Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MARCH 7. 1922.
NUMBER 166
' SENATOR URGES TREATY RATIFICATION
CABINET OFFICERS QUARREL OVER LEGISLATION
■ PRESIDENT WILL END BUREAU RULE FOR ALASKA
calling out between
TWO CABINET OFFICERS
SEATTLE. March 7.—According
to a special despatch to the Times
from their Washington correspond
ent the “controversy” between Sec-!
retary of the Interior Albert B.
Kail and Secretary of Agriculture
Kerry C. Wallace reached the acute
stage yesterday when Fall declared
that he had protested to President
Harding against the “vicious propa
ganda ” emanating from the depart
ment of agriculture.
Tne row arose out of Secretary
Fall’s advocacy of legislation trans
ferring the forestry service from
the agricultural department to the
department of the interior and plac
ing the disposition of the national
resources of Alaska also under the
sole control of the department of
the interior.
Reports have been current re
cently that Secretary Fall is dissatis
fied with his position in the cabinet
and that he contemplated resigning,
but he denied this.
Secretary Wallace declined to
make any comment on the row ad
ding ‘‘when the time comes I will
make a statement, and there is much
to be said."
MUSCLE SHOALS TANGLE
MAY BE STRAIGHTENED
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Mar. 7.—
ChairrJhri Kahn of the house mil.
tary committee in a statement to
day. urged the creation of a nation
al committee to untangle the exist
ing contracts concerning tne Muscle
Snoals. and to entertain negotia
tions for the sale or lease of these
properties.
{Note.—There is a government
plan: on Muscle Shoals for the pur
chase of which Secretary Weeks sub
mitted to congress the offer of Hen
ry Ford, early in February. He
made no recommendations, however,
for or against the saie of the prop
erty.—Ed.)
YOUNG SCHOOL MARM IS
ROBBED BY MASKED MEN
TACOMA, March 7.—Miss Elsie
Sparre the nineteen year old school
teacher of Elgin, who disappeared
yesterday, was found in a deserted
cabin this morning, gagged and
bound with baling wire.
When released Miss Sparre sa: 1
that she was held up by masked
men, who after haring robbed her.
left her were she was found, bound
and gagged. She was otherwise un
harmed.
SUSPECTS ARRESTED
IN SHOOTING AFFAIR
PORTLAND. March 7.—Lather
Shields and B. D. Martin were plac
ed under arrest today by the au
thorities who believe that they are
the men who did the shooting when
Miss Willamene Miller was wound
ed while at choir practice last Thurs
day night
Miss Miller who is under the care
of a surgeon is reported to be re
covering rapidly.
MUCH TALK EXPENDED
TO GET HABEAS WRIT
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 —The
arguments in the matter of a writ
of Habeas Corpus for Jafet Lin
deberg, which were renewed today,
had not been completed when court
adjourned. They will be resumed on
Tuesday.
HOME RUN GETTER TO
BE RICHLY REWARDED
NEW YORK, March 7.—It is re
ported that Babe Ruth's contract
with the Americans calls for a sal
ary of seventy-five thousand dol
0 lars for the season, with a bonus of
# five hundred dollars for each home
run he makes.
NEW ADVOCATES ACCEPTANCE
OF FOUR POWER TREATY PACT
MANY PERISH WHEN TRAIN
STRIKES AUTOMOBILE EUS
CLEVELAND. March 7.—Four
teen persons were killed outright
and a dozen others injured, four
perhaps fatally, when a New York
Central express train crashed into
an automobile bus today at Pains
ville.
The shock of the impact hurled
the dead and the dying along the
right of way for several hundred
feet.
A few moments later another
train crashed into the wreckage,
which caught fire.
Officials of the railroad company
stated today that the collision was
evidently due to the fact that the
driver of the automobile bus tried
to beat the train to the crossing.
Several occupants of the bus es
caped unhurt by jumping out of the
vehicle just before it reached the
crossing.
BILL IS INTRODUCED
TO SAFEGUARD SEWARD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 7.—
The house committee on territories
began its hearing on a bill author
izir.g the damning of Lowell creek
to safeguard the town of Seward
from floods.
Governor Bone. Delegate Dan
Sutherland. Colonel Steese of the
Alaska Road Commission and Gen
eral Wilds P. Richardson forme;
head of the Alaska Road Commis
sion testified at the hearings.
FISHING REGULATIONS
FOR ALASKAN WATERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 7.—
After prolonged discussion, the
house committee on me;chant mar
ine and fisheries reported the re
vised fishing bill for Alaska today.
The bill referred to, follows in a
general sense, the recommendations
made by the conference of Alaskan
fishing interests -with Secretary
Hoover and officials of the depart
ment of commerce held here last
fall.
The measure also greatly enlarges
the powers of the secretary of com
merce in making commercial fish
ing regulations in all waters under
federal jurisdiction, and prohibits
the use of traps in bays and estuar
ies.
LIVES AND PROPERTY LOST
WHEN CYCLONE HIT ALABAMA
SELMA. Alabama, March 7.—
Five negroes were killed and sever
al were injured as the result of a
cyclone which struck Camden with
great force.
The property damage, altho un
estimated, it is said to have been
very heavy.
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER
OFFERS TO SURRENDER
BERLIN, March 7—Dr. Wollgang
Kapp who led the revolution of
March, 1920, resulting in the tem
porary overthrow of the Ebert gov
ernment, has offerred to surrender
himself for trial provided he will
be guaranteed safe conduct to be
immune from arrest on German soil.
This proposal was forwarded to
the supreme court of Leipsig from
an unknown port in Sweden.
PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH
NORFOLK, March 7—Three per
sons were burned to death and two
were seriously hurt when fire dam
aged the bridge house here today.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 7 —
In- opening the discussion in the
senate today on the Four Power
Pacific treaty, Senator Harry S.
New, Republican of Indiana, de
clared that there is no alliance, im
plied or otherwise, in the four pow
er Pacific treaty nor does it impose
or carry as a necessary accompani
ment or result, the use of force.
Replying to the numerous criti
cisms of the treaty, the senator
said that it gave absolute safeguards
for peace to the United States, and
tha: it did not, in any way, impair
the sovereign rights of this country.
He entered into an elaborate and
detailed comparison of the treaty
under discussion with the old league
of nations and explained, at some
length, that the terms of the new
treaty made it co-operative while
those of the league of nations made
it drastic and compulsory, requirin,
' also that all questions relating: t
the rights of the nations be submit
ted to the supreme council of th
league.
In concluding his arguments th'
: senator declared that the four poiv
| er Facific treaty “instead of threat
ening, injuring or impairing our lib
; erties adds security to all of them'
i and that a rejection of the pas
would mean a continuance of th<
; objectionable Anglo-Japanese all:
ance.
SENATE ADOPTS RESOLUTIO?
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 7.
The senate adopted a resolution to
j day in terms of which Presiden
; Harding is requested to inform tha
body what efect the ratification o
| the four power treaty will have re
garding the Lansing-Ishii agree
i ment. ,
RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 7.—
It was indicated at the White House
today that President Harding- is de
termined to put an end to conflicts
of authority in Alaska, and the
statement was made that he had
definitely arrived at the conclusion
that the administration of Alaskan
affairs, as at present carried out,
by half a dozen departmental bu
SITUATION CRITICAL FOR
PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE
LONDON, March 7. — Within a
day or two at most, the world at
large will know definitely, whether
or not David Lloyd George will de
cide to resign as premier of Great
Britain.
This is the only substantial con
viction emerging out of the tangle
of contradictory rumors which is en
grossing the attention of political
observers here.
The premier’s friends assert htat
he will gladly quit and that if he
holds on at all it will be only be
cause he recognizes that chaos will
follow his resignation.
TWO TOWNS WIPED OUT IN
SOUTH CAROLINA BY STORM
AUGUSTA. Ga.. March 7.—Lang
I ley and Warrenville, towns ten and
twelve miles respecriveiy from here,
; in South Carolina; are reported to
have been wiped out by storms to
> day.
No details of the catastrophe have
been received yet.
AUGUSTA, March 7.—According
to meager reports received here to
day six persons were killed and
| scores of others were injured by the
j tornado which struck the nearby
towns of Warrenville and Stifleton.
AIR TANK EXPLOSION
IS FATAL TO MANY
KANSAS CITY, March 7.—Four
i persons were killed instantly and
nine others were injured more or
I less severely when a compressed air
j tank at the Kansas Railway com
pany’s barn exploded today.
The force of the explosion tore
! out the brick wall of the barn and
■ derailed many street cars.
George Blondo is in town enruute
to the upper city. George arrived
last night from the bridge, where
1 he had been working.
reaus, is paralyzing the territory.
What steps are contemplated t
I bring out this centralization of au
thority for the administration of th
territory has not yet been disclosed
The President is not concemei
; with the controversy that has arise!
over the jurisdiction of forest land
1 in Alaska.
'ARBUCKLE’S witnesses
INDICTED FOR PERJUR1
SAX FRANCISCO, March 7.—A
a result of its investigations, th
i county grand jury returned a tru
bill against Mrs. Minnie Neighbor
and Mrs. Frances S. Bates, wit
nesses for the defense in the Ar
buckle case, charging them with per
jury.
At the first trial of the comedia!
Mrs. Neighbors testified that she sat
Miss Virginia Rappe at Wheeler Ho
Springs and that she suffered rw
attacks while there.
Mrs. Bates testified at the sec
ond trial, that Miss Rappe was il
; while working at a department rtor
in Chicago in 1913.
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TREASURER OF UNIVERSITY
DECAMPS WITH SECURITIE!
PHILADELPHIA, March 7—Wal
ter A. Unger, assistant treasurer o
the Dr. Thomas W. Evans denta
sc tool and museum fund of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, is bein'
sought by the authorities.
His sudden disappearance was co
incidental with the discovery tha
bonds and negotiable securitie
worth one hundred and fifty thous
and dollars had also disappearec
from the fund’s strong box..
WITNESS SPRINGS SURPRISE
IN KENNEDY MURDER CAS!
LOS ANGELES, March 7—Arth
ur C. Burch who is jointly indictee
with Mrs. Madalynne Obenchaii
charged with murdering J. Beltoi
Kennedy, when called to the wit
ness stand today surprised every
body in court when he refused poin
blank to answer the district at
tomey’s questions until counsel ha:
been assigned for his defense.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 7—
The house approved the provision ’r
the deficiency bill today cutting th<
navy fuel appropriation in half.
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PROHIBITION IS PROOF
AGAINST PATRIOTISM
HONOLULU, T. H.. March 7 —
; Patriot^m led Mrs. Julia Bieochai
• Rivera into the United States dis
- trict court here on a charge of vi
. olating the prohibition enforcemen’
■ - act, and led (to a fine of $50 whet
: j she pleaded guilty.
i i According to her story, three o1
• her brothers were drafted into th«
| army during the world war.
1 “I vowed that I would wear noth
' j ing but black for three years anc
• j if the United States won the wai
■ ‘ and if my brothers came back safe
c I would give a big celebration," sh;
c said. " ‘Tio’ (Uncle) Samuel sure
f ly won the war and my brother;
■ live. So 1 prepared the celebra
• tion. But what is such a celebra
tion without something to cheer am
warm the heart? I decided I woul<
make something to cheer. The of
'■ ficer came and arrested me. Ht
! said I was making Okolehao and tha
1 it was against the law. 1 did no'
j know it. If it was, then I an
»guilty."
5 CHINA S REHABILITATION
IS PROGRESSING SLOWLY
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MANILA. P. I., March 7 — Jacol
Gould Schurman, mimsier to China
declared that the rehabilitation oi
the Celestial Republic is slowly bui
surely taking place thru the efforts
of the present reform administra
tion.
The repairing of the public fin
■ ances and the reunion of all prov
j inces into one harmonious entity
: are among the more important fac
tors toward rehabilitation that art
now in progress.
GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS
FACING GRAVE CHARGES
; WAUKEGAN. 111., March 7.—Tht
i trial of Governor Len Small of II
r linois who is under indictment on s
t charge of conspiring to embezzle
i state funds, began today with the
examination of veniremen.
Many jurors were excused and oi
I the original venire of fifty mer
. summoned, only twenty-four were
left at noon today.
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POSTPONEMENT ASKED
WAUKEGAN, 111., March 7 —
’ Governor Small asked for a sixtj
day postponement of his trial or
| charges of conspiracy.
AMERICAN MIDDLEWEIGHT
DEFEATS AUSTRALIAN
SYRACUSE, March 7.—Jimmy
Darcy of Portland, middleweight
' champion of the Pacific coast, was
’ given the decision (today in a bout
’ with Billy Shaded the Australian
champion.
The fight lasted twelve rounds.
DEBS TO LEAD HIS PARTY
AT NATIONAL CONVENTION
CLEVELAND, March 7.—Accord
I ing to an announcement made at
, the state convention of lihe Social
, ist party held here last night, Eu
. gene V. Debs will resume the active
leadership of the party at the na
tional convention to be held next
, month.
NEW YORK. March 7—A com
bination church and seventeen story
modern hotel is to be New York’s
latest novelty in the building line.
Dick Wood is due to arrive on
Thur'da’*’* train from the south
BRITISH MINISTER MAY
BE FORCED TO RESIGN
j LONDON*. March 7.—Aitho Aus
1 ten Chamberlain, a noted British
politician, declared today in an ad
Jiv-s deiievered at Oxford, that the
entire British cabinet is solidly be
hind Lloyd Geo rite in the stand he
has taken on the Irish question; it
aad little effect on the situation
which threatens to bring about :he
resignation of the premier.
I in the opinion of the majority of
political writers, it is generally con
| eluded that the crisis remains acute
Even journals that are most anxi
ous to support and preserve the
coalition government of which Lloyd
, George is the head, adm.t the seri
ousness of the posi ion in view of
the fact that the Ulsterites are sol
idly banded against the premier
j The situation comes as the resuit
of opposition by the Conservative
who assert that the Unionists be
trayed their followers, and tha*
their sole desire is to see the death
of the coalition government. It is
suggested that Lloyd George rau<
definitely abandon the coalition and
affiliate with some party.
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SPOKANE BOOTLEGERS
COMBINE BOOSTS PRICE
SPOKANE, March 7.—According
. to an authoritative statement made
by the police, it became known to
day that the bootleggers of Spokane,
setting at defiance the laws of pro
hibiting combinations in restraint j:
trade, perfected an organization for
the purpose of boosting the price of
liquor.
At a secret meeting of the boot
leggers, they are said to have agreed
to raise the price of a quart of
liquor from 8 to 10 dollars, or three
quarts for twenty-five dollars.
MEDICAL MISSIONARY IS
MURDERED BY HEATHENS
—
ST. LOL IS, March 7.—According
' to advices received in this city today
Rev. A. L. Shelton a medical mis
sionary of the Order of Disciples of
Christ, who was engaged in mis
sionary work in Thibet, was mur
dered by robbers near Batang on
February 17th last.
He was captured by brigands in
1920, but managed to escape from
their camp after being held for ran
I som for sixty days.
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POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATION
TO INCLUDE AIR MAIL FUND
WASHINGTON, D. C'„ Mar. 7 —
Funds to continue the transcontin
enta! air mail service will be in
cluded in the annual postoffice ap
propriation bill, under an agreement
with the senate committee.
Members of the house refused i >
make any provision for this service
when the bill was passed by the
house.
UNITED IRISHMEN HAVE
LONG, LONG WAY TO GO
TIPPERARY, March 7—Tired of
! unjust treatment on the part of h
management of the gas company,
the local branch of the Irish Trans
port Workers’ Union seized the ga
[ works’ plant today over which they
hoisted 'the red flag.
They next fired the manager out
of the building and replaced him
with a recently discharged employee
STRANGLER LEWIS REGAINS
WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
WICHITA, Mar. 7—Ed “Strang
ler” Lewis regained the heavyweight
| wrestling title defeating Stanislaus
Zbyscko in the last two out of three
falls last night.
This is the second time the Pole
has been defeated in more than
three thousand matches. The firs*
time being in his match with Gotch,
i twelve vears ago.
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