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VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCT. 17, 1922 NUMBER 362
LEGION TO CONTINUE FIGHT FOR BONUS
DIRECTOR FORBES REFUTES COMMITTEE CHARGE
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM WINS OPENING GAME
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YALE DEFEATED BY IOWA;
WASHINGTON BEATS IDAHO
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 17—Yale’s
football eleven went down to de
feat here on Saturday by the Iowa
team, with a score of six to nothing.
A touchdown in the second period
pave the game to the Iowans. Yale
made a thrilling' attempt to win,
threatening the Iowa goal twice.
The first was an abortive field goal
after an Iowa punt had been block
ed. The second was a march by
Yale from its own 25-yard line to
Iowa’s 15-yard line. At the fourth
down, with two yards to go. Wight
forward passed over the Iowa goal
fine but his mates failed to catch.
Wuhinton Win*
SEATTLE, Oct. 17—University of
Washington defeated Idaho here on
Saturday, two to nothing. The game
was won on a safety made by the
captain of the Iowa team, who
fumbled a pass and fell on it be
hind His own goal fine. Washington
gained regularly but the Idaho team
stiffened whenever the ball neared
the goal. The ball was in Idaho ter
ritory most of the game. The Idaho
team -went through the game with
out a substitute, and the Washing
ton lineup was changed only slight
ly during the game.
Harvard Defeat* Bowdoin
Other games played on Saturday
resulted in the following scores;
Harvard 15; Bowdoin 0.
Princeton 10; Colgate 0.
Dartmouth 21; Middlebury 0.
Gonzaga 7; Pullman 10.
Cornell 68; New Hampshire State
7.
Oregon Aggies 3; Pacific Univer
sity 0.
Oregon 0; Multnomah Athletic
Club 20.
Virginia Poly 6; Center 10.
Stanford 7; Santa Clara 0.
Vanderbilt 0; Michigan 0.
IDAHO CENTRAL COMMITTEE
OPPOSES PRIMARY SYSTEM
BOISE, Idaho. Oct. 17—The Ida
ho state central committee, which
met in special session here on Sat
urday, decided to abide by the plat
form adopted by the recent state
convention at Wallace, opposing a
return of the primary system, “not
withstanding the attitude of Sen
ator Borah", who, in recent speeches
denounced the Wallace platform, de
claring that a piece of blank paper
would be better than the Republi
can platform.
CANADIAN WORKERS BURY
OTTAWA, Oct. 17—Reports from
all over Canada indicate little un
employment at present, according: to
officials of the government service. A
scarcity of labor, it is said, is de
veloping in several lines of in
dustry. There has been some ap
prehension over the possibility of
unemployment next winter but the
activity in industry generally at
present has convinced those in close
touch with the situation to think
winter unemployment will be of
such minor consequence as to furn
ish no problem.
AVIATION TOLL IN JAPAN
TOKYO, Oct. 17—During the last
year in Japan nine aviators were
* killed and 25 wounded in 39,371
flights, the gross mileage of which
was 812,960. These statistics were
issued by the aviation department
of the war office and include naval,
military and civilian fliers, in reply
to complaints that accidents had
been frequent of late. These acci
dents, it is explained, were due to
adverse atmospheric conditions above
the central districts of the country
during the spring and summer. The
report says “as a whole, airplane ac
cidents in this country are by no
means so numerous as the recent
freauency of accidental falls is apt
to lead the people to believe”.
WETS WANT LEGION TO ACT
ON BEER AND WINE CAMPAIGN
PASSENGERS OF HONOLULU
LANDED AT LOS ANGELES >
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LOS ANGELES. Oct. 17—The 1
\ transport Thomas arrived in port 1
yesterday with the passengers and '
crew of the liner City of Honolulu
which was destroyed by fire while
enroute from Hawaii. After a brief
delay, for health inspection, the j
: passengers were permitted to come
| ashore, but the officers and crew
; of the destroyed liner were detained ,
1 on board the transport pending a
1 federal investigation of the disaster j
There were many touching scenes
as the passengers landed and wel
coined by anxious relatives. One
elderly man frantically embraced
his wnfe and then fainted.
The passengers speak in terms of
praise of the manner in which the
! officers and crew of the Honolulu
! handled the situation, and none of
i the arrivals seemed any the worse
J for the trying experience.
! BRITAIN PAYS INTEREST
J WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17—
! The New York federal reserve bans
i received a check yesterday for fifty
million dollars, in payment of the i
first instalment of interest on the
debt of Great Britain to the United
States.
WINTER BEGINS IN STATES
| ST. PAUL, Oct. 17—The first
snow of the season fell yesterday
j in Minnesota and North Dakota. At!'
: Fergus Falls, the snow reached aj
depth of three inches.
LUMBER PLANT BURNS
VANCOUVER, Oct. 17—The en
tire plant of the Falls Creek Lum
ber Company was swept by fire ;
yesterday, wi.h a loss of nearly a
quarter of a million dollars.
CHILEAN CABINET RESIGNS
SANTIAGO. Chile. Oct. 17—The
Chilean cabinet has resigned be
cause of the decision of a majority
of the senators to vote for reserva
: tions in the Tacna Arica protocol.
POINCARE TO ASK FRANCE
TO RATIFY NAVAL TREATY
PARIS. Oct. 17—According to in
I formation obtained from reliable
: sources it is the intention of Pre
mier Poincare to advocate the im
mediate ratification of the Washing
! ton naval treaty when he appears
before parliament shortly.
FAMOUS CAVE TO BE OPENED
BUTTE. Oct. 17—Morriscn Cav
ern, 45 miles southeast of this city, :
said to have been discovered in 1905 1
I by George Morrison, has been placed
i under the supervision of the super- .
j intendent of national parks and re
i named the Lewis and Clark cave in
! honor of the famous explorers. The
cavern has a collection of Stalact- ,
i ities and stalagmites which is said
; to have few rivals in the country.
After the proper lighting has been
installed the large underground
! natural museum will be opened to '
the public. The mouth of the passage
way to the cave is at the summit of
a limestone cliff 1,200 feet above the
Jefferson river. The main room of
the cave is large enough to permit
j holding large meetings there.
Arrivals from McKinley Park re
1 port that the work of building the
j new school house at that place is
j well under way and it is expected
that the building will be ready for
occupancy at an early date.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17—With
>rac .ically every state and territory
n the union represented, the fount
.nnual convention of the Americar
egion opened here yesterday, th<
lay being consumed largely witr
he reading of reports submitted b}
he national commander and othei
ifficials of the organization.
In his report to the legion, Com
nander MacNider declared that th<
egior. regarded its first responsibil
ty concerned adjusted compensa
ion. In this connection he said
‘We have just begun to fight. Ad
usted compensation is right; w<
mow it is right and right alway:
irevails in America. No man, un
louehed by war. without kith or kii
imong those who served, and n<
>ne group, financial or otherwise
an stand between the wishes of thi
imerican people and the fulfillmen
>f what they believe to be a jus
ibligation”.
Forbes Is Peeved
Colonel Forbes, director of trv
United States veterans' bureau, re
ilied vigorously to the report o
be rehabilitation committee whic!
ermed the Government’s record o
GEORGIA VOTERS DECIDING
RACE FOR WATSON’S SEA1
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 17—'Th
•oters of Georgia are casting thei
pallors today at a special Demo
•ratic primary election for thi
lominaition of a candidate to mak
he race for the seat of the lat
'J. S. Senator Watson. Each of thi
’our candidates, Governor Hard
vick. S. Wright. J. R. Cooper an*
(V. F. George, made last minut
■laims of support of the “loya
ifty thousand followers of Wat
ion”.
The Democratic nomination i:
Georgia is considered equivalent t
m election.
MOONSHINE SERIOU PROBLE.N
C LE VELAND, Oct. 17—Wide
spread drinking of moonshine ha
lecome a serious health problem
iccording to a statement made toda;
jy W. H. Doran, of the federa
prohibition commissioner’s office, ii
in address made before the pun
’ood and drug section of the Ameri
ran Public Health service, which i
n session here.
GOVERNOR OF HAWAII HAS
NARROW ESCAPE IN PLANI
HONOLULU, Oct. 17—Governs
’arrington missed death by a narrov
nargin yesterday when a seaplam
n which he was a passenger, caugh
ire and was compelled to make :
lurried landing near ®ear! harbor
The governor was hurt but his in
uries are not considered serious
GREEKS QUIT ADR1ANOPLE
ADRIANOPLE, Oct. 17—Thirt;
housand Greeks and Armenian
lave evacuated Adrianople sinci
ast Saturday. The road betweei
his city* and Maritza river form
in unbroken line of men, womei
md children, and the misery of thi
■efugees is extreme, with pneu
nonia claiming many of them.
TAILOR KILLS A WOMAN
BREMERTON, Oct. 17—E. J
Ftowley, a prominent local tailor
hot and fatally wounded Mrs. E
5. McElheney, restaurant proprietor
resterday, and then committed sui
nde. Before acting, he made i
property settlement with his wife
preparatory to starting divorce pro
:eedings. His victim died short!;
ifter the shooting.
I
j performance as a “series of tragic
mistakes, postponements, delays, ali
bies and politics”. Forbes declared
that what had been done under re
l cent acts of Congress constitute "a
record to be proud of”.
Gompert Addresses Convention
Features of today’s program were .
addresses by President Samuel
Gompers^ of the American Federa
tion of Labor, and Judge Landis,
both of whom received a noisy wel
come. Gompers told of labor’s aims
and aspirations and what it believed
to be its rights and duties.
Fight Is Promised
The resolutions committee, which
reports tomorrow, is prepared to
table resolutions dealing with light
wines and beer, and the Ku Klux
Klan. but it is understood the ad
vocates of moderated prohibition are
ready to make an open fight on the
floor of the convention. It is also
rumored that the klan may be made
an open issue.
Frisco Next Ye*r
i San Francisco was awarded next]
[‘year’s convention by acclamation.
1 WEEKS AND PERSHING SAY
LARGE ARMY IS NECESSITY
>! W ASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 17— |
- Secretary of War Weeks and Gen-;
- eral Pershing called at the White j
• House yesterday for the purpose of j
; giving President Harding their rea-j
; sons for believing the military policy '
: of the Government cannot be main- i
- rained adequately with a regular i
i army of less than 13,000 officers j
- and 150,000 enlisted men. It is I
! said they cited specific instances in j
■ which the reduction had * crippled j
efficiency.
i The secretary also discussed with i
i the President the question of the re-1
turn of the American forces from J
Germany, and it was intimated af- j
I ter the conference that the troops j
. would be withdrawn within a short |
j time. No official announcement to |
that effect has been made, however i
JAPAN RESTRICTS NUMBER
OF IMMIGRANTS TO MEXICO
HONOLULU. Oct. 17—The Japan-,
ese government has been voluntarily j
applying the “gentlemen's agree
ment” to her immigration to Mexi- j
co so that Japanese could no: be ac-1
cused of filtering through that coun
try into the United States. The ac
tion of the government was made
known by S. Furuya, new Japanese
minister to Mexico, who stopped
here enroute to his new post.
CARMACK CASE POSTPONED
SEATTLE. Oct. 17—The hearing
of fthe proceedings started by Mrs.
Grace Graphie Saftig, of Hollister,
to remove Mrs. Marguerite Carmack,
widow, of Olympia, as administrat
rix of the estate of George Car
mack, of Klondike fame, has been
continued to December 14. The con
tinuance was ordered after Mrs.
Saftig had testified briefly, to the ;
effect that her mother was an Indian
woman whom Carmack had mar
ried in accordance with tribal rites.
PENN STATE TO BE INVITED
SEATTLE, Oct. 17—It is re
■ ported in football circles that Penn
. State may be invited to participate
■ in the annual East vs. West foot
i ball game at Pasadena on New
. Year’s, under the auspices of the
- Pacific Conference. It is understood
' that California will provide the other
team.
rllDSHIPMEN ARE ON TRIAL
FOR HAZING AT /NNAPOLIS
ANN APOLIS. Oct. 17—Just be- (
ore the assembling of the naval!
•ourtmarrial for the trial of mid
shipmen on charges growing out of
i recent hazing, Admiral Wilson,
uperinter.dent of the academy, an
lounced that Midshipmen R. B.
5earson, of Alabama and W. H.
ilcGregor. of Bremerton, were un-'
ler treatment at the hospital as a
•esult of being hazed.
The midshipmen on trial are
Stuart Hawkins, of Massachusetts,
md Bruce Robinson, of Arizona.
3IG ARMY DIRIGIBLE BURKS;
TEXAS GALE IS BLAMED
SAN ANTONIO. Oct. 17—The
limy dirigible C-2, which recently
completed a trans-continental flight
ind which was returning to Washi
ngton, was destroyed by fire today
■chile being taken from the hangar.
Several members of the crew were
injured, one of them seriously.
The big dirigible was just leaving
he hangar when it was caught by
i “Texas norther" and twiiCed
igainst the door. The hydrogen gas
*as ignited by air rushing through
he torn covering, and exploded im
mediately. A great burst of flame
•wept out from the hangar, de
.toying the bag.
PLANE DROPSPILOT KILLED
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 17—Lieut.
Walter A. Ball, aviator, was killed
lere today when his plane crashed
-o the ground from a height of
500 feet.
TRAINMEN GET RAISE
CHICAGO, Oct. 17—The Railroad
l^bor board has granted approxim
itely two thousand yardmasrers on
rwenty-six railroads, an eight-hour
lay with overtime, which amounts
iractically to a twenty-five per cent
ncrease in wages.
3RITAIN OBJECTS TO DRY RULE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Ocr.. 17
In a communication delivered to
he state department yesterday, the
rovemment of Great Britain is
understood to have declined Co agree
;o the Hughes suggestion for a re
ciprocal agreement extending the
■ight of search and seizure so as to
rive American prohibition officials
urisdiction outside the three mile
imit.
At the same time, the British
'oreign office has assured the gov
ernment that it will take every pre
naution to prevent violation of the
American prohibition act by rum
imugglers under the British flag.
PADEREWSKI COMING BACK
GENEVA, Oct. 17—Paderewski,
loEed pianist, whose concert work
vas interrupted iseveral years ago
>ecause of his sendee to Poland, is
banning to sail for the United
>tates on October 31, to resume
lis public appearances as a pianist,
le has arranged for a series of
•oncerts in the principal American
■ities.
A1 Wigand and Ed Moore, of the
ioundary survey party, are guests
it the Cooney hotel during a brief
•isit in town.
Guy Burch is among those regis
ered at the Cooney hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Griffith are re-,
•ent arrivals at the Southern hotel.
LOS ANGELES PRISONERS
STAGE NERVY JA1LBREAK
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 17—Herb
ert Wilson, former evangelist, who
is konwn as the "master criminal”,
and was in jail here awaiting the
result of his appeal from conviction
on a charge of murdering his pal,
Herbert Cox, escaped from the
county jail early this morning, with
two other prisoners. His companions
were Adam Ward, convicted mur
derer. and Guido Spignola, who was
under sentence for stealing $83,000
from the Standard Oil Company.
Ward murdered Nancy Wh^elock.
an aged woman, by Strangling.
The trio beat up the turnkey af
ter holding up two inside guards.
After getting out they held up a
postal employe and escaped in his
autortiobile.
Tommy Forno, aged 1:1, whd was
playing in the street in front of
the jail when the break occurred,
was slightly wounded by two bullets.
JURY INDICTMENT FAILS;
EVIDENCE NOT SUFFICIENT
SEATTLE, Oct. 17—Indictments
charging Charles P Wood, county
purchasing agent, and W. A. “Wea
ry” Wilkins, printer and binder,
with grand larceny in connection
with the expenditure of county
funds, were dismissed in the su
perior court (today on motion of
-counsel for the defense, on the
ground of insufficient evidence.
Indictments returned by the same
grand jury, against county com
missioners and officers of the defunct
Scandinavian American Bank, were
dismissed for the same reason.
BIG FREIGHTER AT SEWARD
With the distinction of being one
of the largest freighters ever oper
ated on regular schedule in the
Alaska trade, the steamship Medon,
latest addition to the fleet of the
Alaska Steamship Company, arrived
at .Seward, last week with a cargo
of railroad freight and general ship
ments for coast and Interior towns.
The Medon is 332.9 feet over all,
46 feet beam and 2 .9 feet depth.
Her gross registered tonnage is
3.475, and net 3,071. The ship has
five holds ad two complete decks.
She is equipped with tripple ex
pansion engines wi.h an indicated
horsepower of 1,800. She is equipped
with a submarine signalling appartus
The ship was built in the yards
of the Hanlon Drydock & Shipping
Company, at Oakland, for the United
States Shipping board, in 1920, and
was purchased from the board in
San Francisco recently by the pres
ent owners.
The Seward Gateway says, in a
recent issue that arrivals at the
coast report the burning of the
mining tow-n of Hope, on October
6. some of the largest buildings in
the place being destroyed. The fire
is said to have originated in the
roadhouse conducted by James
Brown and the buildings destroyed
included the general store of Wil
liam Murray, the postoffice, the
Tom Parazo pool hall and the road
house. All of the postoffice equip
ment was saved. The loss is estimat
ed at $3,000.
The school paper, which will mak ■
its initial appearance in the near
future, edited and printed by the
girls of the Franklin K. Lane High
School, will be issued under the
direction of the following staff
members, selected this week: Jessie
Motschman, editor in chief and ad
vertising manager; Mabel Teeland,
society editor and assistant manager;
Hazel Teeland, calendar editor and
general manager; W'innie Cameron,
circulation manager and assistant
edrior.
Tom Smith, of the Southern
hotel, went to Fairbanks today on
a brief business trip.