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THE NENAN A NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY. DEC. 12, 1922
NUMBER 386
BRITAIN AND FRANCE HAVE BAD BREAK
NEW EUROPEAN SITU A TION VIE WED ANXIOUSL Y
treasury Appropriation passed in record time
I
TREASURY BILL IS FIRST
TO RUN HOUSE GAUNTLET
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12—
Far in advance of the usual time
for acting on the annual appropria
tion measures, the bousg has given
its approval to the treasury appro
priation bill, the first of the big
| measures to be reported out of com
mittee.
The bill carries 115 million dol
lars, of which nine millions are for
prohibition enforcement.
The navy bill, which probably
■will be the next appropriation bill
up for consideration, will carry
$300,000 for the completion of the
training station at San Pedro, and
a million and a half for the con
t struction of dikes and dredging at
Maria island. The bill fixes the en
listed strength of the navy at 86.
000, which is the same as last year.
Senate Pa*»e* Treatury Bill
The treasury bill, which was ap
proved by the lower branch of Con
gress on Saturday, w-as passed by
the senate late this afternoon, after
brief debate, thus establishing an
other record in speeding legislation
of that character.
Senator Brousard, of Louisiana,
^ in his remarks on the measure, de
clared that the nine millions al
lowed for prohibition enforcement
“is inadequate to make the law ef
fective, even among Government
officials and among those who forced
the Eighteenth amendment and the
Volstead act upon us.”
SENATOR WANTS SOLDIERS
TO GET BONUS FOR ACTION
► WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 12—
Declaring that veterans of the late
war are as much entitled to a bon js
as are the owners of ships. Sen tor
Simmons, of Georgia, has re-' itro
dueed the vetoed soldier bon>.. bill
as an amendment to the pending
ship subsidy measure.
SEATTLE TO SHOW SOLONS
HOW TO MAKE CABLE PAY
SEATTLE. Dec. 12—Data to
prove that the Sesttle-Sitka cable
would pay if the Government paid
commercial rates for its messages,
will be submitted by the Chamber
of Commerce to the house sub-com
mittee on appropriations, which has
promised to hold a hearing next
week on the $750,000 item recom
mended by the budget bureau.
MOVIE STAR MUST STICK
NEW YORK. Dec. 12—Rudolph
Valentino, film star, must abide by
the terms of his contract with the
Famous Players Lasky Corporation,
according to a decision handed down
by the appellate division of the
supreme court. The actor is enjoin
ed from appearing for any other
picture outfit during the life of his
contract.
LOST AVIATORS ARE FOUND
EL PASO. Dec. 12—Col. Francis
Marshal and Lieut. Charles Webber,
army aviators who have been miss
ing for several days, have been
found near Bahon, Arizona, accord
ing to advices received here today
Details are lacking, but the message
states that the men are alive. The
department dispatched every unit of
the aircraft service in search of
the men, permission having been
a=ked for the planes to cover the
Mexican as well as the American
side of the border.
DAUGHERTY HEARING SOON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12—
Former Attorney General Wicker
sham, Samuel Gompers and his sec
retary, Guy Oyster, and Thomas
Stevenson, an attorney, have been
summoned to appear before the
house judiciary committee this week
in connection with the impeachment
eharges against Attorney General
Daugherty. It is possible that Justice
Taft also will be called.
REPARATIONS CONFERENCE
COMES TO UNFORTUNAE END
POPPY STATE IS FREEZING;
COLD WAVE SWEEPS COAST
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 12—Rain
'snow and freezing temperatures are
the ruling features along the Pacific
j coast and for some distance in the
' interior. The weather bureau pre
dicts continued cold weather until
tomorrow night. Seattle reported 19
degrees above zero this morning,
the lowest temperature experienced
by that city this winter.
STEAMER ON ROCKS
SEATTLE. Dec. 12—The British
steamer Orteric is hung up on a
reef at Fish rock, off the California
coast, ten miles south of Point
Arena. The members of the crew
have been transferred to the steam
er Cotton Plant, according to wire
less advices received here.
COLD WAVE MOVING EAST;
GALE SWEEPS LAKE REGION
CHICAGO. Dec. 12—A high wind
Shas brought the first severely cold
i weather to the states of the Middle
i West, while the Northwest, for the
; second time this winter, is experienc
' ing zero temperatures. The eoklest
j weather is reported in the northern
| part of the Rocky Mountain region,
; and throughout the cold wace sec
j tion the cold is made more intense
by accompanying winds.
Dropping temperatures have an
nounced the approach of the cold
I wave in Missouri, Kansas and Okla
j homa. giving those states their first
! real touch of winter. Duluth reports
; zero weather and a blizzard, and a
I (iS-mile gale is driving oh Lake
j Superior.
SENATOR TAKES A BRIDE
BATH. Maine, Dec. 12—Senator
; Walter Edge, of New Jersey, and
I Miss Camilla Sea well, daughter of
Harold M. Seawell, who was the
last American minister to Hawaii,
ere married here this week.
DAMS BREAK—TRAINS STOP
SUPERIOR, Wis., Dec. 12—Three
dams on the Iron river went out
today following the breaking of a
reservoir. Bridges were torn from
their piers by the rash of water,
with the result that train service
' from the East is cut off.
JOHN WANAMAKER IS DEAD;
WORLD FAMOUS MERCHANT
PHILADELPHIA. Dec-. 12—John
Wanamaker, world famous mer
chant and former postmaster gen
eral of the United States, who con
' tracted a cold early last month at
I his country place at Jenkintowm,
j near this city, died at his town
! house at eight o’clock this morning.
His age was 84 years.
The deceased was internationally
] known as a merchant prince, being
j one of America's foremost dCpart
' ment store owners and a pioneer in
j that class of merchandising. He was
in active charge of his business af
fairs up to the time he was striken.
He is survived by a son. Rodman,
and two married daughters.
The new depot was placed in com
mission this morning and the out
going train for the south will leave
from there tonight. Ticket Agent
McCully is in charge of the new
quarters.
The train arriving from the south
1 this morning brought first class mail
from the steamer Victoria.
LONDON, Dw. 12—The confer
ence of Allied premiers, •which was
called to arrange a basis for the
payment of reparations, was unable
to agree upon terms and has been
adjourned to January 2. After the
meeting had been adjourned, Poin
care declared, “It is finished.”
It is explained that the adjourn
ment was taken to avert a rupture
between England and France over
the question of German reparations
The British cabinet rejected resort
to forceful measures in the Ruhr
district, insisted upon by Poincare.
Bonar Law informed the French
premier that British public opinion
opposed any military measures in
the yfTort to collect from Germany.
Problem Is Acute
WASHINGTON. D. C-, Dei-. 12—
It is stated at the lVhite House this
afternoon that while official com
ment will be withheld for the pres
ent. the administration regards the
reparations difficulties which were
brought to a head by the breaking
up of the London conference yes
terday, as one of the most acute
problems now vexing Europe. The
situation is being watched closely
by administration officials.
MAIL CARRIER IS REPORTED
LOST ON KUSKOKW1M TRAIL
j One of the mail carriers employed
| by Contractor E. Coke Hill, on the
| Kobi-Iditarod mail route, is report
j ed to have disappeared, according
■ to Attorney Charles E. Taylor, who
arrived from the Iditarod district
today, enroute to Fairbanks. He ob
j tained his information from Con
| tractor Hill, whom he“met near Mc
j Grath, but he did not learn t.ie
name of the missing carrier.
Speaking of the mail. Mr. Taylor
declares the people of the lower
river country are up in arms over
the delay in getting their mail and
have appealed to Delegate Suther
land for remedial action. They want
the mail routed by way of Nancy
and Rainy Pass, as in past seasons,
contending that the Kobi route is
not feasible, owing to the fact t.nat
the freezeup comes too late and the
breakup too early for the proper
delivery of mails. It is also pointed
out that there are no roadhouses
where they are most needed, and
none likely to be built for the rea
son that there is no assurance the
mail will go that way next winter.
Mr. Taylor came out by way of
Rainy Pass and covered the distance
to Nancy in eight days. The trail,
he says, was in fine condition for
the reason that there has been con
siderable travel over it this season.
He was urged by Mr. Hill to come
out by way of the new mail trail,
but hesitated to do so for the rea
son that it is not marked and no ac
commodations enroute.
At the time Mr. Taylor came along
there were several mails, outward
bound, stacked up in a cabin at
Big river, with no one in authority
to look after them.
Mr. Taylor left his dogs at
Nancy but is undecided which of
the two routes he will take on the
return trip. He ill spend a week or
; more in Fairbanks, on court business
and when he starts back he will be
accompanied by his partner, Major
Albrecht, who arrived from the Out
side last month.
Quite a number of people have
left the Iditarod district this winter,
Mr. Taylor reports, but he estimates
that there are about 300 left, scat
tered over the district.
Superintendent Bullard, of the
Treadwell workings on Nixon Fork,
came out just ahead of Mr. Taylor,
headed for the States. He made the
trip with Owen Gray.
UNEMPLOYED MAKE SCENE
LONDON, Dec. 12—A turbulent
but shortlived scene was staged this
afternoon at the great central hall
adjoining the lobby of the house
of commons when the police ejected
. a crowd of fifty unemployed who
i invaded the place, waving placards
and flourishing the red flag.
' EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO
RESCUE U. S. MISSIONARIES
PEKING, Dec. 12—Anton Lun
, deen, of Newman Grove. Nebraska,
missionary, n.io wa* kidnapped by
Chinese bandits in Honan province
on October 13, has been released
and reports that three other Ameri
cans are still held in captivity by
j the bandits.
j The diplomatic corps has appoint
| ed a commission to negotiate with
I the bandits for the release of the
f prisoners and they will start for
Honan province on Thursday.
U. S MAY TRY WET CASES
AFTER STATE IS THROUGH
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 12—
; The supreme court of the United
; States has handed down a decision
j in which it is held that conviction
by a state court for violation of a
state prohibition law noes not bar
; subsequent prosecution in federal
courts for the same offense, under
the Volstead act.
FARMERS AND LABOR FIND
STRENGTH IN UNITED VOTE
CLEVELAND, Dec. 12—Labor
and the farmers discovered a joint
power through the primary and
j “now the hope for our political and
i industrial future is safer than ever
! before.” William H. Johnson, inter
I national president of the Machinists
union, declared at the opening here
I yesterday of the Conference for
Progressive Political Action, over
which he presided as chairman. Con
tinuing, he said: “Our first experi
ment is ended, and our first pre
liminary skirmish on behalf of eo.ual
and exact justice has come to a
close. Through you and the result
of the efforts of your associates and
neighbors, the American people have
spoken most emphatically.”
The report of the credentials com
mittee, unseating the representative
' of the Workers party, was adopted
: this afternoon.
SENATE WANTS TO KNOW
PROGRESS OF ARMS PACTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12—
The senate has adopted the Hiteh
(cock resolution asking the state de
, parrment what progress is being
made toward securing the ratifica
| tion abroad of treaties agreed up
; on at the Washington Arms confer
| ence.
England To Build Ship*
I LONDON, Dec. 12—Premier Law
j informed the house of commons yes
terday that it is the intention of
I the British government to build two
’ battleships, permitted under the pro
1 visions of the Washington confer
ence.
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SEATTLE HAS FUR EXCHANGE
TO BAIT FURS FROM NORTH
SEATTLE. Dec. 12—The organ
ization of the Seattle Fur Exchang?
was perfected last night under the
sponsorship of the Chamber of j
Commerce. The following directors |
were elected: J. W. Spangler, Seat-1
tie National Bank; E. B. Burwell. j
Seattle Hardware Company; F. T. j
Fischer, Fischer Bros.; E. G. Ander-j
son. Western Dry Goods; J. G. |
Lang, National Grovery; H. J.
Lochow, Schwabacher Hardware Co.;
H. C. Hibbard. Hibbard-Stewart Co.;
Joseph E. Agnew, manager of the
exchange. The directors will elect
their officers this afternoon.
ASTORIA COMMITTEE TAKES
CHARGE OF RELIEF WORK
ASTCRLA, Dec. 12—-The Astoria
provisional government, in charge of
a committee of ten under the leader
ship of Lieut. Col. W. S. Gilbert, is
now functioning and. with the aid
of the Red Cross and 100 bluejack
ets from the destroyer Yarborough
and the cutters Snohomish and Al
gonquin, is taking care of the re
lief work and maintaining order.
Rigid regulations have been es
tablished for the protection of the
devastated area, where fortunes lie
beneath the debri
The first systematic work of dig
ging into the ruins began this af
ternoon with the opening of safes
under the direction of the com
mittee. The first safe opened was
that of the Astoria Budget, a news
paper. and it was found that the
contents had not been injured by
the fire.
As all of the banks of the towT.
were destroyed by the fire, an
j emergency bank has been opened in
| the courthouse building.
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NANSEN GETS NOBEL PRIZE
CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 12—The
Nobel peace prize has been present
ed to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen for his
work in relieving the starving popu
lations of Russia and Asia Minor,
and his endeavors in behalf of the
League of Nations, to promote a
brotherly understanding.
LEEHY IS GRANTED PERMIT
TO DEVELOP ALASKA POWER
SEATTLE, Dec. 12—A Washing
ton special to the Seattle Times says
the federal power commission has
granted a preliminary permit to
Maurice Leehy, involving the devel
opment of power at Lake Mahoney
and Beaver lake, near Ketchikan, to
be used in the development of the
pulp and paper industry.
The commission also has granted
an extension of two years to the
Alaskan American Paper Corpora
f tion to complete the construction of
i a project at Ochard lake.
CROOK CANNOT COME BACK
CHICAGO, Dec. 12—Judge Landis
has denied a plea for the reinstate
ment of George Weaver, former star
third bagger of the White Sox, who
was dropped from organized base
ball for his connection with the
World Series scandal.
CLARA STILL AT LARGE
CASPER, Wyo., Dec. 12—It has
been definitely established by the
local police that the woman arrest
ed here last night is not Clara
Phillips, who escaped from the Los
Angeles county jail several days
ago, following her conviction on a
charge of murder.
KANSAS CITY BANK LOOTED '
WHILE MANY STAND ABOUT
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 12—White
the main lobby of the Livestock Ex
change building was filled with cat
tle and commission men and em
ployes of the stockyards, three ban
dits shot and probably fatally in
jured Thomas Henry, credit manager
of the Drovers National bank, and
made their escape with S40.000.
Messenger Held Up
CHICAGO, Dec. 12—The messen
ger of the Logan Square Trust
Saving.-, Bank was held up by four
bandits today and relieved of $lh,
000.
Two Banditi Loot Bank
HUGO, Minn.. Dec. 12—Two ban
dits held up the Bank of Hugo to
day and escaped with $5,000, most
of the loot being cash.
Chinese City Threatened
TSINGTA0, China. Dec. 12—This
| city is practically surrounded by
| bandits, who are moving openly
; about, threatening to kidnap the
| British and American consuls and to
i hold them as hostages. British and
! American residents of the city held
a mass meeting yesterday for the
purpose of discussing plans for the
1 defense of the city and the protee
I tion of the women and children.
POLICE RAID APARTMENT;
LIFT CACHE OF NARCOTICS
NEW YORK. Dec. 12—The police
raided the apartment of William
Williams in- this city today and se
cured narcotics valued at $50,001).
A list of selling agents and addicts
also was found, the list of names
including that of a prominent Hoi
lywood movie actor, who. it is in
dicated, is selling agent for Los
I Angeles. The Los Angeles police
j have been asked to investigate
LOST VESSEL REPORTS
PRINCE RUPERT, Dec. 12—The
I Canadian fishing vessel Valorous,
which was reported lost, has report
ed that she will arrive here today
With a cargo of 1U.000 pounds of
halibut. The vessel sought refuge
during a storm at a remeto anchor
I age.
MADMAN SHOOTS U. S. CONSUL
VALETTA, Malta, Dec. 12—An
unknown assailant, thought to be a
madman, shot and wounded Mason
Mirchell, American consul for Mal
ta, early today. The attack has
aroused great indignation and the
authorities are doing everything
possible to apprehend the assailant.
DOUG FORMS NEW COMPANY
SACRAMENTO. Dec. 12— Article
of incorporation have been filed in
this city ly the Douglas Fairbanks
Pictures Corporation. The incorpora
tors are Douglas and John Fair
. banks and Dennis O’Brion, and the
j headquarters of the new concern
will be New York.
COLD GRIPS NORTHWEST
SEATTLE. De~ 12—The North
west is in the grip of a cold wave
of unprecedented severity for this
time of the year. Temperatures
range from 13 below, at Wenatchee,
[to 27 above at Olympia and 23
above here. Snow ranging from
half an inch to two feet covers the
entire state.
EDITOR IS ACQUITTED
DURANGO, Col., Dec. 12—Rod
S. Day, editor of the Durango Demo
crat, who was tried here on a charge
of murder in connection with the
death of William L. Wood, editor
of the Durango Herald, last April,
was found not guilty yesterday. The
jury found that Day killed Wood
in self defense during a quarrel
over the stand taken by the Demo
crats on the prohibition amendment.