Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENAN.A ALASKA, THURSDAY. MARCH 16, 1922
NUMBER 170
SUTHERLAND’S VIEW OF ROW IN CABINET
GREAT DAMAGE CAUSED BY FIRE IN CHICAGO
FOUR POWER TREATY IS STILL HANGING FIRE
i^TERlOR DEP T MAY TAKE
OVER CHICKAUOON FIELDS
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. 15—
The navy department has requested
the department of the interior to
take over the Chiekaloon coal fields
for development by government op
eration or under lease as considered
best by the secretary of the interior.
In making this announcement Sec
retary Fall said he has taken the
request into consideration and that
eoperts of the department w-re in
collaboration with the navy to de
termine on the feasibility cf the
plan.
He explained that the Cnicxaloon
fields were ordered closed down on
April 1st but in view of the pres
ent negotiations the navy is con
tinuing its operation until May 1st.
* Chiekaloon coal, the secretary de
clared. has ninety per cent of the
heat value of the coal mined in the
Pocahontas coal fields, which coal
is used for navy bunkering and is
considered by experts to be the best
bunkering coal.
If the interior department takes
over the Chiekaloon mines the navy
department would have first option
on about one hundred thousand tons
yearly.
One question which is being con
sidered is whether the Chiekaloon
coal could compete at cos: with the
Pocahontas product.. It could be
brot by boat from Anchorage to the
navy coaling stations but the cost
in this case might be greater than
the Pocahontas coal.
Concluding his statement. Secre
tary Fail said that while declining
to forecast the ultimate decision in
this matter, he was opposed in prin
ciple to operation by the grvero
rneni of any enterprise in competi
tion with private operations.
GOLD CERTIFICATE ISSUE
WILL BE RESUMED AGAIN
WASHINGTON,ITC„ Mar. 16.—
The treasury department has au
thorized the resumption of the is
*v0ue of gold certificates without de
ginand.
The issuance of these notes were
discontinued in 1917, and this ac
tion, it is said removes the last
artificial currency situation growing
out of the war.
Tee treasury is still holding three
billion in gold and there is no rea
son why gold certificates should not
be freely available.
CAMPAIGN TO RELIEVE
UNEMPLOYED SOLDIERS
INDIANAPOLIS, March 15—
Samuel Gompers the veteran labor
leader informed the national head
quarters of the American Legion to
day that organized labor would give
every encouragement to the Legion
in the campaign to relieve unem
ployment among war veterans, which
ends on Monday.
CORONER’S VERDICT IN
RAILROAD ACCIDENT
WILLOUGHBY. Ohio. March 16.
—The coroner’s verdict in the re
cent crash between a New Y’ork Cen
tral Express train and an automo
bile bus, at the railroad crossing at
Painsville, resulting in the death of
sixteen persons; finds the railroad
crossing watchman guilty of negli
s gence in allowing the bus to get
on the track, without giving warn
ing of the train's approach
Mrs. J. H. Russel, arrived in town
today from Anchorage. Mrs. Rus
sel is on her way to Fairbanks where
she will make her home in the fu
ture. She will spend a few days
in town visiting with her family.
SUTHERLAND STRONGLY FAVORS
LIBERAL LAWS FOR TERRITORY
SEATTLE, Mar. 15.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times says that Delegate Dan Suth
erland looks with disfavor "n tne
“development row between the de
partment of the interior and the
department of agriculture, with Al
aska as tie bone of contention.
He does not hare either depart
ment and sees possibilities for good
for the territory in each, but sees
many possibilities for evil if the
row continues.”
At the request of the Times cor
respondent, the delegate made a
'tatement as follows:
“I am interested in the contro
versy so far as Alaska is involved
but no further. If it mean® that by
reason of deficiencies between gov
ernment departments Alaska is to i
remain bound in red tape and the
development of its resources ham
pered as in the past, we of Alaska
must suffer thereby while bureau
chiefs continue to fight for admin
istrative power, and thus further
complicate and entangle federal ac
tivities in the territory.
“There has been absolutely no ex
aggeration of the natural resources
' of Alaska that are awaiting devel
opment, and the Secretary of the
Interior has a more comprehensive
knowledge of those resources than
any man living who has never visit
. ed the territory.
“lie would have these resource; j
developed thru liberal laws that.
would permit capital engage in that;
development, or, on the other hand, I
would have them developed by gov
ernment agencies, either method of,
development will be welcomed by:
the residents of the territory, any
thing to halt the decline in popu
lation and stimulate industry.
“There is no option other than
liberal law? or governmental opera
tion for the relief of Alaska.’’
PRESIDENT BEHIND FALL
SEATTLE, March 16.—A special
message from the Times Washing
ton c orrespondent received today *
says "Word comes from Florida,
where the President is taking a va
cation, that he will stand definitely
behind Secretary Fall’s proposal foi
the concentration of. jurisdiction
over Alaska in one governmental
department.”
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun who was with the
President in the south today tele
graphs his paper, upon the highest
authority, the statement that the
President is determined that il
changes are to be made, to ac
quiesce on consolidated control over
Alaskan matters even if “this forces
the resignation of Fall or Wallace
or any other member of the cabi
net.”
DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE SWEEPS
CHICAGO BUSINESS DISTRICT
GENERAL COAL STRIKE
CANNOT BE AVOIDED NOW
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WASHINGTON, D. Mar. 15
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis
and President Lewis of the Mine
Workers, after a prolonged confer
ence today at which the situation
growing out of the controversy be
tween the miners and operators was
very thoroly gone into, agreed that
the general strike tailed for April
1st was inevitable.
President Lewis declared that the
operators are forcing the strike as
a “bold commercial policy for which .
the public will pay.”
COMMISSION DISAPPROVED
SPRINGFIELD, March 15—Frank
Farrington, president of the Illinois
miners, in a telegram to Secretary
Davis today disapproved the appoint
ment of a government commission to
make a settlement between the coal
miners and operators.
FAVORABLE REPORT ON
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
WASHINGTON,' D~C., Mar. IS.
The house ways and means commit-;
tee ordered a favorable report on
the Soldier Bonus Bill with the
bank loan provision.
The vote was 19 to 5 and by the j
same vote the comimttee rejected
the amendment under which the
bonus will be financed by a sales i
LOANS ON CERTIFICATES
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. 16—
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
told the house ways and means com
mittee that he would not feel it in
cumbent on the treasury department
to advise banks not To loan money
on adjusted service certificates.
FORMER SENATOR IS
SEEKING RE-ELECTION
LAKOTA, Ndk.. March 15—
Former Senator A. J. Gronna who;
was defeated for re-election in the
1920 primaries, announced his can-!
didacy today to succeed Senator j
McCumber.
He will run as a Republican and j
is making an appeal for the support
of all political factions.
CHICAGO. March 15.—Dweller?
in the business district of this city
were awakened early this morning
by a spectacular fire which destroy
ed a full square of business build
ing just outside the- Loop district,
with an estimated property loss of
from ten to fifteen miUior. dollars.
The fire started in the center of
a block of buildings bounded by Van
Buren, Canal and Clinton streets
and West Jackson Boulevard, and
burning every structure within this
radius, leaped across in a northerly
direction to the huge twenty-one
story Chicago Burlington Quincy
general office building, which was
completely wrecked. Tee Mercan
tile Trust and Savings bank was
also housed in this building.
Dipping over Van Buren street in
a southerly direction, the fire burn
ed very nearly thru another block to
Harrison street.
One fireman was killed, another
seriously injured and ten were
slightly injured, while an unknown
number of spectators estimated to
be quite large were slightly burned.
Every available fire fighting ap
paratus within a radius of five miles
was called and responded readily to
aid the department and after strenu
ous labor the fire was got under
control at 5 o’clock this morning.
The district attorney gave it as
EFFORT TO AMEND TREATY
DEFEATED FOR THIRD TIME
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 15—
For the third time, in the senate
today, the Effort to amend the four
power treaty, to permit participa
tion of outside nations in the in
ternational conferences arising in
the Pacific, was defeated.
The amendment which was pre
sented by Senator Key Pittman,
Democrat of Nevada, was voted
down by a vote of fifty to twenty
eight.
MOSCOW, March 15.—William
(“Big Bill”) Haywood heads a group
of American I. W. W.’s to whom
Lenine as head of the Soviet gov
ernment, has granted valuable con
cessions to operate big iron works
and coal mines in the rich Ural
mountain region.
! his opinion -.hat the destructive fire
i was of possibly incendiary origin,
i The arrest of an unknown man who
is suspected of having knowledge of
the origin of the fire, was also an
nounced.
VALUABLES ARE SAFE
Officials of the Mercantile Trust
and Savings bank reported that all
; its cash and securities were de
posited in amply protected steel
; vaults, safe from the flames.
It is estimated that the big fire
rendered at least twenty-five thous
and people jobless temporarily.
SUSPECT RELEASED
The unnamed man who was ar
rested and held as an incendiary sus
■ pect was released later.
FIRE ELSEWHERE
HOBOKEN, March 13. -A fire
which broke out here this morning
; destroyed a business structure, a
tenement house and eight garages
ere its progress was arrested.
The property loss is estimated at
two hundred thousand dollars.
IN OLD MISSOURI
CARUTHERSVILLE, March 1"
Fire destroyed a business block here
this morning with a loss of approxi
mately two hundred thousand dol-1
Jars. ,
CONGRESS IS FRAMING
FOR ARMY REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 16—
The first announcement of a move-;
ment in congress to reduce the army
strength to one hundred thousand
men or possibly lower was made in
the house today.
Representative Sisson of Mississip
pi the ranking Democrat on the
committee made the announcement
and introduced the measure which
recommends a total army strength of \
1,150,000.
NEW YORK, March 16—Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle well known Brit- ]
ish author and novelist is coming to
the United States next month on a
brief lecture tour.
He will discuss his investigations,
with authorities on the subject here,
as an investigator of psychic phen
omena.
PROMINENT MASON
CALLED BY DEATH
TACOMA, Mar. 16.—Ellis Lewi,
Garretson who in 1920 was the Im
perial Potentate of the Shriners of
North America, died suddenly at hi;
suburban home today.
Garretson who was one of the
most prominent Masons in the coun
try was 49 years old at the time
of death. He is survived by his
wife, daughter, parents and three
sisters. He was a practicing attor
ney and lived here for the past 3."
years.
TACOMA, Mar. 16.—The funeral
of the late Elias Garretson former
imperial potentate of the Shriner
was held today but the hour and
place was kept secret so that his
last wishes for strict privacy be ob
served.
In compliance with his wishes
friends will scatter his ashes over
the lake upon whose shores he lived.
MUCH MARRIED MAN
IS IN THE TOILS
INDIANAPOLIS, March 15—The
authorities hpre arrested Isiah Moore
today on charges of Bigamy and em
bezzlement.
Moore confessed that he "mar
ried” eleven times aijd was to have
married to his twelfth wife today.
Among his many wives was Laura
Shields of Spokane who died recent
ly unaware of the fact that her hus
band was a bigamist.
THIRTEEN WIVES
INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 15—Isiah
Moore the bigamist who yesterday
confessed to eleven marriages, ad
mitted two more today making the
total thirteen.
CHEMIST'S DEPOSITION
IN FAVOR OF ARBUCKLE
CHICAGO, March 15.—Dr. Paul
R. Hersnam, in a deposition made
today for use in the case against
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckla, said that
he met Virginia Rappc at a drink
ing party :n 1914 st wnich time
she was attacked with abd'minal
pains and had to be taken home by
friends.
FiGHT ON TREATY IS
CONTINUED IN SENATE
WASHINGTON, I). C., Mar. 15—
1 Supporters of the four power Paci
fic treaty again took offense when
ike debate w..s .'v-umeu in the sen
ate today.
Senator Porter J. MeCumber of
1 North Dakota and Senator Irvine L
Lenroot of Wise oils n praised the
1 tie;t> referring to r as a long step
tower d an international understand
ing and denied That the pact con
ti ir.ed any dangerous entanglements,
i Senator Thomas J Walsh, Demo
crat of Montana in attacking the
pact made a legal argument on it*
obligations.
AMENDMENTS REJECTED
In the first roll call on ar.y issue
, of the four power treaty fight tko
Senate rejected the amendment of
! fered by Senator Joseph T. Robir.
iSon, Democrat of Arkansas, desigr
ed to contain benefits to non-signa
tory nations whose interests may He
affected.
Senator MeCumber, during the
debate preceding the vote formally
proposed the creation of an assu
ciation cf nations which would have
j power to put a 3top to wars. He
j also read tho plank in the Repubh
1 can platform regarding such an as
. sociation.
j * -
ALASKAN INDUSTRIES ARE
REVIEWED IN THE HOUSE
_
SEATTLE, March 1 i.—The Ala
ska reindeer, fox, caribou and ya
j passed In review in Noah's Ark ar
ray before the house appropriation
‘committee during the recent hear
ings on the agricultural appropria
. tions bill, says the Times Washing
i ton correspondent.
Director Nelson of the biological
j survey said that the experiment
j which is now being tried of cros
; ing the caribou with the reindeer.
j will be continued if the appropria
t tion for that purpose is found to
j be sufficient and that the Alaska
! caribou were very easily tamed.
Fox farming was a thriving in
! dustry in the Northland he said ar. I
at this juncture Delegate Sut terl'and
1 interposed to state that many foxt
were being stolen from the farrr
' and that more warden- were needed
to protect the farmers.
Director True of the agricultural
experiment stations said that the>
were experimenting with crossing th-.
‘yak with domestic cattle to develop
1 a hardy breed.
MANY PASSENGERS ARE
COMING TO ALASKA SOON
SEATTLE, March 16.— Presaging
one of tfce largest spring rushes •
Alaska in many years, the steam*-!
Victoria sailed this afternoon '.with
[her first class accommodations fil.
ed to the limit, the passengers num
1 bering 186, she also carries forty
four sterage passengers, this is the
! first full first class list since the be
i ginning of winter.
The company also has a full first
I class booking of 235 passengers for
; the steamer Alameda sailing on the
| 25th and another for the Victoria
Her next sailing will be on Apr
3rd.
The Admiral line has a full list
of 154 passengers for the Admiral
Watson sailing March 24 and boos
ing for the Queen sailing on the
26th axe pouring in fast.
ARBUCKLE JURY IS
TEMPORARILY FILLED
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16
The panel of jurors to try the Ai
buckle case for the third time wa«
' temporarily filled at the time court
took a recess at noon today.
Eat! Drink! And Be Merry!—Monte Carlo