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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST S, 1922
NUMBER 231
, COAL MINERS AND OPERATORS TO MEET
RAIL MEN RECOGNIZE AUTHORITY OF R. R. BOARD
TYPHOON TAKES TOLL OF FIVE THOUSAND IN' CHINA
OIL COMPANIES CUT PRICES
ON GASOLINE AND CRUDE OIL
DALLAS. Aug. 5—Tne Magnolia
i Petroleum Company has announced
a reduction of fifteen cents a bar
rel on Oklahoma crude and twenty
five cents a barrel on other crude
oil.
Ohio Oil Cut*
FINDLAY, Ohio. Aug. 5—The
Ohio Oil Company has announced a
twenty cent reduction on six grades
of Wyoming crude oil.
Midwest Follow* Suit
CASPER, Wyo., Aug. 5— The
Midwest Refining company has an
nounced a cut in prices of twenty
cents a barrel.
INSISTED ON DYING
SPOKANE, Aug. 5—Walter D.
Martin, real estate salesman, after
having failed to end his life by
plunging his auto over a steep em
bankment. slashed his throat with
an old razor. Upon discovery of
the body it was supposed that Mar
tin’s throat had been cut by the
windshield, ip an accidental wreck,
but investigation disclosed evidence
of the use of the razor, with sui
cidal intent.
GERMAN BANKS REMOVE GOLD
PARIS. Aug. 5—German banks,
during the last forty-eight hours,
have transferred between sixty and
seventy million French francs to
Holland and Switzerland, from local
American and other foreign banks
in this city. It was feared by the
Germans that the money would be
seized by the French government
as the result of their refusal to pay
French obligations incurred before
k the war.
EXPLANATION DEMANDED
PORTLAND, Aug. 5—The recent
appointment of A1 Demaree as man
ager of the Portland baseball club
is being investigated by Judge Lan
dis. He has asked the Denver club
to forward him copies of telegrams
concerning the sale of Demaree and
asks why he did not report to Den
ver in the spring.
DAIL AGENT IS SHOT
BELFAST, Aug. 3—Harry Bo
land, former Dail agent in America,
is in critical condition as the result
of wounds received last night while
attempting to evade capture by na
tional troops.
THREE BOYS DROWN
PORTLAND. Aug. 3—The three
young sons of Joseph Alax were
drowned at Auto City this week.
They were in an auto which their
parents backed off the ferry into
the river.
OUTLAW NEGRO FIGHTS POSSE
CHEROKEE, Oowa, Aug. 5—Af
ter having been trapped in a corn
field, an outlaw negro who was be
ing pursued for the murder of
three men. gave battle to the 800
men who had surrounded him. but
was finally killed after he had shot
and painfully wounded one member
of the posse. The outlaw was killed
by bullets fired by Henry O’Neill
and John Stiles, postal employes.
EXFLORERS RETURNING
NOME, Aug. 5—Telegraphic or
ders have been received from Ex
plorer Stefansson to send the
schooner Nokatak. Captain Fred
Swanson, to Wrangell island, to
bring back the advance party of the
expedition, who wintered there.
JOSEPHS GETS DECISION
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 5—
Jack Josephs, of Minneapolis, was
given a decision here last night over
Jimmie Sacco, of Boston. The boys
went ten rounds as hard as they
could go, the battle being one of
the best witnessed here in many
years.
COAL STRIKERS AND OPERATORS
TO DISCUSS SITUATION MONDAY
FIREMNE HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR MURDER OF BANKER
FRESNO. Aug. 5—C. W. Fridley
and W. A. Seger, members of the
local fire department, have been1
charged with manslaughter in con
nection with the death of J. Wiens,
banker of Reedly, who was shot
this week when he failed to halt
at the command of the firemen who
were hunting for the slayer of
Police Sergeant Hardenbrook.
The jury condemned the fire chief
for using inexperienced men on
such a job.
MOTHER DIES IN AID OF BABE
SPOKANE, Aug. 5—Mrs. Gay N.
Stroup was burned to death at
Cheney yesterday while attempting
the rescue of her baby from the
burning Stroup home. The mother
rushed into the flaming house and
was trapped there and when the
body was recovered later it had the
infant clasped tightly. Neighbors
prevented the father of the baby
from meeting a similar fate.
TACOMA BANKER DEFAULTS j
TACOMA Aug. 5—Spencer E. i
Conrow. assistant manager of the;
local branch of the Bank of Calif-'
ornia, disappeared on Tuesday and j
an investigation of his accounts!
shows him to be $6,000 short. Mrs.;
Conrow, who has been left with j
their several children, is hysterical.
Conrow was a civic leader and a
golfer of prominence. Manager Ra
leigh says the irregularities began
about three months ago.
KENWORTHY IS RELEASED
SAX FRAXCISCO, Aug. 5—W.
J. Kenworthy, former manager of
the Portland baseball club, has been
given his unconditional release by
President McCarthy, of the Coast
league, in accordance with the de
cision rendered recently by Judge
Landis in which it was held that
Klepper could not deal directly with
the players. This leaves Kenworthy
a free agent but he is prohibited
from playing in the same league
with Klepper.^ He says he has an
opening in the East.
AUTO FUMES FATAL
PORTLAXD, Aug. 5—Hubert Sim
mons, aged forty-two years, died'
here yesterday as the result of in
haling fumes from an auto in a
tightly closed garage. Simmons was
unconscious when discovered and
died shortly afterward.
RAIN DELAYS BOUT
BOSTON'. Aug. 5—The exhibition
bout which was to have been staged
here today has been postponed un
til tomorrow on account of rain.
SUN YAT SEN DEFEATED AGAIN
C.AXTOX, Aug. o—It is announc- !
ed at headquarters of Oh rang Ming ’
that the troops of Sun Yat Sen have !
been defeated and Chihing occupied
by the Chiung Ming forces.
GAS WELL HALTS TRAFFIC j
BRISTOL, Okla., Aug. 5—A gas |
well has halted traffic on the St. j
Louis & Frisco railroad. Escaping j
gas has filled the valley for more j
than a mile in extent, rendering
travel through the area -dangerous.
PROJECT IS FEASIBLE
SPOKANE, Aug. 5—FYank M.
Goodwin, assistant secretary of the
interior, is authority for the state
ment that there are no engineering
difficulties in the way of the Colum
bia basin irrigation project.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 5—Michael;
Gallagher, president of the Pitts- j
burg vein operators, expresses the
belief that seventy-five per cent of
the Ohio tonnage will be represented ,
at the conference of strikers and:
operators called for Monday by!
President John L Lewis, of the
United Mine Workers.
Another View Of Conference
CHICAGO. Aug. 5—A canvass of j
Ohio coal fields shows that only Dis-j
rrict 8, with five per cent of the
tonnage, will be represented at the
Monday conference, according to j
representatives of the Illinois oper-'
ators.
The Rail Strike
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5—
Representatives, of the striking mem
bers of the six shop craft unions,
formerly employed on the Southern 1
Railway, wall meet here today with ‘
Vice President Miller. The confer
ence was called for the purpose of j
jointly considering the Harding pro
posals for the settlement of the
strike.
Board’s Authority Recognized
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5—
In the opinion of the Government,
both sides of the rail controversy I
have, in accepting the Harding pro
posals for the settlement of the
strike, placed themselves «n record
as recognizing the supreme authori
ty of the Railway Labor board. This
opinion was expressed yesterday af
ternoon by members of the admin
istration, following a metting of
the cabinet, at which the proposals
were explained in detail.
Cushman Restrains Strikers
TACOMA, Aug. 5-—Judge Cush
AIRMAN MAKES LONG HOP;
TO CROSS STATES TOMORROW
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 5—
Lieut. H. J. Doolittle made a non
stop flight yesterday from San An
tonio to this city, covering the dis
tance in nine hours.
He is preparing to hop off for
the Pacific coast tomorrow and says
he will make the ocean-to-ocean
flight in one day.
CARDINALS TAKE LEAD
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5—As a result
of yesterday’s games, the Cardinals
now head the National list, having j
ousted the Giants from first place.
LAMPING SENATE JOB
OLYMPIA, Aug. 5—George B.1
Lamping, of Seattle, will enter the
Republican primaries in an effort j
to capture the nomination for U. S.
senator. He filed his declaration yes-|
terday.
AUSTRIA WANTS ATTENTION
PARIS, Aug. 5—The Austrian
government has requested the Al
lies to consider the Austrian situa
tion at the conference to be held j
in London next week. It is point- j
ed out that the threatened financial i
collapse of Austria would result, in
injury to all of Europe.
IRISH IRREGULARS RETREAT
DUBLIN, Aug. 5—The irregulars
have apparently abandoned their at- *
tempt to make a stand at the River
Suir. As the Nationals entered Car
rick the three hundred irregulars
fled toward Dungarvan.
Col. F. Mears. chairman and chief (
engineer, and F. A. Hansen, en
gineer maintenance and construction i
arrived from the south today on j
the Hanson Fordster.
man has signed an order forbidding!
fail strikers to interfere with non- j
union employes of the Milwaukee i
system.
Coal Priority Designated
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 5—
Bituminous coal for household use
and for the manufacture of foods
and medicines is given priority in
an order issued by the Interstate i
Commerce Commission.
Coal Short In Illinois
CHICAGO, Aug. 5—The coal situ
ation has become most critical, the
shortage of fuel at present being
the most acute in the history of the
state, according to State Fuel Di
rector Medill.
Militia It Fired On
STAUNTON. Ind., Aug. 5—The
militia which is doing picket duty
at the Strip mines which are bein?,
operated under the protection of j
the state, were fired on from am- j
bush yesterday afternoon. The fire1
was returned by the soldiers, using
automatic rifles and the fighting
continued for an hour without seri
ous consequences on either side.
Strike Riot In Nebraska
LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 5—One
man and a woman were placed un
der arrest here today as the result
of a rail strike riot. The rioters
were attempting’ to prevent strike
breakers from going to work in the!
Burlington shops.
More Trains Taken Off
HORNELL. N. Y.. Aug. 5—The
management of the Erie railroad has
announced that a score of addition
al trains are to be discontinued to- :
day as a result of the feul short
age.
ITALIAN SAILORS PUT STOP
TO OUTBREAT AT GENOA
GENOA, Aug. 5—Several hundred
sailors were landed here last night
from two Italian warships, to rein
force the Royal guard in the resora
tion of order.
Within a short time after the ar- j
rival of the sailors the barricades
erected in the streets by rioters had
been demolished by machine guns
and the rioters put to rout.
ENOUGH FOR A PAYMENT
PARIS Aug. 5—The gold with
drawn from Paris banks yesterday
by German bankers was sufficient
to pay the August instalment on
the German debts.
BOMB ROCKS CITY IN CHINA
MACAO, Aug. 5—The Portuguese'
settlement across the Canton river
from Hongkong, was rocked by five i
violent bamb explosions yesterday.
One Chinese was killed.
NOT THE MOVIE KIND
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Aug. 5—
Miss Anna J. Cannon is reported to ,
have made discovery of a new star.
The discovery was made at the
southern station of Harvard Uni
versity at Arequipa.
IRREGULARS STORM BANK
DUBLIN, Aug. 5—A band of ir- i
regulars entered Sligo yesterday in
an armored car and bombed the'
Ulster bank, almost wrecking it be-j
fore the bombardment was brought j
to a halt and the attacking car
driven off. ! ■
—
Andy Hoey reports from Anchor- <
age that there is a lot of money i
being bet on the Nenana-Cordova '
series of ball games.
SEATTLE AUTO DRIVERS KILL •
YOUTH, MAIM MOTORCYCLIST
SEATTLE, \u? 5- Allen Mc-Don- i
aid, aped 13, wa = run over and
killed yesterday by an auto driven
by Freman A. Hobart, a Tacoma
lumber salesman. The boy was as
sisting Rev. Dwight Bennett hang
posters for 2 community festival
and was crossing the road with a
bucket of paste when he saw the I
auto speeding toward him. He be
came confused and dodged back and
forth several times and Hobart, ap
parently was unable to avoid hit
ting him. The accident occurred in
the north end of the city.
Fred A. Rogers, while riding a
motorcycle with C. Emery, was hit
last night by an auto driven by Mrs.
Dorothy C. Johnson. Rogers’ skull!
was fractured and both legs broken.
LIGHTNING FATAL
BELV1DERE. X. J„ Aug. 5—
Lightning struck a tree on the bank
of the Delaware river today and
leaped ten feet to the porch of the
summer home of Mrs. Thomas Berk
ey, killing the owner instantly. A
friend, sitting a few feet' away
from Mrs. Berkey escaped with a
slightly scorched heel. Her shoes
and stockings were ripped off as
f by magic.
RUSSIA HAS PLENTY NOW
MOSCOW. Aug. 5—The Soviet
rovernment has announced that it
will discontinue buying flour and
sugar abroad. Excellent prospects
ror bumper home crops is given as
:he reason.
FRANCE TO TAKE ACTION
PARLS. Aug. 5—The French gov
ernment has ordered into effect
penalties against Germany as a re
mit of her refusal to pay tie full
nstahnent of the pre-war debt to
French nationals. The penalties con
cern German properties sequestered
in France.
SEW MAIL BOAT ARRIVES
ON MAIDEN TRIP OF SEASON
The new mail boat Tanana, which
ivas built at Tanana this season for
operation between the army town
ind Nenar.a, carrying passengers
ind mail, arrived in port at an
;arly hour this morning on her maid
en trip of the season. After the en
due had been installed at Tanana,
ihe boat was started or. her first
Irip to Nenana without even the pre
imsnary of a trial spin, and <*very
diing was found to work splend'dly.
rhe boat developed a speed of fve
niles an hour against the swift cur
rent of the Tanana river.
The Tanana is 55 feet long, and
s propelled by a 40 h. p. Frisbie
engine. The boat was built by A1
Knobs and the machinery was in
stalled by Charles L. Cook, who ac
.ompanied the boat to Nenana, with
F. C. Fitzhugh acting as engineer,
denry Robinson, mail superintendent
ror the Northern Commercial Com
pany of Alaska, is in charge of the
.raft. Others making the trip up
■iver were Frank Huddleston and
Silly Lynn.
The Tanana will start on the re
turn trip to the army town to
light and hereafter will make regu
ar weekly trips between the two
.owns. The boat has been fitted up
‘or the accommodation of between
hirty and forty passengers. There
rill be electric lights, a stove and
:omfortab!e bunks. The barge, to
iccommodate the overflow travel,
vill also have electric lights and all
he comforts of a traveling hotel.
TYPHOON HITS CHINESE PORT;
TAKES TOLL OF THOUSANDS
HONG KONG, Aug. 5—Five
thousand lives are reported to have
been lost as the result of the par
tial destruction of the port of
Spatow, which was hit by a typhoon
this week. The great warehouses
were demolished and two British
steamers wrecked. Details of the
disaster have not yet reached this
city.
STRIKE TIES UP VESSELS
ft ASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5—
The department of Commerce has
been advised that thirty coastwise
vessels have been tied up at Manila
by a strike among the officers.
GIRL SECRETARY DEMANDS
BALM FOR BROKEN HEART
NEW YORK, Aug. 5—John B.
Woodward, newspaper advertising
man of New York and Chicago, is
made defendant in a suit for $100.
000, instituted by Edith L. Ran
som, who acted as secretary to
George Creel while he was director
of the bureau of publicity.
The girl says in her complaint
that Woodward twice promised to
marry her and broke his promise
on each occasion. She is 23 years
old and the man she is suing is a
widower with several grown child
ren.
FOREST FIRFS EXPLAINED
SEATTLfC. Aug. 6.—Federal Mar
;hal Uenn declares that a large
proportion of the forest fires in
Western Washington this summer
cere started by criminal syndicai
r ACISTI FIGHTING CONTINUES
GENOA, Aug. 5—Guerilla fighting
>f the Faeisti Socialists continues
n the narrow streets, but is scat
:ered and not of a particullary seri
ous character.
STOCK PRICES RISING
NEW YORK. Aug. 5—Strong
?toek prices prevailing on the local
market today are taken as an in
dication of security in financial cir
:les that the strikes will terminate
•hortly.
ARBUCKLE TO NEW LANDS
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 5—Fatty
Arbuckle has asked for passports
for himself and secretary, for a
’business trip of indefinite length”
to China, Japan and Korea.
BOSTON BUYS PITCHER
MEMPHIS. Aug. o—Fowlkes,
right handed pitcher of the Mem
phis team, of the Southern associa
:ion, has been sold to Boston for
UO,000.
FOUR DIE IN AUTO WRECK
GARY. Ind., Aug. 5—Three young
svomen and a man were killed last
right when their auto crashed into
j concrete abutment after having
lit a street car.
LANGFORD GETS DECISION
TULSA, Aug. 5—Langford was
riven a decision over Big Bill Tate,
rhicago negro heavyweight, last
light at the end of a twelve-round
lout.
WILL NOT MAN WRECKERS
SPOKANE, Aug. 5—Striking rail
corkers have announced that they
*rill not man wrecking trains even
f the lives of the public are en
langered. The announcement comes
>n the heels of a statement made
iy rail officials to the effect that
hey have full wrecking crews.
GOVERNORS ASKED TO HELP
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Aug. 5—
•'uel Distributor Spencer has sent
i request to the various governors
jo concur in the steps that are being
aken to distribute coal to meet the
iresent emergency.