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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOV. 25, 1922
NUMBER 379
TIGER ANSWERS AMERICAN CRITICISMS
FREE STATE GOVERNMENT EXECUTES CHILDERS
AMERICA INSISTS ON OPEN DOOR POLICY IN TURKEY
PEACE CONFERENCE PLANS
INCLUDE DARDANELLES ALSO
LAUSANNE, Nov. 25—The plan
to hold two distinct conferences on
the Near Eastern question, one for
the re-establishment of peace be
tween Turkey and Greece, and the
other to fix the status of the Dar
danelles, has been abandoned. It
was announced yesterday that the
Dardanelles problem would be in
cluded in the general conference.
America Stands Pat
Richard Washburn Child, chief
American spokesman at the peace
conference, amazed the other dele
gations this morning by reiterating
the insistence of the United States
upon an open door policy in Turkey.
He read the memoir delivered on
October 30, to Great Britain. Italy
and France, and declared that the
American government and the Amer
ican public supported that policy.
MARY MAC SW1NEY DYING
AS RESULT HUNGER STRIKE
DUBLIN, Nov. 25—In a letter to
tie newspapers, Annie MacSwiney
says her sister Mary, who has been
on a hunger strike twenty-one days,
has received the last sacrament.
Mary is very weak now. and she
refuses to see the prison doctors
or the nurse.
SHOPMAN STRIKER JAILED
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 25—Ernest
Schliefer. organizer of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists,
was placed under arrest yesterday,
charged with inciting shopmen to
violence in order to hinder the
movement of trains to the Yale
Harvard football game.
KLAN INVADES CAPITOL
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 25
Representative Rainey, Democrat,
of Illinois, has announced that he
will introduce a resolution calling
for an investigation of ne . iper
reports to the effect that the Ku
Klux Klan has initiated members
“under the dome of the Capitol.’’
Has Not Heard Of It
ATLANTA, Nov. 25—Fred L.
Savage, chief of the Ku Klux investi
gation staff, has issued a statement
in connection with the reported ini
tiation ceremonies performed in a
chamber of the national capitol,
says: “If such an initiation took
place, it was the work of the Wash
ington klan. We have not heard a
word from that branch of our order
on that subject.”
JUVENILE JUDGE TO QUIT
TACOMA, WASH. Nov. 25—
Judge J. W. Linek who founded one
of the first Juvenile courts in the
here in 1907-shortly before Judge
Ben Lindsay established his famous
court in Denver—will soon retire
after a lifetime in the public ser
vice.
Tme veteran judge, who is almost
80 years of age, once was mayor of
Tacoma, after holding federal and
state positions in Indiana before
coming west.
Pigeons for years have fluttered
about Judge Lincks offices in the
court houst tower to obtain the food
he never forgot to give them every
day.
HELD PRISONER IN RUSSIA
RIGA, Nov. 25—Mrs. Adelaide
Parker Bennett, .formerly a school
teacher in Seattle, has just been
released from a Russian ->*ism. the
was arrested by agents at Cheka
and detained three days, the police
refusing to say why she had bear
arrested.
LLOYD GEORGE IS LEADER
LONDON, Nov. 25—Lloyd Ge >rge
has been unanimously elected lead
er of the National Libera! party.
CLEMENCEAU DARES SENATOR
TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS
O’MALLEY GOES TO FRISCO
TO HOLD FISH HEARING
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 25—Fish
Commissioner Henry O’Malley, who
arrived from Seattle yesterday, has
announced that he will beging a
series of hearings here on Tuesday
for the purpose of collecting all
the dat^i possible regarding fishing
in the waters of Alaska.
The conference will concern the
possible operation of e-v x n.fanies
and a re-statement of the laws of
1906, controlling the fisheries.
FARMERS BELIEVE PEOPLE
SHOULD ELECT PRESIDENT
WICHITA. Kan., Nov. 25—By
the narrow margin of seven votes,
the National Grange, which is in
annua! convention in this city, de
cided in favor of the election of
president and vice president of the
United States by direct vote of the
people, instead of by the present
electoral college system.
The present convention of the
Grange, which numbers more than
a million members throughout the
country, is the fifty-sixth session,
and the deliberations covered a
period of ten days.
Most conspicuous and impressive
of any part of the elaborate pro
gram was the conferring of the or
ganization’s sixth degree, a cere
monial which is administered only
at the annual gatherings. This event
was marked by elaborate ritualistic
observances, accompanied by harmo
nious electrical effects, and more
than six thousand farmers and their
wives took part.
Tax reduction, the ship subsidy
and need for a new agricultural
credit system were among the
problems considered informally by
che convention. The business was
conducted much after the fashion
of the grand councils of secret
orders.
This year’s session was the first
national meeting held in Kansas in
thirty-four years. The National
Grange, organized December 4, 1867
as a national farmers' organization,
now covers the nation and some
sections of Canada. Its name is be
lieved to have its origin in the term
applied to grain storehouses in
Scotland, used for depositories of
religious tithes.
PARDON DENIED ORCHARD
* BOISE, Nov. 25—Harry Orchard,
under sentence for the murder of
former Governor Steunberg, has
been denied a pardon by the Idaho
board of pardons. Request for com
mutation of sentence also was de
nied.
SAYS HE DID IT
NEW YORK, Nov. 25—Julius
Reynolds, native of Switzerland, p"
been placed under arrest. chirred
with being the author of a note
received by the custodian of Bor
ouh hall, at Brooklyn, on Tuesday,
in which the writer claimed re
sponsibility for the Wall street ex
plosion of 1920, and in wjji.-'i he
threatened to wreck the hall.
MUST PRODUCE THE FACTS
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 25
The house judiciary committee has
adopted a resolution calling upon
Representative Keller, of Minnesota
to present, by December 1, a state
ment of facts showing alleged acts
for which he asked the impeach
ment of Daugherty.
BOSTON, Nov. 25—In his first
American interview, granted to a
representative of The Associated
Press yesterday, Clemenceau, “Tiger
of France”, lashed back at his
senator critics. He made particular
reply to the criticism of Senator
Hhchcock and also that of Senator
Borah. “Senator Hitchcock calls me
a militarist,” he said. “Well, I am
glad. Tell Senator Hitchcock he is
in the senate, owing to the vote,
for only a few days more. When
he is free. I darh him to go to
France and learn the facts.” In an
swer to Hitchcock's demand that he
explain why France insisted on us
in? black troops in the army of;
occupation, Clemenceau declared that
the senator had been misled by
German propoganda and that toda>
there is not a single black soldier
in German territory.
Replying to the recent assertion i
of Senator Borah t.nat he was pri
marily responsible "or r.i-1 tions a
is:’ng in Europe because of his
great influence in drafting the Ver
sailles treaty. Clemenceau declared
that his situation was “particularly
distressing” since, in France he had
been most bitterly criticised “for
having asked from the Germans less,
than I ought to.”
REFUGEE STEAMER COLLIDES
WITH LINER IN BOSPHORUS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25—
The American Near East relief
steamship Belgravian, carrying two
thousand orphans from Asia Minor,
collided with a trans-Atlantic liner
this morning, at the junction of the
Bosphorus and Sea of Marmora.
Allied ships have been dispatched
to the rescue.
CHINK PASSENGER DELAYS
LIMITED AT MEXICAN LINE
CALEXIO, CAI. Nov. 25—Ah Lo
Sing had to get up and dress,
and the limited train had to wait
while he did it.
This happened here recently be
cause Mr. Ah, whose name defines
his nationally, was legally in the
United States but had no authority
to enter Mexico. He bought a ticket
from L-os Angles to Yuma, and ex
pected to go by an all-American
route, but for some reason the
railroad people loaded him on a
Pullman that went by the branch
of the Southern Pacific which enters
Mexico here and emerges at An
drade.
When Mr. Ah reached here he wac
sound asleep in his berth. He had
to be awakened, the train held
while he dressed, and he was oblig
ed to complete his journey' by auto
mobile, staying north of the line.
HARDING TO GET TURKEY
CHICAGO. Nov. 25—The Harding
Girls Club and packers in the em
ploy of the Morris company have
a 41-pound turkey selected for the
White House table on Thanksgiv
ing. The big bird will start on his
journey to Washington on Novem
ber 27, making the journey in
specially prepared motor trucks.
SEATTLE AWAITS ICE HOCKEY
SEATTLE, WASH. Nov. 25—Ice
hockey will be the next sport on the
athletic program of the Uuiversity
of Washington fans. Last winter
the Huskies turned out a first class
hockey team, won the championship
of the city league and defeated the
University oi British Columbia team
from Vancouver.
Most of the men who played for
Washington will be back at school
this year. Don Mackenzie, captain
of the varsity of a year ago, will
again be a Husky star, as will Fred
Wong, a Chinses puck chaser who
played on the varsity.
HOLLAND UNEMPLOYED RIOT
AMSTERDAM. Nov. 25—This,
city was the scene of a serious
disturbance last night, staged by
unemployed. Several of the riot
ers were injured by the police be
fore order was restored.
SALT LAKE CAPITALISTS TO
GIVE PROSPECTORS A HAND
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 25—
An effort to .stay the passing of the
prospector, his burro and the day
of his picturesque and useful search
for new El Dorado has been started
by the mining commitee of the Salt
Lake Commercial club and arrange
ments are being made for establish
ing a “grub-staking" organization,
with a capital of $500,000. The fund
which would be raised by popular
subscription, would be used to fin
ance trained and dependable pros
pectors in their hunt for minerals
within the state.
Members of the mining committee,
according to their annoucement, en
tered into the enterprise from a pub
lic spirited standpiont. only in the
Union, and which has yielded
$1,500,000,000 in mineral wealth, is
capable of producing several times
this total if its resources are care
fully developed.
The name of the organization will
probably be “The Prospecting Ass
ociation of Utah" and one unit
would be given to any person sub
scribing $50 to the fund in ten mon
thly installments. Mining claims dis
covered would be shared according
to the amount of stock held.
Governor Charles Mabey of Utah
is among the many prominent cit
izens interested in the venture.
Prospecting, while not exactly a |
lost art. has become one in which ]
few men are now active. Nowadays,
it is almost inpossible for a prospec
tor to get a “grub-steak,” whereag
in the mining boom days of Utah
almost any business man. broker or
mining operator would willingly put
up the money.
SPOKANE DOG FANCIERS
HAVE CANINE GRAVEYARD
SPOKANE, WASH. Nov. 25—Do,:!
lovers of Spokane have provided a j
burial ground to be used exclusively
for remais of departed canine pets.
The cemetery, two acres in ex
tent, is located three miles north of
the city. A marble monument to the,
departed pets will be erected in the ]
center of the plot.
The cemetery is a memorial to two
nationally known thorough-bred dogs
Steltz Southern Ace, a collie, and
Roman’s Frolic, a cocker spaniel.
A brass plate bearing an inscription
to the two dogs to whose memory
the plot has been dedicated will be
placed upon the gate leading into
the cemetery.
Although the idea of the dog cem
etery originated with the owners of
the two pets, it will be open to all
northwestern dog fanciers who have
the privelege of using it as a fin
al resting place for their departed
animal friends. •
What is said to be the only other
cemetery of its kind is located at
Hartsdale New York State.
BESSAMER BOWS IN GRIEF
AS MINE VICTIMS ARE BURIED
BESSAMER, Ala., Nov. 25—For
one hour yesterday all business in
Bessamer was suspended, schools
were closed and the people bowed
in worship as a mark of respect
to the eighty-four victims of the
Dolomite mine disaster.
As the first body moved toward
the cemetery, the bells were tolled.'
this being the signal for general
cessation of business.
GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION
TO RECOVER ON WAR FRAUDS
WASHINGTON, B C., Nov. 25—
A series of suits for the recovery
of money expended on the con
struction of war cantonments has
been decided on as the next step
in the Government’s campaign in
connection with alleged frauds in
carrying out war contracts. It is
indicated that a dozen or more
separate actions are contemplated.
Four of the suits will involve
charges of fraud in connection with
the construction of Camps Upton,
in New York; Jackson, in South
Carolina; Sherman, in Ohio; and
Funston, in Texas.
Other suits will follow and it is
stated by department of justice
officials that the actions involve ap
proximately seventy-five million dol
lars.
Firit Action Started
Legal action to recover more than
twenty million dollars, elleged to
have been fraudulently obtained
from t^e Government in the con
struction of army cantonments in
war days, has been instituted by
Attorney General Daugherty as the
first formal Step in a far-reaching
prosecution of those who built the
war camps.
TOKIO TAKES THIRD PLACE
AMONG CITIES OF WORLD
!
TOKIO, Nov. 25—Tokio has be
come Greater Tokio with a popula
tion of 5,164.000 people and an
area of 161.1 spuare miles. Tokio
therefore comes third among the.
capitals of the world with a million I
and a half more people within the j
city limits than Paris or Berlin. New
York ranks second and London first. 1
Twenty four villages and suburbs
have been included in the greater |
city. The expression has taken the j
form of a great circle, the Imperail
Palace being almost in the center.
The radius is nearly 10 English
miles.
Viscount Goto, the mayor of Tok-1
io, has in view the construction of j
modern roads,- long lacking in the J
cauital. improvement of the tramcar j
lines and the creation of a great [
harbor where ocean liners can call, j
In old times Tokio was called j
Yedo and. was but a fishing village.
The shogun Tokugawa Iyeyasu chose
it for his capital in 1590.
HALIBUT SCHOONER ASHORE
JUNEAU, Nov. 25—The halibut
schooner Lister is reported ashore
forty miles from Unalaska. The
tender Elder has been asked to give
aid. Fear is also felt for •he <-af‘ty
of> the halibut schooner Morengen
Walderhaug, which left Peteisburg
on October 14, and which was last
heard from on November 5, when
the boat was sighted in a heavy |
storm off Yakutat. Gales have pre
vailed in the Gulf of Alaska during
the last three weeks.
ERSKINE CHILDERS EXECUTED;
ENGLAND LOOKS FOR TROUBLE
DUBLIN', Nov. 25—Erskine C
ers was executed here at severi
o clock yesterday morning because
he was caught with automatic re
volvers in his possession. Announce
ment of the execution was made
at the headquarters of the National
army
England Is Worried
LONDON, Nov. 25—Announce
ment of the execution of Erskine
Childers came as a surprise in Eng
land where, it was believed, the
Free State authorities would hesi
tate to impose the extreme penalty
in the case of Childers, notwith
standing the fact that he took a
leading part in engineering the
present revolt against the Free
State government, and was known
as a military strategist who plan
ned the operations.
The question now in the minds of
Britishers .interested in Irish affairs
is whether the Irish Republicans
will attempt reprisals. It is report
ed that Bevalera made the threat
that blood would flow if Childers
was executed.
It is feared there may be ugly
development? during the next few
days.
STILLMAN CASE SETTLED
NEW YORK. Nov. 25—James A.
Stillman, New' York banker, has
failed in his efforts to have the
appellate division of the supreme
court set aside the confirmation of
the referee’s repor: in connection
with his divorce suit. His petition
has been refused and the legiti
macy of his son Guy is upheld.
MINE EXPLOSION KILLS TWO
NANAIMO, B. €., Nov. 25—Al
fred Odgens, fire boss, and Gilbert
McBroom. pumpman, were killed
yesterday by an explosion of gas n
the Wakesiah coal mine. •
NEW YORK MAYOR ORDERS
KLAN DRIVEN FROM CITY
- NEW YORK, Nov. 25—Police
Commissioner Enright has received
telegraphic orders from Mayor Hy
lan, who is vacationing in Indiana,
directing him to "drive the Ku Kiux
out of New York before the organ
ization gets a foothold. Treat thi*
group of racial and religious ha:ers
as you would Reds and bomb throw
ers.”
COAST WARDEN SAYS GAME
SHOWS SUBTANNT1AL GAIN
That there has been a slight in
crease in game animals and birds of
all kinds during the past tear in
Southeastern Alaska is the opion
of Wright Wen rich, game Warden,
who has virtually completed a sur
vey of his district. After 25 days'
absence, during which time he co\
ered most of Chicagof and AAdmir
alty islands.
“Generally speaking there is- ap
parently more game of all kinds in
the district now than was in evidence
a year ago,” he informed a repre
sentative of the Juneau Empire.
“This includes all kinds of animals
as well as local and migratory
birds. I attribute this increase to
the fact that generally the public
observed the game laws during the
last summer.”
UTAH TRACT RESERVED
SALT LAKE, Utah, Nov. 25—Up
on orders from Washington, D. C.,
a large section of land in Kane coun
ty, Utah, surrounding Johncon’s can
yon which is noted for it3 hierog
lyphics left by the Indians, has been
closed to settlers. The order states
that the land will not be opened
until such time as an investigation
can be made to determine the value
of the inscriptions as historic rem
nents.