VOLUME IV
Are Invited to Celebrate the Fourth with Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 24. 1922
NUMBER 213
^OPERATORS BLAMED FOR HERRIN RIOT
HOUSE CONFEREES KNOCK ALASKA CABLE OUT
.SAMUEL GOMPERS RE-ELECTED HEAD OF FEDERATION
SAM GOMPERS RE-ELECTED;
PORTLAND NEXT MEETING
CINCINNATI, June 24—Samuel
Gompers, veteran president of the
American Federation of Labor, was
re-elected yesterday, to serve as
head of the organization for an
other year. He was the unanimous
choice of the convention, as were
also practically all other officers of
the federation. ,
The convention selected Portland,
Oregon, for the next gathering of
the delegates.
Supreme Court It Warned
Labor’s interpretation of the re
cent decision of the United States
supreme court in the Coronado coal
case, which held that labor unions
are liable for damages under the
Sherman act, was presented to the
convention by the executive council
which declared that “the supreme
court cannot crush the labor move
ment without endangering the very
foundation of society. Workers will
not- accept slavery. They will find
a way to preserve those liberties
which they have and gain more as
time passes”.
LIFE TERM RECOMMENDED
SEATTLE. June 24—C. H. Riley
^ and Charles Butt, who were tried
in this city on a charge of murder
in the first degree, for the killing
of Ray Light, a logger, during the
holdup of the Discovery Bay logging
camp last March, were found guilty
by a jury yesterday morning. The
verdict recommends life imprison
ment.
PORTLAND STRIKE ENDS
PORTLAND. June 24—The strike
of union longshoremen, which has
been in progress here since April
^ 23, was formally ended on Thurs
day night when representatives of
the unions and employers signed a
working agreement providing for
wages and working conditions offer
ed by the employers. The employers,
however, have complied with the re
quest of the unions to refrain from
hiring men independently.
* BOBBIES ARREST 16 IX RAIDS
LONDON, June 24—Fifteen men
and one woman were arrested in
raids yesterday' in connection with
the assassination of Marshal Wilson.
The police claim to have found docu
ments disclosing the existence of a
conspiracy to kill a number of per
sons and commit a series of out
rages.
TWO GET FOURTEEN YEARS
CHICAGO, June 24—W i 11 i a m
‘•Sailor” Friedman, pugilist, and
William Cohen, taxicab driver, who
were found guilty this week on a
charge of murder in connection with
the killing of Abe Rubin, were each
sentenced to fourteen years yester
day.
TWO DEAD-HOUSES WRECKED
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio. June
24—Two men, believed to be oil
well shooters, were killed yesterday
in the outskirts of Wellsville, as the
result of the explosion of a large
quantity of nitro-glycerine. Three
house? nearby were wrecked.
STORM HITS EASTERN CANADA
OTTAWA, June 24—Wire-com
munication west of Port William
is interrupted as the result of a
severe wind storm which swept that
district yesterday. The property
damage between Port William and
Winnipeg was heavy.
LEVEE BREAKS
BROWNSVILLE, June 24—Four
hundred feet of levee protecting the
San Benito irrigation district, 24
miles up the river from this city,
gave way under the pressure of
high water in the Rio Grande this
week, resulting in much damage.
The town of Los Indio? was threat
ened with inundation for a time, but
the flood subsided before serious
damage resulted • there.
ARMY STARTS INVESTIGATION
OF HERRIN COAL MINE KILLING
MADISON SOUNDS WARNING;
COAL SHORTAGE THREATENS
MADISON. June 24—The publie !
utilities service of Wisconsin is be
ing: seriously menaced by the coal
strike, according to J. E. Cadby.
secretary of the utilities association. ‘
Cadby declares that a continuance
of the strike will endanger all in
dustries and threatens a coal panic ■
next winter.
SKEENA RIVER MYSTERY
PRINCE RUPERT. June 24—The
provincial police are investigating
the report that the bodies of a man
and woman were found several days
ago on the Yakex trail, twenty miles
up the Skeena river.
FLOOD WAS A BAD ONE
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 24—
Advices received from Mexico state
that there are 1,500 homeless at
Nuevo Laredo as the result of the
Rio Grande freshet. Federal troops
are guarding the flood section and
assisting in the restoration of nor
mal conditions.
WILL MAKE SHIPS DRY
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 24
Representative Edmonds, of Penn
sylvania, ranking Republican of the
house merchant marine committee,
which drafted the ship subsidy bill,
has introduced a bill denying en
trance at American ports to any
ship, domestic or foreign, on which
liquor is sold.
MASONS ARE WARNED
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. June 24—
Frank Wilder, grand master of the
Connecticut grand lodge of Masons,
has addressed letters to district
deputies in which he cautions mem
bers of the fraternity against be
coming mixed up with the Ku Klux
Klan.
AIR CIRCUS FATAL TO TWO
LOUISVILLE. June 24—Lieut.
Robert E. O. Handley and Sergt.
Arthur Opperman were killed here
this week when their plane fell
during an aerial circus. The tragic
■ incident was witnessed by a large
number of spectators.
WILLARD ADVERTISING
LOS ANGELES, June 24— Jess
t Willard, who is beginning to take
himself very seriously, has announc
ed that he will make immediate
selection of training quarters and
go in for regular training to put
.himself in shape for his forthcom
ing meeting with Champion Demp
sey.
LORD TO SUCCEED DAWES
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24
Brig. Gen. Lord, chief of finance of
the war department, has been select
ed to succeed Dawes as director of
the budget, according to announce
! ment made at the White House.
CANADIAN STORM KILLS TWO
WINNIPEG, June 24—A terrific
wind and electric storm swept Mani
toba yesterday, killing at least two
persons and causing heavy property
] damage, the loss running into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. The
j town of Portage La Prairie was
, partially wrecked.
Miss Wilma Carlson came down
from Fairbanks today on a brief
visit.
Mrs. Ike P. Taylor came down
from Fairbanks this week to meet
| her sister. Miss Edna Lewis, who
■ is enroute from the States.
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HERRIN', June 24—A military
board, headed by General Milton
Foreman, of the state militia, has
begun an investigation of the Her
rin massacre in which more than a
score of lives were sacrificed.
The arrival of the military men
was the occasion of considerable re
sentment on the streets, but the
members of the board were assured
by the local authorities that they
would be rendered every assistance
in their investigation.
The officers first went to the.
scene of the wrecked mine of the
Southern Illinois Coal Company, af
ter which they visited the scene of
the massacre.
Blamei Company For Trouble
ST. LOUIS. June 24—Frank Far
rington, president of the Illinois
miners, has issued a formal state
ment in which he declares that the
Herrin trouble was precipitated by
the company attempting to run the
mine on a non-union basis with
strikebreakers working under the
protection of armed guards.
Governor Demanded Inquiry
HERRIN, June 24—Tie official in
ivestigation of the Herring trouble
I was started in response to the in
sistent demands of Governor Small,
’ and when the coroner announced
that he would hold an inquest im
mediately, the state’s attorney gave
, out a statement to the effect that
a special jury would be summoned.
Situation Well In Hand
MARION, 111.. June 24—Sheriff
Thaxton, of Williamson county, has
! telegraphed Governor Small that
."the situation is well in hand, there
. is no danger of further outbreaks
and no need for troops”.
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Davit Expretset View
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24
Secretary Davis, after a conference
with President Harding, issued a
statement to the effect that those
responsible for the Herrin disorder
should be prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law.
Lewis Istuet Statement
CINCINNATI, June 24—President
Lewis, of the United Mine Workers,
declares that the members of his
i organization were not responsible in
any degree for the unfortunate oc
currences at Herrin. Siniste- in
fluences, he says, have been work
ing among the tatne workers to in
: cite and inflame violence.
Wat Act Of A Mob
HERRIN. June 24—The massacre
which occurred here this week was
! the act of a mob which got beyond
i the control of cooler elements which
were attempting to escort the mine
prisoners to Herrin to show them
off and then send them out of the
district, according to information ob
tained today. The hot heads finally
compelled the leaders to yield to
the clamor that the prisoners “beat
it”. After being released, the fleeing
men were shot down and beaten to
death.
The state’s attorney places the
blame directly on the'operators, who
imported non-union miners when it
was well known to them that such
action would lead to war.
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County Officers Blamed
WAUKEGAN, June 24—Colonel
Hunter, in his report to the ad
jutant general and Governor Small,
declares that the county officers were
responsible for the rioting because
of their failure to take proper pre
cautions to handle the situation.
Must Not Send Troops
SPRINGFIELD, June 24—Direct
or Medill, of the state department
of mines, has telephoned to General
Black, from Herrin, informing him
that it wounld be a “bad thing to
send troops here at this time”.
Forty-four Were Killed
HERRIN, June 24—The statement
made by Frank Farrington, presi
dent of the Illinois miners, that 44
persons were killed here is accepted
as official confirmation that every
one of the imprisoned miners was
either shot to death or seriously
wounded. No one here has made any
attempt to deny that the attacked
men were disarmed and then killed
in cold blood after their surrender.
Trouble At Clarksburg
CLARKSBURG, W. Va.. June 24
—Two men were killed here yes
terday, a deputy sheriff seriously
injured and a dozen others slightly
hurt when a mob attacked an in
terurban traction car carrying non
union miners to the Lewis mine,
near Reynolds. Both of the men who
were killed were* members of the
attacking party.
The Harrison county court has
authorized the sheriff to deputize
a thousand men to assist him to
maintain order.
MINERS ON THE MARCH
FAIRMONT, W Va., June 24
Four hundred men marched thru
here yesterday and crossed the Mo
nongahela river on their way to
attend a mass meeting of miners at
Montana. Their appearance caused
considerable alarm among local offi
cials as the result of the report that
they were headed for nearby non
union mines.
Moving From Herrin
CARBONDALE, 111., June 24—A
crowed of 150 miners from the Her
rin district, passed through here to
day on their way out of the coal
fields. They gave no reason for their
exodus, however.
WRANGELL WELCOMES MOJAVE
WRANGELL, June 24—A royal
welcome was given to Assistant Sec
retary Huston and the members of
j his party, who arrived here last
night aboard the cutter Majave.
' They were met by an Indian band,
members of the American legion and
j citizens generally. The visitors con
ferred with prominent citizens re
garding Alaska problems, and con
jtinued their voyage at nine o’clock
this morning.
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DOCTOR DENIES RUMOR
CHICAGO, June 24—Dr. Les
■ pinasse, who recently operated on
Harold McCormick, has made public
i denial of the report that he used
I human glands in the operation.
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WM. ROCKEFELLER PASSES
TARRYTOWX, N. Y., June 24—
William Rockefeller, oil magnate and
brother of John D. Rockefeller,
succumbed to an attack of pneu
monia at an early hour this morn
ing at the family home here.
RUMANIAN STATESMAN DEAD
ROME, June 24—T. K. Jonescu,
noted Rumanian statesman and a
former Rumanian premier, died in
this city this week.
Miss Gwendolyn Clark, a recent
arrival from the Outside, returned
to Xenana today from a visit to
Fairbanks, accompanying Mrs. W.
H. Green. She will spend the summer
with Mrs. Green at Broad Pass.
HOUSE MEMBERS TO REST
WHILE WAITING ON TARIFF
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 24—
Under an agreement reached yester
day among the Republican members
of the lower branch of Congress,
the house probably will adjourn at
the end of the present month for
a period of four or five weeks, to
await the disposal of the tariff bill
by the senate.
PRO-TREATY IN LEAD
DUBLIN, June 24—The approxi
mate representation of the new par
liament, as shown by the returns
thus far received, will be as fol
lows: Coalition Protreaty, 54; Coali
tion Republican, 33; Labor, 14;
Farmers, 5; Independents, 20.
MOVIE SCHOOL IS CLOSED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24—The
state corporation commissioner has
issued orders for the closing of the
Photo Playwrights League of Ameri
ca. which was formed to sell "mem
berships” in a senario writing school
here. The business is alleged to be
a violation of' the corporate securi
ties act.
WEEKS OFFENDS MINISTER
DALLAS. June 24—Rev. Atticus
Webb, superintendent of the Texas
anti-saloon league, has telegraphed
to President Harding to find oat if
Secretary of War Weeks voiced the
policy of the administration in sen
timents expressed by him in an ad
dress made recently at the Penn
sylvania military' college, on which
occasion he criticised the Yalstead
act.
EXPLORER REACHES NOME
SEATTLE. June 24—Amundsen's
Arctic exploration ship i= reported
to have reached Nome safely, en
route to East Cape, whence it will
begin the long: drift across the
polar basin.
WOMEN WANT UNIFORM LAW
CHAUTAQUA, N. Y., June 24—
One of the principal matters that
will be considered at the annual
convention of the General Federa
tion of Women’s clubs, which is now
in session here, will be a constitu
tional amendment providing- uniform
marriage and divorce laws through
out the country.
PORTLAND HAS MYSTERY
PORTLAND, June 24—Sailors en
gaged in searching for the body of
H. B. Conroy, who was drowned in
the Willamette river several days
ago, found the body of an uriident
fied man, bound with rope and
weighted down with iron bars. The
police are undecided whether it is a
case of murder or suicide.
NEW MINISTER CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24—
The senate has confirmed the nomin
ation of J. Morton Howell, of Ohio,
to be the first American minister to
Egypt.
YAP TREATY APPROVED
TOKIO, June 24—The Japanese
privy council and the prince regent
have given their approval to the
Yap treaty with the United States,
which was negotiated at the Wash
ington Arms conference.
JAPS TO EVACUATE SIBERIA
TOKIO, June 24—The report is
current that the Japanese cabinet
has decided that the time has ar
rived for the evacuation of Siberia
by Japan.
HOUSE CONFEREES REFUSE
FUNDS FOR ALASKA CABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24—
The members of the house confer
ence committee are reported to have
refused to accept the senate amend
ment to the army appropriation bill
providing for the appropriation of
$1,500,000 for the installation of a
new cable between Seattle and
Alaska, with the result that the item
'was stricken from the bill.
As the bill now stands, only suffi
cient funds are allowed to maintain
the cable during the coming year,
the amount being $140,000.
FELON CALLED AS WITNESS
LOS ANGELES. June 24— Paul
Ronan, who is under .sentence at
Folsom prison on a felony charged,
testified for the prosecution yester
day at the trial of Madalyne Oben
chain, swearing that while he was
confined in the county jail last year.
Mrs. Obenchain “framed up” a story
that he was to testify that J. Belton
Kennedy, for whose death the woman
! is held responsible, was killed by
two men who tried to blackmail
him.
FREST WILL SHIP PLANE
TO WRANGELL BY STEAMER
SEATTLE. June 24—C. O. Prest.
who making a flight to Siberia by
way of Alaska, has announced that
he will ship his plane from this city
to Wrangell. This action is made
necessary, he says, because of the
interdiction against landing at Van
couver and Prince Rupert.
He will resume his flight a:
Wrangell, going from there to Skag
way. Whitehorse, Dawson and Fair
banks, arriving at the last named
place in time for the Fourth of
July celebration. From Fairbanks,
he will make a side trip to Valdez,
thence back to Ruby and down the
Yukon to St Michael and Nome.
Prest expresses the belief that
Amundsen, who left Nome this
week for the Arctic, will not be
able to make a success of his pro
posed aerial trip over the North
pole.
ISLANDERS MUST WAIT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 24—
President Harding has informed the
members of the Philippine independ
ent e mi-sion, who called on the ex
ecutive early in the week to press
their claims for independence,, tha:
he does not feel that he can yet
urge upon Congress the desirability
of complying with the desires of the
islanders. He indicated that he is
not unalterably opposed to Philip
pine autonomy, but he regards the
matter as a question of time.
SUICIDES AFTE RRAID
ALBANY, June 24—Dave West,
a rancher, committed suicide late
last night after he had held a posse
of several hundred at bay for six
hours, during which time one of h:
shots killed Sheriff Kendall and at
other had fatally wounded Rev. Roy
Healy. The shooting was the result
of a raid on a moonshine still.
WHISKAWAY WHISKSAWAY i
NEW YORK, June 24—Morvich.
supposed to be America’s unbeatable
three-year-old, lost his title here thjs
week to Whiskaway. in the Carl
ton stakes. The new turf champion
covered a mile in 1:36:02 and car
ried off the $7,500 purse money.
Morvich lost by fully eight length.-.
WILL RUN AGAINST JOHNSON
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24—C.
C. Moore, president of the Panama
Pacific exposition, will oppose Hiram
Johnson for the Republican senat
orial nomination, according to an
nouncement made here today.
GEDDES IS HONORED
PROVIDENCE, June 24—Brown
university has conferred the degree
of doctor of laws upon Sir Auck
land Geddes.