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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAR. 6, 1923.
NUMBER 422
CONGRESS CONCLUDES FOURTH SESSION
!. PRESIDENT HARDING LEAVES ON VACAT10N TRIP
WORK TAKES CHARGE OF DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
SECRETARY WORK ASSUMES
CHARGE OF INTERIOR POST
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Mar. 6—
Former Postmaster General Work
* took his oath of office yesterday as
secretary of the interior, following
which he issued the .following state
ment:
“The same strictly business
methods that prevailed in the post
office department during my in
cumbency there will be applied to
the department of the interior to the
end that its functions may be ex
ercised with the same efficiency that
characterized the administration of
my predecessor.
“I will continue the open door
policy adopted at the postoffice de
partment so the public may look in,
if it wishes, and see its own busi
ness transacted.
, NOME BOY MEETS DEATH:
SHOT BY NIGHT WATCHMAN
SEATTLE, Mar. 6—J. Ginivin.
of Juneau, who is said to have
been the first white child born at
Nome, and who formerly attended
the University of Washington, was
shot and killed here Sunday night
by a night watchman who found him
prowling about the office of the
City Dye Works. The dead man was
identified yesterday by Mrs. Mary
Holmgren, a sister, who explained
that her brother had been crazed by
drink and probably mistook the
building for another -where he had
been attending school recently,
studying electrical installation work.
The boy planned to leave for the
North on the North-western this
week to resume work as an auto
mechanic at Juneau. He was bom
at Nome January 1, 1900.
INVENTOR PASSES
SIERRA MADRE, Cal.. Mar 6—
Funeral services were held here to
day for Charles Frederick Gray,
rioted inventor of the zigzag stitch
er and other sewing machine at
tachments.
PAID FOR PROPAGANDA
NEW YORK. Mar. —District At
torney Pegora. who is conducting a
grand jury investigation of the ex
penditures of J. H Anderson sup
erintendent of the Anti-Saloon lea
gue, is authority for the statement
that Anderson admitted having paid 1
cash to employes of newspapers for,
special writeups.
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WEEKS QUITS PARTY
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Ma- 6—
The Presidential special stopped
here a few minutes today to permit
Secretary and Mrs. Weeks to alight
They will spend their vacation here.
Mrs. Harding was on the platform
to bid the secretary and Mrs. Weeks
farewell.
MIGHT HELP ALASKA
OTTAWA, Mar. 6—Arthur Meig
han, Conservative leader, addressed
the house of commons today, ad
vocated a heavy duty on wood
pulp exports as a means of conserv
ing the forest resources of Canada.
Sylvester Howell, who went to i
the Hot Springs district last month, •
following the receipt of the news of
his brother’s sudden death, return-1
ed to Nenana yesterday, accompan
ied by Mrs. A1 Howell, and left
for Fairbanks this afternoon.
LAWMAKERS VOTE LARGE SUM;
MANY BILLS DIE AS TIME ENDS
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. 6—
The fourth and final session of the
Sixty-seventh Congress of the Unit
ed States, marking the end of the
second year of the Harding admin
istration. has adjourned, the actual
i work of the lawmakers having been
j concluded late Saturday night. And
now the exodus of members is in
full swing.
The country faces the unusual
prospect today of nine months with
I out a session of Congress, but many
] of the members will not be idle
I during the coming summer. There
are a number of inquiries to be
| pushed, including the investigation
erf the Veterans’ bureau, investiga
: tion of the gold and silver industry,
naval and military land leases, re
ferestration, reorganization of gov
! emmental departments. Great Lakes
; to Gulf waterways project and other
* important inquiries which were de
I cided upon during the session.
i Among the measures of import
' ance which failed of passage during
the session were the shipping bill,
the Smith resolution appropriating
■ ten million dollars for the purchase
; of nitrates, the proposed constitu
jtional amendment advancing the
i dates of the convening of Congress
and the inauguration of President,
and the proposed amendment re
lating to a referendum concerning
legislative changes.
With the major business of the
session disposed of, the lawmakers
found time during the closing hou-s,
to take up many lesser bills and re
solutions such as usually die without
notice amid the hurry and confusion
of the last hours. Starting early on
Saturday morning, the work con
sisted largely of a discussion of
“chicken feed”, with many members
seeking and, in many cases, finding
opportunity to get a vote on this
and that private or local measure
which they had previously not ex
pected to bring to the attention of
Congress. The decks were cleared
during the night session, leaving
only the formality of closing for the
last day, the session coming ,o an
end at noon. Dozens o£_.biDs and
: hundreds of nominations were in
Saturday’s hopper but most of the
fourteen thousand on the calendars
died with adjournment.
The appropriations aggrc-g'ted
$3,939,009,026.80, according to Sen
ator Overman, who says this is an
increase of $264,S00 over those of
the prtsent fiscal year and much
more than that over the last pre
war year.
Mondell Praise* Work
Representative Frank Mondell,
floor leader of the house of repre
sentatives. declared in a farewell
address, that history would record
that no Congress had handled its
responsibilities more satisfactorily
than the Sixty-seventh Congress.
“The volume of business transacted
was enormous”, he said, “and the
problems we passed upon were
many and varied.”
Referring to the Harding admin
istration, Mondell said he believtd a
survey of things accomplished ' ould
convince any fair-mindel oserver
that the United States had made
greater advance than any 'her na
tion during the same period.
The Democratic View
Declaring that the first two years
of the Harding administration had
left behind it “a trail of failures and
broken promises”, Chairman Hull, of
the Democratic National committee,
i predicted that history would find
that “not a single action of public
benefit” had been recorded since
President Harding assumed office.
He declared that Congress had ex
hibited a lack of vision, constructive
policies and leadership “utterly as
tounding”.
Hardings Off To Florida
President and Mrs Harding, ac
companied by a party of friends,
left for Florida yesterday on a spe
cial train. They will board a house
boat at Ormondst and spend a month j
in the tropical South.
The appearance of Mrs. Harding
marked her first departure from the
White House since her recent illness.
She appeared in good health and
stood on the platform waving fare
wells until the train had disappeared i
from view.
The last act of the President, be- <
fore starting on his vacation, was
to direct the civil service commis
sion to give certain preference to
war veterans in their examinations. |
Attorney General Daugherty, who
is recovering from a recent illness, I
accompanied the President’s party, I
but went to bed immediately after.
boarding the train.
MAYFIELD AVERS CHARGES
OF OPPONENT ARE UNTRUE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Mar. 6—
Senator-elect Mayfield, of Texas, has
issued a statement in which he
brands as “infamous and absolutely
false” the election contest charges
■which were recently filed against
| him by George Peddy, rival candi
date for the post won by Mayfield.
Peddy charged that Mayfield belong
ed to the Ku Klux Kian and had
entered into a conspiracy with the
members of the organization which
rendered his election fraudulent.
McNARY IS THROUGH
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 6—
James McNary, whose confirmation
[ as comptroller of currency failed
; during the closing hours of Congress
was offered a recess appointment by
' President Harding, but declined it.
j Comptroller Crissinger will continue
I to act temporarily, notwithstanding
1 the fact that his nomination as
governor of the federal reserve
: board has been confirmed.
GERMAN DIPLOMAT DIES
MUNICH, Mar 6—Dr. Wilhelm
Mayer, German ambassador to
France, who was recalled when the
occupation began, died here today.
SEATTLE BANKER FREE
SEATTLE, Mar. 6—After nearly
; 24 hours deliberation, the jury in
'the case of Perry B. Truaax, vice
! president of the Seattle National
Bank returned a verdict of not
: guilty. The banker was charged
j with grand larceny in connection
| with his transactions with Frank
Waterhouse.
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Mrs. George Hutchinson is a guest
I at the Southern hotel, having” ar
rived from Fairbanks today.
CAFE OWNER FUMIGATES;
FAMILY UPSTAIRS PERISHES
CHICAGO. Mar. 6—William Krat
zenberg. his wife and four children
were asphyxiated last night by fumes
of acid used as a disinfectant by
the proprietor of a restaurant un
der their apartment.
WANTS STRIKE SETTLED
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 6—
President Harding has informed the
officials of the railway shopcrafts
that he can see no “warrant in
further delay in settlement in all
districts, of the strike of last sum
mer.”
BANK VAULT TAPPED
VANCOUVER, Wash., Mar. 6—
Three unmasked men drilled into
the vault of the State Bank at
Yacolt, north of here, and escaped
with five thousand in Liberty bonds
and five hundred in silver The
robbers cut all the telephone wires
and bound the three boys in the
telephone exchange, but were unable
to reach the inner compartment of
the bank where the principal funds
are kept.
RUTH PLAYS SAFE
HOT SPRINGS, Mar. 6—Babe
Ruth, who is convelescing from hi3
second recent attack of flu, remain
ed behind when the Yankees left
here yesterday for their training
camp at New Orleans. He did not
care to risk a relapse.
Mrs. Clifford H. Phillips, popular
matron of Chitina, passed through
Nenana today enroute to Fairbanks
on a sbort visit. Mrs. Phillips is the
mother of Mrs. Sidney Raynor of
Anchorage, who paid a brief visit
to Nenana during the last summer.
I CHICAGO POLICE GUARD
DOORS OF VICE JOINTS
CHICAGO, Mar. 6—In connect
tion with his campaign to stamp out
| commercialized vice in this city,
: Chief of Police Fitzmorri? has or
, dered uniformed patrolmen station
ed at the front and back doors of
: every known disorderly house. To
! carry out the order, it will require
the services of 3,000 of the city’s
4.500 policemen.
GOVERNOR SAVES RACE
INDIA NAUOLLS, Mar. 6—Gov
ernor McGarv has vetoed as un
; constitutional the Memorial Day ob
servance bill which, if approved
would have prohibited the Interaa
| tional five hundred mile automobile
| race, the premier event of its kind
; in the world. The state senate tried
I to pass the bill over the veto, dur
! ing the last moments of the session,
j but failed.
CROWDER TAKES POST
HAVANA. Mar. 6—General Crow
j der has presented his credentials as
| ambassador to Cuba from the Unit
ed States.
COURTS THREATENED
BASTROP, Mar. 6—District
Judge Odot, in charging the grand
jury in connection with the invest
igation of the Morehouse kidnapping
cases, declared if men are to form
themselves into illicit groups and
decide who are to be punished, there
will be no need of courts and or
ganized government.
A. A. Humphrey, Sanford John
son and W. W. Batchelor, traveling
men; came down from Fairbanks
today and will be here until Friday
A. P. Rasmussen was among this
morning’s arrivals from the South.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING SHOP
SCENE OF MYSTERY BLAZE
WASHINGTON, D. €., Mar. 6
City detectives have been detailed
to investigate a fire which caused
considerable damage a: the Govern- [
ment printing office on Sunday.
Firemen reported that they had dis
covered two fires, which had started .
simultaneously on different floors.
NIGHT RIDERS ON TRIAL
MEDFORD. Mar. 6—The trial of
the night riding case began here
today notwithstanding the fact that
J F. Hale, principal witness, is still
too ill to leave his room. Attorney |
Genera! Lilliequist declared, at the
opening of the trial, that he would
have witnesses identify J. F. Tiray,:
defendant, as one of the partici
pants of Hale’s “hanging."
WRANGELL TAKES A SCALP
SEATTLE, Mar. 6—The Wrangell
High School championship basket- j
ball team, which came south recent-:
ly to play a series of games with
Northwest teams, defeated the Port
Townsend team Saturday night, 11
to 9.
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GALE HITS PITTSBURG
i PITTSBURG, Mar. 6—A wind
' storm, having a velocity of 72 miles,
swept this district yesterday, caus- j
ing two deaths and much property j
damage. Rail traffic was considerably j
■ interrupted
Dr. J. A. Sutherland, of Fair-j
banks, who left for the States sev-1
era! weeks ago on business, re
turned to the interior this morning
enroute to the upper towm. He re
ports that conditions aTe very un
settled Outside, with a feeling of
uncertainty regarding the future.
The agricultural outlook is parti- i
cularly discouraging.
ALASKA PUBLISHER ACQUIRES
SEATTLE ALASKA DISPATCH
SEATTLE, Mar. 6—Charles E.
Herron, owner of the Anchorage
Times and Juneau Capital, has ac
quired the Alaska Dispatch from Ed
C. Russell, and took the paper over
yesterday morning. A D. Coulter is
associated with Herron in the deal.
James A. Wood, former editor of
the Post-Intelligencer, has become
editor of the Dispatch, L. F. Shaw,
former Alaska newspaperman, is
news editor, and Earle W. Knight,
who was associated with Russell in
the publication of the Dispatch, will
continue as advertising manager.
Herron also has announced the
purchase of the Hyder Miner, from
Joe Green, formerly of Nenana.
WAS SECRETARY TO TAFT
NEW YORK. Mar t>—Charles
Dyer Norton, banker and formerly
secretary to President Taft, died
here yesterday.
CRAFTSMAN PASSES
COLORADO SPRINGS, Mar. 6—
Mardsen C. Scott, former president
of the International Typographical
Union, died here yesterday.
CAPTAIN CAUGHT BY WINCH
ARM TORN FROM SHOULDER
His arm torn off above his elbow
and the bores and flesh, remaining
to the shoulder, broken and lacera
ted, Captain John Heitmann, master
of the halibut schooner Alaska, was
brought to Juneau recently having
suffered 13 hours, when his arm was
caught in the winch aboard his ship,
in Icy Straits.
The accident ocurred the day
previously when Captain Hietmann
slipped on the deck while oiling the
cable, as the anchor was being
drawn up. ancf caught his arm in
the winch.
He called to one of his men to
go to the pilot house and shut off
the conrol of the winch. Another
of the crew, who was handling the
machine, thought he could reach the
pilot house first, and let go his hold
and the cable slipping back from the
spool, tore Captain Heitmann's arm
from his shoulder.
When Captain Hietmann could be
freed from the winch the crew im
mediately set sail for Juneau. Cap
tain Heitmann was taken at once
to the St. Ann Hospital and his aim
was amputated from his shoulder.
The bones were to badly broken
and the flesh so lacerated in the
part of the arm remaining above
the elbow, it was impossible to sa\ e
it.
No one of the crew was at fault
for the injury to his arm, as they
were all excited and acted quickly
as they thought-best. Captain Heit
mann said. All were splendid and
he especially praised one of the
members of the crew, a former ser
vice man in the United States army,
for his care of the injured arm dur
ing the trying trip to Juneau. The
members of the crew said that dur
ing the accident and unil the boat
reached Juneau, Captain Heitmann
was the most cool headed of any of
the men aboard.
Captain Hietmann is from Seattle
where he is a member of the Ma
sonic Lodge. His wife, who lives
there, has been notified of his ac
;ident.