; Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1922 NUMBER 183
RAINS AGGRAVATING FLOOD SITUATION
DEVALERA ISSUES APPEAL TO IRISH FOLLOWERS
• INVESTIGATOR SAYS CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING NOW
DEVALERA TELLS FOLLOWERS
TIME HAS COME TO GET BUSY
DUBLIN', April 15—President De
valera has issued an Easter greeting
to the young men and "women of
Ireland, in which he points out that
‘•the goal at last is in sight. Step
forward. Ireland is yours for the
taking. Take it".
England Send* Wankip*
BELFAST. April 15—Two British
warships arrived off the Irish coast
today, northwest of Londonderry.
Why They Are There
LONDON', April 15—The move
ment of warships to Donegal waters
is interpreted as a precautionary
measure, in view of the tense situa
tion in Ireland.
BURCH CASE SETS RECORD
FOR NUMBER OF JURYMEN
LOS -ANGELES, April 15—The
examination of jurymen to try the
Burch case is still in progress. A
total of 124 have been examined
ttus far, which establishes a new
record for Los Angeles county.
The defense still has 14 T>
tories and the prosecution na!* that
number
POPULAR TENOR PASSES CRISIS
NEW YORK. April 15—John Mc
Cormack, noted tenor, who has been
seriously ill in this city, pushed the
critical period yesterday and it is
now thought he will recover. It will
be several months, however, before
he will be able to sing because of
a throat infection.
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Traveling Engineer A. O. Adams
arrived from Anchorage this week
on an official trip over the line. He
will return to the coast on the Sum
day train.
Advices received from Fairbanks
today state that Mrs. A. B. Phillips,
who underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis last Saturday, is recover
ing rapidly and it is expected that
she will soon be able to return to
her home in Nenana.
It is expected that Delegate Dan
Sutherland will arrive in Nenana
from the coast on next Thursday's
train.
Captain A. E. Lath:op re-jrned
from Fairbanks last Weinesi .v ar.d
left immediately for Healy for a
look over the coal field. He will re
turn to town tomorrow.
Manager James Cody, of the local
store of the Northern Commercial
Company of Alaska, will leave for
the Mayo district within a very
short time, to assume charge of a
branch store which the company will
establish in the new silver camp.
Mr. Cody, accompanied by Mrs.
Cody and the children, will go to
the States from Nenana and go into
the Mayo district by way of the
upper Yukon, after the opening of
navigation. Ernie Parsons is coming
to Nenana from the lower river to
take charge of the local store.
That the White Pass has no in
tention of continuing in business on
the Tanana river is indicated by a
wire received by Agent J. H. Scott
recently, instructing him to dispose
of everything in Nenana belonging
to the company. Mr. Scott expects
to be stationed elsewhere during
the coming rummer.
Members of the Scottish Rite Ma
sonic fraternity met at the home
of Oscar Rothenburg on Thursday
evening to participate in the Maun
cay Thursday ceremony, after the
custom of all Scottish Rite bodies
throughout the world.
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WEATHER BUREAU SAYS RAINS
THREATEN SERIOUS OVERFLOW
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WILSON DENIES MESSAGE
READ AT RECENT DINNEI
NEW YORK. April 15—The Time
! has made public a letter from Wood
row Wilson in which the forme:
■president denies that he authorize!
the message purporting to havi
‘ come from him. which was read a
the Jefferson Day dinner here las
week. The message said, “Say to th.
Democrats of New York that I an
ready to support any man wh<
; stands for the salvation of Americi
! and justice to all classes."
Tumulty, who delivered the me
' sage, explained that the presiden
, gave it to him cassuallv and tha
’ he was not aware that it was un
| authorized.
SEATTLE BUREAU ELECTS
STEEL MAGNATE CHAIRMAf
SEATTLE, April 15—William Pig
gott, vice chairman of the Pacifi
Coast Steel Co. has been electe.
unanimously as chairman of th
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce. He was chairmai
| of the bureau in 1917, sacceedinj
j Governor Bone, and he now sue
! c-eeds John P. Hartman.
Maurice Leehey has been electe*
! vice chairman, succeeding E. B
Burwell.
PRESIDENT ASKS CONGRESS
TO KEEP BIG NAVAL FORC1
j WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 15
j In a letter which was read to th
! members of the lower house o
Congress yesterday. President Hard
ing urged the passage of a nava
supply bill which would provide fo
a more adequate force than 67,00i
I men, as fixed by the house appro
j prist;on committee,
i The President said that he wouli
be much disappointed, and he knev
the country would, also, if th
navy personnel is cut to a ngur<
below 86.000, the number fixed b;
the “big navy” group.
| While he admitted that the de
* cision must lie with Congress, th
President said that he could on!;
repeat formally what he had sail
informally, that he is pursuaded tha
| it would be unwise to make s<
; drastic a cut.
Ready For Te»t Vote
Changing their program at t
last moment, the house membe
who are leading the move for
enlisted personnel of 86,000, ha
made no move to delay the vc
on the naval supply bill until ne
week, indicating that they are m
ready for a test of strength, s
parently relying upon the Presiden
i letter to give them the necessa
j strength.
GENERAL WARNS CONGRESS
LARGE ARMY IS NECESSARY
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 15
i General Harbord, deputy chief o:
1 staff appeared before the senate ap
; propriations committee yesterday t<
argue against a reduction in th
strength of the regular army. Hi
told the committeemen that th
army cannot accomplish its lawfn
task with a personnel of less thai
j 150,000. “There is a minimum limr
j below which we cannot go wit!
' safety”, he warned in conclusion
TRENTON. N. J., Auril 15—Gov
ernor Edwards has formally an
nounced his candidacy for the Dem
ocratic nomination for United State
. senator, in c’'-‘ember primaries
MEMPHIS, April 15—Withou
| venturing a prediction as to max:
■ | mum stages, the Weather Burea
. 1 forecasts an “increased and indeffi
. j niteiy prolonged flood stage alon
■ | the Mississippi river as the resul
I i of excessive rains in the Ohio va’
ley during the last twenty-fou
hours.
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: Some Levee* Holding
;! PEORIA, April 15—With the El:
, ' noia river at high stage, the levee
i i are holding and it is believed th
j peak of the flood has been reachec
. j However, refugees are making fo
.! higher ground, where they are mal.
t j ing their homes tempoorarily i
.' tents which have been provided therr
i Grand Tower Lne* Break*
CAIRO, April 15—The Gran
Tower levee gave way at an earl
' hour today, letting the waters o
the Mississippi spread over 5,00
, acres of cultivated land. The wate
j i is eleven feet deep, but all of th
,! residents of the flooded area wer
j successful in making their escape t
, . higher ground before the ursh o
. i water reached them.
Beardstown Report* Ri»e
. i BEARDSTOWN. 111., April 15
' Three inches more water was adde
' today to the already flooded are
of this city. Scores of families ar
still in retreat in the second stone
of their homes, with water all abou
- them.
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MAHONEY WILL APPEAL
OLYMPIA. Wn„ April 15—Cour
| sel for James E. Mahoney has file
,f an appeal from the sentence o
’ death imposed upon him for th
’ 1 murder of his elderly wife in Seal
tie a year ago. The ease will b
! heard at the May term of the sc
I; preme court.
CL1F THORNE SEEKS SEAT
I CHICAGO, April 15—Cliffor
Thome, general counsel for th
American Farm Bureau federatior
' has resigned his position and an
■ > nounced his candidacy for the Re
j publican nomination for U. S. sen
^ ator from Iowa
OIL EXPLODES—ONE KILLED
J WHITING. Ind.„ April 15—Th
explosion yesterday of oil stills be
: longing to the Standard Oil Com
’: pany, resulted in the death of on
person and the injury of severs
' ’ others. The property loss is estimat
ed at more than a million dollar;
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BANDITS ROB JEWELERS
1 CLEVELAND, April 15—The jew
(' elry store of the Max Kirban Com
. pany was held up by three bandit
| yesterday. The robbers made thei
| escape with diamonds valued a
160,000.
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SCHOOL BOARD WILL CENSOR
TRAINING CAMP PROPAGANDA
SEATTLE, April 16—The Sear.'.
• school board has refused the re
i quest of regular army officers tha
i they be permitted to talk to th
■' high school students on behalf o
; a military training camp. The boar.
1 has, however, consented to permi
i i the officers to prepare their propa
: ganda in the form of statements t
i be read to the students.
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Bowen, wh
• had planned to leave for the Out
side tomorrow, have postponed thei
■ departure for a week or ten days
. n- Powen having been detained b;
business matters.
tj NAPLES. 111., April 15—The en
. I tire population of this town, sum
j bering more than 200 families, was
! forced to run for high ground early
" I today as the result of the breaking
?; of the levee here. The currounding
11 lowlands are now covered with the
-[ flood waters from the river,
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Storm Kill* Four
LOUISVILLE, April 15—A terrific
rain, hail, wind and lightning storm.
- which swept the entire state this
s: morning, resulted in the death of
e four persons and the injury of a
■ number of others.
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Governor Asked To Help
u CAIRO, April 15—The citizens of
:. j McClure, in the flooded area, have
| requested Governor Small to rush
: immediate aid to them.
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>' ! Much Property Damaged
f NASHVILLE, April 15—Sections
3 of Wilson, Smith, Putnam and other
r i counties suffered severely as a result
e ! of the storm which swept the state
e; at an early hour this morning. No
& I lives were lost in those counties,
f j it is believed.
Closing Non-union Mines
PITTSBURG, April 15—The cor.
- i tiuued closing of non-union mines
1 ; in Fayette county, by union mine
s ! workers and organizers, is reported
e ! by Phillip Murray, international rice
s I president, who predicts that there
t • will be a serious shortage of bitumi
1 nous coal within a month.
DR. MARY MARTIN PASSES
-j SEATTLE, April 15—Dr. Mary B.
i Martin, aged 67, prominent pnysi
ffeian and social worker, died here
e i on Thursday night as the riv-uh of
- j injuries received while rising on a
& j local streetcar. A sudden start of
-: the car threw her to the floor \ io
: lently.
HARDING SIGNS RADIO BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15—
1 President Harding has attached his
{signature to the bill extending the
use of the Government’s naval radio
facilities for commercial press ser
vice. The privilege will continue un
til June, 1925.
ANOTHER VICTIM IN PORTLAND
j. PORTLAND, April 1 o—The septic
. I sore throat epidemic, which is puz
. zhng the medical authorities of this
? ■ city, claimed another victim yes
] terday, making a total of fourteen
.! deaths since the first appearance of
the ailment.
GUARDSMEN WITHDRAWN
- PROVIDENCE, R. L, April 15—
■ i All of the National Guardemen de
5 j tailed to preserve order during the
r I Rhode Island textile strike, have
11 been ordered demobilized with the
j exception of a small supply detaiL
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j An exceptionally good show will
s j be given at the Orpheum tomorrow
’ night, the attraction being a screen
, adaptation of the popular story of
" Mary Roberts Rhinehart, entitled
j “2314 Hours Leave”. It is a scream
I of a play, with Douglas MacLean
, j and Doris May in charge of the
main roles. The picture is a Thos.
; H. Ince production, released thru
j Paramount Artcraft, which is ample
guarantee of quality. There will
* also be a Fox comedy.
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r The steamer Victoria sailed for the
, North from Seattle this morning
,- The Alameda sailed south from Sew
ard at 10:30 this morning.
SENATORS STOPPED ACTION
DECLARES FORMER SLEUTH
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 15—
j H. L. Scaile, former investigator in
the employ of the department of
justice and a former air service
j major, declares that the Govern
i ment’s cases for recovery on air
, craft contracts from the Lincoln
; Motor Corporation and the Wright
! Aircraft Corporation, were with
; drawn by the United States attor
! ney “because of influences exerted
| by persons outside the department of
: justice.’’
j Scaile charges that Senators New
; berry and Townsend were instru
mental in influencing Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty to cause the with
drawal of the Lincoln case.
LOS ANGELES MOVIE FANS
WELCOME ARBUCKLE FILM
LOS ANGELES, April 15—An
* Arbuckle comedy film was shown
I at a small downtown theater in this
(city last night, and a large crowd
| was in attendance,
j Encouraged by the result of the
: small theater test, one of the larger
movie houses has advertised another
of the Arbuckle pictures for to
! night, and the result is awaited
eagerly by both public and pro
fession.
RESIDENTS OF BEARDSTOWN
ARE DRIVEN FROM HOMES
BEARDSTOWN, HI., April 15—
The waters of the Illinois river are
still rising, with the result that the
flood situation is such that three
■ fourths of the city’s population of
8,500 have either been driven from
their homes or forced to seek re
fuge on second floors. Fully half
the city is under water.
Refugees Flee To Cairo
CAIRO, 111., April 15—Refugees
are arriving here in large numbers
from the flood district north of this
city, where more than one hundred
negro families have been driven
from their homes. The Ohio river
floods are worse than in previous
years of high water.
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ACTION is expected soon
IN PORTO RICAN MUDDLE
, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15—
: Action by President Harding in the
' Porto Rican situation, growing out
of the controversy between Governor
Reilly and the leaders of the ma
jority political party, is expected
shortly, but there is no indication
what form it will take.
It is understood a quiet investi
gation is being made for the pur
: pose of learning the facts, and no
action will be taken probably until
the investigation has been conclud
ed.
LONE BANDIT MAKES FIZZLE
OF ATTACK ON P. O. TRUCK
GRANITE CITY, 111., April 15—
The vigilance of local postal au
thorities prevented a $55,000 pay
roll robbery here yesterday and
resulted in the arrest of a "'Hie ban
dit who attempted to hold up the
driver of the truck on which the
money was being conveyed to the
postoffice.
Another shipment of $90,000 was
to have been sent to the local post
office yesterday, but informa, ion re
garding its movement has been care
fully concealed.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS SHOW
IMPROVEMENT IN STATES
| WASHINGTON. D~C., April 15
j Business conditions in the West and
j Southwest have improved fully one
’ hundred per cent over the condi
| lions prevailing last fall, according
i to Eugene Meyer, managing direct
I or of the War Finance Corporation,
j who has just returned to this city
! from an investigation trip covering
I a score of states west of the Miss
issippi.
I The investigation of conditions
was made at the request of Presi
dent Harding.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRL FINDS
CLASSES CLOSED TO HER
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CORNING, Ark., April 15—Al 1
i though he held, in a decision hand
ed down this week, that the rules
* of the Knoble school board, forbid
! ding the use of face powder and
| lip sticks, are unjust. Circuit Judge
■' Bandy has refused the application
| of pretty Pearl Pughley for a writ
; of mandamus to compel the board
: to readmit her to high school, from
| which she was dismissed in Septem
I ber for powdering her nose.
! All the girls declare the board *
old-fashioned.
MINE WORKERS RESTRAINED
FROM ORGANIZATION WORK
CHARLESTON, W Va., April 15
—The federal district court has is
sued an injunction restraining the
United Mine Workers from further
efforts to organize the non-union
coal miners employed by the Me
kell and other companies in Fay
ette and Raleigh counties.
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Members of the local train ser
vice recently have taken examina
tions for their particular classes of
work and the result has been a
' general shakeup and temporary re
organization of forces. Several of
those who have been temporarily
I eliminated from the service will be
given another examination later on
Word is reported to have been
received from Anchorage this week
that the cut in wages along the
railroad would be general, dating
from April 1, as originally indicated
in a circular issued over the signa
ture of Engineer in Charge Fred’k
D. Browne. The cut takes in every
I body from common laborer to resi
dent engineer, but it is not known
locally if any of the higher-up are
included. The base wage is $4.50
a day, without board, six days of
work a week. The cut ranges from
fifty cents a day, in the case of
laborers, to $20 a month, in the
case of monthly men.
Winnie’s messenger service is be
! coming very popular with the Ne
nana public and promises to become
a permanent fixture. Winnie is an
old hand at the business and will
| be found ready to respond to calls
! at all hours of the day or night. He
; makes his headquarters at The Club.
Local Masons will attend Easter
service at St. Mark’s Mission tomor
mor morning, in a body, accompan
ied by relatives and lady friends.
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Franklin K. Lane school will re
! open on Monday morning, April 16,
according to announcement made to
day by membe-s ol the school bonrJ
Employes of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, to the nura
her of about 150, met at Anchor
age last Sunday for *be puij)>se of
considering the wage reduction of
April 1 and it is understoo l that
steps are now' being taken tc con
vince commission officials of the in*
: justice of the cut.