Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 6, ‘.922
NUMBER 192
' MINORITY REPORT SAYS BILL IS MENACE
CHINA FIRST FOREIGN POWER TO KAllPY PACTS
• RUSSIA WILL NOT COMPLY WITH DEMANDS OF ALLIES
CHINESE APPROVE TREATIES;
FIRST OF FOREIGN NATIONS I
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 6— |
Thv Chinese government has rati- j
fled all of the treaties approved by
the Washington Arms Conference,
to which China is signatory. The
Chantang treaty with Japan also
has been formally approved, accord
ing to advices received at the Chi
nese legation today.
China is the first of the foreign
powers participating in the confer
ence to follow the action of tne
United States.
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MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH
OF UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
COLUMBIA. S. C.. May 6—Local
authorities are investigating the
death here yesterday of Prof. E. G.
Holmes and Ben Hale, University
marshal, whose dead bodies were
found in the office of the treasurer
of the University of South Carolina.
The bodies were found by a
student, who heard shots as he was
passing the building. He went inside
and found a smoking pistol laying
beside the body of the marshal.
Holmes was a member of the engin- j
eering faculty.
Dr. J. S. Currell, president of the
university, who was in the office at
the time the shooting occurred, has
i-formed the authorities that Hale
first threatened to shoot him and
then started shooting indiscriminate
ly, hitting Holmes, against whom
he had long harbored bitter feeling.
growing out of their conflicting du
ties at the university.
The president did not stop to see
the finish of the affair, and it is be
lieved that Hale turned the gun
on himself after he had made sure
the marshal was dead. It is thought
his mind had become temporarily;
deranged.
TAFT COMES TO DEFENSE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 6—
Reply to xhe charges against At
torney General Daugherty, preferred
by Senator Carraway, of Arkansas,
in connection with the release of!
Charles W. Morse, from Atlanta
penitentiary, during the Taft admin
istration, Senator Willis yesterday
produced letters from former Presi- i
dent Taft and former Attorney Gen-|
cral Wiekersham. denying that their,
action in letting Morse go was in- j
fluenced by Daugherty. It has been j
charged that Daugherty received aj
fee of $25,000 for securing the re-f
lease of the shipbuilder.
Daugherty has issued a forma,
statement in his own defense, de
claring that “the real people behind
this movement, aside from the parti
sans interested, have not as yeti
shown their hands”. He declared
further that when the facts are fully '
known “the matter will never be.
referred to again"
OLDT1MERS REACH NENANA
FROM KANTISHNA DISTRICT i
Among the more recent arrivals
in Nenana from the Kantishna re
gion are Tommy Byrne, well known
oldtimer of the Northland, C. E. j
Neuser and Jim York. Byrne mushed
across country from the Kuskokwim,
region, “necking" a sled the entire
distance to Glacier, approximately j
150 miles. He joined Neuser and
York in the Kantishna and the three
came out with a dog team, travel
ing by way of the Toklat and Kobe.
The trail, they report, was fine as
far as Knight's roadhouse, on the
Toklat, but rather mushy from that
point to the railroad.
It is the intention of Byrne t<*
return to the Kuskokwim as soon as
the water runs. He will make the
trip by way of Diamond, which is at
the confluence of Moose Creek with
the Bearpaw River.
ETNA ACTING UP
BATANIA, Sicily, May 4—Mount
Etna is in v'olent eruption.
SIMMONS SAYS TARIFF BILL
DESIGNED FOR BIG INTERESTS
DEMPSEY MAY MEET CART
IF TED LEWIS IS DEFEATED
PARIS. May 6—Champion Jack!
Dempsey told a representative of the j
Associated Press here ‘oday that it ■
is almost certain that he meet Car- j
pentier again, either here or in Lon-;
don late this year, providing the!
Frenchman defeats Ted Lewis in.
their contest scheduled to take place J
on May 11.
Dempsey charged as pure nor.- j
sense the reports that he intended j
to marry Peggy Joyce, the famous!
actress. He also denied that he had i
any intention of wedding a French j
girl. “My heart is held tightly by j
an .American girl," he explained, j
“and I’m afraid she”U be jealous)
when she reads these yarns .
Dempsey has been offered a purse >
of $490,000, with 75 per cent of
the gate, in case he wins, for a re
turn match with Carpentier, to be
staged here sometime during the]
faD.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
FAVOR CLOSER ALLIANCE
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CLEVELAND, May 0—The ad
advisory board of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers has rati
fied the joint resolution adopted at
the Chicago meeting in February,
favoring a closer alFsmee between j
mine workers and railroadmen.
GLANDS ARE TRANSPLANTED j
I ROM DEAD V-'N— SUCCESS
A3SINING, May C—Through the1
transplantion of glands from an
electrocuted prisoner, George Hawes,|
who is serving a sentence for crun-.
jnal assault, has been cured of epi- j
Vepsy and stammering.
This is the first time in history:
that such an operation has result-i
ed in the cure of epilepsy, and the
case is attracting widespread atten
tion.
ENGINE STARTS—YOUTH DIES
SEATTLE. May 6—Herbert Mc
Cormick. aged 16. an employe of the
Alaska Steamship Company, met a
tragic death aboard the steamship
Northwestern yesterday, while the
boat was laying in port. He was:
making some repairs to the machin
ery, when the power was turned on
without warning. Before the engines
could be stopped, the young man
was dead.
MELLON BACKS BLAIR
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May f—
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon!
has informed Senator Glass, of
Virginia, that the treasury, upon
reconsideration, has reached tbs con
clusion held by Commissioner Blair,
that contributions to the Woodrow
Wilson fund are not exempt 'rom
taxation.
HOUSE FAVORS COAL INQUIRY
WASHINGTON. D. C-, May 6—.
The house labor committee has re
ported favorably on the Bland bill
which provides for the creation of a
commission to ascertain all the facts
in connection with the coal industry
ROPER TO MEET FULTON
DENVER, May 6—Captain Bob
i Roper has been matched to fight
' Fred Fulton twelve rounds here on
May 12.
TREATY IS NOT A VIOLATION
PARIS. May 6- "he Allied repar
1 ations commirs’on has announced
♦hat it has failed to find the papal1*
i treaty between Carmany an- lius
a violation of the treaty of V *
1 sailles.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 6—
In a minority report on the pend
ing tariff bill, which was submitted
to the senate today, Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, ranking
Democrat on the senate finance com
mittee, declared that “so far as the
SENATE LEADERS OBJECTING
TO GOLDSTEIN NOMINATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 6—
Both Democratic and Republican
leaders have voiced opposition to
the. confirmation of the nomination
of Nat Goldstein to controller of in
ternal revenue at St. Louis.
Senator Harrison, of Mississippi,
charges that Goldstein received the
sum of 82,500 from the managers
of the campaign of former Govern
or Lowden. while the latter was a
candidate for the presidential nom
ination. and that he attended the
rational convention as a Lowden
man.
In view of the fact that opposi-;
tion appears to be growing, it has j
been suggested by some of the Re
publican leaders that the President |
be asked to withhold the nomir.a
jtion'
CHURCHES WANT AMERICA
TO HAVE PLACE AT COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May &—
The Federal Council jf • liurche.? of
i America has forwarded a memorial
| to Secretary of State Hughes urging j
that the United States become a |
imember of the permanent Coi rt of j
International Justice. A copy of the ,
memorial also will be sent to ?r< s-1
; ident Harding.
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BELGIUM IS TAKING STEPS
TO PROTECT BORDER TROOPS |
BRUSSELLS, May 6—The Be!
I pian forces in Germany are being ■
i strengthened as the result of re- ^
| cent aggressions in which Belgian
I soldiers were the victims.
The latest affair occurred at Ham-1
burg, near Essen, on which occasion |
a Belgian lieutenant was wounded, j
TRUCE IN IRELAND
! DUBLIN, May 4—A truce has
been declared between the rival Irish •
1 Republican army forces, The truce
started at four this afternoon and
j will continue in force until four i
: o’clock Monday afternoon. The ob
| ject of the truce is to give the war-:
; ring factions an opportunity to d:s-1
I cuss a basis for settling their differ
i ences.
Col. Mears and F. A. Hansen are
i reported to have left Anchorage for,
I Nenana this morning on a speeder,
I and it is probable they will arrive,
■ here tonight or early tomorrow. 1
'
R. C. Loudermilch, in charge of
1 the emergency hospital at Mile 356, |
j was in Nenana last night. He ar
| rived aboard the freight train yes
iterday and returned to his station j
■ on the regular train this afternoon. I
■
A trainload of gravel, 40 cars of |
j it, is expected to arrive in Nenar.a
some time today from the steam
j shovel camp at McKinley Park. The
gravel will be dumped along the
newly constructed line from the loot
of A street to the river bank near
the Mission. It will require several
trainloads to complete ' -e wor' of
ballasting and grading on tnat sec
tion of the road.
c"orty pupils vn •-'-v. •‘e fr
ith .‘laska Hgh hoc d: g the
I month1- of liiy and June.
special interests are concerned, itt
(roes without saying the taxes im
posed are both satisfying and com
forting. On the other hand, the
people view this bill as a measure
full of mischief and dangerous pos-1
sibilities, and loaded down with in- j
numerable burdens.”
BEVERIDGE PUTS NEW UNDER
IN RACE FOR NOMINATION
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 6—T h e :
complete unofficial returns of the;
primary election held in Indiana this1
week show that former Senator
Beveridge received the Republican
nomination by a big margin over.
Senator Harry New. Beveridge re
ceived 405,410 and New 184,938. |
In the race for the Democratic;
nomination for senator, former Gov-'
ernor Ralston received 183,670 ar.d
Jesse Sanders, who sought the sen-,
atorial nomination on a wet plat
form, received only 27,710.
LABOR SECRETARY REPORTS
CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 6—
Secretary of Labor Davis issued a
statement today in which he sa>s
••unemployment conditions demon
strate that widespread industry is.
awakening, from coast to coast
and. although there are a few dark
spots where unemployment remains j
considerable, the entire country can
be said to have come out of its de
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i pression .
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TORNADO HITS LONE STAR;
TEN TEXANS ARE KILLED
! AUSTIN, May 6—Ten are dead.1
' more than a score injured and
| property to the value of half a mil- j
: lion dollars destroyed as the result j
of a tornado which swept through,
the west side of this city late Thurs
! day afternoon, and passed on to
t Oak Hill, eight miles southwest of
\ here.
MILLIONAIRE BOOTLEGGER
j KALAMAZOO, May 6—John Du
! val Dodge, young Detroit millionaire
1 and Rex Earl, have been placed or.
probation for a year, following their
| conviction on a charge of illegal
possession and trasportation of li
quor.
SAYS ACT IS NOT VALID
| BOSTON, May 6—State Attorney
j Allen has rendered an opinion that!
| the federal Sheppard-Towner bill, j
: providing for federal and state co-•
i operation in the promotion of ma
I ternity and infancy welfare, is un- j
i constitutional for the reason that it j
! invokes police powers that are ex
pressly reserved tc the states.
The Nenana Masonic Club will ^
meet at the home of Oscar Rothen
j burg next Wednesday evening, at
■ which time the usual business ses
I sion will be held.
Resident Engineer Truitt and the j
; members of his party have made a
1 commencement with the work of re
locating the line from Mile 377 to
j Mile 381. As soon as the profile of
I the work and the preliminary erti
j mates have been completed, the
J work of grading probably will be
f taken in hand.
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Roadmaster T. K. Blakev is ••end
liecr men out to the various sections
Ion the line under hi* charge. w-'kh
ia view ♦-> bringing the g*n~s un *o
th» ir strength. The men are
ring : ent out as required hv the
‘ fc emen in charge.
FRAT BOYS BURN CANDIDATF.
DURING INITIATORY DEGREES
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SEATTLE. Ma> 6—Officials of
the University of Washington have;
begun a searching investigation t-1
ascertain the facts in connection j
with the alleged branding of Wal
lace D. Hunt and eight other candi-i
dates during an iniation conducted!
by the loan Kappa Psi medical
fraternity.
Hunt is now confined to hi= be<t
as the result of having been burned
by nitrate of silver but the other!
young men escaped serious conse
quences.
Officers of the fraternity claim
that the burning of Hunt was acci
dental.
FRANCE DISCOVERS BIG PLOT
TO DISCLOSE WAR SECRETS
PARIS, May 4—Three arrests
have been made and others are ex
pected in what the police claim
a vast organization for the espoinage
of French arsenals for the benefit
of the Russian soviet government.
FORMER SENATOR PASSES
LAKOTA, X. D., May 6—Former
Senator A. J. Gronna died here o”
Thursday. He was born in Iowa in
1858. and retired from the senate
March 3, 1921. He was an independ
ent candidate for the Republican
nomination at the forthcoming pri
mary election. During his term of
office he was the author of several
important bills, including the feder
al farm loan act and the bank de
posit guaranty act.. He had the dis
tinction of being the first Western
senator to hold the chairmanship ui
i the senate agricultural committee.
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SMALL CASE IS HALTED
WAUKEGAN, III.. 'May 6—The
I selection of a jury to try Governor
| Small on the charge of conspiring
| to defraud the state, was ualted
I temporarily yesterday, wnile Judge
Edwards took official cognizance of
rumors of jury tampering. This ac
tion followed the dismissal of a
juryman who admitted that he nad
discussed the case with another
juryman in court. The juror was
challenged by the prosecution.
MEXICAN ELECTION FATAL
! MEXICO CITY. May 6—Six are
reported to have been killed and
60 injured in a battle which took
, place this week at Uruap^Xi, st—-e
of Michoacan. The reports state a
group of radicals, aided by the
police, battled with the members of
the city council, following a cis
j agreement in connection wuh a
minor city election.
KLAN ORGANIZERS BEAT IT
SAN FRANCISCO. May «—Two
organizers of the Ku Klux Klan
are reported to have disappeared
following their interrogation by the
local police. The questioning of the
two men was in connection witn
threats against a uocal physician,
supposedly made by the kls.n.
TEXANS BURN NEGRO FIENDS
KIRVIN, Texas, May 6—Three
negroes who were accused of impli
cation in the assault and murder of
Eula Hawley, aged 17, were burn
; ed at the stake here last night in
I the presence of the entire populace.
The burning was carried out by a
mob of 500 outraged citizens.
FINANCIER PASSES
NEW YORK. May 6—Henry P.
Pavi'on. of the J. P. Morgan com
~anv. d;ed on the table
♦hii ~:ty today.
RUSSIA CANNOT MEET TERMS
OF MEMORANDUM DEMANDS
GENOA, May 6—According to an
announcement made today by For
eign Minister Tehltcheiin. the reply
of Russia to the Allied memorandum
will be distinctly conciliatory, with
no purpose of breaking olf negotia
tions. It will firmly state, however,
the inability of Russia to comply
with the terms offered.
The attituda of the Russian for
eign minister comes as a great sur
prise to the Allied retirement at ives
at the Economic conference, but
there has been no intimation as
yet what the further action of the
Allied powers will be. The issue is
ba'”g very generally discussed here
today and many messages have been
dispatched apprising the various gov
i ernments of the sudden and unex
pected turn of affairs, in advance
i of the receipt of the f Jimal reply
l to the memorandum.
WATERS OF MISSISSIPPI ARE
APPROACHiNG NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, May 6—The
; flood waters from a break in the
: levee at Puydras are approaching
this city, with the result tha1. much
| uneasiness is felt by residents. I*
* is the belief of officials, however,
j that the city is not in any danger
The Mississippi and its tributaries
‘continue to spread over a large sec
; tion of Mississippi and Louisiana.
Eleven parishes have already felt
j the extent of the flood and five
Mississippi counties are under wa
ter, with 16,000 people requiring
assistance. The Red Cross estimates
tha fully 40,000 persons will need
help in that section until new food
crops can be produced.
The relief situation continues
acute at Harrisonburg, Louisiana,
where fully 6,000 are on short ra
tions.
WIJ PEI FU CAPTURES PEKING;
AMERICANS HAVE BUSY TIME
PEKING, May 6—General VYu Pei
Fu entered the city at noon yester
day, with the army of General
Char.gh retreating in disorder t .>
ward Tien Tsin. The sudden col
lapse of the Changh defense will,
it is thought, put an end to the
hostilities.
During the last hours of the fight
mg great excitement prevailed in
the American quarter, as the resuit
of an attempt, on the part of the
invading forces to break through
the gates. Soldiers approached the
gates with battering rams but were
finally driven off by the guards, who
opened fire on the attacker- with
machine guns. None of the defend
ers was injured.
BONUS UP TO HORDING
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 6- -
The senate finance committee ha
instructed Chairman MeCumber to
{present the soldier bonus plan, with
a bank loan provision, as the ap~
{proved plan of the committee. The
j chairmen has irforwi«>d t11** com
| mittee that he will also lay before
J the President his own plan which
[ contemplates 20-year endowment
; policies.
FAMOUS CUBAN REBEL DIES
HAVANA, May 6—Geneial Emilio
Nunez, vice president of Cuba and
' a famous figure in the revolutionary
history of Cuba, died here yester
day.
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YANKEE SERGEANT RECOVERS
j COBLENZ, May 6—Sergeant E
Kaplan, of the American forces, who
•' was wounded at Mayence during
the May Day demonstration in that
city, is on the road to recovery
and feeling against the Germans is
abating somewhat The F - vh and
'rt'-mrn police made 52 htp s a.-.
3 ro'r.’t of the incident vhb cre
ated considerable st> r. tary
{ circles at t-e ti:. a.