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THE NENANA NEWS
9
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAR. 22, 1923
NUMBER 428
‘ GERMAN RESISTENCE BREAKING DOWN
COMMUNISTS TO STAGE PROTEST NEJCT MONTH
SUTHERLAND URGES LAWMAKERS TO SAVE FISHERIES
TERRITORIAL LAWMAKERS
MAY ALTER PRIMARY LAW
JUNEAU, Mar. 22—Representa
tive Fred Johnston, of Fairbanks,
has introduced two amendments to
the territorial election laws. One
provides for changing: the date of
primary filings from 60 days be
fore the last Tuesday in April to
the first Tuesday in February. The
second amendment provides that all
forms for holding elections be pro
vided to clerks of court by the
territorial secretary.
Sheppard has introduced a sub
stitute to the original pension bill.
This is a re-enactment of the pre
sent pension law except that it in
creases allowances for men to a
maximum of $30, and the allowance
to women to a maixmum of $35
monthly The passage of the mea
sure by the house is predicted. Cop
ies of the bill were given to the
president of the gTand igloo who is
enroute to Nenana on the Alameda,
and it is requested that the gTand ig
loo express its views on the matter. !
The Decker bill, introduced last
week, is intended to aid Seward
peninsula coast shippping. A sum not
not to exceed $10,000 annually is i
desired.
Delegate Dan Spealu
Reiterating his charges that the
Alaska fisheries were being given
away to the Chicago and San Fran
cisco “fish trust”, Delegate Dan
Sutherland addressed a crowd here
on Tuesday night, at a joint ses-,
aion of the territorial legislature.
He urged the lawmakers to pass the
Grant fish memorial and to auth
orize the attorney general to pro-,
ceed with an investigation of the
reservation policy to the end that
relief may be obtained from the :
court*. $5*^
Asked by Representative Foster,
if Hoover, O’Malley or Gilbert are
sincerely attempting to do something
to aid Alaska fisheries, the dele
gate declined to give his opinion at
a public meeting. He said he felt
it to be beneath his dignity to ex
press an opinion in view of the
statements issued, and asserted that
the reservation policy and abrogation
of fisheries rights in Alaska is not
the temporary expedient claimed by
the department, but is an attempt by
the department to give the fisheries
rights away. He claims that if the
system is maintained for one year
or two more, it would mean the pas
sing of such rights forever, into
the hands of the fisheries trust.
The delegate urged the legisla
ture to take action to prevent the
continuation of the executive order
“either by personal order or act of
Congress.”
SENATOR ESCAPES KNIFE
ROCHESTER, Minn., Mar. 22
Senator Nicholson, of Colorado, who
has been under treatment here for
tumor of the stomach, left for Den
ver today in a private car, follow
ing a decision of the surgeons not
to operate. His condition is still
grave.
LA FOLLETTE INDORSED
MADISON, Mar. 22—The Wiscon
sin assembly has adopted a resolu
tion reaffirming fai:h in Senator
LaFollette and his leadership “in
the cause of real democracy and
human progress.
MANY GERMANS UNDER ARREST;
FOR FAILURE TO HEED EDICTS
FRENCH OCCUPATION MAKES
MARKET FOR YANKEE COAL
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 22—j
FYench occupation of the Ruhr dis- j
trict, in Germany, with the result- j
ing decrease in the production of
Ruhr coal mines has occasioned an
expansion of American coal exports,
according :o announcement made to
day by the department of commerce
The announcement says fifty-two
j ships were chartered for the export
j coal trade between February 20
and March. 12. The chief increase
in demand for coal has come from
j Italian and Argentine sonsumers.
CHAMBER SUGGESTS PLANS
TO USE WORLD MAN POWER
ROME, .Mar. 22—The industrial
I section of the Intematioal Chamber
J of commerce, which is in conven
tion here, adopted a resolution yes
j terday, after a warm debate, direct
: ed against tine efforts of labor un
1 ions to curtail production and reduce
' hours of labor. The resolution,
which was introduced by the Am
erican delegates, is designated to
promote the use of available man
! power by the various countries in
! productive pursuits rather than in
■ standing armies.
McGRAW IMPOSES PENALTIES
TO KEEP PLAYERS ON WAGON
New York, Mar. 22—Manager
McGraw of the Giants, has fined
;Jack Scott, star pitcher, one hun
1 dred dollars, relegated Catcher Earl
; Smith to the second team, and re
; primanded other players as the re
; suit of their over-indulgence in com
liquor, according to advices receiv
ed in this city yesterday from the
team’s training camp at San Antonio
STANDARD DRILLS START
ANCHORAGE, Mar. 22—Wireless
advices received from Cold Bay an
nounce that the Standard Oil Com
; pany’s drill was spudded in yester
j day. The dispatch also states that
| the Associated Oil Company, which
; was compelled to suspend drilling
' operations as tihe result of a break
i down, has received new equipment
I similar to that being used by the
! Standard, and will resume drilling
immediately.
KANTISHNA CLAIM BONDED
MORE DEVELOPMENT COMING
The property of Otto Bossart. in
!the Copper Mountain district ad
joining the Grant & Giles holdings
I on the north, has been bonded to
Tom Aitken, the deal having been
closed in Nenana this week, by the
owner of the ground and a repres
entative of Aitken _ The figure nam
ed in the transaction is said to have
been $15,000_ •
The transfer of this property, fol
lowing closely on the heels of the
bonding of the Grant and Giles
claims, is regarded by oldtimers as
indicating much development in that
region in the near future.
ESSEX, Mar. 22—The passive re-,
sistence which was inaugurated by
the Germans when the French troops
entered Ruhr, is beginning to show
signs of modification in various
parts of the occupied area, accord
ing to announcement made by the
French military authorities. This is
accepted in French circles as indi
cation of a weakening by German
officials as a consequence of contin
ued reports to the effect that Berlin
is planning to make definite pro
posals designed to begin peace pro
posals.
Belgians Arrest Sixty
BUER, Mar. 22—Sixty persons
are reported to have been arrested
by Belgian patrols at Glabbach and
Bottrop, on charges of possessing
copies of newspapers forbidden in
the occupied area.
All traffic between unoccupied
Germany and Ruhr is prohibited be
tween eight o’clock and five o’clock
in the morning.
FRAXKFORT-OX-MAIX. Mar. 22
Communist demonstrations will be
held in all countries in the world
from April 16 to 22 as part of an
international protest week program
directed primarily against the occu
pation of Ruhr. There will also be
demonstrations against the treaty of
Versailles, in accordance with resol
utions adopted by the international
communist congress.
German Official* Held
LOXDOX, Mar. 22—The French
militray authorities at Eessen have
detained a member of parliament,
a district attorney and several bank
directors, following the murder of
a French guard there, according to
a message received from Berlin.
Troop Train Wrecked
DUSSELDORF. Mar. 22—One
French soldier is dead and three
French trainmen injured as the re
sult of the wreck of a troop train
near Treves. The disaster is at
tributed to sabotage.
ICE JAMS IN MISSOURI;
FIVE FAMILIES CAUGHT
SIOUX, CITY, Mar. 22—Five
families have been trapped on an
island in the Missouri river as a re
sult of the rapidly rising waters, the
rise being the result of an ice jam.
Residents of Sergeant Bluff’s, near
by, have organized a rescue party
and efforts are now being made to
reach the marooned families. Arthur
Johnson is reported to have lost
his life in the freshet.
AERIAL COMPANY ORGANIZED
TO CARRY MAILS IN ALASKA
SEATTLE. Mar. 22—It has been
learned here that E. J. Mathews,
president of the Denny Renton
Clay & Coal Company, has organ
ized the Alaska Airways Company,
and placed a bid on the proposal to
establish an air mail route between
Nome and Kotzebue sound. The
company has purchased a naval
boat of the 2-L type and will ship
it to Nome on the first trip of the
steamer Victoria. A. C. Eekman, a
former army pilot, has been engaged
by the company.
FASCIST! COMES TO STATES
TO TAKE PLACE OF KU KLUX
OMAHA, Mar 22—Edgar I. Ful
ler, former kleagle of the Ku Klux
Klan, in the realm of Northern
California, has announced the or
ganization of the “Fascisti of Amer
ica” be filed shortly, and that the
members of the new organization
will wear black shirts instead of
Black hoods.
SEATTLE FANS ORGANIZE
SEATTLE. Mar. 22—At a meet
ing of the new stockholders of the
Seattle Baseball club yesterday,
Charles Lockhard was elected pres
ident, John Sullivan vice president
and Attorney Wade Killefer secre
tary-treasurer.
I
HOOVER SAYS SUGAR PROBE
SHOWS PRICE UNREASONABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 22
Demands which are being made for
an investigation of the recent fluc
tuations in sugar prices “are about
a month behind “according to Secre
tary Herbert Hoover, who made a
statement dealing with the matter.
He says the Government inaugur
ated such an inquiry on February
21, and the results have convinced
Secretary Hoover that there was no
economic justification for the ad
vance in sugar prices.
DAUGHERTY, EXPLAINS HOW
NATION CAN BE BETTERED
MIAMI, Mar. 22—In a paper
read before the Florida Bar Asso
; /
ciation Attorney General Daugher
ty declared that the enforcement
of the law equally against all classes
stands out as a factor upon which
depends the advancement of the na
tion. “Conscientious and determined
efforts to enforce the laws will final
ly break down the stubborn refusal
to obey the law of those who other
wise might temporarily prevent uni
versal and perfect enforcement ”
HENRY FORD SECURES BIG
TRACT OF KENTUCKY COAL
LEXINGTON, Ky„ Mar. 22—It
has been learned here that Henry
Ford has acquired a tract of 125,
000 acres of coal land along the
Kentucky river, in Clay and Leslie
counties. The price paid, according
to the report, was between $12,000.
000 and $20, 000,000.
Several of the leading members
of the movie company engaged in
the production of an all-Alaska pic
ture under the direction of the Alas
ka .Moving Picture Corporation,
came over from Anchorage on the
last train getting off at McKinley
Park, where several acts will be
filmed.
I SOVIET MUST MAKE SHOWING
TO GET U, S. RECOGNITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 22—
The attitude of the state department
in connection with the American
policy toward Soviet Russia, was
j issued yesterday by authority of
; Secretary of State Hughes.
The policy of the department will
■ be one of non-interference with
Russia’s :n ter nay affairs. The state
j ment also expressed determination
j not to enter into discussions looking
| to the recognition of the Soviet
gvernment until that government
has established itself on the sound
j basis of international intercourse.
INDIANS DON WAR FEATHERS;
WHITES GIVE THEM BATTLE
SALT LAKE. Mar. 22-—A posse
j of white settlers from Blanding. this
state, is reported to .be hot on the
; trail of a band of renegade Piute
• Indians who staged an outbreak at
Blanding on Monday. The Indians
were engaged in battle yesterday
with result that one redskin was
killed by the posse and two others
wounded.
The trouble started when two
Indians, who were on trial for rob
, bing sheep herders’ camp, made their
j escape, aided by ttneir renegade
; companions.
HERRIN DEFENSE SCORES
| MARION, Mar. 22—The defense
jin the Herrin cases won a legal
battle yesterday when a successful
I effort was made to have the testi
mony of three of the Government’s
eight witnesses excluded from the
record. The testimony of a fourth
witness was taken under advisement
in the same connection. The testi
mony dealt with the attack on a
truck carrying men from Carbondale
to Herrin in connection with the
slaying of Antonio Mulkjvich. with
which the defendants are charged.
I
GREEK HEAD AS SUSPECT
SEATTLE, Mar, 22—Gust Anges
was arrested yesterday in the local
Greek colony in connection with
the Karas murders in Everett. De
i teetives responsible for the arrest
| state that no charge ha$ been plac
1 ed against Anges yet, but it is
thought he can throw some light on
J the mystery. George Dinas and
j George Chakos, who were arrested
at Everett, have been severely ques
tioned but no information of im-'
| portance was obtained from them.
LENINE IMPROVING
! MOSCOW. Mar. 22—Premier
i
I Lenine, who recently suffered an
appopletic stroke, is greatly im
proved today, according to an offi-!
cial buttetin issued by the soviet
officials. j
WIFE OF SECRETARY ILL
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Mar. 22—'
Mrs. Weeks, wife of the secretary
of war, is being rushed to this city
aboard the yacht Evergreen. She
was taken seriously ill yesterday.
COMMUNIST PLANS EXPOSED
AT TRIAL OF RED LEADER
ST. LOUIS, Mar. 22—Extracs
from the "themes and resolutions"
adopted by the Moscow international
which, the Government claims, regu
lates the communist party in Amer
ica, were read here today at the trial
of William Z. Foster, who is charged
with syndicalism.
One of the extracts says: "The
communist party must develop into
a militant organization, capable of
avoiding a fight in the open against
overwhelming forces of the enemy
concentrated upon a given point;
but, on the obher hand, that very
concentration of the enemy must be
so utilized as make attack possible
at a spot where least expected.”
"Every legal communist organiza
tion must know how to secure for' it
self complete preparedness for un
derground existence and. above all,
for revolutionary outbreak.”
Fo*ter Brought Program
Francis Morrow, a department of
justice agent, testified that Foster
returned from Moscow last year,
bringing the revolution program to
America. He declared that Foster
made such a statement himself at a
communist par:y convention held
here last summer.
CONDITION STILL SERIOUS
CAIRO. Mar. 22—The condition
of Earl Carnavon. who has blood
poisoning, is still serious. Lady Car
navon is rushing here by steamer
to assist in nursing her husband
back to health.
ANACONDA BUYS MINES
SEATTLE. Mar. 22—There is a
report in circulation here to the
effect that the Anaconda Mining
Company has purchased the Marble
bay mines on Texada island, in the
Strait of Georgia The property
formerly belonged to Marry Whitney
Treat.
JOE BOSCOWITZ DEAD
VICTORIA. B. C.. Mar. 22—Joe
Boscowittz, who organized the Boscu
witz Steamship Company and the
Alaska Commercial Company, died
here yesterday at the age of HX
years. He came here in 1H62 and
organized the Victoria Sealing Com
pany but retired after the ratifica
tion of the treaty affecting the seal
ing industry He then organized the
commercial company and secured
the Bribilof sealing rights. Several
of the company’s vessels were seized
later on a technicality but restitu
tion was eventually made by the
Government.
McNEIL FUNERAL YESTERDAY
Annie McNeil, whose death occur
red this week, was laid at rest in
the local cemetery yesterday, under
the direction of Xenana Igloo, No.
17, Pioneers of Alaska. Services
were held at Union hall at 1:30.
with many oldtimers and friends of
the family in attendance and quite
a number followed the body to its
final resting place.
Mr. McNeil has requested The
News to express his gratitude to
the Pioneers and the many others
who rendered kindly assistance dur
ing the illness and after the death
of his daughter.
A mail stake arrived from the
lower river today.