Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1921
NUMBER 90
SENATE PASSES REVISED REVENUE BILL
COUNTRIES AGREE TO CURB LIQUOR SMUGGLING
CABINET MEMBERS CONSIDERING MAIL ROBBERY CRISIS
CABINET DISCUSSES CRIMES;
HAYS TO ISSUE STATEMENT
WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. *—
The wave of postal robberies, now
sweeping the country, was consider
ed at a meeting of the cabinet to
day and it was indicated, after the
meeting, that Postmaster General
Will Hays probably would issue a
public statement on the subject at
an early date.
Speaking Of Robberie*—
PAXSON, 111., Nov. 8—Ten ban
dits, armed with pistols, shotguns
and bombs, held up and looted the
mail car attached to the New Or
leans Limited, on the Hlinois Cen
tral Railroad, near here, last night.
Several members of the train crew
were injured, the list of injured in
cluding a fireman, two mail clerks,
a negro porter and one passenger.
The bandits blew up the mail
safe and afterwards set fire to the
tar and for a time the entire train
was threatened with destruction.
The car was detached from the rest
of the train, however, after the
bandits had left with their loot.
The crippled train proceeded to
Champaign, the nearest division
point, and the alarm was given. The
bandits were fully an hour getting
the mail and during that time the
passengers roamed the tracks not
knowing what had happened. The
bandits made their escape in autos.
The bandits obtained only about
$400, according to postal inspect
ors. They overlooked a mail sack
containing $100,000.
GAP IS CLOSING RAPIDLY;
MUSHING DAYS SOON OVER
With the shortening of the gap
between the ends of steel on the
coast and the Interior sections of
the Government railroad, much of
the discomforts and hardships hither
to attending a trip out “over the
hump” have now been entirely elim
inated and. in fact, such a trip
can, from now on, be made in com
fort all the way. Steel on the Ke
nan a end of the line is now at
Riley Creek, which is designated
Mount McKinley Park Station, on
the Government train schedule; and
when The News man came over from
Anchorage recently, the steel on the
coast end had reached Mile 332
phis, on November 4th, and was
steadily moving north at a very
good rate.
Leaving Anchorage on November
2nd., at 7:30 A. M., the train ar
rived at Deadhcrse on schedule time
<4:30 P M.). a stop of half an
hour having been made for lunch
at Willow Creek. The night was
spent here, where very good meals
are served at the roadhouse conduct
ed by Miss Nellie Neal, who also
runs the Deadhorse Hotel where
very comfortable accommodations
are to be had for the very reason
able price of one dollar.
Leaving Deadhorse at 7 o’clock
next morning the run to Honolulu,
or Mile 305, was also made on time,
the train arriving at this point at
noon. Meals are served here in the
Commission mess house.
The northbound passenger trains
from Anchorage do not go farther
than Honolulu and train service to
points farther north is somewhat
erratic, due to the fact that the
running of work trains over this
section of the line is dependent en
tirely on the exigencies of the con
struction branch of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission service and
with a due regard for the safety
and comfort of the passengers car
ried over the line under construc
tion, to the end of steel. The offi
cials in charge, however, do all in
their power to speed the traveler on
his journey.
The northbound passenger train
from Anchorage, after taking on
the freight and passengers arriving
at Honolulu on the work train from
the end of steel, returns to Dead
TAX REVISION LEGISLATION
UP TO CONFERENCE ACTION
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[ horse the same day. The time of its
departure is governed entirely on
the connecting work train which,
for the reasons stated above, can
I not be operated on a regular time
schedule.
I Deadhorse. which is 248 miles
from Seward and 219 miles from
i Fairbanks, is the halfway house on
1 the Broad Pass route, and both
1 northbound and southbound trains
j step here over night. There is a
roundhouse and repair shop at this
! point which is in charge of Jack
i Taylor, formerly of Fairbanks and
Birch Lake.
Ordinarily the work train eon
' necting with the regular train at
Honolulu, leaves for the end of steel
1 fairly early in the afternoon but
I on the day The News man came
through it had been considerably
delayed and did not leave until four
: o'clock, necessitating a stop of
; about an hour at the Commission
; camp at Mile 313, for supper. Judge
| Stowe, well known former Fair
! banksar. is the timekeeper in charge
at 313. At this camp the travelers
j were told that the work train would
* only go as far as Mile 327 that
i night and that, as the Commission
' camp had been moved, there would
! be no accommodations. A stop was
made, therefore, at Mile 320. where
i most of the passengers piled off to
j spend the night at Carlson's road
house. right alongside the railroad
| track at that point.
An easy mush commenced next
1 morning, took the travelers to the
! Commission camp at Mile 327
where, after a good lunch, the train
i taking the steel gang to their work
i was caught and the journey to the
! end of steel made in comparative
! comfort.
| The journey over the almost-com
pleted grade from the end of steel
to Riley Creek is just a pleasant
f walk. Heavy blasting operations
were in progress at certain points
1 along the grade and for this reason
j the more timorous of the travelers
j took the wagon road, which is per
! haps longer than the grade.
f It is confidently expected that the
; steel gang working from the coast
j end will drive the last spike at Riley
j Creek by Thanksgiving, when mush
! ing days over the “hump” will be
a memory only.
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WATCH YOUR STEP, BILLY
PORTLAND. Nov. 8—The treas
urer of the Liberty movie theater
v.-as held up by three masked ban
dits while the show was in progress
Sunday night. The robbery took
place in the theater office, the
. treasurer being overpowered and
| bound to a chair. The bandits es
caped with between $7,000 and $10.
j 000, representing the Saturday and
! Sunday receipts.
CONTINUED AGAIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8—The
I Arbuckle hearing has been contin
ped again, both sides having consent
j ed yesterday to a formal court
! order putting the trial over to
next Monday.
SOLDIER BONUS DEFEATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8—
] Another attempt to write a soldier
j bonus clause into the tax revision
! bill failed yesterday, when the sen
| ate defeated, by a vote of 42 to 29,
| the Simmons amendment providing
for the payment of a cash bonus
from the interest on the foreign
; debt. The McKellar amendment, of
a similar character, was also defeat
| ed, the vote being 44 to 25.
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Nov. 8—
After having had the tax revision
bill under consideration for several
weeks, the senate, at 1:35 this morn
ing passed the measure, by a vote
of 38 to 24. with three Republicans,
LaFollette. Moses and Norris, oppos
ing. and one Democerat, Broussard,
voting with the majority.
The bill must still run the gaunt
let of the senate and house con
ference committee before going to
the President for his approval.
Previous to passage, the senate
rejected various amendments, includ
ing the La Follerte proposal to make
tax returns a matter of public re
cord, and suggestions to continue
the excess profits tax.
Figuring roughly, tax experts say
the bill in the form in which it ■was
passed by the senate will not ap
proximately ?3.350.000,000, or 200
millions less than is obtained under
the law as it stands at present, and
about the amount which the treasur
er says the Government must have
eventually. The bill will reduce the
OLDTIME ALASKAN VICTIM
OF ACCIDENT IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE. Nov. g—James McGee,
an Alaska pioneer of the vintage of
’96, and who was prospecting near
Dawson -at the time the Klondike
strike was made, died in a local
hospital yesterday as the result of
injuries received when he was struck
by an automobile on October 12.
The oldtimer came here from the
Iditarod district about two months
ago. it being his first trip to the Out
side in 23 years.
FRANKLIN K. LANE HONORED
WASHINGTON, D C., Nov. 8—
The National Geographic Board has
named one of the loftiest p^ak* in
the Tatoosh range, in Mount Rain
ier National Park Mount Lane, in
honor of the memory of the late
secretary of the interior. The peak
has an ahitude of 6,000 feet.
STRIKERS SPILL THE MILK
NEW YORK. Nov. 8—Violence
marked the progress of the milk
crivcrs’ strike yc-sterday. A number
of wagons were atta -sed by the
strikers and much milk spilled in
the streets.
NEW INSPECTOR NAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8—
President Harding has named Brig.
Gen. Elia Helmilk to be inspector
: genera! of the army, with the rank
1 of major general. He will succeed
Major General John Chamberlain,
! who retired on Saturday.
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JAPANESE SAILORS DROWN
TOKIO, Nov. 8—The entire crew
| of 35 Japanese on the steamer
Ryuku Maru perished when the ves
sel foundered on November 2, ac
cording to advices which have just
reached this city.
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nation's tax toll by three-quarters
of a billion dollars annually.
The three major provisions upon
which the house and senate are in
agreement include the repeal of the
excess prifits and transportation tax
es next January, and the retention
of the present tax on the capital
stock of cororations.
Other outstanding features of the
bill include reduction of the maxi
mum surtax rate from 65 per cent
on all over a million to 50 per cent
on all over two hundred thousand;
the retention of the house provision
granting increased normal exemp
tions of $500 to heads of families
having incomes of $5,000 or less! re
peal of the $2,000 normal exemption
to corporations except those having
net incomes of $25,000 or less; re
peal of the excise tax on chewing
gum, sporting goods, musical in
struments. electric fans and man>
other articles, as well as stamp taxes
on propritary medicines and toile;
preparations.
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NEW YORK VOTERS NAME
OFFICERS AT POLLS TODAY
NEW YORK. Nov. 6—New York
ers went to the polls today to name
a new city administration, one stats
senator. 62 assemblymen, severa
judges and a number of county off!
dais.
While there are seven candidate;
for the mayoralty, the choice lie;
between Mayor Hylan ana Henry H
Curran. Republican who is making
the race on the coalition ticket. Im
partial observers agree that tht
women’s vote, as was the case ir
Nenana. with have important bear
ing on the results.
HAYS SOLVES P. O. PROBLEM
OF RESCUING LOST LETTERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 5—
An explanation of why ’n many
cases “that letter never came” is
believed by Postmaster General Will
Hays 10 have been found in the re
velation that an average of Tv
pieces of mail is found daily in
empty sacks and pouches sent tc
the mail bap repair shop in Wash
ington.
About 8,000 sacks are received
daily at the repair shop and of ’hest
something like one out of every loO.
according to figures furnished Mr.
Hays, is found to contain a piece oi
mail, ranging from registered or
special delivery letters to fourth
class parcels. Considering there are
7,500,000 sacks and nearly 1,000,000
pouches used in the postal service,
about 2,500,000 of which, on an
average, are stored for periods run
ning from months to years, Mr.
Hays believes a search will possibly
bring to light much mail matter un
accounted for.
The postmaster general has sent
out an order to all points where
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Ask the Moose
what the
J. J. Davis Class
means
V.
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, the sacks and pouches are stored
for an immediate inspection and
"shaking down” of each in order to
ascertain if any contain mail. Such
mail, if found, will be specially
marked and forwarded so that the
addressee may know the cause of
the delay. The order also provides
that postmasters are to be held
strictly responsible and must see
that every sack in the future must
be thoroughly inspected before it is
cast aside.
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MRS. SOUTHARD GETS LIMIT
TWIX FALLS, Nov. 8—Mrs
Southard, who was found guilty
last week on a charge of second de
gree murder, was sentenced yester
day to imprisonment from ten years
to life. The pronouncement of the
sentence, as was the case when the
verdict was read, was received by
the woman without emotion, and hei
attorneys gave immediate notice oi
appeal, but did not ask for a stay
of sentence, it being understood
that Mrs. Southard desires to begir
serving her time immediately. The
husband of the convicted woman
has left for San Francisco to re
sume his duties as a petty officer , in
the navy.
MAIL CLERKS HELD UP
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 5—A mask
ed robber held up seven mail clerks
on a Santa Fe mail train yesterday
and made their escape with twc
pouches of registered mail, value
unknown.
JAP SPSPECT IS ARRESTED
TOIO, Nov. 8—Kigora Hashimoto
assistant station master at Otsuka
station, where Premier Hara wa?
assassinated, has been placed undet
arrest on a charge of complicity in
! the murder.
NEBRASKA BANK FAILS
NORFOLK. Neb., Nov. 8—The
Farmers State Bank of W inside
nas closed its doors, the failure be
ing attributed to bad loans and
heavy withdrawals of funds on de
posit.
WILL INVESTIGATE THE KLAN
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 8—Dis
trict Judge Robinson has instructed
the grand jury to investigate the
! Ku Klux Klan.
ELECTION FIGHT FATAL
JACKSON, Ky., Nov. 8—An elec
tion fight at Clay Hole voting pre
cinct resulted today in the death
of six persons and the injury of
five.
WILL NOT DISTURB FORCES
SPOKANE, Nov. 8—Burn Poe,
the new collector of internal reve
nue, has issued a statement in which
he announces that he has no changes
i under consideration among the em
t plyes of the department in Washing
! ton and Alaska. The deputies and
| clerks, he says, need only be con
i cerned about the faithful perform
j ance of their duties, as it is not his
! intention at this time to disorganize
the department by turning out all
of the old employes. Changes may
be made later, but the personnel
j will not be disturbed at the present
j time.
JAPANESE STUDENTS HELD
TOKIO, Nov. 8—Two university
i students were placed under arrest
j this afternoon on the charge of com
i olieity in the murder of Premier
Hara.
CANADA WILL HELP UNCLE
PUT LID ON BORDER LANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C , Nov. s —
: American and Canadian officials
have entered into a “gentlemen’s”
agreement which is designed to re
duce liquor smuggling across the
border to a minimum. Announce
ment to that effect is made by fed
■ eral prohibition agents, who explain
that the plan incudes the prevention
of the shipment of liquor from the
United States into Canada, intend
ed for reshipment back to this side
of the line. Under the terms of the
agreement, it will be necessary to
obtain permission from the Canadian
authorities to get the American
liquor.
YOUNG EXPLORER PLANNING
RETURN TO CIVILIZATION
SEATTLE, Nov. 8—Captain Har
i old Noice, known as one of the
youngest of the sub-polar explorers,
is shortly to return to his home
after six years of exploration and
adventure along the Arctic Coasts
j of Alaska and Canada, according to
a cablegram received from him from
Teller. Alaska, recently
The cablegram told of nis arrival
at Teller on the Hudson Bay Com
pany’s steamer Lady Kinderslev,
which had picked him up at Three
Rivers. 1,500 miles west of Her
sehell Island, whence he had travel
ed after charting a large section
of the coast of Victoria Land.
li March, 1915, Voice, then niy
11* years of ape. joined Captain
Louis Lane in his famou- Arctic
trading expedition on the power
schooner, Polar Bear He expected
to be back in Seattle within a few
months. Instead, he remained - x
year? in the Vorth.
During the summer of 1 9 1 the
Polar Bear cruised eastward alone
the Arctic coast, trading fur- and
searching for Vilhjalmar Stefansson.
the explorer, who had beer, missing
in the Arctic for more than two
years. Finally Lane found Stefan
sson and Voice joined the latter's
expedition as a record keeper and
map-maker. He remained with the
explorer for three years.
When the expedition began to re
turn to civilization in 1&19, Voice
purchased an old trading schooner
and began in earnest the career of
an explorer. During the last three
years, according to the meager news
: that has found its way South, he
has charted hitherto untouched
! shores of the Northwest Passage
i as well as the Victoria Land coast
J line. Last summer, according to a
jletter to his parents, he was eo
i gaged ’ in the penetration of .the
Victoria Land interior At the sam •
time his parents learned he \vu~
I completing the work on a dictic::
■ ary of the Eskimo language.-, sai i
j to be the first of its kind ever
i compiled.
DESTROYERS GREET UNKNOWN
NEW YORK. Nov. 8—Five de
! stroyers put out to sea yesterday
to meet and escort the cruiser
Olympia, which is enroute to Wash
i ington, bearing the body of Ameri
| ca’s unknown soldier. The cruiser
; is scheduled to arrive on Wednes
day.
WILL PROTECT MOTHERHOOD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8—
. The house interstate commerce com
mittee has ordered a favorable re
port on the Shepherd-Towner bill,
! providing for the protection of
motherhood and infancy. The bill
na3 already been passed by the up
per house of Congress.
KANSAS MINE WRECKED
j PITTSBURG, Kan., Nov. 8—The
j Burgos Coal Company’s mine was
j completely wrecked by two explos
i ions yesterday. The mine was being
worked, in spite of the strike, by
its eight owners, all of whom are
professional miners.