The Nenana News
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Nenana. Alaska. Oct. 2S, 1916.
The action by the businessmen
of Nenana during the week with
regard to providing fire protection
is of importance to everyone re
siding in the town. It means that
we will soon have a volunteer fire
department and sufficient equip
ment for the immediate needs
of the town. It means that the
thousands of dollars which have
been invested in local buildings
will be safeguarded during the
winter and that valuable stocks
will be given better protection than
is usually obtainable in towns so
new as Nenana, especially in Alas
ka. It should mean also a lower
ing of insurance rates.
The meeting showed that Nena
na has a progressive lot of busi
ness men. eager to co-cperate in
any movement intended to advance
the interests of the town. It show
ed. too. that Commissioner Riggs
has given much thought to town
site affairs and that he can be de
pended upon at all times to render
such assistance as lays within
his power. He is a busy man.
much occupied with his railroad
work, but he is not too busy ap
parently. to give townsite matters
a generous share of his attention.
As has already been remarked
in these columns the Nenana
News is not much interested in
the approaching election beyond
desiring the return of President
Wilson to the place in Washington
which he has occupied so credit
ably during ihe past four years.
Wre want to see President Wilson
re-elected because we believe he
has conducted the affairs of the
nation with a sincerity of purpose
seldom recorded in the history of
our country: because he has kept
us from becoming involved in the
European struggle, and because
hehas been fair in his dealings
with the working people of the
United States. Another, and to
us a more important reason why
President Wilson should be re
turned to office, is the assurance
that he will continue to help Alas
ka if he remains at Washington.
He has made it plain that he de
sires our Northern country devel
oped. and he has entered upon a
work, the completion of which
cannot be intrusted safely to the
non-committal republican candi
date who is opposing our present
friendly executive: who is opposed
in fact to all the progressive
measures which have originated
with or received the support of
President Wilson.
Spike Driving Marks
Start on Nenana End
The commencement of actual con
struction on the Interioi^enJ of the
Government railroad was signalized by
the driving of the first spike last Satur
day afternoon. The iron pin was ham
mered into plate • / Mrs. James Luke,
the first white woman resident of Ne
nana, an 1 later it was drawn and pre
sented to h-r as a memento of the im
portant event.
There was no ceremony in connection
with the driving of the spike, but many
were on liand to witness tlie commence
ment of work including a number of
ladies. Commissioner Riggs had a mov
ing picture taken of the proceedings.
The spike was driven in the dock,
just below the travelling crane, and
when work is resume;! in the earlv
spring, the rails will l^e laid from this
point toward the ccast. Tl;e traek is
full size, standard guage, ami is the first
of the kind ever laid Interior Alaska.
Wilson and Snizer
Are Winning Votes
FAIRBANKS: According to advices
received today lrom the New York
Times in a special wire to the News
Miner. the drift throughout the east is
toward Wilson, although the States of
New York. Illinois, Ohio and Indiana
are still in the doubtful list. In a wire
to the Cir.7-.en the Chicago Record-Her
ald predicts the election of Wilson.
There is much betting here, both on
the Presidential and the Delegate elec
tions. The Democrats of the First divi
sion wired a thousand dollars this week
to bet that Sulzer would carry the First
division. The nionev was almost im
mediately covered by Wickersham sup
porters. All reports from the coast,
however, indicate that Snizer will carrv
both the First and Third divisions. Sev
eral thousand dollars will change hands
on the Presidential election.
Yal Diebold and Charles Whalen ar
rived- from Fairbanks yesterday after
noon, having drifted down in a poling
boat. They left Chena early Thursdav
morning'and stopped overnight at Wood
river, completing their voyage yester
day morning. Tfcev report encounter
ing much heavy ice in the Tanaua..
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PROGRESS OF THE BIG STRUGGLE IN EUROPE
BERLIN: The Germans are smashing
their way through the main positions of
the Russo-Rumanians south of Rachavo
and have captured a village on the
heights of Dobrudja. Three thousand
Russians were taken prisoners, and the
Rumanian losses were extremely heavv.
BERLIN: The capture of the city of
Constanza on the Black Sea bv Macken
sen has been officially confirmed.
BERLIN: Count Sirugkb, the Aus
trian Premier, w Ir.le dining, was shot
three times in the head, dying instantly,
by Ludwig Adler, publisher, following a
heated argument with the correspondent
of the Yossiche Zeitung. A ministerial
crisis is unavoidable. Details of the
assassination are very meagre.
ROME: The Rope is profoundly mov
ed over the news of the assassination of
the Austrian Premier It is believe ! here
til it the .‘ hunting is an umnis.akeab'.e
sign of the disintegration of the Aus
trian empire and may have an import
ant bearing on the continuance of the
war.
LONDON: In the battles in the vi
cinity of Monastir the Serbians are cred
ited with brilliant successes. On Thurs
day the towns of Br< i.e and Velzeselo
tell into' their hands ar.d they have
since gamed a position behind the main
Bulgarian front upon which the Allies in
force had previously made many un
suecesful onslaughts. On Saturday the
Bulgarians were chased into the hills
beyond Drcdiiivo by the cavalry of the
Allies.
AMSTERDAM; In an address to his
troops on the Western front commem
orating the German dead, the Kaiser
said: "We who survive will fight until
none ever dare again assail the honor
i and liberty of the German people.” A
Berlin dispatch says that Prince Henry
1 of Prnssia has been appointed Grand
Admiral of ibe German liavv.
BUCHAREST: In the Oituz valley
and along the entire Dobrudja front the
Rumanians again assumed the offensive
and repulsed the right fiauk and centre
of the invading Teutons.
PETROGRAD: Heavy fighting still
continues in the Yolhvnia and also in
Galicia. No important changes have
transpired north of these places although
Kuropatkin is attacking the Germans
fiercely but meeting with no success.
Further successes are credited to the
Russian arms in Persia.
BERLIN: At a terrific cost of life on
the part of the Allies on the Somme
front their continuous heavy assaults
have been partially successful. On the
eastern frost the Rumanians ha^e again
assumed the aggressive, but the hard
fighting in which they are engaged on
nearly all the Russian fronts have been
productive of no results.
LONDON: Four steamers have been
sunk by German submarines. Details
are lacking. East of the Scbwabian re
doubt the Germans have been repulsed
with enormous loss.
PETROGRAD; The Russian and Ru
manian forces have met with severe re
verses in the neighborhood of Dobrud
ja, and the capture of the town of Ko
kardja bv the Germans under Yon Mac
kenseu is admitted officially.
WASHINGTON: For the first time
since the sinking of the Sussex thi>
State Department has received notifi
cation ol a vessel submarined without
warning. Consul General Skinner at
London cabled the information that the
Norwegian steamer Sten had been sunk
without any formality. So far as known,
no Americans were on her.
NEW YORK: Tht-Cunard Line steam
ship Albania, bound from New York to
Falmouth, with a crew of 250, and 135
first class and 5S second class passengers
aboard, struck a mine in the English
Channel last week. All the passen
gers. including ten Americans, and a
few of the crew have been landed at
Falmouth.
BERLIN: A wireless to Sarville says
that Cernavoda, the eastern terminus ot
the great fourteen-mile bridge crossing
the Danube into Rumania, ftll before
Mackensen this morning. The loss of
this important place deprives the Russo
Rumanians of their last vestige of rail
wav communication to Dobrudja. The
taking of Cernavoda is estimated bv mi’
itary authorities b.ere to be of vastly
more importance to German arms than
the capture of Constanza.. Vulcan Pass,
on the Transylvanian fr< nt, has fallen
into von Falkenhayn's hands and he is
now in hot pursuit of the routed liusso
Rumanians.
LONDON: Mackensen's forces in
flicted another severe defeat on the Ku
so Rumanians today forcing luck their
lines in southeastern Rumania and driv
ing their left flank to Tzara, in t'.e Mu
rat distiict. Notable success also at
tends bis progress in the north
BHRLIX: An immense n. ir r of
troops -were hurled by the 1. a an i
French against the Germans an at
tempt to break through, their iir.es on
the Somme at any cost. The French
assault was thrown back with stagger
ing losses and the defeat ft the Allies
was so severe, so savs the rep< it, thai
all along the front tile ground was lit
erullv carpeted with dead and dying.
SAX AXTOXIO: Confirmation of ih;
rej*>rt that Villa's forces had reacln
Chihuahua and are fighting in the -u!>
urbs of the city against Trevinos w as re
ceived in dispatches from I*ersb:ug b\
Brigadier-Gen. Funston.
! SAX AXTOXIO: According to ad
I vices received bv the mi i: try authorite
here General Trevin, fo'. lowing lus de
feat by Villa at Fresno, is preparing tc
evacuate Chihuahua.
ROME: Two thousand d.ai!> train1
have stopped running on account of tin
shortage of coal.
SHADOW I.AWX: Ambassador Ge
rard lunched vcsteniav with th Pre
■ «!ent. It is believed that the ambuss
ador acquainted the President with the
strong feeling rampant in Germane t
prosecute a ruthless submarine warfare.
LOXDOX: Prince veil Iiohenloht
Schillingsfaersl has been appointed i'rc
mier of Austria.
PKTROGJiAD: The loss of Cons- in/."
is officially confirmed. Mackensen now
occupies the railroad junction at Med
ji<iia.
BERLIX: On account of the assassi
nation of the Premierthe opening t i the
.Austrian Reiscbstag lias been post
poned.
LOXDOX; It is announced officiallv
that the victorious sweep of Mackensen's
armies has been stopped. Official dis
patcher from Berlin, Sofia an ! Buchar
est indicate that the Rumanians blew up
the fourteen-mile bridge over the Dan
ube at Cernavoda, the greatest bridge in
Europe, thus blocking the immediate
invasion of old Rumania The German
War Office announced this tact this af
ternoon and declared it evidenced the
Rumanians fear that the Germans
would sweep all before them on the
road to Bucharest.
LAREDO:Twentv men have been ex
ecuted in Mexico Ciiv during the week
for robbing consignments of freight to
merchants here.
BERLIX: The Germans admit the
loss of F'ort Douamont and other Verdun
positions to the French. During Sep
temijer 141 of the enemy's trailing ves
sels, with a total tonnage of 182,OOJ,
were either captured or submarined.
According to official records 39 neutral
tra-Lng vessels were sunk cn account oi
their carrying contraband of war and
eighteen ol their captains were made
prisoners.
CHICAGO: Despite the severe censor
ship existing the “Dailv News” says
thev have exclusive information, in a
high degree authoritative, that the king
has fled to Odessa to escape the advanc
ing German army.
OTTAWA. The strike on the Cana
dian Pacific has been settled.
• CHICAGO; Flour lias jumped to >10 a
barrel. This is the highest price at
tained >in.'e the civil war.
COFI \I \ I'X; German submarines
A ret i wait for munition
laden merch:;r,'men were engaged in
battle among the ice tb.es by Russian pa
trol lioots and i r.\«ri away i< the pur
port of a dispatch alleged to have been
rtceived by the "More enbladt” todav.
PARIS: Official reports received from
the W r Department announce il-.at the
Class of 1918 will soon l e «-tquisitioned.
’ Official advices from the Macedonian
front claim that the Trench and Serb
ians are ‘ eiag reinforced. At Verdun
the Trench were subjected to a severe
night unbardment at the hands of the
Germans but ware successtul in still re
taining their ground.
LONDON: The British steamer Sid
monib has been torpedoed by a German
subm .rine. The crew were saved.
I’i PROGRAM: It is officially stan-1
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th.it Von MacVenseii’s attach' in the
i»> rudju district are growing weaker.
BKR1.1N; The rout of the Russo-Rn
t man:an by Mackensen was partK due to
the lack of rtidery. The awn of Ra
sova, eight miles south of Cemndova,
including the capitulation of T,' men
and So officers, swelled tile importance
l of Maekensen’s victory ivhh h only fora
slight confusion on the :1, w ng < *t tile
Germans, commanded lay von 1-alken
heyn, would have been decisive. The
i success of the Teuton' lias prof- ur.diy
I impressed Greece.
* I.ONIH >N: Rep. rt- i. mi C-enhagen
. sav that Secretary Zimmerman, of the
, German Foreign At! r- office, asserts
i that Norway’s embargo on hostile sub
marines violates paragraph thirteen <<f
1 (the Conference of the Hague.
! PARIS: On the Macedonian front the
' Serbians are still continuing their dru e
towards Monas!;r. An official di-patch
credits them with c. ; taring i long tine
of Bulgarian trendies. 1 igliting on the
Somme front i> comined to artillery ex
f changes.
BURLIN; Official announcement is
made that the Allies suffered the loss of
twenty-four aere.pl nts in tuentv-four
.hours, tiie greatest number in a single
day since the commencement of the
war, eleven of the machines falling
within the German lines.
I’iiTROGRAD: The Austro-Oernian
t forces have )>egu:i another offensive on
the northeastern frontier of Galicia. It
is officially claimed that the attack made
by them ia.-t Sunday completely t ided.
BMRI.IN: The capture of the Black
Sea port of Coustanza by Mackensen
gives the Germans entire control of the
province of Dobrudja. The Ru-so-Ru
nianiau troops walked into the trap set
by Mackensen and their capture is in
evitable.
LONDON' Aeroplanes today dropped
several bombs on Margate. Two per
sons were iniured.
LONDON: An official dispatch credits
the British with the capture of over a
thousand wards of German trenches oil
tin Somme front near Grundecourt. Ar
tillery engagements played a prominent
part in stopping the German attacks
around Grandeconrt.
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