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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1923
NUMBER 400
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GERMANS AGREE TO GIVE FRANCE COAL
. FRENCH FLAG TORN DOWN BY ANGRY GERMANS
TURKS MAKING PREPARATIONS TO RETURN TO BATTLE
KLANSMEN ARE IDENTIFIED
BY WITNESS AT KLAN TRIAL
BASTROP, Jan. 13—Mayor Dade,;
®f Mer Rouge, who was called as a :
witness yesterday in the kidnapping
case, identified Dr. McKoin, Cyclops I
Skipwith, Kelly, Harp and Ed Ivey '
as members of a klan band which
held up and disarmed Daniels and
other citizens of Mer Rouge near
Gallion several months prior to the
kidnapping of Danieles and Richards.
.
Cyclops Will Tell About Klan
During the proceedings yesterday,
Skipwith requested a conference
with Attorney General Coco, in con-1
section with the atrocities of the
hooded band, and it is understood
be has given the attorney general
all the details of the operation of
•die Morehouse klan since its organ
ization. It is his intention to try to
establish the fact that the operation 1
of the black hooded band were not1
under the supervision of the Ku 1
Klux Klan.
Sajrt McKoin Faked
William B. Stucky, a lawyer and .
former member of the legislature, j
who is an avowed opponent of the
Ku Klux Klan, says the theory is <
prevalent at Mer Rouge, in connec
tion with the alleged attempt to
kill Dr. McKojp, that the doctor;
shot up his own car in an effort to
gain support for members of the j
klan.
A witness testified this afternoon
that he heard Skipwith remark that
“every man in Morehouse who did
not stop talking about the klan
wci^d be whipped
Skipwith has announced that hi? ■
scheduled conference with Coco ha
ren abandoned.
Walter Campbell, marshal at
MerRouge, testified that Thomas
Richards told him he had recog
nized Jim Tisdale and A. E. Camp
bell as members of the band which
kidnapped him a week before Rich
ards was killed. The Campbell men
tioned is a brother of the marshal.
HUGHES GOING SOUTH
WASHINGTON, D C. Jar.. 13—
If public duties permit. Secretary
of State Hughes will attend the
Pan-American conference at San
tiago, Chile, in March. The invita-:
tion, which was extended through
the Chilean ambassador, has been
accepted conditionally.
CITIES RAISED IN RANK
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 13
More than a dozen cities heretofore
have been merely points of entry
for immigrants, have been raised
to the rank of district headquarters
by the immigration service. The list
includes Winnipeg, Montreal, Spo- i
kane. San Diego. Sal: Lake, San
Antonio. Omaha. New districts also
have been created to cover Alaska
Porto Rico and Hawaii.
ALLIES ON THE JOB
PARIS, Jan. 13—The Allied coun !
eil of ambassadors is trying to in- j
duce the Lithuanian government to
bring pressure to bear on the group j
of Lithuanians menacing Memel.
The ambassadors are of the opinion
•hat the Lithuanian government will.
he able to stop the movement if it I
acts promptly and vigorously.
BANDITS STEAL BONDS
BATEN ROUGE. Jan. 13—The
store safe of Bridges & West, at
Norood. Louisiana, was blown open
last night and 830,000 in Liberty'
bonds and $1,000 in cash stolen.:
The robbers made their escape with
the loot.
DEATH BEATS MLTDER TRIAL
MIAMI. Jan. 13—EJmsr C. Fradyi
automobile man. who was awaiting'
trial on the charge of killing his
wife, died in a local hospital yes-'
terday. Two blood transfusions were
made in an effort to prolong his
life, but to no avail.
ENGLAND TURNS DEAF EAR TO
PROTEST AGAINST OCCUPATION
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HOUSE REPORTS ARMY BILL;
NO MONEY FOR NEW ROADS
WASHINGTON', D. C.. Jan. 13—
The army appropriation bill was re
ported to the house yeseterday. It
provides for a standing- army of
12,000 officers and 125.000 men,
the same as last year.
Alaska Item Curtailed
SEATTLE. Jan. 13—A Washing
ton special to the Seattle Times
says the army bill, as reported yes
terday, carries an item of $465,000
for the maintenance of wagon roads
and trails in Alaska, but contains
no provision for the construction of
feeder roads to supply tonnage for
the Government railroad.
Money For New Cable
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 13—
The army bills carries an appro
priation of $750,000 for a new
Alaska military cable.
Training Camps Provided For
An appropriation of 43.250,000 is
provided for training camps for re
serve officers, and $2,500,000 for
civiiiian training camps.
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS WILL
START ©RIVE ON LAWLESS
AUSTIN. Jan. 13—Addressing a
joint session of the state legislature
yesterday. Governor Neff declared
that three men are killed in the
state every day and that liquor
smugglers are at work constantly.
He pledged himself to “fight the
lawless element with my back to
the wall.”
TREASURY PLACES FILLED
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 13
President Harding has cleared the
slate of important pending treasury
appointments by nominating Comp
troller of the Currency to be gov
ernor general of the federal reserve
board; James G. McNarry. of Las
Vegas. New Mexico, to be comp
troller of currency; Milo D. Camp
bell, of Michigan, to be “dirt farm
er" member of t e federal reserve
board.
NEW REPUBLIC IS BORN
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 13—Re
ports received in this city yester
day state that the Memel district
has been declared in state of siege,
and that M. Siroonaitis. former
Lithuanian minister, has been pro
claimed president of Memel terri
tory.
THREE DIE IN ERIN
DUBLIN, Jan. 13—Three men
were executed at Dundlak this morn
ing for illegal possession of arms
and amunition, according to official
announcement made by the Free
State authorities.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Thompson
returned to Nenana yesterday from
a vacation trip to California having
been absent since the latter part of
October. They made the trip from
Seward to Los Angeles by water
and report a delightful voyage,
with good weather all the way. The
trip from Los Angeles to San DiegJ
was made by auto and a very plea
sant several weeks were spent visit-1
ing points of interest in Southern
California. But both the oldtimers
were glad to start home and be
gan to feel better as soon as they
reached Seattle on the return trip.
Mr. Thompson says there appears to
be plenty of work along the coast
for those who want work, things
generally have an air of prosperity.
ESSEN. Jan. 13—At this morn-t
ing’s session of the conference be
tween the French Control commis
sion and representatives of the Ger
man coal syndicate, the Germans
agreed to resume deliveries of coal
in accordance with the terms of the
reparations agreement.
French Flag Torn Down
BERLIN. Jan. 13—The French
flag hoisted by the Frencci forces,
occupying Steele, just outside of
Essen, was torn down yesterday and
destroyed. The German burgomaster
was immediately summoned and
made to apologize to the French
commander, and to cause the pub
lication of an appeal to Germans,
warning against excesses.
Britiah Ignore Proteats
LONDON, Jan. 13—The British
government will pay no attention to
the German protest which was ad
dressed to the Allies in connection
with the French occupation of the'
Ruhr district. The protests will not1
affect British action or policy.
Protest Tomorrow
ESSEN, Jan. 13—Numorous fac-;
tories in this part of Germany will
suspend operations for fifteen min-:
utes on Monday as a protest against
the occupation of German territory
by French troops; The forty thou
sand employes of the Krupp works
went to work as usual this morning
and work is proceeding normally in
other plants, although a few workers i
are reported to have gone out on i
strike as a result of the French in
vasion.
Germans Vote Confidence
BERLIN'. Jan. 13—The reichstag
has voted confidence in the Cuno f
policies, the vote being 2S3 to 12.;
SMOOT INTRODUCES BILL TO
STIMULATE USE OF SILVER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13
Senator Smoot has introduced an
other bill to aid tfie silver mining
industry, but designed primarily to
meet the demand of the people of
the West for silver instead of paper
dollars.
The bill provides that the Gov
ernment. instead of federal reserve
hanks, pay the express charges from
mints to banks, on shipments of
silver dollars.
AGRICULTURAL BILL GOES
CONFERENCE FOR ACTION
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 13—
The supply bill of the agricultural
department, carrying an appropria
tion of 373,500,000, was approved
by the senate today and sent to
conference for final adjustment.
There is no provision in the bill for
free distribution of Government
seeds.
The senate also has passed the
postoffice budget of $585,000,000.
BRITAIN TAKES TOP PLACE
AS BUILDER OF VESSELS
GLASGOW. Jan. 13—Great Bri
tain regained first place in world
shipbuilding during the last year,
with a total of 1,043,590 tons. Ger
many ranked second with 631,485
tons and the United States was
third with 250,747 tons, compared
with 4,750,000 in 1919.
DEATH TAKES LAWMAKER
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 13
Representative Nestor Montoya, of
New Mexico, died at his home in
this city this morning. He had been
ill for a couple of days but his con
dition was so much improved early
this morning that he decided to re
sume his duties at the capital. He
was stricken immediately after he
left his bed and died within a few
minutes. Representative Montoya
was a Republican, aged 60 years,
and was serving his first term as a
member of Congress. He was a
newspaper publisher and is sur
vived by widow and five children.
GOVERNOR WILL BE THERE
SEATTLE Jan. 13—Governor
'Scott C. Bone has notified the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce that he
will arrive here in time to attend
: the Washington State Associated
banquet, on January 20 on which
occasion products of Alaska will,
compose the menu.
DEBT FUNDING MUST WAIT
UNTIL OPPOSITION WANES
WASHINGGTON, D, C. Jan. 13—;
President Harding tfnd the Repab-!
lican leaders of the house, after a
thorough canvess of the situation,
have decided this is not a favorable
time to seek amendment of the debt
refunding law. liberalizing the
terms of settlement by nations ow
ing money to the United Spates.
LAWYERS ORGANIZE TO RID
NATION OF DEFECTIVE LAWS
NEW YORK. Jan. 13—Announce
ment of the organization here this
■week of the American Law Institute
was accompanied by the issuance j
of a statement to the effect that
the leading lawyers and judges of j
the nation will be invited to attend I
a conference at Washington on Feb-1
ruarv 23, to consider the revamping
of national laws with a view to
bringing about the elimination" of
recognized “defects.”
NEW TARIFF IS WORKING;
IMPORT DUTIES GAINING
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 13—'
Imports into the United States dur- j
ing the month of October, which
was the first month under the new
tariff law, aggregated a total of
$319,000,000, compared with $298,-'
000,000 for September and $281,
000,000 for August. These figures j
were made public today by the,
department of commerce.
OREGON WOMAN BRANDED
LILLAMOOK, Ore. Jan. 13—Me-;'
robed in white entered the home of:
Mr?. Nevada Srandish and branded'
her on the breast with a hot metal
cross, according to reports received
by District Attorney Goyna. who
expresses the opion that the brand
ing occurred about a month ago.
The woman had previously been ac
quitted on a charge of violating the
dry law.
SEAPLANE SINKS
KEY WEST, Jan. 13—The sea-1
plane Columbus, flying from Key i
West to Havana, fell and sank!
twenty miles from .Havana, accord- j
ing to advices received here today, j
The fate of the occupants is not!
known here.
PASSENGER HITS FREIGHT
TOLEDO, Jan. 13—One man was |
killed and several injured yester-1
day when a Baltimore & Ohio pas-1
senger train, running on the Pierre
Marquette tracks crashed into a j
freight train near the Michigan!
state line.
CLARA SKARIN TAKES STAND;
TELLS JURY ABOUT KILLING
SEATTLE. Jan. 13—Clara Skarin
who is on Trial or the murder of i
Hochbrunn, was called to the stanji j
yesterday by the state as a rebuttal
witness. She admitted that after
Hochbrunn had been killed by her,
she shuffled his shoes about the room
to make the people downstairs be-;
lieve it was Hochbrunn walking:
about in his slippers.
Vontobei, who was called a.- a
buttal witness, denie' that he had
conspired with the girl to keep the
death of Hochbrunn secret. He also
denied that he met the girl in San
Francisco last February, a? she had
charged.
Both sides rested shortly after
noon yesterday and the remainder
of the day was taken up with the (
arguments.
Dr. Alexander Robinson, patholog- (
ist, testified that a review of the
history of Hochbrunn encouraged the
belief that “be was a man to be j
feared.”
Byron Page testified that Hoch-!
brunn had once attacked him with !
a shisel.
The members of the jury- in the
custody of two bailiffs, visited the!
Hochbrunn home during the day.
The attorneys were not permitted
to accompany them, however.
The case is attracting more at-1
tention daily. Several hifndred more |
than the courtroom would hold, were
on hand yesterday and today, trying 1
to get seats.
John Dole, attorney for the de
fense, in his final argument scath
ingly denounced Von Trobel and!
declared that “he crucified himself
on the cross of Hochbrunn’s gold.” j
He pleaded with the jury' to “bring i
in a verdict of acquittal quickly, j
Don’t take five minutes. You should
acquit her in a moment and give
her a purse of gold for the good
she has done.”
Clara, tired and pale, seemed j
near the breaking point after an j
ordeal extending over a period of
a week. She wept softly as her at- j
torney pleaded her cause, and the (
women members of the jury raised j
their handkerchiefs to their eyees J
during the impassioned appeal.
The case went to the jury at
two o’clock this afternoon.
FOREST SERVICE MAY GET
BIG SUM FOR ROAD WORK
—
If the Agricultural Bill, favorably
reported by the House Appropria-j
tions Committee about the middle
of December, passes in the form it;
was reported, the Forest Service inj
Alaska will receive about $350,000 (
for road construction for the fiscal;
year beginning July 1, according to,
local Forestry officials. The bill car- ;
ries in excess of $32,000,000 for;
Federal aid to post roads and roads
and trails in National Forest dis
tricts.
These appropriations will apply on
the authorizations contained in the
Federal Highway Act. Alaska shares j
only in the Forest Fund, the gen
eral provisions of the measure not
being extended to the Territory.
Under the general provisions about
$27,000,000 it is reported, will be
available” for Federal aid to the
several states, while $6,000,000 is
carried for the Forests. Apportion-j
ments, under the latest extension of,
the Highway Act, will be made on
the same basis as under the orgin
al Act.
TURKS PREPARE FOR WAR
AS CONFERENCE SIMMERS
V ALLETTA, MALTA, Jan. 13—
A Reuters dispatch from Smyrna
says the Turks are feverishly pre
paring to resume hostilities as a re
sult of the failure of the Lausanne
conference to reach a satisfactory
settlement of questions at issue.
RUM FLEET UNLOADS CARGO
ON COAST OF FRIENDLY N J.
HIGHLANDS, N. .J„ Jan. 13—
A great rum fleet made its appeal
ance off Ambrose Channel light
this week, and small boats are rac
ing back and forth between the
ships and shore. Observers estimate
that several thousand cases of the
liquor have been landed and for
warded on waiting trucks to New
York, Philadelphia. Washington and
other cities. It is believed also that
there remains a large quantity of
liquor to be smuggled ashore.
Dry Chief On The Warpath
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 13 -
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
has demanded from the New Jersey
headquarters of 'he prohibition en
forcement organization an immediate
report concerning press dispatches
describing large-scale landing of
smuggled liquor on the New Jersey
eoas*
Reports Declared Unfounded
WASHING TON, D. C. Jan. 13
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
has received an official report from
the New Jersey headquarters of the
dry organization in which it is de
clared that the press reports regard
ing the landing of huge amounts if
liquor near Highlands are “absolu
utely erroneous."
Spoofing Their Chief
NEW YORK, Jan. 13—William
R. Sanders, chief of the inspection
division of the customs service,
which captured four rum runners
on Thursday off the Jersey coast,
nas characterized that rum running
has ben carried on there on a large
scale.
DRY CHIEF COMING NORTH
ON MYSTERIOUS MISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 13
R. O. Mathews, special assistant t■>
prohibition Commission Haynes, will
leave for Alaska during the coming
week on "important official busi
ness.” The exact nature of t.oe mi
sion is noc known, those in author
ity having declined to go into de
tail regarding ,the trip »
PEAT BOGS OF ONTARIO
MAY BE'UTILIZED SOON
TORONTO, Jan. 13—Fuel can be
manlfactured in commercial quan
ities and at reasonable prices from
Onario’s peat bogs- This statement
is made in an interim report of a
committee appointed seven yea -
ago by the Ontario and Doninion
governments.
Operations, under the observation
of the committee nave been carried
on near Alfred, Ont. and as a re
sult it is stated the committee will
recommend the construction and op
eration of a perfected peat-produc
ing plant. The committee estimate
that a plant producing 10,000 short
tons during a season of 100 ten
hour working days can turn out
finished peat fuel at a cost $4.4S
a ton, or at $3.50 working on a 20
hour basis. The cost delivered to
the consumer will be about $10 a
ton, the committee estimates. An
thracite costs from $15 to $20 a
ton delivered.
Commissioner Ed Brooker left for
Kobi last night enroute to his head
quarters in the Kantishna district.
A freight train is scheduled to
arrive from the south tonight.