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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 1921
NUMBER 99
• CONFERENCE FAVORS CHINA’S DEMANDS
BRITISH PAPERS THINK WELL OF HARDING PLAN
ARBUCKLE MAKES SWEEPING DENIAL OF CHARGES
ARBUCKLE DENIES CHARGES;
TELLS JURY ABOLT PARTY
SAY I RANCISCO, Nov. 20— Tak
ing the stand yesterday in his own
defense. Fatty Arbuckle made a
general denial of testimony offer
ed by numerous witnesses for the
prosecution, and denied specifically
that he forced Miss Rappe against
the door, and that he had told A1
t Semnacher that he had applied ice
to the girl’s body. He also denied
the testimony of the janitor of the
picture studio, in which the janitor
claimed that the actor had offered
him money for the key to Miss
Rappe’s room.
Arbuckle told the court that he
came from Los Angeles on Septem
ber 3 and stopped at the St. Fran
cis hotel. After telling the names
of those in his party, he said he -had
▼ an engagement with one of them to
go out. When he went to his room,
“I found Miss Rappe there. She was
on the bath room floor and very
sick, and I assisted her. She was
holding her abdomen and I gave
her some water. I helped her into
bed. She said she had dizzy spells
often. When I returned a few min
utes later she was' on the floor
moaning. I placed her in bed again.
While I assisted her. others came in
to the room and when I came back
she was on the bed tearing her
clothes. Mrs. Belmont told me to
leave Miss Rappe and 1 told Mrs. ‘
Belmont to shut up or I would throw
her out of the window. I did not
hear Miss Rappe say ‘he hurt me’
or anything that could be so under
stood.” *
Arbuckle made his statement in
a loud voice and, under cross ex
amination, answered all questions
unhesitatingly.
The court room was filled, but of
late the crowds have not been so
< dense as previously.
STOLEN MONEY RECOVERED
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2?— Eng
lish sovereigns, valued at between
*20,000 and 140,000, which disap
peared last wees from the specie
tanks of the liner Sonoma, were
found yesterday in a water tank
aboard the vessel.
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PACKERS OBJECT TO CUT
CHICAGO, Nov. 29—Dennis Rus
sell. secretary of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters Union, has announced
that packing house employes will
shortly stage demonstrations in all
parts of the country to show that
the recently announced wage reduc
tions are not acceptable. It has been
claimed by the packers that their
employes had accepted the wage re
duction and the demonstrations are
intended as a public denial of the
misleading report.
GOING TO THE BOTTOM
SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 29—Attorn
ey General Brundage has brought
suits for an accounting against five
former state treasurers, covering al
* leged shortages aggregating approxi
mating two and a half million dol
lars. The suits involve Governor
Small, Sterling, William Ryan, An
drew Russell and Edward Mitchell.
BUILDING FALLS- SLORE DEAD
NEW YORK, Nov. 29—A score of
workmen are believed to have been
killed here today when a new theater
under construction, collapsed. The
scene of the accident was at Ne v
b-.-dford and Park avenue. A num
ber of bodies have been recovered
from the debris but it will be a day
or two before he full extent of
the havoc car- be deteravned.
ZYBSZKO WINS
NEW YORK. Nov. 2,3—Stanislaus
Zybszko, of Poland, successfully de
fended his title as champion heavy
weight wrestler of the world, at
Madison Square Garden last night.
, by defeating Ed Strangler Lewis,
two falls out of three. Levis took
the first fall but lost the other two.
JAPANESE DELEGATES OBJECT
TO AMERICAN NAVAL RATIOS
WAR HERO DISAPPEARS
NEW YORK. Nov. 29—Lieuten
ant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey,
hero of “the lost battalion”, who is
reported missing’ from a steamer en
route to Havana, is believed to
been lost overboard. His law part
; ners were not aware that he in
tended to go to Havana, he hiving
informed them merely that he was
going to the .Army and Navy toot
ball game. He has been seen since,
but it was discovered later that he
booked passage on the steamer Toloa
upon arrival here. The opinion is
expressed that he ended his life
because of the mental strain under
which he was laboring. His partner
say he suffered a nervous tension
when he acted as an honoray pall
bearer at the funeral of the Un
known American soldier.
FORMER WARUEN UNDER FIRL
HELENA, Nov. 29—G o v e r n o r
Dixon has transmitted to the state
prison committee the report of a'
special investigator in which mis
appropriation of state property ap
proximating $200,000 is charged in
connection with the management of
former Warden Frank Conley, of I
the state penitentiary. The gtvernoT
recommends that steps be taken by
the committee looking to the re
covery of the alleged misappropri-1
ated property.
VIC HAS ROUGH TRIP
SEATTLE, Nov. 29—The steam- j
er Victoria, arriving on her last
trip of the season from Nom% by
way of the inside possage, brought j
$300,000 in gold bullion, shipments <
of furs, ivory, reindeer carcasses, j
frozen halibut and copper ore. The
steamer also brought 220 passenger- j
of whom 192 were from Nome.
Heavy weather was encountered on;
both trips, going and coming.
WASHINGTON BANK ROBBED ,
YADER, Wash., Nov. 29—Robbers
entered the Little Falls State Bank
here this morning, pried open the
safe deposit boxes and escaped with
several thousand dollars in Liberty
bonds and other negotiable secur
ities.
JURY IS COMPLETE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29—The j
work of selecting the jury to try i
Arthur C. Burch, for the murder of .
J. Belton Kennedy, was completed
today, and the taking of testimony
will begin tomorrow.
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Mrs. Parke L. Stump and son Wil-!
fred were among the arrivals on
the Anchorage excursion train. They
will make their home in Nenana.
H. B. Avakoff, well known jewel
er of Fairbanks and Anchorage,
intended making the trip to Nenana
with the excursion party, but the
train beat him out of town.
Rev. Fred G. Scherer returned to
his home in Fairbanks today after
a stay of several days in Nenana.
Robert S. Donaldson, of the Healy
River Coal Corporation, came into
town last night to take in the dance
in honor of the Anchorage visitors.
Roy Lund, who direct the musical
end of the entertainment and dance
tonight, arrived from Fairbanks on
the afternoon train.
WASHINGTON, D. r„ Nov. 29—
The nine powers conferring on The
Far Eastern auestion, adopted rtso
lutions today providing for the re
linquishment of foreign extra terri
torial rights in China. The resolu
tion provides for the withdrawal of
foreign courts, should the commis
sion of juries find the Chinese judi
cial system adequate. It is under
stood the delegates have also agreed
in principle to the withdrawal of
foreign troops, but 'he detailed dis
cussion has been left to a later
meeting.
American naval experts yesterday
presented to the Japanese and Brit
ish officers, a detailed answer to the
questions presented last week as to
the American reduction program. It
;s understood that an extensive ex
amination of the figures of all three
powers has not resulted in any
change in the attitude of Secretary
Hughes. It is expected the committee
will return the naval program to
the full conference for action -hort
H-.
A resolution has been adopted by
the delegates, sitting as a committee
of the whole, providing for the re
linquishment of foreign postoffice
privileges in China.
The British delegation has Issued
a statement in which it is declared
they have no intention of bringing
up the subject of international in
debtedness at the 7. resent confer
ence.
Delegate Kato has informed the
delegations that Japan wants TO in
stead of 60 per cent naval status,
but American naval experts main
tain that they can see no reason for
altering the original figures.
Association Approved
LONDON, Nov. 29—British news
papers are giving increased atten
tion to President Harding's sugges
tion for an association cl nations
through a series cf international
conferences. The Times says Hard
ing’s conception of the principles
underlying such an association has
an immediafcs “tonic effect’’. The
Post says “the President's aspira
tion demands serious and respectful
consideration.”
Date Is Set
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 29—
The first of January, 1923 has been
set for the withdrawal of foreign
postoffiees from China. This has
been agreed to by all the powers
except Japan, which ha? asked for
time to hear from the government
at Tokio. Final action on the e,ue:>
tion of extra territorial rights has
been deferred. The Chinese delegates
have brought forward the question
of domestic control of Chinese rail
roads, which will involve the Shan
tung matter. This question also has
been deferred.
Japs Object To Ratio
TOKIO, Nov. 29—Resolutions
adopted at a mass meeting held in
this city yesterday opposed the
Hughes naval ration.
May Continue Conference
WASHINGTON, D. C , Nov. 29—
It is expected that the suggestion
of President Harding for continuing
the conference of nations will re
ceive formal consideration before
the present conference ends. The
spokesman for the American dele
gation says that it .s not the in
tention of President Harding to
make his proposed association of
nations in any sense a rival of the
League of Nations.
BANDITS ACTIVE IN SOUTH
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 29—Four
hundred armed bandits have e;;- ■
trenched themselves near the village 1
of Pasoibanez, in the state of Santa 1
Cruz, and all efforts thus fur have j
failed to dislodge them. Marines
made an attack upon the outlaws on
Saturday and were repulsed, there
being many killed on both sides.
The bandits are holding a number
of prisoners, including several citi
zens of England and one American,
S. J. Mackey.
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MURDER SUSPECT FOUND
DUBUQUE, Nov. 29—The slayer;
of Rev. Arthur Belknap, at Lead,
S. D., is believed to have been ap
prehended in the arrest of a farm
hand at Marquette, who answers
the description of the murderer. ;
The pockets of the suspect were
filled with clippings detailing the
murder.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29—Four armed
bandits held up the St. Louis Re
fining Company late Saturday after
noon and escaped with jewels val
ued at $60,000.
HUGHES SETS ITALIANS RIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Nov. 29
Secretary of State Hughes has is
sued a formal statement in which
he denies the published reports to
the effect that Premier Briand used
harsh words in conversation with
Senator Schanzer, of the Italian
delegation, the publication of v.-hich
caused anti-French demonstrations
in Italy. Hughes says the reports
are absolutely unfounded.
TUG BELIEVED LOST
PORTLAND, Nov. 29—Reports
received in this city from Marsh
field state that additional wreckege
found on the beach near there is
regarded there as indicating beyond
doubt that the tug Sea Agele has
foundered. The schooner Eccla, also
thought to have been lost, is now
believed to be safe.
INDIANS HONOR FOCH
BILLINGS, Mont., Nov. 29—The
Crow tribe has adopted Marshal
Foch, giving him “the call of calls”.
The marshal visited the Custer bat
tlefield yesterday.
Ask the Moose
what the
J. J. Davis Class
means
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IF AGENTS MAKE MISTAKE
THEY MUST NOT BE BLAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 29
Prohibition agents who happen to
raid the wrong house, after exer
cising ordinary care, cannot be held
to blame, according to a rulin: of
j Commissioner Haynes, made public
i yesterday. The statement of the
; commissioner was maue in connec
tion with charges filed against two
special agents of the department,
i who got into the wrong houses by
mistake, while looking for boose.
The agents were completely ex
onerated.
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| COUNTY JUDGE ARRESTED
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 29—Thai
Cheatam, county judge of Speaceij
county, is a federal prisoner in the
county jail, following his arrest in
connection with the disappearance
from the courthouse of 250 cases
of whisky seized from rum runners.
The judge’s brother and seven other
men were taken into custody in the
same roundup. The judge declares
he is innocent and says his arrest
is a matter of spite work on the
part of federal agents.
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PERSONAL
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Mrs. J. M. Reiter entertained the
Anchorage ladies this afternoon at
her home on the Railroad reserve,
the affair taking the form of an
afternoon tea.
Mrs. E. J. Cronin entertained at
luncheon this afternoon in honor
of a number of the visiting ladies
from Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Mrs. Joe Fischer made the round
trip to Fairbanks on the excursion
train.
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P. J. Rickert, pioneer Fairbanks
farmer, arrived in Nenana this af
ternoon aboard the excursion train
This is his first visit since last May:
Miss Margaret Collins came down
from Fairbanks today for a brief
visit.
Among the arrivals on the An
chorage excursion train were Misses
Vera and Muriel Russell, who* re
turned to their old home in N'enana
for a brief visit. They are attending
school in the coast town.
Alick Cooney, who has been en
gaged in contract work out the line,
is paying Nenana a visit.
A. G. Nicodet, who has been in
Fairbanks on court business, return
ed to town today.
William Folger left this aftemaan
for the Kantishna district, travel
ing with the Mt. McKinley Gold
Placers dog team.
Major and Mrs. E. R. McFarland
are visiting in Nenana, having ar
rived from the upper town today.
Val Diebold returned to town to
day from a trip to Fairbanks. He
expects to leave for his camp in the
Totatlanika within a few days.
A meeting of the city council
was held at the fire hall „this after
noon for the purpose of conferring
Col. Mears on masters concerning
"he welfare of the town.
CRAIG REJECTS PROPOSAL
FOR IRISH SETTLEMENT
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BELFAST, Nov. 29—P remier
! Craig has informed the Ulster par
| Lament that he told Lloyd George
that the Brilich government's pro
posal to Lister for the settlement of
the Irish question is utterly impos
sible.
Reach Critical Stage
LONDON, Nov. 29—It is admit
ted in official circles that the Irish
negotiations have reached “ a grave
and critical stage”
Not Much Hope
TUNBRIDGE, Nov 29—L o r d
Chancellor Birkenhead, speaking at
a mass meeting held here yesterday,
said that he could not conhdently
predict that the Irish >:ue<tion would
be satisfactorily so'ved. He declared
that the government had offered
Ireland the same position as Canada,
w ith one or tw o re.-tri .-tior. \
COMPANY HELD LIABLE
VANCOUVER. B. C., Nov. 29—
The coroner's jury, which investi
gated the recent flooding and wreck
of Brittania Beach, has placed the
blame for the disaster on the Brit
ania Mining & Smelting Company.
The flood, the report says, was due
to the overflow of a railroad fill
which had been carelessly construct
ed to block a natural mountain
Stream. The verdict termed it
“criminal neglect.”
MEET DEMAND WITH DEMAND
CINCINNATI, Nov. 29—General
chairmen of the Itrotherh-jCHl of
Railway and Steamship 1 lerks. -ra
tion and express employe • and
freight handler? hav-_ been instruct
ed by headquarters to meet the
proposed new demand of the rail
roads for a wage reduction, with a
counter demand for the restor.iti,.n
of nay effectiv.* before the 12 per
cent cut was ordered
ITALIAN DESTROYER SINKS
LONDON, Nov. 29—Advices re
ceived in this city today state tha'
the Italian destroyer Centrauro has
gone to the bottom of the Mediter
ranean, as the result of a storm.
SOLDIER BONUS COMING
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Nov. 29 —
Senator Watson, of Indiana, predicts
tha: “nothing in the world” can
prevent the enactment of the soldier
bonus bill at the approaching regu
lar session of Congress.
Dr. C. J. Wight and Dr, Ella
Wight are among the professional
people cic-'.Irg the Euirbarks
cursion from Anchorage; they e
the only Chiropractic physicians n
the Territory holding both Oregon
and Washington licenses, a- well
as a Territorial license. The doctors
have been in Alaska two year-; and
think it a most wonderful piacv,
and are looking forward to spending
next spring and summer in the Ne
nana district and perhaps perma
nently locating here. This is their
first trip to the Interior and both
are enjoying it immensely. They
are some boosters, too.
Both doctors are graduates of
the Portland College and, in be
half of their home town, the extend
a hearty welcome to all Nenana
people, and all the Territory. to
visit Portland in 1925, where the
largest World’s fair, since the late
war, will be held. It is going to be
some fair. Remember, “For you a
rose in Portland grows”.
Dr. Ella Wight is a direct cousin
of former President Woodrow Wil
son, and a prominent Daughter cf
Confederacy. She formed the Cor
dova Ladies’ Athletic association
while in that city and is now physi
cal director of the Anchorage Lad
ies’ Gymnasium class.
Joe O’Connor returned to town
today from Fairbanks.