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The Nenana news., 1923-05-24
JUNEAU PUBLIC MARKET
 TO START THIS SUMMER

Juneau will have public market for out-of-town farmers this summer i- was decided at the regular meet ing of the City Council recently The bunlding for the market will be erected on the vacant lot at the
 corner of Fourth and Main Streets, across from City Hall. The building will be 40 feet long and 10 feet deep, and will be erected within a short time Should the market not prove successful, the building will
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

The Mt. Mckinley Gold Placers, Inc, launch Mckinley which arriv- ed from the Kantishna district sev- eral days ago, started on the return trip to Diamond yesterday. Those making the trip were W. B. Taylor, president of the company, Russell T. Johnson, Eastern representative and Mr and Mrs. Clyde Collins. The company operations this sum mer will consist chiefly of prospect ing with drill and it is expected that large area of ground will be explored before the end of the season.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24
STEAMER JACOBS LEAVES FIRST TRIP-BIC CARGO

The 1923 season of navigation on the Panama and Yukon rivers was formerly opened yesterday with the departure of the Government steamer General Jacobs with ca- pacity cargo for Holy Cross and other Yukon river points, much of which is for the Iditarod district, to be transferred to light draft boats at Holy Cross.
 Twenty-one passengers also lief. on the Jacobs, headed for various points along the river. A number of those leaving will work for the Waechter Brothers Company during the summer at Andraefsky, where fishing operations will be resumed.
 The cold storage barge Lithgow, belonging to the Waechter Brothers Company, was in tow of the Jacobs for Holy Cross, from which point 1t will be taken to Iditarod to supply the fresh meat requirements of that district.
 The steamer General Davis, which will also operate between Nenana and Holy Cross. in connec- tion with the railroad, will pro- bably sail for the lower river next Wednesday, and thereafter a week ly schedule will be maintained The Davis which has been on the ways at Nenana all winter being thor oughly overhauled, was launched this afternoon.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24
. PIONEER OF DAWSON AND
 NOME DIES AT SUNNYDALE

John Eowerby pioneer of Dawson and Nome, died at his home in Sun nydale, a suburb of Seattle, on May 9th following a brief illness. Mr. Sowerby went to the Klondike during the great stampede of '97; from thence he went to Nome ar irving there in '99. He came out side and setled in Sunnydale eight cen years ago and owned consider able property there. He was born in England in 1867. He left wife to mourn his loss.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

be used to house city automobiIes and other equipment of the street department.
 Farmers in this vicinity have been attempting for some time to estab- fish public market in Juneau, says the Empire, and the city building to be erected for the purpose will provide for their business opera tions. There are number of farmers in the close vicinity on the main land and islands, and at Eagle River, who produce a large enough scale to warrant a good sized market
 See Mel Cooney for postcards of the breakup.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24
RIVER NEWS

Kuskokwim river clear al Bethel, Water over bank al Holy Cross, Ice thinning.
 Tanana at Ruby bound down river. Jacobs enroute down Panama for Holy Cross.
 Sea Nat enroute down Tanana.
 Mutt enroute 10 Kantichna. Pas sed Toloyana 7:O0 ?. m. yesterday. Alice at Nenana, leaving for down river few days. ~.*.. @.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

Fred Major and three children, Robert, Frank and Francis, will leave for the Outside tomorrow, their destination being Wilkes Barre, Pa, Mir. Major has disposed of his Nenana property to Tom Jones.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

F. A. Hedstrom sourdough pros pector and mining man; who return ed from the States recently, will leave for the Koyukuk on the team CT Teddy H. He plans to spend a season in the far northern camp in quest of new paystreak.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

Making good on the campaign
 pledge of Mayor I. GoIdstein. the Juneau City Council passed an or dinance making citytaxes payable in two installments, six months a part, al a regular meeting held re- gently. Taxes will De due July l neN and will be delinquent July 31. Provided 50 per cent of a tax is paid. taxpayers will be granted six months to pay the balance, taxes being delinquent December 31. This system of tax paying has never before been used in Juneau. IL has been found 10 be most successful in Seattle and other cities in the States.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

Mrs. Siverly is a recent arrival in town from Dunbar.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

Cold Storage Expert Charles Den ton accompanied the Weachte< Brothers outfit 10 the lower river, leaving with the steamer Jacobs yesterday. and will be absent from Nenana all summer. '.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

Nj. V. Mcdonald Is a recent ar rival from the coast.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

The launch Sea Nat sailed for the lower river last night under the command of Captain Dace Dunbar, with crew consisting of Black Bear Gil Rich, Remington Reed and Hardware Madland. Sam Heeter went along to keep the machinery in good working order and the bars out of the channel.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

William P. O'Connor is guest at the Cooney hotel.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

The side wheel power boat Mutt, with C. E. Neuser al the wheel, got away for the KantiShna this week with heavy cargo of freight and number of passengers. An effort will be made py the owners of the boat to maintain a regular schedule between Nenana and Roosevelt.
The Nenana news., 1923-05-24

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
U. S. IN COURT A
QUESTION OF moral
SUPPORT SAYS ROOT

Washington, April 26-Supportng
President Harding in his contention
that the United States should parti-
cipate in the Permanent Court of
International Justice, Elihu Root to-
night told the American Society Of
International Law that the question
presented by the presidents mes
sage to the Senate was really only a
question Of moral support.
"The amount of contribution to-
wards the support of the court to be
determined by orr own congress
would be negligible" asserted Mr.
Root. I'VE undertake to do nothing
and to give nobody authority or
power to do anything to us. The
question is merely whether we shall
give our moral approval TO the es-
Enlistment of tho same kind of
court which our government has been
ur"ing for a generation
In addressing the society. Of which
ne is president, at its 18th annual
meeting, Mr.. Root described at length
the genesis and nature OF the world
court. his reasons for believing it SUI
rerior To the old high tribunal, tho
clear distinction which he said
should he made between it and the
League OF Nations. the development
of international law despite the
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Secrets of House
David Told by
Two Who Fled Colony

st. Joseph. Mich. April 26-Secrets
of life in king benjamin Purnells
House of*David were revealed to the
grand jury investigating alleged i'm
morality in the colony, when Ben
jamin Hill. "a. and Mrs. Lillian Han
afford, 80. testified today.
The couple were intercepted early
today at Stevensville, II miles south
of st. Joseph. after they had eloped
from the colony. leaving William
William Hanaford, Mrs. Hanafords
elderly husband. behind.
They told Judge Harry Dingeman,
the one man grand jury. they had
not seen Purnell since Christmas
and that members of the cult did not
know his whereabouts.
The couple testified they had been
childhood sweethearts in the colony
but when the time came to marry
the Purnell elders told them their
love was forbidden. SO Hills name
was placed in hat at n group mar
riage lottery and was drawn by Clet-
ia Ward, a 15-year- girl. That
was 16 years ago. and Hill married
Cletta, while Lillian married Hama
ford, old enough to be her father
she said.
In 1913. Mrs. Hill lost faith in
Purnell and left the colony, Hill
said. and obtained a divorce. He tes-
titled that before her departure she
told him King" Benjamin had be-
hayed improperly with her prior to
their marriage.
The frequent reference to Purnell
followers as Israelites" has resulted
in a belief by some person sthat
members of the colony were Jews. it
was discovered today when leading
Jews protested. There are no Jews
i'll the House of David. The official
name of the organization. however, is
the ''Israelite House of David"
The colony here is descended from
a cult. formed in England a century
ago by Johanna Heathcote. a friend
of Lord Byron.
Purnell was originally follower of
prince" Michael Milsl in a colony
at Detroit. from which the present
day Holy Rollers" sprang. "Prince"
Michael, sclf-styled Sixth Messen-
ger angel was convicted in 1892 of
immoral relations with a 15-year- old
girl disciple and sentenced to five
wears in prison.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Suspect Arrested BY De-
parimeni Of Justice
Agents Believed to
Be Radical
A u t O m a tic Device
Found Permits Oper-
atOr Set Fire in Dead
of Night = B o m b s
and Red Literature
Also Found - Con-
tains Reference to
Destructive Warfare
on Society

Boston, April 2G-Charles Blam-
field. arrested early today in a raid
conducted by police and department
of justice agents in the South End,
was arraigned this afternoon charged
with having in his possession explos-
ives and radical literature and held
III $4,000 bail. Later in the day, alter
another visit to his South End
premises by the police. he was re-
called to court and the bail doubled.
Biamfield passed tonight In Jail.
In addition to wagonload Of lit
terature the raid disclosed two
bombs. a quantity of caps said to be
timed from two to five hours and an
automatic fire-lighter. 1t was when
the police on their return trip found
in BlamtieldS rooms scores of copies
or Boston newspapers containing ac-
counts of recent fires in Catholic
churches in the district that the pris-
oner's bail was doubled. 1t was also
learned that a federal warrant has
been issued for Blamfield, but the
nature of the charge was not dis
closed.
Blamfeld told thescourt when ar
raigned that he was native of the
British empire, had been in this
country 20 years but was not cti-
zen. He said the literature found in
his rooms. containing numerous ref
crences to destructive warfare on
society" and concerted action" was
merely advertising matter for his
automatic fire lighter This device is
admittedly causing the police much
uneasiness as they fear it has been
widely sold
The literature describing the posi-
bilities of the fire-liGhter took the
form of a four page circular. One
paragraph said:
Continued on Page 5-Col s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Steamship Lines
Reach Agreement
with L0ngshorelnen

Boston. April pa new wage
agreement between three Boston
locals Of The international Long
shoremcn Association and the
various foreign and coastal steam
ship lines out Of this port as well as
the contracting stcvcdores has been
aGretd upon ana viii be signed Mon
day. II was announced today
Under the new agreement the
longshorCmen viii receive % cents
an hour with $40, for overtime ana
double time if compelled to work
during the supper hour" from to
IN The evening. Since October ].
1921. they have received S. cents an
hour with 81 an hour for overtime.
Recently they sked for the restora-
ton Of the 1920 scale which was so
cents an hour with $l.20 for over
time
T0daN'S agreement was the result
of a long :,ar;cs of conferences. The
men agreed finally to the compromise
in wages in return for the supper
hour and other concessions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Publishers AssO.
Takes Steps in Its
Policy Toward Unions

~,
New ofK' NprH % ne, 'liirts
seventh Snth convention OF the American
newspaper PubllShcrS ASSOCIATION
adjourned this afternoon after taking
s ,sJ ';.lpplt"iIt Steps II, coil,ee .i
Al t>. l'' '1'U, l'o''F an !
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''",
Inc first labor measure adopted
was a resolution TO negotiate with
ae International Typographical
mon under the terms of an amend
meht to the Unions constitution
mnch provided that union printers
s,u malierS employed in the same
PANTS. should negotiate Jointly, that
~ agreements 50 reached Should eX-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Especial to Kennebec Journal.)

Especial to Eennebec JOurnal)
Belfast. April 2G-At the opening
of supreme judicial &C ut Thursday
morning. Associate Justice Scott
Wilson of Portland presiding, the
$4,000 damage suit against the
Maine Central Railroad started on
it's second day. Four of the suits
had been non-suited and only one
remained. that of Laurence Burrill.
II years old of Durham. who was
not instantly killed in the Unity
accident on July 18th when the car
in which he was driving with six
others. collided with train at Unity
Station. six out Of the seven meet
ing death.
The first witness called this morn
ing was George II. Foster. assistant
Continued Oh Page Cool. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Doubt Over Juror
Hats Trial Of
Morse and Two Sons

WuShinGton. APRIL 26.-The Morse
! trial was halted for an hour and q
half today for private conference be-
tween counsel and Justice Stafford.
the subject of which was reported to
have been whether one OF the jurors
sitting on the case should be dis
qualified AS far as appeared the
question was left undetermined.
Some of the counsel for the defense
indicated that Il motion for Il mis-
trial might be made tomorrow.
The conferences began Immediately
after court was convened and con-
tinuod for more than a quarter of an
hour. Meantime rumors of some de-
Nclopmcnt of possibly a startling
character swept around the court
room. After further discussion with
the attorneys. who had been con-
fcrring together. Justice Stafford dis
missed the jury for an hour and the
conferences were continued outside
the court room.
There twas an air of expectancy
among the spectators as court was
reconvened. but the trial proceeded
after Justice Stafford had asked each
Juror in turn whether he had read or
knew the substance of an editorial
appearing in an edition yesterday OF
a local newspaper and discussing the
sick plea of Harry F. Morse, one of
Ahe defendants The jurors replied in
thr negative.
Epsuming his oral presentation of
the defense's case to the jury At
tolney Nash lockwood of New YORK
declared the evidence would snow
that the operations of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation constituted II not
one of the greatest scandals in ms
tory at least one of the greatest eX-
hibitions of inefficiency in history.
He added that the defense expected
TO nut all the facts on the table, no
matter whom they might hit.
Mr.. lockwood declared that the
delay in ship delivery by the Morse
concerns about which the govern
ment had complained, were due TO
red tape" in the fleet corporation.
the confused records of that corpora
ton. delay in. the making of progress
pavments. changes in plans OF the
Ships and in construction even after
they were completed. and the inef-
ficiency of many Of the corporations
employees.
AS an illustration OF what ship
builders were confronted with dur
ing the war. Mr.. lockwood asserted
that the launching of steel snip
at the Morses Groton. Conn. plant,
was DELAYED for some time because
an inspector for the fleet corporation
had represented that the water in
the Thames river was not OF sui
ficient specific gravity TO float the
vessel. He related that Charles W.
Morse eventually launched the ship
on his own responsibility. although
warned lin the sovereign name OF the
United States" not TO do so.
One point stressed by Mr.. Rock
wood was that the contracts awarded
to Mr.. Morse were of lump sum
for each ship to he built and
not a cost plus basis. He asserted
that with the exception of the initial
Contract payments" of ten per cent
on each craft there WAS nothing in
the contracts as to how the money
should be spent and argued that this
was not a subject of concern to the
so long as the ships were
delivered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Portland Police
Forbid Meetings
Of Diplomat Gron

Portland, Me. April 2G-The sec
ond meeting tonight in tie series
planned by Noils Gron for the avow-
ed purpose of gaining the custody
of his nine year old son from his
former wife. Mrs. Medicine Masters
stone. was cancelled by orders of
Mayor Carroll S. Chaplin who in
structcd the chief of police TO pre-
vent the opening Of the Pythian
Temple as he feared a disturbance
would result.
Mi. Gron said that Nc would tell
the public the facts OF the divorce
case if ne had to hire halls in other
Maine cities or even in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Maine Lumbermen
to Appeal in Rate
Reduction Sought

Portland. Me, April 26-The Maine
LumbermenS Association today
voted to appeal to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for a rcduc-
ton of freight rates on round edged
lumber over New England railroads.
after committee reported that
Maine Central. Boston & Maine and
Grand Trunk railroads refused TO
make such a reduction.
The lumbCrmcn assert that this
type of lumber is extensively used in
box making and that the freight
rate is now so high that it frequent
" happens that although this is the
cheapest grade used in boxes, the
tariff exceeds that on the best
grades.
1t was reported that the shrink
age in 1922 showed stocks of lumber
on hand of two and a half million
feet. December 81, 1922. in Maine and
about an equal amount in New
Hampshire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
BRIBERY CHARGES
IN ACTIVITIES OF
DRY PERSONNEL
BEGIN PROBE OF
ATTEMPT TO MAR
BODIES OF DWIGHT

Cambridge. Mass. April e6.-Oficial
action 10 investigate alleged attempts
to prevent identification of bodies of
seamen who were drowned when the
steamer John Dwight, supposed rum
runner, sunk in Vineyard Sound April
+. was begun here today at a confer
cnce between the district attorneys of
MiddleseX and Dukes county.
District Attorney Stanley p Hall Of
Taunton, representing the district that
includes Nartha's Vineyard, conferred
with District Attorney Arthur X. Read
ing here on the case of James A. Gro
min or James \. Craven, one of the
John Dwinghts victims. whose body
when prepared for burial was found
TO be mutilated beyond recognition.
District Attorney Reading announced
later that an autopsy will be held on
the body. which has been held in the
receiving tomb at the Cambridge ccm-
etery.
The case of Cronin. or Craven, as
presented to the authorities. is one of
the strongest incidents growing out of
the still unexplained tragedy of the
John Dwight. When eight bodies. the
known dead from the Dwight. We're
laid out in the Vineyard Haven mortu-
airy, a man who gave his name as Gro
min appeared and identified one of the
eight as that of James A. Cronin of
2S2 Massachusetts avenue. Cambridge.
\ certificate was issued accordingly
and the body was shipped to an under
taker here. On the day set for burial
police officers who went to take finger
prints for record found the hands had
been burned. the face burned and paint
Cd and the eye sockets filled with a
white plaster. Medical Examiner Ed
ward Z. Worth of Vineyard Haven and
The undertaken who prepared the body
for shipment here. said there had been
no such marks when it left Martha :
Vineyard.
The Cambridge address given as Gro
rin'S home was the residence of Frank
Duris. who maintained an office in this
city under the name of the Interstate
Supply Co. Police investigating an al
legged rum running raidcd this office
hut found it empty Duris had left the
city but has since returned.
The same man who made tho original
identification of the body has returned
to Vineyard Haven since and applied
for new death certificate The dead
man is known as James Craven of
Rutherford. y. J. on the. advice Of
District Attorney Hall the new ccrtifi-
cate has been withheld pending further
! investigation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
Epidemic Measles
in Town of Sanford

Sanford. Me. April 26-One per-
son in every II in this town has the
measles. it was reported tonight in
connection with an order closing all
the schools until the epidemic has
been checked. There are said to be
1000 cases of the disease here. The
population is 400.
In ordering the closure OF the
schools. DIR. w. II. Kelley. health Of
fcer. intimated that public places of
assembly will be closed altogether
soon. No deaths are reported.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27

WASHINGTON April DIFFERENTIATION
tIoubles from loUll2CGcrs to allie
cations OF bribery il several states
accumulated here today and engaged
the attention Of high officials of at
least three federal agencies. the
Treasury and Justice Departments
end Prohibition Enforcement Head
quarters. There were indications
that facts developed from the sov-
rial investigations III progress might
come before President
Hardng for action.
Charges of fraud among former
md possibly present prohibition
agencies called forth orders for an
by the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue. Another inveStiga-
ton along similar lines. involving al
legged tenders Of brides for 'protec-
lection" to former prohibition officers
already IS under way by the De
partment OF Justice. whose agents
are making inquiries among boot
Lex" circles OF New York. Philadel-
phia, Chicago, Pittsburgh and other
cities
The Internal Revenue Bureaus in
yestigatiOn also was said to extend
into several states. involving tho per-
sonnet OF scve al state prohibition
agents.
It was said that Secretary Mellon
Of the Treasury department was con-
ccrned over some OF the methods be-
Ing employed in prohibition enforce
ment There also was revival OF
reports Of difficulties between Secre-
tary Mellon, Commissioner Blair and
Commissioner Haynes, The latter,
however. insisted that no serious
disputes exist. although there ma =
urally have been disagrecmcnts IN
federal administrative work.
Chairman Sterling. of the Senate
Civil Service Committee, announced
today that he would renew the fight
IN Congress at the next session to
lave prohibition enforcement placed
under tho civil service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-27
PLANS
TO Visit maine
COMING SUMMER

Portland. Me. April 2G-Presi-
dent Harding will visit Maine this
summer if the illness Of Mrs, Hard
ing should cause the cancellation of
the Alaskan trip, Senator Hale said
here tonight.
Ii was said that the trip would be
made in the presidential Yacht and
Il tour of the coast is contemplated.
Senator Hale predicted that the
WorltS court plan would pass con-
gresS this winter by wide margin
and characterized the presidents
speech III New York as "a mastery
production"