The Nenana news., 1917-06-16
Mondays s Bulletin

hearing to be held here this summer will occupy the attention of Judge Bunnell tonite. The next hearing will not be held until after the return of the court party from the lower river, probably early ill October.
 The case of Leo Pregg vs Val Diebold, a civil action. which went to the iurv late Saturday resulted i'll verdict for the de- fendent, the verdict of the jury having been returned after deliberation of nearly twelve hours. The case involved the sum of S350.
 Fairbanks: The court party IS plan ming to get away for the lower river on the steamer Washburn, which is sched- uled to leave Fairbanks Wednesday or Thursday. The party will consist of Judge Bunnell E. T. Wolcott, Assistant United States Attorney Harry E. Pratt, Clerk of Court J. E. Clark, Miss Grace Fisher and Mrs. Fred Haggren.
 Butte: Latest figures obtainable in the Speculator mine disaster show that it is estimated that 150 miners have lost their lives. Forty bodies have been recovered but all further attempts at rescue have been abandoned on account of fire, and it is sad 1t will take a week for the fire to burn itselt out.
 Petrograd: Reports received at army headquarters state that two Russian reg iments on the Russo Austrian front re- volted yesterday and absolutely refuse to obey the orders of their commanding ot fcers. Another regiment is reported to have placed it's own officers under arrest. Court nlartials have been ordered of all persons guilty of comp1clty in the insur- rections.
 London: There has been no major fgting reported from the British front ill France during the past twenty-four hours. On Friday the British forces de- livered series of crushing blows to the Germans at Ypres, taking 5000 prisoners and capturing positions that the enemy had held for two and onehalf years, and considered practically lmpregnable. The British losses were very slight.
 Paris: An American armed steamer which arrived ill French port Saturday evening reports running fight with an enemy U-boat on Saturday morning. Forty-two shots were exchanged before the submarine gave up the chase. It is not known that the diver was hit The steamer was not hit.
 Butte: Later report-Twenty-eight of the entombed miners in the Speculator mine have been brought to the surface and all but one of them will live. Speak ing of their experience Johnson, one of tine rescued, said We owe our lives to Duggan, and if it had not been for him none of us would be here now. He told us all to go into the drift near where we were at work and after we were all in he directed the plugging of the mouth of the drift with rocks and our clothes to keep out the gas. When we became so weakened with hunger and gas fumes as to be helpless he did the work of ten men in the sealing of the drift. l hope they save Duggan.
 The opening game Of the season be- tween Nenana and Fairbanks which was played in the up-river town yesterday resulted in an easy victory for Fairbanks, the score being 8 to 2. The Fairbanks boys are planning a return game here next Sunday. Three hundred and forty eight people attended the game.
 letter received ill Fairbanks from A.. Christensen, manager of the Land and Industrial department of the Alaskan Engineering commission, tells of the manner Ill which the coast farmers are cooperating to market their products and regulate prices. Mir. Christensen expres- 1, r.