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Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27. 1922
NUMBER 188
' DAN SUTHERLAND SWEEPS TERRITORY
SHERIFF RAIDS KU KLUX KLAN HEADQUARTERS
' TEXAS RIVER GOES ON RAMPAGE; SCORES ARE DEAD
CONGRESSMAN MAKING USE
OF POWERS AS LAWMAKER
WASHINGTON. P. C., April 27—
Representative Johnson, of South
Dakota, whose recent attack on the
department of justice so aroused
Attorney General Daugherty that
he ordered the discharge of a spe
cial agent who had assisted the con
* pressman in his investigation of the
department, began an attack on the
bureau of engraving and printing
yesterday, on the floor of the house.
Johnson declared that an investi
gation of the bureau would show
that hundreds of millions of dollars
in spurious certificates have been
printed and placed in circulation.
A score or more of the officials
4 of the bureau of engraving were
recently discharged, but it was said
by the department at the time that
the honesty of the discharged em
ployes was not involved.
SON OF BILLY CHAPPELL
LOSES SUIT TO GET CASH
SEATTLE, April 27—Edmund S.
Chappell, of San Francisco, has lost
his fight to break the will of his
father, William Chappell, wealthy
former Kiondiker, to get possession
of half of the estate, which is valu
ed at S700.000. The decision against
young Chappell was rendered by the
superior court, in sustaining the de
murrer interposed by the executors
of other relatives. The court must
now decide whether, by reason of
the contest. Chappell loses the $2,000
bequeathed to him. as the will con
tains a clause providing for the
disinheriting of any heir attempting
to break the will.
LA FOLLETTE WANTS DATA
ON LEASING OF OIL LANDS
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 27
Senator La Follette has introduced
a resolution seeking complete ir -
formation regarding the leas.: g cf
naval oil reserve rights in California
within the past few months. In sup
port of the resolution, La Follette
produced a letter from Josephus
Daniels, former secretary of the
navy, opposing the leasing of the
Government domain.
PAPER MAKERS TAKE VOTE
TO REJECT CUT IN WAGES
NEW YOP.K. April 27—A strike
vote taken by the members of the
International Brotherhood of Paper
Makers shows that the sentiment of
the organization is overwhelmingly
against acceptance of the wage re
ductions proposed bv the manufact
urers of newsprint paper.
The result of the vote was made
known today by J. T. Carey, presi
dent of the brotherhood.
M’CUMBER OPENS DEBATE
ON TARIFF IN THE SENATE
WASHINGTON, D.-C., April 27
Consideration of the administration
tariff measure was begun in the
senate this week, the debate being
opened by Senator Me Cumber. He
declared that a protective tariff and
a reduction in the costs of produc
tion are “necessary to reconstruct
the commercial bridge across the
chasm separating the cost of pro
duction in the United States and
abroad.”
BALLAINE’S HAT IN RING
SEATTLE, April 27—John E.
Ballaine, one of the founders of
Seward and former adjutant gen
eral of Washington, has formally an
nounced his candidacy for the Re
publication for United States senat
or, to succeed Senator Poindexter.
Ballaine opens his campaign with an
attack on Poindexter for helping
Newberry to retain his seat in the
i nate. The Ballaine platform in
c, _dea clear, politics, clean measures
exclusion of Asiatics, co-operation in
Con?Tess with "he “agr uitural Woe
for .-e opening of Alaska, and oppo
sition to the leasing of the Alaska
Railroad to private operators.
ALASKANS EXPRESS CONFIDENCE
BY GIVING DELEGATE BIG VOTE
Exceeding: his own expectations
by a very wide margin, and' even
those of his most optimistic sup
porters. Delegate Dan A. Suther
land was swept into victory at the
Tuesday primary election by one of
the big-pest political landslides evc-r
recorded ir. the Territory. The re
turns thus far received give the de
legate a lead of approximately two
thousand over Galen for the nomin
ation, and there are still to be re
ported a number of precincts which
should swell his majority.
The outstanding features of the
election were the majorities for
Sutherland in the First division and
the overwhelming defeat of Galen
at Fairbanks, where the Galen cam
paigners were particularly active
and where a considerable sum of
money was expended in the prepara
tion and distribution of anti-Suther
i land propaganda. Galen carried his
home town, Cordova, and several
of the precincts along the Copper
River railroad. Drayton ran a poor
j second in his home town, Seward,
ana his total vote, in the_ Territory,
was insignificant
Nenana Strong For Dan
So certain were the voters of
Nenana that Delegate Sutherland
would capture the nomination, that
i only 224 went to the polls. Of the
votes cast, Sutherland received 205,
. Galen 9. and all the rest were cast
for "Stroller” White, the Democrat
ic candidate—with the exception of
the several mutilated ballots which
were thrown out.
Fairbanks gave Sutherland 331
Galen 95. and the entire Fairbanks
! district, with Hot Springs. Rampart,
Tofty, Eureka, Xulato and Richard
son added, gave Sutherland a total
of 933 and Galen 144.
Nine precincts in the First divi
sion, representing approximately 90
per cent of the votes, and including
Juneau ad other Gastinau Channel
precincts and Skagway, Haines, Hy
der. Wrangell. Petersburg, Ketchi
kan and Sitka, gave Sutherland a
total of 1,889. Galen 1,156 and
Drayton 56.
The city of Juneau gave Suther
land 513, Galen 258.
Ketchikan gave Sutherland 285
, and Galen 321.
Anchorage went over the top in
force for Sutherland, giving him a
! vote of 528, as against 194 for
' Galen.
Chiekaloon gave Sutherland an
: even 100 votes and Galen 2.
Wasilla gave Sutherland a solid
vote of 48.
Seward, the home of Drayton,
! grave Sutherland 96. Drayton 51 and
Galen 19.
Cordova, the home of Galen, hon
ored him with a plurality of 190
votes. Of the total polled, he re
ceived 299, Sutherland 104 and
Drayton 5.
Eyak, McCarthy, Jumbo, Bonanza
and Kennecott, all in the Copper
River district, gave Sutherland 102
and Galen 155. All of the !4 voters
at Mother Lode, another Copper
' river precinct, cast their ballots for
’ the Cordova candidate.
Eleventh Hour Propaganda
On the eve of the election, the
Ketchikan Chronicle, Democratic, ed
ited by Ed Morrissey, former Fair
banks newspaperman, sent a paid
message to The News, sayin "Galen
will carry" Ketchikan two or three
to one. No Sutherland sentiment."
The returns show that Galen did
beat Sutherland in that town but
, it was only by a very narrow mar
' gin.
Editor Pegues, of the Juneau Em
, pire, and also a former Fairbanks
I newspaper man. ventured a similar
i prediction for the Channel district,
l adding that “only the Indians and
W. C. T. LV’ were for Sutherland.
The results would seem to indicate
that the Indians and the W. C. T. U.
' are very strong in Juneau.
The results also indicate that Val
entine and his crowd, who announc
ed that they were coming out to
defeat Sutherland, did not carry
much weight with them.
The Anchorage Times came clos
est to the mark when it predicted,
two nights before the election, that
Sutherland would carry the railroad
belt from Seward to Broad Pass,
two to one. He did even better than
that.
The Legislature
The only contest, other than that
for the delegate nomination, was
for the nomination of candidates
for the Territorial legislature, on
the Republican ticket. There were
six candidates for the four places
and the incomplete returns give
them the following standing:
Fred B. Johnson, 498; E. M.
Keys, 484; H. J. Patterson, 206;
H. H. Ross, 510; B. F. Thompson,
395; Samuel R. Weiss, 357.
Andrew Xerland, for the Republi
can nomination for the Territorial
senate, for the long term, and Mil
ton D. Snodgrass, for the short term
were unopposed, and Mel Sabin had
a walkover for the nomination for
divisional road commissioner, on the
Republican ticket.
All of the candidates li-ted on the
Democratic ticket were nominated.
PRESIDENT PRAISES GR4NT
ON ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH
POINT PLEASANT, Ohio, AprL
■ 27—"The -world today needs some
I thing of the spirit of Grant”, Presi
dent Harding declared today, in ar
address commemorating the one hun
; dredth anniversary of the birth oi
| President Grant.
The President paid tribute tc
! Grant as “a military hero of the re
! public and a surpassing example oi
magnanimity of modem times and
a most striking example of the pos
sibilities of American life.”
SACRAMENTO HAS TRAGEDY
SACRAMENTO, April 27—Harry
Williams, of Woodland, shot and
[ killed Mrs. Fay B. Lindquaist here
last night, and seriously wounded
i her brother, William B. Jefferes, af
; ter which he turned the gun or. him
self and is now in a critical condi
tion. The shooting is attributed to
an unbalanced mind.
TOM KING WINS TITLE
VANCOUVER, B. C., April 27
Tom King, of Vancouver, won the
middleweight title of the Pacific
Coast in a ten-round bout which
was staged here last night. He was
given a decision over Gordon Mc
Kay, of Pocatella, Idaho.
FARM WEALTH DECLINES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27—
According to estimates of the de
partment of agriculture, the gross
i wealth produced by the farmers of
the United States last year had a
| value of $12,366,000,000, or about
two-thirds of the aggregate value
of the production during the pre
vious year, and only a little more
j than half of that of 1919.
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SLIDE KILLS COALS MINER
SEATTLE, April 27—Art Grove,
| a miner, lost his life this week as
j the result of a slide at the Black
Diamond mine. Several others were
' slightly injured.
BERLIN IS RUSSIAN MECCA
BEPvLJN, April 27—Hordes of re
: fugees are flocking to this city on
, every train, from Russia, and the
' problem of caring for the arrivals
i- becoming 3 sen • one.
! KLUX KLAN BLAMED
FOR INGLEWOOD OUTRAGE
i
LOS AN'GELES, April 27—George
Clarker, foreman of the coroner’s
jury which investigated the Ingle
wood raid, declares that Ku Klux
; Klan officials and members "without
i doubt led the mob-’ that made the
J recent night attack on the home of
■ the Elduayen’s.. He says the entire
jury is of the opinion that the grand
j jury should immediately investigate
the outrage and bring every mem
ber of the mob to trial.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury
is that Constable M. B. Mosher, who
was killed by another officer during
■the raid, “came to his death while
I a member of a masked mob insti
gated and directed by the Ku Klux
j Klan.”
j William S. Coburn, grand goblin
! of the Ku Klux First California,
! has issued a statement in which he
■ places all the blame for the Ing\“
; wood raid upon W. S. Mosher, the
i slain constable. Cobum says there
j were two meetings at Inglewood
| chapel last Friday, at the first of
j which Kleagle Baker naturalized ten
J members. This was followed by a
j second meeting at which plans for
the raid were discussed, but which
was unauthorized by the klan. He
said further that the klan was not
: connected with the raid and that
; “the whole thing will blow over.”
District Attorney Woolwine has
j issued a statement in which he
i characterizes the Ku Klux Klan as
j “a hooded band of outlaws and cow
i ards”. The official was provoked in
to making the statement by the re
ceipt of a postal card signed “K. K.
; K." and saying "You had better
i have your force go slow in this Ing
i lewood matter."
Klan Headquarters Raided
LOS ANGELES, April 27—T h e
Ku Klux Klan's “Invisible Empire"
I has been renuered conspicuously vis
ible, District Attorney Woohvine de
; dared this afternoon, as the result
of the seizure of articles in a raid
I on the the klan’s headquarters, con
! ducted last night under the direction
; of the sheriff Another development
was the arrest this afternoon of
Walter Mosher, son of the constable
who was killed at Inglewood, and
i was himself a member of the raid
j ing party. He is charged with intent
! to commit murder and is under bail
j bonds in the sum of $10,000. A sim
| ilar complaint has been lodged
' against Leonard Reugg, a deputy
sheriff who was also a member of the
I Inglewood raiding party and was
1 seriously wounded.
The district attorney ha* announc
ed that the names of 1,013 residents
of *Los Angeles and quite a number
; of residents of other parts of the
i county were found among the effects
removed from the office of Grand
Goblin Coburn, indicating member
ship in the klan. The records also
showed that some women were con
nected with the organization.
The names of several prominent
residents are included in the lists
of officers of the Bakersfield and
Taft klans, which will be of value
to the Kern county grand jury, in
its investigations of night rider act
ivities in the oil fields.
MISSING PLANE LOCATED
MIAMI, April 27—The missing
! commercial seapiane Santa Maria is
j reported to have been located at
Wilson island, according to ■wire
less ad-,ices r- 'eived in this city. |
The pi .ne started on its • ight -,vith
! seven persons avonrd ai d it - a
, feared that an act. lent nad hap; in-j
ed.
WASHINGTON CREW READY
SEATTLE, April 27—The athletic
authorities of the University of
Washington have announced
the university oarsmen will leave
fcr the East shortly and that they
1 jet the Wisconsin : ?w or
Lake Mendota enroute, irfort tak
•» pa'*t i:i the Poughkeepsie legat
ta.
KANSAS JUDGE SAYS STATE
CANNOT MAKE MEN WORK
KANSAS CITY. April 27—M e r.
have the right to quit their jobs,
when they please and the state is
without the power to inquire their
reasons for quitting, according to1
an opinion rendered today by Feder
al Judge John C. Pollock.
The opinion was rendered during
the hearing of the petition for a
permanent injunction against the op-'
eration of the Kansas Industrial
Court. The petition was filed by the
United Mine Workers of America.
VALE NICK CARTER
NEW YORK. April 27—Frederick
Van Rennsalaer Day, creator of
"Nick Carter”, committed suicide in
this city today. For a score of years
he turned out Nick Carter novels
at the rate of one a week, and re
cently he has devoted his attention
to the creation of a new detective
character, “Crewe”, but the stories
were not a success.
GAS IS PLENTIFUL
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27—
The reserve supply of gasoline on
hand on the first of March aggre-'
gated 818,500,000 gallons, which ex-!
ceeded any previous reserve in the
history of the nation. The bureau
of mines forecasts that there will
be a billion gallons in storage.
MINING DECLINES IN B. C.
VICTORIA, B. C-, April 27—Ac
cording to the annual report of
Minister of Mines Sloan, the min
eral production of British Columbia i
dropped from $35,500,000, in 1920, i
to $28,000,000 last year. The gold |
production last year was $13,000,000:
FULTON KNOCKS ROPER
DENVER. April 27—Fred Fulton,
knocked Bob Roper out in the fifth!
round of what was to have been a I
twelve round bout here this week.
MONEY FOR AIR MAILS
V YSHI.VGTOX, D. C., April 27—!
The house conferees have accepted;
the senate amendment to the post-!
office appropriat’ bi’’, providing an
item f $1,900,000 for the contin
ance of the transcontinental mail
sendee.
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TEXAS FLOOD TAKES TOLL;
PROPERTY DAMAGE HEAVY
FORT WORTH, April 27—Forty
six persons are either dead or miss
ing as the result of the inundation
of large areas of land adjacent to
the Trinity river, which went on i
rampage this week following sever
al days of heavy rain. The flood
reached its peak yesterday, after
the city had been practically cut
off, with water on three sides and
overflowing the northern section of
the city.
The city was swept by a torren
tial rain yesterday morning, but
during the afternoon the flood wa
ters began receding and by evening
the river level had dropped fully
six feet. Water service *as restored
during the night and there was a
partial resumption of business to
day.
The inundation extended over an
area of thirty square miles, and the
property damage is estimated at
more than a million dollars.
Gap In Levee Widens
NATCHEZ, Miss., April 27—The
flood waters of the Mississippi are
pouring through a steadily widening
break in the Wecama levee, where
they invaded Louisiana territory at
an early hour this morning.
Subsiding at Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, April 27—There
was a furthering lowering of the
Trinity river level this afternoon,
the gauge now showing a total drop
of 16 feet. The street car service
was restored today. The revised list
of dead and missing stands at 40.
Rising At Dallas
DALLAS, April 27—Trinity river
is still rising, and while there has
been no loss of life thus far, the
damage to crops, roads and bridges
is tremendous. The flood situation
generally throughout northcentral
Texas shows little improvement to
day.
New Break Reported
NEW ORLEANS, April 27—The
levee has given way at Poydras, ten
miles below here, and fifty familit“
are seeking refuge. The released
waters are flooding a large area.
Situation Grows Serious
DALLAS, April 27—2,000 are re
ported homeless at Breckenridge, a
a result of the flooding of that city
Three hundred have been driven
from their homes at Eastland.
Large Area Threatened
NATCHEZ. April 27—Six towns,
including Vidalia, with a population
of 2,000, are in the immediate path
of the flood waters of the Mississippi
and it is believed the entire Concu
Dia parish will be inundated for
there is no hope of checking the
ru'h of water. Every available boat
has been sent to the threatened dis
tricts and arrangements have been
completed to handle large numbers
of the refugees here.
Iowa Levee Breaks
BURLINGTON, Iowa, April 27—
A portion of the levee, seven miles
east of this city, gave way yester
day, resulting in the inundation of
twenty thousand acres of rich farm
lands. Inhabitants of the inundated
area escaped with their lives, but
many of them lost their belongings.
Congress Provides Relief
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27—
Both the senate and the house have
given their approval to the bill pro
viding for the appropriation of a
million dollars for the relief of the
flood situation along the Mississippi
river. The measure is now in the
hands of the President for final ap
proval .
F. F. Welch, well known oldtimer
of Chatanika, was a returning pass
enger on today’s train, just arrived
from the State;.