Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922
NUMBER
190
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD IS WORST IN HISTORY
R USSIA MUST A CCEPT OR CONFERENCE WiLL END
Si .NATH WILL ASK HARDING TO APPROVE BONUS B1L L
HUGHES SAYS RfcCOGNITION
OF RUSSIA ALL DEFENDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—
The political recognition of the new
government of Russia must await
the establishment of “sound business
and social conditions", Secretary of
State Hughes declared yesterday in
answer to a petition presented by a
delegation of women, asking Ameri
can aid toward Russian rehabilita
tation.
Continuing, the secretary said
that “political recognition is depend
ent upon the existence of a govern
ment that is competent and di-posed
to discharge its international obli
gations and this whole matter is in
the control of those who dominate
the affairs of Russia".
MAJ.-GEN. ANDREW DEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—
Major General William C. Andrew,
chief of staff of the American Ex
peditionary Forces for more than
a year, beginning in May, 1918.
died at the Walter Reed hospital on
Sunday. He had been ill for more
than two years.
BIG OIL TANKER WRECKED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2—The
tank steamer Whittier, of the Lnion
Oil Coirtpany. winch ww beached
Sunday night near Point A.rnea, Is
a total loss, with its cargo of ten
thousand barrels of oil. The mem
bers of the crew were saved.
GERMANS WELCOME DEMPSEY
BERLIN, May 2—Two thousand
fight fans elbowed one another yes
terday in a mad rush to get a close
glimpse of Tack Dempsey, upon his
arrival here.
TENEMENT FIRE FATAL
NEW YORK. May 2—Trapped in
the smoke-filled hallway of a tene
ment house in this city, an aged
woman and several children were
burned to death in the build,ng or
Sunday night. The building was
burned to the ground.
AMERICAN CAPTAIN HURT
MAYENCE, Germany, May 2—
The celebration of May Day in th:;
city yesterday resulted in the in
jury of an American captain.
M. A. Trepte, who is interested
with John Franey, in a hydraulic
proposition in the Totatiamka dis
arrived in town last night on a briei
business visit and leave on tne re
turn trip to his camp tomorrow, go
ing by way of the river trail which
takes off from the Alaska Railroat
at Nenana Crossing. Trepte and his
partner have been working severs
years to get their proposition ir
shape for work and will be read}
to begin operation with their g'-ant:
as soon as water runs. They wil
have a plentiful water supply foi
present needs, which they will leac
to their property by means of ditch
hose and pipe. They have about i
thousand feet of pipe, which the}
shipped in over the railroad during
the winter. Like others in that sec
tion of the country, Mr. Trepte de
•ares that the district has been anc
s still being held back because o:
the lack of wagon roads. This no'
only makes freighting costly, bu
necessitates the shipment of all sup
plies during the winter. This meam
that a miner must buy a year'i
supplies at one time.
H. W. Vance, pioneer Alaska min
ing man who is connected with thi
Associated Oil Company, went int<
the Cold Bay district recently t<
begin development work, under con
tract for the Western Developmen
Company of Portland. Vance wil
superintend the preliminary wor!
and will later move equipment an<
supplies to the ground her Id it b<
decided to begin op. rations tk'
year.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS;
FLOOD WATERS ARE
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BRITISH TO GIVE RUSSIANS
OUTLINE OF FINAL STAND
GENOA, May 2—The British rep-'
resentatives have announced that aj
memorandum ■will be handed to ’'he'
Russian delegates to the Eeonomiol
conference, embodying the max,mum ,
powers England is willing to give j
! Russia and the minimum powers
' England will accept from Russia.
This ultimatum is said to have the!
support of the other delegations
and in case of rejection by the Rus- j
sians, it is considered likely that all
negotiations will cease, probably un
til another form of government
arises in Russia.
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ALIENS WIN IN CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2—The
state supreme court has rendered a,
decision in which it holds as uncon-1
stitutional that portion of the alien;
land law which forbids aliens in
eligible to citizenship to act as
guardians of the agrieul rural lands
of their American-born children.
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JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS
LONDON, May 2—Cable advices
received in this city state that the
Japanese cabinet has resigned for
the purpose of permitting a partial
reorganization.
STOCK YARDS ACT STANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 2—
The constitutionality of the stock
yards act, which was passed last
year, has been upheld by the su
preme court, in a decision handed
1 down yesterday.
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STEAMER ALAMEDA ON WAY
WITH MANY PASSENGERS
The steamer Alameda left Seat
tle on April 26, for the North with
a total of more than 260 passengers,
of whom the following are for Sew
ard and Anchorage and points to
the north along the Alaska Railroad:
Harold Bleecker, Mrs. D. M.
Bleecker, H. M. Teed, J. M. McDon
ald, H. Hanson, E. Ireland, Mrs.
L. E. Price, Chas. L. Mason and
wife, Mrs. C. Jones, C. E. Brock,
R. F. Neble, B. Kamey, R. T. John
son, C. A. Hellander, L. McCallister,
, J. Henrick, T. Cravia, John More
• land, R. B. Matheson, J. E. Cough
; land, J. J. Regan, C. Engle, James
Anderson, E. Spalding, John Weise,
Axel Lafsen, Anton Neilsen. J. O.
Larson, R. Conway, R. B. Morris,
C. Perich, T. F. McNeer, Dr. F. M.
Cannon, E. Lindstrom, W. R. Per
kins and wife, Mrs. R. W. Taylor,
Miss E. Creelman, L. C. Dyke, Jas.
Morris, Mrs. A. J. Bronillard, H.
Scott, James Berger, Thomas Henry
Lee Bales, T. P. Griffiths, M. Boone,
Mrs. M. J. Thompson, Mrs. E. J.
Slinger, Lydia Kalis, Mrs. A. H.
' McDonald, M. A. Rinsak, E. Sulli
van, Mrs. H. Price, Mrs. C. O. Fow
ler, J. T. Chubeek, S. O. White,
' P. Y\ White, J. Carmody, Victor
' Adams, A. H. Humphries, Miss.
1 Humphries, Mrs. O. Olson, H. C.
Hull, David Barnes, T. A. Corbet,
Helen Norton, FYed Berger, Mrs.
, L. Johnson, T. M. Karbanoff, Sam
, Dubin, Myrtle E. Nelson, J. L. Han
> nah, W. Wenchenback, B. A. Dool
and wife, Miss Dool and 23 steer
• age passengers.
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Dick Luckow, who has been sta
l tioned at Camp 3?1 during the la;t
• sever 1 monjis. a n ‘ransfer
si red to tov to act ’s tin ekeeper
: for the nev con -taction camp.
NEW ORLEANS, May 2—A sur-1
vey of the havoc in the Lower Miss- :
issippi Valley, caused by the most j ■
disastrous flood in history, shows'
that approximately 3,50 square miles .
of land, or equal to the combined
areas of the states of Deleware and j
Rhode Island, is inundated, and it
is estimated that there are 75,000
homeless or living in flooded houses.
The estimates, which are incomplete
and unofficial, are based on reports
received from the flooded areas of
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
The constantly increasing volume
of water is scattered throughout the
territory between Memphis and the'
Mississippi delta and reaches, at
some point, far back on both sides
of the river.
Thousands of the homeless arc
without food and suffering from ex
posure. and untold numbers are the
victims of the economic devastation, j
DFPARTM5NT OF. COMMERCE J
IS MAKING COAL INQUIRY i
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—
The department of commerce is ex
pediting its inquiry into the under- j
lying difficulties of the coal industry,
such as intermittant employment j
and irregular production, with a
view to securing data which the ad
ministration may use in its pro
posed plan for the reorganization
of the entire industry.
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WOMAN SUSPECT HELD
CLEVELAND, May 2—A woman
whose name has not been disclosed,:
is being held by the police of this,
city in connection with the suspicion
that she committed a series of mur
ders for S11.000 insurance carried'
by her victims. It is known that j
she has been married five times
recently and that three of her hus- j
bands died under mysterious circum- j
stances. Two children by her first j
husband also died by what was said
to be accidental poisoning. The hus-!
bands who died carried life insur-!
ance policies.
IS NOT REAL AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—!
The supreme court of the United i
: States has rendered a decision in
: which it holds that the Emergency;
Fleet Corporation is not a govern
ment agency in the sense that it
cannot be sued without its consent. 1
FREIGHT OFFICE WILL BE
OPENED AT NORTH NENANA
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F. H. McCulley, who at present is
acting as assistant to Agent Buh-!
mann and as telegraph operator in:
the Nenana freight and passenger:
office of the Alaska Railroad, will,
] be stationed at North Nenana, where,
a freight office will be open and
ready for business immediately af
ter the breakup. Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Culley will occupy the cottage
formerly occupied by former Agent
R. R. Robinson, at North Nenana.
N. A. Petty, who arrived here on
the last train from Anchorage, will
take Mr. MeCulley’s place in the
local office. He has already taken
up his duties.
FORD AND MUSCLE SHOALS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—
W. B. May, chief engineer for Hen
ry Ford, appeared yesterday before
the senate agriculture committee,
which is examining lord’s proposal
for the pb" v»*e o* ‘fuscle Shoals,
and explained that a new secret
process has been discovered for
making 'c rt: . r at '■ v c st and
jit w<>’ d i cc -mercia !y ri
tusc,v Shoals * -.
Fifteen hundred refugees at Har
•isonburg, La., are practically with
>ut food, and the situation is be
oming worse because of the steady
irrival of more refugees.
Many residents of the Black river j
•ection are 75 miles from land and ;
he fact that they can be reached
jnly with boats presents a serious j
situation. A thousand refugees in
this district are being cared for.’
live thousand are being cared fo'j i
at Rhinehart, La., and a serious j
food shortage is reported from Is-.
;euna county, where a large area of
land has been under water for six!
weeks. Supplies are also running j
low’ in the district around Yazoo. J
Levee engineers are working hard
in anticipation of a further rise in j
the river level during the next few
days. Thousands of volunteers are j
searching steadily for marooned fa-1
milies.
CASHIER TAKES BANK ROLL:
DEPOSITORS START A RIOT
URIAH, Cal May 2—The fear of,
mob violence prompted the police j
today to remove J. Wellrv, cashier i
of the First National Bank of Fort!
Bragg, to the county jail in this!
city.
The alleged misappropriation of
?170.000 by the cashier forced the
bank to close its doors, with the re
sult that public indignation against ]
Wellry reached a dangerous point!
K. K. K. WARNS PROSECUTOR
LOS ANGELES, May 2—Mrs.
Nelson, wife of the district attorney
of Orange county, has announced
that a stranger warned her last
week that if she had any influence
with her husband, she had better
tell him he had “better lay off this
K. K. K. stuff”.
HOSPITALS TRANSFERRED
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—
President Harding has signed an
order trasferring 57 public health
hospitals to the Veterans’ bureau.
WALTER SCOTT IN NENANA
FROM KANTISHNA OUTING
Walter Scott, formerly connected
with the White Pas3 company in
Nenana, returned to town yesterday
from a stay of several months in
the Kantishna district, where he did
considerable prospecting and had a
look over the country generally. He
is a guest at the Southern Hotel
and probably will remain in Nenana.
Mr. Scott reports that a lot of
work has been done on the Quigley
property, and that good values are
in sight. He also says that Living
stone Wernecke, Treadwell expert,
made a thorough examination of the
property on the occasion of his re
cent trip through the Kantishna to
the coast. He obtained many sam
ples in his own way, but it is not
known for what purpose the expert
ing was done.
Supplies are being hauled to the
Copper Mountain region for the
Aitken outfit and it is expected that
considerable work will be done there
on the Grant & Giles properties
which were recently sold to Aitken.
Biglow, brother of the late Perry
Biglow, who came in last fall to
take charge of the Biglow & Freid
rich property, has driven a tunnel
over a thousand feet in lenght, un
assisted. He is looking 'or the ledge
which was encountered in a shaft
higher th=> hill
M. Scott car-e out with Mail Car
rier 3D..near far is the railroad,
and reports rather a rtrenno”' *-•
owing to the r- ‘t * ”c
5ECOND MONTH OF STRIKE
FINDS UNION MEN HOPEFUL
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IXDLANAPOLIS, May 2—T 1» c ;
second month of the nation-wide
suspension of work in the cool min
ing industry opened yesterday with
officials- of the United Mine Work
ers declaring: that no settlement is
yet in sight. They estimate that
there are now approximately six
hundred and eighty thousand work
ers idle, which aaatbj includes
seventy-five thousand non-union min
ers.
Union officials claim that the peak
of strength has not yet been reach
ed and it is said that their program
calls for further efforts to close
non-union fields.
SOUTHERN COAL MAGNATE
COMING TO INSPECT FIELDS
SEATTLE. May 2—Major L. P.
Hornberger, president of the Lake
and Export Coal Corporation, which
has what has been referred to as a
short term option on Government
coal reserve lands in Alaska, will
leave this city on May 6 to make an
examination of the Government coal
properties at Chickaloon and Eska.
He ha3 already arrived here from
the East and booked passage for
Seward.
The major will be accompanied
by an engineer and ar. ocean freight
expert, and it is understood that his
examination may result in the oper
ation of both properties for the
Government by the corporation.
Hornberger spends most of hi-?
time in Paris supervising the foreign
business of the company.
FRENCH VIEWS INVITED
PARIS, May 2—The American
debt Refunding Commission has in
formed the French government that
it will be glad to receive the gov
ernment’s observations on what it
has to offer concerning the payment
of interest on »he French debt t;J
the United States, and the amortiza
tion of principal.
IRISH RAIDERS TAKE FUNDS
BELFAST, May 2—More than
one hundred thousand pounds has
been taken by the Republican irreg
ulars in recent raids on branches of
the Bank of Ireland. The reports
state that all of the raids occurred
in South Ireland.
SOCIALISTS MAY AID LABOR
IN ACTIVITIES AT POLLS
CLEVELAND, May 2—By a vote
of ten to twelve, the Socialist party
convention yesterday decided to per
mit state organizations to co-operate
with any labor organization for
political activity at the coming elec
tions.
HOUSE PASSES BIG ROAD BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—
The lower house of Congress has
given it3 approval to the Dunn bill
which authorizes the appropriation
of $65,000,000 for road building
for the year beginning July 1, and
the appropriation of $75,000,000
for the following year.
CLEANUP NOTICE
All owners and occupants of
; property in Nenana are directed
to take immediate steps for the re
moval of rubbish and other germ
laden accumulations in yards and
P(*"« P-o'.'!—*7 owrers also are
urged to remove brush fro-a rnoc
eunied lots owned hy them.
Fv Order of -he
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SENATE COMMITTEE TO ASK
HARDING TO APPROVE BONUS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—
The senate finance committee short
ly will ask President Harding to ap
prove a soldier bonus bill differing
only slightly from the house meas
ure.
This action was decided upon at
a conference of the Republican
members of the committee, after the
Smoot plan of substitution of 20
year endowment policies for an ad
justed service certificate measure
had been discarded.
The new bill, as outlined, provides
for immediate loans to veterans
equal to 50 per cent of adjusted
service pay at the rate of a dollar
a day for domestic service and a
dollar and a quarter for foreign
service. At the end of three years
the loan value will be 80 per cent,
plus 414 per cent interest.
BRYAN URGES PRESIDENT
TO SEND MAN TO GENOA
LINCOLN, May 2—William Jen
nings Bryan has addressed a letter
• to President Harding, urging that
!a representative of the United States
be sent to the Genoa conference,
| net necessarily to bind this country
to the conclusions of the conference
j but to advise with the nations of
Europe in an effort to bring about
! the rehabilitation of the world..
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WAR FINANCE CONTINUES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2—
■ The bill extending the powers of
the War Finance Corporation for
' another year, was passed by the
'senate yesterday without an oppos
I ing vote.
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LAST TRAIN FROM COAST
BROUGHT BIG FREIGHT LOAD
A special freight train, made up
: of 22 cars, arrived in N'enana on
Sunday evening, from the coast.
There were nine carloads of mer
chandise consigned to N'enana, part
of which will be reshipped to low
er river points; five cars of track
and bridge material which will also
be unloaded here; one carload of
'tractors; one car of automobiles:
I nearly a carload of gasoline, and
five carloads of merchandise for
Fairbanks. A carload -oi lumber is
j also included in the track and bridge
* material consignment.
In view of possible interruption
of traffic during the spring thaw
the Alaska Railroad authorities art
taking time by the forelock, so to
speak, and are making e\ery effort
, to rush consignments destined for
the Interior as quickly -w possible.
Interior shipments are being given
the preference in the matter of
; handling at the coast terminals and
| several fore freight trains probablt
; will arrive with the next few days
i so that merchants of the Interior
; towns who have placed their orders
| on time, will have supplies to carry
j them in case of an interruption.
Men have been stationed at points
along the line where the thaw may
effect the service, and a close watch
is being maintained in order that
| remedial measures can be taken at
i the first sign of trouble. In fact,
. every precaution is being taken by
! the railroad officials to insure con
i tinuous oDeration of trains over
i the entire system. Labor forces have
1 been assembled at various points
! where trouble is likely to occur.
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j WILLIAMS OUT FOR RECORD
ST. LOUIS, May 2—Kenneth Wil
liams knocked two home runs in
the game against Cleveland on Sat,
i urday, making a total of nine hom
ers in seven days.
RICHARD CRO’ER PASSES
NEW LOK cv, .ay . — K chard.
Croker, ferns-' !e -*or -f Ta: many,
i died in Ir- land on Saturday.