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THE NENAN A NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JAN. 25. 1923.
NUMBER 405
FRENCH USE GUNS TO RESTORE ORDER
DUSSELDORF SCENE OF ANTI-FRENCH DISORDERS
DRY AGENT COMING NORTH TO INSPECT CONDITIONS
DRY OFFICIAL IS COMING
TO LOOK OVER ALASKA
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—Dr. R. 0.
Matthews, special assistant to Pro
hibition Commissioner Haynes, left
for Alaska this week aboard the
steamer Northwestern, accompanied
by Prohibition Director Marshal, of
Alaska.
Matthews says he has secured a
pledge form the Canadian author
ities to lend whatever assistance
they can in the renewed war on
liquor smugglers in the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska.
After his inspection of the Alaska
field, Matthews will report to his
chief in Washington and suggest
new campaign methods.
It is understood Matthews wall
confine his inspection to South
eastern and Southwestern Alaska, al
though it is possible he will visit
the Interior if time permits.
OUTLOOK WRITER PREDICTS
BIG INDUSTRY FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 25—
Within the very near future South
eastern Alaska spruce will supply
from thirty to fifty per cent of thc
newsprint paper used in the United
States, according to a statement
made by Sherman Rogers, indus
trial correspondent of The Outlook
who made a trip to Alaska last sum
mer for the purpose of gathering
first hand information, and who is
now writing a series of articles for
The Outlook. The above statement
was made in an address delivered
by Rogers before the Army and
Navy "Club yesterday.
In discussing his recent trip to
the North, Rogers declared that Al
aska needs a governing board, em
powered to settle Alaskan affairs in
Alaska. He admits, however, that
the present bureau chiefs in Alaska
are thoroughly efficient.
GIRL ANARCHIST AT WAR
PARIS. Jan. 25—Germaine Beth
on, a girl anarchist of 20 years, en
tered the office of the Royalist
newspaper L’Action Francais yes
terday and shot and killed Marius
Plateau, one of the officers of the
paper. She then attempted to kill
herself, but was unsuccessful. She
was taken to a hospital, wounded.
DR. JACOBS RELEASED
SAN' DIEGO, Jan. 25—Dr. Louis
Jacobs, who was placed under arrest
here in connection with the death
of Fritzie Mann, was released yes
terday on a writ of habeas corpus.
The police department of Los An
geles. responsible for the arrest of
The doctor, made no effort to pre
vent the issuance of the writ, hav
ing been unable to produce any
evidence connecting the doctor with
the alleged crime.
BAIL FOR HERRIN MEN
MARION, Jan. 23—Eight men.
under indictment in connection with
the Herrin killings, who had been re
fused bail, were released yesterday
when the state’s attorney agreed to
let them out under bonds in the sum
of $20,000 each. The bail a; forth
coming immediately, the bondsmen
including nineteen business men,
bankers and merchantr. The trial
is set for February 12.
REFUGEES ON HIGH SEAS
MANILLA, Jan. 25—A Russian
refugee fleet, without port, bear
ing the remants of the :zars forces
who left Vladivostok when that city
was captured by the Reds, has arriv
ed at Linggayet gulf, 200 miles
north of this port, where :he refu
gees will be cared for until they
can proceed to another port
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MOTHER OF STARR PASSES
NEW YORK. Jan. 25—Mrs. Hen
rietta Farrar, mother of Geraldine
Farrar, movie star, died here yes
terday.
GERMANS ARE FOUND GUILTY;
STRIKERS TIE UP RAILROADS
HARDING NAMES SOUTHERNER
FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 26
President Harding has nominated
Edward T. Sanford. Republican, of
Tennessee, to be associate justice
! of the supreme court of the United
I States supreme court, to fill a va
ancy created by the retirement of
Justice Pitney. Sanford has occupied
a place on the bench as U. S. dis
trict judge of the eastern and mid
'■ die districts of Tennessee since 1908.
1 He was assistant attorney general
under President Roosevelt, was vice
I president of the American Bar As
| sociation and is a recognized legal
authority. He is 57 years old.
JACK NEEDS THE MONEY
WICHITA. Kan., Jap. 26—Jack
Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey,
has decided to “accept the best offer
soon" for a mixed bout between
Dempsey and Strangler Lewis, ac
cording to a telegram received yes
terday by Tom Law, wrestling pro
moter. Law recently wired an offer
j of $300,000 for a bout.
! IRISH TROOPS CAPTURE
STAFF OF REBEL FORCE
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DUBLIN. Jan. 25—National
troops operating from Macroom.
i have captured the staff of the First
Southern division of the irregulars,
| together with all of the records of
the last six months. The coup is
one of the most important made re
cently by the National forces.
RECOGNIZE ALASKA DAY
SEATTLE. Jan. 25—The Young
Men’s Business Club, which is hold
ing its annual meeting aboard the
steamer Northwestern, as the guest
i of the Alaska Steamship Company,
has decided to observe Alaska Day,
October 18.
LIQUOR CAUSES SCANDAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25—
Published reports to the effect that
some of the embassy liquor seized
j in a recent raid came from the
' Cuban legation, resulted yesterday
i in a visit of the Cuban charge
' d’affairs to the state department and
j the issuance of a public statement
in which he declared that he was
entirely ignorant of any alleged
! liquor selling.
SKIPW1TH IN TIGHT HOLE
BASTROP, Jan. 25—Attorney
General Coco has announced that he
will attempt to obtain an indictment
of murder against Captain Skipwith,
head of the Morehouse parish klan,
when the evidence obtained at the
present hearing is laid before the
grand jury.
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REFUGEE SHIPS SAFE
MANILA, Jan. 25—Wireless ad
vices account for all of the Russian
refugee ships, concerning the safety
of which some concern was felt
1 yesterday. Two of the boats are
| returning to Shanghai and the rest
I of the fleet will come here, as pre
j viously announced.
HOUSE FALLS—FOUR DEAD
PITTSBURG, Jan. 25—The col
lapse of a building on twenty-fifth
I street ' yesterday resulted in the
j death of four persons.
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The Valdez term of court will
convene the first of February.
Grand and petit jurors have been
drawn, including a number of Anch
orageites.
MAYENCE, Jan. 25—Fritz Thys-»
sen and the five other industrialistsj
who were tried here on a charge of I
refusing to cooperate with the
French military authorities in the
delivery of coal, were found guilty!
yesterday and heavy fines were im
posed. The prosecution was inclined
to leniency because of the patriotic j
motives which prompted the action |
of the defendant.
Police Under French Order*
The conviction and sentence of:
the industrialists was the signal forj
a demonstration of protest, which;
assumed threatening proportions be-j
fore order was restored. As a result
of the disorder. General Mareschal, j
commanding the French post, has
proclaimed all local German police |
under the authority of the French!
military. This step was taken be
cause the German authorities failed
to make any effort to repress the
demonstration.
Strike Paralyze* Traffic
DUSSELDORF, Jan. 25—Virtual- j
j ly the entire railway system of the!
j Ruhr valley has been paralyzed by
I a strike of trainmen on the main- i
j line on both sides of the Rhine.!
The strike has tied up a stretch of
fifty miles of railroad between We- j
sel, north of Dusseldorf. and Colog-;
ne, south of here. Telegraph and i
telephone employes of the postal1
service have informed General Den
vignes that they will strike at mid
night, and the French commander
has answered by informing them
the leaders of the strike will be
sent to jail.
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Miner* Resume Work
BERLIN, Jan. 25—After being on
strike 24 hours, as a protest against
i the arrest and conviction of mine1
magnates, the miners employed at
j the Thyssen and Stinnes mines have
resumed work “in order to continue
the production of coal for unoccu
pied Germany.”
Isolating Ruhr
ESSEN, Jan. 25—The complete
{isolation of the Ruhr district from
unoccupied Germany is being un
; dertaken today by the French mil
itary authorities.
American* Welcomed
ANTWERP, Jan. 25—A hearty
welcome from the Belgian nation
greeted the homeward bound Amer-,
ican soldiers M. Deveze, minister of
war is quoted as saying "thanks to]
the American boys, unjust aggres-'
sion of which Belgium was the vie- j
tim. did not remain long unpunish- ]
ed.”
The transport St. Mihiel, with the!
last of the American troops from
the Coblenz area, sailed for the
United States at 5:30 this afternoon..
French Use Guns
DUSSELDORF, Jan. 25—Violent1
demonstrations occurred on the
streets of this city last night, in
connection with a general two-hour
strike of protest against French oc
cupation of German territory. The
French troops fired several shots in
to the crowd, wounding one Ger
man and quelling the demonstration.
America Keeping Out
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 25
Secretary of State Hughes is auth
ority for the statement that he has
instructed Roland Boyden, American
representative on the reparations
committee, not to express any opin
ion reparding the reparations set
tlement during committee discus
sions and to refrain from “urging
consideration of his suggestions in
the absence of instructions from the
department.”
American Troop» Leave
EHREBREITSTELN, Jan. 25—
The American flag was hauled down
here at noon yesterday, the action
signalizing the departure of the
American troops, thus ending Ameri
can military participation in the oc
cupation of the Rhine area.
The first trains -with members of
the expeditionary forces left Cob
lenz for Antwerp yesterday morning
and will proceed to the United
States at once. No shots were fired
in salute as the flag was lowered,
as the occasion was one not calling
for such action.
High Tribute For Boys
COBLENZ. Jan. 25—Major Gen
eral Henry T. Allen, .American com
mander, has received a letter from
Chancellor Cuno. conveying the com
pliments of the German government
on the departure of the American
forces, and asserting that their con
duct has been exemplary.
In reply to a letter received from
General Degoutte, commander of the
French forces in Germany, General
Allen stated that formal transfer of
the Amerian zone to the French
military authorities would be made
on January 27.
MUST AID DRY SQUAD
NEW YORK, Jan. 25—All coast
Guard stations have received orders
to tiie effect that, as representatives
of the treasury department, they
must assist in the prevention of
smuggling. This is the fiiVt general
order issued ince the rum fleet ap
peared off the coast of New Jersey
a fortnight ago.
SORRY HE LEFT ALASKA
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—Dominic
Zucko, aged 48 years, who came
here, recently after a stay of twenty
years in Alaska, has been taken to
the city hospital for observation af
ter two unsuccessful attempts to
hang himself.
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CREDITS FOR EUROPE
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 25—
The senate agricultural committee
has favorably reported Senator Nor
beck’s bill providing for the ap
: propriation of 250 million dollars
for the establishment of credits in
Europe for the purchase of Ameri
; can agricultural products.
WEATHER BAD AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 25—
Inclement weather continues to pre
vent President Harding from leaving
! the White House, although General
Sawyer announces that he is “quite
all right.”
READY TO USE MILITARY
BASTROP, Jan. 25—Governor
Parker has announced that he will
declare martial law if threats are
made against any of the state’s wit
nesses at the Morehouse kidnapping
hearing.
DEATH BEATS OFFICERS
TACOMA, Jan. 25—Horace Hen
dricks, son of a w-ealthy Central
contractor, was accused of murder
ing Mark Crowder, Seattle taxicab
driver, committed suicide yesterday
when about to be arrested in a
Centralia restaurant. A letter found
on the dead man’s body indicated
that he had been planning to kill
himself for some time and denied
any connection with the killing of
1 Crowder.
FEDERAL AGENTS DISCOVER
CLUE TO SEATTLE MURDER
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—Federal nar
cotic agents have uncovered new j
evidence which may lead to the dis
covery of the murderer of Patrol
man Charles Legate, who was found
dead in a garage on March 17, last
year. The agents believe Legate
was killed while engaged in an
effort to clear his beat of drug ped- i
dlers, according to Chief of Police
Severyns, who has inaugurated a ;
new investigati n.
NEW ALASKA CABLE ITEM
IS APPROVED BY SOLONS
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—A Washing
ton dispatch to the Seattle Times
says “the reconstruction of the;
Alaska military cable from Seattle
to Sitka, and the pledge that the ;
work will be extended to Seward,
with the possibility that the cable1
eventually will form the first link ,
in a Trans-Pacific cable, is assur-1
ed by the action of the house of
representatives yesterday, approving
without a dissenting vote, the cable
item of $750,000 in the army ap
propriation bill.”
Special advices state that the
house not only has granted a direct
appropriation but also authorized the,
making of a contract for the com- j
pletion of the work at double the
amount appropriated.
LISTENING FOR CALL
N’EW ORLEANS, Jan. 25—Wil
liam McAdoo, former secretary of
the treasury and founder of the fed-i
era! reserve system, who arrived!
here yesterday enroute to Los Ange
les, declined to discuss politics when
approached by newspapermen, but
said that if a man should be offered
the presidential nomination he:
should not decline it.
CROWELL DENIES GUILT
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 25
Benedict Crowell, former assistant
secretary of war, has entered a plea i
of not guilty to the indictment I
charging him and six others with •
conspiracy in connection with the I
construction of war-time camps.
TURKS REJECT PROPOSAL
LAUSANNE, Jan. 25—The Turk
ish delegation at the Near East con
ference has rejected the British pro-'
position that the dispute over the ,
Mosul oil fields be submitted to j
the League of Nations for settle-1
ment.
IRELAND EXECUTES TWO
WATERFORD, Ireland. Jan. 25
Two men, residents of Cork, were
executed at the Waterford infantry
barracks this morning, following
their conviction on a charge of
having firearms in their possession.
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OREGON BANK ROBBED
SHERIDAN, Ore. Jan. 25—Rob
bers entered the First National Bank
here last night and escaped with
an undetermined amount of securi
ties contained insafe deposit boxes.
“Marty” Martini, who pitched for:
Anchorage part of the last baseball
season, has been signed up by the(
Seattle baseball club of the Pacific I
Coast league and will appear in the j
Indian uniform this coming season, j
Martini is a southpaw and throws
a wicked fast ball and with the
proper coaching should go up in the j
next few years.
STEESE APPEALS TO SENATE
FOR INCREASE FOR ROADS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 25—1
Col. J. G. Steese, chairman of the
AlasKa Road Commission, appeared
at a senate committee hearing yes
terday for the purpose of urging
an increase in the amount allowed
in the house appropriation for wa
gon road construction in Alaska.
The bill as passed by the house
provides for an appropriation of
$405,000 and Steese has asked the
senate committee to increase the
amount to $1,096,000.
DRY CHIEF SAYS POISON
TAKING FORM OF SCOTCH
Seattle, Jan. 25—Thousands of
cases of poisonous liquor, including
raw moonshine and re-distilled de
natured alcohol, are parading un
der the guise of Scotch whiskey,
flooding the markets of the Pacific
Northwest, according to Dr. R. D.
Mathews, special assistant to Proh,
bition Commissioner Haynes.
Dr. Mathews arrived here Sunday
night enroute to Alaska. He will
be accompanied on the northern trip
, by Director Marshal, of Alaska, leav
: ing sometime this week.
BITUMINOUS WAGE SCALES
1 ARE FIXED AT CONFERENCE
—
j NEW YORK, Jan. 25—The con
ference between bituminous miner?
< and operators came to a scucessful
conclusion yesterday with the sign
| ing of a newr wage agreement cov
ering a period of one year, and in
' eluding the tri-state competitive
field, composed of Oh:o, Illinois and
■Indiana.
This agreement fill be used a- a
standard in fixing wages and work
i ing conditions througout we remain
der of the bituminous territory
BASTROP HEARING ENDED
KLAN HELD RESPONSIBLE
BASTROP, Jan. 25—The state's
' open hearing in connection with the
Morehouse kidnappings was conclud
ed today, after being in progress
since January 5. Leon Jones, of
(Moselle, Miss., was the last w itness
; to testify. He said he saw two cars,
with masked men, near Lake L-.
, Fourche, on the night of August 24.
Attorney General Coco made a
statement today in which he charged
j the Ku Kiux K!an with responsibility
j for numerous outrages in Morehouse
i parish. He said the “proof is con
| vincing that since the advent of the
K!an in this parish which has grad
ually arisen a condition' of disorder
and lawlessness which has riper, d
into supercession of constituted au
thority by the Klan and the estab
I shment of a government of its own
from which a reign of terror and
choas has resulted. The parish was
on the brink of riot and. bloodshed
when the governor sent the mili
tary here. While it may be conceded
that many klansmen did net actual
ly participate in and encourage acts
of lawlessness, they nevertheless
may be deemed responsible there
fore by reason of their silence and
inaction.”
Judge William Barnette, cousel
for Dr. McKoin. Jeff Burnett and
Newt Gray, who were identified
as members of masked parties, has
issued a statement attacking the le
gality of the hearing and the testi
mony adduced. He says the test:
mony did not show any connection
of the Ku Klux Klan with the mur
der of Richards and Daniel, or any
other misdemeanors. He declared
that the entire activity of the klan
had been toward law enforcement
and enforcement of the moral code.
Luther Schooling returned to
town today from a visit in Fairbanks
Mrs. Schooling will remain in the
upper town several days as the
guest of Mrs. G. A. McQuarrie.