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Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1922.
NUMBER 165
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ALASKA HERRING MAY SUPPLY WORLD
f GOVERNMENT TO PROBE KU KLUK ACTIVITIES
! 'PRESIDENT HARDING COMPLETES FIRST ANNIVERSARY
PRESIDENT COMPLETES
ONE YEAR OF HIS TERJ
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 4.
rresident Warren G. Harding, a
noon today, completed the first yea
of his term of office as the chie
executive of the nation.
■* In response to a request for a;
expression of his views of the ad
ministration covering this period, th
President stated that “the adminis
tration speaks for it.re!f; i: would b
a poor administration that reqairei
the executive to speak for it.’’
The President spent his first an
niversary in working at a numbe
of routine matters that called fo
k his close attention.
White House attaches figured tha
the President shook hands with a
least one hundred and fifty thorns
and people during the year.
TAYLOR MURDER MYSTERY
IS STILL BEING PROBEI
LOS ANGELES, March 4.—Mrs
May Rapp made a sworn statemen
today in which she asserted tha
Rodney Calvert, one of the six mei
detained by the police in connee
t tion with tie Taylor case, trld he
that he would shoot Taylor if th
latter carried out the threat to re
port the sale to aim of s/ntheii
liquor under the guise of bonde
goods.
The police an 1 the sheriff s of
fice took her statement more sen
cusly than the numerous prect dir.j
ones that • have come up from tim
to time.
A large force of detectives havi
been put to work checking up thi
story from various angles ar.d i
r was stated at the police office to
day that her story has stood thi
test of a preliminary examination
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
LOS ANGELES, March 4.—Su
men who were placed under arres'
on TTuesday on information furn
ished by Mrs. May Rupp have nt
connection with the Taylor murder
l according to Detective Sergean'
Cline who is in charge of the in
vestigation.
Sergeant Cline also announces
that further investigation has con
vinced the officers tha: there was
no foundation to her statement!
that they threatened Taylor's life
SUSPECTS MAY BE HELD
LOS ANGELES, March 4.—
Whether the men arrested on Mrs.
Rupp’s information will be released
or held on other charges, has as yet
been undetermined.
JAPANESE CAN’T ACQUIRE
LAND ON RESERVATION
WASHINGTON, I>. C., Mar. 4—
Secretary of the Interior Fall, re
plying to an inquiry from the Jap
anese association of Wanta. Wash
ington, regarding opportunity for its
members to lease land on the \aki
ma Reservation; said that all In
dian agents have been notified that
only bona fide citizens of the Unitsd
States will be allowed to lease lands
there, the preference being to those
with war records.
COMMITTEE WILL NOT REPORT
ON OBJECTIONABLE MEASURE
FRANKFORT, Ky.. Mar. 4—The
* Associated Press has learned au
thoritatively that the proposed mea
sure known as the Evolution bill
which prohibits teaching “anything
that would undermine the faith” of
students; will not be reported to
the legislature by the committee to
whom it had been referre-d, as it ha*
caused wide and strenuous protest.
PUBLIC DEBT INCREASES
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 4 —
According to an announcement
made by the treasury department
this morning, there was an increase
of more than ninety million dollars
in the public debt during February.
1
, NEW POSTMASTER GENERAL
TO SUCCEED WILL H. KA'
• WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 4.
According to definite informat!
. emanating from the White Hot
today. Dr. Huber Work first as:i
, ant postmaster genera! has be
‘ named as a successor to Pos.mas!
General Will H. Hays.
Dr. Huber Work whose nomil
tion will be sent to the senate sho
! ly, takes his portfolio on Saturdi
1 NOMINATION SENT
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. 4.
[ President Harding has sent to t
' senate the nomination of Dr. E
' her Work to succeed Postmast
1 General Hays in the cabinet.
LAST CABINET MEETING
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 4.
Postmaster Genera! Will Hays ;
: tended his last cabinet meeting '
'. day ere relinquishing his office,
i His successor Dr. Huber Work
■ busy with the affairs of the depa
■\ ment the control of which he w
t,take ever tomorrow.
RAILROADS 03JECT TO
INTERSTATE RULIN'!
NEW YORK. March 4.—A me.
■ ing of the representatives of sevei
railroads was held here today to d
cuss the advisability of fighting t
Interstate Commerce Commlssioi
recent order, under the railroad a
directing that all earnings in exc«
of six per cent be turned back
the government, to provide a fu;
from which loans may be made
1 needy carriers.
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NEGRO HELD FOR CRIME
IS RELEASED BY JUDC
HAMILTON, Ont.. March 4.
County Judge Snider today releas
Matthew Bullock, an Amreican N
gro, who was held here at the r
quest of the American authority
for extradition to North Carolin
where he was wanted on a char^
of attempted murder.
The refusal of the state autfnoi
ties to send witnesses to Canada
testify in the extradition procedins
caused his release.
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PERSHING HAS CONFERENCE
CONCERNING HOUSE ACTIO
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 4
It is understood that General Pers!
ing, chief of staff of the America
army, conferred with President Har
ing today concerning the action <
the house appropriations sub-commi
tee, which had decided, tentative!
to eut the army strength to or
hundred and fifteen thousand e]
i listed men and eleven thousand o
ficers.
CONDEMNED CRIMINAL
BREAKS LONG SILENC
CHICAGO, March 4.—After lyin
on his cot in jail for the past fort
days without, opening his eyes c
uttering a word, Harvey Churc
broke the silence today, five hotu
before the time fixed for him to l
hanged, for the brutal murder c
Bernard Dougherty and Carl Au:
mus, two automobile salesmen.
A plea from his mother induce
the condemned mar, to speak th
words “father and mother yes.”
Physicians who had been obsen
ing him previously said that his e:
forced silence and refusal to tak
food enabled him to commit "mei
ta! suicide.”
' TACOMA, March 4.—By reaso
oi the fact that so many bomfc
1 ^ and mines have ben exploded in th
_ North Sea. during the world war an
3r! for some time afterwards, the d<
se struction of herring and their spaw
»*• | has been of such magnitude as t
eu make the industry which flourishe
er since an early period, in the cour
tries bordering on the North Sej
: dwindle down to a small perecntag
r*t of its former volume.
?■ j The industry there is now opera’
j ing at seventy-five percent belo'
• normal, according to the latest r«
~ | ports received, with no chance o
i recovering for the present.
u~ Two gasoline tenders left her
cr today to establish a Scotch cure
! herring industry on Evans Islanc
SUB COMMITTEE WORKING
ON SOLDIER BONUS BIL1
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 4
The sub-committee of the hous
ways and means committee had coit
pleted working out the details of th
soldiers’ bonus measure today.
It was also announced that th
measure has been redrafted an
made ready for presentation to th
entire commir.ee nex: Tuesday.
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FOR IDENTIFICATION
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OSKALOOSCA, la., March 4—
The authorities announced toda;
that a man who was recently appre
hended and is held here, is believe
to be Tommy O'Connor a notoriou
murderer, who broke jail in Chi
cago and escaped on the eve of hi
hanging.
Officers from Chicago are on thei
way to identify the suspect.
_ MAIL POUCHES DISAPPEAR
;a FROM R. R. BAGGAGE ROON
KANKAKEE, III., March 4—Fou
„ mail pouches containing registers
mail were stolen from the Illinoi;
,e Central baggage room early thi
morning.
1 The loot has not been estimate!
. yet. but it is believed that tae staler
c pouches contained a considerafcli
sure of money.
MORGAN WINS DOG DERBY
ESTABLISHING RECORE
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THE PAS, March 4— C. B. Mor
~, pan's team, driven by Bill Grayson
won 'he annual two hundred m;!«
n . dog derby, completing the race with
all the dogs in excellent condition
I Grayson's time ■was twenty-foui
C" hours, fifty-one minutes, establishing
' ’ a world record,
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ZYBSZKO AND DEMPSEY MAY
MEET IN MIXED BOLT SOON
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Mar. 4.—
The manager for Stanislaus Zvbsz
E ko the -world’s champion wrestler an
nounced today that he would post
g a guarantee at any time for Zybss
y ko to meet Jack Dempsey in a mix
r cd bout,
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* JAMES WICKERSHAM SAYS
e THROUGH WITH POLITICS
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i- TACOMA, March 4—T’m°' W5-u
ersham who is here to a--'-o—
^ his income t^x. decIarH th~*. *•-> - '
e thru with noTtics. F» exnects to
devote the rcmcinde- -*
private affrirs.
e Mr. Wi~Versf’-m -■-4—
i- Juneau nro’ r b!v d-x' •’
part of next wr-k
a near Latouche, Alaska, and when the
s herring season opens on May lath.
e Scotch lassies will be sent to Evans
j Island to see that the herring is
properly turned into the real Scotch
'.product, for which there is such a
”• large demand all the world over.
0 Experts believe that Alaska can
1 supply the whole world’s demand
- successfully.
., i A herring industry is being estab
e lished by the Xeldenrich company,
recently incorporated with a capital
- of three hundred thousand dollars,
v The entire output for the yea*
- of this concern, has already been
f sold.
i The company also plans to operate
e a fertilizer plan: and thus use up
1 j all parts of the fish in- turning out
, by products.
'CANADIAN COAL MINERS
J ARE THREATENING STRIKE
-; CALGARY, March 4.—A strike
5: involving ninety thousand coal min
- ers of the Alberta and Eastern Brit
i isii voiuHKJia sections* will probably
become effective on April 1st.
?' The threatened strike is the result
3 of the failure of the miners and
; operators to reach an agTeemen'.
regarding a new scale of wages.
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TACOMA PIPELINE DAMAGED
FLOODS AND ICE CAUSE
TACOMA, March 4.—Heavy dam
: j age was done to the Greenwarer
- pipe line which carried the city’s
1 ter supply as the result of high
; water supply as the result of high
- water and floating ice.
s "Should further breaks in the line
occur, the entire line will have to be
r replaced at a cosc of a million dol
lars.
WOMEN BURNED TO DEATH
IN DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
WAUPUN, Wis., March 4—Threa
I women were burned to death, two
! large factory buildings and one resi
i dence totally destroyed and many
buildings were seriously damaged as
the result of a disastrous fire which
raged here last night and part of
this morning, when it was finally
got under control.
PORTO RICAN GOVERNOR
UNDER INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D. C , Mar. 4.—
Representative Humphreys of Mis
sissippi has introduced a resolution
seeking the privilege of conducting
an investigation into the offical con
duct of Governor Rely of Porto
Rico, as asked by the Porto Rican
senate.
WEALTHY WIDOW KILLED
SLAYER ALSO SUICIDED
SACRAMENTO, March 4.--Earl'
Clark a crippled elevator boy today]
shot and killed Mrs. Emma Rust,j
a wealthy widow, and then commit- ]
ted suicide.
No motive has been ascribed for:
his act.
BRITISH TROUBLES IN
FAR EAST POSSESSION
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LONDON, March 4—According to
racial desnatches received in t.ii- j
ritv today, a disturbance of some j
jr!'’<r*v-T>de occurred at Tanta near
C-iro prr-—t. necessitating the call
:-r- out of the native garrison to
nn »!1 it.
’ -»•» ,v»ro killed and twenty-four
-•-fn-od ere the rioters were
e-red.
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STOCKBROKERS INDICTED
IRREGULARITIES CHARGED
NEW YORK, March 4—Ten more
stockbrokers were indicted today by
: the supreme court grand iu.y. grcw
, ir.g out of the dist.rct attorney’s
i continued investigations following
i closely on the failin' i f several
brokerage houses.
MORE FAILURES DAILY
NEW YORK, March 4.—A verit
>able whirlpool of misfortune has
continued to drag down brokerage
I houses to ruin.
Three more failures are announc
j ed today bringing the total failures
t to more than fifty within the last
| few weeks.
FOUR POWER TREATY IS
OPPOSED BY DEMOCRAT
—
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 4.—
] Senator Hitchcock, democrat, of Ne
braska, in opening the debate on
the four power treaty in the senate
: today, said that he could not sup
! port it unless amendments or reser
vations were adopted that would
' meet certain objections.
Senator Hitchcock vigorously at
tacked what he described the secrecy
attending the negotiations concern
ing the treaty and declared that
"this treaty was conceived in secrecy
and its genesis sugests an old fash
ioned and highly objectionable alli
ance.”
NEW VESSEL CHARTERED
FOR FISHING INDUSTRY
SEATTLE, March 4—The North
ern Shipping Company of Seatle has
chartered the steamer Russ which
will be operated in the herring busi
ness of Port Wa’.-cr and the west
coast of Prince of Wales Island.
The vessel will leave Prince of
Wales Island March 15 and will be
on the run between the isia. .l and
Seattle until Jans after which she
wiil be in the service between Port
Waiter, Ketchikan and Prince Ru
pert.
ITALIAN’S ON WARPATH
CAPTURE GOV’T CRAFT
LONDON, Mar. 4— ’
a Rome despatch received in this
city today, the Italian “Faseisti” oc
cupied the postoffice in Fiume th:«
morning and later completely sur
rounded tie government palace at
tacking it with grenades and ma
chine guns.
The assembled crowds returned
the fire of the “Faseisti” and civil
war has virtually broken out.
The despatch adds that the “Fas
cisri” captured an Italian torpedo
boat.
SNOWSTORMS NO BAR TO
ENTERPRISING ROBBERS
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EUREKA, Kansas, March 4.— 1
Working in a blinding snowstorm. 1
with the thermometer near zero, ■
robbers today tunnelled into the 1
wall of the Piedmont State.Bank atj
Piedmont and got away with Liberty j
Bonds valued at fifty thousand dol
REDUCTION OF BUDGEET
AND WHAT IT MEANS *
MIAMI, Fla., March 4.—Secretary s
jf War Weeks declared today that 3
Tie reduction of the war depart- I
nent’s budget for bhe fiscal year
will mean a decrease of at least a v
bird in army posts, forts, flying li
fields and training camps. i
OIL FIELDS OUTRAGES
STARTS INVESTIGATION
^ FRESNO. Cal., March 4—The
Federal government ha5 begun a:i
investigation into the recent activ
c groups tf art.. 1 ar.J hooded
men v.ho are reported to have at
tacked several persons in the west
side oil fields of K rr. county. In
every case the attacked parties re
ceived warning beforehand thru the
mail.
rowing as members of the Klu
Klux Klan, gangs of hooded men
have, ywitihj the past few weeks,
beaten, tarred ar.d feathered or oil
ed, three business men and forced
many others to leave the district.
The authorities have been apprised
of the fact that warnings have been
sent to fifty others including the
mayor of Taft.
HOUSE COMMITTEE PRUNES
DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION
WASHINGTON. 57 C., Mar. j. --
The House Appropriations Comar
tee reported the deficiency appro
priations bill today, carrying one
hundred and eight million, four hun
dred and fiften thousand, two hun
dred and eighty-seven dollars.
The above amount is appro v!
mately sixty-seven million and a half
less than the amount the various
departments requested.
The largest department..! appro
priation is approximately ninety-* x
million dollars for the purposes of
a Veteran’s bureau.
The house rejected the amendment
in the deficiency bill which would
have made one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars available for the
roduction of non-inflammable Hel
ium gas for dirigibles.
PREPARATIONS UNDER WAY
FOR HANDLING TOURISTS
SEATTLE, March 4.—John I..
Burnside, general manager of the
White Pass and Y'ukon Route, stat
ed today that all indications point
to a heavy tourist movement to
Alaska this year, during the spring
and summer months.
Special arrangements are being
made by the White 1'ass company
for an exceptionally ^ool service
over their road.
LINER GREAT NORTHERN
SOLD TO ADMIRAL LINE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Mar. 4.—
The shipping board sold the liner
Great Northern, formerly the flag
ship Columbia of the Atlantic fleet,
to _ne Admiral Line,: for a milli- i
and a quarter dollars.
The vessel will be used in the
freight and passenger service be
tween San Francisco and Seattle for
the present.
:lergymen's club favors
MODIFIED PROHIBITION
JERSEY CITY, 'March 4.—At a
ranquet given recently by th
"lergymen’s Community Club, Gov
;rnor Edwards who was the guest
>f honor, in the course of a speech,
idvocated beer and light wines.
There were twenty-one members
if the club present who unanimous
y tendered a vote of thanks to the
rovernor for speaking at their bau
fuet.
-IGHT SENTENCE FOR
TAKING WIFE’S LIFE
PORTLAND, March 4. — Charles
Vesley Purdue who was tried re
ently on a charge of murdering
is divorced wife, was found guilty
f manslaughter and sentenced to
erve a term of not more than six
ears in the penitentiary and t*
ay a fine of five hundred dollars.
A second indictment charging him
ith killing Howard Higfcby whom
e found in his wife’s apartment.
; still pending.