Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, TUESDAY. APRIL 25, 1922
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GOVERNMENT MAY LEASE COAL MINES
NIGHT RIDERS STIR UP TROUBLE IN CALIFORNIA
PERSHING SAYS U. S. COULD HAVE PREVENTED WAR
PERSHING SAYS U. S. COULD
HAVE PREVENTED LATE WAR
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 25—
Testifying before the military com
mittee of the senate, in behalf of
the plea of the war department for
an increase in the military estab
lishment over that provided by the
lower house of Congress, General
Pershing declared yesterday that
"with adequate military preparation
and under strong leadership” the
United States could have prevented
the occurrence of the World War.
The failure, he continued, to re
cognize the existence of "envy,
jealousy and hatred” among nations
has invariably sent the United State
unprepared into great crises, and
caused "unnecessary loss of life and
left us staggering under financial
burdens”.
Secretary of War Weeks told the
committee that the house bill pro
viding for 115.000 men leaves the
military establishment below a "safe
minimum standard" and leaves the
overseas garrisons inadequate and
the National Guard weakened.
WASHINGTON HOTEL BLAZE
GIVES LAWMAKERS SCARE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 25
Fire originating in the bail room, on
the tenth floor of the New Willard
Hotel, drove six hundred guests in
to the streets last night, but there
was ample warning and all escaped
without injury. Among those who
were in the hotel at the time were
Vice President Coolidge, several sen
ators, cabinet members, foreign dip
lomats and a number of prominent
men, many of whom were gathered
about the banquet table.
The fire, which was of unknown
origin, was controlled after a hard
fight. The damage is estimated at
about $300,000.
BOOTLEGGERS USE CHASER
TO CARRY ON ILLICIT TRADE
NEW YORK. April 25—Custom;
officials have announced the discov
ery of a bootlegging scheme invol
ving the use of a former sub-chaser,
commanded by officers wearing navy
uniforms, and operating between this
city and Bermuda.
The authorities have seized the
former sub-chaser No. 101. and the
members of the crew, numbering
seven men, are now under arrest.
MINE WORKERS GO ON TRIAL
FOR ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH
CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 2'
—One hundred and twenty officers
and members of the United Mine
Workers were placed on trial here
yesterday for treason, murder, in
surrection, conspiracy to commit
murder and inciting and abetting
murder in connection with march
against the Logan non-union coal
f.eld last summer.
The state has elected that the first
action shall be directed against nine
union officers and members who are
charged with treason.
The defense has announced its in
iention to enter a demurrer and file
2 motion to quash the indictment.
EVERYTHING READY NOW
FOR BREAKUP AT NENAN/
The committee in charge of the
annual Nenana ice pool announce!
that all arrangements have beer
completed for recording the officia
time of the ice movement. The ar
rangements are practically the sam'
as those of last year, including thi
use of Jeweler Taylor's chronometei
which insures accuracy of time.
The clock, as usual, has been s<
arranged that the movement of th<
ice will pull the signal wire, whicl
will sound the general alarm am
automatically stop the official clocl
in the A. E. C. power plant- Th<
wiring was installed by Electriciar
Joe Laferrie this wee! and th<
clock and switches sealed to preven
the possibility of tampering.
WEST VIRGINIA COAL BARONS
HAVE OPTION ON CHICKALOON
TEXAS RIVERS OVERFLOWING;
CITIES ARE UNDER WATER
FORT WORTH. April 25—Trinity
* river, which has been rising rapidly
daring the part couple of days, is
now close to the highest mark ever
recorded. The streets of this city
are under water today and many
sections of the city are entirely cut
off.
t Two women, who took refuge
from the flood in a tree, were
drowned this morning when the tree
was uprooted by the freshet and
carried away.
Dallas Is Under Water
DALLAS. April 25—The streets
' of the business and residential sec
tions of this city are under water
today, following several days of ex
' ceedingly heavy rains.
A renewal of flood conditions
throughout Northern Texas is ex
pected, as all rivers are reported to
be rising rapidly.
GOVERNOR SMALL ON TRIAL;
MANY WITNESSES ON LIST
WAUKEGAN, 111.. April 25—The
trial of Governor Len Small, on a
charge of conspiracy to embezzle
state funds, began here yesterday,
and the prosecution has submitted
a list of more than 260 -witnesses
who will be called during the trial.
The indictment against the gov
j ernor was returned last July.
RAILWAY PRESIDENT SUICIDES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25—The
theory of suicide ha? replaced that
of murder in connection with the
death of George L. Davis, president
; of the Idaho Central Railroad, whose
dead body was found in this city
yesterday. The police has found
a note written by Davis, in which
he says the loss of his wife and
love for another are more than beat
able. Davis was at one time a na
tional figure. He had only 27 cents
on hi- person when found.
PENNILESS SINGER SUICIDES
SEATTLE, April 25—The body of
a local singer, who had lost his
voice as the result of a stroke of
; apoplexy, was found in the bay yes
terday and the police are of the
i opinion it is a case of suicide. Th*
I unfortunate man was penniless and
' it is said that churc-h aid had been
.refused.
STRIKE ON PORTLAND FRONT
PORTLAND, April 25—The Wa
terfront Employers’ Union and the
Longshoremen’s Union of this city
: are involved in a contest over the
| loading of vessels, following a walk
! out of the union longshoremen or
i Sunday. The strike action was taker
: as a protest against the employers
j announcement of an open shop pol
! icy and a cut in wages, effective or
the first of May.
LAKE STEAMER MISSING
SAULT ST. MARIE. April 25—
It is believed here that the steamei
Lampden, of the Canadian light
' house service, has been lost on Lakt
Superior as the result of encounter
; ing a storm. The vessel earned *
crew of seventeen.
EVEN SEATTLE BANS FATTY
SEATTLE, April 25—The boarc
1 of theater censors of this city ha:
^ issued an edict barring all Arbuekh
films from Seattle theaters.
ASHEVILLE, N C . \pril 25—
,! Charier B Landis broti. r cf Judgt
Land's and former rdiar i con
grcssiuan, died hen yesdercLy.
I SEATTLE. April 25—George Wat
kins Evans, prominent Seattle min
i ing engineer, is considering an offer
1 from the Lake and Export Corpora
1 tion, of Huntington. W. Va., to
make a survey of the Chickaloon
■coal fields, in Alaska. His report.
! should the survey be made by him.
! would be used by the corporation
! as a basis for a proposition to be
‘ made to the Government for the
; private development of the fields.
It is understood the Government
i has granted permission to the cor
j potation to send experts into the
: region mentioned, and that in case
the corporation is granted authority
• to develop and operate mines in the
Chickaloon district, the Government
i will award the corporation a con
ED1TOR SHOOTS AN EDITOR
DENVER. April 25—According
; to advices received in this city
from Durango. R. S. Day, editor of
, the Durango Democrat, and one of
! the most widely known newspaper
'men in Colorado, yesterday shot
and killed William Wood, city editor
j of the Herald. The shooting took
i place shortly after the two men had
! indulged in a street quarrel.
BERGDOLL CANNOT RECOVER-"
PROPERTY TAKEN BY U. S.
WASHINGTON. D. C\, April 25—
I The District of Columbia supreme
■ court has ruled that the alien pro
j pertv custodian cannot be compelled
: to surrender the property of Grover
Bergdoll, draft evader, providing the
• Government can prove that Bergdoll
has been convicted of desertion and
; is now a fugitive from justice.
Habea.* Corpus Fails
The supreme court has denied the
i application of Erwin Berg-doll, also
a draft evader, now serving time at
j Leavenworth, for a writ of habeas
corpus. He tried to convince the
■ court that he was not legally con
victed.
RECORD SPECULUM FINISHED
VANCOUVER. B. C-, April 25—
The world's largest telescope specu
lum, which was made in this city
for the Frye observatory, in Seattle,
has been completed at a cost of
$360,000. It weighs ten tons.
URGES MEXICAN BLOCKADE
WASHINGTON, D. C , Ap
l Senator King, of Utah, while ad
! dressing the senate at length this
week on the Mexican situation, ad
; vocated the blockade of Mexico and
the seizure of Mexican ports pend
ing a full settlement of American
claims for damages to life and prop
erty. Neither the Obregon or other
Mexican governments should be re
cognized, he declared, until guaran
tees have been given that all dam
ages will be settled “for nearly a
thousand American men, women and
children who have been butchered,
and for a property loss estimated
■ at nearly half a billion dol’ars.”
NON-UNION MINES RESUME
PITTSBURG, April 25—The re
sumption of a number of non-unior
coal mines, closed since the stan
i of the strike, is reported today from
■the Fayette and Westmorland dis
tricts.
ELKS, ATTENTION
All Nenan? Elks. I th old mem
j bers and tl * who ecentlv join
! ed the organization, are requested
' to meet at the T. & T. office of th*
Alaskan gin..-ring C< miss:on al
seven <' lock .his enine. The meet
ing will be a b-:ci one.
! tract to furnish Chickaloon coal for
. the use of the navy.
The bureau permit for sending
I experts into the fields practically
amounts to a short-time option.
Col. Mears is quoted as saying
the cut in the naval appropriation
has forced the department to aban
don the mining of coal in the Chick
aloon fields, and that Secretary Fall
advocates the advent of private cap
ital. For this reason, it is the in
tention of the department to dis
continue operation, if possible. He
says, however, that in the event this
venture fails to materialize, the Gov
ernment will continue. Work at the
Chickaloon mines will be discontin
ued on May -first, pending develop
ments.
PUBLIC MUST KNOW
I WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25—
i In deciding the case of the Federal
; Trade Commission against the Win
i sted Hosiery Company, the supreme
j court holds that manufacturers are
j required to use trade names or
j labels which will convey to the pur
1 chasing public an accurate descrip
j tion of materials and ingredients
| composing products.
IRISH PEACE IS PROMISED
IN NEW AGREEMENT MADE
i LONDON. April 25—Peaceful ar
1 rangements for the future of Ire
> land are provided for in an agree
. ment reached between the military
j leaders of the Republican army and
j the Free State forces, according to
j information received in this city to
day.
Doesn’t Look Lilts It
The Irish Free State has been cut
off from the outside world as the re
sult of a 24-hour general strike of
labor against militarism in Ireland.
Telephone and telegraph communi
■ cation has ceased and all means of
j transportation halted.
GOVERNMENT IS WORKING
ON PLANS TO END STRIKE
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 25—
The Government is working on a
] plan to bring an end to the coal
1 strike, according to information giv
en out this afternoon. The plan, as
soon as certain details have been
' worked out, will be submitted to
' the operators and union leaders. It
has not been intimated what the
I plan is like but it is understood that
j it does not suggest federal acquisi
; tior. of the coal industry.
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A telegram received from the
Juneau Daily Empire late this af
ternoon states that the “voting is
spirited and indications of a good
| vote on Gastinau Channel and that
j Galen will carry Juneau by a large
: plurality. An earlier report stated
j that Emery Valentine and his crowd
j had taken the field against Suther
land. Valentine is an oldtime politi
j cian of Juneau and threatened some
time ago.to enter the race for the
j Republican nomination.
j Work is progressing rapidly on
! the reconstruction of the Coliseum
theater, under the direction of C. E.
Bergman, and it is expected that
i the theater can be reopened shortly
| after the first of May.
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Mrs. Mellish arrived from Fair
| banks on Sunday to arrange for the
; addition of a second story to her
■ building next to the Coliseum. The
; building is to be remodeled and,
when the work has been completed,
I will be one of the attractive struc
tures on A Street.
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SOVIET DELEGATES FRAME
SECRET HUNGARIAN TREATY
LONDON', April 25—Reports re
ceived in this city yesterday from
Genoa state that it has been learn
ed unofficially that the Soviet dele
j pates at the Economic conference
! are negotiating a secret treaty with
Hungary, the purpose of which is
j to guarantee mutual support against
| Rumania and the Little Entente.
It is also learned that another
. crisis was passed yesterday when
the Germans announced that they
would not make reply to the note
of the powers stipulating the right
to annul certain clauses in the Rus
■ so-German treaty.
France May Withdraw
BAR LE DUC, France, April 25—
In a speech made here yesterday,
Premier Poincare intimated that, if
necessary, France will undertake
unassisted by the other Allies, to
see that the treaty of Versailles if
the Germans default in their re
parations payments.
The premier stated further that
! he could not go ahead with the work
i under the conditions agreed upon
j and that France, regretfully would
: have to cease participation in the
i conference.
AMERICAN WARSHIP IS SENT
TO CHINA TO STAND GUARD
j WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25—
The flagship Huron, of the Asiatic
j squadron, has been ordered to pro
' ceed from Manila to China, but it
i is understood that the action is
i only precautionary. Should the lives
of Americans in China be endanger
ed, the Huron can render assistance,
although it is believed no landing
orders are involved.
NEW HOME FOR ACADEMY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25—
’ Dr. C. L. Walcott, president of the
i National Academy of Sciences, ha0
! announced plans for the erection of
a $1,300,000 building: to be used a=
a home for the academy and the Na
' tional Research Council and a center
for American sciences of all fields
: The building will be a gift from the
. Carnegie Foundation.
U. W. TO THE RESCUE
NEW YORK. April 25—Eastern
rowing circles are agog over the ex
I pected entry of the University of
Washington crew in the Poughkeep
sie regatta. The California oarsmen
have been completely eliminated a
a contender by decisive defeat.
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VETERANS TO GET HELP
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22
President Harding has attached his
signature to the Langley bill, which
authorizes an appropriation of seven
teen million dollars for additional
hospital facilities for disabled vet
erans.
At four o'clock this afternoon 347
1 votes had been cast at Fairbanks,
I and of that number 20 were easl
l by Democrats. It was expected tha1
! the total would reach 500 by the
I time the polls close, and it is be
lieved by Sutherland’s followers tha1
he is running ahead of Galen.
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IRISH GENERAL KILLED
DUBLIN, April 25—Brig.-Gen
Adamson, in command of the Ath
lone brigade of the Republika1' arm:,
was shot dead at Athlone yesterday
according to advices received 1 are
this morning.
DRY RAIDERS ATTACK HOME;
TWO MAY PAY PENALTY
LOS ANGELES, April 25—Plan*
are being shaped by the county
officials for an exhaustive invest iga
' tion into an attack which was made
' on Sunday upon the home of Eida!
and Mathias Elduayens, at Ingle
i wood. Three peace officers were
' members of the raiding party, who
■ raided the house under the pretense
1 of seeking bootleggers. One of the
raider? was shot and killed and an
! other is dying.
J According to the story of the
j Elduayens, the raiders subjected
j two of the daughters to indignities,
j used Mrs. Elduayen roughly and
. brutally bound the members of the
j household. The raiders were dis
. persed finally when another officer
j appeared and began firing. The raid
ers claimed they were looking for
a still.
The authorities are convinced that,
the raid was the work of a “well
organized band” but W. S. Coburn,
grand goblin of the Ku Klux Klan,
declares that if any members of the
klan participated in the attack, they
did so without official sanction. Th*
entire county is thoroughly aroused.
Walter M. Mosher, son of Town
Marshal Mosher, who lost his life
during the raid, has informed the
authorities that an organization of
picked men made up the raiding
party which “went after the boot
leggers”. Deputy Sheriff Leon Rueg,
who was probably mortally wounded,
was one of the leaders of the band.
Young Mosher, who was slightly
wounded during the raid, has re
fused to divulge the name of the
organization involved. It has been
announced by the district attorney
that members of the Ku Klux Klan
will be 'ummoned to testify at the
inquest, to be held today.
Will Break Up Gangs
City and county officials are up
in arms against night riders as a
result of the Inglewood raid, and
the police have been ordered to
break up any mobs found. It is al
so announced that officers fuur.d
taking part in raids will be dismiss
ed. Federal officials are now investi
gating the situation.
SPECIAL AGENT DISMISSED
FOR TALKING TO LAWMAKER
WASHINGTON, D. t\, April 25—
; By direction of Attorney General
l Daugherty, W. 0. Watts, special
agent of the department of justice,
has been dismissed “for disloyalty
to the department”. The dismissal
was ordered after Watts had admit
I ted that he furnished information
j on which Representative Johnson, of
; South Dakota, based his attack <>»•:
.the department in a speech recently
. made by him on the floor of the
house.
MORE TAXES FOR SEATTLE
SEATTLE. April 25—The coun
cil has unanimously voted an appro
priation of $400,000 for the immed
iate start of work on West Spokane
; street, including the construction of
a new bridge, which is considered
: important as an aid to tbe residents
! of West Seattle.
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SEATTLE MAKES PROTEST
j SEATTLE, April 25—A committee
| representing local civic clubs has
made formal protest to the Wash
ington congressional delegation, ob
jecting to the proposed abandonment
of Camp Lewis, which is chars cter
j ized as a “serious breach of faith
jwith the Northwest".
COMMERCIAL PLANE MISSING
| KEY WEST, April 25—The com
j mercial seaplane Santa Maria, en
! route from Nassau with six persons,
■ including one ’.roman, aboard, has
been missing since y< Ut-rday a nd it
; is feared that 1 ere us l n a' ac
j cident. Na- al 'ea' ’ane- are now
searching i— re n.'sinB cr-.f:.