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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENAN A, ALASKA. SATURDAY. MAY 14. I Oil
NUMBER 17
REPORT SAYS SENTIMENT FAVORS BILL
LL6YD GEORGE SAYS POLES HAVE BROKEN PACT
LABOR LEADERS PREPARE REPORTS ON LEGISLATION
FEDERATION WILL FIGHT
ANTI-LABOR LEGISLATION
CINCINNATI May 14—The ex
ecutive council of the American
Federation of Labor, which has
been in session in this city during
the past several days, preparing its
report to be submitted at the an
nual convention of the federation to
be held at Denver, completed its
labors today. The report is a volu
minous document, containing a com
plete list of bills affecting organ
ized labor, introduced during the
last session of Congress.
The report approves the Johnson
measure calling for an investigation
of the West Virginia coal mine
strike, and another bill which would
legalize the right of labor repre
♦ sentatives to solicit members, re
gardless of any individual contract
they might have with their employ
ers.
The report condemns the Poin
dexter anti-strike bill, the Graham
sedition bill, the Blanton anti-pick
ing bill.
The Borah measure, intended to
protect the individual rights of citi
^ zens, will have the support of the
federation.
PERSHING CHIEF OF STAFF
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14
Secretary of War Weeks has an
nounced the selection of General
Pershing to be chief of staff of the
American army. As chief he will
direct the training of the regular
army and organized reserves, re
taining all the duties assigned to
him as chief of staff. Major General
Harbourd, as assistant to the chief,
will take over the administration
details heretofore handled by the
chief, leaving Pershing free to de
vote his time to the organization and
training of the army.
RELIGION STIRS MEXICANS
MEXICO CITY, May 14—Twenty
persons were killed and scores in
jured in a battle which was staged
at Morelia, state of Michoacan, be
tween police and Catholics. The po
lice, backed by the unsolicited aid
of radicals, charged groups of Cath
olics who were demonstrating against
the alleged desecration of their
churches by the radicals.
A cigarette making machine in
vented by an Englishman that turns
out 650 a minute is claimed to be
the speediest in the world.
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WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST
FOR DEATH OF HUSBANDS
SALT LAKE. May 14—Lyda
Meyer, charged with the murder of
her fourth husband, at Twin Falls,
Idaho, last September, and who re
cently married her fifth husband,
has been placed under arrest at
Honolulu, according to information
received here today. The authorities
are investigating the death of three
other husbands, an infant child and
the brother of the woman’s first
husband, all of whom have died
under strange circumstances with
in the past few years. It is alleged
that the suspect carried insurance
on all of her supposed victims.
COURT FREE I. W. W’S.
KANSAS CITY, May 14—Twenty
of the 28 Industrial Workers con
victed in the federal court of Kan
sas in December, 1919, will be re
leased as the result of a decision
rendered this week by the circuit
court of appeals at St. Paul. The j
decision sets aside the first of four
counts on which the men were con
victed.
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| RUPERT HAS LAUNCHING
i PRINCE RUPERT, May 14—The
i first steel vessel ever built here, was!
launched this week. The vessel was
' built for the Canadian merchant
marine.
FIRST BOAT IS DUE TONIGHT;
WILL MAKE TRIP TO GIBBON
The A. Y. N. steamer Alaska,
which wintered at Tolovana, will be
the first boat into port, being due i
from winter quarters sometime to
night or tomorrow.
Upon arrival here, the Alaska1
j will prepare for a voyage to Tanana,
| where connection will be made with
;the steamer Yukon, for Dawson and
j upper Yukon river points. The Yu
| kon winteded at Gibbon.
The Alaska will pick up the re
maining part of the Yukon’s cargo
which was brought down river last
fall, and return with it to Nenana.
A considerab'e part of the cargo
of the Yukon was freighted to Ne
nana and Fairbanks during the win
ter but quite a numberof consign
ments are still awaiting delivery.
ASK TO USE SOLDIERS
SAN ANTONIA, May 14—The
commander at Fort Clockett has re
quested permission to place a de
tachment of soldiers aboard Ship
ping Board vessels in the harbor at
Galveston.
A disk phonograph attachment
has been designed to enable persons
to make their own records at home.
With the British and local govern
ments cooperating several wells will
be bored in Papua in a search for
petroleum.
Remarkably rich radium bearing
mineral deposits have been discover
ed in Madagascar.
SEATTLE, May 14—A special
Washington dispatch to the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer says that the hear
ing on the Curry development board
bill, in progress before the house
committee on territories during the
past several days, has developed an
almost unanimous opinion in favor
of the centralization of federal
authority in Alaska.
A number of bureau heads have
voiced opposition to the plan out
lined in the bill, but almost all of
YUKON RIVER ICE MOVES;
FIRST STEAMER DUE SOON
DAWSON, May 14—Bells and
whistles welcomed the breakup of
the Yukon river here on Thursday,
at 12:45. The main river is now
practically clear from Lake Lebarge
to Carmacks and several steamers
are expected to start on their first
trip of the season within the next
few days.
Rivermen predict that Lake Le
barge will open about the first of
June, permitting through navigation
from Whitehorse to the mouth of the
Yukon river.
American Boat* To Carry Ore
Permission has been obtained at
Ottawa for American boats to car
ry ore from the Mayo district, this
action having been taken because
of the shortage of steamers of
Canadian register. There are 2,500
tons of silver ore at Mayo landing
awaiting shipment to the smelter.
APPLICANTS FLASH ROLLS
BUT NOT THE WISE BIRDS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14—Offi
cials of the San Francisco marriage
license bureau say that because
prospective bridegrooms endeavor to
display money in large rolls, their
office is called upon to change more
money daily than any other county
office, except that of the treasurer.
A small boy is kept busy by the
bureau getting $10, $20 and $50
bills changed.
“This is the greatest place in the
world for a man to put up a big
‘front’ ” declares the deputy county
clerk, who is in charge of the license
bureau. “Men, young, middle-aged
and old, come here with their pros
pective brides and take out marriage
licenses. They know the license i3
$2 but they come with about all
the money they can lay their hands
on, done up in a roll
“They change the money before
they come into the biggest bills
they can get and then come out here
and make a flash before their brides
to-be.
“Of course some men do not do
this. The really successful business
man usually pays in silver. It is not
unusual for a wealthy man, particu
ly if it is his second or third mar
riage, to show no bills at all but to
ask the bride if she has any change.
“Men who have been married be
fore generally show the wisdom of
never showing too much money.”
' them admit that there is conflict of
authority under the existing plan
of government and that there is
room for improvement.
Dr. E. A. Sherman, of the forest
sendee, appeared before the com
mittee yesterday, and advocated the
appointment of a man of "assistant
secretary calibre” to represent the
department in the territory, with
j full power to decide matters within
his jurisdiction.
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RED CROSS IS GIVING AID
TO MANY EX-SERVICE MEN
SAX FRANCISCO, May 14—Calls
j for help from veterans of the World
' War and their families to the Red
; Cross are increasing constantly, ac
cording to a statement issued by
the Pacific division of the Red Cross
here today. The peak of the reliei
work has not been reached.
Reviewing the work of the 160
Red Cross chapters in California,
Nevada and Arizona during the last
j twelve months, the statement says
63,733 soldier cases were handled.
During the period $341,018.48 was
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[expended for relief work.
Work of aiding the former sol
diers is handled by Red Cross home
service committees. These same com
mittees started their work during
the war and have continued it since.
In addition to the work conducted
by the various chapters, the state
ment say's, The Pacific Division has
i the highest hospitalization task of
: any of the Red Cross divisions. In
! the western division, there are six
t United States Public Health Service
I hospitals.
I Records in an average month
| show that in that time more than
j 2,000 patients in tihe hospitals were
treated. The six hospitals are Ar
rowhead Hospital, at Arrowhead,
Nevada; Marine Hospital, at San
Francisco; Kearney Hospital, at San
Diego; Palo Alto Hospital, at Palo
AHo, Cal.; Tuscon Hospital, at
Tuscon, and Whipple Barracks Hos
pital, at Prescott, Arizona. In ad
dition to the patients at the Gov
ernment hospitals, 867 patients were
treated in “contract hospitals” in
the division’s territory.
"Hundreds of soldier cases are
brought to the attention of Red
Cross chapters daily” the statement
says. “In 1920 chapters dealing di
rectly with the various Government
departments or indirectly through
national Red Cross headquarters in
Washington, handled, throughout the
nation, more than 200,000 service
claims.”
LIFE TERMER PARDONED
MADISON, May 14—Governor
Blaine has granted a complete par
don to John F. Dietz, known as the
"defender of Cameron dam”, on
the tenth anniversary of his im
prisonment for life for the murder
of Oscar Harp, a deputy sheriff.
Dietz held off a sheriff’s posse for
months, attracting nation-wide at
tention.
DEMAND FOR SEATS LARCE;
MANY EAGER TO SEE BOUT
NEW YORK, May 14—Aitn -ugh
the public sale of seats for the
Dempsey-Carpentier fight, to be held
in New Jersey on July 2, will not
begin for several days, the advance
: demand for reservations insures a
I record-breaking attendance. It is an
I nounced that more that 1,J00 seats
! in the $50 section have already
i been reserved.
| TEXAS CONVICTS ESCAPE
j HUNTSVILLE Texas, May 14—
| More than a score of state con
victs. many of them armed, mutinied
[ yesterday, and made aheir escape
> after storming the arsenal and
! shooting two of the prison guards
AUSTRIA RECOGNIZES MEXICG
j MEXICO CITY, May 14—Accord
' ing to announcement here this week
the Austrian republic has formally
recognized the Obregon government
TURKISH WOMEN MUTINY;
DISCARD THE SACRED VEIL
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 14
I The command of tihe Sheik-ul-Islam.
i Vicar of the Sukan, ordering Turk
; ish women not to appear on thf
’ stage, is being ignored by them. Tin
| German-Austrian and Allied occupa
tions of the city, together with tht
loss of husbands, fathers, brothers,
and the press of poverty, has brot
a new freedom to Turkish women,
j This is daily seen by their clo-thing.
They wear their veils still, instead
of a hat, but turned back and tied
into a pretty knot, after the mannei
of their Russian refugee sisters.
Because of the high price of cloth
Turkish women no longer wear a
multitude of garments, designed ir
old times to hide the outlines of
their figures. Both veil and dresses
are a deep sea blue, instead of the
dull, conventional black once the
custom. Some affect the homespun
brown dress, the becoming garment
designed by Halide Hanum, the
Nationalist woman leader.
These changes have dissipated the
mystery which once enveloped the
Turkish woman and Americans here
find that she does not differ in looks
very much from others. On the
average, they are not so good look
ing as the American woman. The
differences may be said to lie in
their timidity. Even this quality ia
dissipated quickly when they come
in contact with foreigners, as is the
case in the mixed receptions given at
the Constantinople College for girls
maintained here by Americans. At
such receptions the Turkish girls
and women talk brightly and cleverly
with American naval officers and
other guests, and sometimes take
part in the dancing and flirtations.
By linking a number of lakes and
rivers in a hydroelectric project,
Norkay expects to obtain 320,000
electric horsepower in a single plant.
PREMIER SAYS INSURGENTS
HAVE VIOLATED THE PACT
LONDON", May 14—In a dramatic
address delivered before the house
of commons yesterday. Premier
Lloyd George declared that the Pol
j ish insurgents in Upper Silesia have
been guilty of complete defiance of
the terms of the Versailles peace
treaty.
Hostilities Stop
j It is reported that negotiations
between the Allied commission and
Adelbert Korfanty, leader of the
Polish insurgents, have resulted in a
suspension of hostilities.
KING RECEIVES HARVEY
LONDON, May 14—The king re
ceived Col. George Harvey, Ameri
can ambassador, this waek.
COULDN’T GET THE PROOF
CHICAGO. May 14—Members of
the railway lobar organizations made
formal admission before the railway
labor board this week that they had
ifailed in their efforts to prove the
authenticity of a letter alleged to
have been written by a Pennsyl
vania railway official, ordering the
defamation of labor .organization:.
if necessary, in obtaining desired in
formation. Reference to the ettcr
was withdrawn from the record* of
the board.
FOUR KILLED ON BORDER
j PIKEVILLE, Ky„ May 14—Four
persons have been killed and one
wounded in the fighting along the
West Virginia border, according to
reports received here.
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UNION OFFICIALS CONVICTED
CHICAGO, May 12—Edwin H.
Graves and Roy Hull, officials of the
Upholsterers union, who were tried
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,on a charge of causing and inciting
slugging, bomb throwing and other
violence during last year’s strike,
. were found guilty yesterday and
sentenced to serve from one to five
j years, in addition to which they
must pay a fine of $2,000 each.
TINCHER BILL PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 14—
The lower house of Congress has
approved the Tincher bill, regulaing
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dealings in grain futures. The bill
now goes to the senate for final
consideration.
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