Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1921
NUMBER 55
LEAGUE TO DECIDE BOUNDARY DISPUTE
SENATOR NEW PROPOSES ALASKA CONTROL BILL
HARDING NAMES HUGHES HEAD OF U. S. DELEGATION
HARDING SELECTS HUGHES
HEAD OF U. S. DELEGATION
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 13
President Harding has definitely de
signated Secretary of State Hughes
as head of the American delegation j
who will represent .America at the j
forthcoming disarmament conference ■
According to announcemnt made at j
the White House yesterday after
noon. Secretary Hughes will attend
to all the remaining details in con- j
nection with the conference. It has 1
not yet been decided who the other 1
members of the delegation will be.
Secretary Hughes has made public ■
the formal invitation to attend the
conference, which was extended to
leading powers by President j
Harding, following their informal |
indorsement of the plan trd accept
ance of November 11 as a suitable
date. The invitation places no limit
upon the scope of the i’scussions.
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.DYNAMITE WRECKS HOME
CHICAGO, Aug. 13—The resi
dence of A. V. Smith, states attor
ney. at Waukegan, was wrecked by
dynamite yesterday. The extlosion j
is believed to have been planned
^as a result of Smith’s warfare on
bootleggers. No one was hurt.
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DIPLOMAT MAKES LONG HIKE
RIGA, Aug. 13—Charles R. Crane'
former minister to China, has ar-1
rived here, having completed a
7,000-mile journey from Pek;ng, by
way of Siberia and Soviet Russia.
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SAN JOSE CANNOT EE SAVED
* SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lb- The
passengers and mail from he t:eam- :
er San Jose arrived at San Diego
Thursday night. Efforts to float
the stranded vessel have failed and j
it is feared she will be a total loss. I
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GUNS BOOM! BYNC.! BANG
QUEBEC, Aug. 13—Amid the
booming of guns at the historic citi-1
> del, Lord Byng officially became ,
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governor general of Canada here,
on Thursday.
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LEGION SHIP REACHES FRANCE
PARIS, Aug. IS—Two hundred
and fifty members of the .American
Legion, headed by National Com- '
, mar.der Emery, arrived here yester-1
day and were welcomed with mili
tary honors. They were cheered by :
thousands of Frenchmen.
KNIFE DISCLOSES TUMOR
NEW YORK, Aug. 13—An op
eration which was performed on
^ Henry P. Davison yesterday, for an j
affection of the auditory nerve, dis- j
closed a tumor near the brain. The
tumor was not removed, although
the patient was on the table for
three hours. He is reported to be in
a satisfactory condition today.
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* PRINTERS WILL NOT GIVE UP
QUEBEC, Aug. 13—The Interna
tional Typographical Union, which
has been in annua! session here this
week, adopted a resolution indorsing
the campaign for a 4-1-hour week
for members of th-s organization.
Job printers eventually will endeav
or to obtain the hours enjoyed by
union men in newspaper offices.
LANDSLIDE KILLS FORTY
BERNE, Aug. 13—A landslide in
^ Austrian Tyrol, close to the village
^ of Hi? "-am, killed forty persons
and injured many others.
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Bob Bartlett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
EM Bartlett, has just purchased a
Ford from the N. C. Company, with
money earned by himself. His car
was the last one in stock.
Ed. Ross left for Birch Lake this
morning with a truck load of camp
ers.
J. J. Clausen came up from Ne
nana yesterday, having just arrived
from the States, via Broad Pass.
George Blondo is among the out
of-town visitors registered + th-.
local hotels.
Clarence Crites is a visitor in
town from his Fairbanks Creek
quartz property.
Bishop P. T. Rowe is a visitor
in town, having come up from No
nana this week.
Ernest Foster is a recent arrival
in town from Valdez.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom G’lmore drove
in from their home on Fairbanks
creek this week, on a brief visit.
Ole Fisher, who is encaged in
bridge work on the f. V. R. R.,
visited in town this week.
Tony Tate left for Chitina yes
terday with three passengers. They
■will be transferred at the washout
to the Robinson auto. The passen
gers were C. R. Klaiczh, R. Simon
and C. Williams.
The funeral of F. C. Jackson will
be held tomorrow afternoon at Eagle
hall, under the auspices of the
Eagles and Odd Fellows, of both of
which organizations the deceased was
a member. The deceased was born
in London and was 47 years of
age. He had no relatives.
Dr. 'Lake has ppened offices in
the old Red Cross building, at Cush
man and Second.
PLANES CRASH—TWO DIE
MASON CITY, Iowa, Aug 13—
Two persons were killed here yes
terday and a thi'-d seriously injured
as the result of a collision between
two airplanes.
YANKEE MARKSMEN WIN
LYONS, France, Aug. 13—Ameri
can marksmen won the team champ
ionship of the world here this week
at the International Rifle shoot. Bel
gium, Switzerland, France, Italy and
Holland followed in the order named.
RUTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13—Babe
RutJi hit his forty-fourth homer
here yesterday, in the eighth inning.
He is now fourteen days ahead of
his record of last year.
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Itsua. Gateway to McXinlej
■atlona) Park.
PARIS, Aug. IS—According ti
announcement made yesterday, the
governments of Frame and Eng’and
have decided to refer the Upper
Silesia boundary question to the
League of Nations for final settle
ment.
France and England have reach
ed an agreement regarding bound
aries, but it will be left to the
league to make final disposition of'
the question.
Pending a settlement, the supreme
council has notified Germany and
Poland that they must maintain
order.
American Ambassador Harv ey did j
not participate in the discussion,
his reason for holding aloof beinc
that the question was one of purely
; European concern.
OIL CLAIM LOCATORS GIVEN
TIME TO ADJUST CONFLICTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 13—
The time for the adjustment of con
flicts in boundary lines of oil land
areas has been extended to January
1, 1922, for all permittees who made
application prior to July 1, 1920.
The order extending the time was
issued by the commissioner of the
general land office of August 8.
DAN SUTHERLAND,
Delegate from Alaska
HARDING’S FATHER WEDS
MONROE, Mich.. Aug. 13—Dr.
George T. Harding, father of Presi
dent Harding, was married here
this week to Miss Alice Severns.
The doctor is 76 years of age and
his bride is 52. She has been a nurse
in his office at Marion for many
years.
ALL AMERICANS CAN LEAVE
IS LATEST RUSSIAN REPORT
NEW YORK, Aug. 13—The maga
zine Soviet Russia has received an
official cable from the Soviet for
eign minister in which it is stated
that all American citizens in Russia
have been granted permission to
leave that country.
Will Advertise For Them
RIGA, Aug. 13—The Soviet gov
ernment will combat any attempt
to interject political questions into
the famine relief matter, but will re
spect the stipulation of Secretary
Hoover that all American prisoners
be released from Russian prisons.
Every facility will be given them
to leave the country, even to the
extent of advertising for them in
the newspapers, according to an an
nouncement made here yesterday by
Maxim Litvinoff, special envoy of
the Soviet authorities.
MUST OBEY MARINE LAW NOW
' SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13—The
31 steamship companies having their
i offices in this city, have been noti
fied by Pont Collector J. L. Davis
that they will be compelled to obey
the law with respect to competency
, of life boat crews. The action has
been prompted by the loss of life
j attributed to the failure of the
. steamship Alaska’s crew to function
in time of need.
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MONTANA HAS FOREST FIRE
| MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 13—The
j worst forest fire in years is sweep
j ing the Flathead forest, in north
! western Montana.
Ves&na, Where Katie »oC Ktram Keet
BODY OF MISSING PRIEST
FOUND BURIED IN SAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Aa?. 13—The
body of Father Beslin. who disap
peared on August 2, was found yes
terday, where ft had been buried at
the bottom of a sand cliff, twenty
miles from the city. William High
tower, who discovered the gTave, is
being held by the authorities, pend
ing an investigation. The body had
a bullet through the heart and an
other through the head.
A search of Hightower's room by
the police revealed a rifle, pieces of
blood-stained burlap and newspaper
clippings referring to the disappear
ance of the priest.
ENGLAND OFFERS IRELAND
STATUS OF A DOMINION
LONDON, Aug. 13—It has been
officially announced that England
has offered Ireland the status of a
dominion as a means of settling the
Irish question. The offer was made
, on August 4 in a letter from General
Smuts to President Devalera.
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Devalera On The Fe*ce
DUBLIN, Aug. 13—The reply of
President Devalera to Lloyd George,
with relation to the British peace
offer, is neither an acceptance or a
rejection, but it raises certain ques
tions requiring further parley. It is
j not believed here that the letter v <.1
result in a break in the peace ne
gotiations, as was at first feared in
some quarters.
LIGHTWEIGHTS DRAW
NEW YORK, Aug. 13—Charley
I White, of Chicago, and Johnny
Dundee, of New York, lightweights,
; fought a ten-round draw here on
Thursday night, before a large num
ber of fans.
Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Carter and
son, Filmer, arrived from Seward
on Thursday and left for Fairbanks
yesterday. They are enroute to the
States and are making the trip
| through Interior Alaska in order
to see the country. They mushed
over the Broad Pass trail and re
port a most enjoyable trip. They
1 plan to return to the coast by way
| of the upper Yukon, and will locate
| in Tacoma. Dr. Carter has been in
charge of the Methodist church at
Seward during the past two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson left
for the coast today, by way of the
Pass.
Jim D’Zukoff is among the visit
ors in town from out the line.
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A party consisting of Mr. and j
Mrs. Collins and Mr. and Mrs. |
Cooper, recent arrivals from the
coast, started for the Kantishra
district this week from the Carlson
Roadhouse, with Carlson acting as
guide. W hen out a few miles, their
pack mules ran away, and the
members of the party were compell
ed to mush back to the right of
way. They came out at Gagnon’s
and the mules headed for Healy,
where they are now being held
pending the arrival of their owners..
The party will make a new start
for the Kautishna from Healy.
The steamers Alaska and Tanana
are enroute up the Tanana river,
each with a heavy barge in tow.
The Alaska has a barge of rails,
picked up at Gibbon, and the Tan
ana has a big cold storage barge,
which will be taken through to Fair
banks. The Alaska will turn back
for Dawson from Xenana. The two
boats should arrive here tomorrow
night.
The A. St. J. MacAuley house
boat Northern Light has been haul
ed out of the water and is to be
given a thorough overhauling.
Late arrivals from the coast re
port that the accident at Hurricane
Gulch, in connection with the con
struction of the big railroad bridge,
caused a delay of only about a
week. The trouble is said to have
been discovered by a watchman in
time to avert a serious break. The
last span went in this week and it
is expected that the big structure
will soon be ready for traffic.
Mrs. Oscar Rothenburg and Mrs.
R. G. South worth expect to get away
for the coast on Monday, by way of
Broad Pass. Mrs. Rothenburg will
go Outside but Mrs. Southworth
will stop at Seward, where she will
visit with her mother, Mrs. Andrew
Novak.
SCHOONER TO BE RESCUED
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13—Tugs
are reported to have gone to the
rescue of the four-masted schooner
Golden Gate, which went agTound
several days ago 35 miles from
Christobal, Panama. It is expected
that the ship can be towed to deep
water without difficulty.
Charles Bergman, local contractor
and builder, left for the lower river
on the steamer Tanana this week
on a short vacation. Pete Jensen is
looking after the shop during his
absence.
De- uty Marshal Bill Butler re
turned from Fairbanks yesterday and
left for bis post at Healy this warn
ing.
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SENATOR NEW OFFERS PLAN
TO HELP NORTH DEVELOP
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug 13
Senator Harry S. New has intro
duced a bill proposing the consolid
ation, under the Department of the
Interior, of all Government func
tions pertaining to Alaska
The bill also provides for the es
tablishment of through transporta
tion from the States, by authoriz
ing the President to allocate from
the fleet of the Shipping Board,
vessels such as may be necessary,
the plan being to have them operate
in conjunction with the Government
railroad in Alaska, and be subject
to private lease on approval of the
President.
The bill further provides that the
personnel now connected with the
duties affected by the proposed legis
lation, be transferred to the Interior
department.
The measure has been referred to
the senate committee on territories.
FIRES SWEEPING KLONDIKE
DAWSON, Aug. 13—The Klon
dike valley, above Dawson is being
swept by forest fires, with a number
of camp in the path of the flames.
The mounted police and gangs of
men sent out by the government
are engaged in an effort to pre
vent the destruction of property..
The hydro-electric power line .s
endangered and fires are also com
ing dose to the big ditch above
Dawson.
The whole country is extremely
dry and fires are reported in many
parts of the territory.
SAYS SHE IS NOT DEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13—Miss
B. Walden, listed as one of the
victims of the Alaska wreck, ap
peared at the offices of the company
yesterday and requested that her
name be taken from the list of dead.
She did not give her address.
HOLY WAR TO HELP TURKS
ANGORA, Aug. 13—The king of
Hedjaz has proclaimed a holy was
as a measure of assistance to the
Turks in their campaign against
the Greeks. The call appeals for the
saving of Islam
TRAIN WRECKS TRUCK
VICKSBURG, Aug. 13—Charles
Brown, driving a truck with a trail
er loaded with human fro:ght, at
tempted yesterday to cross a rail
road track in front of n ipproach
ing train. When the 1 • f oattie
had cleared away it was ’ -t
Frown and anothe- white • nd
three negroes wer
white man and nine ’•?',«< s in
jured. There was lit' le left '>f r»e
truck and its trailer.
PLANNED LARGER ROBBERY
KAXSS CITY, Aug. 13—Patton
nd Gordon, who staged the robbery
of a Seattle bank messenger, have
informed the police that they in
tended to hold up another messeng
er, with a larger amount, but missed
connections.
Deputy Marshal James Hagan re
turned to town yesterday after a
brief absence in Fairbanks on o‘h :ia!
business.
A. A. Lyden, Healy hotelman, is
a guest at the Southern.