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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL, 5, 1923
NUMBER 434
' LAWMAKERS PLAN NEW FISHERIES TAX
. NIGHT TORNADO TAKES HEAVY TOLL IN SOUTH
PRESIDENT MAKING PLANS FOR TRIP TO THE COAST
HARDING TO MEET PEOPLE
ON VISIT TO WEST COAST
AUGUSTA, April o—It is under
stood that President Harding regards
his proposed summer trip to the
^ Pacific coast as a means of present
ing to the western half of the coun
try his policies and plans for the
remainder of his term, and to ascer
tain clearly western views on na
tional problems. The present plans
of the President call for from fifteen
to twenty addresses, to be made
at the more important cities enroute
and in which he will outline his pol
icies.
It is the intention of the Presi
dent to confer informally with prom,
inent citizens in all of the cities vis
ited by him in order that he may
learn clearly the thoughts of the
people.
To Settle Down On Farm
* MARION*, April 5—When Presi
dent Harding leaves the White
House he will return to the scenes
of his early childhood and become
a gentleman farmer. He will also
do much writing, according to
close friends.
The President has purchased the
farm on which he was born jp North
Bloomfield township and it is his
i intention to visit the place in July
for the purpose of planning im
provements. The house in which the
President was bom is still standing
but it ‘is sadly in need of repair.
It is not known whether the house
will be repaired or tom down to
make room fcr a more modem
structure.
Vacation Ends Soon
* AUGUSTA, April 5—President
Harding has decided to end his va
cation on Saturday, leaving here on
3aturday evening and arriving at
• Washington Sunday noon.
COUNCIL REVIEWS TAX ROLL
PROPERTY VALUES ADVANCED
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The N'enana city council, sitting
as a board of equalization, has been
in session during the last two nights j
and will meet again tonight to com.:
plete the work of reviewing the
city tax roll prepared by Assessor
C. D. Lec-kie. and hearing the com
plaints of those seeking reductions
in the valuation of property owned
by them. Some reductions were made
by the council in cases where as
sessed valuations appeared abnor
mally high and disproportionate, but!
the disposition of the council Was to :
advance values rather than lower
them and this action was taken in a
number of cases. It is recognized;
by the lawmakers that values are1
somewhat high, but it is argued that
a general lowering of values would
result in raising the tax levy in or-,
der to get the amount of revenue
needed to defray the cost of run
ning the city and the schools during
the coming year.
At the Tuesday meeting the com
cil appointed Bert Tunison ofFicli
school tax collector for the cit
of Nenana, and the finance commi
tee was authorized to secure th
services of an accountant to aud
the books of the city. The regula
monthly bills, city and utilities, als
were approved.
The council will meet again tc
night as a board of equalization an
it is believed the work can be con
eluded at this session.
FOSTER LITERACY BILL DEAD;
TAXES RAISED TO PAY BILLS
GOVERNMENT STARTS DRIVE
ON FAKE OIL PROMOTERS
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FORT WORTH, Texas, April 1— 1
The first result of the federal g-ov- <
ernment’s investigation of oil pro- ]
motion operations in the Southwest ,
was felt here yesterday when ,
many oil promoters were placed un- :
der arrest on the charge of using ,
the mails to defraud by selling ,
stock on misrepresentation of facts. ,
Oil Company Indicted
N'EW YORK, April 3—The federal
gTand jurd has returned indictments (
against the Great State Petroleum
Company of Texas and ten individ
uals. the charge being use of the
mails to defraud investors in stock
of the corporation, which is capital
ized at five million dollars.
FOURTH DIVISION SENATORS
SEAL DOOM OR FOSTER BILL
JUNEAU, April 5—The Foster
literacy bill, which was approved by i
the lower house of the territorial '
legislature some time ago. and which [
has been under consideration in the i
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senate during the last several days, I
met defeat yesterday on a tie vote i
after the senate had rejected an ; j
amendment to recommit the bill for
amendment to prevent the mass' y
voting of illiterate Indians.
Senators Ayre, Chamberlain, Di- .
mond and Hunt voted for the pas
sage of the motion to recommit and .
also for the passage of the bill, but
the four other senators, including ■
the two from the fourth division, re- i t
fused to give their support to the ^
measure.
FOSTER JURY DEADLOCKS
ST. JOSEPH. April 5—The trial
of William Z. Foster, on a charge j1
of criminal syndicalism, was conclud- j ^
ed yesterday and placed in the hands a
of the jury, but up to a late hour | *
this afternoon no verdict had been!a
reached. The indications are that ^
the jury- is hopelessly deadlocked. ^
From the loud voices heard in the
jury room, observers deduce that the
jurymen are about evenly divided
HUSBAND FOUND GUILTY
SANTA CRUZ, April 5—John R.
Master, wealthy real estate dealer
who was tried here on a charge of
killing his wife last February, was
found guilty today, the verdict of
the jury being accompanied with a
recommendation for life imprison
ment. The defendant contended that
two unidentified men attacked Mrs.
Master while she slept, but the chil
dren of the couple, occupying an
adjoining room testified that they
did not hear any noise of a struggle
on the night Master declared his
wife was attacked.
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JOHNSON TO MEET FULTON
NEWT YORK. April 5—Floyd
Johnson, who is scheduled to meet
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Jess Willard at the Milk Fhind ca
a
nival here on May 12, has been
matched to meet Fred Fulton at
Boston on April 16.
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JUNEAU, April 5—Tentative tax
chedules have been agreed upon by
he ways and means committee of
he territorial legislature. The de
ision includes graduated cannery
>ack taxes ranging from fifteen
ents per case on reds, kings and
■ockeyes for packs of ten thousand
md under; twenty cents per case
>n packs of ten to fifteen thousand
ases; twenty-five cents on packs
if fifteen to twenty-five thousand
orty cents on picks of forty to
ixty thousand and seventy five cents
>er case on packs in excess of sixty
housand cases.
On all other varieties, except
hums on the same basis of packs
he tax will be three and a baif
ents, five cents, eight cents, eleven
■ents, fifteen cents and twenty cents
)n chums there will be a flat tax
if three cents per case regardless
if quantity, packed. Clams are tax
'd three cents per case, and sal
mon canneries one per cent of their
net profit. Mild cured kings and
herring fifteen cents per hundred
weight; codfish ten cents.
Fish traps are taxed a minimum
of $200, with grading upwards ac
cording to length of leads, but the
lead basis is not established. Non
resident fishermen are taxed $15;
j gill nets, $2 per 100 fathom; seines
$10 for the first 150 fathoms and
' $5 for each additional 25 fathoms,
i Minimum net incomes exceeding
$5,000 and not more than $15,000.
i one per cent; $15,000 to $150,000
I rwo percent; more than $150,000
| two and one.half per cent
An additional tax of one cent
per barrel is placed on oil produced
in the territory in excess of 5.000
| barrels.
All professional men are taxed a
I flat rate of $20 for license fees.
Slight changes are made in the auto
mobile taxes but other 1921 sched
ules remain unchanged.
rRUST WILL TALK PRICES
WITH IMPORTED WORKERS
SAN FRANCISCO, April, 5—
Arhile The vessels of the Alaska sal
oon fleet are ready to sail immed
ately for the North, it is under
tood that no agreement has been
eached regarding the prices to be
laid for new salmon during the
eason.
Officer? of tne various packing
ssoeiations will meet in conference
nth union representatives during
he week and it is expected that
ome kind of an agreement will be
eached at that time.
SAYS KLAN UN-AMERICAN
INDLAXAPOLIS, Mar. 31—Law
ence Lyons, chairman of the In-,
iana Republican state committee,
dmits that he resigned from the
iu KJux Klan after having been
member of the organization for a
eriod of six weeks. He brands the
lan as “un-American.”.
ARMED GUARDS BLAMED
MARION, April 3—The defense
i the Herrin riots trial, is continu
tg the introduction of evidence
egarding alleged act of aggression
n the part of armed guards im
lediately preceding the outbreak in
hich more than a score were put
) death.
SHACK FALLS—KILLS ONE
NEW YORK, April 3—The col
ipse yesterday of a five story build-1
ig on Eldridge street resulted in
le death of one man and the in
lry of half a dozen others. Nine
ersons were rescued from the ruins
y firemen.
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POINDEXTER SAILS 1
NEW YORK April 5—Miles Poin- 1
;Xter, former United States sen- s
g>r from Washington, sailed for j
eru today, accompanied by Mrs.
oindexter, to assume his duties as
merican ambassador. I
PRAYER OF BOY ANSWERED
RUTH RIDES FAR TO DO IT
VICKSBURG, April 5—Babe Ruth
drove seven miles into the country
yesterday to pay a visit to a small
boy wno. during a long illness, had
been praying nightly that he migftt
be made well enough to see Babe
Ruth when the Yankees came to
Vicksburg.
The boy is still bedridden but it
is believed the action of the hero
ball player will speed his recovery.
Babe Ruth chartered an automo.
bile for the trip.
BANDITS ROB MAIL TRUCK
ST. LOUIS. April 3—Bandits
armed with sawed off shotguns held
up a mail truck in the business
section of this city yesterday and
made their escape writh nine pouches
if registered mail. It was announced
ater that the loss aggregated only
13.000.
STRIKE CLOSES MINES
PHOENIX. April 5—The United .
eastern and Tom Reed mines, the
iiggest gold producers in the Mojave
rountry, have suspended operations
is a result of a strike among the ;
niners who were ordered otrt when
he companies refused to grant a :
lemand for a dollar a day increase
n wages.
OREGON AGGIES ACCEPT
CORVALLIS, Ore.. April 5—The,
)regon Agricultural college has an. j
louneed the acceptance of an invi- j
ation to play the University of;
lawaii football team at Honolulu on
Christmas.
SOUTH DEFEATS WEST
CHICAGO, April 5—The Charles- !
on S. C. team defeated the Walla |
Valla High School basketball team
lere last night, 36 to 26„ in the
emi-finals for the national cham
donship.
Mrs. Frank Kern came down from
’airbanks on Tuesday.
KLAN IS ISSUE AT POLLS
IN MANY OUTSIDE CITIES
EAST ST. LOUIS, April 5—The
choosing of candidates in this city
on Tuesday for city commission re
sulted in the election of one can
didate indorsed by the Ku Klux
Klan and the defeat of two who
were supported by the klan.
Klan Wins In Kansas
TOPEKA. April 5—Municipal can
didates who were indorsed by the
klan were successful in a majority
of cases throughout Kansas on Tues
days where the klan issue was a fea
ture of the election. The returns in
dicate that W. W. Gordon, a klan
candidate, has been elected mayor oi
Kansas City, Kansas.
New Boss In Chicago
CHICAGO. April 5—A new pol
i itical director in the person of Geo
E. Brennan, called the “philosopher
| in politics,” rose to power in this
j city on Tuesday* with the election
of William Dever as mayor of Chic
ago. with a Democratic landslide.
Brennan succeeds the late Roger
Sullivan as head of the party. He
recently united the various warring
factions of the Democratic party.
EX-SENATOR SUES GOVERNOR
SEATTLE, April 3— Former U. S.
Senator Jonathan Bourne has start
ed suit in the superior court in an
effort to recover $9,353 from Gov
ernor Bone, of Alaska. The amount
sued for is alleged to be due on a
note dated September 1, 1917. The
plaintiff also asks for a court decree
permitting him to sell 100 shares
of common stock in the Washington
Herald, given to him by Governor
Bone to secure a note. Bourne’s at
torneys say the proceeding is merely
technical, the purpose being to make
an effort to collect the note before
the statute of limitations applies.
STAMPEDERS FOOLED
A recent arrival in Anchorage
says the Times is the well known
ormer resident, A1 Winehell, who
last fall left Seattle with M. R.
Hussey’s party, bound for the re
puted strike in the Siberian gold
fields. Mr. Winehell returned to the
states on account of sickness and
says at the time of leaving Okhotsk,
Siberia where the Hussey party is
wintering, they -were getting along
all right, but were vastly disappoint
ed in the reported gold strike; that
first started the report of the
wonderful discoveries being made
in Siberia. The party is spending
the time in trading and trapping.
CLEANUP IS STARTING
DENVER, April 3—The Denver
Times claims that the conviction of i
a score of alleged confidence men j
last week marks the beginning of
a nation-wide cleanup of bunco men,!
with Reamy, who turned state’s J
evidence, acting as informer. The
Irive will start at Los Angeles, the •
paper says.
'deluge drenches south
TORNADO TAKES BIG TOLL
NEW ORLEANS, April 5—Fol
lowing in the wake of an unprecend
ented downpour of rain, a tornado
struck Pineville. this state, last night
j and killed fourteen persons. Fifty
j others received injuries and every
| thing in the path of the storm was
I destroyed.
The tornado first struck Alexan
i dria, on the opposite side of Re 1
i river, and did a little damage there
] Then it swung to PineviUe with
! greatly increased violence.
Arloniai Feel* it
TEXARKANA, Ark. April, 3
Twenty-five persons were injured
here last night when the district was
visited by a terrific wind storm.
Crops were damaged and *"fty build.
| ings wrecked.
Two Thousand Homele**
ATLANTA, April 5—According to
1 reports reaching this city from Pine
. ville, two thousand persons were
I rendered homeless in that district
1 last night by the storm. The Red
j Cross society has sent lou tents,
I with cots and blankets, to the suffer
ers and additional relief is being
J rushed today, chiefly from .Memphis
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Half Million Damage
ALEXANDRIA, April 5—The pro
perty damage a; Pineville is esti
mated at half a million doilars and
I today’s reports indicate that fully a
score of persons lost their live-,
l while sixty were injured.
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DANCER PLEADS GUILTY
SUIT AGAINST WHITNEY
NEW YORK, April 5—Eva Bur
i rows Fontaine, dancer, and her mo
ther, Mrs. Florence Ames, who were
‘ indicted on a perjury charge in con
nection with their suit against Cor
j nelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and who
| entered pleas of not guilty early this
week, changed their minds yesterday
| and admitted their guilt on the per
I jury charge. The girl claims that
' Whitney is the father of her child.
MEARS MAY REMAIN ON JOB
I SECRETARY MAKES APPEAL
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 3
Acting on the request of a number
of Alaska civic organizations, Sec
retary of the Interior Work ha<
asked President Harding to permit
Colonel Mears to continue the con
struction work on the Alaska Raii
! road. Mears’ detail expires on the
first of May.
Secretary Work says he is will
ing for Mears to remain providing
the war department and the Presi
dent agree to the proposition.
KING OF NORTHERN WETS
CAUGHT IN SEATTLE NET
SEATTLE, April 5—Edward John
son was arrested in this city by
prohibition agents on Monday night
in connection with the discovery of
a still.
After the arrest ti was learned
that Johnson is wanted in Alaska
having been sought by the Northern
authorities since last September for
alleged violation of the dry law. He *
is said to be known in the North
as the “Bootleg King of Alaska”.
He is wanted at Juneau.