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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY. FEB. 20. 1923.
NUMBER 416
GERMANS PROTEST AGAINST EXPULSION
LLOYD GEORGE SA YS AMERICA MUST AID ALLIES
CONFEREES REDUCE WAGON ROAD APPROPRIATION
IRRIGATION PROJECT
MAY GET FEDERAL AID
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WASHINGTON, D. C Feb.- 20—
A bill authorizing an investigation
and report to Congress on the fea
sibility of the Columbia river ir
rigation project in the state of
Washington, was approved by the ,
house yesterday and has been sent
to the senate for final action
ANCHORAGE MAN IS GRANTED
PERMIT TO DEVELOP POWER
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 20—
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The federal water power com mis- j
sion has ordered a preliminary per-j
mit issued to Frank . Reed of
Anchorage, for the development of
a project on Eklutna river partly
within the Chugach forest.
Reed plans the development of )
water storage at Eklutna lake and j
the construction of a power plant .
between the lake and the Alaska
Railroad.
Two years will be allowed for
the necessary preliminary investi
gations.
WISCONSIN GUARD GOING
MADISON. Feb. 20—The lower;
house of the state legislature has j
passed the Polakowski bill providing ,
for the complete abolition of the:
Wisconsin National Guard.
BANDITS MAKE HAUL
CINCINNATI. Feb. 20—Three
bandits held up a messenger of the
Pearl Market Bank today and es
caped with $10,000, which was
mostly in checks..
POINDEXTER GETS POST
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 20
President Harding has nominated
Senator Miles Poindexter to be am
bassador to Peru. Poindexter’s term
as senator will expire on March 4. I
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STORM COSTLY TO SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Feb. 20—The cost of
clearing the streets of snow and
repaving portions of the streets
damaged as a result of the recent
atorm will total $150,000, according
to figures given out at the city hall.
MURDER MYSTERY THICKENS
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 20—The
authorities have been able to trace
the movements of Earle Remington
on Thursday evening to within fif
teen minutes of the time of his
death at his home in this city, but
there is not a clue to the assassin
or motive. The assassin used a tilleto
and a shotgln to will his victim.
CARS JUMP—THIRTY HURT
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. Feb. 20
Thirty were injured, two of them
seriously when two cars of .a pas
senger train left the track on a near
by mountain line. The temperature
was below zero when the accident
occurred and the injured suffered
greatly until a relief train arrived.
LOOT IS RECOVERED
CINCINNATI. Feb. 20—Federal
officials are authority for the state
ment that $73,000 worth of bonds
which were part of the $265,000
stolen from the Hamilton Bank
last September have been recover
ed. They also state that $80,000
in currency, part of the loot stolen
from the Denver mint, has also been
recovered.
FRENCH USE BRUTAL METHODS !
GERMANS CHARGE IN PROTEST
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WESTERN UNION COMPANY
CUTS MELON WITH FORCE
NEW YORK, Feb. 20—The Wes
tern Union Telegraph and Tele
phone Company has distributed to
35,000 of its 54,000 employes, $l,-j
775,000, which represents 50 per-)
cent of the 1922 earnings in excess
of $11, 500. Messengers received
ia fiat payment of $17.50.
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND MAY
GET AMBASSADOR’S POST
HONOLULU. Feb. 20—There is;
I a report in circulation in Tokio to
‘the effect that John Hays Ham-.
imond, mining engineer, is to be
: appointed American ambassador to
: Japan, to succeed lVarren. The re
; port was made known yesterday in
j cablegrams received by Local Jap
| anese newspapers.
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WANT ECONOMIC CONFERENCE j
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 20—'
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, has ]
I introduced another resolution pro- •
; posing a world economic conference ,
1 to be held at Washington. He in- ■
i dorsed a similar measure introduced j
| by Senator Borah.
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MANY BUSY PROSPECTING
IN TOLSTOI THIS WINTER
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There are many prospector? a
! round Tolstoi this winter, accord
ing to G. F. Kilroy, manager of the
Innoko Dredging Company who re
j cently returned to McGrath from
i a trip to Fairview says the Kusko
! Times.
At Fairview he saw Charles Goe
bel and Charles Konietzbo. who had
completed hauling their supplies
:from Simel’s and were ready to
leave for the creeks also Mr. Mur
dock, E. Brewley and Ralph Smith
were there, in readiness to do the
representation work on their creek
holdings.
On Boob creek, Scotty Auld and
John Rienck were hoisting dirt.
Development work on this ground
was promising.
Freighter Billy Jones, of Ophir, j
was hauling supplies from Simel’s
to Brewley’s. These will be taken
‘ through to Ophir by Felix Riley,
who was on his way in.
A. McDonald, Red Behan and
: John Heino were employed hauling
| feed for the Innoko Dredging Com
| pany from Simel’s to the Jap cabin.;
i From this point it will be relayed
over the summit by ten more head j
of stock which will be sent through
i from Tacotna.
Mr. Newell, of Fairview, who was
injured by the accidental discharge
of his shotgun last summer, is
back at his old stamping ground.'
’ Though incapacitated from hi3 in
| jury, he did not lose his aym, as
anicipated, and is getting along nice
Ily. Max Simel is doing a good
business, and will be sold out before
spring. There are many trappers in
| the hills and the fur catch from
that section will be quite a factor.
BERLIN. Feb. 20—The German
government ha? sent a note to the
French. British and Belgian govern
ments and to the Rhineland com
mission at Coblenz, vigorously pro
testing against the expulsion of Ger
manofficials from occupied areas,
and also to the brutal manner in
which the expulsions have been car
ried out.
Refusea To Work For French
DUSSELDORF,- Feb. 20—Work
men in the Duren and Grevenbroich
sections of the railway taken over
by the French from the British
forces of occupation, have gone out
on strike rather than continue in
service under the supervision of the
French military.
Not Up To America
LONDON, Feb. 20—Premier Bon
ar Law. addressing the house of
commons today, stated that it would
not be proper for Great Britain to
initiate a discussion with the United
States as to whether the French
action in Ruhr was in accordance
with the treaty of Versailles. This
attitude was taken by the premier |
in view of the fact that the United
States is not a party to the treaty.1
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Lloyd George Says Blunder
LONDON, Feb. 20—LJoyd George
in the course of a debate in the
house of commons yesterday, declar-,
ed that the French action in occu
pying Ruhr is a repetition of the
German blunder of 1914. He con
tended that it is essential that Am
erica participate in the solution of
the problem that has arisen.
Belgian Miners Strike
BRUSSELS, Feb. 20—Twenty-j
five thousand Belgian miners, of
35,000 employed in the Mon? ba
sin. have gone out on strike over
wage issues.
British Surrender Area
COLOGNE. Feb. 20—The British
have turned over to the French a
six kilometer strip of area on the J
western end of their zone, to give
the French and Belgian forces of
occupation complete control of the
railway passing through that area.!
LITHUANIANS MAKE NEW
WAR ON POLISH FORCES
WARSAW.. Feb. 20—The Lith
uanians have launched a fresh at
tach on the polish forces in the
neutral zone allotted to Poland. The
class of 1922 has been mobilized in
Lithuania and preparations are un
der way for a desperate struggle.
BABE GETTING READY
NEW YORK. Feb 20—-Babe Ruth
left Arkansas Hot Springs today to
go into training with the other
members of the club. He is the
first of the Yanks to get away.
LITHUANIA GETS MEMEL
PARIS. Feb. 20—Sovereignty over
Memel, in the Baltic area, which was
detached from Germany after the
war and held under interallied jur
isdiction, has been turned over to
Lithuania by the allied council of
ambassadors.
NEW YORK CAPITAL. HAS
INVADED HYDER REGION
Strong financial interests in New
York have taken over the Vancou
ver group of thirteen claims in the
Hyder district, owned by Hugh B.
McGuire and associates and the
Woodbine group of three claims,
owned by Chas. Lake and Dave O’
Leary, and will commence next
April on a program of active de
velopment. The properties adjoin
the Premier on the northwest and
on the same mineral belt. The
deal was put through by Mr. Mc
Guire during his recent visit to the
metropolis and is one of the most
important ever consumated, for the
district.
Development work to date has
consisted of tracing out the ore
zones by means of open cuts, and
a number of fine surface showings
have been opened up on both groups
MARION COURT OCCUPIED
WITH NEW HERRIN CASES
, MARION, 111. Feb. 20—Tne Wil-'
liamson county circuit court con-j
vened yesterday for a resumption of
the examination of venire men for
the second Herrin riots trial. It is |
expected that the examination of the
: first pane! will be completed during
i the week.
STEESE NAMES GOTWALS
ASSISTANT R. R. CHIEF
i Advices received from Washing
ton state that Col. Steese, who is
to succeed Col. Mears as head of
I the Alaska Railroad within a few.
weeks, has named Col. J. C. Gotwals
engineer officer of the Alaska Road .
, Commission vice chairman of the |
j Alaska Engineering Commission.
The report states further that j
however practicable the field for- •
’ ces of the Alaska Road Commission i
will be combined with those of
the railroad organization, in the in
i terests of economy.
FARM BLOC IN ACTION
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 20
Leaders of the farm “bloc” have j
, begun a drive to force the immed- j
iate consideration of agricultural j
1 credits legislation in the house.
SWANSON IS PROMOTED
TO BE BAIN’S ASSISTANT
Ed B. Swanson, who visited Alas- i
j ka last summer as secretary to Dr. j
Bain, Director of the Bureau of
Mines, has been promoted to the
! post of administrative assistant to
the Director according to informa-1
tion received by B. D. Stewart, j
Mining Supervisor in Alaska for the 1
Bureau.
Mr. Swanson is a graduate of the
i
j University of Washington and has a j
j wide acquaintace in Alaska. He is
deeply interested in Alaska-and the
Bureau’s work here.
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
WHITE STOCK IS WHITE
WASHINGTON'. D. C. Feb. 20—
The supreme court of the United
States has handed down a deci
sion in which it is held that a high
caste Hindu is not a “free white
person within the meaning of the
naturalization law” and therefore
cannot become a citizen of the
United States. The court holds that
: the words “white person" must be
given the meaning they have in
; common usage and persons cannot
j be applied through scientific study
, to determine whether persons af
! fected descended from white stock.
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;U. S. CHAMBER OPPOSES
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
BOSTON, Feb. 20—A referen
dum taken by the United States
j Chamber of Commerce has resulted
in a decisive vote against the pro
posal to create a federal department
of education. The Boston Chamber
i of Commerce, which is affiliated
| with the national body, voted three
j to one against the proposal.
COLORED FAMILY BURNS
NEW YORK, Feb. 20—Four ne
I
I aToes. a woman, her daughter and
two grandsons, were burned to death
: yesterday in a fire which destroyed
, a Brooklyn tenement.
FORD OFFER BLOCKED
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 20—
j By a vote of six to three the house
| rules committee refused yesterday
to report out the resolution giving
Ford’s Muscle Shoals offer the right
of way This action precludes the
consideration of Muscles Shoals leg
islation during the present session
of Congress unless the rules com
mittee should be overruled by a
majority vote of the house.
ZELLERBACH MAY START
PAPER PLANT IN NORTH
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Plans for one of the greatest
print paper mills projects in the
country were laid before Congress
man Curry of Sacremento. chair
man of the house committee on ter
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ntories recently at Washington, by
Isadore Zellerbach of the Zeller
bach Paper Company of San Fran
cisco. The plant is to be erected in
Alaska, and as government lands
and government forests are ivolved,
conferences were had by Zeller-1
bach with both Secretaries Wallace'
and Fall, as well as the Chief
Forester Greeley. The company i
wants a thirty-year lease on a large
tract of land covered with spruce!
and hemlock. Under plan submitted i
all cutting of timber would be a
rotating basis, so that no part of
the tract would be entirely cleared.
Zellerbach said the rotation system
would insure a payment supply of
timber.
Mrs I. E. Van Kirk, who came
in from Healy on Saturday to at-1
tend the minstrel show, will return!
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to her home tonight.
COMPROMISE IS REACHED
ON ROAD APPROPRIATION
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. iio—
The appropriation of $336,347,000
for the war department for the
next fiscal year is provided under
the agreement reached yesterday
on the annual army supply bill, by
the senate and house conference
committees. No substantial change*
were made in the provisions for the
army, the conferees having: agreed
on a standing army of 125,000 men
and 12.000 officers.
The rivers and harbors item was
fixed at $56,589,000 and the am
ount for rivers and harbors surveys
was fixed at $456,850. The senate
addition of 50,000 having been el
iminated.
The conferees agreed on $650,
000 for the construction and main
|tenance of wagon roads and trails
i in Alaska, as against $465,000 al
lowed by the house and $l,000,00'.i
allowed by the senate.
MEMBER OF HOUSE CHARGES
LAWYERS RULE LAWMAKERS
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WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 20—
Chairman Johnson, of the house
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; .numeration committee, charged on
1 the floor of the house yesterday
! that a clique of lawyers in New
York buy and sell the influence of
senators and representatives with
out their knowledge.
JUNKET TRIP PLANNED
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 20
Eight members of the house agri
cultural committee will be author
ized to tour the country at their
own expense to make a study of
the reforestration question under
the provisions of a resolution re
ported from the committee today.
JUNEAU MILL AWARDED
BIG ORDER FOR SPRUCE
An export contract for the deliv
ery of 5,000,000 feet of spruce lum
ber during the coming season has
been entered into by Roy Ruther
ford. manager of the Juneau Lum
ber Mills, according to information
received at Juneau recently. The
lumber is for Australia lumber im
porting firms and will be shipped
direct on schooners loading at the
mill docks at Juneau.
The contract was signed at Seat
tle where Mr. Rutherford has been
since last fall. No trouble, it is
stated, will be experienced in se
curing all the logs needed both for
local and export demands.
Early this season it was announ
ced by Harold McQueen, acting
manager of the mill during Mr.
Rutherford’s absence, that the com
pany had estimated its local de
mands at 2,000,000 feet and had
placed orders for that amount. This,
with the Australian contract, assures
the mill a cut of 7,000,000 during
the season, with it is believed, a
chance for additional business if
it can be handled. Mr. Rutherford
estimates that the cut will run
about 1,250,000 feet per month on
the basis of the present orders..
The work of overhauling the mill
has already been started. Some new
equipment will be added and re
placements made. Cutting will be
gin actively about May 1.