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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DEC. 13, 191!
NUMBER 105
TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSE BIG DAMAGE
QUADRUPLE TREATY SIGNED BY POWERS TODAY
CHIEF FORESTER SAYS ALASKA HAS BIG OPPORTUNITY
CHIEF FORESTER REPORTS
TIMBER RESOURCES RICH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13—
W. B. Greeley, chief of the forest
'ervice, says in his annual report,
■which was made public today, de
clares that the United States, for
the first time, has in Alaska, the op
portunity “to guide the development
of the immense forest region from
the standpoint of permanent na
tional interests. This means the ex
pansion of Alaska forest industries
as rapidly as there is a market for
their products, but within limits
under control necessary to keep the
land productive, and the market sup
ply of raw materials for manufact
ure into lumber and paper perpetu
al.”
The forester believes the wise
handling of Alaska forests will re
sult in a paper industry “capable
of supplying a third of the present
paper consumption in the United
States.”
The report points out that the
primary needs of Alaska are “trans
portation, particularly marine, and
decentralized administration of the
public resources of the Territory.’’
MURPHY WINS AUTO RACE
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13—Jim
my Murphy, of this city, winner of
the French Grand Prix last August,
won the international 250-mile
sweepstakes on the San Carlos speed
way here yesterday. He covered the
distance in two hours, fifteen min
utes, eleven and a half seconds.
Tommy Hilton finished second, Ed
die Hearne, third, Harry Hertz,
fourth and Ralph Depalma, fifth.
PEACE AT WASHINGTON—BUT
TOKIO, Dec. 13—Fresh Japanese
contingents are been sent to the
maritime provinces in Siberia, to
replace troops which have been on
duty in that region for some time
past. This action is being taken, it
is said, because of the failure of
the conference at Dairen, between
Japanese and Chinese representatives
to reach an agreement on the points
at issue.
MAUD MOORE ACQUITTED
KNOXVILLE, Dec. 13—Maud
Moore who was arrested at Tacoma
several months ago, following a na
tion-wide search, charged with the
murder of Leroy B. Harts, in this
city in September. 1919, was freed
by a jury yesterday. The defendant
admitted shootine Harts, but claim
ed she did it in defense of her
honor.
GARDNER JURY DISAGREES
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 13—The
trial of Roy Gardner, in the federal
court here, ended yesterday in a
disagreement, and the jury has been i
discharged. Gardner was tried on I
the charge of robbing a mail car1
at Maricopa, this state, on Novemberj
3. It is not known when the bandit j
will be placed on trial again.
WOMEN STORM MINE
PITTSBURG, Kan.. Dec. 13—A
mob of two thousand women, the
wives and other relatives of striking
coal miners, stormed the Jackson
Walker coal mine yesterday and
prevented the men employed there
from returning to their places in the
mine.
HIGH WATER AND LANDSLIDES
CAUSE DEATHS IN WASHINGTON
PACKERS' STRIKE GROWING;
2,000 MORE JOIN STRIKERS
NEW YORK, Dec. 13—Two thous
and slaughter house workers, mem
bers of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters Union, went out on strike yes
terday, leaving many wagon loads
of perishable meats in front of the
company plants.
FOREIGN DEBT AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13—
The senaate finance committee has
reported an agreement on the for
eign debt funding bill. Under the
provisions of the measure, the debts
are to be funded into obligations
with maturity not later than June
14, 1947, with interest at five per
cent, payable semi-annually.
TRAVELERS MAKING TRIP
TO KANTISHNA DIGGINGS
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Cooper left
this morning with a dog team, head
ed for the main camp of the Kan
tishna region, situated on the divjde
between Eureka and Friday Creeks.
They are driving Tommy Wright’s
crack team of seven dogs and are
making the first part of the journey
by way of the Shortcut and Chitshi
trail. The dogs had not been in
harness for some time and from
the way the team acted on the try
out, it is expected that, with a little
skilful handling, the trip to Eureka
will be made in record time.
The Coopers expect to have a look
around the district and will visit
with their relatives at Glacier, Mr.
and Mrs. Collins and Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Bennett.
Stanley Gbernaef, who has been
engaged in station work in the Can
yon district, is a visitor ir. town.
SEATTLE, Dec. 13—Following
three days of the heaviest downpour
ever recorded in this section of the
state, the rivers are at flood stage
again and numerous deaths and a
large amount of damage are report
ed from various points in Western
Washington.
Slides have caused interruptions
on a number of railroads and com
munication has been interrupted >n
every direction.
Rain ceased falling last night,
and a sharp lowering of the temper
ature brought some relief, but part
of this city is still under water
and slides are continuing with
alarming frequency. Reports stats
that the rivers of Western Wash
ington are receding slightly today,
giving promise of immediate relief
from flood conditions. The Yakima
river has reached the highest stage
ever recorded and heavy damage is
expected near Ellensburg unless the
water- recedes rapidly.
The town of Stanwood. near
Everett, is flooded as the result of
the breaking of a protecting dyke
and the streets are covered by two
feet of water.
Joseph Horan, of Medina suburb,
was instantly killed early yester
day morning when a slide demolish
ed his home. The slide also wrecked
the home of Mrs. Samuel Andrews,
EAST INVITES WEST
CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 13—Harvard
i
i has invi:ed the University of Cal
ifornia football team to play here
on October 28, next year, and it
j is reported from the West that the
j Californians are inclined to accept
j the invitation.
Geo. W Hick was a returning
I passenger on the train from Fair
banks on Sunday.
killing her and two step-children.
Samuel E. Hilerman, a mail clerk
and George Irving, a fireman, are
believed to have been drowned when
the Great Northern fast mail train
plunged through a bridge which had :
been undermined by the flood wat
ers of Miller river, forty miles east
of Everett, early yesterday. John
Cary, the engineer, was rescued by
A. J. Beaeh, King county game
warden, who waded to him and
towed him ashore. The engine and
five cars went into the river and
one car remained on the bridge.
Slide* Hit Logging Train*
ABERDEEN, Dec. 13—Two men, j
one woman and a baby were killed j
yesterday and two men seriously in-,
jured as the result of slides which ■
carried two logging trains down a j
hillside on the Clemons Logging
Company’s road near this city.
Searching For Body
SEATTLE. Dec. 13—Nine firemen
are searching for the body of Mrs. ■
Mrs. Andrews, which is believed to
have been buried by a second slide, j
A number of others were injured
and it is possible additional victims
will be found.
Grace Shafer, aged 13. lost her
life yesterday in the flood waters*
of the Yakima river, near Ellens
burg.
CANADIAN TAKES LIFE
OTTAWA, Dec. 13—R. E. Robke,
comptroller of currency of the Do
: . , . !
m;nion government, committed sui-|
cide yesterday by swallowing poison, i
FOUR BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL
GREENSVILLE, 111., Dec. 13— i
Four bandits held up the Bank of i
Panama, near here, yc sterday, arid :
made their escape with between
$23,000 and $30,000.
GARDNER PLEADS GUILTY;
MAY UNDERGO OPERATION
PHOENIX, Dec. 13—Roy Gardner
pleaded guilty this afternoon, in the
federal court, to the charge of at
tempting to rob a mail car here, and
assaulting Herman A. Indelied, a
mail clerk who frustrated the rob
bery and captured the bandit.
The judge immediately sentenced
Gardner to a terfn of 25 years in
the penitentiary, which brings his
total to 75 years as the result of
his bandit activities.
It is understood that the prison
authorities will be asked to operate
on Gardner's skull to remove t
pressure which is thought to be re
sponsible for his criminal career.
BAD MAN ESCAPES
CHICAGO. Dec. 13—Tommy O’
Connor, a two gunman who was to
have been hanged on Thursday,
escaped from the county pail yester
day. with two other prisoners, both
notorious criminals. They fought
their way to liberty past half a
dozen guards, most of whom they
left unconscious. O’Connor was un
der sentence of death for the mur
der of a Chicago policeman.
POPOCATEPTL IN ERUPTION
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 13—Mt.
Popocateptl, Mexico's big volcano, is
in violent eruption. A column of
smoke and ashes is shooting upward
from the summit to a height of
2,300 feet above the volcano.
ZBYSZKO STALLED
NASHVILLE, Dec. 13—Stanislaus
Zbyszko. heavyweight wrestling title
holder, grappled for three hours to a
draw here last r.ight, in a match
with Charley Whitlock, a local man.
SUMMER RIVER SCENE IN INTERIOR ALASKA
MICHIGAN REFORM SCHOOL
SCENE OF SERIOUS RIOT
MARQUETTE. Mi<*„ Dec. 13
Warden T. B. Catlin, of the Branch
State Reformatory, one of the
deputies and the latter's son, were
seriously injured at the institution
j yesterday during a riot among the
I inmates, the trouble occurring while
a motion picture show was in pro
gress.
| The warden was stabbed nine time
his deputy was beaten severely and
and the deputy’s son was stabbed in
the lung.
Order was restored with difficulty.
RUMORS ARE CURRENT HERE
REGARDING POST MOVEMENT
Persistent rumors, which have
I *
been current for some time past re
I garding the proposal of the War
: department to abandon the army
post at Fort Gibbon and to estab
lish the soldiers at N'enana, were
considerably revived with the ad
vent of Lieut.. Harold Stetson in
Xenana a few days apo.
A News representative queried the
officer in : regard to the rumor and
learned that such a step would be
very desirable from an economic
point of view, coincident with the
completion of the Government rail
road, but he was not prepared to
say anything definitely regarding it.
It would appear that the altere i
and improved transportation facili
ties make the rumored move a near
reality, as the large amount of
freight, in the way of army supplies,
amounting to more than a thousand
tons, which hitherto ha-* moved bv
way of Skagway and St. Michael,
will be routed over the Government
railroad to Nenana. The handling
of this freight will necessitate th~
employment of quite a force of men
and entail considerable expense
which could be avoided if the post
were established at Xenar.a. This,
it is pointed out by those favoring
the move, is only one of many good
reasons that exist in favor of the
establishment of the port at Ne
nana.
At the request of the Xenan.i
Commercial Club, Lieut. Stetson ha
con- ::ted to address the meeting
to be held at Union hall tomorrow
night, when Xenan&ites can inform
themselves regarding this matter,
and take appropriate action to ex
pedite the transfer of the troop
from Tanana to Nenana, should -uch
action, in their judgment, be de
sirable.
Just before going to press a tele
gram was received by The News
from Lieut. Stetson, from Fairbank
in response to one sent to him ear
lier in the day, intimating that he
would not be here on Wednesday,
He will return on Sunday next and
a meeting of the Xenana Commercial
club will be called early in the week.
NAVY TO CUT FORCES
XEW YORK, Dec. 13—Orders
have been received at the navy yard
providing for a reduction of lO.OOd
in the enlisted personnel of the navy
and the result of the order, it is
believed, will be the laying up of
a number of ships and a reduction
of crews on many other vessels.
Big Moose Ma*qerade-New Year’*
Eve atUnion Hall.