Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921
NUMBER 77
• WORLD SERIES WILL START TOMORROW
MAHONEY FOUND GUILTY ON MURDER CHARGE
UNEMPLOYMENT CAUSE OF GREAT ECONOMIC LOSSES
MAHONEY FOUND GUILTY;
MUST HANG FOR OFFENSE
SEATTLE, Oct. 4—James Ma
honey, tried on the charge of kill
ing his elderly bride last April, was
found guilty late Saturday night,
the jury rendering a verdict of
first degree and fixing the penalty at
death. The jury reached an agree
ment at 11:10, after having deliber
ated five and three-quarters hours.
Mahoney received the verdict in
a calm manner, much the same as
he viewed the proceedings through
out the trial. But his sister, Mrs.
Delores Johnson, collapsed when the
verdict was read in court, and had
to be carried from the room.
Hi*tory Of The Cate
James E. Mahoney, former rail
road brakeman on parole from the
Washington State Penitentiary at
Walla Walla, where he had been
serving a sentence for robbery, was
charged with first degree murder
August 11, 1921, three days after
the body of a woman identified as
that of his wealthy bride. Kate M.
Mahoney, had been found in a trunk
in Lake Union.
Mahoney was 38 years old at the
time of his arrest. His bride, to
whom he had been married Febru
ary 10, 1921, was 67. She was re
puted to own property in Seattle
and elsewhere valued at more than
$200,000.
.Mrs. Mahoney was last see;) alivip
April 16, as far as the police could
determine. On that day, in company
with her husband, she bad visited
Dr. Frank E. Wood, a Seattle
dentist. Dr. Wood later identified
the body found in Lake Union as
that of Mrs. Mahoney, through
dental work he had performed for
her.
On the night of April 16, it was
shown at the trial, Alvin A. Jorgen
sen, an expressman, was called to
* Mahoney’s apartment at 409 Denny
Way to take a trunk to LakeU nion.
After the body had been found, the
expressman identified Mahoney as
the man who had directed him to
take the trunk to the lake. The pro
prietor of a boat house pointed out
Mahoney as the man who had rent
ed a small skiff April 16, and had
failed to return it.
Mahoney first came under sus
picion in connection with his wife’s
disappearance when Mrs. Kate Stew
art, of Vancouver, B. C., a niece
of the missing woman, received a
number of letters, purporting to
have been written by her aunt and
dated from towns in Idaho and
Montana. Her investigation resulted
in the arrest of Mahoney May 3 on
a charge of forgery in connection
t with an order on a safe deposit box
maintained by his wife. Two addi
tional forgery charges followed, the
two originating from an elleged
fraudulent attempt by Mahoney to
gain control of his wife’s property.
Following his arrest, Mahoney
maintained that he and his wife
had left Seattle for St. Paul the
night of April 16, and that he had
A left her there, returning to Seattle
while she continued East with the
expectation of visiting Cuba. A
nation-wide search was instituted,
but she could not be located. Mean
while, police acting on clues obtained
from the expressman and the owner
nf the boat house, placed divers at
| work to drag the bottom of Lake
Union in the hope of finding the
trunk which Jorgensen had describ
ed. The trunk, with the body partly
decomposed by quicklime and bear
ing the marks of blows from some
blunt instrument, was brought to
the surface August 8.
Examination of the stomach con
tents revealed “enough narcotics to
kill ten or fifteen men” according
to Dr. William Dehn, of the chem
istry department of the University
of Washington, who conducted the
analysis. After Mahoney had been
charged with murder, jailors report
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NEW YORK TEAMS WILL MIX
IN CLOSE NATIONAL CONTEST
RARE SPECIMEN DISCOVERED
OF PREHISTORIS DINOSAUR
PATRICIA, Alta., Oct. 4—Dis
covery of a rare and valuable speci
men of a carnivorous dinosaur,
which became extinct, according to
conservative estimates, three million
years ago, was recently made by Dr.
J. A. Allen, a member of the Uni
versity of Alberta vertebrate palae
entolojrieal field party, operating on
Sand Creek, eight miles northwest of
this place.
Much difficulty is being expert
enced in collecting the specimen,
with a great many tons of rock to
be removed. Only about half of the
skeleton has been unearthed up to
the present time but the work is
being continued as rapidly as pos
sible. The tail has not been located
as yet. The skull is in a fine state
of preservation and one lower jaw
has been removed from the rocks.
It is 34 inches long, armed with
teeth about two or three inches in
length. Many bones of the body have
been removed and packed for ship
ment to the university. Dynamite has
been used to remove the rock which
was over the skeleton and the large
sections have had to be hauled to
the prairie level, about 200 feet up
over a narrow trail.
The carnivorous dinosaur was a
formidable beast, about 25 feet
long and was biped. It ran or walk
ed upon the long, powerful hind
legs, while the fore legs were very
short.
STEAMER TANANA HITS SNAG;
FOUNDERS BELOW NENANA
The steamer Tanana. w-hich was
dispatched to the mouth of the
Tolovana river last week to put
the White Pass *barges in winter
quarters, encountered a snag in
the main channel of the Tanana
river on the return trip and is now
resting on the bottom of the river,
close to the right limit bank, with
about two feet of water flowing over
the deck. The accident occurred
yesterday.
The steamer was in what is known
as Van Vleet channel, through which
she had passed the night before,
with several barges in tow. Without
w-arning, the boat ran afoul a snag,
tearing a hole of considerable size
in the bottom, and permitting the
forward compartment to fill rapidly.
The steamer was backed off the
snag immediately and a run made
for shore, the steamer arriving with
in few feet of the bank before it
sank.
In addition to the damage done
by the snag, the steamer is also
hogged, but it is believed the boat
can be raised during the winter
and made as good as new. A cabin
is now being built on the shore,
close to the boat, and the work of
rescue will be undertaken just as
soon as water conditions will per
mit.
The Commission ferry Midnight
Sun was dispatched down river late
yesterday, to bring up the mem
bers of the crew and the ship’s
stores, and arrived back at an early
! hour this morning, leaving three
| men to look after the disabled
steamer.
SANE OBSERVANCE
CHICAGO, Oct. 4—The semi
centennial festival in observance of
the anniversary of Chicago’s big
fire, opened here yesterday', in con
nection with a “no accident and no
fire week”.
• NEW YORK, Oct. 4—What gives
promise of being the most hotly
contested World series recorded in
the history of major league baseball,
will begin here tomorrow when the
New York Giants and the New
York Americans cross bats in the
opening game.
Judge Landis, baseball commission-’
er, expresses the belief that the out
come of the series will be close. He'
says he “looks for a close and in
teresting series of battles and we
may see nine games.”
The metropolis is agog over the
series and enthusiast are pouring
into the city by the thousand. The
hotels are filling rapidly and the in
dications are that sleeping accom
modations will be at a premium be
fore the opening game is decided.
Both the Giants and the Yankees
held their final practice today and
the rival managers, McGraw and
Huggins are equally confident of
carrying off the honors.
Fine weather is forecasted for to
morrow and a record attendance is]
predicted.
The Grants finished their season'
on Sunday, with the defeat of the
Brooklyn Superbas. while the Yanks1
wound up by winning from Boston.
Pittsburg maintained second place in
the National league by a victory
over the St. Louis Cardinals, and
the St. Louis Browns won third
place in the Americans by defeating
Detroit. Cleveland finished in second
place.
The struggle for the championship
will take place at the Polo grounds.
Babe Ruth finished the season
with a total of 59 home runs to his
credit, the last one having been re
corded on Sunday. He says he wull
make another effort next year to
finish wTith an even three score, or
even more.
With The Coa*t League
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4—Duffy
Lewis, of Salt Lake, won the Coast
league batting championship with a
percentage of .401, according to the
best unofficial information obtain
able. Pack Miller, of Oakland, finish
ed the season with .347; Paddy Sig
lin, of Salt Lake, with .346; Knight
of Oakland, with 343; Hale, of
Portland, with .343; Kenworth, of
Seattle .339; Wilhoit, Salt Lake,
.338; Bates, Seattle .338; O'Doul,
San Francisco .336; Pinelli, Oak
land .335.
BIG RED CROSS PAGEANT
OPENS TODAY AT COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct 4—All is
in readiness for the big Red Cross
pageant, which will be the attrac
tion here from today until Satur
day night. The pageant will depict
the development of the Red Cross.
The spirit of humanity, the
“greatest mother in the world”,
will be the outstanding figure in
the spectacle. There wall be a cast
of 1,800, with a chorus of 1,000
voices.
The comprehensive peace-time pro
gram of the American Red Cross
will be given a thorough exposition
at the convention. Many of the lead
ing authorities both in this country
and from abroad, will set forth
their w'ork. The list of invited
speakers includes a- number of the
foremost persons in the United
States.
The third day of the convention
has been set aside for reunions of
nurses, canteen workers, motor hos
pital corps, camp service and pro
duction workers, as well as for sec
tional conferences.
There are a large number of
workers here from all parts of the
country.
JUGOSLAVS MASS ON BORDER;
ITALIAN PRESS MUCH EXCITED
ROME, Oct. 4—The massing of
Jugoslav troops on the Albanian
frontier for the occupation of po
sitions of vantage, has greatly
alarmed the Italian press. Editors
term the movement as an “open
confession of aggressive intentions.”
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BOOTLEGGERS FIND RULING
PROTESTION TO TRAFFIC
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4—Boot
leggers have been doing a large and
lucrative “home” trade ever since
it was announced that prohibition
agents may not enter a man’s house
unless they have a warrant obtained
after knowledge that liquor is being
sold there, according to Prohibition (
Director E. F. Mitchell.
“Every time prohibition agents
enter a bootlegging establishment,”!
Mitchell says, “the officers are told j
the place is a private home. To car- j
ry out the pretense the owners fit
out a room back of the bar as a so
called home. There is a bureau, a
table, a bed, a few clothes and
other personal effects. Sometimes,
even, there is a sign labeled ‘home’.,
“The liquor is kept in this ‘home’.
When the customer enters the place,
the proprietor or waiter goes out
into the back room or home, where
the moonshine is stored, fills up the
necessary number of glasses, and
returns to the bar.
“The liquor is consumed instantly
and there is no evidence in the
saloon. Agents may search the bar,
but may not enter the bootlegger’s
home.
“But we will get them in the end.
Believing themselves immune from
search, the bootleggers are getting
bold and careless. It will be easy to
prove the sale of liquor. Then ar
rest and trial will follow.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 4—!
The state department is preparing
invitations to be forwarded to the
governments of Belgium, Holland;
and Portugal to attend the Far|
Eastern conference.
A
Ask the Moose
what the
J. J. Davis Class
means
LATHROP VISITS NENANA;
LIKES LOOKS OF TOWN
Captain A. E. Lathrop, dean of
Alaska theatrical men, was an over
night visitor in Xenana this week,
having arrived from the coast, by
way of Fairbanks, yesterday, and
left on the return trip today. The
trip to the Interior was made for:
the purpose of “sizing up” Fair
banks and Xenana and perfecting
arrangements for supplying the new
Fairbanks theater and the Coliseum
with motion pictures from the
Lathrop circuit on the Alaska coast..
Captain Lathrop is an oldtimer
of the Xorth, having been a resi
dent of Alaska 27 years, but this
is his first visit to the Interior. And
he admits that he was very agree
ably to find so much activity here,
and at Fairbanks. He was partic-!
ularly well pleased with the ap
pearance of Xenana. with its de
lightful climate, splendid location
and promise of solid growth. He
had not expected to find such a
substantial looking town at the In
terior end of the Government rail
road.
Captain Lathrop believes that an
era of development is about to set
in throughout the Territory and he
predicts that the completion of the
railroad will be followed by heavy
travel over the line, with steadily
increasing volume. The tourists who
now limit their sight-seeing to the
Alaska coast, will avail themselves
of the opportunity to see more of
the country by means of the rail
road, and there will be in addition,
frequent pilgrimages of commercial
men to the Interior towns in quest
of new business.
Captain Lathrop says the coast
districts are looking forward hope
fully to the development of oil.
The wells already producing, he
points out, are yielding a high
grade product and all that is needed
is increased production. Very en
couraging indications, he says, have
been found in the Anchorage dis
trict and determined efforts are be
ing made to develop the oil in
dustry their.
The linking of Fairbanks and
Xenana to his circuit, the theatri
cal man says, enables him to pro
vide Alaskans with the very best
pictures obtainable and a consider
able number of the features will be
shown in Interior Alaska before
patrons of the Lathrop theaters at
Cordova and Anchorage see them.
The pictures are selected by the
Lathrop representative in the States
and, as soon as shipments to the
Interior can be made with any de
gree of regularity, programs will be
so arranged as to give the widest
possible range of attractions, and
with impartial treatment of stars.
The reels will be inspected and
programs made up at Anchorage,
and shipped direct to the Interior
by way of the Government railroad.
Captain Lathrop brought an auto
load of pictures over the trail with
him to Fairbanks, and more are en-j
route to keep the two Interior
theaters in programs until the new
service by way of Broad Pass can
be established. Captain Lathrop
came to the Interior at this time to
arrange these details and says he
will return later to make certain
the service is giving satisfaction.
He conducts his theaters on the prin
cipal that his patrons are entitled
to the best attractions obtainable
and he intends that Xenana and
Fairbanks shall fare as weel.
Captain Lathrop has been in the
moving picture business for twelve
ECONOMIC LOSSES HEAVY
AS UNEMPLOYMENT RESULT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 4—
Economic experts of the Unemploy
ment conference hav& reported to
the conference that losses in earn
ings to workers during the last year,
due to involutary idleness amounted
to approximately six billions and a
half. These figures, the report says,
are based on normal pay levels, and
not on high wage scales.
May Have Bond Issue
A sub-committee of the confer
ence is considering the advisability
of a federal bond issue for the pur
pose of creating a fund for making
loans to aid municipal public works
in years when jobs are scarce, as
a means of relieving unemployment.
years and his Empress theaters, at
Anchorage and Cordova, are among
the most modern structures in the
Territory, equipped with costly pipe
organs and very elaborately appoint
ed.
Captain Lathrop was accompanied
on his trip to Xenana by Manager
Joe Burns, of the new Fairbanks
theater.
IGLOO HAS BUSY MEETING;
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED
With the elecetion of three new
officers, to fill vacancies, the trans
action of considerable routine busi
ness and the discussion of plan*
for the observance jf Alaska Day,
October 18, the regular monthly
meeting of Nenana Igloo, No. 17,
Pioneers of Alaska, at Union hall
last night, developed into a fairly
lively session, with a large number
of oldtimers on hand to participate
in the proceedings.
The vacancies on the board of
officers were occasioned by the re
tirement of First Vice President Q.
F. Lehr and Secretary Frank Rourke
both of whom expect to leave for
the Outside within the next few
days. Joe O’Connor was advanced
from the office of second vice presi
dent to first vice president, and R.
C. Morris was elected second vice
president to fill the vacancy thus
created. Alfred J. Ghezzi was elect
ed secretary to fill out the unex
pired term of Mr. Rourke.
The Igloo decided to give a Ladies
Night on October 18, in honor of
Alaska Day, and the entertainment
committee wa- instructed to make
the necessary arrangements. The af
fair will consist of a short program,
refreshments and a tw’o-hour dance,
for the entertainment of the lady
friends of the organization.
JAPAN MUST FIND OUTLET
FOR GROWING POPULATING
TOKIO, Oct. 4—Japan's problem
of finding an outlet for its increas
ing population will oe frankly sub
mitted before the disarmament con
ference, according to statements ap
pearing in leading Japanese news
papers.
The papers add that the govern
ment will emphasize the urgency of
extending economic opportunity for
the welfare of the increasing Jap
anese millions.
STUDENTS ARE DISMISSED
AS RESULT OF HAZING
CHICAGO, Oct. 4—Fifteen stud
ents of Northwestern University
have been dismissed by the faculty
as the result of investigation of
an hazing incident.
One of the victims of the hazing
has disappeared and another was
nearly drowned.
PAL MOORE WINS
MEMPHIS, Oct. 4—Pal Moore, of
Memphis, was awarded a decision
here last night over Frankie Garcia,
of Los Angeles. The men boxed
eight rounds.