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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 17. 1C21
NUMBER IS
HAPGOOD SAYS CURRY BILL IS MENACE
NON-UNION CREW WILL BRING BOAT TO ALASKA
FIGHTING ^CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN MINING DISTRICT
BORDER FICHT CONTINUES;
PRESIDENT TAKES NOTICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17
Senator Sutherland announced yes
terday that President Harding had
decided to proclaim martial law in
the area of Kentucky and West
Virginia where fighting has been in
progress during the past several
days.
Secretary Weeks has ordered the
commander of the Fifth corps area
to dispatch federal troops to the
trouble zone if the presence of the
sodiers is deemed necessary to put
a stop to the disturbances there.
Union vs. Non-union
WILLIAMSON, May 17—Fighting
is still in progress in the mountain
area along the border between
Kentucky and West Virginia, the
latest storm centers being McCarr
Kentucky and Lynn, West Virginia
Some trouble is also reported from
Spring.
Statements regarding the origin
of the trouble are contradictory
but it is believed here to have re
sulted from trouble between union
* and non-union miners.
The union miners, who are at
tempting to unionize the mines anii
who have been locked out by th<
mine owners, have settled in near
by territory, following their evic
tion from quarters owned by th<
coal companies. They no longer ar<
permitted to trade at the company
stores and are living on supplier
shipped to them by the union. The\
are also drawing funds from th<
union treasury.
Propaganda is being resorted t<
by both sides, each blaming th<
other for the disorders.
Several Reported Killed
PIKEVILLE, May 17—There wa
considerable fighting along the bor
der yesterday and several person
are reported to have been killed oi
the West Virginia side.
PREMIER AND DEVALERA
DUBLIN, May 17—The freeman
Journal is authority for the state
ment that Premier Lloyd Georg*
has offered to meet President De
valera and other Irish leaders with
out conditions, but when questione,
relative to the statement, Devaleri
replied today that if the premie
had made such an offer public, h*
would make his reply public.
IniM, man Balia and Blrem Meet
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EDITOR SAYS ALASKA BOARD
WOULD ENDANGER RESOURCES
| CARPENTIER HAS ARRIVED;
GOES TO TRAINING CAMP
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NEW YORK, May 17—Georges
* Carpentier, French champion who is
| to meet Jack Dempsey at Jersey
j City on July 2, arrived from Paris
! yesterday and has gone into train
I ing at his camp at Manhassett, He j
will train with Joe Jeanette, the j
colored heavyweight, and several j
other sparring partners. Most of
the training will be done behind .
J closed gates, according to a state-1
'ment by Carpentier’s manager.
' Carpentier appeared in fine con
' dition and radiated confidence. He
^ said he weighed 175 pounds and
! never felt better. He expressed the
'hope that Dempsey also would be
! in the best possible condition when
they enter the ring for the big
j contest, which is to decide the
heavyweight championship of the
^ world.
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Dempsey has been m training
for some time.
SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORS
INCREASE IN SIZE OF ARMY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17—
The senate military affairs sub-com
i mittee. which is considering the
' army appropriation bill, has decided
to increase the size of the army to
175.000. As passed recently by the
lower house of Congress, the bill
provided for an army of 150,000.
In fixing the army strength, the
committee acceded to the request
of Secretary Weeks, who asked that
| such a minimum be fixed, even if
other items in the bill had to be
curtailed.
TRY TO RESCUE GRIFFITH
LONDON. May 17—An unsuc
, cessful attempt was made on Sat
urday to rescue Arthur Griffith from
Mount Joy jail. Griffith founded
I the Sinn Fein.
•|neterer makes awards
OF SALVAGED PROPERTY
SEATTLE, May 17—Judge Net
erer has rendered a decision mak
ing Anal disposition of the gold and
jewelry and other valuables sal
vaged from the wreck of the steam
ship Princess Sophia. Frank Walters
the deep sea diver who recovered
the safe from the wreck, is allowed
$1,260; the Marine Insurance Co.
will get 18 pounds of gold dust,
and other property is awarded to
the administrators of the various
victims.
The Deep Sea Salvage Company
is awarded fifty per cent, net value
of all salvaged property and all
awards of the court are subject to
the salvage claims.
SPOKANE, May 17—Robbers dug
through the brick wall of the bank
at Latah last night and carried ofl
200 safe deposit boxes. It has not
yet been ascertained how much
the boxes contained, but it is be
lieved the total loss will be heavy.
SEATTLE, May 14 (Delayed) —
The Washington correspondent of
the Post-Intelligencer says that just
before adjournment of the Curry
bill hearing last night, Chairman
Curry caused a sensation by brand
ing as false and malicious an article
appearing in the Washington Times
over the signature of Norman Hap
good. The article in question de
clared that the “house committee
on territories is holding hearings
on a gigantic plan to hand over
the resources of Alaska to a com
mission responsible to nobody.” The
article said further that if the bill
goes through, it will make czars
of the commissioners, giving them
the power to give away vast re
sources without check.
Replying to the article, Chairman
Curry declared that the hearings
had been fairly and impartially
conducted and foe explained that
the bill as presented by him, was
in tentative form only and subject
to amendment. In conclusion, the
chairman said: “If Alaska needs
relief in legislation, we will en
deavor to afford that relief. And if
the committee finds that relief does
not lie in legislation, we will not
pass this bill or any other.”
Other members of the committee
; have made angry protest against
the Hapgood article.
Greeljr Objects To Bill
The message says that yesterday’:
hearing developed strong oppositiot
on the part of Greely, head of th<
forest ser\-ice, who asserted that tht
bill takes Alaskan resources out o;
the hands of the national govern
ment. He said he deplored the in
convenience of long-distance govern
ment imposed on the territory ant
| he suggested as a solution, the ap
; pointment of a commissioner, witl
the rant of assistant secretary, eaci
department so represented to b<
directly responsible to the adminis
tration. He would have the com
missioners reside in Alaska and forn
an inter-departmental cabinet.
Wallace Oppose* Plan
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 17
Secretary Wallace, of the depart
ment of agriculture, has addresse<
a letter to Chairman Curry, ii
j which he expresses opposition
{the development board plan. Ii
declares that “the enactment o
this measure will be highly preju
dicial both to national and to Alas
kan interests. It would remove th
wholesome checks against exploi
tation of our vast national re
sources, and would deprive Alask
of the technical help of our fedei
TWO CHILDREN BURN
STEILACOM, May 17—Two child
ren were burned to death here yet
terday when the home of Clintoi
Erickson was destroyed by fire.
DUBLIN, May 17—Three govern
ment officers and the wife of on
of them, were killed during an am
bush last night near Ballyeiren.
al agencies which combine long ex
perience and scientific knowledge
in studying and developing specific
natural resources. We have come to
the time when economic conditions
should bring about gradual develop
ment of Alaskan industries, with a
corresponding increase in population.
This development should be on a
sound basis and not temporary,
reckless exploitation of the public
property.
Secretary Wallace suggests that
the creation of an Alaskan board
composed of representatives placed
there by each of the federal agen
j cies active in the territory, and of
one or two permanent Alaska resi
dents, every proper purpose sought
to be accomplished, could be brought
about without jeopardizing the na
tional and territorial interests.
Will Put BiH la Shape
The hearings on the Curry bih
j having been terminated, the work
I of whipping the bill into shape now
j confronts the house committee. It
! is regarded as certain the bill can
j not pass in its present form, as a
j number of fundamental weaknesses
.were developed during the hearing.
| Even though the measure should
j be defeated, it is believed it will
| bring Congress face to face with
Alaska's problems and needs in the
way of legislation and appropria
tions, and something probobly will
j be done for the territory in con
1 sequence of the development board
I agitation.
, Even bureau chiefs are beginning
| to take notice to the extent of ad
| vocating decentralization of govern
| ment by bureaus at Washington and
the substitution of a form of inter
departmental cabinet.
Delegate Dan Sutherland, who ap
i peared before the committee neai
the end of the hearing, devoted con
siderable time to a discussion of th«
fisheries question, protesting against
any plan of administration thal
would remove the fisheries from th«
control of the people of Alaska.
He declared that Alaska is strug
jgling in the grip of a transportatior
■ monopoly which, he claimed, con
I stitutes the trouble and account*
i; for the falling off in population.
> Chairman Curry has announces
>: that if there is any likelihood ol
i President Harding and Secretary ol
- the Interior Fall visiting Alaski
. during the summer, the committei
; report will be -withheld until then
- return to Washington, as it is an
• ticipated they would return from
i their visit with valuable recommend
- ations.
I. W. W. BONDS FORFEITED
CHICAGO, May 17—Bonds aggre
- gating 175,000, of the nine missinf
> Industrial Workers who failed t<
report at Leavenworth to begit
serving sentences imposed or. them
- were declared forfeited yesterday
> The list includes the bond cf Hay
- wood, who fled to Russia.
Inu*. Alaska's Xxtonor mi Veto*
LIVERPOOL HOMES RAIDED:
SINN FEINERS GET RLAME
LIVERPOOL, May 17—Six houses
in widely separated parts of the
city were raided and fired last night
by unidentified persons. Similar
raids were staged in London on
Saturday night, the occupants of
each house being related to members
of the Royal Irish constabulary.
In several instances, the occu
pants were gagged and bound in
their homes and left to die in the
flames but luckily all of them were
: rescued.
RATIFICATION NOT VITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17
The requirement of the prohibition
amendment that it he ratified by
‘ three-fourths of the states within
.“even years does not invalidate the
j entire measure, according to a de
Icision rendered this week by the
supreme court.
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COLUMBIA WINS CUP
j NEW YORK, May 17—The Co
lumbia crew won the Child’s cup
j race on Harlem river on Saturday,
j Princeton finished second and Penn
jslyvania third.
LAKE STORM CAUSES HAVOC;
SIX MEN PERISH IN BLOW
SAULT ST. MARIE, May 17—
| Lake Superior was swept by one of
the worst blizzards in years on
Saturday, and it is feared that con
siderable loss of life resulted. All
I vessels on the lake were driven in
to habor, and one tug lost a barge
which it had in tow. Six men are
believed to have perished on the
barge.
The blizzard was accompanied by
; a fall of six inches of snow.
FORMER SPY RULED OUT
COBLENZ, May 17—The inter
Allied commission has ordered Frank
i
: Schulenberg expelled from the area
j occupied by the Allied forces. He
! was arrested in the United States
' during the war as an alleged Ger
man agent, and charged wdth impli
• cation in numerous pro-German
plots. He was considered one of
the most dangerous German spies
operating on the Pacific coast.
PRESSMEN CALL STRIKE
PHILADELPHIA, May 17—The
, pressmen employed by the Curtis
Publishing Company, publishers of
the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies
Home Journal and other magazines,
went out on strike yesterday to
l enforce their demands for a 44
hour week.
TACOMA BANKER GUILTY
TACOMA, May 17—Ole Larson,
i president of the defunct Scandi
i navian American bank, was found
, guilty here on Saturday on a charge
of borrowing the sum of $6,000
. from the bank in a manner con
trary to the banking laws of the
state. The trial lasted one day.
NORTHWESTERN WILL MAKE
ANOTHLR VOYAGE NORTH
SEATTLE, May 17—Preparations
have been completed for the dis
patch of the steamer Northwestern
tonight for Southeastern and South
western Alaska-points, carrying food
passengers and mail. The steamer
was to have sailed at ten o’clock
this morning’ but delays were en
countered in filling the crew, which
is made up of non-union men.
It is expected that the Admiral
Watson will sail for the North to
morrow, also with a non-union crew.
District Attorney Saunders has
filed suit in equity against the six
marine unions involved in the strike,
seeking an injunction restraining the
unions from picketing, trespassing
and acts of violence in connection
; with the Shipping Board vessels.
| The attorney also asks $10,000 a
; day damages from the first of May,
; and application is made for a tem
; porary restraining order. The appli
j cation was to have been argued this
afternoon.
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May Import Workers
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17—Lo
cal shipping associations are oon
, sidering the importation of workers
from Atlantic and Gulf points to
man Pacific coast vessels, in case
the strike is not settled within two
weeks.
SCOTT BONE MENTIONED
FOR ALASKA GOVERNOR
SEATTLE, May 17—A Washing
ton special to the Post-Intelligencer
says that Scott C. Bone, former
editor of the P-I, is being mentioned
at the national capital as a likely
candidate for appointment as gov
■ ernor of Alaska.
While Bone was editor of the P-1
he made a trip to Interior Alaska
as a member of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce excursion, and
both before and since that time he
has taken an active interest in
Alaskan affairs.
FEDERATION UNDECIDED
| CINCINNATI, May 17—The ex
; ecutive council of the American
I Federation of Labor has withheld
its approval in the matter of the
proposal to organize Chinese and
Japanese workers on the Pacific
coast.
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