• Interior Alaska Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1922
NUMBER 205
LABOR BOARD ORDERS CUT IN WAGES
. SENATOR WA TSON OPENS DEBATE ON TARIFF BILL
SUPREME COURT SAYS LABOR UNIONS NOT EXEMPT
SUPREME CCUPT DECIDES
UNIONS ARE NOT EXEMPT
• WASHINGTON. D. C., June 6—
The supreme court of the United
States has handed down a decision
in which it is held that labor or
ganizations are not exempt from
prosecution under the provisions of j
the Sherman act.
The decision was rendered in »the
* celebrated Colorado coal case, which
is regarded as one of the most im
portant pieces of labor litigation |
ever taken before the highest court
in the land. The ruling holds that
labor organizations can be held
liable for property and other dam
age caused by acts of members. The
case was taken to the supreme court
by the United Mine Workers of
America, following the Arkansas
strike of 1914. The court held that
* the international organization did
not order or ratify the strike and
should not have been made a party
to the suit.
MOVIE MAN IS RELEASED;
BIGAMY CHARGE TOO WEAK
LOS ANGELES. June 6—Justice
of the Peace Hanby has dismissed
the bigamy charge against Rudolph
Valentino, movie man, because of
lack of evidence to support the
complaint.
The dismissal of the charge does
not necessarily mean that the case
is disposed of finally, acco.ding to
members of the staff o: the prose
cuting attorney’s office. They say
the law provides that even after a
hearing in the justice court the dis
trict attorney can go before a 2Tan
jury and ask for an indictment.
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TARIFF DEBATING STARTS;
SENATOR WATSON IS FIRST
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 6—
Senator Watson, of Indiana, in ills
opening address on the tariff bill,
announced that it is the determina
tion of the Republican senate lead
ers to explain and defend the ad
ministration measure in a genera!
debate on the floor of the senate.
The address of Senator Watson
was the first of a series of speeches
planned for the next few weeks.
HARDING URGES SHIP SUBSIDY
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—
President Harding has appealed to
the house leaders to speed action
on the administration ship subsidy
bill.
C. O. PRE5T—O
SALT LAKE. June 6—C. O.
Prest, aviator, who is attempting a
flight from Buffalo to Siberia, via
Alaska, arrived here from Chey
enne on Saturday afternoon.
BING MILLER AFTER RECORD
CHICAGO. June 6—Bing Miller,
slugging outfielder of the Phillies,
is giving Ken William and George
Sisler a hot race for the American
league leadership in home run and
general batting honors. He has an
even dozen homers to his credit
now. while William has fourteen.
Williams heads the batting list with
.425 and he also holds the record
for stolen bases, with a credit of
eighteen for the season. Hank
Gowdy, of the Bostons, heads the
National batting list with .403;
Griffith, of the Brooklyns, is next
with .394. Roger Hornsby, of the
St. Louis team, has thirteen home
runs.
, SECOND TRIAL STARTING
LOS ANGELES. June 6—The
* selection of a jury to try Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchain, charged with
the murder of J. Belton Kennedy,
was begun here yesterday. This is
the second trial, the first having re
sulted in a disagreement- Arthur C.
Burch is jointly charged in connec
tion with the same crime and has
been twice tried, the jury in eac-h
case having failed to reach ar agree
ment.
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RAILROAD WORKERS READY
TO VOTE ON STRIKE QUESTION
DEATH CLAIMS OPERA STAR;
NOTED AS AMERICAN BEAUTY
PITTSBURG, June 6—Mrs. Lil
lian Rus^ll Moore, wife of Alex
ander H. Moore, publisher and lead
er. died this morning after an illness
of several days. At tie bedsude
were the daughter, husband and
niec-e.
As “Queen of American opera”
and one of the most beautiful
women on the American stage, Lil
lian Russell starred for more than
thirty years in various operatic
roles ir the United States and Eng
land. She was bom at Clinton, Iowa
in 1861.
BUILDINGS FALL—FORTY DIE
LEMBERG, Poland, June 6—More
than forty persons were buried in
the wreckage of two buildings which
collapsed here yesterday as the re
sult of vibrations from passing
motor trucks. Most of those who
were buried were dead when their
bodies were recovered.
GEORGE CARMACK PASSES
SEATTLE. June 6—George Car
mack, discoverer of gold on Bonan
za creek, in the Klondike district,
resulting in the greatest gold rush
in history, died at Vancouver yes
terday. ar.d his body will be brot to
this city for burial. He was bom in
Contra Costa county. California, in
September, 1960.
EAGLES BAR RU KLUX
SANTA CRUZ. Jure 6—The Cal
ifornia state aerie of Eagles. which
is in session here, adopted a resolu
tion today to the effect that mem
bers of the organization may not
be members of the Ku Klux Kiar.
and retain their standing as Earl#-.
FORD HAS EAR TO GROUND
BUT WILL NOT SPEND CENT
DETROIT. Jlne 6—Henry Ford
has intimated privately that he will
'run for president “if the people de
sire him to do so”. But he asserts
that he will refuse to spend any
I money to bring about his nomina
tion or election. #
The attitude of the auto maker
I is made .known by William Kron
berg. editor of a Dearborn news
paper and one of the leaders of the
Ford-for-president club which was
recently organized at Dearborn.
PREMIER LENINE HAS STROKE
BERLIN. June 6—Private advices
' received in local soviet circles say
that Premier Lenine suffered a
, stroke on Thursday of last week
and is in bad condition. M. Litts
zoff and other soviet leaders who
. were in this city, have left for
Moscow hurriedly.
FAMOUS NOVELIST PASSES
NEW YORK. June 6—Mrs. Vir
i ginia Terhune, famous novelist and
author of cook books under the
name of Marian Hartland, died here
Saturday afternoon.
REAVIS TO HELP PROSECUTE
LINCOLN, June 6—Governor Me
Kelvie has accepted the resignation
of Congressman C. F. Reavis, who
will become special prosecutor, un
der Attorney Genera! Daugherty, in
! connection with the war fraud in
vestigation and prosecution.
BANDITS TAP COLLECTORS
LOS ANGELES. June 6—Collect
ors in the employ of the Richfield
j Oil Company were held up yester
day by a pair of bandits and re
lieved of $5,000.
CHICAGO, June 6—Over-riding
the strong protest of the three
labor members, the Railroad Labor
board today ordered reductions in
the wages of railroad workers which
will deprive the men of approxi
mately sixty million dollars annual
ly. The decision of the board is
effective on July 1.
The order protides for a cut of
seven cents an hour for railway shop
mechanics and nine cents an hour
for freight carmen and affects about
four hundred thousand shopmen.
Waiting For Roads To Act
CHICAGO. June 6—As a result
of the decision reached by the Rail
road Labor board today, a strike
vote will be taken by more than
one million railroad workers, by in
j dividual unions affected by the wage
! reductions. The vote will not be tak
! en. however, until after action has
been taken by the railroad com
panies at the conference of ex
! ecutives to be held shortly. The
strike ballots will be returnable in
' thirty days.
Cut Widens Breach
CINCINNATI. June 6—The new
wage reduction ordered today by
the Railroad Labor board simply
intensifies the feeling of dissatis
faction among employes of the rail
roads and will result in an immed
iate strike vote, returnable June 30.
. according to a statement made this
afternoon by B. M. Jewell, head of
the shop crafts union.
GOVERNMENT PARTY COMING
TO INSPECT SEAL INDUSTRY
SEATTLE. June 6—A Washing
ton special says that Lieutenant
Commander H. G. Hamlett, of the
coast guard, ■who has been on de
tached service at headquarters, has
been ordered to join the cutter Mo
jave. which is scheduled to sail
from Seattle on June 17 on a cruise
to Alaska, carrying a party of gov
ernment officials connected with the
Bering seal industry and other gov
ernment activities.
Considerable secrecy is being
maintained regarding the personnel
of the party, but it is,thought that
those who will make the trip will in
clude department of commerce offi
cials.
The present commander of the
Mojave, Lieut. Com. Boedeker, will
be transferred to the Unalga, which
is stationed at Juneau.
SEATTLE CHIEF RESIGNS
SEATTLE, June 6—Chief of Po
lice W. H. Seargent has announced
that he will resign his post as head ,
of the department, to revert auto
matically to the status of captain j
of the force, under civil service j
regulations. It has been learned
unofficially that H. B. Severyns,:
local attorney, has been selected
for appointment as chief.
MOTHER GIVES UP
CHICAGO, June 6—The court
fight against Mathilde McCormick,
to prevent her marriage to Max
, Oser, Swiss riding master, ended
abruptly on Saturday when the girl s
mother, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mc
Cormick, withdrew her petition for i
a restraining order to prevent the
I union.
.TRAIN DERAILED—19 INJURED
CHICAGO. June 6—The derail
5 ment of a Chicago & Northwestern .
i passenger train on Saturday after-,
| noon resulted in the injury of nine
i teen passengers, some of whom
were seriously hurt. The accident
occurred near Quarr, while the train
?was enroute from Omaha to this
j city.
NEW MAYOR WILL CUT FARES
SEATTLE. June 6—The problem
iof five cent carfares in this city
‘will be settled within three months,
according to a declaration made by
i Mayor E. J. Brown yesterday, when
| he took over the responsibilities of
! his office.
WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED
| NEW YORK. June 6—Major O
Westever and his aid. Lieutenant
C. F. Bond, have been officially de
clared winners of the national bal
loon race, with the official distance
fixed at 850 miles.
STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES
PACIFIC CONFERENCE CALL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jane 6—
The state department has transmit
ted invitation* to all nations border
ing- on the Pacific ocean to partici
pate m the Pacific Commerce con
ference to be held at Honolulu next
October.
The meeting will be held under
the auspices of the Pan-Pacific
union and a wide range of sub
jects will be discussed, including
communication, transportation, de
velopment, conservation of natural
resources, financial investments and
international relations.
YANKS TO STAY ON RHINE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—
Complying: with requests received
from German and the Allied powers,
the war department has issued in
structions to detain a small detach
ment of American troops at Cob
lenz beyond the first of July, the
date originally decided upon for the
American evacuation of the Rhine
district.
G. O. P. LEADER UNDER GUN;
DEMANDS PROMPT HEARING
PHILADELPHIA, June 0— J o h n
Lewis Phillips, of Georgia, Republi
can state chairman, for whose ar
rest a warrant was issued last week
charging conspiracy to defraud the
government through war contracts,
has announced that he will return
to Washington Immediately and de
mand a full hearing.
STOPPED PAIN WITH HAMMER
PORTLAND, June 6—Walter Weir
has confessed to the police that he
killed his mother, Mrs. Susan B.
Weir, aged 76, because he could
not longer endure to see her suffer
in her illness, for which there ap
peared to be no cure. The son, who
is 36 years of age, used a hammer
to put his mother out of her misery.
POWDER PLANT KILLS FIVE
OAKLAND, June 6—An explosion
at the plant of the Trojan Powdei
Company yesterday, at San Lorenzo,
resulted in the death of five men and
the serious injury of three other?
The explosion occurred in the dry
ing department and that ’ portion
of the plant was wrecked.
The launch Mutt, owned and oper
ated by Sam Heeter, well known old
timer of Tanana, arrived in porl
last night with a barge in tow. Therf
were twenty-four passengers a boar,
from Tanana and lower Yukon rivei
points, some of whom will remair
in Nenana while others will leav«
for the Outside. The Mutt may gel
away tomorrow for the lower river
carrying passengers and freight.
BRITISH SLOOP DISCOVERS
IRISH ARMS ABOARD SHIP
LONDON', June 6—The steamer
Seattle Spirit, bound from New
York to Fenit. County Kerry, with
corn and a mixed cargo, was held
up at Thalee bay by a British sloop
and a large quantity of arms and
ammunition seized, according to ad
vices which reached this city today.
The war materials were cleverly
hidden away in the cargo and it is
thought were about to be landed
when the sloop arrived on the
scene.
SENATOR ROASTS HARDING
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 3—
Senator Stanley, of Kentucky, de
clared in the senate today that Pres
ident Harding is “attempting to stifle
if not muzzle” the press of the coun
try in an effort to prevent the publi
cation of attacks on Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty, and with making
a “desperate attempt to shield the
man who dares not shield himself
and to protect the man who dares
not protect nimself”.
BLANCHE SWEET WILL TRY 17
LOS ANGELES, June 6—Not ir
the least alarmed by the disastrou:
outcome of numerous matrimonia
ventures in movie circles lately
Blanche Sweet and Marshal Neilan
both headliners, will launch then
matrimonial skiff some time this
month, according to announcemen:
made here yesterday.
TEXAS HAS RIOT SCARE
KERVIX, .Texas, June 6—-Consid
erable excitement was caused hert
yesterday by reports of race riotint
nearby. Investigation failed to dis
close any ‘disturbance, however, anc
no trouble is expected.
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CHRISTIANS TO BE USED
TO BLOCK GREEK FORCE!
ADANA, Cilicia, June 6—Mus
tapha Kemal Pasha, chieftan of thi
Turkish Nationalist forces, has is
sued orders for the conscription o
all Christians in Cilicia. They wii
be formed into labor brigades am
sent to the front line trenches t<
assist in opposing the Greek forces
FIRES UNDER CONTROL
' SEATTLE, June 6—The fores
fires of western Washington are re
ported to have been gotten unde
control, and it is believed there i
little danger at the present time o
a recurrence.
FORD OFFER IS APPROVED
BUT PLANT IS HELD OU1
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6
The house military committee ha
voted a favorable report on th
Henry Ford proposal for the opera
tion of the Muscle Shoals project
and recommends its acceptance b;
Congress. The report, however, pro
vides for the elimination of th
Gorgas steam plant which Ford de
sires included
Mrs. James Cody has received
wire from Mr. Cody in which h
states that the first boat to get thn
Lake Labarge will be leaving to
morrow and that the steamer Alask
should reach Nenana about June 3"
The steamer will return to Dawso:
from this point.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hutchison ar
recent arrivals in Nenana from th
Hot Springs country. They are o:
a vacation trip and .probably wi!
leave for the coast shortly.
SENATOR ASSAILS DIPLOMATS
FOR TALKING ABOUT TARIFF
W ASHING VOX, D. C., June 6—*
i Senator Watson, of Indiana, in an
| address made on the floor of the
senate yesterday, assailed the Br.tish
.and Italian ambassadors because of
remarks made by them in state
ments relating to American tariff
and trade.
The senator charged that Sir
Auckland Geddes "went entirely
j outside the bounds of propriety” in
; an address delivered by him in Col
| ifornia last March, in which he was
quoted as urging the use of British
I ships for carrying American com
merce as one means of aiding trade
! between the United Statps and
j Great Britain.
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COAL RETAILERS PREDICT
IMMEDIATE PRICE ADVANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 6—
An immediate increase of $1.75 in
the retail price of coal is predicted
j bv retail dealers, who assert that
; the advance in price wfll be the
direct result of the “fair price
maximum” of $3.50 at the mines,
which was established last week as
the result of a conference between
Secretary of Commerce Hoover and
j the various coal operators.
MEXICAN TRAIN BLOWN UP;
4 TWENTY-FIVE ARE KILLED
MEXICO CITY. June 6—Twenty
five soldier® were killed yesterday
when a train was blown up between
Tomellin and Santa Cararina. ac
cording to advices which reached
■ this city this afternoon.
PORTUGUESE AIRMEN MAKE
FLICHT ACROSS ATLANTIC
PERNAMBUCO. Brazil, June 6—
Captains Sacadure and Coutinho.
Portuguese aviators, arrived here
yesterday, having successfully ne
gotiated a Transatlantic flight in a
. hydroplane.
POWER ACT TO BE TESTED
WASHINGTON. D C.. Jupe G—
The supreme court has granted the
motion of the state of New York,
asking permission to file an origin
al bill to test the constitutionality
of the federal water power act. The
state contends that the act is not
valid because it would affect non
navigable streams.
STEEL MERGER UNDER FIRE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6—
1' The federal trade commission has
' made formal complaint, charging
'that the Bethlehem and Lackawanna
steel companies, which were recent
ly merged, are employing an unfair
■ mode of competition.
JUDGE AND MRS. CLEGG BACK
Among the passengers arriving in
‘ | Nenana on Sunday’s tra.n from the
coast were Judge and Mrs. Cecil H
j Clegg. The judge is returning to hi
division from Valdez to open a term
■ of court at Flat, for which point he
will leave, with the other member
, of the court party, on the steamer
i Seattle No. 3, transferring at Holy
■ Cross from that boat to comfortable
' gas boats operated by Ira Wood,
. j veteran Iditarod transportation man.
': The party will be away from Fair
banks the greater part of the sum
mer.
Judge Clegg had exchanged duties
temporarily with Judge E. E. Ritchie
of the Third division, and presided
i at terms held at Anchorage and
: Seward. The Anchorage term lasted
i ' ten days, during which time th>
- calendar was cleared. The Seward
i term lasted sixteen days.
Mrs. Clegg left fur Fairbanks on
t Sunday and was followed yesterday
by the judge. He will return to
I Nenana in time to make connections
with the Seattle No. 3.
,; R. S. Donaldson, of the Healy
1 River Coal Corporation, is paying
the city a brief business visit.