Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEM ANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JAN. 26. 1922
NUMBER 146
RELIEF WORKERS SAY 15,000,000 MAY DIE
HARDING SUGGESTS PLAN TO SETTLE SHANTUNG
REPUBLICAN LEADERS TALK PLANS TO SPEED WORK
U. S. CHAMBER
VOIES ON RAN
TO FIX TIFF
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WASHINGTON*, D. C„ Jan. 26—
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States has issued a statement
m which it is announced that the;
tariff referendum vote taken among: j
the members of the big organization j
has resulted in the adoption of ther
several propositions submitted.
The membership advocates the |
adoption of legislative provisions for
flexible tariff rates, administered by.
a tariff adjustment board, having!
quasi judicial functions.
Other propositions approved in- j
elude “reasonable protection for
American industries from destruet
ive competition”, the maintenance
of the anti-dumping principle and
the encouragement of export trade, j
MEAT CUTTERS BALLOTING
TO SETTLE STRIKE QUESTION :
CHICAGO, Jan. 26—A nation
wide ballot among the members of
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and j
Butchers Union is being taken to-1
day to decide whether or not the
packing house strike is to be con
tinued. The strike has been in pro
gress since December 5.
It is claimed by the packing com
panies that all the plants are now,
working normal shifts, while union
leaders maintain that the strike is
effective.
MEARS SUGGESTS WAITING
UNTIL SECRETARY’S ARRIVAL
The News today received the fol
lowing telegram from Engineer in
Charge Frea'k D. Browne, relative
to the proposed spike driving cele
bration, for which plans already
are on foot:
Anchorage. Jan. 25
News, Xenana.
Many inquiries have been made
me regarding time and details of
ceremony driving last spike, and in
order to give proper Yeply. I recent
ly wired Colonel Mears, at Seattle,
who is on his way to Washington.
He replied as follows:
“I believe ceremony driving spike
should be postponed until visit of
Secretary Fall and President Hard
ing next summer. The railroad and
country contiguous thereto will get
much greater benefit as result. N*o
Outsiders would come to witness
ceremony if held in April. ^ ill en
deavor to make arrangements with
Secretary along these lines, advis
ing you further”.
BROWNE
While it is recognized locally that
the holding of a celebration at the
time suggested by Colonel Mears
will result in greater interest among
Outsiders and result, through their
presence at the celebration, in a
larger measure of benefit to the
territory, there are those who still
believe the celebration should be
held at the time of the real closing
of the last remaining gap between
Seward and Nenana, instead of
several months later, after trains
have been in operation over the
spot where the last spike is to be
driven. They point to the uncer
tainty of the coming of tne Presi
dent and Secretary Fall, and argue
that, in the event of their failure
to come, the celebration would be
very apt to fall flat.
The erection of the steel viaduct
at Riley Creek is proceeding with
rapidity and within a few days, it is
expected, it will be possible to send
a train across the structure, mark
ing the closing of the last gap in
the railroad, between the coast and
navigable water in Interior Alaska.
RUSSIANS MUST HAVE FOOD 1
TO AVERT GREAT LIFE LOSS
JAPAN HOPEFUL
MW’S MOVE
BIG RESULTS
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jar. 26—
Prospects for the early settlement
cf the Shantung: question appeared
brighter today as a result of the
compromise proposal suggested by
President Harding. The proposition i
is being considered by the Peking
government today and, -while the
decision is being awaited, the Far
Eastern conference has virtually
suspended activities.
Members of the delegation thus
far nave refrained from making
formal comment regarding the sit
uation, but they express the nope
that the action of President Hard
ing will lead to a solution of the j
perplexing problem. t
AMERICAN LEGION WORKING
TO AID DISABLED VETERANS
WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 26
National Commander MacNider, if
the American Legion, has asked a!!
Veterans, who are in a position to
do so, to help disabled “buddies"
by turning over cash to the Legion'.
rotating fund. The commander say?
“we don’t understand the workings
of the Veterans’ Bureau, but we are
going to keep with it and fight it out
for the benefit of unfortunate Veter
ALLEGED GRAFTER IS FREE
PORTLAND, Jan. 26—The jury
trying John W. Todd, former super-1
intendent of schools at Salem, on
the charge of promoting fraudulent
timber land schemes, disagreed yes
terday and was discharged. This
was the second trial of Todd, the
first trial also having resulted in a
disagreement.
LOST LEDGE RELOCATED
BAKER CITY. Ore., Jan. 26
Miners have been successful in re
locating the last Trail Ledge of
gold and silver. The outcropping
was first discovered in 1860 and
then lost, during the stampede to
the Greenhorn placer district. The
ore is said to be rich in gold and j
silver content.
MISSOURI BANK ROBBED
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 26—The Pine
lawn State Bank was held up by
bandits yesterday, the robbers es
caping with 12,500.
POLICE ARE WITHDRAWN
EAST ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26—Local
police have been withdrawn from
special service in the packing house
zone.
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Marshal Bert Stevens and Assist
ant District Attorney E. B. Collins
connected with the train at Dun-;
bar today, enroute to their head
quarters in Fairbanks from a trip
to the lower Yukon and Kuskokwim
districts.
Charles DeWitt was among the
arrivals on today’s train from the
south.
Commissioner Ed. Brooker, of the
Kantishna, came in from Healy to
day.
GENEVA. Jan. 26—The Russian
Relief Committee of the Leafrue of
Nations was informed today that
conditions in Russia are fully as
bad as has been reported, if not
actually worse. The statement was
made by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, who
has made a personal survey of con
ditions in the famine districts of the
food impoverished nation.
The doctor declared that there
! are at present nineteen millions suf-j
fering intensely as the result of the !
scarcity of food, and of that number j
f,f:een millions will surely die unless
they are succored.
Deaths are occurring in many j
districts with increasing frequency, i
due to the rapid exhaustion of food j
supplies and inability of relief work-1
ers to cope with the situation, which ;
; is becoming more grave daily. j
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
WILL SPEED PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 26—
At a conference of Republican lead
ers. held today, senate leaders as
sured those of the lower house of
Congress that the permanent tari3
bill will be reported to the senate
early in February, and passed be
fore the close of the present session.
An agreement was reached that
the proposed bonus bill is to orig
inate in the house, and the measure
j is to be drafted immediately and
probably reported to the house with*
I in a fortnight.
j House members who attended the
; conference, reported later that they
had insisted that the legislative pro-'
gram be speeded in order that Con- j
gress might adjourn by the first of;
June.
The bonus bill question will be
taken up at a special conference of
house Republicans tomorrow.
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Charles D. Garfield, secretary of
the Territorial Fish Commission, has
been elected superintendent of Ter
ritorial Hatcheries, to take the place
of A. J. Sprague, whose term of
office expired on the first of the
year. The Commission, in elevating
Garfield, at the same time voted to
consolidate the office of secretary
and that of superintendent.
The steamer Admiral Watson is
to be taken off the run upon arrival
at Seattle from Alaska. This is be
ing done at this time so the vessel
may be thoroughly overhauled and
put in good shape for the early
spring season. The Watson is billed
to sail from Seattle on the next
trip on February 28.
Delegate Dan Sutherland has very
diplomatically made it known that
he is not interested in the removal
of the Third division headquarters
from Valdez to Seward or any other
town in that division. It is a bad
time to bother delegates with move
ments of that sort. It will be voting
time in April.
F. A. Hansen, engineer mainten
ance and construction, who arrived
in town today from McKinley Park,
reports that the first train probably
will be able to pass over the big
! ?teel viaduct about next Wednes
day. The structure will not be en
tirely completed, however, until
some time later.
Billy Grant and J. L. Tobin went
j to Fairbanks today in connection
| with some Kantishna litigation about
i to be aired in district court.
IRISH SAY PRESS UNFAIR;
CLOSE DOORS TO SCRIBES
PARIS, Jan. 26—After a heated
debate, during which the press was
i censured as unfair, the World Con
^ gress of the Irish Race decided to
hold secret sessions for the purpose
of organizing an Irish league.
| Announcement was made late this
; afternoon that an International Irish
League had been organized, its
principal object being to help Ire
! land gain full .independence.
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J. Fred Strothers, Interior man
ager for the Waechter Bros. Co.,
was a through passenger on today’s
train from the coast, enroute to
his headquarters in Fairbanks. He
is returning: from a brief business
trip to Seward.
In a letter received on the last
mail from J. A. Fairborn, former
general agent of the White Pass
Company, at Fairbanks, the news is
conveyed that while he was at Kan
sas City recently, he met Mrs. Lar
ry O’Keefe, formerly of Nenana
and whose home now is at Wichita.
Mr. Fairborn found her looking
well and getting along nicely. The
letter was written at Chicago, where j
he was awaiting the arrival of
Messrs. Wheeler and Gordon, of
the White Pass staff
Gene Ellis, well known Interior
chef, was a returning passenger on
today’s train from the coast.
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• Bill Campbell is a recent arrival
in Nenana.
E. A. Head returned to Fairbanks
this afternoon, after a brief stay
in Nenana. Mr. Head was only re
cently discharged from the Fair
banks hospital, where he was under
the care of a doctor for some time.
Invitations were received from An
chorage on today’s mail for the big
ball which will mark the formal op
ening of the new Elks’ hall in the
coast town. The affair will take
place on February 14, and will be
a part of the big three-day celebra-j
tion being arranged by the Elks.
BORAH SUGGESTS PLAN TO
HELP ALLIES PAY DEBTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26—
The Allied nations, by a resision of
the Versailles treaty and reducing
their armies to “even a reasonable
extent”, not only could “meet in
terest payments on their debt to the
Unijed States but retire the prin
cipal as well”, Senator Borah de
; dared in a statement made on the
, floor of the senate today.
POPE BENEDICT '
LAID IN GRAVE; i
SOLEMN RUES
ROME, Jan. 26—Pope Benedict
was laid at rest today with solemn
and impressive ceremonies. The body
was enclosed in three casket> and
dressed in pontifical robes. It was
placed in the crypt under the basili
ca of St. Peter’s cathedral.
The historical ritual was witness
ed only by members of the sacred
1 college, the pontifical household,
papal nobility and diplomats ae-;
j credited to the vatiean. The cere
mony began with the removal of
the body from the chapel of holy
i sacrament to the chapel of choir.
The cortege was headed by Vatican
| clergy, bearing torches and chant
; ing the papal anthem. Guards
; marched beside the bier.
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PARK BILL PASSES
SEATTLE, Jan. 24—A Washing
ton special to the Seattle Times an
nounces the passage of the bill efi-,
larging the boundaries of Mt. Mc
Kinley National Park, by the upper
branch of Congress, after having:
been held up several months as the j
result of objections made by Senat
or King, of Utah. The bill had been
previously passed by the house and
now goes to the president for final
approval.
OLD ACCOUNT SETTLED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 26—
The senate has passed a bill ap
propriating the sum of $5,974, to
pay the Alaska Steamship Company
the balance due for services render
ed in transporting and caring for
the survivors of the wreck of the
steamer Columbia, near Scotch Gap
lighthouse, in 1909.
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GUARDS TO BE WITHDRAWN
FRANKFORT. Kv., Jan. 26—An
nouncement has been made by Gov
emor Morrow that '.he National
Guard forces which are stationed at
Newport, where the steel strike is
, in progress, will be withdrawn on
Saturday, their presence there no
longer being necessary to preserve
order.
MINE VICTIMS RECOVERED
SCRANTON, Jan. 26—After 11
days of frantic labor, the bodies of
three men who were caught in a
mine cave-in near this city, were re
covered yesterday.
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AUTO KILLS FINANCIER
NEW YORK, Jan. 26—A. Barton
Hepburn, financier, author and econ-j
omist, who was struck by an auto
mobile bus this week, died yesterday..
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Frank Hudleson, who is engaged
! in the mail service between Fair
i banks and Tanana, arrived in town
on Wednesday and left for Fair
banks this afternoon. He was a
guest at the Southern during his
stay in town.
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Ross L-ovelace returned to Nenana
yesterday from Fairbanks, where he
spent a week.
R. S. Donaldson, manager of the)
Healy River Coal Company, arrived
in "town today from Healy.
SEEKING 10 PUT
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan 26—The
proseeution in the Arbuckle case, -
making a determined effort to ex
clude the testimony of Mrs. Kate
Brennan, witness for the defense
on the grounds that she is insane
The woman testified that while
she was employed as a chambermaid
at the St. Francis hotel, she dusted
the door of Arbuckle's room, before
an examination of the surface had
been made by the prosecution’s ex
pert on fingerprints.
In its effort to have this testi
mony stricken from the records, the
■ prosecution charged that the woman
had been committed to an asylum
in 1909 and remained there until
■ 1920. when she was discharged as
j “improved”.
The defense has introduced test,
mony in an effort to prove that the
1 alleged fingerprints are fakes, and
were placed on the door of Arbuck
le’s room after the tragedy.
SHIPS ARE BRINGING FLU
FROM EUROPEAN CITIES
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NEW YORK. Jan. 2d—Officials
j of the department of health are
watching all incoming vessels for
j cases of influenza. Health Comm;>
sioner Copeland believes that tha
increasing prevalence of the disease
■ here is due partly to European im
I portation and for that reason all
vessels entering port are given more
| usual attention.
Sixty-four cases of flue have
been reported during the past twu
days, and bronchitis and pneumonia
are also unusually prevalent.
BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS
LAY PLANS FOR SEASON
In response to the notice appear
in The News, local baseball fans
gathered in force at the office of
Commissioner Leckie on Tuesday
night for the purpose of organiz
ing and getting things started in an
ticipation of the fast approaching
baseball season. More interest than
| usual was displayed by those pre —
| ent by reason of the fact that, with
i the completion of the railroad. .'
will be possible for teams from the
i coa.-t towns to engage in frequent
contests with Interior players.
Joe O’Connor presided at the
meeting as chairman, with Leith
Russell acting as secretary and, af
ter the purpose of the gathering
had been explained, considerab't
i time was devoted to the discussion
i of plans, culminating finally in thi
selection of J. M. Reiter as manager
of the Nenana team. Mr. Reiter
has had wdde experience in baseball
matters and is an enthusiast of the
first water.
For the purpose of raising fund
for immediate needs, a committee
composed of R. C. Morris, C. N.
Christensen, Norvin E. Smith, Joe
Fischer and George Kennedy was
' appointed, with power to go ahead
and get the money, and it will be
j the business of this committee to
'arrange a dance or entertainment
; for fund-raising purposes.
A finance committee of a more
permanent character, to look afte
the finances of the organization
throughout the season, was named,
the following being the members of
it: R. C. Morris, Ben Allen, Alf
Ekeland, George Hupprich and Pete
Kelson.
Another meeting will be held on
Tuesday next, at the same place,
| and every one interested in the
great American game, is urged to
[ be on hand.