Where the Ice Pool Grows— Nenana— $7,955.25 Last Year
_THE NENANA NEWS _
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, APRIL, 21. 1923
NUMBER 441
GERMAN POLICE QUELL RED DISORDERS
REPUBLICAN^ LEADER WARNS HARDING OF BREAK
TERRITORIAL LAWMAKERS RUSHING ACTION ON BILLS
PACKERS OPPOSING PLAN
TO RAISE CANNERY TAX
JUNEAU. April 21—Salmon can
ners are making loud protest against
the proposal of the Territorial leg
islature to impose a graduated tax
on the packs of Alaska canneries.
They declare that the proposed tax
may put them out of business alto
gether. They argue that they have
been losing money heavily during
the last four years, that they are
now heavily indebted to the banks,
that the cost of packing has in
creased twelve per cent over last
year and that the margin of profit
is now so small that they may be
compelled to suspend operations en
tirely if radically increased taxes
are imposed.
OppoHB Compensation Change
The present Alaska mining com
pensation act is “better safer and
r sounder” than any similar law in
America and the proposed state in
dustrial insurance system covered in
House Bill 9 would either lessen the
benefit received by injured workmen
or result in greatly increased costs
to all employers, without raising
compensation rates, according to J.
A. Hellenthal, local attorney, who
appeared at a legislative hearing last
night to discuss the pending measure
He said tremendous cost is entailed
in establishing an administrative sys
tem to put the proposed state insur
ance system on an operating basis
without benefit to laborers.
The conference committee ap
pointed to consider the women's
jury bill is still deadlocked.
The house has accepted the senate
i amendments to the soldier land bo
nus memorial.
Senate Bill 90. making nominees
for delegate also national commit
teemen, irrespective of parties, pass
ed the senate yesterday by a vote
of six to two, Dimond and Chamber
lain opposing the measure.
The Hunt bill prohibiting the
> maintenance of secret traps, trip,
buzzers and similar devices in soft
drink places as a means of aiding
officers to control the illicit booze
traffic was approved by the senate
yesterday.
The deficiency bill carrying ap
, proximately $20,000, has been ap
proved by the senate.
The Snodgrass bill for territorial
cooperation in annual fairs on a
circuit covering all four divisions
and holding one fair annually in
the territory, has been amended to
provide for annual territorial coop
eration in each division and ap
propriating $1,000 annually for each
of the four divisions.
The Keys bill prohibiting screens,
blinds and similiar arrangements in
soft drink places and recreation
halls, has been defeated in the house
The senate judiciary committee
reported the time too short for the
consideration of the Rustgard pro
posed revision of the probate code
and the bill was withdrawn from the
session.
MOSCOW, April 21—Local news
papers report that Petroplavlosk,
Kamchatka, was visited by a severe
earthquake on April 15. Two fac
tories a hospital and several houses
are reported to have been swept
A from their foundation into the sea,
but it is not known how many cas
ualties occurred.
FRENCH FORCES TIGHTEN HOLD
AS UNEMPLOYED GET RESTLESS
*« * * * r. *****«*■:**> r * r,
* *i
H M’KINLEY PARKLETS *
«? *
p 9 p 9pp 99 99 p 9999 9 9 99
Gus. B. Bnhman, formerly gen
ial Railroad Agent at Nenana and
more recently Agent at Tunnel Mile
52 has taken a leave of absence
from the Commission and has taken
a position as Forest Ranger with
Supt. Harry P. Karstens, at Mc
Kinley Park Station. Buhman’s
health has not been good of late and
he believes some outdoor life will
help to rejuvinate him.
The McKinley Park School will
hold excercises at the unveiling of
Theodore Roosevelt’s picture at the
School House on Saturday evening
April 21st. An interesting program
has been prepared by Mrs. Fairbum
our capable teacher.
It is reported that Maurice Mor
eno Proprietor of McKinley Park
Road House is contemplating on ex
tensive improvements to his building
within the near future in anticipa
tion of the summer tourist travel a
part of hich is expected to stop otf
at McKinley Park.
L. A. Powless an old time Com
mission man. who was in the ser
i vice of the Park prior to Robert S.
I Bragaw Jr. has accepted a position
1 in the General office of the Coro
i
mission at Anchorage.
_
Robert S. Bragaw, Jr. who served
as Ranger with the Park Service
for six months resigned his position
and accepted a position in the Dis
bursing Office of the Commission
at Anchorage. During the sojourn
of Mr. and Mrs. Bragaw at Mc
Kinley Park they made many
friends and everyone regretted to
see them leave.
Regular election for a full board
of Trustees of McKinley Park
School District will be held in the
School House at McKinley Park
Station on Saturday April 28th,
1923. Delay was occasioned by not
receiving the proper Notice blanks
^ before.
Dan T. Kennedy who has secured
a Concession for running a com
plete pack and camp outfit in Mc
i Kinley National Park is expected
! to arrive from the States about
! May the first with an outfit in
! eluding thirty or forty horses.
I
ROME CELEBRATES
ROME, April 21—The two thou
1 sand six hundred and seventy-sixth
i anniversary of the founding of
I Rome is being celebrated today, the
j observance being probably the most
solemn in the history of the city.
Premier Mussolini has issued a de
cree establishing April 21 Labor
j Day instead of Mayl, thus making
the birthday of the city a national
holiday. A feature of the celebra
tion was the administering of the
j Fascisti oath to the National mili
I tis.
MULHEIM, April 21—After hav
ing been held in a state of terror
for a period of three days by Com
munist mobs, this city is again under
the control of constituted German
authority. Thirty of the Communist
leaders have been placed under ar
rest and order has been restored
throughout the city. The casualty list
shows a total of six dead as a result
of the disorders, and between 60
and 70 injured.
Unemployed Impatient
LONDON, April 21—A dispatch
from Dusseldorf says the unemploy
j ed there have informed the Berlin
| government that unless conditions
are improved promptly they will
volunteer for work to the French
| military authorities.
Order Restored
BERLIN, April 21—Reports from
Mulheim state that one man was
I .. " ■■■.■'■' ~
:
FISHERMEN REJECT SCALE
OFFERED BY CANNERYMEN
ASTORIA. April 21—Alaska gill
net fishermen are voting today in
referendum of the scale of wages
offered them by the Alaska Packers
association. H. M. Lcrrntsen, secre
tary of the local organisation, is
quoted as saying: “We cannot tell
about the situation until tonight.
The last vote taken was 41 against
acceptance of the wage scale, with
none in favor.
Later in the day it was announced
that the second vote stood 46 a
gainst acceptance and not a single
vote for acceptance.
Seattle Rejects Offer
Seattle, April 21—The local fish
ermen's union has voted overwhelm
ingly against acceptance of the wage
scale offered by the packers. The
vote was 167 agairst •-•.•cej*ance to
II for acceptance.
Frisco Hopeful
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21—
Notwithstanding the fact that local
fishermen have alrady voted against
acceptance of the wage scale an
nounced for the .oming season, the
packers are hopeful of reaching
an agreement with the men tonight.
POSTAL CHIEFS PLANNING
ALASKA MAIL BETTERMENT
SEATTLE, April 21—Improve
ments in the Alaska mail service
and wider and more equal distri
bution to Interior points will be
brought about shortly as a result
of a conference held here this week
! between E. G. Wetzler, chief clerk
; of the railway mail service at Ne
nana, and officials of the local ser
| vice.
The conference dealt primarily
with new contracts for delivery and
general distribution throughout the
I
i territory. The details have not yet
been made public.
“Deacon” Jones, veteran train
man of the Fairbanks division, pass
ed through Nenana yesterday on his
way to the coast.
killed and nearly a score injured i
early this week during a disorderly
demonstration of unemployed. The
mob attacked the town hall wdth
clubs and pistols, but the police
beat them off.
Tried To Wreck Train*
Paris, April 21—A Havas dispatch
from Essen says two unsuccessful
attempts were made there this week
to wreck trains conveying French
and Belgian cabinet ministers, who
are inspecting the Ruhr district.
The forces of occupation have
been tightening their hold upon the
Ruhr district during the last week
and rigorous measures have been
taken to prevent all unauthorized
rail and canal traffic.
The Interallied high commission
has abolished the “commissariat of
the Empire” which is the Berlin
government's highest authority in
the Rhineland.
NEW ALASKA STEAMSHIP
WETS NOSE AT TACOMA!
TACOMA April. 21.—In the pre-j
senc-e of a throng, including many
residents of Seattle, the new Alaska
liner, built by the Todd Shipyards,
for the Alaska Steamship Company :
was launched here today taking the j
water bow first, which was in the j
nature of an innovation on the Pa- '
cific coast. The big boat was christ- j
ened by Miss FYances Nowell,!
daughter of Willis C. Nowell, for j
many years agent of the Alaska !
Steamship Company at Juneau. The j
young lady was presented by Pres
ident Todd -with a platinum pin set
with diamonds and saphires.
The new vessel is 365 feet in j
length, has a beam of 49 feet and j
a moulded depth of 39 feet. She j
is the first steel passenger vessel i
built on the Pacific coast and will
have a speed of 15 knots. She will j
be the finest liner operating ;n
Alaska waters.
I
DANCED INTO HOSPITAL i
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 21—
The grimmer side of the American
dancing endurance craze, which is
just now sweeping the country, ap
peared here today when three re- j
cord seekers, including two women,
were sent to the hospital following
their collapse at the end of about
48 hours continuous dancing in one
of the two contests now in progress
here. The other dancers continued >
dancing apparently undisturbed by j
the illness of their companions. The
sick ones are not in serious con-1
dition but physicians are watching
them closely for unfavorable devel
opments.
The appropriation by the legisla
ture of $10,000 to defend persons
or corporations breaking the fisher
ies laws, appears somewhat para
doxical to the Editor of the Sew-j
ard Gateway. We ‘supposed he says
the attorney general was to assist!
in prosecuting law violators, instead '
of drawing a double salary to de-1
fend them.
* St
HOSPITAL
« *
W. R. Eubank, hostler at North
Nenana, is under treatment at the
hospital for an aitacK of the grip.
Max Mamord was brought to
town yesterday and will undergo an
operation shortly.
George Townsend is under treat
ment at the hospital for rheumatism.
Sam Heeter’s daughter is being
brought from Tanana for treatment
in the local hospital.
The little Barker boy. who was
brought to Nenana from the Tolo
vana district for repair of a broken
arm is getting along nicely at the
local hospital.
Mrs. William Coutts, night nurse
at the hospital returned to Nenana
yesterday after a brief visit in
Fairbanks.
Conductor E. A. Williams is hav
ing trouble with his knee and will
enter the hospital for further treat
ment.
Dr. J. H. Romig reports that Mrs.
Julia Watson is improving steadily
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Burns.
A baby Boy arrived at the hos
pital this week for Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Wilson, of Healy. Dr. Romig
reports mother and baby getting
along nicely.
Harry Abercrombie, who has been
assigned to duty in the Beeson hos
pital at Anchorage, is busily en
gaged in packing his effects and will
leave for the coast town on Tuesday.
Harry is one of the main stays of
the Nenana hospital and his depart
ure is very much regretted by Dr.
Romig and the community generally
NENANA ICE POOL CLOSES
WINNER TO GET STAKE
Guessing on the time the ice will
move in front of Nenana came to
an end yesterday noon, the time
set for the closing of the annual
Nenana ice pool, and the record of
ticket sales, as prepared by the
committee during the afternoon,
shows that a total number of gues
es deposited in the official boxes
will exceed 10.700, which means
that the winner of the pool will re
ceive considerably over $10,000, by
far the largest amount ever contain
ed in a single ice pool in Alaska.
The exact amount to be paid the
lucky guesser willnot be known un
til the work of listing the guesses
has been completed and other ex
penses definitely ascertained.
A detailed statement of sales and
other data in connection with the
pool will be prepared by the com
mittee and published probably in the
next issue of The News.
REPUBLICAN PARTY BREAK
i MAY RESULT FROM ACTION
j WASHINGTON, D. C. April 21—
i Expressing the belief that Republi
can opposition to the administra
tion’s world court proposal is even
I stronger than opposition to the pro
posal of Wiison to become a mem
ber of the League of Nations, Re
presentative Will R. Wood, chairman
of the Republican Congressional
committee told President Harding
today that he believed it a mistake
for the party to urge the proposition
The statement of Wood to the
President constituted the first open
opposition to the international court
proposal among Republican leader*,
outside the ranks of the “irrecon
cilables.” It was stated by Wood,
after the conference, that he had
left the President unshaken in his
advocacy of the proposition.
Wood expresses the opinion that
the continued advocacy of the world
court plan will create a split m
1 the ranks of the Republicans and
deprive them of a clear cut issue
with the Democrats, in asmuch as
the Democrats seem generally fa
vorable to the Harding proposal
He said he had presented the views
as his own but felt sure they were
i shared by a large group of Repub
licans. He told the President that
he had recently visited Indiana and
l had found there and in other parts
of the Middle West strong opposi
j tion to membership in anv tribunal
i
! connected with the league. It is
understood the President took the
position that the opposiion is based
largely on misunderstanding of con
| ditions attending acceptance of the
proposition. He plan# shortly to pub
lish a statement explaining the
whole proposition.
MARJORIE DAW WEDS
LOS ANGELES, April 21—Major
| le Daw, movie star, and Alfred
Sutherland, actor, were married last
j night at the home of Douglas Fair
banks.
LIMA, April 21—Former Senator
Miles Poindexter has presented hi
credentials to President Leguik and
assumed his official duties as Am
erican ambassador to Peru.
Beautiful little Marguerite Schech
ert, accompanied by her mother.
Mrs. Walter Schechert arrived, from
the south on the last trip of the
S. S. Northwestern, and is now a
member of the Alaska Moving Pic
tures corporation. Marguerite, who
is four and a half years old, come"
direct from a splendid engagement
on the Orpheum circuit, and has
also appeared on the shadow stage.
Disembarking from the Northwest
ern at Seward, Marguerite was ta
ken direct to movie cast, working
at Girdwood, where she immediately
stepped into her part, doubling for
Gladys Johnson.
Mrs. J. J. Kestly returned to Nena
na on Thursday from the coast,
having made the trip from Eska in
company with Col. and Mrs. Mears.
Mrs. Kestly was the guest of Mrs.
Dixey Hall at Eska.
Len Heacock underwent an opera
tion for tonsilitis this afternoon.
There will be a regular meeting of
the city council next Tuesday night.