$7,955.25 Last l^ear—WHERE THE ICE POOL GROWS—This Year
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY. JUNE 9, 1923
NUMBER 462
HARDING WILL SPEND WEEK IN INTERIOR
BRITAIN PONDERING OVER REPARATIONS OFFER
FINAL PARLEY STARTS IN CHINA TO RELEAS CAPTIVESE
BANDITS GETTING READY
TO TURN CAPTIVES FREE
TSAOCSWANG June 9—Roy An
derson, American intermediary, and
envoys of the Chinese government,
are enroute to the bandit stronghold
for what is expected to be the final
session in the negotiations for the i
release of the foreigners still held
by the bandits.
The Chinese commission is taking ,
additional clerks to complete the en
rollment of the bandits in the army
Hundreds of uniforms are also be- j
ing taken along for the new sol
diers and money for the payment!
of wages which the bandits claim i
coming from previous army service.
EUGENIC MARRIAGE LAW
EFFECTIVE IN NEBRASKA ]
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1NCCLN. Neo. June 7--A new
record for low percentage in law- ;
making was established by the Ne
braska legislature which has just ,
ended its 1923 session. Of 1,056 ,
bills introduced in both houses, only 1
199 were passed by the legislature,
and of these Governor Charles W. 1
Bryar. vetoed four leaving a lotal
of 195 new laws.
Among the outstanding measures
enacted is one authorizing ratifiea
tion of a treaty between the states
of Nebraska and Colorado, covering ,
joint use of the waters of the South
Platte rivr. Another measure bring? , ^
outside utility corporations doing j
business in the state under the: ,
jurisdiction of the state railroad i
commission as to issuance of stocks i
and bonds.
The new “eugenic marriage iaw"ji
requires ten days’ notice in the j c
office of the county clerk before the jj
applicants can wed. Under this law 1
marriages are prohibited between \
persons adjudged to have hereditary s
epilepsy or hereditary insanity. r
A resolution was passed mmori- t
aiing congress to repeal the Esch- |
Cummins law. v
The 1923 legislature was in session ! li
longer and adjourned later than j i
any previous lawmaking body in the y
state. It convened January 2 and j t
adjourned just four months later.
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STEAMER DAVIS RETURNS n
FROM JAUNT DOWN RIVER f
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The Government steamer Davis,
which is operating in connection p
with the Alaska Railroad, returned : o
to port late yesterday afternoon, j ^
having connected with the steamer j
Jacobs at Tanana for Holy Cross. The
Davis probably will sail for the}
lower river again on Monday.
Among the passengers arriving on i 0
the Davis were: , a
Holy Cross—W. Y. Fisher, Sister n
Mary Thecla, Miss M. Cementcieff, i t]
C. W. Langer, Charles F. Fitch. J. a
J. Haw. % jt(
Anvik—W. C. Blanker. j
Ruby—Mrs. C. E. Jones, O. W. p
Kickbush. j p
Kokrines—H. C. Berg. jj
Tanana—George Lindsey, Mrs. A. j j(
H. Adams, Miss Mabel Landon, A. O. t(
Connell, George Williams, F. H.1
Lounsbury. I c.
Hot Springs—V. Chisholm. t<
Mrs. F. Mears and children left
for the States aboard the steamer
-Alameda. They remained in Anchor- k
age until the close of the school. d
term. . V
PRESIDENT TO VIEW HIGHWAY
ON RETURN JOURNEY TO COAST
MORWAY TO AID EXPLORER
IN FLIGHT ACROSS POLE
BERGEN', Norway, June &—It is
low settled that Explorer Amundser
sill start on his polar flight on oi
ibout June 20 and it is expected h<
rill complete the flight in 22 hour;
it is thought the greatest danger in
:onnection with the flight will be
'ailure of the engine to function
>ropertly after the machine has
Tossed the pole and is approaching
he edge of the polar ice north oi
ipitzenbergen.
The Norwegian government has as
igned two naval hydroplanes and
me fishing patrol vessel to assist
he explorer in making a landing.
UGH WATER IN RUSSIA
CAUSES DEATH OF MANY
STOCKHOLM. June 9—Nearly
our hundred persons are reported
o have lost their lives in the floods
cbich are inundating the lower
7o!ga region. Seventy thousand are
eported to have been rendered
omeless.
MALL BLACK DOG ACTS
AS MOTHER TO YOUNG LION
BERLIN. June 7—Berlin’s Zoo
5 -probably more successful than any
ther in the world as a breeding
lace for wild animals. While i:
>st many inhabitants during the
far . care was taken to kepp pairs,
nd the cages are gradually being
estocked with animals born in cap
ivity.
Strange foster families are de
eloped by the keepers, who have
earned the difficulties of compell
tg the mothers to look after their
oung under the unnatural condi
ons they faqe in captivity.
A fgw months ago a fine lion cub
as entrusted to a small black fe
lale dog. The young lion is now
ive times as large as his foster
tother and is developing a heavy
lane. Still he is as docile as a pup
y and he and the little dog remain
n the best of terms and play a
out to the great joy of visiting
lildren.
OARSMEN START EAST
SEATTLE, June 9—Great crowds
F alumni and townspeople gathered
: the railway station yesterday
oming to witness the departure of
le University of Washington varsity
id freshman oarsmen for the East
i take part in the annual regattas,
hey will row against University of
Wisconsin on June 16 and partici
ite in the Poughkeepsie regatta on
me 26. Rowing experts say the
cal crew is the best in the his
>ry of the university and the pre
ction is made that the boys will
irry off first honors or finish close
i the leaders.
RUTH CLIMBING
NEW UORK, June 9—Babe Ruth
locked his twelfth homer yester
iy in the third inning against the
ftite Sox, Cvengros pitching.
JUNEAU, June 9—Governor Scott
C. Bone has been advised by Secre
tary Christian that it is the inten
tion of President Harding to spend
six days in the railroad belt on the i
occasion of his forthcoming trip!
through Alaska. The latest informa
tion states that the President will
reach Seward on July 13, connecting
there with a special train for the
Interior and making brief stops at 1
all towns along the route. He will
return to the coast by way of the
Richardson Highway, beng scheduled
to leave Cordova for the south on
July 18.
j The itinerary, which Secretary j
Chirstian says is subject to possible j
slight changes, calls for the depart
ure of the Preident from Tacoma
on July 5. He will reach Ketchi
kan July Seventh, Wrangell July
eighth, will spend July ninth and
tenth a: Juneau, taking in Taku
glacier, and will reach Seward Ju
ly 13. He will stop at Anchorage,
i Chickaloon, Nenana and Fairbanks,
and on the way south from Cordova
will stop at Sitka July 21, Vancouver
July 26 and return to Seattle on
July 27, where he will review the
nation’s battle fleet.
Governor Bone had addressed let
ters to the mayors of the towns
.along the route which will be tra
versed by the President, suggesting
that steps be taken for the proper
observance of the momentous event,
and territorial funds, of which the
Governor has $3,000 at his disposal
is being divided among the various
ROMEO HOYT OUT ON BAIL
PENDING HEARING JUNE
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SEATTLE, June 9—Romeo Hoyt
well known former resident of Fair- <
banks, who was placed under arrest ,
a week ago on a charge of robbing ,
the Fairbanks postoffice of bonds ] (
valued at $1,500, and several hun- ;
dred dollars in cash, has been re- ,•
leased on bail in the amount of
$10,000, and his preliminary hear
ing has been set tentatively for
June 26, it being expected that he
will waive the right of a hearing
before the U. S. Commissioner here.
Should he insist upon a hearing in
Seattle, it will be necessary to post
pone the date of the hearing in
order that witnesses may be brought
from Alaska.
Hoyt is charged with having exe-1
cuted the last Fairbanks postoffice |
robbery, and his arrest came as a;
great surprise to his many friends
in Alaska and Seattle, but it is1
hinted by postal officials that more
surprises are in process of develop
ment.
MOVIE ROMANCE ENDS
NEW YORK, June 9—Elsie Fer- •
gusoii, noted stage and screen beau- \
ty, has left her banker husband, ■
Thomas B. Clark, Jr., to whom she 1
was married seven years ago. Their I
marriage had been considered one 1
of the happiest unions of the stage, i
and announcement of the separa- 1
tion came as a great surprise to the j 1
general public. <
towns to help defray the cost of
properly entertaining the President
and his party, The sura of $300
has been alloted to Fairbanks.
Definite information was received
recently by Gov. Scott C. Bone to
the effect that Secretary Hoover will
accompany President Harding on
the latter’s Alaska trip this summer
This assures the presence of at
least three members of the presi
dent’s Cabinet in the Presidential
party when it arrives here.
It is not impossible that Post
master General Harry' S. New will
make the trip. The fact that he
has asked for a change in dates of
the Postal Convention in Seattle
to about the time of arrival of the
Presidential party there may indi
cate his intention of accompanying
it. Other members making the trip
Brill be Secretary Wallace, Agricul
ture.
A change in Secretary Hoover’s
alans announced several weelcs ago
was revealed in the announcement
that he would accompany the Pres
ident. Sometime ago it was publicly
innounced that Mr. Hoover would
nake an independent investigation
>f the Alaska fisheries situation
luring the summer which would in
volve an extended visit to the Ter
ritory on which all of the fishing
listricts would be seen by him.
It is not known whether he has
entirely abandoned this idea or if
ie will carry it out after the Pres
dent eturns to the States.
5EMPSEY HURTS EYE IN RING;
QUITS TRAINING FOR WEEK
GREAT FALLS, June 9—All is
|uiet at the Dempsey training- quart
rs as the result of the slight injury
'f one of the champion's eyes, re
vived when he was butted by Roceo
stramalgia. his sparring partner. It
s expected he will be entirely re
overed, however, by the first of the
oming week.
Frank Dewars, middleweight, has
sft the training camp because of
is inability to absorb the punish
ment doled crut by Dempsey. He is
anje enough but lacks ruggedness
ufficient to stand the constant maul
DR. SUGDEN PASSES
NEW YORK, June 9—Dr. Leon
rd Sugden, of this city, lecturer,
nd explorer, was drowned at May3
une 6, according to advices re
eived by local friends. He was for
lerly a R. N. W. M. P. sergeant,
iter an expert pilot at Whkehorse
apids, and made several explora
ion trips into Africa and South
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.menca.
HARDING TO REVIEW
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 9—
resident Harding will review the
attle fleet off Seattle on July 27,:
ccording to announcement made by j
me navy department. A large num
er of naval vessels have been or
ered concentrated at Seattle.
OFFICER KILLS COMMANDER
SUICIDES WHEN ARRESTED
LISBON June 9—The second offi
cer of the steamship Brace Couei
was taken into custody here today
upon the arrival of the ship, and
charged with the murder of the com
mander the wireless operator and
and another officer while on the
high seas. He also was accused of
wounding a seaman and one of the
passengers.
After his arrest, seeing no chance
to escape, the accused officer com
mitted suicide.
EDUCATION WOULD CHECK
NEGROES NOTHWARD MOVE
OXFORD, O., June 7—The pro
viding of means for the education
of the negroes is one way to keep
them in the southern states and check
the alarming movemenj of the
blacks northward, is the opinion
; of Dr. H. C. Minnich, head of the
State Normal College, Miami Un
iversity in a statement made here
upon his return from a tour of the
negro educational institutions of the
south. According to Dean Minnich,
one-third of the negro population of
the state of Georgia has migrated
to northern states.
Dean Minnich said that unless the
negroes are educated in the south
they will continue to move north
ward. His tour, he said, showed con
clusively that the attitiude of south
ern whites has changed from that of
hostility to friendship in the matter
of education.
JAPAN AND RUSSIA AGREE
TOKIO. June 9—Japan and Russia
have agreed to open negotiations for
the resumption of relations between
the two governments.
WRECK KILLS FOUR
DURAND, Mich., June 9—Four
persons were killed and forty in
jured this week when a special
train carrying delegates to the
Knights Templar convention at
Flint, jumped the track two miles
west of this city.
STEAMER YUKON IS COMING
WITH FIRST CARGO OF ORE
The steamer Yukon left Dawson
this afternoon with two barges load
ed with silver ore from the Mayo
district. The ore will be brought to
Nenana for reshipment to the coast
by way of the Alaska Railroad, and
will be the first of many such ship
ments to pass through Nenana dur
ing the present season. The steamers
Yukon and Alaska will operate re
gularly between Dawson and Ne
nana, carrying both freight and pas
sengers. On the return trip from
Nenana the steamers will carry gen
eral freight for distribution along the
upper Yukon river, above Tanana.
The steamer Alaska is now en
route down the Stewart river from
Mayo, having been dispatched to the
silver camp shortly after the open- j
mg of navigation.
BRITAIN PONDERING OVER
LATEST GERMAN PROPOSAL
LONDON'. June 9—British diplo*
mats are reluctant to express their
opinion regarding the latest German
offer on the reparations question,
beyond admitting they consider that
certain points represent an advance
over previous proposals.
It is understood the government
would favor the settlement of the
Allies’ differences with Germany by
an international conference on the
Berlin proposals, or by the adop
tion of the suggestion of Secretary
of State Hughes that Germany’s
capacity to pay be determined by
an international committee of ex
perts.
FILIPINO KILLS GIRL
! NEW YORK. June 9—Eluigo Lo
zade, Filipino butler in the employ
of Dr. G. W. McAuhffe, has con
fessed that he strangled his fiance /
I Bossom Bartin, a nurse. He had
wrapped the body in green portieres
: and attempting to drop it from a
ferry boat when he was taken into
J custody. The police believe the pov
erty of Lozade caused the girl to
i break off her engagement thus bring
ing about her death.
PLANES MAKE RECORDS
I SAN DrEGO, June, 9—The Chi
nese foreign office has dispatched
a note to Tokio demanding an ap
ology, indemnities and the punish
ment of the Japanese commander
and marines who shot down support
ers of the Chinese boycott at Chan
sa. province of Hanan, on June 2.
PREMIER FAINTS
PARIS. June 9—Former Premier
Viviani was prostrated by a faint
ing spell yesterday while pleading
a case in court. He was carried from
the court room in a state of col
lapse.
VICTORIA FOR NOME
SEATTLE. June 9—The steamer
Victoria sailed for Nome on Tues
day on her first trip of the season
for the Bering sea port. The steamer
ha* a full cargo of genera! freight
and many passengers.
CITIZENS URGED TO MEET
TO DISCUSS CELEBRATION
Another attempt will be made to
morrow to get the people of the
town together for the purpose of
considering plans for the observance
of Independence Day. Chairman Joe
O’Connor has issued a call for a
general meeting to be held at the
office of Commissioner Charles D.
Leckie, at three o’clock tomorrow
afternoon, and he urges everyone
interested to make it a point to be
on hand for it will be at this meet
ing that a final decision will be
reached on the question of holding
a celebration.
J. F. Bryson joined the local
Signal Corps detachment this week,
having been transferred from New
York to relieve Ed. C. Rau, who
left for the States on Tuesday. Mr.
Bryson left New York on the Steam
ship Grant, with the Congressional
party, and traveled with the law
makers all the way to Seward.
The mail launch arrived from the
Log Jam this week, with Carl White
at the wheel. The launch brought
the mail and several passengers from
the Tolovana district.