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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NfcNANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3. 1922
NUMBER 230
' STRIKING SHOPMEN ACCEPT PROPOSALS
MICHIGAN INDUSTRIES FACE GRAVE COAL FAMINE
NOVA SCOTIA COAL MINERS VOTE TO GO ON STRIKE
NOVA SCOTIA MINERS VOTE
TO GO OUT ON BIG STRIKE
SYDNEY. N. S.. Aug. 3—Ninety
Two per cent of the coal miners of
Nova Scotia are in favor of strik
ing. accord:ng to President Baxter,
of the United Mine Workers.
Baxter states that nearly all of
the locals voted and that the miners
were almost a unit on the question
of striking.
CHINK SMUGGLERS ARRESTED
SEATTLE. Aug. 3—R. Donohue,
who says he is a fisherman, and Os
car Benson, laborer, were arrested
yesterday on the charge of operat
ing an international ring to smug
gle Chinese into the United States.
The arrests are the result of the
capture of two Chinese immigrants
at Ballard last May.
SALMON PACK NOT LARGE
BELLINGHAM. Aug. 3—Archie
W. Shiels, superintendent of the
Alaska department of the Paeific
American Fisheries, says the salmon
pack of Southetastern Alaska this
year, while not large, was up to ex
pectations. The combined pack of
King Cove, Squaw Harbor and
Ikatan was 216,000 cases.
TARIFF PASSAGE CERTAIN
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 3—
The passage of the administration
tariff bill is said to be practically
assured as the result of separate
reached between the Republicans
and Democrats.
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SWIMMER BEATS RECORDS
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Aug. 3—Two
records were broken yesterday at
the swimming meet of the Ohio
State Journal, by Johnny Weismul
ler, of Chicago, the world’s cham
pion swimmer. He swam 75 yards,
backstroke, in 46 3-5 seconds, and
50 yards, free style, in 22 4-5 se
conds.
EXPELLED FROM COMMONS
LONDON, Aug. 3—Horatio Bot
tomley, former editor of the publi
cation, John Bull, has been expelled
from the house of commons for
conduct unbecoming a member of
that august body.
NATIONALS OCCUPY CALLAN
DUBLIN, Aug. 3—Callan, most
northern point held by the irregu
lars, has been occupied by the Irish
Nationals. The irregulars are report
ed to have been completely routed
in County Donegal.
SUN SETS
CANTON, Aug. 3—Chief Chen
Chiung, of the king’s forces, which
are favorable to the Peking re
public, have defeated the troops of
Sun Yat Sen. according to a bul
letin posted at the Chen headquart
ers yesterday.
MUST BE LABELED ALASKA
OTTAWA, Aug. 3—The depart
ment of marine and fisheries has
ruled that after the first of Sep
tember Alaska red salmon sold in
Canada must bear the label “Alaska
Red”. The word sockeye is barred
from the labels.
DRUG PEDDLER CAPTURED
PORTLAND. Aug. 3—A cable re
ceived by the district attorney says
David Lightner, who is wanted here
to answer to a charge of violating
the narcotics law, has been taken
into custody and is now being re
turned to this city aboard the freight
ship West Faralone. Lightner re
cently escaped from the consular
jail at Shanghai.
OKLAHOMANS PICK CANDIDATE
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 3—Eu
gene Kerr, manager for Thomas H.
Owen, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor, has con
ceded the nomination of Mayor N.
C. Walton, of this city. Returns
thus far received from the primaries
held this week, give Walton a good
lead.
RAILROAD STRIKE SITUATION
AWAITS ACTION OF OWNERS
LOS ANGELES COUNCILMAN
SAYS GAMBLERS IN CLOVER
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3—Presi
dent Criswell, of the city council,
: declares that the winnings of local
' gambling houses average $25,000 a
| night ar.d that $10,000 is being paid
' for protection.
The statement of the president
’ has created a small sensation and
j it is probable that an investiga
; tion will follow.
STAMPS TO BE CHANGED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 3—
( Postage stamps of the denominations
I of one cent and five dollars, are to
j undergo radical changes to elinr.nate
! losses which have resulted from lack
of distinctive features.
R. R. IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
EVERETT. Aug. 3—Superintend
i ent McDonough is authority for the
statement that the sum of two mil
lion dollars is to be expended in im
! provements in the Cascade division.
1 Part of the work will consist of
riprapping the Skyhomish river for
a distance of three miles. Yards
and stations have been enlarged at
several points.
OLDTIMER DEFEATED
PITTSBURG, Kan., Aug. 3—Con
gressman Phillip P. Campbell, who
has been a member of CongTess
for more than a score of years,
and who is now chairman of the
house rules committee, was defeated
for renomination in the primaries
this week. W. H. Sproul, of Nedan,
is conceded to have received the
Republican nomination.
SPANISH VETS RECOGNIZED
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 3—
President Harding has signed an
order giving veterans of the Span
ish-American War the same
preference as that accorded to vet
erans of the World War, in the
matter of appointment to post
masterships. They have an advant
age of five per cent over other ap
plicants.
THE AMUNDSEN FLIGHT
NOME. Aug. 3—It is reported
here that Explorer Amundsen will
winter at Point Barrow in case it
is decided to abandon the polar
flight this year.
OIL SQUATTERS EJECTED
CASPER. Wyo., Aug. 3—U. S.
marines, commanded by Captain
George Fhller. have ejected alleged
squatters from the Tea Pot Dome
oil claims. The ejection was accom
plished without trouble.
BABY HELD FOR BOARD BILL
TACOMA, Aug. 3—Mrs. Lindsey
Gibbon has started legal proceedings
to recover possession of her baby,
fifteen months old, which, she al
leges, is being detained by Mrs.
John Schiller as security pending
payment of a board bill.
JEWELER ACCEPTED LOOT
LOS ANGELES, Aug. Z— Bobert
E. Lomax, aged 51, who was re
leased from San Quer.tin on parole
after having served five years of a
twelve-year sentence for second de
gree murder, was arrested this week
on a charge of having received 2‘J
diamonds, wcr*h $10,000, which are
part of the loot obtained by three
men last May, when Mrs. V. J.
Rowen was locked in a closet while
her home was stripped of valuables,
worth $25,000. Lomax has a down
town jewelry store now.
' CHICAGO, Aug. 3—The chiefs of]
:be striking railroad workers voted
late yesterday afternoon to accept
the Harding proposals for the set
tlement of the strike and the country
is now awaiting the next move of
the railroad executives, who are in j
session at New York, and have ae
! cepted all of the proposals except,
that relating to seniority rights.
The action of the union heads
. was the only outstanding feature
I of the strike situation yesterday i
and there have been no new de-1
velopments today. It is expected
that President Harding will take
some action late today or tomor
row, but the public has not been
advised what the next step will be.
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Steel Plant To Wait For Order*
DENVER, Aug. 3—The plant of j
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
at Pueblo wall close on Saturday
and the resumption of activities, it
:s announced, will depend upon the
receipt of orders from the railroads
for rails. The closing of the plant
will throw 1,500 men out of work.
Ford May CIo*e Plant Soon
j LANSING. Aug. 3—Henry Ford
: reports that he will be able to ooer
sate his automobile factory at De-i
troit only fourteen day? longer un- j
less he is able to find an unexpected
supply of fuel in the meantime, j
Other Michigan industries are in a;
similar plight as a result of the coal i
strike.
Steamers Are Taken Off
DETROIT, Aug. 3—The shortage
of fuel has compelled the Detroit;
& Cleveland Navigation Company to j
lay off two passenger steamers. The
company has only sufficient coal>
left to last ten days.
The price of bunker coal has been 1
advanced t» $8 and $9 a ton at the ;
mine. The price normally is $2.50.
Airplane Fill* The Gap
SALT LAKE. Aug. 3—An airplane
made a flight to Rock Springs. Wyo.,
from thi3 city yesterday, carrying
573 pounds of first class mail.
New Employe* Organize
CHICAGO. Aug. 3—Ten thousand ]
shopmen on the Santa Fe system, j
•,vho have formed an organization of
new employes, have telegraphed to I
Chairman Ben Hooper, of the Rail-!
way Labor board, demanding protec
tion of seniority rights acquired by
them during the strike.
EXPENDITURES EXPLAINED
AT ANNUAL K. C. MEETING
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 3—In a
' statement made before the deie
I gates in attendance at the fortieth
| international convention of the
; Knights of Columbus, Superintend
ent Knight Flaherty declared that
• not a cent of the Knights of Col
j umbus war fund has been spent for
historical or Italian welfare, as
rumored. He explained that the
fcatemity had appropriated a mil
lion dollars, however, for welfare
work at Rome.
BRITAIN TO STAND PAT
LONDON, Aug. 3—Sir Robert
Horne, chancellor of the exchequer,
j informed the house of commons to
day that Great Britain does not m
: tend to suggest any changes in her
| financial obligations to the United
States.
LIGHTNING KILLS CLIMBER
DENVER. Aug. 3—A party has
i started for the top of Longs peak
I to recover the body of J. E. Kitt,
of Greeley, who was killed by light
ning on Tuesday. J. E. Bullas, of
Topeka, who was with Kitt, had
his shoes burned from his feet by
the stroke, and made his way down
the mountain with great difficulty to
j report the fatality.
SHRINERS POSTPONE TRIP
SEATTLE, Aug. 3-J-The pilgrim
age of the Shriners to Alaska, which
was scheduled to start today, has
been postponed a week to permit
Potentate Caldwell to greet Imperial
Potentate McCandless, who will ar
: rive from Honolulu on Saturday.
! The pilgrims will sail on the Ala
meda.
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GOING SOME
SANTA ROSA, Aug. 3—Jimmy
Murphy, who is training for the
championship auto race to be held
next Sunday, did a mile and a
quarter yesterday in thirty-seven
seconds.
EXPLORERS ENROUTE NORTH
THE PAS, Aug. 3—The Tremblay
pfivate expedition which was organ
ized to investigate Baffin Land and
the magnetic pole, arrived here yes
terday enroute north.
BOILER ON TUG EXPLODES;
CREW PERISH—TUG SINKS
NEW YORK. Aug. 3—The boiler
of the harbor tup Edward blew up
yesterday while the tup way moor
ed at the slip. The five members
of the crew who were on board at
the time, were killed and the tup
was sent to the bottom of the har- i
bor.
A piece of iron was thrown from
the tup with sufficient force to in
jure four men who were at work on
a nearby building.
BANDITS STEAL BEER CARGO |
WINDSOR, Ont., Aug. 3—After
a search lasting ten days, the police
admit they are baffled by the theft
of two cars of beef which disap
peared last month. A band of rob
bers took possession of a locomotive
and two cars containing a thous-'
and cases of beer and ran the out
fit into the country, where thgy
unloaded the beer and escaped.
FIRE WARDEN CLEARED
CHEHALIS, Aug. 3—A coroner’s
jury has found that James Van Bib
ber, fire warden, who killed Carl
Kemrick yesterday, committed the
deed in self defense.
GREEN PEACHES KILL CHILD
YAKIMA, Aug. 3—Green peaches
which were eaten a fortnight ago,
are blamed for the death of Frank
Stots, aged four years, of Wapato.
DRIVER DIES IN AUTO FIRE
TOLEDO, Oregon, Aug. 3—Wal
lace Lablanch was burned to death
last night in a fire which followed
the wreck of his auto after it had j
run off tihe road. John Schaffer is
missing and it is believed he met a
similar fate.
ITALIAN STRIKE ENDS
ROME, Aug. 3—The ministry of
the interior has announced that the
general strike, which was proclaim- (
ed three days ago as a protest
against the reprisals against com
munists, ended at noon today.
Lord Byng, governor general of
Canada, is enroute to Dawson on
his first official visit to Yukon Ter
ritory. George Black, M. P., waited
at Juneau to accompany the gov
ernor to the Interior.
INVENTOR OF TELEPHONE
DIES SUDDENLY IN CANADA
DNEY, N. S., Aug. 3—Alex
ander Graham Bell, inventor of the
telephone, died on his estate near
this city yesterday. He had been
failing in health for months and
was confined to his bed, but idle
end came suddenly and unexpected
ly.
Phone* To Be Silent
NEW YORK. Aug. 3—Every tele
phone in the United States will re
main silent for one minute tomrr
row, during the funeral of Alex
ander Graham Bell.
THREE KILLED IN BATTLE
TO TAKE MURDER SUSPECT
SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. 3—Three
dead and one seriously injured is the
story of a battle that took place
here today as the result of an at
tempt by the police to capture Walt
er Castor, sought since May for
the murder of Mrs. Anna Wilkens,
wife of Henry W'ilkens, garage own
er.
Advised of the presence of Castor
in the city, the police proceeded to
the Castor home, where they were
greeted by armed resistence. In the
fight which followed. Castor and
his sister-in-law. Mrs. Robert Castor,
and Police Detective Tim Bailey
were killed, and Detective Ernest
Gable seriously wounded.
CORDOVA PLAYERS ON WAY;
ANCHORAGE FANS COMING
According: to information received
in Nenana this afternoon, the mem
bers of the Cordova baseball team
left Anchorage for Nenana on the
regular train today, and will ar
rive here tomorrow morning. There
are fourteen of the boys and a mas
cot.
The advices also state that a num
ber of Anchorage fans are coming
along with the ball boys to see the
Nenana series.
FRENCH BANDIT EXECUTED
PARIS. Aug. 3—Mennislas Char
rier, convicted on a charge of par
ticipating in a holdup, paid the ex
treme yesterday.
LYMAN SEELYE TO MAKE RACE
OLYMPIA. Aug. 3—Lyman See
lye, of Bellingham, has filed his de
claration of candidacy for the De
mocratic nomination for United
States senator.
CHINA DEALING WITH RUSSIA
PEKING, Aug. 3—Representatives
of foreign powers have been inform
ed that China is planning the estab
lishment of trade relations with
soviet Russia. A plenipotentiary is
about to be sent to Moscow to op
en negotiations with the Russian
government.
WENATCHEE HAS GOOD CROP
WENATCHEE, Aug. 3—The ap
ple crop of north-central Washing
ton this season is estimated at 14.
900 cars.
OLD FIRE HORSE SUICIDES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 3—
Jack Gallop, an oldtime fire horse,
who was demoted from fire service
to the commonplace work of hauling
a garbage wagon, as the result of
the introduction of motor driven
equipment, dashed against the fire
house wall at Georgetown today and
crumpled on the walk in a lifelsss
heap. Fireman declare that the old
veteran committed suicide because
of the disgtace forced upon* it.
PRESIDENT WIRES GOVERNOR
OF PLANS FOR ALASKA TRIP
The News ha? teen advised by
Governor Scott C. Bone, of the re
ceipt yesterday of the following
telegram from President Harding:
The White House,
Washington, D. ,C
My dear Governor Bone:—
You can be sure that the disap
pointment of Mrs. Harding and my
! self over our inability to come to
Alaska this summer is vastly great
i er than the disappointment of any
of the Alaskan citizenship. We had
| been counting upon it for more than
I a year, believing it would afford us
great individual pleasure and satis
I faction, on the one hand, and en
i able me, on the other, to get an
| official understanding of the re
sources and conditions and the needs
; of the Territory that could not be
so fully impressed by any other pro
j cess than that of a personal visit.
I need not tell you that it is only
an expectation deferred. If all goes
well there will not likely be any
extraordinary session of the Con
gress next summer and I can well
believe it will be convenient to get
away for the trip in June. Though
it is a long way off . • w'll be mak
ing our plans to that end.
I am very glad to have your re
port of very favorable conditions
in many sections of Alaska. I regret,
with you, the depression which is
felt in certain spots. I am sure
that sentiment in Congress is friend
ly to that development in Alaska
which will best promote its pros
perity and reveal the Territory as
a great asset to the United States.
I have already assured you of my
desire in that direction.
With very best regards, Lam
Very truly yours
WARREN g'. HARDING
STRIKE IN BARREN LANDS
SHOWS RICH SILVER ORES
FITZGERALD. Alberta, Aug- 3-—
Jack Sarcee, a prospector, has ar
rived here from the Barren Lands,
nor:h of this city, with samples of
silver ore which run high in values,
the discovery of which is causing
much excitement.
Two independent assays were ob
tained, one of them giving $800 to
the ton and the other $775.
NON-UNION COAL FOR FORD
DETROIT, Aug. 3—Officials of
the Ford Motor Company announce
that the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton,
Ford’s railroad, will haul coal into
Michigan from non-union fields as
soon as arrangements can be made
with the Louisville & Nashville rail
road.
WOMAN PAINTS BRIDGE
TACOMA, Aug. 3—Motorists re
cently passing over the highway
bridge at Fairfax have been sur
prised to see a woman dangling in
the air 240 feet above the Carbon
river and busily painting the span.
The woman is Mrs. Wilma Saunders,
wife of the painter who took the
oontraet to paint the bridge, and
she worked side by side with him
during the progress of the danger
ous work. Mrs. Saunders declares
she was never dizzy in her life and
that she-* can work as readily high
in the air as on solid ground.
FARTHEST WEST TOWN
HOQUIAM, Wash.. Aug. 3—The
honors of the farthest west city
on the mainland of the United States
are handed to Eureka, Cal., by F.
W. Mathias, secretary of the local
commercial club. He recently con
ducted an investigation on the sub
ject, following claims made by Ho
quiam and Port Angeles, to the dis
tinction. The official longitudinal fig
ures indicate that Eureka is farthest
west, with Hoquiam second and
Port Angeles third. The figures take
into consideration cities only, as
there are numerous towns more
westerly than the cities named.