The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-04-14

interned on Angel Island.
Paris: The steamship Seward, former
~ in the Alaska service, was torpedoed
in the Mediterranean yesterday. The
entire crew was landed safely at Vigo.
Washington: The government has
completed all arrangements for the tax
ing over of all the commercial wireless
systems in the United States and its
possessions.
Washington: Advices from Rerne re-
ceived at the state department this morn
ing state that Ambassador Penfield was
handed his passports by the Austrian
government yesterday afternoon.
Petrograd Minister of Justice Keren-
skv announced last mite that if Germany
will dethrone the kaiser it may make It
possible to open preliminary overtures
for the establishment of world peace.
Vigo, Italy: The Brazilian ambassador
in this port cabled his government that
the German U-boat which sank the
American steamer Seward Yesterday made
three attempts to sink a Brazilian ship
which entered this port at the same time
as the American BOAT.
New York: Secret service agents have
discover and dismahtled a very power
full wireless receiving set i'll the Fifth
avenue residence of Mrs. Hugo Reising,
daughter of the late Adolph Busch. in
this city. The fact has been established
that the set was used nv Count Won Rern-
storff for receiving official instructions
direct from Berlin.
Chicago: Five hundred and fourteen
marriage licenses were issued in this city
yesterday, the greatest number issued in
one dav in the history of the city. Ofic-
ials declare that the marriages in most
part we're prompted by the statement of
government officials that married men
arc C&CHlpl ltOH4
service. The majority of those securing
licenses were of Teutonic birth. ..
Juneau: In statement heading the
editorial column of his paper today, John
w. Troy announces that he ''has never
been and is not now candidate tor any
appointive or elective Office in the terri
tory, and would not accept the governor.
ship unless it is handed to him on a silver
platter, which he considers improbable.
His sole ambition is to make his paper a
great success.
FL Paso: Advices received from the
south state that fourteen thousand Car
rama followers are moving north from
Chihuahua toward the United State:
border. Mexican officials here state that
the movement is to prevent raids along
the border, but the American military
officials here are not satisfied with the
explanation and are taking every precau-
ton to provide adequate protection along
the entire border.
St. Louis: In a speech delivered be-
fore the food conference recently called
by Secretary Houston to consider the
food situation in this. country, Presi-
dent Waters of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college made the statement that
this country is entering the war with no
food supply reserve. and that in the
event of crop failure this season food
prices would go higher than at any time
in the nation s history.
Washington: The government OF Aus.
tria this morning severed diplomatic re.
lations with the United States when
Ambassador Zwiendinek of the Austrian
embassy called at the state department
headquarters and asked for his passports.
It is thot in official circles that German
influence in the Austrian capital is re-
sponsible for the break. Turkey and