‘Buy Your Outfit in Nenana-8ave Time, Money, Trouble
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1922
NUMBER 381
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL APPROVED BY HOUSE
GREEK EXECUTIONS CAUSING GRAVE SITUATION
DF.VA1F.RA~" TRYING TO ESCAPE TO FRIENDLY STATES
DEVALERA MAKING ATTEMPT
TO REACH HAVEN IN U. S. j
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LONDON, Nov. SO—A dispatch
from the Belfast correspondent of
the Evening News s3ys Devalera will j
try to escape from Ireland, his plan ]
being to seek safety in the United i
r States. The report says he is now ,
in hiding in the Carlingford mount- j
ains, overlooking Greenore, County I
Louth, from which there is a daily j
boat service.
It is understood that a large force '
of rebels has concentrated in the j
northern part of County Louth, and !
will shortly attack, hoping in that
manner to divert attention of the
f. Free State authorities so that De-!
valera can slip out of Greenore.
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Executions Will Continue
DUBLIN, Nov. 30—The Free;
State government will continue its!
policy of carrying out the death
sentence against those rebels taken |
into custody bearing arms. Three]
men were executed today.
BRITISH MAILS INCREASE
LONDON, Nov. 30—The gross
revenue collected in postage on cor
respondence and parcels by the Bri
tish postoffice for the last fiscal
year will be 44,000,000 pounds ac
cording to estimates of the depart- j
nrent. This is a substantial increase
over the previous year, and a slight
increase over the year preceeding j
the war. October, shows that the \
department will handle 3,400,000,
000 newspapers.
SCOTLAND YARD IS ROBBED
LONDON, Nov. 30—Scotland :
Yard the world's most famous
sleuth center, has been the vitim of
burglars. The theives entered the
lost property office of the bureau
one night recently and stole a num- 1
ber of unclaimed umbrellas and
overcoats.
Entry to the offices, which is on
tihe top floor of the low building,
was made through the skylight and ,
the thieves escaped by jumping
through a -window on the roof of [
an adjoining building.
» POLICEMAN SHOOTS STUDENT
SEATTLE. Nov. 30Richard Hol
brook. who was shot by a local po
liceman Tuesday, has a fighting
chance to recover, according to his
attending physician. The bullet en
tered a lung and passed near the
heart.
ISLAND BOXER TO GET BELT
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30—
Sport enthusiasts of Manila have
started a fund to buy a diamond
belt for Pansho Villa, the Filipino
lad who took the flyweight title
from Johnny Buff at Brooklyn, ac
cording to mail advices received
from the Philippine capital. The
fund in its first day reached a to
tal of 450 pesos.
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BRITISH COAL PRICES SOAR
LONDON, Nov. 30—Coal prices
in England probably will reach the
highest level in history during the
coming winter, according to Lon
don retail dealers. A general in
crease of three shillings a ton was
made recently, and another will be
announced within the next few
weeks, it is expected.
The price of the best hard coal
is now about $12.00 a ton, gra
duating to 45 shillings for kitchen
coal. The highest price last year
for the same grades was 61 shill
ings and 48 shillings. A further in
crease of six shillings may be looked
for.
The labor troubles and the fore
cast of an early’ and severe winter
are given as the reasons for the
added cost.
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BISHOP PASSES
MEADVILLE, Pa., Nov. 30
Bishop James M. Thobum, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, died at
his home here yesterday after a
lingering illness.
LIQUOR QUESTION LEFT OUT
WHEN SOLONS CAST VOTES
DRY SQUADS ARE DIRECTED
TO CURB LAW VIOLATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 30—
The attention of federal authorities
throughout the country has been
officially called to the necessity of
cooperating closely with prohibition
enforcement officers with a view to
curbing the extensive violation of
statutes.
Federal attorneys have been in
structed to push all pending liquor
cases, and the suggestion is made
that, when proper, heavy penalties
be imposed. Attention is specifically
called to the reports that certain
cereal beverage manufacturers are
marketing unlawful products.
CONGRESS SUSPENDS LABORS
TO CARVE FESTIVE GOBBLER
WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 30—
Both houses of Congress and other
branches of the federal government
suspended their activities today, for
the Thanksgiving festivities.
President Harding plans to d as
little work as possible and will spend
the remainder of the day quietly.
He will have dinner with Mrs. Hard
ing in her sick room. Her condition
now permits her to spend part of
the day in an easy chair.
SUPREME COURT REFUSES
TO LET MAHONEY LIVE
WALLA WALLA. Nov. 30—The
supreme court having refused to in
terfere with the execution. James
Mahoney, under sentence of death
for the murder of his elderly bride,
whose body was found in a
trunk in Lake Union, will pay the
extreme penalty for his crime to
morrow.
Attorney Lee Johnston, of Seat
tle, arrived here early this week for
a final conference with his client,
and received word yesterday from
Washington that the supreme court
had refused to grant a petition of
the defense for a renew of the
case.
COAL GAS FATAL TO SIX
COLUMBUS, Nov. 30—Irving E.
Henderson, his wife and their four
children, whose bodies were found
at their home in Lancaster this week
died as a result of carbon monoxide
gas poisoning from a defective stove
according to the findings of chem
ists who conducted an examination
of the bodies. It was believed at
first that the family had been killed
by enemies.
NEAR EAST WAR REPORTS
SEND DIAMOND PRICES UP
LONDON, Nov. 30—The present
boom in diamonds in England is
attributed partly to recent rumors
of war in the Near East. Experts
in the trade say that this phen
omenon has been noticed before,
and that when political troubles
are brewing the business in dia
monds revives. Not only in London
is this activity noticeable, but in
Antwerp also diamonds have been
changing hands in large numbers,
somewhat similarly to the trade
which occurred at the time of thc
first Russian revolution.
Another reason given for the dia
mond activity is that new fields are
being opened, rough diamond; are
coming to hand in larger quantities,
and customers want not only the
finest sort, but also smaller stones
for customers.
| WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 30—
' The administration ship subsidy bill,
for the special consideration of
: which the present session of Con
' gress was called, was passed by the
house yesterday afternoon, following
1 several days of heated debate. The
! vote was 208 to 184.
Before coming to a final vote, a
] provision in the bill giving the Ship
; ping board jurisdiction over coast
wise rates was eliminated. The Ed
i wards amendment, relating to the
. sale of liquor on American ships,
! also was defeated, thereby striking
from the measure all reference to
carrying and selling liquor on board
I American ships.
COUZENS GOING TO SENATE
TO TAKE NEWBERRY SEAT
LANSING. Mich., Nov. 30—Gov-j
: ernor Groesbeck has appointed Jas.!
i Couzens, mayor of Detroit, to sue-1
i eeed former Senator Newberry, who j
! resigned at the opening of the pres- i
, ent session o' Congress. Couzens 1
I will take his seat in the senate
i “without a single string.” The gov-;
| ernor did not ask for promises and j
none was made by Couzens. It * is
believed that Couzens will be a can
didate for the seat at the next elec
! tion.
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Will Stick With Detroit
DETROIT. Nov. 3d—There is aj
■ possibility that Detroit will have a:
| United States senator as general ’
manager of its municipal streetcar j
system, after next Monday. Mayor'
Couzens. who won fame in connec
tion with the municipal venture,
has indicated a willingness to con
tinue at the head of the railway
system which he established. Acting
Mayor Lodge and the railway com-j
mission have agreed that this is one j
of the biggest undertakings of his i
administration and they are eager!
to give him opportunity to carry out i
plans for the further development'
of the system.
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LABOR SECRETARY ASSERTS
MINE SCALES ARE MISERLY
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 30—Wages
which “enable labor only to break
even’’ on a 12-hour day, which, he
said, prevail in the mines in Mon
tana, Nevada, Arizona and New
Mexico, were denounced by Secre
tary of Labor Davis, in an address
delivered here last night. He said
that President Harding desired to
shorten the length of the working |
day in the states mentioned, where
he has been making a study of
labor conditions.
The secretary quoted the Presi
dent as saying workers should be
paid sufficient wages to enable them
to establish homes and obviate the
struggle for existence and make pos-1
sible the putting aside of “a nest I
egg.”
JAPAN BUYS U. S. COPPER
OSAKA. Nov. 30—Although Jap
'an is a large copper producing
j country it is also a good buyer of
i American copper. According to re
| cent statistics, purchases for the
twelve months ending June, 1922,
amounted to 44,350 tons. This is
more than ten times the amount in
the preceding twelve months.
PASSENGER BOAT SINKS
BARCELONA, Nov. 30—Twenty
six women and children are believed
to have lost thei^ lives this week as
the result of the sinking of a local
passenger steamer, which was ram
med by a customs boat.
WHITMAN IS HONORED
WALLA WALLA. Nov. 30—Citi
zens of Wallax Walla joined with
Whitman college yesterday in com
memorating the seventy-fifth anni
versary of the massacre of Marcus
Whitman and others, near the site
of this city.
SOURDOUGH REPORTS FIND
OF OIL LAKE NEAR BARROW
SEATTLE. Nov. 30—Alexander
M. Smith, who has devoted 37 years
to exploring in the North, reports
that he discovered two lakes of oil
near Point Barrow this season.
He declares that oil can be ship
ped to Japan from Alaska for at
least 2a cents a barrel cheaper than
from San Francisco. He asserts that
the northern oil belt extends from
the McKenzie river to Bering strait
and predicts that Northern Alaska
will be a great producer of oil in
the near future.
ARKANSAS SCENE OF BATTLE
MONROE. La.. Nov. 30—A num
ber of men were wounded, some of
them very seriously, during a battle
between masked men and oil work
ers, near Smakover, Arkansas, last
nigiht. Details of the trouble have
not been received.
AMERICA WILL STAND FIRM
ON RIGHTS IN OIL DISTRICTS
LAUSANNE, Nov. 30—Ambassa
dor Child, in a statement given to
The Associated Press yesterday, de
clared that the position of America
is simply that of holding the view
that she must have equal rights
with the other powers to participate
in oil development, regardless of
whether the oil fields are transferred
from mandated to Turkish territory,
or remain under mandated control.
RUSSIANS MAKE OVERTURES
FOR TRADE WITH SWEDEN'
STOCKHOLM. Nov. 28.—A new
Russian effort to establish closer
financial and commercial relations
with Sweden is seen on the arrival
in Stockholm of Aron Scheonman,
head of the Russian State Bank.
Mr. Scheinman has declared thaf
the, bank which he heads may place
its foreign assets and clearing funds
in Swedish banks, providing a safe
guarding agreement can be arrang
ed between the two countries. He
has come here, he says, to enlarge
the financial co-operation between
Russia and Sweden. He considers
Sweden one of the safest countries
for the deposit of money, owing to
its independant position and its
well-ordered conditions.
The Russian State Bank, declares
Mr. Scheinman, has acqiured
36,000,000 gold rubles through its
foreign exchange operations, and
the end of the present year will
add 50,000,00 to the total figure.
The main purpose of the bank is
to finance state industrial enter
prises.
RUSSIANS EAT DRIED MELONS
ROSTOV, RUSSIA. Nov. 28—
Russian peasants, faced by the need
of conserving their food supplies,
have developed a method of drying
watermelons. They make a light
sring net for each melon when it
comes from the field, and hangs it
in a dry and dark place where it
will not freeze. They are eaten in
the winter months and are said to
retain their flaver and juice to a
remarkable degree.
FIRE CHIEF GRANTED LEAVE;
ALEXANDER TO FILL POST
Fire Chief Allan A. Johnson ap
plied to the council for a sixty-d&y1
leave of absence, at the regular
meeting of the aldermen on Tues
day night and, the request having
been granted, the chief will leave
for the Outside within the next
few days. The matter of selecting
a man to fill the post temporarily
was discussed at considerable length
and the qualifications of various ap
plicants and possible candidates for
[ the place discussed. The selection
finally fell to C. W. Alexander, who
came to Xenana from the coast
several months ago with his family,
and who has had considerable ex
perience as a fire fighter and in
first aid work. He will take over
his combined duties as fire and poli e
chief tomorrow and serve until the
return of Chief Johnson.
The members of the school board,
consisting of Fred Major. Burdett
Tunison aad Alex Fowler, called on
the council for a general discussion
of school affairs* and to request a
loan to meet immediate school needs
pending the usual refund from the
territorial treasury. Treasurer Tay
lor was authorized to advance the
desired funds.
H. C. Henshaw, superintendent of
public utilities, reported that the
work of installing the new power
switchboard had not lien complet
ed. but expressed the hope that the
work would be finished within the
next few days, after which it will
be possible to put the second power
unit to work to take care of the
present overload. Otherwise the
plant is working fine.
The superintendent was authorized
to order new grates for the boilers
especially designed for burning fine
coal, and to purchase also a water
treatment for the boilers, it being
estimated that such treatment will
save the city considerable money ]
during the course of the year, an 1 j
the boilers much wear and tear in
cident to frequent washing. A num
ber of meters also will be purchased
and a quantity of electric wire.
An ordinance creating the office
of superintendent of public utilities,
and setting forth the duties of that ,
official was given a second reading
and formally approved.
The clerk called the attention of
the coueil that it would be ne.es
sary to appoint an assessor at the
next regular meeting. The position
is a temporary one, covering a
period of about two months. This I
work was done by the city clerk
last year, but it will not be possible
to make that arrangement this year
because of the new duties taken
on by the clerk in connection with
the public utilities.
The superintendent reported that
Tony O’Malley, chief engineer at j
the power plant, had tendered his j
resignation, to take effect on De
cember 1.
The matter of taking over the
old telephone exchange building by
the city for use as a fire hall for
the city and commission apparatus,
was brought to the attention of the
council in the form of a memoran
dum agreement suggested by Col.
Mears, and the council will proceed
to acquire possession of the build
ing along the lines suggested, as
soon as the commission is ready to
make the transfer. Under the terms
of the agreement, the commission |
will remodel the building and the
city will maintain it and the fire
apparatus.
BRITISH CABINET CONSIDERS
SERIOUS CRISIS IN GREECE
LONDON, Nov. 30—The British
cabinet was summoned yesterday to
consider the grave situation created
in Greece by the execution this
week of several former Greek offi
cials. The action of the Athens gov
ernment in conducting its internal
politics in a manner which is de
scribed as barbarous, is expected to
have tremendous effect in lowering
Greek prestige at the Lausanne
peace conference, and throughout
the world.
Accused Of High Treason
ATHENS, Nov. 30—All but two
former cabinet officers and army
, officials who were accused of high
treason in connection with the re
cent Greek debacle in Asia Minor,
were sentenced to death this week
by the military court martial that
heard the charges, and the execu
tions followed promptly. Life im
prisonment was imposed on two of
the prisoners.
May Break Off Relations
LONDON, Nov. 30—There is the
likelihood that Great Britain will
break off diplomatic relations with
Greece as a result of the executions.
The British consulate has already
been ordered closed pending further
1 developments.
MOSCOW DRESSING WOUNDS
MOSCOW. Nov. 30—Putty and
cenment by the ton are being used
in Moscow in an effort on the part
of the government to blot out
traces of the 1917 revolution.
There is scarcely a house in the
| Soviet capital which was not mark
; ed, more or less, in the fighting
;and some of the larger building®
I were peppered with lead and steel
i from rifles, machine guns and shrap
[ r.el. With in the last few weeks hun
[ dreds of workmen have been en
gaged in the task of filling the
bullet holes with cement and putty
and in - many instances the walls
have been painted, thus wiping
out the visible scars of the days
of terror which swept the Bolshevki
into power.
BRITAIN WILL AWAIT ACTION
OF OTHERS IN SHIP JUNKING
LONDON. Nov. 30—Great Brit
ain will not scrap any more war
ships under the terms of the Wash
ington agreement, until other nations
represented at the conference have
given evidence of good faith. The
position of the government was made
known by Eyres Monsell, financial
sercetary of the admiralty, in an
swer to questions asked by members
of the house of commons.
TWO STEAMERS BRING FEW
FROM STATES TO SEWARD
The steamers Alameda and Ad
miral Watson, which left Seattle for
the North on November 22, had the
following passengers for Seward and
points along the Alaska Railroad:
Alameda-—Miss Pearl Peterson,
Mr. and Mrs. Sig Magnuson, Mr. and
Mrs. Walker Blakey and children.
John Yaravalis, Mrs. M. Dehon, J.
S. Radebaugh and wife, C R. Betts.
George Walbrecht, J. J. Davis, Paul
Wanamaker and wife, Lee Pate, Har
riet Stevens. Bonnie and Gordon
Shea, Mrs. C. Shea. Harry Halern,
B. F. Dodd. Edward Johnson, J. G.
Shoning.
Watson—W. L. Whiting and wife,
Samuel Sabin, Mrs. E. G. Griffin, A
Jones, W. T. Phillips.
The train arriving from the coast
tomorrow should have mail and
passengers from both boats.
GRASS VALLEY FIRE FATAL
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 30—Gary
Rector and two young sons were
burned to death yesterday in an
apartment house fire at Grass Val
ley.