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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1918. NUMBER
GERMANS MOVING TROOPS WESTWARD
WAR DEPARTMENT ASKS MONEY FOR DEFENSES
OBSERVERS^ ASSERT CONDITIONS ARE SATISFACTORY
BOATS DELAYED
AT WHITEHORSE
BY TARDY LAKE
Rirer Navigators Believe That Ice
Will Not Leave Lebarge Until
Middle of June.
WHITEHORSE.—Oldtime navi
gators of the upper Yukon express
the belief that navigation through
Lake Lebarge will not be possible
this year until about the middle of
this month, owing to the lateness
of the ice movement. A number of
boats have been launched and pre
pared for the season’s work, but it
is considered doubtful if any of
them will be able to start down
river until June 15, although some
observers predict that the season
will open several days before that
date.
A few prospective passengers are
here awaiting an opportunity to get
down river and it is expected that
a considerable number of additional
voyagers will arrive from Skagway
before the first boats leave.
The freight accumulation is un
usually small this spring. It is esti
mated that the entire lot can be dis
posed of by the boats now here,
ready to sail.
alliedIirmen
MAKE BIG RAID
ON ENEMY LINE
British Machines Drop Explosives
Among the Germans and Shot
Planes Down.
LONDON.—The war office is
authority for the statement that
^ British airplanes conducted another
successful raid on German railroads
and ammunition depots yesterday,
the attack causing the enemy heavy
losses. Fourteen tons of explosives
were dropped on German positions,
in addition to which the British
downed one German machine, forced
one down out of control and de
stroyed an enemy balloon.
The British machines returned in
safety.
VANDERBILT HOME
MAY BE HOSPITAL
Beautiful Estate Is Offered to the
Red C"Oss For the Use of
American Convalescents.
OAKDALE, N. Y.—The huge Idle
Hour estate, the property of Mr
and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Sr., has
been offered to the Red Cross
society for use as a convalescent
hospital for American soldiers. The
estate consists of hundreds of acres
and the home alone will accommo
date fifteen hundred patients. Ii
the offer is acceped it is probable
, that additional buildings will he
erected.
If you have a sweet-tooth, pull it.
KETCHIKAN PROMISED
LIGHTHOUSE STATION
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
of Commerce Redfield has recom
| mended the construction of a ninety
j thousand dollar lighthouse depot at
' Ketchikan, and the belief is express
' ed that authority will be obtained
from the present congress to pro
ceed with the work.
MEAT MCI®
TRY TO PEDDLE
ROT TO TROOPS
Federal Trade Commitiion Discover)
Evidence of Sale of Meat ....
Unfit for Use.
—
WASHINGTON, D. C—According
to announcement made today, the
| federal trade commission is in
j possession of evidence which show:
i that American meat packers are
! guilty of having sold or offered foi
| sale to the American army meat
wholly unfit for human consumption
j The disclosure was made today by
! W. T. Chantland, chief examine]
I
! for the commission, in a statement
j made at a hearing which is being
: conducted for the purpose of airing
■ the charges of corrupt practices.
The Wilson Company, Chicagc
packers, deny the charge that they
have disposed of meat of question
able character to the army.
SIEEL IS COMING
ON EARLY BOATS
Purchasing Agent of Commissioi
Says Five Thousand Tons of
Rails Are Ready.
I _
SEATTLE.—Purchasing Agen
Dole, of the Alaskan Engineerinf
commission, is authority for th<
| statement that twelve thousand tom
of rails will be shipped to Alaskt
for the Government railroad durin(
the present season. Five thousanc
tons, he says, will be ready to star
North in two weeks. A portion o;
the steel will be shipped to Nenans
and the balance to Anchorage. A1
the rails are of the 70-pound variet;
for through line construction.
TOWNSITE MAKING
STREET MORE LEVEl
Street Along Waterfront Will B(
Improved to Permit Hauling
By Teams.
Taking advantage of the com
paratively dry state of the towi
after the recent inundations, Town
site Manager Ryus has taken ii
hand the work of improving Fron
street for its entire length, fron
A to F.
For the present and preparatory ti
grading it, this street will be levellei
off, existing mounds being cut dowi
and fills made where needed.
A small force of men with team
are engaged in this work and it i
expected that it will be put in shapi
for teams in a short time.
GERMAN TRAINS BUSY
MOVING BOCHE ARMY
f WITH THE AMERICANS.—Ae
i cording to reports brought to head
! quarters today, there is an extra
j ordinary heavy movement of Ger
; man troops toward the west, to the
rear of the German lines northwest
; of Toul. American patrol parties
! state that innumerable trains are
moving across country, loaed with
soldiers, and the belief is general
! here that the forces of the enemy
1 are being concentrated at some point
' to the west for a new thrust at the
Allied lines.
CONDITIONS UNCHANGED
LONDON.—The war office an
nounces that there is practically no
change in conditions along the West
ern front today. The Germans have
been effectually checked between
! Noyon and Rheims and reports of
1 casualties received from the front
indicate that the kaiser’s forces
have lost very heavily during the
past several days. The German
war office, failed for the first time
today, to announce gains in the
Western operations. The statement
issued from that source merely
states that there have been no new
developments.
EXPECT NEW THRUST
—
j LONDON—French military ob
] servers express the belief that the
1 Germans will attempt to break
through at some other point on the
j Western front, perhaps between
j Noyon and Montdidier, where there
| is a considerable gathering of troops.
| Such a thrust, if undertaken, would
I have as its object, the concerging
of the advance toward Paris.
, PARIS STANDS PAT
I LONDON.—British newspapers
1 are loud in their praise of the atti
' tude of the French people in facing
' the late ordeal, while the fate of
Paris hung in the balance. The
newspapermen say that Premier
Clemenceau spoke for the British
| people as well as the French when
J he said that France would never
‘ yield, no matter what the losses.
CONDITIONS SATISFACTORY
_______
1 PARIS.—A Havas News Agency
r Review says frankly that the battle
situation remains satisfactory from
an Allied point of view and it is
not thought likely that the enemy
will make any attacks of a temp
porary nature along the battlefront
extending from Rheims to Oise.
French newspapers think, however,
. that the Germans are preparing
their forces for the purpose of de
livering a mighty blow, which the
Teutons believe will have prodigious
results.
SITUATION UNCHANGED
t BERLIN.—Official reports re
- ceived today by the headquarters
i staff of the German army state
t that the situation along the battle
i front remains unchanged.
LONDON.—The Donald Currie
> liner Kenilworth Castle, bound to
1 this port from South Africa, was
i towed into port today in a very
much crippled condition as the re
s suit of a collision at sea with an
s other vessel.
s The name of the other colliding
vessel is not known at the present
She left a South African port
with three hundred passengers and
a full crew, several of whom were
killed by an explosion which took
place immediately after the collision.
Many persons were also drowned
when an overloaded life boat, in
which they attempted to make their
escape, capsized.
NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Reports
received by the officials of the navy
department today are to the effect
that the Norwegian steamer Gibbs
been sunk by a German submarine
forty miles off the Virginia Capes.
The report further adds that all
of the members of her crew were
rescued and have been landed at an
Atlantic port.
U. S. MARINES IN ACTION
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY.
—Another glorious page in history
was written when the United States
Marines tackled the Huns >n ihe
Marne front. Twice the Germans
delivered powerful attacks in force
and each time the boys in blue beat
them back, practically wiping out1
the attacking Germans. By a bril-!
liant counter the Marines hurled
the enemy forces back, captu.'ing
many machine guns and some pris
oners.
WAR OFFICE IS
PLANNING STEP
10 OPPOSE SUB
Congress Is Asked to Provide Funds
For Airplane and Balloon
Stations on Coast.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The war
department has asked congress to
appropriate the sum of sixteen mil- j
lion dollars for the establishment I
of seaplane and balloon stations to1
protect the United States against
submarine and airplane attacks.
The plan of the department is to
establish thirteen stations on the
Atlantic coast and three on the gulf
coast. It is also the plan of the
; department to arrange for the rapid
! movement of defense guns by train
i between different points.
cardTariTgets
YARN FUND MONEY
Ladies Have Successful Card Party
At Club Rooms for Benefit
of Yarn Fund.
A fairly well attended card party
was held at the Nenana club rooms
by the patriotic ladies of Nenana
for the purpose of raising money
for the Red Cross yarn furiS.
The function, which was the third
of its kind to be held in Nenana,
took place yesterday afternoon and
netted the sum of $14.00.
It doesn’t matter who started
this war, Uncle Sam will finish it.
BRITISH TAKE GERMANS
IN SMALL OPERATIONS
LONDON.—A report received
from Field Marshal Haig this morn
ng informs the war office of the
capture of 21 Germans and three
nachine guns as the result of an
enemy raid this morning near Mor
ancourt.
meIounds
ARE NOI FATAL;
ONLYJEW FAIL
Surgeons Declare That Fully Ninety
Per Cent Will Go Back to
the Trenches.
PARIS.—Leading surgeons of the
American army are authority for
fhe statement that the percentage
sf deaths among wounded American
soldiers is remarkably low. They
say that ninety out of every hund
red wounded at Cantigny will re
cover, and many of them will be
ready to return to the trenches with
in a comparatively short time.
This condition is attributed to the
fact that the wounded soldiers were
carried away from the fighting line
without delay, the stretcher bearers
being on the job even during the
heaviest fighting.
The majority of the woundec
have been taken to the American
hospitals in the neighborhood ol
Paris, where they are receiving the
best of treatment.
Navigation Made Easy Over Log
Jam By Reason of High Level
of River.
A recent arrival in Nenana froir
the Tolovana district reports tha1
flood conditions were genera!
throughout the country and that the
waters rose to a level seldom reach
ed before immediately following the
breakup, owing to an ice jam thal
had formed in the Tanana river a
short distance below its confluence
with the Tolovana.
That the water level is still higl
is indicated by the statement thal
the Carl White launch was able te
navigate the water flowing over the
log jam, which is said, at the pres
ent time to be submerged to the
depth of several feet.
There is said to be a chain ol
lakes in the district immediatelj
adjacent to the log jam which the
floods have united, giving it the
appearance of a small inland sea.
STEAMER SHUSANA WILL
ARRIVE HERE TONIGH1
Advices received from the uppei
town indicate that the steamer Shu
sana, which sailed this afternoor
for Nenana, may be expected some
time tonight.
Her arrival in town mpy be de
layed, as she is reported to have
some freight to put off and take on,
Try a rye-bread cottage cheese
and tomato catsup sandwich. It
will give your palate a thrill, one
you’ll probably repeat.
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ARTILLERY HAS
BECOME ACM;
ITALIAN FRONT
Fire From Italian Batteries Causing
Considerable Damage Behind
Austrian Lines.
I ROME-—The Italian war office
! is in receipt of information to the
effect that artillery dueling is now
! in progress along practically the en
j tire Austro-Italian front. The fight
\ ing, however, has not yet assumed
| large proportions, neither side hav
: ing launched an offensive which
; would indicate the contemplated use
| of infantry.
j Shells from the Italian batteries
are causing considerable damage be
hind the Austrian lines, aerial scouts
having reported numerous conflag
rations and the wreck of important
Austrian depots and lines of com
munication.
I Italian airmen are reported to
have downed four enemy airplanes
and one captive balloon.
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I PRECAUTIONS 10
AID PASSENGERS
I
Arrivals At Atlantic Port Report
That Passage Through Southern
Ocean Uneventful.
ATLANTIC PORT.—Vessels th
riving at this port during the past
; twenty-four hours report having
. taken every precaution against pos
sible attack by enemy submarines
and for the safety of passengers in
case of attack. Lookouts were post
1 ed in barrels lashed t<? the mast and
the lifeboats, provisioned, were low
ered from the davits to the level of
the decks, ready to drop into the
water at a moment’s notice.
Among the several steamers ar
riving from Southern Atlantic
I waters were two large passenger
boats. None of the boats were
molested, no signs of enemy divers
! having been seen on the voyage.
Having been warned of the activi
! ties of the submarines, the officers
1 of the several vessels, particularly
■ those carrying passengers, issued in
structions for all on board to re
main dressed throughout the night
and to be prepared otherwise to
take to the boats on short notice,
while passing through the danger
zone..
LAUNCH PEERLESS ON
WAY DOWN RIVER
The launch JPeerless, under com
mand of Joe Johnson, left Fairbanks
this afternoon and is expected to
arrive in Nenana this evening.
It is not known whether she has
any passengers for this town.
Suspected Traveler—“I tell you 1
am an American.”
French Sergeant—-“Sing the words
of ‘The Star Spangled Banner.”
“I can’t.”
“Pass, Monsieur. You are an
American.”