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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEB. 24. 1923
NUMBER 418
DISTURBANCES INCREASE IN RUHR AREA
GERMANS SA Y COLONIAL TROOPS ARE ON GUARD
HARDING WANTS AMERICA TO TAKE PART IN COURT
PRESIDENT WANTS AMERICA
JOIN INTERNATIONAL COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 24
In a special message transmitted to
4 the senate today President Harding
asked the lawmakers to authorize
American memberhip iij a perman
ent court of international justice,
organized under the auspices of the
League of Nations. Such member
ship, however, he pointed out. would
be considered on several “reserva
* tions” including one declaring “no
legal relations on the part of the
United States to the League of
Nations involved.
The President acted on the re
commendation of Secretary Hughes,
who advised that, with the reserva
tions stipulated the government
could safely enter the court with
out “deviating from the traditional
policies.”
t In the message asking such auth
ority. the president pointed out
that the United States had a con
spicuous part in the original con
ception of such a court, and added,
“our deliberate public opinion was
overwhelmingly in favor of our
full participation and attending obli
gations of maintenance Such ac
tion would add to our conscious
^ ness of participation in fortunate
advancement of international rela
tionship, and remind the world
anew that we are ready for our
proper part in furthing peace and
adding to the stability of world
affairs.
RELIEEF WORK CONTINUES
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 24—
Notwithstanding published reports
to the contrary. Secretary Hoover
says the American Relief adminis
tration has reached no decision on
the question of catting off further
relief shipments to Russia, which
eountiy is said to be now export
ing grain to Germany and Turkey.
DRY SENATOR GETS WET
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb 24—
The lower house of Congress was
thrown in an uproar this after
noon when Representative Gallivan
of Mass., in the course of another
assault on the prohibition enforce
ment act, declared that recently
“a dry member” of the senate had
become “too _ drunk to answer to
roll call and had to be restrained
by two colleagues from getting on
the floor.”
W FORMER DIPLOMAT DEAD
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24—Char
Imagne Tower, former ambassador
to Bermany, died here today as
the result of an attack of pneumonia.
The shipments of coal from the
mines continue pouring into Anch
orage daily. Recently eight cars ar
rived from the Evan Jones mine,
eight from the Eska coal mine, six
from the Baxter-Bedell mine, three
from the Bruno Augustino and eight
from Healy, making a grand total
of thirty five cars of coal in one day
Lomen Bros, of Nome have been
advised that their studio received
a photographic prize for one of
their many artistic reindeer photo
graphs. The photograph is printed in
the November World’s Work and
was awarded by the Americon Mus
seum of Natural History of New
York.
FRENCH OFFICIALS CONFISCATE
LARGE SUM IN GERMAN MARKS
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PRELIMINARY PROBE SHOWS
URGENT NEED OF INQUIRY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 24—
The special senate committee which
is conducting a preliminary inquiry
into the affairs of the Veterans
• Bureau, has recommended unani
! mously that a full investigation of
i the bureau be made during the re
j cess of CongTess.
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R. R. DETECTIVE OPENS FIRE
ON GANG OF CAR ROBBERS
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OMAHA. Feb. 24—Sam Cutris,
special detective of the Chicago &
Great Western railroad, discovered
a party of six men in the act of
rifling cars in the yards here yes
i terday and opened fire on them,
killing one and wounding two of
the others. The detective had con
cealed himself in the yards and lay
in wait for the thieves.
SANTA CRUZ MAN HELD
CHARGE OF WIFE MURDER
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SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 24—J. R.
Masters, prominent real estate deal
er of this city, has been placed un
der arrest or. the charge of killing
i his wife, by beating her over the
j head at their home Thursday night
with a gas pipe. Masters insists that
two stange men. evidently burglars^
entered the house and attacked
Mrs. Masters. The two Masters
chilren, however, say they were
sleeping in an adjoining room and
heard no sound of a struggle.
REDMOND BANK ROBBED
SEATTLE Feb. 24—Robbers
j blew the vault of the First Nation
al Bank at Redmond last night and
escaped with an undetermined a
mount of cash and securities. The
j bank is situated across Lake Wash
ington from this city.
FRANCE AND RUSSIA
PARIS, Feb. 24—The French
government has decided to resume
negotiations with Soviet Russia, ac
cording to the Echo National.
A message received at Anchorage
this week from Cold Bay states
that the Associated Oil Company
has resumed drilling and is now
down 200 feet.
The jury in the Virgil Rich case
j on trial at Vhldez was unable to
| reach an agreement, after being out
124 hours, and was discharged, the
j trial lasted seven days. Rich will
j be tried again on another indict
I ment charging robbery.
! W. L. Durham has assumed dut
I ies with the Alaska Railroad as act
ing chief clerk of the headquarters
| office at Anchorage, to fill the va
' cancy caused by the resignation of1
William A. English.
Miss Opal Hayes, violinist, who
1 visited Interior Alaska recently,
having been engaged at the Em
press theater at Fairbanks for sev
eral weeks, left Seward for the |
■ States on » recent steamer.
BERLIN, Feb. 24—French forces
boarded a Beling^CoIogne express
near Rengstry today and confis
cated a consignment of twelve bil
lion marks belonging to the Reich
bank.
Black Troop* Abroad
DUSSELDORF, Feb. 24—Reports
received from Germany to the ef
fect that black tropps were sent
recently to various points in the oc
supied area have been denied by
the French military authorities. The
reports allege that the troop ares
being quartered in private dwel
lings and that colonial patrols ap
peared on the streets of various
towns_
The Germans have isued statistics
showing that nine German civilians
have been shot and killed and more
than a dozen wounded since the
French forces took up their posi
tions on German soil. Several hun
dred have been arrested and deport
ed from the occupied area.
Germany Makes Demands
BERLIN, Feb. 24—The German
government has demanded the re
lease of all police officers under
arrest in the French area of oc
cupation. The demand was made in
a note presented to the French gov
ernment by the German charge
d’Affairs at Paris. The note further
states that Berlin reerves the right
to demand full satisfaction for al
leged acts of violence in Ruhr and
vigorously protests against such
act.
French Replace Germans
ESSEN, Feb. 24—The French
military authorities have decided to
replace the German customs officials
with • Frenchmen throughout the
Ruhr area.
Martial Law Proclaimed
BERLIN, Feb. 24—Martial law
has been proclaimed in Bochum in
consequence of yesterday’s distur
bances, during which French troops
opened fire on a crowd of Germans
with fatal results.
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James Stewart, who holds op
tions on a number of claims in Cari
bou creek, in the Salcha district,
will leave Seattle for the North
shortly wr.h an outfit consisting of
about 150 tons of machinery and
equipment, consisting of a dragline
-excavator and tractor and other
upplies for large scale operations.
The options include the Brand
stetter group of four claims, a
claim and a half owned by Murphy
the Barney Lathy claim and four
claims owned by Ed Owens, all in
line, above the mouth of Caribou
creek Mr. Stewart has been assur
ed by the Alaska Road Commission
that the bridges on the Valdez
trail will be strengthened sufficient
ly to permit the transportation of
the outfit to its destination. Mr.
Stewart was formerly engaged in
mining on Engineer creek, with
Sam Hagan.
The pump house at Mile 454 was
destroyed by fire several days ago
but the damage was quickly re
paired with new equipment ship
ped from Nenana.
Helen Durand, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Durand, made her
first appearance in public Thursday
afternoon at the Empress theater,
taking part in the musical program
in connection with the lecture of
Father Kashevaroff. She sang “Al
aska, My Alaska” and delighted the
large audience with her sweet voice.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed N'ess and son,
of the Circle district returne ’ yes
terday from a visit in the States.
John Anderson, oldtimer of the
Fortymile district returned yester
day from the Outside. He is enroute
to the Fortyptile district to pre
pare for summer work.
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Father Kashevaroff, who lectured
in Nenana yesterday on the early
history of Alaska, is authority for
the statement that the first Alaska
newspaper was published at Sitka
by Barney O'Rogen in 1867. The
paper was written in long hand.
H. B. Madland, Alaska Repres
entative of the Seattle Hardware
Company, who arrived from the
cost this week, reports that he
has perfected arrangenment to ship
an up-to-date gas boat to Tanana
this season for use on the Ykuon
river and its tributaries in visiting
isolated sections of Interior Alaska.
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Fr. Monroe came down from
Fairbanks yesterday and will hold
services in the local Catholic church
tomorrow morning at 10:30, fol
lowed by Sunday school.
Announcements of the engage
ment of Mrs. Gertrude Harrison
Sulzer, widow of the late Charles
A. Sulzer, formerly delegate in con
gress from Alaska, to Mr. Charles
Walter Cornell Jr. is made.
Charles Beresford died on Jan.
20 at the Pioneers’ Home. He wa3
born in Sheffield, England, 59 years
ago. He arrived at the Home last
June. The deceased had been a
cook and had a large circle of
friends in Alaska.
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Lynn Goyne is a recent arrival in
town from the headwaters of the
Novikaket river, where he and
Frank Armstrong are moving in an
outfit for a season of prospecting.
They are at present located about
140 miles beyond Lake Minchumina
but expect to move on down to the
Novikaket river before building
t their permanent camp.
MEARS TELLS SEATTLE R R
MUST HAVE LIBERAL HELP
| SEATTLE, Feb. 24—In a talk
made before the Alaska committee
of the Seattle Chamber . f Ccm
merce this week, Col. F. Mears
urged liberal Government aid for
the Alaska Railroad. The colonel
pointed out that it to the interest
of Seattle to see that the annual
federal appropriation for the *ail
! road is not cut.
Horace Albright, field director of
| the National Park service, pointed
out the advantages to tourists of
increased railroad facilities in the
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Territory.
E. A. Rasmusson. head of the
Bank of Alaska, also urged federal
i aid.
hCOOLlDGE TALKS OF IDEALS
IN WASHINGTON ADDRESS
SYRACUSE. Feb. 24—In an ad
dress delivered here at a Lenten
service in observance of Washing
ton’s Birthday. Vice President Cool
idge declared that the ideal of
America is the building up of self
reliance and self control among its
citizens. Under the American system
of government, he said, society re
mains a “living organization, sus
taining hope of progress, content
to extend dominion, not by con
quest but by service.”
STUDENTS EARN WAY
PULLMAN, Wash. Feb. 24—
Eighty-four per cent of the men
studens and approximately 30 per
cent of the women students at
Washington State College are earn
ing all or part of their expenses
while attending college, according
to a report compiled by Graduate
Manager Harry Chambers. Question
naires were filled out by 1,374 men
and 725 women regarding their
financial status for the first sem
ester.
AUTOS TAKE HEAVY TOLL
SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 24— Six
hundred and ninety-nine persons
were killed in automobile accidents
in nine western cities in 1922, com
pared with 575 killed in the same
manner in 1921, according to stat
ists compiled by the police depart
ments in the various cities.
During 1922, a total of 13,893
persons were injured in automobile
accidents in seven western cities,
compared with 12,554 injured dur
ing the previous year in the same
cities. !
A total of 9,619 automobiles!
were stolen in eight western cities
during 1922, compared with 8,787
in 1921 and 7,859 stolen during
1921 in the same cities.
BIG QUAKE RECORDED
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 24—
A heavy earthquake, apparently cen
tering in the same locality as the
tremendous disturbance which shook
the Pacific on February 3, was re
corded today by the seismograph
at Georgetown University,
TEXAS SENATOR ELECT MAY
HAVE FIGHT TO TAKE SEAT
WASHINGTON’, D. C., Feb. 24
Sweeping charges against the Ku
Klux Klan and its officers are con
tained in papers which were filed
with the senate yesterday, challeng
ing the right of Earl B Mayfield
to take his seat as senator from
Texas in the new Congress.
SPOKANE JOCKEY EARNS
BIG STAKE FOR SEASON
SPOKANE. Feb. 24—Alfred John
son, who has been one of the lead
ing jockeys on eastern and south
ern race tracks for several years,
has arrived in Spokane after what
he regards as a strenous but his
most successful season, and will
spend the remainder of the winter
at his home here.
Johnson achieved national fame
when he piloted Morvich to victory
in the Kentucky derby at Churchill
Downs, near Louisville, Ky. last
May, and won the $50,000 purse for
the turf classic. His final triumph
of the season was when he won
both divisions of the Pimlico Fu
turity at Baltimore, and carried
away the $80,000 pures offered for
the event.
STEEL BRIDGE FINISHED
WORKERS GOING OUTSIDE
The Tanana river steel bridge
one of the largest structures of the
kind in the United States, and the
last connecting link on the Alaska
Railroad, was completed late Thurs
day afternoon, the last rivet having
been put in place shortly after four
o’clock.
The bridge has been in use by the
railroad since the early stages of
construction, for the transfer of
freight passing between Nenana and
Fairbanks, so that the completion
of the structure means less to the
community than might otherwise
be the case. The transfer of pas
sengers began during the early par'
of the month, while the riveting
was still in progress and now all
that remains to make possible thru
traffic between Seward and Fair
banks is the widening of the track
north of Nenana.
The work of decking the bridge
was taken in hand by the railroad
authorities this week and after that,
as soon as weather conditions will
permit, will come the painting.
The following bridgemen left
or the Outside last night, enroute
to their various homes and new
work awaiting them, as employes
of the American Bridge Company:
Scott Newcomer, Chicago; H. W
Wagner, Pittsburg; B. J. Cassin,
Los Angeles; John Ferguson, Pitts
burg; M. S. Holman, Pittsburg; N'el
Felt. Pittsburg; G. C. Mendenhall,
Pittsburg; D. R. Gaed, Kansas; Pe
ter Anderson, Helena; William Brin
ey, William Turvey and George
Nelson, Seattle; These men will be
joined at Anchorage by Arthur
Yot and Ben Hatley, who will gu
to Pittsburg.
Most of these men have been in
Nenana since September first.
R. Bigg came in yesterday from
the Canyon district. He was ac
companied by Albert Thomas, en
phew of Jack Singleton who will
enjoy a brief outing in this city.