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NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY. JANUARY 25. 1921
NUMBER 187
BUREAU OFFICIAL STARTS ALASKA ROW
DEPAR TMENT REPOR T SA YS SIBERIANS NEED FOOD
SEATTLE BANDIT KILLS TWO OFFICERS IN NIGHT BATTLE
STATE DEPARTMENT HEARS
OF BOLSHEVIK BREAKDOWN
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times says the state department
has received some slight hope for
the early resumption of trade with
Siberia in the form of dispatches
which leave room for the assump
tion that Bolshevik rule in Eastern
Siberia will be ended this winter.
The report says that conditions
in the Trans-Baikel region have
reached a point where the shortage
of even the elementary necessities,
including food, clothing and medi
cine is so serious they are practi
cally unobtainable.
Reports received locally from
Blagovest Schensck, where Joe Vint,
Fred Parker and other former Alas
kans have installed gold mining
machinery, confirm the Washington
reports.
CARSON MAY REFUSE PLACE
LONDON, Jan. 25—It is expected
that Sir Edward Carson will refuse
to accept the premiership of Iflster,
and it is also understood that it is
his intention to withdraw from Irish
affairs. Announcement to that effect
Is expected when he meets the Ulster
delegation tomorrow. Th; Daily
News, which assumes to speak for
Sir Edward, says that he will con
tinue his interest in Ireland merely
as a well-wisher from England.
ALASKA WRESTLER HURT
ROCHELL, Jan. 25—Nick Davis
Cork, former Alaska wrestler, who
was defeated here on Fridhy night
by Strangler Lewis, after a struggle
lasting an hour and twenty minutes,
i3 now confined to his bed with a
dislocated vertebra. He was carried
from the mat in a semi-conscious
condition.
VANDERLIP TO USE SEATTLE
' AS BASE FOR OPERATIONS
LONDON, Jan. 25—Wireless ad
vices received in this city from Mos
cow state that the American syndi
cate which acquired concessions in
Kamchatka through Washington Van
derlip, has decided to use Seattle
as a terminal port for its trade
operations. The plans include the
great stores and oil tanks.
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HAWKESWORTH SAYS ALASKA
MUST THROW SCHOOLS OPEN
TRANSPORTATION MEN WILL
ASSIST SALMON PACKERS
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—A committee
of transportation men has been or
ganized to cooperate with the salmon
fishing interests in relieving and im
proving the situation facing the
packers. Announcement of the ac
tion was made following a meeting
of 150 representatives of railroads
and steamship lines.
Fred Wetterick, president of the
Standard Packing company, said to
day that there is no salmon sur
plus, the present stock being far
less than that of last year, which
was slightly more than six million
cases, where the average annual
distribution is from eleven to seven
teen million cases. There are about
seven and one-half million cases on
hand now, of which there are two
million cases stored in Seattle and
which is about seventy per cent of
the stock available.
The railroad men have agreed to
pass the word along the line to aid
in moving the present stock without
delay.
ROOT SAYS DISCUSSION OF
DISARMAMENT NOT TIMELY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15
In a letter addressed to Chairman
, Butler, of the house naval committee
Elihu Root declares that the ques
tion of disarmament should not be
discussed with other nations pend
ing a change in the administration
on March fourth. He said that he
believed in taking prompt steps to
reach an agreement on the question
but not until after the new adminis
tration has been installed.
AUCTIONEER HELD UP
NEW YORK, Jan. 25—A crowded
auction room iA this city was held
up on Saturday by five bandits. The
auction was shot and killed when he
attempted to prevent the robbery,
and his assistant was seriously in
jured. The bandits escaped.
SHORTAGE IS DISCOVERED
DECATUR, Jan. 25—F r a n k 1 i n
Lamb, former cashier at Ft. Wayne
army post, has been placed under
arrest here on the charge of set
ting fire to the post in an effort to
cover up a shortage of $50,000. He
is accused of setting four fires.
SNOW AT LONG BEACH
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25—Snow
fell in the Hollywood section on
Saturday, being the first recorded in
many years. Snow also fell at Long
Beach, being the first ever recorded
there.
WOMEN ABANDON PLANE
CHICAGO, Jan. 25—Nebraska’s
two women presidential electors,
widely advertised since their start
for Washington, as the “flying
grandmothers’’, abandoned their air
planes here because of unfavorable
weather and left this city yesterday
aboard a parlor car.
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—Charles W.
Hawkeskorth, superintendent of the
buereau of education in Southeast
ern Alaska, in a statement relative
to his announcement that the bur
eau hopes eventually to eliminate
federal schools where territorial and
Nelson schools are in operation, said,
in an interview published here yes
terday: “The bureau o' education
has been misunderstood in the ter
ritory, particularly among the mem
bers of Alaska native neighborhoods.
It has been accused of wishing to
segregate the native people and
keep them from the plane of the
whites. The contrary is the case, and
from now on the policy of the bur
eau will be to eliminate bureau
schools where other means of edu
cation exist.
“We do not expect that assimila
tion will be a matter of a few
months or a few years, but in time
there will be no more bureau schools
in Alaska where there are other
schools. We expect some opposition
among the white people but the
fact remains, as long as the native
is a citizen and taxpayer, his child
WASHINGTON FARMERS ARE
TARGET FOR BLACKMAILER
MOUNT VERNON, Wit, Jan. 25
—Four prominent farmers of this
section received letters " threaten
ing them with death unless each
contributed the sum of $500 to the
writer. The letters contained in
structions to place the money in en
velopes which were to be dropped
in a certain apartment house mail
box.
The letters were turned over to
the police and decoy letters used
to trap the blackmailer. Two men
appeared at the appointed hour but
they became suspicious and got away
before they could be apprehended.
The men who received the letters
are Charles Grahes, former regent
of the University of Washington,
James Sulbert, and John and Rich
ard Pets.
FAMOUS BAR PASSES
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25—A
farewell toast, with ginger ale,
marked the passing of the famous
Palace Hotel bar, whose lustrous
mahogany was polished, in days
gone by, by many noted mixologists,
on one side, and by equally noted
patrons, on the elbow side.
FAKERS FLEECE UNCLE SAM
BOSTON, Jan. 25—Fakers armed
with honorable discharge papers be
longing to others, have obtained
bonuses from the Government aggre
gating a considerable amount, oc
cording to navy yard officials.
LEAGUE MEMBERS ARRESTED
PORTLAND, Jan. 25—Thirteen
members of the Union Liberty
league were placed under arrest in
this city on Monday night when
they attempted to hold a meeting
in memorium of bloody Sunday, of
Petrograd, 1905.
ren can attend the schools of the
territory if they come from sani
tary homes.”
Territorial Commissioner of Edu
cation Lester D. Henderson says
the abolishment of the bureau school
is not timely. He declares that the
elimination of the native school in
any community does not mean that
the doors of the public will be open
ed to receive all native citizens.
Three things, he says, stand in the
way of the untied scheme of educa
tion in Alaska—the economic status
and hereditary tendencies of the
native which renders it difficult for
him to conform to the standard of
the territorial schools in regularity
and punctuality of attendance; the
inability of the average native to
conform to the rules of home sani
tation and bodily cleanliness, and
the prevalance of infections among
the native population.
W. T. Lapp, chief of tile Alaska
bureau of education, says the con
troversy between Hawkesworth ond
Henderson is very premature, in as
much as no assimilation of white and
native children can be expected un
til the distant future, if at all.
BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS;
ENTIRE CREW LOSE LIVES
LONDON, Jan. 25—The British
admiralty has announced the loss of
the submarine K-5, which went down
with all hands while nearing the ap
; proach to the English channel on
Thursday. The craft carried a full
complement of officers and men, six
of the former and 50 of the latter.
The cause of the disaster has not
been ascertained.
The K class submarines are the j
latest type of British submercibles.;
BRITISH INDIA IS SCENE
OF SERIOUS OUTBREAKS
LONDON, Jan. 25—According to
official announcement made by repre
sentatives of (the government yes
terday, serious outbreaks, involving
the looting of stores and markets,
have occurred in British India with
in the past few weeks. Sympathiz- j
ers with the “non-cooperation move-'
ment” are believed to have started j
the trouble. |
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ACCOUNTANT SAYS RECORD j
SCHWAB RECEIVED BIG SUM
NEW YORK, Jan. 25—Perlet
Morse, member of the firm which
audited the books of the Bethlehem j
! Shipbuilding corporation, informed j
the Walsh committee yesterday thatj
he knew of a voucher for $260,000)
alleged to cover the personal ex
penses of Charles Schwab for the
month of October, 1918, while the!
steel magnate was a member of the!
Emergency Fleet corporation, and
supposedly giving his services to his
country for the small sum of a dol
lar a year.
W. J. Nicley came down from
Fairbanks today to work for the A.
E. C.
DONALDSON TO TAKE CHARGE
OF COAL COMPANY AFFAIRS
Robertson S. Donaldson, who came
to Nenana more than a year ago to
take charge of the Nenana store of
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, has tendered his resignation
to the engineer in charge and will
leave the employ of the Govern
ment about the first of February,
to become general manager for the
Healy River Coal corporation,, his
selection being the result of a re
organization of the company. The
annual election of officers will take
place about the first of the month
and at that time Mr. Donaldson will
be formally installed in his new po
sition.
Another change in the affairs of
the company will be the employ
ment of Mr. Pete Conley, as under
ground foreman, and still other
changes are contemplated, all with a
view to improving the service to the
public. Both Mr. Donaldson and the
new foreman have had experience
in the coal mining game—in fact,
the latter is a veteran coal miner,
having devoted many years of his
life to the business.
Mr. Donaldson has become asso
ciated with the coal company be
cause he believes Alaska has a
solid growth ahead of it and that
coal mining will be one of the big
industries of the future.
Under the present management
the Healy mine has been opened in
a thorough manner and has been
brought to the point where it can
produce about 100 tons of coal
daily.
Ernest Peterson, who is in charge
at the mine now, expects to leave
for the Outside as soon as Mr. Don
aldson can relieve him. He is going
out to join his brother Gust, who
is in the oil game in the state of
Washington. The Petersons are not
quitting the country altogether, for
they still own interests in several
Interior camps and probably will be
back to operate them after they
have brought in a few oil wells.
Dr. J. R. Bowen will retain his
interest in the coal company and will
continue to act as local selling
agent.
TOBACCO CROWERS WARNED
NOT TO LET CROPS GO NOW
LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 25—To
bacco growers on Kentucky are be
ing warned by night riders to hold
their crops for higher prices. Many
of the farmers in both Fleming
counties were visited this week and
warned that their property would
be destroyed if any of them accept
ed the present low prices for their
tobacco. ‘
There will be a dance at Union
hall on Saturday nigBt, according to
announcement made today by the
hall management It will be one of
those enjoyable three-hour parties,
with good music and a good floor.
SEATTLE BANDIT MURDERS
TWO POLICE OFFICERS
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—John Schmidt
is under arrest in this city on the
charge of causing the death of Polit •
Detective James O’Brion and Pa
trolman W. T. Angel, both of whom
met their death in battles with the
bandit in the Capitol Hill district
on Friday night. Schmidt, himself,
badly wounded, was arraigned yes
terday and entered a plea of guiltv
and his trial was set for Thursday
Under the Washington law, the jure
will determined whether he shall
hang or go to the penitentiary for
life.
The bandit opened fire on Patrol
men Angel and Neil McMillan with •
out warning when they approached
him, and w-ounded both, the former
fatally. Half an hour later Schmidt,
encountered O’Brion and Dean Car
man, a laborer, and opened fire on
them without warning, killing die
detective instantly and wounding his
companion seriously. At ithis juncture
Detective T. G. Montgomery appear
ed on the scene and took the bandit
into custody, after he had crippled
him with a bullet. Schmidt admitted
at the receiving hospital later that
he had done all the shooting and
also informed the officers that he
had been engaged in robberies for
| a year.
ROADMASTER W. L. PACKER
QUITS COMMISSION POSITION
Roadmaster W. L. Packer, who
has been in charge of construction
activities in this division since the
commencement of work on the Gov
ernment railroad and who is one of
the most highly esteemed officials
connected with the Alaskan En
gineering commission, has tendered
his resignation, to take effect about
the first of the month.
Why Mr. Packer quit and what
his plans are for the future couli
not be ascertained by The News
today, owing to the departure of
Mr. Packer for Fairbanks
Should the decision of Mr. Pack
er to leave the commission be final,
his loss will be keenly felt by every
one in the Nenana district.
Father Monroe, who arrived iri
Nenana on Friday, returned to his
Fairbanks headquarters today.
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