> HEAR DELEGATE SUTHERLAND TOMORROW NIGHT
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENAN.A ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1922
NUMBER 186
GENOA CONFERENCE BEGINS REAL WORK
FLOOD WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI RECEDING AGAIN
■ THREAT OF RAILWAY STRIKE APPEARS IN NEW ORDER
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MISSISSIPPI FLOODS SHOW
SIGNS OF ABATING SLOWLY
ST. LOUIS, April 22- - Apparently
terminating the uood rampage, ihe
waters of the Mississippi river are
reported today to be falling gradual
ly, from St. Louis to Cairo. The
flood leaves in its wake mere .ban
200 square miles of irunaated farm
lands in Southern Illinois, represent
ing a crop loss of more than two mil
lion dollar:.
JAP KILLS SWEETHEART
SEATTLE. April 20—Joe Eto, a,
Japanese taxi driver, shot and kihed
his sweetheart and her mother yes-;
terday and then surrendered him
self to the police. It is thought that
he has lost his jack of spades.
ROBBERS TOUCH PANTAGES
PORTLAND, April 20—The safe
in the Pa.ntages theater was cracked ,
this week, and $3,300 taken. The
robbery was committed after the
negro janitor had been securely!
bound.
FOSTER GETS LONG TERM
SEATTLE. April 20—Robert P.
Foster, former Alaskan, has been
sentenced to serve from ten to 20
years in the penitentiary, following j
his conviction on a charge of second
degree murder. He is accused of
killing his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary
Bushnell, last December. The term
is the minimum under the law. The
convicted man claimed mental ir-.
responsibility and accused Mrs. Bush
nell of breaking up his home.
SINGER IS IMPROVING
NEW YORK, April 20—John Mc
Cormack, the tenor, who has bee
seriously ill in this city, continue:
r to improve steadily. I
1922 ICE POOL ESTABLISHES
NEW MARK FOR BIG EVENT
All records for size have been
beaten by the 1922 N'enana Ice Pool,
which has assumed the proportions,
of a Territorial sporting classic, out
shining anything of the kind ever
attempted in the North. The pool
* was closed on Thursday night at
midnight, with approximately 8,500!
tickets sold in Nenana, Fairbanks
and Anchorage, or about 2.000 more
than were disposed of last year. Be
tween 75 and 80 per cent of the^
guesses were made by the people
of Nenana, the total number of
tickets taken here being approx;-i
mately 5.400. Fairbanks took 1,650
chances. Anchorage about 500, the
*- steam shovel camp at Mile 331.
abut 360. the Lvden roadhouse, at
Healy, 200 and a few scattering in
town and along the line. In town
the Terminal sold 2,544 tickets, the
Fortlana 1.325, the Railroad Cigar
Store 1.230. the Club 158 and scat
tering, 250.
The listing of the tickets was tak
en in hand today, under the direc
tion of the Ice Pool Committee, con
sisting of E. J. Cronin. A. St. J.
McAuley, Harry Davis and M. J.
* Cooney, Up to noon today, the
checkers had found about 100 tick
ets marked for the ice to go out in
April. One of the tickets probably
a mistake, was marked April 1, ana
there were three or four guesses
that the ice would move as early
as April 14. The real guessing be
gan about April 21 and increased in
number as May was approached.
One blank ticked was found and
^ one was marked by Dudley Allen, of
Juneau.
As soon as the listing has been
completed, the tickets and lists ■will
be deposited in some safe, probably
the safe of the Northern Commer
cial Company, and left there until
the ice moves. The list will make
it possible to ascertain the identity
of the winner or winners without
again going over the tickets. This
procedure was followed last year
• and proveJ veiv satisfactory, av'ng
m time and insuring the maximvn of
protection to guessers.
FRANCE OBJECTS TO GERMAN
REPLY TO DEMAND OF ALLIES
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PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY; jc
THREE SEEK DELEGATESH1P ^
Voters of Alaska ’will cast their j r
ballots on Tuesday for the various (
candidates who are seeking nomina- I
tion a? standard bearers at the 2
regular election to be held in Nov- [
ember. The big event is the contest j,
for the Republican nominattion as! j
candidate for delegate to Congress, j (
there being three entered in the race
for that honor. They are the present
delegate, Pan Sutherland; James E. (
Galen, of Cordova; and Thomas B
Drayton, commonly referred to as
the Henry Ford candidate of Sew- :'
ard. i |
Votes also will be cast for one • _
territorial senator, for the short j
term, and one for the long term;'
for four territorial representatives I
and for one divisional road overseer, j
The polls will be at the fire hall, i'
where votes may be cast from eight;;
o’clock m the morning until seven.,
in the evening. The voting will be [
restricted to citiaens, with the usual |
residence qualifications. j
OLDT1MERS AT KETCHIKAN
WIN MEMBERSHIP FIGHT,
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According to information received
in Nenana on the last mail from ^
Ketchikan, there will be no change j
in the limit date for membership in j
the Pioneers of Alaska. This was the
announcement made at the session
of the grand igloo when the result j
of the referendum vote was made J
known. The vote was taken prior to; ;
the annual gathering and canvassed ■
by grand igloo officers.
The proposal was made to advance ;
the date to permit those residents of j
Alaska since 1905 to become mem-1
bers of the Pioneer organization, butj
the vote showed a majority of 245 ,
in favor of excluding for member- j
ship all arrivals after 1901.
The result of the referendum vote
was as follows:
Igloo For 1901 Aga;nst
Cordova 0 26
Anchorage . 17 113
Fairbanks .145 34
Flat . 27 23
Juneau 32 7
Ketchikan 54 25
Kodiak 1 27
McGrath . 2 7
NENANA .— 177 5
Ophir . 0 18
Seward —. 1 29
Tanana —.— 27 1
Valdez .— . 2 42
Wiseman .4 15
Wrangell . -12 21
Juneau auxiliary 82
Total ... . 639 394
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CADETS TO GET COMMISSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20—
The house has approved that section
of the naval bill which provides that
more than 200 of this year’s gTadu- j
I ating class of the naval acadamy i
[of 541, be given commissions.
MORE TAXES TO BE LEVIED j
TO KEEP GOVERNMENT EVEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20—
I Levying additional taxes will be
i necessary to meet a deficit of more
' than three hundred and fifty million
j dollars, is the forecast for the fiscal
i year 1923, according to information
j given out by treasury officials today.
LOAN FOR LIBERIA
i WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20—
j The house ways and means commit-1
j ‘ee h- - favorably repo ted the Ford-,
j ,-ifcy sol. on uthorizing a loa or ■
>,0 n.Oi to he Republic f L.
neria.
GENOA. April 22—Actual work
n the plans for the reconstruction
f Russia was started today, at the
ieonomie Conference, by experts
epresenting the Soviet government,
ireat Britain, France, Italy, Japan,
ielgium, Czechoslovakia and Hol
tnd.
The heated political situation sur
ounding the Russian problem has
een cooled considerably by Tchit
herin’s acceptance, in the main, of
he Allied terms for the resumption
if relations with Russia.
The sub-committee on Russian af
airs, with the German delegates
xcluded, met with the Russian dele
rates in advance of the general
nee ting and informed them that
heir reply, in connection with the
German treaty matter, was satis
acrory for a basis for discussion.
It is stated that if the Russians
ire granted recognition de jure and
id equate financial help, they will be
frilling to admit Russia’s pre-war
lebts and waive counter claims,
they promise also to restore to use
latTonaUzed ■property to its former
jwners or satisfy the claims of fo
eigers where the property cannot
)e restored. Upon these promises,
the Allies have consented to a dis
cussion of the Russian problems.
Germany Accept* Term*
PARIS, April 22—The German
government has made reply to the i
Allies, agreeing to accept exclusion!
from deliberations of the economic
conference commission on Russian
affairs, because of her treaty rela
1 tions with the soviet government.
France Not Satisfied
PARIS, April 22—Poincare, with
: "he approval of the cabinet, has in
structed French ambassadors in A1
lied capitals to insist that energeti
measures be taken and penalties ap
plied to Germany unless the Russo
] German treaty is abrogated, regard
less of what the Genoa conference
: may decide.
The French delegation in attend
: ance at the Economic conference has
'■ submitted a protest against the
German reply to the Allied note in
which the Germans stated th3t they
would refrain from discussing Rus
sian questions settled in the Russo
German treaty. The French contend
that the Germans, under the terms
of their reply, may insist on discuss
ing other Russian questions.
ANCHORAGE WELCOMES DELEGATE
ANCHORAGE, April 21—Delegate
>urher? i addressed the largest po
i.tical gathering in the history of
Anchorage last night. It is conserva
l. -'y ■ st.. '■ted that ceven hundred
i-ea his account of his stewardship
01 uasl: i affairs.
The delegate declared emphatical
ly that he is against the New Bil
and opposed to the leasing of the
Alaska Railroad to private interests
Delegate Sutherland will carry An
chorage and sections north along the
r?. "road by a large majority.
TIMES
TONG LEADERS HOLD CONFAB
BUT FAIL TO ARRANGE PEACE
SEATTLE, April 22—Representa
tives from Chinese organizations in
Washington, Oregon and California,
who have been in conference here
during the last several days in an
effort to bring peace among the war
ring tongs, abandoned their peace
efforts last night, which is taken as
3n indication of “war to the end.”
The authorities are making prepara
tions accordingly, in anticipation of
a resumption of hostilities.
The Hip Sing tong is said to have
refused to consider the proposal for
an armistice.
TRACTOR KILLS DRIVER
SALEM, Ore., April 22—The over
turning of a tractor at Aumsville
near this city yesterday, resulted n
j the almost instant death of Re:
Porter, driver of the machine. Th<
Tractor was at work on a farm a
the time of the accident.
BIG CLASS JOINS ELK HERD
AT BUSY NENANA ROUNDU!
The rapidly-growing rcc-mbershi;
of Anchorage Lodge X. 1351, B F
I O. E., was increased by eieh'.ee:
new members, whose names wer
added to the rolls at a special meet
ing of the organization held a
Union Hall on Thursday night. Th
initiation was conducted by the reg
ular officers of the lodge, assiste'
by others of the party who made th
i trip from the coast for that purpos
j and by numerous local Elks,
i As a preliminary to the forma
ceremonies at the hall, the candi
1 dates were herded through the cit;
j streets attached to a long rope, an
; headed by a one-man band. Afte
j the initiation, the regular meetin:
1 was adjourned and those presen
! enjoyed a pleasant social sessior
j during the course of which refresh
mer.ts were served.
I The visiting Elks left for Fail
j banks by special train on FVida
! morning, accompanied by a scor
or more of local “Bnis". They wi
; return tomorrow, enroute to thei
' homes on the coast.
The candidates who rode th
festive goat in N’enana were: U. S
Commissioner C- D. Leekie, Rain
Bigney, Harry Davis, T. K. Blakev
R. W. Calderhead, Charles Dentor
R. G. Southworth, George Hupprici
A1 Clamo, Rev. Father Eline, M. J
Cooney, Walker Blakey, Pete Galia
gher, “Deacon” Jones, Leon Sch
macher, J. L. Kerrigan, Con Walli
and Joe Fisher.
Abe Stein, well known oldtim
resident of Fairbanks, was a returr
ing passenger on the Thursday trai
from the coast. He was enroute t
his home in the upper town from
stay of several months in the State:
MOOSE MEETING MONDAY
There will be a regular meetin
of Xenana Lodge. Xo. 1193, Loys
Order of Moose, at the home of th
organization on Monday night. Ther
will be important business up fo
consideration and the meeting wi
ij be followed by one of those joll
i social sessions for which the Moos
are famous
There will be a good show at th
Orpheum tonight, and a dance wi!
follow, with music by the Orpheur
orchestra.
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TRAINMEN ISSUE CALL FOR
BALLOT ON STRIKE QUESTION
CHICAGO, April 22—Threat of
another national railway strike was
indicated today when the railway
employes of th«. department of the
American Federation of Labor voted,
at their bi-ennial convention, to send
out strike ballots to the six hundred
members of the organization.
The question involved is the farm
ing out of repair work by the rail
roads. instead of having the work
| done in railway shops.
BANDITS ESCAPE FROM TRAIN
ELUDE CORDON OF OFFICERS
| FRESNO, Cal., April 22—In spite
. of the tight cordon of police stretch
ed about the west side, John i. Hen
ry and Dave Hall, convicted bank
-others who csczptcd from the offi
j cers while enroute to San Quentin
i penitentiary, have managed to elude
' capture up to a late hour this after
, nocn.
The bandits made their escape
1 from a Southern Pacific train yes
1terday.
COASTWISE VESSELS BOOST
WAGES OF THEIS EMPLOYES
SAX FRANCISCO. April 22—Th*
wages of workers on coastwise ve
! sels engaged in the lumber aai
: freight carrying trade have been
j increased by approximately forty per
; cent by Pacific Coast concerns, ac
cording to information given out
, today at the offices of the Shipowner?
Association of the Pacific Coast.
,> The increase will be in the form
of pay bonuses ranging from rive
, to ten per cent, in addition to a
flat increase of $d.
DELEGATE DAN SUTHERLAND
WILL SPEAK HERE TOMORROW
Arrangements have been made by
the Xenana Republican Club for a
public meeting to be held at Union
Hall tomorrow night, on which oc
casion Delegate Dan Sutherland will
tell Xenanaites what he ha- done
at Washington since his election us
delegate, ar.d what he hopes to ac
complish in the future. The meeting
will begin promptly at eight o'clock.
Delegate Sutherland will arrive at
Riley on the regular train from the
coast this afternoon, and will pro
ceed to Healy from that point by
speeder. He will address the voters
at Healy tonight and come on to
Xenana on the regular train tomor
row, arriving here at noon.
Reports received by The New -
from various points along the lin
indicate that Delegate Sutherland is
as. ...well thought of as ever by the
people of Interior Alaska and it
quite apparent that he will receive
a heavy vote at the primary election
on Tuesday. Overflow meetings have
been the rule all along the railroad
from Seward.
The meeting to be held at Union
hall tomorrow night should not be
regarded as a political meeting, for
it will be more in the nature of a
public reception of an accredited
representative of the Territory who
is here to render an accounting of
his work and confer with his con
stituents regarding important lega
tion now pending or contemplated.
It will be an opportunity for the
people of Xenana to learn all about
that much-advertised ‘‘New Bill” and
other issues of the campaign,
on all of which the delegate will
make his attitude clear to those not
now familiar with the stand he has
already taken at Washington on
pending and suggested Alaska legis
lation.
Everyone is urged to attend the
meeting, and a special invitation is
extended to the ladies of Xenana.
MASS TOMORROW
Rev. Father Eline will officiate at
send? s to be held at the Catholic
hur^ . tc- errow morning at ’.ea
o’clccb. T'e ser ice will be fo” ;wed
by the ustt1 Sunday School classes.