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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
NENANA, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1918.
NUMBER 50
* VOLUME ONE
GERMANS ADVANCE FOR FIFTEEN MILES
ALLIES STRUGGLE AGAINST SUPERIOR NUMBERS
AMERICANS MAKE BRILLIANT ATTACK AT CANTIGNY
OBSERVERS BELIEVE
BIGGER BATTLE DUE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
The third day of the German drive
finds the kaiser’s forces still batter
ing at the defenses of the French
and British along the Aisne front.
| At various points the attack has in
creased in violence and both the
French and British have been forced
to give additional ground, south
from the Aisne river. Reports re
ceived from Paris, however, state
that General Foch has the situation
well in hand and can prevent any
serious losses with the Allied re
serves, which are ready to throw
into the battle at a moment’s notice.
LINES NOT THREATENED
PARIS, May 29.—The advance of
the crown prince south from the
Aisne is not threatening any import
ant lines of communication and it
is confidently believed that the drive
will be definitely checked wittrin
forty-eight hours. The Allies have
retired to the heights pnutV of St.
Thierry, where they are holding the
positions between the Vesle and
Aisne rivers.
< GERMANS TAKE PRISONERS
BERLIN, May 29.—The war office
announces that the Germans have
taken fifteen thousand prisoners
since the commencement of the pres
ent drive, the majority of them hav
ing been taken on the Aisne front.
The war office also reports that an
attack to the south of Laon, com
pletely defeated the French and
British divisions stationed in that
sector.
AMERICANS IN ACTION
PARIS, May 29.—The American
forces are reported to have repulsed
two German counter attacks launch
ed against the village of Canrigny,
which was captured by the Yankees
yesterday in the first offensive oper
ation undertaken by them unassisted
V by Allied forces. The Americans
advanced behind their own artillery
fire, captured the village from the
Germans and dug in two hundred
yards east of the village, where they
are holding on confidently- As the
boys started across No Man’s Land, !
many of them joked about eating
a Boche for breakfast. They fought
like veterans, and when their officers
sprang ahead of them and yelled,
“Come on, boys,” they dashed for
ward, paying no attention to the
thousands of German bullets which
whizzed about them.
French newspapers today are fea
turing the brilliant work of the
Montdidier sector.
AMERICANS MAY TURN TIDE
PARIS, May 29.—The fighting
ability of the Americans is regarded
as a most hopeful indication of fu
ture successes, when the weight of
additional Yankee troops will turn
the tide strongly in favor of the
Allies.
BAKER PROUD OF THEM
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
Referring to the latest achievements
of the American forces in France,
Secretary Baker stated today that
he was very proud of the part the
* Americans are playing in the pres
ent operations. He said that he is
constantly receiving reports of the
valor of the Americans and of their
successful fighting against the Ger
mans.
The secretary refused to comment
on the present drive, stating that he
had not yet received sufficient in
formation to enable him to form an
opinion.
BIG BATTLE COMING
PARIS. May 29—Although the
present offensive operations are be
ing carried on by the Germans on a
tremendous scale, it is the belief of
military observers that the enemy
has not yet struck at the point where
the real offensive is planned, and
that the struggle will become much
more desperate when the real object
ive is disclosed.
The Germans claim the capture
of fifteen thousand French and Brit
ish prisoners, and among the latter
are several American doctors.
GOD WITH HIM
AMSTERDAM, May 29.—From
his position of observation on the
battlefield south of Loan, the kaiser
has telegraphed to the empress as
follows. “The crown prince, with
his glorious infantry, stormed Chemin
des Dames, crossed the Aisne and
is approaching the Vesle. The Allies
were surprised and the German
losses have been small. God is
with us.’’
ALLIES OUTNUMBERED
PARIS, May 29.—The Great Ger
man military machine is in full
swing along a twenty-mile front, and
the French and. British are greatly
outnumbered. The Allied line is be
ing pressed back by sheer weight
of numbers, but at no point has it
been pierced. The bending back
has been uniform, the Allies giving
battle at all times. The enemy is
pressing forward with a recklessness
hitherto unrecorded, and the losses,
in consequence, are tremendous.
The French forces have fallen
back to the eastern outskirts of
Soissons, while the British are oppo
ing the advance south and south
east of St. Thierry. It is estimated
that the Germans have advanced
at certain points on the Aisne a
distance of fifteen miles.
ITALIANS MAKE GAIN
ROME, May' 29.—The Italian Al
pine forces have taken the basin
of Presena lake, the capture having
followed a desperate battle lasting
forty hours. The defeat of the Aus
trians at that point is described as
one of the most brilliant mountain
operations of the war. The Italian
attacked the entrenched Austrians
four times, and finally took Presena
mountain with a bayonet drive- The
Italians advanced up the steep
ascents, over eternal glaciers, blew
up the Austrian munitions depot and
fought their way to victory at an
altitude of twelve thousand feet.
The steamer Julia B was sched
uled to pick up a number of can
nery workers at Tanana and take
fclv>m to the site of the new cannery
at Andreafsky. They made the trip
down the Yukon to Tanana on the
steamer Washburn.
FINLAND READY
10 MAKE PEACE
Finland Ready to Enter Peace Ne
gotiations With Russia; Con
ference Tomorrow.
MOSCOW, May 29.—Count von
Hirbaeh, German ambassador, has ad
vised the soviet government of Rus
sia that Finland is now ready to
enter peace negotiations with Rus
sia, the conference to begin Wed
nesday, a representative of the Ger
man government to participate in
the discussion.
Local Offer for Fourth Division
Allotment Believed Highest
In the Interior.
As nearly as can be ascertained,
Nenana will be awarded the half
pound of White House wool which
was offered to the highest bidder
during the Red Cross Drive. Ne
nana’s bid was $210 and the next
highest bid thus far reported was
made by Fairbanks, which offered
$170. These two bids, it is believed,
are the highest of the division, al
though the result of the bidding will
not be known definitely until Ruby
and other lower river towns are
heard from.
Ruby came forward with a very
substantial subscription to the Red
Cross, and the patriots of Iditarcd
have responded to every appeal in
a most generous manner, so it is
possible that either of those towns
bid high for the wool. The result
will not be known positively, at any
rate, until they are heard from
MYSTERIOUS DISEASE
THREATENS TRANSVAAL
JOHANNESBURG, May 29.—A
mysterious cattle disease resembling
paralysis is causing large losses to
Transvaal farmers. The disease is
belived to be connected in some way
with an outbreak of infantile para
lysis or poliomyelitis among human
beings in the same districts.
NEW ROOMS ADDED
TO COONEY HOTEL
Two very attractive rooms have
been added to the Cooney hotel dur
ing the past few days. The rooms
form that part of the lower portion
of the building formerly used as
a store, and may be occupied either
single or en suite. They are well
lighted, with windows facing second
street and very comfortably fur
nished.
The Carl White Tolovana mail
launch was scheduled to leave Fair
banks at one o’clock this afternoon,
for Tolovana and way points. This
will be the first trip of the season
for the new White boat.
The Fairbanks city council has
awarded a couple of street grading
contracts for the improvement of
Bonnifield and portions of Fifth
and Sixth streets. The Bonnifield
contract was awarded to Norman
McDonald and the other to Dr. I
Overgaard.
RED CROSS FUND
GROWS STEADILY;
WILSON_PLEASED
Believed By Official* of Society
That Final Figuret Will Show
More Increase.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
The latest figures received at the
head quarters of the Red Cross
society show that the big drive has
been oversubscribed forty-eight mil
lion dollars and offer's cf the or
ganization are confident that the
final returns will bring the total
to one hundred and fifty million
dollars.
The results obtained, particularly
in view of the fact that the drive
was started so soon after the Third
Liberty Loan, are most gratifying,
both to the Red Cross organization
and to officials of the government
as well. President Wilson has ex
pressed himself as being highly
pleased with the showing made,
which, he says, reflects the patriotic
spirit of the American people.
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LIFE FROM RANKS
Former Employee of Alaskan Engin
eering Commission Is Making
Good In Army.
The last mail from the Outside
brought to Nenana a letter from
Lyman E. Longfellow, former tran
sitman in the employ of the Alaskan
Engineering commission in this di
vision, who resigned his position
last year to enlist with the 318th
Engineers.
At the time of writing, Longfellow
was stationed at Camp Merritt, N.J.,
having just completed the journey
across the continent from Vancouver
barracks. They were seven days en
route and expected to start across
the Atlantic after a brief stay in
New Jersey.
Before leaving the coast, Long
fellow was promoted to sergeant,
the promotion meaning much addi
tional work and responsibility on the
trip across country.
ASIATIC COMPANY WILL
HAVE NEW MOTOR SHIPS
COPENHAGEN, May 29.—At the
annual meeting of the East Asiatic
company, the president said the com
pany. is providing and . ordering
twenty-one new big motor ships.
R. C. Morris, of the firm of
Fowler & Morris, returned to Ne
nana today from the upper town,
where he was called on business
matters.
AUSTRALIA PERMITS
LOTTERIES FOR WAR
MELBOURNE, May 29—War reg
ulations have been issued by the
Commonwealth government permit
ting anyone to establish and conduct
lotteries to raise money for war
loans, providing the consent of the
federal treasurer is obtained in ad
vance.
EXPERT ERNOUTE il
TO INVESTIGATE
KANTISHNA ORE'
Governemnt .. Minerologist . Making
Trip Into Dittrict From the
Fairbanks Office.
Promising hard rock prospects in
the Kantishna district will be in
vestigated within the next week or
so by a government expert who is
now enroute to the district for that
purpose, and the results obtained
will be of general interest to the
people of Nenana and to Interior
| Alaskans generally, for a favorable
report may mean immediate develop
ment of the hard rock properties
which lie comparatively close to the
government railroad south of and
tributary to Nenana.
John Gross, government minerolo
gist with headquarters at Fairbanks,
, will do the investigating. He :s n,ak-1
| ing the trip into the Kantishna with !
! J. A. Haney and Alex Chapman, the I
1 party having left Nenana yesterday I
, morning with two launches and p.n j
i outfit sufficient to last then! two!
1 or three weeks.
1
BUSH OFFICER
DESCRIBES DRIVE
Mass Attacks of Germans Are
Staggering Feature of the
Great World War.
LIVERPOOL, May 29.—A Liver
pool officer, in a letter from the
front, writes of the German mass j
attack recently: j,
“I have watched several of these (
attacks through my field glasses, and 1,
have been filled with horror each ,
i time. They ploughed forward in j
serried ranks. The majority did not j j
even trouble to fix bayonets. Many
had their rifles slung over their j
j shoulders and they advanced appar-1 (
1 ently with profound indifference!,
| over the bodies of their comrades, j
! “My first thought was that they I
must be drugged, they advanced j
i with such callousness and utter un- j
concern. The simile of the locust i
has often been applied to the Ger- j
man hosts, and it would seem to be j
well justified, for in all the recent!,
attacks there' is' the suggestion of ,
the insensate soldier being absolute- (
ly indifferent to what happens to j
himself or his comrades, and obey- ,
ing only one over-mastering force c
and impulse. r
“The whole object of British and j
French military training is to de
velop the initiative and intelligence ^
of the individual soldier, and per- t
haps this explains why in many cases ^
a British or French division has v
been able to hold up six or seven a
times its number.” j
WAR PROFITS ENRICH
AUSTRIAN VINYARDISTS
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AMSTERDAM, May 29. — The f
profits made out of the win-growing I
industry in Lower Austria last year (
were over- $100,000,000, according t
to the Frankfort Zeitung, as com- ii
pared with a total of less than
$5,000,000 in the year preceding the
war.
tl
'on Tirpitz Say* Prussians Can Not
Afford to Part With Belgian
Ground.
AMSTERDAM, May 28.—Admiral
on Tirpitz, former German minister
f marine, declared yesterday in a
peech delivered at Dusseldorf, that
ierman must retain possession of
lelgium, economically, politically
nd militarily. He said that the gov
rnment could not afford to enter
ain any proposition for the sur
ender of the conquered kingdom.
AS! N. C. STAGE
roUr Stages Are Now on the Govern
ment Trail Between Chitina
and the Interior.
According to information received
from Fairbanks today, the Ipst out
bound N. C. stage left the upper
own this morning for the coast end
>f the government post road, carry
ng the last mail under the com
)any’s contract. The last in-bound
itage will get away for the Interior
Torn Chitina tomorrow.
Two other stages are now enroute
o Fairbanks, one of them having
eft Richardson this morning. It
las a consignment of second class
nail.
kRBOR DAY TOMORROW;
ALSO DECORATION DAY
Decoration Day will be observed
n Nenana tomorrow as the town's
irst Arbor Day, and many residents
if the town are preparing to plant
rees on their property, as urged by
he Nenana Commercial club.
The store of the Northern Com
nercial company will be closed all
lay, as is the custom of that com
lany. The day will not be generally
bserved as a holiday, however, and
he work of railroad building will
iroceed without interruption.
1EETING OF WOMEN
TO BE HELD MONDAY
The meeting which was to have
ieen held at the school house to
ight for the purpose- of organizing
branch of the Woman’s Committee
f National Defense, has been po.st
oned until Monday evening, at the
equest of a number of 'adies who
esire to become affiliated with the
ew organiation, bus could not ab
end tonight.
Mrs. M. J. Cooney, who was ap
ointed to start the local organr'.a
ion, states that the first meeting
dll be taken up largely with the
rork of electing permanent officers
nd outlining the work to be under
iken by Nenana.
Among the passengers arriving on
he launch Victory this afternoon,
rom Fairbanks, were E. R. Peoples,
Id Bartlett, Wm. Landwehr and R.
I. Morris. The launch will return
> the upper town tomorrow morn
tg, leaving at eight.
The Martha Clow reached town
lis evening, bound for Andreafsky.
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