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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1920.
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, NO. 243
LANE OUTLINES YEWS FOR ALASKA AID
SON OF INDIANA SENA TOR GUILTY JURY REPORTS
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS UNABLE TO PICK NEW LEADER
HARRY HEW HELD
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 15.—'(De
layed.)—Guilty of murder in the
second decree is the verdict re
. turned this afternoon by the jury
before whom young Harry New was
tried for killing the young woman
he wanted as his wife. The finding
of the jury brings to a conclusion
one of the hardest fought criminal
cases tried in this city in recent
years, the best legal talent in the
States having been retained by the
defendant to try to save him from
the penitentiary.
The guilty man is the son of
Senator Harry S. New, of Indiana,
and has occupied a prominent place
in local social circles, as well as in
the East.
Young New, it will be recalled,
drove up to the police station some
time ago in his car, and, walking
calmly into the office, informed the
police that he had killed a girl be
cause she had refused to become
his wife. The body of the girl, he
said, he had brought to the station
with him, and it was found in the
auto, as described, when the police
rushed to the street to investigate.
New gave himself up willingly,
but made a hard fight for freedom
when placed on trial.
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LANE TELLS ALASKA BUREAU
HOW ALASKA CAN BE HELPED
JOBBERS REPORT
—t'—
The outlook is not encouraging'
in the States for a lowering of I
prices, according to information re- ’
ceived this week by Fowler & Mor-1
ris from the Seattle supply house:
; of Schwabacher Bros. & Co. The1
indications are, according to the Se
attle firm’s view of the situation, |
that spring will find prices higher!
than they have been at any time!
j since 1914, when the cost of living1
began its rapid advance toward i
higher levels. '
“Concerning market conditions,’’ j
the wire said, “coffee, tea, canned!
and dried fruits, rice, oils and fats j
of all kinds are very strong and •
|higher prices are anticipated. We
j anticipate that the Government price
on sugar will be about 16 cents.
Stocks of cigars, cigarettes and to-1
baccos hard to get and advancing. J
Milk prices stationary and no ma-1
Aerial change anticipated. Potatoes
iare selling at $100 per ton.’’
Almost simultaneously with the
receipt of the Schwabacher wire, in-!
’ formation has come to The News,
through regular press news chan
nels, announcing that the wholesale
price of cane sugar has been ad
vanced to $16.30 per 100 pounds.
The opinion locally is that the
administration, which inaugurated a j
movement some time ago to reduce
the cost of living in the States, has
found the solution of the high price
problem a greater task than was an- j
ticipated, and small hope is enter
i
tamed that relief will come from i
I
that source.
The situation is particularly bad
in Alaska because of the effect high
prices are having on the gold mining
industry, and because of the failure
of wages to keep pace with the ad
vancing cost of living. It seems to
be the general opinion that Alaska
has been hardest hit of all the dis-1
i
tricts under the American flag.
OREGON HENS CLAIM
RECORD FOR LAYING
CORVALLIS, Ore.—A dozen hens ;
at the Oregon Agricultural college’s!
farm at Salem ha\& set a new;
World record for egg production,
James S. Dryden, professor at the j
college, has announced.
Each of these hens in one year
laid more than 300 eggs, the best |
producing 330 and two others 323.
All these hens, according to Pro
fessor Dryden, are of the strain
that several years ago developed
Lady McDuflf, the first hen to have
laid more than 300 eggs a year in
a trap nest. Her record was 303.
Hanna, When Bail* and Hirers Meet
SEATTLE, Jan. 16.—In a tele
gram addressed to the Alaska bu
reau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce and Commercial club,
which was read at the bureau din
ner last night, Secretary of the In
terior Franklin K. Lane suggested
a number of reforms that he con
siders necessary to insure the de
velopment of Alaska.
Foremost was the plan, long ad
vocated by him, of concentrating
Government authority in a single
board, with broad authority. Such
a step, he believes, is the key to
Alaskan progress and development.
He also believes that the raising
of reindeer and muskoxen should be
encouraged, with a view to supply
ing the needs of Alaska and the
entire Pacific coast.
| "AlSSFa ffceds' better "‘ steamship
’lines,” the wire pointed out. “More
railroads and nuje wagon roads and
|less red tape.”
The growth of agriculture must
i depend, the secretary says, largely
iupon mining. And with the new
I railroad, the completion of which
Shas been assured by Congress, a
: rebirth of mining can be looked
1 forward to.
Alaskan islands, he thinks, should
| be leased on 20 or 30 year terms
for herding grounds for hardy cat
tle, and ridiculous laws protecting
predatory animals should be re
pealed.
1 "The new oil leasing bill,” the
wire concluded, "which I think wil'
| soon pass, will enable oil explora
tion and development.”
The executive committee of the
Fairbanks Commercial club, replying
to the invitation of Manager Mc
Pherson, of the Alaska bureau of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
and Commercial club, to suggest the
manner in which he can assist the
Fairbanks district at Washington,
made the following recommenda
tions.
Excise tax of -$10 on all gold
used in industry and art.
Establishment of a central power
plant in the Nenana coal field.
Increase in the annual appropria
tion for wagon roads in Alaska.
Establishment, if feasible, of sal
mon hatcheries on the Tanana and
Yukon rivers.
Establishment of a mail route to
the Kantishna, and improvement of
the mail service generally.
SWEDISH FIRMS FAIL
AS RESULT OF TIMES
STOCKHOLM. — Reaction after
the war-time boom, strikes, the high
cost of living, increased taxation,
and lack of capital have combined
to cause a general depression in the
Swedish financial market.
Several large financial and com
mercial concerns have recently fail
ed, drawing down with them affili
ated firms. Stock exchange quota
tions for leading securities have de
clined to the lowest figures for
many years.
CONCRETE COFFINS ARE
POPULAR IN ENGLAND
MIDDLESBOROUGH, Eng.—The
corporation of this town is consid
ering the use of concrete coffins in
local burial grounds, as being light
er and cheaper than thos^ made of
wood. .
Hmn, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
N ODESSA HIGH,
BERWICK, Eng.—The cost of
living in Odessa is about 300 times
more than before the war, says Miss
Russell, sister of the local food
controller, who has just returned
from that Russian city. She lived
there for two and one-half years.
A pair of boots, she says, cost
from 2,000 to 3,000 rubles—a year’s
,salary—and a dress was only to be
had at a similar ruinous figure.
In Odessa the day before she left
the English pound was equivalent
to 800 rubles, instead of less than
I 10 rubles as in pre-war days.
“The Bolsheviki,” she explained,
“are Communists, and the principle
| of the Communists is everything for
| themselves and nothing for the rest.
The others, they, say, have had
i their turn, and thev treat them with
i
Iruthless cruelty. Life for the edu-:
i rated people is utterly impossible.;
i Those who have money are fast eat-i
; in^ into their capital; those who i
have not are dying of starvation.
That also is an expensive business,
I for the cost of coffins has reached
a prohibitive figure.”
GOVERNMENT BLAMED
FOR HIGH MEAT COST
LONDON.—The British Incorpor
ated Society of Importers blames
;the government for the present high
cost of meat in England. The so-1
ciety states that the storage ware-1
|houses of the United Kingdom are,
j full and that there is no storage
! space left for cargoes of frozen
I
I meat now arriving at the rate of;
'60,000 tons a month.
“It is only the fact that the gov
ernment is the holder and only
seller of this meat that .keeps it at
its present exorbitant price,” de
clares the society.
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Xanana, Whan Kalla and Blvara Maat j
•Judge Charles E. Bunnell, who 's
returning to the Interior by way
of the Broad Pass trail, sent a wire ,
to Fairbanks yesterday from Mile j
280, stating that his arrival at the j
end of steel south of Nenana would j
be delayed somewhat because of the j
heavy trail. He says his party has |
encountered a lot of snow and that!
traveling, in consequence, has been \
difficult and slow.
When the judge left Anchorage j
it was believed that he would make j
the trip across between ends of steel'
in about six days, which would have
brought him to Nenana tomorrow 1
night. But it is considered probable
now that he will not get here until
late next week.
The judge is due in Fairbanks on
January 26 to open court there, .
but it may be necessary for him to
order another postponement.
IF KICK IS PRESENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
(Delayed)—Prohibition Commission
er Kramer has made a ruling th.-.t
grapejuice containing more than the
legal quantity of alcohol--one-half
of one percent—will be regarded
as an intoxicating beverage, the
same as beer and other liquors
which have ben outlawed by the
prohibition amendment, effective
January 15.
Prohibition directors and inspec
tors are charged with the duty of
examining the content of all such
beverages.
STEAMER IS SALVAGED;
RETURNED TO ENGLAND
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Eng.—.
The steamer Ulidia. of 6,000 tons,
has been salvaged and brought into
this port after being a wreck at
Soroka, in the White sea, since
1017.
A temporary patch was put on,
which enabled her to be towed to
Archangel, and from there she was
towed 2,200 miles to Newcastle.
_
Dr. R. R. Myers will begin pack
ing his instruments tonight, pre
paratory to his departure for the i
States. He and Mrs. Myers plan to ■
go to Fairbanks on Tuesday, and,
after a visit of several days in the
upper town, will return to Nenana
and go out by way of Broad Pass.
Xenana—The Gateway to McKinley
Xattonal Park.
SENATE LEADER
WASHINGTON, D. C\, Jan. 14.—
(Delayed.)—The Democratic mem
bers of the upper house of Confess
are having considerable difficulty
choosing a leader to succeed the
late Senator Martin. They we*e in
caucus several hours today and, at
the end of the battle, the division
of support for Hitchcock and Ur.,
derwood remained equal, each of
the aspirants for the place having
just 19 votes.
Another caucus has been called
for tomorrow, when another effort
will be made to vote one of their
number into power, but there is no
assurance that either candidate, in
the meantime, can muster sufficient
support to land the place.
Hitchcock is the choice of the
President, it is understood, and will
continue to act as leader of the
treaty fight, regardless of the action
of the caucus.
CAW SUGAR COES
10 HIGHER LEVEL
SEATTLE, Jan. 15.— (Delayed.)
—Announcement was made in this
city this morning that the whole
sale price of cane -ugar had been
advanced to $16.30 per hundred
pounds. The reports received here
do not indicate that a lowering o.'
prices is in prospect, the demand
for sugar being such as to indicate
an unusually firm market.
L. B. Anderson, better known in
Interior Alaska as "Captain" An
derson, is dead in St. Louis, ac
cording to information received this
week by the Eagle lodge at Fair
banks from the chief of police of
St. Louis. Anderson is reported to
have succumbed to gas poisoning in
* St. Louis rooming-house.
Anderson, in the early days, was
ane of the most prominent mining
men in the Fairbanks district. He
took out a lot of gold on Dome
creek, and was principal owner of
the Fairbanks Daily Times, having
supplied practically all the money
with which the Times plant was
purchased.
The paper was used by Anderson
to make a fight against the Barnette
ring, and he ultimately went broke
»s a result of his anti-Barnette
campaign. After leaving Fairbanks,
he spent several years in the coastal
sections of Alaska, prospecting in
search of a new stake, but without
success.
Gus Weitzel went to Fairbanks
>n this morning’s train.