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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA... MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1918.
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NUMBER 127
ALLED OFFENSIVE GAINING STEADILY
MORE HOLES ARE PUNCHED IN GERMAN LINES
TEDDY SAYS SHIRKERS ARE MENACE TO THE CAUSE
CANADIANS MAKING
HUNS QUIT POSITIONS
LONDON.—According to offical
reports received by the war office
today, the Canadians and Britishers
launched an attack in force this
morning in the Arras region to the
south of the Scarpe, terrific fighting
is now in progress with the Germans
putting up a stubborn resistance.
They are, however, showing signs
of giving way to the vigorous on
slaught and it is expected that they
■will be forced to evacuate their posi
tions, as the attacking forces are
pressing them hard and are making
good progress.
Villages Captured.
Last night the British captured the
villages of Reincourt and les Cang
nicourt, from which place they drove
fhe Huns in disorderly rout, they
also took many prisoners; and the
column operating to the north of
Peronne captured the village of Sil
liesl. Southwest of Bapaume, the
British line, drawing nearer La
trcisy, made a farther advance to
wards Moreulin. In Flanders, the
British advanced to Lys river, east
of Astroes, while in a north-westerly
direction rom Ypres the advancing
troops captured the village of Neuv
Eglise.
ATTACK DEVELOPS
Canadian Headquarters—The pow
erful attack delivered by the com
bined British and Canadian force!
this morning in the Arras region
to the south of Scarpe, the Cana*
dians, overcoming the stubborn Hun
defense, pressed forward and occu
pied Drury, from which place ad
vance guards and strong reconnoit
ering parties were sent out to the
western edge of Cagnicourt. Con
siderable fighting of a desperate na
ture is now in progress for the poss
ession of the high ground between
Drury and Etaing and the battle is
going in favor of the Canadians, who
have succeeded in taking many pris
oners.
CORE OF BATTLE
LONDON.—The core of the whole
battle is now centered at a point
between the Scarpe river and Ba
paume, £nd it is here that the Ger
mans are putting up the biggest
fight of any that has taken place
so far on the Western front. They
realize that they are about to lose
positions of great strategic value and
are making a tremendous effort to
check the advance of the Allied
forces.
According to press correspondents
with the Allied forces at the front,
the capture of Peronne should turn
the enemy’s lines.
FRENCH GAIN WOODS
PARIS.—Official reports received
from field headquarters this morn-!
ing indicate that during last night
the French forces made much prog
ress in the region to the north of
Soissons gaining considerable ground
in the woods to the west of Courcy
Le Chateau; they also advanced to
the east of Pontsmard.
Counters Repulsed.
Along the Duend canal the Ger
mans launched two powereful counter
attacks against the advancing French
line in this sector. Both of the
attacks were repulsed with heavy
losses to the enemy.
GERMAN LINE PIERCED
Canadian Headquarters—The Can
adians this morning commenced an
attack on a five-mile front on both
sides of the Arras-Cambrai road.
The attack, which was delivered with
great dash and vigor, was pressed
home with telling effect, resulting in
the Canadians breaking through the
German lines for a distance of two
miles on a five-mile front. Much
bitter fighting is still in progress,
and in spite of the desperate re
sistance offered, the Canadians are
slowly going forward. Much slaugh
ter is reported on both sides.
SPOILS OF WAR
PARIS.—It is officially reported
that since July 15th. the Allied
armies on the Western front have
taken 128,302 prisoners, 2,069 large
guns, 1,753 mine throwers and 13,
783 machine guns.
ENGINE IS READY
FOR TRIAL SPIN
New Narrow Gauge Locomotive For
Fairbanks Line Will Be Tried
Out Soon.
The new narrow gauge locomotive
which was received early this season
has now been assembled and it is
expected that she will be given a
trial run soon. A third rail will be
laid temporarily for some distance
between the track in the yard to
accommodate the new locomotive
during her trial run.
This locomotive, which will be
known as No. 151, had steam up on
Saturday, but the boiler was not
subjected to any great steam press
ure; sufficient steam being got up
for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the joints and seams were
tight. It is expected that the actual
trial run under a full head of steam
will take place tomorrow or next
day.
After undergoing her trials the
151 will be repainted throughout
and will be laid aside until such
time as the ice in the river will
reach a sufficient strength and thick-1
ness to hold her up and then she
will be sent across the river and
placed on the grade there.
N. C. SELLS LIVESTOCK
TO WHITE PASS COMPANY
On the barge Beaver, in tow of
the steamer Tanana, there were!
twenty head of fine stage horses
which w<ye sold recently by the Nor
thern Commercial company to the
White Pass company; they were in
charge of an experienced stable man
who will go to Whitehorse and per
sonally deliver over the stock to the
purchasers.
The horses will be used on the
White Pass stage line between White
horse and Daw’son in the winter mail
and passenger service.
CHINK MINISTER
IS MURDERED BY
POLITICAL ENEMY
Returning Minuter of Education Is
Assassinated by Chinese Barber
At Victoria, B. C.
VICTORIA, B. C.—Tang Hui
Lung, minister of education for
China, who was returning to the
flowery kingdom after concluding a
diplomatic mission at Washington,
D. C., was assassinated by a Chinese
barber in this city today.
It is presumed that the barber
was acuated by political reasons for
the commission of the crime. The
murderer took his own life after the
minister was killed .
MANY MILES OF
RAILS ARE LAID
ON NEW D LINE
Nearly Eight and One-Half Mile*
of Rails Have Been Laid;
Glacier Creek I* Near.
Station No. 18836 had been reach
ed by the steel gang when the day
crew quit work on Sunday evening
and the distance from the end of
steel to the north bank of Glacier
creek is now only 3200 feet.
It is expected that this distance
will be covered in a few days’ time
when the work of driving the piling
for the 120-foot bridge will be im
mediately taken in hand and rushed
to completion, as done with the other
bridges spanning the streams cross
ing this line.
After Glacier creek has been
crossed, considerable portions of the
grade completed under contract will
be met with and it is expected that
the steel will move forward very
rapidly. Tracklaying and surfacing
work was suspended today on ac
count of it’s being Labor Day.
SCHOOL TERM WILL
BEGIN TOMORROW
The winter term of the Franklin
K. Lane school will commence to
morrow morning with a considerable
increase in the attendance. Several
new pupils have arrived in town re
cently, who will be transferred to
the school here.
Miss Luella Schaeffer, the prin
cipal of the school, will be assisted
this term by Mrs. M. A. Schaeffer,
who is a teacher of great experience.
Mrs. Schaeffer will teach the younger
children.
There will be three high school
pupils this term, viz: Valentine
Anderson, Margaret Southworth and
Melville Cooney.
J. C. VanOrsdel and C. A. Wheeler
left for the Kantishna country this
morning on the power barge Elmer
G. with about ten tons of supplies
for the miners in that district. They
expect to return to Nenana before
the freezeup.
COL ROOSEVELT
SEVERELY SCORES
MEN 10 SHIRK
Theodore Roosevelt Denounces the
Loafers and Unions That Retard
Shipbuilding.
NEWBURGH, N. Y—In a stir
ring address delivered before a large
crowd of people who had assembled
here today to witness the launching
of a large steamer for the Federal
Shipping Board, former President
Theodore Roosevelt severely de
nounced slackers in American ship
yards who loafed individually, and
some of the unions of shipbuilders
which limit the output of ships.
Both these classes of people, he
said, were tratiors to the country
and should be held in scorn by all
true Americans.
BREAKS GAME LAW;
FINED FIFTY BUCKS
Andrew Dragich It Found Guilty of
Killing Moote Out of Seaton
and Drawl Fine.
In the commissioner’s court on
Saturday night, Andrew Dragich. an
Austrian subject, was charged with
having killed moose out of season.
He waived his right to have a jury
trial.
He was found guilty of the of
fense and Commissioner McDonald
imposed a fine of fifty dollars.
TOLOVANA LAUNCH
ENGINES DISABLED
On her way down the river to
Tolovana from Fairbanks last Fri
day, when near the 12-mile bar, be
low Chena, Carl White’s launch met
with an acicdent which crippled her
engines and caused the boat to
drift do^n and get stranded on the
12-mile bar. She had a heavy load
of freight and a few passengers on
board at the time of the accident
and all efforts of her crew to get
her off the bar proved unavailing.
On Saturday, Peter Godfrey, com
ing down river on his launch Nita,
made an attempt to help the Carl
White launch off the bar, but he
couldn’t get close enough to hook
onto her and the efforts made by the
crew to pass a line to the Nita also
failed.
Yesterday the steamer banana
took off the passengers and about
a ton of fresh meat and some other
freight for Nenana and reported
that the crew of the launch were
busy patching up tfc* engines and
hoped to be able to;, get her into
working shape in a short time. She
was also considerably lightened when
part of her freight was taken off.
and it is thought that she will be
able to get off the bar as soon
as her engines are repaired and re
sume her journey.
Mrs. Andrew Benson left this
morning for Fairbanks on the launch
Peerless for a brief visit.
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OVER PROGRESS
ON NEW D LINE
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DUtrict Attorney Greatly Impressed
With Progress Made on the
Government Railroad.
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\ Yesterday morning District Attor-:
ney R. F. Roth and Frederick D. j
Browne, engineer in charge, went
out on the line, returning to town
on the evening train.
! They went out on the old line as
I far as the train could possibly go, ■
and Mr. Roth had an opportunity to
. view some of the havoc wrought by
the encroachments of the Nenana (
river by way of Lost Slough on the
old right of way.
| The party returned to the switch
near Fish creek and went up as far
as the end of steel on the new D,
line.
! Mr. Roth told the News repre
sentative that he was very much im-;
. pressed with what he saw on his j
] trip oBt on the line. The work be- j
ing done on the new D line, Mr. j
Roth stated, was most the remark- j
able, effective and unique piece of i
railroad building he had ever wit- j
nessed. Every bit of the lifting that I
had to be done was done by ma- j
ehinery and about 800 feet of steel
, was laid daily through a swampy |
country by a force of only about
twenty men. Mr. Roth has seen •
much railroading and other work
done, and knows what work is when
he sees it, and he is of the opinion
that the small force of twenty men
are accoomplishing now with the
aid of mechanical appliances, what
I it would ordinarily take 200 men to
,do.
i Out near the end of steel on the
: D line, Mr. Roth witnessed the ac
tual steel laying operations. The
Brown hoist was sent ahead with
three flat cars containing great logs,
ties and steel respectively. The big
boom of the Brown hoist, which has i
a wide radius of action and can be
adapted readily to any distance,
swings around and takes up the ma
terials as required from the cars to ,
the rear of her and passes it on to
the men in the swamp, all of whom
are in rubber boots. First the logs
are laid, then the ties and last the
rails, and the men in the swamp have
only to adjust the rails to the cor
rect gauge and bolt them on and
the Brown hoist with her string of
cars moves forward. The surfacing
• gangs and the gravel cars follow
m the wake of the tracklayers and
consolidate the work they have done.
The progress made, Mr. Roth said,
was truly remarkable and was vastly
greater than he had expected to see.
Among those outward bound on
the steamer Tanana yesterday were j
Mrs. J. A. Slippern and Miss Thora
Slippern, pioneer residents of Ne
nana, who are headed for the great
Outside to remain for a considerable
time. Miss Slippern, who has held
a position in the local telephone ex
change during her residence in Ne
nana, is going Outside to attend
school, but may decide, upon her ar
rival in the States, to enlist in the
Student Nurse Reserve, in which
event Mrs. Slippern may also tender
her service to the government and |
engage in war work.
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PRESiDENI SETS
PRiCE ON WHEAT
SEASON OF 1919
Minimum Price U Fixed for Next
Year'i Wheat; Commidion to
See If Increate Justified.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson issued a proclamation today
fixing the minimum price guaranteed
by the government for the 1919
wheat crop of the United States at
two dollars and twenty cents a bushel.
In making the proclamation, the
President said that a disinterested
Jommission will be named next
spring for the purpose of Ascertain
ing whether an increase above the
priced fixed by the government is
justified.
OBSERVE DAY IN
QUIET MANNER
General Holiday Observed on Rail
road and in Town; No Special
Celebration Planned.
In accordance with the custom in
■'opue throuphout the United States,
Labor Day is beinp observed in Ne
nana today and with the larpe influx
Df men from out the line, the town
has taken on quite a festive air.
Frederick D. Browne, engineer in
i-harpe, has declared this day to be
t holiday and only such work as is
deemed absolutely necessary will be
done on the railroad today. The
general offices of the Alaskan En
gineering commisison are closed for
the day. *■
Woodbury Abbey, cadastral engin
eer in charge of the Public Land
Survey parties, has also declared it
a holiday and his men have added
to the crowds in town.
Although no special celebration
had been arranged for to mark the
day, the happy holiday crowd seems
to be having a good time otherwise.
A special matinee, showing the mag
nificent picture “Intolerance” was
put on at the Coliseum this after
noon; and “The Birth of a Nation”
will be shown tonight for the benefit
af those who were unable to come
into town from out the line before.
The train arriving in town this
morning was loaded to the limit with
:he men coming in and it is believed
:hat arrangements have been made
:o send out a train tonight shortly
ifter the conclusion of the show,
io that the men can reach their re
ipective camps in time to turn to
’or work tomorrow morning.
To fittingly mark the day'as well
is to transact business of much im
jortance to all those who are inter
isted in the labor question, a meet
ng will be held at Labor Union
lall at 6:30 this evening. The meet
ng is not alone for members of the
irganization, but all are invited to
ittend.
Catch ’em for Uncle Sam, is the
isherman’s slogan.