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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1922 NUMBER 241
• MAINTENANCE MEN WANT LIVING WAGE
( HARDING WANTS POWER TO TAKE OVER ROADS
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SCORES FACE SLOW DEATH IN DEPTHS OF GOLD MINE
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MINE FIRE IN CALIFORNIA
TRAPS MINERS IN LOW LEVEL
JACKSON, Cal., Aug. 29—More
than forty men are entombed in the
Fox-Argonaut gold mine below the
3.500 foot level, by a fire which
started at midnight in the main
shaft.
According to a statement made
by the mine superintendent this
afternoon, there are 48 men below
the fire, at the 4.200 foot level, and
there appears little hope of rescu
ing them because they are below
the junction of an abandoned shaft
by which means it was hoped to
reach them.
HUSTON PARTY AT TOKIO
TOKIO, Aug. 29—The cutter Mo
jave, bearing the Huston party, has
arrived here from Alaska after a
Tough voyage. The cutter managed
to avoid one typhoon, but ran into
another and there were exciting
times on board for several hours. It
is said, however, that the craft was
not in danger at any time.
KLAN DEFEATS FERGUSON
TEMPLE, Texas, Aug. 29—Form
er governor Ferguson has conceded
the nomination of his opponent.
Earle Mayfield, in Saturday’s runoff
Democratic primary for senator.
Ferguson declares that he will con
tinue his fight against the Ku Klux
Klan, which was the issue of the
campaign.
MRS. GRIGSBY PASSES
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29—'The
funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Alice
Grigsby, who died last Wednesday,
was held here on Sunday. She was
married to Mr. Grigsby at Nome in
1904.
LOSES REP—THEN WIFE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29—Ag
nes Risbeig has started divorce pro
ceedings against her ball-playing
husband, Charles, one of the White
Sox players accused of throwing the
World Series in 1919. She says they
were happy until Charlie left the
Coast league to join the majors.
PUBLISHER PASSES
LAKE FOREST, 111., Aug. 29—
Delavan Smith, publisher of the In
dianapolis News, died here on Satur
day. He w»as a member of the Roose
velt A'nnias club and defeated an
attempt to take him to Washington
for trial on the charge of libel.
WILLARD TO ADVERTISE
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29-^Jess
Willard has signed a contract to
appear in exhibition bouts for a
week, beginning September 3, the
exhibitions to be staged in San
Francisco. This will be Willard’s
first public appearance since he lost
the title.
CIGARETTE IGNITES GAS
MUSKOGEE. Aug. 29—Three are
dead, a score injured and half the
business section of Haskell, 22 miles
northeast of this city, is in ashes as
the result of a fire and explosion
caused by a cigarette igniting gas
fumes.
The steamer Pioneer, under com
mand of George Black, pulled into
port from Ruby at an early hour
this morning, and -will probably
sail for Fairbanks tonight or to
morrow. Vance R. McDonald was
the only passenger arriving on the
steamer. Captain Black will tow the
, Columbus to Fairbanks, and take
the launch Victory on board the
barge, also to Fairbanks. The
Pioneer will return to Nenana about
September 1, to prepare for a trip
to the Kantishna.
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The power scow. “Happy Home”,
owned and operated by the owners
of the steamer Teddy H.. arrived in
port on Sunday from Holy Cross,
where connection was made with the
Prairie Belle, from Iditarod Nine
passengers were brought to Nenana
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FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
AWAIT RAIL BOARD DECISION
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ANGRY SAILORS START RIOT
AS RESULT OF HOTEL ROW
TACOMA. Aug. 29—A mob of
j two thousand sailors and civilians
1 gathered about the Hotel St. Charles
i last night and made a determined
! effort to wreck the establishment
1 in reprisal for the stabbing of three
i sailors earlier in the evening.
It required every police officer,
i provost guards from the Pacific
| fleet and military police from Camp
' Lewis to prevent the destruction of
i the building, and it was not until
i 120 sailors had been placed under
i arrest that quiet was restored. Con'
l siderable damage was done.
COLLINS LAID AT REST
! DUBLIN, Aug. 29—Michael Col
j line was laid at rest at Glasnevin
! cemetery on Sunday, following a
i demonstration of national grief, the
| tike of which has seldom been wit
j nessed in the long centuries
of Ireland's troubled history. 1m
j mense throngs filled the cathedral
and lined the route to the cemetery
i and congregations gathered in every
1 city and hamlet to mourn the loss
of the popular leader.
BASEBALL STANDINGS
National League
Club Won Lost Pet.
New York .. -74
Chicago
St. Louis ..
Cincinnati .
Pittsburg ..
Brooklyn . 58 Cl .488
Philadelphia . .41 73 .360
Boston .38 80
46 .617
.68 54 .557
.67 54 .554
.68 56 .549
65 55 .542
American League
New York
Detroit .
Cleveland
Chicago —
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston ....
.46
.322
.73 50
St. Louis ..73 51
.594
.589
.68 57 .544
.63 61 .508
59 62 .488
.58 65 .472
.49 69 .416
74 .383
h'acinc Loan League
San Francisco
Vernon
Los Angeles .
Salt Lake
Seattle .
Oakland
Portland .
Sacramento
92 57
.88
.61'
85 64
71 76
58 .603
.517
.483
68 78 .466
68 80
.59 87
.459
.404
.58 89 .394
HORNSBY HAS 30 NOW
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 29—Roger
Hornsby knocked his thirtieth home
run here on Saturday, batting
against Nehf. of the Giants.
A freight train pulled in from the
south early last evening with some
commercial freight and coxisiderable
material and equipment for the
Alaska Railroad. Another freight is
'due here tonight and will probably
bring the last of the freight from
the steamers Northwestern and Ad
miral Watson.
The launch “White Mule”, which
is being used by Carl White for
transporting mail and passengers be
tween Nenana and the Tolovana
country, pending completion of re
pairs to his steamer, arrived in
port on Saturday evening with mail
‘ and two passengers from Brooks.
The boat sailed on the return trip
;to the log jam yesterday morning,
' with Charles White in charge and
Harry Hobson acting as engineer.
Miss Anne Mylius, who has been
enjoying a brief holiday in the Fair
I banks district, returned to Net ana
yesterday.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29—Railway ’
maintenance of w-av men, comprising
approximately four hundred thous
and track workers and crossing flag
men, whose threatened strike last
month was held in abeyance pend- \
ing new wage hearings, placed their
demands for increased pay before
the Railway Labor Board yester
day.
President Grable explained that
t^ie members of his organization de-'
manded a minimum of forty-eight!
• cents an hour, instead of the pres
ent minimum of twenty-three to
thirty-five cents an hour. He ex
plained that the present wage is
not a living wage, and that the men
are prepared to strike, if necessary,
to enforce their demand. Grable
appeared before the board armed I
with the strike vote of the organ- j
ization.
The Railway Labor Board has de-1
nied the motion of W. Jett Lauck, i
labor statistician, that the board im
mediately define the principle of a
living wage in the case of the main-'
tenance of way organization. This
action was taken by the board to
[ day, following which an adjourn
| ment was taken until tomorrow.
In the meantime. President Grable
has telegraphed to Presi ’ent Hard
ing and Senator Cummins, asking
them to present an ajnendment to
the transportation act making it
mandatory upon the Railway Labor
Board to “enunciate the principle j
of a living wage”.
Harding Wants Authority
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 29
President Harding still believes that i
Congress should immediately grant:
him authority to take over the rail- J
roads and mining properties, but he;
has assured members of Congress
that he would not make use of
such powers, if granted, unless de-;
manded by the grimmest public ne
cessity.
However, if the lawmakers indi
cate an unwillingness to enact legis-'
ENGLAND WILL PAY
LONDON, Aug. 29—Colonel M.
House has informed the Associated
Press that Premier Lloyd George
assured him that it is the intention
of Britain to discharge her debt
to the United States to the last
farthing.
PROFITEERS OWE IT TO VETS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 29—
Announcing his support of the
soldier bonus bill. Senator Capper, :
of Kansas, declared yesterday that
“the war profiteers and peace profit
eers owe a bonus to the soldiers”.
STORM HITS VERA CRUZ
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 29—Ac- j
cording to meager reports received '
here, a hurricane of great violence
has visited Vera Cruz, resulting in ;
heavy- damage. It is believed several
lives were lost. * <
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WESTERN UNION WINS
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Aug. 29
President Harding Jias attached his
signature to a license granting per- •
mission to the Western Union to .
land their Barbadoes cable at Miami.
Col. and Mrs. F. Mears, Mrs. A.
A. Shonbeek, F. A. Hansen and
three of the Mears children are en-j
joying a hunt in the Canyon dis
trict. Four caribou have been sent j
in and the hunters are now in j
quest of sheep. Helen Mears. young
est member of the Mears family, is
staying with Mrs. J. J. Kestly until
the return of the hunting party.
!a:ion of the kind suggested, th
President does not intend to pus
tis opinion or make a public d<
nand.
The President admits that thei
is no immediate need of actiot
sven though he had the necessar
iuthority.
Tried To Wreck Traim
MEMPHIS, Aug. 29—A secon
attempt to wreck a passenger trai
n this district was frustrated t<
iay when a section crew discovere
he removal of eighteen spikes froi
1 rai! on the St. Louis & San Frar
tisco line, near Capelville. The dis
: every was made shortly before th
jrrival of the fast Florida-Californi
Iyer.
Bombs Damage Shops
DANVILLE, Aug. 29—The explc
don of four bombs near the shop
>f the C. & E. I. railroad cause
ilight damage this morning.
C & A Tied Up For Day
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 29—The freigl
ind passenger service of the Ch
;ago & Alton Western division wa
lalted yesterday as the result of th
walkout of engineers, firemen, cor
iuctors and switchmen, who refuse
:o continue work because of th
presence of armed guards on th
•ystem.
The men returned to work toda
Following an adjustment of the ma"
GARY WRECK PROBE
CHICAGO. Aug. 29—Nine me
whose names have not been mad
public, are b^ing held in connectio
with the wrecking of a Michiga
Central train last week near Gar:
One of the prisoners is alleged t
lave confessed that spikes wer
nulled from the rails because the
wanted to “get the fireman and er
rineer”, thus making other trai
trews afraid to take out trains.
The wreck is attributed by th
luthorities to radical disciples c
Lenine.
FREE STATERS AMBUSHED
BELFAST. Aug. 29—Lieutenar
McCormack and a small party c
?ree State troops were ambushe
yesterday by thirty Republicans, an
:he lieutenant fell, mortally wounc
id.
3EMS DEMAND STRAIGHT VOT
MEDFORD, Aug. 29—The Demc
.•ratio county commission has issue
i statement denouncing the combir
ition that indorsed the candidate
if vote parties in an effort to dc
'eat the Ku Klux Klan candidate!
rhe commission demands full Demc
ratic support for Pierce, the Demc
•ratio nominee for Governor.
rRAIN HITS AUTO—FIVE DEA1
PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 29—A
luto was struck by a train at
;treet crossing at Haubstadt yestei
lay, with the result that five of th
iccupants of the machine were kiHe
md another seriously injured.
Mrs. A. D. Webster, wife of Dept
y Marshal Webster, of Tanana, i
c visitor in Nenana. She will leav
'or her lower river home withi
he next few days.
Frederick B. Drane, formerly i
•harge of - St. Mark’s Mission, wa
i returning passenger on the trai
irriving this momihg. He has bee
Outside during the last year. Sine
eaving Alaska, Mr. Drane has be
•ome archdeacon, with jurisdictio
jver all of Alaska, succeeding th
ate Archdeacon Hudson Stuck.
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h CHLOROFORM USED TO GET
- JEWELS FROM HOTEL GUESTS
ej TACOMA, Aug. 29—The police
'■jare searching for two men who
■ i chloroformed seven women guests
j of local hotels and robbed them of
jewelry valued at $5,000.
j The men wore the uniforms ot
sailors and operated in seven differ
; ent hotels, in each case following
j their victims to their rooms and
^ forcing the door in before the lock
< could be turned
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THE TRUTH WILL OUT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 29
In a statement made on the floor
of the senate yesterday, Senator
Kendrick, of Wyoming, declared
that the contract under which the
Teapot Dome naval oil reserve was
turned over to the Sinclair interests
is “vicious and criminally wasteful”.
It recently required the presence
of marines to clear the way for the
transfer of the property to the big
oil syndicate.
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i AGITATOR FOSTER OUTLINES
, OBJECTS OF LABOR LEAGUE
e j CHICAGO, Aug. 29—Addressing
j the second annual meeting of the
i Trades Union Educational league,
William Z. Foster, who was recently
driven out of the West, explained
that the principal object of the or
ganization is the amalgamation of
all labor unions.
n' Foster plainly asserted that the
P membership of the league is com
'': posed of Syndicalists, communists,
! anarchists and other radicals.
DISABLED VETERAN IN BAD
v,| TACOMA, Aug. 29—Earl Graham
: a patient at the Cushman veterans'
hospital, has been placed under ar
: rest here, charged with being the
1 leader of the gang that held up and
f shot Frank Kelly here last week.
ROBBERS LOOT BANK
' j LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Aug. 29
—Five robbers entered the Union
. Bank, at Foremost, last night and,
* after binding and gagging the clerk?
j sleeping upstairs, blew the safe at
; their leisure and escaped with cash
and securities estimated at $90,000.
HAY DEFEATS CAREY
: CHEYENNE, Aug. 29—With on
ly thirty precincts, John W. Hay
* has a lead of 313 votes over Gov
"'ernor Carey for the Republican
f j nomination. Republican leaders are
' ; of the opinion that the unrepoited
’•, precincts will not liter the result
' materially. W. B. Ross apparently
' ( has defeated George Kindler for the
| Democratic nomination for governor.
Charles Winter, Republican, and
) Robert Ross, Democrat, have been
a nominated for Congress with large
i majorities.
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e COLE BLEASE IS CANDIDATE
1; COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 29—Cole
! Blease is seeking a third term as
'governor in the Democrat!: primar
. ‘ ies irf progress throughout South
s Carolina.. He is opposed by five
g1 other candidates for the .nomination,
a -
H. K. Carlisle, timber cruiser and
special agent of the geperal land
office, is a recent arrival in town
= ! from a summer tour of the Tanana
i J and Yukon rivers. He was met at
l ^ Tanana by Mrs. Carlisle and accom
e | panied by her to Nenana on the
G. L. O. launch “Alaska”, on which
craft they will complete the voyage
to Fairbanks within the next few
days.
WASHINGTON COAL MINERS
! RETURN TO POSTS IN MINES
SEATTLE, Auk- £9—Operators
j representing: all thirteen of the
mines affected by the coal strike
of last April, signed an agreement
i yesterday for the state of Wash
i ington, based on the Cleveland set
i tlement, under the terms of which
the men returned to work today
, with wages and working conditions
; as they were before the strike. The
agreement will continue in force
; until next April.
Texa* Strike Settled
FORT WORTH. Aug. 29— The
striking coal miners of Texas have
returned to work and the mines
will be worked to fullest capacity.
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CALIFORNIA VOTERS CHOOSE
CANDIDATES AT PRIMARIES
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 29—A
heavy vote is being cast today in the
state-wide primaries. Generally fair
weather, a record registration and
sharply contested races were the
contributing factors which brought
out the vote
The principal contest is between
j Hiram Johnson and C. C. Moore.
who are candidates for the Repub
lican nomination for senator. Up
ton Sinclair, of Pasadena, is un
opposed for the Socialist nomination
for senator.
Johnson is claiming the nomination
by more than one hundred thousand
votes and the Moore faction claims
a victory by seventy thousand.
CHILEAN STEAMER SINKS;
•OVER TWO HUNDRED PERISH
SANTIAGO, Chile. Aug. 29—The
Chilean steamer Italia went down
off the Chilean coast yesterday and
all of the passengers, numbering
150, and the entire crew of 72, are
reported to have perished.
WILL PROBE HERRIN RIOT
MARION, Aug. 29—Circuit Judge
Hartwell, in giving his instructions
to the special county grand jury,
demanded a thorough investigation
and the indictment of all persons
involved directly or indirectly in
the Herrin massacre of June 21.
WANT BOUNDARY CHANGED
SEATTLE, Aug. 29—The Ketchi
kan Commercial Club has started a
movement for the changing of the
boundary between Alaska and Can
ada. making it run west from the
mouth of Portland canal, in the mid
dle of Dixon entrance. The club
wants Congress to lay a cable from
Seattle to Alaska which, with the
present boundary, would cut British
water.
The first frost of the season laid
the gardens of Nenana low last
night. The cold gr.ap is reported to
have been general throughout the
valley.
Arrivals .from the Yukon river
are authority for the statement
, that shippers along the river are
protesting loudly as the result of
the loss of goods shipped in by way
of St. Michael. The goods were wet
enroute, and so late in the season
there was scarcely time to duplicate
orders. There is a general desire
; along the river to route shipments
by way of Nenana and most of the
. goods will come that *way next sum
mer if steamer connections are ob
tainable.
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
There will be a regular meeting
; of the city council at the council
chambers tonight.
Mrs. M. Baird, of Fairbanks, was
among the arrivals on this morn
ing’s train from the south. She is
returning to her home in the upper
tow'n from a trip to Paris.
Arrivals from the States say
Californians estimate that the rail
strike is costing fruit growers of
that state a million dollars a day,
through inability to move crops.