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THE NENANA NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME IV
NENANA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAR. 17, 1923
NUMBER 426
FRANCE WARNS POWERS TO KEEP OUT
GERMANS MUST MAKE REQUEST FOR MEDIA TION
HOOVER SAYS KICKS WILL NOT LIFT LID ON FISHERIES
HOOVER SAYS REGULATIONS
WILL HOLD DESPITE KICKS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 17—
In a letter addressed to Senator
Wesley Jones, on the fisheries ques
tion, Secretary Hoover declares that
in spite of protests the presidential
reservations set aside in Alaska wat
ers to prevent the further taking of
salmon will be continued.
Referring to the Sutherland charg
es, the secretary says there is “no
polite answer" to the delegate’s re
cent chastisement of the Govern
ment policy. He says the action of
the Government was taken in the
best interests of the people of Alas
ka and of the nation.
The letter says further, in part:
"The real issue is that having fit
ted the lid on further destruction
of Northwestern and Alaska salmon
until Congress acts, 1 intend to sit
on it, whether Delegate Sutherland
certain canneymen and certain fish
ermen. or more of the same sort,
like it or not. These fisheries are
die precious asset of the American
people. We have the right at least
to demand that they shall not be
demolished in fertility by persons
to whom profit is more precious
than maintenance of the national
food supply.”
Reports of experts and recom
mendations of the reserve policy by
the American Fisheries Society.
Stanford , Washington and Illinois
universities, Seattle Chamber of
Commerce and the cities of Portland
Petersburg, Cordova, Wrangell, Jun
eau and Ketchikan have been for
warded to Senator Jones by Secre
tary Hoover
BATTLING SIKI DEFEATED
IN IRISH RING FOR BELT
DUBLIN. Mar. 17—Mike McTigue
was given a decision on points here
tonight over Battling Siki, at the
end of 20 rounds of spirited fight
ing for the light heavyweight cham
pionship of the world. The fight was
staged at the Scala theater, the men
entering the ring at eight o’clock.
FIRE SWEEPS OGDEN
OGDEN, Utah, Mar. 20—Dam
ape amounting to $300,000 re
■ suited from a fire which started in
the business district Thursday night.
SNOW BURIES SANTA FE
SANTA FE, Mar. 20—All March
snow records were broken here this
week with a fall of ten inches of the
beautiful during a period of 24
hours. Twenty miles away, in the
mountains, from two to three feet
of snow fell.
PIONEER DIES
SEATTLE, Mar. 20—John C. Mc
Dougall, pioneer of Alaska and
Puget Sound, died here on Thurs
day. He was 78 years old.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN PASSES
SEATTLE. Mar. 20—Samuel F.
Street, of this city, former depart
ment commander of the G. A. R.
for Washington and Alaska, died her
this week, aged 79 years.
CHICAGO FIRE FATAL
CHICAGO,' Mar. 17—One man
was burned to death here yesterday
when the plant of the Johnson &
Carlson Tank Company was wrecked
by fire, with a loss of a quarter of
a million dollars.
GERMANS EXPLAIN POSITION
! IN NOTE TO UNITED STATES
KEYS ASKS LEGISLATURE .
TO PASS BONUS REQUEST
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JUNEAU, Mar. 17—Representa
tive E. M Keys, of Suntrana. has
| introduced three memorials in the
j lower branch of the territorial leg
islature. One urges a soldiers’ land
J bonus, the Congress being asked to
bestow a grant of 160 acres to
Alaskan veterans of the World War,
without residence or cultivation re
quirements . The second asks the
j extension of the parcell post zone
system to the Territory, making the
larger towns zone centers. The third
! criticises the antequated coupling?
! used on the rolling stock of the
j narrow gauge division of the Alaska
; Railroad, and urges the Alaskan En
; gineering Commission to replace the
! out-of-date and dangerous equip
ment with modern couplers.
Harry Stacer of Anchorage, has
introduced a bill prosiding for the
creation of a mining development
board, composed of the governoi
and territorial secretary, and appro
priating 5100,000. In effect the mea
sure provides for the duplication oi
. the short course in mining offeree
by the Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Mines, at Fairbanks
; but it also carries provisions fot
: the examination of prospects fot
the purpose of interesting capita!
in mining investments.
The senate passed eleven mind
measures yesterday.
BASTROP PROBE RESUMED
BASTROP, Mar. 17—The grand
jury has resumed its investigation
of the Morehouse kidnapping case
and it is expected the inquiry will
; end within the next few days as
; only a few witnesses remain to he
f questioned.
POLISH FRONTIER FIXED
PARIS. Mar 20—The Allied
i council of ambassadors has rendered
a decision fixing the frontier between
Poland and Russia. The decision
: finally attaches Vilna to Poland
' and the settlement comes as a cul
; mination of a long-drawn-out dis
pute, replete with dramatic inci
| dents, between Poland and Lithu
ania. Besides Vilna, the decision also
gives Poland Eastern Galicia, which
' practically satisfies all of the re
j maining territorial aspirations. The
| decision has been pending since the
Paris peace conference.
RUTH GETTING IN FORM
NEW YORK. Mar. 20—Admirers
] of Babe Ruth are elated over the
announcement that the heavy stick
| er is showing speed at the training
field at New Orleans. He put five
balls over the fence one afternoon
this week and the sixth drive land
i ed the ball within a few feet of the
I fence.
J Tom Blaylock and Jim Hoover
are in Nenana getting ready for
their trip to Indian river, on the
Koyukuk, where they will spend the
I summer working on ground located
j by them last year.
PARIS. Mar. 17—Premier Poin
care will not entertain a proposition
for negotiations with Germany un
til the Berlin government makes it
known directly and officially to the
French government that she wants
action. It is declared in French offi
cial circles that any attempt by a
third power to intervene or pro
pose a discussion of terms of settle
ment which might be reached will
be regarded as an unfriendly act.
German* Talk To Uncle
i WASHINGTON*. D. C. Mar 17
State department officials have re
1 ceived a statement of Germany’s
| position with regard to the quest:on
1 of reparations but it is declared
!that the information as delivered
| yesterday does not call for any ac
tion by the United States looking to
mediation or intervention in the re
parations dispute
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Two German* Shot.
DUSSELDORF. Mar. 17—Two
I Germans were shot and killed last
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night one at Recklinghausen and one
at Esses.
Woman Loses Life
MAYENCE. Mar. 17—A young
German Woman was accidentally
killed here today by a bullet from a
revolver in the hands of a French
soldier who was toying with the
gun. It went off by accident.
Forty Soldiers Die In Wreck
BERLIN', Mar. 17—A report from
Freimerscheim, near Dusiberg says
forty soldiers were killed this morn
ing and many injured when a
French troop train collided with a
freight.
Bridge Is Dynamited
DUSSELDORF. Mar. 17—The
bridge over the Kalkum river, be
tween Dusiberg and Dusseldorf, was
dynamited last night. A French pa
trol was fired upon but escaped in
jury. and a bomb was thrown at
the railway station at Wideau, al
so without injuring anyone. Three
miles of telephone and telegraph
wires are reported to be down.
MADOO WILL TRY TO SAVE
PROPERTY TAKEN BY MEXICO
MEXICO OH, Mar. 17—There
is a report in circulation here to
the effect that William McAdoo,
: former secretary of the treasury,
is now enroute to this city for the
purpose of beginning- negotiations
for the restoration of American
| owned property in Mexico which was
; seized by the Mexican government. '
RECORD IS CLEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 17
William Wolf Smith, who succeeded
Charles Cramer as counsel for the
Veterans’ bureau, has announced
that an investigation of the affairs
of the legal division of the bureau
has failed to reveal anything to the
discredit of Cramer. Officials of the
bureau express the opinion that
j Cramer became depressed as a re
sult of attacks made upon him dur
; ing the time he was attached to the
bureau and sought death rather
than defend himself against his
I political enemies.
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PLANES MAKE HEADWAY
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti Mar.
■ 17—The five American planes which
I are enroute to Porto Rico, arrived
here safely yesterday.
STEAMER SINKS—31 LOST
j LONDON, Mar. 17—The steamer
Ranee is reported to have been
■ sunk in a collision off Singapore
this week, with a loss of 31 lives.
; Details of the disaster have not yet
| been received here.
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j Robert Valentine is headed down
j river to put the little steamer
i Pup in condition for operation dur
! ing the coming summer on the
lower river. He will make the trip
to the boat with a team of six dogs
and will be accompanied by Joseph
Martinson. Mr. Valentine is 78 years
i of age, but his years are no handi
cap to him on the trail.
RICKARD BLOCKS DEMPSEY;
SAYS TIRPO IS UNDER BONDS
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NEW YORK, Mar. 17—Tex Rick
ard has announced that Jack Demp
sey cannot accept the offer of
$750,000, reported to have been
. made by Argentine promoters for
a fight between Dempsey and Luis
Firpo at Buenos Aires in November.
Rickard declares the contract under
which Firpo agreed to box, binds
him to the American promoter for a
period of one year.
BRITISH STEAMER SINKS
FLUSHING, Holland, Mar 17—
The British steamer Merville sank
near Stenbank yesterday, with a loss
of twelve lives.
NOME BOY HONORED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Mar. 17—
: Clarence Henry Zuercher. of Nome,
has been designated for examination
for entrance at W'est Point. Henry
Lueabeerman. of Ketchikan, is first
alternate, both of the boys having
been nominated by Delegate Suther
land.
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WIFE OF TIGER PASSES
MILWAUKE, Mar. 17—The Mil
waukee Journal has announced the
death in Paris of Mme. Mary Plum
mer Clemenceau, former wife of
the former premier of France. She
is a native of Durand, Wisconsin,
and was divorced from her French
husband a number of years ago.
FOUR IRREGULARS SHOT
LONDON, Mar. 20—A Dublin re
port says four Irregulars were ex
ecuted in County Donegal this week.
S1SLER IS AILING
ST. LOUIS, Mar. 20—George Sis
ler, star first bagger, may not go
to the training camp of the Browns
this spring, owing to illness. He had
' an attack of the flu two months
ago and has not yet recovered suffi
ciently to get into the game.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS HAVE
CLOSE CALL IN MONTREAL
MONTREAL. Mar. 17—Three
hundred and fifty inmates of the
hospital for Incurables, a Catholic
institution, had a narrow escape
from death in this city last night
when the institution was destroyed
by fire. Nuns and attendants, at the
peril of their own lives, remained
at the work of rescue until every
patient had been removed from the
building.
The loss is estimated at a million
dollars.
SAVE THE FORESTS WEEK
PROCLAIMED BY HARDING
WASHINGTON,” D~ C. Mar. 17
President Harding has issued a pro
| elaimation designating the week of
April 22 to 28 as "Save the Forests
Week." The proclamation calls at
tention in this’connection to the nec
essity of preserving the forests of
'the country, and points out that fires
; caused by carelessness do great dam
i age annually.
WRANGELL TAKES SCALPS
SEATTLE. Mar. 20—The Wrang
ell basketball team scored two
victories in this city this week, first
| by defeating the Y. M. C. A. five,
and following it up with the defeat
i of the First Methodist church team,
j the latter game being one of the
' fastest seen here this year The
j score was 28 to 19 and it marked
the first defeat of the church team
! in two years.
MORE FISH DOOMED
OLYMPIA. Mar. 17—Article? of
| incorporation have been filed by the
Cook Inlet Packing Company, with
a capitalization of $50,000. The in
; corporators are W. A. Euste? and
E. Thompson.
WHITE PASS MAKING READY
DAWSON*. Mar. 20—The Yukon
is beginning to stir with the first
of the season’s activities. The White
Pass ha? opened its machine shop
at Whitehorse and the work of
putting the steamers in shape for
navigation will be taken in hand
immediately.
The heaviest snowfall in years
gives promise of full rivers after
the ice breaks, and there are both
passengers and freight in sight to
keep a large fleet of steamers busy
most of the season.
The Treadwell Yukon Company
is sending another ten ton tractor
to the Mayo district, with five trail
ers hooked onto it, and an attempt
will be made to drive the big ma
chine over the 300 miles of ice and
snow to the new silver camp.
COULDN’T STAND KNOCKING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 20—
Charles F. Cramer, of San Fran
cisco, who retired as counsel for
the Veterans’ bureau when the con
duct of the bureau was under fire
of Congress, committed suicide here
yesterday.
GIRL CLAIMS BABE RUTH
IS DADDY OF HER CHILD
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NEW YORK. Mar. 17—Delores
Dixon has started suit against Babe
| Ruth in an effort to compel the
I heavy hitting Yankee ball player to
j pay her the sum of $50,000. She
( accuses Ruth of making attacks up
] on her during motor trips to Long
Island and declares that he is the
father of her child, not yet born,
j The complaint also charges that
; Ruth was a visitor at the home of
Miss Dixon during July and August
j of last year and that he treated her
j brutally.
Ruth Doesn't Know Her
When interviewed regarding the
! suit, Ruth declared that an effort
i was being made to blackmail him
, He said he did not even know the
; girl.
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FORMER GOVERNOR IS NAMED
SPECIAL AID TO SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 17
Former Governor D. W. Davis, of
Idaho, has taken his oath as spec
ial assistant secretary of the Inter
ior. It is understood that he is to
be personal aide to Secretary Weeks
WHITFIELD IS TAKEN TO
TACOMA JAIL FOR SAFETY
L TACOMA, Mar 17—Fearing an
attempt would be made by* the people
j of Clarke county to do violence to
jGeorge Whitfield, charged with the
• brutal murder of Anna Nosko. at
, Vancouver, Sheriff Thompson has
, brought the prisoner to this city
and placed him in the local county
' jail.
He reports intense feeling again>t
Whitfield throughout Clark county
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INDICTED KLANSMAN SKIPS
ATLANTA, Mar. 17—Following
the receipt of advice? from Houston
t
| to the effect that Edward Young
•Clarke, indicted former acting wiz
| ard of the Ku KIux Kian, had dis
appeared, his attorneys came for
i ward with a statement in which
'they declare he is not a fugitive
j from justice. They explain that
| Clarke is seeking a brief rest tn
j parts unknown, having taken this
•action on the advice of his counsel.
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BILL BRENNAN MENDING
NEW YORK. Mar. 17—Bill Bren
j nan, who was put on the shelf by
i Firpo several days ago, will be able
(to leave the hospital in a few days.
| as was first thought. No serious in
jjury was done by the blow which
j laid Brennan out but it wall be some
little time before he will be able to
j engage in another fight.
LENINE IS ILL
j MOSCOW', Mar. 20—An official
i bulletin states that Lenine is suffer
ing from a stroke of appoplexy.
1 The announcement says, however,
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j that some improvement is shown
and his general condition is satis
factory.”
Councilman Tom Smith who was
called to Fairbanks this week on
business, returned to town yester
day.
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F. B. Giles, one of the discov
jerers of the Copper Mountain
' quartz belt, came down from Fair
banks this week.