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THE NENANA NEWS __
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1922
NUMBER 372
DEMOCRATS PUNCTURE G. O. P. CONTROL
, WETS DEFEAT DRY FORCES IN SEVERAL STATES
SUTHERLAND SWEEPS TERRITORY IN DELEGATE RACE
WET FORCES SCORE VICTORY
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF STATES
CHICAGO. Nov. 9—The anti-pro
hibition forces scored heavily in
four states on Tuesday. Illinois
voters, by a vote of three to one,
* gave an expression of sentiment in
favor of a modification of the Vol
stead act; California voters defeated
a state enforcement act, two to
one; Missouri re-elected Senator
Reed, an avowed foe of prohibi
tion; and New Jersey has elected
Edwards governor, a strong pro
liquor man.
I DAWSON HAS BAD BLAZE;
YUKON RIVER STILL OPEN
DAWSON, Nov. 9—A midnight
fire on Saturday night, at the cor
ner of Second and King streets,
caused a loss of $150,000. The
burned buildings were occupied by
a book shop, shoe store and bakery.
The firemen were assited by many
volunteers. ,
The Yukon river is still open.
Harry McCandish, a Yukon pion
eer, died here last week, a victim
. of heart disease.
Ben Myers, who came North with
the first gold rush, was found dead
in his cabin on Last Chance creek
last week.
POLITICIANS HELD UP
CHICAGO, Nov. 9—Three masked
men held up 27 Republicans at the
party headquarters in the Thirtieth
ward on Tuesday night and collected
$1,740. after which they made a
1 successful get away.
TRAINMEN DIE IN SMASH
EVERETT, Nov. 9—Tom Brown,
engineer, Harry Johnson, fireman,
and one helper were killed yester
day near Gold Run. when a Great
Northern passenger train left the
track. Two other members of the
train crew were severely scalded.
FIVE KILLED IN MINE
HARRISBURG. Nov. 9—Five men
were killed yesterday in the Oly
^ I<hant mine of the Hudson Coal
Company by a blown out shot. Two
other miners were hurt.
TRUST IS ATTACKED
NEW YORK. Nov. 9—Charing
conspiracy to violate the Sherman
anti-trust law, the Government has
instituted action in the federal court
seeking the dissolution of the Fur
Dressers and Fur Dyers Association,
Incorporated.
COULDN’T STAND DEFEAT
YAKIMA, Nov. 9—Lee Tittle, de
spondent ever since his defeat in
the primaries, in which he sought
the nomination as Republican candi
date for U. S. senator, committed
suicide yesterday, choosing the poi
son route
HARDING PROTECTS SALMON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9—
President Harding, by executive or
der, has created a fisheries reserva
tion in Alaska, embracing Bristol
Bay, Cook Inlet and waters adjacent
to Kodiak and Afognak islands, to
prevent the destruction of the sal
mon industry. The order will remain
in force until such time as Congress
enacts adequate legislation for the
control of the industry. Action was
recommended by Secretary Hoover,
at the request of Fish Commission
er O’Malley.
FIRE PROBE CLEARS OFFICERS
WASHINGTON,. D. C.. Nov. 9—
The board of inquiry which investi
gated the loss of the steamship City
of Honolulu by fire at sea, has ex- J
onerated the officers of the vessel,
and it is held also that structural
defects of the ship were not re- j
sponsible for the disaster. The board
was unable to determine what caused
the fire but it was ascertained that
it started in unoccupied passenger
quarters.
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BOURBONS MAKE SOUTH SOLID;
BERGER WINS WISCONSIN SEAT
VIOLINIST SAYS ALASKA IS
LAND OF DEEP THINKERS
SEATTLE, Nov. 9— L a s z 1 o
Schwartz, violinist, composer, poet
anil author, who has just returned
from a visit of several months in
Alaska, to gather material for a
novel, found great enjoyment in
the outing and was much enlight
ened regarding conditions in the;
Northland. “Alaska”, he says, “is a
land of thinkers and I fully believe
that out of the North will come one
! of the leading composers of the next
i generation, and leaders of art and
j literature”.
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BUSINESS DEAD AT SMYRNA;
KEMAL1STS CHOKE INDUSTRY
SMYRNA, Nov. 9—Commerce is
completely paralyzed throughout
Asia Minor and business conditions
in Smyrna have become ehaotis,
witn banks closing and foreign in
dustries .suspending operations. A
number of American tobacco -com
panies have given up the attempt
to continue doing business here and
are now preparing to transfer their
stocks to America. The only Ameri
can concern continuing in business
is the Standard Oil Company.
The vaults cf most of the bank
ing institutions have been sealed
by the Kemalists because of the re
fusal of the hankers to furnish thr
NationaJist authorities with lists of
Greek and Armenian accounts.
The Kemalists have drawn up
plans for the reconstruction of this
city but there are no funds avail
able for building or work of any
kind.
INSANITY PLEA ATTACKED
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 9—An at
tack has been opened by the state
on the insanity defense set up by
the attorneys for Mrs. Clara Phil
lips, who is on trial on a charge of
murder. The first rebuttal witness
to take the stand was J. B. Loving,
a turnkey, who testified before the
coroner's jury that he had observed
the actions of Mrs. Phillips on
several oceassions in jail, and who
expressed the opinion that <he wai
rational.
HIGH SCHOOL HAS COMPLETED
ARMISTICE DAY DANCE PLANS i
Students of the Nenana High
School have informed The News
that their plans for the observance'
of Armistice Day with a public dance
at Union hall have been completed
and that there is every reason to be
lieve the dance will be a huge suc
cess. The best music in town will
be provided and light refreshments
will be served during the evening,
with committees on hand to see that
all enjoy themselves.
The dance is being given by the
High School student body for the
purpose of raising money for the
purchase of moving pictures for the
picture machine which was acquired
by the school last year. It is also
the hope of the students to raise
sufficient money to secure for them
a Junior Red Cross membership.
Tickets for the dance were placed
on sale several days ago and the
advance sale indicates that there
will be a targe attendance at the
dance.
Chinese wear their finger nails
very long and sometimes tip them
with silver.
MANCHESTER, N\ H„ Nov. 9—
The returns from Tuesday’s election,
eSccept from a few isolated settle
ments, show the greatest Democratic
landslide in New Hampshire since
1856.
The Democrats have captured a
majority of ten seats in the state
house of representatives, but the Re
publicans still retain their control in
the state senate and the governor's
council.
Fred M. Brown. Democrat, has de
feated Windsor Goodnow, Republi
can, for governor, the latter hav
ing polled 32.000 votes less than
were given to Albert C. Brown two
years ago.
Three women were elected judges
of the state general court.
Rule Of Borah Ended
BOISE, Nov. 9—The election of
C. C. Moore, Republican, as gov
ernor, is a direct protest against
Borah bossism, according to a state
ment made today by S. H. Nash, Re
publican state chairman, who is
quoted as saying: “We see in it
that the party cannot and will not
be stampeded to the opposition by
one man”.
Berger Wins Again
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 9— V i c t o r
Berger, twice previously elected to
Congress. and ousted from his seat
by his colleagues at Washington,
scored anoiher victory in his fourth
campaign, turning the tables on
Congressman W. H. Stafford, whom
he defeated by a margin of six
thousand votes. When informed of
his election, Berger made the fol
lowing statement: “The Fifth district
of Wisconsin, and every other dis
trict in the country, has a constitu
tional right to be represented in
Congress by the man of its choice”.
Bourbons Make Inroads
NEW YORK, Nov. 9—Democratic
returns from all section? of the
country indicate that the great ma
jority rolled up by the Republicans
in the Harding landslide have been
knawed into in all debatable states.
Solid South Restored
ATLANTA. Nov. 9—The solid
Democratic South apparently has
been restored as a result of Tues
day's election, the Republicans hav
ing lost the foothold gained in 1929.
Governor Taylor, Republican, of
Tennessee, appears to have been de
feated by Austin Peary-. Cordcl Hull,
Democratic nationa 1 chairman, has
regained his seat.
Volstead Is Slipping
ST. PAUL, Nov. 9—The returns
thus far received indicate the de
feat of Congressman Volstead by
Rev. O. J Kvale.
Washington Delegation Is Safe
SEATTLE, Nov. 9—Five Washing
ton representatives, all Republicans, j
have been re-elected by safe ma
jorities. They are: John F. Miller. |
Lindley H. Hadley, W. Summers, J. j
Stanley and Webster Missouri.
The result of the senatorial con- j
test is not yet known. Dill is lead-1
ing Poindexter by a margin of more ’
suits.
Results By States
NEBRASKA—Senator Gilbert M.
Hitchcock, Democrat, has conceded
the election of R. B. Howel, Repub
lican.
TEXAS—Earl D. Mayfield, Deir.-:
ccrat, senator.
CALIFORNIA—Johnson, Progress-1
ive, senator.
WISCONSIN—LaFollette, Repub
| than a thousand votes, with many
precincts to hear from.
Republicans Hold Senate
NEW YORK, Nov. 9—The latest
figures show that the senate will be
composed of 52 Republican members
41 Democrats and one Farm-Laborite
with results in Washington and
North Dakota still undecided.
The latest house figures show the
224 Republicans, 205 Democrats,
one Socialist, one Independent and
one Farm-Laborite have been suc
cessful. Three congressional dis
tricts have not yet reported final re
lican, senator.
OREGON—The Oregonion con
cedes the election of Pierce, Demo
crat, for governor, over Olcott.
ARIZONA—Hunt, Democrat, for
governor; Ashurst. Democrat, for
senator.
CONNECTICUTT—McLean, Re
publican, senate
GEORGIA—George, Democrat, for
| senator.
INDIANA—Ralston, Democrat, for
senate.
IOWA—Brookhart. Rep., senate.
MICHIGAN—Townaend, Rep., for
senator.
MISSISSIPPI—Steppens, Demit
: crat, senate.
MONTANA—Wheeler. Democrat.
'senate.
j NEW JERSEY—Edwards. Demo
! crat. senate.
OHIO—Fess, Rep., senate.
PENNSYLVANIA—Pepper and
Reed. Republicans, senate.
RHODE ISLAND—Gerry. Demo
crat, senate.
| TENNESSEE—Me Kellar. Demo
( crat, senate.
I VERMONT—Greene. Rep., sen
ate.
1 VIRGINIA-—Swanson. Democrat,
I Democrat, senate.
j MASSACHUSETTS—Lodge ap
parently re-elected.
In Montana. New Mexico, Oregon
and Utah the Democrats are leading
in the race for congressional places
now held by Republicans,
i NEW YORK—Miller concedes the
. election of Smith for governor.
! Calder, for senate, is leading Cope
| land outside the city.
Among those elected members of
the lower house of Congress, the
following are listed:
Ohio—Longwcrth and Stephens,
Republicans.
Mass.—Speaker Gillette. Republi
; can, who has been re-elected to
serve a sixteenth term, making him
I patriarch of the new house, an honor
i now held by Uncle Joe Cannon, who
is retiring.
Pa.—Butler and McFadden, Re
publicans.
New York—Frank Oliver, Demo
crat, defeated Representative Ross
dale in the 38th district; Meyer
Jacobstein, Democrat, defeated Rep
resentative Pierson, in the Fifth;
Sam Dickstein, Democrat, defeated
Rep. Meyer London, Socialist.
Trammel, Democrat, was elected
senator from Florida.
Senator Underwood has formally
announced taht he will not be a
candidate for the leadership of the
Democratic minority in the senate
after next March.
Frazier Is Losing
The North Dakota Democratic
candidate, J. F. O’Connor, with a
waning majority as the rural re
turns came in, is leading former
governor Frazier, Republican. It is
claimed by Non-Partisan leaguers
that the final returns will give
Frazier a safe majority.
Poindexter Defeated
SEATTLE, Xov. 9—The election
of Dill was indicated this afternoon
when the auditor of King county
stated unofficially that a recheck of'
the county vote would probably
show a gain of about 1,200 votes
for Poindexter which, he admitted,
would not overcome the lead of Dill.
Charles Hebberd, Republican state
chairman, said, late this afternoon:
"I am not prepared at this time to
concede the election of Dill. How
ever, in view of the fact that Dill
has constantly maintained his lead
of nearly five thousand, it does not
appear that Poindexter will be able
to overcome it, if the recheck of
King and Pierce counties turns out
as expected”.
Pittman and Ferris Win
Key Pittman, of Nevada, and Fer
ris, of Michigan.'both Democrats,
have been elected to the senate.
Richards, Democrat, has been elect
ed Nevada representative.
William Sweet, Democrat, is lead
ing in the race for the governor
ship of Colorado.
Honolulu Elects Democrat
HONOLULU, Nov. 9—William
Jarrett, Democrat, has been elected
delegate to Congress, but the Demo
crats secured only one seat in tlv»
territorial legislature.
Illinois Elects Woman
CHICAGO, Nov. 9—Mrs. Wini
fred .'Jason has been elected a
member of Congress by Illinois vot
ers.
The Farm-Labor party has elect
ed Henrik Shipstead senator from
Minnesota, defeating Frank Kellogg.
Jonathan Davis, Democrat, has
been elected governor of Kansas;
J. A. O. Preuss, Republican, is gov
ernor of Minnesota; Charles Bryan
elected governor of Nebraska; A. V
Donahey. Democrat, governor of
Ohio; W. C. Walton, indorsed by the
Farm-Laborites. governor of Okla
homa.
DELEGATE ATTACKS JUDGE
IN ADDRESS AT JUNEAU
In a political address made at
Juneau recently, Delegate Dan A.
Sutherland criticised Federal Judge;
Reed, of the First division, for the :
appointment of Ed Morrissey, editor;
of the Ketchikan Chronicle, as U. S.,
commissioner at Ketchikan. The dele-j
gate pointed out that Morrissey be-;
longed to the Democratic party dur-!
ing the time that he resided in Fair
banks, and charged that his appoint
ment as commissioner was engineer
ed by U. S. Attorney Shoup for the
benefit of certain special interests
in the Ketchikan district.
The delegate charged that cer
tain of the cannery outfits in the
Ketchikan district had sold rotter,
fish to the Government during the
war and named one of the companies j
as being the chief offender.
SEA AIR ROTS IRON BRIDGE
TOKIO, Nov. 9—The famous iron
bridge on the San-in Railway at
Amurube, is rotting although com
pleted only ten years ago. The ac
tion of the sea air is given as the
cause but critics blame the railway
authorities for having failed to ap
ply paint regularly. The cost of the
bridge, which is one of the highest
and longest in the world, was 330,
000 yen.
It is estimated that it will now
cost a million yen to make repairs
to the structure.
KEMALISTS SAY CONFERENCE
MUST BE HELD ON SCEDULE
PARIS, Nov. 9—Ismet. Pasha has
informed the Allied governments
that any delay in holding the Lau
sanne peace conference will result
in disaster, as it would be inter
preted by the Angora assembly and
the Kemalist army as a sign of
hostility against the Turks and an
indication that the Allies do not in
tend to live up to the armistice con
ditions agreed upon at Mudania.
The French government has tak
en immediate action with a view to
having the conference opened on
scheduled time, on November 13.
LABOR CONDITIONS IN HAWAII
CAUSE OF FEDERAL INQUIRY
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 9—
An investigation of labor conditions
in ‘-he Hawaiian Islands, requested
by the Hawaiian territorial legisla
ture. will be undertaken immediately
by a commission made up largely
of leaders of labor organizations,
working under the auspices cf the
department of labor of the federal
government.
REVAMPING OF VOLSTEAD ACT
NOW CONSIDERED PROBABLE
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Nov 9—
It is considered extremely likely
that proposals will soon be main
for the modification of the Volstead
act. in respect to *he sale of beer
and light wires.
In ‘he meanwhile, however, the
policy of the treasury department
■will be strict enforcement of the
prohibition law. as heretofore, not
withstanding the expression.?
lie opinion in various of the states
It is announced the enforcement will
continue unrelaxed until Congress
acts.
BANKS FORECLOSE ON MILLS
MANILA, Nov. 9—The Philipinne
National bank has began foreclosure
proceedings against the Santa Ana
Oil Mills Company, to protect a loan
made io the company of $154,000.
It is announced that this -uit will
be followed by foreclosures on a
large number of coconut oil mills
in the Philippines on which the bank
made loans prior to the beginning of
1921.
It is explained that it is the de
sire of the bank to put the proper
ties in shape to be handled without
complications and without the ag
gressive competition largely prompt
ed by speculation rather than by
intelligent operation. The bank wants
them handled by -ome one able
financially to do it and bring about
continuous operation. To do this they
must have sufficient capita! to take
advantage of favoring markets and
generally avail themselves of ad
vantageous circumstances. To that
end the bank is clearing up the
titles to the properties and putting
them in shape for investment of
capital from the United States and
elsewhere.
WANT WIDOWS TO REMARRY
TOKIO. Nov. 9—The traditional
Japanese idea is that the real merit
of chastity consists in the devotion
of spirit and body to the husband
in this as well as in the other world.
This accounts for the number of
widows in Tokio alone increasing
annually instead of decreasing, ac
cording to the police authorities. Of
the 110,000 widows in Tokio, 41 •>
are below 20 years old; 7.500 be
low 30; 23,368 below 40. Some of
these are frequently victimised and
the authorities think it well to en
courage widows of Japan to re
marry.
A rat will consume 50 pounds
>f wheat in a year and damage
» much larger quantity.