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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DEC. 23 1922
NUMBER 391
COMMITTEE APPROVES RAILROAD .ITEMS
HA YNES TELLS DR YS PROHIBITION WORKING GOOD
HOUSE ADOPTS CONFERENCE REPORT ON NAVAL BILL
NAVAL BILL IS REPORTED
CARRIES MORE THAN 1922
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 23—
The annual naval supply bill wiui a
provision requesting the President
to call another naval disarmament
conference to consider limiting the
construction of vessels under lO.OOo
tons, was reported by the senate
committee today and is now under
consideration. The bill. as reported
by the committee, carries a total of
295 million dollars, which is an in
crease of only two million over the
house total.
Borah Offer* Amendment
Senator Borah has offered an
amendment to the naval bill pro
viding for a Conference of world
powers to consider economic ques
tions, with a view to the establish
ment of stable financial and business
conditions, and also to bring about
a reduction in land and sea arma
ment.
BUR5UM BILL APPROVED
ON CONFERENCE REPORT
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 23—'
The lower house of Congress has a
dopted the conference report on the
Bursum bill providing for an in
crease in pension payments to Civil
and Mexican War veterans from *50
per month to *72.
The measure is still pending in me
senate.
TAFT HAS TROUBLE
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 23
Chief Justice Taft underwent a
minor operation this week for the
removal of gravel from the bladder,
aad is now virtually recovered. He
is able to receive visitors and tran
sact court business as usual.
U. S. TO SUE AIRMEN
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 23.—
Assistant Attorney Genera) Seymore
is authority for the statement that
the department of justice is prepar
ing to file suit against the W right
Marting Aircraft Corporation for
the recovery of a war claim amount
ing to more than three million dol
lars.
NO TRACE OF ROBBERS
DENVER. Dee. 23—After having
investigated a number of reports
and followed countless supposea
clues, the officers who are trying to
find -die bandits who staged a rob
bery several days ago in front of
the mint, admit that have no trace
of the men. The search in nortnern
Colorado has been abandoned and
attention is now being directed to
local clues.
A E. MALTBY DEAD
SEATTLE. Dec. 23—A. E. Maltby
assistant United States attorney in
the First division, with headquarters
at Ketchikan, died in that city on
Wednesday and will be buried here
r*ext Wednesday. He was an old
tmer of the North, and was in Daw
son in the early days of the camp
going from there to Iditarod. where
he was U. S. commissioner and ac
tive in politics. He was a native of
Newcastle. New Brunswick.
SHELLS EXPLODE-3 HURT
BENICIA. CAL. Dec. 23—Three
men were injured, one probably
fatally here yesterday as the re- ]
suit of the explosion of a nunmer
of salvaged shells at the Govern-]
ment hospital.
MEXICANS KILL AMERICAN
TAMPICO. MEX. Dec. 23—Emile
Amston. formerly of Shreveport, as
sistant line superintendent for the
Mexican Gulf Oil Company, was shot
and killed from ambush in the spte
of Vera Cruz, according to advices
received in this city yesterday.
DOPE AGENTS CAUGHT
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 23—Three
men were placed under arrest in
this city yesterday on the charge of
baling narcotics in their possession.
The police also found a notebook
on the men, containing the names of
several prominent persons, including
Wallie Reid.
BANDITS MAKE GOOD HAUL
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23—A policeman
and two emp’oyes of the Stix Baer
& Fuller dry goods company were
held up by five bandits yesterday
and relieved of a sachel containing
$4,980. The highwaymen made their
escape.
Fire Chief Alexander is making
repairs today to the water main on
Front street,^ where a leak appears
to have developed.
Special Agent Billy Butler came
over from Anchorage yesterday.
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NEW RIVER BOATS PLANNED
TO OPERATE OUT OF NENANA
AIRMEN ATTEMPT FLIGHT;
FEARED THEY MET MISHAP
SAX DIEGO. Dec. 23—Raymond
C. Calzer, petty pay officer of the
navy, stationed at the North Island
air station, and a representative of
the Fox film company, who left
for Los Angeles on Tuesday in an
airplane, have failed to reach their
destination, and it is feared they
encountered trouble enroute. Their
failure to report is being investiga
ted by the police.
BODIES OF MISSING MEN
FOUND AID OF DYNAMITE
SHREVEPORT. Dec. 23—The
badly decomposed bodies of two men
believed to be Walt Daniels and
Thomas Richards, missing victims of
the mob at Moorhouse, last August,
were found in Lake Fourche yester
day. having come to the surface fol
lowing the explosion of dynamite
in the water. The limbs of the bodies
were tied with wire.
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENSE
ASK INSTRUCTED VERDICT
MARION’. Dec. 23—The court
which is trying the Herrin cases has
denied a motion of the defense to
the effect that all of the state’s ev
idence stricken from the record and
the jury instructed to bring in a ver
dict of not guilty.
Joseph O’Rourke. William Caim=
and Robert Officer, survivors of the
Herrin slayings, were among the
witnesses called by the state during
the week. Cairns who wa= a mine
guard identffied Per.er Miller, one
of the defendants, as the man he
saw shoot and kill a miner. Cairns
said he was wounded and suffered
indignities until finally rescued by
Sheriff Thaxton and taken to a hos
pital.
POINCARE URGES DEPUTIES
TO RATIFY NAVAL TREATY
PARIS, Dec. 23,—Premier Poin
care appeared before the foreign
affairs commitee of the chamber
of deputies yesterday and insisted
that the Washington naval agreem
ents be ratified at the earliest pos
sible moment. Poincare was support
ed by former premier Briand.
LONGSHORMAN AWARDED
TEN THOUSAND DAMAGES
SEATTLE. Dec. 21—A federal
court jury has awarded William
J. Sullivan. longeshorman, the sum
of $10,000. damages from the Alaska
Steamship Company, for injuries suf
fered while in the employ of the
company. Sullivan testified at the
hearing that a steel oil drum rolled
down upon him while he was work
ing on the freighter Kerch ikan at
Nome last summer.
The Texas Christian Advocate, in
a recent article on the Alaska Agri
cultural College and School of Mines
says in part: “Just look at Alaska
and reflect that the native? build
houses out of snow and call them
Igloos, and crawl into them and
sleep in their clothes through nights
six months long, saying their prayers
only when they go to bed on the
first of July and forgetting their
devotions until they say grace at
breakfast on the first of January.’’
To which the Valdez Miner replies
as follows:
“It is possible that the Texas
Christian Advocate may be an ex
cellant guide in matters theological
but in others particularly those
relating to Alaska, doesn’t cut a
whole lot of ice. If the editor of
the Advocate believes the night?
are six months long in Alaska he
at least should have continued his
investigations to the extent of find
ing out during what nart of the year
such nights occur. Perhaps the Al
askans are not as well educated as
he might be. but he is not fool en
ough to go to bed on the first of
July when the days are 24 hours
long.
Our advice to the editor of the Ad
vocate i3 that he stick to theology.
In other matters he is somewhat
lacking.”
f WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 23—
The annual supply bill of the De
partment of the Interior, which was
reported to the house yesterday,
carries a total of $294,215,300,
■which is nearly $300,000 less than
the appropriation allowed for the
present year, and e—'roximately
$100,000 less than the budget es
! eimate.
The items in the bill, as report
; ed. include one million dollars for
I the operation and maintenance of
the Alaska Railroad during toe com
1 ing- fiscal year, in excess of estim
ated revenues, which is a reduc
tion of $260,860 below the estimate
The railroad organization also is
i allowed the sum of $889,140 for
* the completion of construction and
the purchase of equiptment. $50,000
1 for the maintenance and operation
j of river steamers in connection with
the railroad, and $75,000 for the
construction of new steamers and
Dartres, it being the desire of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission to
build two steamers to operate be
tween N'enana and Yukon river
points, ia connection with the steam
ers Davis and Jacobs, which are now
on the ways at N'enana being thor
oughly overhauled. It is understood
that the railroad organization also
plans to acquire the steamer Teddy
H. for operation on the side streams.
Other Alaska items in the bill in
clude $15,000 for the suppression
of liquor traffic among .he Indians
of Alaska, an item eliminated by the
budget and restored by the house
committee. The sum of $350,000 is
allowed for educational purposes,
$90,000 for medical relief, $10,000
for propogation of reindeer. $142,
500 for care of insane, and $20,000
, for the protection of Alaska game.
SENATOR SUGGESTS ACTION
TO DISPOSE OF BAD PACTS
WASHINGTON*. Dec. 23—Point
I ing out that both President Harding
; and President Wilson had refused
! to renounce certain discriminatory
i commercial treaties, as directed by
; the merchant marine act of 1920,
j Senator McKellar yesterday intro
j dueed an amendment to the shipping
bill proposing the abrogation of the
• treaties by direct action of the sen
ate and house.
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FINE CHURCH BURNS
‘ SEATTLE Pec. 23.—The Notre
Dame church, considered to be one
of the finest churches in Canada,
was destroyed yesterday morning
by fire. The interior of the edifice
was recently renewed at the cos:
of $90,000, but the loss will be no
minal as the building was covered
by insurance. The fire is t.nought
to have been started deliberately.
ANCHORAGE COURT MAKES
GOOD RECORD ON BOOZE
ANCHORAGE. Dec. 23. —Of tine
eighteen liquor cases tried during
the present term of court, fourteen
convictions were secured and, in
most instances, heavy sentences yere
imposed. In the cases where convic
tions were secured on appeal. Judge
Ritchie stated that he could not see
his way clear to give lighter sen
tences than had been imposed in
the lower court.
LOOKS LIKE INTERESTS
PAVED WAY FOR ARBUCKLE
NEW YORK, Dec 23—Rev. S.
i MacFarland, general secretary of the
! national council of the Church of
Christ, and a member of the “com
mittee on Public Relations." re
cently named by Will Hays to aid
I in placing the movies on a higher
plane, has written to Hays asking
| why he, as a member of the com
mittee, was not consulted regarding
the reinstatement of Arbuckle. He
! points out that the impression is
gaining ground that the action was
due to pressure brought by finan
i cial interests invested in Arbuckle
films.
At a recent meeting of the Ketch
ikan city council it was decided to
call a meeting of all the property
: owners on Waiter street to consider
ithe advisability of widening that
j thoroughfare, making it thirty-five
! feet wide between the Ketchikan
''Cold Storage plant and the store
| formerly occupied by Tha-ceher &
Collins.
The subject of securing an elee
! trie fire truck was discussed and
j Mayor Torry was empowered to or
i der an American La France model
from a Seattle firm with a capacity
for 1,000 feet of hose and accommo
i dations for a force of seven men
| priced at $5,000.
MISSING AIRMEN DEAD
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23—The
charred bodies of Col. Francis C.
Marshall and Lieut Charles Webber,
missing army aviators, have been
found on the Pablo Indian reserva-;
tion. 75 miles west of Tuscon, ac-;
cording to advices received in this
city today. The message states that,
the discovery -was made by cowboys ,
but no other details were given.
HARDING GIVES ALASKAN
CHANCE TO GO STRAIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 23
President Hardin? has commuted the
sentence of John Carl, Canadian,
who tvas sentenced in Alaska for
second degree murder. He will be
released from prison on Christmas
Day, with two other prisoners whose
sentences also have been commuted
by the President.
EVAN JONES MINE WILL
START OPERATIONS SOON |
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ANCHORAGE, Dec. 23—The f;re|
in the Evan Jones mine at Jones-1
ville has been extinguished and the j
work of pumping the water out is
now well under way, the reports
from the mine stating that mining
operations will be resumed at the
end of another week.
In the meantime preparations are
being made to haul 250 ton? of coal
daily from the Batxer mine, on
Moose creek. Snow has started fall
ing and it is expected that the
four caterpillars will be able to
take the trail within the next day
or two.
TOM AITKEN IS BOOSTING
NEW KOB1 MAIL ROUTE
The News is in recipt of a letter
from Fairbanks Commercial Club
requesting co-operation in the pres
entation of the true conditions re
garding the new Kobi-Kuskokwim
mail trail, concerning which there
appears to be considerable contro
versy at the present time, resulting
chiefly from inability of Contractor
Hill to make prompt delivery of
early mails and from a desire on
the part of the coast people to
have the - mail routed from Nancy
or some other point near the coast.
The Fairbanks organization receiv
ed a telegram from Tom Aitken
very recently, in support of the Kobi
trail, and a copy of the message was
forwarded to the News. It reads as
follows:
Strenuous efforts being made to
switch mail route back to Rainy pass
which is mistake and unjust, as
carrier received contract too late
to make satisfactory arrangements
for first few trips. Mail now mov
ing satisfactorily. Kobi route will
lead to new mining developments.
Is shorter:, safest route to railroad.
Have been over both trails many
times and know. Please use your
influence and get in touch with
Nenana.”
It is well known to the people
of Nenana that Mr. Aitken has
made numerous trips from the Kus
kokwim district to the Kantishna.
by way of the trail now used for
transportating the mail betwen Kobi
and Big River, and he should know
what he is talking about. He surely
would not advocate the new trail
if he did not think the people of
his section of the Interior would
benefit through the use of that
route, instead of the Rainy Pas?
route. There is that argument and
the additional argument that will
prevent any return to the Rainy
Pass trail at this time.
Stanley Cherraeff, who has been
engaged in contract work on the
Alaska Railroad during the last sev
eral years, left for the Outside last
night. He may be back in the spring
DAWES SAYS POSTOFFICE
HAS RUN WITH BIG LOSS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 23—1
General Dawes, former director of'
the national budget, has jus: made ;
public what he terms the "submerged
balance sheet of the postoffice de
partment. showing a deficit of $16,
198,000 for the first three months of
the present fiscal year. The liabili
ties he places at $140,846,590 for
the three months, and the assets
at $124,648,590.
A LADY IS ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF RAILROAD
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. Dee.23- '
Declared to be the second woman ‘
to attain such a high position on an ;
American railway system. Miss Em-;
na S. Redel. chief clerk of the !
Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad, j
has been appointed assistant secre
tary of the road by the board of i
directors.
As an assistant to President W. .
H. Bremmer and Vice-president E
E. Nash, it is said Miss Redel fre- i
quently had charge of both financial i
and operating departments, in tht
absenee of these two officers.
Miss Redel entered the service
of the Minneapoles & St. Louis in
1908 as a stenographer in t ie law
department. In 1913 she was ma lt I
chief clerk in that department, and j
in 1917 chief clerk in the pesident’s j
office.
SPECIAL AIRPLANE NEEDED
FOR WORK IN TROPICE
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. Dec.23— j
The exploration expedition by -sea- i
plane, recently a:empted in -vest-!
ern Papau. ha? failed owing to the I
effect of the tropical heat on the
machine. The members of the ex
pidition are proceeding to the Fly
River on foot.
Mr. Lang, the pilot declared that
the tropical rain and heat were such :
that no machine except one built j
entirely of metal, and with an en- •
gine of extra high horse power,
could withstand the condition?.
QUIET AT WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 23—1
Christmas at the White House will
lack much of the holiday spirit of
bygone days because of the illness
of Mrs. Harding. There will be no;
house guests and no tree but wreath
will be placed in the windows to!
add a little cheer. It is possible that j
Mrs. Harding will go down stairs j
in a wheel chair to preside at the i
table, but she will eat sparingly of
the turkey presented for the Whit?
House Christmas.
KOYUKUK GRUB IS SHORT
MUST HAUL FROM ALATNA
Recent arrivals in Nenana from
the Koyukuk district report a sc*r
ious shortage of provisions in the
far northern camp, such as seriously
handicap mining operations. This,
shortage, it is explained, resulted 1
from the inability of the steamer!
Teddy H. to reach the uprn-r Kov-j
ukuk river on the last trip of the j
season. The boat was compelled by i
low water to discharge cargo at j
Alatna, considerably more than 100,
miles below the Koyukuk mining j
district, and residents of that see-1
tion are compelled, in consequence. 1
to haul their supplies up the river I
that distance, which adds greatly to j
their cost.
The situation has been further
complicated bv the removal of the
only horses in the camp to the
Chandlar district, eariv in the sea
son, dogs now affording the only
means of transportation.
The arrivals state that av number
of important articles of food are
listed among the shortages, flour be
ing one item. This scarcity of sup
plies will not result in any suffer
ing, for Koyukukers are resourceful
oldtimers and if they must go
without one article of food, they
will manage to get along on some
thing else, if necessary- But winter
mining will be held back by the
shortage, for not many operators in
that distrct feel inclined to work
their ground under the circumstan
ces. The cost of supplies there under
normal conditions, is all but prohi
bitive.
HEAD OF DRY SQUAD SAYS
REAL PROHIBITION NEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C. IV,- _
In a Christmas message broaucasted
to the “Friends of the Eighteenth
amendment,’’ Prohibition Commis
sioner Haynes says: "Be of good
cheer."
The message declares that the
success attained in prohibition en
forcement gives “every reason for
hopefulness, gratification and con
gratulation. The fact is self evident
that real liquor is now almost im
possible to obtain at anv price,, and
when drinkers fully realize that the
average bootleg is dangerous to life
and health, the law will, to an in
creasing extent, enforce itself."
DYER TELLS ISLANDERS
INDEPENDENCE IN SIGHT
MANILA, Dec. 23—Congressman
Leonides Dyer, who is studying con
ditions in the Par East with a view
to promoting American trade, ex
presses the belief that the next
house of representatives will favor
granting independence to the Phil
ippine Islands, and that the next
senate "likely will do the same."
BELGIUM DEDICATES
STATUE TO HOOVER
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CAI.
Dec. 23—Belgium through an offi
cial representation formally dedi
cated here today a bronze statue
set up on the Stanford University
camnus in recognition of the human
itarian services rendered to the
Belgian nation during the World
War by Secretary Herbert Hoover,
a Stanford graduate. The gift was
pun.'fcsed through small contribu
tions from the Belgian people, in
cluding children.
The statue, the work of a Belgian
sculptor, represents the Egyptian
goddess Isis, who typified the -piri.
of motherhood, the conflict with
evil. The goddess, of men- than
life size, is pictured seated "h a
throne, with her features partK
concealed by a veil.
Formal presenta’ior, was made
by Senator Albert Leheune of Bel
gium. who was designated by hr
government and came from his ns
tive land for this puprpose Frank
Deering, San Francisco, a member
of the university board of trustees,
formally accepted the gift. Dr. Ray
Lyman Wilbur, oresident of Stanford
and others, made addresses.
JAANUM MYSTERY GROWS
LOVE AFFAIR SUSPECTED
RACINE, Dec. J3—Out of the
mystery surrounding the death of
Matt Jaanum, Fairbanks miner wh>
was found several days ago with
his throat cut. has developed the
theory that a love affair, extending
to Alaska and back to Racir.e, may
lie at the bottom of the supposed
murder. It has been learned that t
silent man, just returned from Al
aska. where he spent sixteen years
in ouest of gold, disapneared from
his hotel iust before Jaanum wa«
found dead. This mystery man. a
Finn, spent several weeks at the
hotel and it was gathered from "he
few remarks mad» by him that
he had been in Alaska and we« wai
ing here for a nal to join him for
a trip to their native land The
stranger gave a ficticious name and
said he had mined for gold for
many years at Nenana,
Verna Lillian Wacker. 1 2-year-i H
student of the Ward’* Cove school
just outside of Ketchikan, is the
winner of the Territorial fir't prize
in the American Legion es>ay cor
*est on “How Can the American
Legion Best Serve the Nation.” a■■■
cording to an announcement nade
hv Commission of Education L. D.
Henderson. Hope Camfcus Ketchikan
won second prize, and Kenneth
Blanchard, Skagwav. wa- awarded
third prize. The Committee making
the awards was composed of Gov
S#o:t C. Bone and J. H. Cobb. Es
says were submitted by pupil* from
nine schools in the contest. The
schools represented were: Juneau.
Douglas. Skagwav. Ketchikan War h
Cove. Valdez. Sitka. Seward ar-1
Nenana The three winning essays
were forwarded to the National Com
mittee for entrance in the Legion’*
national award.
Late arrivals from the Kuskokwim
district state that there i« no truth
to the report that one of the mad
carriers came to grief on the trail
recently. One of them did lose his
way on the way over, hevond Lake
Minchumina, but was delayed onlv
a short time. The trail is not well
broken and the danger of getting
aff it is reduced to a minimum.