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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1922 NUMBER 226
PUBLIC FEELS EFFECTS OF GREAT TIE-UP
COAL SHORT IN NEW YORK; CHICAGO PRICES RISE
' CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY THREATEN TO CLOSE PLANTS
ALAMEDA ENROUTE NORTH
WITH FEW FOR INTERIOR
The steamer Alameda, -which is
due at Seward today from Seattle,
sailed for the North on July 18 with
250 passengers aboard, of whom
the following were booked for
Seward and Interior points:
Miss Agnes Kelly, Mrs. M. V. Ty
ler, Miss C. Himmell, James McCor
mick and -wife, Horace Tyler and
wife, D. C. Clark, Miss B. E. Esta
brook, Gladys E. Humphrey, Miss
E. A. Clark, Herbert Ellis and wife,
Mrs. M. G. Shaw, Georgia Stewart.
Margaret Thomas. W. Erickson. Til
lie Johnson. Miss B. Xisch, Mrs.
Bledson, W. E. Lee. H. E. Raymond,
4 Mrs. M. G. Hughes, I. T. Craven,
X. Nelson, D. L. Dillon, C. G.
Swanson, H. Bush.
APPEAL TO WORKERS
MOSCOW, July 25—The execu
tive committee of the Third Inter
national has issued an appeal to the
proletarial throughout the world, re
commending an offensive in view ot
“the white terror and attacks on
workmen abroad".
MRS. AXTELL WILL RUN
OLYMPIA, July 25—Mrs. Frances
C. Axtell, who recently received the
indorsement of the so-eaHed libera!
groups, has filed her declaration of
candidacy for U. S. senator, to op
pose Senator Miles Poindexter in
the Republican primaries on Sep
tember 12.
BRUMFIELD MUST HANG
SALEM, July 25—The Oregon
supreme court has upheld the con
viction of Dr. R. M. Brumfield fo:
the murder of Dennis Russell, at
Roseburg, last year. The doctor kill
ed Russell and then exchanged
clothes with him and made his waj
to Canada with the alleged intention
of enabling Mrs. Brumfield to col
lect his life insurance. He was con
victed and sentenced to death.
Brumfield was formerly prominent
in social affairs and was once super
intendent of schools at Owensville
Indiana. He is a graduate of In
diana university and the Illinois
Dental college. He appealed on tht
grounds of an unfair trial.
William Brenton and Howard B
MacDonald, both of New York City
are among the recent arrivals ir
Nenana, on a sight-seeing tour o1
the Territory as members of th<
first Totem Tours party, under es
cort of M. A. Horner, pioneer resi
dent of Seward. Mr. MacDonald i
a graduate of Yale and is combin
* ing business with pleasure on th<
present trip, while acting as corre
spondent of the Yonkers Statesman
Mr. Brenton is attending Exetei
Academy, in New Hampshire, anc
has taken advantage of his vacatior
to see Alaska. The visitors came ir
by way of the Richardson highway
to Fairbanks and will return to th<
coast by way of the railroad. Thej
are traveling leisurely and are see
ing everything worth seeing unde:
the experienced guidance of Mr
Horner.
E. E. Diiiey, well known oldtim
er of tne Interior, returned to An
chorage on a recent boat from th
States.
D. A. Mosser, who is eonnectei
with the Lathrop theater at Cordova
left for Healy thjl morning on hi
way back to the coast after a brie
visit in the Interior. He is on a va
cation trip.
Casey Moran, pioneer newswnte
of Dawson and Fairbanks, ha
started a daily newspaper at Mon
terey, Mexico. He has spent mue
> of the time in Mexico during th
last decade.
Audrey Pinkert, pioneer trade
and storekeeper of Tanana was a re
cent outward-bound passenger, ac
1* companied by Mrs. Pinkert.
HARDING SAYS LABOR BOARD
IS SUPREME IN STRIKE ISSUES
CHICAGO, July 25—The rail and
I coal strikes are being brought home
I to the public today through the an
, nouncement of the leaders of several
industries that unless there is
speedy settlement, the closing of
many plants will result, with un
j employment and food and coal ra
! tioning crippling the public utilities.
Many steel plants will be closed
during August it is asserted, the
| plans, as announceed, providing for j
wholesale suspension of activities,
t It is asserted that industrial coal1
is already unobtainable in New |
.York and that prices are rising)
j here as a direct result of the strike |
1 situation.
Shipyard* May Help Out
NEW YORK, July 25—It is stated
! here that the railroads are planning
to use the shipyard machine shops,
! for the repair of locomotives during
the shopmen’s strike. Some con- j
! tracts already have been let, and
I a survey of the shipyard facilities j
is now being made. Strike leaders
j declare that the shipyard workers |
j will refuse to do the repair work. ]
but railroad officials announce that
there will be no difficulty on that
score.
Railroad Board Supreme
WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 25—
The Railroad Labor board remains
the only agency through which the
Government can and will deal with
the rail strike situation, although
President Harding continues to hoid
contact with all of the board’s ac
tions.
The President continues to main
tain silence regarding the strike
situation but it is confidently be
lieved that he will take some action
during the week to set the wheels
of industry in motion again.
The immediate policy of the Gov
ernment in the coal situation, it is
declared at the White House, will
be a continuation of the endeavor
to protect men willing to work, and
to provide machinery for the dis
tribution of the dwindling coal sup
ply.
INDICTMENTS WERE FAULTY;
KNICKERBOCKER CASE ENDS
WASHINGTON. D. C., July 25—
The District of Columbia supreme
court has dismissed the indictments
against the five persons who were
charged with manslaughter in con
nection with the Knickerbocker the
ater disaster of last January.
The decision was rendered on the
grounds that the indictments were
faulty.
SIBERIAN NATIVES DRINKING
NOME, July 25—The Siberian
correspondent of the Nugget, writing
from^ Anadyr, says the Eskimos in
that locality are on a rampage as
, the result of having discovered the
secret of manufacturing alcohol,
which they are dringing raw. It is
I also reported that a number of the
native children have died recently
. from lack of food and medical at
r tention.
RANGERS GUARD POLLS
► AUSTIN. July 25—Texas Rangers
r under command of Captain WT. L.
5 Wright, were sent to Corpus Christi
. on Saturday to maintain order at
j the polls during the Demcratic pri
; maries. No reason was assigned for
the action and no disturbances oc
curred during the election.
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The July and August numbers of
- The Pathfinder will be printed in the
office of the Seward Gateway.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25—
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has declared that an emergency
exists in the transportation situa
tion east of the Mississippi river, re
quiring that the commission direct
the routing of all shipments of es
sentials. and fix preference priority
for the movement of food perish
ables, coal, fuel and livestock.
Food Short In Chicago
CHICAGO, July 25—Existing em
bargoes on freight have caused a
shortage of commodities in several
cities. Chicago grocers have an
nounced that the sale of sugar will
be limited to ten pounds to the cus
tomer, and similar action has been
taken in several smaller towns. The
curtailment of train service contin
ues throughout the entire country.
Will Invotigate Coal Industry
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25
Senator Borah has introduced a reso
lution providing for the creation of
a national coal commission to In
vestigate the coal industry and re
commend legislation “on the advis
ability or necessity of nationalizing
the coal industry, and the feasibility
or necessity of governmental regu
lation or control”.
Men Taken From Train
CEDAR RAPIDS, July 25—Ten
men were taken from a train here
today and manhandled during strike
disorders.
CHICAGO. July 25—The railway
strike entered the new week with
the country waiting for something
to happen. The silence of federal
officials following the conference of
last week is interpreted as mean
ing that things will be permitted
to drift for a few days pending the
outcome of the effort now being
made to relieve the coal situation.
Shipping Board Will Help
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25—
The Shipping Board has joined in
the effort to provide coal. Officials
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation
SENATOR UNDERWOOD SAYS
GERMANS BACK OF CHARGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25
Senator Oscar Underwood addressed
his colleagues yesterday in defense
of the Chemical Foundation and its
president, former alien property cus
todian Garvin in connection with the
charges of collusion, fraud and con
spiracy in the acquisition of German
patents.
The senator took occasion also to
commend Mitchel Palmer’s record as
alien property custodian.
The senator declared that the
present charges were inspired by
German interests.
SPOKANE HAS BIG ROBBERY
SPOKANE, July 25—The biggest
burglary ever committed in this city
was staged on Sunday night when
I safe-crakers broke into the vaults in
i the Paulsen building and escaped
I with more than $100,000 in cash and
I securities.
NEW FOREST FIRES START;
DRY SPELL AIDS FLAMES
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OLYMPIA, July 25—Two new
' serious forest fires are reported
from Grays Harbor county and one
I in Stevens county. Cool weather is
i aiding the fire fighters in their work
I but only rain can quench the fires
j which are now raging in all direc
j tions. There has been no real rair
| for more than two months.
have announced that forty ships
now in European waters have been
chartered to import coal from
Wales. Thirty-one other vessels al
so will be chartered for that purpose.
Big Demand For Ships
LONDON, July 25—The demand
for ships to carry coal to America
is increasing daily and many steam
ers are now loading at various coal
ports.
Important contracts have been
placed in Scotland for immediate
shipment of coal to the United
States and additional orders are be
ing negotiated.
Freight Embargoes Continue
Chicago, July 25—Freight em
bargoes on perishables continue to
grow more serious daily as a result
of the rail strike and additional can
cellation of passenger trains has
been announced.
Motor trucks have been pressed
i into service at a number of points
and motor vehicles have been dh
. rected to carry the mails at Boone.
Iowa.
Rail managers report an inereas
' ing number of men working, but
! union leaders declare that the strike
! is becoming more effective daily.
Agents Will Stick
CHICAGO, July 25—Ten thous
! and unionized station agents wil
remain at work, according to ar
! announcement made yesterday bj
officials of the organization. Com
mittees have been named to confei
with the management of each roac
concerning the qestions at issue.
Hooper And Harding Confer
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25
Chairman Hooper, of the Railwaj
Labor board, spent four hours witr
President Harding on Saturday, bu'
the public has not been informed a;
to the outcome of the meeting
Hooper has returned to Chicago.
Union Officials Arrested
CHARLESTON, W. Va„ July 2'
—Three district officials of th*
, SPECIAL WRITER TO INSPECT
BIG COAL SEAMS ON HEALY
Bob Becker, special writer on Tht
j Chicago Tribune, who is looking
over the Interior country, accom
panied by Mrs. Becker, returnee
from Fairbanks yesterday and lef'
for the Nenana coal fields thi:
morning, escorted by Captain A. E
Lathrop, at whose request the trij
to Interior Alaska was made. Mis'
Jessie Johnston, Ray C. Larson anc
D. A. Mosser also were member;
| of the party, all of whom will b<
the guests of the Healy River Coa
Corporation during their stay ix
j the coal belt. The visitors will re
■ main at Healy until the arrival ol
the next southbound train, or
■which they ■will take passage foi
the coast.
GARMENT WORKERS STRIKE
TO GET UNION RECOGNITIOh
, NEW YORK, July 25—The Inter
I national Garment Workers unior
| has ordered its fifty thousand mem
bers to suspend work for one weel
j in an effort to compel small con
. tractors to recognize the union.
NOTED ECONOMIST PASSES
PHILADELPHIA, July 25—Dr
1 Simon N. Patten, noted economis
and political scientist, and for man;
years head of the department o:
1 political economy at the University
of Pennsylvania, died here yester
i day.
‘ Un:ted Mine Workers have been
j sentenced to terms of six months
j each for trying to organize non
| union workers in this section.
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Miner* Object To Troop*
BELLAIRE. Ohio, July 25—The
maintenance of way men on duty in
the coal mines in this district, who
remained on duty after the strike
had been called to prevent the flood
ing of the mines, are now quitting
work as a protest against bringing
I state troops into the district.
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Fruit Grower* Up Against It
DELTA, Colo., July 25—Financial
ruin confronts fruit growers of the
Western Slope district of Colorado
| unless cars are secured immediately
to move perishable crops. A meeting
• of shippers has wired the Colorado
j congressional delegation, demanding
that the Government take charge
of the situation immediately so as
! to insure the proper operation
j of the railroads, providing other
i means fail.
Operator* Agree To Price*
WASHINGTON'. D. C., July 25—
The operators of six coal producing
states conferred with Secretary of
Commerce Hoover yesterday and
agreed in principle to the plan of
j the administration for maintaining
I present coal prices and insuring fuel
[distribution during the emergency.
Strikebreaker* Strike
DANVILLE, 111., July 25—All but
(two of the thirty strikebreakers who
were brought here by the Wabash
railroad, went put on strike yester
day. demanding better food than
was being provided them in the rail
road mess.
The city authorities have declared
the striking strikebreakers a menace
in the city and have demanded that
the railroad remove them to other
parts. It is feared the newcomers
will clash with the union striker^
if they are permitted to remain here
in idleness.
HUSTON PARTY AT NOME;
FESTIVE TIME ARRANGED
NOME, July 25—Assistant Secre
tary Huston and the members of his
party, who are enroute to Siberia
and the Orient, aboard the Mojave,
■ arrived here on Saturday after a
stormy voyage from Seward. It wa
al&o storming when they arrived in
1 the roadstead and they were brought
1 ashore in a coast guard boat, all of
the members of the party wearing
1 life preservers.
A number of dances and other
social affairs were arranged in honor
j of the visitors.
LUMBER PRODUCTION BIG
TACOMA, July 25—The lumber
’ production of the Pacific Northwest
during the first six months of the
! present year is practically the same
■ as the record production of the cor
responding period in 1920, which
was the greatest in history. The cut
this year was 68 per cent better
than last year, according to figures
made public by the West Coast
I Lumbermens association.
DEMPSEY BOUT ANNOUNCED
BUFFALO, July 25—Floyd Fit*
. simmops, boxing promoter of Michi
: gan City. Indiana, has .announced
| that he has definitely clinched a
’ bout between Jack Dempsey and
■ Bill Brennan. The meeting will take
place* on Labor Day at some place
yet to be determined.
ALASKA HERRING INDUSTRY
RANKS HIGH AS PRODUCER
SEATTLE, July 25—The steamer
Northwestern arrived in port this
morning with a cargo of more than
eight thousand barrels of salt her
ring, the cargo representing the
pooled shipments of Northern fish
ermen.
The arrival of the big shipment is
the final proof of the recent predic
tion that the hering industry is
destined to be one of Alaka’s great
est industries.
Practically the entire consignment
will be forwarded to New York,
where there is heavy demand for
the product.
HAYS EXPLAINS MOVIE PLANS
LOS ANGELES, July 25— Will
Hays, president of the Motion Pic
ture Producers and Distributors, ad
dressed the Chamber of Commerce
' in this city yesterday, signalizing
his first appearance here. He de
: dared that it is the aim of the or
ganization to make pictures enter
taining and instructive. "Pictures”,
he said, “can do more than any other
agency to bring understanding be
tween the nations of the world”.
OLDTIME NORTHERNER DEAD
SEATTLE. July 25—Joseph A.
Sloan, aged 45, noted naval archi
tect and former official of the Sloan
Shipbuilding company, committed
suicide in a small lodging house
here this week after he had pawned
his cuff links. He was well known
in Alaska, where he resided for a
number of years, and he designed
a number of steamers which were
used in the North during the gold
rush. He had recently complained of
ill health.
ROUND-WORLD FLIGHT ENDS
LONDON, July 25—Major Blake,
English aviator who was making a
round-the-world flight, planning to
reach the LTnted States by way of
Alaska, came to grief at Sibi Belu
chistan He escaped injury but his
plane is raid to have been badly
damaged.
MAYOR BROWN BLOCKED
SEATTLE, July 25—Mayor Brown
lost his fight to oust City Health
Commissioner Dr. H. M. Reed, when
the council refused to concur in
the mayor’s communication declar
ing the office vacant. Brown declares
that he will make another attempt
to oust Reed next week. He charges
extravagance.
S. A. Plumley, of Ketchikan, has
been appointed United States com
missioner at Craig*' succeeding C- A.
Fox. The new commissioner Is a
member of the Ketchikan bai.
The transport Buford, which is
being used by Major General Morton
on his tour of Alaska ports, is the
vessel which conveyed the notorious
Emma Goldman and other deportees
to Riga. The Buford was foimcily
the British steamship Mississippi and
is 4,805 tons burden. She carries a
! crew of eleven officers and 125
men.
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A dredging company has charter
ed the schooner Ruby to tow a
steam dredge from St. Michael to
Bethel, on the upper Kuskokvim riv
er. The schooner is now discharging
cargo at Anadyr, Siberia, and will
take the dredge in tow upon return
from the Siberian coast.
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Eric Nelson, former resident of
Nenana, who is now one of the
owners of a Seward hotel, was re
cently awarded a contract to build
three miles of road leading out of
Seward. The contract price was
$500.
COUUNC1L MEETING TONIGHT
There will be a regular meeting
of the city council tonight, com
1 mencing at the usual hour.