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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA. ALASKA. SATURDAY, APRIL 16. 1921 NUMBER 5
TORNADO TAKES HEAVY TOLL IN STATES
TRANSPORT AND RAILWAY STRIKE CALLED OFF
' NEW ALASKA POLICY WILL AWAIT PRESIDENT’S VISIT
TRIPLE ALLIANCE REFUSES
TO SUPPORT MINE STRIKE
LONDON, April 16—A wholly un
expected and sensational split in the
ranks of the powerful Triple Al
liance late yesterday afternoon, com
pletely changed the complexion of
the blackest industrial crisis in Eng
lish history, and averted the threat
ed strike of transport workers and
railwaymen, which was scheduled for
last night. Events developed in a
t series of changes, so sudden and
dramatic as to fill the public with
amazement, and it is not yet clearly
understood what happened to cause
the sudden change of plans.
Miners To Stay Out
Executives of the Coal Miners’
federation have decided to call a
conference of representatives of the
miners in all the coal fields, and it is
the belief of Secretary Frank Hodg
es, of the federation, that this action
will result in a continuation of the
strike, regardless of the refusal of
the transport workers and railway
men to lend their support. It is gen
^ erally believed that the action of
the transport workers and railway
men will result in the disorganiza
tion of the Triple Alliance.
The miners yesterday refused the
invitation of Lloyd George to meet
the mine owners on terms advanced
by Secretary Hodges.
Seamen Vote Against Strike
The Seamen’s and Firemen’s un
ions have voted against striking in
support of the coal mine strike, and
it is quite apparent today that
British labor forces are broken into
sections as a result of the refusal
of the transport workers and rail
waymen to continue their support
f of the coal miners.
The split in the ranks of the labor
organizations came after the par
A liamentary committee of the Trades
Union congress, the national execu
tive of the Labor party and the Par
liamentary Labor party had adopted
resolutions expressing solidarity with
the Triple Alliance in the strike
movement
Wanted a Vote Taken
Lloyd George endeavored to in
duce the labor leaders to make use
of the ballot before joining the big
strike. He suggested that labor put
its case squarely up to the nation,
and promised that the government
would do the same, letting the nation
decide the final issue.
AMERICAN LEGION IS ASKED
A' TO HELP MURDER "USPEC1
TACOMA, April 16—Roland Tot
’ hif, who is held in connection with
the death of Major Cronkhite, at
Camp Lewis, has wired the local
post of the American legion, asking
that an attorney be retain'd for his
defense. •
The date of Pothifs trial has not
been ste.
GOMPERS TO TAKE BRIDE
NEW YORK, April 16—Samue
Gompers, veteran head of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor has an
nounced his engagement to Mrs
Gertrude Gleaves Neuseler. The mar
riage will take place at an earl]
date.
James Lavin came back from Fair
banks yesterday.
LATE STORM RAISES HAVOC;
URGE AREAS DEVASTATED
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CENTRALIA MURDERERS ARE
DENIED ANOTHER HEARING
OLYMPIA, April 16--The Mate
supreme court has handed down a
decision upholding trie conviction of
the seven alleged Industrial Work
j ers who are under sentence on the
I charge of second degree murder in
! connection with the killing of War
ren Grimm at Centralia, on Armis
tice Day, 1919. The supreme courl
refuses to grant the men a new
! trial.
The convicted men are Bert Smith
O. C. Bland, Ray Becker, James Me
Inernay, Eugene Barnett, Bert Blanc
! and John Lamb. They are to be
transferred from the county jail al
Montesano to the state penitentiarj
at Walla Walla.
WEEKS WANTS BIG ARMY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16
Secretary Weeks, at a conference
with congressional leaders yesterday
expressed opposition to the proposa
to reduce the size of the peace-time
army below 175,000.
MARINE ENGINEERS REFUSE
TO ACCEPT WAGE SCALES
I NEW YORK, April 16—The Mar
; ine Engineers’ Beneficial assoeiatior
j has notified American steamshij
! owners that the proposed wage cut!
of from 20 to 30 per cent will noi
be accepted by the members of the
association.
A counter proposal has been sub
mitted to the owners for a renewa
l of the present working agreement
with slight modifications.
! FUR PRICES SHOW GAIN
NEW YORK. April 16—The fui
market is in a much healthier con
dition at present than earlier in th<
year, according to prices quoted a'
the spring fur auctions held in thi:
city.
Northern mink show a gain of 2(
per cent and southwestern skins 3(
per cent. General quotations ar<
substantially above the Januar;
level.
COPPER COMPANIES CUT WAG!
NEW YORK. April 16—The Utah
Ray, Chino and Nevada Coppe:
companies, which recently suspends
operations on their properties, havi
announced a twenty per cent wagi
reduction in the salaries of official
and other employes remaining on th
payrolls.
LOOT IS RECOVERED
ST. LOUIS, April io—Postedit
inspectors have announced the rc
covery of $18,000 of the $60,00
in bonds stolen in recent mail roh
beries at Jefferson City and St Chat
lse.
AIRPLANE CRASH FATAL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 18
Lieut. James Landgin was killed a
Bolling field yesterday as the resul
. of the collapse of his airplane.
Vsaaaa, Alaska’s latartor ns nspst
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 16
Sections of Arkansas and Texas
were swept yesterday by one of the
worst storms recorded in many years
and the meager reports received
from various storm centers indicate
that fifty or more persons lost their
lives, with scores injured and a great
deal of property destroyed. The
tornado cut a wide swath across
parts of Miller and Himpstead
counties in Arkansas, and Cass
county, Texas, but because of the
paralyzed wire communication in all
directions, the authorities believe it
will be several days before the full
extent of the damage will be known.
In the upper rural sections of Miller
county eleven are known to have
been killed, and between fifteen and
twenty are reported to have been
killed near Hope, in Himpstead
county.
Wire* Are Down
CHICAGO, April 16—Telegraphic
communication with the West and
Southern sections are paralyzed to
: day as the result of storms and bliz
zards which are sweeping various
sections. There are no wires work
ing between Chicago and Omaha,
and the wires are also down from
Denver to Dallas, Little Rock, New
Orleans, Shreveport, Memphis, Chat
tanooga. Birmingham and Cincinnati.
Severe In Texas
DALLAS, April 16—At least sev
en lives were lost in yesterday’s
storm which swept Cass, Smith,
Wood, Grigg and Bowie counties.
Six persons were killed at Avinger
and one death is reported from At
lanta.
Towns Wiped Out
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 16—
Unconfirmed reports filtering into
j this city over crippled wires indi
| cate that the towns of Ralph, in Tus
■ caloosa county, and Bullig, in Lamar
; county, were practically destroyed
by the tornado which swept that
section of the state this morning.
Scores of persons are reported to
have been injured.
Ten Houses Wrecked
HATTIESBURG, Miss., April 16
—Ten houses were wrecked at Son
! tag this morning by one of the worst •
j storms recorded in that section in j
many years. One person was killed1
and a score injured.
Thirty-nine Deed
LITTLE ROCK, April 16—Thirty
nine deaths have been reported here
and searchers in the Tornado-swept,
sections expect to find more bodies. !
Denver In Storm Zone
DENVER, April 16—This city and
a large section of the state are in
the grip of one of the worst bliz-!
zards recorded here in many years, j
with a 42-mile gale raging and more
snow forecasted. All wire communi-'
cation is crippled.
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SEGURA PAYS PRICE
FOR KILLING RILEY
Mailo Segura, found guilty at Fla'
1 on a charge of murdering J. E. Rile\
and sentenced to pay the extrem<
penalty for his crime, committed ir
cold blood, was hanged at Fairbank:
yesterday afternoon, under the direc
tion of Chief Deputy Marshal Jot
Miller. The trap was sprung at 1:3S
and at the end of six minutes Se
gura was pronounced dead by Dr
de la Vergne. The execution wa
witnessed by about fifteen persons
’ including numerous members of th<
I petit jury. Father Monroe, federa
officials and representatives of thi
press of Nenana and Fairbanks. Thi
t execution was accomplished witl
smoothness and dispatch.
Buoyed by the hope that anc the
respite would be granted him, Se
gura kept his nerve up to the hou
s of execution, but when he was final
ly led from his cell to the deatl
j chamber, he collapsed completely
and fell in a faint.
The crime for wrich Segura wa
found guilty was wholly withou
excuse, justification or and mitigat
ing circumstances. Riley was con
. ducting extensive mining operation
t;on Otter creek, in the Iditarod dia
t; trict, and had become heavily in
volved financially. Segura was
woodchopper and to him Riley wa
indebted a little less than $300. A
further sum was to become due to '
Segura and his partners in August,
of 1918. Segura wanted a state-;
; ment from Riley showing that the
amount already due him and to be- (
come due him and his partners in
1 August was due him (Segura). Such I
a statement Riley declined to give
him until such time as Segura would,
' bring his partners to the office and
’ have a complete understanding as:
1 to the amounts due each, or until;
‘ he could produce a statement signed
' by his partners showing that he was
! entitled to receive all the partner
1 ship funds. At this time Segura had
in the bank at Iditarod about $1,800
which he drew out four days before
’ he shot Riley.
r On the morning of the murder
' Segura went to Riley’s office and not
1 finding him there went to a shop on
■ the claim where Riley was working.
He stood around for quite awhile
1 until the workmen who were helping
Riley went back into the shop. Soon
' shots were heard and the men, upon
‘ rushing out, found Riley dead. Se
* gura ran a short distance and threw
* away his gun. An alarm was given
' and the men on the dredge, which
i
s
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PACKING COMPANIES OBJECT
TO LOSS OF BAD SALMON
SEATTLE, April 16—A hearing
has begun in the local federal court
to settle the contest of packing
companies, which have filed objec
tions to the action of the Govern
ment in condemning 459 cases of
canned salmon as unfit for food.
Experts from many sections of the
country are expected to testify for
the Government.
BORDER CLOSED TO YANKEES
LIVERPOOL, April 16—A dis
patch from Libau says the Bolshevik
authorities have closed the frontier
of Russia against Americans.
STETCHER THROWS KENNEDY
DALLAS. April 16 — Stetcher won
from Kennedy here yesterday, in hvo
straight falls. Kennedy claims me
Canadian championship.
AMBASSADORS CONFIRMED;
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16—
The senate has confirmed the nomin
ations of Col. Harvey, to be am
bassador to England, and Myron f.
Herrick, to be ambassador to France.
Announcement has been made of
the nomination of Walter McMeni
men, of Massachusetts, deputy pres
ident of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen; Samuel Higgins, former
general manager of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railway;
and Ben Hoover, former governor of
Tennessee, to be members of the
railway labor board.
H. Foster Bain, of California, has
been named by the President to be
director of the bureau of mines, and
Mary Anderson, of Illnois, has been
nominated to be director of the
women’s bureau of the department
of labor.
PROPOSED SALES TAX HAS
OPPOSITION IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16
Representative Frear, Republican, of
Wisconsin, member of the house
ways and means committee, has de
manded a congressional investigation
to disclose the identity of the inter
ests seeking to put through the pro
posed sales tax. He mentions Jules
Bache and Uayer Rothchild, of New
York, as the prime movers in Hie
campaign and he charges that a
huge fund has been raised to “shove
the big man's tax on to the poor
man.”
Republican Floor Leader Mondell
also is opposed to the proposed tax
and predicts that no action will be
taken at this session of Congress.
WASHOUT WRECK TRAIN
HATTIESBURG, April 16—The
Cincinnati and New Orleans limited
was wrecked near here today as the
result of a washout. Several passen
gers were injured hut none seriously.
ALASKA POLICY TO WAIT
UNTIL TRIP OF PRESIDENT
SEATTLE, April 16—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times has advised his paper that it
is the intention of Mrs. Harding to
accompany the President on his trip
to Alaska during the coming summer
It is expected that they will reach
the Pacific coast between August
first and fifteenth.
The correspondent says that .t
has also been learned from high
official sources that the President is
convinced that during the past seven
years the Government has not given
sufficient attention to the develop
ment of Alaska, but it is understood
that the proposed new Alaska policy
! will not be determined upon until
President Harding and Secretary
j Fall have visited the territory and
! returned to Washington.
There appears to be a difference
i of opinion between Secretary Fail
! and Representative Curry, of the
. house committee on territories, re
| garding the details of the proposed
; Alaska policy. Curry’s idea, as out
j lined in his development board plan,
i is that a board of five members
i sh /i^ I .it, ctiarg * of all govern
I mental activities in Alaska. And the
. secretary believes the administration
j of Alaskan affairs should be in til -
hands of one man, resident in the
j territory, and who will have full
I authority to ac-t for the Government.
It is believed that the plan of Secre
tary Fall will have the support of
the President.
- Representative Curry plans to in
troduce his development board bill
i after the first of May.
LINDSEY STILL FIGHTING
DENVER, April 16—Counsel for
Judge Lindsey has been granted
three days in which to file petition*
asking a suspension of the contempt
- of court sentence, imposed on the
, judge because of his refusal to
! violate the confidence of a child. The
| request was granted after Judge
' Lindsey had made a verbal state
ment to the court.
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EDITORS ARE DISAPPOINTED
ABERDEEN, April 16—The Aber
deen World has received a special
I dispatch from the national capital
in which it is stated that President
! Harding1 cannot accept the invitation
'of Pacific Northwest editors to at
tend their meeting at Mount Rain
ier during the coming summer. The
President says it will be impossible
' for him to get away from Washing
ton while Congress is in session, and
he expresses the belief that th'
session will last until late in the
summer.
SOLDIERS CONFESS
J TACOMA, April 16—Officers are
authority for the statement that
Lawrence Bogart and Everett Impyn
have confessed that they assaulted
Eleanor Sheyel, a civilian nurse.
The crime was committed by the
two soldiers near Camp Lewis on
Monday night. Under the federal
laws, the death penalty is mandatory
upon conviction.
CORK, April 16—A dozen houses
were burned by crown forces today
in Bally Macelligott, County Kerry,
following the shooting of the com
mander of an auxiliary company.