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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaaka,
for entry a? second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18 <9.:
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
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PRETTY WOMAN IMPLICATED
IN KENNEDY MURDER CASE
LOS ANGELES. Cal.—Mrs. Made
lynne Obenchain of Chicago and
Evanston, 111., conspired with Ar
thur C. Burch, a former college
acquaintance, to kill J. Belton Ken
nedy, a young Los Angeles real es
tate broker, according to the in
dictment in -which Mrs. Obenchain
and Burch were jointly charged
with murder. Burch was placed on
trial Nov. 22 last and on January
16 the jury was discharged after
balloting for three days without
reaching a verdict. The final bal
lot stood ten to two for conviction.
Mrs. Obenchain, the prosecution
contended in the Burch trial, was
the instigator of the alleged plot,
her motive being revenge because
Kennedy has refused to marry her.
The relations between the woman
and Kennedy were established by
means of letters identified as being
in Mrs. Obenchain’s handwriting,
and found in Kennedy's room and
a safe deposit box after his death
on August 5 last. From these ;t
developed that they became ac
quainted in Los Angeles about five
years ago. For two years a cor
respondence continued, and letters
written during this time contained
expressions of warm affection, and
two were signed “Mrs. J Belton
Kennedy.”
In spite of the apparent intimacy
the young woman, who up to that
time was Miss Madelynne Conner
was married early in January, 1919,
in Los Angeles, to Ralph R. Ober.
chain, a young Chicago attorney
who had just returned from over
sea’s army service. A month later,
however, she renewed the corres
pondence with Kennedy. After
about a year she obtained a divorce
in Chicago and wrote to Kennedy
she wanted him to go to Chicago
to marry her. Kennedy did not go
and the subsequent correspondence
indicated his parents were opposed
to the match.
Mrs. Obenchain started west last
June and wrote Kennedy to meet
her in San Francisco. He was not
there when she arrived, and she!
came to Los Angeles. There were ■
several interviews, according to tes
timony in the Burch case, and Mrs.)
Obenchain on one occasion took
Kennedy to a fortune teller for ad-;
vice as to whether they would wed. j
About the same time, another wit- j
r.ess declared, she said "Belton has'
not long to live. I can almost put
my hand on the spot where it will
happen.”
On July 17 Mrs. Obenchain wired
to Burch, who was in Evanston to
come to Los Angeles, adding “I
need you and the friend I had last
summer.” Burch arrived here on
July 24 bringing with him. accord
ing to the porter of his car, a shot
gun case. Burch took a room in a
hotel commanding a view of Ken
nedy's office, and watched the of
fice windows for long periods, ac
cording to hotel employees. At oth
er times he rented an automobile
under ar. assumed name, and took
extended trips, it was also testified. I
Mrs. Obenchain and Kennedy
went driving the night of August 5
and about nine o’clock went to a
small cottage owned by Kennedy
in Beverly Glen, fifteen miles from
L03 Angeles. As Kennedy was
mounting a flight of steps on a
bank in front of the cottage two
shotgun shots were fired. One:
struck Kennedy in the back of the
neck, causing instant death, an au
topsy surgeon swore.
Mrs. Obenchain told officers she
saw two rough looking men disap
pear in bushes from which the shots
were fired, and that Kennedy, after
he was shot exclaimed “good night.
Madelynne.” A woman living near
the Kennedy place, testified, how
ever, she heard a man say “I've
got him” after the second shot and
then a man’s and a woman’s voice.
mingling in conversation she could
not distinguish.
Burch, it developed, was out in
a rented car that night, and two
persons swore they saw him in
Beverly Glen. He left Los Angeles
the next morning for Chicago, but
VOTE FOR
JAMES L. GALEN
FOR
Delegate to Congress
IN
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
APRIL 25th, 1922
NO MAN IN ALASKA MORE THOROLY UNDERSTANDS
THE VALUE OF ROADS IN AIDING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE TERRITORY.
HE PLEDGES HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS IN SUPPORT
OF ALL ROAD BUILDING AGENCIES OF THE GOVERN
MENT IN ALASKA.
HE STANDS FOR LARGER AND MORE COMPREHEN
SIVE ROAD APPROPRIATIONS.
HE STANDS UNQUALIFIEDLY FOR OPERATION OF
THE GOVERNMENT RAILROAD BY THE GOVERNMENT
AND A POLICY WHICH WILL PERMIT THE PROMPT
BUILDING OF FEEDERS WHEN PROSPECTS OF DEVELOP
MENT AND TONNAGE IS REASONABLY ASSURED.
MR. GALEN HAS BEEN A PROSPECTOR AND MINER
AND BELIEVES IN ENCOURAGING LIBERAL LEGISLATION
AS WELL AS INTELLIGENT ROAD AND TRAIL BUILDING,
ALL PROJECTS DESIGNED TO AID THOSE WHO ARE PIO
NEERS IN THE TERRITORY AND WHOSE SACRIFICES AND
HARDSHIPS HAVE OPENED UP AND WILL OPEN UP THE
GREAT MINING DISTRICTS OF THE NORTH.
A VOTE FOR GALEN BRINGS PROSPERITY NEARER
TO THE MINER, THE PROSPECTOR, THE FISHERMAN, THE
MERCHANT, AND THE WORKINGMAN.
“WHATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
OF WHAT MR. GALEN'S CANDIDACY MEANS TO ALASKA”
■was arrested at Las Vegar, Nev.,i
and brot back to Los Angeles. He
refused to discuss the case, and his
attorneys besides denying he ha i
anything to do with the tragedy,
of the two jurors who stood out
made a defense of insanity. One
of the two jurors who stood out
for the acquittal declared she be
lieved Burch was insane, the other
that the prosecution had not con
vinced her Burch was in Beverly
Glen at the time of the shooting.
Mrs. Obenchain’s former husband
was retained by her as one of her
attorneys, and they secured a mar
riage license some time ago and an
nounced they would be remarried
if Mrs. Obenchain is released.
The prosecution contended that
Burch, who was divorced last year
by Mrs. Allie Quayle Burch, daugh
ter of Bishop Matthew Burch, of
St. Louis, Mo., was in love with
Mr=. Obenchain and subject to her
will in the alleged conspiracy.
COMMERCIAL CLUB DANCE
VERY SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR
The much discussed Monte Carlo j
donee given under the auspices of
the N'enana Commercial Club was
pulled off at Labor Union Hall last
night was a largely attended and
very successful affair in every way.
Nearly all of Nenana was there and
seemed to fall >n easily with the
spirit of '97-’98, genuine regret be
ing felt and expressed by many
that the real spirits of those early
days, owing to the recent laws,
were unobtainable.
The success of the dance, deemed
by many to be one of the best
dances ever pulled off here, is due
in a very large measure to Chair
man W. R. Manning and the vari
ous committees appointed by him
to attend to the details of the af
fair.
The hall was most beautifully
and appropriately decorated for the
occasion by Herman Anderson, r.and
painted panels depicting: Alaskan
scenes were fitted over the win
dows while appropriate boosting
signs were scattered in between the
pictures all around the hall.
J. M. Reiter assisted by Norvin ■
Smith and A. B. Phillips, acted as
floor manager and the way he
handled this end of the dance left
nothing to be desired. The refresh
ment booth representing a regular
oldtime bar, foot rail eud all was:
a thing of beauty. Mike Cooney,
Parke L. Stump and their merry
men held sway here and dispensed
light drinks which were taken in the
same spirit as prevailed in the old
days. Business was brisk at this
joint all night long, the ladies be
ing rewarded with the usual house
percentage as an inducement to bring
their partners to tfce bar for a •
drink after each dance, just as it I
used to be in the days of 'yore.
A special orch***tri» under the
leadership of Professor Art Carpen
ter and composed o# Franklin J.
Rogers, violin; B. W. Miller, cornet,,
and “Kal” Kalaquin, drums, with
the professor himself at the piano,'
rendered up-to-date music, among
the pieces being some of the very:
latest Outside hits; to which the
merry crowd tripped the “light fan-;
tastie” until nearly 5 o’clock this
morning. The music was all that
could be desired in the line.
Mrs. Dawson Cooper was sward
ed the first prize for the largest
number of bingles representing
house percentage, Miss Margaret
Russell and Margaret Bodkin carry
ing off the second and third prizes
respectively.
Mrs. Joe Fischer was in evidence,
everywhere during the course of the !
dance selling favors consisting of
shamrocks, to the merry throng.
A most enjoyable time was had
of all.
THANKS OF COMMITTEES
Chairman W. R. Manning on be
half of the various committees of
which he was the head wishes to
extend hearty thanks to the pe .pie
of the town for the splendid way in
which they responded to make the
dance the tndoubted success it was.
A general meeting of all the com
mittees will be held at Mr. Man
ning’s office on Monday night at
7:30 p. m. when the reports of the
various sub-committees will be pre
sented and a statement of the dance
published in the News.
PATROLMAN’S DEATH
AROUSES SUSPICION
SEATTLE, March 17.—The police
are conducting an investigation into
the circumstances surrounding the
death of Charles Legate a veteran
patrolman whose body was found
today at a Maine street garage with
two wounds in the head.
Legate had but recently returned
to his beat after a brief suspension
from duty for alleged failure to
clean up his district. The circum- j
stances of his death are against the
suicide theory.
NOTICE
The following claim holders of
the famous Monte Carlo creek will
please call at the Tavern cafe to
do their assessment work today or
else said claims will be jumped:
Mrs. Coghill, 3 below: Mrs. E. A.
Williams, 5 below; Mrs. Boyd Her
ing, 7 and 8 below; Mrs. Nicodet.
10 above; Mrs. Chas. Gussell, 11 and
13 above; Mrs. Major, 20 above;
Mr. Tarwater, 21 above; Mrs. Run
strom. 23 and 25 above.
BOB MORGAN,
District. Mining Recorder.
It is reported that pay was found
on the following Monte Carlo creek
claims of the Nenana district:
Mrs. Cody, discovery; Miss Mar
garet Bodkins, 1 below: Mrs. Reese
Collins, 1 above; Miss Posephine
Seese. 2 above; Miss Elsie Jassman,
5 above; Mrs. D. Cooper. 6 above;
Mrs. Parke L. Stump, 7 above, and
Miss Connie Peterson. 8 above.
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* PERSONAL
Milo Saulich paid the town a brief
visit recently. He arrived from
Fairbanks on Wednesday on busi
ness and left for the upper town
on the coal train next day.
Arthur Oliver son of Captain
Jules Oliver of the steamer Tanana,
returned to Nenana on the train
from the coast on Thursday He
expects to join one of the engineer
ing parties that will take the Held
in the coming spring for the Alaska
Road commission, in which server
he was formerly employed. He re
ports that his father. Captain Jules
Oliver, is now taking life easy on
a farm near Portland, having fully
recovered from the 'llnrss v hich
forced him to make r. hurried trip
outside last summer. Captain Oliver
will not come North this n mm or
as usual.
Willard Hansen formerly on the
engineering force of the A. E. C.
returned to Nenana from a several
months' stay in the States, on Thurs
day last. He will probably remain
in this district for some time to
come.
James A. York is a recent arrival
in town. He is registered at the
Southern hotel.
The hotels in town are full and
visitors are finding it hard to get
accommodations now. The Cooney
cabin on upper A street has been
fitted out as a bunkhouse to ac
commodate the overflow from the
Cooney hotel.
Mrs. Dawson Cooper returned to
town on Thursday’s train from a
visit to her husband at Healy.
WANT ADS
WANTED—Man with dog team to
haul about a ton of freight to
Kantishna. Inquire for C. H.
Rawlins, Xenana House.
FOR SALE—Laundry on Market
St. Good proposition for right
party. Inquire Jones’ Bunk
House. John Lappie tf
FOR SALE—Fur Parke, large; alsc
one pair reindeer boots, long. In
quire at Xews Office.
FOR SALE—Flume hose for ground
sluicing. Between 400 and 500
feet 12 inch canvas hose, 8 oz.
duck, with intake and nozzle. Can
be had at a bargain. Inquire at
News Office.
FOR SALE—Several spring dresses
just received. Good styles. Mrs.
Langstrom.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE—F »■
sale. Apply Mrs. Pete Wren>t;dt.
Upper end F'irst Street.
PROSPEROUS plumbing, heating
and sheet metal business for sale.
$6000.00 cash. Sanitary Plumb
ing Co., Juneau, Alaska.
SALMON SALMON SALMON
481b. Ca. Kings $9. NO Labels....
Salt Bellies, 801b. bbls., 20c lb.
Salt Red Salmon, 701b bbls., 14c lb
501b. bx. Kippered Salmon, 35e. lb.
Dog Salmon, 501b ba'es, 12Me. lb
F. O. B. ANCHORAGE
H. J. EMARD
NOTICE PROPERTY OWNERS
I HAVE GREAT DEMAND
FOR CABINS
Furnished and Unfurnished
List Your Property with Me
Make Your Investment Pay
DO IT NOW
CHARLES D. LECKIE
U. S. Commissioner
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
Feed of all Kinds
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
Agent - - Giant Powder Co.
MERCHANTS OF NENANA
HOLD INFORMAL MEETING
An informal meeting of the mer
chants of Xenana, called at short
notice by the X'enana Commercial
Club, was held yesterday afternoon
at the Cooney hotel.
The meeting was called for the
purpose of meeting Mr. E R. Tar
water representing the Bank of An
chorage. Among those present
were Dr. J. R. Bowen, William Tay
lor, Joe Fischer. A. J. Ghezzi, Her
man Anderson, Louis Johnson,
Chas. Mattich, W. A. Coghill, Alex
Fowler, Mike Cooney.
An informal talk with reference to
drafts against shipment? was enter
ed into in order that the informa
tion sought by Mr. Tarwater could
be given him. He leaves for An
chorage on the train tomorrow.
IMMIGRATION LAWS ARE
RELAXED TEMPORARILY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 18—
The hou'e passed a resolution today
under which approximately twenty
four hundred aliens, who were ad
mitted temporarily into the United
States, in excess of the three per
cent quota, will be allowed to re
main permanently.
The measure now goes to the sen
ate for final action.
Alfred J. Ghezzi
MEN’S
WINTER
CLOTHING
Leather Shoes
— and —
Rubber Pacs
CIGARS
El Sidelo—Juan De Fuca
Optimo — Custa Rey
NOTARY PUBLIC
In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Division, 'Nenaaa
Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Frank A. Jones, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 42 Probate
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the undersigned has been ap
po.nted ^Administrator of the above
named Estate, and all persons hav
ing claims against said Estate are
directed to present them to the
undersigned, at Nenana. Alaska, or
at the office of C. C. Heid, at Ne
nana. (•which place is hereby desig
nated as the place where the busi
ness of said Estate wnll be trans
acted). within six months of the
date of the first publication of this
Notice.
Dated at Nenana, Alaska, Febru
ary 23, 1922.
THOMAS A. JONES,
Administrator of the Estate of
Frank A. Jones, Deceased.
Date of First Publication Feb. 25
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Date of last publication March 25
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Trains leave ar.d arrive Nenana as
follows:
2:00 p. m., Sunday and Wednesday
for Healy, McKinley Park, Tal
keetna, Wasilla, Anchorage and
Seward. Arrives Nenana 11:50 a
m., Sunday and Thursday.
2:00 p. m.. Sunday, Wednesday and
Saturday for Healy, McKinley
Park. Arrives Nenana 11:50 a. m
Sunday, Monday and Thursday.
2:00 p. m., Sunday and Thursday
for Dunbar, Fairbanks, Chatanika
Arrives Nenana 12:10 p. m., Sun
day and Wednesday.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Office of the Municipal Clerk City
of Nenana, March 11th, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Municipal Taxes for the year
1922 are now due and payable, and
that such taxes are payable to the
city treasurer on or before March
31st, 1922. After that date a pen
alty of 10 per cent will be added,
together with interest at the rate
of 1 per cent per month.
The city treasurer will be at h;s
office in the City Hall building com
er of Third and Market streets,
daily from 5 to 7 p. m., except on
Sundays, for the purpose of receiv
ing tax payments.
J. G. K. TOUSSAINT,
Municipal Clerk.
'Mmimmnmimimiur.
Smokers’ Supplies, Soft Drinks, Candies
Stationery and Fresh Fruits
POOL AND CARD TABLES
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Magazines of all kinds. Rooms in Connection
The Terminal
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JOE O’CONNOR
HARRY A. DAVIS 8
igt-i:auaar
Central Cafe
FOR A HOT GRIDDLE CAKE OR A SCONE.
JAVA COFFEE, OR TEA FROM CELON,
JUICY MEATS, FRESH AND RARE—
FROM BEEF DOWN TO BEAR—
YOU’LL GET IT IN STYLE—
RUSH-ON JOHN
Sheet Metal Work
Plumbing, Heating Plants
Stoves and Ranges
Nenana Sheet Metal Works
PAUL PALFY, Prop. — — Now Location on A Street