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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAR. 20, 1923.
NUMBER 427
SPRING FINDS STATES IN GRIP OF STORM
. LOW TEMPERA TURES AND WIND SWEEP COUNTRY
LAWMALERS VOTE FUNDS TO ENTERTAIN PRESIDENT
HOUSE DEFEATS CALLAHAN;
PASSES NEW VOTING TEST
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JUNEAU, Mar. 20—Late Satur-j
day afternoon the lower branch of
* the territorial legislature passed the
Foster literacy bill by a vote of ten ,
to six, the Third division members i
voting solid for the measure, and
two each from the First. Second
and Fourth approving it. It is ex
pected that the opponents of the
bill, chief among whom is Dan Cal
* lahan of Fairbanks, will carry the j
fight to the senate, where a strong
effort will be made to defeat it.
Chamberlain has introduced a
memorial asking the amendment of
the organic act, and providing for j
the convening of the legislature in
February instead of March.
Senator Fred Ayer introduced a j
memorial asking for the establish-!
ment of an Indian training school J
* at Nome for the benefit of Eskimo
children.
Delegate Dan Sutherland, it is
expected, will address a joint ses
sion of the legislature on Monday
night, in opposition to the fisheries ;
reservation policy of the federal
administration.
The women jury bill has been fa- j
vorably reported in the senate and
* its passage there is forecasted at I
an early date.
The blue sky law regulating the j
Issuance of securities of corpora
tion and joint association, with dras
tic penalties for violation, has passed
a second reading in the senate.
The bill providing for the dis-1
qualification of district judges on
affidavits of prejudice by attorneys!
* was killed by the senate.
Representative Dan Callahan has j
introduced a bill for the levying of j
a tax of $100 per mile of main line, j
siding and switches of all privately j
owned railroads.
Senator Ayer has introduced a bill .
prohibiting the employment of other
k than competent certified men as,
foremen in coal mines where ten or!
more men are employed on a single j
shift except in case of emergency
when 90 days will be allowed to
procure competent foremen.
The house has passed a bill ap
propriating $3,000 for the enter- j
* tainment of President Harding and j
his party when they visit Alaska
during the coming summer.
SEATTLE HAS DOCK FIRE
SEATTLE. Mar. 20—The dock
plant of the Western Pipe & Steel j
Company, on East Waterway, was
swept by fire yesterday with a loss
estimated at $75,000
TOM SCANLON DEAD
SEATTLE, Mar. 20—T homasi
Scanlon, aged 44 years, a miner:
who recently came from Fairbanks
^ for the benefit of his health, died |
here yesterday.
—
Special Agent Billy Butler came
over from Anchorage this morning
and left for Fairbanks this after
noon.
—
Cyril and Dewey Burnett came
in from the Kantishna this morning 1
and left for their home in Fair- j
banks this afternoon.
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^ Deputy Marshal Andy Webster,
of Tanana, came down from Fair
banks today and will leave for the
army town tomorrow
THOUSAND MADE HOMELESS;
SCORES LOSE LIVES IN STORM
BOYLE IS COMING BACK
TO FINISH ALASKA WORK
SEATTLE. Mar. 20—George L.
Boyle who made a trip to Alaska
last year as the personal represen
tative of secretary of the Interior
Fall, and who continues to be at
tached to the department in that
capacity under Secretary Work, has
arrived from the East on his way
back to Alaska where he will visit
practically every community to get
the views of the people. He will re
main in the North until next‘winter.
Boyle was recalled to Washington
when Sevcretary Fall resigned from
office. “The fact that I am being
back indicates that Secretary Work
intends to carry out the work in
dicated by Secretary Fall. I believe
the people of Alaska will find the
new secretary wholly responsive to
the problems of the North. Secretary
Fall was the first interior depart
ment head to make an investigation
looking to freeing the territory
from alleged top heavy federal ad
ministration.”
Boyle will make a study of the
function of federal bureaus and
make a survey to consolidation and
coordination.
SENATOR IS SERIOUSLY ILL;
CALLS WORK TO BEDSIDE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 20
Secretary of the Interior Work has
been summoned to Rochester. Minn.,
where his old friend, Senator Nichol
son, of Colorado, who has been very
ill, is about to undergo an opera
tion. He refused to go on the table,
however, until the arrival of the
secretary and his agreement, after
an examination.
GOMPERS OUT OF BED
NEW YORK, Mar 20—Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, who has been
seriously ill in this city, has recov
ered sufficiently to leave his bed a
short time daily and it is thought
he will soon be well.
SCANDAL IN MOVIE CIRCLES
NEW YORK. Mar. 20—L o r n a
Ambler, Australian actress, has been
named correspondent by Geraldine
Farrar in her divorce proceedings
against Lou Tellegen.
The steamer Watson reported out
of Juneau enroute north, on Tues
day morning.
Fred Hauselman, oldtimer of the
Kantishna district, who was tried at
Fairbanks, was brought in from the
Kantishna this morning by Game
Warden J. M. Burrows. Hausel
j man’s mind is said to be wander
ing again.
There will be a special meeting
! of the city council tonight for the
purpose of reviewing the annual
tax roll and fixing the budget levy.
It is expected the School Board will
have their budget ready for presen
tation to the council tonight.
CHICAGO, Mar. 20—The theoret
ical arrival of spring found the en
tire Mississippi valley, from the
Rockies eastward and from the
Northwest to upper Florida gripped
by a bitter cold wave. In many sec
tions the snow has been piled into
drifts by high winds, and sub-zero
and near zero temperatures are re
ported from points as far south as
southwestern Missouri.
Train and wire sendee is para
lyzed in the Upper Mississippi and
Rocky Mountain sections, and traf
j fic of all kinds in this city was halt
; ed yesterday by heavy snow drifts.
| Local thermometers registered two
above zero yesterday.
Kansas City reports one degree
below zero. Lacrosse. Wisconsin, 12
below, Oskosh 16 below, and Fort
Dodge, Iowa. 16 below. An old resi
dent declares the blizzard was the
worst recalled by him in fifty years.
Conditions are improving: in many
sections today, with train schedules
rapidly approaching norma! on many
divisions.
Reports from Birmingham. Ala.,
state that considerable snow fell
during the early part of the night,
followed by a dropping of the tem
perature this morning,
i The weather is clearing in Col
orado but cold weather has en
veloped the entire state.
Thousand Homeless
MEMPHIS, Mar. 20—A thousand
persons are homeless as a result of
the tornado which swept northern
Mississippi. The death toll has been
placed at 28. The Red Cross will
undertake to clothe and feed the
homeless until normal conditions
i are restored.
LAWMAKERS ABANDON PLAN
TO PAY VISIT TO RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 20—
The proposed tour of Russia by a
party of American senators and
representatives as guests of the
Soviet government, has been aban
doned, according to announcement
made yesterday by Senator Ladd, of
North Dakota.
The senator explained that the
trip had been given up for the
reason that an official invitation
had not been received from the
soviet authorities and for the rea
son also that it had been found
impossible to get the congressmen
together.
TITLE WAS NOT INVOLVED
PARIS. Mar. 20—Contrary to re
ports issued at the time of the bout
between McTigue and Battling Sikf,
the light heavyweight championship
of the world was not involved, ac
cording to a statement made today
by officials of the French boxing
commission.
It is claimed the boxers failed to
comply with all the requirement in
connection with a championship bat
tle and in this British sporting writ
ers agree.
MOOSE ENTERTAIN MANY
AT ANNUAL LODGE BALL
The annual ball of Nenana Lodge
No. 1193, Loyal Order of Moose,
which took place at Union hall on
Saturday night in honor of St. Pat
rick’s Day was largely attended by
the dancers of Nenana, all of whom
agree that the affair was fully up to
the high level of entertinment for
which the Moose of Nenana are re
nowned.
Music was provided by the Ne
nana orchestra, and too much can
i not be said in praise of that organ
i ization. The music was the best ev
er heard in Nenana.
The hall looked most attractive in
I its gay festooning, and with Moose
colors and emblems much in evi
. dence about the hall.
H. L. Morris left for Talkeetna
on the last train.
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HARDING IS NON COMMITTAL
REGARDING PLANS TOR 1924
PALM BEACH, Mar. JO- -The
prediction of Attorney Genera!
Daugherty that President Harding
will be a candidate for re-nomina
tion in 1924 received its first public
reaction here yesterday when several
hundred residents of West Palm
Beach, which went Republican last
election, crowded to the pier as
President Harding and the members
of his party boarded the presiden
tial houseboat, and shouted. "Hur
rah for Harding, 1924.”
In a brief speech of thanks the
President said: “I want you to know
I have two more years ahead of
me; moreover, I have two hard
years ahead of me.” That was his
only comment.
BRENNAN RECOVERING
NEW YORK, Mar. 20—Boxer
Bill Brennan, who suffered concuss
ion of the brain as the result of a
blow received during his recent bout
with Firpo, was permitted to sit
up yesterday for the first time and
is now well on the road to recovery.
PAGE HORNADAY
The report of the Territorial
treasurer shows that since Alaska
has been paying’ bounty on eagles,
six years, the number of birds em
blematic of freedom on which boun
ty has been paid is 15,645. Of this
amount $3,390 was paid last year
and $3,420 the previous year, which
indicates that eagles are not becom
ing as scarce as would be supposed
The number killed last year on
which bounty was claimed was 2,
131 as against 2,377 during 1921.
Bounty paid on wolves last year was
$3,390 and in 1921 $3,515.
E. R. Jordan, former marshal
at Nome returned to Nenana this
week from the upper Yukon. He
made the trip w'ith the Fred Ayre
string of dogs.
Frank Giles, of Copper Mountain
fame, left for the Kantishna dis
trict this morning^
MANY OLDTIMERS GATHER
TO TALK OVER PROGRAM
The regular bi-weekly meeting
] of N'enana Igloo, Xo. 17, Pioneers
. of Alaska, which was held in Union
Hall last night, was more than u
j sually well attended and a lot of
business was transacted in connec
tion with the coming session of the
' grand igloo, which will convene in
Xenana next week, with delegates
in attnedance from all over the
territory. And in addition to the ra
ther lengthy discussion of program
details, the igloo took in three new
members and disposed of the usual
routine business. The new mem
bers were Bert Wilson, Sam Sander
j son and Martin J. Martin. Captain
C. G. Jones, roadmaster for the
Alaska Railroad, who has rendered
; invaluable assistance to the Pioneers
! during the time he has been sta
■ tioned in Xenana and who is him
I self a real pioneer of the Xorth in
'every respect, although not having
: resided in Alaska sufficiently long
to entitle him to active membership
!
in the sourdough organization, was
made an honorary member of Xena
r.a igloo last night in recognition
of his helpfulness. It was Captain
Jones who was very largely res
jponsible for putting the Pioneer
minstrels over successfully .several
weeks ago. and he is now working
with the igloo to provide entertain
ment for the grand igloo delegates
who will arrive here next Tuesday.
He is planning to reproduce the
minstrels, revising the jokes and
! putting on new choruses
Announcement that a dog race
would be staged during the grand
i igloo meeting has met with hearty
| response on the part of owners of
dog team? and it now seems pro
' bable there will be all the entries
needed to make, the event interest
| ing. The committee will give a purse
of $200 and there will be the en
trance money in addition, each en
try putting up a fee of $10 to in
sure appearance. Those desiring to
get in the race are urged to let
the committee know without del^y.
Another interesting feature of the
week’s entertainment will be the
installation of radio sets at Union
hall so that and the receipt of en
tertainment in varied form will be
had. It will be the first public de
monstration of the radio in Nenana.
This feature is being aranged by
W. C. Steinmetz and F. 0. Rob
inson, both of whom have receiving
sets in their homes.
Past President Joe O’Connor, who
is looking after the athletic end of
the program, is hopeful of being
able to arrange for several good
bouts, both boxing and wrestling,
during tihe time the visitors are
here. Several local boxers are rear
ing to go. Pete Schmidt is trying
out several youngsters with a view
to putting on a juvenile bout.
Miss A. C. Larsen is a recent ar
rival at the Cooney Hotel from Los
Angeles.
BANDITS HOLD UP COLLECTOR;
ESCAPE WITH MONEY AND CAR
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 20—Or.a
of the most daring and successful
holdups staged in this city was ex
ecuted yesterday when three bandits
held up Clarence Dale, collector for
the Sam Seeling chain of grocery
stores and escaped with Dale’s auto
and between $25,000 and $40,000
in cash. The money was in a strong
| oox which was bolted to the car
' and it was necessary to steal the
automobile to get the cash.
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OLYMPIA POSTOFFICE SCENE
OF DARING NIGHT ROBBERY
OLYMPIA, Mar. 20—The Oympi.t
postoffice was the scene on Sunday
‘ night of a daring robbery. Robbers
; broke into the office, drilled into the
money order vault and blew the
' stamp safe, escaping with stamps
, valued at between $15,000 and
$20,000.
^ A later reports states that the loss
will aggregate $40,000. all in the
i form of stamps.
, CHURCHMAN NEAR DEATH
. ST. LOUIS, Mar. 20—Rev. Daniel
S. Tuttle, presiding bishop of the
| Episcopal church in the United
I
■ States and, in point of service, the
oldest Anglican bishop in the world,
who has been critically ill during
the last week, suffered a relapse
yesterday and is now' in a state of
coma, with little hope of his re
covery.
HERRIN TRIAL RESUMED
MARION. Mar. 20-—The prosecu
tion in the second riot trial has re
sumed the presentation of evidence
against Hugh Willis and live other
defendants charged with murder in
connection with the mine disorders
at Herrin. The hearing w<*. inter
rupted for eleven days on account
of the illness of the family of one
of the jurors
PLANES REACH PORTO RICO
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Mar. 20
—The six American army planer
which left San Antonio on a flight
to this place, arrived here yester
day without mishap They will spend
several days here before starting
on the return flight.
TOMB HUNT MAY BE FATAL
CAIRO. Mar. 20—Earl Camavan,
who has been supervising the ex
cavations undertaken in this region,
is seriously ill of blood poisoning
which is believed to have been
caused by the bite of an insect.
A young man by the name of
Colman was taken into custody last
night by Chief of Police Alexander
and lodged in the federal jail pend
ing an investigation of his conduct
to play the part of a bandit on up
per A street during the night.
Charles E. Bergman has been
awarded the contract to move the
N. C. Store building from its pre
sent location on Market street to
the corner of A and First streets,
the site recently acquired from
Anderson Bros. & Nerland. He will
start work about the first of April.
A. St. J. MacAuley, formerly in
the employ of the A. E. C. in Ne
nana, returned from the coast this
morning.