'The Nenana News
VOLUME I
NENANA. ALASKA. MAY 12. 1917.
NUMBER 34
TEH MILLION MEN
SUBJECT TO CALL
NEW STATUTE PLACES
HUGE ARMY AT DIS
POSAL OF THE
* PRESIDENT
The first estimate of the war
department under the selective
conscription bill recently passed
by congress calls for two million
men. This great army will be
drawn from the various states as
follows:
Alabama. 209.000.
^ Arizona. 34.700.
Arkansas. 156.600.
California, 362.000.
Colorado. 100.500.
Florida. 75.300.
Georgia. 255.300.
Idaho. 51,800.
+ Illinois. 839.500.
Indiana, 253.600.
Iowa. 199.000.
Kansas. 175,900.
Kentucky, 202.200.
Louisiana, 171.000.
Michigan. S8.100.
Minnesota. 244.700.
Mississippi. 175.100.
Missouri. 315.600.
Montana. 73,300.
* Nebraska. 129.400.
Nevada. 16.500.
New Mexico. 41.500.
New York. 1.068.000.
North Carolina, 104.400.
Ohio. 494.400.
Oklahoma. 213.500.
Oregon. 103.100.
Pennsylvania. 874.000.
South Carolina, 137.100.
South Dakota, 1,500.
Tennessee. 195.800.
Texas, 420,200.
Utah, 46.200.
Virginia. 186.400.
Washington. 272.400.
West Virginia. 141,600.
Wisconsin, 229.500.
Wyoming. 35.400.
COLD SPELL STOPS
WORK ON TOWNS1TE
The work of grading the streets of Ne
nana, which was begun about the first of
the month, was suspended several days
ago because of the cold weather, nightly
frosts having rendered the ground too
* hard to woi k with the scrapers.
FAIRBANKS MILLS
SHORT OF LUMBER
Arrivals from the upper townareauth
ority for the statement that there is a
shortage of lumber in Fairbanks, both of
the yards having been sold out during
the early spring. Now that the river is
open, however, it is expected that the
arrival of logs will enable the mills to
relieve the shortage of lumber in short
order.
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ALASKANS LISTED;
WAR ROLL 10,808
WASHINGTON: In a statement issued this morning Director
Rogers of the Census Bureau estimatedithat the Alaskan registration of.
men who will come under the age limit provisions of the Selective Con
scription Bill will amount to 10,808. The age limit as established by
the bill is from 21 to 30 years.
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BRITISH START OFFENSIVE
ON MACEDONIAN FRONT
LONDON: In an attempt to draw a portion of the Teuton strength
away from the Western front and to hold the forces already on the
Macedonian front, the British have started a strong offensive movement
along the entire Macedonian front, a distance of four hundred miles,
extending from Monastir to Lake Dorian. Bitter fighting is reported
along theCerna and Vardar rivers.
BRITISH MAKE FURTHER ADVANCES ON WESTERN FRONT.
LONDON: Advices Irom General Haig's headquarters in France state that during last nite and early
this morning the British force in the neighborhood ot Bullecourt made attacks on the Hindenburg line,
and made material gains along each side of the Arras-Cambrai road and to the north of the river Scarpc.
Hundreds of prisoners are reported to have been captured.
SUBMARINES LOSING OUT.
PARIS: According to the submarine casualty statics kept by the British and French war departments i
the average weekly tonnage of shipping sunk by enemy U-boats is steadily decreasing, while the weekly
average of submarines sunk is increasing steadiiy.
ITALIAN PATROLS SINK AUSTRIAN U-BOATS.
WAHINGTON: An official dispatch received at the Italian embassy this morning states that Italian
patrol boats have sunk thirteen Austrian U-boats in the Adriatic Sea in the past week.
FRENCH FORCES PENETRATE GERMAN LINE IN ALSACE.
PARIS: An official bulletin issued by the war department this morning states that the French forces
penetrated the German first line defenses at several different points in Alsace last nite and are success
holding the new positions against fierce counter attacks.
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WILL HELP
ENTENTE WITH MERCHANT VESSELS
WASHINGTON: According to reliable information received by the war department this morning.■
the Japanese government has announced that the merchant fleet of that country will be placed at the
disposal of the Entente Allies immediately for the carrying of munitions to Europe. Advices from Lon-1
don and Paris state that receipt of news of Japan's action was the signal for a great demonstration by
the people second only in enthusiasm to the demonstration attendant upon the entry of the United States
into the war.
SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES DECIDE
TO STICK TO NEUTRAL POLICY
WASHINGTON: According to advices received by the state department this morning, the govern j
ments of Norway, Denmark and Sweden, embracing the Scandanavian Peninsula, and also the Haitian
and Chinese governments have declared their firm intention of maintaining a policy of the strictest
neutrality in the great world struggle.
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WHEAT GAMBLERS
BROUGHT TO HALT
FEAR OF UNCLE SAM
DRIVES CHICAGO
EXCHANGE TO
ACTION
The board of directors of the
Chicago board of trade has ordered
all further trading in May wheat
on the exchange discontinued thru
fear of federal action. The board
has also fixed the selling figure at
S3.18. the quotation at the close
of trading last nite.
Joseph Leiter. one of the heavi
est speculators in May wjieat dur
ing its record advance of the past
few weeks, has cleaned up three
million dollars.
According to the ruling of the
board it will be necessary for the
persons holding the wheat on op
tion at $3.18 to pay cash for their
holdings or sell out at a figure no
higher than that.
INDIAN RESERVE
OPEN DAYS ONLY
According to a notice posted this week
at the western boundary of the Indian
reserve at the upper end of town the re
serve is now closed to outsiders daily
after six oclock. The notice was posted
following the issuance of an official order
by Commissioner Robert K. Burns, and
is in line with similar action taken at
Fort Gibbon and other places in Alaska
where Indian villages are located near
white settlements. White visitors may
^nter the village as formerly during the
day but after six p. m. all such non-resi
dents must leave the reserve.
SAW MILL FLOOD E D
BY BIG ICE JAM
The formation of a large ice jam in the
Tanana at a point below the Howell saw
mill during the past week resulted in
the flooding of the island on which the
mill is situated to a depth of two feet,
and making it necessary to suspend op
erations at the mill for a period of sever
al days. No damage to the mill is ri
ported and sawing was resumed as soon
as the water subsided.
FIRST NATIVE SON
COMES TO NENANA
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Karstens
on Monday, May 1st, at the Commission
hospital, a l»y. The young gentleman
has the distinction ot being the first male
cliilil born in Nenana. Mother and son
are doing nicely
WAR PICTURES ARE
SPECIAL FEATURE
Ohe of the most interesting films to be
shown in town this winter will be shown
at the Coliseum Sunday evening. The
film, entitled “The War of The World,”
is u: four parts, and presents authentic
views of the great struggle in Hurope.
A two part comedy, “The Millionaire
Cowbov,” completes the show, and is
brimful of pep from start to finish. The
usual feature prices of lour and six bits
will prevail.