The Nenana news., 1917-05-26

this city.
 Lexington, Kv. Fire in the business district in this city last mite caused prop erty damage amounting to S7OO. GOO.
 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 ot 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 flotilla of French destroyers off the Belgian coast last mite, and in the ensuing engagement the French boats were hit repeatedly.
 Paris: The war department announced this morning that a fotilla of French destroyers met a number of German de- stroyers off the Belgian coast last mite and succeeded in chasing them to their base. The French boats were undamaged.
 London: According 10 an official re- port receivef 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 moments let-up.
 Oyster Bay: Col. Roosevelt annouhced this morning that all men who have en- listed for service in France in the com- pany which he 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 American Red Cross unit, put back into port today with the bodies of two of the nurses who were killed Sun day in most singular manner. A shell fired from the forward gun ricocheted off the water at an angle which caused it to describe complete circle and it struck the after deck of the ship killing the two nurses, Mrs. Edith Ayres and Miss Helen Burnett Woods, both of Chicago.
 London: Considerable comment has been aroused in official circles here by statement reported to have been issued by Premier Layoff of the Russian provis ional government on Sunday to the ef- feet that 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 to give Bethmann-Hollweg the opportunity to create the impression of separate peace between Germany and France.
 Washington: Submarine chasers are ,ombing the whole New England coast i oday as the result of reports from sever- Il points of the presence of an unidenti. jed submarine.
 Washington: President Wilson this morning sent to the senate the nomina- ion for the reappointment of Marshal Erwin as United States Marshall for the fourth District in Alaska.
 Spokane: American 'slackers" are eported to be crossing into Canada by he hundreds every day in an effort to wade military duty, and Canadians are rossing into the States in large numbers or the same reason.
 London: An official report published y the war department this morning tates that large German ammunition epot on the Arras-C Canlbrai road was