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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME iV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1922
NUMBER 346
DEATH THREATENS WIFE OF PRESIDENT
COURT RESTRAINS GOVERNMENT IN RAIL STRIKE
’ GREEKS AND TURKS PREPARE FOR CLASH AT SMYRNA
ALLIES ON GUARD AT SMYRNA
TO HOLD TURKS IN ■CHECK
SMYRNA, Sept. 9—The Greek
fleet left Smyrna harbor this after
noon and it is reported that the
Turkish vanguard is only fifteen
miles distant.
*' The Allies will probably occupy
the town tomorrow as a means of
preventing Turkish atrocities. Allied
and American detachments were put
ashore today for the protection of
the foreign population. Naturalized
Americans have been ordered to get
out of the city. *
Greek Disaster Complete
t CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 9—
According to dispatches received in
this city the Greek disaster in
Smyrna is complete and it is ex
pected that Turkish troops will en
ter the city tonight or tomorrow.
YOUTH BEATS VETERAN
BROOKLIN, Mass.. Sept. 9—
Jesse Sweetzeer. of New York, aged
20 years, wrested the national ama
teur golf championship from the
veteran Chick Evans today, in the
final match for the tital.
4 CONFEREES AGREE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
It is understood that the house and
senate conferees have reached an
agreement on the valuation and
flexible tariff provisions of the tariff
bill under which the principal sen-j
ate provisions will be retained, with i
a basis of foreign instead of Amer
ican valuation for the calculation
of duties.
TRAIN WRECK INJURES DOZEN
CEDAR RAPIDS, Sept. 9—Twelve
persons were injured near Country
Falls this morning when a freight
train on the Iowa City interurban
line crashed into a passenger train.
One of the passenger coaches be
gan burning immediately after the
crash and it was with considerable
difficulty that all of the passengers
were rescued. Three of those in
jured are in serious condition.
DAIL INDORSES COSGROVE
-s DUBLIN, Sept. 9—William T.
Cosgrove, minister of the local gov
ernment, has been indorsed for
president of Dail Eireann by the
new parliament, action having been
taken at the inaugural session.
NEW SURVEY BOAT COMING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
The new Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey ship Pioneer will sail for the
Pacific coast next week. It will
* make a hydrographic survey along
the Southern California coast and
then proceed to Alaska waters for
further work.
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WOMAN NOMINATED
ALBUQUERQUE. Sept. 9—The
Republican convention has nominat
ed Mrs. Adelina Otero for member
of Congress.
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TOWNER BILL QUESTIONED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
The state of Massachusetts has at
tacked the constitutionality of the
Towner maternity act in a petition
filed with the supreme court asking
permission to sue the Government
to prevent the enforcement of the
law.
Superintendent and Mrs A. B.
^ Phillips returned to Nenana yester
day, after a summer spent in the
States. They have returned to re
sume their duties at the Franklin
K. Lane school, which will reopen
shortly. Mr. Phillips says they found
conditions good in the States, with
little evidence of industrial strife.
Their trip across country was not
interrupted or rendered uncomfort
jf able by the rail strike, although
they heard of trains being laid off |
at various points along the way.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips stopped off!
at Ketchikan to attend a convention J
of teachers, the first ever held in ‘
•yhe Territory.
MRS. HARDING CRITICALLY ILL;
CRISIS AWAITED WITH ANXIETY
MINE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCES
ENTOMBED MEN ARE LOST
JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 9—R. A.
Stent, vice president of the Argo
naut Mining Company, has express
ed the belief, in the firs: official
statement made since the entombing
of 47 men two weeks ago, that all
of the imprisoned miners are dead.
Investigation of the situation re
veals the fact that no signals were
heard by the rescue workers, as re
ported earlier in the week. Mine
officials declare that the sounds of
blasting were either imagined or
originated in the Kennedy mine,
through which the rescue is being
attempted.
It -was reported yesterday morn
ing by the rescue crews that very
little progress had been made dur
ing the previous night, and it is
now estimated that it will be a week
or more before the men can be
reached. If they are not ‘dead al
ready, they cannot possibly survive
until help reaches them.
Te«t* Show Men Still Alive
Minute chemical investigations
which were made at the Argonaut
mine this afternoon disclose the ab
sence of any gas that could result
from putrification of a dead body
and chemists are of the opinion
that all of the entombed miners are
still alive. They declare that even
if only one man were dead, the
gas from the mine would show it.
HORNSBY SETTING PACE
CINCINNATI, Sept. 9—Roger
Hornsby knocked a hole in the
bleachers yesterday and made the
circle of the bases before the ball
could be recovered. The drive was
made in the fourth inning against
the Reds.
CANADIAN SHOPMEN MAY QUIT
MONTREAL, Sept. 9—A strike j
among Canadian railway shopmen,:
which has been threatening for j
several weeks, now “seems inevit-!
able”, according to J. A. McClel
land, president of the machinists.
BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL
CHICAGO, Sept. 9—A. Kunstler,
a New York jeweler, was held up
in a local restaurant last night by
three bandits and relieved of jewels
valued at $50,000.
OLYMPIA SEEKING FIEND
OLYMPIA, Sept. 9—Armed men,
headed by city, county and federal
officers, are searching the country
for a fiend who assaulted Mrs. H. !
O’Hara, her five children and a >
neighbor on Thursday night. The j
victims were left unconscious and
it is believed two of them will die.
CONDEMNED MAN SWINGS
SALEM. Ore., Sept. 9—G e o r g e :
Howard, of Vale, was hanged here!
yesterday morning for killing Geo. j
Sweeney, a salesman, at Vale, two'
years ago.
A native boy who was operated
on for appendicitis this week by
Dr. Romig, is said to be getting
along nicely at the local hospital.
Mrs. H. E. Seneff arrived from
the coast yesterday, enroute to her
home in Fairbanks.
Tom Hoover, whose hand was in
jured several days ago at Fairbanks,
came to Nenana for treatment at
the local hospital.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
Tense anxiety is felt at the White
House over the condition of Mrs.
Hardin?, who is passing through
the critical stage of her illness. Dr.
Sawyer, of Marion, who has been
in attendance, issued a statement
this afternoon to the effect that the
condition of Mrs. Harding is so
serious that her recovery is not yet
assured. Dr. Harding, father of the
President, who attended Mrs. Hard
ing on the occasion of a previous
illness of similar character, came
from Marion today to consult with
Dr. Sawyer.
President Harding has abandoned
all official business and is spending
all of his time at the bedside of
Mrs. Harding.
It was reported this morning that
the patient had spent a restful night
and that her “condition was as
good as could be expected”.
During the day her temperature
rose somewhat, but this is not re
garded as a particularly unfavor
able sign.
MORE FEDERAL JUDGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
The long-delayed administration
bill providing for the appointment
of twenty-five additional federal
judges, was approved by the sen
ate yesterday and it is understood
the measure will receive favorable
consideration in the house next
week, after which it will be ready
for the signature of the President.
CONGRESS HURRIES PROGRAM
TO DEAL WITH COAL ISSUES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
The completion of congressional ac
tion on the emergency coal legisla
tion program was brought a step
nearer yesterday when the senate
passed the fact finding coal com
mission bill. The anti-profiteering
and distribution bills were passed
on Thursday and all three mea
sures are now being considered in
conference.
DAUGHTER IS MISSING
GLASGOW, Sept. 9—The police
in all cities in Kentucky, Tennessee
and Indiana are looking for Carol
ine Shuster, aged 18, daughter of
W. Morgan Shuster, president of the
Century publishing Company. It is
quite generally believed the young
lady eloped with William Morris,
son of the proprietor 'fa local ge i
eral store.
TRAIN CRASH FATAL TO FIVE
SPOKANE, Sept. 9—Five are
dead as the result of a coilission be
tween a westbound Northern Pacific
passenger train and a work train,
which occurred near this city on
Thursday night, b our of the victims
were killed at the time of the crash
and the fifth died yesterday.
IRELAND REAPPOINTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
President Harding has reappointed
Major General W. A. Ireland sur
geon general of the regular army.
Examiner of Accounts B. H.
Barndollar and Electrical Engineer
John J. Longacre, who came to
Nenana on Tuesday to consult with
the members of the city council
relative to the transfer of the pub
lic utilities, returned to their head
quarters in Anchorage last night.
They visited the Fairbanks district
during their stay in the Interior, go
ing to the end of the line at Chata
nika.
Prayers In Senate
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 9
j When the senate convened thi
morning the senate chaplain offere<
a prayer for the recovery of Mrs
Harding, and Col. L. T. Huston
commander in chief of the Veteran:
of Foreign Wars has telegraphe<
| to every post in Hie country, urging
prayers in churches and homes.
Les« Threatening
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9
It was officially stated la:e this af
ternoon that the complications ii
the illness of Mrs. Harding wen
"less threatening”. Her condition
j however, continues to be a sourei
; of anxiety.
DEMPSEY GETS BIG OFFER
NEW YORK. Sept. 9—.las. Coff
roth. San Diego fight promoter, an
nounces that he has offered Jacl
Dempsey a million dollars for threi
fights, the opponents to be selectei
from Willis. Brennan, Willard. John
j son or Firpo.
1 l. W. W. RAIDED AT TAFT
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Sept. 9
Nineteen alleged Industrial Work
' ers were taken into custody a
Taft yesterday, following a raid or
their headquarters in the oil fields
The county officers who conducte<
I the raid say the evidence obtainei
by them indicates there are 2,501
wobblies in Kern county.
SITKA FISH AND GAME CLUB
CONDEMNS DELEGATE S BILI
Members of the Sitka Fish an<
Game Ciub recently gave their sup
port unanimously to a resolutioi
condemning the Alaska Game Bil
recently introduced by Delegati
Dan Sutherland. A copy of the reso
lution has been forwarded to th<
; delegate.
The text of the resolution say:
j that the Sitka Fish and Game Clul
. wishes to present to the delegatf
its disapproval of the bill establish
ing an Alaska game commission or
the grounds that the bill tends tc
drift away from territorial contro
by residential Alaskans, into ar
ever-shifting bureau of officials o1
the biological survey; and that tht
club is opposed to any move thai
tends to place the control of tht
territory’s natural resources out of
the hands of bona fide residents.
EVANS HAS SMALL LIST
The steamer Admiral Evans, due
at Seward this week, sailed from
Seattle on September 1 with 41
passengers, including the following
j S. R. McClinton, A. L. Loviant
: James Smith. Mrs. A. V. Horner
and Miss R. Craig, Miss Connie
Martin and Miss Margaret Calla
han, the last three named boarding
the ship at Ketchikan. The mail
and passengers from the Evans
will come to the Interior on the
Tuesday train.
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Mrs. Lowella Rosburg left for
Seward last night.
Mrs. Jack O’Connor went through
to Fairbanks yesterday from a trip
to the States.
Manager Ernest Parsons, of the
local N. C. store, made a business
trip to Fairbanks yesterday.
Earl Foster, linotypist of the
Fairbanks News-Miner, returned to
Nenana yesterday from a vacation
trip to Anchorage and reports hav
ing had a very enjoyable outing.
He went to Fairbanks today.
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LONDON REPORTS REVOLT
IN PROGRESS IN RUSSIA
LONDON, Sept. 9—According to
■ advices received in this city from
; Helsingfors, a new rebellion has de
I veloped in South Russia. The dis
■ patch, sent to the Central News,
says the Odessa soviet has declared
South Russia independent. The re
port also says the warship crews at
Sebastapol are mutinying. Details of
i the outbreak are lacking.
WIFE OF “K. C. B.” PASSES
[\ LOS ANGELES. Sept. 9-Mrs.
j Beaton, wife of Kenneth Beaton,
j nationally known humorist, who
writes over the signature of "K. C.
B.”, died here yesterday, following
a long illness.
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. i A number of foreigners, brought
[ North by the Fisheries Trust, were
. brought into Seward from the West
ward recently, for support by the
: j American taxpayers—some to be
j fed in Alaska jails and some to be
^ sent to Momingside. The bunch
included an even dozen, half of
them being insane.
' Seward is to have a $75,000
II apartment house in the near future.
| Miss Ruby de Graff, secretary to
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, came down
from Fairbanks this week on a
brief business trip.
Dry officers recently raided the
Panhandle at Ketchikan and secured
I several bottles of beer. They also
i found evidence of moonshine, but
1 it apparently had been dumped
i : before the officers arrived on the
! scene.
Arrivals from Anchorage bring a
report to the effect that an attempt
was made recently to rob Jack
! Robarts’ till. The would-be bandits
| are now in jail.
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j Advices from the States say that
I Mrs. Dolly O’Keefe, formerly of
j Nenana, has been compelled to
j leave Wichita on account of eli
i matic conditions. She has moved to
the Pacific coast.
There has been a rush of patients
to the local hospital during the
j last week, all accommodations now
being taken.
The launch Tanana, which arrived
from the army town late Thursday
afternoon, started on the return
trip down river yesterday.
J. H. Kelly, who arrived from
i Tanana on Thursday, on the mail
j launch Tanana, went to Fairbanks
| yesterday.
“Velvet Joe” Arnold left for the
’ coast last night, after covering the
Interior towns—with his tobacco
literature.
John Nelson, whose eye was in
jured by a blast at McKinley Park
several days ago, is improving at
the local hospital.
Assistant. District Attorney L. R.
Gillette and family were visitors in
Nenana this week from Fairbanks.
BIG TIME COMING
The Pioneers will stage a ’98
festival at Union hall on the night
of September 23. Committees are
now at work arranging the details
and full announcement will be made
within the next few days.
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DAUGHERTY HELD IN CHECK
BY SUPREME COURT ORDER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
Justice Bailey, of the supreme court
of the District of Columbia, has is
sued a temporary order restraining
United Marshal Snider from doing
anything to prevent strike activities
“in excess” of the Chicago restrain
ing order. The order was issued in
connection with the motion of the
Government for a dismissal of the
petition for an injunction filed by
the International Brotherhood of
< Electrical Workers, seeking to pre
vent the enforcement of the re
straining order issued by Judge
Wilkerson, of Chicago.
Daugherty To Let Them Meet
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
j Attorney General Daugherty has
; given assurances that no attempt
1 will be made by the Government to
j interfere with the meeting of the
striking shopmen’s executive com
| mittee, which will gather at Chicago
on Monday.
See Signs Of Settlement
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
i Administration officials who are in
! close touch with the industrial situa
i tion declare that a settlement of
the shopmen’s strike on a number
of railroads is “probable" as a re
sult of conferences held in Chicago
this week.
Willard Gets Them Together
CHICAGO, Sept. 9—Daniel Wil
lard, president of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, met with several
Western rail executives yesterday
afternoon, presumably to discuss
proposals for a basis of settlement
of the rail strike by individual ar
rangement.
The meeting is said to have been
arranged largely through the efforts
of Willard.
Notice Served On Chiefs
CHICAGO, Sept. 9—B M. Jewell,
head of the Federated Shop Crafts,
William Johnston, president of the
machinists and Martin Ryan, head
of the carmen, who arrived here
yesterday, were served during the
afternoon with notice of the is
suance of the temporary injunction
granted to the Government.
Governor Bone, who is to deliver
the principal ‘address at the dedi
cation of the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines on
the occasion of the dedication of
the institution on Wednesday, will
arrive from the coast on Tuesday.
He came north from Juneau on the
cutter Unalga.
Bob Stout, an oldiimer of the
Kuskokwim district, recently became
an Inmate of the Pioneers Home at
Sitka. He does not intend to re
main there permanently, however.
He declares that it is his intention
to return to Nixni^ Fork in the near
future.
Joe McAuley, former resident of
the Interior, where he was well
known to oldtimers, died at the An
chorage hospital recently, a victim
of heart trouble. He was buried by
the Pioneers of the coast town.
Sam Stone, who arrived from the
Hot Springs district this week, re
ports that cold weather has put a
stop to nearly all mining operations
in that section. He was employed
during the summer on Sullivan
creek, with the Cleveland & Howell
hydraulic outfit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kestly and
son Jerry, are in Anchorage, hav
ing left for the coast on a recent
train.
George Kennedy had his tonsils
removed at the local hospital this
week, the operation having been
performed by Dr. Romig.