Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEN ANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1922
NUMBER 116
FIVE MILLION FACING DEATH IN RUSSIA
WEST VIRGINIA MINERS SAY FAMILIES STARVING
’ POSTMASTER GENERAL HAYS MAY TAKE MOVIE JOB
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5—
The committee of naval experts,
appointed by the Arms conference,
had practically completed its report
at noon today and it was expecteu
that it would be submitted to the
naval committee late this afternoon
or early tomorrow. The report em
bodies the precise definition of re
placement schedules, as well as the
exact methods of scrapping ships.
The sub-committee on Chinese
tariff has agreed on a five per cent
effective basis which is expected to
give C5hina one and one-half per
cent additional revenues.
The Italian delegation has decid
ed to accept the second Root reso
lution prohibiting submarine attacks
on merchant ships. Japan has ac
cepted the resolution in principle.
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Billy Grant left town yesterday
on a prospecting trip, but refused
to disclose his destination. He is
taking grub enough to last him a
month.
Walter Fisiher, who is prospect
ing with a drill on Lower Gold
stream. returned to his camp on
yesterday’s train. He is reported to
have found encouraging prospects.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Billy But
ler made a trip to Nenana yester
day.
Victor Jacobson was taken into
custody by Deputy Jack Buckley on
trie way up from Nenana on Sun
day, and will have a hearing before
Commissioner Mel Boyd this after
noon. It is said there was the
sound of moonshine in his voice.
It is reported that the depositors
of the defunct American Bank are
to be given a dividend shortly. Com
missioner Mel Boyd is the new re
ceiver of the institution.
The Sisters of St. Joseph hospital
have given public expression of their
gratitude of the generous manner
in which they and the institution
were remembered on Christmas. The
gifts were many and varied, and
consisted chiefly of good things for
the hospital table.
SUGGESTS PLAN
101 EUROPE
WASHINGTON', D. C., Jan. 5—
Senator Owen, Democrat, of Okla
homa, in an address delivered on
trie floor of the senate yesterday,
urged the establishment of a Europ
ean federal reserve bank, provided
with gold secured currency and
linked inseparably with the Ameri
can federal reserve system, from
which it would be able to draw re
sources and reserves.
The establishment of such a bank,
the senator pointed out, was advo
cated as a basic move toward the
restoration of stable economic con
ditions throughout the world.
RELIEF WORKERS SAY TYPHUS
WILL BE WORST IN HISTORY
GREELEY EIGHTS
TO RETAIN HOLD
ON ALASKA PULP
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 5—
. W. B. Greeley, forester and chief
of the Forest service, Department
of Agriculture, has published an arti-'
cle in the Forestry Magazine, in
i which he warns against the develop
ment board 'plan of administration
for Alaska.
He advises that the Territory be
. created a state as soon as it is •
I qualified to assume its proper place
! in the union.
“After all", he points out, "the
1 national interests in Alaska are
paramount. Alaska represents, in her
| enormous agricultural areas and'
^ marine fisheries, resources for grow
, ing a meat production that will be
1 among the great food sources of
i the United States. In the vast for
ests lies the practical solution of
the paper shortage. From the stand
| point of Alaska herself, in order ,o
! bring about the most effective de
velopment, it would be unwise to put
(off from the direct application, from
the technical and financial resources,
of the several great Government or
! ganizations.”
NEW PARTY ORGANIZED
WACO, Jan. 5—A new political
! party, styled the “Non Partisan
Political Conference” has been or
ganized here, the membership of the
' organization including the Farmer
Labor Union, Non-Partisan League,
the four big railroad brotherhoods,
the State Federation of Labor and
j the women’s auxiliaries of those or
| ganizaitions.
DRY SQUAD ROUNDS UP 66
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 5—
! Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
has announced the arrest of three
score and six alleged dry law violat
ors as the result of a raid conduct
ed yesterday in Wyoming. The pro
hibition agents, acting under sealed
orders, made a drive through Sweet
water county with such success that
a total of 66 arrests were made and
much evidence obtained.
STORM HITS OKLAHOMA
TULSA, Okla., Jan. 5—W’ith more
than a score of families homeless
and a number of persons injured,
j many towns in this section of the
I state are recovering today from the
storm which yesterday caused dam
age estimated at 875,000. There
were no deaths so far as reported.
GAR DERAILED—MANY HURT
CLEVELAND, Jan. 5—Between
15 and 20 persons were injured, two
probably fatally, and a score more
severely bruised yesterday when the
first car of the Cleveland-to-Akxon
Interurban Limited was derailed at
a point near Bedford.
BATTLESHIP DAMAGED
BOSTON, Jan. 5—The battleship
North Dakota is limping into port,
with the assistance of tugs, as the
result of a collision yesterday, off
Cape Cod, with the British schooner
T. H. Bently. The schooner also was
damaged considerably.
MOSCOW, Jan. 5—Russia begins
the New Year with eight months of
unspeakable horror before her. and
the terrible dread that next sum
mer’s crops may only slightly re
lieve the gnawing famine.
At half a dozen points the frozen
bodies of those who have succumbed
to hunger, are stacked high, await
ing burial in the trenches which can
not be prepared fast enough to keep
pace with the deaths.
The American relief workers v
first estimated the probable number
of famine deaths at two million
this winter now' declare that five oil
lion is a low estimate.
It is predicted that the typhus
epidemic, which is now gathering
force rapidly, will be the worst ;n
the history of Russia.
STARVING MINERS
ASK FEDERAL AID
WASHINGTON, D C., Jan. 5—
West Virginia coal miners, who de
clare their families are starving,
have made direct appeal to Presi
dent Harding for Government aid.
The statements of the miners are
a direct contradiction to statements
STORMS KILLING LIVESTOCK;
RAILWAY TRAFFIC TIED UP
OMAHA, Jan. r»—The worse snow
storm in years is sweeping North
east Nebraska. Northwest Iowa and
Southeast South Dakota.
The snow is piled high on the
tracks of the railroads, with the re
sult that traffic has been partially
suspended, with numerous trains un
able to reach their destinations. Re
ports also indicate that livestock
has suffered greatly in several sec
tions and it is feared the loss will
be heavy.
recently made by Governor Morgan,
who is quoted as saying “there is
no starving among the families of
the miners."
No announcement has been made
as to the probable action that will
be taken by the President.
WEST VIRGINIA OFFICIALS
START AFTER COAL MINERS
MORGANTOWN. W. Va„ Jan. 5
—Sheriff Yost left here hurriedly
yesterday afternoon for Scotts Run
coal field, between this city and
Fairmont, in response to a report
to the effect that miners had con
gregated there with the avowed in
tention of marching into the Cus
tom Run territory, as a protest |
against an alleged agreement jf j
the miners of that region to work
on a non-union basis,
BANDITS KILL BANKER
CHICAGO, Jan. 5—John SoffeJ,
president of the Maywood State
Bank, was killed, and Arthur Ben
son wounded in a battle with five
bandits yesterday. They were robbed
of the payroll of the May-wood plant
of the American Can Company,!
amounting to $12,000. The bandits
escaped with the money.
USED OFFICE TO “FIX" RATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5—
Senator Trammell, of Georgia, made
a statement on the floor of the
senate today, in which he charged
that Clyde Aitcheson, member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, of
Oregon, had “used his good offices
to obtain a decrease of sixteen per
cent in lumber rates from the West
and opposed a reduction in rates
on shipments originating in the
Soutih”.
AUTO KILLS RIVERSIDE MAYOR
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Jan. '
—Mayor V. L. Brown, of Riverside,
who took his oath of office last
Monday, was killed in an auto ac
cident in this city last night.
SUSPECTED OF GRAFTING
NEW YORK, Jan. 5—Harold Hart
former prohibition director of New
York, has been indicted by the grand
jury, which is engaged in an in
vestigation of the enforcement of
the Volstead act under the direction
of Hart.
JOSLIN MAY EXTEND LINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5—
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has authorized the Anthracite
Railroad to extend its mam line from
the Bering River coal field, as re
quested. The company already has
obtained permission to float bonds
sufficient to cover the cost of the
proposed extension.
PENROSE FUNERAL PRIVATE
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 5—The j
funeral of the late Senator Boise:
Penrose, which was held in this city
today, was strictly private, only the ]
members of the family being pres
ent. No information has been given
out with regard to the services and
no newspapermen were admitted to
the cemetery.
IRISH AMENDMENT PROPOSED
DUBLIN. Jan. 5—It became pub
lic this afternoon that President de i
Valera has proposed an amendment j
to the Irish treaty, of "amity and j
association" between Ireland and the |
governments of Britain and other!
states of the British commonwealth. ;
Dail Eireann, after a brief meet
ing this afternoon, adjourned until
tomorrow, when it will meet pri
vately to hear the report of the com
mittee which has been trying to
find a basis of agreement.
HAS-BEENS MEET ON MAT
KANSAS CITY. Jan 5—Joe Stech
er champion wrestler of the world,
defeated Nick Davis-Court, formerly
of Keitchikan, in two falls here last
night.
SIX DEAD AT BELFAST
BELFAST, Jan. 5—The series of
new disorders now in progress in!
this city, have resulted thus far in '■
a total of six deaths and the fatal
injury of a child, shot in the arms
of its mother. The firing is contin
uous in the Work street area.
CANAL BUSINESS INCREASES
PANAMA, Jan. 6—In spite of the
world-wide business depression, the
volume of shipping traffic through i
Panama canal last year set a new
high record, the tolls being $10,
325,718, or approximately $30,000
more than the previous year, ac
cording to an official report just
made public. 1
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MAJOR ACCUSED j
OF MURDER BUT j
FViDFNGE 'FIS
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 5—
Lemuel Smith, who has been an in
mate of an insane institute since
the war, appeared before the Watson
investigating committee today and
testified that he saw Major H. L.
Opie, of Virginia, shoot a soldier
named Williams, without excuse or
warning. The testimony of Smith
was upset, however, when two men,
named by him as witnesses to the
shooting, later denied that such a
thing had taken place.
Major Opie. who commanded the
Third Battalion of the 116th In
fantry. also appeared before the in
vestigators and declared that there
was “no word of truth” in the ac
cusation that he had shot one of his
own men. “I never shot a man in
my life”, he said, "unless perhaps
an enemy in battle.”
FOUND ROPES ON BODIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5-—
Rufus P. Hubbard, employed by the
Graves Registration Sendee over
seas. as embalmer. told the senate
committee yesterday, in connection
with the investigation of the Wat
son charges, that he had found the
bodies of three soldiers with roues >
about their necks and black caps
over tfiieir faces. He declared that
there was nothing in the coffins by
which the bodies could be identified
but that they were later indentified
on the outside by a cross on the
coffin. He said further that the
black caps were not removed before
the bodies were shipped to the
United States for burial.
Saw Sergeant Kill Private
Edward Duner, of San Francisco,
testified that he saw a drunken ser
geant, at Bassens prison, near Bor
deaux, kill a private because he had
asked for a slice of bread.
Says He Saw Executions
Herbert Calderhead, of Mississippi
told the committee this afternoon
that he saw "ten or twelve” execu
tions of American soldiers at Is
surtille during the war. whereas the
records previously introduced by the
War Department showed only two
executions at that place Calderhead
described the executions minutely
and produced several photographs1
purporting to be hanging scenes. j
CENTER CHAMPS HONORED
DANVILLE, Ky., Jan. 5—The
University of California athletic au
thorities have invited Center College
to fill the honor date in California,
scheduled to take place at Berkeley
this month.
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MORE RED TAPE
ROSEBURG, Ore., Jan. 5—Miss
Elva Bell was married on Sunday to
Shirley A. Baker, member of the
Fisheries bureau, with headquart
ers in Alaska. He will leave for!
his northern station in May.
STILL FATAL TO GIRLS
CAIRO, 111., Jan. 5—Two girls
were burned to death here yester
day in a fire which resulted from
the explosion of a still.
P. 0. CHItF MAY
GIVE 0? OFFICE
FOR MOVIE 10?
NEW YORK, Jan. 5—The X.
York World is authority for
statement that Postmaster Ger .!
Will Hays has signed a contra,", _o
become director general of the N'a
tional Association of Motion Picture
Industries, at a salary of §150,000
a year. The contract runs for a
period of three years.
The World says Hays has called
a conference of the national leader
of the industry, to be held at Wash
ington, on January 14. a: which
time he will make his final decision
known.
MILLER IS IMPROVING
ST. PAUL, Jan. 5—"The condition
of Clarencf Miller, secretary of the
Republican National committee, who
underwent an operation for appendi
citis this week, is much improved
today and it is believed all danger
is now past.
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Mrs. Norvin E. Smith and son
returned to town yesterday from .1
brief visit to Fairbanks.
Alois Fredrich. well known old
timer, who recently completed a
very thorough course in civil en
gineering, with high honors, was
among yesterday’s arrivals from the
upper town. He is registered at the
Cooney hotel.
Special Disbursing Officer Frank
Doner has been instructed from An
chorage to prepare to close hi*
offices in N'enana within the next
few weeks and to move to the head
quarters offices in the coast town.
It is understood that the timekeep
ing department, recently moved to
Xenana from Healy, is also to be
transferred to headquarters, but it
is not know how many, if any, of
the local forces, will accompany the
work to the coast.
Charles Watson, oldtime Chata
nika mining man, came down from
Fairbanks yesterday and returned to
the upper town today.. He report
a little mining activity in progr
at Chatanika and several small out
fits at work along Cleary Creek:
Floyd Marsh is a rcci-nt an ai in
town from the Kantishna district
TRYING 10 COT
'WE
NEW YORK, Jan. 5—Represent
atives of eleven large paper manu
facturing companies of the United
states and Canada are in confer
Jnce here with representatives of
;he employes concerned, and arbi
trators, in an effort to reach a de
:ision with regard to the proposed
wage cut of 25 per cent.
More than 12,000 men are af
fected and there is danger of a
strike in the event of failure to
■each an agreement.
The International Paper Co. is
lot involved in the negotiations, as
hat organization operates on an
>pen shop basis.