Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 1922
NUMBER 154
FIRE SWEEPS- BUSY ANCHORAGE STREET
NEW STEAMER LINE TO INVADE ALASKA WATERS
ARMS CONFERENCE CLOSES HISTORY MAKING SESSION
PEACE MEETING
AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 7—
The history-making Armament Limit
ation Conference ended its work
yesterday with the signing of the
treaties agreed upon in the final
days of the gathering, and with the
farewell address of President Hard
ing, adjourning sine die at 11:13
yesterday morning in the assembly
hall of the Daughters of the Revo
lution building, where all of the
open sessions of the conference were
held.
The delegates of the nine nations
marched in turn to the space at the
great table and signed the treaties
and agreements which are parts of
the great structure built to lift
from the world the burden of ex
cess naval armaments, to promote
peace on the Pacific, give a new
bill of rights to China, and remove
from the Far East particularly, the
clouds of war.
As each delegation signed the
documents, the great audience ex
pressed the hopes of the world in
prolonged applause. At the conclu
sion of the signing, President Hard
ing delivered his farewell address.
The President thanked the dele
gates on behalf of the United State
and the American people, adding,
“perhaps I dare volunteer them for
the world’”. His own gratification,
he said, was beyond his capacity to
express. “The Conference”, he con
tinued, “has wrought truly great
achievements. I will say with any
confidence and faith plighted here
today kept in national honor, will
mark the beginning of a new and
better epoch in human progress, in
revealing the light of public opinion
of the world, without surrender of
sovereignty, without impaired nation
ality, or offended national pride, a
solution has been found in unani
mity, and today’s adjournment is
marked by rejoicing in things ac
complished. If the world has hunger
ed for new assurances, it may fea.'t
at the banquet the Conference has
spread.”
China I* Grateful
The ideals behind the principles
enunciated at the Washington con
ference “transcend imp’-essiveness in
the form in which they were em
bodied”, the Chinese delegation de
clared in a statement nude public
after the conference had » ijourn
ed. They give the assurance that
China always will be indebted to
Harding, Hughes and Balfour for the
settlement of the Shantung question
which “removes a grave cause of
friction between China and lapan”.
Stroke of Geniu»
Baron Kato, head of he Japanese
delegation, says the proposal of the
United States for convening the
Arms Conference was a “stroke of
genius which has resulted in a serv
ice to the world which will live in
history as long as history lives”.
President Stops Work
As a result of the action taken
at the conference, President Harding
has already ordered work suspended
on additional fortifications on the
Island of Guam; he also has sus
V pended further developments which
were under way in the Philippines.
This action was taken in view of
the naval treaty clause fixing the
status quo for Pacific islands.
The treaties approved by the con
ference will be sent to the senate
for ratification during the latter
part of the week, it is expected.
Lloyd George Pleased
t LONDON, Feb. 7—In a speech
EARLY MORNING BLAZE CAUSES
SEVERE LOSS TO ANCHORAGITES
delivered at the opening session of
the house of commons today. Pre
mier Lloyd George declared that
the Washington conference was one
of the greatest achievements ever
registered in the history of the
world.
CONCLAVE GIVES
CARDINAL RATH
PLACEAS POPE
ROME, Feb. 7—Cardinal Achille
M. Ratti, archbishop of Milan, was
elected pope by the sacred conclave
of cardinals yesterday morning, fol
lowing several days of resultless
voting. The successful candidate
has selected the name of Pius XI.
Cardinal O’Connell arrive 1 in *e
city from America just an hour af
ter the final ballot had been taken.
The thousands who were waiting
in front of St. Peters for the final
outcome of the balloting, gave up
a mighty shout at 11:33 when a thin
white wisp of smoke appeared from
the chimney over the sistine chapel.
A few moments after his selection,
the new pope appeared on the bal
cony, over the cathedral entrance
and administered his first public
benediction.
INDIANS GO ON WARPATH;
WIPE OUT ENGLISH POLICE
LONDON, Feb. 7—A mob of two
thousand Indian Nationalist Volun
teers is reported to have attacked
the police officers at Charai and
killed the entire staff of officers,
a watchman and eight armed police
who were sent as reinforcements.
INSURANCE FOR CROPS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7—
Representative King, of lllirois, lias
introduced a bill prov ding for the
establishment of a farm risk insur
ance bureau which could insure
crops of non-perishable products
against loss or damage arising from
adverse weather conditions.
PROSECUTOR UNDER FIRE
CHICAGO, Feb. 7—Federal Judge
Evans has ordered Federal Attorney,
Cline and two of his assistants to!
appear in court to answer charges
to the effect that there has been
corruption in Cline’s bankruptcy
proceedings against the Co-operative
Society of America.
CLIMBERS ARE SAFE
PARADISE INN, Feb. 7—The
party engaged in an attempt to j
make a mid-winter ascent of Mt. |
Rainier, which was cut in two by a J
blizzard, has been re-united here. I
All of the equipment and supplies i
have been packed to this point.
Snow to a depth of ten feet has
fallen in the valley since the climb
ers started.
THE PRICE OF THE BONUS j
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7—
According to estimates prepared by!
fiscal officers of the army, navy and
marine corps, the proposed bonus |
for World War Veterans would cost'
the Government approximately two
billions and a half. The estimates
were prepared for the house ways
and means committee.
(Special to The News)
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 7—An entire
block in the business section of this
city narrowly escaped destruction by
fire this morning and it was only
through the combined efforts of the
entire populace that the flames were
confined to the five buildings which
were reduced to ashes.
The fire started in the kitchen of
the Royal Cafe at 8:45, and spread
rapidly to the east and west. There
was very little wind at the time,
but the buildings were so close to
gether that it was impossible to
hold the flames within bounds. Going
up Fourth avenue in one direction,
the fire soon reached the Brown &
Hawkins building, on the corner,
where its progress was halted by
a galvanized iron wall. Considerable
damage also was done in the other
direction, but the flames were stop
ped some distance from the corner
occupied by the Bayles Clothing
Store.
The business places destroyed in
cluded the Royal Cafe, the W. E.
Logeman Studio, the Carlquist jew
elry store, the Nichols jewelry store,
the North Pole Bakery, the quarters
of Peyser, the tailor, Palace of
Sweets and Central Barber Shop.
Of the five building destroyed, two
were two-story structures, one of
them being the Royal Cafe building
and the other was occupied jointly
by Peyser and the Palace of Sweets.
The business places in direct line
of the fire, but which escaped de
struction, included the Okay Barber
Shop, Java Inn, J. E. Chovin, Ava
KoflF & Brown, Loussac’s and the
Bayles building.
The fire burned for three hours
and during that time the rest of
the business section was constantly
menaced by embers, which floated
for a distance of three blocks, Had
the wind been blowing rt the time,
there is no telling where the fire
would have stopped. As it is, the
loss is a severe one, although not
yet estimated.
The cook in the Royal Cafe was
badly burned while trying to ex
tinguish the fire.
NEW COMPANY WILL
RUN ALASKA BOATS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7—S. A.
Perkins, president of the Alaska
Transportation Company, a new con
cern, has arrived here from Tacoma
to purchase three steamships which
the company will place on the run
PROFESSIONALISM BANNED
PORTLAND, Feb. 7—The presi
dents of the Universities of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and Washington
State and Oregon Agricultural Col
leges, have unanimously resolution
ed against any taint of professional
ism in college athletics in the North
west. One paragraph of the resolu
tion provides for the reservation of
the right, specifically to review any
action of any collegiate conference
in which the schools are involved.
LOOKS LIKE POLITICS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7—
Referring to the appointment of
Senator Kenyon, to the bench, Sen
ator Harrison, of Mississippi, is quot
ed as saying: “The country cannot
help but wonder, and it will take
some explanations to dispel the be
lief whether this administration is
not seeking to destroy the leader
ship of the agricultural bloc.”
ANOTHER VICTIM DIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7—
Miss Caroline Upshaw, niece of
Representative Upshaw, of Georgia,
died yesterday as the result of in
juries received in the Knickerbock
er theater disaster.
The death of the young woman
brings the total number of victims
to 98.
FLU IS NOT BAD IN STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7—
Reports which have been received
by the Public Health Service from
35 states indicate that there is lit
tle danger in those states of a re
currence of an influenza epidemic.
SUPERIOR HAS BAD FIRE
SUPERIOR, Wis., Feb. 7—The
Great Northern ore dock was par
tially destroyed bv fire this week,
with a loss e'timated at *2,000.000.
between Tacoma and Alaska.
It is understood locally that Per
kins has been authorized to expend
upwards of $1,300,000 for vessels,
which will be used for both passen
ger and freight traffic in Alaska
waters.
! SAYS SOLDIERS DID RIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7—
Former Lieut. William Miller told
the Watson committee thu week
that he saw a group of ten or more
service men, among whom were two
captains, shoot tow soldiers without
formality, near Issurtille, in August,
1918. The two men had committed
a statutory crime against an aged
French woman. Miller said: “I
think the group of soldiers were us
ing just common sense and I believe
i I would have done the same”.
{MOTHER AND DAUGHTER FREE
EVERETT, Feb. 7—Mrs. Bertha
Wilkes and Treva Poet, her fifteen
year-old daughter, charged with the
i shooting of Gus Danielson here on
November 6, were acquitted last
night by the unanimous vote of the
jury before whom they were tried.
Only two votes were taken and the
verdict of not guilty was unani
mous on both. The verdicts were
popular with the public.
SEPARATE TRIAL FOR SMALL
WAUKEGAN, 111., Feb. 7—Circuit
Judge Edwards has granted a motion
for a separate trial for Governor
Len Small and for Vernon Curtis,
banker, both of whom have entered
pleas of not guilty to the charge
of embezzlement of state funds.
HOME CANNING FATAL
HEALDBURG, Cal., Feb. 7—Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Pastores died here
yesterday as a result of botulinus
poisoning from home-canned beans.
Their son is in a critical condition.
TROUBLE BREWING IN IRELAND
DUBLIN, Feb. 7—A serious situa
tion has arisen over the Irish bound
ary question, as the result of con
ferences held this week between
Premier' Craig and Michael Collins.
OFFICERS FIND
CLUE 10 DEATH
OF MOVIE MAN
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7—While
the detectives and police assigned
to the task of unraveling the W. D.
Taylor murder mystery, officials of
the sheriff’s office have been follow
ing an independent investigation and
claim they will be ready to make an
arrest before night. The police in
vestigation is being conducted on
the theory that Taylor was killed by
Sands, formerly employed by him;
as butler.
The new developments include the i
finding of a note on Mary Miles j
Minter’s stationery, reading “Dear-i
est, I love you. I love you. Dearest,
I love you. I love you, I-love you.
Yours always, Mary”. Questioned re
garding the note, Miss Minter said ]
today: “I did love William Taylor,
deeply, tenderly, with all the ad
miration and respect a young girl
gives to a man of his poise and
culture”.
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| GIRL IS SUING GOVERNOR
ON CHARGE OF SEDUCTION
—
! JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 7—Miss|
Frances Birkhead, a former employe
in the office of Governor Lee E.
! Russell, has filed a $100,000 dam
1 age suit against the governor, on
the charge of seduction.
Governor Say* It’* Blackmail
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 7—Gov
ernor Russell, of Mississippi, when
asked for a statement regarding the
damage suit, declared, over the long
distance telephone, that the action
“is the most damnable blackmail
conspiracy ever attempted in the
history of Mississippi politics”.
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PREPARING FOR STRIKE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7—
Attorney General Daugherty has in
1 dicated that the department of just- j
ice is working out plans to cope
with any situation that may arise i
in the event of a national strike of
coal miners, when the present wage
agreement expires next month.
KING PICKS NEW PREMIER
ROME, Feb. 7—The king has of
fered the task of forming a new
cabinet to Enrico de Nicola, presi
I dent of the chamber of deputies,
who is reported to have accepted
provisionally.
HERO OF BOER WAR PASSES ,
| BLOEMFONTEIN UNION, South
Africa, Feb. 7—General Christian
, Dewit, commander in chief of the
i Boer forces in the war of 1899, died
on Friday at Deweteedorf.
KENYON RESERVES DECISION
DES MOINES, Feb. 7 -Senator ;
Kenyon has wired to Governor Ken- 1
dall that he will not resign his seat
in the senate to accept ippiintment
'to a judgeship until the constitu- '
tional question as to his right to
: accept such an appointment has been
j settled.
LADIES AID MEETING -
| The Ladies Aid Society will meet i
on Thursday afternoon at the home i
of Mrs. J. H. Scott. All ladies inter- i
| ested in the work of th|e organiza- i
'tion are invited to attend. i
weals ram
GIVES IUDUT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7—The
lepositors of the defunct Washiug
Lon-Alaska Bank, of Fairbanks, won
i victory in court yesterday, wnen
'he federal circuit court of appeal'
rendered a decision in which judg
ments in favor of F. G. Noyes,
former receiver, totaling approx >
mately a quarter of a million dol
lars, especially against It. C. Wood
:uul John L. McGinn, former cdicers
of the bank.
The actions were started by the
receiver some time ago and judg
ments secured in the lower rt.
The exact amount involved in the
court decision is $302,370, consist
ing of one judgment for $247,65ft
and another for. $54,714.
CANNERY WORKER GIVEN
JUDGMENT AGAINST TRUST
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7—The
circuit cour£ of appeals has affirmed
a judgment for $10,000, awarded
to D. J. Gover, an employe of the
Alaska Packers Association, who
was injure.’ d>y a fall from a sta
tionary ladder at the company’s
cannery at Loring.
The suit was against the asso
ciation and the. original judgment
was handed down by the district,
court at Ketchikan.
RAILROAD EXECUTIVE FIGHTS
LOWERING OF FREIGHT RATES
NEW YORK, Feb. 7—In a state
ment made here yesterday, S. Ditvij
Warfield, president of the National
Association of Railroad Owners, de
clared that the reduction of freight
rates proposed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission would itn
peril the country’s transportation
system.
AMERICA TO ACCEPT BID
TO ATTEND GENOA MEET
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7
The American reply to the invita
tion to attend the Genoa economic
;‘onference will probably be made
public this week, according to in
formation obtained at the White
House. It has not been indicated,
however what the nature of the re
ply will be, but it is believed in
}fhcial circles that the invitation
will be accepted in eflfect.
AMBASSADORS NAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7 -
President Harding has nominated
\lanson B. Houghton, of New York.
<o be ambassador to Germany; Al
bert Henry Washburn, of Mass., to
>e minister to Austria; Theodore
Brentano, minister to Hungary; F.
M. Dearing, of Missouri, minister
» Portugal; Roy T. Davis, of Mo.,
ninister to Costa Rica.
EVELYN NESBIT THAW DEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7—
body found in the Potomac river
yesterday closely resembles that of
Svelyn Nesbit Thaw, who disap
jeared several weeks ago after hav
ng been ejected from a tea shop
n .the upper tenderloin district. The
'few York authorities have been
isked to assist in identifying the
>ody.
ORIENTALS ARE BARRED
OTTAWA, Feb. 7—The supreme
:ourt has ruled that the British
'olumbia statutes prohibiting the
unployment of Japanese and Chinese
in Crown Lands and public works
ire valid and unlimited by treaty
lets.