Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1922.... .
NUMBER
191 .
NAVY SURRENDERS COAST COAL FIELDS
GRAND JURY READY TO INVESTIGATE KU KLUX
SEATTLE VOTERS ELECT DR. BROWN TO MAYORAL TV
SEATTLEiTES ELECT MAYOR;
DR. BROWN DEFEATS LANDON
SEATTLE, May 4—Dr. Edwin J.
Brown, dentist, was elected mayor
of Seattle at the annual election j
held here on Tuesday. His lead over
Dan Landon was 11,315, which is
the second largest victory for a
mayoralty candidate in the history J
of the city. A bitter campaign wasj
waged, with many personalities in-;
jected into the fight.
Mrs. Hyland, Mrs. Katheryn Mir
acle and E. Blaine were elected i
members of the city council, de- j
feating D. Cox, T. H. Bolton and
former Councilman William Moore,
who was seeking re-election.
Former Mayor George F. Cotter-;
ilT was high man among six candi
dates for port commissioner. Dr. C.
W. Sharpies was elected school di
rector for three years, and Claude
S. Eckert was re-elected for the one
year term.
The Erickson measure, providing
for the maintenance of the munici
pal railway by general taxation, and
the proposal to build a bridge across j
the canal leading to the University
of Washington stadium were reject
ed.
UNEMPLOYED DEMAND FOOD
BUT POLICE RESTORE ORDER
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VANCOUVER, B. C., May 4—
Four hundred unemployed visited the
wholcsc’e district yesterday and de
manded food from the big produce ‘
companies. The situation looked bad
for a time, but the police sent the
hungry men home without any dis
order having occurred.
ALL DEPOSITORS TO SHARE
EQUALLY IS COURT RULING
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OLYMPIA, May 4—Guaranteed
depositors of the defunct Scandinav- j
ian American Bank of Seattle do;
not have preferred claims against
the assets of the bank, according:
to a decision handed down yester
day by the state supreme court.
All of the creditors of the bank,
the court holds, must participate j
equally in the assets.
COLORADO BANK LOOTED
DENVER, May 4—The First Na
tional Bank of Lafayette, fifteen
miles from this city, was robbe^
during the night, the loss being re
ported as $12,000 in currency and
bonds. The bandits attacked the
building boldly with nitro-glycerine,
firing nine shots into the structure
and practically wresting it., after 1
which they helped themselves to
the bank roll.
Miss Stella Madole returned to
Fairbanas today after a visit of
several days in Nenana as the guest
of Mrs. W. H. Gilcher.
NEW RESTAURAN TO OPEN
TOMORROW AFTEROON AT 5
Announcement is made that the
new restaurant, owned and managed
by Mrs. Clara Allred, and situated
in the “Adams" building, on lower
A Street, will be opened to the
public tomorrow afternoon, com
mencing at five o’clock, when a
special dinner will be served.
Workmen have been engaged for
some time past in getting the ,lace
into shape, and the interior of the
building has been transformed into
a modern restaurant, with all the
accessories and conveniences obtain
ing in such places in well appointed
towns anywhere. The restaurant is
neat and attractive in appearance
and will be conducted in a first class
manner, with moderate prices the
rule.
Those who will be present at the
opening of the place tomorrow af-1
ternoon are assured of a recherche
supper with all the dehoac.es ob- i
tainable at this season > f the year i
and invitingly served.
The hour of the cp"ning is five*
tomorrow.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NOW IN CONTROL OF INDUSTRY
FRANCE BACKING BELGIUM
ON ISSUE AT CONFERENCE
PARIS, May 4—The French gov
ernment ha3 decided to stand by
Belgium in her opposition to the,1
terms of the Allied memorandum
to Russia, in which Russia is made'
acquainted with the conditions on
which recognition will be granted.
The Netherlands government ob
jects to that part of the memoran
dum dealing with the question of
private property.
America ALo Object*
GENOA, May 4—There is a re
port in circulation here to the effect
that the American state department
has instruct* ’ Ambassador Child to
protest against the Allied memoran
dum to Russia insofar as it affects
American holders of property in
Russia.
GOMPERS TELLS NEW YORK
LABOR WILL FIGHT DRY LAW
NEW YORK, llsv A—In an ad
dress delivered at a mass meeting
held in this city last night, at Madi
son Square Garden, under the au
spices of the Association Opposed
to the Eighteenth Amendment,
President Samuel Gompers. of the
American Federation of Labor, de
clared that “labor must make the
fight now and will never stop fight
ing until the rirhts of the people
have been restored to them.”
FIRE THREATENS TREASURY
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 4—
Fire originating in the superstruc
ture of the roof of the treasury
building, burned through the cen
tral portion of the roof yesterday
and threatened heavy damage to
the building for a time. The blaze
was extinguished with considerable
difficulty owing to die unusual po
sition of the fire.
CHINK LEADER FALLS
PEKING, May 4—An unofficial
report has reached this city to the
effect that General Wu Pei Fu,
leader of the Central Chinese forces,
has been killed in action.
MACHINE GUNS BARK IN ERIN
KILKENNY, Ireland, May 4—
Sharp fighting is in progress with
machine guns in this neighborhood
between Free Staters and Irregulars.
.LABOR LOSES IN ST. PAUL ...
ST. PAUL,* May 4—Virtually
complete returns from Tuesday’s
election in this city, give Arthur E.
Nelson a majority of 13,000 over
William Mahoney, Labor candidate,
for mayor.
BABE RUTH LOSES TONSILS
NEW YORK, May 4—Babe Ruth
underwent an operation yesterday
for the removal of his tonsils and
the nurses who are taking care of
him report today that his condition
is very satisfactory'.
Deputy Marshal V. O. Green,
writing from W’iseman, under date
of April 18, says “everything is
lovely but there is not much sign
yet of the breakup. Enough native
spuds were raised to supply the
camp and there were lots of caribou
killed last fall. Ptarmigan and rab
bits were plentiful all winter, but
not much fur. Pingle, Postelwaite
end -Tones got a slug on Nolan
Creek recertlv that weighs Sl.1’2
and th -re r e s-'"?*rl -winter dumns
to be wash ' th -.or * g, but nothin?
but cl TU' ' ill how what the
octnu of tr cam-" w H be.”
SEATTLE, May 4—A Washington
special to the Seattle Times says
that orders have been issued by the
Navy Department to the Navy Alas
ka Coal Commission to close its
work in Alaska as rapidly as pos
sible, preparatory to quitting the
coal fields in the North.
Effective on Monday, the com
plete control and jurisdiction over
the Government's coal fields in the
Territory passed from the Navy to
the Department of the Interior,
APPLICANTS ASKED KLAN TO
PUNISH CERTAIN PERSONS
LOS ANGELES, May 4—Among
the documents found in the recent
raid on ‘he oifice of Grand Goblin
Coburn, of the Ku Klux Elan, were
applications addressed to the klan,
asking for the “punishment” of cer
tain persons. There were also found
alleged answers of klan officials to
the applicants, stating what action
might be expected.
The papers are to be presented
to the county grand jury in con
nection with the investigation of
klan activities.
PEKING SURROUNDED NOW;
CITY THROWN IN TURMOIL
PEKING, May 4—The city o£
Peking has been surrounded by the
forces of General Wu Pei Fu and
the followers of General Chang
are scattering in all directions in
an effort to escape.
All railway traffic has been sus
pended and the city has been con
erabh- upset, with great excitement
in every quarter
which not only will supervise the ■
mining of coal but will also stipu-U
late all terminates in any leases to
private individuals.
The plans for exhaustive tests of
Alaska coal remain unchanged ex
cept that the Department of the In-!
terior, instead of the Navy Depart-1
ment, will handle the work. The;
naval collier will go to Alaska i:1 ‘
June to bring down the samples ‘
which are to be tested by the bat
tleships Texas and New York.
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KENNECOTT REPORT SHOWS
BIG SLUMP IN REVENUES
NEW YORK, May 4—The annual;
report of the Kennecott Copper Cor-1
poration, which was made public!
in this city this week, shows that the!
. operating revenue of the company j
during last year was 54.633,304, as
compared with $8,500,000 the pre-;
| vious year. The total income was!
£3,770,000 as against $6,477,000 in
1920.
HOUSE FAVORS HOSPITAL PLAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4—
i The house appropriations committee 1
has favorably reported a bill pro-j
. viding for the erection of twelve *
soldier hospitals at a cost of seven
teen million dollars, and with a!
total capacity of more than five j
thousand beds. The list will include
three hospitals in Oregon, Washing-i
ton and Idaho for the treatment of
special cas s, with 250 beds each.
The brll provides that work on the
news projects is to start immediate
I !y upon passage of the bill.
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»UBLIC DEBT SHOWS GAIN
FOR MONTH JUST PASSED
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4—j
Announcement has been made by
he treasury department that there1
vas an increase of $45,500,000 in
:he public debt during the month of
April.
The increase was due mainly to
he sale of about $150,000,000
worth of treasury certificates, as
:ompared with maturities sggregat
ng $50,000,000 and other debt re
tirements amounting to another $50.
300,000.
STRIKING COAL MINERS ARE
EVICTED BY COAL BARONS
UNIONTOWN, Pa., May 4—The
first evictions of striking coal min
ers in the Fayette coal fields took
place today at the m;ne of the
Amend Coal Company, near this
:ity.
The belongings of a dozen families
were moved by company officials
from tne company houses to the
road. The eviction was accomplish
ed without disorder of any kind.
Lewis Confers With Harding
WASHINGTON, P. C , May 4—
President John L. Lewis, of the
United Mine Workers arrived in
Washington this morning to confer
with Secretary of Labor Davis, and
later accompanied La* is to the
White House for a conference with
President Harding.
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Joe Fischer, of the Fairbanks
Clothing Company, returned to Ne
nana today from a trip out the line.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sullivan, former
residents of Nenana, returned to
town on today’s train from the
coast. They have been located is
Anchorage for some time past.
Chub Douglas arrived in town to
day from Anchorage.
A. A- Arndt arrived from the
Outside today after an absence of
five months.
Mrs. C. G. Jones arrived from the
Zenana. Captain and Mrs. Jones
svill occupy the cottage on the rail
road reserve recently vacated by
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cronin.
J. J. Price, oldtimer of the Hot
Springs district, and member of the
former mining firm of Aitken &
Price, who arrived from the Outside
several days ago, left for the Kan
rishna district this week, via Kobe.
He is making the trip with Charles
Stanford, with the Stanford dog
team.
M"s. Lowells Rosbnre and daueht
;r Ethel, left for the Outside yes
terday. Mrs. Rosburg will return to j
S’enana as soon as she has placed i
ler daughter in school in the States.
R. S. Donaldson, manager of the
Sealy River Coal Corporation, re
turned to Healy today after a brief
susiness visit in town.
Mr. a~d Mp A. A. Lewis were!
imone the arrival from Anchor- i
'ee today, and will probably spend j
la 8- -»y*r "• XMr.
« connected Trfth transportation
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GRAND JURY TO PROBE KLAN
AS RESULT OF RECENT RAID
LOS ANGELES, May 4—The se
lection of the srrand jury which wiil
investigate the activities of the Ku
Klux Klan. has been completed, and
the probe will start immediately. It
is understood that a large number
of witnesses will be summoned be
fore the investigators and that all
of the evidence secured in the re
c<*nt. raid on the klnr’s headquarters
in this city will be turned over to
the jurymen.
Calls Them Lawless Body
SAN FRANCISCO. May 4—Dis.
trict Attorney Brady, commenting on
the list of 150 names submitted to
him today, referred to the Ku Klux
Klan as an “outlaw organization’’
and he declared that its activities
were contrary to law and order. A
grand jury investigation is being
planned here.
AGREE ON NAVY PERSONNEL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4
It is understood that the senate
appropriation sub-committee, at an
executive session held yesterday,
agreed upon a navy enlisted person
nel of 86.000 men, which is the
number voted by the house.
MORE MONEY FOR FLOOD
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4—
Both branches of Congress has giv
en their approval to an additional
Immediate appropriation of 8-00,000
for levee protection work along the
Mississippi river. This makes a total
of $1,200,000 voted for flood relief
this spring.
HARDING AFTER WAR GRAFTS
WASHINGTON, D. C-. May 4 —
President Hardin? has asked Con
gress for a special appropriation of
half a million dollars fcr the prose
cution of war fraud cases.
MUST BE SMOOTH LAWYER
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4—
Senator Caraway Seeds, of Arkan
sas, charged in the senate yester
day that Attorney General Harry
Daugherty, in 1912, received a fee
of $25,000 for obtaining the release
of Charles W. Morse, New York
shipbuilder, from the Atlanta peni
tentiary. Friends of Daugherty deny
the charge.
CHAPLIN HAS TO PAY FEES
SALT LAKE. May 4—A jury in a
local court has awarded Samuel
King and Russell Schulder, attor
neys, the sum of $4,000 as a fee
for legal advice given to Charlie
Chaplin, moving picture star. They
sued for $25,000.
CLObE VOTE AT TACOMA
TACOMA, May 4—The closest
c-ity election in years was determin
ed here yesterday at noon when a
recheck of the vote cast on Tues
day showed that John Murray had
been elected a member of the city
council by 15 votes over Clair Bow
man. Councilman H. Roy Harrison
was re-elected. A. V. Fawcett was
elected mayor at the April primaries
when he received a majority of all
the votes cast.
FAMOUS DOCTOR PASSES
LOLTISVILLE, May 4—Dr. Joseph
Nathaniel McCormick, aged 76, na
tionally known physician since 1888
and who has written practicvally ail
the health and sanitation laws of
the stale, died here today, follow
ing a stroke of paralysis.
BILL BANS NARCOTICS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4—
The house today unanimously passed
the Miller Bill which is designed to
shut the gates against the import
and export of all narcotics except
crude opium ard coca leaves. The
bill also pro ides for the creation
of t fe .cal .rc > ix ;rd. Tne bill
has nc—et v eer :tec upon by th<}
sene *-e.