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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY. JAN. 10, 1P22
NUMBER 119
POWERS AGREE ON TERMS OF TREATY
IRISH PAR TY ELECTS AR THUR GRIFFITH LEADER
NEWBERRY TELLS SENATE HE IS INNOCENT OF CHARGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan 9—
Addressing the senate yesterday af
ternoon, Newberry made a sweeping
declaration of his innocence of the
charges made against him of vio
lating the election laws
He denied personal Knowledg-s of
the collection and expenditure of
large sums to secure his election.
“As God is my witness, I am not,
to this day and hour conscious of
having done, in connection either
with the primary campaign or the
election, a single act that was or is
unlawful, dishonorable or corrupt,
and I say this without reservation
or qualification”, he declared.
After Newberry had concluded his
statement, he submitted to question- ]
ing from the Democratic side, the
examination being conducted by Sen- j
ator Walsh, of Montana.' From be
ginning to end of his declaration of
innocence, entire silence prevailed,!
no one offering to interrupt him.
Borah Oppose*
Senator Borah, in an address be
fore the sen-<u£ ‘ this morning, de
clared that Newberry’s seat should!
be declared vacant on the grounds'
that the Michigan election of 191S.
"was tainted with corruption and
controlled through the use of mon-;
ey”.
A movement developed late this ]
afternoon to recommit the case to,
the senate committee on elections!
and privileges.
LAWYER OF PHILADELPHIA
TO FILL PLACE OF PENROSE
PHILADELPHLA, Jan. 10—An
nouncement has been made of the
appointment by Governor Sproule of
George Wharton Hepper, Philadel
phia lawyer, to fill the vacancy in
the United States senate, caused by
the death of Senator Penrose, un
til his successor is elected at the
November election.
Hepper, who is 55 years old, is a
member of an old Philadelphia fam
ily, and is a trustee of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania. During the
senate consideration of the Versail
les treaty, he debated the question
here on the public platform, with
Senators Hitchcock and Pomerene.
M’Cumber On Committee
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10— j
The senate committee on committees
has selected Senator McCumber, of
North Dakota, as chairman of the
senate finance committee, to succeed
the late Senator Penrose. Senator
Freylinghuysen, of New Jersey, has
been selected to fill the vacancy on'
the committee.
BLAST KILLS THREE
GROVELAND, Cal., Jan. 10—A
blast in the tunnel of the Hetch j
Hetchy project in the Sierra NTe-:
vadas, where tunnels for the San i
Francisco water system are under
construction, killed three men yes
terday.
SOVIET ACCEPTS INVITATION
TO JOIN ALLIED CONFERENCE
LONDON, Jan. 9—Exchange Tele
graph advices from Cannes declare
that the Russian soviet government
has accepted the invitation of the
Allies to attend the proposed Euro-!
pean financial and economy confer
ence.
Sergeant Jim Underhill, of the
Fairbanks detachment of the Signal
Corps, was in Nenana on Sunday,'
being a round-tripper on the regu
lar train from the upper town. |
AIRPLANE QUESTION DEFERRED
UNTIL NEW CONFERENCE ACTS
WITNESS TELLS
COMMITTEE HE :
I SAW MAN SHOT
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WASHINGTON'. D. C., Jan. 10—
■ Charles E. Fox, a witness before the
senate committee which is engaged
i in investigating the Watson charges,
told the committee this morning
that he saw Major H. L. Opie shoot
a soldier in the back, near Verdun,
| in 1918- He declared that the man
! was within six feet of the major.
The shooting. Fox said, was wit
■ nessed by a number of other soldiers
, who wondered what the unfortunate
. man had done; but they were afraid
to make a complaint.
Later in the day four other men
appeared before the committee and
declared that they had seen Opie
shoot the soldier referred to by
: Fox. The witnesses were Stonewall
! J. Albin. of Kernstown, Va., James
.Carlton, of Richmond, John Leedy.
i and Vandewey Hester.
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HOOVER STARTS
IRK TO SETTLE j
RAILROAD ISSUE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10—|
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, act
ing1 with the approval of President
Harding, has entered upon a series
of conferences, relative to railroad
labor questions, with chiefs of the
railway labor organizations and rep
resentatives of the railroads.
RUSSIAN TAX DODGERS ARE
GIVEN PENALTY OF DEATH
ROSTOFF-ON-DON, Russia. Jan.
9—The death penalty is being in
flicted in the Kuban and Don dis
tricts upon peasants who attempt
to evade the grain tax which the
government has instituted instead of
money taxes. At Krasnodarsk a
peasant and two officials whom he ‘
bribed to assist him in dodging the
grain levy were all shot, and radical
steps are being taken throughout
South Russia to check the banditry
which the Moscow government de
nounces as nothing more than an
effort to escape taxation.
General Budenny, the cavalry
leader who figured so prominently
in the fighting against General;
Wrangel and the Poles, has beenj
made a member of the central coun-!
cil in the Caucasus which is endea- '
voring to check movements against
Moscow government authority. In a ■
recent report he announced that the 1
best results are obtained by taking 1
hostages in the various villages and ’
forcing the villagers themselves to 1
capture the bandit leaders and sur- '
render them. Where the villagers!1
have refused to give up the bandits;1
it has sometimes been necessary to
destroy the villages as a warning to
other offenders.
“Whitie’’Bergquist, of the local <
telegraph office, is paying a brief 1
visit to Fairbanks. ■
WASHINGTON', D. C., Jan. 10—
As a result of a study of the rough
draft of the naval treaty, it is un
derstood that several of the dele- |
gates have decided to recommend
changes, but these for the most part
are designed to clarify the language
and in no case affect the general
broad principles of the treaty.
Further consideration also will be
urged of limitations to be placed
on Pacific islands. It is understood
that the terms of the treaty have
been extended from ten to fifteen
years, and it is indicated that after
the fifteen year period, the treaty
will continue indefinitely, unless re
nounced formally by one or more
parties, after reasonable notice.
The aircraft subcommittee has re
ported that it deems it impossible
to limit the use and characteristics
of aircraft other than lighter than
air machines, and it is recommended
that restriction of aircraft in war I
should be left for settlement at a
future conference.
This action of the subcommittee
was approved by the genera! com
mittee in a resolution providing for
the appointment of an international
commission to study the queston
with a view to future limitations.
Under the provisions of the naval
limitation treaty, merchant ships of
more than 10,000 tons displacement
would not be available for conver
sion into auxiliary naval craft In
wartime. Ships of 10,000 tons or
less, if converted, would come under
therule limiting the armament of all
craft except capital ships, with guns
of eight inch calibre or smaller.
Conversations between Japan and
China, looking to the settlement of
the Shantung difficulty, will be re
sumed tomorrow, through the dele
gations representing those countries
at the conference.
GRIFFITH CHOSEN
IRISH PRESIDENT
DUBLIN, Jan. 10—Following the
failure of an effort to re-elect De
lavera president, by a narrow mar
gin, the name of Arthur Griffith,
founder of the Sinn Fein, was pre
sented at this morning's session of
Dail Eireann, and he was elected
without serious opposition. Delavera
and his followers walked out while
the vote on Griffith was bein taken,
as a protest against his nomination
and election. Following the with
drawal of the opposition, the elec
tion of Griffith was made unanimous,
and the new president immediately
moved the appointment of the fol
lowing cabinet:
Michael Collins, minister of finance i
George Gavin Duffy, minister of i
foreign affairs.
Eaman J. Duggan, minister of j
home affairs.
William Cosgrove, local govern -1
ment.
Bryan O'Higgins, minister of eco
nomic affairs.
Richard Mulcahy, minister of de-1
fense.
When Dail convened yesterday
morning, Delavera formally resign
FOREIGN SHIPS GAINING !
WASHINGTON’, D. C., Jan. 10— j
The department of commerce has!
made public a report in which it is j
shown that foreign ships are carry- ■
ing the bulk of the cargo between j
the United States and the east coast j
of South America, and are increas-'
ing their proportion. American ships, I
the report states, are making a bet- i
ter showing on the west coast j
route.
AMERICAN ANSWER DELAYED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10—
It was authoritatively stated, follow
ing today’s session of the cabinet,
that President Harding and his ad
visers have not reached a decision j
regarding the invitation extended to j
the United States to participate in j
the proposed European economic I
conference.
POISON DRINK KILLS FIVE
HOBOKEN, Jan. 10—Five men j
are dead here as the result of in- j
dulgence in poisonous alcohol, be
lieved to have been obtained from j
sailors aboard incoming vessels. j
I ed as president, and Mrs. Thomas
Clarke immediately moved his re
election. Michael Collins said that he
had no objection to the re-election
of Devalera, but pointed out that
such action would make Dail the
laughing stock of the world. He
later placed the name of Griffith in
, nomination for the presidency.
Tran«fer Await* Development*
i LONDON', Jan. 10—The transfer
of administrative powers to the new
government of Ireland will be ar
ranged immediately by a committee
of British ministers, who are ex
' pected to take up the work today.
: But the date of the actual trans- j
j fer depends upon events in Ireland
during the next few days. Michael
j Collins and President Griffith pro
bably will come to London to as- •
: sist in the operation.
The session of Dail adjourned this
afternoon, until February 14, to
permit the new government to pro-'
ceed with the carrying out of the
provisions of the treaty.
Devalera returned during the af
ternoon, -with the promise of help j
for Griffith as president of Dail, but
not as head of another government.
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AMBASSADOR HARVEY HURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10—'
The state department has been ad-1
■
vised from Cannes of the slight in- j
jury of Ambassador Harvey, as the
result of an automobile accident |
In his report of the accident, the j
ambassador says he is not badly
hurt, but that he had asked Herrick
to act temporarily as representative
of America at the Cannes confer-;
ence, for the purpose of observing
the proceedings.
TRAIN KILLS CHILDREN
VANWERT, Ohio, Jan. 10—Four
children were killed outright and 17 j
injured this morning when a fast
freight train struck a school bus
three miles east of this city.
SMELTER IS REOPENING
ANACONDA, Jan. 10—Prelimin
ary work toward the reopening of j
the Washoe smelter of the Anaconda j
Copper Company, has been started
with the addition of 200 to the work
ing forces. Normal operations are
expected to be resumed within from
15 to 25 days.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 10—
[John Barrett, former director of
the Pan-American Union, who has
l just returned to this city from a
! tour of the Central West, covering
i a period of three weeks, has caused,
the publication of a statement in
which he says “sinister propoganda.
; apparently emanating from Wash
: ington, against both the purpose and
| success of the Arms Conference, s
i reaching, through the mails, a ma
j jority of the homes, and especially'
those of foreign born families”,
i He said also that he had been im
! pressed with the “rapidly growing
! feeling in the West against Wash
: ington because of the continued
I support given New York as the fin
ancial center of the country” this
j opposition being the result of the
: serious agricultural depression and
i the opposition of New York to the!
; Great Lakes waterway project.
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| CHICAGO. Jan. 10—Native Amer-j
, ican seamen will soon become as ex-'
1 tinct as the dodo, according to the j
claims of speakers who addressed!
the annual convention of the Inter
national Seamens Union, here yes
terday.
It is charged that the percentage ;
of American “salts” now employed
on Shipping Board and private ves- j
. sels is only eighteen percent now, ■
whereas it was fifty per cent last
May.
WIRES CAUSE BAD FIRE
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 10—The in
terior of the five-story Courier-'
Journal office building in this city,
was wrecked by fire yesterday, with
a loss estimated at between half a
million and a million dollars. The,
fire was caused by defective wir-!
ing.
Capt. C. W. Adams, who went (
to Minto recently to make arrange
ments for rescuing the steamer
Tanana from the ice, returned to
town on Saturday night and left for,
Fairbanks on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scholtz were,
incoming passengers on the Sunday
train from the coast. They went
to Fairbanks on the connecting
train for a look over that end of 1
the railroad. Mr. Scholtz is a spe
cial agent of the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission. 11
C. J. Jennings, traveling auditor
of the Alaskan Engineering Com- i
mission, arrived in town on Sinday.
from his headquarters on the coast,
on business in connection with his 1
office. ]
»m WILL
i LEIN SEEK
POLAR REGIONS
j NEW YORK. Jan. 10—Explorer
Amundsen, who arrived here yes
j terday from Seattle on his way to
I Washington, where he will confer
j with the directors of the Carnegie
i Institute^ says that he expects to
| return from the North pole, on the
i occasion of his forthcoming expedi
| tion to the Arctic regions, with in
formation that will enable scientists
to predict weather conditions fully
a year or more in advance.
The explorer will take instruments
for a super study of air conditions
in the far north, through the use of
; which it is hoped to gather date
] not hitherto obtainable.
CHIEF FORESTER DECLARES
TIMBER IS GOING RAPIDLY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 10- -
Chief Forester Greeley, head of th<
forestry bureau of the department
' of agriculture, appeared before the
house committee on agriculture yes
' terday and informed the lawmakers
that the timber of the United State
: is being consumed four times as
rapidly as it is being grown.
He declared that the country fac
es the definite prospect of a grow
ing scarcity of everything made of
wood.
FATTY UP TOMORROW
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. lu—The
i second trial of Roscoe Arbuckle, on
the charge of manslaughter, ha
1 been set definitely for tomorrow.
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JAPANESE STATESMAN DIES;
FIRST REPORT NOT TRUE
TOKIO. Jan. 10—Marquis Okuma.
who was reported to have died on
Saturday, bjt who, m reality, was
in 3 state of comma which was mis
taken for dtath, was revived slight
ly Saturday night and kept alive
until nine o’clock yesterday morn
ing.
Public announcement of his final
passing was not made until today,
the doctors in attendance prtsuna
ably desiring to make certain of
death this time.
MOONSHINE FATAL TO FOUR:
AUTHORITIES SEEK SOURCE
CHICAGO, Jan. 9—The occur;
ence of four deaths in this city,
within a period of 18 hours, at
tributed to drinking moonshine, ha
resulted in the issuance of orders
by Chief of Police Fitzmorries, to
make a search for the person who
supplied the liquor to the victim
The chief declares that the moon
shiners responsible for the death.-,
if apprehended, must answer for
murder.
FURNITURE GOES TO STATE
MOSCOW, Jan. 7—A recent de
eree issued by the Soviet, which ha
been published, declares that the
furniture of all persons who have
left Moscow is the property of the
Soviet and is only temporarily en
trusted to the persons occupying
the rooms where the furniture is
placed.
AUTHOR OUT OF DANGER
ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 10-John
Kendrick Bangs, noted author, who
has been at the point of death
during the last several days, took
a sudden turn for the better last
night and is thought to he out of
danger today.
Mayor Tom Smith returned to
town on Sunday from a brief busi
ness trip to Fairbanks.