• Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENAN.A ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1922
NUMBER 180
■ UNION MINERS CLAIM BIG GAINS IN SOUTH
STORMS AND FLOODS RAISE HAVOC IN STATES
• LOS ANGEL ES PROSECUTORS HELD ON GRAVE CHARGE
STORMS FATAL TO MANY;
HIGH WATER THREATENS
CASPER. Wyo.. April 8—The
most severe snowstorm of the win
ter swept Central Wyoming this
week.
Storm Kill* One At Eleetra
WICHITA FALLS, April 8—One
death is reported from Electra as
the result of a rain and wind storm ,
which swept that section yesterday.
Several others are reported to ha\ei
been injured and the property loss j
is heavy.
Woman Killed At Lawton
LAWTON, Okla., April 8—One
woman killed, a baby fatally injur
ed and several others hurt is the
story of a windstorm which visited
the Mountain Hill addition late yes
terday afternoon.
Another At Cisco
FORT WORTH. April 8—A wind
storm which swept Cisco yesterday
killed one, seriously hurt another
and slightly injured several other
residents. A score of houses were
wrecked and many stores flooded.
Six Dead At Rowena
BALTIMORE, Tex., April 8—Six
persons are reported to have been
killed and seven injured as the re
sult of the visit of a tornado near
Rowena yesterday. Six houses were
destroyed and communication crip
pled. It is feared the death toll will
be greater when all of the wreckage
has been searched.
Three Dead At Opin
FORT WORTH, April 8—Three
were killed and five injured in the
storm at Opin.
High Water Threatens
BEARDSTOWN, 111., April S—In
an effort to lessen the strain on the
Lost Creek levee, which is protect
ing this place from the flood waters,
three levees along the Illinois river,
north of this city, were broken this
morning. The Lost Creek leyee has
been saved for the moment, but the
slightest wind or a further rise in
the flood waters will cause its de
struction.
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL LINES
COST CITY SEVERE LOSS
SEATTLE, April 8—The Muni
ciple Streetcar system was operated
at a heavy loss during the months
of January and February, according
to the report of the superintedent,
which has just been made public.
The receipts were $60,000 less
than enough to meet the expense
of operation in February, making
a net deficit for January and Febru
ary of $76,000. The fare is eight
and a third cents, or three for a
quarter.
MINE BUREAU DIRECTOR WILL
SPEND TWO MONTHS IN NORTH
SEATTLE, April 8—Dr. Bain,
director of the Bureau of Mines,
will leave Seattle on the first of
May for the purpose of investigat
ing the coal reserves of Alaska.
He plans to spend about two
months in the Territory, and his
itinerary will include side trips to
Fairbanks and Nome.
CROWD WATCHES HOLDUP
CHICAGO, April 8—While many
pedestrians looked on, powerless to
interferfere, five automobile bandits
yesterday shot and killed a patrol
man and fatally wounded a bank
messenger, after which they made
their escape with a sachel contain
ing $20,000. The holdup occurred
in front of the Calumet National
Bank, in the heart of the business
district. The money belonged to the
Royal Building and Loan Associa
tion.
Bob Morgan will leave for An
chorage on Sunday to join the Frisco
Cafe staff.
ASKS FOR TROOPS
TO HOLD MINERS IN RESTRAINT
-,
COMMISSION WILL SELECT
JURY TO TRY GOVERNOR
WAUKEGAN, II!., April 8—Gov-j
emor Len Small, who is under in-;
dictment on a charge of conspiracy I
to embezzle state funds, has with-.
drawn his challenge of the Lane j
county jury panel and accepted the :
suggestion of Judge Edwards that a
committee of three be named to j
select a new jury list.
Both sides have agreed to post- j
ponement of the case until April 17.;
For the selection of a panel, the;
court ha? announced that the names;
of women jurors will not be in-;
eluded, both sides agreeing to the ’
ruling that the jury commission is j
not bound to place the names of j
women in the box.
BRITAIN ADMITS AMERICA
IS ENTITLED TO RHINE PAY
LONDON, April 8—Acceptance by
the British government of the Amer
i lean views pertaining to mainten
j ante costs of the American army
on the Rhine, as expounded by Sec- i
retary of State Hughes in recent!
to the Allies, has been informally'
conveyed to the state department
at Washington. It is understood that
j formal acceptance will follow short
ly. . i
NAVY PRESENTS ITS CASE
j WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8— ‘
The side of the navy department in
i the dispute with the "little navy”
I advocates, was laid before Presi
! dent Harding this week by Secretary
; Denby and Assistant Roosevelt, who
' gave detailed information regarding
i the request of the department for
i a personnel of 96,000.
FORMER EMPEROR BURIED
FUNCHAL, April 8—Perfect wea
' ther marked the funeral of former
Emperor Charles, of Austria, who
■ was laid at rest on Wednesday. It
1 is expected that his body eventually
; will be sent to Hungary for per
manent interment.
TORNADO WRECKS FARM
’ DES MOINES, April S—A small
farm, two miles northwest of this
j city, was swept by a tornado last
: night, with the result that one per
; son was killed. The property loss
| is estimated at a thousand dollars.
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BANDITS WORK ON WING
ST. LOUIS, April 8—Four men
boarded a crowded streetcar in this
city yesterday and held up a messen
i ger of the Water Tower Bank, es
I caping with cash and negotiable
: papers having a value of $7,200.
J NEW REGENT APPOINTED
i OLYMPIA, April 8—Governor
Hart has appointed R. R. Rogers, of
Spokane, member of the board of
regents of the University of Wash
ington, to succeed W. T. Perkins,
I resigned. Rogers is the first East
j Washington man to be thus honored.
AIR COLLISION FATAL TO SIX
PARIS, April 8—Six persons met
death seventy miles north of this
city yesterday as the result of the
' wreck of the London-Paris air ex
press. The disaster was caused by a
i collision.
Harry Davis, of the Terminal,
; went to Fairbanks this week on a
i brief business trip. He will return
tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8—j
John Brophy, president of the Penn- ';
sylvania district of the United Mine 1
Workers, appeared before the house ;
labor committee yesterday and urged i
that an impartial Congressional in-;
vestigation be made of the coal;
situation. “Our opinion is", he said, I
“that an industry which only gives
one hundred days work yearly re-;
quires reorganization”.
Steel Industry Backs Barons
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 8—
A further effect of the coal strike ■
was felt here yesterday when the 1
Republic Iron & Steel Company an
nounced the cancellation of an order'
for the resumption of operations at 1
the Bessemer plant because of strike
conditions in the Fayette coal fields.
The postponement of the reopen-!
ing of three blast furnaces also has
been made public.
Union Men Locked Out
CLEELUM, Wn., April S—The;
Northwest Improvement Company,
the largest coal operators in East- i
ern Washington, has refused to cal!
back union maintenance men and
fire bosses. The company superin-1
tendents are keeping the pumps go- j
ing in the mines.
Meeting In Progrei* Today
SEATTLE, April 8—Coal operat
ors and miners failed to reach an
agreement at a meeting held yes
terday for the purpose of consid
ering the wages of maintenance men
and other matters pertaining to t ie
strike. It was agreed, however, to!
hold another meeting today, at
which time, it is hoped, the whole,
matter will be settled.
Trouble In New Mexico
ALBURQUERQUE. N. M., April:
8—The first disturbances in the New i
Mexico coal fields occurred yester- i
day at Mentmor, where a crowd of!
men and women bombarded mine
workers with stones.
Says Strikers Are Gaining
EVANSTON, 111., April 8—Upon ■
the conclusion of the first week of:
the coal mine strike yesterday, Wil- j
liam Green, secretary-treasurer, as
serted that the strike is gaining j
headway in the non-union fields,
especially in Pennsylvania and in
West Virginia.
Bombs Are Used
BECKELY, W. Va., April 8—
Bombs were exploded yesterday in
front of the homes of two non
union miners who refused to join
the strike. No one was hurt and very
little damage resulted.
Governor Asks For Soldiers
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8—
Secretary of War Weeks has de
clined to dispatch federal troops to
the New- Mexico coal fields in re
sponse to a telegram from Govern
or McMec-ham. The secretary says
the soldiers may be needed to pre
serve order in the Gallop region,
where martial law was proclaimed
yesterday as the result of disord
ers.
WOMAN COFESSES CRIME;
WILL TRY INSANITY PLEA
BREMERTON, April 6—M r s .
Ruth Plumlev, who confessed to the
authorities that she poisoned her
husband, Hugh, collapsed in court
when arraigned yesterday afternoon
and the case was continued until
Monday to allow her to regain her
composure. The woman’s brother has
retained Charles H. Miller, candidate
for mayor in Seattle, to defend her.
It is understood that Mrs. Plum
ley's counsel will request the ap
pointment of an insanity commission
when the case comes up again and,
failing that, a plea of not guilty will
be entered on the grounds of in
sanity.
UNVEILING ATTRACTS NEGROES
TUSKEGEE, Ala., April 8—All
methods of transportation from spe
cial cars to mules were utilized this
week to bring the steady stream of
negroes and whites for the unveil
ing of the statue of Booker T. Wash
ington, founder of Tuskegee insti
tute. President Harding sent a let
ter praising the work of Washing
ton.
MILK SCARE GROWING
PORTLAND, April 8—There have
developed in this city seven more
cases of septic sore throat, from
which cause eight persons already
have succumbed. The disorder if be
lieved to have been contracted from
drinking raw milk.
FREE STATERS THWARTED
DUBLIN, April 8—One hundred
young men from Tralee, who were
proceeding to Dublin to join the
Free State army, were intercepted
in County Cork by a party of Re
publicans and a clash followed in
which one of the combatants was
wounded. The Free State men wer°
placed under arrest and taken to
Buttevant barracks.
! OIL PROMOTERS LAND MANY
IN FAKE STOCK PROMOTION
| BOSTON. April 8—An alleged oil
! fraud "which is said to involve the
loss of a million dollars to investors
in Boston and possibly another mil
lion in other parts of the country,
was disclosed this week when nearly
a score of secret indictments, nam
ing oil forces in New York, Boston
and Holyoke, were made public.
It is alleged by officers who have
been investigating the crooked act
ivities that the Petroleum Corpora
tion of Amertca advertised its cap
italization at $00,000,000 and that
| the Standard Ool Company was in
I terested.
PLAYING THE GAME
WASHINGTON, D. C-, April 8—
The bill authorizing the appointment
of a score of additional federal
judges is being bitterly opposed in
the senate on the grounds that the
measure is clearly a political move.
It is declared by the opponents that
the new judges are to be appointed,
with four exceptions, in all states
where senatorial contests are on.
SOCIALIST IS DEFEATED
MILWAUKEE, Wis„ April 8—
The state election on Tuesday re
sulted in the election, by an over
whelming majority, of Burr Jones
as associate justice of the state
supreme court. John Kleist, Social
ist candidate, was snowed under.
MEMORIAL FOR EXPLORER
WASHINGTON, D. C., April S—
President and Mrs. Harding, mem
bers of the cabinet and other high
Government officials and Arctic ex
plorers joined in tribute this week
to the memory of Admiral Peary,
when a granite memorial was placed
over his grave in Arlington ceme
tery. Mrs. Edward Stafford who, as
Marie Peary, was known as the
“snow baby” because she was born
the farthest north of any white
child, unveiled the memo-M.
ENTIRE FAMILY ATTACKED
IN MYSTERIOUS MANNER
concordia! Kan., April s—
L. H. Trembley and his five sons
were the victims of a mytenous at
tack this week, their assailants us
ing an axe on all of them. Theodore,
aged 15, was killed outright, and
three other brothers, aged 14, 12
and ten, wsere so seriously injured
that they may die. The father and
another of his sons were severely
injured. Immediately following the
tragedy, the house was discovered
in flames, and it was in that man
ner that neighbors found the vic
tims, just in time to prevent cre
mation.
The father was found dead this
morning. He was questioned by a
finger print expert last night and
became ill during the progress of
the inquiry. It is believed now that
he killed himself during the night.
The fact that the boy who was
killed carried a life insurance policy
for $5,000 has led the authorities
to investigate the financial circum
stances of the family.
COMMONS VOTES CONFIDENCE
IN POLICIES OF GOVERNMENT
LONDON, April 8—The resolution
of Premier Lloyd George, calling
for a vote of confidence in the gov
ernment’s policies with regard to the
coming Genoa economic conference,
was adopted by the house of com
mons last night by a vote of 372
to 94.
MAYOR QUITS—PAY TOO SMALL
HOQUIAM. Wn., April 8—Mayor
W. A. Jack, who also holds a po
sition with the city as commissioner
of safety, at the head of the police
and fire departments, has tendered
his resignation. He explains that he
is unable to support his family on
a salary of 12,000 a year.
RAILROAD BUILDERS READY N
TO BEGIN WORK FOR SEASON
The extension of the track from
the foot of A street to the bridge
site, near the Mission, to serve as
a material track, will be taken in
hand just as soon as the frost is
out of the ground, according to F.
A. Hansen, engineer maintenance
and construction, who arrived from
the coast this week. Preliminary
work in this connection has already
received attention and at the pro
pitious moment the actual work wi
be launched and rushed to comple
tion.
Steam Shovel Foreman Frank
Daniels has arrived to assume his
duties at North Nenana, where the
camp will be enlarged and prepara
tions made for the steam shovel
crews and others who will work
there during the season.
Steam shovels for getting out
material for stabilizing the line, re
enforcing the embankments and put
ting the cuts in shape, will be sta
tioned at Mile 294, Mile 327 and
Mile 331, while the ditcher will do
similar work at Mile 347. Camps
have been established at these places
and the work is well along.
A large labor force will be em
ployed in ballasting and other need
ed work along the line as soon as
conditions will permit. Mr. Hansen
says there will be work for all who
want h within a short time.
Mr. Hansen will leave for the
-•oast tomorrow.
BURCH PROSECUTION FACES
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
LOS ANGELES, April 8-0nt
private detective is under arrest,
charged -with tampering with the
Burch jury panel, and another ha
been cited for contempt. The de
fense charges that the two men at
tempted to influence the minds of
the jurors in favor of the prose
cution.
Both District Attorney Woolwine
and Assistant Prosecutor Keyes have
been exonerated.
The entire jury panel has been
i discharged and the case continued
until Monday, by which time, it is
expected, Judge Reeve will have
! concluded his investigation of the
charges relative to tampering with
\ the jurors.
DAWSON REPORTS ARRIVAL
OF FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING
DAWSON, April 8—The spring
thaw is on in the Yukon, and the
last Whitehorse slegh stage is en
1 route to its upper Yukon destina
! tion, having left on Wednesday.
! From now until the opening of
navigation, the traffic of the terri
J tory will go on wheels.
Lumber, building material and
i supplies will go to the new Mayo
j camp in large quantities in the
i spring, and wharves, warehouses.
| stores and residences will be built
j in the silver bonanza district as
i soon as weaker conditions will per
1 mit.
! “Sunny Jim” Fairborn, formerly
! general agent of the White Pass at
Fairbanks, will occupy a similar po
| sition at Mayo during the coming
season.
FISHERMEN ENROUTE NORTH
TO MAKE ANNUAL CLEANUP
SEATTLE, April 8—The movt
: ment of three thousand men to th
Libby McNeil & Libby packing plants
: in Alaska is now under way. The
: Libby Maine left for the North on
Thursday for Kenai; the bark Geo
Curtis is scheduled to sail next Wed
nesday for Nushagak; the W. B.
Flint will get away for Ekuk on
April 15; the Abner Coburn sails
April 18, for Egegik; and the Ori
ental will leave for Libbyville on
'April 20.
SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORS
WORK AT MUSCLE SHOALS
—
WASHINGTON, D. C . April 8—
The senate agricultural committee
has voted unanimously to reeom
mend the resumption of work or
the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoai-.
and will press an amendment to the
army supply bill providing for ar
appropriation of $7,500,000 to con
tinue the work during the year.
THINK THEY HAVE A CLUE
LOS ANGELES, April 8—A eon
ference between city police and
members of the sheriff's staff, who
have been working on the Taylo>
case, was held this week, at the re
quest of the district attorney, but
i nothing has been given out for pub
lication. It is generally understood
that there have been some new
minor developments and detectives
intimate that they are still hopeful
of solving the mystery.
■
P. O. OFFICIAL NAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 8—
President Harding has nominated
Paul Henderson, of Illinois, to be
second assistant postmaster general
LASKER IS GETTING NERVOUS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8—
Chairman Lasker, of the Shipping
Board, is urging prompt action on
the administration ship subsidy bill.
De has warned the lawmakers that
delay may be fatal to the whole ship
ping program.