WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1920.
NO. 264
LEXINGTON SCENE OF FATAL RIOTING
COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS ALBERS VERDICT
NEW ALASKA CABLE TO BE INSTALLED AT EARLY DATE
' KETCHIKAN CLUB
ASKS BUREAU TO
HELP THE COAST
In response to the invitation to
forward suggestions to the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
k Commerce for the improvement of
conditions in Alaska, the Ketchikan
Commercial club sent the following
message to the Seattle organization:
“The Commercial club of Ketchi
kan extends greetings to the mem
bers of the Alaska bureau at their
annual meeting and dinner, and re
* quests that :
“They continue their efforts to
secure utilization of our wasting
timber for the relief of the paper
pulp shortage.
“To secure legislation conserving
the benefits of the ■ North Pacific
American fresh fish industry to the
American people and the utilizing of
said benefits for the development
and settlement of American terri
tory’.
“To secure adquate payment for
f local mail service, and the specifica
tion of boats of sufficient size to
safely carry mail, passengers and
freight, thereby encouraging ade
quate transportation facilities, with
out which we cannot develop our
latent resources.
"We further request your aid to
secure for Ketchikan a public build
ing for efficiently housing the many
Government offices located here and
h for safeguarding the records of the
same.”
The break in the telegraph line,
which interrupted communication
between Interior Alaska and the
coast yesterday, was repaired today
and messages are again moving with
regularity.
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i LEXINGTON. Ky., Feb. 10.—This
| city was the scene of bloody rioting
j yesterday as a result of an attempt
to lynch William Lockett, a negro,
jwho was on trial in the courthouse
, on the charge of killing ten-year-old
; Geneva Hardman. A mob of several
l hundred whites, including a number
'of women, attacked the courthouse,
'and for a time the greatest excite
' ment prevailed. The mob was held
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! at bay by a detachment of police,
! while officers slipped the frightened
negro to a place of safety. Shots
were exchanged freely between the
•rioters and the police, with the re
isult that four of the rioters were
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killed and a number injured, in
cluding two women. Leaders of the
. mob carried a rope and everything
was in readines to lynch Lockett the
moment he was dragged from the
courtroom.
While the mob was fighting to ;
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pet into the buildinp, the jury re
turned a verdict of puilty apainst
the negro and the judpe quickly
sentenced him to be electrocuted on
March 11.
City Quiet Now.
By noon the city had been quiet- ;
^d and there has been no further
{attempt to interfere with the law. ;
As u precautionary measure, fojr
hundred soldiers have been ordered
from Camp Taylor to patrol the city.
The police have taken the addi
tional precaution to remove all fire
arms from pawn shops and hardware
stores to prevent them from getting
into the hands of rioters in case of
further trouble. A number of the
places were raided by rioters during
yesterday’s disturbance.
COPPER MI PAYS
! SUBSIANIIAL WAGE
i According to a letter received at
j Fairbanks on the last mail from
j Bovd Ryan, who mushed out over
the Broad Pass trail some time ago,
i working conditions are very good
i at the copper mine at Latouche.
‘where he is now employed.
The men are getting #5.75 a day.
he says, and the charge for board
is $1.40 per day.
CASKEY ENTERS RACE
j FOR CONVENTION SEAT
i
I J. Haskey, owner of the Citizen,
has tiled his declaration as a can
didate for election as delegate to
the Democratic national convention.
• according to information received
from Fairbanks this afternoon.
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SHOT SPRINGS MINER
! MEETS WITH MISHAP
i -lack Donnolly, well-known resi
Ulent of the Hot Springs district, is
1 reported to have been severely
burned on the feet and ankles re
cently as the result of falling to
: the bottom of a shaft in which
j steam points were in action. His
ifeet were badly scalded before he
, could climb out of the boiling wa
ter which covered the bottom of the
hole to a depth of several inches.
Donnolly was standing on a lad
jder near the bottom, when a rung
broke and let him down. He was
fortunate in landing on his feet.
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A very small consignment of sec
ond class mail came down from
: Fairbanks on today’s train.
Johnny—Zip, Boom, Ah!
j Robert J. Sommers is now acting
I as Governor of Alaska, owing to
absence of Governor Thomas
the
Riggs, Jr., on a trip to the States.
Mr. Sommers is secretary and sur
| veyor-general of the Territory and.
! according to the law, acts as Gov
ernor during the absence of the
chief executive.
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CABLE REPAIRS PLANNED
! SEATTLE, Fob. 10.—'The Wash-,
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times is authority for the statement
that approximately one hundred
Smiles of new cable wall be installed;
j between this city and Alaska a:
,soon as the pending army deficiency J
bill becomes law.
The item for cable repairs has
been approved by the appropria
tions committees of both houses and
no difficulty is anticipated in getting
the appropriation through Congress.
Many miles of the cable is in bad
shape now, the cause of frequent
interruption and inefficient service.
Considering the amount of repair
work in the past several years, the
installation of new cable where need
ed will pay for itself in a short
time.
SENTENCE STANDS;
ALBERS MUST PAY
j SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10—The;
! United States circuit court of ap
peals has rendered a decision affirm
ing the verdict of the federal court
at Portland, in which Henry Albers,'
wealthy miller, was found guilty of
violating the espionage act. Albers
is under sentence to pay a fine of
$10,000 and serve three years ini
the penitentiary.
Albers was convicted on the
charge that he declared, during the
war, that he was a German sym- i
pathizer.
VERDICT A SURPRISE.
PORTLAND, Feb. 10.—The ruling
of the San Francisco court of ap
peals came as a shock to Albers,
who says that the verdict surprised
him greatly. He believed the ver
dict of the local court would be set
aside.
Attorneys for the miller are now
preparing to carry the case to the
supreme court of the United States.
KOREANS STARTING
WAR AGAINST JAPS
' WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 10.— t
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It is officially reported in this city j
that a real rebellion has been initi- I
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ated by the people of Korea against j
Japanese rule. What is regarded j
as the opening move on the part of
the Koreans already has been re-j
corded, a force of 2,000 Koreans)
having launched a night attack on
a Japanese force of 700, killing 300 j
and putting the remainder to flight.
■ The attacking force was armed
principally with equipment furnish
ed by the Bolsheviki, and entered i
i Northern Korea from Kirin, Man-j
'churia.
! The dispatches say the night at- j
tack was the start of a general j
; movement against the Japs, which j
already has assumed tremendous pro- j
i portions.
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| POPULATION HELPED.
I.ONDON, Feb. 10.—Advices re
;eived in this city from Moscow
Way state that the Japanese have
"aeuated Northern Korea as a re
ult of the Korean uprising- The
copulation of the invaded district
•ose en masse to support the at
;acking Korean rebels.
REDS NEAR JAPAN.
HONOLULU, Feb. 10.—Reports,
•caching here from Tokio state that
he Bolsheviki have captured Alex
mdrovisk, capital of Sakatia island,
ind the fear is expressed that the
•adicals will invade Japan proper.
Private Sanders, member of the
elegraph line repair crew, working
letween Gibbon and Fairbanks, ar
'ived in Nenana on today’s train,
laving made the trip in from Dun
mr’s, in advance of Corporal Fitz
villiams, who is directing the work. '
REPUBLICAN CLUB
10 MEET TONIGHT
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There will be a regular meeting
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of the Nenana Republican club in i
the Union building tonight, com- f
mencing at 9:30, for the transac- i
Iflion of bus.ness of importance to
the organization, including the en-1
rollment of new members and the j
'consideration of communications!
lately received. I
All members of the club are urged
to be on hand.
SPECIAL TRAIN FOR
RAILROAD WORKERS1
For the accommodation of em
ployes of the Alaskan Engineering
commi.-sion anti contractors along
the linn south of town, who may
do.-ire to come to i >wn to witness
the presentation of the comedy
drama. “Rio Grande," on Saturday
night, the regular Saturday train
arriving in town during the after
noon will return to the end of steel
on Monday morning:.
This arrangement was announced
this afternoon by the special com
mittee of the Commercial club, and
it should result in bringing quite
a number of men to town for the
first amateur production ever staged
in N’enana. and for the Leap Year
dance which is to follow the show.
The manxigement of the dance
has requested The News to announce
that men may attend the dance un
escorted. and without charge, and
the assurance is given that a com
mittee of ladies will see to it that
they have as good a time as the
men who get special bids.
The work train which was sent
out to the end of steel yesterday
morning brought quite a number of
passengers to town on the return
trip late yesterday afternoon.
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R TEMPERATURE R,1
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R observation station, N'tnana R 1
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R Tuesday, February 10. RJ
R Maximum . 4 below R j 1
R Minimum .22 below Rji
SAM FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. A
moving- picture theater in the down
town section of the city was par
tially wrecked last night, following
the showing of alleged scenes in
Ireland, poverty stricken and with
pigs and chickens roaming the par
lors of rundown homes.
Before the last reel of the pic
ture had been run through the me
chine, a score of men in the audi
ence left their seat? and stormed
the projecting room and tore up
the objectionable film. Their at
tion was the signal for a genera!
roughhouse, which resulted in con
siderable damage to seats and other
furnishings before police arrived on
the scene and restored order.
A panic- followed the outbreak,
many women • fainting when the
noise started, and a number of oth
ers being bruised in their haste to
get out of the building.
Archie McIntosh, oldtimer of the
Big Chena country, who is now m
Fairbanks replenishing his outfit, re
ports that there is very little doing
in the upper Lhena region this win
ter. The hills ami streams which
have attracted many prospectors in
past winters are almost deserted
this season, and he does not loox
for a revival of prospecting activity
until normal price conditions arc re
stored.
McIntosh expects to return :«> the
hills within the next few days.
COAST LOCALS ARE
Following the lead of Juneau local
>f the Alaska Labor union, Ketchi
tan local is circulating a petition to
:he territorial legislature asking for
;he creation of the offices of an
nspeetor of weights and measures
md a factory inspector. The peti
jon reads:
“A petition to the legislature of
he Territory of Alaska for a bill to
rreate the office of inspector of
veights and measures, his election
ir-d power to act to be provided in
Fe same bill.
“Also: A bill to create the office
if inspector of safety in factories,
nills and workshops using steam or
ither power machinery, his election
md power to act to be provided in
he same bill.’*
Simon James, a Hot Springs na
ive, died in that district on Janu
ary 23 and was buried in the mis
ion cemetery at Cossjacket on
lanuary 26.