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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DEC. 10, 1921
NUMBER 104
• LODGE SUBMITS DRAFT OF AGREEMENT
WA TSON THREA TENS MAJOR A T
SENATE INQUIRY
CONDEMNED BANDIT LEADS PRISONERS IN F
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SENATOR THREATENS MAJOR;
HEARING IN INTERRUPTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10—
The meeting of the senate com-1
mittee which is investigating the
Watson charges, was almost broken i
up yesterday in a row. after Sen
ator Watson had threatened to slap j
the face of Major D. C. Ochcu, who j
Watson said, had insulted him by
his manner of looking at him. “I’ll j
not be bullied by that bull-jawed j
brute”, the senator declared. The;
hearing was resumed after all of the '
army officers had been escorted from
the room.
Senator Watson presented a num
ber of affidavits, including one by;
George P. Taylor, in which ihe de
clared that he had witnessed the ‘
hanging of twelve Americans in
Prance. He did not know, however,
whether all of them had been court- .
martialed. He also said that one •
sergeant had been hanged, following
his conviction by a French court
martial on a charge of rape, -which
was unjustified.
Col. Walter Betsel. assistant to
the judge advocate general of the
army, testified that eleven members
of the American forces had been ex
ecuted, following their conviction by
c-ourtmartial.
Killed Without A Trial
LANSING, Dec. 10—Frederick 3.
•* Fitch, formerly a sergeant in the j
regular army, says he saw two
Americans put to death in France
without a trial. One of them was
beaten to death at Bordeaux, in
April, 1918. and the other was
hanged at Gievres, in July of the
same year. Fitch says he expects to
be called before the Watson investi
gating committee at Washington.
FALL SAYS HE IS COMING
TO ALASKA NEXT SPRING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10
Secretary of the Interior Fall has
given confirmation to the reports
that he is planning to visit the
Northwest and Alaska next spring,
although he says definite arrange
ments for the trip have not beer,
completed.
The secretary says he hopes to
induce President Harding and Sec
retary of the Navy Denby to ac
1 company him.
DEFICIENCY BILL REPORTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10—
The first deficiency bill presented
during the present session of Con
gress. was favorably reported to the
>enate yesterday, carrying slightly
more than $106,000,000. The chief
increase made by the senate com
mittee, over the amount provided
for by the house, was an item of
$1,500,000 to repair and replace the
Government military cable in Alaska.
PETE HERMAN COMES BACK
NEW YORK. Dec. 10—Pete Her
man, former bantam champion, came
back last night, when he put Packey
O'Gallye, of this city, to sleep in
the first round of what was to have
been a 15-round contest.
FARMERS WANT PRICE FIXED
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 10—
The Farmers’ National Council has
announced that it will urge Con
gress to revive the U. S. Grain
Corporation and fix a Government
guaranty of $2.50 per bushel for
wheat.
NOTICE
The regular monthly meeting of
the Nenana Masonic Club will be
held at the home of Oscar Rothen
burg on Wednesday, December 14,
at 8 P. M. A!) members are requests
ea to be present for the election of
officers for 1922.
Visiting Masons are always wel
. come.
OSCAR ROTHENBURG,
President
WT. B. REABURN. Secretary.
MEETS WITH WORLD APPROVAL
HEAD OF SINN FEIN READY
TO BACK NEW PEACE PACT
DUBLIN, Dec. 10—Arthur Grif
fith. head of the Irish delegation, is
quoted as saying, with regard to the
Irish settlement: “I have signed the
treaty, believing it will lay the
foundation for peace and friendship
between the two countries, and what
I have signed I shall stand by, in
the belief that the end of a con
flict of centuries is at hand.”
Devaiera I» Holding Out
President Devaiera has issued a
statement in which he says he can
not recommend the Irish peace treaty
to Dail Eireann or to Ireland, and
that his attitude is supported by the
ministers of defense and home af
fairs.
Griffith has announced that he will
move the ratification of the agree
ment at the meeting of the Irish
parliament on Wednesday, while
Devaiera declares that it will not
be moved as a cabinet measure.
EMMA WANTS TO RETURN
RIGA. Dec. 10—There is a re
port in circulation her to the ef
fect that Emma Goldman has left
Moscow and is now in this city,
with the intention of seeking per
mission to return to the United
States.
LANDIS STOPS BOARD ACTION
CHICAGO. Dec. 10—Judge Land
is has issued a temporary injunc
tion, restraining the Railroad Labor
Board from issuing a decision
against the Pennsylvania railroad in
the recent shop controversy.
AFTER THREE YEARS
RICHMOND. Dec. 10—Dr. Wilner
A. Hadley, former army surgeon,
was electrocuted yesterday for the
murder of his wife three years ago
last month.
ISLAND BANKER KILLS SELF
MANILA. Dec. &—T. Angelas,
manager of the Oporri branch of the
Philippine National Bank, committed
suicide yesterday. He and a number
of other had been accused of at
tempting to defraud the bank.
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A shipment of fresh supplies,
amounting to about a ton, reached
Ner.ana on Thursday from the Out
side. The shipment was consigned to
William Rodigkeit, of the Tavern
Cafe, and left Seattle on November
30. This establishes a record in
transportation, the shipment being
only eight an done half days in
transit, from Seattle to Nenana.
The shipment arrived ahead of the
bill of lading.
F. A. Hansen, engineer of main
tenance and construction, left on the
train this afternoon for McKinley
Park.
Foreman O. E. Steel, of the A.
E. C. forces, with headquarters at
Healy, came to town on the last
train with several head of stock. He
returned to his station this after
or in Nenana. He left for his sta
noon.
The steamer Northwestern left
Seattle today, bound for Seward.
1 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 10—
A draft of the proposed four-power
treaty which is designed to supplant
; the Anglo-Japanes alliance was form
ally laid before the plenary session
of the Arms conference today by
Senator Lodge. The draft provides
for a ten-year agreement in which
; Great Britain. Japan. France and
the United States bind themselves
to subject their existing rights in
existing insular possessions and do
i minions in the Pacific and, in case
disputes arise which cannot be set
tled by diplomacy, to agree to a
, joint conference among themselves.
Any party may withdraw on twelve
months notice. The treaty, which
requires senate ratification, is ex
pected to pave the way for the ac
ceptance of the American naval
reduction proposals.
The draft has not been signed
formally, but has been initialed by
the representatives of the four
powers concerned a' evidence f
their approval.
In presenting the draft. Senator
Lodge said, in part: “The surest
way to prevent war is to remove the
cause.- of war. There is an attempt
to remove the causes of war ovet
a great area of the globe's surf:- •
by reliance on good faith and the
honest intentions of the nations
who sign the treaty, solving all
differences through the process of
diplomacy and joint consideration
and conciliation. No doubt we shall
hear it said that the region to which
this agreement applies is the one
most unlikely to give birth to seri
out disputes and. therefore, an agree
ment of this character is of little
| consequence. History, unhappily, has
shown that there is no comer of
the earth so remote and so value
less that it is incapable of giving
cause for controversy or war."
Balfour asserted that the treaty
would benefit international afms.
He referred to the abrogation of
the Anglo-Japar.ese alliance, saying
1 there never had been any intention
to “touch” the interests of the
■ United States.
j Prince Tokugawa voiced Japan
! ese gratification over the pact. Sen
: ator Schanzer bespoke satisfaction
for Italy, Minister Sze expressed
gratification on behalf of China, and
. Vivian* expressed the hope that the
' conference would accept the pact
without reservations.
France Approve* Plan*
An official reply has been received
from Paris by the French delegation
I on the question of the proposed
< quadruple entente. The message cays
France is ready to enter such an
agreement with Great Britain, Japan
and the United States.
Japanese Decision today
, The Japanese cabinet has been
-ummoned to meet today, presum
ably to take final action on the naval
j ratio question.
The Pacific Question
There is strong intimation that
i the question of Pacific islarid forti
1 fications and naval bases will be
! settled by the conference on the
basis that existing facilities be not
extended. Whether an informal un
derstanding to this effect has al
ready been reached has not been dis
closed.
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SHERIFF SAYS HE BLOCKED '
PLOT TO RELEASE MAHONEY
> Starwich claims to have thwarted
:an attempt to liberate James E.
Mahonev and other prisoners eon
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nned in the county jail, with the ar-;
; rest of Mrs. N'orah Mahoney, mother;
j of the condemned man, and Mrs. i
Rose Smith, aged 31.
The sheriff reported to the court
that Mrs. Smith had been discover
i ed trying to smuggle flour sacks,
'containing a loaded revolver and
extra cartridges, into the jail, with
a basket of edibles from a nearby
I grocery.
The Smith woman attended the.
I trial of Mahoney daily and, after
his conviction, visited him frequent-'
j ly in the county jail.
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! INDEPENDENT PACKERS CUT
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ST. JLOUIS. Dec. 10—Eleven in
dependent packing companies have
served notice on their employes that
they will operate their plants on the
1 open shop basis after the first of
; the year. Two of the plants have
• also announced a new scale of wages1
, involving a cut of eight per cent.
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NEW STEAMER IS READY
TO CARRY ALASKA MAILS
SEATTLE. Dec. 10—The- San
Juan Fishing & Packing Company
entertained representatives of th.“
Seattle Chamber of Commerce ami
others interested in the- develop
ment of Alaska, yesterday aboard
the steamer Starr, which ha-, been
awarded the contract to carry the
mail between Seward and Western
Alaska points. The vessel has been
equipped with adequate passenger
accommodations and cargo space and
will sail for Seward today to enter
upon the new work to which it has
been assigned. Monthly trips will be
made during the during- of the con
tract.
WALL STREET SUSPECT HELD
OMAHA, Dec. 10—The local po
lice have arrested Mike Stine, as a
suspect in connection with the Wall
Street explosion which, in September
1920, caused a number of deaths
and the partial destruction of sever
al buildings in the New York finan
cial district. An unsigned communi
cation led to the arrest. The police
express the belief that Stine will
be able to furnish a perfect alibi.
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Ask the Moose
what the
J. J. Davis Class
means
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M’PHERSON is ousted again
BY SPIRIT CITY CHAMBER
SEATTLE. Dec. 10—Following a
special meeting of the board of
. trustees of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce yesterday. President R. S.
Boyne announced that J L- Mc
| Pherson. for many years manager of
the Alaska Bureau, had been ousted
j from his position.
The locals papers credit the ac
! tion of the board to friction between
McPherson and Christie Thomas, ex
ecutive secretary. Xo announcement
has been made regarding the selec
tion of McPherson’s successor
McPherson was removed from his
. position several months ago, while
he was at Washington representing
the bureau, but such a protest was
made by McPherson’s friends and
supporters that the chamber was
torced to reinstate him.
STRIKERS ARE PROHIBITED
FROM PICKETING PLANTS
CHICAGO, Dec. 10—Superior
Court Judge Sullivan has issued a
temporary injunction prohibiting the
striking stockyard workers from
i picketing or otherwise interfering
with stockyard wurk.
Troops Are Wanted
ALBERTLEA, Minn.. Dec. 10—
'Packing officials have asked th_
authorities to send troops a? the
result of the picketing of the Wil
son Company’s packing plant by
I strike sympathizers.
First Death Occur*
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CHICAGO, Dec. 10—George P;!e.
who was shot by a motorcycle po
' liceman after he (had thrown several
I bricks, died yesterday, as a result
of his injuries, making the first
death resulting from the stockyard
strike.
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED
MITCHELL. S. D.. Dec. 8—A
passenger train on the Omaha rail
road was wrecked this morning 12
miles east of this city. No death?
are reported but it is believed a
number were injured. A special is
being rushed to the scene with
doctors and nurses.
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The first shipment of coal from
the big seams on the Healy river,
which are being mined by the Healy
River Coal Corporation, is expected
to reach Nenana tomorrow, and will
be followed by regular shipments
from the Canyon district, where the
company has tapped one of the larg
est bodies of coal in the world. The
fuel began moving from the mine to
the skip of the company at Healy
on Monday last. The first shipments
arriving in Nenana will be forward
ed to Fairbanks.
Ole Amundsen, Jim Dell and Erik
Shelnes are recent arrivals in town
from the Canyon district. They are
registered at the Southern.
William Rodigkeit, proprietor of
the Tavern Cafe, will leave for the
Outside tomorrow, enroute to the
East on a 60-day vacation, with
which he will combine business, it
being his intention to make a number
of purchases for his establishment
as soon as he reaches Seat Je.
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TOM SLAUGHTER ESCAPES:
OIFERS FREEDOM TO ALL
LITTLE ROCK, Dec. 10—Tom
Slaughter, notorious bandit who was
under death sentence, made his es
cape from the penitentiary yester
day and took six other prisoners
with him, including four negroes
who, like himself, were under sen
tence of death. Six other negroes,
who are under sentence of death
in connection with the Elaine riots,
refused to accompany the bandit.
Slaughter locked the warden and
his family and all of the guards in
cells and then mounted tae prison
; walls, where he remained as master
of the situation for five hours, offer
ing liberty to all the inmates of the
penitentiary.
When he finally decided to leave,
the bandit took possession of an
automobile belonging to the ward
en’s wife, and left for parts un
known, taking hi' six companions
with him.
Slaughter Killed; All Taken
Word was received herethis
afternoon of the shooting of Tom
Slaughter by J. C. Howard, Cinder
sentence of three years, who viefr
the penitentiary with the bandft
The shooting occurred in the hills --
in Saline county and. in explana
tion of his act, Howard said he
"left the prison with the intention
of killing Slaughter the first chance
J got.
One of the negro escapes was
shot by a searching party and is
thought to have little chance of re
covery, All of the other escapes
have been captured and relumed
to the prison. The body of the bai
dit was found at the place indicated
by Howard.
RAILROAD OFFICIALS PLAN
WAGE REDUCTIONS SOON
NEW YORK. Dec. 10—Railroad
officials, in conference in ’.his city,
have formulated a schedule of wage
cuts for presentation to the Rad
road Labor Board. The schedules in
volve reductions ranging from ten
to thirty per cent for train service,
shop and maintenance of way em
ployes on lines north of the Ohio
and east of the Mississippi river
PEACE PRIZE DIVIDED
CHRISTIANIA. Dec. ilO—Accord
ing to announcement made here to
day, the Nobel peace prize for 1921
has been divided between Hjalmar
Branting1, Swedish premier, and C
L. Lange, of Norway, secretary f
the Interior Parliamentary Union.
FOUR POLICEMEN KILLED
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 10
Four policemen were killed here to
day while engaged in an attempt
to break up a street fight between
marines and a party of civilians.
EXECUTIVES APPROVE ACTION
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. H—The ac
tion of the president of the United
Mine Workers, in revoking the
charter of the Kansas district organ
ization and deposing its officers. has
been approved by the international
executive board.
TROOPS TO LEAVE IRELAND
DUBLIN, Dec. 8—It has been an
nounced at military headquarters
that if the Anglo-Irish agreement is
ratified, the crown forces will be
withdrawn from Ireland within a
month.
MARINES SHOOT BANDITS
CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 10—
It is unofficially reported here that
the marine guard aboard a train
near Savannah shot at three white
men who robbed the express cur,
and seriously wounded two of them