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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEB 2S, 1022 NUMBER 163
HARDING ASKS CONGRESS TO AID MARINE
LOS ANGELES POLICE FIND CLUE IN TAYLOR CASE
' SUPREME COURT RULES JONES MARINE ACT IS VALID
**«LICE OF LOS ANGELES
SAY MURDER KEY IS FOUND
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28—Police
detectives who are at work on the
Taylor murder mystery, arrested sis
men last night in a raid on a nar
cotic den, and the belief is ex
pressed that the arrests will develop
the connection of the men with the
slaying of the movie magnate.
The arrests followed a 24-hour
investigation on information regard
ing alleged threats against Taylor’s
life, uttered a short time before
the tragedy.
REPAIR GANGS WORK HARD
TO UNDO WORK OF STORM
DETROIT, Feb. 28—Wire and
rail communication through the cen
ter of the storm stricken district is
being gradually restored by the
heroic work of the many repair
gangs sent out from all directions.
Seventy-two hours of sleet and
rain, following the snowfall, placed
a solid layer of ice two inches thick,
on Sop of the snow.
FORD BOOSTS WILSON FUND
GRAND RAPIDS, Feb. 28- Con
tributions to the Woodrow Wilson
fund offer the »ortur.ity to ar
sons of all political beliefs to aid
the- cause of world peace, accord
ing to a declaration made by Een
ry Ford, in a letter tc the fund
management. lie inclosed his check
for $10,000.
JAP DIET DOWNS SUFFRAGE
TOKIO. Feb 28—The Japanese
diet has defeated the universal suf
frage bill.
MORSE FAMILY IS INDICTED
FOR GRAFTING DURING WAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 28—
The federal grand jury has indicted
Charles W:. Morse, New York ship
builder. and his three sons, Benja
min, Harry and Ervin, in connection
with Morse’s wartime shipbuilding
transactions with the United States
Shipping Board.
True bills also were returned
against Colin H. Livingstone, presi
dent of the Virginia Shipbuilding
Corporation, and seven others, all
of whom were associated with the
Morse family.
The elder Morse went to France
during the winter and was brought
back to face the charges preferred
against him.
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Mrs. Mike O’Brion left for the
Outside on Sunday on a vacation
trip.
Private E. E. Dill is a recent ar
rival in town from Fort Gibbon.
He is on furlough and is taking
in the sights within mushing dis
tance of the post.
Mrs. A. J. Pauli, of the Tolovana
arrived in town from the States on
Sunday, and will leave for Liven
good within the next few days.
Frank Eagan is a recent arrival
in town from Anchorage.
Dan Keeler is a recent arrival in
town from the Kantishna district.
PRESIDENT ADVOCATES SUBSIDY
TO KEEP YANKEE FLAG AFLOAT
PRINCESS MARY IS UNITED
IN MARRIAGE TO VISCOUNT
LONDON, Feb. 28—Princess Mary
only daughter of King George, was
I married yesterday to Viscount Las
■ celles, -with all the pomp and dignity
| of a royal wedding. T!he ceremony
j took place at Westminster Abbey
| at 11:30, with the king and queen
: and the entire royal household par
! ticipating. All ranks were repre
■ sented in the brilliant assemblage,
while outside the abbey, a great
l crowd gave the bridal pair enthusi
jastic and popular homage. London
! was crowded with excursionists from
j all parts of the British Isles and
j the continent. Many .Americans al
I so voyaged to London to get a
j glimpse of the function.
SNOW BURIES TEXAS
AMARILLO, Texas, Feb 28—The
Panhandle region, embracing West
ern Oklahoma, Eastern New Mexico
and the Texas panhandle, is in the
grip of the worst snow storm in
years today. Below zero temperat
ures have been recorded in several
sections.
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LANDIS QUITS BENCH
CHICAGO, Feb. 28—Judge Landis
completed seventeen years as fed
eral judge today—at 11 o’clock this
morning, to be ex^ct, at which time
he rendered his last decision. As
he stepped from the bench he an
nounced that he would never again
occupy a similar position. His resig
nation becomes effective tomorrow.
BASEBALL BOYS ARRANGE
GOOD SHOW FOR SATURDAY
The committee in charge of the
entertainment end of the Nenana
Baseball Club, has completed ar
rangements with the management of
the Coliseum theater for the pre
sentation of an exceptionally good
movie show on Saturday night, for
the benefit of the new organization.
The main feature of the program
will be a rattling good comedy, en
titled “What”s Your Hurry”, with
Wallace Reid ait the head of a
strong cast. And in addition, there
will be a Christie two-act comedy
and a late Pathe News.
Tickets for the show have been
on sale several days and are going
good, the public being very kindly
disposed toward the club and its
efforts to put a strong baseball
team in the field during the com
ing season.
The show on Saturday will be the
first of a series of entertainments
to be given by the club to raise
needed funds for the proper com
mencement of baseball activities.
KILLS BABY TO SPITE WIFE
NEW YORK. Feb. aSr-Walter
Liddle, clerk, aged 19 years, has
confessed to the police that he
drowned his seven-months-old son
' in a bathtub because his wife re
fused to return to him.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23—
President Harding, in a special mes
sage transmitted to Congress today
I presented the administration’s shij
i subsidy plan, with the declarator
: that the influence of the Unitec
j States in the world council “is sure
to be measured by that unfailing
standard which is found in a na
lion’s merchant marine.”
The President detailed the war
time creation of America’s grea'
tonnage which he termed an ex
perimental venture. He then added
“Having failed at such enormou!
cost, I bring you the proposal whicl
contemplates a return to private
initiative and private enterprise, aid
ed to a conservative success where
in we are safeguarded against the
promotion of private greed, anc
does not discourage the hope ol
profitable investment which underlie;
all successful endeavor.”
The ship subsidy proposed by th«
LOVESICK YOUTH IN TEXAS
SHOOTS SLEEPING GIRLS
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AMARILLO. Texas, Feb. 23—
! This city was the scene of a double
; tragedy yesterday, when Houstor
I Upton, a lovesick youth of 19 years
j shot and killed Gladys Solomon
aged 15, and Nell Umberson, agec
13, as they lay asleep. He also toot
a shot at Minnie Wilson, who was
sleeping in the same bed with the
other girls, but missed her, and ther
he turned the gun on himself anc
probably will die.
Upton had quarreled with the
Solomon girl, with whom he was in
love.
VENEZUELAN POLICE ACCUSED
OF PUTTING YANKEE TO DEATH
NEW YORK, Feb. 23—Louis Fer
nandez, who has just reached this
city from South America, has an
nounced that it is his intention to
ask Government officials to investi
gate the death of William Young, of
Phoenix, who, he asserts, was thrown
into a prison in Venezuela and
tortured and beated to death by the
police.
OLDTIME ALASKAN CRUSHED
BY ELAVATOR IN BAY CITY
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28—C. J.
Swanson, a former prominent sea
captain, died here last night from
injuries received earlier in the ■week
as the result of being crushed by
an elevator in a local clothing store.
The deceased was well known in
Alaska, where he was in the service
of she Pacific Steamship Company
a number of years ago.
PUBLISHER IS HONORED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 28
Chairman Adams, of the Republican
National committee, has announced
the appointment of George B. Lock
wood, publisher of the Muncie, Ind.
Press, and the National Republican,
as acting secretary of the committee
succeeding the late Clarence Miller.
President, will approximate thirty
two millions annually and will be
provided principally by diversion of
ten per cent of the nation's custom's
receipts. 1^ would be paid to the
owners of American ships engaged
in foreign trade, under a bill intro
duced simultaneously in the senate
and house by Senator Jones and
Representative Green.
The purpose of the proposed sub
sidy, as explained in the bill, is to
“aid in the development and main
tenance of foreign commerce of the
United States, and to contribute to
the national defense.”
The bill provides for the creation
of a fund to be derived from the
sale of Shipping Board vessels and
requires that not more than fifty
' per cent of the aliens admissable
I in any or.e year, may be transport
ed to the United States in foreign
• bottoms.
LEAGUE MANAGERS QUARREL;
! WANT RECEIVER APPOINTED
j SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 28—The
| management of the Pacific Cooper
j ative League, operating 43 general
■merchandise stores in California,
Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and Xew
Mexico, and doing a business of
$3,000,000 annually, has petitioned
| the court for the appointment of a
! receiver to take charge of the busi
' ness.
J The statement says the league is
j solvent but was forced to apply for
* a receiver because of internal dis
I cord.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS LAST OF
ARMS CONFERENCE TREATIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 28—
j The committee to which was re
! ferred the Arms conference treaties,
I completed its work yesterday when
the general Far Eastern and Chin
ese Tariff treaties were favorably
'reported to the senate for ratifica
tion, without reservations.
The report, in both cases, was
decided upon by the unanimous ac
tion of the committee.
JAPAN IS TAKINK ACTION
TO OBSERVE ARMS PACT
TOKIO, Feb. 28—The Japanese
i foreign office has announced that
; the government has decided to dis
continue fortification work on Bonin
and Amai Oshima Islands and to
maintain existing fortifications at
Formosa and in Pescadores, in ac
cordance with agreements entered
into at the Washington Arms confer
ence.
GERMAN LINER WELCOMED
NEW YORK, Feb. 28—The North
German Lloyd passenger liner Seyd
litz was tendered a big reception
upon arrival here yesterday from
Europe. The Seydlitz is the first of
that company’s vessels to resume
the trans-Atlantic service to New
York since the World War.
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FORMER GERMAN OFFICIAL
TELLS WHO STARTED WAR
LONDON'. Feb. 2S—A Copenhag-<
en dispatch to the Exchange Tele-!
graph quotes former German Chan-1
cellor Scheidemann, in an address
delivered before a students' associa
tion, as placing responsibility for
the World War evclusively on Ger
: man shoulders. He said, however,
| that he believed the former kaiser
! had been punished sufficiently for
! Ills part in the conflict,
j The speaker admitted that if the
[war ha dbeen won by Germany, the
emperor naturally would have be
j come a demi-god.
MNIDER IS CONFIDENT
WASHINGTON', D. C., Feb. 28—'
' National Commander MacNider was
I in conference uath President Hard-,
: ing, at the White House, today, and !
i later announced that he was "per- *
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j fectly satisfied". He said there would
be no delay in the passage of bonus j
legislation for the reason that the:
President is "heart and soul with;
the American Legion."
FORMER ALASKAN BURNS
PUYALLUP, Feb. 28—Charles M.1
Burr, aged 34 years, a resident of
this city during the last eighteen i
months, and stationed in Alaska in
the radio service during the war,;
! was burned to death on Sunday, in;
a fire which destroyed a hotel at
East Sound.
FREE
EGYPT IS
LONDON, Feb 28—Announce
ment was made in the house of
commons today by Premier Lloyd
I George that the British protector
j ate over Egypt has been terminat
ed and that Egypt is now free to
work out such national institutions
as might be suited to the aspira
tions of her people.
COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
There will be an important meet
ing of the Nenana City Council
at Crty Hall tonight. Several mat
ters of unusual importance to the
town are pending before the aider
men and will come up for final dis
position tonight.
One of these matters is the final
scrutiny of the tax rolls and the,!
fixing of the levy for the year.
The council already has gone over
the rolls prepared by Assessor Bob
Toussaint and readjusted valuations.
Another matter to received con
sideration tonight will be an ordi
nance providing for the holding of
an election in April, in accordance!
with the code. This ordinance was
given a first reading at the last
meeting and will have to be acted
on tonight in order that the clerk ]
may give notice of the election as ]
required by law. <
It is also probably that the coun
cil at tonight’s meeting, will make!
final disposition of the pending dogj*
ordinance, which already has bid <
two readings. 11
VALIDITY OF JONES MARINE
UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 28—
The validity of the Jones merchant
marine act prohibiting the trans
portation of merchandise between
Alaskan ports and continental United
States by Canadian rail or water
lines, has been upheld by the su
preme court of the United State.-,
in a decision handed down yesterday
in a case brought by the Territory
of Alaska and the Juneau Hard
ware Company against the collector
of customs of Alaska.
The Territory contended that the
law was unconstitutional because it
discriminated in favor of Pacihe
Coast states and against Alaska.
Justice McReynolds, who delivered
the opinion of the court, announced
that four of the justices had con
curred in the decision.
LONDON RECEIVES REPORTS
OF DISORDERS IN INDIA
LONDON, Feb. 28—The serious
conditions of unrest are em^»as:*ed
by correspondents of the London
Times who mention particularly the
growwg hostilities of the Sikhs.
The reports state that scarcely a
day goes by without rioting, and
the disorders appear to be spreading
COLD IN THE ROCKIES
DENVER. Feb. 28—The high
pressure area has extended over the
entire Rocky Mountain region, bring
ing low temperatures, ranging from
32 below zero, at Miles City, to a
few degrees above in other sections.
MOOSE ELECT OFFICERS;
ENJOY SOCIAL SESSION
Nenana Lodge, No. 1193, Loyal
Order of Moose, elected officers for
the ensuing year at the regular
meeting held at Moose hall last
night, there being a large number
of members on hand to take part
in the proceedings. Nominations were
made at the previous meeting.
Dictator A If Ekeland was re
elected for another year and the
other members of his official family
are: Bob Toussaint, vice dictator:
Ale:. Fowler (re-elected), secretary;
Burdette Tunison, prelate; Tom
?mith, (re-elected 1 treasurer.
The usual jolly social session fol
owed the business meeting and a
.Treat time was enjoyed by those
present.
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FAIRBANKS NOTES
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George Moody was an outward
>ound passenger on Sunday, headed
'or his old home in the Napa Va!
ey, California. He will be back
n the early spring.
Mrs. M. J. Sweeney is a visitor
n town from Nenana.
Advices received from Madison,
A is., tell of the arrival of another
>oy at the home of Rev. and Mrs.
I. H. Lumpkin, formerly of this
:ity. They now have four children.
Mrs. C. E. Bunnell entertained
it an afternoon tea today in honor
f Mrs. Gasser, of the Government
Experiment station.