The Nenana News
VOLUME I
NENANA. ALASKA. JUNE 30. 1917.
NUMBER 41
’ GERMANS MAKE GAINS
* ALONG WESTERN LINT
Paris: According b> •"*
-1 final announcement given out
11v i lie wav office today, the <b*r
n,an forces operating along the
Western front have succeeded
in entering tlie I- rencli tirsi-line
trenches norlheast of Czerny.
The forward movement of the
enemy, which was started dur
i11o- the night, .was accomplish
ed only after ferritic losses-had
been Sustained.
* liAXIMTS MAKE HAI L
AT PETHOOKAD HANK
Petrograd: Ten masked ban
dits held up the Oceanic bank
today and relieved tin* vaults
of 100,000 rubles and numer
ous documents of much value.
* The outlaws approached the
bank in real Jesse James style,
tervifving the bank officers and
lootin'* the instiution without
serious resistance. In making
their escape, however, the ban
dits found ii necessary to kill
several who attempted to
stop them.
Merlin: It is officially an
nounced in this city that the
< French have been reversed at
several points in the \ erdun
sector and important gains
have also been made near
< 'zerny.
AESTIUAX E.MPEEOK
ADVOCATIXC. PEACE
Amsterdam: It is reported from
Vienna that Emperor Charles, in
an audience given party leaders of
the dual monarchy, stated that he
is striving for peace. While the
dispatches do not state that the
emperor is openly advocating a
separate peace it is believed that
he will accept peace on almost
any terms, either with or without
the consent of Germany._
SEATTLE IS NOW DRY:
PERMIT SYSTEM ENDS
Seattle: This city was elevated
to the top of the water wagon at
noon today when an order issued
by the mayor, discontinuing the
issuance of liquor permits, became
effective. The order also stipu
lates that all liquor found hereafter
will be confiscated, no matter
where found or in what quantity.
Fairbanks: J. A. Healey
retires from the grocery busi
ness today and is preparing
to leave for the Outside. He
has sold bis business to Finer
Tonsetli.
The steamer Minneapolis, of the West
ern Transportation fleet, arrived in port
yesterday enronte to Fairbanks with the
first consignment of St. Mieheal freight.
The boat was here several hours unloading
reight for local concerns.
NENANA CELEBRATION ~
PLANS ARE COMPLETE
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES THAT EVERYTHING IS IN READINESS
FOR THE BIG EVENT-SPLENDID PROGRAM OF SPORTS AR !
RANGED-INDIANS WILL TAKE PART-SWEDES AND SLAV
ONIANS WILL CONTEST FOR TUG OF WAR HONORS-DANCE
AT COLISEUM WILL BE FEATURE.
The commit too in charge of
tin* Xctmmi Fourth of .Inly cel
ebration announces tlmt every -
tiling is in readiness for the
commencemnt of the festivities
ami tin* people of the town ami
neitihhoritti’ districts tire prom
ised an nnnsiiallv interestinjj
program of athletic events and
other attractions. The celebra
tion will commence on Wednes
day morning and end the fol
lowing niji'ht. and the program
will ineltide all manner of con
tests. many of which will he
entirely new to Alaska. Sub
stantial cash prizes will he
awarded to the winners of the
more important events, but the
funds have iuvn so apportiou
c*<l tlial tin* winners in all ras
es will receive sufficient to
make tin* (‘(Tort worth while.
A part icnlarly interesting
event on the program will he
the tii”' of wap between twol
teams known as tlie“Swedes";
and the "Shivs.” There is keen i
rivalry between the two aiijjjre-1
nations of pullers atul an ex:
citing inateli is stssuml. A
purse of $105 will be awrded
the winners, and the losers get
$«*0. A $1*0 prize Inis been of
fered in the 100-yard dash,
open, and half that amount
will be awarded to the winner I
of the 50-vard dash. Other
j
interesting features will he eon
tests arranjfed especially for
Ili<‘ natives and it is assured
that there will he many con
testants in these events.
A pool lijih t' and a sho
t-ace will lend additional in
terest, to the celebration. There
will also he a hall jjatne and
a dance.
The program will he started
at ten o'clock on the morninu,
of the Fourth and will he con
tinued thruout the two days.
Some of the events will take
place on A street and some on
the hasehall “rounds.
NATURAL UONIHTIONS
FORUE PRIDES DOWN
senate muddles over tlie pro
hibition ipiestion, which lias
lieen Injected into the all-im
portant food hill, advices re
ceived today from all parts of
the country indicate that tin1
ancient law of supply and de
mand is forcing down prices
on foodstuffs without assist
a lice front! the ’government.
Potatoes are dropping rapidly
and so are onions and staples,
with only the early crop in
sight yet.
Fairbanks: In a wire re
ceived today Superintendent
R. d. Sommers, of the Alaska
Road commission, is informed
iliat the hoard has been allot
ted the. sum of $S2.000 for
read work in the Fourth Divis
ion, which is tin* cut ire amount
asked for by Mr. Sommers,
with the exception of a $10,
1)00 item for tin* Rrooks-Term
inal road, which is to be taken
•are of by the territorial fund.
An allowance of $30,000 has
been made for the Ruby-Long
road. Mr. Sommers states that
1*10,000 of the amount allotted
will be spent in building a
boulevard between Fairbanks
and tin* government farm.
RRAZIL WILL ASSIST
IN SOUTHERN WATERS
Washington: The state de
partment has been advised by
the P.razilian government that
its navy will co-operate with
American warships in patrol
ling South American waters
|in the search for (ierman raid
ers mid submarines. lirazil lias
j sw-ral fust crn i'STTfc; over a
!dozen torpedo destroyers and
! a number of other vessels which
j sistnnee in preventing; tin* op
eration of enemy ships in tin*
. Soulh.
—
The first interruption to op
j orations in this division, orcas-j
! ioned by ditferenees between
I t!ie (’oimnissioii and those in
irlie eni])loy of the government
I occurred early this week, wlnm
ja demand was made bv the
i Commission longshoremen for
'j leges, lan kily t he int recaption
j was brief, an understanding
j having been quickly reached,
jam! the work along the water
j front is again running smooth
ly.
In speaking of tin* incident
after the men had returned to
(work, ('ommissioner Higgs ex-'
pressed tin* hope that nothing
more of a similar nature would
I
occur in this division. ‘“For.
he said, “I have no alternative
but to close down throughout
the entire division if serious
trouble of that kind occurs.
I have my instructions and if
those engaged in the work in
my division cause a suspension
of operations, all work will be
stopped and the people of In
terior Alaska will then be com
pelled to wait for a railroad
until it can be built from the
coast end. T am doing my ut
most to nisike conditions agree
able-to employees of the Font
mission,but there are limita
tions beyond which I cannot
go.”
li.iELUlAX VISITORS A HE
TO TOUR THE STATES
—
Wusliington—The ISelgian
conmiissjou Will leave for the
West (in Sunday <>n a tour of
(lie United States, extendius
as far as. the I’aeilie coast.
( AK’OO STEAMSHIPS
ARE SUNK 15V SUES
Eoston: Local insurance con
cerns have heen advised of the
sinking of four Rritish cargo
gregnte tonnage of 20,000 tons.
The vessels were destroyed dur
ing the past week l»y Herman
submarine,s..
District Engineer F. H. Bailey, who '■
returneii on Wednesday night from a I
trip atonic the right of way to Lignite. I
reports tliat work is progressing satisfac- 1
torilv along tlie entire line and that prac- i
ticallv all grading to 35-Mile Crossing i
will have been completed hy the first of '
August, with the exception ot a short !
stretch of swamp perhaps half a nnle in 1
length. All of the heavier cuts have
heen started as far as the Nenana river '
and the grading around the bluff at 35- i
Mile Crossing will he finished in about f
three weeks. Contractor Bartlett, who ,
is working in the vicinity of 30-Mile
roadhouse, should be thru with his work
about the middle of July.
The Chandler party, which is locating
the spur which is to tap the coal beds on I
Upper Lignite creek, is making rapid 1
progress.
Mr. Bailey states that besides the men
engaged in railroad building, mosquitoes
are exceptionally busy along the line, he ,
and Mr. Raeburn haying encountered
them at every point. They appear to be ]
equally as numerous this summer as they j
were last and make traveling particular
lv uncomfortable.
Abe Stein, of the firm of A. Stein & |
Son, was a visitor in Nenana during the
eek.
SUNK BY MINE
Paris: Tin* admiralty an
nounces that tin1 French ar
mored cruiser Kleher struck a
mine oil Wednesday oil' St.
Mathian point and is a total
loss. Three officers and men
went down with tin* vessel. The
Kleher was enmiitc to I’.resk
when the accident occurred.
The Kleher was hnilt in
and had a displacement ot'
7700 tons. Her armament in
cluded of eight 0.4 inch guns
and she had a complement of
MO officers and men.
ALLIES MI ST WIN WAR •
HAVIII LLOYD UFORf'.F
(Jlasgow—Peace can only he
assured in the world when the
Allies have attained their aims
and objectives, declared Dav
id Lloyd (teorge today in an
address delivered in this city,
lie said, in part: "Peace be
fore victory would he the
greatest.disaster in the history
of mankind. Indemnities con
stitute the essential part of the
mechanism of civilization ev
erywhere. Without them, we
would have no guarantee of
security against war in the
future."
CROOKS DON UNIFORM
TO FOOL THE PUBLIC
Seattle: Lieut. Commander
Kail has reported to the police
that a numberof crooks and thieves
tiave been found wearing the uni
ornt of the naval service. He
las requested the cooperation of
he department in rounding up
he impersonators.
N. 11. Nplson, reside,nt of Cleary creek
n the early days of the Fairbanks campl
s a recent arrival in N’enana and will
oon engage in business in the Cioonan
milding on A Street. Mr. Nelson has
aken a lease on the store room next to
dike’s place with the intention of open
tig a hoot and shoe and gents’ furnisii
ng store, in connection with which he
nil conduct' an up-to-date shoe-repa r
hop, equipped with the latest electric
uachinery.
Before coming to Nenana Mr Nelson
pas engaged in business in Juneau, his
dace being known as the Nelson Shoe
diop.
MARGUERITE SNOW IS
STAR IM "ROSEMARY1’
The Coliseum management an
lounces the photoplay feature.
‘Rosemary," as the attraction at
heir show shop tomorrow evening,
rhe film comes from the Outside
vith a most enviable record of
jopularity. and Nenana theater
goers will welcome the opportun
ty ol witnessing it. Regular fea
ure prices will prevail. Dont
orget the shirtwaist dance after
the show tonighV, Saturday.