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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 1922
NUMBER 156
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PRESIDENT SUBMITS CONFERENCE PACTS
HOOVER STARTS ROW AMONG RELIEF WORKERS
PROHIBITION DIRECTOR PUTS'BLAME ON THE PUBLIC
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ON FAMINE 1
CHICAGO. Feb. 11—Executices of
the American Committee for Rus
sian Famine Relief have wired to
President Harding, requesting the
opportunity to meet him for the
purpose of refuting the charges
made by Secretary Hoover in his
report, to the effect that such or
ganizations operating in the United
States are “frankly communistic".
Governor Quits Post
DENVER. Feb. 11—G overnor;
Shoup, of Colorado, has resigned as
vice president of the American Com
mittee for Russian Famine Relief,
following the receipt of a message |
from Secretary Hoover, in which the
belief was expressed that the com
mittee is raising the money for the!
tvurpose of spreading communistic;
propoganda.
AID FOR MERCHANT MARINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11—j
Having wisposed of the treaty ques-j
tion temporarily by reference to
committee, the senate now plans to
give its attention to quick action
for the relief of the American mer
chant marine. Chairman Lasker, >f
the Shipping Board, following a con
ference at the White House, an
nounced this afternoon that the re
commendations of President Hard
ing will be submitted at a joint ses
sion of Congress within a fortnight
Lasker says he had in mind one in
tegral plan which he expects to
make public, in part, if the Presi
dent approves.
WEALTHY MINER PASSES
SPOKANE, Feb. 11—Eugene R.
Day, of Wallace. Idaho, millionaire
mining operator of the Couer d’AI
aine district, died here today, follow
ing a long illness.
RICKARD BOUND OVER
NEW YORK, Feb. 11—Rickard,
fight promoter, has been held in the
sum of $10,000 to appear before
die grand jury, on the charge of
assaulting Alice Ruck, aged 15.
SUSPECT RESEMBLES SANDS
TOPEKA. Feb. 11—The local
authorities are holding a man giving
the name of Walter S. Underwood,
who bears a distinct resemblance
to the missing Edward Sands, form
er butler of William Taylor. Under
wood says he knew Taylor inti
mately, and left Los Angeles on
the night of the murder. He also
says he believes he knows who did
the shooting, but denies that he is
connected with the case in any way.
FIVE CHILDREN DIE
CENTRA LI A, Feb. 11—The five
children of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rhodes,
of Claber, Washington, died today
within an hour after they had taken
what purported to be a dose of ep
som salts. The authorities are in
vestigating.
BON AMI TO TRY AGAIN
ROME, Feb. 11—Following the
failure of Orlando to form a new
ministry. Premier Bonomi has de
cided to go before parliament with
the same cabinet which resigned
last week, but whose resignations
have not yet been accepted.
IRISH BILL INTRODUCED
LONDON, Feb. 11—An Irish Free
State bill, designed to make effect
ive the terms of the Irish treaty,
has been introduced in the house
of commons.
PRESIDENT AZURES SENATORS
AGREEMENTS STAND FOR PEACE
JAM# MURDER
DEEp DAO
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11—Wear
ied by their unceasing labors, the
officers who are enpagred in the in
vestigation of the William Tay
lor murder, are taking a rest to
day. and it is admitted that they
have made little progress.
Two deputies left the office in
haste this morning on a mission re
sulting from a new and apparently
valuable clew bearing on the theory
of jealously as a motive for the
murder, but aside from that, there
have been no new developments.
A man was arrested late last
night on suspicion that he could
throw some light on the tragedy,
but he was able to prove that he
had no connection with the case
and was released. ,
It is understood that District At
torney Woolwine. who is now de
voting his whole attention to the
investigation, plans to question a
number of wealthy and influential
producers and several moving pic
ture directors, and at least four
actresses in an effort to develop
further the theory of a woman in
the case. Two men, not con
nected with the motion picture in
dustry, are also to be quizzed, along
the line of jealously as a possible
motive for the murder.
Mabel'* Letters Are Recovered
The letters of Mabel Normand
to William Taylor, which disappeared
mysteriously after the murder, were
found yesterday stuffed in a boot,
in a closet in the Taylor home. They
have beer, turned over to the dis
trict attorney, who has announced
that none of the letters will be made
public. A woman’s handkerchief,
bearing the initials “M. M. M." was
also found.
Mabel Normand explains that her
chief desire for the return of her
letters was the fear that certain
phrases contained in some of them,
might be misconstrued, although she
declares there was no serious love
affair between herself and Taylor.
TEXTILE WORKERS RIOTING
PROVIDENCE, Feb. 11—Three
troops of National Guard cavalry
are being held at their armories,
in readiness to enter Pawtucket val
ley, to prevent further textile strike
disorders.
Advices received from Anchorage
last night by District Storekeeper
W. R. Manning, report the illness
of Jack Dougherty, former Fair
banksan, who suffered a slight
stroke of paralysis very recently.
He is reported to be on the road
to recovery.
R. S. Donaldson, of the Healy Riv
er Coal Corporation, is in Anchor
age on a business trip. He will re
turn to the Interior at an early
date.
There will be a meeting of Ne
nana Lodge, No. 1193, Loyal Order
of Moose, at the home of the organ
ization on Monday night. It promises
to be a lively session.
Frank Armstrong is a recent ar
rival in Nenana from the coast. He
plans to go to Fairbanks tomorrow.
• WASHINGTON*. D. C., Feb. 11—'t
! Appearing before the senate in per-1 *
son for the third time since he took *
! his oath of office, President Hard-1 *
! ir.g yesterday laid before the law- j1
makers of the upper branch of Con- ‘
gress, the treaties evolved from the I ^
j Arms Conference.
The President declared that the
new agreements would “serve to put'
an end to contradictions, remove
ambiguities and establish clear un
derstandings”.
Seven treaties were submitted for .
! consideration and ratification, in- :
1 eluding the Five Power Naval Arm- ,
ament treaty, the Four Power Pa
I cific treaty, the Submarine and j,
Poison Gas treaty, two treaties sup-; (
plemental to the armament treaty i ;
and two Chinese treaties. j
These engagements, the President \
explained, were interwoven in a j
general scheme of peace and con
! tained nothing which commits the ! <
■ United States to "any kind of al- j j
II lance entanglements or evolvement” j
Referring to the unratified Ver-j
j sailles treaty, he said it was drawn j 1
1 in response to “manifest world' (
hunger” for better relationships and | <
! that the several treaties submitted l
\ today were drawn purely in response (
i to the same desire, but without any 1
j provision except "to promote peace” *
Reviewing briefly the situation in; <
he Far East, the President declared 11
hat the Conference, through the |
'ar Eastern agreement, had dissi- j
ated all apprehension of territor-,
si gTeed in that quarter, and that j
he senate ratification of the Far i
Eastern treaties will “stabilize a j
<eace for the breaking of which;
here is not a shadow of reason or;
eal excuse.”
Committee Con*idering
The senate foreign relations com
nittee has begun the consideration
if the Four Power treaty. There was
. lengthy discussion today, follow
ng which the committee adjourned
mtil Tuesday.
Xo definite program for the con- j
idertftion of the treaties was decid- j
■d upon at today’s meeting, but it j,
s stated that the committee pro-i
tably will not hold hearings and that j
he treaties will be reported one at!
. time.
Friends of the Four Power treaty j
xpress satisfaction over the pro
xess made thus far.
Old Ccmtro»er*y Ends
The long-standing controversy be- \
ween the United States and Japan
iver the Island of Yap, was formally
nded today when Secretary of
State Hughes and Shidehara attach-.
d their signatures to the treaty de- ‘
ining the rights of the United
itates with regard to the man
dated islands of the Pacific.
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BRITAIN MAY SEND FORCE
TO KEEP ORDER IN ULSTER
LONDON, Feb. 11—It was an
nounced in the house of commons
! yesterday that Premier Lloyd George
j had notified Michael Collins that
the Irish kidnapings of this week
: showed the necessity of the main
i tenance of British troops in Ulster.
It was also announced that the
i northern Irish parliament had been
assured that the number of British
' troops in Ulster would be increased
! to any extent necessary for the
I protection of the inhabiuu.' S there
i of.
SECRETARY FALL SAYS STORY
OF RETIREMENT IS NOT TRUE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 1-1—
i Secretary of the Interior Fall ha;
taken notice of the widespread re
, ports that he intended to resign as
' a member of the cabinet and yes-;
terday issued the following state-,
ment:
“I am not resigning, I have nit
| the matter in contemplation and my
| official relationship, so far as I know, |
i is entirely satisfactory; nor have Ij
received any offers from oil com-'
panies”.
CENTRALIA REDS THREATEN
WRECK OF LEGION MEMORIAL
CENTRALIA, Feb. !1—A letter
signed “I. W. W. and O. B. U.”
; has been received by the chief of
j police, in which the threat is made
| to destroy the proposed memorial
j building, to be constructed by the
J American Legion, in honor of the
I four victims of the Armistice Day
disorders.
BOARD TO DECIDE FATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11—
j Secretary of the Navy Denby has
appointed a special board of naval
! officers to make a technical study
i of the status of the construction
: of the battleships Washington and j
! West Virginia, to determine which
i of the two vessels will be complet- j
ed under the terms of the naval
i treaty.
CHICAGO HAS LARGE NUMBER
OF PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS .
CHICAGO. Feb. 11—It is esti
mated that there arc .n •he city of (
Chicago approximately ten thousand
professional criminals, or about one
third of one per cent of the city's
population.
The Chicago Crime Commission
ascribes the unprecedented number
of lawbreakers to the slowness with
which justice is set in motion and J
the small number of convictions.!
There were 190 murder convictions
last year, compared with 330 the
previous year.
HOUSE COMMITTEE REACHES
AGREEMENT ON BONUS BILL ]
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11— ,
The House Ways and Means sub- ]
committee has reached a full agree- ,
ment on the soldiers’ bonus tax (
program, according to announce- j
ment made today.
It is understood the committee
has decided against a bank check
tax and has agreed on a tax of
two and one-half per cent on un
divided profits of corporations and \
a slight increase in parcel post j
rates, to yield. a total of $20,000,- j
000 yearly. £
SHIP ENROUTE TO ORIENT 1
CRIPPLED BY COAST STORM »
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11—Tae c
steamer Bessie Dollar, enroute from 5
Vancouver to the Orient, is report
ed to have been badly damaged
by a storm seven miles west of
Cape Flattery. 1
The bridge was carried away. £
the steward killed and the captain t
injured. i
SANDS MAY BE DEAD t
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 11—The coron- c
er of this city expresses the belief S
that a man known both as William
Koegeland and James Martin, who I
committed suicide here last week, t
is Edward Sands, missing former I
butler of William Taylor, for whom t
the Los Angeles authorities are 1
searching. ; c
10 SENSE BUTV
COLUMBUS. Feb. 11—In an ad
iress delivered before the State
Dry Law Enforcement convention,
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
ieclared yesterday, by way of ex
plaining the lack of enforcement
>f the Volstead act, that an apathetic
;itizenrv and lethargic public offi
,-ials constitute two outstanding dif
Iculties in the way of better en
rorcement of prohibition.
He also asserted that drinking
imong young people and in society
nust be regarded as a national fad
ind not a* a permanently entrench
'd custom.
SEW YORK WOMAN SAYS
WETS ARE IN MAJORITY
NEW YORK. Feb. II—Prohibi
ion received a knockout blow here
:6day, at a meeting- of the Woman'.-!
Democratic Club. When the thai
nan called for a rising vote of those
avoring prohibition, only one of the
h’rty women present responded.
Miss Elizabeth Mardury, a mem
ber of the Democratic National
Zommittee, declared that fully 80
)er cent of the people of New York
ire continually violating the dry
aw.
rRAINMEN TO MEET MINERS
TO DISCUSS WAGE SCALES
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 11—The
irst joint meeting between repre
sentatives of the railroad men’s or
ranizations and United Mine Work
ers will be held in Chicago on Feb
uary 21, according to announcement
nade today by President John L.
^ewis, of the miners’ organization.
Lew.s says the trainmen’s organ
zation, almost without exception,
iave accepted the invitation of the
niners to meet for the purpose of
iiscussing joint efforts to defeat
iroposed wage reductions.
iOMPANY CHARGES SEATTLE
WITH UNDERHAND TACTICS
SEATTLE, Feb. 11—The Frank
Yaterhouse company, pioneer ship
ung firm, which recently was placed
n the hands of a receiver, has filed
n answer to the bankruptcy pro
eedings, in which it is charged that
he Seattle National Bank, and Dan
el Kelleher, chairman of its board
f directors, are trying to wreck the
ompany and drive W’aterhouse from
Seattle.
SMALL OFFER FOR SHIPS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11— I
iobert J. McGahie, San Francisco
ttorney, put in the highest bid for
he 75 wooden ships built by the
Shipping Board during the war and
rhich are now accumulating
•hich are now tied up in Pacific
oast ports. His total bid was only
150,000.
1DISON SEVENTY-FIVE TODAY
WEST ORANGE, Feb. 11—Thos.
Idison celebrated his 75th. birthday
oday, but he did not let the cele-j
ration interfere with his usual
ffice and laboratory work.
HARDING TELLS
CROOKSTON. Feb. 11—The gen
era] industrial and business situa
tion is such now as “to suggest
significantly that we are we!! past
the agricultural crisis. Improve
ment is well begun and will con
tinue from this time forward", is
the declaration contained in a let
ter from President Harding, which
was read yesterday to the farmers
attending the Annual Red River
Farm Crop and Livestock Show
DAUGHERTY IS ACCUSED
OF LAEOR OPPOSITION
j CHICAGO. Feb. 11—Harry Frien
; berg, secretary of the General De
' fense committee which is campaign -
| ing for the release of 98 I. W. W\
! who are still in prison on charge*
j of obstructing the conduct of th»
war, has issued a statement, ad
| dressed to Senator Borah, in which
he charges that the office of At
I torney General Harry Daugherty *
j being made the cer.teT for ar.t:
iabor propoganda.
WILL FREE IRISH PRISONERS
! LONDON', Feb. 11—The colonial
office has-announced that steps un
being taken to release prisoners who
are being held for offenses eommlt
! ted in England from Irish political
motives, prior to the Irish truce.
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IRISH PRISONERS HELD
BELFAST, Feb, 11—According to
Ulster border reports received in
this city, none of the prisoners tan
en in recent raids will be re’ea-efl
. before next week,
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ORLANDO CAN T DO IT
LONDON, Eeb. 11—A Rome dis
patch says that former Premier O:
lando has failed in his effort to
form a new Italian ministry.
CALIFORNIA MAN APPOINTED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 11
President Harding has nominated L.
G. Husar. of California, to Be U
S. district attorney at the Unite1
States court in China.
MERCURY DROPS IN EAST
ST. PAUL, Feb. 11—Tne tempera
ture has dropped 47 degrees here
within the last 20 hours. It ra'
eight below zero this morning.
SIGNAL CORPS CHIEF SAYS
NEW CABLE MUCH NEEDED
SEATTLE, Feb. 11—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times says that General Squier.
chief of the Signal Corps, appeared
before the house appropriation
committee this week and declared
emphatically that the Washingtor:
Alaska cable should be regarded
the first step in the Government's
proposed trans-Pacific cable.
The general urged an appropria
tion of $1,500,000 for replacing the
present cable, and enlarged upon
the availability of this system in
reaching the Orient by direct wire.
M’NAB DENIES REPORT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. UGavin
McNab, chief counsel for Roscoe
Arbuckle, says that he does not
know of any surprise witness from
Chicago, to be sprung at the next
trial of his client. He also denies
that it is the intention of the de
fense to probe further into the life
of Virginia Raape.