THE NENANA NEWS
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Published Weekly by The Nenana Printing Company
Day of Publication Saturday Edited by R. G. Southworth.
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Nenana, Alaska, May 26,1917
While the Nenana News is no
at all enthusiastic over the pros
pect of trading Commissioner Thos
Riggs, Jr., lor someone at presen
unknown to us. we believe tha
Mr. Riggs can do more as gover
nor for the territory at large thar
any other man the administration
could select. He has a thorougl
knowledge of conditions in ever)
section of the Northland, he ha;
an honest desire to hasten the de
velopment of the country, and
above all, he is a live wire. He
will do things if he goes to Juneau,
and that is the kind of a man w«
need at the Territorial capital.
The appointment of Mr. Rrgg;
as governor would not mean that
we would lose him entirely, althc
he would of necessity remove tt
Juneau. He has started a work
which means more to him than an)
office within the gift of the Terri
tory and we can rest assured thai
he will continue to watch over thai
work with as much interest as the
he were still on the job, personally
directing construction in the Inter
ior. His influence will not be lost
to us: instead, his appointment as
governor will enable him to render
us additional assistance, and we
believe that he will take advantage
of all opportunities that present
themselves to him to help Nenana
and the Interior country.
By all means Nenana should
celebrate Independence Day. It
is the duty of every town to pay
tribute to the men who freed our
country from bondage, and the fact
that we are at present engaged in
another struggle for liberty makes
it all the more important that we
observe the occasion with fitting
ceremonies. A celebration can be
arranged without great expense,
and it need be none the less en
joyable if some of our people ab
sent themselves for the day for the
purpose of celebrating elsewhere.
There will be enough of us left to
make the Eagle scream, and un
doubtedly many visitors will accept
the invitation which has been ex
tended to neighboring towns to
spend the day with us. We can
not expect all those who have been
invited to come, any more than
our neighbors can expect all of us
to accept invitations which have
been extended to us. But there
is bound to be some movement in
; each direction if transportation fa
. cilities are such as to encourage
travel. In any event, we must
have a celebration and there is
every reason to believe that we
can celebrate in a very creditable
manner.
“TABLES TURNED,”
SUNDAY FEATURE
One of the best pholoplays dealing
with the varied phases of our modern
social life, entitled “Tables Turned:” is
announced by the Coliseum management
as the attraction at their theater tomor
row evening. The story is in five parts
and is a product of the Metro studios.
The story deals with the lives of two
college chums who are in love with the
same girl, and how one of them to gain
his desire arranges a mock marriage. He
intrusts the task of arranging the license
and minister to his chum, and he, to
protect the name of the girl he loves, ar
ranges for a genuine marriage instead.
After the ceremony the couple lives hap
pily for several months, and then the
husband, wishing for business reasons to
marry another, informs his wife that, as
he believes, she is not married to him,
and blames her position on his chum.
She writes a scathing letter to him and
he proceeds to locate the minister who
performed the ceremony. In the mean
time the betrayer is married again, and
the story comes to a climax with the rev
elation of the true character of the big
amist, and his tragic end by his own
hand.
The usual feature prices of four and
six bits will prevail.
NOTICE.
Front and after June 1, 1917, 110 horses,
cattle, dogs or livestock of any kind shall
be permitted to run at large on the town
site of Nenana. All livestock so found
running at large will be considered a
nuisance and will be taken up and dis
posed of according to law.
Posted: (Signed; F. S. Ryus.
May 24, 1917. Townsite Manager
The roadhouse at Ophir was recently
totally destroyed by fire, together with
its contents, including a considerable
sum of money. William Jones, owner
and proprietor, places his loss at $8000.
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DAILY PROGRESS OF THE WORLD WAR
MONDAY
San Francisco: Senator Lane of Oregon
is lying at Jeath’s door ill a hospital in
this city.
Lexington, Kv.: Fire in the business
district in this city last nite caused prop
erty damage amounting to $700,000.
Seattle: The Washington militia has
the distinction of being the first of the
state militias to report themselves ready
tor service, and have requested that they
be assigned for service in France.
Washington: The war department an
nounced that six aviation schools are
now in operation in various sections of
the country for the training >of aviators
for duty in France. Each school is cap
able of enrolling 600 men at one time.
Berlin: An official statement issued by
the military staff this morning states that
a number of German torpedo boats met
a flotilla of French destroyers off the
Belgian coast last nite, and in the ensuing
engagement the French boats were hit
repeatedly.
Paris: The war department announced
this morning that a flotilla of French
destroyers met a number of German de
stroyers off the Belgian coast last nite
and succeeded in chasing them to their
base. The French boats were undamaged.
London: According to an official re
port received from British headquarters
in France this morning the armies under
Generals Haig and Neville are opening a
joint drive against the Hindenburg line
in the Arras sector, and are pounding
the Teuton front without a moment's
let-up.
Oyster Bay: Col. Roosevelt announced
this morning that all men who have en
listed for service in France in the com
pany which lie hoped to organize in this
country are absolved from all oaths they
have taken and urges them to enter any
branch of the service where they may be
able to serve their country.
New York: The steamship Mongolia
which sailed from this port Saturday with
the first Ameiican Red Cross unit, put
back into port today with the bodies of
two of the nurses who were killed Sun
day in a most singular manner. A shell
fired from the forward gun ricocheted off
the water at an angle which caused it to
describe a complete circle and it struck
the after deck of the ship, killing the two
nurses, Mrs. Bdith Ayres and Miss Helen
Burnett Woods, both of Chicago.
London: Considerable comment has
been aroused in official circles here by a
statement reported to have been issued
by Premier Layoff of the Russian provis
ional government on Sunday to the ef
fect that a virtual mutual armistice has
been in existence between the opposing
forces on the Russo-German front, and
stated that it must cease immediately.
He declares that the German command
ing officers promoted the armistice togive
Bethmann-Hollweg the opportunity to
create the impression of a separate peace
between Germany and France.
Washington: Submarine chasers are
:ombine the whole New iingland coast
oday as the result of reports from sever
il points of the presence of an unidenti
ied submarine.
Washington: President Wilson this
norning sent to the senate the nomina
ion for the reappointment of Marshal
Srwin as United States Marshall for the
■'ourth District in Alaska.
Spokane: American "slackers” are
eported to be crossing into Canada by
he hundreds every day in an effort to
vade military duty, and Canadians are
rossing into the States in large numbers
or the same reason,
London: An official report published
iy the war department this morning
tates that a large German ammunition
epot on the Arras-Cambrai road was
ompletely destroyed by a bomb from an
dlied plane yesterday.
New York: According to a cable to
ne of the large lewish dailies here from
j Petrograd this morning, an attempt was
j made last nite to assassinate Minister ot
| War Kerensky. The plot failed.
TUESDAY
j Rio de Janiero: Two events have tak
| eu place today which indicate that Brazil
j is on the verge ot a declaration of war
j against Germany. The president has
requested the Brazilian congress to revoke
the declaration of neutrality issued a
short time ago, and has appointed a spec
ial congressional committee which will
soon depart for the United States on a
secret mission.
Bremerton: Five gallons of pure nitro
glycerine were discovered in the hold of
a seized German vessel in this port last
nite. The boat was anchored near the
principle dock in the navy yard and would
have crippled the entire yard if it had
exploded. It is the opinion of the auth
orities that the explosive was placed with j
the intention of being exploded.
Atlanta, Ga.; A fire which started ini
three different parts of the city yesterday
afternoon, and had gained such headway*
by five oclock that the entire city seemed
doomed, was reported this morning to
have been got under control and no
fears of it spreading are now entertained
unless the wind freshens and veers. The
burned district embraces an area six
blocks wide and twenty blocks long in !
the residential section surrounding Ponce ■
de Leon avenue.
Philadelphia: According to a report '
published in the Morning Press this;
morning Simon Lake, who has devoted j
much of his time to experiments and re
finements on submarines, has perfected
a new type of merchant submarine which
will solve the problem of the submarine
blockade. The new boat is said to liavj
a carrying capacity of from seven to nine
thousand tons of dead weight, to be of
great speed and non-sinkable, and can be
I
submerged within one-half a minute.
The fir*t of the new boats will be finish
ed in three months and if it performs^
according to expectationsadditional boats
can be turned out at the rate ol'one e\er v
three weeks by manufacturin'.'- the \ it i
ous parts in factories all over the country
and assembling them at one yard.
WEDNESDAY
Paris: Premiers JofFre and Vivi.ma
arrived ill this city today from the I'nit
ed States.,
» F lirhanks: Hill McPhee w ill e lose his
saloon tonite and will leave for the Out
side in the near future. His license ex
pires tonite.
London: Mexico is reported to have
made a formal protest to (.ernrui v against
the latter’s submarine program.
Fairbanks: The X. C. company has
cut the water rate to the city from Shim
to >.S00 a month. The water is for fire
protection.
Christiana: Three more Norwegian
merchant vessels were sunk today by
German subs with a great loss of life
and as a result relations between the two
countries are at the breaking point.
Valdez: Judge Hrown lias issued an
order directing all saloons in the Third
division to close at nudnite. A similar
order was issued bv Judge Jennings in
the First division some time ago.
New \nrk: Hudson Maxim announced
this morning that be is ready to put liis
recently perfected invention at the dis
posal of the government. It is claimed
the device will make all ships immune
from submarine attack.
m Memphis; One of three negroes w ho
are accused of the murder of a fifteen
year-old while girl near this city sever;^^
days ago was captured yesterday aii^P
burned at the stake. A steel cage was
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