Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1922
NUMBER ISO
EAST AND WEST ARE SWEPT BY STORMS
TRIAL OF MOVIE ACTOR NEAR CLOSE AT FRISCO
SENATE REPORT BLAMES BOTH SIDES IN COAL REGION
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TAKE FIELD 10
• QUIET PACKERS
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LINCOLN*. Neb., Jan. 28—Five |
companies of National Guardsmen!
have been ordered to proceed at j
once to Nebraska City, in response j
to an appeal from county officers
for military protection, in connec- j
tion with disorders growing out of
the packing house strike.
Martial l^w has been proclaimed j
in the four-mile trouble area in!
Otoe county, which includes Ne- j
braska City.
CONFERENCE APPROVES BLOC
AS AID TO FARMING INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28—
The National Agricultural Confer-;
ence, which has been in session >n
this city nearly all week, yesterday i
unanimously adopted the report of
the committee on agriculture and!
price relations, recommending an.
"agricultural bloc,, in Congress.
Toe conference stnckkfiuai tue j
report certain conclusions which J
would have put the organization on
record as indorsing the Great Lakes
St. Lawrence waterway.
The recommendation for the re
peal of the guaranty clause of the
transportation act, which fixes 60
per cent as a proper return for rail
roads, was also struck from the re
port, after a bitter debate.
Secretary Wallace has announced
that he will lay before the confer
ence the “thoroughly selfish and
grasping attitude of many companies
which loan money.”
Union labor won a victory yester
day, when the conference struck
from the committee report, by a
vote of 83 to 64, a recommendation
for the repeal of the Adamson eight
hour law
LONDON PAPER STARTS ROW
BY PRINTING FAKE REPORT
PARIS, Jan. 28—The French for
eign offices have taken official notice
of an article appearing in the Lon
don Morning Post, in •which it is
stated that President Harding and
Secretary of State Hughes refused
to receive Ambassador Jusserand.
Officials regard the report as un
true.
Report Formally Denied
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28—
The state department and the White
House and officials of the French
embassy have categorically denied
the report that Ambassador Jusse
rand was not received.
BANDITS MURDER CASHIER;
ESCAPE WITH BANK ROLL
PITTSBURG, Jan. 28—Five ban
dits held up a bank in the suburbs
of this city yesterday, and escaped
in an automobile with $30,000.
The assistant cashier of the bank,
who sought to interfere with the
robbery, was shot and killed by the
bandits, and five clerks and a woman
cashier were locked in the vault.
A party of detectives intercepted
the bandits and engaged them in a
spectacular pistol battle, which end
ed in the flight of the hold-up men
to anear-by house, where they were
surrounded. When capture seemed
near at hand, it was discovered that
the bandits had made their escape
from the surrounded house.
POISON STILL KILLS YOUTH
CHARLESTON, W. Va„ Jan. 28
—A boy eleven years old, died here
this week as the result, it is be
lieved, of drinking zinc-poisoned
liquor, made in a zinc still.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL ISOLATED
BY WORST STORM IN YEARS
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INQUIRY K
SITUATION BAD
INI SOUTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28—1
Chairman Kenyon, of the senate I
labor committee, which has been en
gaged in an investigation of condi-1
tions in the West Virginia coal
fields, reported to the senate yester
day, urging the creation of a Gov
vernment tribunal for the regula-;
tior. of the coal industry under a;
statutory code of industrial law, en
forced only by public opinion.
The report holds that both oper
ators and mineis of the southern'
district are responsible for the fatj^ i
conflicts in West Virginia and that
mutual concessions will have to be
made by both sides to put an end1
to the trouble.
“The whole story of the contest", [
the report says, “is one of disregard'
for and the breaking of laws, de
nials of constitutional rights, of a
spirit of suspicion, hate and retalia
tion on both sides.” ]
Senator Kenyon declared that the
Kansas Industrial Court has proved
futile and cannot be a success, be
cause it "has no underlying code of
rules and principles”.
RADICAL MEETS DEATH IN
BATTLE WITH L. A. POLICE
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 28—Walter
E. Lambertson, alleged radical who
is said to be wanted on two charges
of murder and on a charge of crimi
nal syndicalism, was probably fatally
wounded near this city last night in
a battle with the police, when he
was caught in an attempt to derail
the Shore Line Limited, from San
Francisco to Los Angeles. The plan
was to wreck the train in order that
the baggage car might be robbed of
$150,000 contained therein.
Think They Know Him
CENTRALIA, Jan. 28—It is be
lieved by local authorities that
Lambertson may be Ole Hanson or
John Doe, who made their escape,
following the Armistice Day kill
ings in this city, and who are still
at large.
NON-PARTISAN LEAGUER IS
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE
FARGO. Jan. 28—A warrant has
been issued for the arrest of A. C.
Townley, president of the National
Non-Partisan League, charging him
with implication in the alleged em
bezzlement of $3,000 from the Scan
dinavian American Bank of Fargo.
The warrant charges that Town
ley aided and encouraged J. J. Hast
ings, of Seattle, former vice presi
dent of the bank, in the embezzle
ment of the money. Hastings was
apprehended in Seattle last week,
but he has since disappeared and it
is believed he has fled to Canada.
BAPTISTS GET TOGETHER
COLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. 28—The
first conference between members of
the Northern and Southern branches
of the Baptist church since the Civil
War, was in session here this week,
with laymen and ministers from
many sections of the United States
in attendance.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28—
The heaviest snowfall in years has
cut this city off from the outside
world by rail transportation.
Blizzards, which are sweeping the
Atlantic seaboard, are the worst re
corded since those of February. 18b9
and the storm area is widening rap
idly.
The storm began with a heavy
fall of snow in Virginia and North
and South Carolina, from which
states it crept gradually along the
coast, leaving buried cities and dis
rupted trolley service and general
suspension of business activities in
its wake. The storm reached the
edge of New England this morning.
The snow has reached a depth of
two feet here, and it is still snow
ing
Pacific Coast Feel* It
SEATTLE. Jan. 2S—The Pacific!
coast has been storm swept during
the last two days. The wind reached !
* a velocity of 38 miles here yester- i
day, and there is a 56-mile gale
! blowing off Flattery.
Reports from Astoria state that
the storm has struck the lower Col
: umbia. with the gale blowing sixty
miles an hour off North Head. ;
Gale Sweeping Coast
! NORFOLK. Jan. 28—The wind is
blowing a gale along the waterfront,
having reached a velocity of 56
miles an hour this afternoon.
Hampton Roads shipping has been (
i suspended and part of the business
section of this city is under water, i
as the result of the heavy surf, j
j which is pounding the waterfront. j
CANADIANS INVESTIGATE
JACK PINE FOR PAPER
-MONTREAL, Jan. 28—The Can
adian Pulp & Paper Association‘is
investigation the possibility of util
I izing jack pine for the manufacture
l of news print. The investigation >s
the result of information obtained
from officers of the Belgian Sul
phite Company, who told the asso
: ciation members that they had com
^ pleted satisfactory experiments un
der both the sulphite and ground
| wood processes.
VENTURA HAS MYSTERY
VENTURA, Cal., Jan. 28—City
' and county officials are seeking the
: solution of the mystery surrounding
i the death of Charles R. Baird, Be
i Sieved to be a former salesman con
! nected with the Seattle offices of the
! Armour Company. The body of the
j dead salesman was found buried in
i a shallow grave, nine miles north
of this city. Boys first found bloody
! cobblestones near a small mound i
. and officers later discovered the
body, the skull of which had been
; crushed.
Wat Not Baird
Later—Baird denies that he is
dead. He has been located at Los
Angeles and has explained that the j
coat found on the dead man was!
■ discarded by him some time ago. I
CAIRO REPORTS DISORDERS
LONDON, Jan. 28—A Rome dis
patch from Cairo says that fresh
: disorders have occurred in that re
gion, resulting in 190 deaths and
more than a thousand injured. The.
insurrection is reported to have,
j been quelled by the British forces. J
j The report is not generally be-;
| Sieved here, the impression being j
that the seriousness of the uprising j
has been exaggerated. - t
BANDITS TAKE $20,000
WEST HOBOKEN, N. J., Jan. 28
—Three bandits held up a bank |
messenger here today and escaped
with $20,000. A detective, who tried
; to stop the trio, was shot for his
i interference.
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1 CONSIDERING NEW TREATY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28— i
President Harding is considering the'
proposal that the United States ne- 1
gotiate a new treaty with Germany,!
\ to provide for the creation of a j
i commission for the arbitration of
i private damage claims growing out
I of the war. The suggestion was j
made at a White House conference ■
! last night.
Omaha Worker* Will Stay Out
OMAHA, Jan. 28—Seventeen hun-j
dred of the 2,000 local packinghouse
workers have voted against ending
• the strike at this time. I
DATE OF GENOA CONFERENCE
UNPOPULAR AT WASHINGTON ,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28—-'
It is indicated in official quarters!
that the United States is not in fav-‘
or of the date selected for the gen
eral economic conference, which is.
to be held at Genoa. It is suggested
that the American government |
would look upon the conference with i
greater favor if a later date were
to be selected.
TRA1NMENT TO MAKE EFFORT
TO ROUND UP LABOR FRIENDS
CHICAGO, Jan. 28—The heads
of fifteen railroad unions have in
stituted plans for the coalition of
all factors in public life that are
friendly to labor. Invitations have
been issued for a general conference
to be held in this city, commencing
February 20, to perfect an organiza
tion along the lines suggested by the
trainmen.
It is understood that invitations
were sent to the heads of the So
cialist, Non-Partisan and Farmer
Labor parties, the Committee of
Forty-eight and the .American Fed
eration of Labor.
ANTI-LYNCHING BILL PASSES
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 28—
The lower branch of Congress has
passed the Dyer anti-lynching bill,
the vote on the measure being 230
to 119. The bill has b^en sent to the
senate for consideration by that
branch of Congress.
Opponents of the measure sought
to kill it by offering a motion to
strike out the enacting clause, but
the effort was defeated by a safe
margin.
DAUGHERTY AFTER MONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28
Attorney General Harry Daugherty
has announced that the Government
is ready to bring suit against the
Dayton Wright Company and the'
Wright-Martin Aircrafts Corporation
in an effort to recover more than \
$7,000,000 in alleged over-payments
on war contracts.
CHINK SAILORS WANT RAISE
VANCOUVER, B. C-, Jan. 28—
The Chinese crews of vessels oper
ated by the Canadian Pacific Steam
ship Company, have demanded a 40
per cent increase in wages. Officials
of the company state that the de
mand probably will no-t be met.
STILL EXPLODES—MAN BURNS
NEW YORK, Jan. 28—The ex
plosion of a still in the basement of
a house in this city today, set fire
to the building. A man was burned
to death in the flames.
SAX FRAXCISCO, Jan. 28—The
prosecution in the Arbuckle case,
opened its rebuttal this morning
, with a motion that the testimony
of Eugene Presbrey. witness ,for
the defense, be stricken from the j
record. The motion was promptly!
denied by the court. Presbrey testi
fied how Miss Rappe became ill af
ter drinking: a few glasses of cor-,
dial at Los Angeles, some time be
fore the tragedy.
| The prosecution also moved to
j strike the testimony of Mrs. Helen
Barrie, who had testified that Miss
Rappe was taken ill during a social
! gathering at Los Angeles.
The court suggested that the de
! fense reopen the case to permit
testimony to show Miss Rappe's ill
ness, several months before the
i tragedy, had definite connection with
the bladder ruptuie.
Mrs. Kate Hardebeck, housekeeper1
for Miss Rappe at Los Angeles,1
testified in rebuttal for the prose-’
cution that the health of the act
ress had always been good, but on •
one occasion she had been treated
for nervousness.
Warden Woolard. a Los Angeles
reporter testified that statements
made by Arbuckle at the time of
Miss Rappe's death did not coin
cide with testimony submitted it
the trial. Woolard said that the act
or ahd admitted that “he forced*
her down on the bed to keep her
quiet.’’ j
The court ruled that the testi
mony of Miss Brennan could not
be stricken from the record, as re
quested by the prosecution, but it
was allowed that further evidence
might be submitted concerning the
weight of the evidence objected to.
At the conclusion of today’s pro
ceedings, the hearing was continued
until Tuesday.
SPELLMAN DEFEATS CHAMP
t BATAVIA, N. Y„ Jan. 28—The
$100,000 suit against Champion Jack
Dempsey, for a share of the pro
ceeds of the Dempsey-Carpentier
fight films, instituted by Frank;
Spellman, has been settled out of
: court. It is understood that Spell-:
man has consented to take twenty
thousand and drop the suit.
DEBTS MUST PAY INTEREST '
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28—1
i The senate, in the first, vote taken)
j on the Allied debt refunding bill, j
! approved an amendment providing |
! that the refunded bonds must not i
; bear interest less than 4 '4 per cent/4
BUTCHERS VOTE TO STAY OUT)
CHICAGO, Jan. 28—Dennis Lane, j
secretary of the Amalgamated Meat1
Cutters and Butchers Union, has
, announced, relative to the vote call
ed on the question of continuing the I
strike, which has been in progress \
since December, that the Chicago;
workers refused to participate in'
the referendum, and that the St. j
Paul and Albertlea branches voted (
[ 100 per cent to stay out.
SEATTLE, Jan. 28—More than
300 actions for the eviction of coal
miners in this state, who are on
strike, to compel them to vacate
houses on land owned by the coal
companies, will be dropped as the
result of an agreement reached be
tween the companies and the occu
pants of the houses, according to
announcement made here today.
Notwithstanding this agreement,
however, the striking miners declare
that they have no intention of
abandoning their strike, which be
gan last March.
PACIFIC COAST INTERESTS
MAY TAKE OVER U. S. SHIPS
SAN FRANCISCO, ,Jan. 28—Ail
of the mojor ports of the Pacifi -
Coast were represented at a con
ference of 70 men, held in this cite*
this week for the purpose of dis
cussing the formation of a thirty
million dollar pool, to take over
and opt red - Shipping Boar] vesstvs
in the Trans-Pacific trade.
Herbert Fleischacker. who presid
ed at the conference, read a tele
gram from Chairman Lasker, of the
Shipping Board, saying that Pres,
dent Harding had approved the con
ference, expressing the hope tha
Pacific ports would co-operate to
aid shipping.
Lasker Has A Plan
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 28—
Chairman Lasker has presented •■>
President Harding:, the proposals of
the Shipping Board for Government
aid to American shipping. It is un
derstood the plan proposes pay men'
to American ship operators of a
certain percentage of customs re
ceipts on goods imported by them
The plan would limit the profits of
American operators and bring int'>
play indirect assistance only when
a reasonable profit is not made with
out such assistance.
The plan is designed to make un
necessary the abrogation of com
mercial treaties with other nation
which operate to prevent preferer
tial treatment of American shipping
The Jones act directed such abroga
tion, but it was never enforced.
Shipping Board To Cut Wage*
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 2h
Officials of the United States Ship
ping Board have announced a gen
eral reduction in wages, effective on
February 6. The new scale reduces
the wages of deck officers, radio
men and engineers fifteen per cent,
and unlicensed personnel, including
seamen, twenty-five per cent.
It is understood the heads of the
unions affected have given their as
sent to the reduction.
GERMANS INFORM ALLIES
AMOUNT THEY WILL PAY
BERLIN, Jan. 28—The answer o?
Germany to the demands of the Al
lied reparations commission, which
was made public today, propose
the payment, during the present
year, the sum of 720,000,000 gold
marks, and goods valued at 1,400,
000 marks.
The answer suggests, however, that
in view of Germany’s tax burdens,
it may be necessary to lower the
payments before the end of the
year.
BANDIT SHOOTS PRIEST
CHICAGO, Jan. 28—A burglar,
believed to have been in quest of
sacramental wine, shot and killed
Rev. Florian Chodmiewiez, pastor of
a local Catholic church last night.