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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1921
NUMBER
74
- HARDING OPENS UNEMPLOYMENT MEET
SENA TE COMMITTEE GIVE APPROVAL TO STEVENS
RAILROAD VOTE ON STRIKE ISSUE IS BEING COUNTED
SENATE COMMITTEE VOTES
TO RECOMMEND STEVENS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 27—
The senate judiciary committee, to
which was referred the nominations
of Bert Stevens, Cecil Clegg and
other Alaskans, has favorably re
ported Stevens’ nomination to be
marshal of the Fourth division, and
the nomination of Fred M. Harri
son, to be district attorney at Nome
The action was taken by the com
mittee in spite of vigorous opposi
tion on the par; of certain Alaskan
interests.
It is not known how soon the re
port of the committee will be acted
upon by the senate.
Daugherty Hold; Them ip
After the nominations of Stevens
and Harrison had been reported
favorably by the committee. Attor
ney General Daugherty again held
them up, explaining that he desired
to hear from Governor Bone before
withdrawing his objections to final
action.
NIECES CLAIM MAHONEY
FORGED NAME ON LETTERS
SEATTLE, Sept. 27—Mrs. Carrie
Hewitt and Mrs. Kate Stewart,
nieces of Mrs. Mahoney, were called
to the stand yesterday by the pro
secution, and testified that James
Mahoney, on trial for the murder of
his elderly bride, forged letters pur
porting to have been written to
them by Mrs. Mahoney while on
her “honeymoon trip”
The two witnesses also identified
as the property of Mrs. Mahoney,
the clothing which was found in the
trunk with the murdered woman.
WANTS UNCLE SAM TO PAY
ALLIED NATIONS TO DISARM
NEW YORK, Sept. 27—In a let
ter addressed to President Harding,
J. A. H. Hopkins, executive chair
man of the Committee of Forty
Eight, advocates the proposition that
the American spokesman at the Dis
armament conference be authorized
to offer to cancel the indebtedness
of France, England and Italy in re
turn for agreements by those na
tions to disarm.
CONSPIRATORS TRY TO KILL
ROYALISTS OF HUNGARY
BUDAPEST. Sept. 27—The Na
tional Assembly chamber was the
scene yesterday or an unsuccessful
attempt to assassinate Count Julius
Andraesy, former minister of foreign
affairs, and former President Ra
kovsky, of the assembly. Five shots
were fired from the gallery, but the
two men escaped injury.
The police claim to have discover
ed evidence of a conspiracy tc
murder the leaders of the move
ment to restore former Emperoi
Charles to the throne.
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER
WILLIAMSON, Sept. 27—J. W
McCoy, who was tried here on !
charge of first degree murder ii
connection with the shooting o!
Harry S'anton in the general firing
along Tug r’ver or May 12, wa:
fcund guilty cn Paturday. The ”er
d’"t was accompanied by a plea foi
mercy.
PRESIDENT OUTLINES PURPOSE
OF WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
AMERICAN SUBMARINE R-6
SINKS IN SAN PEDRO BAY
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 27—The
submarine R-6. attached to the Paci
fic fleet and at anchor in the outer
' harbor at San Pedro, sank without
warning last night at 10:30. The re
port of the disaster, which reached
this city at an early hour this morn
ing, said the accident was caused
by water rushing through an open
torpedo tube.
An electrician namer Spaulsberg
is believed to have been blown from
the sinking craft by an explosion;
J. Dreffen, a seaman, is imprisoned
in the boat, an another man, un
known, is believed to have perished
as a -result of the sinking.
Divers are working alongside the
submarine today, endeavoring to at
tach hawsers in an effort t» raise
the craft to the surface. Admiral
’ Eberele, commander of the Pacific
j fleet, is expected to arrive on the
scene today to take active charge
, of the work of rescue and to start
an investigation of the disaster.
Naval officers say that it would
have been possible for any one on
board the diver to find safety in
side the airtight chamber.
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MILDRED HANAN DEAD
j NEW YORK, Sept. 27—Miss Mild
! red Hanan, daughter of the late
i Alfred F. Hanan, shoe manufactur
J er, died early yesterday morning as
j the result of injuries received at
!the hands of her erstwhile chum,
i Mrs. Grace LaVs, who committed
i suicide after shooting the Hanan
i girl on Friday. At first it was thot
'Miss Hanan was not injured serious
ly, but on Saturday she began sink
1 ing, and died without making any
1 explanation of the shooting. It is
! thought to have been a case of
I jealously.
NEW TRIAL DEN1ET MRS. FEET
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27—The
appellate court has denied a motion
for a new trial for Mrs. Louise L.
Peet, convicted recently on a charge
of murdering Jacob Cha'les Denton,
wealthy mining man, on June 2,
1920. The woman is under sentence
of life imprisonment.
OREGON BANK HELD UP
j SALEM, Sept. 27—A lone bandit
I held up the State Bank, at Jeffer
ison, Oregon, this morning, and es
j caped with $3,300. A bank clerk,
! who was the only person in the bank
at the time of tahe robbery, was
! locked in the vault.
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OLD BATTLESHIP PASSES
NORFOLK, Sept. 27—The career
. of the old battleship Alabama was
ended yesterday when the vessel
‘ 1 was .sent to the bottom of Cbesa
peake bay by a 1000-pound bomb.
;, As the old fif hter settled in the
i water, seven plane; ra; i»a bomb
•; <jn tne hui'c simultaneously, cora
jple+ing ti ; destruction.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 27—
The National Unemployment confer
ence, which the administration hopes
will evolve a means of putting: the
nation’s involuntary idle back to
work, was formally opened by Presi
dent Harding’ yesterday, in this city.
In his opening address the Presi
dent described the present industrial
depression as a “war inheritance
throughout the world” for which,
as applied to the United States, he
‘‘would have little enthusiasm for
any proposed relief which seeks
palleation or tonic from the public
treasury”.
The President expressed the be
lief that the results of the Ameri
can conference will be felt beyond
the borders of the United States,
and its deliberations will be per
forming a service for the entire
world.
“Fundamentally sound, financially
strong! industrially unimpaired, com
mercially consistent and politically
unafraid”, the President asserted,
“there ought to be work for every
body in the United States who de
sires to work, and our condition at
home and our place in the world
depends on everybody working and
pursuing work with that patriotism
and devotion which makes a fortu
nate and happy people.”
The President asserted that “the
open, sure and onward way” to rid
the nation of war’s after-depression
involves “liquidation, reorganization,
readjustment, re-establishment and
taking account of things done and
DEMOCRATS WILL NOT MAKE
PARTY FIGHT ON TREATIES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 27
Leaders of the Democratic branch
' of the senate have announced that
; the peace treaties sent to the senate
last week for ratification, will not
be made a party issue. This decision
was reached at a conference held
for the purpose of considering the
question, at which time it was de
cided the treaties are not matters
for party action and that individual
Democrats are to be left free to
follow their own inclinations as re
gards their attitude on the question
of ratification.
TWO MORE DIE AT BELFAST
BELFAST, Sept. 27—Two per
sons are dead and 36 wounded as
the result of rioting in this city on
Sunday night. A number of bombs
were thrown during the fighting.
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sober contemplation of things to be
done."
Labor Is Blamed
Roswell F. Phelps, director of
labor statistics, of Massachusettts, i
appearing as the first witness before
the committee on unemployment
statistics, of the Unemployment Con- j
ferer.ce, gave it as his opinion that
the aversion of labor to accepting
work at reduced wages is the cause :
of some unemployment.
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Ex-Service Men On List
Harry D. Jacobs, president of the
Ex-Service Men's Employment bur- j
eau. of New York, told the com
mittee that there are 75,000 unem
ployed former soldiers in New York.
He said he thought the establish
ment of vocational schools, as pro- !
posed by the Government, would ;
help materially to solve the soldier
unemployment problem.
Putting It Up To Harding
Urbain Ledoux has taken his “jobs j
for jobless” campaign up to Presi- i
dent Harding, having called at the
White House today for the purpose*
of asking the President, as a first
step toward social rehabilitation, to
make public the names of all men
who have become wealthy through
War profiteering. It is understood
the President informed Led »ux it |
would not be possible far him to:
j
make such figures public.
Ledoux reported, after 'be i'eet-j
j ing, that President Harding had
given *him a respectful hearing. j
RAILROAD MEN ARE DOCKED
FOR TIME OFF AT ELECTION
CHICAGO, Sept. 27—President H.
E. Bryan and three other officials
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul railroad have been arrested on
charges of violating the election
laws of the state. The action is a
test case, instituted at the instance i
of 26 employes cf the system, who j
allege in their complaint that the
company refused to give them iwo
hours off in order that they might
vote at the June election. 'I hey
claim that they were docked for
the two hours they took off to go
to the polls.
RUTH FINISHING STRONG
NEW YORK, Sept. 27—Babe
Ruth added two more homers yes
terday to his long list of runs, in
the game against Cleveland, in this
city.
Ask the Moose
what the
Davis Class
means
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GARDNER WRITES TO PAPER;
TELLS ABOUT HIS ESCAPE
CHICAGO, Sept. 27—Roy Gard
ner, the California mail bandit who
made his escape from the federal
prison on McNeil Island recently,
has written a letter to George
North, assistant managing editor of
the Bulletin, giving an account of
his sensational break for liberty,
made during the progress of a prison
ball game.
Gardner admits having been shot
twice by the guards, and says he
hid for two days in the loft of the
prison barn, where he nursed his
injuries. Later he swam to Fox Is
land and remained there four days,
living chiefly on milk obtained from
farmers’ cows.
With the letter to North was in
closed a brief note to President
Harding, appealing for a pardon
and the opportunity “to prove to
the world that a criminal can re
form and be a good husband and
father.’’
The handwriting in the two letters
is said to be identical with samples
of Gardner’s writing in possession
of the paper.
MASONS TO HAVE HOSPITALS
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2.7—Authority
to launch immediately an eight
million dollar hospital building cam
paign was granted yesterday at a
meeting of the hospital committee
of the Imperial Council of the
Mystic Shrine. A central hospital
will be located here, with branch
institutions at San Francisco and
Portland, Oregon.
WOMEN WANT RIGHTS
WASHINGTON', D. C., Sept. 27—
The National Woman’s Party has is
sued a statement outlining the
Woman’s Bill of Rights, proposed
for enactment by the federal and
all state governments, to remove
legal discriminations against women.
BRITISH REPLY FORMULATING
LONDON, Sent. 27—It s reported
this afternoon that Preurer Lloyd
George probably will forward the
government’s reply to the latest
Devalera note tomorrow. The nature
of the reply has not been made pub
lic.
PUGS FAKE—FIGHT STOPPED
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27—Pack
ey McMullen and Guards Williams,
local featherweights, who attempted
to stage a battle in this city on
Saturday night, were ejected from
the ring by the referee, who ac
cused them of faking.
WOMAN GOES TO TRIAL
TWIN FALLS. Idaho, Sept. 27—
Mrs. Lyda Southard, charged with
.he nurd-r of her fourth husband,
was placed on trial here ye. erday
befo' i a -owded courtroom. Inter
est at . res-nt t enter- in the ^elec
tion of the jury.
DECISION OF R. R WORKERS
WILL BE KNOWN IN 2 WEEKS
CHICAGO, Sept. 27—Whether or
not a general railroad strike will be
called by the six most powerful
railroad organizations in the United
States, will be decided within the
next two weeks.
Officials of the Brotherhood of
Trainmen gathered here yesterday
for the purpose of canvassing the
150,000 strike ballots of that or
ganization, and on next Monday
; the officials of four more unions
will meet to count more than 200,
! U00 ballots.
The shop craft employes already
have voted to strike by an over
whelming majority, according to the
| figures which have been officially
I announced.
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CHICAGO POLICE ON CARPET
FOR BREAKING DRY LAWS
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| CHICAGO, Sept. 27—An investi
| gation of the Chicago police depart
ment has been started by federal
officials, in response to an appeal
made by Chief Charles Fitzmorns.
who declares that half of the city’s
. 5,000 policemen are bootleggers.
District Attorney Cline is authori
ty for the statement that at least
seven indictments may be expected
shortly, as a result of the inquiry
that has been started. Four of the
department officials are slated for
indictment, he says in a letter ad
dressed to the chief, and in which
he promises that every effort will
be made to break up the alleged
relationship between the 'iquor ring
and the police force.
In a supplementary statement.
Ftizmorris declared that prohibition
is a failure in every city of which
he has knowledge.
AMERICAN CONSUL REPORTS
MURDER OF TWO AMERICANS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 27—
The American vice consul at •!
huahua has reported to the state
department that Mexicans killed H.
C. Smith, of Oklahoma, and E B.
Kilsingbury. of Los Ansreles, Ameri
can mining: men 'o-ate 1 1 Dolores,
Mexico.
No details are contained in the
report, but it 's stated nat the gov
ernor of Ohihuanua has dispatched
a detachment of rurales n, pursu.t
of the murderer.-.
POLICEMAN DURING THE DAY;
TURNED CROOK. DURING NICHT
CHICAGO, Sept. 27—The police
of this city are investigating tne
strange personality of Frank Sin
nick who, for thirteen years, has
been police chief -n River dale sub
urb.
Sinnick was arrested on Saturday
while in the act of holding up a
saloon. It is claimed he enforced
1 the law during the day and turned
bandit during the night.
SULLIVAN FAILS IN FIFTH
EFFORT TO SWIM CHANNEL
DOVER Sepc. 27—Henry Sulli
. van made , his fifth unsuccessful at
tempt to swim the .English channel
last week, being compelled to give
up after he had been v.: the water
! nine hours. He had only 12 milts
; to go when he became ex, austed