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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 13, 1922
NUMBER 221
U. S. MAY USE TROOPS AGAINST STRIKERS
RAILROAD EXECUTIVES REJECT^PEACE OVERTURE
BIG OIL COMPANIES SIGN CONTRACTS TO START WORK
OIL COMPANIES WILL SPEND
LARGE SUMS IN THE NORTH
SEATTLE. July 13—The Seattle
Times, in a copywrighted article ap
pearing yesterday, which has been
placed at the disposal of The As
sociated Press, announces that the
Standard Oil Company and the Gen
eral Petroleum Company, both of
California, have signed contracts for
the immediate development of the
immense oil fields in the Cold Bay
district for the permittees, for whom
the Westward Development Com
pany is acting as agent.
Albert S. Kerry, head of the de
velopment company is authority for
the statement that the Sinclair Oil
Company, of New Jersey, plans to
sign a similar contract within the
next few days.
The announcement asserts that
the first drilling outfits and other
equipment will be enroute North
within sixty days and that approxi
mately two million dollars will be
expended in preliminary work.
The signing of the contracts fol
lows an intensive investigation by
Government geologists and engineers
and also by engineers representing
the Westward Development Com
pany and the three oil companies
involved. The definite lines of the
field to be developed have been es
tablished and the regularity of the
locations has been ascertained. Each
oil company will take over an as
signment of five claims.
FOREST FIRE MENACE PASSES
OLYMPIA, July 13—Reports re
ceived in this city indicate that the
worst of the forest fire situation is
over. Fires are running over burned
area? in some sections but no new
fires are reported in green timber.
BRITAIN TO PAY U. S.
LONDON, July 13—The Evening
News is authority for the statement
that arrangements are being made
for the repayment of the British
debt to America . in a lump sum
shortly by means of a loan floated
jointly in England and the United
States.
HALIBUT SHIPMENTS SOUTH
GAIN OVER LAST SEASON
SEATTLE, July 13—Halibut de
liveren here by the independent
fishing fleet during the month of
June totaled 1,719,000 pounds, com
pared with 1,429,000 pounds during
the same month last year.
The catch was valued at 8125,000.
NORTHWESTERN IS ENROUTE
WITH MANY PASSENGERS
The steamer Northwestern, of the
Alaska Steamship Company's fleet,
left Seattle for the North on July 8
with a total of 250 passengers, a,
number of whom are round-trippers.
The following are billed for Seward
and points along the Alaska Rail
road :
Ellen M. Simon, Mrs. M. L. Hill,
Clara J. Simon, E. M. Kincaid, Mrs.
R. Kincaid, Mrs. C. W. Mossman,
j Mrs. J. E. Hale, Sister Bertrand,
Sister Paul, Ernest M. Butterfield,
W. C. Thompson, Miss M. Mattley,
Miss M. West, Miss Taylor, Miss G.
Pinkerton, Miss M. Dunlop. J. T.
Wood and wife, V. P. Rodgers, L.
Doldman, F. T. Blackburn, A. J.
Leclair, H. E. Dyer, Charles Hard
ing, H. M. Jones, Mrs. Delong, Alf.
,X. Alotovicb, James Kyle, W. F. Chand-'
ler, George Price, Doctor Scott, G.
Blouen. * j
The Northwestern is due at Sew
ard tomorrow and the Interior pas
sengers and mail should arrive here
Tuesday morning.
EXPLOSION ROCKS TACOMA
TACOMA, July 13—Samuel W.
.£ Hanna was instantly killed this week
in an explosion in the gelatin house
of the Dupont Dentmours Powder j
Company, at Dupont, nearby. The j
explosion, the cause of which has \
not been ascertained, rocked South
f Tacoma considerably.
RAILROAD STRIKE SITUATION
IS ASSUMING SERIOUS ASPECT
FEDERATION URGES DEFEAT
OF SENATOR POINDEXTER
BREMERTON, July 13—The ex
ecutive council of the State Federa
tion of Labor, reporting to the an
nua! convention of the >rganization,
urges that every effort be made to
defeat Senator Miles Poindexter'
and the “four re-actionary members
of the state supreme court".
The report recommended contin
uation of support for the striking
coal miners of this state, and con
tinuation of the co-operative move
ment. The open shop moveaen*, it
was declared in the report, is now!
dying out.
A resolution was adopted yester
day favoring prohibition of Orient-1
al immigration.
DIPLOMATS DISCUSS TREATY
TO RENEW ANCIENT PACT
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WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 13—
It has been learned that mission of
Premier King, of Canada, who has j
been in conference with Secretaryj
of State Hughes, was in connection t
with a proposal for the revision of
the century-old agreement between
the United States and Canada re
garding military and naval defenses
to be maintained on the interna
tional boundary. It is proposed to
revise the agreement in accordance
with plans outlined at the Arms
conference, and it is probable that
a new treaty, modernizing the old
agreement, will be negotiated be
tween the two countries.
HAGUE CONFERENCE BREAKS
THE HAGUE, July 13—The con
ference with representatives of
soviet Russia broke down yesterday
afternoon and there does not ap
pear to be any hope of further de
liberations..
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POINDEXTER PREPARING
SEATTLE, July 13—More than
two hundred supporters of Senator
Poindexter attended a meeting here
this week and perfected the organ
ization of a Poindexter Senatorial
club, with L. B. Stedman as presi
dent.
The work of improving A street,
in the upper end of town, which
was directed by Chas. E. Bergman,
member of the street committee,
and paid for mainly with funds col- ,
lected by him for that purpose, has
been completed and greatly im
proves that part of town, from Fifth
street south. During wet weather
the street has been practically im
passable in previous seasons but
is now one of the best streets in
the city.
Other streets are now being im- j
proved by Expressman C. N. Christ
; ensen, who is distributing cinders
j where they are most needed about
j town. These cinders, which come
1 from the power plant, will be placed
' wherever wanted upon payment of
a nominal sum per load, to pay for
the cost of hauling and spreading;'
but it is the intention of Mr. Christ
ensen, in any case, to place the
cinders where they will prove of
most benefit to traffic. Property own
ers already have improved sections
of the city at their own expense and
some money has been expended in
this manner by the city council.
The cinders form an excellent;
dressing and will prevent the growth
of weeds. The council hopes event-1
ually to have all of the principal ■
streets improved in this manner, j
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 13
Orders may be issued by the war de
partment late today for the move
ment of federal troops to certain
localities where disorders have oc
curred in connection with the shop
men’s strike. The probable action of
the department was indicated by
Secretary Weeks, following a con
ference with president Harding at
the White House early this mornig.
Peace Loom* Then Slumps
CHICAGO, July 13—Peace activ
ities in connection with the railway
strike, which loomed encouragingly
yesterday, took a slump today, with
all hands awaiting the next develop
ments Settlement of the strike ap
peared a step nearer yesterday when
it became known that secret con
ferences had been held between the
Railway Labor board and the lead
j ers of the six striking shopcraft
! unions. After conferring with the
1 strike leaders, Chairman Hooper, of
the Railway Labor board, drew up
a program for the solution of the
! strike and submitted it to the rail
j way executives.
When Hooper left for the meet
ing with the railroad officials he
said he was confident some plan of
settlement would be reached quickly,
but he indicated later that he had
found the attitude of the executives
disappointing. They declined to give
him a definite reply but said they
would notify him of their decision
later.
The program presented to the
railroad officials is said to represent
l the minimum accepable to the shop
men.
The striking shopmen carried the
fight to the White House today,
marking a new phase in the nation
wide rail suspension and giving the
promise that the next step toward
settlement may be in the form of
action by President Harding.
Jewel and the six international
'■ presidents of the shopcraft unions
informed the President that no in
terruption of commerce or interfer
ence with the mails has been caused
by any unlawful act on the part of
the shopmen. The telegram reiterat
ed the desire of the shopmen to co
operate in any effort to bring peace
but declared that up to the present
time the railway executives have re
fused to meet with representatives
! of the railway employes.
Auto* Ready To Carry Mail
WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 13
Postmaster General Work has pre
pared a letter to President Harding
in which he reports that a survey
shows that a thoroughly organized
fleet of 50,000 motor vehicles could
be mobilized within a day should the
rail strike necessitate such action
by further interfering with the car
rying of mails.
Shopmen Explain Wreck
KANSAS CITY, July 13—F. A.
Knight, assistant general president
of the Brotherhood of Railway Car
men, told The Associated Press to
day that he believed the Missouri
Pacific wreck of last night, near
this city, resulting in the death of
at least six persons, was caused by
defective air couplings.
Scab* Are Driven Out
OROVILLE, Cal., July 13—Sixty
Captain P. M. Ward, formerly
connected with the Alaskan En
| gineering Commission at Seward, as
bridge engineer, died the latter part
j of June in San Francisco, and was
buried in the cemetery at the Pre
! sidio.
imported shopworkers, who were
brought here from Arizona and who
started to work yesterday in the
Western Pacific shops, were dragged
from their beds last night by auto
raiders, and severely beaten, one of
them so severely that he probably
will die. The strikebreakers fled in
a dozen directions, whereupon the
raiders turned their attention to the
roundhouse where guards were on
; duty. After many shots had been ex
changed the guards were overpower
ed and severely beaten. A number
of the guards were kidnaped.
Jewel Is Hopeful
CHICAGO, July 13—In spite of
the refusal of the railway executives
to discuss plans for the settlement of
the strike. President Jewel main
tains a hopeful attitude, believing
the railroads will soon relent and
consent to meet with the union
leaders.
Kidnaped And Beaten
DALLAS, July 13—J. W. Pike
was severely wounded yesterday and
a dozen others, including several
deputy marshals, who were on duty
at the shops of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas railroad, at Denison,
were kidnaped and taken into the
nearby woods, where they were
beaten. The kidnaping was done by
a mob of more than one thousand
persons.
Placed Pole* On The Track
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13—An
attempt was made late Tuesday to
wreck a Southern Pacific train be
tween Oakland and Hazen, by plac
ing telegraph poles on the track.
The engine ploughed its way through
the obstruction with considerable
damage to rolling stock; but no one
aboard the train was injured.
Signalmen Will Not Strike
CHICAGO, July 13—The Brother
hood of Railway Signalmen will not
go out on strike for the present,
according to a statement made yes
terday by D. W. Helt, president of
the organization, following a con
ference between the executive board
of the union and the Railroad Labor
board.
i
Machine Gun* At Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, July 13—As a
result of threatening attitude on the
• part of strikers and sympathizers
! who gathered about the railroad
1 shops this morning, orders were is
sued to the guardsmen to set up
j their machine guns so as to cover
every entrance to the, yards. No
trouble occurred, however.
Prospective Guard* Handled Roughly
PARIS, Texas, July 13—Federal
Marshal Baer has b^en advised that
eighteen members of a party of
thirty unsworn and unarmed deputy
marshals, who were enroute from
Dallas to Denison, were kidnaped
yesterday and taken into the coun
try, where they were beaten for in
terfering in the strike situation.
Trouble At Denison
DENISON, Texas, July 13—0 n e
man was severely beaten here yes
terday and several others injured
in strike disorders which occurred
here.
Former governor Thos. Riggs has
been elected vice president of the
Continental Mining Company, of N.
Y., according to advices received at
Juneau recently. The operations of
the company are said to be world
wide in scope.
ANTHRACITE COAL BARONS
ACCEPT ARBITRATION PLAN
—
! WASHINGTON, D 0.. July 13—
. Representatives of the anthracite
coal operators hate announced the
I formal acceptance by them of Pre>:
| dent Harding s proposal for i’vj ar- ’
' bitration of the coal strike by a
special commission.
Want It Binding On All
Officials of the United Mine Work
; ers, after a conference with Secre
tary of Labor Davis, decided to
seek a conference with President
Harding with the object of request
ing him to modify his coal strike
settlement proposals so as to guaran
tee that any decision made by the
suggested arbitration commission will
be binding on all coal mine operat
ors in the country.
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GERMANS ASK COMMISSION
TO LIGHTEN WAR BURDEN
—
PARIS, July 13—The reparations
; commission has received a note from
Germany in which the request is
made that a moratorium be granted
for all remaining payments of the
; present year, including the one due
(on July 15. The commission is al
i so asked to extend the cash pay
jments provided for next year and
i the year following.
COAL STRIKERS THREATEN
TROUBLE AT COKESBURG
COKESBURG. Pa.. July 13—A
great crowd assembled at the Wil
son mine of the Acme Coke and Coal
Company, at Wilson Junction, this
morning and announced it as their
i intention to bring out the strike
breakers at work in the mine.
The sheriff and his assistants dis
i persed the mob without trouble, but
they are gathering again this after
noon and it is feared trouble will
result, according to reports which
have reached this citv.
Guardsmen Are Not Needed
DENVER, July 13—Half of the
National guard mobilized recently as
a result of the burning of a railway
bridge and numerous mine tipples,
are to be demobilized immediately,
under orders issued today by the ad
jutant general. He reports that the
situation has quieted and the pres
ence of the troops is no longer
needed.
DETECTIVE CONFESSES
LOS ANGELES, July 13—The
federal attorney has announced that
JL R. Johnson, agent for a detective
agency, who wras placed under ar
, rest yesterday with Morris Ossetti,
I prominent business man, on the
j charge of attempting to bribe a
federal prohibition agent, has made
a clean breast of his guilt to the
: federal authorities.
_
Marshal Bert Stevens will leave
. for the States tomorrow, in charge
j of two insane prisoners whom he
I will take to the Portland asylum,
j J. H. Flower will make the trip
with the party as one of the guards.
E. T. Stannard will succeed Steve
Birch as head of all the Guggen
j heim interests in Alaska, according
private advices recently received at
Seattle from the East.
Fred B. Tracy, agent of the Alas
; ka Steamship Company at Cordova,
. has been promoted to the Seattle
j office, and W. E. Brown, in charge
of the ocean dock, has been appoint
ed steamship agent. i
COLONEL DICK IS NAMED
ALASKA BUREAU CHIEF
The appointment by Secretary Fail
of Col. Wilds P. Richardson, well
known Alaskan army officer, as chief
1 of an Alaskan bureau or “clearing
| house" for Alaskan affairs, being
; set up within the Department of the
i Interior, has been announced by
, Governor Scott C. Bone, according
i to a recent issue of the Juneau Em
I pire. Colonel Richardson was chair
i>man of the Alaska Road Commis
j sion for many years and is familiar
| with every section of Alaska and
i the variety of conditions existing in
j them. He is a great believer in the
; future of the territory and, equip
j ped with a special knowledge of it,
I he should make an efficient chief
j of the “clearing house”, in the
; opinion of Governor Bone.
As planned by Secretary Fall, ail
j correspondence on Alaskan affairs,
I anything relating to the territory,
: will be passed through the “clearing
'house”. A record, or duplicate cop
i ies, will be kept there and will be
available for many purposes.
Under the present system in vogue
! even within the department of the
j interior, data on Alaskan affairs,
j records of action taken in many
matters, are scattered throughout the
various bureaus, each individual
bureau maintaining its own record,
without any central or consolidated
place of record. It is to establish
an office of consolidated record
w’here all these individual records
may be assembled, that the “clear
ing house” idea was evolved by
Secretary Fall.
The plan is thought to have been
adapted from the system maintained
in Washington by the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, which includes
a central office where a record of
every branch of the commission's
activity is kept.
Governor and Mrs. Scott C. Bone
and their daughter Marguerite are
planning a trip to the Interior, ac
cording to announcement made re
cently at Juneau. The exact date
of starting has not been settled
but they probably will leave the
capital city some time this month.
They will go to Seward and thence
to the Interior by way of the Alas
ka Railroad. They will be absent
from Juneau about a month, depend
ing largely upon steamer connec
tions.
Dorothy Brenneman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Brenneman, of
Valdez, was drowned at Long Beach
Cal., recently, as the result of be
ing caught by the undertow.
Mrs. F. Mears and her cousin,
Mrs. Jacobs, who is visiting her,
went to Fairbanks today for a
brief visit in the upper town.
—
Interest in citizenship night school
work slumped this year in Alaska,
the showing being the worst since
1917. Only five schools were operat
ed this year, as against eight last
year, with an enrollment of only 77
as compared with 287 last year.
The body of Joseph Manier, a
Dawson pioneer, was shipped out
over the trail during the spring,
for burial in Indiana. Pneumonia
caused his death.
The fine Dawson residence of Wm.
Rendell was burned to the ground
during the early spring. The house
was build in 1902 by Henry Macau
lay, then mayor of Dawson.
The price of coal at Valdez, de
livered, was reduced to $18 per ton
this spring.
John T. Reed, first commissioner
at Hyder, died in Seattle during the
early spring. He served from April
1, 1920, until he was succeeded bjf
JJohn W. Frame, December 1, 1821.
If you have not voted already,
do so before eight o’clock tonight.