Interior AlasKa Must Have Low Freight Rates
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENAN.A ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922 NUMBER 182
IURY ACQUITS ARBUCKLE IN SIX MINUTES
DEPARTMENT RERORTS GAIN IN FOREIGN TRADE
■ TARIFF B1II. PROMISES LONG STRUGGLE IN CONGRESS
TARIFF BILL IS SUBMITTED;
LONG FIGHT IS IN PROSPECT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 13—
The senate finance committee yester
day submitted the re-written admin
istration tariff bill to the senate and
the measure is to be taken up for
consideration on April 21, with a
long fight in prospect.
Taken as a whole, committee ex
perts say, the bill averages slightly
higher than the Payne-Aldrich bill,
and as compared with the house
measure, the specific rates are gen
erally higher but the ad valorum is
generally lower, as the rates are
baaed on foreign valuations with
provisions for flexible rates.
Treasury experts predict the bill
will raise between three hundred and
three hundred and fifty millions, as
compared with the L’nderwood bill,
which raised between two hundred
and three hundred millions.
PORTO RICAN ROW GIVING
ADMINISTRATION ANNOYANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13—
It is announced at the White House
that President Harding yesterday re
ceived a cablegram signed jointly by
Governor Reilly and Evantonio Bar
> celo, president of the Porto Rican
senate and leader of the Unionist
party, stating that they were engag
ed in arranging the difficulties and
restoring harmony between them at
the office of Porto Rican Commis
sioner Davilla.
Another cablegram, received from
the island, declares that no arrange
ments for a settlement have beer,
made and that the name of Barcelo
was used in the first cablegram with
out authority.
President Harding has announced
♦ that there is no truth in the report
that Governor Reilly is to be re
called.
BASEBALL SEASON OPENED
BY 31G LEACUES YESTERDAY
NEW YORK, April 13—Major
league baseball made -ts debut yes
terday and elaborate ceremonies
* in several cities marked the formal
opening of the season. It is predicted
that new attendance records will be
established this year.
Of the Nationals, the Giants en
tertained the Brooklyn team here;
Philadelphia entertained Boston.
The Boston Americans entertain
ed Philadelphia at Boston and Wash
ington and the Yankees met on the
capital grounds.
AUSTRALIAN AVIATOR FALLS;
ROUND WORLD FLIGHT OFF
LONDON, April 13—Sir P.oss
Smith, Australian aviator who, with
his brother. Sir K-ith, planned a
round-the-world flight, with stops
at Unalaska and other Alaska ; oints,
was instantly killed this week when
his plane crashed. Lieut. Bennett,
engineer, was also killed.
ILLINOIS VOTERS EXPRESS
ANTI-SMALL VIEW AT POLLS
CHICAGO, April 13—The uefeat
of the political faction headed by
Mayor Thompson and Governor Len
Small, at the Tuesday legislative
primaries, is claimed on the bas;s
of the practically complete returns,
by Republican oppenents.
The friends of Small, however,
while admitting that many of hia
foes have been nominated, declare
that enough of his supporters have
won victory to make his impeach
ment impossible in case of eir el
ection next fall.
PUG HELD FOR MURDER
CHICAGO, April 13—Sailor Freid
man, prominent lightweight boxer,
and four companions were placed in
custody by the local police yester
day in connection with the murder
on Sunday, of Abe Rubin, in a sa
loon shooting affray. The five men
have been refused bail pending their
arraignment on April 18.
JURY STATEMENT SAYS ACTOR
WAS VICTIM OF BIG INJUSTICE
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COAL PRODUCTION DECLINES
AS RESULT OF BIG WALKOUT
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13—
The production of bituminous coal >
dropped to 3,500,000 tons during the
first week of the great coal strike,
setting a new low mark in modern
coal mining history. Work has ceas-•
|ed entirely in the anthracite fields i
; This statement is given out by the
: Geological Survey, which indicates \
I that 64 per cent of the bituminous
1 tonnage has been suspended.
Miner* Are Enjoined
CHARLESTON. April 13—M i n e
union members and officers are for
bidden to interfere with free com
petition among men working in the
coal industry in West Virginia, and
the tent colonies of strikers in Min
go county are ordered to disperse
| at the end of 30 days, in a tempo
; rary injunction issued by the feder
: al court at the request of numer
ous operators of West Virginia and
; Kentucky.
| NASHVILLE, April 13—The coal
! miners employed in the mines cf
! the Bonair corporation, in Tennes
! see, have returned to work at the
; 1917 wage scale, with an agreement
•that whatever scale is adopted in the
| future, as the result of negotiations
; will be effective.
OLDT1MERS ENROUTE NORTH
SEATTLE, April 13—Two parties
cf oldtimers of Alaska will get away
for Siberia on Saturday, aboard the
steamer Kagamaru. They are bound
for Okhotsk with the intention of
spending a year or more prospecting
on the Siberian side. Among the ad
venturers are Axel J. Hansen, Ralph
R. Bowney, Arthur Mallett, Magnus
Johnson and Archie Meyer.
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GRAFT STORY RECEIVED
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13—
i A long story of alleged appropria
j tions of public money for private
use "without scruple or justification"
! has been received in this city, be
| ing in the form of a copy of the
report of the Porto Rican grand
jury indictment implicating Govern
or Reilley, his secretary, John Hull,
and Auditor W. L. Kiswingry.
JAPS ATTACK CHITA TROOPS
TOKIO, April 13—Japanese troops
are reported to have driven Chita
government forces out of the neu
i tra! /one between them ar.d the
; Vladivostok troops. The report of
I the action was received from Vladi
. vostok.
ANOTHER SOLDIER DEAD
SAN ANTONIO. April 13—An
other death was added to the list of
' fatalities yesterday resalting from
j an explosion of pyrotechnics in a
; target pit at Camp Bnllis early this
! week. Nine others were injured and
several of them are now in danger
j ous condition. The explosion occur
; red while a celebration was being
J staged by Seventeenth infantrymen.
SALMON PRICES FIXED
ASTORIA, April 13—At a confer
ence with the directors of the Col
| umbia River Fishermen's league, the
Columbia River Salmon Packers an
nounced a flat rate of ten cents a
pound for chinook salmon during the
present season, with the fishermen
assuming the state poundage tax of
$5 a ton. The prices this year are
slightly higher than those of last
season.
SAX FRANCISCO, April 13—The*
third trial of Roscoe Arbuekle, on
the charge of manslaughter in con
nection with the death of Virginia
Rappe, following a riotous booze
party at the St. Francis Hotel, came
to an end late yesterday afternon,
the jury returning a verdict * f i ot
guilty after a deliberation of only
six minutes.
Arbuekle was deeply affected, re-|
ceiving the verdict with a great.
sigh of relief.
Mrs. Minta Durfee Arbuekle, wife
of the movie actor, who came from
the East to be with him in his hour
of great need, wept quietly, and
both shook hands with the jurors.
Mrs. Arbuekle also expressed thanks
to Gavin McNab, who conducted the
defense, and gave him a resound
ing kiss, which he acceptly blandly.
A group of the jurymen later is
sued a statement in which they de
clared that “acquittal is not enough
for Roscoe C. Arbuekle. We feel
that a great injustice has been done
him.”
Continuing, the statement says:
“We fell that it only our piain
duty to give this exone'ation under
the evidence, for there was not
the slightest proof adduced to con
nect him in any way with the com
mission of the crune. We wish him
success and hope the \merican peo
ple will take the iudgment of four
teen men and women who sat lis
tening thirty-one da ;s to the evi
dence, that Arbuck’e is entirely in
nocent and free from all blame.”
TRUCE DECLARED IN IRELAND
BETWEEN WARRING FACTIONS
BELFAST, April 13—A truce has
been declared between the Ulster j
special constables and the Free
State troops along the Fermanagh
frontier, between Ulster and South
Ireland. Both sides have agreed to |
withdraw their forces a short dis- |
tance from the border.
The pact does not include the
Devalera adherents, who are report-;
ed to be massing at several points, j
JAPANESE MONOPOLY FEARED
OTTAWA, April 13—Japanese
monopoly of the fishing industry in
Canadian waters threatens in the
near future, according to W. G
McQuarrie, member for New West-,
minster, who has introduced a mo
tion demanding an investigation of
the industry with particular refer- j
ence to the depletion of the salmon j
supply in the Fraser river. The mo- j
tion was adopted by the commons.
STATE POLL TAX LAW VALID
OLYMPLV, Wn., April 13—The
state supreme court has upheld the
validity of the state poll tax law
which assesses all residents between
21 and 50 years, an annual tax of
$5.
HARDING DECLINES INVITE
VANCOUVER, B. C-, April 13
President Harding has declined an
invitation to address the Canadian
Club of British Columbia on the oc
casion of his proposed Alaska trip.
BURCH CASE DRAGS
LOS ANGELES, April 13—The
third jury panel, summoned in the
Burch case, was exhausted yesterday
and the case continued until this af
ternoon, by which time another panel
will be ready.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13
President Harding has nominated
Theodore Diederich to succeed him
self as postmaster at Tanena.
In the closing hours of the trial
Attorney McNab attacked the state
ment of the prosecution that Ar
buckle had “a million dollar de
fense.” He declared that if the
statement was true, then it was
equally true that there was a “five
hundred million prosecution."
McNab also attacked the testi
mony of Virginia Breig, private sec
retary at the sanitarium where Miss
Rappe died, and who declared that
Miss Rappe had told her Arbuckle
attacked her. McNab declared that
Mrs. Breig had been willing to sell
testimony to the defense but that
he had told her the best market
was the office of the district attor
ney.
The plans of the acquitted actor
have not been determined, but he
is quoted as saying that he will
devote the remainder of his lif"
to pictures if the public \vant3 him
to do so. “If the public does not
want me. I’ll take my medicine,
but after the quick vindication I
have just received, I am »ure the
American public will be fair. I be
lieve l am due for a come back ”
Zukor Will Test Public
NEW YORK. April 13—Adoloh
Zukor, president of the Earn.
Players Lasky Corporation, has an
nounced that one of Arbuckle’g
comedy films will be released within
thirty days as a test of nublic opin
ion. “Arbuckie’s future,” he says,
“will depend upon the attitude of
the pubilc."
ARKANSAS LANDS FLOODED;
MANY HOMES ABANDONED
NEW ORLEANS, April 13—Re
ports from Helena, Arkansas, state
that 235 square miles of land in
the lower part of Phillips county,
has been covered with overflow
water, giving serious aspect to the
flood situation. Hundreds of homes
have been abandoned and the loss
of property will be heavy.
POWDER BLOWS—THREE DEAD
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 13—|
Three workmen are reported to
have been killed today and several |
others injured as the result of the,
explosion of 20,000 pounds of pow
der in a building near the general
ordnance depot ten miles from this
city.
T. N. T. ROCKS UTAH TOWN
SALT LAKE, April 13—Two per
sons were seriously injured today
and many buildings damaged when
a ton and a half of T. N. T. threw
hundreds of large rocks and frag
ments into the business section of
the town of Helper.
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SOCIALISTS BACK STRIKERS
CHICAGO, April 13—The nation-'
a) executive committee of the So
cialist party has called upon all mem
bers of the party to render every
possible aid to striking coal miners.
SHERLOCK ARRIVES
NEW YORK, April 13—Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, creator of “Sherlock
Holmes”, has arrived here for a
lecture tour of the United States.
BALFOUR BECOMES EARL
LONDON, April 13—The king of,
England has conferred an earldom |
on Sir Arthur Balfour, according:
to announcement made yesterday.
Dan Rose came down from Fair
banks yesterday.
RUSSIAN DELEGATES OBJECT
TO PLAN OF ALLIED EXPERTS
GENOA, April 13—The Russian
delegates at the economic confer
ence will give all of the financial
guarantees demanded in the program
prepared by the Allied experts, but
they flatly refuse to accept the clause
providing for mixed tribunals to fix
responsibility, accarding the an an
nouncement made today.
Allies Are Conferring
LONDON, April 13—The Ex
change Telegraph is authority for
the statement that the heads of the
British, French and Italian delega
tions are holding an important con
ference today, and that the real
work of the big gathering will not
begin until tomorrow.
ALABAMA SOLON HAS PLAN
TO HELP BEAT COAL STRIKE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 13
Representative Huddleston, Demo
crat, of Alabama, has introduced a
bill giving federal judges power, on
the application of the attorney gen
eral, to appoint receivers to operate
coal mines at which production has
been suspended.
NAVAL VOTE EXPECTED SOON
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 13—
Both sides to the naval controversy
claim a sufficient number of votes
to test the point at issue, which in
volves the enlisted strength. The
general debate on the naval bud
get has closed but a vote probably
will not be taken before next week.
NEW SENATOR VERY ILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13—
United States Senator William E.
Crowe, who was recently appointed
to fill the unexpired term of the
late Senator Penrose, is critically
ill at his apartments in this city.
He suffered a relapse yesterday and
his life is now despaired of.
SHOULD HAVE USED GUN
BOSTON, April 13—Mrs. Ethel
Clark, who recently brought suit
against Herbert Rawlinson, movie
actor, for *200,000, alleging the se
duction of her daughter, Dorothy,
is in a critical condition as the re
sult of taking poison. The refusal of
the daughter to visit her sick bed
is thought to have caused the mother
to seek death.
EXPLORER HOPS—PLANE FALLS
CLEVELAND, April 13—The all
metal airplane, in which Explored
Amundsen left New York this week
enroute to Seattle, is reported to
have been wrecked near Mineola, Pa.
The wreck was made known in a
telegram sent to this city by a mem
ber of the party, but details are
lacking.
PLUMBERS GO ON STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13—The
journeymen plumbers and bricklay
ers of this city have gone on strike
on all jobs where non-union labor is
employed. The strike is expected to
spread eventually to all parts of the
Bay district, in which event upwards
of 20,000 men will be out.
FAMOUS SURGEON TO RETURN
NEW YORK, April 13—Adolf
Lorenz, famous Austrian surgeon,
sailed for Europe today, after hold
ing a series of clinics. He expects
to return to the United States :n
September and will then bring his
family with him, for an entended
stay in this country.
NAVY DEPARTMENT TO GIVE
ALASKA COAL STEAM TESTS
SEATTLE, April Id—A Washing
Ton special to the Seattle Times
says the navy and interior depart
mer.ts have mad” special arrange
ments for exhaustive steaming tests
of Matanuska and Bering River
coal.
The naval collier Jason will take
on 5,000 tons of coal from the
1 Chickaloon fields early in June, and
000 tons of Bering River coal The
coal will be taken to Bremerton,
where the collier will meet the Lat
tleship Texas, which will make the
tests.
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WEEKS MAKES FORMAL REPLY
TO WAR SALE COMPLAINTS
I WASHINGTON, D. C.. April Id
Secretary of War Weeks has issued
j a formal statement in which he
i makes reply to charges made on the
! floor of the house this week con
! cerning the settlement cf war con
! tracts.
j The secretary says the war depart -
1 ment is doing “everything possible''
' to clear up the war contract contro
versies in such a way as fully to pro
tect the Government. He declare?
that cash and property amounting
to millions has already been recov
ered under the re-auditing ordered
by the present administration and
that other contracts are being re
' viewed as quickly as possible.
PAPER INDUSTRY PLANNING
TO START NEW PULP SUPPLY
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NEW YORK. April 13—The Am
erican paper industry, ; i it cam
paign for forestry legislation to pro
vide a continuous supply of raw
material, has made distinct progress
during the last year, according to a
report submitted today to the an
Inual convention of the American
Paper & Pulp association, by George
| Sisson, chairman of the associati ni's
forestry committee.
Legislation is contemplate i, the re
port points out, which will result
in starting new growth of t mbor
on 81,000,000 acres of timberlec
land.
AMERICAN RELIEF DRIVERS
KILLED IN FAMINE REGIONS
PARIS, April 13—A number of
American drivers of relief wagor.?
in Russia, are reported to have been
killed in the streets of famine strick
[ en towns by the starving populace,
| who seized the horses for food after
I the drivers had been disposed o!.
i The reports, which were received
from Uxa and other famine di
i tricts, state that two drivers were
1 killed this week while attempting
| to prevent the seizure of their an
i imals.
FOREIGN TRADE INCREASES
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES
WASHINGTON, D. C\, April U- -
Increase in the value of foreign
trade is reported by the department
of commerce, which announces Cat
j exports last month aggregated ,V>2
'millions, the highest since f-ctoDer,
1 last year. The imports totaled ,25S
| millions, the highest since December
| 1920.
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LLOYD GEORGE WILL SUGGEST
PLAN TO PUT END TO ALL WAR
GENOA, April 13—According to
1 a Reuters correspondent, Premier
J Lloyd George is expected to an
nounce, at his earliest opportunity,
a plan for the prevention of war.
His suggestion will be an under
standing that no nation attack an
other, thus eliminating the possibility
of war during the life of the pac.
CONGRESSMAN PASSES
NEWBURN, N. C., April 13—N.
M. Brinson, congressman from the
Third dictrict of Nortn Carolina
1 died here today.