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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 22. 1921
NUMBER 211
HARDING CALLS EXTRA SESSION APRIL 11
SENA TOR CUMMINS SEEKING REMOVAL OF MEARS
DEPARTMENT NEGOTIATES SALE OF ALASKA TIMBER
FORESTER APPROVES OFFER
FOR BIG SALE OF TIMBER
SEATTLE, March 22—District
Forester George H. Cecil has ap
proved an offer for the sale of one
of the largest bodies of Government
timber ever advertised, involving
325,000,000 cubic feet in what is
known as the West Admiralty Is
land unit, in the Tongass National
forest.
Local forestry officials state that
the efforts of the forest service to
utilize the timber resources of the
National forests are bearing fruit,
and that this sale will bring to the
territory a permanent industry. The
cut will provide material for several
pulp mills for an indefinite period.
It is not only the largest timber
unit offered for sale by the Govern
ment but it also has the distinc
tion of being the first Government
sale of any size, advertised on the
basis of cubic foot measurement.
All the timber must be cut in
30 years. The tract is located on
the east shore of Chatham straits,
24 miles from Juneau, and consists
of Sitka spruce, 15 per cent, and
the balance hemlock.
JUSTICE WINS IN SOUTH
WILLIAMSON, W. Va.. March 22
—The sixteen residents of Matewan
who were tried in this city on the
charge of murder, in connection with
the death of Albert Felts, a private
detective, in a street battle last May,
were aquitted by a jury’ yesterday.
The defendants were formally dis
charged but were remanded to jail
pending the adjustment of bond ar
rangements on sixteen other indict
ments. The trial consumed forty-six
days.
SOUTHERNERS IN LINE
SHREVEPORT, March 22—Ac
cording to announcement made here
yesterday, a bill is to be introduced
at the constitutional convention at
Baton Rouge, providing for the ex
clusion of Japanese and Chinese
from the ownership of land in the
state of Louisiana.
DRY OFFICERS KILLED
EL PASO, March 22—S. E. Beck
ett and Archie Wood, federal pro
hibition agents, were shot and killed
last night while hunting for liquor
on a ranch near this city.
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TAX AND TARIFF LEGISLATION
TO BE CONSIDERED BY SOLONS
NENANA IGLOO WILL SEEK
RECOGNITION AT SEWARD
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An effort will be made by Nenana
igloo, No. 17, Pioneers of Alaska,
to secure the election of several of
its members to offices in the grand
igloo, at the annual meeting of the
parent organization at Seward this
month. At the regular meeting of
the local igloo last night it was
decided to have placed in nomina
tion the names of the following
members: Martin Nash, grand presi-;
dent; Frank Rourke, grand secre
tary; M. J. Sweeney, grand treasur
j er; G. S. Smith, Alfred Ghezzi and
Q. F. Lehr, grand trustees.
| Other business transacted at the
meeting last night included the ad
mission of the following new mem
bers: Sam Harper, Alfred Ghezzi,
'John Lawler, Frank Rogers.
The meeting was well attended
; and considerable routine business
was disposed of in addition to the
! special matters above mentioned,
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VANCOUVER WOMAN SEEKS
MONEY FOR LOST BROTHER
[ SEATTLE. March 22—Mrs. Hen
ry Trotter, of Vancouver, has filed
an affidavit in the United States
court, asking for a default order
permitting her to file a claim for
SI0,000 against the Canadian Pacific
company for the death of her broth
er, James Austin Clark, who went
! down on the steamship Sophia.
Mrs. Trotter declares that she
knew nothing of the expiration of
the time limit for filing such claims.
BRYAN STILL AMBITIOUS
i MIAMI, March 22—Replying to
the Miami Young Women’s Christ
ian Association, from whom he re
ceived a request to enter the race
for the Presidency in 1924, William
Jennings Bryan said today: “With
the women voting, I am confident
I would be elected should I decide
to run.”
OPEN SHOP PAPERS WIN
BINGHAMPTON, March 22—The
newspapers of this city which have
resumed publication on an open
shop basis, are again printing dis
play advertising after a two weeks
suspension due to a strike of union
printers. When they first resumed,
the papers were unable to handle
advertising matter, but the places
of the union printers are now filled
by open shop men.
MOONSHINER MAKES STAKE
TACOMA, March 22—Federal
officers are authority for the state
ment that Louis Primorsch, who is
jinder arrest here on the charge of
being the owner of a still, confessed
to them that he made $15,000 profit
during the year making moonshine.
LONDON, March 22—Chancellor
of the Exchequer Austen Chamber
lain has been selected as leader of
the Unionist party in the house of
commons, to succeed Bonar Law,
who resigned on account of illness.
WASHINGTON*, D. C., Mar. 22
President Harding has issued a
proclamation calling upon Congress
to convene at noon, April 11. The
call was issued with a decision to
put the Fordney emergency tariff
bill through immediately. The major
legislative program is believed to
have been definitely decided upon
by the President and Republican
leaders in Congress.
With the emergency measure out
of the way, the house probably will
take up the anti-dumping bill and
then permanent tariff revision. The
senate will consider revenue legis
lation while the house is working
out the tariff problem.
Recess Appointments
Former Representative Esch, of
Wisconsin, has been given a recess
appointment as a member of the
interstate commerce commission, and
Dwight Davis, of St. Louis, has
been appointed by the President to
be a member of the war finance
corporation.
PACKERS AND EMPLOYES
MAY REACH AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 22—
That an agreement between the five
tig packing concerns of the country
and their employes would shortly
be reached, through which there
would result an amicable settlement
of wage and other disputes, was
the forecast made this afternoon
just before the packers and their
employes met in conference with
Secretary Davis. The secretary told
the members of the cabinet today
that good progress was being made
toward a satisfactory settlement.
Early today the packers present
ed their side of the dispute, and they
were followed by spokesmen for the
employes. This action preceded the
joint conference this afternoon, at
which Secretaries Hugh Wallace and
Herbert Hoover sat with Secretary
Davis.
Some Accept; Some Strike
MILWAUKEE, March 22—The
local employes of the Cudahy pack
ing company have accepted the wage
cut which went into effect today,
but the employes of the other pack
ing houses here have voted to go
out on strike as a protest against
the new scale.
FLU HITS SOLDIERS
COBLENZ, March 22—A flu epi
demic, which is described as un
usually severe, has broken out here
among the American occupation
forces. Forty-five cases have been
reported thus far.
COAL MINERS CALLED OUT
PITTSBURG, March 22—Presi
dent Alexander Howat and other
officials of the Kansas Coal Miners’
union, have called a strike of Kan
sas miners, defying the court of in
dustrial relations and the injunction
of the district court. The miners
are ordered to quit their jobs today.
Benaaa, Where Balls pad Btvers Meet
Sounding Out Senator*
At the suggestion of President
Harding, the senate Republicans are
being quizzed by Chairman Ford
ney, of the house ways and means
committee, relative to the possibility
of securing the early passage of an
emergency tariff that will take care
of the farmers of the country, pend
ing the passage of a permanent
tariff measure.
Want* Daniel Boyd Placed
Senator Me Nary has presented the
name of Daniel Boyd, of Enter
prise, Oregon, to President Hard
ing, with a request that he be ap
pointed minister to Nicaragua.
Gardner U Slated
It is understood that President
Harding has decided to appoint
i Washington Gardner commissioner
of pensions, Gardner was formerly
a Michigan, representative anil is a
Union veteran of the Civil war. He
was commander of the G. A. R. in
| 1913.
OWNERS OF SECURITIES
HAVE RAILWAY SOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 22
Co-ordination of facilities and serv
ice of railroad under strict Govern
ment supervision is proposed by the
National Association of Owners of
Railway Securities as a way out of
the transportation crisis. The plan
was submitted today to Chairman
Cummins, of the senate interstate
commerce committee.
Officers of the association claim
that the plan will save millions an
| nually, increase the facilities of the
I railways and lower rates and fares.
NEW ATTACK IS LAUNCHED
ON PROHIBITION MEASURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 22
An entirely new attack on the valid
ity of the federal prohibition amend
ment, based on the requirement that
it be ratified within seven years,
has been made in the supreme court
with the filing of a brief for J. J.
Dillon, of San Francisco, who is
charged with violation of the en
forcement act.
TRIAL IS RESUMED
MOSBACH, Baden, March 22—
The trial of Carl Neeaf and Franz
jEimmer, the two Americans who
attempted to arrest Draft Evader
Grover Cleveland Bergdol at Eber
bach, in January, was resumed in
the criminal court here today. The
men are charged with illegal as
sumption of authority.*
MANILA BOARD REPORTS
MANILA, March 22—The board
of officers investigating the conduct
of constabulary officers in connec
tion with the December riots, has
I exonerated Colonel Lucien Sweet
and three Filipino officers, and re
commended a reprimand for Captain
Herbert Page and four Filipinos
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TERRITODIAL LAWMAKERS
MAY TEST JONES MEASURE
JUNEAU, March 22—Sentiment
among the members of the territorial
legislature seems almost unanimous
in favor of a resolution introduced
on Friday by Senator E. B. Collin,
of Fairbanks, declaring that discrim
ination against Alaska in the Jones
shipping bill is contrary to the feder
al constitution. The resolution in
structs the territorial attorney gen
eral to test the law in an open tight
to have Alaska placed on the same
footing as the rest of the country.
Senator Collins says that Section
27, of the Marine act, excludes
Alaska from the benefits of the
measure, through routing, which is
characterized as vicious legislation,
throttling the industries and advance
ment .of Alaska.
Senator Collins also has intro
tni? ^Seriri
itor
; ial shipping board, created during
j the last session of the legislature, at
| the suggestion of Governor Riggs,
j and carrying an appropriation of
| $300,000 for the operation of a ter
j ritorial steamship line. The com
i mission expended $24,000 for in
I vestigation and, according to the re
! port of the governor, saved the ter
j ritory a million dollars in proposed
| increased freight rates.
PORTLAND BOND BROKER
IS FREED ON DEMURRER
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I PORTLAND, March 22—F r e 1
j Morris, member of the Morris Bros,
j bond house, who was indicted on a
[ charge of unlawfully aiding- John
! Etheredge to obtain naturalization
in 1918, was cleared in the federal
court here yesterday when the court
sustained a demurrer and quashed
the indictment.
Etheredge is under indictment on
a charge of wrecking the bond house.
WARSHIPS SURRENDERED
STOCKHOLM, March 22—Ac
cording to Russian newspapers re
ceived here, the warships stationed
at Kronstadt during the late revolt
surrendered on March 19. All other
warships are in the hands of the
Bolsheviki, with little damage. The j
bombardment is reported to have
caused enormous damage to houses
and factories.
WOMAN JUMPS OVERBOARD
TACOMA, March 22—An un
identified woman jumped from a
passenger steamer, between Seattle
and Tacoma today and was drowned.
Her body has not been recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gould were
among the passengers leaving for
Fairbanks today.
Mrs. W. S. Christensen came down
from Fairbanks today, enroute to
the end of steel to meet her
husband, who is enroute over the
trail from the States. Mrs. Christen
sen will be the guest of Mrs. La
mont during her stay in Nenana.
FAIRBANKS CLUB BACKING
MEARS IN FIGHT FOR JOB
JUNEAU, MARCH 22— Senator
Luther C. Hess is in receipt of ;»
telegram from the Fairbanks Coni
mercial club in which the Interior
organization protests against the
legislature going on record as favor
ing the removal of Colonel Mearx
as chairman of the Alaskan En
gineering commission. The Anchoi
age club is also backing Mears, and
is reported to have wired Secretary
Fail and Delegate Dan Sutherland,
opposing the suggestion of Senator
Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa, that
Col. Mears be removed and a new
chairman selected to complete the
building of the Government railroad.
It is claimed that other protests
have been sent to Washington.
It is believed that the territorial
legislature will not take any par;
in the fight.
PEOPLE OF SILESIA VOTE
TO BE PART OF GERMANY
BERLIN, March 22—The plebis
cite held in Upper Silesia on Sunday
i to determine the future national
I status of that sectipn, resulted in
| a-r> overwhelming victory for Ger
: many, according to the oflicial re
turns received here.
The voters balloted on the ques
tion of adhesion to Germany or
Poland.
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BIG ELEVATOR EXPLODES;
TWO KILLED; FOUR BURIED
CHICAGO, March 22—The ex
plosion of an elevator belonging to
the Armour Grain •company, killed
two persons on Saturday and it is
believed that four others were buried
beneath the wreckage.
Wrecking crews have been set at
work clearing away the tons of
debris scattered by the explosion.
RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON
MUST PAY SOLDIER BONUS
OLYMPIA, March 22—Governor
Hart has signed the poll tax bill
imposing a tax of live dollars on all
residents of the state, men and
women, between the ages of 21 and
50, to be used for the purpose of
paying a bonus to Washington serv
ice men.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Sweeney
went to Fairbanks this afternoon,
and will be away several days.
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