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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY, 3, 1923.
NUMBER 446
' FRANCE REJECTS NEW GERMAN OFFER
. ENGLAND SEEKS REGAIN SUPREMACY HIGH SEAS
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE WINDING UP LEGISLATION
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ENGLAND EAGER TO REGAIN
COMMAND OF WORLD WATERS
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 3—
Yesterday’s announcement in parlia
ment that “command over all seas'
is the aim that will be sought by
the British government is accepted
here today as a return to the tradi
tional basic policy of Great Bri
tain as contrasted with the theory
subscribed by that government thru
her spokesmen at the Washington
arms conference.
American naval officers expres?
the opinion that the London an
nouncement violates the spirit of
naval treaties.
ARCTIC NAVIGATOR DOUBTS
IF AMUNDSEN WILL SEE POLE
SEATTLE, May 3—Captain Otu
Sveridrup, commander of Nansen:
exploration ship, the Fram and wht
attempted to reach the North Poll
a quarter of a century ago by drift
ing with the ice, expresses the be
lief that Amundsen’s ship will no
get much closer to the pole thai
the Fram did. He declares it i
physically impossible to *”ive a shij
far enough into the ice to accorap
lish the polar drift.
The veteran polar navigator is ii
Seattle on a visit and is watchinj
the progress of the Amundsen ex
pedition with much interest.
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horse mart reopened
MILES CITY, Mont., May 3
The horse sale yards here, wher
thousands of horses have change
hands in the last four decades, wi
be reopened soon. The sales are n
longer what they were before th
automobile came in, but Miles Cit
is still asserted to be the larges
horse market in the world. In 191
and 1916 French and British arm
buyers made their headquarters her
and sent trainload after trainloa
of animals to the Atlantic coas
to be shipped to France. Fort Keog
a few miles west of Miles Cit;
has been the principal remount sts
tion for the United States Arm
since it was established in the lat
’70’s.
DEBS CAUSES A RIOT
* CHICAGO, May 3—The police c
this city were compelled to us
their clubs on Tuesday to kee
back the crush of members of th
Amalgamated Clothing Workers c
America seeking . entrance to th
1 Auditorium to hear the May Da
address of Eugene V. Debs. No on
was hurt although it wsN necessar
to rap many over the heads t
keep order.
PEACE MAKERS ENROUTE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3
Charles B. Warren and John bartc
Payne, American commissioners a
pointed to negotiate with the Mex
can government for hastening tl
restoration of friendly relations b
tween Mexico and the United Stab
will leave Washington for the sou'
on Sunday to begin their difficu
task.
SKULLS FOUND IN DUMP
MINNEAPOLIS, May 3—Loc
police have announced the discovei
of five human skulls in the pub!
dump in the southeast part of tl
city. The find is being investigatf
by the authorities.
GERMANS SUBMIT PROPOSALS
FOR PAYMENT OF WAR DEBTS
U. S. SHIPS CAN HAVE BOOZE
SAYS HIGH COURT RULING
| WASHINGTON. D. C., May 3—
j The supreme court of the United
' States has handed down a ruling in
i which it is held that liquor may be
served on board American ships on
the high seas. This upsets the rul
ing of Attorney General Daugherty
who recently decided the ships must
go dry. Notwithstanding tbe action
of the court, however, Chairman
Lasker, of the U. S. Shipping board,
! has definitely indicated, as the re
sult of a conference with Presi
dent Harding, that all boats owned
; by the Government will be kept
i bone dry for some time at least.
The court decision held that the
1 < ban prohibiting American and for
! eign ships from bringing liquor
* stocks into American ports under
bond both legal and enforceable.
The decision is regarded as one
1 of the most important yet rendered
' ; with regard to prohibition.
Two of the justices, MaReynoldf
• and Sutherland, dissented from the
ruling, their opinion being that ,1
| would not be a violation of the drv
i law for foreign ships to bring bond
j ed liquor into an American port.
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LOS ANGELES VOTERS BACK
WORLD COURT CONGRESSMAN
1 LOS ANGELES, May. 3—Cap
‘■tain John Fredericks, Republican
5 ; former district attorney of Los An
! i geles county, was elected to Con
L gress this week from the Tenth dis
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i trict. The world court proposal wa:
L | the principal issue, with Frederick:
I standing squarely* for such a court
He said he did not care to go t<
Washington unless indorsed by th<
’’ voters as an advocate of the work
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court.
The other candidates, in thei:
; order of standing, were: H. Z
Osborne, Jr., Republican, son of th<
late Captain Osborne, incumbent
e Miss Lloyd Galpin, Democrat; Al
^; fred Bartlett, Republican; Fran!
t ; McDonald, Republican, who ran oi
!a beer and wine platform; John Bel
6 | Prohibitionist; Upton Sinclair, So
^ | cialist.
6 | Mayor George, E. Cryer, who re
^ c-eived a three to one vote was re
° elected at the primaries and nov
goes to the general election ballo
unopposed.
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MANY GERMANS EXPELLED
BERLIN. May 3—German officia
figures indicate that fully 20,00'
persons, mostly Germans, have beei
expelled from the occupied area b;
the French military autboritie
since the invasion of German tern
tory.
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OTTAWA. May 3—The plan o
the master of the schooner Iskum t
“rescue members of the Stefansso:
expedition from Wrangell Island
is branded as absurd by Stefanssor
He asserts that the men on th
northern island are colonists an
“do not need rescuing.’’
PARIS. May 3—The French cab
inet has unanimously rejected the
latest German reparations proposals
which were transmitted from Berlin
yesterday.
The reason for the rejection of
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j the proposals is given as lack of
sufficient guarentees and the offer
, of an insufficient sum. Premier
; Poincare will consult with the Bel
> gian government with regard to
the reply to be sent to Germany,
and copies of the reply will be sent
also to all the Allies.
It is considered probable that
France will immediately extend the
i area of occupation.
The German proposal advanced
the proposition that security be
> tween France and Germany be se
cured by an agreement to submit
any future conflict to arbitration or
other reconciliatory processes.
The German offer of reparations,
copies of which were sent to all
the Entente nations and the United
States, proposed that the total sum
of the German obligations ir
cash and kind be fixed at thirty bil
lion marks, twenty billions of this
total to be raised before July 1
1927 by a bond issue at normal
rates of interest on the internation
DEMPSEY WILL GET HALF
GROSS RECEIPTS FROM BOU1
NEW YORK, May 3—MtAaget
Kearns, who is lopking after thf
interests of Jack Dempsey, has an
nounced the acceptance of a guar
antee of fifty per cent of the gros:
receipts of the proposed Dempsey
Gibbons fight, which is scheduled t(
take place at Shelby, Montana, or
July Fourth.
Kearns denies that Defnpsey ha:
been holding out for a flat sum.
FIGHT ANNEXATION
* SANTIAGO, Chili, May 3—Ar
appeal is being made to the dele
, gates to the Pan-American con
ference to prevent “the annexatior
of the Republic of Haiti by thi
United States.” The appeal ha.
, been addressed to all the delegate:
1 except those from the United States
WAR CUT BIRTH RATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3
. The World War caused widesprea<
• reduction in the birth rate in thi
United States, due largely to thi
disturbed family relations and thi
departure of many foreign bon
residents during the war.
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i SECOND BOAT PLANNED
i PORTLAND, May 3—The Alask;
j Siberian Navigation Company ha
3 arranged to operate a smaller ves
- sel on the Pacific Coast, Alask;
and Siberian route in addition ti
the Buford, according to telegraph!
advices received from the compan;
by local firms.
i BANDITS ROB JEWELER
’, KANSAS. CITY, May S—Thre
. masked bandits surprised I. J. Ad
; elson jeweler, in his apartments ii
1 a fashionable hotel, and escape*
with jewels valued at $10,000.
i a! money market; that five billions <
be raised befjre July 1, 1929, in
; the same manner, and the remaining
| sum two years later.
The note pledges that Germany
will also make payments in kind and
;n accordance with existing treaties
said payments to be credited^ to her
account.
The note suggests that if the a
mount named is not satisfactory,
! the whole matter be left unpre
judiced to an international commis
! sion for settlement, a? suggested
by Secretary Hughes.
In The Meantime
ESSEN, May 3—The President of
the great Krupp works has been
placed under arrest by the French
military authorities in "connection
with the shooting that occurred at
the plant on March 31, on which oc
casion 14 Germans were killed and
30 wounded in a clash with French
‘ Troops. The president and three
others are charged with endanger
ing the safety of the troops of oc
cupation in violation of the decree
issued by Genera! Degoutte. The
punishment provided ranges from
ten-yeafs to life imprisonment, or
t execution.
MOB RAIDS HOLY ROLLERS
AT MENTION OF 1CU KLUX
BOUNDBROOK, X. J.. May 3—
The police are looking for the lead
ers of a mob which last night com
pelled one hundred Holy Rollers to
barricade themselves within the Pil
lar of Fire church following a melee
* in which many men and women
were injured.
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The mob was made up of more
than six hundred persons and the
trouble began when the speaker at
the church meeting extolled the
Ku Klux Klan. The meeting had
been advanced as a movement for
the organization of a local branch
of the klan.
WILL DEFEND ALASKA
WASHINGTON, D. C. May. 3—
A thorough survey of the Alaska
coast will be earraied out this sum
mer by the navy department with
a view to collecting topographical
and hydrographical data necessary
in planning the status of the Ter
ritory in the general scheme of na
tional defense. Rear Admiral Chase
will proceed to Alaska waters in
June at the head of a flotilla which
will include the airplane carrier
Langly, several mine sweepers and
coast guard cutters.
BISHOP HARDING DEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 3—
1 Bishop Alfred Harding, of the Wash
’ ington diocese of the Protestant
; Episcopal church, succumbed here
: j th*s week to an attack of heart
j troubks following an illness of
, several weeks.
TWO ARE EXECUTED
DUBLIN, May 3—The Free State
authorities have announced the exe
cution of two more irregulars.
HARDING SAYS PUBLIC HAS
RIGHT TO CUT SUGAR BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C. May. 3—
When it was called to his atten
tion that sugar boycotts has been
initiate in various parts of the
country as a result of the high
handed manner in which prices have
been boosted lately. President
Harding gave it as his opinion yes
terday that it is wholly consistent
for people, who have complaint a
bout the prices of any commodity
to restrict their consumption of that
commodity.
zThe President indicated, however,
that he does not consider it the
business of the Government to com
mend the boycott as a means of
fighting sugar or other prices.
The views of the president pro
bably will be set forth at greater
length in a telegram soon to be
i sent to those who have urged him
! to make a public appeal for reduc
| ed sonsumption of sugar. He be
lieves the ultimate solution, insofar
■ as the Government is concerned,
lies in legal steps, already under
way, for the elimination of specula
, tion in sugar.
BRITAIN MAKES OBJECTION
TO GRANT OF CONCESSION
LONDON, May 3—The British
high commissioner at Constantinople
has been instructed to register em
phatic protest against the Turkish
gTant of concessions in Mesopotamia
and to let it be known positively
That Great Britain cannot recog
nize the validity of such grant.
This announcement was made
during a statement in the house of
commons yesterday in connection
with the Chester concessions.
NEW BOAT FOR ALASKA RUN
j SEATTLE. May 3—The Alaska
Steamship Company has purchased
the steel steamer Lake Gebham from
the U. S. Shipping Board for use
: on the Seattle-Alaska run. This is
in line with the policy of the pro
gressive company to replace its
old fleet with smaller but more
modern vessels. The Lake Gebham
was built at Chicago in 1919 and
registers 2,810 gross tons.
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HOTEL MEN MEET MAY 7
OAKLAND Cal.. May 3—Six hun
dred hotelmen from all parts of the
United States are expected to at
tend the convention of the American
Hotelmen’s Mutual Benefit Associa
! tion to be held in San FYancisco and
Oakland May 7-12.
FISHERMEN READY
SEATTLE, May, 3—Hundreds of
craft, from big schooners to small
launches row boats were ready for
comniisison when the commercial
1 salmon fishing season on Puget
| sound opened on Tuesday. Fisher
ies officials predict a pack of more
than 40,000 cases of humpies but
1 only a small pack of sockeyes.
California has more than 40,000
acres planted in olives.
LAWMAKERS RUSHING WORK
TO END SESSION IN TIME
JUNEAU, May S—The territory
ial senate early yesterday morning
passed the Foster bill providing for
the appropriation of $90,000 for the
Alaska college. The bill, which had
previously been approved by the
hou^, was passed by the senate
without amendment, and the lump
sum will become immediately a
vailable as soon as the bill has been
finally approved by the governor.
The house taxation schedules
were tom apart by the senate this
week and the work of reassembling
them is being rushed in order that
the bill may be presented for final
passage before the adjournment of
the legislature.
The house passed fifteen senate
bills yesterday, including the L)i
mond jury drawing bill, the amend
ment of the road law to permit ac
ceptance of aid from the federal
highway act if extended to Alaska,
and several minor relief bills. The
house began work today without a
| single senate bill left on the calen
dar, while the senate had five house
■ bills left yesterday. The lawmakers
hope to complete their labors late
tonight.
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UNCLE SAM HARD UP
MOUNT VERNON. Wash.. May t
—Uncle Sam is getting hard up.
Eeeaus? there were no fun is avail
able with which to semi a guard
from Camp Lewis to Mount Vernon
to escort Privates John H. Elliot
and John Danielsen arrested as de
serters from camp, back to head
quarters, the two men were recent
ly released from the Skagit county
jail. The fact that there was not
sufficient money to send a guard
was revealed in a telegram from
the camp to Chief of Police Charles
Stevenson, who had wired from the
camp to Gbief of Police Charles
of the arrest of the men. Both were
members of the Third Tank com
pany.
OREGON ONCE TROPICAL
CORVALLIS Ore., May 3-—A
! bone hurried near Gateway, Ore..
; beneath forty feet of gravel arid
jsand has been identified by D. C.
Livingston, professor of geology, as
a jawbone of a rhinoceros. The bone
| was sent to Oregon Agricultural
College as an exhibit for the his
torical museum by A. E. Makinster
and Fay Chitwood, of Madras, Ore.,
who made the find while working
1 on a rock crusher. The bone lay for
1 many years in a lake or stream,
i Professor Livingston believes. H"
' thinks the region near Gateway once
| was under water.
STRIKE CASE IS DROPPED
CHICAGO. May 3—Counsel for
the Railway Employes Department of
the American Federation of Labor,
which has been representing the
S-hopcrafts in defense against the
injunction proceedings instituted by
■ Attorney General Daugherty, has
withdrawn from the case, which
! was to have been heard this week.
It is explained that inasmuch as
the strike has long since been ad
1 justed, there is no occasion for
further legal proceedings.
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The interest on Great Britain’s
war debt to the United States a
mounts to $250,000,000 a year.