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VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY. FEB. 1, 1923.
NUMBER 408
‘ RHINE GERMANS PLAN SEPARATE REGIME
FRANCE AND BELGIUM ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING
’ SUTHERLAND CALLS FISHERIES OFFICIALS CROOKED LOT
DELEGATE DAN DECLARES
FEDERAL BUREAU ROTTEN
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1
While in attendance at a hearing'
before the senate commerce com
mittee on the Johnson bill to limit
$ the size of fur seals taken. Delegate
Dan Sutherland, of Alaska, declar-1
ed today that the bureau of fisher
ies “is rotten from top to bottom.”
The delegate urged the annul
ment of the sealing privilege of
the Fouke Fur Company, of St.
Louis, which, he declared, dictates
to the officials of the fisheries!
> bureau.
Department of commerce officials
and representatives of the Fouke
Pur Company were present at the
hearing and came to the defense of
the bureau.
GREAT BRITAIN IS READY
TO ACCEPT YANKEE OFFER
LONDON, Feb. I—The govern
ment of Great Britain has decided
to accept the American offer with
regard to the funding of the Bri
tish war debt to the United States.
Pave* Way For Action
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1—
The british acceptance of the Am
erican debt funding suggestions, is i
said by Secretary Mellon to open.
the way for immediate drafting ofj
recommendations by President,
Harding for changes in the funding'
law to lega?.4e the terms of the
suggested American proposition.
The secretary explains that no
public move will be made by the
American commission pending the
receipt of official notification of
the British decision. He says the
American commission is in a po
sition to begin at once to outline |
the details of the plan which the j
President could transmit to Con
gress.
IN SPITE OF HENRY
NEW YORK, Feb. 1—Sol Bloom,
Democrat, has been elected from the
nineteenth congressional district to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
recently of Representative-elect
Samuel Marx.
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CONFERENCE POSTPONED
DENVER, Feb. 1—The confer
ence of governors from eight West- j
ern states, which was to have been j
held at Kansas City tomorrow has ■
been postponed indefinitely. The
reason for the postponement was in
ability to hold a conference on such |
short notice, many of the governors
invited announced that they would j
be unable to attend.
YANKEE DOCTOR HONORED
PARIS, Feb. 1—The council of!
the League of Nations has accepted :
the suggestion of former Premier J
Vivians to invite Dr. D. N. Cum-;
mings, surgeon general of the Uni- j
ted States public health service to
join the league hygiene committee, i
CAN'T BE RUSHED
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1—j
The attempt of the Republican lead-,
ers of the senate to hasten the vote j
on the Lenroot-Anderson agricul-!
tural bill failed this week. Senator
Lenroot has announced that he will j
ask for night sessions of the law- i
makers until the measure is finally
disposed of.
NORTHWESTERN PASSENGERS
The train arriving from the coast
tomorrow morning will have the pas
sengers and mail from the steamer
Northwestern. The following pas- ]
sengers disembarked at Seward:
Miss Grace Fisher. H. B. Potter, S.
T. Wood, Dr. Doyle, Miss Edith :
Whitaker, Mrs. B. Patton, S. N.
Cappers, I. S. Arbogast, J. J. Haw, :
A. B. Holton and wife, J. Winzen-:
ried, Elmer F. Summer, J. E. Ar-!
bogast, Harry Bruce, Frank Martin,]
W. H. Taulman, and two steerage.
FRANCE SERVES FINAL NOTICE
ON GERMANS TO MAKE GOOD
REFUGEES CLUNG TO STACK
OF SHIP UNTIL HELP CAME
MANILLA, Feb. 1—With the ar
j rival here yesterday of the belated
steamship Paris, member of the
fleet of Russian refugee ships from
Vladivostok, it was learned that the
sister ship of the Poris foundered
recently, with a loss of 17 lives.
1 Four of those on board dug to the
; smoke stack for several hours af
ter the wreck and were on the point
of slipping into the water when
aid arrived.
RADIO CONTROL PLANNED
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1—
The lower house of Congress has
passed a federal radio control bill,
! vesting broad powers in the de
i partment of commerce to regulate
all phases of wireless telegraph and
| telephone communication.
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ALASKA MILL TO ANDES
SEATTLE, Feb. 1—R. G. Knick-;
erbocker, representing the Famatina]
Company, of Buencp Aires, has an- ■
nouced the purchase of 750 tons
of machinery from the Alaska Gas
inau Company, at Juneau, for a
smelter plant on the eastern slope
I of the Andes.
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VIOLA RECOVERING
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1—Viola
Dana, movie star, who was operated
i on this week for appendicitis, is
mending rapidly, according to re
ports appearing in the papers today.
DAUGHTER ARRIVES
NEW YORK. Feb. 1—A daughter
was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Barthelmes.
DRUG IMPORTS STOPPED
WASHINGTGON, D. C. Feb. 1—
The federal narcotic control board
•has announced that no more appli
cations for the importation of nar
cotics will be granted until a de
cision is reached as to the total
of such importations during the
year. This action is taken as a
means of curbing the drug habit,
which is assuming alarming propor
tions in this country.
URGES BAN ON DRUGS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1—
Chairman Porter, of the house of!
foreign affairs committee, has in
troduced a resolution requesting the
President to urge world-wide lim
itation of narcotics and habit-form
ing drug production.
OPPOSED TO McNARY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1—
Two of the three members of the
subcommittee appointed to consider
the confirmation of James G. Mc
Nary, of New Mexico, as controller
I of currency, are said to be in favor
of the rejection of the nomination.
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REFUGEE SHIPS SAFE
MANILA, Feb. 1—The last three
! of the belated Russian refugee ships
; have arrived safely at the local
j quarantine station.
HELD FOR ROBBERY
; Deputy Marshal James Hagan has
1 been advised of the arrest of Tom
O’Brion on the charge of robbing
| a woman at Diamond of several
hundred dollars. It is said the ex
| act amount lost by the woman was
•found on O'Brion, cleverly conceal
I ed in his clothing. He will be taken
! to Fairbanks pending the disposi
tion of his case.
BERLIN', Feb, 1—A report from
Coblenz states that agents and agi
tators representing the Separatists
have been in conference at Coblenz
since the departure of the Ameri
can forces, and are now drafting
plans for the establishment of a
Rhineland republic. The report says
it is planned to carry out the coup
with the aid of the French and
Belgian military forces, the plan be
ing for the forces of occupation to
declare martial law and seize all
lines of communication and evict
German officials.
Coal Export* Must Ceaxe
DUSSELDORF, Feb. 1—An or
der prohibiting the exportation of
coal to unoccupied German terri
tory was issued yesterday by the
French military authorities and has
been in force since midnight. Con
trary to expectations, however,
there had been no reaction on the
part of the Germans up to this af
ternoon.
The French have made effective
i their threatened economic measure'
under which they have seized the
entire customs of the Ruhr vallev.
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Final Demand Made
BRUSSELS, Feb. 1—Represen
tatives of Belgium and France pre
sented the German government last
right with an ultimatum in which
final demand was made for the ful- i
fillment of the reparations program
specified in the treaty of Versailles.
N'o reply had been received up to
this afternoon.
Wire* Are Cut
DUSSELDORF, Feb. 1—The Col
ogne-Berlin main trunkline tele
phone and telegraph cable has been
cut in several places near Essen and
that city is entirely cut off from
the r?mainder of Germany in conse
quence.
Coblenz reports that thirty “Ger- \
man civil officials are being ex-;
pelled from the Rhine district un-1
der orders of the Rhineland high
commission.”
ERA OF PEACE IN SIGHT
FOR ISLAND OF TROUBLE
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1—
There are rumors in circulation in
local official circles to the effect
that Governor Reilly, of Porto Rico,
whose administration has been at
tended with constant controversy,
will retire from office at an early
date.
Secretary Weeks is authority for
the statement that the poor health
of the governor may compel him to
quit the island.
COLD WAVE ENVELOPS SOUTH
LOS ANGELES IS SHIVERING
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1—-Resi
dents of this city awakened this
morning to find the ground cover
ed with frost, last night having
been the coldest recorded here in
18 years. Reports from nearby su
burbs indicate even lower temper
atures and it is feared much dam
age resulted throughout the citrus
belt.
STORAGE TANK EXPLODES
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. 1—
Forty persons were injured here
today as the result of the explo-!
sion of a storage tank belonging
to the Springfield Gas and light,
Company. The explosion caused con- j
fusion and damage in the business:
section of this city, and many of
fice workers and other persons in1
the streets were hit by flying pieces
of wreckage.
STEAMER BURNING
NORFOLK, Feb. 1—The steam
ship Buttonwood is on fire in Lynn
Haven roads, according to advices
received from the Coast Guard Cut
ter Manning. Members of the crew
have been taken from the burning
vessel.
Mrs. L. B. Adsit has the position
of clerk in the office of the attorney
General of Alaska, succeeding Miss
Ruth Fridlund. Miss Fridlund left
Juneau several weeks ago for the
States and at that time was not
certain whether or not she would re
turn. She recently decided to re
main at her home in Tacoma.
The mill buildings, milling and
mining equipment at Thane, has
been purchased from the Alaska
Gastinau Mining Company by the
Northwest Steel & Metal Products,
Inc., of Seattle. .
RUSSIA WANTS UNCLE SAM
TO BAN FUR PLUNDERERS
MOSCOW, Feb. 1—Maxim Lit
inoff, assistant commissioner of for
eign affairs has addressed a note to
Secretary of State Hughes in which
he declares that information has
been received at Moscow indicating
that the remnants of counter revol
utionary bands in Siberia intend
to cross over to Alaska during the
coming spring for the purpose of
disposing of furs which were con
fiscated by them on the Russian
side.
The note declares that Russian!
marauders, with their plunder of
furs, have been entering Alaska
unhindered in the past and the
hope is expressed that the American
government will take steps to ex-;
elude all Russians in future who
are not possessed of the proper Sov
iet documents.
BRIDGE DISASTER TO COST
COWLITZ COUNTY HEAVILY
KELSO, Feb. 1—A number of
claims have been filed against Cow
litz county as a result of the col
lapse of a bridge here on January 2
causing the death of a score of per
sons. The claims already total $200,
000 and more are expected.
SMELTER CHIEF EXPLAINS
DANGER TO SILVER MINES
NEW YORK, Feb. 1—Declaring
that the “paramount danger to the 1
silver mining industry lies in the
remorseless increase in the discon-]
tinuance of its use as money.”
Francis H. Brownell, vice president
of the American Smelting & Min
ing Company, has published a letter
written by him to Senator Key
Putman, of Nevada, denying that
the smeltering companies are not
interested in the effort to form a
mutual selling and credit organi
zation.
AUTO RIDING IN ERIN
DUBLIN, Jan. 30—Irish automo- j
bile owners are having hard times.
Travel i3 difficult and dangerous.
Many roads are impassable, and re
peated hold ups to examine permits
discourage motoring. The tax for;
light cars works out at about ten
shillings a week, and many drivers
cannot get, under present conditions
more than 100 miles a week out
of their cars. If the tax is not paid
there is the risk that the authori
ties may confiscate their car.
MANY MINERS FACE DEATH
AS RESULT OF EXPLOSION
BERLIN, Feb. 1—Fire damp, fol
lowing an explosion, has cut off the
escape of more than 250 miners at
the Heinity mine, at Beuthen, Polish
Silesia, according to a Central News
message. Several bodies are report
ed to have been recovered, but
there is said to be little hope of
saving any of the imprisoned min
ers who may be still alive.
COULDN’T PROVE CHARGES
HELENA. Feb. 1—D. H. P. Shel
ley, Montana member of the Repub
lican national committee, was found
not guilty of bribe taking, at the
conclusion of his second trial here
yesterday. The charges involved the
taking of money from breweries
and drug stores.
MAIL ROBBER CAUGHT
Toledo, Feb. 1—Nathan Otter
beck, last member of the gang ac
cused of robbing the postoffice of
more than a million dollars two
years ago, has been taken into
custody at Davenport, Iowa, accord
ing to information received here
yesterday.
POINDEXTER MAY GO
WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 1—
Inquiry has been made by the Am
erican government as to whether
the appointment of Senator Miles
Poindexter of Washington, as am
bassador to Peru will be acceptable
to the government of that republic.
GAS SALES INCREASE IN 1922
CHICAGO, Jan. 30—Official pre
liminary figures indicate that sales
of manufactured gas in 1922 in
creased approximately ten percent
over the record-breaking year of
1921, when use of this fuel in
homes and industry touched a new
high figure of three hundred and
twenty-six billion cubic feet.
According to Oscar H. Fogg, sec
retary of the American Gas Asso
ciation, who made the announce
ment, the higher standard of liv
ing and increased efficiency in in
dustrial production resulted in Am
erica using three times the gas
last year that it did twenty year'
ago.
HALIBUT BOAT HAS RECORD;
MEMBERS OF CREW DO WELL
The halibut schooner Gladstone,
with Pete Peterson in command, ar
rived at Juneau recently from
Prince Rupert where they sold their
catch of 38,000 pounds of halibut
at 20 cents and 8 cents per pound.
The total sale amounted to $727.80
to each of the crew of Captain
Peterson and five men.
The Gladstone belongs to Charles
Tecklenberg of Seward and was
chartered by Captain Peterson and
crew on September 21. Since then
they have been successful on all
their trips, averaging $2,400 each
up to the present time. This last
catch averaging $727.80 per man is
a record claims the Ketchikan
Chronicle, not only for the Pacific
coast but is a world record. The
trip was made in 14 Vs days from
the day they left Ketchikan for
the deep sea fisheries until their
return from Prince Rupert
ST. LOUIS SNOWLESS
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1—For the first
time in 47 years the month of Jan
uary passed here without a single
flake of snow falling.
1 SENATE REVIVING MEASURE
TO GIVE VETS MORE MONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1—
■ The senate pensions committee has
I submitted a favorable report on the
1 Bursum bill providing: for the in
j crease of pensions paid to Civil
i War veterans. The measure is the
, one which was vetoed by President
■ Harding recently except that the
provisions to which the President
objected have been eliminated. It
is believed the President will sign
the bill in the form in which it
has been reported by the committee.
SOCIETY DAME ROBBED
I MIAMI, Fla. Feb. 1—Mrs. David
C. Joyce, wife of the millionaire
I Chicago lumberman of that name.
| has reported the theft of jewelry
: valued at a quarter of a million dol
lars. The jewels were stolen from
! the bedroom of Mrs. Joyce while
| she and other members of the fam
; lly were dining down stairs.
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MINE WORKERS ASK COURT
TO OUT CURB ON SHERIFF
CHARLESTON, Feb. 1—Repres
entatives of the United Mine Work
ers have asked the federal court
to issue an injunction to restrain
Sheriff Chapin, of Logan county,
from assaulting members of the
union and interfering with them.
It is also requested that the shefiff
be forbidden to accept funds from
mine operators or other sources to
hire deputies for the purpose of
opposing union miners and organ
izers.
FRANCE FEARS FAILURE
OF PEACE CONFERENCE
LONDON, Feb. 1 — The French
' government has addressed a note
[to Great Britain in which announce
ment is made that France reserves
the right to undertake separate ne
gotiations with Turkey in the event
j of the failure of the I-ausanne con
ference.
BUREAU OF MINES CHIEF
SAYS NORTH HAS FUTURE
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1 SEATTLE, Feb. 1—A Washing
ton dispatch says H. Foster Bain,
director of the bureau of mines.
; has issed a bulletin in which he
asserts that “Alaska today is read
ier of access and offers more real
opportunity than did the Lake Sup
erior region when the first attempt
were made to develop the copper
and iron that have made Michigan
and Minnesota wealthy.
ANCHORAGE WANTS REFUGEES
TO SETTLE ALONG RAILROAD
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i ANCHORAGE, Feb. 1—President
E. M. Spaulding of the Chamber of
Commerce, the presidents of three
local banks and a majority of the
businessmen of Anchorage hav
i joined in a request that the Govern
ment direct the fleet of Russian
refugees, now at Manila to the
railroad belt in Alaska, to take up
land.
The belief is expressed that Al
aska must be given a maximum of
aid to gain ten thousand popula
tion and get the wheat belt settled.
I Alexander M. Smith, noted Arct
1 explorer, who is in Seattle visiting
I took his dog, Slim, outside with him.
j Slim apparently at first enjoyed the
j trip out but, like all true Alaskans
i the civilization outside soon began
i to weary him, seeming to have con
•tempt for the city bred dog le«s
I than half his size that wouldn't
know a cache from a caribou. Slim
has spent all of his six years with
in the Arctic circle. His pardner
and running mate, Growler, wa
left in Siberia with a trader.
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i Miss Grace Fisher will be among
'those arriving from the States to
morrow.