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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA,
ALASKA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1922
NUMBER 368
RAILROAD MEN TO DISCUSS BIG MERGER
JUDGE SEES DANGER IN GROWING RELIGIOUS HA TE
NEW ATTACK IS STARTED ON US. PROHIBITION LAW
DISTILLERY STARTS ATTACK.
TO MODIFY VOLSTEAD ACT
CHICAGO, Oct. 31—A new at
tack on the Volstead act has been
launched by the Old Victory Dis
tillery, which has asked Judge Wade ;
of the federal district court, to re
store mince pies to their pre-pro-1
hibition standing when brandy was;
« a legitimate ingredient.
The distillers contend that the!
Volstead act is unconstitutional in !
that it prohibits the sale of liquors j
for pooking purposes.
The court has the matter under
advisement and the outcome of the
petition is awaited eagerly. I
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LABOR MEMBER OF BOARD
OBJECTS TO MAJORITY VIEW
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CHICAGO, Oct. 31—A. O. Whar
ton, labor member of the Railroad
Labor board, in a statement issued
by him regarding to the recent
majority opinion of the board, in
which the railroad and public repre-!
sentatives assailed the theory of the
living wage scale proposal as “a bit’
of multifarious phraseology and fan-1
tastic theory". He declared that the'
majority opinion was fallacious and
contained untruths and “presents
arguments which, on the face, are
► impossible".
CHURCHMEN DISCUSS HEALTH
CHICAGO, Oct. 31—The rectors
of the diocese of the Chicago
Episcopal church have adopted a
resolution in which they “urge upon
ail of the clergy of the diocese the
duty of requiring health certificates:
from all couples about to marry;
we also urge instructions in sex
knowledge be given to young people
under our charge.”
FATHER VAUGHN PASSES
LONDON, Oct. 31—Father Ber
nard Vaughn, one of the most
prominent Jesuit priests in the world
and brother of the late Cardinal
Vaughn, died here today. He toured
the United States several years
ago, and visited Alaska among
other places.
RELIEF WORKER MISSING;
TWO ARRESTS ARE MADE
MOSCOW. Oct. 31—William N. j
Haskell, head of the field forces of
the American relief administration,
has reported two arrests in eonnec-;
tion with the disappearance, two
weeks ago, at Silbirsh, of Philip
Shield, an American relief worker.
There is no trace of Shield, how-.
ever.
TEXAS ATTORNEY IN BAD
DALLAS. Tex., Oct. 31—A mo
tion has been filed requesting S. L.
Staples, secretary of state, to re
commend that W. A. Kelling. an at
torney. be cited to appear and show
cause why he should not be held in
contempt.
TRAINMEN TO HOLD MEETING
TO DISCUSS AMALGAMATION
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* HOSPITAL NOTES •
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*: at«aewaemeaiie«Kat*taeii a
Joe Olson is under treatment a
the hospital for injuries receive*
yesterday while at work in the A
E. C. blacksmith shop.
E. N\ Vinson left the hospital to
day and will leave for the coast to
night.
Tony Letray. who underwent ai
operation for acute appendicitis a
the local hospital las: week, is some
what improved today, but is no
yet out of danger.
Andrew Anderson underwent a:
operation for appendicitis this at
ternoon.
John Dragovich, well known old
timer, had his appendix remove
yesterday at the local hospital.
Jot Podboy, who has been unde
treatment at the local hospita:
went to Fairbanks this afternoon.
Rev. Fr. Jette, who was brough
over the trail from Tanana fo
treatment at the local hospita
underwent a very serious majo
operation this morning. He is bein
attended by two of the sisters fror
the Fairbanks hospita! in addition t
the iocal hospital staff.
SECOND UNIT ARRIVES
The second power unit for th
X'enana electric plant has arrive
from the coast and will be installei
immediately, after which no difficult;
will be experienced in carrying :h
peak load during the early hours o
the evening. The arrival of a ca
of coal from the new’ Mine of th
Healy River Coal Corporation als'
has helped the troubles at th
plant, considerable difficulty havini
been experienced lately in keepinj
up steam with old fuel from th
commission’s reserve pile.
MOJAVE AT HONOLULU
HONOLULU, Oct. 31—The cut
ter Mojave, on which Assistan
Secretary of Agriculture Hustoi
and other federal officials are re
turning from the Orient, arrivet
here yesterday. It was reporter
several days ago that the curte:
was running short of fuel, but th<
captain denies that the ship wTa:
on short fuel rations at any time.
For
Delegate to Congress
from Alaska
Dan Sutherland
Republican.
Candidate
| ST. PAUL. Oct. ’31—A national
i, conference of railway men to “de
1! vise ways and means” for effecting
. the amalgamation of the sixteen
. i railway organizations, will be held
, j at Chicago, commencing December
16. according to announcement
j j made here yesterday by C. H.
Wangerin, secretary of the national
' committee on amalgamation.
Shopmen Do Not Favor Plan
■i CHICAGO, Oct. 31—John Scott.
' ! secretary of the Railway Federated
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ISLAND LAWMAKERS WANT
FREEDOM FROM AMERICA
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MANILA, Oct. 31—The forma
c tion of the Republic of the Philip
pines is sought in a concurrent reso
. lution which has been introduced in
‘ i the island legislature, with the back
ing of both political parties.
The resolution asks the Congress
of the United States to authorize
J the Philippine legislature to call a
constitutional convention with a view
to independence and to determine
, the relations that shall exist be
tween the island republic and the
United States. Congress is asked
also to authorize the election of
t officials who will assume the duties
r and functions of an independent
, government.
t; LUMBER SHIFTS IN BOX CAR;
i THREE CRUSHED TO DEATH
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j CASPER, Wyo., Oct. 31—Thrc-e
! men who were stealing a ride in a
! car of lumber were crushed to
?! death here Last night when the
^ i lumber shifted while the car was
* I being switched in the yards. Two
other occupants of the car were
painfully injured.
VETS TO BE REMEMBERED
M SACRAMENTO Oct. 31— Govern
j or Stephens has issued a proclama
j tion designating November 4 “For
I Get-Me-Not Day” in California, for
the benefit of disabled American
veterans of the World War.
RELIEF WORKER KILLED
■ NEW YORK. Oct. 31—The local
: | headquarters of the Near East re
i; lief organization has been advised
• by cable of the murder of James
i Lester Wright, of Wisconsin. He is
I reported to have been killed by
• bandits in Europe.
WOMAN IS BLAMED
HAVRE, Oct. 31—Bishop Fred
Faber, head of the diocese of Mon
I tana, who has just completed an
investigation of the death of Rev.
! Christler and Mrs. Charlton, who
i were found shot to. death in a
clump of timber several weeks ago,
expresses the belief that the woman,
: having failed to win the minister
j from his wife, killed him and then
I took her own life.
GRID VICTIM PASSES
I DANVILLE, Oct. 31—Eugenio F.
Angelo died here yesterday as a re
■ suit of injuries received in a foot
■ ball game on Saturday.
COAL CONTRACTS ARE LET
Contracts for approximately sixty
i thousand tons of coal were award
! ed recently 'by the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, to be deliver
ed by the first of next July. The
Evan Jones mine will supply 30,000
tons, Baxter & Bedell, 15,000 tons,
j Healy River Coal Corporation, 10.
I 000 tons and Bruno Augustino, 5.
| 000 tons. It is possible that one or
j two more companies will be given
j contracts.
Shoperafts expresses the belief that
the railroad union? are not yel
ready for the amalgamattion to be
considered a: the proposed Chicago
conference.
"There can be no amalgamation”
he declared, "until their is friend
ly co-operation of the trainmen’s
organizations with the federated
shoperafts. Had the trainmen sup
ported the recent strike by refus
ing to handle defective equipment
the strike would have been endec
in short order."
CHAIRMAN ADAMS REPORTS
SAVING OF PUBLIC MONET
WASHINGTON’, D. C., Oct. 31
Chairman Adams, of the Republicar
national committee, issued a state
ment last night in which he declarec
\ that the Republicans have practicec
i economy consistently and. amons
; other thing?, the party has reduces
the public debt $1,165,042,731.0C
'inch March 4, 1921. He also pointec
out that a total of 79,312 employe:
have been dropped from the public
| payroll in that time, which, he as
: serted. “is a record of public ecou
I omy that has never bcjen equalled”
DEMOCRATIC LEADER SURE
BOURBONS WILL WIN SEAT*
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31—
* Cordell Hull, chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee, declarec
last night, in a forecast of the sen
atorial and congressional elections
that a Democratic victory is as
sured. “The only question of doub
remaining:", he said, “is the extern
of the victory. Practically every
section of the United States wil
contribute its share to the victory
and every class of voter will b«
represented among: the victors".
START DRIVE ON TOBACCO
YAKIMA, Oct. 31—Members ol
the Riverside Pomona, at a meet
ing: held here on Saturday, voted
to petition the state legislature tc
ban all printed advertisements from
the state and to exclude moving
pictures showing women enjoying
the weed. The prosecuting attorney
■will be asked to declare void all
agreements and contracts held for
Japanese occupancy of land in the
valley.
SUB HAS NARROW ESCAPE
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 31—The
submarine R-3. which was reported
foundering in Santa Barbara chan
nel, arrived safely in port yester
day
FACISTI LEADER POPULAR
ROME. Oct. 31—Benetor Mus
soline, leader of the Faeisti, who
was called from the cabinet by the
king, arrived here yesterday and
was given an enthusiastic welcome
by the populace.
BATTLE FATAL TO TWO
MUSKOGEEN. Oct. 31—Lee Ad
kins, member of a masked band
which attempted to drag Tom Bogus
from his home last night, is dead,
and Bogus is mortally wounded a?
a result of an exchange of shots.
Bogus was formerly a deputy in the
office of the sheriff.
TRAIN SERVICE EXTENDED
The Fairbanks train was backed
up the new’ grade to a point near
the north end of the bridge today,
thereby greatly shortening the dis
tance between connecting points,
Passengers and baggage were fer
ried across the river in small boats.
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« PERSONAL *
Dr. J. A. Sutherland, of Fair-1
■ barks, was a returning passenger
on this morning’s train, enroute to
his home in the upper town from a j
hurried business trip to the States.1
He visited a number of points in
the States and Canada, going as far
East as Rochester, N. Y. Conditions 1
did not strike him as being very
good on either side of the line, but
prices do not appear to have low
ered materially to the consumer.
The trip North on the steamer
Northwestern was a pleasant one,
with all the rough weather occur-ing
while the steamer was in port. Two
rather severe storms were missed in
that manner.
A. A. Lyden, postmaster ami
hotelman, came in from Healy this
morning and left for Fairbanks
this afternoon on a brief business
trip.
fcawa-X 0. Bwsashin. formerly
re^idiftfr-in Xenana where he operat
ed The News’ linotype, was married
at South Bend, Washington, on
September 16, to Audrey Stanley
Northrop. They are making their:
home in South Bend, but Ed works
on a paper in Raymond, several
miles distant.
Earl Slippern, formerly of Ne
nana, will operate a sawmill this
winter for the Alaskan Engineering:
Commission, at Indian creek The
mill will turn out spruce and hem- j
lock lumber, part of which will bej
for sale to the public.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Stanley have
gone into residence in the Pete
Schmidt cabin, on upper First street.
Mr. Stanley will have charge of
i the Pioneer Express during the
winter, after Mr. Schmidt leaves
for the States on a vacation.
Deputy Marshal James Hagan, w’lo
returned from Fairbanks today, re
ports that there are no new develop
ments in the postoffice robbery case.
GOVERNOR ALLEN PREDICTS
TROUBLE FROM HATREDS
GREAT BEND, Kansas, Oct. Ul—
In a political address made here to
day. Governor Allen declared that
'Ve are not more than a pistol shot
from conditions similar to those of
blood-drenched Ireland. I appeared
in this town to find men hating each
other, this man being hated because
he is a Catholic and that man be
cause he is a klansman. The com
munity is torn by conditions our
fathers gave their lives to get rid
of”.
ESCAPED CONVICT RETURNS
TO PEN AFTER MANY YEARS
MEMPHIS. Oct. 31—-E. Sander
son, who was given a life term in
1901, and who made his escape two
years later and went to Caruthers
ville, Kansas, where he married and
raised a family and enjoyed nearly
a score of years of freedom, is on
his way back to the Louisiana peni
tentiary to complete his sentence.
Sanderson was turned over to the
authorities by his daughter, who be
came angered when her father drove
her young mar away from the house.
TROUBLE BEING SMOOTHED
LONDON, Oct. ol—An amicable
settlement of the question of the
closing of the American consulate
at Newcastle, which was closed by
order of the Awacan government
in August, is “irf*r<$lair way to be
ing settled" accHAng to informa
tion given out ■ British official
quarters. It is understood the con
sulate will be reopened shortly.
ALASKA WOMAN PASSES
SEATTLE. Oct. 31—Mrs. Ro<e
Johnson, aged 45 years, a pioneer
of Alaska and owner of a number
of claims near Valdez, died here
today.
CANDIDATES FAVOR APPEAL
FROM COURT TO CONGRESS
NEW YORK, Oct. dl—Fifty
three candidates who s-e seeking
places in Congress at the coming
election, favor an amendment to
the constitution which will permit
Congress to override and nullify de
cisions of the United States supreme
court, according to the results of
a nation-wide questionnaire issued
by the National Security league.
Of the candidates listed as favor
able to such an amendment, nine
are Republicans, arid nineteen are
Democrats.
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