Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENAN.A ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1922
NUMBER 172
BONE BACKS FALL’S PLANS FOR ALASKA
RIVER TOWNS TO HAVE WEEKLY^ MAIL SERVICE
DEMOCRATS MAKING HARD FIGHT IN MAINE ELECTION
white pass gets contract
TO CARRY MAIL IN INTERIOR
SEATTLE. Mar. 21—Warren B.
Vandervoort, superintendent Railway
Mail Sendee, announced today that;
as the result of an agreement enter-!
ed into with the American Yukon
Navigation Company, the mail ser-,
vice to Nenana, Tanana and Yukon !
river points will be placed on a
weekly basis during the summer.
The summer mail service to these
points previously had been on a fort
nightly basis.
The mails will be landed at Sew
ard and will be hauled over the
Government railroad to N'enana and
thence to Tenana and on down the
Yukon river to St. Michael.
The new weekly service, accord
ing to the agreement, will commence
on the first of July.
KENNEDY JURY DISAGREES;
SECOND TRIAL ANNOUNCED
LOS ANGELES. Mar. 21—T h e
jury empanelled to try the case
against Madalvnne Obenehain, who
was jointly indicted with Arthur C.
Burch, for the murder of J. Belton
Kennedy, could not reach a verdict
and were discharged.
District Attorney Woolwine an
nounced today that another trial
will be started shortly.
PISTOL BATTLE PRECEDES
CAPTURE OF MOONSHINERS
. NEW YORK. March 17.—Fifteen
revenue officers made a raid on a
two masted schooner loaded with
liquor, in the East river near the
Bronx today and succeeded in ar
resting twenty-four men aboard the
craft.
The arrest was preceded by a
lively pistol battle between the of
ficers and the moonshiners, more
than thirty shots being exchanged
ere the arrests were made.
The schooner’s liquor cargo esti
mated to be worth over half a mil
lion dollars, was seized.
SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENT
RETIRES FROM SERVICE
SEATTLE. Mar. 21—Frank B.
Cooper, superintendent of schools
during the last 22 years, and for
many years a national figure in ed
ucational circles, resigned today. He
explains that it is his intention to
retire from active educational wirk.
MILLIONAIRES WIN GAME;
SCORE, FOUR TO THREE
TORONTO, Mar. 21—The Van
couver Millionaires took the first
game in the play for the Stanley
Cup in the World Hockey Series,
from the Toronto St. Patricks, in
this city yesterday.
The score was four to three.
RIOTING NATIVES KILLED
IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA
LONDON, Mar. 21—Twenty na
tives were killed and 30 wounded
in tile rioting at Nairobi, East Afri
ca, yesterday, following the arrest
of an Indian agitator named Thuku.
INDIAN REVOLUTIONIST
SENTENCED TO PRISON
AHMEDABAD, India, Mar. 21—
Mohandus Ghandi. a non-coopora
tionist leader, was recently arrested
and sentenced to serve a term of
six years in prison, without hard
labor.
M’CUMBER TO RUN AGAIN
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Mar. 21
Senator Porter J. Me Cumber, Re
publican, of North Dakota, chair
man of the senate finance committee
has announced his candidacy for re
election. Former Senator Gronna,
who was defeated in the 1920 pri
maries, recently announced that he^
also would be a candidate.
GOVERNOR ROASTS BUREAUS
IN SPEECH AT WASHINGTON
SUSPECT NOT CONNECTED
WITH DEATH OF TAYLOR
—
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21—The;
district attorney’s office has explod
ed the false report that a former J
Canadian soldier had been arrested •
at Mexicali in connection with the
Taylor murder case. Detectives who !
were sent to Mexicali to investigate !
the report, have returned empty- j
handed, after having interviewed
the suspect. The officers say the man
proved to them that he had no con
nection with the murder mystery,
which is becoming more of a mys
tery daily.
BALLAINE WANTS OFFICE
SEATTLE. Mar. 21—Newspapers
here report there is some sentiment
favoring the proposal that John E.
Ballaine run against Senator Miles
Poindexter. It is understood that
! Ballaine will be willing to enter the
race if he can be convinced that his
candidacy will be supported.
I COTTON GAMBLERS IN BAD
I NEW YORK, Mar. 21—Announce
| ment has been made here that charg
• es against officials of the American
■ Cotton Exchange, made during the
I recent investigation of the operation
| of bucket shops, will be presented to
: the grand jury shortly. The in
vestigation resulted in the failure
of more than 50 brokerage firms.
GOVERNMENT STARTS SUIT
PORTLAND, Mar. 21—The trial
i of a suit brought by the Govem
i ment to cancel the citizenship papers
of Joseph Woerdle, former Ameri
can consul, on the ground that he
loaned his name and citizenship
papers to Hans Boehm, a German
spy, was begun in the federal court
: here this week. The Government al
! leges in the plaint, that Woerdle
] threatened to stir up a revolution
if the United States entered the
war.
BLOODS ABANDON BOOZE
MIAMI, Fla., Mar. 21—Customs
i officials have confiscated liquor valu
! ed at f50,000, which had been
abandoned on board the palatial
i yacht Patricia, owned by James E.
Showan. a New York millionaire.
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ADD BONUS
It is understood a majority of
; the leaders are opposed to holding
i a general bonus conference, as sug
j gested by Representative Lineberger.
> of California, until after the mat
j ter has been gone into thoroughly
! with President Harding.
STORM HITS ROCKIES
DENVER, Mar. 21—It is report
j ed that combined rain and snow
I storms are general over the Rocky
j Mountain region.
1 LABOR SITUATION IMPROVED
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 21—
It was announced here today that
widely separated states report an im
provement in the employment situa
tion.
DEATH SUMMONS EXPERT
DENVER, Mar. 21—Philip Argali
a mining engineer, authority of in
ternational reputation on metallurgy
expert on cyanidism and the found
' er of the Argali basic treatment of
| ores, died here today, at the age of
j 68 years.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 21—,
That “the paramount and over-;
shadowing need” in Alaska is a •
“simplified, co-ordinated and cen
tralized system of administration”
was the keynote of a speech made
by Governor Scott C. Bone at a
dinner tendered him last night by
Col. F. Mears, of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, and Col. E.
Lester Jones, of the Alaska Bound
ary Commission.
“The present order of things in (
Alaska is chaotic and impossible,”
he said, and “bureaucratic control
has paralyzed and palsied this rich
domain which has actually gone
back for twelve years, and is today
at a standstill.
“The consolidation of the bureaus
is essential under one department
at Washington, and the administra
tion brought close home to Alaska.;
as a prerequisite to progress and
prosperity in the Northland.”
“Conditions through administra
tive channels must be made easier
in order that capital and population
can gain a foothold in the Terri
tory. The present system of bureau
cratic control is unworkable, un
businesslike and positively repress
ive,” the governor concluded.
Governor Bone is reported to have
said that he confidently believed
that a co-ordinated, centralized ad
ministration for Alaska will be
brought about at an early date.
ARBUCKLE CASE DRAGS
SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 21—The
court yesterday denied the motion
of the prosecution to be allowed to j
peremptorily challenge Juror Edward
K. Brown, who had previously been
accepted in the Arbuckle case. The |
ground on which the motion to!
challenge was made was that Brown
was prejudiced against the district
attorney. It is expected that the
selection of the jury will be com
\ pleted this afternoon.
PREPARING FOR THE STRIKE
CLEVELAND, Mar. 21—The Gen
eral Policy Committee of the United
Mine Workers, has called a meeting
for Friday, at which time the mem
bers will formulate a policy to be
i followed by the bituminous miners
when work is suspended on the first
i of next month.
OF COURSE HE WILL—NOT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 21—
According to predictions made in
some quarters. Congress, with a big
legislative program to dispose of,
may not adjourn until August, in
which event President Harding will
be unable to make his proposed
trip to Alaska, as it will be too j
! late then to start North.
EXPLORER CLAIMS ISLAND
NEW YORK. Mar. 21—It is an
nounced here that the Stefansson
party has claimed Wragel Island, by
right of discovery, for Britain. The
island is said to be one of the most
important in the Arctic regions.
DIAZ DIES
EL PASO, Mar. 21—General Felix
Diaz, a Mexican revolutionary lead-1
er, but not the General Felix Diaz
of the family of former President
Porfirio Diaz, was sfiot and killed
yesterday, according to advices re
ceived in this city. He commanded j
the revolutionists who, in 1920, kid-1
naped and killed a number of Amer
icans.
DOUGLAS FIR SUPPLANTS PINE
VICTORIA, Mar. 21—Douglas fir
will now be used instead of Oregon
pine by the British admiralty in
dealing with timber orders, as a re
sult of action taken by F. C. Wade,'
British Columbia agent-general in
London. Director Navy Contracts
O. R. Jenkins reports that a recent
fir timber contract for the British
navy was awarded a contractor who
undertook that the fir should come
from British Columbia.
Telephones have been installed at
the three tunnells between Healy
and Riley.
A. R. C. MAY GET MONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 21—
The lower house of Congress has
approved and sent to the senate a
bill authorizing the Alaska Road
Commission to incur obligations be
fore the end of the present fiscal
year, for construction, maintenance
and repairs to roads, bridges and
trails in Alaska, the obligations to
not exceed fifty per cent of the cur
rent appropriation.
KIDNAPPER APPREHENDED
TACOMA, Mar. 21—After a long
hunt for John Kendall, the local
authorities have placed the fugitive
under arrest. He is charged with
the kidnapping of Elsie Sparre. the
19-year-old teacher of Elgin, who
was found in a house some time ago
robbed, bound and gagged.
CARP WILL FIGHT
PARIS. Mar. 21—Georges Carp
entier, the French boxer, signed an
agreement today in which he under
takes to fight any American, British
or French heavyweight or light
weight, who may be selected, pro
viding the bout is not set for a
date later than September.
BOOZE RING SOLID AFFAIR
MIAMI, Mar. 21—Internal reven
ue officers are authority for the
statement that a bootlegging ring,
which was recently discovered, was
so well organized that its contracts
were backed by certain bankers,
who also acted as trustees for the
funds covering large sales.
BOYS TO QUIT THE RHINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 21
Secretary of War Weeks has issued
orders for the return of all Ameri
can troops from the Rhine by the i
first of July.
CANADIANS SELL SALMON
VICTORIA. B. C., Mar. 21—The
salmon pack of British Columbia
for 1921 totalled 603,548 cases, for
which the sum of $6,000,000 was
realized. 120,000 cases of pinks still
remain to be sold. France absorbed
a large proportion of the 192,000
cases of pinks and Great Britain
purchased more than half of the
sockeye pack of 163,914 cases, leav-j
ing about 75,000 cases for Canadian ^
consumption. The pack comprises j
192,906 cases of pinks, 163,914 of
sockeye, 117,288 cohoes, 71,408 of;
chums, 49,752 springs, 7,060 bluej
backs and 1,270 steelheads.
Prohibition, it would seem, has \
not brot on a drought severe enough j
to menace the usual bumper crop of,
wild oats.
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CHICAGO POLICE CAPTURE
YOUTHFUL GANG LEADERS
CHICAGO, Mar. 21—Through^the i
arrest of Charles Shader, nineteen j
years of age, Frank Lee, aged 16,'
and the mother of the Shader boy, I
the police believe that they have i
broken up a most unusual gang of j
criminals operating in this city.
The trio are being held in con-;
nection with various crimes- ranging^
from larceny and criminal assault
to murder.
The arresting officers claim that
the woman was the directing head!
of the criminal activities of the
boy members of the gang. Her1
husband and daughter were recently.
shot and killed under mysterious cir
cumstances.
STOLEN BONDS RECOVERED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 21—
It was announced here today that
all Liberty bonds stolen from the
branch office of the Treasury on j
Saturday have been recovered.
LAWMAKER VERY LOW
WICHITA FALLS. Texas, Mar.'
21—Physicians have announced that
the death of Congressman Lucian
W. Parrish, who was recently in
jured in an auto accident, may be1
expected at any moment.
DUNDEE BESTS WHITE
NEW YORK, Mar. 21—Johnnie
Dundee, of New York, was given ;
a decision over Charlie White, of
Chicago, in a 15-round bout staged
here last night.
FATE OF SPECIAL AGENT
IN THE HANDS OF JURY
SEATTLE, March 18 —The case
against August B. Hamtr, a special
treasury agent who s charged with
giving narcotics to May Buttcl.aij,
eighteen years of agp, was g;veo to":
the jury this afternoon.
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PRESIDENTIAL VACATION
WILL END ON SATURDAY
ST. AUGUSTINE. March 17.—
President Harding declared he would
remain here a day longer. He will
leave for Washington Saturday in
stead of Friday.
BIG AIRSHIP REACHES WEST
ARCADIA, Cal.. Mar. 21 -The
largest non-rigid airship ever sent
to the Pacific coast has reached the
newly enlarged Army Balloon and
Air School here. It is the D-3. one
of the 198-foot airships which par
ticipated in the recent maneuvers
in the Atlantic when the German
warships were sunk by army air-1
craft. It has a cruising radius of j
790 miles, at a cruising speed of j
45 miles an hour, and a radius ofj
550 miles at full speed, 60 miles!
an hour. A crew of four operates
the big airship and there are ac
commodations for three additional
officers. It is 51 feet wide and 58
feet high.
WIVES SHOULD HAVE WAGES
SYDNEY, Mar. 21—Wives are j
entitled to wages and should have 1
proper ■working hours, according to1
arguments advanced in parliament
by Mrs. Gre.en, lady member of the
law-making body. She declares that
a wife is entitled to at least the
same consideration demanded by a i
cook, maid or other household em-,
ploye.
PUBLIC MEETING AT THE C0L1SUEM TONIGHT
DEMOCRATS TRYING HARD
TO LAND VOTE IN MAINE
AUGUSTA, Me., Mar. 21—'T h *
first test of strength between the
Republicans and Democrats in years
is under way in the congressional
campaign primaries in the Third
Maine district, where John Nelson.
Republican, and Ernest McLean are
contending for legislative honors.
The district, is normally Republi
can but the Democrats are making
a hard fight for it. The vote of the
women is considered an uncertain
factor.
DRY SQUAD MAKES ROUNDUP;
SCORES ARE IN THE TOILS
DENVER, Mar. 21—Eighty-three
persons, including nine women, were
placed under arrest here yesterday
as the result of prohibition raids,
admitted by officers of the dry squad
to have been the largest raids ever
undertaken in Colorado.
Searchers entering hotels and
rooming houses confiscated over ten
thou=and pints of liquor of various
kinds.
HOUSE LEADERS TO CONFER
ON SOLDIER BONUS PLANS
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 21
Republicans leaders of the House ex
pect to confer with President Hard
ing, at the White House, tonight, re
garding the procedure to be adopted
in the handling of the compromise
Soldier Bonus bill.
The Congressmen are hopeful of
the approval of their plan for ■the
passage of the measure under n
suspension of the rules.
CONDUCTOR KILLS MAN
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
ELLENSBURG, Wn , Mar. 21
Tom Vinihg, a veteran railroad con
ductor, shot and killed Andrew
Young, of Seattle, yesterday, and
then committed suicide.
The authorities have been unable
to ascertain the motive for the ra=h
act.
GRAND THEATER BURNS;
TWO LIVES SACRIFICED
AUGUSTA. Ga.. Mar. 21—Two
persons lost their lives in this city
yesterday as the result of the de
struction of the Grand Theater by
fire.
CONGRESSMAN L. W PARRISH
INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
WICHITA FALL’S. Texas. Mar
18.—Confrressman Lucien W. Par
rish of the thirteen Texas district
was seriously injured today, as the
result of an automobile accident.
RAILROAD TO IMPROVE
SEATTLE, Mar. 21—According to
announcement made here today b.
officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railroad, the expend
iture of ten million dollars will be
undertaken shortly for new equij
ment and improvements. The im
provements will include new traek
between this city and Tacoma.
PAWNSHOP IS ROBBED
CHICAGO, Mar. 21—Three bai
dits held up a pawn shop in this
city yesterday and took every art
cle of jewelry from the place. The
total value of the loit is estimated
at between $25,000 and $100,000
RICKARD ON TRIAL
NEW YORK, Mar. 21—The trial
of Tex Rickard, fight promoter, on
an indictment charging him with
criminal assault on a 15-year-old
girl, began in this city this week.
The case is attracting wide atten
tion.
ASTORIA, Mar. 21—A furious
wind and rain storm hit the mout'a
of the Columbia river yesterday. The
wind reached a velocity of 72 miles
an hour, later moderating to about
50 miles an hour.