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VOLUME IV
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922
NUMBER 233
COAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT IS PROMISED
TRAINMEN STRIKE A T JOLIET OBJECT TO TROOPS
GOVERNMENT BEGINS SCRAPPING OBSOLETE WARSHIPS
UNCLE SAM IS SCRAPPING
SHIPS NAMED IN ARMS PACT
WASHINGTON, D. C-. Aug. 10
Five battleships which were named
in the arms treaty for scrapping,
are now' being stripped at Mare Is
land and prepared for the junk heap
notwithstanding the fact that the
treaty in question has not yet been
ratified. It is explained by officials
of the navy department that the
vessels are obsolete and were ready
for the scrap heap prior to the arms
conference.
The battleships are the Virginia,
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Georgia
and Nebraska. The Virginia and
New Jersey are being stripped at
Boston.
Pour of the ships, the New Jersey,
Georgia, Rhode Island and Virginia,
were built in 1906 and the Nebraska
was built a year later. All five are
of 19,948 tons displacement, have
a speed of 19 knots and a mam
battery of four 12-inch guns and
four torpedo tubes.
* CHICAGO CARMEN TAKE CUT
CHICAGO, Aug. 10—The settle
ment of the local streetcar strike,
which was brought to an end this
week. wTas made on a basis of a
wage reduction of ten cents an
hour, from eighty to seventy cents.
The men, however, won their fight
for the retention of the eight-hour
day and overtime.
TARIFF VOTE IN SIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10—
It is confidently believed, as a re
sult of an agreement reached by
senate Republicans and Democrats,
k that the final vote on the tariff bill
■will be taken this month.
HAD TOO MANY WIVES
SEATTLE, Aug. 10—Charles P.
Friend was sentenced to a term of
from two to five years on a charge
of bigamy. He has three wives.
While still married to No. 1, now
of Portland, he took on No. 2, at
Great Falls, and entered upon his
third matrimonial voyage recent
ly at Los Angeles. No. 3 came to
Seattle and accidentally met No. 2.
Struck by the coincidence of simi
lar names, they compared notes,
leading to the arrest of Friend.
EINSTEIN QUITS GERMANY
LEIPSIC, Aug. 10—Einstein has
cancelled his lecture tour, announc
ing, in a letter received here, that
he has left Germany, fearing death
at the hands of the group which
caused the assassination of Rathe
nau.
REGENT APPROVES TREATIES
TOKIO. Aug. 10—The treaties to
which Japan is a party, formulated
at the Washington Arms confer
ence, have been formally sanction
ed by Regent Sirohrto. This com
pletes Japan's action on the pacts
pending an exchange of ratifica
tions.
JUST LIKE FAIRBANKS
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10—The
management of the Cincinnati Na
tionals has offered $35,000 and four
players for Nick Dumovich, right
handed pitcher of the Los Angeles
team.
OHIO DELEGATION SAFE
COLUMBUS, Aug. 10—All except
two of the 22 Ohio congressmen de
siring to continue in office, were re
nominated this week. The delega
tion is solidly Republican as it
stands.
TEAM LEADER SPRAINS ANKLE
PARIS, Aug. 10—Flora Batson,
of New Orleans, captain of the
American girls’ athletic team, here
for the international games, sprain
ed her left ankle badly yesterday
while taking the hurdles.
PORTLAND, Aug. 10—Under the
ruling handed down by Judge Landis
Kenworthy is prevented from play
ing with any coast club until 1924.
UNION CHIEFS AND OPERATORS
GATHER AT CONFERENCE TABLE
FULLERTON BACK IN NOME;
TURNED DOWN BY EXPLORER
NOME, Aug. 10—Lieut. Fuller
ton, who sailed for the Arctic with
the Amundsen expedition with the
expectation of making a flight over
the North Pole to Spitzbergen, re
turned to this city on Thursday
aboard the schooner Seawolf, from
Deering. He explains that Amundsen
selected O. M. Dal to make the hop
from Barrow, leaving nothing for
him to do but drift about with the
Maud, which he did not join the
expedition to do. Fullerton is now
enroute to Victoria to join the Can
adian air board and is much put
out over having missed making the
Arctic flight, which was his only
object in coming North.
Fullerton says that unless there
has been unexpected delay the
Amundsen plane should be ready
now to start on its way across the
pole. Amundsen decided to use only
one aviator so as to avoid the in
termediate fuel base north of Bar
row.
SWEETHEART DID NOT CALL;
SEATTLE WOMAN ENDS LIFE
SEATTLE. Aug. 10—Mrs. Frank
Johnson, who was married in a lo
cal hospital Thursday after she had
taken poison because her fiance did
not call on her, died yesterday.
FASCISTI WILL DEMOBILIZE
ROME. Aug. 10—Benito Musso
lini, leader of the Fascisti. has in
structed the secretary general to
order by telegraph the immediate de
mobilization of the Fascisti through
out Italy.
PETER THE BREWER WINS
CLEVELAND. Aug. 10—Peter the
Brewer won the $5,000 purse for
2:16 trotters here this week at the
opening of the Grand Circuit.
SUGAR TARIFF FIXED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 10—
By a vote of 37 to 35. the senate
yesterday approved a sugar tariff
of two and three-tenths cents a '
pound.
WAR CLAIMS COMING UP
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 10—|
It is announced at the White House
that President Harding expects the i
state department will soon be able !
to announce the beginning of ne-:
gotiations for the settlement of Ger
man-American war claims.
TRIED TO SELL HIS AFFINITY
BEND, Ors., Aug. 10—Louis E.
Rosengarth was placed under arrest i
here today on complaint of Anna j
Kenetzka, aged 21, pretty and well!
educated. The girl claims that after t
she had lived with Rosengarth for a !
year he tried to sell her to another
man for $300.
STRIKE SECRETS DISCLOSED
CHICAGO, Aug. 10—Four alleged
labor extortionists, who are on trial
in this city, told the court yesterday
how a strike had been called, fixed
and settled within a period of 48
hours, following the payment of
$1,500.
TYPHOON TOLL INCREASING
PEKING. Aug. 10—According to
additional information received re
garding the typhoon and tidal wave
which swept Swatow on August 2. I
the number of deaths will reach |
fifty thousand. The number of lost
was originally placed at five thous
and.
CLEVELAND. Aug. 10—Strike
leaders and soft coal operators will
meet in conference in this city late
this afternoon in an effort to reach
an agreement on wages and working
conditions which will bring an end
to the strike.
An agreement was virtually ar
rived at yesterday by the labor
leaders to conclude a settlement at
the conference, and it is also ex
pected that the operators will make
concessions in an effort to bring
about a resumption of mining.
The policy committee of the Unit
ed Mine Workers has voted to pro
ceed with negotiations with operat
ors from Ohio, Western Washington,
Indiana and Illinois, who will be
represented at the conference. Pres
ident Lewis predicts that the agree
ment will be accepted by 75 per
cent of the bituminous tonnagein
volved in the strike.
Harding Plan Failure
STAUNTON, Ind.. Aug. 10—The,
effort made at the Strip mines to
dig coal under the protection of j
soldiers, as arranged by President j
Harding, has resulted in failure, af
ter a trial lasting eight days. The
operators, in that time, have been
able to load four cars of coal for
use by the state, but not a pound
of coal has been mined. The oper
ators have been unable to obtain
the labor necessary to do the work.
Craftsmen Reject Proposal
NEW YORK, Aug. 10—Twenty
five thousand shop craftsmen have
informed President Jewell, through]
Secretary David Williams, of the
Eastern strike committee, that they
will not accept the proposal of
President Harding to submit the
seniority question to the Railway
Labor board for settlement.
Trainmen Object To Militarism
JOLIET, Aug. 10—Thirteen hun
dred engineers, firemen, conductors
and brakemen employed on the El
gin, Joliet & Eastern, went out on
strike at midnight Thursday as a
protest against tihe stationing of
soldiers about the railroad yards.
The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern is a
belt line to the Chicago freight
terminal and the principal artery
of traffic in and out of Chicago.
Will Be More Of Such Case*
CLEVELAND, Aug. 10—President
Stone, of the Brotherhood of Loco-1
motive Engineers, when informed of j
the action taken at Joliet, told a |
representative of The Associated
Press that there would be a hundred :
more cases of a similar charatcer i
if the working conditions in yards!
and shops remained unchanged. The |
executives of the four brotherhoods ]
have telegraphed their members to j
stay away from the railroads if
their lives are endangered.
Six Companies Go To Joliet
CHICAGO, Aug. 10—Six compan-,
ies of Illinois guardsmen were dis
patched to Joliet this week, to go i
on strike duty to prevent further
disorders.
Entire Force Quits
PATTERSON, N. J., Aug. 10—1
The entire force of the Cooke Lo-:
comotive Works quit their posts I
yesterday as a protest against the j
acceptance of orders from the Eriei
railroad.
Stone Says Limit Is Reached
CLEVELAND. Aug. 10—Presi
dent Stone is quoted assaying "the’
men have got to the limit of en-,
durance through abusive treatment1
of guards, and conditions have j
reached the breaking point”.
Men Have Right To Quit
CLEVELAND, Aug. 10—Asked
this afternoon if the action of the
trainment at Joliet had the approv
al of the brotherhood chiefs, Presi- j
dent Stone replied: “The action does <
not require approval. Our men are;
not expected to work under such
conditions as now prevail at rail
road terminals”. Lee, head of the
trainment, %nd Robertson, president
of the firemen, agree with Stone.
Lee has telegraphed to the chair
men of the firemen’s organizations
on three trunk railroads, authorizing
a strike if the men find working
conditions unendurable.
Do Not Trust Board
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10
It is explained by shopcraft leaders
that their distrust of the Railway
Labor board is the result of the
action of the board in rendering
decisions on July 3 “which practical- j
ly outlawed the six shopcrafts par
ticipating in the strike.”
JUNEAU INDIAN ARRESTED
FOR KILLING WHITE MAN
JUNEAU, Aug. 10—Willie Jack
son, an Indian, was placed under ar- ;
rest yesterday morning-, charged ! i
with killing Captain Harry C. Lott, .
former Port Townsend shipping man ^
near Thane, on July 25. ; (
It is announced that Willie Han
son, another Indian, -who was Jack- j ^
son’s companion on the night of the 1
murder, has made a statement to j
the federal officials to the effect j
that Jackson killed Lott because ^
of his refusal to supply him with
home-brew’ beer. ! j
LOOK IN GRAVE FOR GRAFTER
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10—The :
casket which is supposed to contain; t
the body of Joe Furey, internation- 5
al bunco man. is being exhumed to- j !
day at the request of District At-11
torney Wool wipe, of Los Angeles, <
who suspects that the body is not i
Furey’s. On a previous occasion the j
bunco man escaped from prison by: 1
having the body of another buried *
as his. ) 1
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The steamship Cordova has ar- j 1
rived at Nome with a cargo of gen- j
eral freight. ‘ c
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RREGULARS OBSTRUCT RIVER
TO PREVENT LANDING TROOPS
DUBLIN, Aug. 10— A Trar.sat
antic steamer arriving here this
Feek reports that a vessel has been
cross the narrowest part of the
liver Lee, blocking the entrance to ]
.ork. It is said to be a coup on the
iart of the Irish Irregulars to pre
ent the landing of National troops.
Nationals Occupy Kilmal Lock
LIMERICK, Aug. 10—The Nation-,
1 forces are reported to have oc
upied Kilmal Lock, an important
tepubliean stronghold.
At the end of the third inning,
he Cordovans, who are playing their
econd game in Fairbanks this after
loon, were three ahead of the Fair
anksans—three to nothing, to be
xact.
The new mail launch Tanana ar- j
ived in port from Tanana this after:
oon on her second voyage. Eighteen j
assengers made the trip up river,
he list including Aviator C. O.
“rest, who came to grief with his
lane recently a short distance out
f Eagle. He is enroute to Fairbanks
MOONSHINERS MAKING WAR
ON COAST BOOZE PIRATES
ANCHORAGE. Aug. 10— News
which has trickled into town from
the upper end of Cook inlet indi
cates that desperate warfare has
broken out between moonshiners
and liquor pirates in that locality,
resulting in armed conflict.
It appears that a man recently
went Outside under the plea of ill
health and it developed later that
he had a bullet wound in the ab
domen which nearly proved fatal.
He hovered between life and death
for several weeks. It is claimed that
he was shot by moonshiners who
caught him stealing a cache of
liquor.
DEFENSE TAKING FORM
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 10—It is
indicated by questions put to tales
men by the attorneys for the de
fense, that the thirty-seven Ku Klux
klansmen who are now on trial for
participation in the Inglewood raid,
will try to convince the jury that
they were engaged in a legal effort
to enforce law and order when they
visited the Inglewood winery.
SUN YAT SEN SAFE
HONGKONG, Aug. 10—Sun Yat
Sen, deposed president of the south
ern Chinese republic, arrived here
from Canton today, aboard the Brit
ish gunboat Motorhen.
POSSESSIONS RATIFY PACTS
LONDON, Aug. 10—The British
foreign office has announced that
the governments of India. Canada
and South Africa have agreed to
the ratification of the Washington
treaties.
GOING TO JOIN STABLE
PARIS. Aug. 10—Mathilde Mc
Cormick, lovesick daughter of one
of America’s foremost multi-million
aire mothers, who arrived from the
United States recently, left for
Switzerland today, presumably to
carry out her threat to marry Max
Oser, Swiss stableman and fancy
riding master.
RAIN BRINGS RELIEF
SEATTLE, Aug. 10—Rain began
falling last night throughout a large
part of Washington, and continued
today. The downpour is said to be
worth millions to farmers and lum
bermen.
SHR1NERS HIT THE TRAIL
SEATTLE, Aug. 10—Hugh M.
Caldwell, Frank B. Lazier, John Rex
Thompson and Percy J. Perry left
an the steamer Alameda today for
the North on the eighth pilgrimage
af Nile temple to Alaska. They will
hold a ceremonial at Fairbanks and
make stops at Ketchikan, Juneau,
Seward and Anchorage.
KLAN CONDEMNS PLATFORM
WORT WORTH, Aug. 10—The
Ku Klux Klan has condemned the
alatform which was unanimously
adopted by the Texas Republican
;onvention.
Tom Smith, smiling and willowy,
returned to town today aboard the
lew mail boat Tanana. Tom has
leen frolicing in the healthful wat
ers of Manley Hot Springs during
he last several weeks and returns
veil fortified to resume his duties
as working proprietor of the South
ern Hotel, which has been under
he management of Tom Hogan dur
ng his absence.
EAST SIDE HAS SENSATION:
POLICE SAY BOOTLEGGERS
NEW YORK, Aug. 10—The East
Side, while still aquiwer over the
assassination of Ko Low. Chinese
tong leader, were thrown into an
other panic yesterday when an auto
dashed into a crowd of clothing
strikers and opened fire on them,
and then quickly disappeared, leav
ing eight wounded on the pavement.
The police have decided that there
had been a bootlegers’ feud and
that men who were wounded had
attempted to stop the auto, follow
ing a shooting affray nearby, in
which the four occupants of the car
had been engaged.
ASSASSIN MUST HANG
LONDON. Aug. 10—Joseph O’Sul
livan Dunn, under sentence to hang
today for the assassination of Field
Marsha! Wilson, has been denied a
reprieve and it is expected that he
will go to the gallows on schedule
time.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES
DEFIANT IN FACE OF DEATH
MOSCOW, Aug. 10—Twenty-two
revolutionaries who were convicted
here this week on charges of plot
ting against the soviet government,
defied the court during the pro
nouncement of sentence late Thurs
day afternoon. There are three
women among those who were given
the death sentence.
One of the condemned women in
formed the court that she had been
selected by the conspirators to kill
Lenine.
SHOE PRICES IN DANGER
WASHINGTON D. C.. Aug. 10
Senator Walsh. Democrat, of Massa
chusetts, declared, in a speech made
on the floor of the senate today,
that the proposed tariff on hides
would, if adopted, increase the shoe
bill of the nation by millions of dol
lars. He places the amount at one
hundred and ten millions annually.
CANADA READY FOR BUSINESS
LEAMINGTON, Ont.. Aug. 10—
Canada is ready for reciprocity at
any t:mt the United States desires
it, according to a statement made
by Premier King, in a speech de
livered here yesterday.
WILLS TO MEET JACKSON
NEWARK, Aug. 10^—Harry Wills,
negro, who has challenged Dempsey,
has signed articles for a bout with
Buddy Jackson, negro, of this city.
They will box here on August 21.
CANT FILL ORDERS
NEW YORK, Aug. 10—At the
end of July the United States Steel
Corporation had unfilled orders ag
gregating 5,766,000 tons, which was
an increase of 141.000 tons over
June.
APPLICATIONS APPROVED
WASHINGTON, D. C . Aug. 10
Applications from cotton and wheat
growers’ associations, aggregating
seventeen million dollars have been
approved by the War Finance cor
poration.
MEETING OIL CUT
PORTLAND. Aug. 10—As a re
sult of recent reductions in the price
of uel oil, the Portland Gas & Coke
Company has announced a second
cut of five cents per thousand feet
of gas. The first cut was made less
than a week ago.
CORDOVA BLOWS UP
FAIRBANKS, 5 P. M—At the
end of the seventh inning the score
is 10 to 3 in favor of the Fairbanks
team. The Cordova boys had a blow
up- _
The game finished with a score of
10 to 5 in favor of Fairbanks. The
third game of the series will be
played tonight.