Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENAN.A ALASKA. TUESDAY, APRIL 4. 1922
NUMBER 178
UNION MINERS CLAIM TIEUP IS COMPLETE
GO VERNOR SA YS PRESIDENT WILL VISIT INTERIOR
HOUSE AND SENATE CONFEREES AGREE ON R. R. ITEM
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
AGREES ON ALASKA ITEMS
SEATTLE. April 4—A Washing
ton special to the Seattle Times says
the senate and house conference
committees have reached an agree
ment on the Alaska Railroad appro
priation, contained in the Interior
Department appropriation bill, and
other Alaska items which were alter
ed when the bill was under consid
eration in the upper branch of Con
gress.
The senate sought to increase the
railroad item from $1,400.000 to
$1,662,000, but the house conferees
would not stand for the change with
the result that the item stands as
originally approved by the house.
The senate conferees also were com
pelled to recede from their attempt
to secure an increase in the item
for the repair and maintenance of
the Governor's mansion at Juneau,
and the amount now stands at $7.
500. The senate proposed to increase
the item to $12,000.
Other items agTeed upon include
the following:
Legislative expenses, $47,000.
Mt. McKinley Park. $8,000.
Education, $360,000.
Medical relief, $90,000.
Reindeer, $10,000.
It is expected that the measure
will be ready for final action very
shortly and will be approved by
both branches of Congress without
further difficulty.
WASHINGTON GRAND JURY
FIXES BLAME FOR DISASTER
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 4
Five men, of nine held by the cor
oner’s jury as responsible for th
collapse of the Knickerbocker the
ater, with a loss of 98 lives, 1; vc
been indicted by the grand y. i he
other four were exonerated
The five men, who are charged
with manslaughter, include Kegira!<:
W. Gears, architect; John -toward
Ford, who revised the original plans
for the roof; Donal Wallace, ? era!
construction foreman; Richard Flet
cher, cement foreman; Julian L'ow
man, assistant building insoonor.
PUBLIC DEBT REDUCED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4—
The United States Treasury has an
nounced a decrease of 334 millions
in the public debt during the month
of March.
Disloyalty It The Cauae
Senator Harold, of Oklahoma, an
nounced today, following a visit tc
the White House, that the Govern
ment departments are “Teeking -with
disloyalty to the administration.’
He said that he fa-gored the dismiss
al of all employes not thoroughly
in accord with the party.
WOUNDED BANDIT DIES
PORT TOWNSEND. April 4—
James Grant, member of the Se
quim bandit gang who was woundec
when he and two of his companions
were taken into custody, died her*
yesterday.
ARBUCKLE TO TAKE STAND
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4—An
nouncement has been made by conn
sel for the defense that Arbuckl*
will be placed on the stand in hi;
own behalf before the conclusion o1
the trial, for the purpose of telling
the jury his own version of th<
happenings at the fatal St. Francii
party.
BURCH TRIAL HELD UP
LOS ANGELES, April 4—Th<
Burch trial was interrupted this
week, a recess having been declarec
pending an investigation of report!
that agents of attorneys for the de
fense had tampered with the jurors
F. A. Hansen, engineer mainte
nance and construction, arrived froir
the south on Saturday on his speed
er.
PRESIDENT LEWIS SAYS MINERS
READY TO MEET OPERATORS
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WASHINGTON POSTS OPPOSE
PLAN TO ENTER POLITICS
SEATTLE. April 4—Efforts 10
form an organization of former
service men to enter the political
field, failed this wets th.s week, fol
lowing an all-day debate in which
the representatives cf ‘.0 organiza
tions in all parts of the stale took
a very active part.
Those opposing -t^e movement
based their arguments on the stand
taken by the American Legion in
opposition to all forms «f p-citical
activity.
SENATOR SAYS KU KLUX
MENACE TO GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April
| In a public lecture delivered here
! yesterday. Senator Culberson, of
: Texas, made the assertion that the
Ku Klux K!an is inimical to orderly 1
government and should be destroyed.
He recommended that the various
states fn which the organization has
obtained a foothold, should take ap
propriate and immediate action to'
prevent further activities of the kind
that have disturbed the peace of
various communities.
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! Miss Alta Russell went to Fair-,
banks on Sunday for a several-day j
j visit ■with relatives.
i Mr. and M*s. Walter Gould ex- j
1 pect to leave for Fairbanks next
: Sunday. Mr. Gould has severed his
I connection with the Alaskan Engin
eering Commission after a service
. of several years in the stores de-1
, partment.
C. A. Shonacker, Alaska repre-j
sentative of the Zellerbach Paper
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Company, arrived from Fairbanks on
Sunday and will be here the re
mainder of the week. He has secured
sample rooms in the Union Hall
building for the display of the
various lines carried by him.
Charles McLean is a recent arriv
al in Nenana, having come dowr.
from Fairbanks on Sunday.
Sam Ivey is preparing to return 1
to the Kantishna district and ex
; pects to get away tomorrow. J
W. H. Gilcher was a returning
passenger on the Sunday train from
Fairbanks.
j Drs. Roy Mellor and Martin, of
the M. & M. Dentists. Seattle, came!
| down from Fairbanks on Sunday j
and have opened offices temporarily
in the Anchorage building. They ex- {
pect to spend about ten days in J
Nenana, at the end of which time;
they will return to Seattle in order
that two other members of the firm 1
may make their annual trip to the
Dawson and Mayo districts. Dr. Mel
j lor is a brother of the Dr. Mellor j
who was in Nenana last summer.
Harry Lane has been assigned to
duty as timekeeper at the new steam
shovel camp now being established
I at Mile 327.
Carl Anderson will be a member
of the Tanana river bridge survey
party. _
There will be a dance at Union,
Hall pn Saturday night—immediate-!
ly after the show. - *
WASHINGTON'. D. C.. April 4—;
rhe suspension of -work in the union
:oal mines of the country was prac
tically completed yesterday, accord
ing to reports received from union
sources. The claim is also made that
the union cause has been strength
ened by the affiliation of non-union
miners in many sections.
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Trainmen Are Laid Off
WILKESBARRE, April 4—Seven
thousand railroad men, members of
coal train crews, have been laid off
in this distrct as a result of the
coal strike.
Up To The Operators
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 4—
President Lewis, of the United Mine
Workers, appeared before the house
labor committee yesterday and de-1
clared that the striking coal miners
were “desirous of ending the sus
pension of operations at the earliest
possible date but that the resumption
of production entirely depends upon j
the future attitude of the operators |
and mine owners.”
The Opening Gun
BECKLEY, W. Va., April 1—The
first shooting in the West Virginia
fields was reported from Royal yes
terday, where a car filled with min- :
ers was fired upon. The air was
filled with bullets for an instant but
no one was injured.
Miner* and Operator* Confer
SEATTLE, April 4—Coal Miners.
and operators of the state of Wash
ington have arranged a conference
to discuss the question of wages to
be paid maintenance men who will
look after the mines during the
strike period. Pending the outcome
of the conference, the maintenance
men who were ordered out on Sat
urday, will return to their posts.
Ditorders At Pittsburg
PITTSBURG, April 4—The first
disorders resulting from the coal
mine strike in the Western Penn
sylvania field occurred today when
high tension electric wires carrying
current to the mines, were cut. The
state police have been called out to
disperse a crowd which is attempt
ing to induce non-union miners to
quit their posts.
Bomb For Non-union Worker
COLOR-ADO SPRINGS. April 4—
A bomb or stick of dynamite was
thrown at the home of Charles
Chiard, a non-union miner, today,
but it exploded without doing very
much damage.
Operator! Are Given Cbance
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4—
Chairman Nolan, of the house labor
committee, has dispatched telegrams
to the coal operators of Indian, Illi
nois and Eastern Ohio, telling them
that the mine workers, through
President Lewis, have expressed their
willingness to meet with represent
atives from the central competitive
field, and the operators are asked
to make their attitude known.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE HAS I
GRIP ON HOUSE SOLON SAYS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4—
Representative Tinkham. of Massa- 1
chusetts. in an address delivered on i
phe floor of the house this afternoon, i
demanded that the department of s
justice investigate charges that the c
Anti-Saloon league had failed to re-‘l
port campaign expenditures, under t
the corrupt practices act. ' t
The congressman declared that, it ‘
is “absolutely futile to expect an in
vestigation by Congress for the rea
son of the complete control of the i
house by the anti-saloon element 3
and its abject obedience to the die- s
tates of the league." 1
PIONEERS SELECT NENANA
FOR GRAND IGLOO MEETING
The News is in receipt of a tele
gram from Editor Morrissey, of the.
Ketchikan, in which he states that
the grand igloo, of the Pioneers of (
Alaska, now in session at Ketch:- <
kan, has selected Nenana for the -f
March, 1923 convention. , j
AIR CRASH FATAL TO TWO j<
HOUSTON, April 4—Major Sim- t
monds and Lieut. Fitzpatrick, air i2
pilots, were killed yesterda\T when ‘
two Ellington field planes collided c
and crashed, burning, to the mound. jc
SMALL WANTS WOMEN JURY
WAUKEGAN, April 4—Governor j
Len Small has demanded that women/
sit on the jury which is to try him
on charges of conspiracy to embez- .
zle state funds. His attorneys have f
challenged the entire jury list be- ;
cause only men had been called. ,
Bert WTilson was a returning pas
senger on the Sunday train from the
coast. He visited both Anchorage
and Seward, but the coast country '
did not look good to him. |
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Bowen will
leave for the Outside within the
next few days, on a combined busi- 1
ness and pleasure trip. t
IARDING FIRES ENGRAVERS;
HOUSE MAY MAKE INQUIRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4—
Representative Moore, of Virginia,
ntrodueerf a resolution yesterday in
rhich the house is asked to name a
pecial committee to investigate the
ismissal of certain officials of the
.ureau of engraving to ascertain of
he action of President Harding in
he matter was justified.
BANK ROBBERY FOILED
WASHINGTON, D. April ■ —
in unsuccessful attempt was made
esterday to rob the Merchants Bank
nd Trust Company, located within
block of the federal treasury. One
f the would-be robbers was taken
nto custody but the other members
f the gang made their escape.
ARBUCKLE LOSES WITNESS
SAN FRANCISCO. April 4—The
ntire deposition of Dr. Samuel
i raves, of Chicago, was stricken
rom the record today, in the Ar
uckle case, because the doctor
ounl not swear to the certainty
hat a woman he treated ten years
go, and whose first name was Vir
inia, was Miss Rappe. The defense
ounted on the testimony of the
octor and fought hard to keep it
n the record.
APS AND CHITA TROOPS MIX
TOKIO, April i—A special Vladi
ostock dispatch reports a clash be
ween Japanese troops and Chita
overnment forces near Spassk. The
eport states that 80 of the Chita
oldiers were killed.
SLIDES BLOCK RAILROAD
BUTTE, April 4—Snowslides in
he vicinity of Stregis have blocked
aainline operations on the Chicago,
iilwaukee & St. Paul railroad.
H. C. Ingram, U. S- mineral sur
eyor, will leave for the Kantishna
omorrow. *
SEATTYE JURY DISAGREES
ON BOOZE STEALING CASE
SEATTLE, April I—After having
deliberated since Friday, a federal
jury before which was tried seven
men charged with stealing *4&,''00
worth of, liquor from a Government
warehouse, was discharged yesterday
because of inability to reach an
agreement.
The boldness and magnr jJe of
the theft and the prominence of
some of the men implicated, attract
ed wide-spread attention to the
case.
ALASKA DOG MUSHER GETS
JUDGMENT AGAINST OFFICER
NEVADA CITY. Cal., April 4—
The superior court ha? awarded to
Sam Malotto, an Alaska dog mush
er, the sum of $845 in damages
against William Botteher, constable,
on the allegation that three huskies
belonging to Malotto died of neglect
while the constable was holding
them under attachment.
The case has been pending in
court for two years.
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Eighty-five arrests were made by
the Juneau police last year, 63 of
the offenders being charged with
violation of the dry law. During the
last nine months of the year 407
drunks were sent home by the pa
trolmen.
Frank D. Quigley, who arrived
in Nenana several days ago in con
nection with the formulation of
plans for the inauguration of a
regular tourist service between Se
attle and Interior Alaska, left for
Healy on Saturday, on his way to
the coast.
Harry Ems'ey is a recent arrival
in town from the Hot Springs dis
trict where he spent the greater part
of the winter. He reports that there
be considerable mining activity in
that section during the coming sum
mer.
Pete Anderson, who operated a
steam rfiovel in the Canyon district
last year, will arrive here shortly
to take charge of one of the shovels
to be used in connection with the
Tanana river bridge work.
Billy Mellish, who left Nenana
several years ago to join the service,
was a returning passenger on Sun
day’s train from the o*ast. He will
officiate as timekeeper at the new
bridge camp now being organized
here.
One of the two steam shovels to
be used in connection with grading
operations this season, on the north
approach to the Tanana river bridge,
has arrived from the coast and is
being moved across the river from
Nenana.
Six horses arrived from the coast
last week for use in this division by
the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion.
Sylvester Howell, pioneer mining
man of Interior Alaska, arrived
in town on Sunday from a vacation
in the States, ready to take up his
summer work.
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY MAY
PAY VISIT TO THE INTERIOR
SEATTLE, April 4—President
Harding will devote three weeks to
his Alaska visit, sailing from Seattle
some time in August, unless some
thing unexpected happens to pre
vent, according to announcement
made here yesterday by Governor
Scott C. Bone, upon his arrival
from the East, accompanied by Col.
Mears.
“I feel very sure,” the governor
said, “that the President will visit
us. I discussed the matter with him
only a few days ago. General Per
shing also expects to visit Alaska
this year and a number of other
prominent persons informed me they
hoped to make the trip during the
summer.”
The President will be accompan
ied by Mrs. Harding and Secretary
and Mrs. Fall.
The party will come to Alaska
by way of the Inside passage, with
stops at Sitka Metlakahtla, Ketchi
kan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau,
Skagway, Haines, Cordova, Valdez,
and Seward. At Seward the party
will board a special train and make
the trip to Interior by way of the
Alaska railroad. The railroad trip,
it is expected, will consume about
a week, which will time for an in
spection of the coal fields enroute,
and the agricultural lands in the In
terior. Returning to Seattle from
Anchorage, the voyage will be made
by way of the Outside passage.
The governor says the visit of the
President is contingent upon the ad
journment of Congress so as to per
mit his absence from Washington
in August.
Upon arrival here yesterday, the
governor went immediately to Va
chon Island, where he visited with
Edwin Selvin. At noon the governor
and Col. Mears were luncheon guests
of former Alaskans and tonight
they will be the guests of honor at
a Chamber of Commerce dinner. It
is expected that the governor, in hi*
dinner speech, will outline the pro
gram for Alaska as formulated on
his Eastern trip.
OIL MAN SHOOTS OFFICER
FOR INSULTING HIS WIFE
OKLAHOMA~CITY, April 4—Jean
P. Day, a wealthy oil operator, shot
and killed Lieut. Col. Paul Beck yes
terday when, according to reports
. received here, he found Mrs. Day
struggling in the arms of the officer.
> Beck was in charge of the aviation
j field at Fort Sill.
Details Are Kept Secret
LAWTON, April 4—Communic *
jtion with Fort Sill has been discon
tinued as a result of the shooting
jof the commandant. This became
known today when an attempt wa
made to telephone to the fort for
the purpose of obtaining details of
the tragedy. The officers in charge
refused to answer the calls,
i Day was formerly supreme court
'justice.
PIONEERS APPRECIATE HELP
Igloo No. 17, Pioneers of Alaska,
i takes this means to thank everybody
■ whose liberal contributions and in
t terest made it possible to make the
' Ed Laherty benefit o financial suc
I cess. W ealso wish to explain to
i those ladies who were not asked u>
| contribute in the way of making
I cakes, etc., that we realize and ap
| preciate their willingness to con
| tribute had they been asked to do
so, but that the committee in charge
of the affair thought the number of
cakes donated sufficient for the oc
] casion.
ALFRED J GHEZZI
Secretary
■JOE O’CONNOR, President.
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The train arriving from the coast
| tomorrow should have a consign
ment of first class mail.
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