Celebrate the Glorious Fourth with Nenana
' THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1923
NUMBER 466
CONGRESSMEN EXPRESS ALASKA VIEWS
MEMBERS OF DELEGATION ARE NOT IN ACCORD
THOUSANDS DRIVEN FROM HOMES BY ETNA ERUPTION
CANDIANS CONSIDER PLAN
TO SPEED U. S. RELATIONS
OTTAWA. June 19—The house
•ommrttee has indorsed the govern
ment’s offer of reciprocity with the
United States in the matter of!
customs duties on certain specified j
commodities, the reduction of duties
to be made proportionate on the ba
sis of reductions made by the Uni- *
ted States. One of the leading Pro-1
gresives, supporting the proposals,
said: ‘‘If we don’t have the closest
possible trade relations with the Uni
ted States within a reasonable time
I don't think we will be able to
preserve our confederation—there
might be a political union with the
United States instead.”
PITTSBURG OIL BURNING;
THOUSAND BARRELS GONE
PITTSBURG. June 19— More !
than a thousand barrels of oil in the
ttcrrage yards of the Atlantic refin
ing Company, were destroyed by
fire on Saturday and a number of
city firemen are under treatment in j
the hospitals as a result of injuries
received.
A number of firemen were trapp
ed by flaming oil when a tank col
lapsed but all of them succeeded in
getting out with their lives.
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BULA CROKER WINS
DUBLIN. June 19—The contest
ever the will of the late Richard
Croker has been decided in favor
of Mrs. Bula Croker. widow of the
deceased. It was claimed by the
other heirs that she was not a legal
wife, but the jury found that the j
allegation that she was the wife of
Guy Marone when she married Cro- i
ker was without proof. The jury al
eo found that she was not guilty
of influencing her husband against
his children.
SAW STUDENT KILLED
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CHICAGO. June 19—Acting on a (
telegram received from B. H. Rouw,
•f Clifton, Arizona, the authorities ]
probably will reopen their investi
gstior .of the death of Leighton
Mount. Rouw says, in his wire: ‘‘I
was an eye witness to the affair on
Bwanston pier on September 19, 1
1921 and can identify at least (
four of these involved. I have good i <
•■formation and will assist all I >
oan.” Rouw says Mount was either :
dead or unconscious when the 15.t
students of Northwestern University i
hid his body under the Evanston •
after a class rush i
BANDITS HOLD UP TOWN
TOPEKA, June 19—Terrorizing ‘
the town of Circleville, forty miles 1
mortheast of this city, and holding '
its citizens at bay for more than an '
hour by shooting into all houses in ji
which lights appeared, a gang of *
bandits blew the safe of the Farm- ; 1
ers State Bank last night and escap- 1
ed with $2,600 in cash and $2,500
i« bonds.
CANADA SELLS TIMBER 1
VANCOUVER, B. C. June 19— I
Announcement has been made of <
the sale of 150 million feet of tim- <
ber on Sunderland Inlet, 160 miles i
north, of Vancouver, to Patrick Me- t
Coy of Seattle. The price is said (
to be in the neighborhood of a t
quarter of a million dollars. J
CONGRESSMEN SAY TERRITORY
PRESENTS DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
FRISCO WIFE KILLS HUBBY
BECAUSE HE WAS NOT GOOD
’SAN FRANCISCO, June 19—
Mrs. Anna Steraacfcer, aged 37,
shot and killed her husband, prom
inent shoe dealer, as he lay asleep,
her motive for the crime being, “he
was mean to me and our rwo boys.” i
Shortly after the shooting the wo
man was found wandering about the •
streets, with the pistol still in her
hand. She said she wanted to kill I
herself but there were do more
bullets in the pistol.
WESTERN OARSMEN TAKE
RACES FROM WISCONSIN
MADISON, June 19—The Uni-'
sersity of Washington varsity and
Freshmen crews defeated the Uni
versity of Wisconsin oarsmen ’on
:he Lake Mendota course Saturday
afternoon. The Western Varsity de- J
Seated the Easterners by one length
md a half and the Washington
Freshmen had eight lengths at the
finish. In the varsity race both
sights started even and Washington
lad two lengths to the good at the
nile post, but the Badgers showed
surprising form and made consider
ible gain on the last part of the
course.
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G. O. P. GETS BUSY
ST. PAUL, June 19—Word has
>een received here to the effect that
t is the intention of the national
idministration. through the Repub
ic-an senatorial committee, to take
i hand in the Minnesota election
>n July 16. on which date as ue
ressor to the late Senator Knute
s’eison will be chosen. The news
tas aroused considerable interest lo
yally.
300 CHINK MINERS DIE
SHANGAI, June 19 — Three
inndred Chinese coal miners were
Irowne-d in a mine near Tsaoehwang
>n Saturday when meddlesome
oldiers cut off the electrie power,
hus causing the electric pumps at
he mine to suspend operation.. The
nine quickly filled with water and
he unfortunate miners died like
ats in a trap.
STORM SWEEPS PROVINCE
iASKATSHEWAX, June IP—A :
cindstorm. approachingg a cyel* ne
n violence, swept Central Saskatch
wan on Saturday and Sunday,
ausing heavy damage to property.
)ne death is repoted and three are
eported missing. A number of bans
nd other buildings were wrecked.
PUTTING ON SCREWS
DUSSELDORF, June 19—An
louneement has been made at
"Tench military headquarters that
■Ians are being formulated to take
ontrol of coal and coke, raw mat
rials and supplies of all factories !
n Ruhr. This plan will be adopted
o enforce the payment of the
oal tax which all except a few of
he smaller plants have refused to
ay. i
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SEATTLE. June 19—The mem-'
bers of the Congressional party -who
made the trip to Alaska aboard the
transport Cambria, returned to this
city yesterday, after brief stops at
Vancouver and Victoria, and they j
are unanimous in their expressed de
sire to help Alaska. All agree that
transportation, fisheries and central
ized control are the big problems to
be solved, and all are anxious to,
take the Alaska questions before
the next session of Congress.
Senator Warren, senior senator
of the party, is quoted as saying
that "Alaska is a wonderful country,
with large potential possibilities. W'e
obtained plenty of information re
garding the Territory’s troubles and
needs. The same situation exists ev
erywhere—each community has its
own problems which will be present- ■
ed to Congress. Out of the vast a- i
mount of information received, af- i
ter we have been able to digest ]
and consider it, we will be in a
better position to give Alaska mat- ]
ters intelligent consideration.” : •
Senater Robinson expressed the :
belief that Alaska would have to de- 1
velop from within with aid and as- i
sistance from without. Congress can-1 j
not aid, he said, by giving Alaska 1
more local self government. ‘'There <
must be something done with the i
fisheries. This is one problem upon (
which all seem united. The fisheries j
are being rapidly depleted and there i
must be more stringent regulations i
for the protection of this industry, j
The transportation problem is also
one of great importance. The gov- j
amment has spent millions for a t
railroad and I don’t believe it can j
be made to pay for itself, what the <
country needs is population.” i
Representative Barbour, of Cali- t
fornia, said: I think we were all i
impressed with the fact that the ;
fisheries need legislation to prevent t
iheir depletion. Aside from this one t
ndustry, I don’t know of any other *
problem relative to Alaska upon c
arhich all cities are so united. One 1
Droblem which Congress should j
egislate upon is more centralized ;
control. The greatest problem is t
ack of population. Just what Con- g
rress can or will do none can say at c
HISTORY IS CRITICISED
SEATTLE, June 19—The Seattle
ichool board has decided to continue c
:he use of Muzzey’s History of the *
United States for teaching1 purposes 5
n the local schools. The history has *
seen criticised by the Sons of the *
American Revolution on the grounds 1
hat it belittles the victory of the *•
:olonies over the British in 1776. ^
I*he board however, hold that Muz- a
ley’s is fairer than most histories.
TRAIN HIT AUTO ^
LOS ANGELES. June 19—A two- c
•ar *train on the Pacific Electric 1
system struck a stalled automobile f
tear Sherman junction yesterday, J
tilling Mrs. Harry McAfee, the I
Iriver, and seriously injuring three t
vomen passengers and a boy. A1 v
>core of others were slightly hurt. , d
this time. We have a vast amount;'
of information which will be valu- 1
able in aiding to form our opinions
and guide us in future Alaskan leg
islation.”
Further extension of the Alaska
Railroad did not meet with the gen- 1
eral approval of the Congressmen 1
but they appear to favor the larger 1
ippropriations for road development.
Congressmen from the Middle Wrest
md South are somewhat skeptical I 4
ibout agricultural possibilities of Al
aska but Westerners are enthusias
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Senator Ladd feels that Alaska ‘
vill prove a wonderful scenic at-!
:ractk>n for tourists, and that the
natural resources of the territory f
vill be developed as needed by the
■est of the nation. He also believes
hat protection of the fisheries is
>ne of the most important problems *
■onfronting the Territory and Con- e
rress. ! ^
Representative Hull does not be- v
ieve the Government should spend ^
iny more money on the Alaska Raii- *
■oad. He was not impressed favorab- 0
y with the agricultural possibilities 11
ind argues that the farming indust- r
y cannot compete successfully with a
he markets in the States. He declar- n
d the construction of the railroad 11
vould wipe Interior Alaska means .
if obtaining agricultural products j
rom the States and that this auto- .
natically would wipe out its own
narket for the products of Alaska j
arms. a
Representatives Taylor. MacLaffer- n
y and Crisp were united in. saying 5
hat Congress undoubtedly would t “
rive much time to the consideration t
f Alaska problems during the com- a
ng session. MacLafferty said, “while q
re are all impressed with the Ter- j,
itory and its vast wealth, none can j.
nswer the query, “what is the mat- n
er with Alaska? The members of jj
he delegation do not know but ^
hey have some ideas of how Alaska t,
an be assisted in helping itself. The ^
'erritory, from a military stand-,
oint, must be considered in the
Ians for national defense. This fea
•p
ure was not overlooked by the dele
ation but these matters were dis- fr
ussed.” p
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WHERE IS EMIL KLEIN?
The News has received a letter v
f inquiry regarding the where a- ^
outs of Emil Klein, who is being ^
ought by his daughter, Sophie |S1
ilein, residing in Paris, France.,0
inyone knowing where Klein is 5o- si
ited at present will confer a favor ^
y informing The News, or Chas. •
loldstein & Co., Inc., Juneau, A!- %
ska. ^
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VIC AT NOME tl
NOME, June 19—The steame~ n
’ictoria, which sailed from Seattle'tl
n the morning of June 5. arrived w
ere last Wednesday, and the Bu-. tl
ord, which sailed from Seattle on! p'
une 4, followed the Vic into the}
:oadstead 45 minutes later. Both
oats report an uneventful voyage,
dth weather and ice conditions i
eal. •
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HART TO NAME COMMISSION
TO STUDY BLUE SKY ISSUE
OLYMPIA, June 19—Governor
lart has announced that he will
appoint a commission of Washington
nen to collaborate with similar
ommissions from Idaho, Oregon
ind Montana in the study of blue
ky legislation with reference to
he mining industry. The view* of
he commission will be submitted
o the legislature. The appointments
re to be made at the request of
iidney Norman, governor of the
Vashington branch of the American I
lining Congress.
ORD IS NOT AMBITIOUS
FOR WHITE HOUSE PLACE
SPRINGFIELD. Mass., June 19—
lenry Ford, who spent Sunday here
nroute from Providence to New i
ork, issued a public statement in
rhich he declared: "I have no desire
> be President of the Uuited States.'
am too much occupied with my
wn affairs to become the next pres
lent, and do not intend to run. All
tis you hear about my name being
ssociated with any party is just
ewspaper talk. There is nothing in
IARDING EXPRESSES VIEWS
ON AMERICAN MARINE LI dL
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 19—
i an address delivered Saturday a:
dinner given Chairman Lasker by
embers of the U. S. Shipping
sard, President Harding declared:
At the present. Government cr era
on is the only resort \nd we must
thieve its complete success. The ;
ovemment must organize ,ts >hipp
ig lines and control them direet
I have not discussed yet and do
ot want to discuss our program I
now nothing technically of ships
at I do know the only possible way
> enter successful competition is to
ive the best of everything.”
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LEGION ADOPTS FLAG CODE j
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 19—
he American Legion flag confer
lce has adopted a code for the
roper civilian use of the American !
ag. The code, which w-ill be broad
isted throughout the country, pro
des for the display of the flag
?tween sunrise and sunset only, or j
?tween such hours as may be de-1
gnated by the’ proper authority,
l national and state holidays and j
lecial occasions. The flag should;
i hoisted briskly and lowered slow
. When a number of flags are
■ouped and displayed from staffs,
ie American flag should be in the
inter and at the highest point in
:e group. No other flag or pen-1
int should be placed above or to !
e right of the American flag, and j
hen the flag is displayed other
Lan from a staf, it should be dis- (
ayed flat, not as draperies. ; 1
VILLAGE IS BURNED
LACAUSAUMON, Quebec, June s
1—This village was partially de-' i
royed by a forest fire last week. <
LAVA FLOWS FROM ETNA;
THREATENS LARGE AREA
CATANIA, June 19—Moui.t Etna
largest active volcano in Europe,
situated in the eastern part of the
province of Catania, island of Sicily
is again in violent eruption, great
streams of lava having been pouring
down from the mountain since Sun
day night, threatening the inunda
tion of a number of large cities.
The eruption was heralded by four
explosions, followed by a great de
luge of molten lava which is still
streaming down the mountain in
several points.
One of the streams ploughed its
way through cultivated fields and
completly enveloped the station
near Castiglione and wrecked a
section of the railway near the
mountain. The entire district about
Lmgualosa is threatened.
Pecpl* are Fleeing
ROME, June 19—The lava
streams are now only a kilometer
from the city of Lingualosa, with a
population of 15,000. and the city
of Castigione. with a population of
](),000. The inhabitants of both
cities are fleeing, although it is
considered the former city is not in
immediate danger. Inhabitants of
a score of villages near the base of
the mountain have fled from their
homes terror-stricken.
Big City Threatened
CATANIA, June 19—Reports -re
ceived in this city this afternoon in
licate that the city of Giarre, with
a population of 20,000 is threatened
with destruction by cpproaching la
va streams. The inhabitants are
leaving hastily, many of them leav
ing everything behind them.
It is estimated that about 50,000
people already have been rendered
aomeless by the eruption. The air
:s so filled with ashes, cinders and
imoke that the sun Is almost ob
scured.
Several Towns Destroyed
ROME, June 19—Hope is enter
tained that the city of Tingualosa.
which yesterday appeared doomed,
will escape the flow of lava. The
towns of Piccilo. Pallamelata and
Ferro have been wiped out and re
rugees are thronging every road.
King Victor Bmanuel is leaving
ror Sicily immediately to superin
tend arrangements for caring for
the homeless, of whom there is a
teadily increasing number.
Mt. Vesuvius is moderately ac
tive, emitting smoke and lava.
Getting Worse
CATANIA, June 19—The flood
if refugees from the lava covered
listricts is growing hourly. Every
■oad is filled with the motly crowd
if terror-stricken people. The
treams of lava are now penetrating
me of the most densely populated
listricts in the world with an aver
ige of 3,000 residents to the square
nile.
ANDERSON NAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 19—
Chandler Anderson, New York in
ernational lawyer, has been ap
iointed a member of the United
States German claims committee,
ucceeding Edwin B. Parker, who
esigned to become umpire in the
laims negotiations.