Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEN ANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 1922
NUMBER 151
HUNDRED DIE IN CAPITAL MOVIE CRASH
DENVER SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS SEVERE QUAKE
PRESIDENT URGES EARLY START OF FEDERAL WORK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31 —
President Harding has addressed a
letter to the heads of the -war, navy,
agriculture, treasury, interior and
commerce departments, urging the
aid of the cabinet members in pro
viding work for the unemployed of
the country.
The President suggests that the
heads of the six departments re
ferred to, gather in conference for
the purpose of discussing the pro
posal to undertake now, instead of
later in the spring, the repair and
construction work already planned.
WARRANTS MUST BE USED
TO SEARCH AUTOMOBILES
TACOMA, Jan. 11—Federal Judge
Cushman has handed down a ruling
in which he declares that officers of
the government have no right
to search automobiles for liquor
without first having obtained a
special permit for that purpose.
The judge also holds -that mere
suspicion is not sufficient grounds
either for search or seizure.
BORAH TELLS COLLEAGUES
ALLIES WILL NOT PAT DEBTS
WASHINGTON, l>. C., Jan. 31 —
In an address delivered on the floor
of the senate yesterday, Senator
William E. Borah, Republican, of
Idaho, declared that the most power
ful financial interests in the world
are interested in the eleven billion
dollars in debts owed to the United
States by the Allies and associated
nations, and that, in consequence
of that interest, the debts would
never be paid.
ATHLETES CONFESS GUILT
SOUTHBEXD, Jan. 31—E i g h t
Notre Dame university athletes
voluntarily confessed yesterday that
they played semi-professional foot
ball at Taylorsville, Illinois, on
November 27, with Carlinsville. 111.,
teams, and, as a result of their ad
missions they were immediately dis
qualified from further competition
with Notre Dame. The list included,
Eddie Anderson, Chester Wynne, j
Lawrence Shaw, and Roger Riley..
VETERANS NOT SATISFIED
CINCINNATI. Jan. 31 — 'udge R. .
S. Marx, national commander of the :
Disabled American Veterans of the
World War. in a report to the house
appropriations committee, declare5
that vocational training at Camp:
Sherman, Ohio, is a “farce ‘ and a j
“fraud”. He says the school rooms
are inadequate, the equipment in
sufficient and the men entirely dis
satisfied with the instruction given j
them.
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BASEBALL MEETING TONIGHT'
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Baseball fans are invited to at-;
tend another meeting to be held
at the office of Commissioner G- D.
Leckie this evening. The purpose
of the meeting to discuss plans forj
the seasons and arrangements which
are to be made for raising funds.
The several committees appoint
ed at the last meeting will have re
ports to submit tonight and it is
hoped that something definite can
be decided on.
Everyone interested in seeing Ne
nana properly represented on the
diamond next season, is urged to. be
on hand. The meeting will start at
eight o’clock.
Joe Gagnon, roadhouse man, is a
recent arrival in town from thej
Canyon district.
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SNOW ON ROOF AT CAPITAL
CAUSES HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
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WASHINGTON', O. C. Jan 31—
Tvo plenary sessions of the Arms,
Conference are to be held tomor-!
mor, according to announcement1
made today at the conclusion of a
meeting of the naval committee, at
which, it is understood, a final agree
ment was reached on the fortifiea
tion question, which is the only re
maining issue.
Under today’s agreement, it :s
understood there is to be no in
crease in the fortifications of the
Aleutian Islands and Qurile Island,
owned by Japan, and Britain is to
be permitted to fortify Shanghai
and the islands around Australia i
and New Zealand.
The first plenary session tomor
row will proclaim the completed
naval treaty and the second will!
deal -with Far Eastern questions. It
is indicated, however, that this may
not be the final ending of the con
ference. as other details may have
to be considered later.
ANOTHER COLD WAVE HITS
WEST; RAIN IN LOS ANGELES
DENVER, Jan. 31—The West is
in the grip of another cold wave,
with the mercury down to 28 below
zero in parts of Montana ar.d Wyo
ming. Sub-zera temperatures are re
ported fro mall mountain districts
of Colorado, with extreme cold al
so in Washington, Oregon and Ida
ho.
Snow at Lot Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31—Rain,
snow and wind yesterday, last night
and today combined t£ create one
of the worst storms recorded here
! in recent years. The snow did not
I last long, however, melting almost
j as rapidly as it fell, leaving the
I streets filled with water.
PACKERS EAGER TO WORK
OMAHA, Jan. 31—Large crowds
of packing house workers thronged
i the employment offices of the plants
| today, seeking re-employment, fol-'
lowing the calling off of the strike'
here last night. The strikers adopted
i a resolution declaring that the eon
, tinuation of the strike would cause
; “unnecessary suffering on the part
' of a gTeat number of workers.”
SENATOR BECOMES JUDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31—
The name of Senator Kenyon, lead-i
er of the agricultural “bloc”, was
sent to the senate today for con
, firmation as federal judge of the
Eighth circuit. Having been inform
ed that Kenyon would accept the
appointment, the senate confirmed
the nomination within a short time;
of the arrivals of the papers from;
the White House, without refer
ence to a committee. This is regard
ed as an unusual honor.
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR
PINESVILLE. Ky„ Jan. 31—An
explosion at the Layman Calloway
coal mine at Layman, last night,
caused the death of four miners.
| Two others were seriously injured
and two are missing.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 31—
The most frightful theater disaster
recorded in this country in recent
years occurred in this city on Sat
urday night, when the roof of the
Knickerbocker Theater, in the fash
ionable residence district of the city,
collapsed under the weight of three
feet of snow, and caused the death
of more than 100 persons, most of
them prominent in Washington offi
cial and social life. Of the remainder
of the audience, very few escaped
injury, and a number of these are
in a critical condition.
Immediately following the disaster
soldiers, sailors, marines, firemen,
police and citizen volunteers, with
out thought of their own danger,
fought their way beneath the mass
of wreckage. It tooks hours of hard
work, with gas torches, to get thru
the mass of steel and concrete. The
roof fell with a crash like thunder,
leaving the pillars standing like
great ghosts in the night. All of the
fire companies of the city were
called out immediately, and the work
of rescue was under way quickly
By daylight, 90 bodies had been tak
en from the ruins. Before noon or
Sunday, the list of dead had grown
to 107 and the death of Miss Mary
A. Forsyth, in a hospital yesterday
brought the total to 108. One hun
dred and thirty-four received in
juries and of that number 14 arc
regarded as serious. It is believed
about 100 escaped, some of them
crawling to safety unassisted and
others dragged from the wreckage
by the rescue workers. One man in
the audience is said to have sensed
the danger and reached one of the
exits before the crash came.
The rescue work was directed by
Brigadier General Bandholtz. who
announced yesterday that it might
be another 24 hours before the fu”
horror of the disaster would ne
known definitely. The rescue work
was taken over by the civil authori
ties yesterday afternoon, under the
direction of Colonel Charles Kellogg
of the Engineers.
The Victim*
The list of dead includes: Oscar C.
Kanston, of Chicago, his wife and;
:wo daughters—the fifth member of
• the family, a boy. escaped; former
Representative A. J. Barchford. wife:
and daughter, Helen; Guy S. Eld-;
; ridge, of Salt Lake, brother-in-law
! of Senator Smott; Laume Sproule.
; of Chicago, nephew of Representa
tive Sproule, of Illinois; Mrs. Virgin
ia Farraud; Captain William R.
■ Warner, quartermaster corps, and
wife; Mrs. Charles Wesson, wife of:
Col. Wesson, ordnance corps; Chas.'
C. Tucker, prominent Washington
attorney, and wife, Archie Bell, of
Vineland, N. J., Chauncey Brainard
and wife, of Brooklyn, W. Alfred
Brousseau, North Adams, Mass., C. j
, Laflin, Jr., Chicago, Miss Annie :
i Lambert, of Ashleigh, N. J., W. B.
Sammon, of Wyoming, W. I- Sebo-1
field, of Danville, Va., C. B. Steph
enson, of Portland, Me., Mewis
1 Strayer, Pittsburg, Conroy Vance, of
Fredericksburg, Va., Mrs. Vance,!
William Walters, Brooklyn, Mary E.
; Atkinson, Joseph W. Beal, William
j C. Bickle, Thomas R. Bourke, Mrs.
Daisy G. Bowden, William Crocker,
V. W. Dauber, Thomas M. Dorsey, j
Miss Helen Dorsch, A. G. Eldridge,
Mrs. Eldridge, L- Ernest, John P.
Fleming, Christian Fiege, Mrs. Mary
Lee Fleming, Thomas Fleming, G.
S. Freeman. Mrs. Clyde H. Gear
hart, E. H. Hall, Douglas Joylyer.
D. K. Jackson, Miss Elizabeth Jef-'
fries, John H Jeffries, Howard W.
Kneese, L. L. Lehler, Leroy Lehler.
D. H. Lyman, Wyatt McKinnie, J. I
McKinnie, Ernest E. Mettalio, Mrs.
Norman E. Martdndale, Miss Agnes
Mellon. Victor M. Sturgin. William
Tracey, Mrs. Gertrude Taylor, Jacob
Urdong and wife. Louis F. Vallyn
t:ne and wife, Mildred Walford.
Christine Thompson, Miss Veronica
Murphy. Paulus Lamby, Miss Vivian
Ogden, Kirkland Duke. Miss M. E.
Walsh, Russell Maine and wife, Al
bert Baker, Mrs. Carrie Parson, Miss
Francis Bickle, Dr. James F. Shea,
John L. Walker, Capt. William R.
Warner and wife, Ivan J. White,
Miss M. C. Bickle, Dreste Batellio,
Scott Batellio, Scott Montgomery,
William A. Walters, D. M. Walsh
and Jack McKinlie.
Edward Shaughnessy, second as
sistant postmaster general, wife and
two daughters. Myrtle and Ruth,
were among the injured and are be
ing attended by the personal doctor
of President Harding.
Pretident Issues Statement
Early Sunday, when the gravity
• of the Knickerbocker theater disaster
had become known. President Hard
ing issued the following statement:
; '‘I have experienced the same
! astounding shock and the same in
I expressable sorrow which has com#
! to all Washington, and which will
be sympathetically felt throughout
the land. If I knew augnt to say to
soften the sorrow of the hundreds
who are so suddenly bereaved; if I
i could say a word to cheer the maim
| ed and suffering, I would gladly do
! it. The terrible tragedy staged in the
| midst of the great storm has deep
j ly depressed all of us and left us
i wondering about the revolving fate'',
i The celebration of McKinfcy’s
l birthday, 'which was to have taken
; place at the White House last night
was called off by President Harding
because “there is so much grief in
1 Washington today”.
The U*ual Action
Senator Capper, of Kansas, who
| is a member of the senate District
) of Columbia committee, has an
| nounced it as his intention to intro
i duce a resolution for the investiga
tion of the theater disaster, and al
so for the investigation of all large
buildings constructed here since the
beginning of the war. Senator Fre>
linghausen immediately announced
that he would support such a resolu
tion, declaring that the investigation
should be widespread, covering the
entire district, as he knew, from per
sonal knowledge, that many build
ings which are fire traps which at
any moment might cost scores of
lives.
Hoover H*» A Plan
Secretary of Commerce Hoover,
commenting on -hs Knickerbocker
disaster, declared that a lesson had
been taught at great --acrifice, and
he announced that an jifort would
be made to work out a standard
building code for use in all cities
throughout the country, as a earl
of preventing similar catastrophes.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 31—Twenty
corporations and 28 individuals en
gaged in the heating and ventilating
branch of the building industry have
been indicted by the grand jury, on
the charge of violating the state
anti-trust law.
There appears to be very little
change in the condition of Mrs.
Frank Doner, who is critically ill
at St, Josephs hospital. She was
a little better yesterday, bat does
not appear to be so well today. {
REAPER CLAIMS
FILER WOMAN
OF JHE NORTH
! SEATTLE. Jan. 31—Funeral ser-'
vices were held in this city today
I for Mrs. Ida Koral Ryan, one of the
j first women to join the rush to the
I Klondike, in 1897, who died here n
| Saturday.
Mrs. Ryan, with her husband.
jJohn C. C. Ryan, crossed Chilkoot
Pass in the first rush, and lived in
the Nome district for six years,
later going to Fairbanks and over;
the trail to Southeastern Alaska,
where they built a roadhouse near
the headwaters of the Susdna river,
remaining there eight years.
The services were attended by
many Northerners and former resi
dents of the territory
• LARGE SUM FOR EDUCATION
i NEW YORK. Jan. 01—Gifts for
the furtherance of education, total
ing $33,000,000, were made dating
the fiscal year 1921 by the General
Education Board of the Rockefeller ;
■ Foundation, according to announce-,
ment made yesterday by officers of j
the great institution. Capital funds
held by the board at the end of the !
fiscal year amounted to tore than !
$84,000,000.
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SHACKLETON IS DEAD
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 31—More
than three weeks elapsed between
the death of Sir Ernest Shackleton,
noted explorer who was enroute to
the South Pole, and the announce
ment yesterday of his passing.
j The delay in giving the news to
the world, according to advices re
• ceived from Montevidio, was due
to a series of wireless mishaps. ,
BERGDOLL PLEA DENIED
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 31—
The request of Mrs. Emma C. Berg
doll for war department commuta
tation of the sentence imposed on
her son Irwin. Jias been denied. The
son in question is serving four years,
at Leavenworth for evading the
draft.
DEMPSEY TO QUIT IN 2 YEARS
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31—The
Examiner announces that it is the,
intention of Champion Jack Demp-;
sey to retire from the ring within ,
two years. But in the meantime,j
he “wants to take on all comers I
to prove his superiority, after which
he will retire to private life”.
WEALTHY WIDOW PASSES
NEW YORK. Jan. 31—Mrs. Helen j
Knickerbocker, aged 84, widow of.
the late millionaire paper manu- -
facturer of that name, committed
suicide here today, by leaping to the
pavement from the window of her
apartments eleven stories up.
LAMBERTSON MUST ANSWER
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31—Walter'
Lambertson, who was caught in thej
act of trying to wreck a Southern j
Pacific train last Friday, has been j
formally charged with attempted
murder. He is recovering <rom the
injuries received at the time of his
arrest.
DENVER, Jan. 31—The seismo
graph at Regis College registered
the most severe earthquake today
that has been registered in fifteen
years, the center of disturbance, a*
indicated by the instrument# being
| about 1,500 south of Denver. The
I shock was even greater than that
registered at the time of the San
Francisco disaster.
Frisco Feels It
; SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31—A
faint earthquake, lasting severs!
seconds, was felt here today. No
: damage resulted.
Rattles Dishes In Oregon
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 31—A pro
nounced earthquake was felt here
today, the disturbance being suffi
cient to rattle dishes on the shelves.
Reports from Marshfield and R >s«*
burg state that the disturbance al
so was felt in those cities.
PAPAL ChyMR STAMPEDED
WHEN SINGER RUNS AMUCK
! ROME. Jan. 31—The sistine ehai«
j el was thrown into an uproar yes
terday during requiam mass, by a
; member of the pontifical choir, who
became suddenly and violently :!
| sane.
(The unbalanced one startled the
holy1 chamber by shouting "Do'wo
with the pope”, and insisted in lead
I ing the procession from the chapel
i He was finally overpowered and led
| from the place.
NEW POPE THIS WEEK
j ROME, Jan. 31—According lo th*
: concensus of opinion expressed by
1 prelates accompanying cardinals at
tached to the conclave .f American
and English church, the iignatarks
consider it certain that an Italian
will be selected to succeed Pope
' Benedict. It is also generally be
lieved that the selection will be
made not 'ater ihun Saturday. < f
this week,
! CANCER CURES INCREASING
ATLANTIC CITY. Jan. 31—In a
' -tatement made before
Roentgen Ray Society here ‘.hi*
week, Dr. James T. Case, of Bart'e
Creek, declared that life i= being
extended, pain relieved and appar
ent cures effected in from t'O to
per cent of the cases that had ap
peared hopeless, through featment
by the X-Ray and radium.
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO HOLD
IMPORTANT MEET TOMORROW
A meeting of the Nenana Com
mercial Club will be held at Union
hall tomorrow night and all those
interested in the welfare of the
town are ured to be present.
The meeting, which will be called
to order at 8 p. m., has been called
for the purpose of discussing and
arranging the details of an appro
priate celebration to mark the ar
rival at Nenana of the first througn
train from the coast. The train ar
riving here on Sunday next will be
drawn by what is known as a 60(1
type locomotive and will be made
up of standard passenger coaches
and the new combination direr and
observation car “Nenana", and the
arrival of this fain calls for seme
kind of a celebration.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Billy Bu
ler is reported to have set fire to
a cabin at McKinley Park, on Sat<
urday night, after having ordered
the occupants to vacate.