Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENAN.A ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1922 NUMBER 184
RUSSO-GERMAN PACT WORRIES ALLIES
LATE STORMS IN STATES CLAIM TOLL OF FIFTY
' DOCTOR SAYS SEMENOFF WAS A "FIEND INCARNATE"
DOCTOR SAYS SEMENOFF
WAS A FIEND INCARNATI
TACOMA, April 18—General Se
menoff, leader of the anti-Bolshevi'
forces in Siberia, "was a “fiend in
carnate" and “gloried in dealing ii
death”, according to Dr. E. C. Judd
who was formerly in charge of th
American hospital work in Siberia
He asserts that the Semenoff sol
diers constantly fired on the Amen
cans and that Semenoff made n
effort to prevent it.
Hat Right* Of Envoy
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18
Boris Bakhmeteff, last accredite
Russian ambassador to the Unite.
States, is the recognized represent
ative of Russia in this country anc
as such, enjoys diplomatic immunit;
which attaches to all envoys o
foreign governments, according t
statement made by Secretary o
State Hughes, in a letter transmit
ted to the senate today regardini
the action of the labor commiTtc
in summoning Bahkmeteff to appea
before the committee for the pur
pose of testifying regarding th
conduct of General Semenoff. A:
effort is being made to deport th
Russian genera! because of his un
friendly attitude toward American
in Siberia.
STUDENT IS ACQUITTED
SPOKANE, April 15—Maurice T
Good, a Northwestern Universit;
medical student, was acquitted to
day, at the conclusion of his tria
on a charge of first degree murde
in connection with the death o
Frank P. Brinton, a soldier. Th
prosecution contended that Goo
threw Brinton down a light well, bu
the defense maintained that Brinto
attacked Wood and that the fa'
was accidental.
SEATTLE HOLDS PRIMARIES
SEATTLE, April 18—After
week of cold and stormy weather
the sky cleared this morning am
the sun shone warm as the city’
voters went to the polls of the pri
mary election to choose two candi
dates for mayor, six candidates fo
the council. There are seven candi
dates in the race for the mayoralt;
nomination, -with a hot contest be
tween Walter Meier, present cor
poration counsel, and Dan Landon
state senator. Landon is wagini
war on what he terms the “city hal
gang.” Among the 21 aspirants fo
councilmanic honors are two women
COMMITTEE GETTING READY
TO CHECK BREAKUP TIMI
The committee in charge of thi
details in connection with the an
nual ice pool, which is drawing rap
idly to a close, was busy today in
stalling the wiring which will sto;
the clock in the power house arc
blow the whistle automatically wher
the ice moves. The work is beint
done in much the same manner ai
in former years, insuring absolut)
accuracy of time and security foi
those who have guesses on the break
up.
The committee ordered anothei
thousand tickets this week, anc
authority has been given to have f
thousand printed at Anchorage, mak
ing a total of 8,000 tickets, and il
is believed that most of them wi!
be taken before the pool closes ot
Thursday noon.
Father Eline will arrive in Ne
r.ana tomorrow and will hold ser
vices daily until his departure or
Sunday.
James Cody, local manager of ths
Northern Commercial Company oi
Alaska, who is going Outside short
ly enroute to the Mayo district
went to Fairbanks on Sunday or
a brief business trip.
An extra train left for Fair
banks this morning with seven cars
of merchandise and a few passen
gers.
ALLIES WILL CLOSE SESSIONS
TO SIGNERS OF NEW TREATY
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, WILSON DENIES STATEMENT;
SENATOR FEELS INSULTED
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ST. LOUIS, April 18—Woodrow
. j Wilson has sent a letter to the Globe
j Democrat denying a statement which
; appeared in the columns of that
. newspaper recently, to the effect
that he had thanked Senator Reed
. for “the great service rendered
p him in perfecting and passing the
, federal reserve bill." The statement
r was sent to the paper by Senator
. Reed, who said the former Presi
, dent had made the statement to him
in a personal letter.
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Reed I* Intuited
,j WASHINGTON, D. C-, April 18—!
, Declaring that he has been person-;
s;ally insulted by Wilson, Senator:
. I Reed has made a formal statement
?. in which he asserts that the former.
, executive’s memory was “sadly de- •
Seient” when he wrote his letter
to the Globe-Democrat.
LEADERS OF BOOZE SQUAD
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
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r CINCINNATI!,-April 18—George
r Remus, a Cincinnatti lawyer, and 18
j associate? are named in indictments
j returned by the federal grand jury,
5 following an investigation of an al-:
, leged “liquor ring”, which is said;
j to have conspired to divert liquor
unlawfully from Government ware
houses.
t Mrs. Hazel Waechter gave up her
position with the local telephone,
j service last week and left for the
5 coast on Sunday, enroute to the.
. Sourdough roadhouse, on the Fair-’
. banks-Valdez trail, where she will
r become associated with her aunt.
Mrs. Nellie Yeager. Mrs. Waechter;
. disposed of her Nena.na property!
. before leaving. t
GENOA, Apri] 18—A treaty be
tween Germany and Russia, nulli
fying the Brest Litovsk treaty and
re-establishing diplomatic relations
on a full equality basis, was signed
by Rapallo yesterday, following the
termination of negotiations which
had been in progress between the
two countries for several months.
The treaty cancels all war claims
as well as all claims arising from the
nationalization of property in Rus
sia.
Allies See Real Menace
PARIS, April 18—Advices which
reached this city today from Genoa
state that the Allies a note to the
Germans and Russians in attend
ance at the economic conference,
notifying them that it will be im
possible for Germany and Russia
TRAIN HITS AUTO—TWO DEAD
LOS ANGELES, April 18—A man
8nd woman, believed by the police
to be Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Kline, of
Seattle, were killed yesterday when
their automobile was struck by a
Pacific electric train, on a grade
crossing. The auto was hurled 20
feet, the man being caught in the
wreckage and burned to death. The
woman was thrown from the auto
and struck a telegTaph pole with
such force that her neck was brok
ne.
J. K. Calbreath. better known as
Cassiar Jim, who recently return
ed to Nenana from a vacation trip
to the coast, is a guest at the
Cooney hotel pending his return to
his duties out the line.
Roadmaster Tom Blakey has de
cided that the Tanana river ice is
no longer safe for trains, ad will
begin taking jp the winter track
Dmorrow.
to continue to participate in the!
sessions of the Russian Affairs Com
mission of fhe conference if they
persist in maintaining the Russo- j
German pact which was signed by
Rapallo.
The advices further state that
consternation caused by the sign
ing of the treaty showed no signs j
of abating today as the different'
national groups examined the text
of the new agreement and contem
plated the possible effect on the
future balance of power in Europe.
They are impressed by the deep!
importance the treaty is likely to
have on the general political situa
tion. Premier Lloyd George has ex
pressed himself as believing the
pact is a step toward dividing
| Europe into separate capitalisms.
MAKERS OF NOTES MUST PAY
SEATTLE, April IS—Judge Ron
ald, of the superior court, has hand
ed down a ruling in which he holds
that the makers of notes which
were re-discounted prior to the fail
ure of the Scandinavian American
Bank of Seattle must pay the face
value of the notes, and they must
not use. as an offset against this,
any money they may have had de- i
posited in the bank when the doors
of the institution were closed. The
decision of the court affects se-veral
hundred thousand dollars.
WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUES
TO CUT DOWN EXPENSE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 18— j
Secretary of War Weeks has issued
orders to all army department corps
areas and commanding officers of
posts, camps and stations to put in
to effect "the most drastic regula
tions possible to effect economy."-1
COMMISSION IS CONSIDERING
FREIGHT TARIFF REDUCTION!
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18
The proposal that trans-continenta
railroads modify present freigh
schedules in R.ocky Mountain ant
Pacific coast territory, to meet wat
er competition in coast to coast an<
gulf trade,, is analyzed by Examine
Disque in a report made to the In
terstate Commerce Commission. H
recommends lower rates for coas
territory, west-bound, on sulphu
and on east-bound wool.
NATIVES DEFEAT MISSOURIAN!
BEP.KELEY, April 18—The Uni
versity of California track team de
feated the Missouri team here oi
Saturday, with a score of 85 to 45
BANK ROBBER ARRESTED
OAKLAND. April IS—James Me
Nulty, who is wanted in Washing
ton in connection with bank rob
beries at Sequim and Paulsboe las
February, has been placed under ar
rest here and is being held for ex
tradition.
BROKEN RAIL INJURES SIX
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15—Si:
passengers were slightly injured to
day when a broken rail caused om
day coach and three Pullmans o
the Western Pacific eastbound No
2 train to leave the track near Win
nemucca, Nevada, this morning.
Vance R. McDonald, who arrivei
from the Kuskokwim district las
week, left for Fairbanks on Sunday
enroute to the Circle district. Hi
expects to make the trip over th<
trail from Chatanika with a do*
team without difficulty, notwith
standing the lateness of the season
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'storms take heavy toll
WHILE RIVERS LEAVE BANKS
CHICAGO, April 18—It 19 be
lieved that more than fifty persons
lost their lives as a result of tor
' nadoes and cyclones which swept
j Illinois, Indiana and several other
nearby states yesterday. Belated re
turns from storm-swept regions give*
a list of 47 known dead, wuh num
bers reported missing.
The greatest havoc occurred ir»
Illinois and Indiana, where the sit
uation is aggravated by floods.
I The following is a list showing
.; the number of dead and injured in
I i this state:
• j Irvington—Seven dead; 35 injur
[: ed.
■j Centralia—Four dead; 31 injured
’ | Walnut Hill—One dead; five in
! jured.
’ Lake Centralia—One dead.
Hidalgo—Two dead; five injured.
Rose Hill—Two dead; ten injur
. ed.
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j Newton—Two dead; two injureu.
. I Ogden—Two dead; ten injured,
ji Fifthian—One dead; ten injured.
Hendrick, Ind.—Ten dead; lou
injured.
Hendrick Farms—Five dead; 25
injured.
Alexandria—Two dead; ten in*
- jured.
-| Oresteb—Two dead; ten injured,
-j Summitville—Four dead; ten in*
• jured.
Degoia Springs—Five injured.
The damage to property has n-t
yet been estimated, but it is be
lieved that it will run well into the
. millions.
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Riven Still Rising
. j CHICAGO, April 18—The river*
j of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and
A Missouri, which have been close to
Ithe flood stage for several day**,
rose still higher this morning, fol
lowing heavy rains which accorn
1 panied yesterday’s storms,
- The situation is fully as mehat
• ing as the flood days of 1913. Hun
dreds of families have already been
! driven from their homes and there
I has been some loss of life, with
widespread damage to crops. The
centra! division of the Red Cro-«
, is rushing aid to the stricken die
; tricts.
Storm Rakes Minouri
ST. LOUIS, April 18—A tornado
struck three miles east of Montro-e
* yesterday, causing considerable dam
[ age, but no loss of life.
Snow Falls At Denver
DENVER, April 18—With ni .
! inches of fresh snow already on
| the ground and the fail still in pro
' gress, Denver is experiencing th ■
I worst snow storm of the last - :
months.
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Flood Hits Railroad
BEARDSTOWN, April 18—Flood
waters, which are rushing through
the Coal Creek levee, have washed
away 500 feet of railroad track,
j completely cutting Beardstown off
from the surrounding country by
rail communication.
Arrivals from Anchorage brimr
the report that the recent school
election in that city was very bit
terly contested, the bone of con
tention being the principal who is
very popular among the students.
The faction opposing the principal
had access to the columns of the
only daily newspaper in own, but
when the students sough; to present
their side of the argument, the col
umn® of the paper were closed to
j them and the publishers even went
so far as to refuse to print the com
munication in the form of a circu
| lar. The students then went to a
j rival print shop and the town was
| flooded with circulars on the eve
, of the election. The candidate of
i the students was elected with fi.vin •
I colors.