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The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
FRONT LONGER NOW.

LONDON, April 10.-The battle
front has been increased to length
of 12O miles during the past couple
of days, and now reaches into Bel
GUM to the Ypres canal. The Ger
mans are bombarding Armentieres
heavily and a new attack has been
started by German infantry in that
sector. In the fighting about Gil
vench last night the British captured
over seven hundred Germans and
patched up their line north of La
base canal, where it was penetrated
by the enemy.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
TEN DIVISIONS USED

With the British Army, April 10.
Ten fresh divisions of the best
Bavarian troops were hurled against
the British last night in series
of assaults on the high ground around
Givench. That town was captured
twice by the enemy and twice the
British hurled the Germans back,
during the pitch black darkness of
the night. The men fought with
bayonets, clubs and with their fists
until the remnants of the German
stormers were forced to retire, beat
en- decisively by an army inferior
numerically.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
EMPLOYEES GIVE
GENEROUSLY FOR
RED CROSS WORK
Monthly Statement Shows Sub
stantial Amount Raised BY
Commission.

The monthly subscription from
the employees of the Alaskan En-
gineering commission for March,
1918, was forwarded to Mrs. Frank
lin K. Lane today. This money is
used by the War Work Association
of the department of the interior,
headed by Mrs. Lane, for the pur-
pose of supporting beds that have
already been given by the employee
Of the Commission.
The March subscription was re-
ceived from the following sources ::
Camp p, section crew, Feb. S 1850
Camp 16, track gang, Feb. $500
Residency 3, (35-mile) Feb. 4275
Rer Cross box, Telegraph
Red Cross box, Postoffice 1925
Red Cross box, Disbursing
office 1900
Camp 9, corral camp.. 5000
Camp II, bridge crew.. 22.00
Nenana employees .-.............- 32O.75
Total .-.............................. .$491. OF
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
BIG BATTLE CONTINUES

LONDON, April 1O.-Advices re-
ceived in this city this afternoon
from the mainland state that the
battle which was started by the Ger
mans yesterday, between Labasse
and Lafleurbaix, is continuing today
with nnahated fury The artillery
dueling has been extended southwark
to Arras, while other divisions are
attacking the British lines between
Armentieres and Messines. Along
the Belgian border, to the north of
Armentieres, the Germans are throw
ing their infantry against the Brit
ish positions in dense masses.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
AMERICANS ENGAGED

PARIS, April 1O-Heavy artillery
fighting is in progress today along
a wide front held by the French
and American troops, from a point
to the south of Verdun, to a sector
east of st. Mihiel. Shells have been
pouring from the German guns since
early morning, but no attempt has
been made thus far to invade the
Allied positions with infantry.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
JAP AMBASSADORS
REACH SEATTLE
Av'
Numbers of House of Peers Reach
Seattle on Way to Attend
Conference.

SEATTLE, April 10.-Count X.
Yossii and Professor l. Isshiguro,
members of the Japanese house of
peers, and T. Naurse, their secre-
tary, have reached this city from
the Orient, enroute to London to
attend the fourth international con-
ference. The conference was called
for the purpose of working out a
uniform internationl trade law.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
YANKEE OU1POSIS
ATTACK A PATROL
Body of Dead German Is Carried
Across No Mans Land for
Identification.

PARIS, April 10.-American out
posts in the Lorraine sector attack
ed German patrol yesterday and
drove the Boches into the enemy
trenches. One of the Germans was
killed and his body was carried across
No Mans Land by the Americans
for the purposes of identification.
The Americans escaped unhurt.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
WILSON CREATES
LABOR BOARD TO
AVERT STRIKES
Judge Taft and Associates Named
to Adjust All Labor Disputes
During War.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 10
President Wilson has issued a pro-
clamation creating the National War
Labor board, the functions of which
are to adjust all labor disputes oc-
curing in the United States during
the war. The members named by
the president are those men who
recently framed the labor policy of
the government fof the war period
headed by Judge Taft, who was
selected by the employers. and Frank
Walsh, representative of the work.
ers.
This board will have full power
to adjust all differences arising dur
ing the war, between employers and
employees and the decisions will be
final.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
GUNN|SON GRANTS
FOOD ALLOWANCE
Territorial Food Administrator Sc
cured Privileges For Distant
Camps.


SEATTLE, April 10.-Territorial
Food Administrator Royal A. Gum
his headquarters at Juneau for the
purpose of comforting with Outside
has obtained for
Alaskans a modification of the food
rules. He has been authorized to
permit large shipments of flour to
isolated points in the territory, suffi-
cient for the seasons consumption.
These isolated districts may pur-
chase three pounds of flour to every
two pounds of substitutes.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
TEN BILLION SET
AS LIBERTY LOAN

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 10
The treasury department issued a
statement today in which the people
of the United States are urged to
increase their subscriptions to the
Third Liberty loan to ten billion
dollars, instead of three billions, as
planned. The department
also expresses the hope that at least
twenty million persons subscribe, in
order that the burden of carrying
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
YANKEE CASUALTY
LIST IS GROWING
Nearly Three Hundred American
Casualties Reported From the
French Front.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April To-
The largest casualty list thus far is
sued by the war department, was re-
leased by the government today.
The list contains the names of 283
Americans, Five are reported to
have been killed in action in France,
and three are reported to have died
from wounds.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
ATTACKING AT HANGARD

PARIS, April 10.-The Germans
made fierce drive on the French
positions at Hangard this morning,
nine miles to the east of Amiens,
but were repulsed. Heavy artillery
duels are now in progress on the
west bank of the Mouse on the Ver-
dun front, in Apremont forest and
the Woeve plain. The French re-
port the capture of number of
prisoners in an engagement which
took place this morning northwest
of Rheims.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
GUN IS LOCATED;
MAY Be WRECKED
Allied Airmen Succeed in Discover.
ing the Hiding Place of Long
Range Canon.

PARIS, April 10-The discovery
of the hiding place of the long range
German gun which has been used
in the bombardment of this city,
was announced by the war office
last night, and French airmen and
heavy artillery are now engaged in
a continuous bombardment, in an
effort to wreck the mysterious
weapon.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
SEATTLE BUSINESSMAN
FOUND DEAD ON WHARF

SEATTLE, April 10.-Frank Nc
Eachern, treasurer of the firm of
j. A. McEachern & Co., one of the
biggest piledriving firms on Puget
Sound, was found dead yesterday on
the Bell street wharf. The evidence
indicates that the man shot him.
self, with suicidal intent.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10

on the war may be distributed more
evenly throughout the country.
The subscriptions already reported
will exceed four billion dollars, it is
reported, although no official state
ment regarding the amount received
has been issued. 1t is known, how
ever, that six hundred communities
have reported over-subscriptions en-
titling them to honor flags. Three
hundred flags already have been
distributed.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
AMERICANS CAPTURED

AMSTERDAM, April 10.-The
Germans are reported toNhave made
their first capture of American avi-
ators on Sunday. Dispatches reach
ing this city state that an American
plane was shot down at some point
on the Western front, and the avi-
ators taken prisoners.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10

Arno Reinhold, who was placed
under arrest out the trail south of
Nenana by Game Warden Steve
Foster, was given a hearing this
morning before Commissioner R. s.
Mcdonald on the charge of killing
moose out of season. He plead
guilty to the charge and was fined
the sum of 81 and costs.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10

Fourteen citizens of Ruby recently
perfected the organization of a
branch of the Loyal league, the pur-
pose of the branch being Ito pro-
mote Americanism and to offset the
efforts of I. w. w ism.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
STONE is STRICKEN
BY PARALYTIC STROKE

WASHINGTON, D. c., April TO-
Senator William ]. Stone, of Miss
ouri, suffered a stroke of paralysis
this morning, while enroute to the
capitol on a street car. His left side
is affected.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10

"Shorty" Long and party reached
Camp Nine( 20-mile) last night and
resumed their journey again this
morning. The intend to go through
to Ignite and stop there for the
night.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
TROTSKY APPOINTED
TO A NEW POSITION

MOSCOW, April 10.-Leon Trot-
sky, who has been acting as minister
of war since the removal of the
Russian capitol from Petrograd to
this city, has been appointed joint
minister of war and marine.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
NO BULGARIANS

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 10
Acting Secretary of War Crowell
has issued statement in which it is
reiterated that no Bulgarians or Aus
trians are being used in the present
operations on the Western front.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10
ENTER BRITISH TRENCHES

LONDON, April 10.-In his re-
port of the German attack on the
British lines north of Armentieres,
Major General Maurice states that
Germans entered the British first
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-10

Buy That Libery Bond Today.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
SPORT.

Before a crowd of nearly 10000, the
first municipal water carnival of the
season was held at Washington park
in Denver. It was replete with thrills
and excellent swimming.
Ralph DePalma, the daring automo-
bile driver, won the International
sweepstakes contest at Sheepshead
Bay speedway in New York by captur-
ing all five heats. Ralph milford was
second and Resta third.
All favorites managed to put across
wins in the race events held at From.
tier park at Cheyenne, Saturday,
thereby continuing the record which
has been established SO far during the
meet. moderate-sized crowd was in
the grandstand.
Vincent Richards of New York,
national boys champion, and William
T.. Tilden II of Philadelphia won the
national lawn tennis doubles cham
pionship when they defeated Beals c.
Wright and Fred B. Alexander of New
York in the finals OF the national dou-
bles tournament at the Longwood
Cricket Club in Boston. The match
went five sets, the score being 6-3, g..
SO, 2-6, 6-2.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
WESTE RN.

The British tank ship Mirlo was
torpedoed by German submarine off
Cape Hatteras and according to re-
ports reaching Beaufort. N. c., nine
members Of her crew were drowned.
One hundred leaders of the Indus
trial Workers of the World were found
guilty as charged in the Indictment
by the jury at Chicago after one hours
deliberation at their trial for conspir-
acy to disrupt the nations war pro-
gram.
All male persons who have reached
their twenty-first birthday since June
5, 1918, and on or before Aug. "a, 1918,
must register on Aug "a, 1918. These
men should consult with local draft
boards as to how and when they
should register.
British and Canadians in the United
States have final chance to enlist
voluntarily in their own armies. After
Sept. IS they are subject to the selec-
tive draft of the American army and
will be inducted into the war service
Of Uncle Sam The ages affected are
20 to A.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
GEN ERAL.

The estate of Gottfried Krueger of
Newark, N. j., valued at several mil
lion dollars, was taken over by the
alien property custodian.
Arrested as Villa spy, Jesus Pra-
do was tried by court-martial and ex-
ecuted in the penitentiary plaza in
Chihuahua City. Prado was charged
with having furnished the dynamite
which Villa and Martin Lopez used to
blow up trains at Consuelo and Bach
imba pass.
United States Senator Jacob H.
Gallinger OF New Hampshire died at a
hospital at Franklin. N. H.
The United States and Great Brit
ain joined In diplomatic representa-
tions to the Mexican government
against the oil land DEGREES of Presi-
dent Carranza, which it is contended
amount practically to confiscatioh.
Spain has notified Germany of her
intention to compensate herself for
future outrages against Spanish ship
ping by confiscating a corresponding
amount of tonnage from German ship
ping that has found refuge in Spanish
ports.
A million-dollar endowment fund to
establish Catholic publicity service
was proposed by Matthew J. w.
Smith, editor OF the Denver Catholic
Register, at the eighth annual con-
vention of the Catholic Press Associa-
tion in session at Chicago.
A proclamation and executive order
by President Wilson putting into Of
feet the aliens control law, passed BY
Congress on May %, was made public
by the State Department. Iron-bound
regulations governing the departure
OF all persons from the United States
were Immediately issued.
President and Mrs. Wilson went to
Manchester, Mass. for q few days
Fest In the seclusion Of colonial man
sion on the picturesque north shore.
Visits were interchanged with Col. e.
NJ. House, the Presidents intimate
friend. but most of the time was spent
in the out-of-doors enjoying some of
the most delightful weather Of the
present summer.
Four men were seriously wounded
during q pistol battle with three rob
bers. who blew the safe In the Bank
Of Greeley. Kan, and escaped with
between $4,000 and $4,000.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
ASHINGTON.

The threatened crisis in the reia-
tons of Mexico with the entente allies
and the United States apparently has
been averted by modification of the
new Mexican oil tax decree by Presi-
dent Carranza.
The Bulgarian and Turkish minis
ters to Russia have arrived in Berlin
from Moscow, according to an official
dispatch from France.
Tentative plans Of the treasury pro-
vide for three big Liberty Loan cam
paigns within the next year each to
raise $4,000. 100000 or more. The first
will be from Sept. % to Oct. 10.
II II reported from Uruguay that the
wheat crop in that country has been
damaged to the extent Of S2.5OO, 900 by
wheat smut. The damage 10 con-
firmsd by the Uruguayan Department
Of Agriculture
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
That Pot Of Beans.

We were talking with some of jhe
boys who shortly before had served in
the trenches with the first detachment
assigned to the firing line. They told
us of the fighting and the raids and
how young Enright and Hay had met
their death.
"But how do you like life in the
trenches7"
"Oh, not so badl Geel You ought
to have seen those beans. It was this
way. The cook had just cooked pot
Of beans for supper and had put it on
the edge Of the trench to cool, when
along came a German shell and hit 1t
square. Gee! I guess II must have
rained beans for an hour AID we didn't
have any supper. It was greatr"-
Francis Rogers in the Vigilantes.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
CALL DRAFT MEN 1s TO 10 LAST.
Change in Age Limits Expected to
Win War In Year, Says Baker.

Win War In Year, Says Baker.
Neutrality-suspicious. from 18 to 10
years who will be made liable to mill
tary service in the new man-power
bill will be taken last, Secretary OF
War Baker told the House milit; ry
affairs committee Monday. There
would be no objection, said the secre-
tary, to putting the men Of the 1s-
year-old class in separate classifi-
cation, to be called "as far as prac-
ticable" only after the older classes
have been exhausted. He explained
that Provost Marshal General Crow
der is now preparing regulations that
will put the men from 10 to SO in sepa-
rate classes which will be subject to
the first call.
Extension of the American draft
ages from 1s to As is designed to win
the war for the allies within the next
twelve months. Success is practically
a certainty"
Eighteen states were called upon by
Provost Marshal General CrowdeF
Monday to furnish 5,709 white draft
registrants of grammar school educa-
ton fit for general military service.
The men will entrain Sept. 1. Volun-
tary enlistments will be accepted un-
til Aug. 26.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22

With the British Army in France,
Aug. 20.-British troops, after captur-
ing Outtersteene ridge, in front of the
town of Merris, have beaten off o
vicious counter attack and inflicted
heavy losses on the enemy. More than
500 Germans were captured by the
British.
The Germans on three important
sectors of the western battle front
have been compelled to give up posi-
tions of great strategic value under
the onslaughts of the British and
French troops.
In the Lys sector, west of Armen-
there's, the enemy has retreated over a
front Of nearly six miles, leaving the
town of Merville in British hands. Be-
tween the Matz and Disc rivers the
French have fought their way to the
western outskirts of the dominating
position of Lassigny. and farther south
in this hill and wooded region have de-
bouched from the Thiescourt wood
and also captured the town of Pim-
prez, situated in the Disc valley on
the Noyon-C Compiegne road.
Around the curve in the battle line
northwest Of Scissors the French from
near Carlepont to Fontenoy, on the
Aisne, distance of approximately
nine miles, have driven back the en-
emy to an average depth Of more than
q mile and captured several villages
and 1900 prisoners.
Unofficial reports record the cap
ture by the British of the railway sta
tion on the western outskirts of Roye,
one Of the pivotal points on the battle
front between the Somme and the
Disc.
The gains are most important for
the allies. for, aside from wide areas
over which the enemy has been COM
PEELED to acknowledge defeat, the
wrenching in the German defense IL
becoming daily more noticeable.
Under the new gains of the British
around Roye, and particularly those
made by the French from Lassigny to
the Disc valley and northwest of Sois-
sons, the Germans now are in bad
predicament.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
FoREloM.

The city of Darmstadt, capital os
the Grand Duchy Of Hesse in western
Germany, was attacked by allied air.
men Friday.
A railway more than 100 miles in
length behind the French front has
been built in less than 100 days and
opened for traffic.
Gen. Hans Won Boehn, the German
retreat specialist" has been an-
pointed to the supreme German COM
mand on the Somme front
Rumania's toll OF deaths since her
entrance into the war, in August, 1916,
has been more than 100000 persons,
or about II per cent of the total popu-
lation.
German newspapers comment bit
terly upon the manifesto issued by
Czecho-Slovak nation, declaring it
hypocrisy"
Maj. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was
cordially received by Premier Clemen-
ceau in Paris. Maj. .Roosevelt's
wounds still were unhealed and he is
using crutches.
The government of northern Rus
sia" has been formed with NJ Tchai-
kowsky as president and minister of
foreign affairs, according to British
wireless service.
Ten policemen have been wounded
seriously and many rioters injured at
Nagoya, Japan, over the high cost of
rice. Fifty persons have been arrested
at Nagoya and 800 at Ohaka.
The total production of wheat in
France this year is estimated at 5O.-
100000 quintals 183,50O,0OO bushels), !,
being an increase of 25 per cent over
last years crop, according to the In
transigeant.
The old French cruiser Dupetit
Thouars has been sunk by German
submarine, it is officially announced
in Paris. Thirteen of the crew are
missing. American destroyers res
cued the remainder.
Women street car conductors in
London refused to take out their cars
until they had been granted five
shilling-a-week bonus, which had been
given the men but not the women.
The women secured the active sup
port of the men conductors and driv.
ers who struck in sympathy.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
More FerocIous.

"By gad!" pridefully calculated
prominent resident Of the Rumpus
Ridge region Of Arkansas. "The way
them American soldiers fight the Ger
mans Is a sight on earth! They are
reg'lar ring-tailed catamounts in bat
tie, and then somel"
sBut you ort to see my fourteen chill
dren fight amongst themselves over a
sack Of mixed candy when I bring It
home from town for 'em kansas
City Star.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Dis
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union vows Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

The Canadians captured the village
of Parvlllers. A number of machine
guns and prisoners were taken.
The town Of Ribecourt, on the road
leading to Noyon and six and one
quarter miles southwest of that town,
was captured by the French.
The allies unanimously are agreed
on the necessity of prOclaiming mar
tial law at Vladivostok owing to the
threatening attitude of the local Boil
sheviki.
After an extremely bitter contest,
the British and Americans have
gained foothold in the important lit
tie town of Bray-sur-Somme, on the
northern bank of the Somme.
In Lorraine, where the Americans
captured the village of Frapelle, near
st. Die, Saturday morning. they have
pressed on and gained more ground,
Notwithstanding a heavy lombard
ment.
Over front of four miles between
Bailleul and Vieux Berquin on the Lys
sector, the British have advanced
from 1000 to 1000 yards, taking the
village of Outtersteen and 400 pris-
oners.
Allied forces occupied Villers-les-
Roye and st. Aurin, and reached their
old line trenches east of Armancourt
Friday. Farther north they pressed
forward toward the Chaulnes-Roye
line, taking Damery wood
The French made further progress
Saturday north and south Of the Avre,
having taken 1000 prisoners and nu-
merous machine guns. Marshal Foch
has at last definitely connected up the
battles of the Aisne and the Somme
The Americans early Saturday morn
ing captured the village of Frapelle
and eradicated a considerable German
salient in the allied lines. Prisoners
were taken by the Americans and the
Germans evidently suffered heavy cas-
ualties in killed and wounded
From Archangel allied troops have
made good progress southwark toward
Vologda and apparently are operating
in three columns against the Bolshe-
Wiki, whose opposition is reported to
have been fairly determined. The oc-
cupation of Baku by British troops
who came north through Persia from
Bagdad is a blow to German and Turk
ish pretenses In the Caucasus.
Some severe air conflicts occurred
on Aug. in the sector between AL
bert and the Amiens-Roye road The
air fighting resulted in the dest1 uc-
ton of forty-eight enemy machines,
while seventeen others were driven
down out of control. Fifty British ma
chimes did not return. During the six
succeeding days 1876 enemy aeroplanes
were destroyed and eighty-nine
driven down out of CONTROL making a
total of 339 German machines for the
week, compared with 1923 British aero
planes missing.
Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
Army subdues Japan Food Riots,

Toxic, Aug. 2O.-Soldiers have been
called out in practically every large
city Of Japan to aid the police in re-
straining mobs which have resorted
TO wanton destruction of the property
Of rich men. The riots are the out
growth Of the rice riots which began
week ago. Mobs At first contented
themselves with raiding rice shops
and demanding lower prices. Japan
ese farmers have boarded 1z0 ,00O. 900
bushels Of rice. the rioting people de-
clare.