'v $7,955.25 Last Year—WHERE THE ICE POOL GROWS—$10,000 This Year
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY, 17, 1923.
NUMBER 4S2
HARDING TO STUDY NEEDS OF ALASKA
MAY DRIVE GOLDEN SPIKE ON NENANA BRIDGE
NAVY WILL HAVE FUEL BASE AT SEWARD THIS YEAR
LEASE OF SEWARD RESERVE
TO BRING NAVY TO ALASKA
SEATTLE, May 17—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times has informed his paper that
the signature of officials of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission to
day to a 20-year lease on ground
at Seward which was formerly part
of the naval storage reserve, indi
cates that naval vessels hereafter
will do considerable cruising in Al
aska waters.
The agreement, which is between
the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion and the Standard Oil Company,
says the lessees must keep 8.000
barrels of fuel oil and a liberal
quantity of gasoline and other sup
plies on hand for the navy, and it
is understood construction work on
immense tanks and other storage
equipment will be started immed
iately.
The correspondent says the navy
department ■ has been anxious for a
long time to put destroyers in Al
aska waters during the summer
months, but the vessels were unable
to operate so far from a base. The
new arrangement will make it feas
ible to send the ships North so
tKwt nava^ pavigators may make
themsoves familiar with territorial
waters. The installation of the fuel
ing plant at Seward solve? the pro
blem.
In addition to naval requirements,
the Standard Oil Company will car
ry a supply of gasoline and other
petroleum products for commercial
use
CANNOT WRITE. BUT WIELDS
A FAST KNITTING NEEDLE
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LONDON. May 17—The world's
knitting champion is an Irish woman
who cannot speak English or write
a line—and she does not plan to
make a lecture of the United States.
She is just plain Mrs. McShane, of
Garrick. County Donegal, Ireland,
and until a few weeks ago had
* never been on a train.
Mrs. McShane. despite these few
deficiencies, won the first prize of a
50-guinea cup and 50 pounds in a
knitting contest with hundreds of
other women, recently held in one
of London's largest department stor
^ es. She won the prize by completing
a jumper in 28 hours and 25 nimut
es. The second prize was given to a
young girl who completed the work
in 31 hours.
LEGION NOT BEHIND IT
INDIANAPOLIS. May 17—Na
tional Commander Owsley, of the
Ameican Legion, has issued a state
ment in which he says he desires
to remove the impression that the
legion is in any way connected with
the Dempsey-Gibbons ring battle
He says State Commander Muiumby
of Montana, is acting as a private
'f citizen arranging the match for “he
never received the sanction of tht
1 legion to act as its representative.’
CHURCHMEN MEET
INDIANAPOLIS, May 17—Lead
ers of the Presbyterian church, re
presenting 301 synods in America
and 22 foreign missions, attended
the opening session today of the
135th annual conference and heard
^ the annual report of the retiring
’ medator. Rev. Calvin Hays. The el
sk. ection of officers is scheduled foi
late this afternoon.
PRESIDENT WILL LEAVE SEATTLE !
FOR ALASKA ON FIFTH OF JULY
WILSON REQUEST IGNORED
BUT DEMOCRAT GETS POST
DENVER. May 17—Governor
Sweet has announced the appoint
ment of AJvah B. Adams. Pueblo
attorney, as United States senator to
succeed the late Senator Nicholson.
He is the son of Alvah Adams
thrice govomer of Colorado, and is
rated as a Conservative Democrat.
He is 48 years old.
Followiwng his appointment. Ad
ams issued a statement in which
he announced the followiwng poli
cies: “As to the operation of rail
roads. it may be that Government
ownership and operation is the sol
ution of the transportation problem
but I believe a further test of pri
vate ownership should be made be
fore the system is changed. I favor
law enforcement, and that applies
to the Eighteen amendment. I am
in sympathy with most of the e
conomic purposes of the Farm Bloc
but don’t think blocs should exert
influence to the detriment of the
whole. I favor adequate defense but
do not approve the international pol
icies of LaFollette and those who
agree with him."
TO FILL NELSON SEAT
ST. PAUL, May 17—Governor
Preus has called' a special primary
j election to fill the seat in the Unit
ed States senate made vacant by
] the death of Senator Knute Nelson,
j This action on the part of the gov
| ernor sets at rest the rumors that
| he intended to resign as governor
! in order that he might accept ap
i pointment as senator. The primary
• will be held on June 18 and the
i election on July 16. It is not known
i
J if the governor will be a candidate.
TUBERCULOSIS IS TAKING
HEAVY TOLL IN JAPAN
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YOKOHAMA, May 17—Alarmed
I at the steady increase of tuberculos
: is in this country in recent years,
authorities of the sanitary bureau
! ;n the home office are distributing
i a pamphlet pointing out that some
: 120,000 new cases of tuberculosis
are reported each year throughout
the country and the death rate in the
country from this cause is one case
every five minutes.
MARRIAGE ban will put
WOMEN TEACHERS ON LIST
LONDON, May 17—Four thou
sand married women teachers in
London will lose their jobs because
of the ruling of the London County
! Council that, owing to thd" unem
; ployment situation, all women tea
chers must be single.
Married women, however, whose
husbands are unable to support
them or whose husbands have de
serted the family circle, are exempt
from the ruling.
The steamer Northwestern, en
route North from Seattle, was at
Juneau early yesterday morning.
WASHINGTON*, D. C. May 17—
The completion of the Alaska Rail
road from Seward to Fairbanks will
be formally celebrated in July on
the occasion of the visit of Presi
dent Harding. The people of Anch
orage are preparing a golden spike
for the occasion, but :t has not yet
been decided whether the spike
driving ceremony will be staged at
Anchorage or at Nenana. In the e
vent President Harding decides to
drive the spike at Nenana. the cere
mony will take place on the new
Tanana river bridge, the construc
tion of which made through traffic
possible between the coast and the
Interior end of the railroad.
The President plans to make the
trip to Alaska aboard the transport
Henderson, leaving Seattle on July
5. On the return voyage transfer
will be made at San Francisco to
a Shipping Board vessel for a cir
cuit through Panama canal to some
Atlantic port. The trip through the
canal will enable *Le President to
curtail his speaking tour about half
by the elimination of the northern
tier of states. The trip from Seattle
and back to San Francisco will oc
cupy about a month.
Will Stud; Problem*
A statement issued at the White
House yesterday ays the following
specific problems will be tudied by
President Harding and Secretaries
Work and Wallace on the occasion
of their visit to Alaska; vestment of
complete jurisdiction over the whole
of Alaska in a single department of
the Government; formulation of a
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY UNION
HONORS PRINCE OF WALES
LONDON. May 17—The Prince
of Wales, who for some time has
had 15 sets of initials in the wake
of his name, now nas 16. His last
decoration was created and conferr
ed at the recent dinner of the Am
erican University Union, at which
he was the honor guest. The new in
itials are O. O. U., which it was ex
plained by Dr. George E. McLean,
former chancellor of Nebraska Uni
versity, stand for “One Of Us.”
The Prince, described at the ban
quet by Lady Astor as one of the
best Americans she ever knew, told
the former college men and women
gathered about him that he hoped
soon to see a British student resi
dent in each of the 54 colleges in
the United States holding member
ship in the American University
Union in Europe.
CY BATTLING STRONG
PHILDELPHIA, May 17—Cv
Williams hit his fourteenth homer
today battling against Chicago. The
bases were unoccupied.
LIVING CHEAPER IN FINLAND
HELSINGFORS, Finland, May 17
—The cost of living in Finland de
creased eleven points during- Janu
ary. This is the largest decrease re
corded since the war.
colonization plan to populate and •
develop the Territory; creation of a
corps of trained men, with head
quarters in Alaska, to search out
and report regularly upon the min
eral, resources of the Territory;
construction of branch lines and
spurs to the Alaska Railroad; liber
al appropriations for building roads
and trails in the Interior; endow
ment of the department of com
merce with supreme power and con
trol over the fishing industry in
stead of the present divided author
ity permitting state governments i
bordering upon the coast to exer-,
eise jurisdiction; elimination of dan
gers to navigation; further protec
tion of seals; consolidation of all
law enforcing agencies under the
department of justice; liberalization
of the mining and land laws; com
merce; erection of a territorial eap
itol; enactment of a new game law
to conserve wild animal life; con
struction of routist road; allotment
of revenues from Priboloff islands j
to territorial genera! fund.
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Data Of Sailing Fixed
SEATTLE, May, 17—Private ad
vices received in this city from
Washington state that July 5 has
been definitely fixed as the date of ,
the departure of the President
Harding
Alaska.
party from this city for ]
Will Vi.it Canada
VANCOUVER, May 17—Presi
dent Harding has officially accepted !
the invitation of Lieut. Governor
Nichol to visit both Vancouver and
Victoria oi is xj to Alaska.
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MADAGASCAR IS EXPECTED
TO BOOST RADIUM SUPPLY
LONDON, May 17—Madagascar
has huge uraniferous deposits which
are capable of producing in the
near future 40 to 60 grains of rad
ium bromide a year, according to
Professor Lecroix, secretary of the
French Academy of Science. This
production would be equal to about
half of the world’s present annual
supply.
Ten tons of “betafite”, the name j
given by Profesor Lecroix to de-1
posits found in the Betafo district
of Madagascar, furnish 15 grains of;
radium bromide. He adds that the (
crystals from which the radium
bromide is obtained are found con- i
veniently in red earth, and may be
extracted by washing as is done in •
the case of gold bearing deposits. i
FIRPO-WILLARD BOUT
NEW YORK. May 17—Firpo and
Willard have signed articles to meet i
in the roped arena under the;
auspeces of Promoter Tex Rickard, i
the bout to take place in the vicinity
of this city not later than July 7.
The winner of the battle will be
matched with the winner of the
Dempsey-Gibbons fight for the
world’s title.
Don’t lose a dollars worth of time t
looking for a lost penny.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT WILL
FILM ALASKA FOR EDUCATION
SEATTLE. May 17—A special to
the Times from Washington says j
rnnouncement has been made by the ;
department of the interior that ar- j
rangements have been completed j
for the filming of a comprehensive j
series of motion pictures in Alaska
:his summer, showing the develop
ment of the territory, the upbuilding
of its cities and its commercial ad
vantages.
Two cameramen from the recla
mation service have been assigned to
the work and they probably will
-pend several months in the terri
tory taking pictures, which will in
tlude special views along the rail
road. traffic on the rivers and other
features of inteest.
The films will be distibuted by
the interior department next fall
for educational purposes.
SCION OF NOTED FAMILY
DIES AT HEALTH RESORT
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MENTONE. France. May 17—
George Jay Gould. American fin- '
ineier died here yesterdav after a
prolonged illness. The deceased was
i member of one of the oldest and
best known families in the United
States. ’
rROTSKY URGES REDUCTION
OF RED FORCES IN RUSSIA
MOSCOW. May 17—Minister of
war Trotsky declares he is doing j
bis utmost to lighten the military.
burden of Russia, notwithstanding
the failure of the recent disarma
ment conference in Moscow. In a
letter to the All Russian Conference
sn Mutal Relief he sets forth his,
hope to curtail the army consider- f
ably in the near future but “owing!
:o the policy of our near neighbors
ind the enmity of the Entente to- !
wards Soviet Russia, we shall be
compelled, for the time being, to
maintain a sufficiently strong and
able fighting army for our own
protection. The money to maintain
a strong, able army can be secured I
only if the Red soldiers v ill not:
save fears that their families at
some will be sacrificed to famine
and misery.”
CARA VON LEFT STAKE
LONDON, May 7—Ear! Caravon j
whose death occurred recently while j
engaged in the King Tut excavations •
left an estate valued at nearly 400,
)00 pounds. The bequests included
500 pounds to Howard Carter, who j
was associated with the earl in the
rut discoveries.
TRAP CATCHES EAGLE
WENATCHEE, Wash., May 17—
A golden eagle, measuring six
feet six inches from tip to tip, is
an exhibition here. The bird was
.aptured by boys in a wolf trap
n the Colockum. It is the second
eagle to be taken near here in a
;rap if this kind.
REPUBLICANS MUST FIGHT
TO HOLD EDGE ON POWER
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 17
Senator Moses, of New Hampshire
chairman of the Republican senator
ial registration committee, after a
preliminary survey of political ten
dencies. has issued a statement in
which he declares that • "Republi
can candidates will have a hard
fight" in eight states next year.
He believes the Democrats are
certain to retain at least ten of the
fourteen memberships for which a
fight will be made, so that "on the
whole, the Republican committee is
not at all comfortable over the out
look.”
NEGOTIATIONS STARTING
WITH CHINESE BRIGANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 17
Minister Schurman has reported to
the state department that negotia
tions for the release of the foreign
ers have been started with the ban
dits but that little progress is be
ing made, the indications being that
parley would drag for an indefin
ite period.
iwo omciais oi ine cmnese go\
eminent are reported to have pro
ceeded to the bandit stronghold as.
hostages for the purpose of secur
ing the release of the captives.
The state department has receiv
ed the text of the note delivered to
the Chinese foreign office yesterday
by the diplomatic corps. I: reiterate*
that responsibility rests with the
Chinese gpvernment to obtain the
release of the foreign prisoners, ad
ding that the diplomatic corps “waits
with impatience for the govern
ment to take, without further delay,
efficacious measures for the Itera
tion of the prisoners.”
Bandits Plan Attack.
SHANGA1, May 17—A strong
force of bandits are reported to
have gathered in the hills back of
Lincheng where they are planning
an attack on parties of foreigners
who have gathered at Kaochang f<>r
the purpose of negotiating for the
release of the train captives.
Members of the Chinese govern
ment gendarmerie boarded a Pek
ing-Shangai train yesterday and at
tacked the train officials beat the
Chinese servants and seized every
thing in sight in sp.te of vigorous
protest on the part of the foreign
ers on the train. The bandits held
the train for-several hours.
Leon Friedman, who is held cap
tive by the Lincheng bandits, got
a message through to his brother
here, in which he stated: “Don’t
expect me for several weeks. Nego
tiations progressing slowly. Health
good.”
COAST ATTORNEY DEAD
KETCHIKAN, May 17—Charles
H. Cosgrove, a prominent attorney
during the last twenty years, died
here yesterday afternoon. He is
survived by a widow and three chil
dren.
Major E. R. McFarland, former
ly at the head of the T. & T. de
partment for the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission at Anchorage, is
now residing at Santa Cruz, Caiif.
He is in the chicken business and
also has a fruit cannery, and is
doing well.