Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENAN.A ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30. 1922
NUMBER 176
NAVY GIVES COAL PROSPECT TO A. E. G
GOVERNOR BONE SAYS PRESIDENT WILL BE HERE
CABINET CONSIDERS PLANS TO CENTRALIZE CONTROL
GOVERNOR BONE IS CERTAIN
PRESIDENT WILL MAKE TRIP
MINNEAPOLIS, Mar. 30—Gov
ernor Scott C. Bone, of Alaska,
who passed through this city last
night on his way to Juneau from the
national capital, declared that both
President Harding and Mrs. Hard
ing had promised him that they
would visit Alaska.
The President plans to leave the
capital during the first week in
August, the exact date depending
upon the time of the adjournment
of Congress.
Governor Bone expects to sail
for Alaska from Seattle on April 5.
ILLINOIS COAL MINERS WILL
JOIN STRIKE ON SATURDAY
CHICAGO, Mar. 30—The miners
of the Illinois coal mines will join
the nation-wide strike scheduled to
begin on Saturday, according to a
declaration made today by Presi
dent Frank Farrington, of the Illi
nois Miners Union, at a conference
held with mine operators.
Farrington said that there remain
ed no hope for a postponement, or
even for the initiation cf a separate
state agreement.
TEX RICKARD ACQUITTED
NEW YORK. Mar. SO—Tex k
ard, fight promoter and former resi
dent of Alaska, who was tried in
this city on a charge of criminal
assault on Sarah Schonfold, a girl
of fifteen years, was acquir'd by
a jury yesterday after a deliberation
of half an hour. Rickard was so
elated when the verdict was an
nounced, that he embraced his coun
sel, declaring, “This is the happiest
day of my life.” It is intimated that
other charges of a similar charact
er, now pending against tne promot
er, will not be brought to trial.
WOMEN MAY SMOKE IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, Mar. 30—The ban
on smoking in public places by the
women of this city, which was estab
lished recently by Police Commis
i sioner Enright, was removed yester
day with as much suddenness as it
was established. The commissioner
removed the ban when he discover
ed that there was no law on the
statute books forbidding smoking by
women.
INDIAN SUSPECT ARRESTED
YAKIMA, Mar. 30—Three Indians
were taken into custody here today,
following an all-night chase over
the reservation. The trio are charged
with complicity in the rauruer of
George Earhart, whose body was
found at his home in White Swan
early this week.
HYLAN NOT FOR WHITE HOUSE
CHICAGO. Mar. 30—Announce
ment has been made here to the ef
fect that Mayor Hylan, of New
York, who has been spoken of as a
possible Democratic presidential can
didate, will not entertain the sug
gestion that he seek the nominat
tion to head the party ticket in
1924.
CRIPPLED SEATTLE BANK
TO MAKE SECOND POTLATCH
SEATTLE, Mar. 30—Deputy Su
pervisor of Banking Langley, who
is in charge of the liquidation of the
liabilities of the defunct Scandinav
ian American Bank, has announced
that depositors will soon receive
checks for their proportion of an
additional ten per cent dividend.
The first dividend of twenty per
cent was paid in December last.
TARIFF BILL IS READY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 30
Senators Watson and Curtis, after
- conference with President Hard
ing yesterday, expressed the opinion
that the senate finance committee
would report the permanent tariff
bill before the end of the present
week.
CHICKALOON MINES TO CLOSE
PENDING NEW ARRANGEMENT
BRITISH AVIATORS WILL TRY
TO FLY AROUND UNIVERSE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Mar. 30—
The British embassy has requested
the state department to have proper
facilities extended to Aviators Ross
and Keith when they reach American
territory on their attempted flight
around the world.
The two aviators purpose to start
on their globe-encircling flight frjm
London on April 20 and, in accord
ance with the schedule adopted, will
fly across France, Southern Europe,
Asia Minor, Indo-China, Japan and
Siberia, crossing the Bering Strait
and landing on one of the Aleutian
group and Unalaska. They will then
steer a northerly course across Can
ada on the home stretch to London.
SPOKANE STUDENTS CAUSE
WORRY AMONG GROWNUPS
SPOKANE. Mr SO—After hear
ing charges and counter charges re
garding alleged ;mmoralitv among
the students atter. Png Spuhane high
schools, the school board invited a
thorough investigation of conditions
by an impartial committee of citi
zens.
R. M. Webster, judge of tin juv
enile court, expresses the belief that
the co-educational system is re
sponsible for much of the juven’le
delinquency.
BURCH ON TRIAL AGAIN
LOS ANGELES. Mar. 30—The
examination of prospective jurors in
the Burch case is expected to be re
sumed today. Chief Counsel Paul
Schneck said that a blanket chal
lenge of the entire panel might be
resoKed to as a result of inquiries
made regarding the business, re
ligious and fraternal affiliations of
numerous of the veniremen.
Arthur C. Burch was jointly in
dicted with Madalynne Obenchain,
for the murder of J. Belton Ken
nedy, a young broker of Los An
geles. They were tried separately
and. in their first trials, both had a
jury disagreement.
MAY AVERT LOCKOUT
LONDON. Mar. 30—The threaten
1 ed lockout in the engineering in
dustry was at least temporarily
averted yesterday when the Union
Labor Council decided to accept the
proposals of the employers as a
basis for further negotiations.
LABOR BOARD MEMBER QUITS
CHICAGO. Mar. 30—Albert Phil
I lips, labor member of the Railroad
I Labor board, has tendered his resig
: nation as a member of the board,
■ effective April 15. Phillips has been
in poor health for several months
and is retiring on that account.
CONGRESSMAN PASSES
WICHITA FALLS. Texas, Mar. 30
—Congressman Lucien W. Parrish,
of the Thirteenth Texas district, who
was recently injured in an automo
bile accident, died here on Tuesday
night.
MEXICANS HAVE TROUBLE
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 30—Five
i were killed and eleven wounded in
clashes which took place yesterday
between radicals and Roman Catho
; lies at Guadalajara, state of Jalisco,
according to advices received in this
; city. The reports state that order
; has been restored.
Dr. J. A. Sutherland came down
from Fairbanks yesterday on a brief
j business trip.
I
I WASHINGTON, D. C„ Mar. 30—
The entire investment of the Navy
Department in the Alaska cual lands,
i primarily in the Chickaloon dis
; trier, has been transferred to the
■ Department of the Interior as from
May 1st., according to an announce
ment made yesterday by Secretary
Fall.
Secretary Fall said, in explana
I tion of the transfer, that it had been
i “agreed at a meeting of the cabi
net or. Tuesday that the transfer
be made; also that the mines be
shut down on the first of May, pend
ing the arrangement of a new pro
gram. No eviction of tenants, how
j ever, will take place nor will the
; use of the schoolhouse, built for
J the benefit of the children of mine
; employes, be discontinued.”
The Navy’s investment amounts
| to $1,100,000 for the development
of the Matanuska fields, arid ap
proximately 400,000 tons of coal
has been blocked out at Chickaloon.
Diamond drilling also has developed
the presence of 2,500,000 tons at
Cold Creek.
Secretary Denby, referring to the
transfer, is quoted as saying **the
Navy Department is not prepared
to guarantee the purchase of any
coal from the Alaska fields, or to
give any favorable price to stimu
late the development of a supply
of fuel for naval needs on the West
coast; this must be contingent upon
Congressional action. It is probable,
however, that the navy would find
it desirable to use Alaska coal, but
the future consumption will prob
ably be less in times of peace than
it has been in the past by reason
of the growing use of oil for fuel
on naval vessels.”
BOMB DISTURBS DRY ORATOR
f GREENBAY, Wis., Mar. 30—The ;
j police are investigating the origin 1
; of a bomb, which exploded at the i
| Congregational church last night:
l while Lewis Horton, a prohibition
! worker, of Spokane, was picturing ‘
| the evils of home brew. A member j
of the audience was seriously in
| jured as the result of trying to ■
! throw the bomb from the room, j
i There were about 500 people inj
the church at the time, attracted j
by the presence of “Pussyfoot” j
Johnson, who addressed the audience !
after the excitement had died down.;
WERNECKE SAYS MAYO HAS
PROMISING FUTURE AHEAD
Livingstone Wemecke, geologist
in the employ of the Treadwell j
j company, who was in Nenana on
Sunday enroute to Juneau from the
, company's camp in the Kuskokwim
| district, is of the opinion that the
i new Mayo camp, on the Canadian
i side, has a very promising future, j
but says that it will require at least
■ three years of hard work to deter
1 mine the real value and extend of
the mineral deposits there. His
j c ompany has become interested in
| the Mayo district and will do a
! lot of development work. But he!
j is of the opinion that the shipment'
j of ore on a large scale will not be
! gin until next year.
Teams have been at work all
winter hauling ore from the Mayo
mines to the river and it is esti
mated that there will be about
i 3,500 tons ready for shipment to
| the smelter by the time thawing
trails compel a suspension of haul
ling. The ore will be taken down
the Stewart and Yukon rivers to
St. Michael by White Pass boats,
; as was done last year.
It is probable that tractors will j
I be introduced in the district at an
i early date, in which event the out
put will be very materially stimu
lated. The plan is to use the ma
chines during the summer, as well
as in the winter.
In addition to the several big
propositions which are being devel
oped in the Mayo district, there are
numerous small stringers of rich
ore which are being mined by their
owners in a small way, with good
results. But shipment of ore is be
ing retarded by lack of proper J
transportation facilities between the
mines and the river.
Mr. Wemecke made the trip across
country from the Kuskokwim by dog
team, passing through the Kantish-!
na region, and left for the coast
i by train on Sunday.
MOUNT ETNA IS ERUPTING
LONDON, Mar. '10—According to
advices received in this city ’oda"
from Palermo, Mount Etna is in
violent eruption and the inbabi* "Is
of the villages 'n the neighb„-hj< d
of the volcano are fleeing in t Teat
confusion from the streams of lava
which are pouring down the gieat
mountain in all directions. The «d
vices indicate that several r h
shocks, coincident with the erupron
have occurred, adding t the terror
of the inhabitants of the disturbed
region.
BENEFIT PLANS COMPLETE;
BIG NIGHT NOW ASSURED
The various committees of oldtim
ers in charge of “The Days of ’98”,
to be reproduced at Union Hail on
Saturday night for the benefit of
Ed Laherty. under the auspices of
the local Pioneers, have completed
arrangements for the big time, and
an evening of real enjoyment is
assured those attending.
The benefit will take the form of
a genuine frontier affair, with
specially prepared “Nenana Money”
in circulation in lieu of gold dust.
The lid will be off for the night in
order that Nenanaites may mush
backward over the long trail to the
days of Soapy Smith and the Klon
dike. Money will be as "easy” as it
was in the good old times and there
will be nearly as many ways to
spend it—all for the benefit of a
worthy oldtimer who has been per
menentlv disabled.
There will be plenty of dancing
for those who care to dance, and
the music will be the best ever
produced in the town—a seven-piece
orchestra having been secured for
the occasion.
There will be a charge of one
dollor for admission to the “big
doings” and each ticket will entitle j
the holder to five times the amount j
in Nenana money, which will be
the medium of exchange within the
hall.
Mrs. Charles Stanford is in re
ceipt of advices from Anchorage to
the effect that Mrs. Bertha Alex
ander, who was employed by the
Alaskan Engineering Commission in
the Interior for a number of years,
passed away in the coast town j
about ten days ago. The deceased ,
was employed at Nenana Crossing j
for a time and had a large num
ber of friends in this section of i
Alaska.
The train from the south was
considerably delayed today, due to
frequent stops enroute to unload
freight.
TURKS AND ALLIES REACH
AGREEMENT ON DISPUTES
PARIS, Mar. 30—According to re
ports received in this city today,
Turkey has conceded nearly all the
claims made to conquered tenitory
in the memorandum from the Al
lied foreign ministers, which was
sent to Turkey following their re
cent conference. Adrianople and a
part of Eastern Thrace were in
cluded in the exceptions.
The Greek and Turkish National
ist governments, as a basis ti
preliminary to the peace settlement
between them, are revising the
Treaty of Sevres, in terms of which
Turkey gets Constantinople and Ar
menia, with the understanding that
the population of the latter long
suffering country will be under the
protection of the League of Na
tions.
CANADIAN SOLONS OPPOSE
OPEN DOOR TO ORIENTALS
VANCOUVER, B. C., Mar. 30—
The entire representation of British
Columbia, in the Dominion house of
commons, will make a united stand
in pressing the claims of the pro
vince for the exclusion of Orientals
from Canada, accarding to an an
nouncement made here today.
GERMAN ESTIMATES LOSSES
BERLIN, Mar. 30—General von
Alterck, German military statistician
estimates that Germany lost 1,880,
543 men killed, and 246,779 wound
ed during the World War; and that
during that time Germany had 13,
000,000 men under arms.
IRISH BILL PASSES
LONDON, Mar. 30—The Irish
Free State bill passed its third and
final reading in the house of lords
today.
WHOLE FAMILY DEAD
GREENWICH, Conn.. Mar. 30—
Mrs. Henry Barker, in a fit of de
spondency, cut the throats o: her^
three children and then her own
yesterday. All of them are dead.
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Father Monroe came down from
Fairbanks yesterday and will remain
here until the Sunday train for the
upper town. He will hold sendees
at the usual hours.
Mrs. H. E. Kaianquin was among i
today's arrivals from the States,:
having made the trip to Nenana to
join her husband. They will make
their home here.
The train arriving from the coast
this afternoon brought a large num
ber of passengers, from the steamer
Victoria, and a large shipment of
first and second class mail, together ■
with a lot of freight for Nenana |
and other Interior points.
Dr. J. R. Bowen made a trip to
Healy yesterday on business con-!
nected with the Healy River Coal |
Corporation, of which he is presi- j
dent.
Oscar Webber, manager of the
Empress theater at Fairbanks, came
to Nenana yesterday on a brief
business visit. He returned to the
upper town this afternoon.
Franklin K. Lane school is closed j
today in observance of Seward Day.!
REORGANIZATION PLANS OF
GOVERNMENT TAKING FORM
WASHINGTON, D. C., M^r. 30
The early submission of a plan
agreed upon by the cabinet for a
reorganization of certain Govern
ment departments, to a full joint
committee or. reorganization, is the
prediction made in official circles.
It is understood that the Presi
dent and the cabinet have agreed
upon plans affecting more than half
of the departments concerned, bu*~
no agreement has as yet been ar
rived at affecting the departments
of the interior, agriculture and com
merce.
The plans for the three depart
ments have been held up by reason
of the objections made to the re
commendations relating to the trans
fer of the forest service *o the con
trol of the interior department, and
the bureau of forests to the control
of the department of commerce.
THE ARBUCKLE CASE
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 30—In
spile of objection on the part of
i council for the defense, the pro
secution yesterday was permitted i<>
read into the record the testimony
given by Fatty Arbuckle at his first
trial. Counsel for the defense an
nounced that it was the intention
to call the comedian later in his
own defense.
The first due cl testimony linking
Arbuckle directly with the girl he
is accused of killing, was given late
yesterday evening when Miss Virgin
ia Brigges, secretary at the sani
tarium where the: actress died, de
clared that Miss Rappe, in her dy
ing statement, told her “Arbuckle
took me by the arm, threw me on
the bed and put his Weight on me.
After that I don’t know what hap
pened.” The counsel for the de
fense, in an attempt to impeach ihe
testimony, a3ked the witness if she
had not attempted to use this story
to secure the payment of Miss
Rappe’s hospital bill. She admitted
that she had tried to collect the bill
but denied that she had threatened
to use the story to force its pay
ment. On being questioned in cross
examination, as to why she had not
told this story before, she said tha:
she shrank from the publicity it
would have brought her.
PIONEER PASTOR PASSES
SPOKANE, Mar 30—According
to advices received in this city yes
terday. lather Louis Jacques, who
built the first Roman Catholic church
at Nome, Alaska, has crossed the
great divide at Montreal.
MAIL POUCH STOLEN
KELLOG, Mar. 30—The postal
authorities have announced the theft
of a mail pouch containing J12,00o
in currency, which was enroute to
this city from Spokane. The pouch
disappeared from a hand truck a*
the station here yesterday, and no
trace of the robber has been found.
HOPES AMERICA WILL HELP
BERLIN, Mar. 30—Dr. Walther
Rathenau, minister of foreign at'
fairs in the German cabinet, ad
dressing the reichstag yesterday, ex
pressed the hope that the Unite !
States would take a hand in adjust
ing the financial obligations of the
German government.
REPUBLICAN WINS
SIOUX FALLls, Mar. 30—Witn
the returns from yesterday’s pri
maries coming in slowly, Governor
McMaster has a lead of more than
21,000 votes over his opponent, G.
W. Egan, for the Republican guber
natorial nomination. This contest is
the only one that is attracting any
interest. L. N. Grill, Democrat, and
Miss Alice Daly, Non-Partisan, are
unopposed on their respective tick
ets.
Jack Sullivan is a visitor in town
from the Delta country.
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