed the German line in the neighbor
hood of Drocourt, which is con
sidered the switch of the Hindenburg
line. At this particular point it is
known that the Germans had de
pended on holding the Allies off
from the towns of Douia and Cam
brai and the Villa Foibroad.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary.—On
a front virtually fifty miles long
from just south of Ypres to a point
near Peronne, the Germans are
stea'dily retreating. This retrograde
movement of the enemy forces is not
voluntary but is forced by a series
of unremitting sledge-hammer blows
delivered by Foch.
The notable victory gained by
the British yesterday threatens to
outflank even the main Hindenburg
line south of St. Quentin.
The casualties suffered by the
Germans are believed to be notably
heavy, as their forces were thickly
massed when the British made their
terrific onslaught. The Germans ap
pear to be perilously near the edge
of disaster.
HEATING PLANT
TO BEJHSTALLED
Engine House and Machine Shop to
Have New Heating Plant;
Boiler Purchased.
A 40-h. p. return tube boiler, re
] cently purchased by the Alaskan En
jgineering commission from the Sam
j son Hardware company of Fair
j banks is expected here soon and will
be installed in a separate building
I between the engine house and the
machine shop, both of which build
i.
mgs are now nearing completion.
For the present time the boiler
will be used to supply steam heat
i to the two big buildings, but latex
I on will be used to supply steam for
the pumps to be located in the en
gine house and for various other
^ purposes- The building of a suitable
structure to house the boiler will be
undertaken as soon as the boiler ha?
been received from Fairbanks.
Enemy Submarine Sink* a French
Steamer In the Medeterranean
Sea; Only Four Misting.
PARIS. — The French steamer
Pampa on a voyage from Bizerta to
Saloni, in the Mediterranean sea,
was torepdoed and sunk by a Ger
man submarine.
Out of a total of three hundred
and fifty-nine persons on board at
the time of the disaster, only four
are missing.
ministeFlenTne
NOT £ DANGER
Lenine, Who Was Recently Shot
and Wounded at M»m»r Is
Reported Out of Danger.
AMSTERDAM.—Reports received
1 from Russian sources in this city
today, indicate that the condition
of Minister Lenine, of the Bolshe
viki, whose life was recently attempt
ed by a Slav assassin, has improved
considerably and it is believed that
he is now out of danger.
Dora Kaplan, a Russian revolu
tionists, who attacked him and who
was arrested shortly after the shoot
ing, refused absolutely to disclose
the names of her- accomplices.
CHANGES MADE
IN CLERICAL FORCE
Mr. Kenneth Finlayson, of the ac
counting department, has been pro
moted to the position of assistant
chief accountant in the place of H.
B. Joseph, who has relinquished his
place to accept the position of town
site manager. Mr. Finlayson has
been connected with the accounting
office for some time past and hsa
also had much banking experience.
Mrs. Grace Lund, stenographer in
the store department has been trans
ferred to the accounting department
to fill the vacancy caused by the
departure of Miss Helen Hutmacher.
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WAGE INCREASE IS GRANTED
CANADIAN RAILROAD MEN
MONTREAL. — The wages of
thirty thousand railroad shopmen
throughout Canada have been in
creased. This increase was granted
i following representations made by
the railroad workers regarding the
j high cost of living.
R. G. Barnum, Thomas Amberson
Jand D. C. Fairman, who are trav
elling with the moving pictures “In
tolerance” and “The Birth of a
■ Nation”, left this morning for Fair
banks, where they will show these
remarkable pictures.
If you believe in peace you will
j fight to get it.
ALLIED TROOPS
MAKE ADVANCE
IN m NORTH
Troops Operating in Concert With
Russians Make Gains Near
Archangel.
LONDON.—The Allied troops
which had been landed on the Mur
man coast some time ago, acting
with the Russian troops, have made
a considerable advance southward,
and in an action fought against the
enemy forces on August 31st, in
flicted a severe defeat on them.
All of the positions held by the
enemy to the north of Obozerskaya.
situated about seventy-five miles
south of Archangel, were captured
by the combined Russian and Allied
forces.
ramTamp
IS ESTABLISHED
NORTH OF RiVER
Messhouse Supplies and Help Are
Sent Across River Today; the
Camp Opens Tomorrow.
The new camp, known as camp
415, which will be the headquarters
of the resident engineer and his
party on this end of the Nenana
Fairbanks line, will be open for busi
ness tomorow.
A large quantity of messhouse
supplies and all of the mess help
were sent across the river this morn
ing and it is expected that some
stock and the rest of the workers
who will occupy the camp will get
over there during the course of the
day.
1 The engineering party are, at
present, camped near Roland’s camp,
a few miles away from the newly
formed camp. They will probably
move to the new camp sometime
today.
CHILE BUILDS PLANTS
TO TURN OUT VESSELS
WASHINGTON-—Two large ship
building plants are being erected in
Southern Chile. They will be ready
for operation in September and the
building of wooden vesels will begin
immediately. The first vessel, of
3,000 tons, will be launched in March
1019, according to the schedule, and
another vessel of the same size will
leave the ways shortly afterward.
The new shipyards are being con
structed at Lianao. The wood to be
used in ship-building is native tim-.
ber—Chilean oak, spruce and other
woods. The machinery for the new
vessels will be bought in the United
States if it is possible to get it from
this country; oherwise the builders
will get it from Antofogasta.
District Attorney R. F. Roth re
turned to Fairbanks this morning on
the launch.
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FISHING VESSELS
ARE SUNK BY SUB
ST JOHNS.—The rescued crews
)f two fishing vessels arrived in
port today and report the sinking
of their craft by a German sub
marine.
The enemy submarine gave the
fishermen a chance to take to their
boats before the sinking of the
schooners. The captain of one of
the schooners was taken on board!
the submarine, where he is held a
prisoner.
WICKERSHAM DUE
HERE ON IANANA
James Wickerskam, Running for
Delegate on Republican Ticket
Is Enroute to Nenana.
According to telegraphic advices
received locally, James Wickersham,
who is running for delegate to Con
gress from Alaska on the Republi
can ticket, is on board the steamer
Tanana on the way up river, and
may be expected to arrive in Nenana
about Friday.
It is expected that Wickersham
will open his campaign here and will
probably hold several meetings in
Nenana and along the line before
proceeding on his way to Fairbanks
Mrs. Wickersham is expected to
arrive in Nenana from Fairbanks
to meet her husband here in a day
or two.
NENANAITE IS ON
FIRING LINE NOW
Henry McPhee Is Now Somewhere
In France, Where Actual Fight
ing Is Going On.
In a letter received reecntly a
Nenanaite, writing under date cf
■June 29th, Henry McPhee, a former
| employee of the Alaskan Engineer
j ing commission, and now with the
fighting forces of the country in
i France, says he is well and that he
| was finishing the letter amid the
j booming of the great guns.
The letter is a good example of
> the stringent regulations prescribed
| by the censor in the remitting of
1 news prohibited under the army laws.
I He says that the weather during
I the month of April was fierce and
| that it rained almost all the time.
; The soldiers at the front heard that
an unseasonable snowfall had dam
aged the crops in Germany.
1 According to Henry, the Italian
| troops operating near the place where
; his regiment was stationed had fought
! splendidly and came in for a good
deal of favorable comment among
the Americans and Allied soldiers.
They had advanced and captured
several fortified villages.
UNITED STATES
President Wilson Has Formally
Recognized the Czecho-Slavs
As Our Allies.
WASHINGTON. D.C.—The United
States has formally recognized the
Czecho-Slovak peoples as allies and
co-belligerents in the war being
waged against Germany and Austria,
and Professor T. G. Mosaryk has
been recognized as the president of
the Czecho-Slovak National Council
and commander in chief of the
Czecho-Slovak armies fighting in
Russia, France and Italy.
Professor Mosaryk met Secretary
of State Lansing today, who formally
notified the professor of President
Wilson’s action.
CONlilTLEI
10 CLEAR FOR V
Herb Wilson Is Awarded a Clearing
Contract Near Camp 415,
Across Tanana River.
C. Herb Wilson, well known con
tractor, has been awarded a con
tract to clear about six acres of
ground near Camp 415, which is
located at the foot of the bluff
across the Tanana river on the Ne
nana-Fairbanks right of way. He
will commence operations imme
diately.
The ground so cleared will be
used for locating a Y for the use
of the cars and locomotives working
on the Nenana-Fairbanks line.
BRITISH VESSEL
IS SUBMARINED
Canadian Pacific Port—According
to despatches received here yester
day, the British steamer Kserick,
from Bordeaux bound for Monreal,
was torepdoed and sunk off the
French coast.
Of the crew of thirty-seven men
carried by the Escrick, thirteen of
them, adrift at sea in their lifeboats,
were found b yan inbound tanker
and were brought to port.
COTTON DECLINES
DURING AUGUST
WASHINGTON, D. C—The month
of August has been the most dis
asterous month for the cotton crop
that was ever experienced.
The price of the cotton during
this month declined almost eighteen
points.
C. Herb Wilson arrived in Nenana
this morning