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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAR. 27, 1923.
NUMBER 430
LEGISLATURE SEEKS FISHERIES CONTROL
SENATE BLOCKS EFFORT TO CHANGE MINING LA W
COL. I G. STEESE ASSUMES CHARGE U. S. RAILROAD
COLONEL STEESE ASSUMMES
DUTIES AS HEAD OF ROAD
Col James Gordon Steese, chair
dan of the Alaska Road Commis
sion succeeding Colonel F. Mears
h as cairman and chief engineer of
the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion. assumed his new duties today.
Colonel Steese arrived in Anchor
age on the steamer Alameda and in,
a statement to the Times, indicated
that there would be no change in
the status of the railroad in con
sequence of the change in manage
ment. The railroad still remains
under the jurisdiction of the Inter
ior department, to which Col. Steese
has been “loaned” by the war de
partment, in the same ration as that
of Col. Hears.
Col. Steese said regarding his
policy: "Business as usual. As to
the matter of future policy, speed
ing up of the completion of high
9 way feeders will have precedence.
I wish to make the railroad self
sustaining. As to the outlook in this
direction, the next two years will
be epochal in the history of devel
opment and prosperity for Alaska
and in connection with the railroad.
Congress has shown by its liberality
that it is taking interest in Alaska
and I look for greater liberality and
f resnlts when the congressmen learn
more about the territory.’
Colonel Steese paid a merited
compliment to Governor Bone for
bis labors on behalf of the territory
Activitiei of Colonel Mear*
Colonel Mears will remain in An
chorage for an indefinite period
prior to May 1, during which the
process of transferrence of details
will proceed. There are many of
these details to be considered, said
Colonel Steese, and as soon as com
pleted Colonel Mears is expected
to be detailed on other momentous
government projects such as large
irrigation engineering enterprises
launched by the government.
A
Fir*t Order Iuued
The first order issued by Colonel
Steese is as follows:
Anchorage. Alaska, March 26. ’23
GENERAL CIRCULAR NO. 105.
To All Concerned:
By order of the secretary of the
interior, dated February 13, 1923,
by direction of the president under
authority of the act approved
March 12, 1914, the undersigned
was appointed chairman and chief
engineer of the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission, vice Colonel Fred
erick Mears, effective upon his ar- j
rival in Anchorage^ He has entered
upon duty accordingly.
By the same order, Mr. John C. i
Gotwals is appointed vice-chair- j
man of the Alaskan Engineering
commission reporting to the chair- ‘
man and chief engineer.
Mr. William Gerig will continue
his position as assistant chief en-!
gineer. The present organzation will
remain and all standing orders and
instructions are continued in effect.
Jas. G. Steese,
Chairman and Chief Engineer
J. Wool! and Harper W kman
well known oldtimers of the Koyu- ,
kuk district, returned to the Inter-1
ior this morning after a vacation !
trip to the States. They will attend
the Grand Igloo meeting here, after
which they will leave for their homes
in the Koyu kuk district.
TERRITORIAL LAWMAKERS ARE !
DIVIDED ON RESERVATION ISSUE
LOOTS BANK—SUICIDES;
PARENTS MAKE UP LOSS
KIRKSYILLE, Miss, Mar. 27—
Lonnie F. Gibbs, cashier of the
Kirksville Trust Company, who com
mitted suicide in the vault of the
bank on March 18, was short in his
accounts approximately $460,000 ac
cording to information just given
out.
He carried a life insurance policy
for $600,000 and the parents of the
dead man have turned over $500,000
of the insurance money to the bank
to meet its deficits.
PIONEER DELEGATES HERE:
SESSIONS START THURSDAY
Headed by Joseph Ulmer, of
Ketchikan grand president of the
Pioneers of Alaska, a delegation of
representative Pioneers arrived in
Xenana this morning from the coast
to attend the annual session of the
grand igloo, which will convene on
Thursday. The members of the party
in addition to President Ulmer, were
Past Grand President and Mrs. T.
M. Xelson of Anchorage; Past
Grand President and Mrs. Alvah
Eames, of Cordova. Grand Trustee
Ed C. Austin, of Ketchikan; J. C.
McCain, of Anchorage; Eric Forss,
of Ketchikan; George J. Love, of
Valdez; Sam Ankney. of Valdez;
Harper Workman, of Wiseman; Joe
Wooll, Wiseman; Mrs. Helen M.
Lynch, of Anchorage.
, There was a further addition to
the delegates this afternoon with
the arrival of the Fairbanks train,
bringing Delegates George C. Moody,
Captain J. M. Cunningham and Dick
Rothenberg, who will represent the
Fairbanks Igloo at tae Grand igloo
meeting, and Mrs. L. C. Hess and
Mrs. L. R Gillette, who will repres
ent the Pioneer Women of Fairbanks
The delegation arriving this morn
ing was met at the depot by a large
number of Xenana Pioneers headed
by President R. C. Moms and Past
President Joe O’Connor, Dr. J. H.
Romig. Captain C. G. Jones and
Mayor R. G. Southworth, and es
corted to the Tavern Cafe, where
breakfast was served. The party
was a pleasant one and augurs well
for the success of the convention.
After breakfast the delegates were
escorted to their hotels and the rest
of the day was spent in looking after
Grand Igloo matters and getting ac
quainted.
In order that all local Pioneers
and the public generally may meet
the visitors, who will be in Xenana
until next Tuesday at least, a public
reception will be held at Union
hall tonight, commencing at eight
thirty. There will be a few short
speeches and a sociable evening, and
everyone is invited.
Bobby Sheldon was a returning
passenger from Anchorage this
morning enroute to his borne in
Fairbanks after a brief visit on the
coast.
JUNEAU, Mar. 27—Amended to
include the request that full power
to manage and control the fisheries
' of .Alaska be vested in the territorial
legislature, the Grant fisheries sub
stitute memorial was passed by the ,
house late Saturday, by a vote of
■12 to 14, after an all-day fight to
broaden the scope of the memorial
to include a protest against all re
servations. The entire delegation of
the Third division, in which all the
reserves are located, voted against;
the memorial. Indications point to an ]
effort to rush the memorial through ,
the senate.
The house on Saturday also passed
the soldier land bonus memorial ask-:
ing for 160-acre grants for Alaska,
•veterans with no strings attached.]
The senate has passed the Dimond '
: eagle bounty bill, increasing the
bounty from fifty cents to one
! dollar.
Mining Bill Tabled
! Characterizing Senate Bill No. 4,
introduced at the request of Attorn- j
• ey General Rustgard. and providing i
for the revision of tie mining laws
of Alaska, as “confusions” worse
confounded", the senate killed the
measure yesterday without a des
senting vote on a motion to table
indefinitely. The passage of such a
bill would only result in added con
fusion to prospectors according to
Senators Dunn and Ayer members of
the senate committee
The measure providing for the
establishment at Skagway of a home
for a Pioneer Women was tabled on
motion by Aldrich who introduced it
at the beginning of the session at
the request of the Skagway Women’s
Club. Xo further action will be ta
ken probably pending disposition of
the various pension bin? now before
the legislature.
The senate has passed the Ayer
bill requiring the employment of
certified foremen in coal mines.
The house has passed Senate Bill
Xo. 24 providing that non-support
may become the grounds for action
for divorce The house also has pass
ed seven other senate bills, all code
amendments.
ARMY DOCTOR ON TRIAL
FOR MURDER OF DANCER
i SANDIEGO. Mar. 27—Louis L.
j Jacobs, army doctor at Camp Kearn
ey, was placed on trial here yester
; day on the charge of murder in
connection with the death of Fritzie
Mann, dancer, whose body was
i found on the beach last January.
The trial is being held in the
supreme court and it is believed it
■ will take at least two days to get a
;jury and a fortnight to conclude the
case_
The courtroom was filled to ca
pacity yesterday and today.
MOOSE INSTALL OFFICERS
CELEBRATE WITH SMOKER
Officers who were elected at a re
cent meeting of Nenana Lodge Ko.
1193, Loyal Order of Moose, were
installed at a largely-attended meet
ing last night, H. C. Henshaw, act
ing as installing officer. The business
meeting was followed by a jolly
social session, the chief feature of
which was a musical program ren
dered by Lloyd White, Charles Car
roll, Ed Rau and George Markle.
The officers installed were: B.
Tunison, dictator; Thomas Colling,
vice dictator; Lou Isabel, prelate;
Tom Smith, treasurer; Thos. Colling
trustee. The officers appointed yere
Charles Grissell, sergaent at arms
and Joe Nadea, inner guard.
Alf Ekeland, who retired from
the chair, presided over the lodge
three successive years as dictator.
Eric Kelson, well known former
resident of Nenana, returned to
town this morning from Seward, af
ter an absence of more than a year.
Mrs. L. Van Winkle arrived in
town this morning from Hyder.
Carl White arrived in town yes
terday and left for Fairbanks this
afternoon
FARMER LABOR COMMITTEE
PLANNING UNITE FACTIONS
CHICAGO, Mar. 27—The national
committee of the Farmer Labor
party ha? authorized the calling: of
a national convention here on July
3. a: which time efforts will be made
to organize a coalition of all labor
farmer Socialist and other indepen
dent groups. Invitations will be sent
to the Women’s party, the League
of Women Voters, the National
N'on-Partizan league, the Socialist
party, the Committee of Forty-Eight,
all state federations of labor, inter
national labor unions, labor parties
in the various states and hundreds of
other organizations.
TURKISH PEACE MEETING
TO BE RESUMED SHORTLY
PARIS. Mar. 27—The conference
aimed to bring peace with Turkey
will be resumed at Constantinople
on April 12, according to informa
tion obtainable in diplomatic quart
ers.
A message from Isme: Pasha says
the Turks hope for the establishment
of definite peace but that they will
not consent to a peace of commer
cial relations made at the expense
of Turkey for the benefit of foreign
business interests.
Dr. J. A. Sutherland and Assistant
District Attorney E. B. Collins ar- j
rived from Tanana yesterday and
left for Fairbanks this afternoon.
They made the trip to the army
town to investigate the death of
Percy Huntington, who was found
dead on the trail recently, a short i
distance below Tanana. The intres:- ,
igation disclosed the fact that Hunt- !
ington had been shot through the
back, and Albert Grant has been j
bound over to the grand jury on the
charge of murder in connection with
the death of the oldtimer.
SARAH BERNHARDT DEAD
NOTABLE STAGE CHARACTER
PARIS. Mar. 27—Berhardt Ros- 1
ir.e, beter know as “Sarah,” French
actress of immortal fame and re
nown, died in Paris an the evening
of March 26. Born October, 1844,
of Jewish descent, her early life'
was spent principally in A miter-!
dam. In 1858 she entered the Paris
Conversatoire and gained many
prices for tragedy and comedy, but,
her debut at the Theatre Francaise !
in “Iphigenie” was far from a suc
cess. Soon after she reappeared
j at the Gymnase and the Porte
Saint Martin in burlesque and in ’
1867 at the Odeon in drama. Her
success in Ruy Bias in 1873 led.
her to her being recalled to the!
Theatre Francaise, since which she
abundantly proved her dramatic gen- ‘
i ius. In 1880 she severed connection
, with the Comedie Francaise under
i heavy penaltiy and in the ‘80's made
Jsuccessful appearance in the Unit-'
I cd States and most of the princi
• pal cities of the world. Among her
most successful impersonations are
'Theodora, Fedora. La Tosca and
j Cleopatra in the plays bearing those
| title-:. As Marguerite in the young
j er Dumas La Dame aux Camile
ji-he was unrivalled. She was gifted
.also as a sculptress artist and play-'
right.
WATSON BRINGS SEVERAL
FOR INTERIOR POINTS
| T'ne steamship Admiral Watson j
which arrived at Seward on Sat
■
lurday, had a light consignment of
i freight for Seward and the follow
,. !
mg passengers for the Gateway
city and westward points.
cfred Marsh, C. E. Olson, Mrs. W.
For Seward—Gearge H. Koppitz
P. A. Marsh, Mrs. P. A. Marsh, Mil
W. Clark, H. Workman. J. E. Wool
ly. Emily Mataka, J. E. Stewart,;
Nick Sapoff. Harry Scott, C. A.
Wood, N. Shellarger, Mrs. E Mel
lish, Miss X. Mellish, Geo. Dumas
Mrs. Wm. Johnson, Mrs Gus Man
thy, Robert Manthy.
Latouche—B. .1. Schatl. Otto
Harmsdorf, I. Setaig, Nick Genoff.
A. Nelson, D. P. Atzak, T. Frank.
For Kodiak—Otto FVaft, C. M.
Clay, Sirs, C. M. Clay, Christine
Nelson, Mrs. Helen Wentworth, A.
Kyle, R. Sporen, T. Modonese, C.!
Gott, V. P. Morrison, J. M. Blinn.
H. Erickson, W. King, H. Warrell, j
Robt. Rogers, Alex Berger, G. L.
Rich, Mrs. B. J. Schell.
For Seldovia—H. S. Young, E. J.<
Freebrock, O. Meehan, Mrs. O. Mee- J
han, Robert Meehan, Anna Meehan, i
T. Mozeak, G. Shurer, L. G. Bailey!
O. 01sonk L. E. Rufsholm, Knote;
Armstrong, S. S. Cramer.
For Anchorage—Brice Howard '
Mrs N. Jacobgard, L. M. Carrigan,
Mrs. A. Ray, Anna Garman, J. M.
Foster. 1
On leaving the vessel proceeded to :
Anchorage, calling at way ports _ i
on route. She will call at Kodiak on j i
the return trip. j I
HEAD OF RUSSIAN CATHOLICS
IS SENTENCED TO DEATH
MOSCOW, Mar. 27—Archbishop
Zepliak. head of the Roman Catholic
church in Russia, and sixteen
priests who were tried on a charge
of opposing the Soviet government
and found guilty, and Zepliak and
Vivar General Butchkavitch were
sentenced to death. Before the ex
ecution could be carried out, how
ever, the executive committee took
the matter in hand and ordered a
stay of execution.
McADOO HAS CANDIDATE
FOR NICHOLSON S SEAT
DENVER. Mar. 27—Former Sec
retary of the Treasury William Me
Adoo has telegraphed to Governor
Sweet urging the appointment of
Morrison Shaffroth, son of former
United States Senator Shaffroth, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
last week of Senator Nicholson.
Former President Wilson, is urg
ing the appointment of Huston
Thompson, Democrat, who is now
a member of the federal trade com
mission and who, while a student at
Princeton, was one of the founders
of the first “Wilson or President’’
club. He was credited with being the
personal representative of Wilson
at the last national Democratic con
vention at San Francisco, and was an
ardent supporter of McAdoo for the
nomination.
Governor Sweet has announced
that he will take his time about
making the appointment and it U
intimated that some time will elapse
before he makes his decision known.
SUB-COMMANDER IS HELD
FOR ATTACK ON VESSEL
LONDON, Mar. 27—The French
authorities in Ruhr have arrested
Lieut. Otto Steinbrinck, named in
the Allied extradition list as com
mander of the German submarine
which torpedoed the passenger
steamer Sussex March, 1916 with
a loss of fifty lives.
ANOTHER MOVIE SCANDAL
LOS ANGELES. Mar 27—Wil
liam S. Hart, of movie fame, who
was accused by a young Boston
woman of being the father of her
child, has executed a trust to pay
$50 a month for the support of the
infant. Asa Keyes chief deputy dis
trict attorney says the accusation
was made in December, 191S and
that the details were kept secret
until published by the Los Angeles a
Examiner today. The transcript
shows that Hart denied the accusa
tion even as he executed the trust.
The name of the woman is not dis
closed.
BANDIT IS WOUNDED
TOPEKA, Mar. 27—One of the
oandits who looted the Farmers
state Bank at Westmorland, was
shot and seriously wounded today by
Sheriff Mayer, of Pottawatomie
•ounty, according to advices received
lere this afternoon. The bandits
tot about $2,000.
COCO WILL FILE CHARGES
NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 27—At
arney General Coco is quoted as
laying he will appear at theBastrop
rial on April 9 and file information
n connection with the activities of
he Morehouse masked band.