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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 22. 1922
NUMBER 225
RAILWAY CLERKS VOTE TO JOIN STRIKE
FOURTH WEEK FINDS STRIKE HOLDING SOLIDLY
SENATOR SAYS GOVERNMENT SEAL CONTRACT IS BAD
SENATOR SAYS UNCLE SAM
r.FTTINr. BUNK ON CONTRACT
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22—
Senator Hitchcock, in a statement
made on the floor of the senate
yesterday, urged the investigation
4 of the Government’s contract with
the Fouke Company, of St. Louis,
under which the company receives
$20 for treating and dying the skin
of each seal killed on the Pribiloff
Islands.
The senator declared that through
the contract the company receives
the lion’s share of the profits from
the industry. Many of the skins
sold, he pointed out, bring less than
the cost of treatment.
ENGLISH PUBLISHER IS ILL
LONDON, July 22—Lord North
cliff. British, publisher, who has been
ill for some time past, is in critical
condition today, with a high fever
and heart action considerably im
peded.
DOCTORS FORM COMPANY
TO KEEP CUSTOMERS WELL
MINNEAPOLIS. July 22—There
has been organized in this city a
$100,000 medical company, which
will sell medical services on the
basis of a flat yearly rate "to keep
people well”.
WATER POWER DEVELOPMENT
SHOWS TREMENDOUS GROWTH
WASHINGTON, July 22—There
is more water power development
fc' under way at the present time than
in any previous period in the history
of the nation. The federal power
commission reports that applications
for development of water power
total 321 and involve approximate
ly twenty million horsepower, or
more than twice the existing in stal
lation in the country.
OREGON VILLAGE BURNS
EUGENE, Ore., July 22—The vil
lage of Buie River, forty-five miles
east of this city, was destroyed by
, fire yesterday and adjacent timber
is now in flames, according to re
ports received here.
LIMERICK IS CAPTURED
LONDON, July 22—The Free
State army has captured the city of
Limerick, with many prisoners, arms
and ammunition.
WILL SAVE MONEY FOR JACKIE
LOS ANGELES, July 22—The
parents of Jackie Coogan, phenomi
nal child movie actor, have petition
ed the court to appoint Mrs. Coogan
his legal guardian to conserve his
earnings for him. It has been rumor
ed that they have been using the
child’s earnings for their own bene
fit, although under the law they are
entitled to them.
BASEBALL DANCE TONIGHT
The Baseball Boys will give the
second of their series of dances at
Union hall tonight and a splendid
time is assured those attending. The
music will be provided by the Du
rand orchestra.
The dances are being given by the
Baseball club for the purpose of
replenishing their depleted treasury,
the funds being necessary for the
success of the baseball season.
A. The dance will start at the usual
hour.
Robert Clark, an oldtimer of the
Lone Star state, arrived in Nenana
yesterday aboard the transport Gen.
Jacobs. He is on a sight-seeing tour
of the Northland and made the trip
down the Yukon from Dawson on
the last trip of the steamer Alaska,
disembarking at Tanana. He plans
to have a look over the Fairbanks
district, after which he will return
to Nenana and go out by way of
the Alaska Railroad.
P Special Agent Bill Butler went to
Fairbanks this morning.
OPPOSING FORCES HOLD FIRM;
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS FAILURE
ARMY OFFICERS VISIT NENANA
ENROUTE TO POST AT TANANA
Nenana had the honor yesterday
of entertain? Major General Charles
G. Morton, commander of the Ninth
army corps, and the members of
his party, who arrived from the
coast on yesterday’s train and left
for Tanana during the evening on
the army transport General Jacobs.
The party was escorted to Nenana
by Col. F. Mears. chairman and chief
engineer of the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission, the trip over the
line being made aboard the railroad
business car B-l. Major General
Morrow is in Alaska to inspect the
several army posts. He came North
to Seward on the transport Buford
which will later take him and the
members of his party to St. Michael.
Major General Morton was ac
companied from the coast by Mrs.
Morton, Colonel and Mrs. B. F.
Cheatham and a staff lieutenant
and his wife, others of the party
having remained at Anchorage pend
ing the return of the general.
In spite of rain, the general in
sisted on seeing Nenana and the
railroad work in progress here, and
was escorted over the works by Col.
Mears, accompanied by Col. Cheat
ham. They visited the bridgesite
and other points of interest, the
greater part of the afternoon being
consumed in that manner.
The transport arrived from the
army town early in the morning and
left on the return trip with Major
General Morton and his party dur
ing the afternoon. The transport
. brought several enlisted men and
their wives to Nenana. who are en
route to the States for discharge,
and returned down river with a
, number of men who will be distrib
uted among the various telegraph
stations along the river.
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ROADBED WITHSTANDS RAINS
The new roadbed in the Broad
Pass section of the Alaska Railroad
, is holding up wonderfully well in
spite of the unprecedented wet
(weather prevailing in that district,
j according to F. A. Hansen, engineer
! maintenance and construction, who
' has just returned to Nenana from a
I trip of inspection over the line. All
j necessary arrangements to safeguard
■ the track have been made and no
further delays to amount to any
i thing are anticipated. The forces
i scattered along the road, in places
j where trouble is likely to occur, are
j thought to be sufficient to meet any
I emergency.
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KANTISHNA LAUNCH HERE
The launch McKinley, of the Mt.
: McKinley Gold Placers, Inc., arrived
| from the Kantishna district early
i last evening, with Chester T. Spen
| cer at the wheel, assisted by Mate
! Frank Sager. The launch came from
the company’s camp at Diamond,
! on the Bearpaw river, and brought
out as passengers, Mr. and Mrs. J.
: C. Van Orsdel, Pete Smith and one
j other. The launch will return to the
1 Kantishna shortly with supplies for
! the mining company.
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The power barge Loew Victor,
! with George Mutchler in command,
arrived in port last night from the
| Iditarod country, bringing the mem
bers of the court party and a num
ber of other passengers from that
! section, some of whom left for the
j coast on last night’s train. The
members of the court party com
pleted their journey to Fairbanks
by train, leaving for the upper town
this morning.
CHICAGO, July 22—The rail
strike entered the fourth week to
day with the announcement that the
Clerks Union, eighteen thousand
strong, had voted to strike, and ap
parently all peace negotiations are
now at a standstill, with both sides
holding firm to their original posi
tions.
The country is waiting nervously
and expectantly, in the hope that
something will happen soon to end
the difficulty.
Interest centered today in the
conference between President Hard
ing and Chairman Hooper, of the
Railway Labor Board, but in the
meanwhile eight railways have is
sued orders for the cancellation of
additional trains, bringing the total
to more than three hundred since
the commencement of the strike.
Train Wreck Fatal
SPRINGFIELD, July 22—Five
were killed and a number injured
today when an eastbound Frisco
passenger train struck a westbound
passenger at Logan. Railway officials
; say the accident was the result of
' a misunderstanding of signals.
Old Pals Fall Out
! TOPEKA, July 22—Governor H.
J. Allen has announced that instruc
tions probably will be given for the
‘arrest of William Allen White, the
| author and editor, and lifelong pal
! of the governor, the charge against
1 him being that of posting a placard
; in his office proclaiming sympathy
: for the striking shopmen, an act
' that is claimed to be in violation of
! the famous Kansas industrial court
j act. The controversy between the
i two old friends has attracted nation
1 wide notice.
Demand* Of Clerk* Granted
CHICAGO. July 22—The threat
j ened walkout of seven thousand
| clerks on the Chicago & Northwest
i ern system was averted today, for
j a time at least, when the company
i granted some of the concessions de
^ manded by the men.
Urge General Strike
OMAHA. July 22—The Central
! Labor union has adopted a resolu
tion asking the American Federa
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BANK DEPOSITORS DEMAND
REMOVAL OF SUPERVISOR
SEATTLE, July 22—Five hundred
: depositors of the defunct Scandina
;\ian American bank held a mass
; meeting in this city this week and
adopted a resolution asking Govern
or Hart for the immediate removal
of Supervisor Duke.
The resolution was adopted after
former superior Judge Clay Allen
; had made a statement before the
| meeting, in which be declared that
state officials had been “absolutely
derelict in their duties, as a public
examination of the books of the
bank will show”.
HARDING TO JOIN TRIBE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22—
! President Harding has accepted the
i invitation of Montana Flathead In
dians to become a member of their
tribe and he will be adopted with
great ceremony within a few days.
The President says that he has no
objection to the naming of a Flat
head reservation mountain named af
ter him.
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Col. F. Mears, who escorted the
Major General Morton party to Ne
nana fronj the coast, will remain
here probably until the next regular
train for the south.
tion of Labor executives to call a
national strike at the earliest pos
sible date to “bring: the full power
of labor to bear in one grand na
tional protest against slavery condi
tions which are being imposed upon
us”.
Maintenance Strike Averted
DETROIT, July 22—The walkout
of nine thousand maintenance of
way workers on Michigan Central
lines was averted today through an
agreement restoring the wage scale
effective prior to July 1.
Governor Turn* Request Down
DES MOINES. July 22—Governor
Kendall is quoted as having declared
yesterday: “I will not order out the
National guard, as requested to do
by the railroads, until more necessity
arises than has been shown up to
the present time.”
Special Deputy Killed
TRACY, Cal., July 22—Special
Deputy Sheriff Brennan, on duty a?
guard in the Southern Pacific yards
here, was shot and killed yesterday
l by unidentified Mexicans.
Maintenance Men Quit
CRESSON, Pa.. July 22—Main
tenance of way men employed on the
Pennsylvania railroad between Port
age and Altoona, walked out yester
day in protest against a reduction in
their wages.
Appeals For Strike Funds
ST. LOUIS, July 22—President
! Marion, of the railroad telegrapher;
[ has issued an appeal to the eighty
thousand members of the organiza
! tion to give a day’s pay each fot
the relief of the rail and coal mine
strikers.
President Callt Conference
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22—
j Administration advisers who con
I ferred with the President yesterday
; afternoon are authority for the
! statement that the next move in the
j rail strike contemplated by the Pres
; ident is a conference with Chairman
Hooper, of the Railrway Laboi
| board, who is to be called to Wash
ington for a full discussion of al
| the questions at issue between the
j railroads and their employes.
ALASKA SALMON PACKERS
REPORT CATCH IMPROVING
ASTORIA, July 22—Radio advice;
received from the Columbia r vei
fishing fleet, operating' in Alaska
j waters, indicate that the salmon
I operations this year are proving
i more favorable than wa.-: anticipat
ed earlier in the season.
The pack to date is nearly equal
to that of last year, at the same
date.
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BROKER TAKES THE COUNT
NEW YORK, July 22—Allen L
Fayne, a prominent Wall street
; broker, has filed a petition of volun
tary bankruptcy.
STORM DOES DAMAGE
OMAHA, July 22—Damage to the
amount of thousands of dollars re
sulted today in this vicinity from a
wind, rain, hail and electrical storm
of large proportions. The telegraph
service is crippled within a radius
of fifty miles of this city.
SALEM, Ore., July 22—The Salem
members of the Ku Klux Klan are
being assessed $15 each to help pay
the cost of a recount of the votes
cast at the May primary election
in which Governor Olcott defeated
Charles Hall for the gubernatorial
nomination.
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FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED;
TWO TRAINMEN ARE INJURED
Engineer Bill Elliott and Fireman
I Sheean, who pulled out of Nenana
j yesterday morning with a freight
: train bound for Mile 272 with camp
i supplies, were badly hurt when their
J engine left the rails on a trestle at
; Mile 277.
As soon as the accident was re
ported at headquarters, Engine 277
w^as rushed out the line from An
chorage, with a wrecking crew, and
i the injured men were taken to the
| coast town for treatment.
It was necessary to build a track
around the wreck to let the regular
passenger train pass, which accounts
for the late arrival of the train in
N'enana yesterday afternoon.
Later
A report received late this after
noon states that Engineer Elliott
succumbed to his injuries.
Engineer Elliott was a resident of
Anchorage, where he is survived by
a widow and two daughters. One of
I the daughters, popularly known as
“Happy”, is an accomplished violin
j ist and only recently left for the
States to study music. She played
at nearly all of the Anchorage danc
i es last winter and at Sunday con
I certs at the Empress.
WORK ON SPUR MOVING
• Work on the coal spur, which
leaves the main line of the Alaska
Railroad near Healy and taps the
big coal seams on Healy Fork, is
progressing rapidly, according to re
ports received from that district.
The work is going ahead in spite of
wet weather and it is expected that
the greater portion of the roadbed
. will be ready for the rails before
j the middle of September, which is
the date set for the completion of
all grading work. The contractors
! at work on the spur are: J. Murphy,
Mike George, Tony Martinovich, W.
McDonaugh. Peter Dolan. Tom Tor
phy. Herman Magnussen and E. M.
i Leaf, all of whom have completed
grading contracts previously, in a
I satisfactory manner, on the Alaska
j Railroad. Supplies are delivered at
^ the various grading camps by means
of a cable ferry which operates be
i tween the Healy side of the river
and the side on which the spur is
being constructed.
DEPOT MATERIAL COMING
The necessary material to com
plete the Nenana depot is being
assembled and shipped as rapidly as
possible. A goodly portion • of this
should have reached Nenana earlier
but was delayed by interrupted traf
fic resulting from slides in the Tal
j keetna district. As soon as all the
material is here the work of rais
j ing the frame and completing the
! structure will proceed without more
delay.
Privates Murphy and Rau, of the
local Signal Corps detachment, left
; on the transport Jacobs yesterday
: for Minto, from which point they
i will work their way back V Nenana
“shooting” trouble and making re
pairs to the line, which has been
giving some trouble as the result of
| the prolonged wet spell.
i Ray C. Larson, head of the An
chorage Supply Company, and one
I of the live wires of the coast town,
, arrived in Nenana yesterday and
went to Fairbanks this morning on
a brief business trip.
GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS WAY
TO DISTRIBUTE COAL SUPPLY
Government To Distribute Coal
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 22—
The Government plans the distribu
tion of coal through a special com
mission during the strike emergency.
This action is to be taken to insure
the delivery of coal where most
needed. This information was given
out after a cabinet meeting yester
day, and it is understood that Secre
' tary Hoover, acting for the Presi
1 dent, will form the commission.
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Indiana Operator* Will Wait
INDIANAPOLIS. July 22—There
will be no immediate effort on the
part of Indiana coal mine operators
: to resume the mining of coal under
I Presidential protection. This decision
was reached yesterday at a confer
ence between leading operators and
! Governor McCray.
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City Council Excited
DUBUQUE. July 22—The city
! council has telegraphed to President
i Harding requesting that he assume
immediate control of fuel production
in order to avert the “threatened
| disaster to the happiness, prosperity
and lives of the people”.
President Getting Busy
i WASHINGTON, D C.. July 22
President Harding was unable to
hold his usual conference with news
papermen yesterday because of the
press of business in connection with
die strike situation.
Mill* Are Closed
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July 22—
The shortage of steel, resulting from
inability to secure sufficient coal,
has caused the closing of 26 tin
mills of the American Sheet and
Tin Plate company.
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Governor Appeals To Miners
LANSING. July 22—Governor
Groesbeck has asked the striking
Michigan miners to return to work
under either public or private con
trol in order to produce sufficient
coal for municipal and state needs.
Gompers Points The Way
WASHINGTON. D C.. July 22
President Samuel Gompers, of the
American Federation of Labor, has
issued a statement in which he urges
the Government to bring pressure
to bear with a view to prevailing
upon the striking rail workers and
coal miners and their respective em
ployers to begin immediate nego
tiations for the settlement of the
two strikes. “Conference is the thing
needed”, he pointed out.
Coal Company Wants Soldiers
COLUMBUS. July 22—Declaring
that Governor Davis has refused to
furnish protection and that local
officials are unable to cope with the
situation, the Consolidated Coal and
! Coke company has wired President
Harding asking that federal troops
be sent to guard the company oper
ations in Perry county.
Guardsmen Go On Duty
HARRISBURG, July 22—Cavalry
men are moving into Cambrai, In
diana, Somerset, Washington and
West Moreland counties to prevent
disorders in connection with the re
opening of the mines in those dis
tricts. Most of the guardsmen are
overseas veterans and are equipped
j the same as regular troops. This is
the first time the National guard
has been placed on coal strike duty
since 1902.
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RECOGNIZED AT LAST
' WASHINGTON, D C„ July 22—
The war department has announced
the award of the distinguished ser
i viced cross to Major Andrew S.
Rowan, retired, whose delivery of
the Garcia message in 1898 is held
to have been one of the most strik
ing instances of heroism during the
Spanish-American war, and for
which no medal has been given un
, til now.