$7,955.25 Last Kear—WHERE THE ICE POOL GROWS-^70,000 This Year
THE NENANA NEWS
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE, 2, 1923.
NUMBER 459
VOLUME IV
CONGRESSIONAL PARTY IS ON THE WAY
NEW YORK GOVERNOR STARTS FIGHT IN PARTY
MIL BANK LOSES FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE TO FRENCHMAN
GOVERNOR SIGNS WET BILL;
STARTS NATION GOSSIPING
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TOPEKA, June 2—Governor Da
Tis, in commenting on the action of
Governor Smith, of New York, in
signing the bill repealing the state
prohibition act, declared the action t
“raises ithe question of national un- |
ity and creates a divided allegiance !
for citizens of the state and nation"
Democratic Battle Predicted
DENVER, June 2—Governor j
Sweet has made a statemnrt in which j
he declares the greatest battle in .
the history of the Democratic party
will arise at next year’s convention
as a result of the action of Governor j
Smith, of New York. “The Demo
crats of the Empire state cannot j
put the Democratic party on a wat
basis.’’ he declared. “Governor
Smith’s action is only local but it.
will provoke a big debate.”
Wet Bill Coming
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 2—
ofRepresemative Fred A. Britten of
- Illinois has announced that he will
introduce, on the first day of the
coming session of Congress in De
* cember, a bill providing for the le
galizing of light wines and beer.
The bill also will provide that the
federal taxes resulting from such
sales shall be applied to a fund for
(the payment of a bonus to soldiers.
He says he regards the action of
Governor Smith “splendid.”
350 SCHOOL BANDS TO
CONTEST FOR PRIZES
CHICAGO, June, 2—Six thou
sand juvenile musicians composing
. 350 high school, grammar school
and military academy bands, will
contest for prizes here the week of
June 4 during the meeting of the
Music Industries Chamber of Com
merce.
The competition will take place
in Grant Park on the Lake Front
and the bands will be placed at in
tervals in the park from Van Buren
to 12th streets! a distance of eight
blocks and to the full depth of the
park.
Lieutenant William H. Santelman
of the United States Marine Band
of Washington, has been chosen as
chief judge. High school bands will
compete on June 4, 5, and 6 and
grammar school and military acad
emy bands on Thursday, June 7.
Some of the cities will send
three and four bands.
DELICATESSEN OLD STUFF
EUGENE, ore., June 2—Cold vic
tuals were good enough for the ab
origines that resided in what
is now Oregon, in the opin
ion of Dr. Edwin T. Hodge, profes
sor of geology at the University
of Oregon here. Dr. Hodge bases
his belief on the fact that tht
teeth of ancient skeletons, recently
found on the banks of the Santiunc
river, although worn very low, show
no traces of decay.
Since hot foodstuffs have a de
teriorating effect on teeth, it i(
probable, thinks Dr. Hodge, thal
despite the fact that the adoriginei
heated their food, all cooking wai
done in the open and the food cool
ed off before being eaten.
Dr. Hodge would not comment oi
the assertion that perhaps the ab
original wrives got the family foo<
at delicatessen stores.
CURRY, FRIEND OF ALASKA, IS
MEMBER OF CAMBRIA PARTY
FIRES AND FLOODS CAUSE
HEAVY DAMAGE IN STATE!
ST. PAUL June 2—Forest fire
and floods, which have caused heav;
loses during the last several days
continue to menace various section
of Northwest United States, adjoin
ing Canadian provinces, and othe
sections along the boundary.
While the people are praying fo
rain in the fire areas virtual cloud
bursts are causing much distressi i
other localities. One death is re
ported from the flood area atBlaii
more and there is little change i
conditions in the Crows Nest cour
try, where several towns are unde
water and railway service suspendec
Hundreds of autos are stalled i
Ontario and conditions are bad i
Alberta.
Serious fires are in progress i
Northern Mississippi, Wisconsin an
Upper Michigan.
Fire Under Control
SUPERIOR, Wis., June 2—Fin
in the timbered lands in North Mil
neasota, which have been threatei
: ing numerous small towns during tl
Hast fortnight, are reported to ha^
j been gotten under control.
River* Receding
CALGARY, June 2—Reports r
! ceived at noon today from varioi
points in Southern Alberta, indica
| the rivers are receding and tl
J crest of the flood is believed to hai
: passed.
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Town is Burning
CONCORD. N. H. June 2—Aid h:
been sent to Cannan, where fi:
j is said to threaten the destruction i
i the village,. A later report stat
; that sixteen buildings have be*
I burned and that dynamite is beit
used to save the rest of the tow
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DRASTIC PROHIBITION LAWS
PREVAIL IN MINNESOT
ST. PAUL, June 2—With tl
| passage of prohibition laws the 1
23 legislature to prohibtion lai
' in effect, Minnesota stands out pi
! eminently in having the most dr*
tic prohibition laws of any state
| the Union.
Under the provisions of the m
i laws is it illegal to possess a form
I la, recipe or directions which a
' designed for use, or used for,
j connection with the manufacture
I intoxicating liquor. The law explai
that it is also illegal to possess a
apparatus, implements, machine
devise, jugs and other containe
i jjged in the manufacture or stori
| of liquor.
It further provides that the d<
traction of any apparatus, imp
ment or machine, any recipe, form
la or directions, or any container,
i prime facie evidence that these we
for use in connection with the ms
ufacture or possession of liqu
and that any building wherein liqu
■ is sold is subject to abatement p
1 ceedings and closing for any ki
of use for one year.
SEATTLE, June 2—Giving three j
lusty cheers for Seattle and three j
» more fore Alaska, the second Congres-1
j sional party to visit Alaska in the;
' history of the Territory, sailed for j
' r.he North on the transport Cambria ;
» at nine o’clock last night. The trans- .
’ port will proceed direct to Seward
' and is scheduled to arrive there
r next Tuesday. At Seward tJie party
will board a special train for a trip
r over the Alaska Railroad, to Fair
" banks and return, with brief stops
1 i along the way.
The first Congressional delega
‘ lion to visit the Territory was led
1 by the late Senator Knute Nelson,
■ i a score of years ago. They made the
r trip to Fairbanks by way of Dawson
• | At the time of that visit, Senator
I Nelson was chairman of the terri
n torial committee and was rated as
one of Alaska’s staunchest friends
II in Congress.
^ The members of the present party
I spent practically all of yesterday
i at Snoqualmie falls as the guests
of W. C. Weeks, brother of Secre
tary Weeks, who is president of
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the Snoquolmie Lumber Company.
They inspected the company's plants
and model mill and returned '.a Se
attle late in the afternoon.
Joslin Addreates Vijitor*
In an address delivered at a din
ner given at the Arctic Club in hon
1S or of the visitors, Fal-on Joslin de
* lared Alaska has a “ *arpet lag”
e government that never worked and
e never will. “Thirty-six bureaus un
; der six departments,” he pointed out
| “now handle Alaska’s affairs and
their representatives travel over the
ts
Termtory on summer vacations like
■e
^ overlords rather than servants of the
1 people.”
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Senator Warren, responding on
behalf of the visitors said they had
ig
come to listen ’■ather than talk,
a.
j Senator Jones, of New Mexico,
however, did not share the attitude
: of Senator Warren. He attacked
A
I what he termed tie “policy of con
j. TO CURB CHINESE LAWMAKERS
re | PEKING, June 2—“Check youi
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weapons at the door” is the purport
of a bill prepared by a coterie of i
rate parliamentarians for the gov
erning of brother members of the
national paliament who are inclined
to indulge in violence or horse
play during sessions, Futhermore
absence from sessions without spec
ial permision will subject members
to fines and even to loss of theii
seats.
The bill calls for impeachment oi
any member carrying weapons in the
chamber.
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e- CHILDREN ARE SAVERS
u- OAKLAND, June 2—A total o:
is 11,600 school children of Oaklanc
re have saved approximately $300,00(
n-: according to a report of the schoo
>r, i department here. Actual banks ar<
of established in each high school
•o- while the “class room savings sys
nd tem,” directed by the teacher, pre
.vails in the elementary schools.
servation.” He said the restrictions
placed upon the openingup of Alaska
were a great detriment to the West
ern country and declared that “Al
aska must be developed upon a large
scale.”
E. J. Mather, vice chairman of
the committee of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, listed as pro
blems to be solved, change in form
of regulations governing fishing in
dustry, better transportation, facil
ities for the protection of fur seals,
laws to encourage mining develop
ment ; Govmment assistance to ag
riculture, settlement of the water
power question, opening pulp wood
industry, provision for additional
lighthouses.
“The greatest need of all," he
concluded, is population and capita!
The latter is now Alaska-shy and
the trip of the Congressional partj
I will have been in vain unless cap
ital is attracted to the territory.”
More Join Party
The foliowing additional member
' of Congress and others joined th<
Cambria party when the transpor
sailed for the North last night:
Senator Wm. B. McKinley an<
! niece, Miss Mattis, of Illinois.
1 Representative Whitmell P. Mantii
and wife, of Louisiana.
Representative Charles F. Curr
and son, Charles, of California,
i Representative Martin B. Maddei
and wife, of Illinois.
Representative R. Anthony, Jr.
and daughter.
Brig. Gen. Briant H. Wells, o
the general staff heads the part;
and has a number of his staff a
board.
Frances N. Maddox is also makinj
the trip north.
General Wells announces that h
would pay particular attention t
the fisheries, agriculture, mines an
transportation.
Major Weiner is a member o
the general’s staff.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN BERLIN
BERLIN", June 2—Unemploymen
i .s increasing in Berlin at an alarir
ing rate, and is the subject of e>
cited discussions in the city counc
Estimates of the number of unenc
ployed the end of April varied fror
90,000 to 300,000. Demands are b«
i ing made by labor leaders that th
city restore pavements, improv
public buildings and extend sut
ways to relieve the situation.
j WOULD WELCOME SPENDERS
BERLIN, June 2—The exodu
of foreigners on acount of hig
prices in Germany ,and the refus:
of those who remain to buy ani
thing which they must not havi
has hit (the hotels, cures, railway
steamer lines, restaurants and thea
( ers so hard that German busines
i men are now striving to have th
• special taxes on foreigners removei
, The descrimination against fo:
■ eigners has been ruinous for bus
• ness which depends on the trade <
i tourists.
SWEDEN AND AMERICAN ARE
TO BE LINKED BY RADIO
GOTHENBURG, June 2—For the
first time in history America and
Sweden will be linked by direct ra
dio connection on June 29, at the
beginning of the so-called “America
week” of the Jubilee Exposition in
Gothenburg, when a direct radio
news service from America is to be
maintained, according to an announ
cement just made here.
This notable feature of “America
week” has become possible
1 through the kindness of the U. S.
, Naval Communications Bureau
which has agreed to allow the use of
the government station at Annapolis
The Swedish Department of Tele
, graphs has undertaken to erect a
temporary receiving station at
Kungsbacka, near Gothenburg, and
to install for this service one of
the' new sets ol instruments, man
ufactured in America, already de
, livered and intended for the high
powered radio station now being
constructed at Grimeton on the
. West Coast of Sweden.
A thousand words a day of up-tc
the minute American news will be
flashed across the ocean and featur
t
ed in the contents of a dailv Araer
!
iean news bulletin which will be
published by the American-Swedisi
News Exchange, under the auspice
of the Sweden-America Foundation
which has taken the initiative ir
’ establishing the rado station nov
being completed at Grimeton.
The demand for the latest Amer
iean news published in English a
the Gothenburg fair is expected t<
! be very great, judging from tin
', thousands of accomodations that an
being booked by American travelers
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i FRANCE SEEMS CROWDED
WITH NATIVES OF MOROCCC
PARIS. June 2—Mahommed-ben
. Ahmed, an irascible Moroccan o
Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris, sho
and severly wounded a forme
sweetheart the other day and thei
made his escape.
j I His description was sent through
out France, and no less than sevei
Moroccans, responding to the nam
of Mohammed-ben-Ahmed and cor
responding to the description of th
wanted man. were arrested. Not on
e :
of them, however, were the fugitive
Inquiries at the Ministry of th
Interior brought the statement tha
there are 13,122 Mahommed-ben
Ahmeds in France,
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.1 NEW HOME FOR FRATERNITY:
NEW YORK June 2—Fourtee
!,1 of New York’s Greek letter fratei
*
;,, nity clubs are to have quarters i:
the new Allerton building whic
s, will be completed next Septembei
e The fraternities are: Alpha Tau €
1. mega, Chi Phi, Chi Psi, Delta Ch
•- Delta Phi, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delti
i- (Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Sigmt
f.Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Kappa Alph:
j Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi, and Theta I
CRIQUI KNOCKS KILBANE
TAKES TITLE AT GOTHAM
RINGSIDE, Polo Ground.) June2—
Eugene Criqui, of France hero of
Verdun, won the featherweight cham
pionship of the world this afternoon
when he planted the Kayo on Johnny
Kilbane. of Cleveland, in the sixth
round of their scheduled fifteen.
The battle ended with dramatic sud
denness, after Kilbane apparently
had the boat well in hand, Criqui
sent over a right swing to Kilban's
jaw, sending the veteran backwards
to the canvas. Kilbane rose to his
knees at the count of six but fell
over backwards, unable to rise to
his feet.
The defeated champion was car
1 ried to his corner, where he receiv
ed the impulsive embrace of the
; Frenchman, who rushed over and
planted a kiss on his cheek.
PRISONERS ARE RELEASED
TIENTSIN, June 2—The bandits
have released unconditionally Jerome
'A. Henly, American, Edward Elias
and Theodore Saphiere, Britishers,
and Manuel Verea, Mexican, accord
ing to advices received here today.
The message also says the prospects
are bright for the release of the
remaining eight foreigners. The mil
itary committee has sent an air
plane to reconnoiter the position
of the bandits.
CLARA BEHIND BARS
SAN QUENTIN, June 2—Clara
Phillips entered the gates of the
sta>:e penitentary today and official
ly became prisoner No. 37,944. She
continues to maintain her poise and
I ,
displayed no emotion upon arrival
here, except to give her sister. Mrs.
Etta Jackson, a passionate farewell
, and hug.
NATIVE FANATICS KILLED
j MANILA, June 2—Fifty three
fanatical natives, including Akbara
! self-syled bullet-proof prophet, have
been killed in a fight with the con
’ stabulary on the Island of Pata,
near Jolo. The details of the upris
ing have not been received.
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FEWER CRIMES IN ENGLAND
DURING PAST TEN YEARS
LONDON, June 2—Less drunk
. enness, more burglars arrested, a
e big drop in minor cases, more sui
• cides, 35 double tragedies, and Bri
r tish prisons not so full, are some of
, the outstanding features of the
crime statistics for 1921, which
. have just been made public.
,t During 1921 cases of drunkennes*
, totalled 81,383 against 98,606, in
.1921 and 204,038 in 1913. Offences
. of violence declined to 966 in 1921
> from 1,107 in the previous year.
The increase in the number of cases
> for offences of a less serious char
t acter, says the report, confirm the
. impression that poverty and distress
were potent influences in determin
i ing the number of cnmes and af
fences during the year,
i Prison returns show the number
1 ■ of convicted prisoners received dur
ing 1921 totalled 46,871 against
1 166. 283 in 1913.
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Mrs. Homer Amend returned to
Nenana this week after an absence
of several months in the States.
The Amends have taken up their
residence in the Commission cottage
formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Abercrombie.