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The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
ONLY ONE TRIAL IN ALASKA
 FOR VIOLATION DRY LAW

Persons tried in Alaska under the Alaska bone dry act are not thereaf- ter liable for prosecution under the Volstead enforcement act for the same offense, in the opinion of the department of justice, according to adyices received from it by U. s. Attorney 4. c. Shoup. This opinion says the Juneau Empire, upholds the position formerly taken by the dis trict attorney in the prosecution of alleged violations of the prohibition laws. .-:.- @*
 In his respect said Mir. Shoup. the recent decision of the supreme court which was to the effect that persons convicted under federal statutes in federal courts for violating the na- tional prohibition amendment could also be tried in state courts under state enforcement acts for the same offence, does not apply 10 Alaska. This attitude, he added, had been held by his office all along. Recently however, there was raised by prohi- bition enforcement officials con- nected with the Washington dis trict a question of proceeding a. gainst offenders under both the A. laska bone dry law and the Vol stead enforcement act. At the time the matter was referred by Mir Shoup to the attorney general with statement of the position la ken by the local officers and the reasons therefor.
 In ruling upholding the local of- flee, Mary Walker Willbrandt, as sistant 70 the attorney general, said This department is inclined to think that plea of former jeo- pardy to a second indictment would be sustained as a matter of law, since both laws which were violated emanate from the same sovereignty.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
CLARA IS ACQUITTED

SEATTLE, Jan. 15,-Clara Skarin tried on the charge of murder in connection with the death of Hoch- brunn, wealthy real estate dealer, was acquitted Saturday afternoon, the jury being out little more than two hours and half. Three votes were taken before . verdict could be reached. The first vote was nine
 to three for acquittal, the second
 eleven 10 one and the third was unanimous for acquittal. Four of the women members of the jury were for acquittal throughout the delib-
 erations. ...= . .-:" .-. .:: .-.--- :
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
LEADER OF MINT BANDITS
 FOUND FROZEN IN DENVER

DENVER, Jan. 15,-The daring bandit who stood on the running board Of the automobile while his accomplices robbed a federal reserve bank truck of $200,000 in front i the Denver mint on December IS, and who sped away amid rain of bullets, was found dead in a private garage Sunday night in the fashion able Capital Hill residence district. His body was frozen but a wound near his heart told how he had met his death. He is believed to have been the leader of the bandit gang and the theory of the police is hat he was deserted by his com rades and left to die in the lonely garage.
 The garage was rented week be- fore the robbery was staged and when the new tenant failed to pay his rent on Sunday, the owner of the place investigated and found the bandit stretched out on the front seat Of the auto, his body frozen stiff.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
UNION PACIFIC TO USE @
 ... BIGGEST LOCOMOTIVES

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 16- Fifty five of the largest locomotives in the world will shortly be put into passenger operation by the Union Pacific System, according to local officials of the road The order, said to be one part of one of the largest motive power improvement programs ever planned by an American rail- road, came as the result of the sue cess of a sample" locomotive of the same 300-ton type in pulling the San Francisco Overland Limited over the Continental Divide in Wy oming.
 Despite their tremendous size, the relative weight of the new locomo- tive is only 9s 1-2 pounds per horsepower about equal to the aver age automobile. .-.-..
 Forty of the locomotives will be used between Denevr and Ogden, the fifteen others being on the Cal ifornia portion of the system.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
REFUGEES CAMPS CAUSING
 BIG LIFE LOSS IN GREECE

ATHENS Jan. I6-Epidemics of typhus, smallpox and cholera have reached such alarming preparations at refugee eenters throughout Greece that the government has been forced to call halt to the ad- mission of unfortunates from Asia Minor. No more refugees from that direction will be permitted to en- ter Greek territory until the dis ease situation has been gotten un- der control.
 Deaths are occurring in great numbers in the refugee camps and the spread of disease has reached such preparations as to tax the capacity of Greek medical forces.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
SWEDISH COAL MINERS ARE
 POLLING IN ARCTIC CIRCLE

GOTHENBURG, Jan. .15,-One hundred and eighty-fiye Swedish coal miners are now GU: of from the world digging coal in a mine seven hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle. They are on the is land of Spitzbergen, north of Swed- en in the Sea of Greenland, and the sun will not again appear above horizon until next April. They have plenty of supplies and plenty of fuel, andtheir camps and mines will be lighted by electricity through the long Arctic night One of their prin- cipal diversions is the photograph and when they get tired of reading last years newspapers, they can re- ceive the condensed news of the world through their own radio sta tion. :.#.
 The Swedish company for which these men work shipped 72,000 tons of coal into Sweden from Spitzberg- en during last summer. But now nothing can be moved until naviga- tion opens again in the spring.
 Sweden's coal supply is limited but to offset this deficiency she has her white coal" the countless num- Der of waterfalls and rapids which are harnessed to produce electric power. And in faov, upward of half of the area of the kingdom is now electrified, the power being applied to a variety of purposes all the way from the building of ships to the milking of cows. The fuels in com mon use are wood, charcoal and peat.
 But King Coal still commands a corner of the fuel markets, and it is unique tribute to him that the 185 miners are toiling in their ice bound outpost through the Arctic night.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
GIRL SURVIVOR WELL;
 WILL RESUME STUDIES

RED BLUFF, CAL. Jan. 16-Miss Opal McNaughton, Is, sole survivor of fifteen high school students killed when an autobus was struck by a Southern Pacific train at Proberta, November 30, 1921, has recovered from her injuries and is nearly ready to ra-enter Red Bluff High School Miss McNaughton, who has been bedridden in a hospital for thir- teen months, returned 10 her home here for the holidays. She plans to enter college after leaving high school.
 All of Miss McNaughton's school companions in the autobus were killed outright and her legs were both crushed from her ankles to her hips. Her recovery is complete, and according to physicians, she will regain the use of her limbs.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
FOREST SERVICE MAKES
 TIMBER SURVEY ON COAST

During the past season a total ot 24e.Oo0 acres of forest land inside the Tongass National Forest was cruised and mapped, according to figures announced recently at dis trict headquarters of the U. s. For est Service. The stand of merchan- table timber on that area totaled ap- proximately 2,150,0OO,O0o board feet.
 The cruises were carried out, as a part of the program of the Forest Service to allocate units of aecessl- ble timber to water power sites that can be developed in the establish ment of the paper and pulp manu- Recurring industry. Three such units or parts thereof, were covered in the seasons work, which was performed bv two field parties one under the direction of Robert 4. Zellar, and the second under J. P. Williams
 The first unit to be cruised lies on the north end of Prince of Wales Island. where 74,000 acres were cruised and mapped. Out of the eotal acreage there, 47,00o acres were found to contain merohantable tim Der. the remainder. muskeg swamps high and barren mountain tops and similar country was listed as bearing non-merchantable timber. The total of rnerchan.ahle timber on the tract was listed at 800,0O0,000 board feet This unit is designed to be used in connection with power sites located on the Bradfield Canal. There are two of these sites, one held under a temporary development by the AL aska Mineral and Development Com pany, a Guggenheim subsidiary and the other applied for by Wrangell people.
 A second unit 10 be allocated 10 the same sites was also cruised. This IS located on land adjacent to Brad field Canal the tract containing 132, 1000 cres. Of that amount 75.oo was found to contain merchantable timber amounting to 900,0oo,o0o board feet.
 4 start was made on a third unit for use in the development of the Thomas Bay power site, held under temporary permit by Hutton, McNair and Daugherty. In the 43,000 acres were cruised and mapped on a tract of land lying between Horn Cliffs and the south side of Thomas Bay on the mainland. Merchantable tim Der to the extent of 450,000,000 board feet was found on 25,000 a. cres of this tract.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
FALL EXPLAINS
 ACTION TO RESERVE LANDS

YAKIMA Jan. 16-In a letter ad- dressed to the American legion Sec retary of the Interior Fall explains with regard to his ruling that Jap anese will not be allowed to lease lands of Indian reservations, that his action is not an:i-Japanese but a measure taken to safeguard what remains of the nations public lands for its own citizens, particularly for former soldiers. He says the action is in line with the policy of the Harding administration.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
FRANCE CONSIDERS MEASURES
 TO FORCE GERMANS TO TERMS

DORTMUND, Jan. 16-The French general headquarters has been informed that 25,O00 men of the German reichwehr have con centrated south of Muenster, less than 25 miles north of Luenen, to the north of Dortmund. The French have advanced both the Dortmund and Luenen outposts, and the French and German forces at some points are only eight to ten miles apart.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
France Takes Action

DUSSELDORF, Jan. 16-The re- fusal of German mine owners to make delivery of coal on any terms has been answered by France by an extension of the zone of occupation. Originally it was intended to GOV CT only the Bochum region but now the zoR of occupation will take i7 the great industrial city of Dort- mund
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
ANcHoRAGE's FIRE LOSSES.

To give the Anchorage public a brief idea of losses from fire, Fire Chief Greene has compiled figures or 1921 and 1922 showing the total amount of damages caused by fire in Anchorage. The amounts are stag gering for a town of this size, com ments the Anchorage Times. In 1921 fires totaled a property loss of S125,690. In 1922 the amount was smaller, approximately s50,155. For tunately no lives were lost in these two years.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
Break Is Complete

LONDON, Jan. 16-A dispatch received in this city says the break between the Franco-Belgian control commission and German industrial ists is complete. It is stated furth 9r that military penalties more se- we're and extensive than originally intended, and now contemplated, and the advance into Germany will be carried out on a greater mag nitude.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
Plan Submitted

PARIS Jan. 16-Royland Boyden American representative on the reparations commission. told the Associated Press today that he had submitted 2 plan for the examini- ton of the reparations problem, which had been approved by Sc cretary Hughes after the return oi the commission from Berlin early in November. --.-.- -..
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
SEATTLE HEARS ABOUT IT

SEATTLE Jan. 16-The chamber of Commerce has been advised from Washington that the Alaskan Engin- eering Commission, in order to pro vide better water transportation in Interior Alaska, plans the establish ment of steamship service between Nenana and g.. Michael in the spring
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
FACTORY SHUT DOWN CAUSES
 CITY TO TAKE CARE OF POOR

OSAKA, Jan. 16-Autaorities have taken s.eps to ameliorate the condition of the poor of this city, aggravated by the closing of the fac tories. Several public markets have been opened to supply the general public with provisions at cheap prices. while municipal dining rooms have been started. About 800 per sons dine here daily, their meal costing 12 yen or about 6 cents.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
COURT FIXES BOUNDARY

WASHINGTON, D. c. Jan. 16- The supreme court has decided the famous Red river case, making the south cut bank of the Red river the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma The decision of the court is a compromise of the conflicting contentious of the United States and the state of Texas.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
TEXAS AFTER KLUXERS

HOUSTON, Jan. l6-Criminal Judge Robinson has instructed the district grand jury to devote it's entire time 10 an investigation Of the flogging of Mrs. B. H. Harrison and Oxra Armand, at Goose creek, recently
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

George F. Forest the Alaska dis trict deputy of the B. P o. Elks, ar rived in Anchorage from the Juneau headquarters on the last boat. MT. Forest is in Anchorage on official business connected with the order, and will make the trip to Fairbanks with the Elks' excursion Friday, January IS.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
In Xilful Default

PARIS, Jan. 16-The separations commission has decided that Ger many wilfully defaulted in her de liveries scheduled for the first of the year. France, Belgium and Italy voted, Kimball Cook representing Great Britain. declined to go on record one way or the other.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
Work Stops

ESSEN, Jan. 16-Al work was suspended here for half an hour on Sunday as a protest against French 6ceupation. 4 large crowd staged an anti-French demonstration outside the French quarters with speeches and songs. .....
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
IndustriaIs On Strike

PARIS, Jan. 16-The German government has sent instructions to German industrials not to coop crate with France in the delivery of coal.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Quigley came in from the Kantishna last night and left for Fairbanks today. They will return to Nenana on the next train.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
Soldiers Clash

PARIS, Jan. 16--Order has been restored at Bochum, where German demonstrators and French troops of occupation clashed last night.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
French Occupy Bochum

BOCHUM, Jan. 16-French troops have occupied Bochum, in the heart Of the great Shines steel works. ..:.~- -~ ..:..:. :."..
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

Of these communities only Juneau
 and Cordova showed any increase on
 the amounes paid in 1921. ..~
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

MT. and Mrs. Dennis Coyle, re- cent arrivals from the Ruby dis trict went to Fairbanks today.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
LEADS TERRITORY
 IN SCHOOL TAX COLLECTED

Tn the payment of annual school taxes for the year 1922, Juneau leads all the other incorporated towns in the Territory in the amount paid, according to figures made pub lie by Walstein C. Smith, Territorial Treasurer The total collected for the entire Territory last year in school taxes was S75,49108, as com pared 10 s72,189.17 collected in 1921, The former figure is incom- pIete as additional returns are to be received while the 1921 figure is complete.
 The net collections in Juneau a mounted to approximately $3,70V. which was s700 in excess of the Anchorage returns which were se- .cond largest. The Juneau collections exceeded those of the entire Anchor .age district. The 1922 collections in :he channel community exceeded those Of 1921 by $400. Ketchikan showed marked decrease dropping $1,500 below the 1921 figures. Two divisions, the First and Third showed increases over 1921 collec- tions and the other two, Second and Fourth declined. The collections by
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

F. H. Barnett went to Fairbanks this afternoon.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

QlVlolOn were
 First Division S21lll.62 Second Division @-.-.= 2,577.OO Third Division 47,496.5O Fourt1 Division s... ...* 4,305.95
 Total $75,49I.08
 For 1921 school tax collections re pored were: First Division, 17,652; Second, S3,447; Third 45,554; Fourth $5,53417; total, s72,189.17
 As in former years the Bristol Bay district of the Third Division was the most productive in the Ter ritory. collections there and at Un- alaska totaling in excess of $24,000. Other heavy districts in the Third Division were Prince William Sound Kodiak and the Kennecott mining section.
 The principal towns in the Terri tory reported as follows:
Evening star., 1923-06-13

has no sinister Significance. I may
have been merely pushing the chair
out OF my way. you know"
Look here. Mr.. Lockwood. you are
man OF honor. Do you. upon oath.
declare that you did not purposely
smooth that chairback, for the reason
that II showed some incriminatins I'M
pressT
"I am not under oath. have stated
me of, and have nothing further to
say on the subject"
Lockwood drew himself UP and
leaned with folded arms against the
mantelpiece.
seemed to show he had not finally dis
missed It.
"At what time" he said. abruptly.
did DR.. waring lock his study
about 10 O'clock" the secretary
'And you heard nothing from the
room after that? No sound OF voices?
Nobody coming in at the French win
NO" replied Lockwood.
Then we are forced to the conclu-
sion that whoever entered did so very
quietly, that 1t was with the knowl.
edge and permission OF DR.. Waring
himself, that the visitor was the per-
the door and whose hnEerprints are
on the chair that stood near the doc
tors own chair. We are borne out
in this view by the fact that tho same
person now possesses the money and
the ruby pin which we know DR..
Waring had in his room with him,
and we know that the person Is here
In Corinth for unexplained reasons.
and is. in fact. so peculiar that she
is known aS-Miss Mystery. Just
why. Mr.. Lockwood, are you arguing
against these obvious differences. and
why do you undertake to free from
suspicion one against whom every
thing is so definitely black?"
Because" Lockwood spoke very
quietly, but his jaw was set In a
stubborn way. the lady you call Miss
Mystery is a young and defenseless
girl. without, so far as I know. a
friend in this town. 1t is unfair to
accuse her on the strength OF this
fantastic story and 1t 10 unfair to
condemn her unheard."
Not unheard," said the attorney,
"but what she says only incriminates
her more deeply"
Continued Tomorrow
Evening star., 1923-06-13
the latter part of the detectives in.

the latter part of the detectives in
- Not Sc 50 very; Mr. LoskTood. " when hen
chair frame are your own and those
Of certain yoang person who is
already under suspicion"
Gordon Lockwood. as always under
q sudden stress. became even more
he faced the attorney.
Don't be too absurd" Mr.. Cray.
he advised, coldly. II suppose you
mean Miss Austin-I prefer to have
of her fingerprints on a chair in this
room. and mine also. does not seem
to me to be in any way evidence Of
crime"
scorn. Perhaps then. you can ex-
plain Miss Austin's presence here
Il don't know that she was here
and I most certainly could not ex-
plain any Of her movements. But |
guilty from her presence"
"Ah, you tacitly admit her pres
ence, then. Indeed. one can scarcely
doubt it. when 1t Is shown that this
his pocket, exactly fits the prints
that cross the field of snow between
here and the Adams house"
ITO measure footprints-after all
this time" and Lockwood's lip
curled
"The prints are exactly as they
were made, Mr.. Lockwood. The un-
changing cold weather has kept them
intact I tried this shoe and the
prints are unmistakable. Moreover,
the short stride Is just the measure
of the natural steps of Miss Austin.
The footprints lead from the Adams
house over here and back again. The
returning prints occasionally overlap
the ones that came this way. show
ing that the trip away from this
house was made latest. Miss Aus
tin was seen to come over in this
direction-well. none but a half-wit
would be blind to the inevitable con-
clusionsr'
None but a half-wit would read
into this evidence what you pretend
to see" retorted Lockwood. almost
losing his calm.
That's my business" Cray said.
sharply; nov. Mr. Lockwood, why
did you smooth off that chair back
Careful. now, two witnesses saw you
do It,"
I'm not denying it"-Lockwood
smiled in a bored. superior way, but
scious of it, One often touches a
piece of furniture in passing with no
thought of doing So"
That won't go down. Both the
butler and Miss Peyton saw you def
back of that chair. Why did you do
it?"
Cray was inexorable.
But the impassive secretary merely
shrugged his shoulders.
II can't answer you, Mr.. Cray /
can only repeat 1t must have been an
unconscious act on my part, and 1t
Evening star., 1923-06-13
THE MYSTERY GIRL.
A Thrilling Detective Story
BY CAROLYN WELLS.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS 1NsTALLMENrs
Copyright. BY J. p. Lippsaeott Co.,

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS 1SSTALLMESTs.
John waring newly elected to tho psesi.
dercy Of Corinth College. venerable New
England seat Of learning. is found stabbed
10 death in his study. As he is at the pin
nacle OF his career and about to marry Emily
Bates. charming and cultured widow, no
motive for suicide appears. He had no known
enemies. There was no tra"e Of weapon.
nor was there any way In which murderer
could have left the locked room.
The next morning NoGi. the Japanese butler.
worn by the dead man. and $500. known to
have been in his private drawer. Gordon
lockwood. Dr. Warinc's secretary. insists
firmly. even suspfciously. upon the suicide
theory. Unknown TO the detectives. he had
secured a crumpled hit OF paper from the
waste ba sket in the dead mans study before
the room had been searched. 1t is half.
finished love letter TO Anita.
Anita Austin The Mystery Girl" as she
has been dubbed by the inmates of Mrs.
Adams boarding house (because of her silence
concerning herself and her business in
Corinthl, is drawn into the tragedy when Miss
Rascom. prying old maid. Identifies her as
the fur-coated figure which had been seen
crossing the fields in the direction OF Dr.
Warnings house on the night of his death.
Small footprints in the crusted snow leading
to and from his study window confirm her
suspicious. The spinster also searches Anita's
room and trumphantly produces from among
her possessions a roll OF bills and the ruby
stickpin. On questioning Anita. Cray, prose-
cutting attorney. finds his sympathies In
CON- however, cOnfronts them both with more
evidence Of guilt found In Anita's room
the weapon with which the murder was COM
mitted,
Evening star., 1923-06-13
LEAVES S61.4e2 ESTATE.

Continued Tomorrow.
Evening star., 1923-06-13
NEW YORK RUM N0xI0US.

NEW YORK. June 13.-Ninety per
cent OF the liquor sold in New York
city is redistilled alcohol which is
'noxious. unwholesome and semi
poisonous" Federal Prohibition d.
rector Palmer Canheld declared to-
day in . letter to Mayor Hylan. an
swertng one sent him by the mayor
on Saturday. In which Garfield was
urged to stop liquor from entering
the city.
Canheld declared there was prac-
tically no liquor being smuggled into
the state over the Canadian border
and asserted that not more than 10
smuggled In. The rest, he said, was
redistilled alcohol, colored and
favored
Evening star., 1923-06-13
81 FORFEIT COLLATERAL.

Fifty-six automobilists charged
with violating the parking regula-
tions in the downtown congested dis
trict. mostly in the nrst precinct, dur
Ing Shrine week. whose cases We're
called In the Traffic Court yesterday.
forfeited the So collateral posted in
each case. There were six similar
cases made by the traffic bureau,
which also were forfeited.