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THE NENANA NEWS
j, VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1923
NUMBER 406
FRANCE SENDS MORE TROOPS INTO RUHR
• PIS TURBANCES OCCUR ATP USSELDORF AND ESSEN
MAIL SACK CONTAINING BIG SUM IS LOST NEAR OPHIR
TURKS AND CREEKS WILL
SIGN SPECIAL AGREEMENT
LAUSANNE, Jan. 27—Two separ
ate conventions between Turkey and
Greece will be signed on Monday, j
according to announcement made to
day. This action will be taken re
gardless of the fate of the general
peace conference.
One of the the conventions pro
vides for the mutual return of pri-!
soners of war and hostages, and the i
other provides for the compulsory j
exchange of minority populations.
Both conventions will become ef
fective immediately after signing.
PROHIBITION FAKER MUST
SHOW WHERE MONEY WENT
NEW YORK, Jan. 27—Long smoul
dering accusations of misappropria
tion, malfeasance, blackmail and ex
tortion burst into flames yesterday
when William R. Anderson, super- [
intendent of the New York branch
of the Anti-Saloon league, and na
tionally known “dry" crusader was
summoned to the office of the dis
trict attorney for examination.
The investigation concerns certain
financial transactions within the
league involving funds donated by
its supporters. It was stated by
District Attorney Benton that some j
of the accusations, made by Berthall j
Phillips who, until last year, w^s,
chief financial field representative!
were that the league’s chief for;
many months carried out a private
arrangement whereby he split fifty
fifty on commissions on donations
solicited by Phillips; also that An-.
derson falsified the official accounts
of the league which is incorporated, j
thereby committing felony.
REFUGEE SHIP LOST
MANILLA, Jan. 27—One of the j
Russian refugee ships is reported to
have been lost off Ermosa. but it ;s !
not known how many lives were;
lost. All of the other ships of the |
fleet are safe. The refugees have i
about $10,000 in American gold.
TWO MORE GO IN ERIN
DUBLIN, Jan 27—Two were ex-i
ecuted in Mary borough this morn
ing for possessing firearms.
AMERICAN DIES ABROAD
LONDON, Jan. 27—Fred Moore
Woolworth, prominent American
business man, died here today after
a long illness. He was London direc
tor of a chain store organization,j
subsidiary of the Woolworth store
organization in the United States.
LUMBER COMPANY BUILDING
MODEL TOWN AT LONGVIEW
LONGVIEW, Jan. 27—The Long
view News, published by T. P. Fisk,
and C. E. Lombardi, made its ini
tial appearance today. Longview is
a made-to-order city, founded by
the Long Bell Lumber Company,
which predicts a population of 50,
000 within ten years. City planners
are laying out wide streets and al
leys and the plans call for a model
waterworks and sewage system, with
centers. It is located near Kelso.
GERMAN STRIKE EXTENDED
COBLENZ, Jan. 27—The general
railroad strike in the German oc
cupied area has been extended to
the former American zone, the
train workers having walked out
this afternoon, following the for
mal transfer of the zone to the
French military authorities.
CHARLEY TO WED
DEL MONTE. Cal. Jan. 27—An
army of reporters and camera men
are gathering here in anticipation
of the reported wedding of Charley
Chaplin and Pola Negri. The wed
ding is supposed to take place to
morrow. No announcement has been
made but it has been learned from
confidential sources that the bride
to-be is making the necessary ar
rangements.
FRENCH FORCES RUHR VALLEY
FACE SULLEN GERMAN PUBLIC
DRY NAVY FOR WEST COAST
WILL BATTLE WITH BOOZE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27—Part
I of the nine million dollars voted by
| Congress for the enforcement of the
! dry law will be used for the estab
i lishment of a prohibition fleet, to
j be known as the “United States
Pacific Coast Dry Navy” for com
batting rum runners in the Pacific,
according to announcement made by
Samuel F. Rutter, federal prohibi
| tion director. The navy will be pat
terned after New York’s famous
| Bootleg chasers. It is not known
; when the new fleet will go into
commission, the plans being care
fully guarded.
BARUCH URGES ACCEPTANCE
OF OFFER OF HENRY FORD
WASHINGTON, D. . Jan. 27—
Bernard M. Baruch, war-time chair
man of the -war industries board, has
cubmitted a special report to the:
American Farm Bureau federation
in which he recommends the ae
I ceptance of the offer of Henry
jFord for the Muscle Shoals plant,
i providing no better offer is available
He suggests the requirement for
j the actual production of nitrogen
ifor fertilizer to the amount of 40,
i O00 tons a year.
BIG DREDGE IS NEARING
BERTH ON GANES CREEK
The hauling of the Innoko dredge
from Nixon Forks to Ganes creek is
progressing favorably says the Kus
ko Times. Quite a tonnage is al
i ready landed on No. 6 Ganes, where
| the dredge will be constructed and
I many of the heavier pieces are
!“over the hump” at Tacotna. The In
! noko Dredging Company have been
j unfortunate in losing two valuable
j horses within the past six weeks,
j Both horses were opened up, dis
I closing a condition where death was;
| caused by congested lungs in one,
land the other horse died from acute
j gastritis, caused by colic.
Two four-horse teams belonging
I to this company, together with three
cayuses. using double-enders, are
moving seventy-five tons of feed
from Fairview to Ophir. At present
the work is centralized in the haul
from Max Simel’s to the summit;
when this is complete the Ophir-sum
mit trail will be broken and kept
open until the work is completed,
j On this work are A. M. Donald,
| “Red” Beban and John Heine.
On Ganes creek the barring of the
ground for frost, as well as the
making of wood roads, is practically
completed. The dredge company
has built a commodious warehouse
on No. 6, at the old camp, which
is being used as a barn this winter.
' Over a dozen men are engaged on
I wood contracts and expect to com- j
| plete such before the end of Feb
1 ruary.
The loading of material at the
Forks is in charge of Hank Wallick,
| who is universally known as “the
■ man with the big lift”. Assisted by
! Mike Bozich they handle the heav
iest material a sourdough derrick,
which does the work efficiently.
Mrs. E. Scataglini, on whose per-!
son a bottle of intoxicating liquor
was found by officers recently at
Juneau was found guilty by a jury
in U. S. Commissioner Paine’s court
and sentenced to pay a fine of
$1,000 and thirty days in jail, j
Through her attorney. H. L. Faul
kner, she appealed to the higher
court.
LONDON, Jan. 27—Reports from
the Ruhr district state that serious
disorders occurred at Dusseldorf and
Essen yesterday, the disturbances
reaching: such proportions that it
was necessary for the French troops
to open fire on the rioters, with the
result that two Germans were wound
ed.
The French are reported to have
taken strong military precautions
to prevent a recurrence of trouble.
Artillery has been posted about Es
sen and two additional army corps
have been ordered hastily from Al
sace-Lorraine.
Nineteen arrests were made yes
terday at Dusseldorf, the prisoners
including Burgomaster Schmidt and
Dr. Mexle, director of police, both
of whom will be courtmartialed as
a result of their failure to preserve
order. Dusseldorf is virtually under
martial law today, with additional
French troops pouring into the Ruhr
district from all directions to steng
then~the military control. „ _
Quiet prevails today both in Es
sen and Dusseldorf, but the popula
tion is in a sullen mood and the
ranks of the strikers are increas
| ing hourly. Telegraph workers have
notified the French military auth
orities that they will go out on
strike on Monday if the French
| troops are not withdrawn by that
! time. The rail strike is still in force,
I the transportation system being
completely tied up. It is estimated
that 150,000 miners are idle and
the number of unemployed is as
suming large proportions.
Germans In Default
PARIS, Jan. 27—The Allied re
' parations commission has formally
! declared Germany in default of all
her reparations obligations to
France and Belgium.
Little Entente Offers Aid
PARIS. Jan. 27—The Little En
tente, through Czechoslovakia, plans
I to offer its sendee as; mediator to
settle the differences between
i France and Germany.
Americans Withdraw
COBLENZ. Jan. 27—The Ameri
can holdings on the Rhine were for
I mally transferred to the French mil
itary authorities at noon today.
THOUSANDS STOLEN
AS CARRIER SLEEPS
Enroute to the Iditarod district to
investigate the theft of between
$30,000 and $50,000, which was
stolen from the mails early this
month. Postmaster Inspector Pink
ham and Deputy Marshal Pete Mc
Mullen left Kobi Wednesday morn
ing, accompanied by Tom Aitken,
well known mining man, to whom
the larger part of the money was
consigned. Inspector E. G. Wetzler
*left Nenana for the scene of the
robbery ithin a few days after it
had been reported, going by way
of Tanana and the Yukon river,
and probably is on the ground by
this time.
The robbery was reported on Jan
uary 2 by Mail Carrier Duffy, on
his arrival at McGrath from Flat.
The registered pouch containing the
money was taken from the Miners
& Merchants Bank at Iditarod, on
December 29, by Duffy, and carried
14 miles to the Schirmeyer road
house, where he stopped that night.
He went to Fritz’s roadhouse the
next day and to Ophir the following
day, where it was discovered the
pouch was missing.
Upon arrival at McGrath, Duffy
notified Postmaster Clough of the
robbery and she immediately no
tified Inspector Wetzler, at Nenana,
and Alvah Eames, on the coast.
The missing pouch is supposed to
have contained $30,000 in currency
for Tom Aitken, for which he had
been waiting several weeks; and
$2,700 returns for furs shipped. It
is estimated at McGrath that the
loss may reach $50,000.
Nellie Bates, known as the “Black
Bear” was a passenger on the mail
stage for Takotna, and there were
several others at the Schirmeyer
roadhouse on the night the mail ar
rived there.
It is believed at McGrath they
had plenty of time to plant the
currency. The report received by
The News this morning says:“seeret
service men should have been at
work two weeks ago but nothing
has been done, so far as known, up
to the present.” It is apparently not
known at McGrath that Wetzler is
headed for the scene of the robbery
from -one direction and that Pink
ham is now enroute from another
direction.
The Anchorage Times is authori
ty for the statement that the rob
bery was reported on January 7,
to Deputy Marshal Pete McMullen,
who in turn, reported the matter to
the postoffice inspector at Seattle.
The Times also says the stolen mon
ey left Anchorage for Nenana on
October 31 and that the mail pouch
containing the currency has been
traveling about the Interior ever
since. The Anchorage report says
Chester Brink and Vivian Howard
were with the mail party, in ad
dition to Nellie Bates. It is ex
plained that when the money reach
ed McGrath from Nenana, the post
master was unable to unlock the ro
tary lock and sent the pouch on to
Iditarod, where keys for rotary locks
are held. The lock was changed
there and the pouch started on its
return trip to McGrath, where the
money was to be transferred to Ta
kotna to Tom Aitken’s Candle creek
dredge, for use in meeting the pay
roll. The money was insured.
MOB SPECIAL
CLEVELAND, Jan. 27—D. B.
Robinson, president of the Brother
! hood of Locomotive Fireman and
Engineers, has issued a statement
in which he charges that a “mob
special,” carrying armed men was
(run over the tracks of the
the Missouri & North Arkansas rail
j road for the purpose of inflicting
' punishment upon striking employes
| of the railroad.
PAUL BORAK INJURES HAND
Paul Borak member of the Ne
nana-Fairbanks train crew, had the
misfortune to get his hand caught
in a coupling yesterday with the re
sult that it was necessary for Dr.
J. H. Romig to remove portions of
two fingers of his left hand. Due
to the fact that he was able to re
ceive prompt surgical attention, the
injured man is doing nicely today.
i
PAUL S. REINCSH PASSES
WAS AUTHORITY ON CHINA
SHANGHAI, Jan. 27—Dr. S.
Reincsh, counsellor for the Chinese
: government, died here yesterday
: morning, shortly before noon. He
i contracted an illness while in in
i terior China and came here several
| weeks ago for the benefit of his
health. He was bom in Milwaukee.
■June 1870, and w-as, for some time,
American minister to China, a post
which he relinquished in 1919.
Dr. Reincsh was. among foreign
admittedly one of the best informed
concerning the complex problems of
China. His death came within a
. few weeks after the cunsumation
; of the plan which he consistently
j sponsored, for the return to China,
of Germany's former holdings in
; Shantung.
| He was noted as an authority on
i legal economics subjects and was
a recognized authority on the Far
I East.
BRITISH PAYMENT PLAN
YvAShiNG’lON. U. C. Jan. 27—
J It became Known today tnat the
| American debt funding commission
! in us negotiations witn the British
on the funding of war debts, sug
gested an interest rate ox three
per cent lor tne nrst ten years, ana
three and one-half per cent there
after. with provisions "or liquidating
tne entire obligation in 82 years.
| I he suggestion included provision
I for stated annual payments and a.i
| amortization rate of one and one
half per cent in addition to the year
i iy payments on the principal.
ANOTHER ALASKA VOLCANO
JOINS GROUP OF ACTIVES
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 27—Wire
less advices from the lower end of
the laska peninsula say Mount Mat
ses is in eruption, with a heavy
volume of smoke issuing from the
crater. The eruption followed two
earthquakes, both of which were
felt here, the first being sufficient
ly severe to knock bottles from the
shelves of drug stores, and dishes
from the shelves of local kitchens.
Mount Matses is in the vicinity
of Pavloff, which was the scene of
considerable disturbance recently.
GERMAN POLICE TO DIE
j A1X LA CHAPPELLE, Jan. 27—
: Three members of the German
Green police have been sentenced1
to death following their conviction
by court martial of the assassina
tion of a Belgian lieutenant last
March near Dusseldorf.
Someone located Barney Simons!
in a First avenue store the other j
day, says the Seattle Alaska Dis- j
patch. Barney sent out for his lunch 1
and one of the biggest trucks in
Seattle backed up with it. “That
must be for Barney Simons.” said;
a Northerner. Investigation disclosed '
it to be true.
The Eagles of Ketchikan are cal
ling for bids for the construction of
a new halL
Lipman Simson, who came over'
from Anchorage on. the Tuesday*
train, returned to the coast last
night.
Harry Averill former Fairbanks
reporter has been elected vice pdesi-,
dent of the Kittittas county fair'
board.
HEAD OF KLAN SAYS QUIZ
AT BASTROP WAS FRAMEUP
CHICAGO, Jan. 27—Hiram Wesley
Evans, imperial wizard of the Ku
Khix Klan, has issued a statement
in which he declares the investi
gation of the Mer Rouge killings
was a “frameup on the klan staged
by its enemies and presented by Gov
ernor Parker.” He asserted that the
investigation had “signally failed.”
Evans further declared that Gov
ernor Parker had prossituted his
office for “political purposes.”
“To vent his spleen or gain no
toriety” he had sought to indict the
klan rather than apprehend the
criminals. He averted in conclusion
that the open hearing had shown
that the klan did not participate
in lawlessness of any kind.
OKLAHOMA TRIAL DELAYED
I ARDMORE Okla., Jan. 27—The
! trial of the eleven men on the
j charge of murder growing out of
i alleged operations of a band of mask
ed men in Deeemher, 1921, has been
postponed until Monday. The trial
| was to have started today.
DOUG FAIRBANKS SAYS HAYS
IS FIXER FOR MOVIE RING
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 27—In an
interview published in the Los An
Igeles Times yesterday, Douglas
! Fairbanks described Will Hays as
| "a hired intermediary or fixer of
; films.” He added that Hays is not
a “moral uplifter of the movies and
has nothing to do with the art or
morals of the movie industry.”
Fairbanks has announced a plan
to group the leading actors and ac
tresses of the silent drama in a com
bination designed to give them a
free hand in making and distribut
ing pictures
Silent As A Film
NEW YORK. Jan. 27—When
questioned today regarding the stat
ment of Doug Fairbanks, in the Los
Angeles Times, Will Hays declined
to discuss the published interview
TEXAS SQUAD SUSPENDED
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 27—
Several prohibition enforcement of
ficers of Texas have suspended pend
ing an investigation of their actions.
The names of the officials have been
withheld for the present.
THREE MORE EXECUTED
DUBLIN, Jan. 27—Three more
rebels were executed yesterday in
King’s county for the illegal posses
sion of ammunition.
CEYLON WRECK FATAL
LONDON, Jan. 27—Adivces from
northern Ceyon tell of a railway
wreck in which 39 persons lost
their lives. Many others received in
juries.
TANK STEAMER BLOWS
TAMPICO, Mexico, Jan. 27—Ten
are mising and more than a score
injured as the result of an explo
sion which destroyed the Mexican
Eagle Oil company’s steamer San
Leonardo last night.
WILL REOPEN QUESTION
TOKIO, Jan. 27—M. Hanihana,
newly appointed ambassador to the
United States, has been instructed
to reseume immigration negotiations
with the American authorities, at
cording to a statment made today
by Viscount Uchida, foreign min
ister.
DADDY COLLING
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Colling were
made happy this morning by the ar
rival of a dandy baby boy. The
little fellow made his appearance ar
the Government hospital about nine
o’clock and Dr. Romig reports both
mother and =on are getting along
nicely this afternoon. Daddy Tom
has been busy passing around the
cigars all day.