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VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEN ANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. 1921
NUMBER 54
AMERICAN RELIEF DELAYED BY RUSSIA
NEW OCEAN CURRENT BLAMED FOR SHIP’S LOSS
■ CONGRESSMEN PLAN TO TAKE RECESS THIS MONTH
SOVIET BREAKS PROMISE;
FAMINE RELIEF WITHHELD
REVAL. Aug. 11—Six American
•who were held captive in Russian,
arrived here yesterday, in fair con
dition. A Bolshevik automobile car
ried them across the border and up
on their arrival here they were tak
en in charge by the Red Cross, and
provided with comfortable clothing.
The arrivals included Captain Em
met Kilpatrick. Weston E. Best.
John Flick, X. B. Kalmatiano. H. J.
Lemarc, Russel Pettinger.
Where Are The Other*
The fact that only sis American
prisoners have been released by the
Soviet authorities threatens long de
lay and perhaps the abandonment of
^ American negotiations for for the
relief of starving Russians. It is
known that many other Americans
are still confined in Russian prisons
and until all of them are released,
no aid will be gived to the Russian
people. The American commissioners
are now trying to find out why the
rest of the prisoners were not re
leased.
Refugee* Seeking Help
LONDON', Aug. 11—Two thousand
refugees are pouring into Brest'
Litovsk daily, according to advices
received in this city. Many of them
are compelled, through weakness, to
crawl on hands and knees. Scores
are said to be dying along the roads.
The reports describe an appalling
picture of suffering and desolation
in the famine region.
LEPERS OF PORTUGAL ARE
MENACE NEWSPAPER SAYS
LISBON. Aug. 11—A campaign is
being conducted by the Seculo, the
most widely read newspaper in
Portugal, against the freedom al
lowed to lepers in this country and
the effects of their contact with
healthy people. Portugal has the
sad privilege of possessing the larg
est number of lepers in any Euro
pean country. Steps are already be
ing taken to, at least, reduce the
danger of contagion inside the hos
pitals.
Foreigners who visit this country
are shocked at the sight of lipless,
noseless lepers of both sexes beg
ging in the streets or selling toys
and sweets to poor children. The
Seculo asserts that one leper boy
is employed at milking the cows
in a dairy.
These facts, added to the state
ments made by leading physicians
as to the danger of contagion, have
so alarmed the populace that it is
thought that public opinion will
force the authorities to adept some
kind of measures to abate the
menace to the public health.
Dr. Hermano Medeiros, director
of the Lisbon hospital, recently
placed all the lepers in that institu
tion in separate pavillions and even
surrounded a large area by wire
hedges, beyond which the lepers
are not allowed to pass.
The director suggests that all
lepers be segregated.
SILESIAN BOUNDARY SETTLED
PARIS, Aug. 11—Premiers Briand
and Lloyd George have reached an
agreement on the Upper Silesia
boundary question. The agreement
was reached at a private meeting.
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ALASKA GOING AT TOP SPEED 1
IN FOG WHEN WRECK OCCURRED
MURDER CHARGE IS PLACED
AGAINST SEATTLE SSUSPECT
SEATTLE. Aug. 11—.As the re
sult of the finding of the body of
Mrs. Kate Mahoney in a trunk in
Lake Union, the husband of the
dead woman. who has been held in
the county jail for some rime pend
a search for the missing woman,
has been charged with first degTee
murder.
Lee Johnson, who is acting as
counsel for Mahoney, has announced
that “we will fight the case to the
finish.” The attorney declares that
the body is not that of Mrs. Maho
ney and that “the state cannot
prove identification.”
Mahoney at first maintained strict
silence regarding the finding of the
body hut later remarked: “They
cannot do anything more than hang
me.” When asked by the officers if
rhe would confess, he asked to be
permitted to sleep over it.
Mrs. C. Hewitt, a neice of the
dead woman, has positively identi
fied the body by means of clothing
found in the trunk.
Mahoney has been placed in soli
tary confinement and is being given
the “third degree” daily.
HUNDRED JAPS KILLED
HIROSHIMA. Japan. Aug. 11—
The explosion of a government pow
der magazine here yesterday result
ed in the death and injury of more
than 100 persons. The cause of the
explosion is unexplained.
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PUEBLO NEEDS RELIEF
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 11—
Officials of the Red Cross society
estimate that half a million dollars
■will be needed for relief work at
Pueblo, as a result of the recent
flood there. This amount, however,
will not cover the building program
for those rendered homeless. Various
chapters of the society and the pub
1 lie have already subscribed the sum
of fSSO.OOO.
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BATUM OIL WELLS ON FIRE
LONDON, Aug. 11—Eighteen oil
wells in the suburbs of Batum, the
great oil center of Asiatic Russian,
are on fire, according to advices
received in this city.
BANDITS INJURE VICTIM
SYRACUSE. Aug. 11—John Jar
min, of Idaho Falls, was found dying
beside the railroad tracks at Oneida
yesterday morning. He had 19 cuts
about the head and it is believed
an attempt was made on his life,
after which he was thrown from an
automobile. The wounds had been
partly dressed.
RUTH CATCHING UP
NEW TORE. Aug. 11—Babe
Ruth knocked home run Number *2
here yesterday, in the third inr :ng
against Chicago, with one on.
Alex Simeon came down from
Fairbanks yesterday and returned to
| the upper town this afternoon.
EUREKA, Cal.. Aug. 11—S. A.
Carson, third assistant engineer of
the wrecked steamer Alaska, testi
fied at the coroner's inquest here
on Tuesday afternoon, that the
Alaska -was proceeding at full speed,
notwithstanding the heavy fog, at
the time the wreck occurred on
Blurts Reef. Carlson testified that
he was on duty at the time.
George Good all. of Spokane, who
was a passenger on the vessel, testi
fied that the members of the crew
became demoralized w*-en the ship
struck the rocks. He also declared
that the lifeboats were defective.
Partial LUt Of Victim*
The list of identified or partly
indentfied victims of the wreck in
cludes the following: Thomas John
son. of Brooklyn; J. C. Jackway.
of Oakland; E. Pickall. Los Angeles;
A. X. Hutchison, San Francisco; S.
Kumazawa, steerage; Mrs. J. Woli
ver. San Jose; Chief Steward Chas.
Heane; Steward F. H. King; Frank
'Comm. Winnipeg; Ralph Mockett,
; Red Cliffe. CoL; E. Larsen, Port
land; Mrs. Pauline Johnson, address
.unknown. A deckhand, waiter, bell
; boy and seaman known as "the
Janitor" also have been identified.
Many of the bodies recovered
| were so covered with oil that it was
• necessary to wash them with gaso
. line before they could be identified.
i The oil saturated clothing caused
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some of the deaths, as it was im
possible for rescuers to pull them
into the boats.
The beach is being patrolled
for a distance of 40 miles, in an I
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effort to recover more of the bodies. (
The»e Are Misting
The following list of twenty
of the Alaska's passengers are still
missing: Alma Averill. Garfield, Wn:;
Geo. W Buswell, Portland; Carl1
Berch, San Francisco; Mrs. H. W.
Dyer, LaGrande, Ore.; Geo. Ed
wards. Portland; John Fitzgerald, of
Portland; E. Femgeold, San FYan
cisco; Ruth Host, Portland; W. L.
Johnson, Olympia; Minnie Kan. of
Walla Walla: J. A. Morse, address
unknown; J. W. Oliver. San Diego;
W. A. Sags, unknown; Miss B. Yige,
Portland: Miss V. Walden, unknown;
Amanda Wentrom; C. H. Diten,
Portland; John Nelson; Charles E.
Magnison; Custan.
Ocean Current Dit It
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11—,
A baffling phenomenon in ocean
current tendencies has just been
discovered, which probably accounts
for the wreck of the steamship
Alaska last Saturday, according to
Col. E. Lester Jones, director of
the United States Geodetic Survey
He announces that winds driving
parallel to the Pacific have set new
inland currents in motion.
GIBBONS OUTBOXES SMITH
JERSEY CITY, Aug. 11—Mike
1 Gibbons outboxed Jeff Smith, of
Bayonne, in a 12-round, no-decision
boxing match which was staged here
; yesterday. Gibbons was floored in
l the first round but came back strong
and outpointed Smith in the remain
der of the fight.
STATE BANK HELD UP
WESTON, Iowa, Aug. 11—The
i Weston State Bank was held up yes
terday by two men. who later made
: their escape in an automobile with
: approximately $2,500 of the bank's
: funds.
NATIONS AGREE TO DATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11
Inf orma 1 negotiations with the invit
: ed nations has resulted in a unani
; mous to hold the disarmament con
ference at Washington on iovem
! ber 11.
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WILL IGNORE MINE UNION
SEATTLE. Aug. 11—The com
j mercial coal mine operators of this
; state have notified their former em
; ployes that it is their intention to
; “reopen the mines independently of
I the United Mine Workers of Ameri
ca”. The companies offer to take the
men tack at the wage scale recom
mended recently, but which the min
ers rejected.
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j Herb Heathorn went to Fairbanks
j today and probably will ret i - in
the upper town during the remain
der of the .ummer.
GOVERNOR SMALL UNDER BOND
SPRINGFIELD. Aug. 11—Govern
ernor Small has been placed under
arrest and is now out on bonds in
the sum of $50,000. The arrest con
sisted of the formal reading of the
warrant by the sheriff, after which
the governor arranged his bail and
then returned to his work in the ex
lecutive mansion.
AMERICAN BOAT SEIZED
i PHILADELPHLA, Aug. 11—The
American fishing schooner Thomas
ton, from the Bahamas to Atlantic
City, has been seized here for viola
tion of the customs regulations.
FIRES THREATEN BIG TIMBER
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11—Fire
in the Sequia National Forest has
burned over a thousand acres and is
now threatening the heavy timber
line. Reinforcements of firefighters
are being rushed (to the scene.
NEWBERRY WHITEWASHED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11—
The Republican senate privileges
committee has voted Sen. Newber
ry, of Michigan, clear title to his
seat in the senate. The Democratic
members voted against the action.
The case now goes to the senate
for final decision. The committee:
vote stood eight to four.
ANTI-GAMBLING BILL PASSES
WASHINGTON, D. C.. A mg 11—
The senate has passed the Capper
Tincher bill providing for the pre
vention of gambling on the grain
exchange.
SEATTLE ROBBERY CLEARED;
SUSPECTS ADMIT GUILT
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 11—Edward
Patton, a Portland clerk, and Louia
Gordon, a Seattle laborer, have con
fessed to the police here that they
held up a Seattle bank messenger
on July fourth and escaped with
$25,000.
Seven suspects were taken into
custody here, but Patton and Gor
don have taken all the blame upon
themselves, absolving the others.
The list included a Seattle waitress,
a Kansas City telephone operator,
and a Billings waitress. The sus
pects were arrested upon their ar
rival here from Portland ;n an auto,
and one of the girls wore a belt
containing $4,500 in currency.
WANT $200 FOR SPURGIN
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Aug. 11—
The chief of police of Hermosilla
has announced that he has definite
ly located Spurgin. defaulting bank
er of Chicago, and that he will
turn him over to the American
authorities for the sum of $200,
the estimated cost of capture.
FIVE DIE IN TRAIN WRECK
HOUSTON, Aug. 11—It is re
porte-' from Dequincey, La., that
five bodies have been taken from the
burning wreckage of a Gulf Coast
Line freight train. Wreckers believe
ten more will be recovered.
PASSENGERS ARE SAVED
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11—All of the
passengers aboard the Pacific Mail
steamer San Jose have been landed
safely and efforts are now being
made to get the vessel off the reef,
off the coast of Lower California.
The steamer is taking water rapidly,
but is not in serious danger yet.
GIRL AUTO DRIVER GUILTY
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11—Miss
Edna Duval, a music teacher of this
city, was convicted yesterday on a
charge of manslaughter, the trial
jury having been composed of nine
women and three men.
It was charged that the young
woman had carelessly caused the
death of Richard Spann by running
him down with an automobile. The
penalty is from one to ten years
in the penitentiary.
STEAM SCHOONER DISABLED
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11—The
steam schooner Multnomah is re
ported disabled and drifting helpless
ly 50 miles northwest of Blunts
Reef lightship, near Eureka. The
vessel carries a crew of about 20
men.
Herman Jaen returned to Fair
banks yesterday, after a brief visit
in Nenana.
The new D’Orsan store and tailor
shop is now open for business, next
to the Coliseum.
Felix Seppi is now located at
HyJer.
LAWMAKERS TO TAKE RECESS
BEGINNING ON AUGUST 20
WASHINGTON, D. C , Aug. 11 —
An agreement for a thirty-day re
cess of Congress, beginning on Aug
ust 20, was reached at a luncheon
conference held at the White House
yesterday.
Opposition To Funding Bill
Opposition has developed in Con
gress to the administration bill for
the funding of $500,000,000 for the
railroads of the country. The op
position developed openly yesterday
before the senate interstate com
merce committee, when Senator La
Follette opposed the measure. Some
of the Democrats characterized the
bill as a loan to the roads while
others called it a "handout.”
Helping The Big Fellow*
It is understood the members of
the House ways and means com
mittee have agreed upon the repeal
of the excess profits tax and the in
come sur-tax above 32 per cent,
effective as of last January. The
majority also has agreed to an in
crease in the normal income tax on
corporations five per cent, but re
taining the $2,000 exemption.
Harding To Take Trip
Should Congress recess late this
month, as seems probable. Presi
dent Harding may leave Washing
ton on an extended vacation, but
his plans are indeffinite. He had
hoped to visit the Northwest, and
possibly Alaska, but it is now con
sidered unlikely that he will get
that far away from the capital
STEAMER ASHORE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11—The
steamer Golden Gate, enroute from
Manchester to San Francisco, is re
ported ashore near Christobal.
UP TO THE PUBLIC
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 11—An
nouncement has been made that the
roadmen of the Pennsylvania rail
road will not strike as a means of
forcing the company to comply with
the order of the railway labor board
to meet the union employes for the
purpose of drawing up a new scale
and working agreement. "The em
ployes rely on American patriotism
arid public sentiment to force the
road to comply."
BRITISH WIN YACHT RACE
COWES, Eng., Aug. llBritish
yachts won the sixth and final race
in the international six-meter yacht
series, thus winning the international
cup by a score of 97 to 72 points.
BANDITS KILL POLICEMAN
MEMPHIS, Aug. 11—Two men,
including a policeman, were killed
and another seriously wounded in
an exchange of shots with four
masked men who attempted to rob
the Ford automobile plant employes
of payroll money.
A telephone message received in
this city this afternoon from Collier
ville, where the shooting took place,
states that one Memphis policeman
was shot and killed today and two
others injured by deputy sheriffs
who mistook them for ban aits.
Engineer in Charge Fred’k D.
Browne was at Camp 334 yesterday
on an inspection trip out the line.