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THE NENANA NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME IV
NENANA. ALASKA, SATURDAL, JUNE, 23, 1923
NUMBER 468
HARDING DISCUSSES NATION’S PROBLEMS
GOLDEN SPIKE TO BE DRIVEN ON NENANA BRIDGE
EASTERN STATES CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM HEAT
EXTREME HEAT CONTINUES
TO TAKE TOLL IN STATES
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WASHINGTON, D. C. June 23—
There was a material drop in tem
peratures yesterday in the Atlantic
states north of Maryland, but the
hot weather continues in the Central
pnd Great Lakes region. Even Alas
ka is in the grip of the heat wave
Eagle having reported a tempera-1
tare of 84 degrees yesterday. It
ie relatively cool in Honolulu, with
the thermometer standing at 80 de
grees. The Alaska heat wave is
attributed to the ealmne&s of at
i moepberic conditions.
Scare Die in Chicago
CHICAGO, June 23—While por
tions of Wisconsin, North Dakota
and Arizona experienced tempera
tures slightly above freezing yes
terday, the remainder of the East
ern states continued to swelter,
with little promise of relief. The
temperature reached the hundred
mark at Baltimore and Washington
94 at Birmingham, Ala., 97 at Col
umbus.
The heat killed three persons at
Detroit yesterday and the death
toll in Ohio stands at 30 since
yesterday.
Pour additional deaths in this
city yesterday brought the total for
Chicago up to 21 for 'he week.
The public schools of Philadel-1
phia were closed yesterday on ac
count of the extreme heat, which
reached 92 degrees at noon.
AMUNDSON MAKES REPAIRS
WILL MAKE POLAR FLIGHT
NOME, June 33—Notwithstand
ing hie recent announcement to the
effect that he had abandoned bis
* plans for a flight aero* the pole
thee year, Cpetain Amundson still
tea* hopes of tarrying out bio ori
ginal plans, according to advices
just received from Noorvik, from
Gannar Kaamn, explorer and dog
team driver, who arrived at Neor
. vik on Jose 18 with mail for the
OMaide. He will wait there for an
swers to letters cent and then re
turn to Wainwright via Kotzebue.
The report from K&asen states
that Amundsen Is now making re
pairs to his plane and will attempt
the flight to Spitsbergen as soon'
as the repair work is completed.
The landing skids were broken dur
ing the trial flight recently.
KETCHIKAN BOY HONORED
CAMBRIDGE, Jane 23—Henry
Wadsworth, of Ketchikan, was a
mong those receiving the degree
"magna cum Laude” at Harvard
commencement this week. Premier
King, of Canada, headed the list of
those receiving honorary degrees,(
the degree of doctor of laws hav-1
ing been conferred upon him.
FOUR BURN IN HOME :•
BOISE, June 23—Mrs. Donato'.
Uberuga and three small children ! ■
were burned to death last night i ,
sAen their home was destroyed by.
fire.
FRENCH MARSHAL INJURED ji
BERLIN, June 23—Marshal Pe-|<
tain was slightly injured this week,!
and two of his aides killed when j <
the Paris-Meyence express was 1
wrecked. Petain was enroute to the :
Rhineland on an inspection trip. ]
PRESIDENT SAYS GOVERNMENT
MUST AID ROADS-NOT MANAGE
ST. LOUIS, June 23—In his first
prepared address delivered on the
present Western and Alaska tour.
President Harding, who stopped o
ver here on Thursday enroute to the
Pacific coast, renewed bis pleas for
American adherence to a permanent
court of international justice, re
ferring to it ** “the one and only
existing agency of peace to which
America can safely subscribe with
out violating the bask- principle*
of our national being.”
The President propose* the re
construction of the machinery of
the international tribunal “to dis
pose conclusively of all other cited
apprehension* of danger from the
exercise of any influence whatso
ever, either open or furtively, by
the League of Nations or any other
organization.” He explained that
this could be done in one of two
ways, first by empowering the
court to fill vacancies in itself; and
second by continuing the power of
the present court to nominate, but
transferring the power to elect f»cm
the League of Nation* to the re
maining members of the court.
Anticipating the questions of
doubters whether the forty nations
represented in the court would con
sent to such change*, the President
said “to submit terms which we
consider essentia) to the preserva
tion of our nationality is not an
act of discourtesy; it is only the
fair, square, honorable thing a great
self-respecting nation ean do.” The
crux of these oondtions, he aaid, i*
to “make the world court precisely
what tb* name jarplie*.1’
Re then asked: “Can it ha pos
sible that Respite prolertatjor.s to
the contrary, that this fs not what
some of our sister state* at heart
desire Must there be a test of sin
cerely abroad ae well an at home?
Hien, the more quickly it can be
made, the better—the better for
the® and for ua. Thera a nothing
itxomplisbed in ambiguity. We want
to know and the only w*y to find
>ut is to inquire.”
Referring to the League of Na
tions, the President said “in face
it tbs overwhelming verdict of 1920
the League of Nations issue is as
POTHIER RELEASED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23—
Reversing the decision of the United
State* district court of Rhode Island
he court of appeals has ordered the
‘eleaae of Ronald Pothier, who ha*
>een held at Providence, charged
vith the murder of Major Alexander
Ironkhite, at Camp Lewis, 1918.
rhe appeals court holds that the Uni
.ed State* had not acquired jurisdic
,ion over Camp Lewis at the time of
he death of Cronkhite.
YOUTH IS HANGED
SAN QUENTIN, June 23—Law
ence O. Campbell, aged 18 years,
if Marquette, Mich, who wa* sen
enced to death for the murder
if Leslie Nichols, insurance adjus
er, last January, was hanged here
•esterday. He was the youngest
irisoner ever hanged in California..
dead as slavery.” He declared that
he would not attempt t-o coerce the
senate or embark on a crusade but
that he would go the full limit of
his constituted authority in the ex
j position of his maturing views. He
Mid further: “I shall call upon your
: patriotism, I shall beseech your hu
manity, 1 shall invoke your Christ
ianity, 1 shall reach the very depth*
of your love for your fellow mar.,
of whatever race or creed, through
out the world; 1 shall speak, as 1
speak now, with all the earnestness
and power of aincerety that is in me,
and in perfect faith that God will
keep clear and receptive your un
derstanding.”
The President voiced the “enhanc
ed regard” of this country for
Great Britain because of her “stur
dy assumption” of financial obliga
tion to the United States, He be
spoke good will for Mexico, with
the hope of early resumption of re
lations. He expressed the hope that
Bermany, Turkey and Mexico would
accompany the United State* into
the world court.
The President devoted practically
all of hi* remarks to the world
court issue and but hriefly reviewed
what had been done by the adminis
tration “to get the country back on
the right track” in domestic affair*..
He said he did not wish to make a
partisan report but that he took
pride in pointing out that unemploy
ment “had been banished,’’ financial
stability restored, taxes lightened
and eeonemim effected
Be declared, >• closing, that the
world court squared with the prin
ciple t enunciated by Washington in
hie farewell address, saying that
Washington reeogniaed the value of
international arbitration.
"It is with that purpoe* in mind,”
reconcluded, “that ] advocate par
ticipation by the United States in a
permanent court of international
justice.” He said the two indispen
sable requirements were, first, that
the tribunal be, beyond the shadow
of a doubt, a world court aDd not
a league court; and second, that
the United States be on a plane of
perfect equality with all other pow
ers. He recalled that the country
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
DUE NENANA JULY 15;
The ceremony of driving the gol
den spike, which will mark the for
mal completion of the Alaska Rail
road, will be staged at Nenana,
following the arrival of President
Harding and the members of his
party on Sunday, July 13. This is
the announcement made to a re
presentative of The News by J. M.
Haley and W. R. Jarrell, advance
agents of the Presidential party,
who were in Nenana yesterday to
arrange details in connection with
the Presidential tour through Alas
ka. According to these representa
tives of the President, who came
| to Alaska direct from the White
; House, it has been definitely decid
ed to drive the goldm spike at
this point of the railroad, where
; the great steel bridge, spanning the
Tanana river closed the last gap
on the Government trunkline, con
necting the Alaska coast with the
Interior Terminal. The plan is to
drive the spike at the north end
of the bridge, where there is ground
space to accomodate a large crowd. :
The details of the ceremony pro
bably will be arranged by Col. Jas.
G. Steese, chairman of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission. In fact
had been given an opportunity in
1920 to indicate a desire to join the
League of Nations and had “most
j emphatically refused”, and “would
refuse again no less decisively to
day.”
The President delivered his ad
dress in the Coliseum where Wilson
was nominated for a second term.
Visit* in Kan*** City
KANSAS* CITY, June 23—The
Harding party arrived here yester
day morning and spent the day here
the visit concluding last night with
an address by President Harding, in
! which he discussed transportation
problems.
Governor and Mrs.. Hyde accom
panied the party from St. Louis,
and Governor Davis, of Kansas,
j joined the party here and aceoro
: panied the party across that state.
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in Kisu* Tod* j
j HUTCHINSON, Kan., June 23—
I The Presidential party arrived here;
i at ten o'c lock this morning and will:
■ spend the day here, in the heart of.
Kansas wheat belt. The President)
! will deliver an address this after-;
noon od agriculture.
—
Discusses Tranaportatioa
I KANSAS, CITY. June 23—In his
second prepared address, delivered
here yesterday. President Hirl tg
entered into a thorough discs »n I
of tbe transportation problem ci
the country. The consolidation of
tbe railroads of the country into a
small number of systems, he urg
ed as a rational and justification
' step, full of pramias, toward the
solution of the transportation pro
blem.
“If a system of consolidation
will not afford a solution then our
failure will enforce a costlier ex
periment and the one great com
mitment which 1 hope the United j
States will forever escape.” This J
commitment, be said, is Govern
ment operation which, he declared,
would he a colossal blunder which
would destroy initiative and infest
us with political corruption, create
regional jealousies and impose in
calculable cost on the public trea
sury."
I
He announced that he favored <
the Railroad Labor board with mod- '
ifications that seem wise. Referring
to decisions of the board, he said:
“I frankly say I do not hope for
eomphaoce on the part of employ- ;
e» so long as decision* are ignored
by organizers." He attributed the ,
delay io the organization of systems!
ae authorized by Congress, to the ,
difficulty of reconciling the in-1J
teresta of the lines to be merged
and said he expected legislation:
to “further amplify the provisions! ^
before the next session of Congress
The President declared that there
are many small roada which vitual a
considerable number of towns and; ^
large areas which cannot live on:*
their present revenues and, he ad- *
ded, “the Government must find a r
way to avoid confiscation and avoid ®
starvation, to maintain the serv-i e *
and a proper return on the capital 1
invested,” i
Discussing the relations between *
roads• ndP^esk^loyca, the Preside.i< *
said he did not believe it possible ^
“under our form of Government to 1
compel men to work against their 1
will, and I do not think it advis- *
able under any form of government.
He advocates encouragement of the
use af waterways, employing Them,
in coordinated service.
The President departed from hi* J j
written text, in the midst of his k
explanation of *he rail.oad t. : so!- s
idation plan, to say: “J have l.*n t
warned against making such a s
speech as this in Kansae Cits. t
Applause followed the statement
of the President concerning making J
men work against their will. J
The President’* voice eeemed.'
fresher and stronger than on the ’
occasion of his first address. i
Works ia Wheat FitU \
HUTCHINSON, June 23—Pres
ident Harding went into a 100-sere
wheat field this afternoon, drove a
binder and shocked some of the 1
harvested grain, after the style of 1
both Ohio and Kansas. He is ab- c
taining Some first-hand information j *
regarding the problems of the wheat 1
farmers of the Middle West. j ~
—~ i r
tentative instructions regarding the c
arrangements already have been re- a
eeived by General Roadmaster C.
I
G. Jones, and it is the plan for j
the city of Nenana to co-operate ;
with the railroad officals in carry
ing out the program, both for the
spike driving ceremony and the
reception of the Presidential party
upon their arrival from the coast.
Enroute north from Tacoma, the
party will make brief stops along
the Alaska coast. They will be join
ed at Ketchikan by Governor Scott
C. Bone and accompanied by him
on the tour thru the Interior. The
party, which will include, in addi
tions President and Mrs. Harding,
Secretaries Work, Wallace and Hoo
ver, Secretary Christian, forty news
papermen, a dozen or more camera
men and numerous secret service
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ncn, will reach Seward on July 13
ind two days later the Presidential
3-ain will pull into Nenana, tha
lour of arrival, as nearly as can
>e figured at this time, being Sun,
lay afternoon. The visitors will
pend an hour and a half in Nena
la and then complete their rail jour
ley to Fairbanks, returning to the
■oast from that point probably by
vay of the Richardson Highway.
Messrs. Haley and Jarrell came
lown from Fairbanks yesterday on
heir way back to the coast, special
transportation hving been provided
or them south from Healy. Upon
heir arrival here they were met by
layer Frank Teufel and were in
onference with him during their
irief stay. Mr. Farrell iwll return to
Llaska with the President, in charge
f the party.
>RY LAW STOPPING FLOW
OF LIQUOR INTO YUKON
WASHINGTON, D C. June 23—
Tae long reach of the Volstead law
hreatens to embarrass the Klondike
nd the Canadian government has
lade formal appeal to the treasury
epartment to find some mean? of
llowing the transport of liquor
cross American territory. Thus far
owever, treasury officials hare
een unable to find a way to grant
be desired re'ief, holding the pro
ibition law sea> aside the former
reaty granting Great Britain the
ight to transport liquor across Am
ncan territaory under bond.
AN FRANCISCO SENDING
PARTY NORTH ON BUFORD
SAN FRANCISCO June 23—A
arty of fifty or more San Francisco
usiness men will visit Alaska this
ummer in the interests of local
rade. They will go North on the
'.earner Bueford, which is scheduled
o sail from this city oo July 20
Stops will be made at Seattle
'rir.ee Rupert, Ketacbikan, Juneau
ikagway, Whitehorse. Sitka, Cordo
a Anchorage and Noaae. Tha party
rill return to tbt? city on August
0.
gETS SCORE BIG VICTORY
IN MANITOBA PLEBISCITE
WINNIPEG, June 23—Tl^e wet
ia;ority of yesterday in the Mani
oba liquor plebiscite is alow!;
lounting as returns are received
rom the outlying districts. Winni
eg gave the wets a majority of
5,000 and possibly larger, with the
esult that the legislature, which
onvenes in July, is pledged to en
ct a moderation act similar to the
ritish Columbia law.
Another vote will be taken on
uly 11 on the question of permit
ng the sale of beer and wine with
teals in public dining rooms.
GERMANS KILL SOLDIERS
ESSEN, June 23—A Belgian cor
ora! and a private were killed yes
irday and a third soldier wounded
hen they endeavored to search two
ermans at a patrol post near
ecklinghausen.
YALE OUTROWS HARVARD
NEW LONDON, June 23—The
ale freshmen and junior varsity
-ews, coached by Ed Leader, easily
jfeated the Harvard eights yester
ry over a mile course. The fresh
en won by four lengths, the jun
rs by over five lengths.