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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDAY. DEC. 17, 1921
NUMBER 107
• MYSTERY OF BOMB OUTRAGE IS SOLVED
FRANCE INSISTS ON NAVAL BUILDING PROGRAM
IRISH PARLIAMENT CONSIDERING PEACE AGREEMENT
IRISH PARLIAMENT'
CONSIDERS MAH;;
DECISION AWAITED;
LONDON, Dec. 17—All eyes are J
turned toward Dublin today, where j
the Irish parliament is continuing j
its deliberations on the Irish treaty |
and the consensus of opinion among 1
the Irish correspondents of London J
newspapers seems to be that yes-1
terday's decisions have added to tne |
strength to the prospects of the'
treaty.
One of the decisions referred to
was the ratification yesterday, by
both houses of the British parlia-1
ment. of the Irish treaty which
creates Ireland a free state. The i
votes showed an overwhelming num
ber of lawmakers in favor of rati- 1
fication.
The house of commons adopted
the reply to the speech from the
throne on the Irish agreement and
rejected a Unionist amendment to J
the address by a vote of 401 to 58.
The adoption of the address was.
in effect, an acceptance of the •
treaty.
The house of lords took similar
action a few minutes later, and al
so rejected the proposed amend
ment, the vote being 166 to 47.
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GERMANY MUST PAY MONEY
OR GIVE GOOD REASONS
PARIS, Dec. 17—Replying to the
German request for an extension of
time for the making of reparations
payments now nearly due, the Al
lied Reparations Commission has fe
fused to consider the request until
Germany states when the money
can be paid, and gives other infor
mation demanded.
BRIAND SUPPORTED
PARIS, Dec. 17—The senate voted
confidence in the Briand govern
ment today by a vote of 174 to 129.
the question at issue being the
resumption of relations with the
Vatican, which was under debate.
E. M. yVebster is a recent arrival j
in town. He is registered at the
Southern.
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ARREST AT WARSAW CLEARS
BAFFLING GOTHAM OUTRAGE
CONGRESSMAN IS
IN POTOMAC RIVER;
■ UNBALANCED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 17—;
The body of Congressman John A.
Elston, of California, -was found
floating in the Potomac river yester-1
day, and an investigation of his,
death indicates that he jumped into
the river with suicidal intent. A
note found in the coat of the dead
man said “I am in a chain of cir
cumstances that spell ruin, although
my offense was innocently made ir.
the beginning. I hope all the facts
will come out. My stay means em
barrassment to my district and to
worthy people, clean and generous.”
Congressman Elston had been ap
parently mentally depressed, worry
ing over the failure of Congress to
insure the big naval base at Ala
meda, the collapse of the project
affectly him deeply.
Ke disappeared from his apart
ments last Tuesday and was re-1
turned by detectives, only to vanish i
again and this time, not returning,
although a thorough search was
made for him. It is believed he
plunged into the river Tuesday;
night.
AfFain In Good Shape
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 17—Al
though the friends of Congressman j
Elston are unable to account for
his rash act, they were forewarned
in messages reporting him missing.
The financial affairs of the con
gressman are declared to be in ex
cellent condition, he having an am-1
pie income for his requirments.
The deceased was a Republican,
and a member of the lower house of
Congress since the Sixty-fourth Ses
sion. He was born at Woodland,
this state, in 1675, and is survived
by a widow and four children. He
wras an attorney by profession.
House Adjourns
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17—
The lower house of Congress ad
journed yesterday, in respect to the
memory of Congressman Elston, and
a committee of eighteen congress
men will accompany the body to
California.
TIDAL WAVE KILLS NATIVES
MANILA, Dec. 17—More than
250 natives were drowned this week
by a tidal wave that overwhelmed
the towns of Ibacay and Macato,
on the Island of Negros.
STRIKERS USE BOBMS
OMAHA, Dec. 17—The striking
packers of this district heve resort
ed to the use of sting bombs as a
meas of preventing strikebreakers
from going to work. The bombs are
placed in the street cars.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17— i
The arrest of Wolfe Lindenfield, at
Warsaw, this week, clears up the!
entire mystery surrounding the big
Wall Street explosion of last year,
according to a statement made to
day by William J. Burns, head of
the Bureau of Investigation, De
partment of Justice.
The gTeat detective says that
Lindenfield, whose arrest was report
ed to him by the Associated Press,
is the “key to the solution of the j
mystery for he is the only man we
know in the world who knows all ’
about it.”
Burns says that Lindenfield him
self was not implicated in the ex
plosion but he was so close to the
INDIAN TROUBLE CONTINUES'
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CALCUTTA, Dec. 17—Notwith-j
standing the arrest recently of many!
non-cooporationists, the struggle be-■
tween the National Volunteers and j
the government authorities in this
section continues. Serious incidents
are also reported from other dis
tricts. Eighty arrests were made to
day.
TWO KILLEN ON LINER
SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 17—It is
reported that two third class pass
engers were killed aboard the liner
Olympic as the result of encounter
ing a terrific storm on the way
across. Much damage to the vessel
is also reported to have resulted.
TO SPEND QUIET HOLIDAY
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec 17— j
It is the intention of President and j
Mrs. Harding to spend a quiet;
Christmas at the White House. The j
President plans to "hang up his'
stockings at home”.
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STRIKE NOT SUPPORTED
WALSENBURG, COLO., Dec. 17 j
—The United Mine Workers organ-,
ization has refused to support the:
strike of coal miners who left the 1
employ of the Colorado Fuel & Iron [
Company. The strike began on
November 16, and resulted in put
ting the district under martial law.
TENDLER GETS DECISION
NEW YORK. Dec. 17—Lew TenJ
ler, Philadelphia lightweight, was
given a decision here last night
over Sailor Friedman, of Chicago,
at the end of 15 rounds. The sailor
went down four times in the second
round but continued to fight furi
ously.
perpetrators that he knew all about
it*
The detective declares further
that the third international was the
moving spirit behind the explosion.
It is expected here that Linden
field, now that he is discovered,
will claim the $50,000 reward which
was offered for information leading
to a solution of the mystery.
New Radical Plot Rumored
NEW YORK, Dec. 17—Rumors
of a new radical plot to blow up
the stock exchange in this city, are
being circulated, following the an
nouncement of the arrest of Linden
field. A number of brokers are re
ported to have received threatening
letters.
FIGHTING IN IRELAND
BELFAST, Dec. 17—Fierce firing
occurre todday in the Newtonwards
Road section and the tram car ser
vice has been suspended in conse
quence. Machine guns were used
against the rioters and one person
was killed and six wounded.
FRENCH COMPOSER DEAD
ALGIERS, Dec. 17—Camille St.
Saens, French composer, died sud
denly here today.
BANDITS ESCAPE
FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 17—The
three members of the band which
attacked the Breathitt county jail
this week, and who were thought
to be surrounded in a cave, have
made their escape, according to re
ports received in this city.
JUST LIKE HER SISTER
GLOBE, Ari2., Dec. 17—Miss Al
ma Smith, who is under arrest on
the charge of shooting H. L. Christ
ensen, is a sister of Clara Smith
Hamon, who was acquitted on the
the charge of killing Jake Hamon,
Republican national committeeman
and millionaire of Ardmore, Okla.
Miss Smith is at present in the
hospital seriously wounded. The man
she is said to have killed! was a
former Alaskan.
SOLDIERS HAVE FLU
COBLENZ, Dec. 17—An epidem
ic of influenze, in a mild form, has
made its appearance among the
American soldiers in the area of
occupation and many of the men are
under treatment at the various hos
pitals. There is little pneumonia and
no deaths so far.
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NEW BILL FRAMED
10 PUT TERRilORV
IN BANDS OF FALL
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WASHINGTON', D. C., Dec. 17
Representative Curry, of California,
who preciously advocated the crea
tion of a development board for the
control of federal affairs in Alaska
has introduced a new bill which pro
vides for the co-ordination of control
under the secretary of the interior,
of the many functions relating to
the development of Alaska.
The measure was drafted by the
sub-committee of the house com
mittee on territories, after extensive
hearings on the Alaska problem and
the several bills which had been in
troduced to remedy conditions.
The measure provides for the
transfer, to the interior department,
of the functions . of the department
of agriculture, relating to national
forest^ reservations and the leasing
of land for the propogation of fur
bearing animals; of the powers
vested in the federal power commis
sion with regard to the develop
ment of power; of the control of
the department of commerce over
Alaska natives and of the mainten
ance of roads and trails, now in
the hands of the war department.
Provision is made, however, that the
present board of road commissioners
continue to function under the direc
tion of the department of the in
terior.
| No provision is made for the ap
pointment of a commission, compos
, ed of Alaska residents, to supervise
the development activities, as pre
viously proposed, but Chairman Cur
ry says that Secretary Fall assured
the committee that he wojild select
competent persons who would be in
Alaska continuously to direct the
work done there by the department
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DESTROYER FLOATED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17—The
destroyer Delong, which grounder
recently south of here, was floated
this morning, but the extent of the
damage has not yet been ascertain
ed.
ARBUCKLE WITNESS BIGAMIST
FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 17—Mrs.
Bambino Maud Belmont, complaining
witness in the Arbuckle case, piead
i ed guilty here today on a charge of
; bigamy and was sentenced to a
: year in the penitentiary, but ad
| mitted to probation.
MIKE GIBBONS WINS
ST. PAUL, Dec. 17—Mike Gib
i bons, St. Paul middleweight, out
pointed Mike Dodwo, a fellow towns
man, in a ten round bout which
was staged here last night.
WASHINGTON'. D Q. Dec. 17 —
The French delegation yesterday pre
sented a proposal for so great an
increase in the strength of the
French navy that the British dele
gation declared that such a program,
if carried out, would upset the whole
for five five three reduction. Al
though the program was not reveal
ed in its entirety, the British under
the plan provides for the construc
tion of ten 35,000-ton dreadnaughts
in ten years subsequent to 1925
These vessels would be of a type
similar to the American dreadnaught
Maryland, and would give France a
capita! ship tonnage of 350,000 as
against 315,000 for Japan and a
preponderance of new “post Jut
land” type ships over any country
in the world.
The Italian delegation, although
disapproval of such a program, is
said to have told conferees that if
Prance builds such ships. Italy raav
carry out a similar program
Balfour announced yesterday af
ternoon that the British delegation
would move for the abolition of all
submarines at the opensession of the
conference. The British spokesman,
however, said that the British ac
ceptance of the five five three policy
was not contingent upon the accept
ance of the suomarme abolition
proposals.
The naval committee of fifteen
has resumed the consideration the
consideration of the French and Ital
ian naval ratio problem, but with
little prospect of reaching any defi
nite advancement toward agreement.
It is understood that the presentation
of the French proposals yesterday
was continued today. The American
group is said to have not reached
the point of formulating counter
proposals.
Reed Joint La Follette
Declaring the four-power treaty
to be “the death warrant of China",
Senator Reed told the senate today
that he believed “it was brought
here by Japan and England and
practically agreed to in advance."
He said that adherence to the doc
ument made the United Suites a
party to the “rape of Shantung”.
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