Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDDAY, SEPT. 17, 1921
NUMBER 70
' MAIL ROBBER GETS $ 10,000 FROM A. E. C.
LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES IRISH CONFERENCE OFF
ARBUCKLE MUST FACE MURDER CHARGE; BAIL DENIED
MURDER CHARGE TO STAND;
ARBUCKLE STAYS IN JAIL
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17—Fol
lowing a conference with police offi
cials yesterday, District Attorney
Brady made formal announcement
in Judge Lazarus’ police court that
Roscoe Arbuckle would be tried on
the charge of murder, following t
which the court continued the case j
until next Thursday. The decision j
of the district attorney to press '
the murder charge, instead of try
ing Arbuckle on the manslaughter
charge on which he was indicted by i
the county grand jury, automatical
ly deprives the actor of his liberty
©n bail, and he will therefore re-1
P main behind the bars pending the
outcome of his trial.
Good Thing For Lawyer*
During the brief session of court *
yesterday, Arbuckle stood at the
counsel table surrounded by his
numerous attorneys, the group rep
resenting some of the best legal
talent in the state.
The courtroom was filled with
spectators and it was with difficulty
that the police prevented the room
from being overcrowded. A crowd of
men made an unsuccessful attempt
to rush the door.
What The Inquest Showed
The coroner's jury, which con
cluded its deliberations late Mon
day afternoon, rendered a verdict
to the effect that Virginia Rappe
died from peritonitis caused by a
rupture of the bladder resulting
from force “applied by one Roscoe1
Arbuckle.” The verdict requested the '
authorities to conduct a full investi
gation.
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Indictment By Grand Jury
The grand jury indictment, charg
ing Arbuckle with manslaughter, was |
formally field on Tuesday and the1
court fixed bail at $5,000 cash or
810,000 bonds. District Attorney in-1
1 formed the court, however, that the
accused would not be addmitted to '
bail until the murder charge, filed
by women guests at the Arbuckle
party, had been disposed of.
Violence Threatened
An anonymous special delivery;
► letter, dated at Sacramento, was re- 1
ceived by the secretary of the grand ;
jury during the investigation. The j
writer threatened violence against
Arbuckle if “justice is not done.”
Consumed Forty Quarts
Local officials connected with the
investigation of the Arbuckle case j
are authority for the statement
that the actor and his guests con- i
sumed forty quarts of liquor during
the course of the three-day party
staged in the Arbuckle apartments
at the St. Francis hotel and which
was brought to a sudden termina
tion by the hotel authorities order- ^
ing Arbuckle to vacate.
SPANISH MAKING HEADWAY
MELILLA, Sept. 17—The offens
ive operations of the Spanish forces
are reported to be making headway.
The Moors, however, have destroyed
many miles of railroad and cut
wires, and now thev are taking to
the mountains, with the evident in
tention of resorting to guerilla war
fare. They are af-aid to meet the'
Spanish troops in open battle.
LARGE SUM HAS DISAPPEARED
BETWEEN BANK AND HEALY
BRITISH TRADE MISSION TO
MAKE TRIP INTO RUSSIA
LONDON, Sept. 17—A British
trade mission of 17 members, head
ed by R. M. Hodgson, formerly
British consul at Vladivostok, has
left London for Moscow, where
quarters have been secured to
house them.
They are taking with them food
supplies for six weeks, and large
stores of office and household furni
ture including tables, brooms, pails,
dusters and even pens and ink
“We don’t know what may hap
pen to us”, explained the head of
the party to a reporter, “so we are
going prepared. We are taking two
ears, in case we find the railways
on strike or the track blown up,
but we are not carrying any arms ”
MENOPER WANTS TO QUIT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 17
Adjutant Genera] Menoper. chief of
the Army Air Sen-ice, has made
forma] request of Secretary of War
Weeks for his release from his
present duties, and transfer to the
command of troops in the field. The
request does not c-ome as a surprise,
as rumors have been current for
some time that either Menoper or
Genera] Mitchell, assistant chief of
the service, would resign on account
of the friction which has existed
between the two since last spring.
ZR-2 VICTIMS ARRIVE HOME
NEW YORK, Sept. 17—The Brit
ish cruiser Dauntless, bearing the
bodies of the American naval men
who lost their live sin the wreck of
the big British dirigible ZR-2, ar
rived off Sandy Hook yesterday, es
corted into American waters by
American naval craft. High officials
Of the federal, state and municipal
governments will take part in the
memorial service to be held at the
navy yards.
FIGHTING THE KU KLUX KLAN
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 17—Notice
has been served on all citizens by
the Board of Public Safety to keep
away from the proposed meeting of
the Ku Klux Klan, scheduled to be
held in this city. And owners of
public halls have been warned to
refuse to rent their places to the
organization.
GIBBONS GOING ACROSS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 17
Announcement is made here that
Mike Gibbons will sail for London
on November 5, for a match with
Kid Lewis, scheduled to take place
on November 17. They will go 20
rounds.
BRENNAN OUTPOINTS WALKER
ST. LOUIc. Sent 17—In a twelve
round heavywe -ht bout rhi h took
place in this it ,n Thursday ni ht.
Bill Brennan ou'i ointed Hugh Walk
ef, Kansas City.
The first big robbery recorded in
Interior Alaska since early-day thefts
of gold dust and bullion, occurred
yesterday, when currency amounting
to $9,900 was extracted from a
parcel consigned to the disbursing
office of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission at Healy. The theft
was discovered by Special Disbursing
Officer Frank Doner today, immed
iately following the arrival of the
train from Xenana The package n
which the money was placed at Fair
banks, reached him safely, but al
most all of the money was gone.
The theft was reported to Fair
banks by phone and Postoffice In
spector E. G. Wetzler and the
federal authorities are now at work
on the case. Mr. Wetzler came down
from Fairbanks on the gascar this
morning- and returned to the upper
town immediately bpon learning of
the loss.
The parcel of money was turned
over to the postoffice at Fairbanks
by the First National Bank, and
the usual procedure is for the Fair
banks postofficr to send such pack
ages to N'enana by train, consigned
to the local postoffice, for reship
ment to Healy. The package in
question reached to local postoffice
yesterday and was turned over to
the Commiss;on authorities here and
placed in a Commission safe, where
it remained until placed aboard the
train this morning, for dispatch to
Healy. Large sums of money have
been handled in this manner in the
past, but this is the first time that
a package has been molested.
AMERICAN RELIEF TRAINS
HEAD FOR FAMINT REGION
MOSCOW, Sept. 17—The first re
lief train, bearing American food,
has left for the famine district of
the Volga, with half a million rations
and two more trains will be dis
patched immediately.
It is the hope of those ir. tharge
of the famine relief, to get the sup
plies distributed before the rivers
freeze.
BANDITS PULL A BONER
SPOKANE, Sept. 17—Fifty offi
cers. including sheriffs, deputies and
specials, are scouring the country
east of spokane in a search for ban
dits who made an unsuccessful at
tempt yesterday morning to rob the
Washington National Bank. A dice
man was slightly hurt in the battle
which took place immediately fol
lowing the attempted robbery, but
the bandits got away unhurt.
SMALL ASKS VENU CHANGE
SPRNIGFIELD, Sept. 17—Counsel
for Governor Len Small and .’emon
Curtis, under indictment on htr» s
of embezzlement, has made applica
tion for a change of venue, alleg
ing prejudice and inability to se
cure a fair trial.
TRAIN HOLDUP FAILS
FORT TWORTH, Sept. 17— i o
bandits, who attempted to hold up
a Texas & Pacific passenger train
yesterday, 11 miles west of this
city, were shot and killed by feder
al agents and railway detectives.
DEPARTMENT LIFTS BAN ON
ALASA BEAVER AND MARTIN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 17—
An open season in Alaska for trap
ping beaver and marten has been
proclaimed by the department of
agriculture. Under the new regu
lations recently promulgated, the
season will vary in different districts
but generally trapping will be per
mitted from November to December,
inclusive.
Beaver have been protected since
I 1910 and marten since 1916, the
j regulations having* been made at a
j time when it appeared to the de
partment that both beaver and
• marten were threatened with ex
! tinction.
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AUSTRALIANS FIGHTING TAX
ADELAIDE, Sept. 17—Many resi
dents of Northern Australia have re
cently been imprisoned because of
their refusal to pay taxes, and seri
ous trouble threatens. Officials re
port that terrorism prevails, par
ticularly at Port Darwin, where the
government has been compelled to
adopt stringent measures to restore
order.
TIES HITTING RECORD
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OMAHA. Sept. 17—Jack Lefivelt,
first baseman of the Omaha West
ern league club, has tied the world's
record of 257 hits in one season,
which was made last year by George
Sisler, of the St. Louis Americans.
It is expected that the record will
be beaten, as the season will not
end until September 27.
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NEGRO GIRL SHOOTS WHITE;
ALL BLACKS ARE DRIVEN OFF
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 17—The
entire negTO population of Mont
Lake, a mining village 20 miles
distant from this city, were driven j
from Their homes yesterday by white !
residents, following the probable!
fatal shooting of Edna Burnett, a;
white girl of 12 years, and the j
wounding of her three sisters by j
Jewel Clipper, colored girl, aged
eight years.
In explanation of her act, the !
Clipper girl said she did not know
the gun was loaded. She told the
authorities that "them white girls
was fussing with me and I just:
aimed to scare them.”
Some of the colored folks, were
permitted to return to their homes
•today, but a c’mber ef families
are still hiding in the hills, where
they sought refuge from the hostile
whites. The village is being patrolled
by armed guards, to prevent an out
break.
The little Burnett girl is in a crit
ical condition and it is feared that
further trouble will occur in case
of her death.
R. R. STRIKE THREATENS
CHICAGO, Sept. 17—It is indi
cated that a decision as to whether
the nation will face a general rail
road strike, may result from the
meeting of representatives of half
a million shopmen, to be held here
tomorrow. The heads of the big
brotherhoods, including engineers,
conductors, firemen and switchmen,
also will meet on Sunday, at which
announcement will be made of the
result of the strike ballots taken.
Unofficial reports indicate that a
large majority of the members of
some of the organizations are in
favor of calling a general strike.
BABE RUTH BREAKS RECORD
NEW YORK, Sept. 17—Babe
Ruth landed for another homer here
on Thursday, in the fifth inning of
the game against St. Louis, with
one on and Payne pitching. This
breaks Ruth’s previous record of
54 home runs and establishes a
new record.
And Still Another
NEW YORK, Sept. 17—In yester
day’s game against St. Louis, Ruth
made another home run, bringing
his total for the season to 56. No
one was on bases, and Sboken was
in the box against Ruth.
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IMMIGRATION NOT ON LIST ,
TOKIO, Sept. 17—It is believed
here that immigration problems will
not be included in the agenda ar
ranged for the Far Eastern confer
ence. This view is based on the be
lief that both Japan and the United t
States are hopeful of making a 1
direct settlement of the immigra- (
tion question. . i
CONFERENCE IS CALLED OFF
BECAUSE OF IRISH ANSWER
LONDON’, Sept. 17—The confer
ence which war- to have been held
at Inverness this month for the con
sideration of the Irish question, has
been called off by Piemier Lloyd
George because of the attitude as
sumed by the Irish Republicans in
their reply of acceptance to the in
vitation to attend the conference.
In their note of acceptance, the
Republicans state that they are
ready to confer with the British
cabinet, but they reaffirm Ireland's
independence as a sovereign stat -
and declare that only as represent
atives of such have the Irish dele
gates authority to participate in the
proposed conference.
President Devalera has wired to
the premier, expressing surprise
at the action taken. He says the
premier fail? to see that Ireland’s
cause would be irreparably preju
diced if it entered the conference
without making its position clear.
CARPENTIER IS COMING BACK
NEW YORK, Sept. 17—Georges
Carpentier is coming back to the
United States to fight Tom Gibbon3
for the lightweight championship of
ihe world, according to announce
ment made here today. The bout
will be staged at Madison Square
Gardens in February. The announce
ment was made after Tex Rickard
lad received a cablegram from the
French fighter, in which he said he
would be ready to defend his title
>y that time.
GARDNER STILL AT LARGE
M’NEIL ISLAND, Sept. 17—The
’our veteran woodsmen who were
jrought to the island to assist in
he search for Roy Gardner, who
;seaped from the penitentiary a
'ew days ago, have quit their jobs
tnd returned to the mainland. They
leclare that Gardner has either
eft the island, or is being given
orotection in some home on the is
and. Officials of the penitentiary,
lowever, still refuse to admit that
Gardner has really escaped, an 1
he search will be continued upon
he theory that the ex-prisoner is
till on the island.
DERAILMENT FATAL TO TWO
CLINTON, Iowa. Sept. 17—The
ierailment of the east-bound Los
Angeles Limited, on the Chicago &
v'orthwestern, near Belleplaine yes
erday, resulted in the death of the
ireman and an unidentified tram,»
vho was stealing a ride. The pass
■ngers escaped unhurt.
JIPHTHERIA HITS SETTLEMENT
PRINCE ALBERT, Sas., Sept. 17
—The little settlement of Honey
noon, ten miles north of this place,
s in the grip of an epidemic of
liphtheria. There are 70 cases and
our deaths thus fa' wi h the eni
[emic still spreading.
MADGE CAN’T GET BAIL
LOS ANGELES, S it. 17-The
uperior court has refused to allow
he release of Madf!/me Oben
hain on bail. She is he’d on a
aurder charge.