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The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07
NOT EXCESSIVE O

We have it from Special Exam iner Kent, of the United States Ship ping board, that the rates exacted by the Alaska steamship companies are not excessive. That is not the way he is reported to have put it, but we fail to see what other con- struction can be placed upon his de- cision. What he really said was that neither Judge Wickersham nor other Alaskan objectors''' have any concrete basis for the complaints they have made. The steamship companies, he would have us believe, have reasonable excuse for boos- ing their rates, which were suffi- ciently excessive, in the opinion of Alaskans, before the last boost.
 The position of Alaskans, as re- gards freight and passenger rates, is very unfortunate, to say the least. The value of gold, upon the pro- duction of which Alaskans depend very largely for support, has not kept pace with the rising cost of food and other commodities which Alaskans are compelled to purchase in the States. And the rising cost of transportation has added very materially to the burdens under which Northerners are forced to labor.
 It is not within the power of Alaskans to boost the price of gold and the slim profits, where trans porta ton and costly mining supplies have left profit, will not permit of an increase in wages. The result is that mines have closed down and development, in numerous districts, has come to standsti1. Mining camps, once thickly populated, are now being deserted because of the decline of our principal industry and the greater allurements of the in dustrial centers of the Outside
 When the Government railroad is completed, so that travel to and from the Interior country and the shipment of freight are cheapened, the greatest drawback to develop ment - transportation = will have been removed. New people can then be induced to c0me to Alaska to settle-people who, under pres ent conditions cannot afford to make the trip. In this connection, we might remind Examiner Kent that it now costs as much to transport the necessary equipment of farmer to Alaska as it does to purchase small but comfortable farm in the States, in the very midst of progress and civilization.
 In view of the attitude of the ex- aminer, Alaskans need look for little relief in the way of cheapened trans portation until the railroad has been completed and the government has taken over the transportation facili- ties upon which Alaskans depend for their necessary inportations. This the Government must some day do, and the sooner it is done, the sooner real Alaskan development will commence.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07

Only a stacker could stand idly on the sidewalk and criticize as the army of workers marches by. ' 'a
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07

We must meet sacrifice at the front with Sacrifice at home. :"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-07

-FT-E ' ~-1I-fs sH9-g -.s.~ -E'.-. !'.-.tg.f.l&s are not starting the packing indus try for the fun of it and that they aim to build up a paying business. Fine. half of it, We are not w punch; ing holes for fun either, but say let's live and let live-don't. be a lets live and let lye-don't be blood suckers.
 :. A SUBSCRIBER.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
WANT VICTORY FIRST
Allied Soldiers Are Unanimous In
Peace Views.
Officers and Men Oppose Granting an
Armistice to Germans 1t
Present Time. "A

With the British Army In France,
Oct. 8.-Soldiers in all the Allied
armies desire peace, but no peace q.
cept q completely victorious one. This
was the opinion expressed by officers
and men alike.
II Germany IL now willing to admit
her utter defeat, then, say these meA
who have been lighting the good night
for the liberty of the world, 50 much
the better, but, they declare, the grant
ing Of an armistice at this time, un-
less the enemy is absolutely sincere.
might prove extremely dangerous.
Victory first; then peace" This 10
tho manner In which the French civil.
ians, who have returned to their shell.
wrecked homes In Northern France
express themselves, when the subject
Of an armistice is discussed.
The same idea runs through the
minds Of all the Allied armies. where
men have seen their comrades die and
where the feeling is that they have
died in vain unless victory IL absolute.
The suspension Of hostilities even
for few days would enable the Ger.
mans to continue their preparations Of
lines to which they might retire for
the winter. -. IN. - T, -....,s
The Allied armies are in . strong
and advantageous position and the
general feeling here is that that d.
feat of Germany may come sooner than
expected elsewhere than at the front.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
ATT CASUALTIES REPORTED
III Killed In Action, 241 Severely
Wounded and 50 Die From
a.n Wounds. @..s s-.

q. ~ WOUNDS.
Washington, Oct. S.-The following
casualties are reported by the com.
handing general of the American Elk.
peditionary force: Killed in action
Ill; missing in action, AZ; wounded
severely, 241; died from wounds, So;
died from accident and other causes,
6; died Of disease, "a; died from air
plane accident, /; wounded, degree un.
determined, !; prisoners, l., Total, AT.
Northwest names appear % follows:
Killed In Action - Private Frank
Heinxel, SAuk Rapids, Mimi; Private
William H. Morrison. Duluth, Mimi:
Private Lawrence E. Higbee. Glen
Ullen, N. D. Severely wounded: Pri
zvate Clyde Hands, Hastings, MINI. |:
Private William e. Bell, Dodge Cen:
ter, Mimi; Private Charlie. Roberts
Burke, 8. D.: Private Ernest A. Sam,
uelson, Slayton. Mimi; Private VIII.
liam Samuel Young. Cloquet, Mimi;
Private Bastian Torvik, Jackson, Mimi
Missing in Action: sergt. John Henry
Sortore, Wimbledon, N. D.; Private
George Brand, Prairie Baudette. Mimi. !;
Private Albert Trebesch, Sleepy Eye,
MINI. Killed in Action: Karl E
Knutson, Washburn, N. D. Wounded
Severely: Lieutenant John s. .Kram
er, Faribault, Mimi; Corporal John
Tremain, Deer River. Mimi; Private
Richard E. Charles, North st. Paul;
Olaf Hanson, Glenwood. Mimi; David
w. Junkman, Blunt, 8. D.; August c
Lentz, Gibbon, MINI. .
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
SOUNDS WARNING ! NOTE
Secretary McAdoo Appeals for
Strong Loan Support.
Asserts Peace overtures and Military
Successes Should Stimulate
Bond Buying.

Washington, Oct. S.-A statement
has been issued by Secretary McAdoo
warning the country against allowing
'overtures of peace from the enemy
and military victories to interfere with
the Fourth Liberty Loan. ~
The secretary made this statement:
"Our victories on the battlefield and
peace overtures from our enemies
serve only to emphasize the supreme
importance of making the Fourth Lib
erty Loan q success, in order to keep
up the fighting pressure.
"Now is the time above all, others
not to relax, but to intensity effort
that the goal for which We are light
ing and for which we have already
made such sacrifices shall be won.
"Our boys in the trenches are not
going to stop fighting because the en-.
envy is on the run. Now is the time
to fight harder and to keep moving un.
til the victory is clinched. There IL
more reason than ever to put the
Fourth Liberty Loans over the top.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
French Launch Successful At
tack Against Foe Northwest
..-.~. of Rheims. :
RETIRING IN DISORDER
Along Front Of More Than Fifty Miles
in Champagne the Enemy Has
Met With Series Of So
rious Reverses.

London, Oct 8.-General BerthelOt's
French troops has struck successful
blow against the Germans northwest
Of Rheims which adds materially to
the menace which is hanging over the
enemy front from the Swiss border to
the North sea.
This was the capture of Berry.au-
BAG on the north side of the Aisne,
about 101a miles northwest of Rheims
and only a scant five miles from the
eastern end of the famous Chemin des
Games ridge at Craonne.
-.... Near Pocketins Laon. I'D
p A further advance northward across
the railroad not only will put the great
stronghold of Laon in q pocket but
also will outflank Neufchatel, another
enemy stronghold on the Western
front. ,a... ,...--.....f
While further good gains have been
made by the British east Of Arras.
where the operations have In view the
capture Of the highly important town
of Douai and other advances have been
recorded between Cambrai and St.
Quentin, chief interest for the present
centers in the fighting in Champagne
and between the Argonne forest and
the Meuse, where the French and
Americans are driving the enemy
steadily northward, despite great re-
sistance on positions of high strategic
value. -"-.-. q
Enemy Retreats In Disorder.
All along the front from Rheims to
the Meuse. distance Of more than so
miles, the enemy everywhere has met
with serious reverses and is falling
back at some places in disorder under
the heavy pressure that is being i'm.
posed against him. Where the enemy
Is trying to resist. the French and
Americans are meeting their counter
thrdsts with splendid stamina and
gradually forcing them to give ground
step by step. ~
East of the Argonne forest. between
hat great' wooded bastion and the
Neuse the Americans have further ad,
ranced their line Notwithstanding the
act that the enemy has thrown in
1'SS re NIrEt'e'' S'''S ID uluU0T u Tie
n tt;rs OFT Of the sorest and the form
i.,g OF a iVpcsion by way of the Aire
-alley bctween the Americans and the
French troops on its western side.
+. iYanks Command Are Heights.
In the latest fighting the Ameri.
cans drove the Germans out of Chate'
Chehery. northwest of Arremont and
obtained command of the heights west
Of the Aire.
Laon. the great storehouse of the
Germans northeast Of Scissors, Is re
ported to be on fire, indicating the
possibility of an early falling back;
the Chemin des Danes defenses are
outllanked at both ends: Rheims has
been restored and the Germans pushed
back more than 10 miles north of it
while eastward General Gouraud's
army and the American First army
corps are brilliantly carrying out their
part Of the great converging movement
that seemingly at no far, distant date
will force the enemy materially to re-.
adjust his line.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
On Special Mission to Vatican.

Rome, Oct. S.-Alfonso de Navarro
of New York has arrived here on
special mission to the Vatican. He
has been appointed by Cardinal Glib
bons as special commissioner of the
American National Catholic War Coun.
Gil to investigate and report on Cath.
Ole war activities in Italy, France
and England. He will be received BY
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary Of
state. Pope Benedict Is much gratt
fied by the sending of this mission q
Ia thesters Of war.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
EARLY ANSWER IS SEEN
Wilson Receives Official Peace
Note From Germany. 5.
Austrian Offer, Similar to That From
Kaiser, Comes Through S~ed-
ish Legation.

Washington, Oct s. - Frederick
Oederlin, an attache of the Swiss lega.
ton, delivered Germany's peace note
to President Wilson personally. This
action gave rise to suggestions that it
came from Emperor William himself
President Wilson Cancelled his usual
morning recreation hour and remained
secluded in his study. The German
note was received at the Swiss lega.
ton.
Prompt Answer Expected.
Quite irrespective of the nature of
the reply, it seemed to be agreed that
the German note called for a prompt
answer so that the American people
might not be misled into relaxing their
efforts for the Fourth Liberty Loan, so
that the American troops in the field
may know at once the position of their
government and So that an offer of
peace may receive, such diplomatic at.
tention as it deserves. 20,
Minister Ekengren of Sweden pre-
scented the note from Baron Burfan,
the Austro- Hungarian foreign minis
ter, to Secretary Lansing. He was
at the state department only few
minutes.
The Austrian communication is sub
stantially similar to that from Ger.
many and both ask President Wilson
to arrange an armistice and for peace
negotiations on conditions previously
laid down by the president.
Official announcement Of the atti-
tude Of the United States government
still was being withheld but there was
no abatement Of the indication that II
Germany seeks negotiation" lead.
ing to round table conferences and dip
lomatic quibblings, the offer will fall
nat,
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
Death List 10 ~.

:. Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct. S.-Ninety.
four men, missing In the explosion
which destroyed the Gillespie shell
loading plant at Morgan, N. j., were
believed to have persisted. Investi.
gators fear that only two or three of
the missing men, at the outside, had
q chance of escape from the building
where the blasts came. Rain has
quenched the fire In the Gillespie
plant ruins and the Intermittent ex.
plosions have ceased. Work OF clear
ing away the debris II to be started at
Oaco.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
SENATORS scoRN PROPOSAL
osnounee Peace Offer From Germany
and Austria.


@ and Austria.
Washington, Oct. 8.-Immediate re.
lection of the German and Austrian
proposal for an armistice and peace
negotiations was demanded in the Sen
ate by leaders voicing the common sen.
timent Of the membership.
There was no dissent from the view
that an armistice would defeat all that
America and the Allies have been
lighting for and every speaker during
two hours Of . spirited session devoted
entirely to discussion Of the enemy's
latest move Joined in declaring that
only through military victory could
the cause Of the Allies and humanity
be won. Tho suggestion Of such .
step was scornfully denounced as an
insidious attack of losing enemy.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
FUNDS COMING IN SLOWLY
Treasury Reports Only e Per Cent
Of Loan 10 Sold.


Washington, Oct. 8.-Seven days Of
solicitation for the Fourth Liberty
Loan have yielded $1,323, 716.950, and
only II working days remain in which
to raise the balance of the six billion.
Reports compiled by the treasury, GOV.
ering receipts up to last Saturday
night showed % per cent Of the loan
has been subscribed. So
Apprehension that peace news from
abroad might cause relaxation Of ef
fort by workers and subscribers be.
came more distinct in the capital on
receipt Of reports from communities
throughout the country that individ'
uals and business firms were inclined
60 postpone making their subscriptions
I'll late in the campaign.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.

Minneapolis, Oct. 8. = BUTTER
Creamery, extras, per lib, SC; extra
firsts, SIC; flrsts, SIC; seconds, SIC;
dairy, 45c; packing stock, SOC.
EGGS = Fresh prime firsts, new
cases, acc; current receipts, rots out
1920: checks and seconds, doz. 36c
,dirties, candled, 35c. Quotations on
eggs include cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys, fat, 10
lbs and over, 35c; thin, small, 11@12c
cripples and culls, unstable; ROSTERS
19c; ducks, zoe; geese, 15c; hens.
lbs and over, Csc; hens, under lbs
21c; springs, all weights, 23c.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
Foe Feed AduIterated.

New York, Oct. 8.-Adulteration OF
food and profiteering from the sale
Of substitutes for food have become
Q plague in Germany. This statement
10 made by the Chemical Institute Of
Leipsig and 10 published in the Berlin
Tageblatt. DR.. Roehrig, writing the
report for the institute, said the min.
eralizing of foodstuffs was Increasing.
Gypsum and chalk are used to adulter.
ate flour, baking powder and spices.
sawdust, strawdust and nutshell dust
are sold at Incredible prices - food
odulterants.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
Church Candles consascated.

Paris, Oct. S.-Germany's desperate
need for fats was recently shown
when, after desecrating St. Crepin's
church in Chateau hierry, the van
dals confiscated four hundred pounds
of candles. Even the scant supply
which they found in a little chapel
of the nuns at a hospital nearby was
taken by the Germans, before they
were driven out of the city by the
American troops. according to the Rev.
James Horton of Atlanta, Ca, q
K&phta ok Columbus chanlain-
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
las QUARREL WITH KAISER

field Marshal Won Hindenburg Said
to Have Resigned.
London, Oct. 8.-Field Marshal Won
has resigned as chief of
the German general staff after q
leated interview with the emperor,
n which the field marshal declared
hat a retreat on large scale was
impossible to avoid, according to a
central News dispatch from Amster.
lam.
The correspondent based his dis
patch ON reports from the frontier.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
Australia Sends Trade Envoy.

Australia SENDS trace Envoy.
Melbourne, Australia, Oct. S.-Henry
Braddon, recently appointed by the
Australian government as CONNER.
cial ambassador" to the United States,
will arrive soon in San Francisco. He
will begin at once to make inquiries
and recommendations to serve as ba-
sis of trade between Australia and the
United States after the war. He will
proceed to Washington. The Aus
I ALLAN press declared great impetus
to commercial relations between Aus
tralia and the United States Is GER
tain to be gained through the visit.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
Yanks Perform Amazing Feat.

American Headquarters in France,
Oct. S.-Americans fighting under the
command Of General Gouraud are cred
tied with an amazing performance In
the fighting in the Champagne sector.
A detachment assisted by French vol.
unteers under an American captain
attacked a strong machine gun nest
on the slopes Of Blanc Mont which had
long held up the Allied advance. With
great skill the nest was enveloped
and captured and the entire garrison
Of four officers and 269 men made prisr
Oner.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
CAPTURE SYRIAN SEAPORT
People Warmly Welcome Sailors From
French Fleet

seopIe Warmly Welcome Sailors From
French Fleet.
Paris. Oct. "a French naval d.
'ision operating of the coast Of Syria
entered Beirut
The official communication ANNOUNCE
ng the taking Of the port follows:
"A French fleet entered the port of
Beirut amid indescribable enthusiasm
IN the part of the people,"
Beirut, capital Of the vilayet of the
same name, is the chief seaport of
Syria. It is situated on the Mediter-
'anean 81 miles northwest of Damas-
,us. Before the war Beirut had pop
llation of more than 100000, two
birds being Christians.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
President Is Comforting With
Premiers of Allied Nations
on Peace Reply.
GOING on
Germany and Austria Are to Be In
formed That Terms Already
Laid Down Must Be Ac-
cepted by Them.

Washington, Oct. 8.-President VIII
son is exchanging views with the pre-
miers of the Allied nations over the
form of answer to be made to Ger
many's latest peace proposals. The
indications are that it will not be sent
for day or two.
While there may be some question
as to the form of the reply, there is
no question whatever as to its nature.
It may not use the short and forceful
term unconditional surrender" which
would reflect the sentiment which has
come from the spokesman of the ma
ton, but it is sure to convey to tho
German government very clearly that
nothing less than the terms already
laid down Can be accepted and that
those terms cannot be made merely
the basis Of negotiations" AS to an
armistice, such step would be looked
upon as suicidal and not to be thought
Of.
No Curt Reply Planned.
BY this time Prince Maximilian's
note and that of Baron Burian, the
official form are undoubtedly in the
foreign offices in London, Paris and
Rome, forwarded by President Wilson.
as requested by the Teutonic powers.
The exchanges now going on have a
two-fold purpose:
Obviously the American government
would not proceed to speak for the
other belligerents on q matter of such
Importance without consultation
among them, and it is purposed to
avoid the mistake Of making curt
and peremptory rejection which could
be used by the Teutonic powers be-
lore their own people to bolster up the
argument that they are waging de-
tensive" war and that the objects Of
the co-belligerents are to destroy
:hem." 5a~a. ~. H,.g.s..
Wilson's Probable Course.
Lacking official announcements Of
what the President has done. It 10
highly probable that he has taken one
If these two courses: &
Either he has asked Premiers Lloyd.
George, Clemenceau and Orlando to
advise him Of their. replies or, moro
likely still, the President has formu.
lated reply and asked the premiers
sor their acQuiescence. eE... e (!
The temper of debate In the Senate
and the general tone Of public opinion
in the. United States % expressed in
comment are q fair index
If the governments view. The con-
census in the Senate debate was that
he offer should be rejected; the prac-
dcally unanimous public opinion as
reflected in newspapers all over the
was that no peace terms short
II unconditional surrender could be
discussed.
Reply to Make History.
1t Is clear the reply viii be not only
An answer to Germany and her allies,
out statement for the historical rec
ord of the, world. It ID realized on
every hand that q rejection Of . peace
,ffer must be q convincing one, and
,ne which will justify the prolonging
IT the war to the ends sought.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
lnsidious Peace Propaganda. Of
Foe Aimed at Success Of the
Fourth Liberty Loan.
IS PR0VINC BOOMERANG
Fighting Blood Of Loyal Americana
Aroused by Ruse-Answer to Con.
temptibIe Attack Will 30
8 "More Bonds"

Minneapolis. Oct. 8.-The German
peace offensive has been deliberately
planned and timed with the object
OF doing tho most possible harm to
the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign.
In itself the proposal from Berlin
will have no direct bearing on the
ending Of the war because America
and oil Of her Allies have already
made It vel 7 plain that any peace to
which they will accede must be pre-.
cedod by the unconditional surrender
OF the Central Empires. No one who
10 sane believes Germany Il ready to
make terms on such q basis. The
real purpose Of the peace proposals
published IL to weaken the financial
and fighting determination Of America
ct this critical time whom the success
Of the greatest Liberty Loan hangs In
the balance.
From all indications as shown in
reports received by the Ninth District
Central Committee from around the
district, this object will not be
achieved. rs, =. ...-. asa@s ~
Rogers Makes Statement.
"'The statement that peace 10 close
ID absolutely unwarranted and q part
Of the dangerous German propagan.
d." said Chairman A. R. Rogers. "Ru-
mors to this effect have been circu.
lated all over the district. In the ma
jority Of cases, they have aroused the
flshting blood of loyal Americans.
These Liberty Loan patriots are going
to sivs the only proper answer to this
sort Of an attack-more bonds. Our
people are not simple enough to be
Iulled into feeling Of security by any
such Euse. They are already making
and will continue to make renewed
efforts to raise their allotments. More
than that, they are going to give this
sort Of an offensive the Same sort Of
treatment that our soldiers are giving
the armed offensives and counter at.
tacks over there
Every patriot in this district should
now make an additional effort 30 that
We viii not fail to supply the money
that We are asked for which 10 imme.
diately necessary to supply the needs
Of our brave fightine men spvSrseas.
1 " g. = D. ~ "
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-11
OPPOSES PEACE MOVEMENT

eathsrIand Party Decides to Fight
Prince Ma4's Policy.
Zurich, Oct. S.--After stormy meet.
ing. the Fatherland party decided to
make every possible resistance to the
policies announced by Prince Max,
when the new premier addressed the
reichstag.
Thfs indicates the junker class, or q
portion Of IL, Is opposed to German
peace movement. n