* Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921
NUMBER 57
TIMBER SALES INSURE BIG DEVELOPMENT
BRUMFIELD SAYS HE CAN’T REMEMBER ACTIONS
' SENATE DELAY CAUSING ANXIETY AMONG AL ASKANS
BRUMFIELD CLAIMS MEMORY
HAS BEEN OUT OF ORDER
SPOKANE, Aug. 18—Dr. Brum
field, dentist of Roseburg, who was
apprehended near Calgary on a
charge of causing the death of
Dennis Russell, a laborer, in con
nection with a conspiracy to make
fraudulent collection of life insur
^ ance, claims that he cannot recall
anything that has happened since
Suiday, July 10, three days before
the body of Russell was found be
side the wrecked Brumfield auto.
When first arrested the doctor tried
to make the officers believe that his
name was Russell, but his identity
has been determined beyond all
doubt. His only comment now is
that he cannot remember.
^ Feeling is running high at Rose
burg and extra precautions are be
ing taken to insure the safety of
the prisoner during his trial. He is
at present in the custody of Seriff
Starmer and will be placed in jail
at Portland for safe keeping until
placed on trial.
Couldn’t Make It Stick
At a late hour this afternoon
Mahoney was found to be sane by
V a medical eommissicy which pro
nounced him normal and able to
control his actions. Following the
announcement of the decision of the
commission, Judge Brinker ordered
Mahoney to plead to the charge of
murder on Monday.
The prisoner continues taciturn
and morose, but his mental exam
ination, according to the alienists,
developed the fact that he is feign
*■ ing the peculiarities displayed since
the discovery of his wife’s body in
Lake Union.
FAMOUS BEAUTY SUICIDES
CHICAGO, Aug. 18—Mrs. MMary
Debrito, winner of numerous beauty
contests Committed suicide yester
day and if is believed by the police
that her act was prompted by a de
■\ ranged mind. It is known that she
worried greatly over the tarring and
feathering of Dr. J. S. Paul, at
Beaumont, recently.
MOORS WANT WAR AVIATORS
TANGIER. Morocco, Aug. 18—It
is reported that European aviators
\r with war experience, are being offer
ed 45,000 francs monthly to serve
with the Moorish army against the
Spanish forces.
LEGION BOYS STOP SPEAKER
SHENANDOAH. Iowa, Aug. 18—
Members of the American Legion
interrupted a street talk which was
being made here yesterday by Mrs.
Ida Crouch Hazeltee, and the speak
er was taken for a short trip in an
automobile. Upon her return to
town she was informed by the mayor
that she would not be permitted to
engage in further public speaking,
it being feared by the authorities
that trouble might result. Those
responsible for interrupting the ad
dress, explain that action was tak
en because of “abusive personal re
marks direction at Legion members."
LODGE WILL BE MEMBER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16
President Harding has definitely se
lected Senator Lodge af= a member
of the American delegation to sit
at the disarmament conference.
COMPANIES MAKING PLANS
TO START BIG PAPER PLANT
YUKON OLDT1MERS OBSERVE
ANNIVERSARY OF BIG STRIKE
DAWSON, Aug. 18—Sourdoughs
•who headed the famous first rush to
Klondike, gathered in this city from
near and far this week to celebrate
the Yukon district’s twenty-fifth an
niversary. The festivities included a
parade staged by the Pioneers, fol
lowed by a banquet for oldtimers
and a formal program, which in
cluded many big events.
George T. Snow, of Seattle, who
was the first secretary of the Yukon
Order of Piineers, at the time of
organization at FY>rtymile, was a
guest of honor at the celebration.
HUNGARIANS APPROVE PEACE
BUDAPEST, Aug. 18—The Hun
garian National assembly has voted
; unanimous approval of the peace
resolution adopted by the Congress
of the United Sitates, and the gov
ernment has been authorized to ne
gotiate a peace treaty with Wash
ington.
DIVERS SEARCH FOR BODIES
EUREKA, Aug. 18—Divers have
begun a search of tie hold of the
•wrecked steamship Alaska to ascer
tain if there are any bodies aboard.
They will also make a survey of the
vessel to determine whether or not
it will be feasible to float her.
AERO COMPANY MAY SEND
AIRPLANE TO JUNEAY SOON
SEATTLE. Aug. 18—The Pacific
Airways Company, which plans the
establishment of a regular passenger
service between this city ar.d Van
1 couver, announces that it will at
tempt a one-day, non-stop flight to
Juneau some time this month
HIGHTOWER FORMALLY HELD
CHARGE OF KILLING PRIEST
SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 18—A
complaint charging Hightower with
first degree murder, in connection
with the death of Father Heslin,
has been filed at Dale City, San
Mateo county.
Girl Deniei Hightower Story
The police have succeeded in lo
cating Dolly Mason, the woman from
whom Hightower claimed to have
learned of the burial of the priest.
When confronted with the story,
however, she flatly denied that she
had given Hightower any informa
tion whatever. Her real name is
Dorothy Gifford.
NEW TAX FOR SOFT DRINKS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18—
The house ways and means com
mittee has voted to levy a flat
license of ten dollars on all retilers
of soft drinks, in lieu of the special
tax in force at present. The plan
also is to tax manufacturers of
cereal beverages at the rate of 12
cents per gallon.
SEATTLE, Aug. 18—With two
timber sale? effected, one involving
two billion feet and the other more
than a million cords, the pulp and
paper development of Alaska will
soon be launched in a large way, ac
cording to E. A. Sherman, of Wash
ington, associate federal forester.
Besides the previously reported
Tongas National Forest sale, an
nouncement has been made of an
other project on Admiralty Island,
involving the sale of timber to a
company whose name has not been
made public, but which will estab
lish a mill at Thane, where it will
utilize the 12,000 horsepower elec
trical project discarded by the Alas
ka Gastinau Mining Company.
Sherman is on his way to Wash
ington after having made an ex
tensive survey of the Alaska tim
ber reserves.
A Washington special received Jh
this city several weeks ago reported
the completion of a deal for the
sale of a million cords of pulp wood
in Tongass National Forest to th'e
Alaska American Paper Corporation
and referred to it as the initiation
of a new industry in Alaska which
will be continued for at least 32
years and possibly longer. The con
tract calls for the cutting of timber
to begin not later than October l,
1923, allowing the promoters two
years for organization and costruc
tion of the plant, which will cost ap
proximately four million dollars. The
; proposition is said to be well finan
iced and is backed by Chicago and
New York capitalists who already
are interested in the paper manu
facturing business. The timber in
volved in the sale is situated along
| the east shore of Behm Canal, about
32 miles from Ketchikan. The con
tract price was fixed at 60 cents
a hundred feet (cubic* for spruce
and cedar and 30 cents for all other
woods. The sale covered 45,000
acres and extends 55 miles along
■ the coast. Twenty per cent of the
i forest is spruce, 66 per cent hem
i lock and 14 per cent Alaskan and
Western red cedar. A conditional
i award has been made by the Forest
j Service to the company, pending ap
I proval by the federal power com
mission, of its application for a
hydro-electric power license. The
i timber sale covers an initial period
of 32 years, or until 1953, the price
of the srumpage to be redetermined
and 6xed by the federal government
in 1928. and every five years there
i after. The contract also requires
I the establishment of a pulp mill of
| not less than 25 tons capacity by
October 1, 1926. A yearly cut of
2,600,000 to 3,000,000 is contem
plated.
The Forest Service is negotiating
for the sale of another block of
timber containing 335,000,000 cubic
feet, sufficient to keep a 100-ton
mill running for 50 years. This tim
ber is situated on the west shore of
Admiralty Island, near Juneau. Its
development will require an invest
ment of six million dollars.
COMMITTEE HOLDS ANSELL
RESPONSIBLE FOR ESCAPE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 18—
The majority report, signed by three
of the five members of the special
house investigating committee, holds
Samuel Ansell, former acting judge
advocate general of the army, and
member of Grover Bergdoll’s cooun
sel, guilty of conspiracy in connec
tion witn the escape of the wealthy
draft evader. Col. John Hunt and
Col. C. C. Crosson are also charged
with guilt with Ansell, but Ansell
is said, in the report, to have been
the “master mind” 'n the plan un
der which Bergdoll was released
from prison under guard. The re
port recommends that he be disl
barred.
The minority report, s'gntd by
the other two members of the com
mittee, exonerates Ansell
NURSE ELECTROCUTED
CHICAGO, Aug. 16—A local de
tective agency charges that Mrs.
Winnifred Bagley, a nurse, was
electrocuted during an X-ray demon
stration at the recent Pageant of
Progress.
SENATE FIXES IT FOR WOOD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18—
The senate yesterday passed a bill
making it possible for the President
to nominate General Wood for the
position of governor general of the
Philippines.
SENATOR QUITS CONFERENCE
BECAUSE OF HOME BREWING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, has
announced that he will not partic'
pate further in the conferences on
the anti-beer bill, because of the
evident intention on the part of the
senate and house conferees to “'weak
en and destroy the effect of the
Stanley amendment” providing for
the prohibition of home brewing.
After the reading of the Stan’ey
amendment, which provides that pro
hibition agents must have search
warrants before attempting to enter
residences, automobiles or baggage
for contraband liquor, the house
adopted a substitute providing that
agents mast obtain a warrant based
on an affidavit, setting forth that
there is reasonable cause to suspect
that liquor is being manufactured
on the premises “for sale or sold”.
Ashurst maintained that the substi
tute would legalize the manufacture
of liquor for beverage purposes.
SENATE VOTES TO RECESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18—
By a vote of 38 to 18. the senate
yesterday agreed to a recess from
August 24 to September 21.
KELLY MILLING PLANT BURNS
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 18—Fire de
stroyed the plant of the Kelly Mill
ing Company yesterday, with a loss
of half a million dollars.
I
PUBLIC SESSIONS AT END;
IRISH OUTLOOK IS GRAVE
DUBLIN. Aug. IS—The public
meeting of the Republican parlia
ment came to an end yesterday
afternoon to an indefinite date and
the private sessions of the lawmak
ers began today.
At yesterday’s session. President
Devalera declared that parliament
would not accept the British propos
als extending a dominion status to
Ireland and further, he declared,
the proposals made by the British
government really do not include
j the dominion status.
—
Getting Ready For Trouble
BELFAST, Aug. 18—According
to announcement made here yester
day, the leave of all members of
the Royal Irish constabulary has
j been canceled.
GOTHAM BARBER CONFESSES;
CLEARS UP MURDER CASES
j -
NEW YORK. Aug. 18—Bartolow
Fontano, an Italian barber and gang
ster, has given information to the
, police which promises to clear up
17 gangster murders in this city,
(Detroit and elsewhere. The confes
' sion, it is believed, will also throw
! light on the killing of 70 local Ital
' ians in the last four years, in all of
which cases the murderer made his
escape.
It is said that Fontano had been
threatened that he would be "baked
in an oven’’, one of the methods of
killing said to have been used by
the gang with which Fontano was
connected.
Many Attend Funeral
Thousands, representing all creeds
gathered at the funeral of Father
Heslin, and hundreds of floral tri
butes were sent.
NOTED SLEUTH TO GET POST
WASHINGTON, I). <?., Aug. IS —
Attorney General Daugherty hr.c in
dicated that William J. Burns will
be appointed director of the Bureau
of Investigation, department of .iust
j ice.
■
TURKS HAVE BAD FIRE
PARIS, Aug. 18—A thousand
houses were destroyed by fire yes
terday in Scutari, in the Asiatic
section of Constantinople.
LABOR LEADERS ESCAPE
MODESTO, Cal., Aug. 18-The
charge of kidnaping, laid against
Janies Shea and John Lunas, labor
leaders, in connection with the ie
portation of Japanese laborers at
• Turlock recently, was dismissed to
| day for lack of evidence.
FUNDING BILL REPORTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18—
The senate interstate commerce com
mittee has favorably reported the
railway funding bill.
«
CANDIDATES ARE WORRIED
OVER DELAY IN THE SENATE
SEATTLE. Auk- IS—Tht* fact
that the senate judicial.,’ committee
has failed to report on the six
Alaska nominations which were sent
to the committee two weeks ago, is
causing considerable anxiety among
those Alaskans who are seeking
office, according to advices which
have reached this city from the
national capital. The reports state,
however, that it is expected that
at least two of the lominations will
be favorably reported before the
end of this week.
It is understood that Fred Har
rison, of Nome, has been selected
for district attorney of the Second
division, and Harvey Sullivan for
marshal of the Third division.
National Committeeman McBride
continues to be the most active
candidate for collector of customs.
It is reported from Fairbanks
that the failure to confirm Cecil H.
Clegg, as judge of the Fourth div
ision. ha? resulted from charges filed
by T. A. Marquam. in which it is
alleged that Clegg was intoxicated
a number of years ago while serving
as assistant district attorney.
MAHONEY PLAYING INSANE
TO ESCAPE THE HANGHAN
SEATTLE, Aug. 18—Mahoney did
not enter his plea yesterday to the
charge of killing his wife, the pro
ceedings having been halted by
Lee A. Johnston, attorney for the
defendant, by the tiling of a com
plaint in which he alleged that his
client is insane. He said that he
had been unable to see Mahoney
for the reason that he had refused
to talk to any one. The jailors say
that Mahoney has been acting queer
ly since the finding of his wife's
mutilated body in Lake Union.
ITALY MAKING AGREEMENT
WITH SOVIET FOR TRADE
ROME, Aug. IS—Italian news
papers assert that negotiations be
tween the Italian government and
the Russian Soviet delegation for
an economic agreement have been
almost completed.
Under the terms of the agreement
the Russian delegates promise to
refrain from any attempt to employ
propoganda in Italy.
ARBITRATION BOARD AGREES
TO CUT PAPER MILL WAGES
NEW YORK. Aug. Is—The arbi
tration board which is considering
the wage controversy between paper
mill employes and manufacturers in
the United States and Canada, has
decided on a wage reduction of ten
per cent for skilled labor and 25
per cent in the case of unskilled
labor.
The proposed new scale affects
12,0(MI workers and is scheduled to
become effective on August 27.
SOVIET LIFTS 300 IE BAN
RIGA, Aug. IE-—'Prohibition has
been abolished in Soviet Russia and
that country is now* cn a light wine
basis, according to dispatches to the
Letvian telegraphic agency, and con
firmed by Moscow newspapers. Such
alcohol as may be mam factured
under the new law, wil! be heavily
taxed.