Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENAN.A ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 28. 1922
NUMBER 175
COAL BARONS WILL KEEP MINES CLOSED
ALASKANS TAKE STAND IN RICKARD’S DEFENSE
SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES WAGON ROAD PLANS
ALASKA PUBLISHER TAKES
STAND TO HELP RICKARD
NEW YORK, Mar. 28—Charles E.
Herron, publisher of the Anchorage
Times, who described himself as a
miner, fisherman and publisher, tes
tified today as a character witness
in the trial of Tex Rickard. He de
clared that the promoter had a
good reputation in Alaska and was
known as a man who abhorred
gambling, but when the gold rush
was on everybody gambled and no
body thought anything of it.
Rex Beach, the novelist, testified
that Rickard was known in Alaska
to be on the square. He further said
that he had known Rickard for a
score of years and tl^t they had
driven stakes together during the
Klondike rush; later, he said the
promoter had conducted a gambling
house but he never heard of any
thing crooked there.
Mrs. Rickard took the stand to
day and testified that her husband
was at home between the hours of
,-eYen and eight on the night of
November 12. The state had pre
viously contended that Rickard met
Sarah Schonfeld at 7:30 on that
particular evening.
Following Mrs. Rickard. Tex him
self was called to the stand as a
witness in his own behalf. He said
that one of the strictest rules m
force in his gambling houses was
that unescorted women were not al
lowed to enter the places. He also
declared that he never employed
women in any of his resorts, even
during the wild days of the North.
Rickard denied that he had ever
misconducted himself in his relations
with women in Alaska, and denied
particularly that he had ever lived
with a woman at Nome and later
abandoned her. He also denied other
specific charges regarding young
girls.
girls. He denied further that he had
never misconducted himself with
Sarah Schonfeld.
CANADIAN BANK IS ROBBED
LADNER, B. C., Mar. 2S—T h e
branch of the Roya! Bank was held
up this morning and robbed of Vic
tory bonds and other securities hav
ing an aggregate value of $60,000.
It is believed the bandits have fled
to the United States.
COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT;
PRESENT BOARD RETIRING
The last regular meeting of the
present City Council will be held
tonight at the council chambers in
the City Hall building, and an ef
fort will be made to dispose of all
unfinished business so that the new
council, which will assume office
next week, will have a clear vision
of the work ahead.
Among the things to be done to
night will be the appointment of
election officials to preside at the
polls next Tuesday and the making
of final arrangements for the elec
tion. It is probable also, that all
bills will be disposed of at this meet
ing.
All of the members of the pres
ent council, with the exception of
Councilman Teufel, are candidates
to succeed themselves, together with
a number of others who were placed
in nomination at the public meeting
a week ago. Councilman Teufel is I
retiring from the council to be
come a candidate for member of the
School Board, with Fred Major and
Burdett Tunison running with him,
for the three’p’aces
The list of aldermanic candidates,
as it stands at present, includes (the
following: Mayor Tom Simth, W. A.
Ooghill, M. J. Cooney, Harry Davis,
Alfred J. Ghezzi, William Taylor,
R. G. Southworth, J. H. Flower,!
Aiex Fowler, Henry Rappolt, Chas.;
E. Bergman, William Thomas and
W. H. Gilcher.
F. A. Hanson, engineer mainten
ance and construction, was in town j
between trains on Sunday.
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UNORGANIZED MINERS URGED
TO JOIN UNIONS IN WALKOUT
GOVERNOR BONE PREDICTS
SEATTLE WILL BUY COAL
SEATTLE. Mar. 28—A special
dispatch to the Seattle Times, re
ceived today, quotes Governor Bone
as predicting' that within the next
three months shipment of Alaska
coal will be made to Seattle.
The governor also stated that
“development work in the Matanus
ka field will not be suspended but
will continue, if not by the Govern
ment, then by private enterprise. He
said further that a four-mile spur
had been built from the Alaska
railroad to the Baxter mine, which
is being developed by a private con
cern.
WILL TRY COAST DEFENSES
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. 28—
Extensive maneuvers to determine
the military value of coast defense
are being planned for the coming
summer in accordance with orders
just issued by Secretary of War
Weeks, according to announcement
made today.
GERMANS SAY IMPOSSIBLE
BERLIN. Mar. 28—Chancellor
Wirth told the reichstag today that
the demand of the Allied Repara
tions Commission for an additional
tax levy of sixty billion marks is
absolutely impossible.
FLOOD CRISIS NEAR AT HAND
MEMPHIS, Mar. 28—The crisis in
the Mississippi flood situation is ex
pected on Tnursday. The water is
still rising but no damage of con
sequence has thus far been reported.
MOOSE OFFICERS INSTALLED:
PLEASING SMOKER FOLLOWS
The officers who were elected re
cently to guide the destinies of
Nenana Lodge, No. 1193, Loyal
Order of Moose, were duly installed
at a regular meeting of the organi
zation held ot Moose Hall last
night, with a large number of mem
bers in attendance.
M. V. Tyler, past dictator of the
lodge, conducted the ceremonies as
installing officer in a very accept
able manner, impressively assisted
by other members of the lodge. The
officers installed were: Dictator Alf
Ekeland, who was re-elected; Bob
Toussaint, vice dictator; Burdette
Tunison, prelate; Tom Smith, treas
urer. re-elected; Alex Fowler, re
corder. re-elected. Dictator Ekeland
also appointed Charles Griselle to
the office of sergeant at arms, and
Lou Isabel inside guard, to complete
the full set of officers.
The sick and entertainment com-!
mittees will be appointed at the'
next regular meeting.
At tne conclusion of the business
meeting a most enjoyable social ses
sion was held, daring the course of
which a lunch was served and the
time spent with anecdotes of a very i
entertaining nature.
—
The dance given in the Orpheum 1
building on Saturday night was a'
most enjoyable affair, with splendid i
music provided by the Orpheum or-j
chestra, consisting of Victor Durand,;
A. L. Carpenter and Harry Kalan- ]
quin.
John J. Tucker, who went to An
chorage some time ago with a
bunch of A. E. C. horses used in the
Canyon district, arrived from the
coast on the Sunday train.
William Redigkeit, proprietor of
the Tavern Cafe, left for Anchorage
on Sunday on a brief business trip. *
BALTIMORE Mar. 28—T h e
Northern West Virginia Coal Oper
ators Association has decided to
close 550 of its mines for the dura
tion of the strike scheduled to be
gin on the first of April. The de
cision of the association was made
public today and indicates that it
is not the intention of the operators
to attempt to keep their mines run
ning with non-union labor.
Non-Unions Invited To Join
SPRINGFIELD. Mar. 28—With
the ranks of the Union mines un
broken and ready to walk out on
April first. President Lewis, of the
United Mine Workers, announced
today that he is awaiting the first
response to an invitation extended
to 200,000 non-union miners to join
the big strike, and he indicated that
he expected a favorable reply. Coal
operators, however, do not believe
that the unions will receive the co
: operation they expect from non
union workers.
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Help From Chicktloon
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Mar. 28—
The Pacific Coast states, in the
event of a protracted coal strike.
1 could obtain some relief from the
naw's Chickaloon coal fields in
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! Alaska, according: to statement is-1
i sued today by the Bureau of Mines.
Although the field has an output of
only 250 tons daily at present, many
times that amount has been stored
by the navy so that an initial ship
ment would reach several thousand
tons. It is also suggested that trans
portation from Alaska could be pro
vided by the Shipping Board, which
has a number of vessels tied up on
the coast, ready for use.
Hope Abandoned
CALGARY. Mar 28—Hope for a
resumption of negotiations between
coal miners and operators has been
abandoned and the stage is set for
the walkout of 9,000 miners in Cal
gary on the first of April.
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ELLENSBURG. Wash.. Mar. 28—;
About two thousand coal miners will
be affected by the strike called for
the first of April, in the Rosslvn'
and Sleelum fields nearby, which:
supply coal to the Northern Pacific
railroad. Officials state that the min
1 ers have been preparing for the
j walkout for months.
County authorities plan on sta
i tioning special deputies for the pur
pose of maintaining order during
1 the strike.
MEARS IS COMING NORTH;
MAY GET ARMY PAY BACK
—
j SEATTLE. Mar. 28—A Washing
ton dispatch says that Col. Mears
left the capital last night for his
Alaska headquarters and that he ex
I pects to join Governor Bone at Chi
cago today, the plan being for both
; officials to make the trip back to
j Alaska together.
M»jr Regain Army Status
Congressman Carry, of California.
I has introduced a bill to maintain
the colonel’s status in the army,
; which is questioned in « recent rul
ing of the controller of currency
i to the effect that he lost his army
■ statu* when he accepted pay as a
member of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission. The bill is expected to
'receive favorable consideration at
an early date.
DIPLOMATS ARE NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 28—
President Harding ha? nominated A.
M. Phillips, of Mass., who is at the
present time minister to The Nether
lands. to be under secretary of:
state, succeeding Henry P. Fletcher, j
who has been named ambassador to
Belgium. Leland Harrison, of Illi-.
nois, has been nominated assistant !
secretary of state, succeeding Fred
M. Deering. -who was recently named
minister to Portugal.
FRANCE WILL APPROVE PACT
PARIS, Mar. 28—It is stated in
official circles here today that the!
French government will approve the
adoption of the much-discussed Four
Power Pacific treaty, without any j
alliance or reservations. Favorable j
action is expected at an early date.
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FLYING BOAT KILLS FIVE
MIAMI. Fla.. Mar. 28—Robert
Moore, pilot of the wrecked flying
boat Miss Miami says that two of the
passengers died from exposure, two
became crazed from exposure and
leaped into the water to their death,
and the fifth, in sheer exhaution,
slipped into the sea.
VETERAN EXPLORER DEAD
NEWTON,. dass. Mar. 2S - -Geo.
Costigaa, a mc.-mer .f Peary's
Polar expelition. and a veteran of
many wa.s, died hi rc yesterday. j
'COLORADO MINE EXPLOSION
IS FATAL TO SEVENTEEN
TRINIDAD, Col.. Mar. 28—The
total dead and missing a- a result
of an explosion in the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company’s m r.e No. -
yesterday, has been fixed at 17.
The majority of the miners listed
as dead were trapped in ~he mine,
and all hope that any of them will
be rescued has been abanaoned.
GROCERY STORE IS ROBBED;
BANDITS TORTURE OWNER
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 28—M ike
Kapalinch. proprietor of a small •
grocery store, has informed the |
police that a gang of five men and !
a woman held him up yesterday and j
bound and tortured him into dis- i
closing where he kept his money. |
which they took away with them. •
The grocer is in a serious condition i
as a result of the treatment inflict- j
ed upon him by the bandits.
DYNAMITE SUSPECTS HELD
SEATTLE, Mar. 28—The police j
are holding Vandine Bayliss and
P. C. Garrett cm an open charge in
connection with the dynamite ex
plosion which wrecked the real es- j
tate oflice of Frank Atwood, this I
week, at Carleston Park, a suburb
of this city. The explosion also j
caused considerable other damage. J
Both men placed under arrest are
said to have been seriously injured
as a result of the explosion. Atwood
says the damage caused him is the
result of spite work.
PONZI MUST ANSWER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 28—
The supreme court has handed down
a decision in which it sets forth that
Ponzi, whose recent financial ex
ploits resulted in his sentence to a
five-year term in the penitentiary,
must stand trial in the Massachusetts
state court on 22 indictments in
which he is charged with crimes
under the state laws.
COFFERDAM BREAKS—2 DEAD
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Mar. 28—
Two men were drowned today when
a paper mill cofferdam collapsed un
der the strain of a sudden rush of
water from the Wisconsin river.
SENATE SEEKING SOLUTION
OF NEW TREATY PROBLEMS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 28
Two methods of clearing up the
technical senate tangle ovbr the
ratified Four Power treaty, and two
supplements to the pact are now
; under consideration by the Repub
lican leaders, as the debate contin
ues in the upper house of Congress.
The supplementary measures seek
j to exclude the Japanese mainland
from the scope of the treaty.
One of the methods suggested is
the adoption of .a separate resolu
tion ratifiying the supplementary de
claration, and the other plan is the
inclusion in the resolution of clauses
to exclude the Japanese mainland
from the treaty reservations affect
ing mandated islands and domestic
questions.
POLICE AMBUSH ROBBERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 28—A
twenty-four police ambush resulted
yesterday m a sharp pistol battle
with six alleged bandits. Four of
the men were captured, two of them
being seriously wounded. The bandits
were attempting to rob a pharmacy
when interrupted by the officers.
TOWNLEY TO QUIT LEAGUE
FARGO. Mar. 28—A. C. Towniey
has announced that it is his inten
tion to tender his resignation as
president of the Non-Partisan league
at the state convention of the or
ganization scheduled for March 31.
SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED
DOYLESTON, Pa., Mar. 28—A
man arrested here recently on sus
picion of having killed a constable
a score of years ago in the Haycock
Mountains, while resisting arrest, has
been identified as Adam Weaver.
The fdentifieation was made by Ja».
Weaver, the suspected man’s son.
GRADING CONTRACT IS LET
FOR APPROACH TO BRIDGE
Pete Jepson and associates signedi
a contract yesterday morning to
grade a section of the railroad right
of way on the north bank of the
Tanana River, beginning at the first
cut on the approach to the Tanana
River bridge. They will grade that
portion of the right of way between
Stations 19,-496 and 19,522.
The cut is mostly rock and esti
mated to contain approximately 30,
000 cubic yards. Work will be start
ed in a few days.
The rest of the roadbed to connect;
with the mainline at North Nenana
will be graded on force account by
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
and it is likely that two or more
steam shovels will be put on to do!
this work. Two steam shovels are'
scheduled to arrive from Anchorage
shortly.
One of the many features of the j
benefit to be given by the Pioneers
on Saturday night, for the relief of;
Ed Laherty, will be a seven-piece
orchestra, combining all the musical
talent in town. This orchestra will j
provide the music for dancing and
other program features and it will
be very much in the nature of a j
treat to Nenanartes.
The number of tickets sold al
ready insures an unusually large at
tendance and the committee in
charge of the affair is leaving no
thing undone to make the evening
an enjoyable one. It will be regular
old sourdough blowout, with all the
allurments that gave zest to early
iay life in Alaska.
SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORS
ROAD COMMISSION MEASURE
WASHINGTON," D~ C., Mar. 28—
The senate committee on territories
has favorably reported the house
bill to expedite the work of building
wagon roads in Alaska during the
; summer by authorizing the War De
I partment to make contracts in ad
vance of the approval of federal
! appropriations.
Under the present restrictions, the
Alaska Road Commission is unable
i to initiate any work of consequence
I until the passage of the annual
| army appropriation bill, which is
j usually well along toward the firs:
I of Juiy.
TOTEM TOURS MAN HERE
TO PLAN SUMMER TRIPS
i „
Frank l). Quigley, who has the
j distinction of being first in the
> field with plans for regular excursion
i trips to Interior Alaska, returned to
j town on Sunday from a stay of two
i weeks in Fairbanks, where he ar
ranged for the accommodation and
' entertainment of his tourist parties
who are scheduled to begin arriv
i ing at that point late in July. He
• is now on the way back to Seattle
; to complete arrangements for the
; successful carrying out of his plans
j Mr. Quigley is a veteran in the
j tourist business and is enthusiastic
: over the possibilities of the Interior
iHlasfca trip, by way of the Rich
j ardson Highway and Government
railroad, described in his advertising
literature as the “Totem Tours".
The advertising campaign, which on
j ly recently was started, already U
i beginning to get results and Mr
. Quigley believes that by the time
J the Highway,and Railway are ready
j for tourist travel, he will have all
the business' he can handle. The
' plan is to bring the tourists Norm
:n parties not exceeding twenty in
! number, and each party will be ae
| companied by a conductor, one who
! is acquainted with the country and
j able to supply the information mat
j will be expected of him. Autos will
take the parties from Chitina to
Fairbanks, where transfer will be
made to the Government railroad,
after a stay in Fairbanks of suffiier:
1 length for the visitors to see the
1 farms and mines.
To what extent Nenana will figure
in these tours is a matter that haa
not yet fully determined, but Mr
Quigley is hopeful of bringing he
parties from Fairbanks by special
. train, in which event they will have
■ several hours at least ~o i >i': over
the town before taking th - train
for the coast.
If the plan works out as Mr
Quigley believes that. it will, ever
boat leaving Seattle f jr Cordova
will have one of the “T "em Tour-"
parties on board, in which event
there will be a continuous string
of visitors passing through the In
terior country, all personally con
ducted. Mr. Quigley also believe -
that many tourists will come to the
Territory during the summer inde
pendently hnd in small groups. All
indications, he says, point to unpre
cedented travel this way.
Mr. Quigley and his Seattle as
sociate are working in co-operation
with J. Casey McDannel, genial din
ing car contractor on the Govern
merit railroad, and their advertising
matter, which is both original ami
attractive, is being circulated in a
very thorough manner throughout
the entire country.
Mr. Quigley is a guest at the
Southern Hotel during his stay in
Nenana.
M. V. Tyler, who recently dispos
ed of all his interests in Nenana.
will leave for the coast tomorrow
and probably will locate in Anchor
age. Mr. Tyler received a wire from
Seattle yesterday, informing him of
an operation performed on Mrs.
Tyler this week, resulting in the re
moval of many gall stones and an
infected appendix.