Gateway to Upper Yukon
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1923
NUMBER 475
VOLUME IV *
PRESIDENT STARTS ACROSS GULF TODAY
FRENCH DEPUTIES RATIFY PACIFIC PEACE PACT
1 ALLIES REACH AGREEMENT WITH TURKISH DELEGATES
LARGEST SOLAR CAMERAS
TO PHOTOGRAPH ECLIPSE
PITTSBURG, July 10—In the
hope of determining whether there
is motion within the corona during
, an eclipse of the sun. a party of
American scientists, under the dir
ection of Dr. John A. Miller, o.
Swarthmore College, is preparing
to conduct a series of important ex
periments from the top of a high
mountain in Central Mexico next
September.
X A year or more has been required
to complete the arrangements, and
the actual working time of the sci
entist will be only 189 seconds,
tile duration of the eclipse, all the
labor and expense of preparation
will have gone for naught.
The largest photographic instru
ments ever made for solar obser
vation will bep laced in position
They are now nearing completior
^ here, and will be ready when the
expedition leaves July 25.
There are two cameras, in ordei
that two pictures may be taken a'
the same time for checking purpose:
The aperture of each is 6.5 inches
and the focal length is 15 feet Th<
■ impressions will be made on th<
finest plate glass, each plate bein*
18X18 inches, specially prepared fo:
this work by experts. It is probabi
that not more than two photograph
can be taken owing to the brief per
iod when the fact of the sun wil
be obscured. A dozen or more plate
will be taken along, however, ii
er that every emergency may b
STEAMER JACOBS ARRIVES
TO BE USED BY PRESIDEN'
The steamer Jacobs, of the Gov
ernment river service, arrived fror
the lower river this morning with
large number of passengers froi
points along the Yukon below Tans
na. The steamer met the Dav:
down river, transferred passenger
and cargo and returned to Nenan
+ to prepare for a voyage to the uj
per Tanana with shipmen of bridg
timber? for the Alska Road Commi:
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sion.
The Jacobs will go to McCartb
where it will remain until the a:
rival there of President Hardin)
to be used by him and a few men
bers of his party as a stopping plat
Jhe first night out of Fairbanks ei
route to Chrtina, and as a ferry ft
.the entire party. It is probable t±
President will take two meals i
board the boat and will spend ti
^ night also on board.
The following pasengers we:
brought to Nenana by the Jacob
Holy Cross—E. B. Collins, W.
Scott, A. McDonald, J. A. Camer<
A. E. Edwards, Mrs. M. C. Arvi
Miss Susan B. Smith.
Koyukuk—L. Laramore. R.
King, D. Bernetti, W. ‘Evans, Caj
Larson.
Ruby—Louis Rosen, V.- 0. Gree
T. De Wolfe, Mrs. Sam Campbe
H. A. Clark, C. G. Walker.
Tanana—W. A. Alford, T. Eric
von, Miss Margaret Peterson, Cha
C. Black, T. A. Anderson, Loo
Scbulman, A. Corbeil, Miss Mar
Amcich, Mrs. Lucy Amcich, J.
Kane.
Hot Springs—Chas. Lynn, Bi
Olson, Sam Ested, Geo. Tr»ut, Rot
Sarafino.
Tolovana—E. Southe.
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PRESIDENT HARDING PLEASED
WITH CITIZENS OF NORTHLAND
JUNEAU, July 10—Greeted byja
a Presidential salute of 21 puns fir-p
ed from C-hilkoort barracks, the Pres- j c
identia] partv reached this city from j
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Wrangell at ten o’clock yesterday j ^
morning and received a royal wel- ^
come from Governor Scott C. Bone s
and the people of Juneau and neigh- jt
boring towns. The Governor took
charge of the visitors and they re
mained his guests throughout the
I day.
i The ideal weather which had at
tended the trip as far as Wrangell,
gave way here to rain and fog. But
the sudden change did not lessen the
enthusiasm of the townspeople, prac
tically all of whom were gathered j
on the wharf, eager to welcome
the distinguished arrivals.
Starts Across Gulf
The Henderson was scheduled to
' start across the Gulf of Alaska to
day, but in the absence of definite!
advices from Juneau, owing to wire
i trouble, it ean only be presumed i
• that the transport is again under
* way, headed for Seward, where it:
5 is scheduled to arrive on Friday.
’ The party wrill disembark : * Seward.‘
? boarding the special train which will
bring them to Nenana. The party j
will be at Anchorage on Saturday, •
July 14 and the schedule calls for'
‘ j their arrival at Nenana the follow- |
.ling afternoon, Sunday July 15.
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Alaskans Look Good
KETCHIKAN, July 10—The ap
pearance of Alaskans he has seen
thus far, exclusive of the natives, j
has made a favorable impression up
i on President Harding. He says the,
] Northerners he has seen might pass
ALLIES REACH AGREEMENT
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WITH TURK PEACE ENVOYS
LAUSANNA, July 10—An agree-;
ment has been reached between
the Turkish representative* and the!
Allies, and it is announced the peace!
part will be signed probably within!
a week.
The Allied plenipotentiaries inform
ed a representative of the .Associa
ted Press that the draft of the pro
tocol concerning concessions had
been modified and made more pre
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cise, to meet the American views.
Ismet Pasha is reported to have
'achieved signal victories for Turkey
i obtaining the abolition of objec
tionable features and the re-entry
j of Turkey in Europe through com
| ing back into European Thrace.
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Reports from Kanatak say the
Associated Oil Co. at Kanatak is
down 704 feet, the drills encounter
ing hard rock as far as they have
gone. The Standard Oil Co., is down
180 feet and wiih its powerful rig
will make footage rapidly. Condi
tions at Kanatak are improving
with each boat, a large number of
people having gone into the new
camp in the last two months. Busi
'ne.ss is fairly good and a spirit of
optimism prevails.
long the streets of any city of the
'nited States and be recognized foi
itizens of those cities.
The party arrived here at two o
lock Sunday afternoon and found
he docks crowded to capacity
'he bands played patriotic pieces
s the visitors made their way dowr
he "gangplank and into the waiting
utomobiles. They were taken for :
hort ride and then to the speaking
tand in the heart of the city, wher<
he President was introduced b;
lelegate Dan Sutherland, who ha<
oined the party at Metlaka:la. Thi
lelegate declared that the coming o;
he President means the dawn of i
>etter and brighter day for Alaska
The President declared that Alas
ta already had become a source o
vonder to the party, and he em
ohasized that the federal Govern
nent is deeply interested in the al
'airs of the territory. He said h
iid not know where he could go i:
:he States and find a better lool
ng group of people than those bt
fore him.
Secretaries Hoover, Work an
Wallace also were introduced an
addressed the crowd briefly.
The women of Ketchikan gav
Mrs. Harding a locket and chai
made of gold nuggets.
Before the departure of the Hei
derson for Wrangell, the Preside!
laid the cornerstone of the new M;
sonic temple, and the navy ban
treated the town to a delightful cos
cert.
Al Wrangell Yesterday
WRANGELL, July 10—Preside!
Harding and the members of h
party arrived here yesterday ar
were greeted enthusiastically by tl
PRESIDENT HARDING W1LL
JOIN PIONEERS AT NENAN
President Harding has signifii
that he will accent the invitation i
Nenana Igloo, Pioneers of Alask
to become an honorary member <
the organization, and the degree w
be conferred upon him immediate
upon the arrival of the Presidenti
train next Sunday, providing no u
foreseen incidents occur to upset tl
program. The President has been a
vised that the ceremony will not tal
more than fifteen minutes of h
time, after which he will be free
carry out the rest of the program a
ranged for his brief stay here.
The local igloo will hold a speci
meeting at the lodge rooms t
night to vote on the question of a
cepting the President as a honora
member, and to arrange the deta
in connection "with the initiatio
The meetng will be called to ord
at eight o’clock and it is expect
that all members of the organizatl
visiting as well as local, will be
hand.
Mrs. Richard Luckow will arri
from Anchorage this afternoon for
visit of several days with her sist
Miss Vera Russel.
people of this city and Petersburg.
Shortly after his arrival the Pres
! ident delivered a brief address from
i the steps of the little frame court
house, having been introduced by
Robert Joseph Ihven, head of the
Wrangell Presbyterian church.
The President declared that he
had come to Alaska as an "apostle
of understanding” and wanted his
administration to go down in history
as "a period of understanding" Un
I derstanding, he said is what the
world and the nation most need.
After the President had finished
talking. Secretaries Work. Wallace
and Hoover each addressed the
crowd.
I The party came ashore at eight o'
i clock to find the town once the chief
. trading station of the Hudson Baj
company, decorated with flags anc
flooded with sunshine of a perfec:
summer day. The visitors saw then
first totem pole here, and the Pres
ident and Mrs. Harding were pre
sented with a huge basket of straw
berries, the berries being twice th<
size of those grown in the Easten
states. Mrs. Harding also was pre
ented with a boquet of mammotl
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peonies. -
Talks With Natives
i-. MATLAKATLA. July 10—Th
t! Presidential parry arrived heTe earl;
i- j Sunday morning and were greete
d | by Mrs. John Minthorn, aunt of Sec
i-1 retary Hoover, and by the entir
population. The Henderson steame
into the bay at six o’clock, aecom
; panied by the whistles of harbo
it craft ar.d the canning plant and th
is band on a tugboat. The transpoi
d had remained at anchor most of th
e ] night at the lower end of Annett
! island so as not to* arrive at Met
| lakatla before daylight.
The President was happy to get
his first glimpse of an Alaskan town
and was eager to set foot on shore.
] He was greeted at the dock by the
welcome committee and taken to
the schoolhouse where he received
! formal greetings from the natives.
The President made brief reply, say
t ing he had some idea of conditions
under which the natives were forced
i .to live but declared the remedy
could not be wrought by returning
| to primitive conditions. He referred
to a petition presented to him by
leaders of the native tribes protest
ing that the canneries were taking
all the fish.
During their brief stay here tht
President and Mrs. Harding celebrat
ed one of the most memorable o1
their 32 wedding anniversaries, tht
day marking the arrival in Ala«kt
of the first chief executive and tht
first lady of the land to visit th<
! great northern territory. The part?
spent three hours here, twice a1
long as had been intended, and tht
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President heard, first hand, the in
side facts regarding one of the A1
aska problems, namely, the struggh
of the natives for food against th>
• steadily increasing actitvies of th
>• salmon canning industry.
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i Cable Perform* a* Utua.1
- KETCHIKAN, July 10—Th
: breaking of the cable on Friday an
i Saturday, causing radio message
- from the transport to be held u
r here brought forcibly to the alter
e tion of the President and the cat
t inet members aboard the Hendersor
e the need of better and more reliab!
e cable communication with the State
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PORTUGAL QUESTIONS COST
OF PRESIDENTIAL JUNKET
LISBON, July 10-—Portugal ii
still trying to decide whether th«
depleted rational coffers will permil
the President of the Republic tc
enjoy a little luxury.
He has been invited to visit the
South African Union during bis trij
to the Portugese African Colonies
and as the relations between Portu
gal and the English possessions ir
Africa are somewhat troubled, rl
is felt here that a large outlay foi
ceremony to create a good impres
sion if the invitation is accepted
Where the large outlay is to come
from is the biggest problem.
PARAGUAY IN REVOLT
BUENOS AIRES, July 10—Th<
revolutionists of Paraguay have ad
vanced to within 14 miles of As
cuncion and government troops ari
preparing tp repel an attack agains'
the capital. The rebels have cu
rail communications leading out o:
the city.
WINONA LAKE, Indiana July '
—The World Christian Endeavo:
conference, which is in session hen
has voted unanimously to give it
indorsement to the world court, pro
position and participation in such i
court by the United States.
FRENCH CHAMBER RATIFIES
WASHINGTON, NAVAL PACT
PARIS, July 10—The Frene
chamber of deputies ha? given ut
animous approval to the Washingto
treaties relating to the Pacific, an
these treaties, together with the ns
val limitation treaty ratified on Sa
urday, will go to the senate unmet
iately for final approval.
During the debate in the chambt
.today, Deputy Archambaud, a S<
cialist radical, declared that tk
President, of the United State
1 had expressed remarks that wet
j “very unfortunate, not to say ui
; friendly, to France.”
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Members of the Troop Committe
of the Juneau Boy Scouts, a deta
of Scouts and several citizens, mac
the trip recently by auto to tk
Boy Scout camp at Glacier Glen c
Mt. McGinnis, where with simpl
yet impressive ceremonies, what
known as the Big Rock was officia
ly named and dedicated as “Tolc
Rock” in memory of Weinand
Tolcb, a former member of tl
Juneau Troop Committee and one <
the founders of the Glacier Git
Boy Scout camp.
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BY MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
SAM FRANCISCO. July 10—
Physcians of many specialties join
ed in one meeting at the annual
session of thp American Medical As
sociation here today to discuss the
effects that foods have on the body
in health and disease. Dr. W. W.
Duke of Kansas City spoke on the
sensitiveness that some people have
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towards certain foods. He indicated
his belief that such sentiveness is
frequently hereditary.
One of the members of Herbert
Hoover's food board during the war.
Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, formerly of
the University of Pennsylvania and
now director of the Food Research
Institute of Stanford University,
told how the informed person may
build a complete diet around a
quart of milk as a nucleus. One
must have balanced proteins, de
finite quantities of mineral salts,
the correct vitamins, and the proper
variety, he said.
Dr. Katherne Scott Bishop, of the
University of California, offered ev
idence of a vitaminic substance ex
isting in fresh cereal, meat or green
, leaves wlych seems to influence the
power of animals to reproduce, and
Dr. E. V. McCollum, of Johns Hop
kfns University, showed the results
of a special vitamin that affects the
growth of bones. ,
HUGE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS
SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN
CHICAGO, July 10—A two hun
dred and fifty mile trip through the
5 sand dunes of Indiana, the Calumet
j lake region and the woods of Iilin
? ’ ois, made possible to the Chicagoan
3 unable to do more than take a
. street car trip to a museum—that is
.the aim of Frank M. Woodruff.
curator of the Free National History
e Museum in Lincoln park. He will
: accompolish his purpose by setting
up an ethnological group in the
museum which, when completed, will
5 be 264 feet long, represent nine
years effort and be a panorama of
Chicago's environs from Miller, In
diana. in the dune region, to the
} north woods above the city, a stretch
n , of 250 miles. The work has gone on
^ for four years already, and will
- take five years more to complete.
A pan of the work requiring
much time is the photographic back
grounds. These Mr. Woodruff pre
pared himself and he has blended
, them into a natural setting which
; makes the exhibit appear to be a
e' picture from nature. The picture
s forming the background of one
e group, 96 feet long by 10 feet
,. high, is the la rest photograph ever
made and is composed of a number
i of pictures enlarged from eighty
by ten inch plates eleven and one
half feet by ten feet all cut trim
med and joined together so that
they appear to be one continuous
nature view.
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ENGLISH TRAINS CRASH
HUDDERSFIELD, Eng., July 7—
Six persons, including two guards,
were killed yesterday ' when the
Leeds-Manchester express, drawn by
two engines, collided at full speed
• with an engine outside the tunnel
near Biddle.