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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1922 NUMBER 229
' RAIL STRIKERS MEET TO CONSIDER PLAN
PREDICTED ROADS AND MINES WILL RESUME SOON
DISCHARGED NEW YORK BAKER PUTS POISON IN PIES
FATHER AND SON GIVE LIVES
IN EFFORT TO SAVE BATHER
KAMLOOPS. Aug. 1—L. O. Fra
ger. local representative of P. Burns
&. C-o., his son, aged 14, and his
daughter, aged 13, were drowned in
Thompson river on Sunday.
The daughter was in bathing near
the shore and waded out until taken
off her feet by the current. Both
father and son rushed to the rescue
of the girl and all three perished.
THIRTY REVOLUTIONISTS MAY
BE SHOT FOR THEIR ACTIONS
MOSCOW, Aug. 1—Thirty social
revolutionists, who are on trial here
for conspiring against the soviet
government, will suffer the extreme
penalty if the prosecution has its
way. The attorney for the state has
demanded that all of the prisoners
be *ot. He charges that they are
guilty of many plots, including at
tempts on the lives of both Lenine
and Trotsky.
Llyod George end Poincare To Meet
LONDON, Aug. 1—David Lloyd
George has invited Premier Poincare
to meet with him in London on Aug
ust 7, and has suggested that their
discussion be confined strictly to the
reparations question. It is under
stood that Belgium and Italy will
send representatives to the meeting.
NOWAK IS NEW PREMIER
WARSAW, Aug. 1—The Polish
parliament, by a vote of 240 to 184,
has confirmed the nomination of Dr.
Julian Nowak, rector of the Uni
versity of Cracow, as prime min
ister.
UNION MEN UP FOR TREASON
CHARLESTON. W. Va., Aug. 1—
■William Petry, district president of
the United Mine Workers, and Jim
Jones and Charles Tucker, miners,
have been placed under arrest on a
charge of treason, in connection
with the alleged march on Logan
county a year ago.
HARRY TREAT AUTO VICTIM
VANCOUVER. Aug. 1— H a r r y
Whitney Treat, a resident of Seat
tle for eighteen years and builder
of the Ballard car line, met death
yesterday in an auto accident near
Chillimack. He had turned out to
pass an approaching car and his
machine went over the bank. Mrs.
Treat came. over from Seattle to
« get the body. The deceased was a
graduate of Cornell where he was
known as a lightweight boxer of
ability.
FOUR SUP INTO CREVASSE
BERN'E, Aug. 1—Three men and
a woman who were climbing Jung
frau, lost their footing and slid into
a crevasse three thousand feet deep.
The accident happened yesterday.
PAUL STRAND LEADS COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1—Paul
Strand, of the Salt Lakes, is at the
top of the Pacific Coast batting list
with an average of .399. Duffy Lew
is, his team mate, is second with
.380, Hale, of the Portlands, is
third with .378, and Smith, of Ver
non, is fourth with .366.
SENATE BOOSTS BLANKETS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 1—
The senate, by a vote of 33 to 24,
yesterday approved an increase in
the tariff on wool blankets, practi
cally doubling the duty, which now
stands at twenty cents a pound.
OCTOPUS WANTS REHEARING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 1—
The Southern Pacific Railroad has
asked for a rehearing of the su
preme court order in which the
company is directed to divest itself
of Central Pacific holdings.
Miss Leah Rosenblatt, of Los An
geles, is among the recent arrivals
* at the Southern.
STRIKERS AND RAIL OFFICIALS
DISCUSS HADING’S PROPOSALS
'FRANCE REJECTS REQUEST
OF GERMANS FOR MORE TIME
BERLIN. Aug. 1—The French
j government has rejected the request
! of Germany for a reduction in the
monthly payments on debts con
I traded by German nationals with
' French citizens before the war.
CONFECTIONERS HAD BOOZE
TO ENLIVEN ALASKA TRIP
SEATTLE. Aug. 1—When the
steamer Spokane arrived in port on
Saturday from a cruise of Alaska
waters with a delegation of con
fectioners, W. H. McLean, purser,
I. R. Gillespie, freight clerk, Chas.
M. Thompson, of Seattle, and Horace
S. Ridley, of Chicago, were placed
under arrest by prohibition officers.
Prohibition Director Lyle sharges
that the Spokana took on four hun
dred quarts of whiskey at Prince
Rupert on the way North in violation
of the federal prohibition act. All
four of those arrested were later
released on bail.
ALASKA EXPORTS SHOW GAIN
OF MORE THAN MILLION 1922
_
i ANCHORAGE, Aug. 1— M. S.
Whittier, deputy collector of cus
. toms, is authority for the state
ment that Alaska exports show an
increase of more than a million dol
lars during the first six months of
the present year. The increase is
attributed to heavy shipments of
copper and other ores and canned
salmon.
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BIG GAS TANK EXPPLDES
CHICAGO, Aug. 1—More than a
score of persons were injured yes
terday as the result of the explosion
of a big tank of illuminating gas. A
dozen houses and a dock were set
on fire but the flames were quickly
extinguished by the fire department.
AMERICANS BUY GOLD BRICKS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 1—
The department of commerce has
issued a warning to Americans to
beware of South American coloniza
tion schemes. Investigation has dis
closed the fact that many Americans
have invested their savings in lands
in the remote wildernesses, far from
markets and civilization.
trains collide—Fifteen die
CINCINNATI, Aug. 1—Fifteen
were killed and between 50 and 75
injured today in a head-on collision
between a negro excursion train
and a regular train on the Cincin
nati, Lebanon & Northern rialway.
OIL DRILLERS OBJECT
CHEYENNE, Aug. 1—Telegrams
have been sent to President Hard
ing in which objection is made to
the sending of marines into the state
to eject oil drillers from Teapot
Dome.
ARCTIC VOYAGERS RETURN
VICTORIA. B. C., Aug. 1—Capt.
Edward A. Haugen and other mem
bers of the crew of the Seattle pow
er schooner Bender Brothers, which
was wrecked by ice floes off Kam
! chatka peninsula on June 2, reach
: ed this port today aboard the steam
er President McKinley, from Yoko
hama. ,
FLU AT EDMONTOI?
EDMONTON, Aug. 1—An epi
demic of flu has invaded the Lake
Athabasca district, where a number
: of trappers are reported ill.
j The steamship Victoria left Nome
i for the States yesterday.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1—Representa
tives of the six striking shopcraft
organizations went into session here
this morning to consider the propos
als made by President Harding for
the settlement of the railroad strike.
Chairman Hooper, of the Railroad
Labor Board, attended the morning
session but announced that he had
no special message from the Presi
dent.
President Jewell stated that he
did not look for any definite action
until tomorrow.
Rail Executives Meet
NEW YORK, Aug. 1—The heads
of 148 railroads throughout the
country met this afternoon at the
Grand Central Station for the pur
pose of resuming their considera
tion of the Harding proposals for
the settlement of the strike. A com
mittee was named to deal directly
with the President.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover ad
dressed the morning session, ex
plaining the proposals made by the
President, but he did not take part
| in the discussion which followed.
The Harding Proposal
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 1—
(The Harding proposals for the ter
> mination of the rail strike provide
that “all employes now on strike
be returned to work and to their
former positions with their seniority
and other rights unimpaired”. The
proposals were made public after
the strikers, at. Chicago, and rail
executives, at New York, had be
gun their consideration of the set
tlement plan.
The President is said to have re
! ceived assurances from Cuvier, At
;:erbury and Jewell that they will
' support his proposals to end the
j shop strike.
Lewi* Planning Conference
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 1—John L
MINING DISPUTE IS SETTLED;
PROPERTY TO BE WORKED
—
The Anchorage Times is authority
ifor the statement that the famous
Falls Creek group of placer claims,
i in the Cache creek district, owned
j jointly by Hugh Price and Joseph
and Ellen Anderson, and which
have been in litigation during the
last three years, have been acquired
by the Andersons, through the pay
ment of $14,000 for the half in
terest held by Price and Charles
Mack. Ben Grier, Anchorage mer
chant, acted as referee. *
The peaceful settlement of the
case ends a long-standing feud,
which was the cause of half a dozen
arrests in criminal actions, at least
four suits for damages and one gun
play; in which a number of shots
were fired at Price and his men.
The Andersons will work the
property vigorously during the re
mainder of the season. A double
crew has been employed and opera
tions will be carried on day and
night. The ground is proving very
rich. ,
After an absence of three years.
Pete Zurich is back in Nenana,
having arrived from the States on
this morning’s train. He has spent
most of the time, since leaving the
North, along the Pacific coast and
says that things are booming in
California, with a lot of building
! going on in San Francisco and Los
Angeles. He met many Alaskans
when he first went out, but saw
\ very few oldtimers when he returned
to Seattle from the south. recently.
There are many idle men in Seattle
at present, on account of the rail
and coal strikes.
| Lewis, of the United Mine Workers,
i has sent a telegram to the operat
ors of the Central Competitive field
inviting them to particrpate in a 1
joint interstate conference to be j
held at Cleveland on Monday, forj
] the purpose of negotiating a basis
for a wage agreement designed to
terminate the coal mine strike.
Illinois operators will hold a con- ;
ference on Friday to decide what ,
action they will take with regard to
the Lewis invitation. Indiana oper- \
ators will not accept and others will |
offer to make district agreements. I
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Coal Tipple Attacked
UNIONTOWN. Pa., Aug. 1—A
coal tipple defended by deputy j
sheriffs and special guards was at- j
tacked by a crowd of men today, I
\ with the result that a fight ensued. |
j The battle lasted an hour.
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Coal Distribution Starts
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 1—1
! The Government committee selected j
for the purpose of supervising the1
t distribution of coal during the strike J
! began functioning this week, with
Henry B. Spencer, federal fuel com
| missioner, at its head.
Injunction is Held Up
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1— Argu
i ments on the permanent injunction
asked by the Pullman and Santa Fe'
companies, which were to have been
heard this week, have been post-.
poned by Judge Rudkin until Thurs-;
day, in anticipation of the termina- j
tion of the strike before that time.
Seniority Rejected
NEW YORK, Aug. 1—At a late
hour this afternoon the rail ex
ecutives rejected the seniority clause
in the Harding proposal, but ae
j cepted the other suggestions for1
the settlement of the rail strike.
PROMINENT MASONS ARRIVE
ON FIRST INTERIOR VISIT
Among those arriving this morn
ing from the coast were James Me.
Cormack, grand master of the Wash- 1
ington grand lodge, F. & A. M..
Horace W. Tyler, grand secretary.
Maurice S. Whittier, of Juneau,
grand custodian for Alaska, Mrs.
McCormack and Mrs. Tyler, who
are paying their first visit to In
terior Alaska. The grand officers
are making the rounds of the
Alaska lodges on an official tour. .
The visitors were met at the de-.
pot by a delegation of local Masons
and representatives of the Fair- !
banks lodge, and were the guests
of honor this noon at an elaborate
luncheon at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Rothenburg.
The visitors left for Fairbanks
this afternoon, accompanied by J.
A. Clark and Robert Lavery, who
came to Nenana for the purpose of
escorting the party to the upper J
town, where preparations have been
made for a number of receptions
and entertainments.
The grand master and grand sec
retary left Seattle on the steamer
Alameda on August 19 and were
royally received by Masonic lodges i
enroute. At Ketchikan and Juneau j
they were met and entertained dur- j
ing the brief stay of the boat in j
port; they were given a trip over
the Copper River & Northwestern
railroad as far as Miles glacier, and
upon arrival at Seward Grand Mas-1
ter McCormack paid his first official i
visit to an Alaska lodge. Several
days were spent at Anchorage, where
they were entertained both by the
Masons and by the public.
TACOMA HAS BIG FUR SALE;
PELTS BRING LARGE SUM
TACOMA, Aug- 1—Alaska trap
pers will receive nearly $150,000 as
a result of the most successful fur
sale ever held here. Buyers from all
over the United States and Canada
have been here during the last four
days bidding on the pelts and com
petition was keen.
Beaver and marten predominated
the five hundred lots of pelts offer
ed for sale. White, red and silver
fox, muskrat, lynx and bear also
were well represented. Many of the
furs were from districts north of
the Arctic Circle.
PRISONERS DECLARE STRIKE
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1—Prisoners
confined in the local house of cor
rection have declared another strike.
Two hundred and fifty of them re
fused to work yesterday unless giv
en the freedom of the cell house.
The prisoners called a strike two
weeks ago because of the quality
of potatoes supplied inmates of the
institution.
GOVERNOR BUYS A PAPER
RENO. Nev., Aug. 1-—Governor
Emmet D. Boyle has purchased the
Nevada State Journal and will as
sume active charge of the publica
tion as soon as his term as governor
ends.
SHIPS WILL TEST COAL
SEATTLE, Aug. 1—Upon arrival
of the collier Jason, with six thous-.
and tons of Alaska coal, from the
Matanuska and Bering coal fields,
the battleships Texas and New York
will take on the fuel and proceed
to give it a thorough steaming test.
The Jason left Anchorage several
days ago with the Matanuska coal,
amounting to five thousand tons, and
will take on gix hundred tons of
Bering coal at Controller bay. The
tests will be made under the super
vision of Lieut.-Com. Underwood.
NEGRO IS HANGED
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 1—
Bunk Harris, a negro, was hanged
in the public square today, following
the death of Maurice Connelly, an
insurance solicitor. Connolly was
held up and shot last night by the
colored bandit.
FRANCE TO IMPOSE PENALTIES
PARIS, Aug. 1—It is stated in
French official circles today that
France will impose economic com-|
mercial penalties upon Germany for
refusal to pay debts contracted with
Allied nationals before the war.
FAMOUS GENERAL PASSES
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 1—
General August WT. Whitaker, who
is said to have carried the message
that resulted in the surrender of
Lee, during the Civil war, died here
today.
HOLDUP IN IRELAND
DUBLIN, Aug. 1—Three armed
men held up the staff at the Dublin (
customs office today and escaped
with more than 1000 pounds.
INTERESTING TO ALL
LONDON, Aug. ’ 1—In a note ad
dressed to Italy, Jugoslavia, Ru
mania, Portugal and Greece, Ear!
Balfour points out that Britain can
not treat as interesting only to the
United States and Britain the re
payment of the Anglo-American
loan.
D. Hewitt is a guest at the,
Cooney Hotel.
HUNDRED SICK—TWO DIE;
DISCHARGED BAKER IN JAIL
NEW YORK. Aug. 1—Charles
Abrahamson, a baker who was dis
charged from Shelbourn’s restau
rant, on Broadway, this week, was
placed under arrest this afternoon
on suspicion that he placed arsenic
in pies whieih he baked after re
ceiving notice to quit.
The arrest was made after more
than one hundred persons had be
come ill, as a result of eating pie
at the restaurant, and two of the
victims, girl stenographers, died this
morniftg and a third died this af
ternoon, in convulsions. The poison
was placed in blueberry and huckle
berry pies. Most of those who were
made sick were workers in the gar
ment house section of the city.
EXCURSION BOAT RAMS FERRY
NEW YORK. Aug. 1—The excur
sion boat Grand Republic, with 1000
passengers on board, mostly women
and children, rammed the Erie ferry
boat Chataqua today in a dense
fog, and fifteen of those aboard
the excursion boat were injured.
Two women and a boy were hurled
into the Hudson by the crash, but
were rescued. The ferry also had a
large crowd on board, but all of
them escaped injury. The quick ac
tion of officers on both boats pre
vented serious consequences.
IGNORED ORDER, BANKER SHOT
FRESNO, Cal., Aug:. 1—Frank J
Weins, a_local bank teller, was shot
and killed last night when he failed
to halt at the command of three
firemen who were searching for
the slayers of a prominent citizen.
OREGON VOTE CORRECT
SALEM, Aug. 1—A recount of
the vote cast for the gubernatorial
candidates in the recent primaries
has failed thus far to disclose any
irregularities, as alleged by Charles
Hall, defeated candidate.
DEVALERA LOCATED
DUBLIN, Aug. 1—Officials say
they have satisfied themselves that
Devalera is making his headquarters
at Clonmal, where he is seen often
riding about in an auto.
BUSINESSMEN STAGE PARTY;
DRY SQUAD MAKES HAUL
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1—0 n e
hundred and fifty businessmen and
clerks of this city, who staged a
stag party at Santa Catalina island,
have been gathered in by the pro
hibition officers and placed under
bonds in the sum of $10,000. The
launch was raided and several bar
rels of liquor were slipped over the
bows. The master of the boa: was
arrested and the chef was ordered
to report at prohibition headquart
ers for questioning.
Associate Forester E. A. Sher
man, and Charles H. Flory, head
of the forest service in Alaska,
arrived from Fairbanks today and
will leave for Healy this evening
to have a look at the big coal seams.
From Healy they will proceed to
Matanuska by speeder to inspect the
Government experiment station. Mr.
Sherman visited the Interior seven
years ago, but this is Mr* Flory’s
first trip Inside.
Skagway is coming back. The old
town, made famous by Soapy Smith,
now has two movie theaters and one
of them runs two shows nightly.
The price of admission is thirty
rents at both houses.
Federal Mine Inspector B. D.
Stewart will make his summer head
quarters at Anchorage while making
his annual trip through the Interior
iistricts. He will return to Juneau
probably late in the fall.
The steamer Teddy H. passed
Tanana late yesterday on the way
iown river.