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Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922
NUMBER 194
NATION MUST ASSIST VICTIMS OF FLOOD
CARPENTIER KNOCKS “KID” LEWIS OUT IN FIRST
' ANTICONSERVATIONISTS MOURNING DEFEAT OF NEW
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FRENCH CHAMPION KNOCKS
LEWIS OUT IN FIRST ROUND I
LONDON, May 11—In what was j
to have been a twenty-round con
test for the light heavyweight cham
pionship of the world, Ted “Kid
Lewis went down for the count in j
the first round, knocked completely
out by the clever Georges Carpen
tier.
Carpentier entered the ring a
three-to-one favorite and was easily
the master of the situation while the
brief battle lasted.
It is generally believed that the
Frenchman, as a result of winning
this contest, will be matched im
mediately to meet Dempsey some
time during the fall.
MRS. STILLMAN DENIES ALL
POUGHKEEPSIE. X. Y., May 11
—Mrs. Anna Stillman, taking the
stand in her own defense at the trtal
of the divorce suit instituted bi
James Stillman, mayor and banker,
denied that she had misconducted
herself with Fred Beauvais, an In
dian guide, as charged in the com
plaint.
AFTER MANY YEARS
NEW YORK. May 11—Federal
judges Rogers. Hough and Manton
have filed a dissolution order against
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany and other corporations and
individuals who were named as de
fendants in the Government’s Sher
man anti-trust suits started a dozen
years ago.
DAVISON LAID AT REST
LOCUST VALLEY, N. Y.. May 11
—The body of the late Henry P.
Davison was laid at rest here this
week, services being held in St.
John's chapel. The funeral was at
tended by men and women of inter
national prominence, a special train
from New York bring a large del
gation of mourners from the me
tropolis.
CLERK KILLS GIRL TEACHER
MARMONECK. N. Y.. May 11—
The bodies of John C. Kane, clerk,
and Elizabeth Dunn, school teacher,
were found near here yesterday. It
is believed that Kane killed the girl
and then committed suicide. They
are reported to have been engaged.
GOLDSTEIN WITHDRAWS NAME
WASHINGTON. D. C-, May 11—
Nat Goldstein, whose recent nomina
tion as internal revenue collector at
St. Louis occasioned much unfavor
able criticism among members of
the senate, has asked the President
to withdraw his name and it is
understood that his request will be
’ granted, which will end the matter.
HOME FIRE FATAL TO FIVE
MARENGO. Ill-, May 11—Five
persons were burned to death here
on Tuesday night when fire destroy- j
ed the home of August Burke.
BASEBALL FANS ISSUE CALL
FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR WORK
An urgent call has been issued
for a public meeting to be held at
the baseball park this evening at
6:30 and everyone interested in
seeing Nenana properly represent
ed on the diamond this season is
urged to be on hand.
The object of the gathering is
to start the work of putting the
grounds in shape for play, and all
attending are invited to bring a
rake or a hoe along. It is expected
that the work can be done in a
single evening if the ball fans will
turn out and lend the boys a hand.
It is the intention of the local
ball boys to begin practice as soon
as the diamond'is put in condition,
in order that there may be no de
lay in the preparation for an early
meeting with either Fairbanks or
Anchorage.
Don’t forget—a rake or a hoe
and the hour is 6:30, with entrance
open to all.
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MUCH MONEY WILL BE NEEDED
TO CARE FOR MANY HOMELESS
HENRY O’MALLEY SLATED
FOR IMPORTANT POSITION
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11—'
Henry O’Malley, who is at present |
in charge of all of the activities of
the Bureau of Fisheries, with which
i department he has been connected
.since 1897, has been selected to,
succeed Dr. Smith as commissioner i
■of fisheries. His nomination is to be,
sent to the senate at an early date,,
according to announcement made i
yesterday. O'Malley is a native of
St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and is well
known in Alaska, where he recently |
investigated salmon conditions along
the Yukoa river and in other sec
tions of the Territory.
REVIVED PATENT TREATY
INVOLVES HEAVY OUTLAY
WASHINGTON. P. C., May 11 —
The American government, under
the provisions of the revived patent
treaty with Germany, faces the ne
cessity of paying royalties which
may reach $5,000,000, to the big
German Krupps establishment These
1 royalties, according to Alien Pro
perty Custodian Miller, will be based
' on patents resulting from discov
eries made by American engineers.
HAS NOT FORGOTTEN ALASKA
WASHlNGton, D. C.. May 11 —
1 Delegates from Portland who called
at the White House yesterday were
informed by President Harding: that
it would be impossible for him to
attend the Portland Rose Festival
I on June 9 but that he hoped to visit
Portland later in the summer pro
i viding he is able to carry out his
Alaska trip.
TEXAS NEGROES THREATEN
AUSTIN, May 11—Governor Neff;
has ordered two detachments ol
State Rangers to proceed to lair-j
field to prevent an uprising of ne
groes which the sheriff of that dis
trict declares is imminent. He re
ports that the negroes have threaten
ed to avenge the death of the three
negroes who were burned at the
stake at Kirvin last Saturday.
HARDING TO ANSWER SOON j
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 11 —
President Harding has announced
that his views on the soldier bonus
question will he transmitted to the
senate this week, through the Re-j
j publican members of the senate
finance committee. j
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R. R. RATES TO BE DISCUSSED
WASHINGTON, D. May 11
Fifteen of the leading railroad ex
ecutives of the country have been
invited to attend a dinner confer
ence at the White House on May 20
for the purpose of discussing rate
adjustments.
Trouble Blow* oyer
MEXIA, Texas, May 11—Reports |
from Frestate county, where a negro ;
outbreak was feared, indicate that;
no trouble has occurred and it is
believed the danger is over.
CANADA TO BAN ORIENTALS
OTTAWA, May 11—The house of
commons has adopted a resolution
calling for “restrictive legislation"
against Oriental immigration into
Canada.‘The resolution, as original
ly presented, called for exlusion but
was amended later to restrict.
FIRE CRIPPLES IOWA PAPER
DES MOINES. May 11—The home
of the Des Moines News was par
Itially destroy yesterday by fire of
unknown origin.
NEW ORLEANS, May 11—While j
state and city agencies have execut
ed efforts to provide relief for flood
victims, the word comes from the
national capital that plans are being
formulated at headquarters of the
Red Cross Society for a nation-wide
appeal for funds. It is also report
ed that President Harding has ap
proved the proposal to lend the ;
state of Louisiana the sum of one
million dollars for use in relief
work.
The flooding of Jonesville, La.,
with a population of 1,500, through
a new break in the levee, has added
1 more to the number of homeless in
' Mississippi and Louisiana, and in
: creased the property loss by a tre
mendous amount. The water is re
! ported to be four feet deep in the
streets of Jonesville and a serious
I problem is presented in supplying
! 30,000 homeless with food through
out the flooded area, outside of re
fuge camps._
More Trouble In Texa* 1
FORT WORTH, May 11—Trinity
river is again out of its banks, with
the result that several sections of
this city are under water for the
second time in two weeks.
The municipal water service is out
of commission, as weel as the power
service and transportation.
To Solicit Subacriptions
WASHINGTON*, D. C., May 11—
John Barton Payne, national chair
man of the Red Cross, has author
ized local chapters to solicit con
tributions for flood relief. He states
that at least half a million dollars
will be needed.
Heavy Snow In Utah
DENVER, May 11—Heavy snows
i are reported in Southern Utah,
Northern Arizona and in South
‘ western Colorado.
OHIO CITIZENS THREATEN
LIFE OF SCHOOL TEACHER
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, May 11
—Otto Thacev, former principal of
the Wallbridge, Ohio, school, who
was recently arrested on a charge
of conduct unbecoming one in his
position, and who is now out on
bail pending his trial, which is set
for May 17, narrowly escaped death
at the hands of a mob this week.
A large number of enraged citi
zens stormed the home of W inn
Stein, near Wallbridge. where Trac
ey was staying, and demanded that
he surrender himself for the pur
pose of participating in a “neck
tie party”. The windows of the
Stein house were shot out and it
looked very serious for Tracey, buj
the timely arrival of officers pre
vented the carrying out of the pro
gram
RAILROAD MEN MAY ASSIST
. COAL STRIKERS WITH CASH
HOUSTON, May 11—There is the
possibility that the International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Engineers will assist the coal
strikers to carry on their present
fight. A motion was made yesterday
at the annual convention of the
railroad men that the organization
contribute $50,000 monthly to the
United Mine Workers, and referred,
to a special committee for considera
tion. Definite action will depend!
largely upon the report of this com- j
mittee.
mineral industry coming
BACK TO NORMAL CONDITION
ST. LOUIS, May 11—The condi
' tion of the mineral industry is gra
; dually swinging back to normal, ac
cording to a statement made bj
; Eugene H. Wolfe, president of the
j American Zinc Institute which is in
i annual session in this city,
j Wolfe predicts increases during
j the year in the production of zinc
as the result of improved market
i conditions.
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TRAIN WRECK FATAL TO SIX i
VANCOUVER. B. C., May 11—j
; Six persons were killed near Mission |
B. C., last night when a Canadian j
Pacific traft struck an automobile.!
JOLIET SCENE OF TRAGEDY
JOLIET. 111.. May 11—Robert S.
i McRoberts, a prominent businessman
of this city, shot and killed Mabel
Kerwin, his former secretary, yes
terday, and then turned the gun on
himself with fatal results.
BRITISH VETERAN IN LOVE: !
TEXAS SENATOR OBJECTS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 11—
Alexander E. Robertson, a British
war veteran, has complained to the
authorities that private detectives,
presumably employed by Senator
Culbertson, of Texas, made an at
tempt to spirit him out of the coun
try because of his affection for
Mary Culbertson, daughter of the
senator.
When newspapermen sought to in
terview the senator regarding the
affair, he refused to see them or to
discuss the matter in any way.
Robertson has taken the matter
up with the British embassy and it
is understood that officials of the
state department are contemplating
an investigation. Robertson declares
that he was actually kidnaped but
managed to elude the detectives be
fore they had carried out their
plans.
AMERICANS WILL BE ASKED
TO CONSIDER DISABLED VETS
WASHINGTON, D C., May 11—
The National Disabled Soldiers
League has announced that Presi
dent Harding and the governors o*
all the states will be asked to set
aside the week of May 2b-June <
as a "National Disabled Soldiers'
Week” during which the "disabled
soldier question shall receive the
concentrated interest of every citi
zen toward the alleviation of the
suffering of the individual men and
their families”.
FOREIGN DEBT PROBLEMS
TO BE TAKEN UP SHORTLY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11
Officials of the administration have
announced That definite progress in
connection with negotiations looking
! to the refunding of the eleven bil
| Hon dollar foreign debt may be ex
pected as soop as the Genoa confer
| ence is terminated and foreign eco
; nomic and financial experts from
their duties there.
VICTORIA HAS BAD FIRE
VICTORIA, B. C., May 11—The
Arcade building, in the heart of the
business section of this city, was
partially destroyed by fire early yes
terday, with a loss of approximate
ly a quarter of a million dollars.
NEW MINISTER ON JOB
BUDAPEST, May 11—Theodore
Brentano, first American minister to
Hungary, has arrived to assume his
afficial duties.
BUREAU OF MINES WILL TRY
TO AID MINERAL INDUSTRY
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11—
The Bureau of Mines has estab
. lished a division of war mineral sup-!
ply, charged with responsibility for j
| “matters relating to the supply of j
; strategic minerals involved in the i
^ nation's war plans”.
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J The Department of the Interior i
also has announced that an effort
will be made to maintain a proper i
balance of trade among the nation's j
mineral industries.
H. S. Mulliken, special assistant
director of mines, will have charge
of the new division.
RECOGNITION OF MEXICO
CONSIDERED AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11
In view of the fact that the United
States and Mexico thus far have j
been unable to agree on a program
for the recognition of the Mexican*
government, it has been suggested
in some official quarter* that an in-j
ternationa! commission be appointed
to consider all of the issues involved
in recognition of the present govern
ment of Mexico.
It is understood that this plan is
acceptable to the United Slates pro-;
ividing formal request for recogni
tion is received from President
Obregon.
POWDER EXPLODES—GIRL DIES
SEATTLE, May 1*—Nora Bailey,
aged 17, an employe of the Hitt
Fireworks Company, was killed last
night when five pounds of powder
imploded, wrecking the room in
which she was working. At the time
of the explosion she was engaged
in tamping powder in roman candles
but the exact cause of the explosion
has not been ascertained The dam
age otherwise was slight.
COUNCIL PUTS BAN ON DOGS;
NO MORE RUNNING AT LARGE
An ordinance positively prohibit-;
ing the appearance of dogs on the
streets of Nenana, except in har
ness or attached to a rope or chain,
was given final approval at a meet
ing of the city council on Tuesday
night, and it whs ordered that those
having paid for the privilege os
letting their dogs run at large, be
reimbursed for such portion of the
year hot already elapsed under the
terms of their permit.
The new ordinance, which repeal
the one passed by the old counci
is patterned after the Fairbanks
law which places responsibility to
the custody of dogs upon their own
ers, and makes them subject to a
fine in case their animals are found
on the streets.
The council voted the sum of $23
for use by the street committee in
draining upper A street, in the
neighborhood of Sixth.
An expenditure also was author
ized. of approximately $70, for mak
ing needed alterations in the City
Hall building, which will provide
more commodious quarters for the
city clerk and the fire chief and al
so make room ipr an additional fire
man.
Salary bills for the month of
April were ordered paid, as we’
as a bill of about $500, from the
Healy River Corporation, for lights
, and water to the first May.
The fire committed was instructed
to look carefully into the condi
tion of buildings and alleys with a
view to taking steps, where needed,
to prevent fire risks.
DEFEAT OF SENATOR NEW
GIVES PINCHOT NEW HOLD
SEATTLE. May 11—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times reports that “those who hope
for legislation to break the strangle
hold of bureaucracy on Alaska re
gret the defeat of Senator Harry
News for renomination. His retire
ment next March and the presump
tive re-election of Senator Johnson,
of California, next fall, point.-, al
most inevitably to the selection next
year of Johnson as head of the sen
ate committee on territories.
“Throughout his political career,
Johnson never lost an opportunity
to align with the Pinchot theories,
and with him as chairman of the
committee, Alaskans, intolerant of
Pinchotism, are unserene as to the
| prospects.”
. The correspondent calls attention
to the fact that Beveridge, who de
jfeated New for the senatorial nom
ination, was chairman of the com
mittee on territories in 1910 and,
| during the Pinchot fight, allied him
self with the Pinchot forces. It is
: considered probable that he will
again become a member of the com
mittee if he is elected next fall.
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BOWEN SAYS RAILROAD SPUR
WILL CUT COAL MINING COST
SEATTLE. May 11—Dr J. R.
Bowen, president of the Healy River
Coal Corporation, who has just ar
rived from the North, told the mem
bers of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce yesterday that the lack
of a two-mile sptir from the Alaska
railroad at Healy Fork, to the pro
perties of his company, is all that
is retarding the development of one
of Alaska’s largest bituminous coal
tie Ids.
The doctor declared that with ade
quate transportation facilities, coal
can be mined by the Healy River
Coal Corporation for one dollar a
ton and laid down in Seattle for
: from ?>& to $8.50 per ton.
FORMER ALASKAN SELECTED
DIRECTOR ALASKA BUREAU
SEATTLE, May 11—-President
Frank Waterhouse, of the Seat:!-'
Chamber of Commerce, has appoint
ed Charles L*. Garfield director of
the Alaska Bureau, and the selec
| tion has received 'fc. unanimous
, ratification of the board of trustees
of the chamber.
| Garfield resided in Alaska for J.i
! years, having left for the North
from Port Townsend in 18y7. H
entered the customs service ar. I
rose rapidly and recently was deputy
J collector at Juneau, He was or
ganizer and for many v ,r- pr*
dent of the Alaska Fi ll 1 • i i>. .•
Society and later was sec y of
the Territorial Fish Commission.
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CONFEREES HAVE AGREED
ON APPROPRIATION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C . May 11 —
The senate and house conferees
have reached an agreement on the
annual appropriation of the state
department. Among the items agreed
upon was an appropriation for the
continuance of the Alaska-Canadian
Boundary Survey Commission. The
house conferees also accepted a sen
ate amendment raising the state
department’s confidential emergency
fund from $100,000 to $400,000.
j HARDING FAVORS SUBSIDY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11
j The Ret-uhlican members cf the
, senate and house merchant marine
confmittees were the guests of Frtsi
' dent Harding at a White House din
ner last night, the purpose of the
gathering being to give the execu
tive opportunity to convince the
lawmakers of his favorable attitude
toward the proposed ship subsidy bill
i and his desire to have the bill ap
proved at the present session of
Congress.