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VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCT. 14, 1922
NUMBER 361
LLOYD GEORGE DEFENDS BRITISH POLICY
, D’ANNUNZIO BECOMES ACTIVE AS TURKS RETIRE
' FOOTBALL ATTRACTING FANS AS SEASON ADVANCES
TRANSPORT THOMAS ENROUTI
WITH HONOLULU PASSENGEF
SAN' FRANCISCO, Oct. 14—H
passengers of the steamer City
Honolulu have been transferri
from the rescue ship esc Faral<
to the army transport Thomas a:
will arrive here probably tomorro
The Thomas was due today but w
be at least a day late.
The City of Honolulu has burn
to Hie water’s edge and will be
total loss. The vessel was still bur
ing today and so hotiy that it w
be at least another day befo
ships can approach closely to p
the fire out and survey the damag
The perfected use of radio te!
jrraphy is given credit for the €
cape of those on board the Honolu
all of whom were transferred
the rescue ship without accider
Those picked up included 39 woroe
35 men and *he members of t
crew, numbering 187.
Captain and Mate Overcome
ABOARD TRANSPORT—Capta
Hardy P. Lester, of the City
Honolulu, and a mate were ov«
come by smoke while ;nve=*ig<
ing the fire on board their ship, b
they recovered quickly after lea
ing the vessel. The fire is believ
to have been caused by defect!
wiring.
FOREIGN VETERANS GATHER
LEGION MEETS NEXT WEE
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14—De]
gates from a number of foreii
nations and the United States m
here today in the opening sessi
of the convention of the lnter-.;
lied Veteran? Federation.
The present gathering will be f
lowed next week by the annt
convention of the American legic
Charles Bertrand, of France,
presiding over the convention.
WOMAN AUTHOR PASSES
SEATTLE. Oct. 14—Mrs. Eliz
both Williams Champney, aged '
noted author and traveler, died
■file home of her son here yesterda
She resided here for fourteen yea:
She was the widow of J. Le
Ohampr.ey. of Berkeley, Cal.
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HEADED FOR LOS ANGELES
Washington, d. c., Oct. 14
Secretary Weeks has directed ti
transport Thomas to proceed
Los Angeles with the passengers
the liner City of Honolulu. T
transport was headed for San Fra
cisco when called to the relief
the Honolulu. The Honolulu w
bound for Los Angeles.
MONEY CAUSED THE TROUB1
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 14—Mi
Onezima Debouchel, who return
to this city yesterday from A
Ian tic City, has issued a stateme
in wihch she declares that oppo:
-tion to her marriage to Isa C. Can
ler. the Coca Cola king, was due
the fact that he planned to chan
his will so that she would recei
his entire estate in the event of 1
death.
GERMANS ARE SENTENCED
LEIPZIC, Oct. 14—Sentences
to fifteen years at penal serviru
have been imposed on the men tri
here on the charge of complicity
the murder of Walter Rathens
late foreign minister.
PORTLAND HAS DOCK STRI*
PORTLAND, Oct. 14—The seco
strike this year of local longshoi
men became effective last night,
is declared by employers that 1
dustrial Workers are responsible f
the walkout.
WARRIOR SEEKS PRESIDENT
BERLIN. Oct 14—Field Marsl
von Hindenburg has expressed wi
in an ess to offer himself a§ a cam
date for the German presidency,
the request of the National Peop!
party.
BRITISH PREMIER SAYS POLICY
OF GOVERNMENT IS HONEST
>HlCRONKHITE INQUIRY ENDS;
GRAND JURY DISCHARGED
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TACOMA, Oct. 14—The federa
grand jury -which investigated 1: <
shooting of Major Alexander Cronk
Kite, at Camp Lewis, in 1918, wai
discharged by Judge Cushman yes
terday, indicating that the inquiry
has been concluded.
Two secret indictments were re
turned by the jury in open court
but District Attorney Revelle. -whe
conducted the investigation, has re
fused to state whether or not th<
indictments refer to the Cronkhitt
case. He did say, however, that th<
identity of the persons eoneernec
would not become known for severs
days.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION
TO BE CONSIDERED SOO?
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 14—
The Interstat Commerce commissioi
has given notice that it will begii
on November 17, the cons'deraboi
of its plan for the consolidation o
the railroads of the country.
The first proposals taken up wil
concern the combining of the trans
continental lines throughout thi
Northwest.
(1- MINE CONGRESS ELECTS HEAI
al, CLEVELAND, Oct. 14—Sydney
n ■ C. Jennings, of New York, wa
15 elected president yesterdav by th<
! directors of the American Minin;
Congress. The convention adjournei
without choosing a meeting place fo
a' next vear.
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at FRENCH CRUISERS COMING
y-j BREST, Oct. 14—The Frenc-I
's- cruisers Jules Michelet and Victo:
es Hugo have started on a propoganeb
cruise around the world, in thi
course of which they will visit al
important ports in North and Soutl
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DREDGE RAMMED—THREE DIB
PORTLAND, Oct. 14—Three me:
lost their lives last night whei
the dredge of the Portland port com
mission was rammed and sunk bi
the steamer Santa Clara. Forty met
were on the dredge when the acci
dent occurred and most of then
escaped in their night clothes. lh<
dredge sank two minutes after beir.;
hit by the steamer.
LAND LAW MADE CLEAR
OLYMPLA, Oct. 14—The statf
supreme court has handed dawn a:
opinion in which it is held that ianc
held under declaration of trust foi
an alien is a violation of the stat<
arti-alien land law. The decisior
came in an action brought by th<
state to escheat an undivided hall
interest in the property of E. J
O’Connell, a citizen of Britain, anc
D. P. O’ O’Connell, a minor.
in FRANCE RELEASES GERMANS
n.; PARIS, Oct. 14—Five Germai
prisoners are all that remain it
French prisons of the several hun
E dred thousand captured during thi
td, World War. Announcement of th<
e- number was made by President Mil
If, lerand today, after he had pardonec
n- all but five of 26 convicted o:
or | crimes against the common law.
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SIMS TO BE RETIRED
NEWPORT. Oct. 14—Rear Ad
mira! Sims, president of the nava
war college, who completed 43 year
of service today, read orders befori
the collegt placing him on the re
tired list before reaching the agi
MANCHESTER. Eng., Oct. 14
In a long address, consuming nearly
an hour of time. Premier Lloyd
George made stout defense of his
Near Eastern policy, and ridiculed
his critics in brillian: manner. He
went into detail regarding the ne
gotiations lately concluded and defied
nis critics to show wherein the gov
eminent had displayeed lack of
regard for the interests of Eng
land.
Recalling his own sendee1 to the
country, the premier said: “1 cast
myself on the people because I have
npver betrayed them”.
The premier was given a tre
ENGLANP DOES NOT FANCY
YANKEE LIQUOR MANDATE
LONDON, Oct. 14—Unless an ic
junction is granted to the Canard !
: line the Br.tish government likely
will make formal protest through
. the British foreign office, against ■
, tae American prohibition ruling, as
i applied to foreign ships in American
[ waters.
Laiker Accept* Dry Rule
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14
Chairman Lasker, of the U. S. Ship
ping board, has announced that
Shipping board vessels will remain;
dry regardless of the outcome of \
the court proceedings instituted by
private American companies.
FIGHT FOR CARMACK GOLD
STARTS IN SEATTLE COURTS
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SEATTLE, Oct. 14— Mrs. Graphie
Grace Saftis, of Berkeley, Cal., who
claims to be the daughter c' George
Washington Carmack, discoverer of
pay in the Klondike, arrived here
today to participate in the court
fight with the widow. Marguerite
Carmack, for the S50G.000 estate
left by the oldtimer. The case will
start on Monday and a number of
old sourdoughs of the North will
be called as witnesses to prove that
Mrs. Saftig is the daughter of Kaie
Mason Carmack, Indian worn i,
from whom Carmack parted before
his Wedding with Marguerite, at
Olympia, twenty years ago. The
witnesses will include the girl’s un
cles. Skookum Jim and Tagish
Charlie.
One of the exhibits will be a
picture of Carmack, Kate Graphie.
Jim and Charlie, taken when the
discoverer returned to Seattle *om
the Klondike. They were snaDped
as they sat on boxes of gold dust
extracted from the Northern pay
streak.
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WAGES DROP IN JAPAN
TOKYO. Oct. 14—With the ex
ception of Tokyo, waste? of work
men during the summer indicated
a slight drop or remained practically
i unchanged. In Tokyo, dyeing and
j textile wages scored a perceptible
advance during the period while
others remained little changed. In
Kyoto. Kobe. Fukuoka and other
leading cities, dyeing, chemical and
miscellaneous wages dropped slightly
while others remained stationary..
Throughout the different cities wages
of maid servants increased during the |
summer, as did those of cement
and steel workers in Tol"
and shoemakers in Kyoto, sugar re
finers and transport agencies in
Nagoya, brick layers, sake brewers
and textile makers in Kobe. A drop
' was registered in the wages of silk
> reelers in Tokyo, spinning onerat
■ ives in Kobe, millers in Yokohama.
• painters in Kobe and compositors in
' the public printing offices in Fukuo
ka.
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of his address.
Turks Are Retiring
CHANAK, Oct. 14—There is a
general retirement of Turk troops
in this region in compliance with
the conditions of the armistice
convention.
D'Annunzio Erupting Again
LONDON", Oct. 14—A Centra!
New? dispatch is authority for the
statement that fighting has broker
out in Flume between the D'Annun
zio leginnaires and the Zaneils
forces.
NEW CONSTITUTION IS BAD,
DECLARE ILLINOIS CLERGY
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Oct. 14—Be
cau^e the words “In the year ol
our Lord” are omitted from the
draft, of the proposed new state
constitution, which is to be sub
mitted to the voters of the state
on December 12, the whole worth o]
the document is vitiated, according
to a published communication bear
ing the signatures of prominen'
clergymen, state officials, officials oi
the Masonic organizations ant
others.
RAILROADS SIGN AGREEMENT
WITH NEW SHOPMEN UNION*
CHICAGO. Oct. 14—Sixteen rail
roads have completed agreement
with the new shopmen's organiza
tion by which, in effect, the mer
waive the right -to strike, and th<
companies pledge themselves not tc
litigate.
Both parties bind themselves tc
abide by the decisions of the Rail
way Labor board.
Board Grant, Increase
The Railway Labor board hai
granted a wage increase of rwc
cents an hour to the 51,911 mem
bers of the Maintenance of Waj
brotherhood.
GOTWALS VISITS COLD BAY
Major J. C. Gotwals, engineer
officers of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, left Juneau recently on a tou:
of inspection which will take him
to the Cold Bay district aad n por
tion of the Interior. He expects tc
be absent from his headquarter;
for a period of six we^ks or more.
The major will go first to Kanatak.
to look over the wagon road being
built by the two oil companies in
that section, and while there he will
make a brief survey of transporta
tion conditions and needs of the dis
trict. After completing his work at
Cold Bay he will return to Seward
and go over the Alaska Railroad
to Fairbanks, touching a number of
projects of the commission enroute.
He will probably close down work
on several jobs for the winter and
make preparations to open winter
work on several projects.
WRECK IS SURVEYED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct- 14—A
wireless message received in this
city this afternoon states that two
men have been put aboard the City
of Honolul to make a survey of the
damage done by the fire. It is be
lieved that rescue ship6 have been
able to subdue the fire, and it s
possible an attempt will be made to
tow the derelict to port for a more
thorough examination.
A freight train arrived from the
south late this afternoon. There
were several passengers on the train
from points along the line.
MANY CANDIDATES ASPIRE
TO SEATS IN U. S. SENATE
CHICAGO, Oct. 14—Sixty-seven
citizens, aspiring to represent their
j states in the United States senate,
became candidates for that office in
ten states of the Central West in
primary races during the spring and
; summer. Election of governor in
j eight states called out a field of 52
| men for the eight offices.
Nebraska led in the "open field
; and no favor" contest for senator,
| six men fighting for the Republican
! nomination, three for the Demo
j cratic and three for the Progress
! ive. Missouri followed with six Re
publicans fighting for the privilege
| of opposing Senator Reed, who won
j over a field of three in the Demo
! cratic nomination race.
Iowa had eight candidates for the
senate office, six Republicans and
two Democrats. Texas, Minnesota
and Indiana followed close with sev
en candidates, Ohio and Michigan
senatorial contests called out five
candidates each. North *Dakota had
four and Wisconsin three.
Ohio proved .he favorite fieid for
gubernatorial candidates, thirteen
jumping into the race for the one
executive office of that state. Kan
sas was the conflict field for ten
candidates for governor, two of
them women, Nebraska lhad eight,
Wisconsin and Oklahoma five each.
| North Dakota and Michigan four
; each and South Dakota three.
This sudden increase in the num
I ber of candidates for state offices
; is in marked contrast with the num
ber’placed before the voters under
the old party convention system,
i The increase in the number of can
didates for congressional offices* was
even larger than that for seats in
the senate and governor.
In Indiana 65 candidates sought
the nominations for the 13 con
gressional offices. Four hundred and
forty were out for the 109 vacant
places in the state house of repre
sentafftes. One sample ballot from
Allen county contained the names
of more than 500 candidates for
state, county and township offices
The sample ballot required eight
cents postage.
In Ohio there were 104 Republican
candidates for the legislature. 24
for the senate and 80 for the house.
This number was further in crease4
by 44 candidates on the Democratic
; ticket. Twenty-two of this number
(will be elected next month.
Fifty-nine candidates were voted
ion for congressional nominations in
the six districts of Nebraska. A
total of 188 candidates sought
nominations for county offices in
Douglas county, which includes the
city of Omaha.
Eighty-eight candidates sought
county offices in Sedgwick county,
i Kansas, eighteen of whom will be
; elected to office. Thirteen candi
• dates were in the field for the office
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CHAMBERLAIN WARNS BRITAIN
BIRMINGHAM. Eng., Oct. 14
In an address delivered before the
local Conservative club, Austin
Chamberlain declared that it would
be criminal to break up the present
coalition in view of the “labor men
ace”.
HOTEL DYNAMITED
BRISTOW, Okla., Oct. 14—One
killed, two injured probably fatally
and a dozen others slightly injured,
is the story of a dynamite explo
sion which partially wrecked the
Illinois hotel here last night.
EASTERN FOOTBALL TEAMS
CLASH ON GRIDIRON TODAY
NEW YORK, Oct. 14—Chief in
terest in today's football games are
centered in the intersectional clash
between Yale and Iowa, the rival
teams being coached by the Jones
brothers, Tadd and Howard. Other
games are being staged between
the Army and Alabama Polytechnic.
Princeton and Colgate and Annapolis
and Bucknell. All of the games are
expected to be close.
Stanford Quits Conference
PALO ALTO. Cal.. Oct. 14—
Stanford University has withdrawn
from the Pacific Coast conference
because of the reprimand recently
given that institution for violation
of conference rules governing post
season football games.
Washington Meets Idaho
SEATTLE. Oct. 14—The only
Coast Conference football game
scheduled for today will be played
here by University of Washington
and Idaho. Washington has a power
ful lineup and is strong in defense
but Idaho has more experienced
players on its team. Dopesters be
lieve Washington will win. but will
have a hard time doing it.
CHINK MERCHANT ACCUSED
OF AIDING REVOLUTION
SEATTLE. Oct. 14—Details of an
alleged plot to smuggle arms and
ammunition frum the United States
to aid the Chinese revolutionaries,
was revealed today in connection
with the arrest of Lee Poye Sonn.
a Chinese merchant of Boston. Four
chests of ammunition, which were
shipped from Boston, were seized
here while awaiting shipment to the
Chinese republic.
Sonn admits his connection with
the shipment but refuses to give
his reasons for making the ship
ment. Federal officials are making
a further investigation.
AIR SPEED RECORD BROKEN
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Oct
14—Lieut. E. H. Barksdale, of the
army air sendee, broke .he world’s
record for speed today, over a 200
kilometer course. Contesting for the
Pulitzer trophy, the aviator mair
tained an average of 189.9 mile*
an hour, for four laps. Later in the
afternoon, Lieut. P,. L. Maughan
beat :he record, flying at the rate of
206 miles and hour. Lieut Maitland,
on a 100-kilometer course, hit a
pace of 207.3 miles an hour, and on
one late attained a speed of 216 1
miles an hour
ROOTING PROVES FATAL
CLEVELAND, Oct. 14—G. H.
Kappell, aged 60 years, dropped
dead in the grandstand today while
rooting for the football team of
the Case School of Applied Science,
during a game against Wooster Col
lege. The veteran fan became so
excited while Case was making a
sensational advance in the first
period that he fell over dead in hi*
seat. •
ALAMEDA PASSENGER LIST
The steamer Alamela saned from
Seattle on October 11 vit'n ne fol
lowing passengers for Seward and
points along the Alaska yul'oad
Mrs. F. J. Date, Mrs. W. C. Stein
metz, Mrs. L. V. Stanley, Jack Stan
ley, Dave Dunbar, A. B Cumming .
E. Johnson, Mrs. J. D. Sluder. Mis
D. H. Williams and baby. Madge
Eldridge, Mrs. W. R Mathewson
and baby, Ray Mathewson, G. A.
Bigelow, P- Anderson and wife, A.
Sessions, Mrs. C. M. EcKnsann. M •*.
J. H. Dietrick. Edith Cramrie. H.
W. Martin. Mrs. Ha L’Heeuroux,
Francis Fuller, Beatrice Hai.h, is.
Hatch, Mrs. A. Petersm •■id four
girls.
H. E. Hilton, of New York, is a
guest at the Cooney Hotel.