Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 15. 1922
NUMBER 209
Hague conference considers Russia
LABOR DELEG A TES DENOUNCE ACTION OF COURT
BUSCH SAYS UNCLE SAM IS THE BIGGEST BOOTLEGGER
BREWER SAYS GOVERNMENT
IS CHAMPION BOOTLEGGER
ST. LOUIS, Jure 15—A u trust
Busch, president of the Anheuser
Busch company, h^s written a let
ter in wfeich he .-barges that the
United States is "incomparably the
biggest 'bootlegger ia the world”.
'The letter, which has been fc-rword
ed to President Harding, refers tu
the sale of liquor aboard vessels be
longing to the L'nited States Ship
ping board.
A Necessary Evil
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 15
Chairman Lasker, of the Shipping
board, has written to Busch, de
claring that the board holds that
“neither the Volstead act nor the
Eighteenth amendment applies to
American ships outside the three
mile limit”.
The chairman adds that the braid
approves the sale of liquor on Amer
ican ships “both from the stand
point of legal right and the stand
point of the life and security of
the national merchant marine”.
LABOR1TES WILL CAMPAIGN
TO DEFEAT POINDEXTER
YAKIMA. Wash., June 15—P.epre
sentatives of the Farmer-Labor part}
the Non-Partisan league, organizec
labor and other so-called liberals
who have been in conference in th;
city, decided that if Senator Mile:
Poindexter secures the senatoria
nomination, they will rally to th<
support of C. C. Dill, of Spokane
who is expected to be the Demo
cratic candidate.
The convention decided that Johr
Ballaine or George Lamping, wh<
r are opposing Poindexter for th<
nomination, will be satisfactory a
candidates. A committee was ap
pointed to interview the candidate
with a view to securing withdraw
als so as to leave only one in thi
race against Poindexter.
MILK GRAFTERS ON TRIAL
LOS ANGELES, June 15—Afte
two weeks effort ar.d the examina
tion of more than one hundred talis
men, a jury has been secured fo
the trial of thirteen corporation
and seventeen individuals who ar
under indictment on charges of con
spiracy to limit the milk output a
a means of maintaining high prices
It is expected that the trial wil
consume a month.
* EXPORTS DOWN—IMPORTS U1
WASHINGTON. D. C- June 15
The export trade of the Unite
States declined again during May
the drop being from 318 millio!
to 308 million. Imports increase:
during the same month from 21 ‘
million to 254 million.
COLLEGE HONORS EDISON
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Jun
15—The degree of doctor of scienc
P has been conferred upon Thos. Ed.
son by Rutgers college.
ENGLISH STRIKERS QUIT
LONDON. June 15—The Amalga
mated Engineering union has vote'
to accept the proposals put forwari
by the employers for ending th
lockout of the engineering industr
which has been in progress fourtee:
weeks.
♦ IRISH AGREEMENT REACHED
LONDON, June 15—The Centre
News says it has been learned fror
sources of a reliable nature tha
yesterday’s negotiations between th
Irish factions resulted in an agree
ment on virtually all points at is
sue.
G. O. P. CAMPAIGN OPENED
SPRINGFIELD, June 15—Sen
ator Lodge and Speaker Gillett
opened the Republican campaign i
Massachusetts here this week. Lodg
expressed confidence that the tarii
bill would help materially to brin
about good times in this country.
RUSSIANS ASSERT POSITION
OF SOVIET IS UNCHANGED
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K. E. Caspar is, who arrived from
the Kantiskna this week, left for
Fairbanks today on a brief business
trip. He and Mrs. Casparis will
leave for the Outside on Monday.
Rev. Fr. Monroe will arrive in
Nenana from Fairbanks on Friday
and will hold services at the local
Catholic church on Sunday morning
at ten o'clock.
William Taylor was among those
leaving for Anchorage on the Mon
day train. He went to the coast to
meet Mrs. Taylor and the two child
ren who are enroute to Nenana
from New Jersey, where they spent
the winter. Mrs. Taylor was ac
companied from the East by her
sister. Miss Jessie Johnston.
Jack KinnaF.y has gone out to the
new steam shovel camp where gravel
is being Jug for the bridge piers
He will probably be stationed there
the greater part of the summer.
The work of moving the store
building of Anderson Bros. Ner
land from its old location at the
foot of A street to the corner op
posite the Simson building, has
been completed. The warehouse will
be moved next, after which the way
will be clear for the commencement
of work on the new depot.
Louis Golden, one of the leading
’ merchants 'of Fairbanks, was an
' over-night visitor in Nenana. having
■ arrived from the upper town on
yesterday’s train, enroute to the
; States on a hurried business trip.
■ It was Mr. Golden’s first visit to
' Nenana and he admitted being very
> favorably impressed by the appear
• anec of the town.
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) The new Hagan building, next to
the Tavern, which is being built
• (by Contractor C. E. Bergman, is
. nearing completion rapidly. Carpen
|:ters finished laying the floor yester
day and the work of installing the
, ' plate glass front will be taken in
[ hand immediately. The building will
be lined throughout with pressed
: steel.
The town of Tanana if arranging
for a big celebration on the Fourth,
i with racing, dancing and ail kinds
; of celebration stunts. The celebra
; tion is being advertised by means of
full page chromatic posters, similar
] to those printed for the Nenana
celebration committee. The printing
was done in the office of The Ne
nana News.
; Lester Earhar:, of the field forces
’ of the T. & T. department of the
5 i Alaska Railroad, is a visitor in
town from the Canyon district.
F. A. Hansen, engineer mainten
1 anee and construction, came ovei
i from Anchorage on his Ford speed
t er this week, and will be here sever
i a! days looking over the work which
- is now in full swing north and south
- of Nenana.
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METAL ALLOYS DUTY IS CUT
WASHINGTON, D. C-, June 15—
- In the course of the consideration
s of the tariff bill the senate has cuf
i the duty on many metal alloys from
; thirty to twenty-five per cent ad
F valorum. Action on tungsten allow;
r j has been deferred pending furthei
| investigation.
THE HAGUE, June 15—The
economic rehabilitation of Europe
and the re-establishment of itussia
in the family of nations of the
world will be discussed again at the
conference of nations which con
vened here today to resume 'he dis
cussions which were abandoned at
Gec.ca several weeks age.
The conference was called to
order by Dutch Foreign Minister
Yandarnebeek, with about sixty
delegates in attendance, represent
ing thirty nations.
The interest of all of Europe is
centeied on the conference, hepe
WASH1NGTON STATE TAXES
CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE
SEATTLE. June 15—The state
tax investigation committee met in
executive session here this week
for the purpose of taking final ac
tion on the report of the governor
which recommends a complete re
vision of the taxation laws of the
state.
It is understood the committee
will urge an advance in the rate of
taxation on gasoline from on to
three cents a gallon, an increase in
filing fees and the removal of per
sonal property exemption from auto
mobiles. There were no recommen
dations with regard to poll or sales
taxes.
SENATOR SAYS IMPORTERS
ARE HOLDING UP PUBLIC
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 15
Chairman McCumber, of the senate
finance committee, made a state
ment on thfe floor of the senate
yesterday, during the course of the
debate on the tariff bill, charging
that importers of foreign merchan
dise are exacting four million dol
lars annually from the consumers
in this country, in excess of
justifiable profits.
INCOME RETURNS INCREASE
BUT TAXES SHOW DECLINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15
Commissioner Blair has announced
that the net incomes of individuals
reported to the Government during
1920 exceeded by four billions, the
amount reported in 1919, and the
number of returns showed a gain
of two million. But the taxes col
lected for the year fell off nearly
$195,000,000.
Alaska reported incomes totaling
$19,400,775.
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I trainmen to meet chiefs
CHICAGO, June 15—Negotiations
over wages and working condition
are to be resumed between railway
| conductors and trainmen and execu
tives of the Western railroads. Plan?
are said to have been completed
for a conference to be held in thi?
1 city within the next few days.
SHIP* SUBSIDY BILL IS UP
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15
Chairman Green, of the house mer
chant marine ocmmittee, has intro
Iduced the administration ship sub
sidy bill, in the form in which the
measure was re-drafted by the com
■ mittee.
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CROWD STORMS COAL MINES
! TERRE HAUTE, June 15—
crowd of four hundred men left thi?
city in automobiles yesterday witr
the announced intention of closins
every coal mine between here anc
the town of Brazil, ten miles dis
tant. The first stop was made neai
Stauton, where two loaded coa
trucks were seized and their con
j tents dumped.
fully expectant of tangible results.
The conference will be dedicated
chiefly to a discussion of the Rus
sian problem.
Rutsian Position Unchanged
MOSCOW,. June l->—A represent
ative of The Associated Press was
informed today by Russian officials
that the attitude of Russia has not
been altered since the close of the
Genoa meeting. The only concession
to foreign capital, they say, will
be on the basis of the recently
enacted laws governing private pro
perty.
■CONFESSES, THEN SUICIDES;
POLICE INVESTIGATE STORY
SEATTLE, June 15—Canadian
and American officials are investi
gating the alleged confession of
William Johnson, alias X. Prima
! chenk, to the effect that he caused
the explosion of three ammunition
ships at Halifax in 1917, causing
many deaths and great destruction
of property.
: Johnson committed suicide a few
weeks after he is alleged to have
made the confession, his body hav
ing been found at a lonely spot in
Skagit county. Washington. His con
fession is alleged to have been made
to J. R. Cox, a mine watchman, who
has informed the police that John
. son also told him he had killed the
captain of a British ship enroutt
from Australia to Canada.
JESS WILLARD READY TO GO
IF DEMPSEY WILL MEET HIV
LOS ANGELES, June 15— Jes!
Willard told reporters here yester
' day that he is willing to meet Jacl
Dempsey in a return match if satis
factory terms can be arranged. Hf
|says he decided the matter wit!
Jack Kearns, manager for the cham
pion, but they have not yet arnvec
at a definite understanding.
GREEKS SAY TURK TROOPS
ARE KILLING CHRISTIANS
LONDON, June 15—Greek patri
j archs at Constantinople have wirec
jthe Greek citizens’ committee o:
this city, charging that the Turk;
recenty took thirteen hundred Christ
ian women and children from Sam
j son to the interior, near Kavak
; where they were massacred. Th‘
j slaughter is reported to have taker
i place a fortnight ago.
TARIFF AHEAD OF BONUS
I WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 15—
It is stated at the White Hous<
that President Harding hopes anc
; expects that the tariff bill will b<
| passed before Congress takes up thf
{consideration of the soldier bonu:
j question.
HANDS OFF COAL'STRIKE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15—
i It is announced at the White Housi
that the administration does no-'
contemplate any important immed
iate or drastic action in connectior
with the coal strike.
REBEL LEADER PASSES
BERLIN, June 15—Dr. Wolfganj
Kapp, leader of the 1920 revolutior
j in Germany, died at Liepzig thi:
week.
BIG GOLD SHIPMENT ARRIVES
HOBOKEN, June 15—The larges
; shipment of gold bullion ever sen
to the United States arrived fron
Copenhagen yesterday. The shipmen
was valued at about thirty-seven mil
lion dollars.
PERSONAL
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Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Abbey
and two children arrived at McKin
■ ley park from the coast yesterday.
Mr. Abbey will resume the survey
of the park boundaries, commencing
i at a point near the McKinley Park
hotel and continuing south to Windy
creek, from which point the line
will swing west to the summit o 1
Mt. Russell.
Willis Xicley returned to Fair
banks this afternoon. He is jus1
back from a trip to the coast.
Sergeant Paul G. Kreps, who ha.
, been stationed at Tonsina during
| the last ten months, arrived from
the coast last night on his way tc
I Fairbanks, where he will be attaches
i to the Signal Corps station there
He mushed from bis trail statior
j to Valdez and made the trip from
j there by steamer to Seward, where
j he bearded a train for Nenana
I He reports the discovery of ores o1
value in the Tonsina district and i’
| is expected that there will be con
jsiderable activity there this summer
Billy Goodpaster, who was recent
|ly injured while at work on the
: Fairbanks division, and who wa:
j sent to Anchorage for - treatment
.returned to Nenana yesterday. H*
i says he is now fully recovered bu
I is minus an index finger, which wa
1 removed before he left the Fair
banks hospital.
Mrs. Andy Johnson returned t<
Fairbanks today, after a visit o:
. several days with her daughter:
Mrs. Boyd Hering.
Special officer Senefif returned ti
Fairbanks this afternoon.
Albert Morris left for the Kan
tishna district on Tuesday, in hi:
launch,
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M. V. Tyler has returned to Ne
' nana from Anchorage. He will bi
; official photographer for the Alask;
Railroad in this division, and wil
also be attached to the local store
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COPIED FROM FORD
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 15
, Acting Secretary of the Navy Roose
i velt has officially reprimanded En
sign J. L. Olmstead, editor of thi
1922 year book of the Annapoli
graduation class for “cruel and un
warranted treatment” of Leonari
Kaplan, a fellow member of th>
class, of Jewish extraction.
MUST BE A MISTAKE
SEATTLE, June 15—Mayor E<
Brown says he has been informei
! that certain federal officials who at
tended the Republican convention a
' i Chehalis last week, were intoxicated
He declares that it is his intentio;
’ to ask the federal grand jury t<
investigate the report. Victor Zeed
' nick, who acted as secretary of thi
convention, declares that the bayo
was misinformed.
BANKER’S SON INDICTED
WHITE PLAINS, June 15—Wal
j ter S. Ward, son of a millionain
j banker, has been indicted by thi
Westchester grand jury on thi
charge of killing Clarence Peters
: an ex-service man.
Dr, Wight, well known chiroprac
! tor of Anchorage, arrived from thi
I coast last night.
LABOR CONVENTION OBJECTS
TO CHIU) LABOR DECISION
CINCINNATI, June 15—B. "{.
| Jewel], president of the railway em
j ployes’ department ol' the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, informed
! the convention today that ofTeers
of the rail unions will no: interfere
. cr take any steps to stop a strike
^ among the million and a quarter
-hop crafts and maintenance .vork
j ers should they decide to quit work
' as a result of the watte re luctions
lately announced. He declared that
j the railway workers are ready for
a test, and if they decide to str;ke
| their decision will be complete 1 by
j the leaders of their organisations”.
The American Federation of Labor
i has again raised its voice against
j child labor, coupling this issue with
the Flag Day program yesterday.
Practically the entire day w as iven
over to speeches devoted to child
labor, with parti.-ula.- reference to
j the recent decision Of the supreme
j court in which the state laws vere
held to be unconstitutional.
The Cincinnati central labor union
j presented Presid. at Gompers with a
I flag during the .ours 2 of rhe day.
j Delegates favoring a radical re
‘ form in the American trade union
i movement, made their first move
yesterday when they introduced a
resolution favoring the amalgama
tion of existing by industries into
fingle organizations. „
La Follette Addresses Delegates
Senator La Follette addressed -he
convention yesterday afternoon. He
declared that the federal court . by
a "process of gradual encroach
ments, had wrested sovecegnty
from the people”. He proposed the
adoption of a constitutional .imend
: ment denying power of law •ourts
. to declare the federal laws uncon
stitutional, and the nullification of
: any such decision by the supreme
i court by the re-enactment of the
statutes held invalid.
BRYAN INFORMS BAPTISTS
REL1GIUS BELIEF CHANGES
INDIANAPOLIS, June 15—In an
address delivered before the con
vention of the Fundamentalist group
1 of the Baptist church. William Jen
nings Bryan declared yesterday that
“more than half of the prominent
scientists teaching biology, psycho
logy and geology history have dis
carded the belief in a personal God
and personal immortality. This is
, what the doctrine of evolution is
doing for our children. Darwinism
[ leads to a denial of God”.
SETTING PACE FOR RUTH
NEW YORK, June 15—Three of
Babe Ruth’s home run r.vals forged
further ahead this week. Williams
now leads with a total of fifteen
, homers. Hornsby has fourteen and
: Bing Miller thirteen.
MAJORS TO TOUR JAPAN
CHICAGO, June 15—President
Ban Johnson, of the American league
has given his official sanction to the
proposed tour of Japan by a major
I league club, to be composed of
[ players from both leagues. The
members of the touring team will be
designated after the season close®.
The tour will occupy about four
i months.
WASHINGTON CONFIDENT
SEATTLE, June 15—University
' of Washington rowing enthusiasts
predict that the Washington crew,
which defeated the Wisconsin oars
men this week, will get first or se
cond place at the Poughkeepsie re
gatta. Poor time was made at Wis
consin but this is accounted for by
‘ the fact that water conditions were
unfavorable.
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i The city council has authorized
the street committee to make r.eed
• ed repairs on upper A street, and
■ the work will be taken in hand im
mediately.