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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
LLOYD GEORGE UPHELD.
British Premier Victor Over
Maurice Charges by 1877 Votes.
British Line Extended at frencn IN
sstence> Before Couroll
Discussed IT,

London Premier Lloyd George beat
even all his own records as crisis
master In his counter ATTACK against
the offensive of Gen Frederick B Maui
rice In the house of commons. The
house by a vote OF 293 to i06 rejected
the motion OF former Prime Minister
Herbert H. Asquith that select COM
mittee of that body should investigate
General Maurices charges that the
war cabinet had deceived tho nation
as TO the condition Of the army In
France.
The vote involved the fats OF the
government. since Mr.. Asquith mad csi-
IDENTIFY concluded that he would be able
to form another cabinet /. he could
overthrow Mr.. Lloyd George.
There was no crisis left when ihe
premier was half through his speech.
and before he had ended there was
nothing of General Maurice left ex-
ccpt very discredIted name. Mr..
Asquith refraIncd from preju.iicing
the house of commons In any way and
on The whole adopted very gingerly
tone, but, having teaned on u broken
reed he came down with 1t.
But who could have thought that IN
able, cool headed, highly experienced
soldier official would have impugned
the accuracy of statements which he
himself was responsible for supplying
which he never thought of impugning
until he was superseded In his post,
although he was In daily contact with
the premier In the course of his duties
At the war cabinet, or who would hav0 |
stated that he was present at the Yer
salles council when the decision to |
engthen the British line was token, |
whereas that decision was agreed he |
ween IIaig and Petain before auy |
VeI sallies council ever met. aud on
lie occasion when the decision was
'atlfied there Maurice was not present
It all?
These were incaiculable Improbahili-
les, seeing The career and the repu-
Dtion Of Maurice. He seemingly lost
lis head when he lost his job.
The premier has greatly strengthen
d bis position by his handling Of this
pi arently thorny matter. When the
'remier began to speak II was evident
e faced house largely dubious, II
ot suspicious. but before he sat down
Ie had II cheering sociferously
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
May Buy Bliss Plant.

Brooklyn. The great torpedo plant
Of the +. w Bliss Company, located
here, which controls the patents on the
torpedoes used In the United States
navy and which is one of the greatest
sources of munitions Of all kinds now
available TO the United States.in win
ming the war, may be taken over and
run as government plant IL negotia-
tions now reported 10 be under way
are closed An Offer Of the plant has
been mndc TO the government by its
owners which Is thought to be Of such
a character that the deal viii undoubt-
edly be closed and all possibility Of
other governments profiting from the
patents owned by the Bliss company
thereby precluded
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
GERMAN j BOAT
BASE BOTTLED UP
Obsolete WarshIp vndlctEe Sunk
Across Channel in Brilliant ES-
plot BY Daring British Forces.
0STeN0 HARBOR IS CLOSED.
Venture 10 Accomplished IN Perfect
seereey-British Losses Are light
zeebrvqoe StlI Barred Against
Passage BY Submarines

london German submarine opera
tlous from the harbor of pstend have
been stopped for time, II not rem
dered impossible. by daring raid
made ou the bnrbur by The british An
Official statement issued hg the British
admiralty Says the channel leading
out Of the inner harbor has been com
pletely blocked by the hulk of the old
cruiser Nlndlctiye, which was manou.
yercd into position under heavy fire
and then sunk by bombs
The German official statement con.
eerning the raid says the attempt was
a failure and that the hulk OF the old
cruiser Iics outsid. of the navigation
channel This report may he com
pared 10 the one issued on April "a,
on the day following the raid on Zee
bruggc. which said that no damage
was done 10 the mole or harbor there.
Subsequent events have proved that
the damage done by the raid on April
y was of SERIOUS nature
II is stated that the obstruction IN
the channel at 0stend win tend TO
eventually close the harbor through
the action OF the tides and the rapid
sitting up of the harhor
II Ostcnd and Zecbrugge are re-
moved as ports from which the I boats
may be operated the Germans appar.
entity VIII be compelled to withdraw
their submershles 10 their home ports.
In this connection II Is interesting 10
note that week ago Il was announced
that the greatest mine field known to
naval operations had been planted In
the North sea To combat the subma
rines II was officially stated that the
area OF this mine field would be III.
7s2 square miles and that II would be
completed by May II Some months
ago Admiral Jelllcoe of the British
navy announced that The submarine
menace would be met by August ],
and II Is possible that he had the
blocking Of the harbors of Ieebrugge
and Ostcnd and the layihg OF nn i'm.
mense mine field Ia mind when he
mnde his statement
While the nayal arm of the entente
nations wus busy blocking The Osiend
q boat base 0f The Germans The mill
tary forces We're engaged In local fight
ing IN the lpreS and Somme sectors
The French made noluhlc advance |
at GrlyesneS, where theN took the part I
of the town which had been in Ger |
man hands for three weeks Along the |
front I" the north there were scatter
Ing engagements. notably az Aveluy |
wood, north Of Albert, where the con.
tending armies are striving for the
strategic ground There were also
small operations In the KENNEL front,
southwest Of Ypres
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM


WASHING ToN.--Attorney General
Gregory calls upon all patriotic cit.
zcnS to act as volunteer detectives ana
aSsis, the government officers 10 ferret
out persons suspected Of disloyalty.
IoSOok.-Merbers OF the Amerl.
can labor delegation now hi London
after rp 10 lir American front ln
France tetl q their experiences under
FIRE lhrl urge that The United states
hasten meH and supplies 70 The front.
NE" YoRK.--The supply Of corn
meal is su large al present the food
administration ls urging It's cousump.
tlon as o wheat substitute be greatly
Increased
LoapoN--Amefiean soldiers pa
rading in london. the firs, contingent
of tie National Army 10 appear ii ,he
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
GREAT j. S. ARMY
TO Be KEPT INTACT
Entente's Aim Is to Reduce Enemy
10 Exhaustion That Our Re-
serve Can Restore Situation.
GERMANS USING RESERVES.
Pershinc Is to Have Time TO Form
Strong, Self Sustaining Army-Al.
lied Line Now Rests on tho
Northern Slopes.

London The American army now
In France Will not be used TO repel the
next German drive
The War Committee OF the British
cabinet has officially announced that
so confident are the allies OF smashing
Americans will be held back OF the
lines until they are II complete self
supporting fighting force.
AT the same time the War Commit.
tee issues warning that Iilndenburg' s
drive will be In terrific force, all Ger.
many being denuded Of soldiers TO
give 1t power
The committees statement is ex-
plicit that the allies were offered the
present American forces TO use as they
saw fit Presumably General FUch
prefers to hold them as the nucleus OF
great reserve. to be used when the
allies counter attack is launched
ON the flghting front the allies have
again forced the enemy back slightly.
Driving into the enemy's line north
Of KENNEL, In the Ypres sector, the
French, In vigorous local fighting re-
gained more ground and held II despite
strong German counter attacks. They
captured 100 prisoners.
With the French advance in this i'm.
portant sector the allied armies car
ried forward what Is apparently their
plan to outilank the German positions
there and make them untenable. The
allied line now rests against the north.
ern slope of KENNELS dominating
height. Hill Al fell TO Petan's attack
ing troops
In an attempt TO regain the ground
lost to the French in Saturdays fight
ing along the Somme salient the Ger
mans counter attacked near Mareull
Wood, northwest of Orvillers- Sorrel, in
The sector east of Montdldier They
were driven back, with heavy losses
in wounded and prisoners.
British forces attempted no major
exploit, contenting themselves with
small raids and ever growing artillery
b0nbardmeHt.
Following up their capture of Monte
Como on Saturday, the Italian forces
IN the mountains on the southwest
front stormed an enemy post on Cor
dell Orso and destroyed It's garrison in
Sighting. Vienna claims
the recapture OF Monte Como.
Elsewhere between the piave and |
Brenta valleys the Italians repused |
1nemy reactions. The activity Of Gen
eral Daz's army appears to be a de
fensive offensive" for the purpose of
sealing the northern valley mouths
against the menace Of the promised
Austrian drives.
Nineteen entente aIrpanes were
lowned on the western front in the
ast two days, Berlin announces.
In the aerial fighting Of Thursday
nd Friday British avlators downed 81
1un planes, says an official report
German ayiators who have been
AIKEN prisoners say they have lost
ONE 700 pilots and observers since
he beginning OF the offensive on
iarch 2l. In one reconnaissance flight
lone they lost 1870 men.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
SIX SOLDIERS DIE IN WRECK.
Twenty Others Injured When Car
Jumps Track at Camp Jackson.

Columbia, s. Give soldiers were
instantly killed, two were so badly In.
jured that lhey died en route TO the
base hospital. four were seriously in.
jured. and eighteen less seriously hurt
when .,Wooden passenger coach load
ed with Three Hundred and Seven.
teenth Machine Gun Company jumped
a trestle at Camp Jackson. The troops
were from North and South Carolina
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16

British metropolis, are loudly checred
all along their Wufr klng George
sends each soldier 4 personal letter
orok--preSldert Wilson
issues proclamation setting Memo
rial bay. May ~. nj. day ~ prayer
asking the whole nation 10 ioin In an
appeal 70 Almighty God for victory
NEW YoRk.-opponents Of all
things German 30 this city viii renew
their protests agulns, city advertising
being printed "a newspapers ln Ger
man
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
pershina Dimes U. S. Labor Men.

Paris The American labor mission
returned from three days visit 10
the front, where they saw Rheims and
verdun and diued with General Per
shlng
Arthur LoycJoy, one OF the dele
gates. epitomized the consensus Of The
mission when he said
only victorious peace can end
the detestable crimes Of German mill
tarism
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
SAYS U BOATS STILL ARE AHEAD.
CapeIle Tells Reichstae War 10 Be-
tween Them and New Shjps

London. The war is developing into
struggle between the L boats and
new shipping according to an address
before the lteichstag by German Min
lister Of Marine Won Capelle The Z
boat reports for April were again fa-
yorahle," the minister said. Natural
Iy losses occur, but the increase IN the
u boats exceeds he losses of them"
The war Is developing into struggle
between the L boats and new slips
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
GERMANY shy 10000 HOUSES
St25, 600 900 to Be Advanced TO Build
Family Barracks.

Amsterdam a shortage of 10000
small dwellings exists IN Germany.
Lieut. Paul Gochre, Socialist, las told
the Iieiclis'ag lie said that IN most
la2se towns no empty houses remain
and thar young married couples had
10 live u furnished rooms, rents haY-
Ing increa -el 10 per cent
The house ado efl q recommends
ii0a that sl2J.pn 40 be advanced ior
Che construction family barracks
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16

lOldl ...'ss..... '..'t...#,.. lsb3S
The second draft Will take 3S,731
per cent Of the total number OF men
In Glass In each State
The whole number now In class one
is 2.42l .450 This number is expect
ed TO be materially increased, how
ever, when the deferred classes have
been combed through for persons list
ed in them through lax action by dis
trict boards
You Should Not Forget.
You MUST pay your income and
excess profit taxes on or before June
Is.
II you fail . do 50 you will be as
sessed per cent Of the amount due
You WIN also be charged interest at
the rate of per cent a month
Delay means unnecessary expense
FOR the taxpayer
Delay means embarrassment 10 The
Govern mentin carrying on the war 1
II IS your patriotic duty to pay your
income tax before The time named !
Don't sneer a. slaekers until you
have paid your income Tax 4
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16
IS 10 FOR WILSON'S SHEEP CUP,

Flock Of Eighteen sheared and Offers
for Wool Come In
Washington President Wilson's Is
sheep which are pastured on the
White House lawn, were shorn by en-
peris ~ The bureau ~ animal Indus.
try They produced an unusually
heavy clip
Al the White House IL was said
would bc purchasers have offered as
much as s. 4 pound fur the wool
!, has not been decided wtat VIII be
done with the clip
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-16

Rhode Island Is now on sugar ra
tons and manufacturers of food pro
ducts in which sugar is used are
obliged to make applications for su-
gar direct from the State food admin
istrator and are limited to certain
amounts OF the commodity Tanners
and makers Of non-edible products
may have no sugar at all The order
does not apply 10 bakers. hotels or
restaurants
Forty one graduates Of the wal
than, Mass Training School FOR
Nurses are IN the service az war
nurses OF this number fourteen are
at the front. seven in service in the
United States. twelve are awaiting
call and eight have seen service and
have returned on furlough
Kidder Peabody & Company Of
Boston. as treasurers Of the American
Fund for French Wounded. have an
nounced new subscriptions to the
fund. making total OF s3e0.el1.s2
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-07
CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
 WILL BE OPENED MONDAY

The attention of the News read CTS is directed to an advertisement appearing elsewhere in these col umns regarding a clothes cleaning and renovating establishment which is to be opened for business on Mon- day, December 9th.
 The tailor shop on upper A street, which was operated some time ago by Mrs. John Williams and after wards by Mrs. Lyons, has been se- cured for this purpose and made ready against the opening day.
 The establishment, which will be in charge of Mrs. Dorsey, is pre- pared to clean and press gentlemen's clothing, line and renovate fur coats and remodel ladies' suits and dresses.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-07
MINING NEWS FROM
 KOYUKUK COUNTRY

Sheep creek, at is confluence with the koyukuk, and according to the drafted boys who come down to Fort Gibbon, fairly good prospects have been found.
 Owing to the draft and the mum Der of men leaving the district, min ing activities during the winter season were not possible on as large a scale as heretofor Those who were working, however, have been able to make expenses and have small surplus to start them out right "In the good old summer time"
 Billy Glenn and associates, work ing claims on the South Fork of the koyukuk, are reported to be doing very we'll; no definite news regarding the actual returns are aVallaDie.
 The men of the Koyukuk, by reas- on of being so very remotely placed, with practically no roads except those they have themselves con- structed from the stores to the dig gings, and no telegraphic communi- cation, have nursed the belief that they are somewhat behind the times and a standing joke among them is that anybody going to any other place from the district is liable to be quarantined. The joke was on Owens when he was required to undergo quarantine at quarantine camp No. for period of five days.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-07

1 ?. Soldiers homestead rights with government loans to develop them, build houses, stock with sheep and goats and cattle.
 8. Solder's grants of money to aid them in prospecting Something in the way of a sort of national grubstake' for soldier boys who want to hunt for the hidden mineral wealth of Alaska.
 1. Soldiers preference right to employment on the Alaskan Rail- way.
 ,. A travelling or migratory min geological and metallurgical labro- tory and assay outfit to make free assays analyses, and reports on the mineral discoveries of soldier-pros- pectors.
 ! 6. 4 system of government aid by means of loans on proper pros- poets to develop them to productive stage-such loans to be repaid from the output.
 1 government owned, soldier built and soldier operated smelter 1, to smelt the ores and recover the values, run without profit except the profit that comes from building up great and prosperous com ! munity.
 s. A great big soldier-built gov ernment owned and soldieF-oper- ated power plant located at the foot of the hill on Lignite creek, where there is more coal in sight than could be consumed in fifty years; where the coal could be delivered at the boilers by means of gravity chutes from the veins at less than two-bits a ton. 9. Soldier-built government-own- ed transmission power lines, furnish ! Ing power to the government-owned. . soldler-operated railroad, and the smelter and to all the industries that our Johnny will build when he comes Marching Home"
 
 Fairbanks. Nenana holds out to you the right hand of fellowship. We want no quarrel. We want no recriminations.
 We want cooperation.
 We hold nothing but love for you. your people, your institutions.
 We hope for nothing more than for your continued prosperity and growth. .-:~. ..:-.- You are the parent of the pros perity of the past .: Nenana, your most vigorous off spring, would do nothing to hinder. vex or circumscribe your growth.
 We need you and your help.
 You need us and our help.
 Come on' let us clasp hands as father and son, mother and daughter and march on into the light of glory, of prosperity, of happiness through quarrels forgot, peace re- stored and cooperation assured.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-07
DANCE TONIGHT
 AT UNION HALL

Immediately after the picture show tonight, at the Union Hall, a social dance will be held. Prepara- tions have been under way for the holding of this dance for the past few days and the floor has been put in the best possible condition
 Music will be supplied by the Coliseum orchestra and a splendid time is assured all those who will attend.
 The price of admission will be one dollar; the ladies being admitted free of charge.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-07
WHEN JOHNNY COMES
 MARCHING HOME

That was soul-inspiring song the folks used to sing in the Civil war days in this country!
 It was song of joy and of vigor and of determination, albeit some what convivial and bibulous, but it expressed in it's words the spirit of the times.
 Alaska should be singing new song today, "When Our Boys c me Home From France"
 For therein lies Alaska's great hope of rejuvenation.
 Even if you can't remember the facts, not having been there to witness them, you must have heard your mother tell how when the boys came marching home the whole countryside rose up to greet them with songs of gladness and of praise and of thanksgiving. How the girls cast flowers at their feet, garlands about their necks and softer arms.
 But you remember how each fellow carried in his pocket not only his honorable discharge, but his land grant as well-his soldiers home stead right to 320 acres of public land, without money, without price, without conditions of any sort--what in Italy would be called "princely domain"
 Under the impetus given to it by such generosity the tidal wave of immigration swept over the West and the territories then settled have become the great states of today.
 Armed with their rights" inn pelled by courage and love of ad- venture gained in their wartime experiences, these brave fellows, who probably never would have left the parental homestead except for the war, became the pioneers of the Great West, the doers of great deeds in the conquest of nature. They swarmed the hills and valleys, the forests and the plains and before that conquering host Nature gave way. They built cities, reared great factories, opened the mines, felled the forests, and filled the land with churches, schools and children.
 Will our National Government be less wise with our boys coming home from France? Never think it! And where will these adventurous and venturesome ones find outlet for their superabundant spirits? Where will they find opportunity for their broadened minds and broadened desires and greater needs to expand and grow and be fulfilled?
 Where?
 Alaska! Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands? Yes. perhaps, there is room in Hawaii for a few. The Philippines may absorb a few, but if Alaska doesn't increase in population by million in the next five years it will be because our government fails to grasp the sig nificance of Alaska's immensty di- versity and infinitude of resources.
 Shall we let that government make q mistake about Alaska?
 And right here is where Fair banks should cease from troubling and Nenana come to rest.
 Our Commercial club should hold out the right hand of fellow ship to the Fairbanks Commercial club
 We should say to them: Come on fellows, there's enough for every body and to spare. Let's get to- gether and agree on a program for the development of the Interior of Alaska. {,
 Let's work together for
 !. Soldiers preference rights to mineral lands, coal lands, oil lands.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-07

Wallace Calderhead, mushing in from Fairbanks, reached quarantine yesterday. He will come in to Ne mana after putting in the full quar- antine period of five days at the station.