Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 1921
NUMBER 160
SECRETARY APPROVES NEW RAIL RATE
UNION CHIEFS SEEK MEETING WITH COAL BARONS
CENSUS BUREAU FIGURES SHOW DECLINE IN DEATHS
UNION LEADERS GATHERING
TO DISCUSS WAGE SITUATION
CHICAGO, Feb. 21—Coal mine
and railway union executives are as
sembling here at the invitation of
President Lewis, of the United Mine
Workers, the object of the gathering
being to discuss a “defensive alli
ance” to resist threatened wage re
ductions.
president Lewis expresses the be
lief that the meeting will be fruit
ful of results.
President Lewis has asked the
coal operators of the central com
petitive field to meet with the union
officials on March 2, for a confer
ence which might avert the impend
ing strike. Similar requests were re
jected by certain of the operators,
who have announced that they wish
to discontinue the practice of col
lective bargaining with the miners.
New Party Forming
CHICAGO, Feb. 21—The political
conference of members of the Farm
er-Labar, Socialist, Labor and other
organizations, called by William H.
Johnston, president of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists, ' as
begun ithe formation of its program,
and expects to complete the work of
preliminary organization tonight. It
was reported that the program had
been discussed by the committee at
a secret session held this afternoon.
PRESIDENT TELLS SENATE
NOTHING WAS HELD BACK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21—
Replying to the Hitchcock resolution
requesting further information re
garding the negotiations in connec
tion with the Four Power Pacific
treaty, now awaiting ratification by
the senate, President Hardir.g told
the senate yesterday that it would
be impossible for him to comply
with the request because most of
the negotiations were conducted
without maintaining a record. He
further assured the lawmakers that
“there were no concealed undertak
ings and no secret exchanges of
notes.”
BANKER ADMITS GUILT
OMAHA, Feb. 21—Willard Mat
thews. president of the defunct
Pioneer State Bank, entered a plea
of guilty yesterday to the charge
of embezzlement of $200,000 from
the bank.
EDISON QUERIES BANKERS
WEST ORANGE. Feb. 21—Edi
son has sent a new questionnaire
to bankers and economists, asking
their opinion on a variety' of sub
jects and particularly whether the
national resources are not a good
basis for federal currency.
NEW AID FOR THE BLIND
NEW YORK. Feb. 21—The opto
phone, invention of an English col
lege professor, is the name of an
instrument which converts rays of
light into harmonious musical sound
by means of which the totally blind
may read. The instrument was de
monstrated here yesterday.
IRVIN COBB IMPROVING
BOSTON, Feb. 21—The condition
of Irvin S. Cobb, humorist, whose
leo.ure tour was interrupted here
by an attack of influenza, is im
proved today and it is believed he
will recover.
BANK MESSENGER ROBBED
NEW YORK, Feb. 2i—A bandil
took $22,000 away from a messen
ger of the Greenwich Bank yester
day, and made his escape with the
money, which was in the form o!
currency. The holdup took place or
19th near Seventh Avenue.
FORMER SENATOR PASSES
DENVER, Feb. 21—Former U. S
Senator John F. Shafroth, died here
yesterday, aged 67. He was twice
governor of Colorado.
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NEW RAILROAD FREIGHT RATE
WILL BE MADE PUBLIC SOON
TAYLOR MYSTERY THICKENS
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21—Henry
Peavy, colored valet of William D
Taylor, was again questioned 3t!
police headquarters yesterday, fol
lowing reports to the effect that he
had named an actress as the slayer
of Taylor, who had not been hither
to implicated in the case. Her name
was not mentioned whe Peavy was
interrogated immediately after the
murder. The authorities do not put
much stock in this latest develop
ment and have not made public the
name of the actress referrede to.
GALEN WILL BE CANDIDATE
FOR DELEGATE NOMINATION
CORDOVA, Feb. 21—James L.
Galen yesterday announced his can-;
j didacy for nomination for delegate
; to Congress from Alaska on the Re
publican ticket. He came from Mon
i tana and went to Nome in 1900.
• where he was actively engaged in
'mining and prospecting until 1907.;
He then spent six years in the Cop- ■
per River and Tanana districts and
since that time he has been engaged
in' the transfer business here.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Quigley, of the
Kantishna district, returned to Ne
nana on Sunday after a lengthy
holiday spent in Fairbanks. They ex
pect to leave for Eureka Creek in
a few da vs.
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Attorney T. A. Marquam came
down from Fairbanks on the Sun
day train on professional business.
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Collins re
turned to town on Sunday from a
brief holiday spent in Fairbanks.
Frank Knight, who went to Circle
Hoc Springs several weeks ago, re
turned to town on the Sunday train
from Fairbanks. He is loud in his
praise of the curative properties of
the waters of the health resort d
plans to return there within a few
days.
Walter Forrest is a recent arrival
from the McKinley Park district
and will remain in town for some
time.
Harry Owen, who had been holi
daying during the last few weeks
in Fairbanks, returned to town on
Sunday. He is registered at the
Cooney hotel.
Charles Ray i3 a recent arrival
in town. He is a guest at the Coon
ey hotel.
Paul J. Borak was an incoming
passenger on the train from Fair
banks on Sunday.
Lou Powless, assistant to the
superintendent of Mt. McKinley Na
tional Park, returned to town on
Sunday from a trip to Fairbanks.
Franklin J. Rogers, well known
oldtimer of the Fairbanks and Ne
nana districts, was a passenger on
Sunday’s train from the coast, and
will locate in the Interior again.
Since leaving Nenana, he has been
at Stewart, in the Portland Canal
district, and at Prince Rupert, but
found that die climate of those
localities did not agree with him.
Anchorage, Feb 21—Engineer in
Charge Fred'k D. Browne, of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, is
in receipt of a telegram from Chair
man F. Mears, al: Washington, ad
vising that Secretary of the Inter
ion Fall has approved a contract
with the American Express Company
which will put an express service
on the Government railroad, grant
ing a rate, not yet fully determined,
but which may not exceed $12 per
hundredweight on express matter
from Seattle to Nenana or Fair
banks. This rate probably will be
made effective on May 15.
The secretary also has approved
a somewhat lower tariff on the Gov
ernment railroad and has approved
the plan for joint tariffs. These
i rates will be made public shortly
if this plan goes through and is
found not to be in violation of
:he Interstate Commerce regulations.
Denby Tired Mining Coal
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21
Secretary of the Navy Denby ha?
recommended the transfer to the de
partment of the interior, of the de
partment of the navy’s activities in
connection with the development of
coal in Alaska for naval purposes.
Under the plan suggested by Den
by, the board of naval officers will
: complete their report for April, and
after that time the project, includ
ing expenditure of appropriations in
volved, will be given over entirely
! to the department of the interior.
BISHOP SAYS VOLSTEAD ACT
MISTAKE OF GOVERNMENT
CHICAGO. Feb. 21—Bishop Thos.:
Gailor, president of the National!
Council of the Episcopal church, in
an address delivered in this city on
Sunday, declared that he believed
the Eighteenth amendment a “mis
take”. He also said that he believed
in the modification of the Volstead
act.
“I am in favor of morality,” he
said, “and personally observe the
Volstead law, but I oppose putting
sumptuary laws of so drastic a
character in the Constitution.”
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FLU SAVES LINDEBERG
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21— Jafet i
Lindeberg. who was arrested on an '
extradition warrant issued ait Sacra
mento and later released on a writ
of habeas corpus, returnable Febru
ary 23, has a severe attack of in
fluenza, his condition being: such
that his physicians forbade any in
terference on the part of the officers
of the law.
COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING
The Municipal Council of the City j
of Nenana met in special session at
City Hall this afternoon. The meet- !
ing was called on short notice by
Mayor Tom Smith, for the purpose j
of conferring with Manager R. S.
Donaldson, of the Healy River Coal
Corporation, regarding the public
utilities of Nenana. Mr. Donaldson
was present at the meeting at the
invitation of the council.
The next regular meeting of the
council will be held next Tuesday'
evening.
CURFEW TONIGHT AT NINE
By order of the City Council of
Nenana, the whistle at the power
plant will be blown at nine o’clock
tonight as a signal for all school
children to be off the streets, and
parents will be held strictly ac
countable for violation of the regu
lation by their children. The curfew
regulation will continue in force un
til the end of the school term.
Otto Bossart, who has been en
gaged in prospesting in the neigh
borhood of Glacier Creek for some
time past, arrived in Nenana on
Saturday night for the purpose of
; replenishing his supplies. He travel
ed by way of the Toklat and Kobi
j and expects to leave on the return
trip tomorrow.
; Albert Wile, an oldtimer of the
Interior and later postmaster at
Ketchikan, was an arrival on yes
I terdy’s train from the coast. He is
traveling now for M. Seller & Co.,
Seattle importers and jobbers. He
, took the connecting train for Fair
banks and will return to Nenana
■ later in the week.
FEDERAL RESERVE REPORT
SAYS BUSINESS IS BETTEF
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21
Business throughout the country i'
progressing through well defines
circles and nearing the point of th«
upward swing of the economis pen
dulum. according to the annual re
port of the Federal Reserve board
which was made public yesterday
The report says the quickening
pulse of trade is already felt ir
some quarters, and it is believec
the general revival is not far dis
tant. And it is believed that wher
it does definitely se£ in, it will bt
followed in due course by a nev
era of prosperity.
DRY PLANES MAKE BIG HAUI
MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 21—A squad
ron of prohibition airplanes yesier
day seized the British schooner An
na Belle, off Jew-fish Creek, am
captured a cargo of 11,500 case:
of whisky, according to announce
made here this morning.
J. H. Scott, local representative
of the White Pass, has infonnec
The News that Jack Bellerby ha:
been placed in charge of the worl
of wrecking the steamer Tanana
which the company has decided t<
abandon to its fate in the Tenant
river ice.
Arrivals from Fairbanks repor
that the big still captured recent!;
below Chena is one of the dirties
looking outfits that ever escapee
killing consumers of the “whit*
mule” variety of liquor. It is sai*
to have the appearance of neve:
having been cleaned since the da;
it first began work. The mash taker
at the same time also dangerou:
looking, some of it having passe
from the stage of fermentation t*
the stage of decomposition.
Herman Anderson returned t*
town on Sunday from a busines:
trip to Fairbanks.
Advices received from Fairbank:
state that the condition of Mrs
Frank Doner is improved.
Game Warden J. M. Burrows ar
rived in town yesterday from hi
headquarters in the Kantiabna dis
trict and will probably remain i*
town a few days. He traveled b;
dog team and came in by way o
the shortcut trail, on which the go
ing is reported to be rather heav;
owing to the fact that very littl*
traffic has passed over it recently.
Dan Badovinich, who has been en
gaged in mining in the Kantishn;
region for some time past, arrive*
in town on Sunday on a busines
trip. He came in by way of th
Toklat and Kobi and will retun
by that route probably tomorrow.
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WORKER SUGGESTS PLAN
TO PUT CAPITAL DOWb
CHICAGO, Feb. 21—William H
] Johnson, president of the Interna
' tional Association of Machinists, ii
j an address delivered here yester
| day before more than 100 labo:
and farm movement leaders, urget
a propram of non-partisan politica
action “which will result in retirini
from public- life the servants o
plutocracy and privilege.”
He and others of the delegate
. the hope that a new political pan;
! would be organized later.
FRAUD VICTIMS KEEP QUIET;
PROSECUTION HANDICAPPEI
NEW YORK, Feb. 21— Althoug'
more than 100 complaints of stoc
swindling through bucket shop
have been received by the authoi
ities and nearly a score of indicl
ments returned. District Attorne,
Banton expresses the belief that no
ten per cent of the victims hav
reported their losses, thus creatin
situation which makes it difficu!
to suppress such frauds.
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Deputy Marshal Jack Bucklej
who came down from Fair back
yesterday as a witness for the Got
ernment in the Morino ease, re
turned to the upper town yesterda>
Mrs. Blanche Garrison, member o
the Tavern Cafe staff during th
last several weeks, returned to An
chorage on the Sunday train.
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■ R. S. Donaldson, manager of th
Healy River Coal Corporation, at
rived in town on Sunday from th
company’s mines at Healy.
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W. F. Thompson, editor of th
Fairbanks News-Miner, will be
returning passenger from the coas
on the Thursday train, accompanie
by Mrs. Thompson and son Bill}
who have been to the Mayo hosp:
tal undergoing treatment.
The itrain arriving on Thurs4a
will have Outside mail from th
' steamer Northwestern.
i District Storekeeper W. R. Mar
; ning returned from Anchorage o
Sunday.
H. B. (Sourdough) Ellis, was
through passenger from the coas
, on Sunday, enroute to his home i
; Fairbanks.
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Captain Ike P. Taylor and th
i members of the Fairbanks bask a"
ball team, who played a series o
games with the Anchorage Hig
, School Midgets, were returnin
passengers on the Sunday trair
> They report having had a good tim
■ even if they did not bring home th
i bacon.
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George Duncan, Kanti&hna ma
. carrier, arrived in town on Satui
• day last, and left on the retur
, trip to that region today. He report
a heavy trail.
—
Sid Sheldon and Jack McManu
i have been detailed to the work o
I keeping the glacier at Packer Sprin
s in restraint. The spring is locate
! at Mile 377% and is an annut
i source of annoyance to the Gov
ernment railroad.
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DEATH RATE ON DECREASE
CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
I WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21 —
! The census bureau has published
figures in which it i3 shown that the
! death rate in the United States de
creased to 1,306 per 100,000 in 1920
from 1,496 in 1910.
All of the age groups showed a
decrease in death rate, but the most
i pronounced decline is recorded in
the figures showing infant mortality,
which has dropped 26 per cent.
DIRIGIBLE ROMA BURNS
'j NEWPORT NEWS, Feb. 21—The
'j army dirigible Roma, with which an
j attempt was to have been made
1 shortly to cross the continenir, ex
ploded today while crossing Hamp
ton Roads and sank in the water
shortly afterwards.
BONUS LEGISLATION GOES
BACK TO COMMITTEEMEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21 —
; The majority members of the house
'ways and means- committee have re
I ferred back to the special taxation
xsub-committee, the whole problem of
financing the proposed bonus for
. soldiers who were in service during
■the World War. The sub-committee
1 will meet this afternoon and, it is
f t understood, will take up the sale>
r tax proposal.
? 'Opponents of the sales tax have
. begun laying1 plans to wage war
, against the proposition, the fir-’
i achin' having been the calling of a
' meeting yesterday of those opposed
: to such a tax, by Representative
i Dickinson, leader of the agricultui
' al bloc.
! |CHURCHES START REAL WORK
1, TO FIND JOBS FOR WORKERS
i > NEW YORK. Feb. 21—The Pro
testant churches of this city ha\ e
united to combat unemployment and
have already mode preparations to
' i open a bureau where all applicant^
^ may secure work.
J MEMORIAL FOR CARUSO
NEW YORK. Feb. 21—Metropol
itan opera singers appeared in *
concert on Sunday, which marked
_! the launching of a campaign for a
jj million dollar Caruso memorial
foundation as an aid to students
, peeking musical knowledge.
»• POINDEXTER WANTS ALASKA
t, TO HAVE RADIO PRIVILEGES
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A. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21
- The house resolution extending th
: privileges of naval radio to the
.press for a period of five years.
■' was approved by the senate vester
- day and returned to the house for
consideration of amendments made
j The measure as approved by th.
house, appleis particularly to naval
1 radio between the Pacific Coast and
the Orient, and under the senat •
amendments it is proposed by Sen
l ator Poindexter that the privilege*
be extended to the radio station.
j between Pacific Coast points and
| Alaska and Hawaii.
. FRENCH DELEGATION HOME;
r DISSATISFIED WITH RESULTS
’! PARIS, Feb. 21—The French
’{delegation to the Washington Arm
j j conference arrived home yesterday
’ and the members gave the impress
ion of being dissatisfied with the
results of their mission, apparently
1; feeling that, their visit to Washing
)'ton had caused regretabie misunder
standings concerning France in cer
s tain American circles.
HOUSE APPROVES FOREIGN BAN
s WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21—
f! The lower branch of Congress yes
r terday approved the senate resolu
1 tion providing for the extension
] of the three per cent immigration re
- striction law putil June 30, next
year.