N*nana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUIE IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1921
NUMBER 69
• LEAGUE PASSES UP MANDATE QUESTION
GRAND JUR Y HOLDS FA TTY FOR MANSLA UGH TER
VETERANS ACCUSE BRITISH OF USING SCHOOL BOOKS
3RITJSH USED PROPOGANDA
IS CHARGED BY VETERANS
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 15—In the
annual report of the resolutions
committee of the United Spanish
War Veterans, it is charged that
“British propoganda” is evident in
editions of histories used in the pub
lic schools.
The report condemns the Ku
Klux Klan and service men are
urged to give their support to legis
lation making war profiteering a
felony.
SECRETARY DAVIS ASSERTS
CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING
*■ WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15
In a statement issued this week by
Secretary of Labor Davis, it is
pointed out that those who are dis
turbed by the fact that there are |
more than five million unemployed
in the United States at the present
time, overlook the fact that in 1914
there were seven million unemployed
in the country, a much larger per
centage of whom were breadwinners
than is now the case.
f The secretary declares tnat me
present figures show that a great
number of those who are now un
employed have no dependents. He,
also asserts that positive signs of'
business recovery have been fum-:
ished by labor statistics.
NEW SURVEYOR GENERAL
TO JOIN BENEDICTS SOON
y Announcement has been made,
says a recent issue of the Juneau
Daily Empire, of the engagement
of Miss Mary Conley and Territorial
Surveyor General H. Karl Thiele.
The wedding wdl not take place un
til spring as Miss Conley is under
contract to take charge of the Gov
ernment Hospital at AKiak for the
coming winter, and it is impossible
, for her to secure a relief owing to
the lateness of the season.
Miss Conley is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Conley, of Seat
tle. She has been connected with
the Government hospital work for
several years and in charge of sev
eral hospitals in Alaska during that
*• time. She opened the local U. S.
Hospital for Natives about six years
ago and remained in Juneau about
18 months. Following that she was
for three years in charge of a simi
lar institution at Nushagak, in the
Bristol Bay region, and last year at
Metlakatla. Miss Conley returned to
* Juneau in July for surgical treat
ment.
Mr. Thiele is at present on a trip
through the lower Yukon basin, in
company with Colonel Jas. G. Steese
of the Alaska Road Commission, and
will return to Juneau by way of
k Nome and Seattle.
Miss Conley will leaove Juneau in
a short time to assume her duties
at Akiak, returning in the spring.
The steamer Tanana, which is
now on the way up river from Fort
Gibbon, where she connected with
the steamer Alaska from Dawson,
is due here some time this evening.
The steamer has 120 tons of ear~s
for Nenana and Fairbar.' and will
turn here, returning to Gibbon ta
conre"t with the Seattle 3, from the
lower river.
MANDATS MUSE BE SETTLED
AMONG NATIONS INVOLVED
OIL STRIKERS STOP TRAIN;
SENDS GUARDS BACK HOME
BAKERSFIELD. Sept. 15—A
crowd of more than 1,000 union oil
field workers, who went out on
strike several days ago, following
the refusal of certain companies to
negotiate new working agreements,
held up a train near Maricopa yes
terday and informed the train crew
that they would not be permitted
to proceed to the oil fields. The
train had on board a number of
men whom the strikers believed to
be strikebreakers, but who. the
companies declare, were special
guards employed to prevent damage
to properties.
The train returned to Bakersfield,
no effort having been made to take
it through to its destination.
BADEN HOLDING BIG SHOW
OF NEWEST IN HOSPITALS
WEST BADEN', Sept. 15—The
world's greatest exposition of medi
cal and hospital equipment is in
progress here in connection with the
American Hospital Association con
vention, which opened on September
12.
Everything, from X-Ray machines
and laboratory equipment to dish
washing and instrument cleaning de
vices, are being shown to delegates
from all parts of the United States
and Canada. The cost of transporta
tion alone of exhibits is estimated
at *100,000.
Among those on the program for
addresses were Governor McCray,
of Indiana; Dr. L. Baldwin, of
Minneapolis, president of the asso
ciation; Dr. George O'Hanlon, of
! New York, Dr. Haven Emerson, of
Washington; Dr. A. C. Backmayer.
; Cincinnati; Dr. Frank Billings, of
; Chicago, and Dr. F. R. Nazum. of
Santa Barbara.
The training of nurses, methods of
securing hospital efficiency, hospital
dietary, food preservation and hos
pital administrative problems were
among the subjects discussed at
the meetings.
BONDS STOLEN FROM BANK
EVERETT, Sept 15—Bonds and
negotiatable paper of undetermined
value, •were stolen from the vault
of the East Stanwood State Bank
on Tuesday night, the theft being
the work of bandits. No cash was
taken.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 15—The
sheriff of Hidalgo county has de
livered to the military authorities
I at Fort Brown, 32 alleged drafi
evaders. The men were arrestee
! following the publication of th<
I slacker lists. All of the men baa:
1 Mexican names.
Andy Rc*h has returned to tow:
from a trip down the Yukon rive:
as far as Ruby.
i GENEVA, Sept. 15—The special
commission of the League of Na
tions, appointed to make a study of
the mandate question, has reached
a decision to not interfere -with the
{vexing problem at this time. It re
i commends that no action be taken
by the league, pending the result of
. negotiations between the principal
mandatory nations and the United
j States.
Moore Elected Judge
John Bassett Moore has been
elected justice of the new Interna
i tional Court of Justice. Other mem
bers of the court include Dr. Rafae
ly Greeva, of Spain; Ruy Barbosa,
of Brazil; Viscount Robert Finlay,
| of England; Alejandro Alverz, of
Chili; Antonio Debustamente, of Cu
ba; Anore Weiss, of France; Yarczu
Oba, of Japan; B. T. Lober, of Hol
land; D. Anzilotti, of Italy.
Topics For Conference
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 1*—
The American government has sent
a list of topics, suggested for dis
cussion at the forthcoming disarm
ament and Far Eastern conference,
to all of the nations invited to par
ticipate.
It is understoo that the list, not
yet made public, is only tentative,
calculated to serve merely as a
basis for agreement.
POOR JOB FOR EDITOR
TACOMA, Sept. 15—F. A. Hazel- j
Journal, has received an appoint
ment from Roy Haines, federal pro
hibition commissioner, asl genera
supervisor of federal prohibition
agents. Hazeltine has announced his
■willingness to accept the post, effect
ive on the first of November.
KILLS THREE, THEN SUICIDES
HIBBING, Minn., Sept. 15—John
Webb, who killed three Hibbing
policemen a week ago, committed
suicide yesterday when he found
himself surrounded by a posse.
SOVIET RELIEF COMMITTEE
TRIED TO UNSEAT LENINE
LONDON, Sept. 15—Revelations
at Moscow, following the arrest of
members of the Russian famine re
lief committee, are said to prove
that the committee was plotting the
overthrow of the Soviet government
! under the cloak of continuing the
relief work, according to a Moscow
dispatch to the Herald.
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JAIL BREAK FAILS
—
; ROSEBERG, Sept. 15—Deputy
| Sheriff Hopkins announced yester
j day morning that either Dr. Brum
i field or his cell mate, J. R. Balliet,
jhad attempted to jimmy the steel
j door of their cell during the night,
i Both men denied using the short
iron bar, found on the floor, but
later in the day Balliet confessed
that he had used the i>ar, no part
having been taken by Brumfield.
ESCAPING CONVICT KILLED
JOLIET, Sept. 15—Theo. Shiller,;
two others were wounded while en-_
{raged in an attempt to escape from
the penitentiary. Two other in
mates of the institution, who were
in on the conspiracy, were success
ful in their attempt and the prison
authorities thus far have been un
able to recapture them.
FLOOD TOLL WAS NINETY
—
TAYLOR. Texas, Sept. 15—Offi
cial and unofficial figures bring the
total dead in the San Gabriel and i
Brushy Creek flood, near by, to 90.
SIGNAL CORPS LINEMAN CUTS
FOOT, SENT TO FAIRBANKS
William Kaiser, member of the
Signal Corps construction party, had
the misfortune late yesterday after
noon to cut his foot nearly oif
while using an axe. The injured
man was rushed to the Commission
hospital, where the injury was
dressed by Mrs. Thomas Colling.
The injured man was sent to Fair
banks on the gascar today, for
treatment at the hospital in that
i city. It is understood the injury is
a serious one. both bones and ten
dons having been severed.
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THREE CONVICTS SHOT
JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 15—
; Three convicts, who attempted to
: escape from the state penitentiary
yesterday, were shot by the guards
and one of them probably will die.
All three were recaptured before
‘they had gone far.
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GARDNER FOOLS THEM ALL;
~NEW SLEUTH TAKES TRAIL
TACOMA, Sept. 15—After hav
ing traced a score or more clues
during the past several days, Ward
en Maloney and the guards of the
federal prison on McNeil Island, ad
mit that they have failed utterly to
find any real trace of Roy Gardner,
who has made his escape from the
penitentoary and is still at liberty.
Several residents of the island re
ported that they had seen the miss
ing prisoner, mysterious shots were
heard in the dark hours of the
night and a fully provisioned boat
was found on the beach, evidently'
awaiting the coming of Gardner.
But all of the clues faded under the
searchlight of careful inquiry—and
Gar't'uo-— K*. _^1»~—
United States Marshal Holdman.
of San Francisco, who assisted in the
capture of Gardner on a previous
occasion, is enroute North to give
Warden Maloney a hand in prose
cuting the present search.
The provisioned boat clue col
lapsed yesterday when a resident of
the island claimed the craft and
explained that it had broken from
its moorings the night before, during
a storm.
SHORT SKIRTS GIVE DEALERS
IN SOUVENIRS BAD SETBACK
NEW YORK, Sept. 15—Short
skirts and bobbed hair have worked
a hardship on dealers in souvenir
picture post cards—the variety that
floods the mail during the summer
from resorts along the Atlantic
coast.
Previous to the advent of afore
said styles, stocks of these cards
showing beaches and cool walks
were ordered in advance in lots
numbering in tens of thousands. As
the beaches did not change, and a.^
a crowd was a crowd regardless of
whether it was this year’s crowd or
last, the cards could be sold just
the same.
Now. however, all is changed. A
picture showing a beach or a board
walk of a summer play ground with
women strolling about clad in dress
1 es that brushed their shoe-tops can
i be put down at a glance as ancient
stuff. , ’
! The tourist wants evidence to
, send home indicating that he or she
is there now and that he or she
is trailing up an up-to-date crowd.
Hence it is thumbs down for the
, picture card of yesterday, to the
. distress and financial loss of the
j dealers who laid in large stocks at
i pre-war prices.
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1 IMPORTER LIMPS INTO PORT
j VICTORIA Sept. 15—The Canad
ian freighter Imp< ter, which "a;
recently found adrift at sea, limpec
. into port yesterday, with a list oi
six degrees, and with all members
i of the crew at their posts,
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GRAND JURY INDICTS FATTY;
FORMER WIFE TO HELP HIM
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SAN FRA CISCO. Sept. 13—At
the conclusion of an investigation
! extending over many hours, the
county grand jury, late Tuesday
j n>ght, found a true bill against Fat
| ty Arbuckle, charging the movie
I actor with manslaughter, in connec
i tion with the death of Miss Virginia
Rappe. The vote is reported to have
stood twelve to two for indictment.
| It has not yet been definitely de
j cided whether Arbuckle will be tried
jon the murder charge, filed on Mon
day, or on the manslaughter charge,
j named in the grand jury indictment,
j Prosecutor Brady indicates that he
i favors trial on the murder charge,
j He explains that in the failure to
• secure a conviction for murder, the
manslaughter charge would still be
available for use by the prosecution.
• Arbuckle appeared as a witness
1 at the inquest held on Monday. The
i news of his indictment did not move
j him. but newspapermen noticed that
his face was more pallid than usual,
and he has assumed an air of fixed
dejection.
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NEW YORK. Sept. 15— Mrs. Ros
coe Arbuckle, known professionally
as Minta Durfee, has left this city
for San Francisco to help her hus
band. if possible.
Although she has been separated
from Fatty for five years, she says
“I am going to him because I think
it is my duty to be near him."
NEGRO KILLS RAILROAD MAN;
IOWA MOB ATTENDS TO REST
COLUMBIA, Sept. 15—Gilmon
Holmes, negro. who was arrested on
Tuesday on the charge of murder
ing Sidney Manheim. station agent,
was taken from jail last night and
hanged, the body later being riddled
with bullets and set on fire. Holmes
is said to have confessed his guilt.
Willis Niclev, former resident of
Xenana. returned to town yester
day, having just returned to the In
terior from a several month’s stay
at Kennecott. He spent last winter
in Seattle.
Conditions in Seattle were bad
when he left, Niclev says, with
three breads lines working daily.
And he has reason to believe there
has not been much improvement
since he left to return to Alaska.
The Guggenheims are operating
three properties at present, in ad
dition to their big mill, and em
ploying several hundred men. Just
before Xicley left to come to the
Interior, announcement was made
of a reduction in the wage scale,
the cut being 35 cents a day, which
would bring the wage for muckers
down to $4.40 a day, and miners
to $4.90, with $1.53 off that for
board
Xicley says wage cuts during the
past year havd resulted in several
changes in the working forces the
old men quitting and new ones
; coming to take their places It does
not u pear difficut* for the company
to get workers.
Xicley went out me line this
mjruing, to visit with his father
and to have a loo1: at the work
that has been done -don : tat rail
road since he went Outside.