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THE NENANA NEWS
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VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, SEPT. 1. 1921
NUMBER 63
RAILROADS HID BIG PROFITS IS CHARGE
AIRPLANES SCATTER PROCLAMATION IN SOUTH
YAP MANDATE ISSUE TO BE SETTLED WITHOUT ROW
YAP ISSUE TO BE SETTLED
JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS SAY
TOKIO. Sept. 1—The Japanese
foreign office has received ad'vices,
according to Tokio newspapers, in
dicating that the points at issue be
tween Japan and the United States
over the control of Yap Island will
soon be settled on the following
1 basis: first, that the United States
will recognize the Japanese man
date over the island; second, that
the United States will control the
cable between Yap and Guam; and
third, the cable connecting Japan,
Yap and Menado, is to be settled
on a basis giving recognition to
Holland's rights therein.
f ALASKA WOMAN RACES DEATH
SEATTLE. Sept. 1—Death won
a five months race from the frozen
North this week when Mrs. Alice
Stanwood Parrott, of Oakland, died
at the entrance to Puget Sound, on
board the radio supply ship Saturn,
after a trip by dog team, gas boats
and ocean vessels from McGrath,
far up the Kuskokwim river. Mrs.
Parrott was accompanied on the
journey by her daughter, mrs. H.
» V. Werner, and a granddaughter of
11 years. Mrs. Parrott realized that
she had not long to live and wanted
to reach Oakland before the end
came. She was paralyzed but set out
bravely upon the difficult journey
and almost won. Mrs. Werner's
husband was ill when the party
left McGrath, but his condition was
not considered serious.
CORONER CLEARS SUSPECT
PENDLETON, Sep:. 1-^Jessie E.
Brunn, charged with the murder of
Louis P-agains. at a cabin 40 miles
southeast of this city, has been ex
onerated by a coroner's jury, the
verdict of the investigators being
that the killing was done in self
defense.
A. F. OF L. WILL NOT ACT
ATLANTIC CITL, Sept. 1—The
executive councir of the American
Federation of Labor has decided to
take no action in the matter of
railway wage reductions, but will
stand ready to aid in any way pos
sible.
ANOTHER BODY RECOVERED
HULL. England. Sept. 1—Divers
who are engaged in serching the
wreck of the big British dirigible,
have recovered the body of Air
Commodore Maitland, of the British
flying forces.
BREAK IS NOT SERIOUS
CHICAGO, Sept. 1—Union officials
are minimizing the break in har
mony between the Big Four brother
hoods and the Switchmen’s Union
of North America, over the form
of ballots maile ’ to the membership.
The Switchmen claim that the form
of ballot sent out by the Brother
hoods did not state the case fully,
so it was decided to send out a
special form to the switchmen.
FILM COMPANY IN BAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 30—
The Famous Players Lasky Corpora
tion, a moving picture concern of
large proportions, has been cited by
the federal trade commission to
answer to complaints that it is
violating the anti-trust laws.
HUGE R. R. PROFITS CONCEALED
TO PREVENT PUBLIC PROTESTS
AMUNDSEN’S SHIP IN PORT;
SAILS SOUTH WITHOUT AID
PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. 1—The
Arctic exploration ship Maude, on
which Amundsen started for the.
North Pole, and which was disabled i
off the Siberian coast through the
loss of a propeller, arrived here yes
j terday under sail, having made the
! voyage from Dutch Harbor in 24
j days.
The vessel will go to Seattle for
; repairs, it being the plan of the ex
plorer to make another start for the
Polar regions next summer. The
vessel has a crew of six Eskimo,:
the only whites on board being O.
: Wisting, master; H. U. Sverdrup,
I noted Norwegian scientist, and G.
! E. Olonkin, Russian engineer.
The Maude was towed to Nome
j from the Arctic and arrangements
, were made to bring the vessel the
| rest of the way, under tow. But
| it was later decided to attempt the j
i voyage under sail.
ATLANTIC CITY SCENE OF RAID
ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 30—Pro
hibition agents of the state, assist
ed by private detectives, raided
many Board Walk cafes today, in
' what is described as the greatest
; attempt ever made to make Atlantic
City bone dry. The warrants served
reaced a total of 126 and it is said
i the value of the liquor seized will
run into many thousands of dollars.
GETTING COLD FEET
CHICAGO, Sept. 1—It is believed
that John Worthington, alleged
“master mind” of a band of mad
land bank robbers, whose loot totals
six million dallars, is preparing to
turn state's evidnece. This attitude
was indicated yesterday when Worth
ington asked permission to appear
f in court when Charles W. French
j is arraigned in connection with his
; alleged fifty million dollar swindle,
j Worthington is said to have assisted
' French in putting some of his
schemes across.
GUEST AT EASTERN RESORT
VICTIM OF NERVY HOLDUP
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 1—Miss
Ann Knoeher, of Philadelphia, lost
S10,000 worth of jewelry at the
Sea Front hotel last night. A bandit
forced his way into the lady’s suite,
bound and gagged the fair guest
and then deliberately ransacked her
belongings.
The theft was not discovered by
the authorities until Miss Knoeher
was released by a maid this morn
ing.
IMPORTER HUNT IS GIVEN UP
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 1—
All hope of finding and saving the
Canadian Importer has virtually
1 been abandoned. A message receiv
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! ed in th:s city yesterday from one
of the ships engaged in the search
for the disabled craft said: “The
! general opinion is that the Import -
! er has foundered.”
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 1—
That the Western tailroad;, by the
expansion of their reserve accounts
and setting up exhorbitsnt deprecia
tion charge; against their properties,
have concealed profits aggregating
nearly two hundred million dollars,
is the claim of Clyde M. Reed,
chairman of the Kansas Public
Utilities and spokesman for the
Western grain men.
The charge of huge profits was
made here today in a statement
made by Reed before the Interstate
'Commerce Commission. He asserted
that the railroad profits for 1920
I were the greatest in the history of
the railroads involved, notwithstand
) ing the fact that it was generally
pretended that the amounts were
not sufficient to meet the Govern
ment guarantees.
Reed charged further that the
i public had been misled regarding
i real conditions through the liberal
| use of railroad propoganda.
Reed produced figures in support
I of his charges and challenged the
| railroads to prove him wrong.
FALL VISITING SPIRIT CITY;
TELLS WHAT ALASKA NEEDS
SEATTLE. Sept. 1—Secretary of
the Interior Albert B. Fall discussed
Alaska and its needs in a statement
made upon his arrival in this city
yesterday, on a brief visit to the
Northwest. The secretary said that
he regretted that he would be un
able to visit Alaska at this time but
said “I will do all in my power to
help the territory forward.”
Speaking of the needs of the
Northland, Secretary Fall said: "One
or two things must be done in
Alaska. Capital must be offered in
ducements that will get it into the
territory, or the Government must
perform the functions directly that
capital itself performs.
“Fifty-seven varieties of bureaus
cannot function in the best inter
ests of the territory. The laws of
the domain do not fit Alaska and
the problems in that section of the
country are peculiar to it alone.
Capital is what is needed; moreover,
the laws relating to the territory
must be liberalized if Alaska is to
be developed.”
TRIED TO HOG THE BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Sept. 1—
The Famous Players Lasky Corpora
tion and affiliated concerns "com
bined and conspired to suppress
competeition in interstate commerce
in motion picture films” according
to the official complaint filed yes
terday in the anti-trust proceed
ings instituted against the big con
cern.
BONDED WAREHOUSE LOOTED
SEATTLE, Sept. 1—Discovery
has been made of the theft of
several thousand bottles of whiskey,
gin and wine from the Government
warehouse on the water front. The
vault combination was knocked off
with a sledge hammer and the in
ner door chisled. A complete check
of the remaining liquor will be
necessary to determine the amout
stolen.
BIG NAVAL BALLOON BURNS
NEW YORK, Sept. 1—The dirig
ible balloon D-B, the largest naval
air craft of its type, and a kite bal
loon airplane were destroyed by
fire yesterday at Rockaway Point
Naval Air station. The hangar in
which the big balloon was housed,
was also destroyed.
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NATIVES IN INDIA GIVING
BRITISH TROOPS TROUBLE
LONDON. Sept. 1—The rebels in
the Calicut district, in British India,
have been increased to 15,000 and
the rebellion has been considerably
extended, according to advices re
ceived by the Daily Mail, from *hat
quarter.
A Bombay dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph says all of the
forests surrounding Nilambur palace
have been laid waste and that every
Hindu house has been looted. The
rebel leader has established himself
in the palace as ruler over the dis
trict.
Many Natives Are Killed
CALICUT, Sept. 1—Nearly 700
members of the insurgent bands
have been killed in fights with the
British troops which were sent to
this district to quell the uprising.
A number of Europeans are also
said to have been killed, while 70
members of the Leinster regiment
and 17 native policemen are miss
ing.
A considerable number of blue
jackets and marines have been land
ed to assist in restoring order.
LUMBERMEN STORM CAPITAL
TO LOBBY FOR SHINGLE DUTY
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Sept. 1—
Reports among Northwestern lum
bermen that an attempt would be
made to overturn the import duty
of fifty cents a thousand on shin rles
carried by the Fordney bill, broi nt
a delegation of shingle manufactur
ers before the senate finance co -l
mrttee this week, in defense of th;
schedule.
Representative Johnson, of Wash
ington, headed the delegation and
announced that if there was to be
a fight, “we want to be counted in’’
in support of the duty.
MOTHER CREMATED CHILDREN
MEDFORD, Wis., Sept. 1—Mrs.
Tom Koscileny, wife of a farmer in
Taylor county, has confessed to the
authorities that she cremated her
three children, the charred bodies
of whom were found in the ruins
of a hay barn. The woman admits
that she put the children in the
bam and then set fire to it. Two
of the children were girls, aged
eight and 12, and the third was a
boy, aged 13.
CUTTER BEAR REACHES NOME"
FROM VOYAGE INTO ARCTIC
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NOME. Sept. 1—The U- S. reve
nue cutter Bear, Captain Cochran,
! commander, which left here on July
i 28, enroate to Demarcation Bay. re
turned to port on Sunday, having
been absent in the Arctic just a
month. The cutter reached Point
| Barrow on August 6 and proceeded
i from there to Demarcation Bay, arl
! riving there on August 13. Return
j ing, the cutter followed the same
! course.
Magnetic observations were made
[ at Demarcation Bay by members
, of the U. S. Coast Survey, and the
officers of the cutter also made ob
servations of the ice and meteor
■ oligical conditions in the Arctic.
1 The Bear was the first Govern
ment ship to reach Demarcation Bay
j since 1888. The season is described
; as an open one and the Sskimos
:n that locality are unusually pros
i perous.
1 A number of teachers and church
workers returned on the Bear, en
route to the States.
INJURED RECTOR USES GUN;
DOCTOR NOT WITHIN REACH
COCHRANE, Ontario, Sept. 1—
According to information which has
j just reached this city. Dr. Hay
thomthwaite, Anglican rector at
Moose Factory, shot and killed him
j self when crazed with pain after
j laying for weeks with a compound
; fracture of the shoulder, unaided
medically.
The rector was principal of the
Indian school at Moose Factory and
was cared for by the Indians after
he was injured, but they were un
j able to treat the injury effectively,
; and the unfortunate man grew
1 steadily worse until the pain finally
upset his mind. The nearest doctor
was 180 miles distant.
WHIPPED FOR BEATING WIFE
j TEXARKANA, Sept. 1—W. M.
Thompson, who is under bond to
appear in court on a charge of wife
beating, was taken out of town last
night by unknown parties and treat
ed to a severe whipping, after which
he was brought back to town and
dumped in the street in front of
the office of the “Four States Press”
bound and gagged. The identity of
the whipping party was concealed
! by masks.
SEATTLE BANK HELD UP
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SEATTLE, Sept. 1—A lone bandit
entered the Green Lake State Bank
yesterday morning at nine o’clock,
and bound and gagged Fred Haug
boy, who had opened the bank door
an hour previously, and locked As
sistant Cashier J. B. Hanlon in the
vault, after which he helped himself
to the cash on the counters, amount
ing to about $4,000. Hanlon later
escaped from the vault by means
of a screw driver, and gave the
alarm.
PROCLAMATION DISTRIBUTED
IN SOUTH BY AERIAL SCOUTS
CHARLESTON, \V. Ya.. Sept. 1—
The proclamation of President Hard
ing, calling upon the people of the
disturbed coal mine region in this
state to disperse and return to their
homes, has been scattered over the
district by means of airplanes, all
of yesterday afternoon having been
devoted to the work in order that
no locality might be overlooked.
Print shops at Logan were kept busy
Tuesday night turning out thous
ands of copies of the document,
which calls upona 11 persons en
gaged in “unlawful and insurrec
tionary proceedings” to return to
their homes not later than noon to
day.
The incident recalls the fact that
martial law has not been declared
by the federal government in any
state since the reconstruction days.
Weeks Gives Instructions
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 1—
Final instructions for handling the
situation in West Virginia were
given to General Bandholts yester
day afternoon by Secretary of War
Weeks, and at an early hour this
morning everything was in readiness
to fill the district with federal
troops in case of failure of the
armed bands to disperse.
Deputy Sheriff Killed
LOGAN', Sept. 1—Deputy Sheriff
John Gore was killed yesterday
morning in a fight between the
border patrol and an armed bandit
on Blair Mountain. This is the first
casualty since the state police, vol
unteers and deputy sheriffs assem
bled here to resist the threatened
invasion by armed forces.
Reports sent to the office of Gov
ernor MoMrgan yesterday stated that
firing had become quite general all
along the Boone-Logan line, follow
ing the death of Gore. The governor
was also informed of the killing of
a miner and the capture of a depu
ty sheriff in the brush at Crooked
Creek.
Former Soldiers In Action
WETCH, Sept. 1—Answering the
call of Governor Morgan. 500 ex
service men. members of the Mc
Dowell County post of the American
Legion, left for Logan in automo
biles, under the command of Maj.
W. E. Eubank. .Sheriff Hatfield re
ported at that time that the tension
was running high and that trouble
might be expected at any moment.
Miners Are Concentrating
MADISON', Sept. 1—Disregarding
the proclamation of President Hard
ing, armed men are making their
way to the concentration camps
around Blair, Clothier and Jeffery.
They have been passing through
this city all day, their number be
estimated at not less than 500. One
train, controlled by miners and con
sisting of an engine and four flats,
went from Whitesville to Clothier.
It earned men and a number of
machine guns. Sheriff Hull estimates
that that “there can be no less than
8,000 or 10,000” minr-s at least
now assembled re„dy for action.
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Bowen were
yesterday’s arrivals from the Can
yon district and report a most en
joyable outing.