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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1921
NUMBER 93
CONFERENCE APPROVES PLAN OF U. S.
SENATE PASSES RAILROAD AUTHORIZATION BILL
AFTERNOON FIRE WRECKS ANCHORAGE UGI IT PLANT
SENATE PASSES RAILROAD BILL ]
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15—
The bill authorizing the appropria
tion of four million dollars addi
tional for the completion of the
Alaska Government railroad, which
was approved by the lower house
of CngTess earlier in the month,
was passed by the senate yesterday
afternoon, and has been sent to the
President for his signature.
The passage of this bill does not
make the money available for the
use of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission. Before the money can
be obtained fro mthe treasury, it
will be necessary to secure the
passage of an appropriation bill,,
and such a measure has not yet
been introduced.
KANTISHNA PROSPECTOR HAS
BATTLE WITH BROWN BEAR
Henry Knight, proprietor of the,
Knight roadhouse, on the Toklat,:
pulled into town yesterday after
noon with Sam Fedderson as passen-;
ger. The latter was nursing a badly j
lacerated arm and several other i
minor injuries, the result of an en
counter with a large female brown
bear, on Monday of last week, in j
the Chitsia Mountain region, and
within a few miles of Fedderson’3
cabin on Hot Creek.
Fedderson, whose injuries were
given first aid treatment at the road-1
house, went to the hospital immed-,
iately after his arrival in town and
had his wounds properly attended
and dressed by Harry Abercrombie.
He expects to remain here several
weeks, by which time, it is thought,
his wounds will have healed suffi
ciently to permit of a resumption
of prospecting.
Henry Knight. who was hunting
for moose in the neighborhood of
Fededrson’s cabin on November 6,
ran on to a large female brown
bear, squatting outside of her den.
He at first mistook the animal for
a moose and approached closer,
opening fire rapidly as soon as he
discovered his error.
At the third shot the bear re
treated into the cave and, as it was
getting dark and too dangerous to
try to rout the bear out, Knight
made for Fedderson’s cabin.
Next morning both men went
after the bear and, on reaching the
cave, discovered a well-defined and
bloddy trail leading out from the
cave, to the heavy timber beyond.
The men, who were on snowshoes,
took up the trail, following it for
about five miles, Fedderson being
from ten to fifteen paces ahead of
his companion. Suddenly, in the
heavy timber, the bear loomed up
at close range, making straight for
the man in the lead. Shouting a
warning to Knight, who could not
see the bear from his position in
the rear, Fedderson prepared to
meet the onslaught but, ere he had
taken off his mitt to use his rifle,
the bear had knocked him down,
sending his rifle flying out of his
hand into the snow’. The bear w-as
on top of Fedderson and had grab
bed his forearm when Knight, com
ing up, sent a well-directed bullet
into a vital spot, following it up
rapidly with another which finished
the animal.
Knight’s first shot had almost
put the bear out of commission,
otherwise it might have gone hard
with Fedderson, to say the least.
Fedderson’s injuries consist of a
badly lacerated right forearm, a
gash across the scalp above his fore
head, and several minor bruises and
lacerations. He is a guest at the
Rust House while in town.
RAILROAD SHOPS BURN
SHAWNEE, Okla., Nov. 15—A
disastrous fire, resulting from an
explosion in the Chicago & Rock
Island railroad shops, caused a loss
of a quarter of a million dollars
on Saturday. The flames were con
trolled after a hard fight.
ARMAMENT LIMITATION PLAN
OF STATES PLEASES DELEGATES
ALASKA ALLOTTED MONEY
FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15—
Under the provisions of the bill
recently passed by Congress for
the construction of forest roads and
trails, the Alaska allotments of
the appropriation for 1922 will be
$259,273 and for 1923 Alaska will
get $723,164.
DAN SUTHERLAND,
Delegate from Alaska
EMERGENCY TARIFF EXTENDED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15—
The lower house of Congress has
concurred in the senate amend
ments to the bill extending the life
of the emergency tariff and the
measure has been transmitted to
the President for his signature.
ARBUCKLE TRIAL STARTS
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 15—The
start of the Arbuckle trial yester
day was marked by a rush for the
courtroom, a great crowd having
sought aumi.sion, in spite of the
fact that the attendance was limited
to aproximately 300. which included
more than a score of newspapermen.
The crowd gathered early and surg
ed through the corridors, causing the
police considerable trouble. Scores
of witnesses are on hand waiting to
be called as soon as the preliminar
ies have been disposed of.
JAP STEAMER SINKS LINER
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15—The
Japanese steamer Fikuyu Maru ram
med and sank the French liner
Maryland, at the First street wharf
yesterday. The accident is attribut
ed to broken steering gear.
MORE JUDGES COMING
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 15—
The house judiciary committee has
ordered a favorable report on the
bill providing for the creation of 23
additional federal judges. A similar
bill is pending in the senate.
OFFICERS INDICTED
YAKIMA, Nov. 15—Sheriff P. R.
Bear and C. F. Bolin, an attorney,
were indicted today by the county
grand jury on the charge of ex
tortion and alleged threats against
Fred Crumley. The indictment in
volves a liquor transaction.
WILL WED DIVORCED WIFE
TO SAVE HER FROM PRISON
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15— A
marriage license has been issued for
Ralph Oberchain. Chicago attorney,
to wed his divorced wife, Madalyne,
whom he is defending on an indice
ment charging her and Arthur C.
Burch with the murder of J. Belton
Kennedy.
The state supreme court at Sac
ramento, has denied a motion de
manding either an immediate trial
of the accused or the dismissal ol
j the case against Mrs. Oberchain.
BIG TIM SENTENCED
CHICAGO, Nov. 15—Big Tire
j Murphy, convicted of complicity lr
a recent mail robbery, has beer
sentenced by Judge Landis to a tern:
of six years in the penitentiary, ir
addition to which he must pay s
fine of $30,000. Three others wer«
convicted with Murphy.
The train leaving for Fairbanks
today carried many passengers, in
eluding members of the petit jury
Court convenes tomorrow morping
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15—;
It became known at the opening of
' the Armament conference in this j
. city last week that the American
members and delegates to the con-;
ference had had under duscussion ]
in advance, suggestions as to ways
and means for the curtailment of
armament expenditures, without the
sacrifice of national security; and,
as a result of this preliminary dis
cussion, Secretary Hughes and his
colleagues have prepared a definite
formula which is understood to be j
entirely practicable in that it does
not attempt to fix a common de
nomination by which all navies will
' be divided.
The American suggestion will
deal with things as the are, and will :
be a plain proposition of ships built
' or authorized, existing and project
' ed naval bases and the vital ele
* ment of naval replacements.
Arthur J. Balfour, who is acting
as head of the British delegation,
pending the arrival of Premier Lloyd
George, attended the formal open- ,
ing of the conference, together with
the delegations from New Zealland :
and Australia. On Balfour’s nomin- !
ation, Secretary of State Hughes:
was elected chairman of the con-!
Terence.
! At the very opening of the con
ference Chairman Hughes presented !
America’s proposal which, briefly, is
as follows:
The creation of a naval holiday J
j in which all naval building pro- j
' gram? are to be abandoned and old-i
] er ships in the present navies of \
the powers concerned be scrapped, j
j Also, for general principles in car- J
. rying out the proposed holiday, (1)
j That all capital ships included in
building programs, either actual or
; projected, be abandoned; (2) That
| a further reduction be made thru
j scrapping old ships; (3) That, in
general, regard should be had for
i the existing strength of the power?
• concerned; (4) That tonnage of cap
ital ships should be used as a stand
ard of measurement of the strength
: for navies and a proportionate al
lowance prescribed for auxiliary
! combat vessel.
Power* Accept Propo*ais
The spokesmen for Britain. Japan
| France andltaly have accepted the
American armament limitation pro
i posals in “spirit and principle”, mak
ing only reservation for the suggest
jing of modifications of detail. The
I American program was praised in i
1 HARDING PROCLAIMS PEACE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 15
President Harding has attached his
signature to a proclamation declar
ing peace with Germany, in ac
cordance with action taken by Con
gress. The proclamation was sign
ed just before four o’clock yester
day afternoon.
:he highest terms by the foreign
lelegations.
Cauif And Effect
PITTSBURG. Nov. 15—The naval
disarmament program, as effecting
the United States, would scrap all
capital ships under construction, 15
in number, as well as 15 older
battleships.
Britain would have to stop con
struction on her four new ships of
the Hood type, and scrap all her
second and first line battleships up
to the King George V type. This
would amount to 19 ships in ali,
with a total tonnage of 583,375.
Japan would have to abandon her
program calling for three battle
ships and four battle cruisers, not
yet laid down; and scrap three bat
tleships and four battle cruisers,
all of them now under construction
but not yet completed; and also
scrap ten old battleships, the total
tonnage being 156,828 tons.
The Reduced Navies
WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 15—
Within three months after reaching’
an agreement, the navies of the
great powers will consist of desig
nated and agree-upon ships, as fol
lows :
America. 18 ships . 500,650 tons
Britain, 22 ships 604.450 tons
Japan. 10 ships 299,700 tons
The naval replacements found to
be necessary through losses incurred
by wreck or otherwise, would be
limited by an agreement.
The maximum tonnage of capital
ships, by which term are designated
battleships and battle cruisers only,
in actual tonnage of the ships, is
as follows: United States, 500,000
tons: Great Britain. 50U.000 tons;
Japan. 300,000 tons, subject to a
year's naval holiday limitation. Cap
ital ships could only be replaced
when 20 years old and no replace
ment ships having a tonnage of
more than 35.000 tons are to be
built.
The British Viewpoint
Britain’s acceptance of the Amer
ican proposals is based on what is
described as “certain definite modi
fications. among the most important
of which in one seeking, instead of
a ten-year naval holiday, a year-by
year replacement scheme, so that
their shipment may not go to rot.”
It is understood that Britain may
also ask for the abolition of sub
marines.
ULSTER REJECTS PROPOSALS
LONDON, Nov. 15—The Ulster
cabinet has rejected the govern
ment plan for the settlement of the
Irish question, on the grounds that
it contains fundamental principles
which, under present conditions,
are impossible of attainment. The
Ulsterites will submit counter pro
posals.
Ask the Moose
what the
J. J. Davis Class
means
j
SECRETARY FALL OPPOSED
TO GOVERNMENT OPERATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15
In a statement made before the
senate committee on territories, in
support of the New bill for the
consilidation of bureau control,
under the jurisdiction of the de
partment of the interior. Secretary
Fall declared that he is not in favor
of the Government operation of
railroads and steamships. He also
said that he considered transporta
tion an important question, but
subordinate to the consolidation of
Government activities.
The secretary pointed out that
it is impossible to accomplish ma
terial results in Alaska at present
because of the “bueaucratic Reds".
He added that he was convinced
that before Alaska laws could be
changed and the resources of the
territory properly developed, there
must be a change in administra
tive policies. He recited numerous
cases of confusion ar.d conflict,
which he attributed to "bureaucratic
jealousy and ambition to control’".
WILL FOLLOW HARAS LEAD
TOKIO, Nov. 15—Premier Tana
hashi. who has succeeded the late
Premier Hara. has issued a state
ment in which he says the new
cabinet will adhere to the policy of
Hara toward the Washington con
ferences.
BLOCKING NEWBERRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13—
The Democrats have blocked a move
on the part of Republican leader?
to get the Ford-N'ewberry election
contest before the senate today for
immediate action. The opposition de
veloped after one of the Democratic
senators announced that he had
heard some of the Republicans had
planned to jam through a resolu
tion declaring Newberry elected and
entitled to his seat in the senate.
Eight jurors had been tentatively
selected up to noon today and it is
expected that it will take two days
more to complete the jury. Fatty
maintained a downcast attitude dur
ing the proceedings.
CHURCHES HAVE BIG TASK.
DETROIT, Nov. 15—I f t h e
churches fail in their high and holy
tasks, there is little hope for civil
ization, President Harding declared
in a message which was read today
at the national conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church. The
President paid high tribute to the
work done by the ehurches during
the war.
ILLINOIS BANK HELD UP
ALTON, 111., Nov. 15—The Illi
nois State Bank of East Alton was
held up yesterday by six bandits,
who made their escape with $12,000,
which was all the money in the bank
except $6. The cashier and his as
sistant made an attempt to prevent
the robbery and were severely beat
en by the holdup men.
SHIPPING BOARD ESCAPES
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Nov. 15—
The senate interstate commerce com
mittee has declined, unanimously, to
institute an investigation of the U.
S. Shipping Board, as proposed in
a resolution submitted by Senator
La Follette.
Mike Kiroff was among the passen
gers arriving in town from Fairbanks
on the train yesterday afternoon.
POWER HOUSE DESTROYED;
ANCHORAGE IN DARKNESS
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 15—The big
power plant of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, which sup
plies electric energy for the oper
ation of the Commission shops and
lights for the city of Anchorage,
was wrecked by fire yesterday after
noon, starting at four o’clock.
As a result of the fire, the town
and railroad reserve were in dark
l ness last night, and it is estimated
that it will be ten days before
; electricity will be available again.
: The Commission will bring a gener
i ator from Sutton for use until
| such time as permanent repairs
: can be made.
Much of the equipment in the
; shop was saved by hard work but
the loss is estimated at $72,000
j notwithstanding.
BALLAINE BLAMES COMBINE
FOR HOLDING UP ALASKA
______
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 15—
John E. Ballaine, of Seward, ap
i peraed before the senate committee
j on territories yesterday and charged
| that the Morgan-Guggenheim inter
i ests are destroying independent de
i velopment in Alaska through dis
crimination against the public use
of water transportation facilities.
TRAINMEN CONFER
CHICAGO. Nov. 15—President
Stone, of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. Timothy Shea,
vice president of the carmen, T C.
Cdsseh, president of the switchmen,
and a number of other brotherhood
officials, gathered in conference here
yesterday, but refused to give out
any information regarding the pur
pose of the meeting.
BLUEBEARD ON TRIAL
VERSAILLES. Nov. 15—Henri
Andru, alleged "Bluebeard”, is on
on trial here, on the charge of
having committed eleven murder*.
He has entered strong denial of
guilt, declaring that "there is no
blood on my hands.”
FIENDS WRECK TRAIN
LISBON, Nov. 15—Rails placed
across the track wrecked a passen
ger train near this city yesterday.
The wreck caused the death of ten
persons and the serious injury of
eight others.
FIRE FATAL TO NINE
NEW YORK. Nov. 15— At least
nine persons are believed to have
lost thrir l;vcs ir a lire which de
stroyed a large tenement I uildin :
last night. In addition to those killed
three were seriously hurt and more
than a score received minor injuries.
Many occupants of the building
groped their way *o the windows
and crawled out upon the ledge*,
where they screamed for help. Many
were rescued before the arrival of
the fire department.
GARMENT WORKERS STRIKE
NEW YORK. Nov. 15—Sixty
thousand garment workers of this
city went out on strike yesterday
tn protest against the piece work
system and an increase in working
hours from 41 to 49 hours per
week. Three thousand shops are
affected by the walkout.
DENTIST BURNS TO DEATH
BELLINGHAM, Nov. 15—Dr. L.
i E. Robinson, a dentist, was burned
to death here yesterday in his apart
ments. It is believed he fell asleep
with a lighted cigarette.
Mrs. Geo. W. Hick, who arrived
from Fairbanks yesterday afternoon,
will leave for the Outside in the
morning. She is going to her old
home on the other side of the At
lantic, and will visit in both Eng
land and Scotland before returning
to Alaska.