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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL, 28, 1923.
NUMBER 444
LEGION DIRECTOR SAYS STRIKE MENACES
/. W. W. WALKOUT START OF DANGEROUS PLOT
SENATORS PLAN EXTEND SCOPE COMPENSATION ACT
SENATORS DISCUSSING PLAN
FOR INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE
JUNEAU, April 28—Practically
all of yesterday was taken up by the
territorial senate with the considera
tion of a bill providing for the
creation of a state industrial in
surance fund, covering all classes
of industry, and a proposal to in->
crease compensation for injured
workmen in the mining industry.
Hardly had the senate defeated j
the first mentioned bill when the
Ayer bill was taken up for con- |
sideration. This measure provided j
for a thirty per cent increase in
compensation paid to injured min
ers, and it was amended to include
every industry except farming dairy
ing, domestic service, and railroads
operating as common carriers.
The industrial insurance bill was
defeated five to three, only Aldrich.
Brown and Snodgrass voting for
passage. The other senators argued
that data necessary for intelligent
legislaure on such a subject was to
tally lacking and that the risk of
injuring industries without accomp
lishing beneficial results for em
ployes was too great. It is predicted
tfat the amendment to the mining
compensation act of 1904. making
it almost a blanket employes liabil
ity act, will pass the senate without
opposition.
The women’s jury ball, which nar
rowlv escaped death on two former
occasions, has been finally passed
by both branches of the legislature,
with set ,'ice optional, the only re
quirement being that women desir
ing to claim sex exemption must
mail written notice to that effect
two days after being served with
notice to appear in court. The mea
sure squeezed through the house
by a single voTe Decker Murray Cole
Polley. Staser. Shepard and Raelson
voting against adoption of the con
ference report.
The Price fish bill, lividing the
territory Into three divisions, one
extending to the southern border of
Yakutat. the second from Yakutat
to Seldovia and the third Seldovia.
with 40 days fishing in the first.
30 in the second and 20 in the third,
passed the senate yesterdav with
a resolution instructing the attorney
general to bring only one suit to
determine the legality of the fisher
ies reservations. The law goes into
effect January 1. 1924.
The Hunt bill making party nom
inees for delegate ex-officio nation
al committeemen, was defeated in
the bouse.
The Dunn bill providing for a re
ferendum on the question of making
the office of territorial commission
er of education elective, -was passed
by the senate.
With three votes cast for it, the
Decker bill providing for the repeal
of the territorial syndicalist act of
1919, was defeated by the house on
Wednesday. Decker, Ross and Wil
son being the three in favor of pas
sage. Decker read a prepared speech
lasting nearly two hours, arguing
that the law abridged freedom of
speech, freedom of the press and is
not needed because there are plenty
of federal laws covering the sub
ject. He branded the act as vicious
directly and indirectly. He said he
had heard street rum ore to the ef
fect that he is a radical, backed by
the I. W. W’. This he denied abso
NORTHWEST LUMBER INDUSTRY
IS HARD HIT BY STRIKE ACTION
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lute’iy, and asserted that 'file re
peal measure has the support of
ehurches of many denominations.
The house has rejected Senate
Bill 170 giving the regents
of the Alaska college power to ap
point intsructors instead of the
president of the instituion. They
have also defeated the Snodgrass
bill enlarging the powers of Indiar
villages, but Ross, who voted a
gainst the measure, gave notice thal
he would ask for reconsideration
The house has approved the bil
regulating the speed of motor ve
hides on highways outside of in
corporated towns.
The bill reducing individual bank
ing loans to 35 per cent of the cap
ital stock and surplus, instead oi
50 per cent as at present, also hai
been approved by the house.
The senate has passed a bill pro
viding for an additional appropria
tion .of $12,000 for relief and des
titution.
The house has passed the bill in
creasing the allowance for the con
struction of schools outside of in
corporated towns from $1,800 t<
82,500.
OKLAHOMA ASSASSINS PUT
ENTIRE FAMILY TO DEATH
HAWORTH. Okla.. April 28
Two unidentified men appeared oi
horseback at the home of Thoma
Hamill, a planter and. after the;
had called the family to the door
opened fire on them, killing Hamil
his wife and daughter, Mrs. Tope. ;
neighbor, and her ten-year-old son
A daughter of five was probabl;
fatally wounded. Two other chil
dren escaped uninjured.
Mrs. Tope, who was staying wit!
the Hamill family, was recently es
tranged from her husband.
STORM WRECKS DERRICKS
BURKBURNETT, Texas. April 2t
—Five residences and six oil der
ricks were demolished here this weel
by a storm.
THREE EXECUTED
TRALEE. Ireland. April 26—
The Free State authorities executec
three more Republicans here yes
terday.
UTAH BANK ROBBED
MOAB. Utah. April 28—The safi
of the First National Bank wa
blown last night and $7,000 re
moved. The robbers escaped.
Thomas Lynch, an oldtime pros
pector and miner of the Copper Ri
ver Valley, died at Strelna recent!;
a victim of the influenza.
Russell T. Johnson, representative
of Eastern capitalists who are inter
ested in the Mr. McKinley Golt
Placers. Incorporated, arrived fron
the States yesterday and will wai
the arrival here of W. R. Taylo:
president of the company, who ii
at present in the Kantishna. Mr
Johnson spent last summer in thi
Kantishna.
INDIANAPOLIS. April 28—The
communist and revolutionary or
ganizations of the country are be
hind the present I. W. W. strike,
according to Cotland W Powell,
national Americanism director of
the American Legion, who declared
here yesterday that there is being
developed a radical demonstration
for May that will dismay the na
tion if it is permitted to be accom
plished. He says the real object of
the present strike in the Northwest
is to paralyze the lumber industry
; and the action is branded as a heavy
j blow at law and order.
Situation Unchanged
SEATTLE, April 28—There is
very little change in the strike sit
uation in the Northwest. About 130
logging camps are affected by the
■walkout and from ten to fifteen
have been compelled to suspend op
erations entirely, while the others
are curtailing operations pending a
return of the strikers to their places.
It is estimated that between ten and
fourteen thousand men are out on
strike in Washington and Oregon.
Strike Date Advanced
PORTLAND, April, 28—Tbe
Portland branch of the Timber;
Workers branch of the I. W. W.,
,
. has announced that the strike set
; for May 1 has been advanced to
today. They demand the uncondi
j tional release of “clash war” pri
| soners, the abolition of all piece
work contracts, eight hour day, ab
olition of censorship over mail mat
ter, and the establishment of free
employment agancies.
Seattle Disregard* Threat
SEATTLE April 28— In defiance
of a warning given by George Van
dever wobbly attorney, that delay
in the hearing of the cases of two
, wobblies charged with vagrancy
“might cause a revolution,” Police
Judge Gordon has continued the
cases until Mav 15, and ordered the
i
men released on bail.
Mayor Brown has announced the
acceptance of the offer of a com
mittee of wobblies to assist in keep
ing peace during the strike. There
are thousands of workers in Seattle
I awaiting the result of the walkout.
FATHER ENFORCES THE LAW;
SON IN BAD FOR DRINKING
i STAMFORD. Conn., April 28—
Major Draper Daugherty. son of the
attorney (general of the United
i State? has been formally com
; mined to Stamford Hall Sanitarium
for a period of not less than four
, months or more than a year. The
1 proceedings were instituted on ap
. plication matle by Daugherty’s wife
and uncle, who testified that his
• health had been impaired as the re
sult of habitual drinking.
LA FOLLETTE TO TALK
MADISON'. April 26—Senator
LaFollette has announced that he
will take the stump some time in
June to carry his ideas to the people.
1 It is expected he will follow Presi
dent Harding through the West.
BANDIT LOOTS HOTEL
SAN FRANCISCO, Apnl 26—A
Masked bandit entered the Clift
hotel yesterday and held up the
auditor and cashier, escaping with
$6,000 in currency and $5,000 in
checks.
SURVIVORS REPORT
WALFISH BAY, Southwest Af
rica, April 28—Three boats belong
j ing to the wrecked Portuguese!
j steamer Messamedess, have arrived
at Port Alexander.
George M. Woods, well known
in Anchorage and Nenana as a
member of the staff of the T & T
department of the Alaskan Engin
eering Commission, left Seattle en
route to Dawson. He goes to as
sume a position on the Steamer
Alaska, which will ply between
Dawson and Nenana. The Alaska is
a member of the river fleet that
will be operated by the White Pass.
Patrick Hamilton pioneer of Ket
chikan, died there recently.
GIRL WHO STARTED SUIT
AGAINST RUTH HAS QUIT
NEW YORK. April 28—Miss De
lores Dixon, who recently brought
suit against Babe Ruth for $50,000
for alleged seduction and assault,
withdrew her case yesterday, the
withdrawal coming just as the case
of Robert McChesney. who was to
be examined regarding the record jf
Miss Dixon, was about to be called
Hyman Bushel, attorney for Ruth
has announced that he has obtained
a confession from the Dixon girl
in which she admits her suit was
the result of a frameup in which
-everal persons are involved. After
Ruth has inspected the confession
the attorney will place the paper in
the hands of the district attorney
for investigation.
CATTLEMEN AT WAR
SAN FRANCISCO. April 28—
Court action over a cattle stealing
harge originating in Ukiah cul
minated on the ferry boat, Sausilito
yesterday when E. D. Baker. Men
docina cattleman, took a shot at
C. D. Hillman, Nebraska cattleman,
he shot goinging wild. Hillman, who
was convicted at Seattle and sent
to McNeil Island for fraudulent use
of the mails several years ago, re
cently had Baker arrested on a
cattle stealing charge.
26 BANDITS SUMMARILY SHOOT
HOFRI. China, April 30—After
one of those swift and informal
bearings characteristic of Chinese le
gal procedure in the lesser centers
of the interior, 26 to 30 prisoners
held to be bandits by the city mag
istrate were summarily shot here re
cently.
The rule of procedure in dealing
with the bandit menace is that the
‘killing one puts fear into the
aearts of a hundred.”
Berlin is the third largest city
n Europe.
NEW YORK BLAZE CAUSES
DEATH OF BOZEN PEOPLE
NEW YORK, April 28—Fire of
mysterious origin, starting in a pile
of rubbish in a five story brick
tenement, spread rapidly throughout
the building last night, causing the
death of twelve persons, the victims
being members of two families liv
ing on the top floor. More than a
score of others were injured and
there were many narrow’ escapes,
the members of the fire department
covering themselves with glory with
a number of spectacular rescues.
Seven of those who lost their
lives were members of the family of
David Mendelbaum. a painter, who
planned to move today to a little
farm upstate which he had just
purchased.
TENANTS OF FLATS
FIND MARRIAGE EASY
MOSCOW, April 30—Though ex
tremely easy to secure under Soviet
laws, divorces are decreasing in
Moscow because of the housing
shortage. Most Moscovites have to
live at least two in a room, and
however incompatible a couple may
find life together even this is easier
than the task of finding new and
separate quitters.
Marriages, on the other, are pro
moted by the housing shortage for
a person enjoying the rare privilege
of having a large room to himself
or herself finds little difficulty in
persuading a perhaps roomless mate
to share it.
Official statistics show there were
only 49 divorces in Moscow in Jan
uary, as compared to 2.214 marri
ages. The requirements both for
uniting and separating couples are
brief and simple. If a man and wo
man desire to be married, they go
before a magistrate and declare
their wish. If they desire a divorce
they go before a magistrate and
say they cannot get along. If only
one of the parties wishes a divorce,
the questioning may take a few
minutes longer.
Sam L. Crawford, Olympia news
paperman, has accepted the position
of Secretary of the state adminis
trative board, according to an
nouncement appearing recently in
The Washington Newspaper. Mr.
Crawford has been engaged in news
paper work for the past 11 years
in Western Washington, acting as
correstpondent for The Tacoma
Ledger and a number of other pub
lications. The new position took
effect on the first of April. Sam
is a son of Ron Crawford, former
Fairbanks real estate man, and be
gan his newspaper career with the
Fairbanks Times.
Sam Dubin, Koyukuk trader and
merchant, returned to Nenana yes
terday from the States, accompan
ied by a bride. They will remain in
Nenana until the opening of nav
igation.
RUHR EXPLOSIONS CAUSE
TRANSPORTATION DELAYS
DL'SSELDORE, April 28—Fi\'»
small bomb explosions in the Ruhr
district last night cut railway, tele
graph and telephone communication
with the result that traffic is em
porarily disorganized today.
It is admitted at headquarters of
the French military forces that the
explosions caused the most serious
damage of any since the beginning *
of the occupation.
During the confusion the Germans
made a series of efforts Yo run a
customs barrier into1 Germany but
failed. Large quantities of food were
seized.
PLUMBER KILLS HIS WIFE;
HAD FIGHT OVER CLOTHES
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., April 30
—John A. Carlson, plumbing con
tractor has confessed to the police
that he murdered his wife !a*t
month by holding her in a shallow
pond until she had drowned. He
i savs he drove the automobile delib
:
erately over a bank into the pond.
, The car overturned and he then
| drowned his wife, claiming after
wards that her death was accidental.
Carlson explained to the officers
that he and his wife had quarreled
over the purchase of a coat.
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WORKHOUSE GUARD HOLDS
FORT AGAINST EIGHTEEN
ST. LOUIS. April 28—Eighteen
prisoners, armed with iron bars and
i
clubs, made an attempt to escape
from the city workhouse yesterday.
. but were prevented by a single
guard, who opehcd fire on them
; with his gun, wounding six and com
pelling the others to surrender.
EXECUTED IN IRELAND
DUBLIN. April 28—The Free
, State authorities have announced
the execution of Patrick Mahoney,
charged with possession of fire arms
and particination in an attack on
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free Staters.
CHINK BANDITS ACTIVE
HONGKONG, April 28—H R.
Rowson, member of the staff of the
British American Tobacco Company,
has been taken captive by Chinese
bandits and is being held for a ran
* som of $30,000. i
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INTERVENTION URGED
NEW YORK, April 28—In an ad
’ dress delivered here yesterday, at
the end of his American tour, Lor i
Robert Cecil expressed the wish that
some great power would ask the
League of Nations to intervene in
the Ruhr situation.
Capt R. C. Brennan has been ap
pointed operating manager for the
Pacific Steamship Company. He will
have full jurisdiction over the op
erating department, which will in
clude the ships, wharves, terminals
and other physical property of the
company. His headquarters are at
Pier B, Seattle.
Miss Una Korth, formerly of Sew
ard, Valdez and Anchorage, holds
a responsible position with the Na
tional Bank of Commerce, Seattle.
She has charge of the department
handling the bonds that were sub
scribed for the financing of the
big hotel to be erected there.