A $7,955.25 Last year-WHERE THE ICE POOL MM-$10,000 This Year
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1923 NUMBER 45S
' CHINK TROOPS START DRIVE ON BANDITS
COMMUNISTS START TROUBLE IN GERMAN CITIES
FRENCH SENATORS FEAR TO ACT-POINCARE RESIGNS
COL. STEESE SAYS BOATS
WILL SERVE ALL POINTS
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Referring to the inauguration yes
terday of river traffic in connection
vrita the Alaska Railroad Col. Jas.
G. Steese. chairman and chief en
gineer of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, who arrived in Nenana
Tuesday night on his first visit to
the Interior since assuming charge
of the railroad, informed a repre
sentative of The News that it is
the intention of his organization to
meet the transportation require
ments of every Interior Alaska com
munity, through operation of Gov
ernment steamers and launches, or
through adequate water connection
with private transportation lines,
preferably the latter.
The Government steamers Jacobs
and Davis, which will connect with
the railroad at Nenana, operating on
a weekly schedule, will serve Inter
ior points more satisfactorily than
has been possible under any pre
vious arangement. The new ser
vice will land shipment a: remote
camps a month earlier than has
been possible heretofore, and the
service will be regular and reliable.
It is not the desire of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, Colonel;
Steese says, to monopolize water
transportation, and only where it
is found impossible to make suit
able connections will Government
boats be placed on side streams.
Traffic arrangements have been
completed with the White Pass for
regular service between Nenana and
the upper Yukon river. The arrange
ment includes a freight tariff cov
ering through billing from Seattle
or Tacoma to points on the Yukon
river between Tanana and Eagle,1
by way of the railroad. This means
that all freight for Yukon river
points between Eagle and Holy
Cross, and much of that assigned
to St. Michael, will pass over the
railroad and through Nenana.
At Holy Cross the Government
boats will connect with privately j
owned launches for Iditarod and St. I
Michael and freight and passengers
for the upper Koyukuk and Tolo
vana and Kantishnt districts, also
will be handled by private boats,
operating from Nenana or connect
ing with the Government steamers
In addition to the movement of
this large volume of business, the
White Pass boats will bring all of
the Mayo ore to Nenana for re
shipment to the States for smelter
rng. The service will be fairly re
gular and will afford travelers an
opportunity to come to Interior Al
aska or go out by way of Dawson if
they so desire.
The inauguration of this service
in the opinion of Colonel Steese. will j
prove of material benefit to Nenana j
and will necessitate the continued
maintenance of Government activi
ties here, including shops, shipyards
and the numerous other activities.;
Colonel Steese is not sure at tBTr
time what action will be ultimately
taken by the Alaskan Engineering
Commission with regard to the N’e
nana hospital. He questions if it;
will be possible to continue to main
tain the institution as part of the j
Railroad organization after the pre- j
sent summer but he will go into the
matter thoroughly upon his return
to Anchorage and promises to
make his decision known consider
DIPLOMATS URGE WITHDRAWAL
OF SUPPORT PENDING OUTCOME
ably in advance of the date of
closing, should it be found neces
sary to discontinue the hospital
service. In the meantime, the insti
tution will be maintained on an ef
ficient basis.
Asked regarding the plans of the I
Alaska Road Commission of which!
Colonel Steese is president, he stated '
that additional work would be done {
on the Kobi trail, commencing where (
the work stopped last winter, beyond 1
Lake Minchuminia. The colonel a-'
ssured the mail will go over this
route again next winter and the j
winter to come, probably until an
automobile road is built into the
Kantishna district.
When an auto road i<= built, Col- 1
one! Steese says, it will probably
connect with the railroad at McKin
ley Park, and will be used for the
transportation of ore and supplies
until such time as that promising
district is tapped by a branch of the
railroad.
Colonel Steese says there will be .
an improved automobile service o- <
ver the Richardon highway this sum- <
mer, and it is expected to sell thru
tickets via that route in connection
with the Alaska Railroad. Work on
the highway was given an early ]
start this spring and regular traffic !
will be inaugurated earlie than usu- !
al. providing weather conditions con- :
tinue favorable. ! i
The Alaska Railroad will not <
handle through shipments of coal for :
the Nome district, as was hoped 1
by the Nome Chamber of Commerce.
The test that can be done, accord
ing to Colonel Steese will be the de
livery of coal in sacks at St. Mich- (
ael, from which point transporta- <
tion will have to be arranged by t
the people of Nome. Or it may be
that shipments can be made from ,
Healv to the coast and thence to
Nome direct by steamship. Nego- j
tiation? are now under way w’th £
that end in view, the railroad or- ]
ganization being prepared to land j
the coal on the coast at ‘'starvation” s
rates providing the steamship com- £
panies will meet the railroad half i
way. t
Colonel Steese went to Fairbanks s
yesterday afternoon, accompanied, c
by General Roadmaster C. G. Jones v
and will return to the coast tomorrow
his car being attached to the re
gular train. He will be the guest of j
honor at a banquet in tihe upper. s
town tonight. j t
The colonel expects to -eturn to j
the Interior next month with the i
Congressional party. ! J
Colonel Gotwals had planned ae- a
companying Colonel Steese on the C
recent trip, but matters of n port- j
ance required his presence at Jun
eau.
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PARTY REACHES FRISCO (
SAN FRANCISCO. May 24- -The t
congressional party, headed by Sec- v
retary Weeks, arrived here today, J
and the secretary addressed the r
local commercial club, lauding the t
organized reserves. a
SHANGHAI. May 24—The Chin
;se bandits who have involved their
government in an international row
is the result of holding a number
if foreigners in captivity, were
:hrown into a panic today when the
government launched a determined
ittack against them in an effort to
>reak their communications and
force an issue with them. It is un
lerstood to be the plan of the gov
ernment to make an effort to res
cue the captives by force.
The refusal of the Peking diplo
natic corps to deal with them have
rreatly disheartened the bandit
eaders, and it is expected they will
tow make an effort to make some
‘ort of terms before it is too late.
Fresh parleys, it is expected, will
ie suggested immediately.
No One Killed Yet
Messengers have brought word
tom the bandit stronghold to the ef
fect that the bandits have not yet
•arried out their threat to execute
heir captives, all of whom are said
o be in good health except Musso,
>WISS CITIZENS ARRESTED
BY SOVIET RUSSIA POLICE
COPENHAGEN. May 24—A re
>ort received from Moscow, via Ber
in says the soviet authorities at
doscow. Petrograd and Kiev have
irrested several Swiss citizes.. A
lumber of Swiss shops at Petrograd
ire reported to have been wrecked
md three Siviss citizens were at
acked at Odessa.
DEBS IS CHAIRMAN
NEW YORK, May 24—The So
ialist executive committee has el
eted Eugene V. Debs chairman of
he Socialist party.
WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER
PHOENIX. May 24—-A charge of j
irst degree murder has been lodged
gainst Mrs. Lealah Crandall who j
1st night shot and killed W. E.
Lemington, prominent automobile
alesman, former army captain and
former member of the state leg-j
slature. After shooting Remington,
he woman turned the gun on her
elf in an attempt to commit sui
ide, but inflicting only a slight
round.
HUSTON TO AID G. O. P.
CHICAGO, May 24—Former as
istant secretary of Commerce Hus
on of Chatanooga, has been ap-!
ointed chairman of the ways and
leans committee of the Republicn
National committee, according to
nnouncement made this week by
hairman Adams.
VICTORIA GOES DIRECT
Agent McDonald, of the Anchor
ge office of the Alaska Steamship
ompany, has advised The News
Hat the steamer Victoria, which I
dll sail south from Seward about \
lay 26, will go direct to Seattle, j
ot touching at any Alaska port af-.
;r leaving Seward. The Vic is due j
t Seward on Saturday.
who has been ill several days.
Want Full Authority
SHANGHAI. May 24—The Ital
ian chamber of Commerce has cabled
the Italian foreign minister at Rome
declaring' the situation is “growing
worse and it is necessary to give
tihe Italian minister unconditional
support to obtain a solution of the
present problem to avoid catastro
phe. with loss of national and foreign
prestige.’’
The Shanghai general chamber of
commerce, representing all foreign
commercial interests, charges that
China has completely disregarded
the liberal treatment accorded her
at the Washington arms conference.
It is urged that this agreement be
suspended until there has been a
satisfactory settlement of the pre
sent chaotic conditions.
It is understood the diplomatic
council may demand the outlawing
of several high Chinese officials who
are charged with instigring the re
cent kidnapping of foreigners as a
move in their political schemes.
AMERICAN PAPER OFFICIAL
WARNS AGAINST CANADIANS
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 24
Dr. Hugh Baker, executive secretary
of the American Paper & Pulp as
sociation, addressed the cost asso
ciation of t!\e paper industry yester
day, declaring that Canada is de
termined to control the paper in
dustry of this continent. He point
ed out that the permanency of the
industry in the United States is
dependent upon the protection of
the nation’s forests.
MINISTER REINSTATED
INDIANAPOLIS. May 24—The
general assembly of the Presbyter
ian church has ordered the rein
statement of Rev. Thos. J. Ervin, of
Lawton, Okla., who was suspended
by the Reno Presbytery last year
because it was charged that he had
performed a marriage ceremony
with the principals garbed in bath
ing suits. The judicial committee re
ported to tihe convention that the
punishment was “too severe and un
warranted by the facts.’’ *
FOZARD HAS RESIGNED
J. L. Fozard head of the Latouche
mine of the Kennecott Copper Corp
poration, has resigned, to accept a
position with a company in Nevada.
He has been succeeded at Latouche
by Bevan Presley.
G. E. Rockenfellow arrived in An
chorage on the last Admiral Wat
son from Seattle to accept a posi
tion with the Evan Jones Coal com
pany. Mr. Rockenfellow comes high
ly recommended and replaces Evar.
Jones in the capacity of superinten- ■
dent of the company.
—
Engineer Tom Hogan, of the
Suntrana Short Line, is spending
a few days in town while repairs
are being made to the Healy River
bridge.
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COAL BRANCH AUTHORIZED
TO TAP COAST HOLDINGS
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WASHINGTON, D. C. May 24
Secretary of the Interior Work ha-'
authorized the building of a spur
four and one-half miles long from
the Matanuska branch of the 1 laska
Railroad to the Mosse creek mines,
to tap new mines which are being
developed there. The estimated cost
of the new construction is $125,
000 and it is expected the ertire
amount will be saved he irst - ear
of operation.
FLAMES SWEEP MEXICALI;
LOSS IS FIVE MILLIONS
MEXICALI. Lower Cal. May 24-—
The most disastrous fire in the
history of this city destroyed pro
perty valued at mure than five
million dollars yesterday. It is fear
ed a number of lives were lost.
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MELLON FINDS A WAY
: WASHINGTON. D. C. May 24—
It is intimated by officials of the
treasury department that Secretary
Mellon has found a way of recon
ciling the recent prohibition ruling
: of the supreme court with foreign
ships of their nationals to carry li
quor as crews’ rations.
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TRAINS BUMP—SIX DEAD
ABILENE. Texas, May 24—A ne
gro porter and five tramps were
killed near Cisco today when two
passenger trains on the Texas Pa
cific collided.
MRS. STILLMAN WINS
NEW YORK, May 24-—The ap
pellate division of the supreme court
has upheld the award of $7,500
monthly alimony and $15,000 coun
sel fees, made to Mrs. Anne Still
man last February.
FAMOUS SCOUT PASSES
BILLINGS. Mont., May 24—Cur
ley, Indian scout, sole survivor of
the Custer massacre who brought
the news of the tragic battle to the
outside world died on Tuesday and
was buried yesterday. He Was 68
years old.
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CHARLEY ANDERSON TRYING
TO RETRIEVE LOST FORTUNE
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Charley Anderson, one of the -
Klondike “millionaires,” is now try-,
ing to develop a mineral prospect on
Texada Island, British Columbia.
Postmaster Alexander McCarter of,
Dawson recently visited him at his:
home on the island and says he
found him as “fit as a fiddle.”
Mr. McCarter quotes Mr. Anderson
as saying, discussing his Klondike
fortune: *
"That stake was wiped out when ;
the San Francisco earthquake and
fire evertook me. I had all my as
sets in that town and they went
over night. Well. I had to start all *
over again, but that’s all right, and |
I am sure I will come out right side|
up.”
COMMUNISTS START FIGHT
TO GET HOLD IN GERMANY
ESSEN, May 24—Communist*
have taken possession of the police
headquarters at Gelsenkirchen, and
i the red flag is now floating: over
I the building-, according to advices
| received from German sources. The
'advices Cate that five were killed
j and more than sixty injured during
the battle for possession of the
: building, the struggle continuing
1 all last night.
It is reported here that rioting
is in progress in the Dortmund div
; trict. Several miners are said to
have been killed in a fight with
the police.
Premier Poincare Quits
PARIS May 24—Premier Poin
care resigned his post this evening
after the senate, sitting as a high
court for tihe trial of Marcel Cachin
and other communists, charged with
acts endangering the safety of the
republie. voted by a majority of
thirty, that it was inadvisable to
bring the defendants to trial at this
time.
Poincare’s direction of foreign
1 affairs since assuming his duties
January 15, 1922, has been marked
by unusual firmness toward Ger
many and. for several days, the
chamber of deputies has been debat
ing his policy relative to the Ruhr.
The Socialists have directed many
bitter attacks against him.
EVOLUTION CONDEMNED
FAIRFIELD. 111. May 24—The
genera! assembly of the Presbyter
ian church has adopted a resolution
condemning the teaching of evolu
tion.
POWDER KILLS FOUR
BENSON. Ariz., May 24—Four
are knwon to have been killed yes
terday by an explosion of powder
at the plant of the Apache Powder
company six miles south of this city
Three mixing houses were destroyed
and wire communication interrupt
ed.
rKt.VltK gASStS
CHRISTIANA, May 24—Pr.-mi.-r
Otto B. Halvorson died here today.
THREE RETIRING SENATORS
MAY BE CANDIDATES AGAIN
Senators Hunt of the First Div
ision, Chamberlin of the Thira and
Brown of the Second, expect to be
candidates for re-election to the
1925 Territorial Legislature, accord
ing to statements made by them be
fore leaving Juneau. Senator Snod
grass of the Fourth Division, will
not be a canidate, he said. Senator
Dimond of the Third Division, Aye
of the second, Aldrich of the Fir
and Dunn of the Fourth were elect
ed for the two-year term.
T. Tallason was accidentally kill
ed at Seward last Monday. He was
employed as engineer for the San
Juan Fish company and was caught
in the shafting and suffered injur
ies, which caused his death. The de
ceased was an old-time Alaskan hav
ing been a resident of Nome, where
he operated the Hastings Creek
roadhouse. The deceased leaves a
wife and three children.
Poverty is no disgrace, but that's
about the best that can be said of it