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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA. ALASKA, THURSDAY, J.n. 4, 1923
NUMBER 396
BRIDGE COLLAPSES; MORE THAN 30 DEAD
TURKS ISSUE CALL FOR TROOPS TO FIGHT GREEKS
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STARTS MOVE FOR WETS
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
WANTS BEER AND WINES
—
ALBANY, Jan. 4—Appearing per
sonally before me New Tork stale
legislature, for the purpose of de
.ivering his first message to the law
makers, Governor Snutn recommend
ed the passage of resolutions urging
the legislative machinery at Wash
_ mgton to set in motion immediately
£ to bring about a constitutional a
mendment permitting the manufac
ture and sale of beer and light
wines.
The governor also urged the in
itiation in this state of a federal
constitutional amendment requiring
submission to the people, instead
of the legislature, all future pro
posals to amend the federal con
stitution He urged the repeal of
the motion picture censorship law,
the restoration of direct primary,
muncipal home rule, and muncipai
control of public utilities.
The first bill introduced when
the state lawmakers convened, was
one proposing the repeal of the
state prohibition enforcement stat
utes.
THEATRICAL MAN I LU
XE W YORK. Jan. 4—Floren.
Zdegfield, Jr., theatrical producer,
who has been seriously ill during the
last several days, has improved
slightly and attending physicians
are now of the opion that an oper
ation will not be necessary.
WAR FRAUD IS CHARGED
IN BIG SUIT TO RECOVER
BOSTON, Jan. 4—Carted States
Attorney Harrs has announced the
institution of five million dollar suit
for breach of contract in connection
with the construction of the army
cantonment at Camp Devons. The
Fred T. Ley Company, general con
tracted, is the defendant in the
action.
OLDTIMER DEAD
SEATTLE. Jan. 4—Thomas Her
bert, a pioneer contractor who join
ed the rush to the North in 1S97,
and remained in the Klondike for
ten years, died here yesterday. Fun
eral arrangements are being held
in abeyance pending the receipt of
advices from William Herbert, a son.
residing in Ketchikan.
SOURDOUGH PASSES
VICTORIA. B. C. Jan. 4—W. A.
Ford. aged S3 years, "who was one of
the first to cross the plains to Cal
ifornia. and who joined the stamp
ede to Yukon territory in 1S99, re
maining in the North 17 years died
here yesterday. He was born at
Pleasant Hill. Iowa.
The Ready Bullion mine and mill
on Douglas Island, ceased operations
recently after approximately twenty
seven years of continuous service.
The closing down of the plant was
partly due to a shortage of water
caused by the continued cold snap.
With favorable conditions after the
winter is over it is thought that
mining and milling will be resumed
for a short duration, as there is
considerable ore in the upper levels.
Dr. S. Hall Young, general mis
sionary for Alaska in charge of the
Presbyterian missions, recently ded
icated the church he himself built
43 years ago, the first Protestant
mission established in Alaska.
Pleading guilty to possession of
intoxicating liquor in violation of
the Alaska Bone Dry law, Charlie
Erickson, when arraigned before
Judge V. A. Paine in the U. S.
Commissioner’s Court at Juneau,
was sentenced to pay a fine of $50
and costs and to serve 30 days in
the local Federal jail. Erickson was
arrested by Federal deputies after
two partially filled bottles of moon
shine were found in his cabin.
COWLITZ RIVER RISES AT KELSO
CARRIES SCORES INTO TORRENT
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RECORD NUMBER OF SHIPS
PASS THRU PANAMA CANAL
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PANAMA. Jan. 4—Two thousand
nine hundred and ninety seven ships
; passes through Panama Canal during
the year 1922, establishing a new
record. with receipts averaging more
than a million dollars a month. The
best previous year was 1921. when
2.814 ships paid tolls.
The tolls for 1922 aggrated
$12,573,407, the first time since
the completion of the car.al that
the tolls have exceeded a million
dollars a month.
MESSENGER IS HELD UP;
BANK LOSES LARGE SUM
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4—A mes
; senger in the employ of the Heilman
Bank was held up by four bandits
yesterday and relieved of the sum
| of $15,000 belonging to the bank.
| The bandits made their escape.
I BROKER HELD FOR GRAFT
CHICAGO. Jan. 4—Fred Kriebei
! head of the bond house if Kiefcel
!& Company, of New York and Chic
ago which failed last March, was
! placed under arrest in this city yes
terday on a federal indictment
' charging use of mails to defraud.
The firm failed for $2,308,001.68,
with cash assets listed at $140,000
notes valued at $460,000 and $500,
000 in paper of questionable value.
! Henry Phillips, the one and only
Indian printer in Alaska, returned
'to Juneau from Sitka recently hav
: ing made the trip in with Game
: Warden Wright Wenrich, they be
- ing eight days on the way owing
;to rough weather. Henry has been
employed on the Sitka Tribune for
the past several months and is now
j giving instructions in the finer and
! more technical features of the prin
j ting art in the office of The Stroll
ers’ Weekly, according to Editor
Wnite. He acquired the name “Hon
est Henry” in the early days of
Dawson, he being the only printer
I employed there against whom it
was unnecessary to turn a key on
campaign contributions—- liquid r
i otherwise—conferred or. newspaper
offices by candidates.
Of 1.067 children inspected in
eight schools in Juneau Chapter,
American Red Cross, 830, or 70
i per cent, were found to have physi
cal defections and 91 Indian ehil
i dren inspected in two Indian schools
I were found to be suffering from
physical defections, according to the
report made by Miss Ebba M. Djupe
'field representative, Pacific Divi
Ision, American Red Cross. Miss
| Djupe has spent the past fall from
j September 1 to December 18, in
specting the children in the Juneau
; Chapter and has visited the Juneau
j public schools and Parochial school
' there and the schools at Thane.
Douglas, Skagway and Sitka. All
the children in the grades were in
spected for physical defects common
among children, also all of the chil
dren were weighed and measured.
The recently elected officers of
Nenana Igloo, No. 17. Pioneers of
Alaska, were installed on Tuesday
| night and assumed their duties. Del
egates to the grand igloo meeting,
which will be held here next March,
will be elected at the next meeting.
The Tuesday meeting was brought
to a close with an enjoyable lunch.
KELSO. WASH. Jan. 4—Thirty
persons are believed to have lost
their lives late yesterday afternoon
as a result of the collapse of the
bridge which spanned the Cowlitz
river, the disaster being attributed
to the swollen condition of the river.
There were nearly a score of auto
mobiles on the bridge when the
wreck occurred and more than
forty persons had narrow escapes
! from perishing in the torrent.
It was thought at first that only
| one life had been lost, but Deputy
! Coroner William D. Vannote, who
witnessed the crash, estimated that
the number of dead would exceed
twenty and later developments have
proven that he was not far off in
his estimate.
Three divers are at work today
I searching the river and the wreckage
of the bridge for additional bodies
The work was started at daybreak
and up to neon had -esult in the
recovery of a number of bodies.
; The belief is expressed that many
| of the bodies were swept out into
the Columbia river in which event
| it may be several days before they
are recovered. Gasoline launches and
: river steamers are now patrolling
■ the river but have not found any
| bodies yet. •
Many of the pedestrians who were
I hurled into the water when the
bridge collapsed were transient la
: borers in the employ c f the Long
Eel! Lumber Company, ..r>i sorre
of them were not even carried on
the peyroll so it is impossible to
check up accurately on the nun her
of missing. Officials express the be
! lief that the exact number of dead
will never be known.
CATHOLIC LOSSES IN CANADA
BEGIN TO ATTRACT NOTICE
QUEBEC, Jan. 4—The eleventh
Catholic institotion to be swept by
fire during: the last year in Canada.
was destroyed last night being the
i Good Shepherd Convent of Saint
| George de Beauce. thirty miies .
| from this city.
One At Winnipeg
WINXEPEG. Jan. 4—The pro
veneher Catholic school in this city
was destroyed by fire yesterday.
| the loss being estimated at $100,000
| It has not been ascertained how
the fire started. No one was injured.
UP TO THE JUDGE
NEW YORK. Jan 4—While ex
pressing his belief in the innocence
i of Captain Robert Rosenbluth in
connection with the Cronkhite mar
j der. United States Commissioner
Hitchcock has passed the extradi
i tion question up to the federal
j judge.
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THANE PROPERTY IS SOLD
BIG PAPER PLANT COMING
An option has been given by the
j Alaska Gastineau Mining Company
1 on the Thane property, including
all its hydro-electric resources and
plants, for the erection and opera
tion of a pulp and paper mill.
The three chief officials of the
company. President Hayden, Col.
Jackling and B. L. Thane have
reached an agreement for disposing
of the remaining gold mining mill
equiptment on the property and it
has been decided to let it go in
bulk.
Tvro men, Louis T. Duien. for
several years manager of the Alaska
Junk Company and also connected
with the National Trading Company
both of Seattle, and now interested
for himself, and B. Levine, mana
ging buyer for the Northwest Steel
and Metal Products, Inc., of Seattle
were in Juneau recently, in the in
terest of purchasing the mill equipt
ment. As soon as the deal of pur
chase is closed work of dismant
ling the mill will commence, to
leave a clean field for the pulp and
paper mill interest.
This is the statement made to
the Juneau Empire by W. T. Tolch,
j business manager of the Alaska
Gastineau Gold Mining Company
Mr. Tolch, said he is not at liberty
Jto disclose the identity of the cap
i itol that is to be used in the estab-,
lishment of the mill nor the exact
date for the start of construction.
It is his opion, he said, that de- j
velopments will begin to move live- j
ly within the near future.
HARDING VETOES ACTION
TO BOOST PENSION FUND
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4—
President Harding ha.- vetoed the
Barham bill increasing the pensions
of veterans of the Mexican and
Civil wars. The President, in explain
ing his action, declared that the
increase of the bill would amount
to heedlessness.
The President said that he also
objected to the bill's "loose provi
sions for pensioning widows.’’
DOCTOR WILE RETURN
BALTIMORE, Jan. 4—Governor
Parker, of Louisiana, has wired his
consent to the proposal that Dr.
McK,oin be allowed to return to
Louisiana voluntarily to defend him
self against charges of complicity in
the Morehouse kidnapping case. He
will be accompanied on the trip,
however, by representatives of the
state of Louisiana, a condition which
has been agreed to by council for
the doctor.
PROMOTIONS FAVORED
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4—
Secretary of War Weeks has indi
cated that if he saw any hope of
approval by Congress he would have
recommended that the rank of lieut
enant general be conferred on sev
eral officers of the army who ren
dered distinguished service during
the war, including Major Generals
Liggett and Crowder.
Livingstone Wernecke, mining en
gineer in charge of the operations
of the Yukon Treadwell Company
at Mayo in Yukon Territory, arriv
ed in Jur.eau recently from Skag
way. He came from Mayo to Mint-o
on the Yukon river by a private
rig and on to Whitehorse on an
overland mail stage. He will proceed
on to the outside, stopping a few
days with his family and will later
go on to San Francisco to report
to F. W. Bradley, president, and o
ther officials of the Yukon Tread
well Company. Mrs. Wernecke and
their two children will accompany
him back to Juneau on his return
from California.
U. S. Commissioner Brooker, of
Kantishna, and son Edgar arrived
in town this week, the latter being
enroute to Southern California to
resume his studies. He will leave for
the States tomorrow. Commissioner
Brooker reports that conditions are
just a little quiet out his way at
present but that much activity is
expected in the early spring.
George Kennedy returned from
the coast on Tuesday.
COUE WILL OPEN CLINIC
TO EXPLAIN DISCOVERY
NEW YORK, Jan. 4—Emil Coue
the little pharmacist from Nancy,
who came to America hopeful of
spreading through this country his
auto suggestion phrase, “Every day
every way. I am getting better and
better." has announced that he will
open a clinic in New York. He also
has expressed the hope that his
methods will be introduced in med
ical circles to fight diseases, and n
penitentaries to combat defects in
character.
Although he has been in the Uni
ted States only a short time. Coue
already has many followers in all
sections of the country and the
circle of believers in his methods
is becoming steadily larger.
GOTHAM TAILORS REQUEST
ADMISSION OF FOREIGNERS
WASHINGTON D. C. Jan 4—
Emile Tryeffort, representing the
National Association of Merchant
Tailors, appeared before the house
! immigration committee yesterday
I and advocated a flexible immigra
i tion law permitting the admission
! of desirable aliens for any trade in
i which there is a pronounced short -
I age. regardless of the present three
| per cent quota law.
He argued that the present law
j is working a hardship on the tailor*
: ing business in the State.
CANVASSING BOARD WILL
COUNT VOTES THIS MONTH
The opening meeting of the Ter
| ritorial Canvassing Board will be
held on January 12,1923, according
to announcement made by Gov.
Scott C. Bone, who with the Coll
ector of Customs, John C. McBride
and the Territorial Secretary, H.
Karl Thiele, compose the board. The
meetings, as is customary, will be
held in the office of the Governor.
In two Divisions, it is not im
possible that the outcome in several
races will not be known until the
board completes its canvass of the
j complete vote. In the Second Di
vision the race for at least one and
probably two places on the legisla
tive ticket is so close that it is be
lieved it will take an official count
to determine the ■winners. One place
in the legislative ticket in the Third
is also close and may not be de
termined until the official count.
The duration of the sessions of
the board it is understood, will
largely be governed by the receipt
of returns from the remoter pre-1
cincts in the Second and Third Di- ]
visions. Under the Territorial law
the board cannot complete its find
ing until all of the precincts have.
reported or it is satisfied that the j
returns from the missings ones can
not alter the final results in all
races.
The percentage of precincts from
which returns have not been re
ceived up to the present time is not
large. It is believed that most of
them will be on hand by the day
set for the board to convene. This
is indicated by the fact that Gov.
Bone plans to make a trip to the
States, and may go back to Wash
ington, about the middle of Jan
uary but has stated that he will:
not leave before the canvass of the
returns is made.
Charles Armer, mail carrier, is
reported to have been taken ill on
the Kantishna trail, and is now be- j
ing brought to the Xenana hospital j
by Contractor E. Coke Hill.
TURKS ISSUE WAR ORDERS
REPARATIONS WORK STOPS
LONDON, Jan. 4—Advices from
Constantinople state that the Turk
ish government has issued a decree
calling to the colors all able-bodied
men in’the liberated regions
—
Conference Breaks Up
PARIS, Jan. 4—The Allied repar
ations conference broke up this ev
ening. In explanation of the ter
mination of the meeting, a member
: of the British delegation is quoted
as saying: "It is an amicable rup
■ ’’Jre and we are going home tomor
row. France will go ahead without
us."
A French airplane, carrying a
British courier with dispatches from
Premier Law, is reported to have
been wrecked, enroute to London.
The report also stated the courier
; had been killed, but it was denied
later.
FILMER QUITS RED CROSS
SAN I RANC1SCO, Jan. 4—Col
onel George Filmer. manager of the
! Pacific division of the Red Cross,
‘has tendered his resignation and
: will be succeeded by R. C. Branion,
assistant manager.
SLACKER MUST STAY
i KANSAS CITY, Jan. 4—Erwin
i Bergdoll. member of the notorious
draft evading family, who is under
I a four-year sentence, must serve
; out his term at Leavenw orth, Fed
eral Judge Pollock having sustained
the motion of the Government for
the dismissal of the writ of habeas
■ corpus brought in behalf of Bergdoll
BRITISH DEBT SAFE
WASHINGTON, D C. Jan. 4—
Officials of the treasury department
j express the belief that there will
be an early settlement of the Brit
. i-sh debt funding question. They
deny- that there is any thought of
(considering proposals for .-hanging
the debt funding law.
IMPEACHMENT FAILS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4—
The house judiciary committee ad
jjourned today, after a two-hour ses
j sion, without taking final action re
garding the Kellar impeachment
charges against Attorney General
Daugherty.
W. P. G. HARDING TO QUIT
i WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4
I The name of W. P. G. Harding.
■ former governor, has been elimin
ated from those under consideration
for the governorship of the federal
reserve board, according to official
reports. It is the intention of Hard
ing to engage in private business.
CROWN JEWELS LOCATED
CHICAGO. Jan. 4—Federal Se
cret agents have located the nation
al cemetery at Brooklyn, the grace
of an American seaman, where the.,
they expect to find the crown jew
els of Russia, which are valued a:
four million dollars. Announcement
of the discovery is continued in a
copyrighted story published by the
Chicago News, from a staff corres
pondent in New York.
U. C. HAS NEW HEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4— Dr.
W. W. Cambell, director of the Lick
observatory, is the unanimous choice
of the regents of the University of
California for president of that in
stitution.
BONUS BILL INTRODUCED
WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 4—
Representatives Frear, of Wisconsin
has introduced a soldier bonus bill
with a provision for financing by
the re-enactment of the excess pro
fits tax law. The new bill eliminates
the irrigation scheme attached to
the last bill, and increases the bor
rowing power of adjusted service
certificates.