Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana
THE NENANA
The BIG Show Of The Interior
DAIL Y NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918. NUMBER 68
AMERICANS ADVANCE ON. AISNE FRONT
ITALIANS HOLDING AUSTRIANS ON PIAVE FRONT
FOOD RIOTS IN AUSTRIA ARE GROWING MORE SERIOUS
YANKEES ADVANCE;
HUNS QUIT POSTS
WITH THE AMERICANS—The
American troops which are opposing
the Germans northwest of Chateau
Thierry, on the Aisne front, have
advanced their lines frve-eightfts of
a mile, having driven the enemy
from a small pocket on the northern
side of Belleau wood. The German
trenches were occupied without re
sistance. the kaiser’s soldiers having
withdrawn when a short, sharp pre
liminary bombardment indicated to
them that a Yankee infantry attack
was coming.
GAS ATTACK LAUNCHED
With the Americans in Lorraine- -
i The first American gas projector at
tack was launched against the Ger
mans yesterday, to the north of
Toul, and the reports of aerial scouts
indicate that the casualties among
the enemy were heavy, the attack
being described as very successful.
PRESSURE SLACKENS
Associated Press Summary—The
pressure against the Italian line
shows signs of weakening today, al
though the fighting along the Piave
river continues strenuous, from Mon
tellot to the Adriatic. The attack
ing forces have been held completely
in check since Sunday along the
Piave line and they have made no
gains in the mountain region. The
Allied froces have taken nine thous
and prisoners.
SUPREME IN AIR
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS.—
The Italian airplanes have won com
plete control in the air along the
Piave river, where the most deter
mined fighting of the offensive is
progressing. Not an Austrian ma
chine went aloft yesterday after
noon, so complete was the control
of the Italian airmen.
SPEEDING RESISTANCE
The realization that the Austrian
offensive has failed has spurred the
Italians to redoubled resistance along
the Piave. The fighting in the Mon
tello sector yesterday was more than
usually desperate.
It is reported today that the
Italians have regained Caposile, a
town on the Piave lagoon which the
Austro-Hungarian forces captured
earlier in the week.
AFTER ^TREVISO
The Austrians are continuing their
effort to force a passage through
the Italian defenses, to Treviso, the
chief objective and an important
railroad center almost due north of
Venice. Italian commanders report
that the situation continues sats
factory. The only success achieved
by the attacking forces yesterday
was a gain of three miles at one
point.
EDES SAYS WORK
WILL BE RUSHED
IOWARD INTERIOR
^ Chairman of Commission Says Nc
Chance to Join Ends Diving
Present Year.
SEATTLE—Questioned regarding
the plans of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission for the present year
Chairman Edes said, before his de
parture for the North yesterday
that he hoped to be able to complete
the Seward-Anchorage gap this year
He also said that he planned to builc
inland as fas as possible during the
season, but that there was no possi
bility of connecting Anchorage anc
Fairbanks this year.
STEAMER SHUSANA ARRIVES
WITH BUILDING MATERIAL
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The steamer Shusana pulled intc
port at an early hour this morning
from Fairbanks and expects to leave
for the upper town sometime tonight
Included in the cargo she had foi
Nenana was the old N. C. Co.’s
warehouse which was taken down
recently at Chena. This warehouse
is 30x120 feet and will probably be
erected here to serve the needs of
the N. C. Co later on. She alsc
had a portion of the D. C. Co.’s
Chena warehouse. This is also con
singned to the N. C. Co.
In 1913, Europe produced 43 pel
cent of the world’s sugar, since then
she has had other engagements.
PLANES
SHOW LARUE GAIN
Oklahoma Representative Says Nation
Now Has Six Thousand Ready
For Action.
INDIANAPOLIS—Representative
Scott Ferris ,of Oklahoma, is author
ity for the statement that the United
States now has six thousand com
pleted airplanes suitable for war
service and that two thousand planes
are already in use on the battlefront,
of American manufacture. This in
| formation was imparted to the dele
I gates to the Democratic state con
| vention, now in session in this city.
J baseball team leaves
FOR FAIRBANKS TODAY
The men chosen at the last meet
ing of the Nenana Athletic associa
tion to do battle on the baseball
diamond for Nenana in the series
of games beginning at midnight to
morrow at Fairbanks, left this even
, ing on the Alaskan Engineering
commission launch Sunflower, for
i the upper town.
I Master Mechanic Wm. Muir goes
up1 on the launch on business and
Mrs. Walker Blakey and Misses
! Queenie Russell and Helen Hut
macher are going up as the team’s
: mascots. The following will repre
sent Nenana on the diamond: Jack
Hansen, Frank Doner, Ike Taylor,
1 Neal VanHouten, Harold Anderson,
E. Slippern, Matthews, Crowden and
j Fulling.
The launch is expected to return
! to return to Nenana with the party
| on Sunday.
LEWIS SUGGESTS
80CHE INVASION
VIA BERING SEA
Illinois Senator Warns Colleagues
That Alaska Is In Danger
From Siberia.
WASHINGTON, D. C—In a
speech made on the floor of the sen
ate yesterday afternoon, Senator -I.
Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, suggested
to his colleagues the possibility of
an invasion of Alaska by the Ger
mans, by way of Bering straits.
As a precautionary move, the
senator advocated the dispatch of
an army to Siberia to assist the Rus
sians in their operations against the
Germans. Such a step, he pointed
out, not only would prevent the Ger
mans from establishing themselves
on the Siberian coast, but it also
would safeguard Alaska, with its
vast gold areas and great fisheries.
GERMANS*
SUBS ARE BEAT
BY IHE ALLIES
German Naval Critic Says That
Submarine Are Unequal to
Warfare Against Them.
LONDON.—Captain Persius, the
Berlin Tageblatt’s naval critic, has
virtually admitted that he German
submarines are not able to cope with
the warfare which as been inaugu
rated against them by the United
States and the Allies.
The German public is assured by
this authority on submarine warfare
that the loss of undersea boats, sus
tained by the Germans, is unavoid
able on account of the continually
increasing sharpness and effective
ness of the defensive measures em
ployed by the Allies. The failure
of the U-boats to maintain their
record of destruction is Cue to the
same cause.
HOOVER PLANNING TRIP
TO PROBE FOOD NEEDS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Federal
Food Administrator Herbert Hoover
has announced that he will leave
for England within a few weeks on
an official visit to the British Isles
and France. During his stay in
England he will be the guest of the
British government. It is supposed
that one of the objects of the visit
is to enable the food administrator
to obtain food information first hand
on the other side of the Atlantic.
TOLOVANA MAIL LAUNCH
LEAVES FOR FAIRBANKS
The Carl White launch arrived ?n
Nenana shortly after 10 p. m. yes
terday and sailed for Fairbanks
about an hour afterwards.
She had the following passengers
in transit bound for Fairbanks: Miss
Elliot, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Peruse,
Dave Cascaden, John Dahl, Carl
Weik, Myer Kotek and another man.
She had no mail or passengers for
Nenana and took none awrfy from
>here.
GERMANS EAGER
FOR PEACE BUI j
KAISER IS NOT
Nearly Million Arrested Because of
Their Attitude Against Con
tinuing Fight.
LONDON.—Heavily censored pri
vate messages which have reached
Stockholm from Germany indicate
that there is a growing sentiment
in favor of peace in the kaiser’s
domain and that peace demonstra
tions of alarming proportions were
held recently in Berlin, Hamburg i
j and Cologne.
| As a result of the disturbances, j
a number of workmen are reported
; to have been killed and arrests were
■ made by wholesale before order was
restored. The combind efforts of
police and soldiers were necessary
to disperse the crowds, and nearly
a million participants in the demon-1
strations were placed under arrest.
A KAISER’S STORY
AMSTERDAM—Replying to a
message of congratulations received .
I from the president of the reichstag, |
| the kaiser said that the Germans;
had gained fresh successes and that
the spirit of patriotism and confi
dence at home is gaining firmer i
shape. The Germans, he concluded, j
are destined for great things.
CLUB WILL GIVE I
! DANCE TONIGHT
Dance Will Be Held Tonight In
Honor of Arriving and Departing
Soldiers.
The members of the Nenana club
had planned on giving a dance on
the night c® the 21st (midnight sun)
in honor of the men of Company B
who were leaving for Fort Gibbon,
j but owing to the early arrival of j
| the transport Jacobs, the plans havej
been changed and the dance will
be held tonight.
The dance tonight will be to wel
come the arriving and speed the de
: parting soldier boys, and everything
! has been done to make it a great
success.
Announcement is made that the
dance will not be confined to mem
bers of the club only, as originally
intended, but everybody is invited
to be present and meet the new ar
rivals, who will act as Commission
guards and signal corps men here,
and bid farewell to the departing
boys.
TEAMSTERS AND STOCK
ARE LEAVING NENANA
Charles Slater and Jack Payne,
teamsters, who with their own stock
had been working for the Alaskan
Engineering commission for some
considerable time, are leaving Ne
nana with their stock.
Charley Slater owend five head
and Jack Pyne eight head, and these
will be shipped today to Fairbanks
on the steamer Shusana. Payne ex
pects to go on to the coast over the
trail, but Slater will remain in Fair
banks for the present at least.
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AUSTRIANS OBJECT
TO BREAD RATIONS
LONDON—Advices received from
Amsterdam state that serious rioting
occurred in Vienna yesterday as a
result of the announcement made
by the Austrian authorities that a
further reduction in the bread ration
would be made- Crowds quickly
gathered in the streets and a num
ber of bakeries were broken intc
and the contents confiscated by the
mob. The residence of the premiei
was stoned and one wing of the
Hofburg was also made the objective
of rock throwers, considerable dam
age having resulted from the attack
which the police appeared powerless
to prevent.
Disorders were still in progress
at the time the dispatches were sen1
I to Amsterdam, and the reports stated
| that Austrian cavalry was being
! rushed to the capital to quiet the
' disturbances. It was expected that
i martial law would be proclaimed.
POPULACE HOSTILE
AMSTERDAM.—Advices receive!
■ in this city from Vienna state that
the reduction in the bread ration
; in Austria-Hungary has caused im
| mense excitement throughout the
I dual monarchy. The newspapers of
i the empire, without distinction of
1 party, are loud in their protestations
I and demand the removal of the re
striction. They have asked the as
sistance of Germany in securing a
restoration of a more liberal ration.
SOUTH AMERICANS
101RAININII.S.
French Newspaper Claims That Large
Number Will Travel North
At Early Date.
PARIS. — Premier Clemenceau’s
newspaper claims to have received
information from Washington to the
effect that a plan is now under con
sideration for the training of South
American troops in the United States
and that it is expected that the
movement of men from the southern
republics will begin at an early date.
WORKERS OBJECT
Strong Opposition Develops to Plan
to Reward Specially Skilled
Mechanics.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The pro
posal to authorize the payment of
aonuses to specially skilled workers
ingaged in the shipbuilding industry
in government yards, has aroused
much opposition among the shipyard
workers, and the adoption of such
i measure by congress doubtless
will result in much trouble among
;he workers. Threats of strikes al
ready have been made.
\CCIDENT AT SAWMILL
DELAYS WORK SOME
Shortly after the resumption of
work yesterday afternoon at the
Maskan Engineering commission’s
lawmill, the line shaft on the main
Irive broke, necessitating a shutdown
intil the damage could be repaired.
The broken shaft is one of 2-inch
liameter and it is proposed to install
i slightly larger sized shaft.
The work of turning out a nevv
ihaft to replace the broken one was
aken in hand immediately by the
machine shop force and it is ex
acted that the new shaft will be in
italled and the work of the sawmill
■esumed sometime today.
Hoover has summed up the situa
;ion in these words: The time has
:ome for sacrifice.” Can we refuse
:o see the truth much longer.
Messages Filed for Delivery By Wire
Found In the Suitcases of
Traveling Agents.
WASHINGTON, I) C.—A number
; oftraveling agents of the Western
Union Telgraph company have been
placed under arrest by the federal
authorities on the charge of violat
! ing the postal laws. The arrests
were made on board trains between
: Boston and New York ami Phila
i delphia and Washington and upon
investigation of the suitcases carried
by the agents, it was found that they
were filled with messages which had
; been filed for transmission by tele
graph.
i This practice is regarded as a
| violation of the postal laws, which
forbid persons not connected with
the postal service from conducting
traffic in communications over post
roads.
The Western Union company re
cently locked out its union operators
and it is believed by th& government
that the company has been sending
messages by mail for some time.
DEMOCRATS START
Indiana State Convention Takes
Initiative In Putting Namee of
President Forward.
INDIANAPOLIS—A movement
for the re-election of President Wil
son for a third term was launched
here yesterday at the Democratic
state convention, a majority of the
delegates being strongly in favor of
urging the president to permit the
use of his name in the forthcoming
campaign.
Germany’s greatest ally is the false
belief in the United States that the
war will be short. Face the grim
facts. Prepare in your home, in
your business in your community.