WELCOME TO NENANA ANCHORAGE BILLS
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENAN.A ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1922
NUMBER 1SS
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FLOODS MENACE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
HAYS PUTS BAN ON ARBUCKLE MO VIE PICTURES
HUNDREDS KILLED BY GREAT EXPLOSION AT MONIST1R
HAYS PUTS BAN ON ARBUCKLE
LOS ANGELES, April 20—“Gosh”
was the comment of Roscoe Arbuck
le yesterday when informed that
Will Hays had announced the can
cellation of all contracts for show
ing Arbuckle films. The comedian
said that the action of Hays came
I as a complete surprise and shock
to him, but declined to make other
comment.
The announcement comes as a
surprise to the public, as well as to
Arbuckle for the reason that the
Famous Players-Lasky company an
nounced on Tuesday that three of
the new Arbuckle films, which had
been held up by the trial of the
4 comedian, were to be released im
mediately.
STEAMER VICTORIA ON WAY
WITH MANY PASSENGERS
The steamer Victoria left Seattle
for the North last Saturday with
313 passengers, of whom the fol
lowing were booked for Seward and
points along the railroad:
A. Linder and wife, W. J. Ward
and wife, F. W. Daley, F. Basham
and wife, August Hanot, A. Long,
Gilbert Cook, D. Schelener, W. G.
Bryne, I. M. Fisher, R. T. Tillman,
A. F. Rasmussen. F. F. Welsh, Miss
C. Adams, Mrs. H. Adams, John
Adams, E. S. Stephenson, Paul Hop
kins, R. E. Murphy, Nels Nelson,
Otto Kestner, Bonnie Winn, Dan
Gillis and wife, C. M. Crites and
wife, Paul Shenruck and wife, R.
M. Feram and wife, J. Kacerosky,
J. J. Price, T. Babcock, Dave Down
ey and wife, Mrs. T. Babcock, A. F.
Ellum, W. A. Stiles, Frank Dalbal
con, E. C. Clausen, Mrs. M. Fox
and baby, Leon Gibbs, F. Holbrook,
C. Anderson, Carl White, Leon Ur
bach, C. Holbrook, C. F. Campbell,
Henry Wagner, W. O. Manchester,
F. W. Haugh, Mike Brong, M. A.
Petty, L. Gaston, J. M. Kelly, 0. D.
Fisher, J. D. Kyle, J. Parrish, and
fifteen steerage.
< LANDON LEADS IN SEATTLE
IN RACE FOR MAYORALTY
SEATTLE, April 20—On the face
of the unofficial count of the vote
cast at Tuesday’s primary election,
Daniel Landon, with 17,655, has re
ceived the nomination for mayor,
but an official re-check will be
necessary to decide whether he will
be opposed by Dr. E. J. Brown,
dentist, with 16.000, or by Walter
Meier, corporation counsel, with a
total of 15,953.
The other candidates finished in
the following order: Cunningham,
5,117; Miller, the Alaska candidate,
I, 474; Lundy, 870; Turner 615.
Mrs. Henry Landes, for city coun
cil, polled 31,427 votes, or twice the
number cast for her earest com
petitor. Others nominated, include
E. L. Blaine, 13,597; E. B. Cox,
II, 220; Mrs. Kathryn Miracle, 10,
937; T. H. Bolton, incumbent, 10,
860; W. H. Moore, 9,817.
There were fifteen other candi
dates for the council, including A.
T. Drake, incumbent, who vas de
feated. R. H. Thompson, nother in
cumbent, did not seek •'ominition.
The election will be held on May
the second.
POLITICIAN JAILED
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April 20—
* George W. Egan, three times guber
natorial candidate in this state, has
been convicted on a charge of mak
ing fradulent claims against insur
ance companies in connection with
the burning of his summer home two
years ago. He has been sentenced
to a term of two years in the pen
itentiary.
Services will be held at the usual
hour at the Catholic church on Sun
day morning, with Rev. Fr. Eline
officiating. There also be instruction
for the children after mass.
WATERS OF MIGHTY RIVER i
REACH RECORD HIGH MARK
j NEW ORLEANS, April 20—Th<
Mississippi river passed the highes'
1 flood stage ever recorded when th<
gauge this morning registered twen
i ty and two-tenths feet. The highesr
! record was established in 1912.
According to a forecast made bi
! the Weather Bureau, the river wil
continue to rise until the 23-foo'
mark is reached, which will be abou"
Mey tenth.
Hartwell Levee Breaks
j CARROLLTON, 111., April 20
i The breaking of the Hartwell lever
' on the Illinois river has completer
j the flooding of 30,000 acres of re
'claimed farm lands along a 25-mili
! front in Green county.
It is reported that few if any live;
have been lost thus far, all of th<
| inhabitants of the inundated area;
I having received ample warning t<
| enable them to escape to highe:
i ground. _
TRAIN KILLS THREE
i FORT WORTH, April 20—Fou"
I Columbus, Ohio, boys, who weri
tramping through the country ii
search of employment, made thei
beds on a railroad track last night
trusting that any approaching trail
would awaken them. They did no
awaken in time however, when j
train came along, and three of thi
| boys were killed. The fourth bare!;
I escaped death.
BASEBALL HERO HONORED
CHICAGO, April 20—The peoph
of Chicago, with many visitors fron
other sections of the country, turner
out enmasse this week to pay tribute
to the memory of Drain (PopP An
son, revered hero of baseball fo;
more than half a century, who die<
here on Saturday. The public funera
was largely attended by prominen
businessmen, ball players and lead
] ers of various lines of sport. Man;
telegrams and letters were receiver
expressing sorrow over the death o:
the veteran player
ICE POOL CLOSES TONIGHT;
TICKET SALE BIGGEST EVEF
Nenana's biggest ice pool wi!
come to an end tonight at midnigh
; and enough tickets already havr
j been disposed of to give the even'
1 place among the sporting classics o:
I the Territory. The number of tick
j ets sold surpasses all previous re
| cords and the amount in the pool i:
: rapidly approaching the ten thous
| and mark. Ten thousand ticket;
j have been printed and all of then
| have been distributed with the ex
! ception of a small reserve, held bad
j by the committee for late demands
I The hour of closing, originally an
! nounced as noon today, was changer
| to midnight in order to fit in witl
train schedules, and this action or
"the part of the committee will re
suH in the addition of a very con
j siderable sum to the pool, for it ii
I certain there will be many on hanc
i tonight to take advantage of lat<
| guessing. Both Anchorage and Fair
j banks were notified of the change
! so that all the ticket boxes migh
! be sealed at the same time.
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REVENUES SHOW BIG SLUMP
TACOMA, April 20—Internal re
j venue collections in Washington i*
j March this year were nearly n;*v
| million dollars less than for th<
i same month last year, accord!'
Collector Burrs Poe, who attrf "
j the loss largely to decreased ir
tax returns.
MURPHYSBORO, 111., April 20—
: A big break in the levee near Foun
tain Bluff, resulted this morning in
the flooding of thousands of acres,,
Governor Aiki For Aid
! LITTLE ROCK, April 20—Gov
ernor McCrae has telegraphed to
Washington asking the federal gov
ernment for an emergency appropri
ation to be used in fighting the
Mississippi river floods.
Sandbags Sent South
WASHINGTON, D. C-, April 20—
i Four million sandbags have been
1 shipped by special train from New
'York to Mississippi river points for
1! use in combatting the high water
; situation.
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Eight Thousand Acres hinder
MEREDOSA, 111., April 20—The
i j levees in the Meredosa Lake drain
• age district gave way yesterday, re
| suiting in the inundation of more
than eight thousand acres and the!
flooding of the homes of more than
fifty families. All of the families are
believed to have escaped to high
ground.
The breaking of the levees was
hastened by a gale which swept the
river during the early part of the
Levee Break* At McClure
i M'CLURE, 111., April 20—Breaks
j have occurred in three places near i
i here, in the Mississippi river levees.
' Large areas of the lowlands are
i now under water in consequence. 1
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Couldn’t Stop Voter*
BEARDSTOWN, 111., April 20—
; Notwithstanding the fact that vot
ers were compelled to paddle to the
polls in boats and on rafts, on ac
count of the flood, a heavy vote was
cast at Tuesday’s municipal primary
election.
SUTHERLAND OPPOSED TO LEASING
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The Newt received a telegram
from Delegate Dan Sutherland today
stating that he will bold a meeting
1 at Healy on Saturday night and
'■ | that he will speak in Nenana on
Sunday night.
The delegate says further: “You
may say that 1 AM OPPOSED TO
LEASING GOVERNMENT RAIL
ROAD AND ALWAYS HAVE
J BEEN. I HAVE NEVER SUPPORT
' ED NEW BILL.”
In support of his statement, the
delegate refer* The New* to "la*t
page my *peech January 9, Con
gressional Record.”
Delegate Sutherland will address j
the people of Nenana at a meeting
to be held at Union Hall on Sun
day night, under the auspices of
local Republicans.
The delegate will leave for Fair
banks Monday morning, arriving in
the upper town in time to address
the voters there on Monday even
ing.
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There were many strange craft in
evidence, and owners of boats did •
a lively business during the day.!
ferrying voters to and from the polls.
Steamer To The Rescue
CAIRO, 111., April 20—A relief j
steamer has been dispatched to the |
Dog Tooth Bend district, near Fay-:
ville, where 150 negro families are j
marooned by high water. Several j
of the families are said to be mucn (
in need of food.
Storm Sweep* Illinois
CHICAGO, April 20—Several arc
reported to have been killed and
many injured by a sixty-mile gale
which swept sections of this state
this morning. Trees were up-rooted,
roofs torn from buildings and hun
dreds of windows and signs in this
city wrecked. Snow flurries and
freezing temperatures followed the
storm.
NIECE GETS THE INSURANCE
SEATTLE, April 20—In a ruling
handed down this week, Federal
Judge Neterer established a preced
ent which may affect thousands of
claims in the United States. The de
cision held that Agnes Claffy, niece
of Clarence Swank, who was killed
overseas, is entitled to Swank’s war
risk insurance. The soldier named
his mother as beneficiary- in his in
surance policy, but made a will leav
ing the money to the niece in the
event of his death. The war depart
ment refused to recognize the will
and the niece brought suit.
BANDITS IDENTIFIED
MAYNARD, April 20—George Poe
and Arthur King, who were taken in
to custody here recently, have been
positively identified as the men who
held up the Discovery Bay logging
camp and shot and killed Ray Light,
a logger.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY URGES
PARDON FOR TOM MOONEY
SAX FRANCISCO, April 20—Dis
trict Attorney Brady has written to j
Governor Stephens asking him to
aardon Thomas J. Mooney and War- ;
■en K. Billings, who are serving life
sentences on murder charges in con
vection with the Preparedness Day ;
vomb explosion.
The district attorney assures the
rovernor that there is no doubt that
nerjured testimony was responsible
'or the conviction of the two men.
SPECIAL TRAIN TOMORROW
Agent “Bill” Buhmann informed |1
rhe News at a late hour this after- j i
voon that arrangements had been J <
nade to send a special train to; <
Fairbanks tomorrow morning fori
iccommodation of Anchorage Elk? I
ind others desiring to visit the up- 1
?er town to attend the Elks’ eele
oration and Curling Club dance. All
ietails had not been arranged at
he hour of going to press, but those l
nterested may learn all the partic- <
jlars later by getting in communica- 1
don with Mr. Buhman.
BOATS UPSETS—FIVE DROWN 1
ALAMEDA, April 20—Mr. and 1
Mrs. Harvey Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. I
rhomas Bodycoat and Heide Liske
mere drowned here on Tuesday as
he result of the capsizing of a flat
jottom boat in which they were j l
■owing about the lake. Three of the i
>odies have not yet been recovered ] t
ind the police have abandoned hope j i
>f finding them. i 1
GREAT EXPLOSION WRECKS
BIG ITY IN THE BALKANS
BELGRADE, April 20—Several
hundred killed, a thousand injured
and thirty thousand rendered home
less is the terrific toil token by an
explosion which rocked the city of
Monastir to its foundations this
week, details of which are jii«t be
ginning to reach here.
The disaster is said to have been
one of the greatest in the history
of catastrophes.
FALL IS COMING TO ALASKA
IN ADVANCE OF PRESIDENT
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SEATTLE, April 20—A Washing
ton special to the Post-Intelligencer
says that Secretary of the Interior
Fall contemplates going to Alaska
in advance of President Harding.
He will leave for the North just as
soon as possible after he returns
to the capital from the Southwest
and winds up the accumulation of
business in his office. He is expected
in Washington in about three weeks.
It is the intention of the secretary
to go to Alaska prepared to rough
it and will make part of his invest!
gation on horseback in order that
he may see the country at close
range and in his own way. Later he
will join the President's party.
The special also states that W. H.
George, petroleum expert, plans to
visit the Katalla fields next month,
and that E. R. McMillan, a coal
washing expert of the Bureau of
Mines, will accompany Dr. Bain on
his forthcoming trip to the Mata
nuska fields.
DENBY AND LASKER AGREED
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 20
Secretary of the Navy Denby and
Chairman Lasker, of the Shipping
Board, have reached an agreement
for the elimination of the merchant
marine naval reserve provision from
the ship subsidy bill. By the terms
of this agreement, the organization
of naval reserves is to be left to
separate legislation in measures to
be proposed by the navy department
later.
METAL WORKERS STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20—A
partial strike of metal trades work
ers became effective this week as
the result of a ten per cent decrease
in wages in some of the Bay ship
yards. About 1,500 men are out.
GOVERNMENT WINS DECISION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20
rhe Government has won a decision
n a case brought by the United Shoe
Machinery Corporation in an effort
.o set aside a restraining order pru
libiting the corporation from using
ertain lease clauses in contracts
'or the rental of patented machinery
Tacoma, Wn., April 20—Former
Mayor A. V. Fawcett not only was
lominated at Tuesday’s primary
■lection, but received a majority
>ver the eleven other candidates for
nayoralty nomination, which has the
■ffect of actually electing him to the
ffice, under the primary law. He was
ecalled while serving as mayor .n
.911 and has been twice elected to
he office since then.
BURCH JURY SECURED
LOS ANGELES, April 20—After
our weeks of effort, a jury compos
d of four women and eight mem
vas completed yesterday to try the
lurch case. The work of selecting*
he alternates is now in progress
lurch is on trial for the second
ime for the murder of J. Belton
Cennedy.
TARIFF UP TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20—
n accordance with a decision ar
ived at by the Republicans of the
enate, in conference this week, the
administration tariff bill is to bo
aken up for consideration today.