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THE NENANA NEWS
^VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCT. 24, 1922
NUMBER 365
BONAR LAW WILL FORM NEW CABINET
WOBBLIES MAKE PEACE OFFER TO OREGONPOLICE
PRESIDENT WILL NOT ASK GENERAL SAWYER TO QUIT
WOBBL1ES SUBMIT PROPOSAL
FOR PEACE TO PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Oct. 24—B. A.
Green, attorney for the I. W. W.,
has submitted an offer of peace, de
% daring that “if the city will cease
its persecution of the 1. W. W., he
promises that all loose iterants who
fome into the city, will be sent out
of town, and that word will go out
to all camps and locals within 200
miles of Portland to stay away un
til the trouble is settled”.
Police Judge Ekwall has refused
to enter any understanding and
will continue to hear cases indi
* vidually.
TRACTORS STARTLE RUSSIANS
IN OLD COUNTRY DISTRICTS
ALEXANDROVOSK. Russia, Oct.
24—Town folks ond peasants alike
of this part of southern Ukraine
were scarcely able to believe their
eyes recently when 25 American
tractors, with ploughs attached,
were put in the fields near here
to prepare thousands of acres for
the fall planting.
> Peasants of the Alexandrovosk dis
trict, one of the famine areas,
had become discouraged because
of lack of work animals and the
summer’s crop failure, but the arri
val of thetractors gave them a new
lease on life.In pre-war days Alex
androvosk was the center of a thriv
ing agricultural community, with
many factories in operation turning
out agriicultural machinery. But
* these implementswere all horse
drawn, and the natives knew of
nothing else. So when the queer
looking tractors were set up in
the fields, and without being urged
by cries or whip, began the task
of ploughing, the peasants shook
their heads and said such crawly
things just could not last. But
before many days the peasants had
become tractor converts, and now
most of them are hoping the day
may come when they themselves
will be able to own a steam horse
for their fields.
-* The tractors and ploughs were
brought here by the American Men
nonite Relief Organization, which is
endeavoring to work out a plan for
rite upbuilding of Russian agri
culture.
YANKEE SCHOONER WINS RACE
GLOUCESTER, Oct. 24— The
American schooner “Henry Ford
defeated the “Blue Nose”, Canadian
▼ champion, in this year’s first official
race, which was sailed here yester
day, in the series for the Interna
tional Fishermens cup.
TRANSPORTATION MAN DEAD
SEATTLE, Oct. 24—M. G. Craig,
former general passenger agent of
the Louisville & Nashville railway,
and a member of a prominent Ken
tucky family, shot himself today
while sitting on the rail of the Puget
Sound passenger steamer Bremerton.
His body fell into the water and
has not been recovered. Craig came
here recently in search of health.
FORMER OFFICER ARRESTED
PHOENIX, Oct. 24—James Len
nox, former United States commis
sioner at Sentinel, has been placed
under arrest at Indianapolis on an
-ndictment charging him with com
plicity in an alleged two million dol
lar “soldier land fraud”.
EBERT WILL HOLD PLACE
BERLIN, Oct. 24—The reichstag
has voted to prolong the term of
President Ebert until the first of
June, 1925.
The new Healy coal spur is re
ported to have been completed yes
terday, in which event coal ship
ments may be expected within the
next day or two.
CONSERVATIVES TAKE REINS;
FIRST TIME SEVENTEEN YEARS
FIRE THREATENS IN SOUTH
SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 24
Hundreds of cabins and a number
of resorts at the crest of Mount;
San Bernardino, are endangered by
a forest fire which is sweeping the
mountain uncontrolled, in spite of
the efforts of 350 fire fighters. The
fire is burning along a front four
miles long.
Lots in the new oil town of Kan
atak are being offered for sale in
Anchorage, at prices ranging from
J300.00 up.
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GOTWALS HERE FRIDAY
The News was advised today that
j Col. J. C. Gotwais, engineer officer
j of the Alaska Road Commission,
! has been detained in Fairbanks
' longer than he anticipated, and will
; be unable to meet with the citizens
j of Nenana on road matters, until
Friday afternoon.
A formal public meeiing will be
held at 2:30 Friday, for the purpose
J of discussing suggested improvement*
] to the Tolovana river. At the con
j elusion of that meeting, the colonel
'will discuss general road questions,
; with particular reference to the Ne
| nana district. The meeting probably
will be held at the fire hall, un
, less otherwise announced later.
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; John P. Carlson, who operates a
roadhouse and store in the Broad
i Pass district, arrived in town this
; morning on a business trip. He is
i a guest at the Cooney.
Franklin J. Rogers is registered
i at the Cooney hotel, having arrived
j from Healy this morning.
D. L. McGinnis, well known An
chorage clothier, arrived from the
! coast this morning on a business
i visi: to the Interior.
Lester Earhart came in from his
: headquarters at Healy this morn
ing.
Nellie Neal, of roadhouse fame,
arrived from the Broad Pass dis
trict this morning on a brief visit.
: She plans to return to her home at
j Curry tonight.
J. Fitzsimmons is a guest at the
Cooney, having arrived from Healy
this morning.
Game Warden J. G. Moore came
in from the Canyon district this
morning and left for Fairbanks this
; afternoon.
F. C. Ferrell, master mechanic of
| the Alaska Railroad, and Electrical
j Engineer J. J. Longacre came over
' from Anchorage this morning.
The council will meet in the new
i quarters in the telephone exchange
i building tonight.
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Alex Simson came down from
Fairbanks yesterday to put on a
1 sale at his Nenana store.
Dan Callahan, who came down
from Fairbanks last week in the in
terests of his campaign for a seat
in the territorial legislature, will
leave for the Canyon district to
night. He says he is on his way to
Juneau.
LON'DON, Oct. 24—England to- j
day has her first Conservative prime
minister in seventeen years, in the
person of Andrew Bonar Law. who
was selected yesterday to succeed
Lloyd George.
At a meeting of Unionists held j
yesterday, the new premier was I
unanimously elected leader of the
party, but contrary to expectations,
the new premier failed to outline
his policies. It is understood that
he has left his announcement for a |
future meeting.
He did say, however, that this is j
not a time for introducing his pet!
schemes, which he regards of bene
fit to England. He said he hoped
for a period of peace and Quietude.
The new premier has committed
the government to the carrying out
of the Irish pact.
After leaving the Unionist meet
ing yesterday, Bonar Law told
newspapermen that he would accept
the task of forming a new cabinet.
MISSOURIANS DEMAND NEW
BOARD TO DIRECT POLICE
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 24—The
largest funeral in the history of this
city took place on Sunday, when
the body of Nellie Hale, who was
killed on Friday by a stray shot be
lieved to have been fired by the
police while attempting the arrest
of a party of autoists, was borne
to the cemetery through lined with
thousands of spectators Five hun
dred members of the Ku Klux Klan
were in the funeral procession.
Interest in the funeral was a de
velopment of a local police situa
| tion which reached a climax on Sat
urday, when 12,000, attending an
I open meeting of ‘the klan, demanded
the retirement of the police board
on the ground that it had failed to
take proper precautions for the pre
servation of life.
The death of Nellie Hale was the
j second attributed to police bullets
. under similar circumstances.
WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS
CALL FOR RETRENCHMENTS
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NEW YORK. Oct. 24—The war
department b*s published directions
to corps commanders showing that
sharp cutailments in army trans
port service on the Pacific are “due
to a critical shortage of army ap
propriation funds”.
MURDERER ADMITS GUILT
AX TEC, N. M , Oct. 24—Sheriff
Wynn, who directed the execution
of Steve Katonka here last week,
has announced that the condemned
man, while b eing prepared for ex
ecution, confessed to two other
murders, one at El Paso and the
other at Uniontown. Pa. He re
fused to give details, however. Ka
tonka was executed for the murder
of two taxicab drivers.
i FORDNEY SAYS NEW TARIFF
WILL BRING PROSPERITY
CHICAGO, Oct. 24—Addressing
the Illinois Manufacturers Associa
tion, Congressman Fordney declared
here yesterday that prosperity is a
sured by the new tariff adopted by
the late Congress. "The flexible
features of the new law,” he point
ed out, "mark an epoch. The new
; law is based upon the sound policy
j of protection and its enactment
! clears the way to the widest avenue
| of prosperity”.
! FLAMES DAMAGE SUBMARINE
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 24—T h e
submarine R-4 has been seriously
damaged by a fire which broke out
, on board Sunday night and burned
j until late yesterday. There were
j three men on the craft when :he
i fire was discovered and they escap
, ed with difficulty. The damage is
5 estimated at- $70,000.
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JEWEL THIEF MAKES ESCAPE
FROM OFFICERS FOURTH TIME
I SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24—Hav
; ing previously escaped from officers
, while being taken to San Quentin
! to serve a term for the theft of
j $15,000 worth of jewelry here in
| 1019, Ricard Palmer, hotel robber
! and jew’el thief, made his fourth
; escape yesterday while being brot
, :o this city. The escape was made
j near Rawlings, Wyoming, and the
‘ prisoner is still at large.
TO OBSERVE NAVY DAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24
Announcement has been made by
navy department officials t Navy
E'ay will be celebrated on October
27, which ,is the anniversary of the
birth of Theodore Roosevelt.
William McCamant is among the
i late arrivals in town from Healy.
For
Delegate to Congress
from Alaska
Dan Sutherland
Republican
Candidate
ACTION OF HYDER UPHELD
BY ACTION OF DAUGHERTY
The action of U. S. Attorney A.
G. Shoup in ordering the removal
of all structures from the 60-foot
reserved strip on the American side
of the border at Hyder has been
affirmed by Attorney Genera!
Daugherty, according to informa
tion received by Mr. Shonp from
Washington. The order for removal
of the structures was issued some
time ago and aroused some antag
onism at Hyder.
Protests, said Mr. Shoup, were
sent to the Attorney General and
other offic-iali by the Hyder Com
mercial Club. Mr. Shoup was also
advised that the Attorney General
had communicated direct with the
Hyder commercial organization in
forming it he had upheld the action
of the District Attorney.
The reserve in question was cre
ated by an executive order issued
during President William H. Taft's
administration. The tract was set
aside for the purpose of facilitating
the enforcement of customs and im
migration laws.
BURCH TRIAL DRAGGING
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 24— The
third trial of Arthur Burch for the
murder of J. Belton Kennedy, brok
er, has entered the second week
with opposing counsel still strug
gling to obtain a jury.
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Nels Nelson, who came to his
death recently at a lonely spot on
Rainy creek, was possessed of nug
gets, checks and cash aggregating
about $1,000. He also had several
bundles of furs, the value of which
has not been determined, and an
account of $5,000 in an Outside
bank. He has two brothers at Morar^
Wash., and other relatives in that
state.
Gascar service between Fairbanks
and Chatanika has been discontinued
on account of cold weather.
Considerable ice appeared in the
slough in front of Fairbanks on
Sunday and yesterday snow fell to
a depth of three inches. Reports
from Cleary summit state that the
snow is about six inches deep there.
Peter Schultz has purchased the
Kramer business property on Front
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Paddy Driscoll have
gone into residence in the Nolan
cabin, near the school.
Mrs. Chas. Beam was an outgoing
passenger today. She is enroute to
Los Angeles for the winter.
Thaggard Buchholz came up from
Kenan this week on a brief visit.
Mrs. John O’Connor, who has
been under treatment at the local
hospital during the last couple of
weeks, went to Nenana today to pay
a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Har
ry Abercrombie. She was accompan
ied by Pat O’Connor and her
daughter Kate.
Carl White left for the Tolovana
today with mail. He is making the
trip by way of Dunbar.
HARDING REFUSES TO ACT
ON DEMAND OF VETERANS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 24
President Harding is satisfied with
the services of General Sawyer and
will not ask for his resignation, as
demanded in a resolution adopted
at the late convention of the Ameri
can legion. This information comes
from the White House.
It is stated that the President ex
pects to bring the hospitalization
board into doser cooperation with
the agencies having to do with the
treatment of disabled veterans. He
expects that the results will more
than justify its creation.
SEWARD PENINSULA RAILWAY
IS ACQUIRED BY TERRITORY
The Seward Penninsula Railroad
has been formally transferred to
the Territory by the Pioneer Min
ing Company, according to Col.
James G. Sfeese, President of the
Alaska Road Commission. Capt. C.
S. Ward. Assistant engineer officer
of the Commission, took possession
of the property for the Territorial
Government, the transfer being
made at Nome.
The actual cost of the property
was $24,000. The price named was
$25,000 but the mining company
discounted that $1,000 in considera
tion for an immediate cash payment
A warrant was drawn several days
ago and signed by the Terrial
Treasures for the former amount.
A deed to the railroad and accom
panying property is now enroute
from San Francisco to Nome for
record.
The acquisition of the road, it
was stated, was accomplished so late
in the season as to prevent any com
prehensive rehabilitation work be
ing undertaken. A cableway will
be erected at Iron Creek to facili
tate winter traffic but beyond that
nothing will be done. Several hun
dred thousand feet of timber has
been secured by the Alaska Road
Commission from the former army
post at St. Michael and will be used
in putting the road in opernting
| shape. This timber is being shipped
j across Norton Sound to Nome this
| Fall and will be on the ground
ready when next season’s work be
gins. Other material for rehabilita
tion will be assembled during the
winter. Under the agreement made
between the Alaska Road Commis
sion and the Territory, the main
tenance of the property and re
sponsibility for its operation is und
ertaken by the former organization.
The Commission has made a thor
ough study of the road and its
equiptment during the past two sea
sons. Col. Steese and Col. Gotwals
were both over i: last year and
Capt. Ward has spent several month
in that district this year. The lat
ter will leave Nome within the
next day or two for Seattle, com
ing out on the Y’iettoria. From
Seattle he will come to Juneau.
SPRINGFIELD, Oct. 24—An at
tempt was made 4ast night to wreck
the St. Louis & San Francisco pas
senger train near Brookline. Dyna
mite was placed on the track, but
! it exploded prematurely and the
train was stopped in time to pre
vent an accident. The shock brok
the electrical circuit connected with
i the block signal system. Dynamite
also was used last night in an at
the road’s shop employes, but no
one was hurt.
SPOKANE, Oct. 24—Assistant
Secretary of Labor Henning spoke
at a meeting here last night in the
interests of the Poindexter campaign.
He declared that not only are the
millions who were unemployed in
July of last year, now at w»ork, but
jobs are awaiting half a million
more. He lauded the Republican ad
ministration.