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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1922
NUMBER 237
PRESIDENT SCORES RAILROAD WORKERS
UNION CHIEFS SUBMIT PEACE PLAN TO R. R. HEADS
FOREST FIRES THREATEN LIVES IN NORTHERN WOODS
NORTHERN MINNESOTA AFIRE:
FEARED DEATH TOLL BE HIGH
DULUTH, Aug. 19—The ir.any re
fugee? who have reached this city
from the blazing woods of Northern
Minnesota express the belief that
the death doll will be great as a
result of the rapid’ spread of the
flames. The refugees are coming
from rl] sections of the North
« Woods and many of them relate
harrowing experiences.
National guardsmen have been ii -
patched to the threatened areas and
are rendering every aid possible to
threatened communities. The fires
are being fought industriously by
forest rangers and settlers bat lit
tle headway is being made.
The villages of Centra! Lakes and
White Face are reported to have
been totally destroyed, and scores
of other towns in the path of the
flames will be wiped out unless
rain comes to save them.
New fires zre reported from sev
eral districts, but the situation is
improved in other sections.
Governor Preus is directing the
work of caiing for the refugees.
BLAKE ILL—ABANDONS FLIGHT
LONDON, Aug. 19—Major Blake
British aviator who started on a
round-the-world flight, expecting to
touch at Alaska enroute, has been
taken seriously ill at Calcutta ana
will not resume the flight. His pilot
Captain Norman Mac Millan, will
endeavor to finish the trip alone.
AMERICAN ACTRESS DLAD
LONDON, Aug. 19—Genevieve
Ward, famous American tragedienne
died here yesterday, following an
attack of heart trouble.
DEVALERA REFUSES TO DIE
DUBLIN, Aug. 19—Rumors are
being extensively circulated here to
day to the effect that Devalera is
dead but Countess Markievicz. a
close friend of the former presi
dent, declares that he is still alive
and not in any immediate danger of
dying. He has a slight chill but his
friends are not worrying.
WOOD TO JOIN UNIVERSITY
PHILADELPHIA Aug. 19—Gen
eral Leonard Wood has advised the
alumni secretary of the University
of Pennsylvania that he will as
sume his duties as head of the in
stitution on the first of the year.
PORTLAND BATTLES BANDIT
PORTLAND, Aug 19—An attempt
to hold up a converted salloon in
this city last night resulted in a
gun battle in which one of the oc
cupants of the place was killed and
another wounded. The bandit made
his escape, but it is believed he
was hit by one of the bullets. He
did not get away with any loot.
MORE BASEBALL SCANDAL
CHICAGO, Aug. 19—Judge Landis
w lias published a letter from “Shuff
lin’’ Phil Douglas, pitcher for the
Giants, to a member of a rival team
in which he offers to quit the Giants
to prevent them from winning the
pennant. The letter says, in part:
“I want to leave here. I don’t want
to see this guy win the pennant.
Talk this over with the boys. Send
the goods over to my house at
night and I will go fishing”.
ROADS ADJUST DIFFERENCES
t LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19—The
'• strike of brotherhood men on the
Santa Fe and Coast lines has been
settled, according to announcement
made this afternoon. Freight and
passenger schedules are to be re
sumed immediately. The settlement
has no connection with the shop
men, who are still out.
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BOMB WRECKS R. R. ROOF
DALLAS, Aug. 19—A bomb ex
ploded on the roof of the Texas
Pacific roundhouse here last night,
causing considerable damage and in
juring a strikebreaker slightly.
HARDING ADDRESSES CONGRESS
IN MESSAGE ON STRIKE CRISIS
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WAR DEPARTMENT WILL TRY
TO GET MONEY FOR CABLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 19—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times says the war department Is
planning to renew vigorously, at the
next session of Congress, its efforts
to obtain funds for the replacement
of the Seattle-Sitka cable and the
extension of the Washington-Alaska
cable and telegraph service.
W’ithout decrying the remarkable
development of radio communication,
war department officials declare that
■wireless is not a substitute for the
cable.
BLIZZARD TO OBSERVE TESTS
WASHINGTON'. D. C., Aug. 19—
John Blizzard, of the bureau of
mines, has been ordered to proceed
to Bremerton for the purpose of ob
serving the navy test of 5,000 tons
of Alaska coal.
• LEGION BOYS BACK DOW
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19—The
Michigan City post of the American
legion, under whose auspices the
, Dempsey-Brennan fight was to have
I been staged on Labor Day, has in
formed Governor McCray that it
will withdraw from the exhibition,
in view of the fact that the govern
or is determined to prevent the
meeting of the boxers.
POLICE WAGON HITS CAR;
OCCUPANTS ARE INJURED
SEATTLE, Aug. 19—Patrolman
Mills was probably fatally injured
and two other patrolmen and a
street car conductor hurt last night
when a police auto crashed into a
street car. The patrolmen were off
I duty at the time of the accident
j and it is claimed by witnesses that
j they were going forty miles an
hour in the car.
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j MONDELL PREPARING BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19
Representative Frank Mondell, lead
er of the house Republicans, has
wired to the absent members of the
interstate commerce committee to
return immediately to Washington
to begin work on bills recommended
by the President for the creation of
a coal agency and fact finding com
mission. House leaders expect early
action on the proposed measures.
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CHINKS FIRE ON YANK CRAF^
j SHANGHAI, Aug. 19—According
• to advices just received in this city,
| the river steamer Alice Dollar, an
1 American boat, was fired on by
Chinese troops on Aug. 15. The
captain of tihe boat was slightly in
Ijured.
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BORAH OPPOSES TARIFF ITEM
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19
Senator Borah attacked the pro
vision of the tariff bill proposing
broad authority for the President to
decrease or increase duties. In a
statement made on the floor of the
senate this morning, the senate at
tempted to show that the provision
would not stand test, but the pro
vision was finally reapproved over
his protest, the vote being along
strict party lines.
MALLORY RETAINS TITLE
FOREST HILL, N. Y., Aug. 19—
Mrs. Mallory, national woman ten
nis champion, retained her title
here today by defeating Helen Wills,
sixteen-year-old California star. The
Westerner went down in straight
sets.
Private W. H. Glassgaw arrived
from Gibbon this week on his way
j to the coast to re-enlist.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Amr. 10—1
In his special message to Congress,
which was read to the lawmakers
yesterday afternoon. President Hard-:
ing outlined the attitude of the ad
ministration on the industrial dtua
tion. He declared that the right of j
employes and employers alike to |
conduct their businesses must be j
recognized. He deplored what he j
termed the "warfare on unions of
labor” and declared that national j
investigation for constructive re- ]
commendations as to the conduct of
the coal industry is imperative.
The President recommended the
appointment of a Government com
mission to determine fair wages and
working conditions, and urged the
immediate passage of legislation to
establish temporarily "a national
coal agency”, with the necessary
capital to purchase, sell and dis
tribute coal.
The President expressed the opin
ion that the Cummins act establish
ing the railway labor board is in
adequate, as the board has little or
no power to enforce its decisions.
He recommended the enactment of
legislations to make these decisions
“enforcable and effective against
carriers and employes alike”.
Other legislation was recommend
j ed for the better protection of
; aliens and the enforcement of their
. treaty rights through a law giving
| federal courts jurisdiction over the
I protection of aliens,
j In discussing the coal situation,
| The President referred 10 wdiat he
termed the “shocking crime at Her-j
rin, Illinois, which so recently I
shamed and horrified tile country”. :
He added that the incident was!
“butchery of human beings wrought !
in madness”.
Will Support Railroad*
The President told Congress and i
the nation that he had resolved to (
“use all the power of the Govern
ment to maintain transportation
and sustain the right of men to
work”.
Speaking of the rail strike, the
President declared that trains had
been deserted on the Western des
erts in a manner that “revealed
cruelty and contempt for law on
the part of some of the railroad
employes, who have conspired to
paralyze transportation”.
Declaring that the striking unions
in some cases, had not held their
men to strike law observance, the
President asserted that “there is a
state of lawlessness shocking to
every American conception of law
and order”.
The President announced it as
his intention to invoke the civil $na
criminal laws forbidding conspir
acies which hinder interstate com
merce.
In conclusion, the President said,
“It is fair to say the great mass of
organized workmen do not approve
but seem helpless to hinder these
conditions that obtain in free Ameri
ca”.
WRANGELL MAN AND WIFE
GO TO JAIL—SOLD LIQUOR
WRANGELL, Aug. 19—John
j Marks arid wife, who were arrested
i here this week on a charge of boot
legging, were tried before a jury
and found guilty. Each drew a
sentnce of five months in the feder
al jail and each must pay a fine of
$120.00. The verdict of guilty was
obtained on the first ballot.
Marks is a citizen of Austria.
; The arrests were made by Deputy
Marshal D. Campbell.
PAT WINS TENNIS RIGHTS
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19—Aus
tralia’s Davis cup tennis team won
the right today to challenge the U.
S. trophy defenders when Pat
O’Hara Wood defeated Count De
gomar, of Spain, in five gruelling
sets.
HAINES POSTOFFICE BURNS
SEATTLE, Aug. 19—Postal offi
cials have been advised of the de
struction of the postoffice at Haines
with considerable loss. The fire oc
curred on Thursday night. The loss
has not. yet been fully determined.
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TREATIES ARE RATIFIED
WELLINGTON, N. Z., Aug. 19
—The house of representatives has
ratified the treaties formulated at
the Washington conference.
COAL CONFERENCE RECESSES
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19—The
joint conference of anthracite coal
operators and miners, which has
been in session here during the last(
couple of days, adjourned this after
noon, until Monday. .No agreement
had been reached up to the time of
adjournment.
WILL LIMIT ELECTION COSTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 19—
The senate election sub-committee
has agreed to an amendment to the
corrupt practices act, limiting the
campaign expenses of senators at
general elections to $10,000.
ANCHORAGE TEAM DEFEATED
BY CRACK NENANA TWIRLER
The crack Anchorage ball team
which was taken to Fairbanks by
Manager Jask Kobarts for a series
of games with a combination ag
gregation composed mostly of Ne
nana players, went down to defeat
this afternoon in the opening game,
the score being 9 to 4 in favor of
the Interior team.
Kelly, who distinguished himself
in the Nenana-Cordova series, lid
the twirling for Fairbanks, and
Nelson was in the box for the coast
team.
The second game of the series
will be played tomorrow afternoon
and as an additional attraction the
«peed demons of Fairbanks will put
on an auto classic which promises
to surpass anything of the kind
ever staged in the upper town.
WILLIAMS GETS TWO
1 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19—Ken
Williams knocked two homers to
day in a double-header meeting. He
landed for the first drive in the
seventh inning of the first game,
with bases empty. The second slug
: of the day was made in the second
game. The first homer was obtained
off Ketcham. Williams now has 32
home runs to his credit.
Tillie Walker grabbed another
homer in the second inning of the
I first game, bringing his total to 29.
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Ruth Gets One
NEW YORK. Aug. 19—Babe Ruth
now has a total of 24 homers. He
I made one today in the third inning
against Chicago.
Misses Phylis La Pier, of Fiiller
, ton, Cal., Viola L. Kleinke, of Chey
: enne, and Helen . Dehl, of Man
j ville, Wyo., are among the recent
j arrivals in Nenana and will remain
1 here a week or more. They are
! registered at the Cooney but have
! secured the Thompson cabin for
I their use for “baching”. They are
j school teachers on an outing.
TARIFF BILL IS APPROVED
AFTER MONTHS OF DEBATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 19—
The administration tariff bill, offi
cially known as the Tariff Act of
1922. was finally approved by the
senate late this afternoon, after
four months of debate. The bill
now goes to conference. The sen
ate vote was 48 to 25, Senator
Borah being the only Republican
voting against the measure.
Broussard, Kendrick and Rams
dell, Democrats, voted for the bill.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anderson
returned to Nenana yesterday, af
ter an absence of several months
in Seattle, where Mrs. Anderson
was under the care of Dr. Horton
for an injured knee. She returned
to Nenana greatly improved, but'
it will be many months before she
can hope for complete recovery. I
Asked regarding conditions in the
Spirit City, Mr. Anderson said he
had found a building boom in pro
gress when he arrived there and
the city very prosperous. There are
idle me" there of course, he admit
ted, but there is work for every me
chanic who wants to work, and the
wages are good. The work being
done now, he explained, is the re
sult of long inactivity during the
after-war depression. The work was
put off from year to year, but now
everyone apparently, is anxious to
repair and build, with the result
that there are not skilled workers
enough to do it.
Mr. Anderson bought a ranch on
the Raging river while he was out
and will transform it into a resort
for auto travelers. The place, 120
acres in extent, is about 36 miles
from Seattle, and close to the Sun
set highway. The place is ideal for
camping.
Miss Valentine Anderson, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, is
| living with her sister in Seattle,
and will attend the university this
winter.
Harry A. Long and wife are reg
istered at the Southern.
L. T. Pence arrived from the
States yesterday and left for the
i lower river this morning, enroute
i to Iditarod to take charge of the
l school at that place. He is a uni
versity graduate and is in Alaska
| for the first time.
Mrs. S. R. Morgan is a recent
arrival at the Cooney hotel, from
' Seattle. She is enroute to join her
: husband at Gibbon, and left for
that place this morning.
Pat Irish came in from Healy this
week. He is registered at the Coon
| ey hotel.
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Arrivals from Anchorage report
• the federal officials very active in
I suppressing the liquor traffic. A
j number of arrests have been made
j lately and heavy fines imposed on
the guilty ones.
Eddie O’Brion, formerly one of
the proprietors of the Model Cafe,
in Fairbanks, and now in the rest
aurant business in Cordova, was
a member of the Shrine party from
the coast yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Taylor
and children and Miss Jessie John
ston were among those leaving for
Fairbanks yesterday with the Shrin
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coghill are
in Fairbanks, having joined the
Shrine excursion yesterday.
RAIL CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
TO AWAIT ACTION OF ROADS
NEW YORK. Aug. 19—The con
ference between brotherhood chiefs
acting as mediators for the striking
shopmen, and representative? of all
of the principal railroads of the
country, came to an end yesterday
afternoon shortly before five o'clock.
The settlement plan of the union
chiefs was laid before a committee
of rail executives, after which it
was decided to call a meeting of the
entire membership as soon as the
railway executives are ready to
submit their reply to the proposal
made.
Thinks Settlement Near
NEW YORK, Aug. 19—One of
the shop craft leaders expressed the
opinion this afternoon that the rail
strike will soon be ended. He ex
pressed his belief after having re
ceived a telegram from national
headquarters, but declined to go in
to details, or to permit the use of
his name.
No Agreement Reached
NEW YORK. Aug. 19—Warren
Stone, head of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, expressed the
belief yesterday, after leaving the
rail conference, that no definite
agreement for ending the shop strike
would be reached at the conference
,He had previously stated that the
strike must be settled during the
parley^
NENAtfA I^ELCCMES CROWD
OF SHRINERS FROM COAST
Xenana “smiled with Nile” yes
terday, during the brief stay in town
of the Shrine excursionists, enroute
from the coast, headed by Potentate
Caldwell, of Seattle, to hold a cere
monial at Fairbanks. There was a
large delegation at the depot to
welcome the incoming passengers,
and local Shriners and the public
generally did everything possible to
make the stay of the visitors an en
joyable one.
A special train, appropriately de
corated, took the excursionists to
the bridge site, where they were
shown over the works by Shriners
Hansen and Jones, of the railroad
building organization.
The excursionists left for Fair
banks on the regular train, their
number having been materially in
! creased by the Xenana delegation
i which journeyed to the upper town
for the ceremonial and the public
j celebration and baseball series.
The Shrine officials who came all
the way from Seattle to put on
the “big show” at Fairbanks tonight,
include Potentate Hugh M. Cald
well, former mayor of Seattle; Capt.
John Rex Thompson, past potentate;
Recorder FYank Lazier. There were
a number of other Seattle Shriners
in the party, some from various
towns along the coast and more
than one hundred from Anchor
age.
The visitors will return to Xenana
I on Tuesday and will be entertained
during the afternoon with a ball
game between the Xenana and An
■ chorage teams. An effort is being
| made to hold the train over until
midnight, in which event a dance
will be arranged in honor of the
occasion.
A movement is on foot today to
run a special train to Fairbanks
tomorrow, in order that Xenanaites
make take in the ball game and
auto race. But up to the hour of
going to press, it had not been
definitely ascertained whether the
; required number of tickets could
j be disposed of. Abe McCord has
i the list at the Simson “Leader”
store, and all desiring to make the
trip are requested to let Mr. Mc
j Cord know as soon as possible. He
j has about thirty names on the list
) now.
S. T. Kincaid is a recent arrival
[ in town from Galena. He is register
I ed at the Southern.