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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1921
NUMBER 189
BUNNELL SAYS LOBBYISTS HURT ALASKA
LAWMAKERS TURN WAGON ROAD MONEY DOWN
SUPREME COUNCIL SETS GERMAN REPARATION FIGURE
SUPREME COUNCIL AGREES
ON GERMAN REPARATION
PARIS, Jan. 29—The report of
the special committee appointed to
arrange the details of German re
parations, has been approved by the
Allied supreme council, after long
deliberation. The decision stipulates
that the Germans must pay twenty
, six billion marks, in forty annual
instalments. The instalments are to
increase slightly as they become due.
German customs are to be seized
by the Allies in the event of failure
of the Germans to conform to the
requirements of the decision.
The council had considerable diffi-|
culty reaching an agreement on
the question of reparation and, for
a time, it was feared the session J
would terminate without reaching an
agreement. Several interruptions oc
curred and yesterday it was con
sidered doubtful if another session
would be called.
CANNERY CREW LOSES
OLYMPIA, Jan. 29—The state
supreme court has handed down a
► decision denying the claims of £«L
Clauson and other members of the
crew of the cannery boat P. B. Lint
of the Libby fleet, which was sunk
in Bristol bay in April, 1918. The
men demanded a dollar an hour, in
stead of a dollar a day, for saving
the vessel after it had gone ashore
in the ice.
FIRE STOPS OPERATIONS
AT BIG UTAH SILVER MINE
PARK CITY, Jan. 29—Work at
the Silver King mine has been sus
pended, following the destruction of
the mill by fire, with a loss of a
quarter of a million dollars. The
Silver King is one of the biggest
silver producers in the country.
FRANKIE MASON HOLDS TITLE
YOUNGSTOWN, Jan. 29—Frank
ie Mason, holder of the American
flyweight championship, successfully
defended his title in a fast bout in
this city on Thursday night, with
Bobbie Hanson, of New York. Han
son went down for the count in the
sixth round of what was to have
been a 12-round fight.
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LOBBYISTS BLOCK PROGRESS
DECLARES ALASKAN JUDGE
j* IT WASN’T A HOLDUP
MARION, Jan. 29—Secretary
j Harry Forry, of the treasurer’*
j office, has admitted to the police
I that he was not held up and re*
J lieved of $14,000, as previously
| claimed by him. He took the
| money himself.
I Forry claimed previously that
I bandits had entered his office in
I the courthouse and hit him on
I the head, knocking him uncon*
| conscious. After which they had
j made their escape in an auto.
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GOOD PROGRAM OFFERED
FOR BENEFIT Cm MONDA
Those in charge of the benef
show to be given at the Coliseui
on Monday- for the relief of it
starving children in Europe, at
nonnee that the program arrangi
ments have been completed and ths
a splendid entertainment is ,assure)
consisting of a number of speciall
selected pictures and several goo
musical numbers, the details of th
latter being in the capable hanc
of Prof. R. Wolf, who returned t
Nenana yesterday.
Tickets for the show are bein
sold today and the indications ar
that there will be a large attenc
ance.
The general admission charge wi
be one dollar, and those desirin
reserved seats may arrange for ther
in the usual manner at the bo
office.
BANDITS KIDNAP WOMAN;
DEMAND LARGE REWARI
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29—Mrs
Gladys Witherell, wife of E. C
IVitherell, president of the Lopp In
vestment company, who disappear
id from her home on Tuesday, ha
seen kidnaped and is being held fo
i ransom, according to communi
:aitions received by her relatives
One of the communications con
tained an appeal from Mrs. Wither
;11, declaring that she is in dange
ind urging that the demands o:
ter captors be complied with with
>ut publicity.
The police believe that the womei
s being held nearby and every effor
s being made to rescue her.
The sum of $8600 has 'been raise;
»nd is being offered as a reward foi
nformation regarding the where
tbouts of the missing woman.
ARMY TO DROP CIVILIANS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29—A1
;ivilian employes of the Ninth arei
;orps of the transportation divisioi
tre to be replaced by soldiers with
n a week, because of the ahortagi
Jf funds, according to announce
went made here this week. The are:
includes the Pacific coast and Alas
ca and the curtailment, accordinj
;o General Liggett, will seriousl;
sripple the service.
X«n*n*. the Oatewsy to SCcXIaJay
Xatloaal rut.
— f SEATTLE, Jan. 29—Judge C. E.
* Bunnell, who sailed for the North
j this morning on the steamer Wat
: son, enroute from Washington to
j his headquarters in Fairbanks, said
J that it is “almost impossible for a
person having first-hand knowledge
of conditions in Alaska to penetrate
j the cordon of lobbyists around the
J congressional committees having the
I welfare of Alaska in hand,
j “All the cannery representatives
with whom I came in contact,” said
the judge, “seemed anxious to do
everything possible to help develop
the territory, but they are badly
, handicapped and hindered by the
j small groups of lobbyists who are
^ misrepresenting conditions to ad
| vance their own selfish ends."
1 Judge Bunnell said that the Gov
n eminent railroad, when completed,
e would. be a big factor in the - tleyel
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JUNEAU MAN BOOSTING
t, HOME TOWN ATTRACTIONS
i
y \ SEATTLE, Jan. 2 9— Oliver
j Drange, pioneer Alaska cold storage
e man, of Juneau, who is in this city
s on a business trip, says “Eastern
0 capital has been recently attracted
j to Juneau because of the town’s
^ central location, its good harbor
e and the cold storage industry.” He
says a large company was recently
organized at Boston to build a big
j cold storage plant at Juneau and
, that Juneau business men took
’ $50,000 of the $400,000 stock. The
t j cold storage operations will attract
fishermen to Juneau, he predicts
and will result in increased popula
tion in the coast cities.
' UNION PACIFIC CUTTING
OMAHA, Jan. 29—The 'Union 1
Pacific has inaugurated a five-day *
week for shopment, according to '
announcement made this week.
YOUTH ADMITS CRIME
MEMPHIS, Jan. 29 —Mathew
Huston, a colored youth of sixteen
years, who is alleged to have con
fessed that he killed Frank Daily,
a white boy of five years, whose
mutilated body was found on his
father’s farm recently, has been re
moved to Nashville for safe keep
ing. It was feared that he would
be taken from the local jail and
lynched.
There will be a social dance at
Union hall tonight and those attend
ing are promised a jolly time.
opment of the resources of the ter
ritory and especially of the Interior.
The completion of the road, he pre
dicted, would be followed by “the
greatest boom the Yukon valley
has had since the gold strike and big
rush of stampeders to the Klon
dike. The time saved through use
of the railroad will lengthen opera
tions in the Interior camps from 30
to 60 days each season. The railroad
will lower freight rates and enable
all-year transportation, which will
make it possible for merchants to
replenish stocks at frequent inter
vals and quote prices which will al
low operators to open up low grade
ground. The tourist travel also will
be a big help to the country.”
The judge is- trying to reach
Fairbanks by February 20 to open
a court session which has been call
ed for that date. '
DANCE TO DRAW CROWD;
GOOD TIME IS PROMISED
Union hall will be the scene of
another one of those enjoyable
three-hour dancing parties this even
ing and there is reason to believe
there will be a large number of
iancers on hand to trip the light
Fantastic. The floor has been put
n the best possible condition for*
iancing, the weather is ideal for
;he occasion and the music will be
jrovided by Prof. Ernst Berggren,
i combination hard to beat.
The dance will start about ten
ind will continue for three hours.
BANDIT IS CAPTURED
SEATTLE, Jan. 29—An unidenti
ied bandit was brought to this city
ate Thursday by G. Marco, of Ta
oma, whom the bandit tried to
lold up at the Motor Inn, near
Auburn, while Marco and three
dher guests were breakfasting.
There were three bandits in the
arty, two of them escaping when
farco shot one of them.
FORMER RECTOR ARRESTED
EAST ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29—A
ederal warrant has been issued for
he arrest of Guy Kyle, former
ector of the First Methodist church
t Mt. Vernon, 111. He is charged
rith complicity in connection with
he mail robbery committed at Mt.
remon on January 14. He has al
eady admitted that he had a hand
l the affair.
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* TRAINMEN READY TO HELP
| CLEVELAND, Jan. 29—Chief
! executives of the big railway
| brotherhoods have offered to
! provide Herbert Hoover with a
| trainload of fifty million bush»
' els of wheat, which the farmers
! of the nation are ready to give
| for the relief of the starving
| children of Europe. The train*
! men will donate their servicae
j in connection with the delivery ;
I of the wheat.
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LAWMAKERS OF OREGON
MAY STOP LAND GRABBERS
_
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 29—The low
; er house of the state legislature
has adopted a joint resolution de
signed to put a stop to the alleged
practice of obtaining valuable tim
ber lands in this state by question
able trading methods. The speaker of
the house openly charged, while
the measure was under consideration,
that Weyerhauser, the Pillsburys,
the Silez Timber Co., and Porter
brothers were engaged in an at
tempt to obtain vast timber tracts
in Oregon for the purpose of shut
ting out the small operators. Their
plan is to exchange1 poor quality
privately-owned lands for some of
the best timber lands in the state,
consisting largely of old land grants.
AMMUNITION EXPLODES
CLEVELAND, Jan. 29—A larpe
amount of ammunition, estimated at
10,000 pounds, exploded in the base
ment of the Armory on Thursday,
practically wrecking the historic
structure, which has housed every
thing from a prize-fight to a na
tional convention. The loss is esti
mated at $300,000. Three firemen
were overcome while fighting the fire
which followed the e.'jplosion.
WANTS BOXING LEGALIZED
OLMPIA, Jan. 29—Senator Wray,
of Seattle, has introduced a bill
legalizing boxing in the state of
Washington. The measure is intend- '
sd to put a stop to the appearance I
of “ham and egg” lexers.
FILINOS DROWN
MANILA, Jan 29—Twelve Fili
pinos were drowned southeast cf
tere this week as a result of the
foundering of their launch, which
was driven on the rocks in a gale.
DANIELS OPPOSES PLAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29—
Secretary Daniels is very much op
rosed to the proposal, contained in
he Borah resolution adopted by the
lenate, to stop work for a period of
ix months on the six battleships
vhich are now under construction,
nhe secretary says it would be a
atal mistake to stop work for that
>eriod. He also opposes the sugges
tion that the building of capital
ihips be abandoned in favor of
sbmarines and aircraft.
Banana, Where Balls and Blears Mast
LAWMAKERS CUT ALASKA
WAGON ROAD ITEM DOWN
SEATTLE, Jan. 29—A Washing
ton special to the Post-Intelligencei
says the army appropriation bill
carries only $350,000 for the Alaska
Road commission, which is the same'
amount as was appropriated last
year. The commission asked for the
sum of $955,000 in order that a
comprehensive program of wagon
road construction in Alaska might
be started this year. The commission
was able to get the amount desired
in the estimates, but failed in the
committee-room.
The bill also carries the pruned
sum of $140,000 for the Alaska
cable system, as compared with the
sum of $212,000, required.
ADMIRAL SIMS CREATES STIR
WITH TALK ABOUT IRELAND
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29
Secretary Daniels is. authority for
the statement that he has received,
a number of letters protesting
against remarks made by Admiral
Sims in his Boston speech of re
cent date, km which- he made refer
ence to the Irish situation. One of
the letters asks that Sims be court
martialed as an English propogandist
and another demands that the ad
miral make a public apology-.
LORD MAYOR ON TAP
NEW'YORK, Jan. 29—The Amer
ican committee for the relief of
Ireland announces that Lord Mayor
O’Callaghan, who disappeared this
week, will make his reappearance
today.
SCHWAB IS CLEARED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 29—
The Walsh congressional investigat
ing committee, which is engaged in
making an inquiry into the opera
tion of the shipping board, has is
sued a statement announcing that
the charges preferred against Chas.
Schwab, to the effect that he favor
ed the steel trust while serving the
Government as a member of th'
emergency fleet corporation, have
not been proven and are not true
Ihe members of the committee say
that*a great injustice has been done
:he steel magnate.
SOCIALISTS STAND PAT
BERNE, Jan. 29— The Swiss
Socialists have rejected the Moscow
;hird international.
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