* Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1921
NUMBER 68
■TEXAS FLOOD TAKES HEAVY LIFE TOLL
ARBUCKLE FORMALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER
■ REPLY OF IRISH CABINET IS FORWARDED TO BRITAIN
FORMAL CHARGE OF MURDER
IS FILED AGAINST ARBUCKLE
SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 13—Mrs.
Bambine and Maud Delmont, friends
of Virginia Rappe, movie actress
■who died in a local hospital last
week, following an assault alleged
to have been made upon her by
t Fatty Arbuckle, swore to a formal
murder charge against Arbuckle, in
Police Judge O'Brien’s court, yes
terday. The complaint is the second
one filed, the first having been filed
on Saturday in order to hold the
actor in jail pending developments.
Mrs. Delmont, in a sworn state
ment, gave the police many details
of the party in the St. Francis hotel,
during the progress of which the
assault is alleged to have been com
mitted. The statement has not been
made public and probably will not
be disclosed until the trial.
Arbuckle appeared in court yes
terday, but the proceedings were
ended suddenly by a postponement
of the case until Friday.
Fiance Will Prosecute
NEW YORK, Sept. 13—Henry
Lehrman, movie director and Miss
t Rappe’s fiance, declares that it is
his intention to devote every mo
ment of his time to the prosecution
of Arbuckle. He will supervise all
of the funeral arrangements. The
body will be taken to Los Angeles
for burial.
Arbuckle Picture* Are Taboo
BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 13—All
of Fatty Arbuckle’s films have been
t barred from this city, pending the
outcome of the proceedings which
have been started against him.
Laughter Turn* To Scorn
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 13—The
Fatty Arbuckle film production which
has been showing at a local movie
house, was shelved Sunday night,
as a result of the San PYan cisco
outrage.
Memphi* Tie* Can To Him
MEMPHIS, Sept. 13—An order
has been issued forbidding the show
ing of Arbuckle pictures in this
city.
His Gold May Save Him
„ SAN FRANCigCO Sent. 13—Dis
ti ct Attorney Brady, m a state
ment issued today, expressed the
conviction that “undue influence of
a sinister character” had been used
on Miss Zey FYovost, one of the
chief witnesses for the prosecution,
in the Arbuckle case. Brady says
*, that in a statement made before the
grand jury Ihst night, Miss provost
denied that she had previously in
formed the police that Miss Rappe
had told her that Arbuckle was re
sponsible for the injuries which later
resulted in her death.
GALE DISABLES GAS BOAT
VICTORIA, Sept 13—The gas
boat Ambok, disabled and leaking
badly, as the result of encountering
a gale 30 miles west of Eureka,
has been taken in tow by the steam
er Algerine, of the Pacific Salvage
Company. The crew of the gas boat
were taken on board the steamer.
POLISH CABINET QUITS
WARSAW, Sept. 13—The Polish
cabinet under Vincent Witos has
resigned.
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TWO HUNDRED LOSE LIVES
AS RESULT OF INUNDATION
AMERICAN LEGION VOYAGERS
RETURN FROM TRIP ABROAD
NEW YORK. Sept, 13—The two
hundred and fifty members of the
American Legion who returned to
France recently for a tour of the
battlefields, are back home again,
having arrived from Europe yester
day.
National Commander O. G. Emery,
who accompanied the voyagers, re
ports that much interest is mani
fested in France in the forthcoming
disarmament conference, but he is
of the opinion that it is “unreason
able to ask France to limit her arm
ament without guarantees against
another invasion.”
TRANS-ARCTIC HOP DELAYED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 13—
E. F. Naulty, who will command
the proposed trans-Arctic flight, an
nounces that changes in continental
weath conditions make it impossible
to start the flight until October 15.
The plane will hop off from Point
Barrow and arrangements have been
made to carry letters from public
men in the United States to others
in Europe.
MAY INCREASE EXEMPTIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 13—
The senate finance committee has
I voted to retain the 32 per cent max
imum income surtax rates, as fixed
in the house bill. The committee has
also approved the provisions in the
i house bill increasing from $2,000
to $2,500 the exemption to heads
1 of families having incomes of less
I than $5,000, and also increasing
• exemptions for dependants from
| $200 to $400.
SENATOR TAKES EXCEPTION
TO DRY LAW PROVISIONS
UTICA. N Y.. Sept. 13—Declar
, ing himself opposed to the stringent
1 regulations of the Volstead act, Sen
ator Ashurst. of Arizona, in an ad
dress delivered her last night, de
nounced the practice of searching
private property for liquor as illegal
and in contravention of the rights
of citizens guaranteed under the
constitution of the United States.
FATHER BREAKS UP PARTY
LONG BEACH. Sept. 13—While
: Mrs. Carrie Foutt, aged 38, was
' celebrating the thirteenth birthday
; of her son here on Saturday, her
divorced husband, E. Froutt, aged
75, appeared on the scene disguised
as Santa Claus, and shot her, caus
ing serious injury. Then the old
man turned the gun on himself,
! putting a bullet into his brain.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS GAIN
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 13—
1 The monthly trade summary com
piled by the Department of Com
merce, shows a material gain in ex
ports and imports for the month of
August, as compared with July. Ex
ports increased fifty-four millions
and imports showed a gain of seven
teen millions.
DALLAS, Sept. 13—Newspaper
reports received in this city during
the night from the Central Texas
flood region, brought the unofficial
death list up to nearly 200.
Communication is generally de
moralized throughout the inundated
area, but with the flood waters re
ceding rapidly today, normal con
ditions are in prospect.
The most serious loss of life is
reported from Williamson and Mitam
counties, where more than 100 bod
ies have been recovered thus far.
Aside from San Antonio, the reports
show the following dead: Thorndale
45 Mexicans; Laneport 23 Mexicans;
San Jabriel eight Mexicans and two
others; Alligator Creek, five Mexi
cans; Taylor, six persons; Lawrence
Creek, three; Redville, two; George
town, two; in the Brazos bottoms,
20.
Many House* Swept Away
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 13—The
number of houses swept away or
damaged by the flood, is placed at
145, and the known list of dead in
San Antonio still remains at 49, no
additional deaths having been re
ported since yesterday.
A**i*ting The Sufferer*
SAN ANTONIO. Sept. 13—Civic
organizations have begun work on
a plan to give financial aid to the
flood sufferers. The city has de
clined aid from other places. The
mayor issued a notice yesterday to
the effect that neither food nor
medical aid is needed
The property loss in this city is
estimated at five million dollars,
i Of this amount, a fifth represents
! dry goods, a large part of which can
, be saved if cleaning starts iramed
! iately.
BRYAN, Texas. Sept. 13—It is
| estimated that about 12,000 negroes
' have been rendered homeless by the
i flood, chiefly in the Brazos river
: bottoms. Thousands of bales of cot
i ton were washed away and many
j horses, mules and cattle drowned.
Train Service Resumed
SAX ANTONIO, Sept. 13—Train
service has been resumed here and
conditions are becoming normal rap
idly.
Four refugee camps have been es
tablished for the temporary care of
| those who lost their homes in the
flood, and the sum of 417,000 has
already been subscribed for the care
of refugees, the money to be ex
; pended under the direction of the
Red Cross.
Report! Conflicting
HOUSTON, Sept. 13—Although
■ reports received by the papers in
I dicate that the Colorado and Brazos
J rivers are returning to their regular
j channels, weather bureau say they
j have not been officially advised to
that effect. Tremendous damage is
reported, and it is expected that
the losses in the flooded area will
aggregate many millions of dollars.
JAPANESE PRINCE WELCOMED
TOKIO, Sept. 13—The Japanese
populace of this city, numbering two
and a half millions, gave character
istic expression of Japanese loyalty
to Crown Prince Hiropito, heir ap
parent, whose recent successful tour
of the Occident has appealed to
popular imagination and undoubted
ly aroused new and more democratic
interest in the imperial family.
BRITISH DISCOVER PLOT
LONDON, Sept. 13—The British
intelligence department at Constanti
nople has discovered a plot, origin
ating in Angora, to foment a revol
ution at Constantinople. A demand
has been made by the British for
the arrest of those implicated.
QUEBEC VOTES WET
QUEBEC, Sept. 13—This city has
voted wet by a majority of 12,000,
in a poll of 25,000. The effect of the
vote will be to repeal existing local
option and place the city under the
provincial liquor statute, which pro
vides for government dispensaries.
NORTHWEST TO GET SCHOOL
SEATTLE, Sept. 13—Director
Forbes, of the Veterans’ Bureau, has
announced that one of the fou
Government vocational universities
for veteran- w;ll be established in
the Northwest. He says that an
nour cement of the location and
plans is expected shortly.
MOORE WILL BE JUDGE
GENEVA, Sept. 13—Many of the
delegates in attendance at the as
sembly of the League of Nations
predict that John Bassett Moore,
noted international law expert, will
be elected judge of the International
Court of Justice by a large major
ity, when the voted is taken to
morrow. Those delegates supporting
him include South America, Britain,
France, Italy, Japan, China and
Canada.
REPRESENTATIVE PASSES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13—
Representative Samuel M. Taylor, of
Arkansas, died here today, following
an illness of several weeks. Death
is attributed to pleurisy and pneu
monia.
LOOT OF PIRATE IS FOUND
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13—Part
of the supposed buried treasure of
Jean Lafitto, the pirate, has been
found near the Jefferson Island
home of the late Joseph Jefferson,
according to reports received in this
city from the south Louisiana coast,
where two pots of buried gold have
been uncovered. A search is now
being made for more of the yellow
treasure.
SEOUL. Sept. 13—A Korean
threw two bombs near Admiral
Saito yesterday, but - ithout caus
ing injury to anl. one. Saito is
military govern jr of Korea.
BODY OF MISSING SALESMAN
FOUND BURIED UNDER SHOP
CHICAGO, Sept. 13—A doubled
up and bound body, believed to be
that of Carl Asmus. auto salesman
who disappeared last week with B.
J. Daugherty, whose body was later
found in the Desplanes river, has
been unearthed beneath the garage
at the rear of the home of H. W.
Church in this city. The body lay on
its left side, with wrists bound to
ankles, and knees against chest. The
body was later identified by the
parents of the dead man, who came
from Bloomington for that purpose.
Church, who was taken into cus
tody by the police and who later
admitted that he had killed the two
men, has named Leon Parks as an
accomplice in the double murder.
Church is said to have named an
other man also, but his identity has
not yet been disclosed. Parks has
confessed that he was implicated in
the crime.
ABSENCE OF JURISTS COSTS
CONDEMNED MAN HIS LIFE
PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 13—The
hand of death gripped Nichan Mart
in, Armenian, at the state peni
tentiary yesterday, pursuant to an
order of the court, imposing the ex
treme penalty, following the con
viction of Martin of the charge of
murdering Arthur Desteunder, ex
J service man of Canada, with whom
the Armenian toured the country by
motor in the summer of 1919.
Martin’s petition for a writ of
certiorari had been accepted by one
. justice of the United States su
preme court, but not a sufficient
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number of the members of that court
were present to stay the execution.
Pending the disposal of the motion
further efforts to have the state
supreme court postpone the hang
ing failed because of the pesence
of only justice in the city. The law
requires that at least two justices
; pass on such a matter.
I So, while the justices played, the
Armenian died.
NEW ORLEANS OBJECTS
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 10—Con
siderable excitement has been oc
casioned by the announcement of
a large delegation of Chicogo ho
boes intend to spend the winter
here. There are said to be 12,000
in the outfit, all members of the
Hoboes Welfare Association. The
local police admit that the visitors
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may enter the port but declare that
they will not be permitted to tar-,
ry
CARNIVAL TRAIN WRECKED
STAMFORD, Sept. 13—Two per
sons were killed, two seriously in
jured and a number of others
; slightly hurt in an accident which
occurred yesterday to a car attach
I ed to the Rubin and Cherry Carni
val train, while passing over the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad.
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IRELAND FORWARDS REPLY;
BE MADE PUBLIC TOMORROW
DUBLIN’, Sept. 13—The reply of
the Irish republican parliament to
the proposal of Lloyd George for
another conference to consider the
future of Ireland, has been for
warded to Inverness by special
courier and probably will be made
publi.c tomorrow. Parliament will be
in session tomorrow.
Note Opens The Door
The Freeman’s Journal, comment
ing on the British premier's com
munication. says that it opens the
door wider than ever for Irish in
dependence. The six original con
ditions imposed by Lloyd George,
have been either waived or left open
for discussion and voluntary ar
rangement.
The rumor is current in local Sinn
Fein circles that if plenipotentiaries
are appointed to proceed to In
verness to confer with a committee
from the British cabinet, Devalera
does not desire to be one of them,
being willing to leave the conduct
ing of negotiations to Arthur Grif
fith, the Sinn Fein foreign minister.
INSURGENTS GIVE TROUBLE;
MASS EXECUTIONS ORDERED
LONDON, Sept. 13—A Warsaw
despatch to the Daily Mail says in
surrection against the soviet author
ities of White Russia is spreading
as a result of forcible food levies.
Bolshevik commissares are being as
sassinated with such regularity that
the authorities have ordered a num
ber of mass executions as a means
of checking the revolutionary at
tacks.
WINTER HITS MONTANA
HELENA, Sept. 10—With rain
and snow in many parts of the
state, and unseasonably low tem
peratures, Montana had its first
autumnal storms yesterday. The
foothills and the Rockies near this
city were covered with snow and
snow fell in the valley during the
day.
ROOT GIVES POSITIVE REPLY
GENEVA. Sept. 13—Eiihu Root
has definitely declined to be con
sidered for selection as judge of the
International Court of Justice. He
says he is too old.
UNION REQUEST IS IGORED;
OIL WORKERS QUIT PLACES
FRESNO, Sept. 13—Union offi
cials are authority for the state
ment that 8,000 oil field workers
will quit their places at midnight
as a result of the failure of certain
companies to meet with union repre
sentatives and federal mediators for
the purpose of negotiating a new
scale of wages, j
FORESTER EXPLAINS FIRES
MISSOULA, Sept. 10—From 30
to 100 incendiary fires have been
set in the Blackfeet National For
est, in Northwestern Montana, dur
ing the paast few wet’ s, for the
purpose of providing work for fire
fighters, in the opinion of District
Forester Morrell. He says t ere is
much evidence in the possession of
the service to show that mrny of
the fires have teea started irten
tionally.