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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA. ALASKA, TUESDAY. SF.PT. 12, 1922 NUMBER 347
LEADERS DISCUSS BASIS FOR AGREEMENT
SHOPMEN RECEIVE^ PROPOSAL TO SETTLE STRIKE
CONDITION OF MRS. HARDING SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
MRS. HARDING PASSES CRISIS;
CONDITION IMPROVING NOW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Set*. 12—
The crisis in tie condition of Mrs
Harding “seems to have been pass
ed”, says an official bulletin which
was issued from the White House
at 9:35 this morning, and it is un
derstood there has been slight im
provement during the day.
It is indicated that the attending
physicians are sin consultation re
garding the advisability of opera!
ing on the patient.
POSSES ARE SEARCHING
FOR FIEND OF OLYMPIA
O LYMPH. Sept. 12—Posses ar*
still searching for the masked as
sailant who terrorized the O'Hars
family la^t week and, as a meani
of stimulating the searchers, a re
ward has been posted for his cap
ture, dead or alive.
The seven victims of the fienc
are improving and it is now be
lieved all of them will recover.
L. S. May, the Seattle fingei
print expert, has been called in or
the case and the entire country is
aroused over the crime, which n
described as one of the most bruta
in the history of this section oi
the state.
BONUS BILL IS SAFE
WACO, Sept. 12—President Hard
ing will not veto the Soldier bonu:
bill, according to announcemen;
made here today by R. D. Storey
national committeeman of the Amer
iean legion from Texas. He mad«
the announcement "after he had re
ceived advices from the nations
board of the legion, in which ii
was stated that Secretary Christlai
had informed the board that th<
President would not use the vett
on the bill.
NEW STOPE IS DISCOVERED;
HOPE FOR MINERS REV1VEE
JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 12—Th<
discovery of a new stope yesterday
above the 3,600 foot level of th(
Argonaut mine, may bring the res
cue workers directly to the final bar
rier of rock on that level and nsaj
shorten by several days, the tim<
required to reach the miners whc
have been entombed in the lowei
level during the last couple oi
weeks.
The Kennedy mine, through whicl
the rescue is being attempted, ii
one of the deepes: mines in th<
world.
FRANCE AND BRUCE LEAD
BALTIMORE, Sept. 12—Unite*
States Senator France. Republican
and William C. Bruce, Democrat
probably will be the opposing candi
dates in the senatorial election ii
November as the result of yester
day's primary election in this state
France won a decisive victory ovei
John W. Garrett, secretary of tht
Washington Arms conference, and
is practically certain that Bruc<
won the three cornered Democrats
fight for the nomination.
GERMAN BOAT SINKS—30 DIE
GIBRALTER. Sept. 12—Thin;
women and children were drownec
on Saturday when the German pas
senger steamer Hammonia sank, ac
cording to advices which have jus
reached this place.
FATHER ADMITS DUAL CRIME
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 12—Ton:
Dinoco, whose two daughters disap
peared recently, has confessed to th<
police that he killed both of th<
girls and threw their bodies in th<
Missouri river.
The power boat McKinley is be
ing prepared for a return trip ti
the Kantishna district with supplie
for the Mt. McKinley Gold Placers
Inc.
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STRIKE LEADERS TALK TERMS;
RAIL TROUBLE MAY END SOON
PARTIES TESTING STRENGTH
IN PRIMARIES IN 8 STATES
CHICAGO, Sepc. 12—Primaries
j are in progress in eight states today, i
in four of which there are contests,
'for United States senatorial nomina
| tions which are expected to inflic&te
j to some extent, the trend of the ‘
j public mind.
Massachusetts. Michigan. Washmg
! ton and Vermont are choosing sen
; atoriai candidates, with vigorous op
; position to the incumbents in the
first three states named Townsend.
: of Michigan, has two opponents,
who attacked him because of his
! support of Senator Newberry. Ir
| Massachusetts Senator Lodge is op
\ posed by Jbseph Walker, who waged ,
a vigorous campaign. Four Demo
j crats are seeking their party's nom
i ination.
The two Southern states in which
Democratic primaries are in pro
! gress are South Carolina, where
' former governor Cole Blease and
j Thomas G. McLeod are seeking the
' gubernatorial nomination, and Louis
iana, where one congressman and
several state officials will be nomin
ated.
Colorado and Arizona are holding ■
primaries for state tickets. Con-!
gressman Ashurst is unopposed for'
the Democratic nomination for sen- j
ator in Arizona, aifd no Republican'
candidate has been named to op- i
pose him in November.
jviaine noiat tiecr.on
PORTLAND, Me.. Sept. 12— j
Senator Frederick Hale and Govern-!
or Percival P. Baxter, both Repub
. licans, were elected at yesterday";!
election by majorities failing decid-;
edly below those given Republican
candidates in 1920. The Democratic '
vote in three quarters of the state'
was five thousand ahead of that of
two years ago, while the Republican .
vote fell off by 22,000.
Partial returns indicate the re
election of four Republican congress
men.
Hr* vy Vote In Washington
SEATTLE, Sep*. 3 2—Fine wea
ther throughout the state and big
interest in the senatorial contest
■ have combined to bring out a big i
vote in all precincts at today's pri- j
mart' election.
SENATE PASSES PORK BILL
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 12—
The rivers and harbors develop
ment bill, specifying the projects
upon which Government funds may
be spent, was passed by the senate
yesterday and has been sent to j
/conference for adjustment.
j The steamers Northwestern and !
Admiral Watson left Seattle for the |
North" on September 9. The North-.
western had 125 passengers, with the
■ following booked for Seward: Mrs. ]
J. L. Heacock. M. Behlke and wife.
Mrs. J. Raap. Mrs. K. Lindgren.
• Esther and Alice Lindgren. Mabel
: Lindgren. L. E. Feehley, J. E. Le
mon, M. H. Bunn, I. Lachmann,
'John Carlson, Mrs. F. H. Lunsbury. j
Mrs. Nora Slauter Captain G. a.
. Lockhart, L. Elwell and wife. Mrs.
. F. A*. Martin was listed for Seward
. on the Watson.
Mrs. A. V. Horner, of Ruby, is
a guest at the Cooney Hotel.
Special Officer Billy Butler arrived
' from the coast this morning and
'twent to Fairbanks this afternoon.
A. E. White, of St. Paul, is a
guest at the Cooney hotel.
CHICAGO. Sep:. 12—A basis fo:
the settlement of the strike of rail
way shopmen is under consideration
by the general policy committee oi
the shopcrafts organizations, ac
cording to announcement made to
day by B. M. Jewell, a: the con
clusion of the morning session oi
the committee. His announcement
was the first public acknowledgment
that a proposal for the sett'emer.1
of the strike had been presen :ed tc
the committee.
Leaders express the belief tha:
an agreement probably will be ar
rived at late today, but nothing is
known publicly regarding the pro
posal under consideration.
Action Is Deferred
CHICAGO, Sept. 12—Judge Wilk
erson has deferred action on the
motion of the shoperaft leaders foi
a modification of the temporary re
straining order issued last week.
CHICAGO. Sept. 12—Supporte
by the most formiddabie legal bat
’ terv ever thrown into a single court
action by the Government, Attorney
General Daugherty appeared before
Federal Judge Wilkerson yes:erda>
and set the forces in motion for £
permanent injunction in connection
with the rail strike. A great mas;
i of evidence was presented purport
ing to show the existence of £
-gigantic plot involving sabotage ape
plans to inaugurate a reign of ter
. ror.
Impeachment Move Falls Down
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. 12
Representative Keller, Republican
of Minnesota, launched a move yes
terday to impeach Attorney Genera
Daugherty for his connection wit'r
the rail strike injunction, but hi;
action was without avail, the chair
mar. having ruled him out of ordei
because of the absence of a quorum
His first sentence threw the house
into an uproar and it was impos
. sible to hear all that he said.
GOV. SCOTT C. BONE
TO OPEN NEW SCHOOL
Enroute to Fairbanks to dedicate
America's farthest not in p i ration
al institution, the Alaska Agriciu
turai College and School of Mines,
Governor Scott C. Bone arrived
in Xenana from the coast this
morning and left for the upper town
on the regular train :h.s afternoon,
after looking over the new bridge
and other points of interest about
town. The governor made the trip
north to Seward aboard the revenue
cutter Unalga and traveled over the
Alaska Railroad in the business car
of the Commission, accompanied by
Col. F. Wears. The governor is ac-:
companied on the .trip by United
States Marshal Beaumont, of the
First division an<T by Captain John
Bodeker, of the Unalga.
The governor expressed himself as
being much pleased with the appear
ance of Xenana and other towns
along the ra’lroaa and expressed the
conviction that all of the country
tributary to the railroad would con
tinue to prosper and develop. He
said that he was especially interested 1
in the inauguration of a steamer
service in connection with the rail-1
road, operating between. Xenana
and points on the Yukon river, and
promised to use his influence to j
bring about the needed water con-;
nection, which he has already ad
vocated in his annual report.
Shortly after the arrival of the j
governor at Seward, he was advised |
Dr. and Mrs. P. S. Whitney ar.d j
baby were in Xenana this morning !
enroute to Fairbanks. Mrs. Whitney!
and the baby are returning from a I
stay of several months in the States ;
and were met a: the coast by the
doctor.
A new army radio station is to be!
erected at Eagle. The old station j
located on the top of the hill, three
miles from the town, will be dis
mantled and a new one will be lo
cated in the town proper. It will
be served by high aerial poles, to
be erected at once.
Dr. J. A. Sutherland came down
from Fairbanks today and will leave
for Riley tonight to meet a party
outward bound from the Kantishna.
if the arrival of a son at the homt
if his eldest daughter, Mrs. Johr
Ford Starr, residing at Juneau. The
rovernor also has another daughte:
at Juneau, who will leave for Seat
:le shortly to enter the University
if Washington.
Governor Bone had intended com
ng to the Interior earlier in the
•ummer with President and Mrs
Sarding, and with Secretary Fall
tfter the President had found i
:mpossible to leave Washington. Anc
le planned to bring Mrs. Bone anc
tis daughter with him. But his trij
vas too long delayed for either T<
iceompany him. The governor say;
le talked over the Alaska trip wnl
Mrs. Harding when last he was it
iVashington. and she displayed very
nuch interest in the plans for the
luting. She seemed as much interest
id in Alaska as the President him
icif.
It is not known definitely wher
he governor will return to the
roast, or which route he will take
It is likely, however, that he wil
eave Fairbanks, on Friday and tha’
le will return to the coast by trait
is the Richardson highway is no'
n very good condition at present
ror travel by auto. Should he agair
tis it Xenana. he will be the guest
>f the local Moose at a dinner, ar
■angements for which will be made
is soon as the plans of the party
ire known definitely.
Col. E. L. Phillips, who is making
he rounds of the Interior station;
if the Signal Corps, arrived frorr
Fairbanks today enroute to the coar
>y way of the Alaska Railroad. He
irrived at Fairbanks last week by
vay of the Richardson highway. He
rill leave for Anchorage tonight.
H. B. Madland, representing the
Seattle Hardware Company, wil
eave for Anchorage tonight.
The new stem wheeler Xenana
iwned by Jack Bailey and Wil
Fherwin, is awaiting the arrival oi
rreight from the coast, preparatory
;o a trip to the Iditarod district.
Captain C. Gt Jones will leave foi
Anchorage tonight on a brief busi
less trip.
TARIFF CONFERENCE REPORT
TAKING FORM AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 12—
. The conference report on the ad
ministration tariff bill is now being
j prepared, the conferees having
reached an agreement on 24 of the
36 points in dispute.
It is expected that the report will
be ready for submission to the house
late today or tomorrow and that it
will be formally ratified by the
j nouse tomorrow and go to the sen
ate for final action before the end
of the week.
Bill It Perfected
| The tariff bill was finally perfect
ed late this afternoon and the con
ference report presented to the
house. It will be called up tomorrow
: and it is expected that it will bt
I disposed of not later than Thurs
| day. Action in the senate, however,
5 may be delayed a week or more.
Experts say the level of the bill
is Slightly under the Payne-Aidrich
| law but considerably above the
; Underwood law.
' Among the important rates, as
' agreed upon • in conference were in
| eluded “fre^h or frozen =almon. hali
but and mackerel, two cents a pound
. hawing and mackerel pickled oi
salted, one cent a pound''.
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WOODEN SHIPS GO FOR SONG.
COST GOVERNMENT BIG SUM
—
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 12
Officials of the United State? Ship
ping board have made forma! an
nouncement of the acceptance oi
the bid of Lent 4: Humphrey foi
• the purchase of the Government’!
fleet of war-built wooden vessels
1 the majority of which have nevei
been placed in service.
! The sale includes 226 ships. th<
cost of which aggregated three hun
dred million dollars. The,sale price
is ¥750,000 for the lot.
At the annual session of the
grand lodge of the Yukon Order o!
Pioneers at Dawson, the following
were chosen officers for the ensuing
! year: A. G. Seguin. grand president
John Hawkesley. griand vice pre?i
dent; George Brimston. grand secre
tary; Alex Forrest, grand treasurer
D. C. Robertson, grand g-jurd
J. O. Laehapelle, grand chaplain
Joseph Hanna, grand warden; Johr
Hawkesley, grand historian; Robert
J. Ogbum, W. J. Rendell and W
Bell, grand trustees. John Brock ;;
grand past president.
MORE JUDGES ASSURED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12—
j The lower bouse of Congress has ac
| c-epted the senate amendments u
the bill providing for the creatior
of 25 additional federal judges. The
hill now goes to the President foi
his signature.
Commissioner J. J. Donovan, ol
Healy, arrived in town this morn
ing on a brief vacation. He -p.rts
the Healy district very lively al
the present time.
Orel'a Rexford. who is making a
lecture Tour through Alaska, ar
rived from Anchorage this ciorrin-’
and left for Fairbanks this after
noon. She will spend a week oi
more in the upper town and will
then return to Nenana, for a series
of lectures here.
Alice E. Miller, of Boise, is among
those registered at the Cooney hotel.
WASHINGTON VOTERS ARE
NAMING CANDIDATES TODAY
SEATTLE, Stpt 12—Washington
| voters are casting their ballots to
i day for candidates for United States
; senatorial nominations, five repre
| sentatives• in Congress, four su
preme court justices ar,d various
| county offices. The election vras pre
ceded by one of the most bitterly
r contested primary campaigns in the
i history of the state
Chief interest in the election cen
! ters in the Republican senatorial
j contest in which Senator Poindexter
i is opposed by Mrs. Francis Cleve
land Axtell, of Bellingham, who is
; the candidate of the so-called liber
a! groups, and George B Lamping,
of Seattle, and Judge Austin E.
I Griffith, of Seattle, who also have
received the indorsement of the so
1 called liberal organizations; George
j E. Stevenson, representing the old
guard, and Lee Tittle, of Yakima
The princ.pai fight is being- made
against Poindexter because he voted
: to seat Senator Newberry.
C. C. Dill, former congressman,
of Spokane, and Lyman Seelye. of
Bellingham, and James C. Long
street. of Port Townsend, are candi
dates for the Democratic nomination
1 for senator.
All of the Republican incumbent
congressmen are candidates for re
nomination. In the First district.
John F. Miller, incumbent, is op
posed by Phillip Tindall, H Alvin
Moore, Thomas W Casey and Ja
W. Brvan.
Former congressman Edgar C.
Snyder and Fred N. Nelson are un
opposed for the Democratic and
Farm Labor nominations repsective
ly in the First district,
-In the Second district Lindley H
Hadley, incumbent, is opposed by
Nelson J. Craigue and Charles A.
Turner, while Minerva E. Troy and
Fred A. Cline ,-eek the Democratic
nomination and P B Tyler the
Farm Labor.
Aleert Johnson, incumbent, is op
posed n the Third district by O.
M. Nelson, with J. M. Phillips out
for the Farm I-abor nomination un
opposed.
In the Fourth district John V,
Cummers, incumbent. Charles R. Hill
ar.d Elihu Bowles are unopposed for
the Republican, Democratic and
Farm Labor nominations respective
ly
J. Stanley Webster, incumbent, is
unopposed for the Republican nom
ination in the Fifth district. Fred
Schade and Sam B HU! are seeking
the Democratic nomination and Har
ry J. Vaughan is unopposed for the
Farm Labor nomination in that dis
trict.
A reduction in Alaska freight
rates, in general, may be made, ac
cording to John H. Bunch, freight
and passenger agent of the Alaska
Steamship Company, who was in
! Ner.ana recently on a visit to the
Interior section of .Alaska. He made
the announcement upon his return
to Juneau, enroute to his head
quarters in Seattle. He also stated
that there would no: be any reduc
tion in passenger fares, for the rea
son that the company considers the
present rates are low in comparison
to steamship passenger rates in the
States and which “we proved re
cently by publishing a comparative
table”.
—
Tourist traffic for the present sea
son has been 61 per cent larger
than it was in 1921, according : •
reports received recently by Gov
ernor Scott C. Bone, from steamship
companies in Seattle and Vancouver.
Up to the time the announcement
was made, a total of 5,537 tourists
had been handled for the season,
as against 3.442 last season.
There will be an important meet
ing of the city council'tonight.