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The Nenana news., 1923-01-02
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE T HE ALASKA RAILR OAD

Trains leave and arrive Nenana as follows:
 500 p. m. Tuesday and Friday for Seward and intermediate points. Returning arrives Nenana 6:45 q. m, same days. .....-: :...-...-. .~ l:3O p. m, Tuesday and Friday for Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika. Arrives Nenana l2:30 P. m. Tues day and Friday. ": Pullman sleeper charges Lower berth, S4.50; upper berth, $3.5O. Tickets entitle holders to priyi- leges Observation car.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-02

celery and onions amounts to more than $500 an acre.
 However, it was pointed out by officials of both the Survey and the Department of Agriculture. the val ue of peat as a fertilizer by itself is not high, the peat being used as a filler or body for the manufac- tured or mixed fertilizer.
 FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN
 Three room furnished frame house with cache, cellar and good
 well. Also four room log house with cellar, woodshed and large
 cache; rents for S20 per month.
 All taxes paid. S40O each. h. quire corner Sixth and 4 streets.
 ANDY LCGSTRUP
The Nenana news., 1923-01-02

Nenana is indebted to the Elks for a very delightful celebration of the passing Of the Old Year and the coming Of the New. That is the sort of thing that brings people together and helps nightly to build up community spirit.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-02

Light lunlaes at the Palace of Sweets.
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 PARTNER WANTED to help open some mining claims. 1a interest for Sl,000. For particulars see C. H. Rawlins. Rust House.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-02

The New Year found the Outside wet outside and inside but on the Inside it was not even wet oa the Outside
The Nenana news., 1923-01-02

In the Probate Court, Territory of Alaska, Fourth Division, Nenana Precinct.
 In the matter of the Estate of Frank A. Jones, deceased. Notice of Settlement of Final
 Account
 Probate No. 42
 Notice IS hereby given that Thomas 4. Jones, the administrator of the estate of Frank 4. Jones, deceased, has rendered and presented for set tlement, and filed in said court, his final account of his administration of said estate; and that Wednesday, the third day of January, 1923, at two o'clock P. NJ, at the courtroom Of said court, at Nenana, Alaska, has been duly appointed by the Probate Judge Of said court for the settlement Of said account, at which time and place any person interest ed in said estate may appear and file exceptions in writing to the said account and contest the same Dated this 24th day Of Oct, 1929
 THOMAS 4. JONES, Administrator Of the estate ot Frank A. Jones, deceased.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-02

States and so accessible to most fuel consumers. that mention of the word peat" means little to Am ericans other than memories of its use in, Europe However, according to a publication of the United States Geological Survey, peat oc- CUTS widely in the States and IS a valuable commodity.
 The United States contains 12.- GOO square miles of unused peat lands the Survey declares, or an ar ca more than ten times that of Rhode Island, which is capable of yielding II billion tons of fuel sc a cost of S1.5O to S per ton. These deposits are found in the States. mostly remote from coal mines. 4 bulletin issued by the Geological Survey points out thous- ands of such deposits. owned by farmers and other landowners.
 Fifty million tons of peat are used annually in Europe, il was said. but it is suitable also as a fertilizer and in promoting intensive growth Of truck crops, both in greenhouse and in open field. Manufacturers of com mercial fertilizers pay as much as sI0 per ton for good peat, t was added. The present output is a. bout 100000 tons annually. In some parts of the country the yearly pro- ceeds from the intensive culture of peat and muck soil for lettuce,
The Nenana news., 1923-01-02
NOTICE

Fine Stock Staple ana Fancy Gro eeries. Fowler & Morris.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-02

Coal Of nigh quality is of such widespread occurrence in the United
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
MUSTYVOLUMES
SHOW SOUTH
Of OLD
Fines 0raveIy Assessed for
Cutting Up Dirt With a
WheeIbarroW.
Rx Internatlonal News servlce.

ELIZABETH CITY, N. Co. April
9.-Dusty old police court records
of the corporation of Elizabeth City,
in the possession of J. B. Flora, of
this city, throw an interesting and
quaint light on misdemeanors and
minor offenses of a South that has
gone forever-"the South befoh de
Wah.''
MANY of the offenders that came
into court were negroes, both free
and slaves, and goodly share of
white folks" were known then as
trash" while today their descen-
dants are numbered among the
leading citizens of the State-a
tribute to American democracy more
eloquent than words.
In those days negro could not
be out later than 8 o'clock at
night, not even q free negro. In
the musty old records 1t 10 FIRE.
quentIy recorded that eScipio. a
slave, !" or Sam, slave" was 'out
of place" and fined 81, his master
having to pay the fine. Some of
the masters would take It out of
the slaves hide, but the more
humane would cut down on his
rations for a period, which was
more effective.
There is another instance of a
man who later became a leading
politician of the Old North State
who was arrested for obstructing
the street with waternelons. Side
walks were unknown in those days
and there are gravely recorded
fines against Jack, slave" for
cutting up the dirt with a wheel.
barrow. there being an ordinance
forbidding the use of these vehicles
except in the roadway.
There are many cases OF drunken
ness recorded among both men and
women. and fist fights. A squire
Of those days wrote In a well.
rounded hand where Lizzie a
slave, fined 81 for pounding Ben,
slave, over the head with carcass
of shote." Waxwork exhibitions
and other entertainments of a
similar nature had to pay a tax
of S., and persons were allowed to
shoot dogs, rats, cats ard birds on
the streets with due caution
Boys caught bathing in the Pas
quotank river were compelled to
pull weeds on the streets in lieu OF
a money fine.
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
PINNED UNDER MINE CAGE,
MAN IS FATALLY INJURED

WILKES-BARRE. Pa, April g.
Pinned beneath a mine cage in the
shaft of the Empire Colliery of the
Lehigh & Wilkes.Barre Coal Com.
pany here John r. Davis. aged
forty-five, received a fractured skull
and other injuries which resulted in
his death in City Hospital.
Davis, who was a shaftmen, was
about ready to leave the mines
when the accident occurred. He
had worked all might and while
two. of his fellowsworkmen were
putting away the tools he is be-
lieved to have stepped in the stump
at the foot of the shaft, The cage
descending crushed him beneath its
weight.
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
ROPE TO EN- INEER'S LEG
USED TO GIVE SIGMA S

CAD1z. Ohio. April ga UNIQUE
system OF signaling has been
adopted on tho locomotive sent
here to temporarily replace Engine
No. 1887. which has been used tor.
years on the Cadiz branch 81 the
Pennsylvania railroad The Cadlz
branch became famous when for.
mer President Taft's special train
stalled on that line during the 1917
campaign.
The locomotive sent to take the
place OF the old-tiner Is Of the
type used on freight runs and has
no compressed air-signaling line for
use by the conductor in notifying
the engineer when to start or stop
the train.
Accordingly. the engineer Oh.
tanned a piece of rope. attached to
the line running through the
coaches and fastened the other end
to his leg. The conductors yar1k
on the belIcord likewise, pulls the
engineers leg. The system works
very successfully. without unduly
stretching the leg, It is said.
The average life OF q locomotive
Is twenty years, but Engine No.
1871, built in the Pennsylvania
shops at Altoona in 1891. is still
good for many years OF service. II
hass been sent TO the conlpany's
shops for repairs after thirty-two
years service.
The Washington times., 1923-04-09

in the annual convention Cf the
International League for Peace
and Freedom, had much to say re.
garding the army-nayy-marine re-
cruiting posters. They are actual
Misrepresentation, she believes,
and as sIuch should be regarded.
She gazed meditatively at a par
Mcularly ornate poster showing
some OF Uncle Sans sailor boys
disporting themselves in tropi.
cal surf--a picture so enticing and
realistic one could almost hear
ukeleles and the rustic of sgrass
That's only half the picture, .
she said. II wonder III the navy
would display pictures of a bunch
of .gobs, their pants rolled up TO
their knees. massaging the deck?
Mrs. La Toilette agrees the
young men OF the country can
learn a trade" by joining the
arfny Sure kitchen police, dig.
ging bitches, or backing a
''Iooie'sa boots.
Some very decided remarks
were forthcoming anent q certain
advertisement by the War Depart
r1ent for artists to draw posters
for the. summer training camps.
This ad suggested that the artist
concentrate upon the vacation
qualities and recreation OF enter.
ting these camps.
No mention OF military train.
ing, and yet these are to be mil.
tary camps, she said. "De.
iiberately false advertising that .
what ii ID, and our boys should be
encouraged to ignore IT"
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
FRENCH PRINCESS 70 WE'D
LIEUTENANT OF DRAGONS

PARIS, April 9.-The Duke and
Duchess of Vendome have an.
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Princess Genevieve Dor.
leans. to Count de Chapenay, a lieu.
tenant of dragons. Count de Cha.
penay is son OF MARQUIS de Cha.
penay and great-grandson of
Adolphe Schneider, founder of the
iron works at LIE Creuset. He is a
widoWer.
The Duke D'Orleans, the head of
the French royal family, has de.
cided by letters patent that Princess
Genevieve may return her title of
royal highness.
The Washington times., 1923-04-09

Published by The Washington Times in cooperation
with The American Association of Advertising Agencies
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
BISHOP CALLS FLAPPER
MODERN IMPROVEMENT

ATLANTIC CITY, April 9.-The
flapper has found a defender in
Bishop John G. Murray, of Baltimore.
who thinks that those who criticise
the modern young people are labor
ing under rnisconception.
"All criticism of the so.calIed flap
per-" he said, els based on miscon-
ception. The boys and girls of this
generation are high type of youth.
Some do things at which we older
folks look askance and rather they
would not. but, on the whole. they
are an Improvement over those of a
few years ago. In my opinion. the
grandmothers and grandfathers Of
today are a whole lot more spry than
any heretofore, so gayety is not con.
fined to the young"
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
HUGO INVENTED VcTROLA,
STUDENT WRITES IN TEST

PHILADELPHIA, April 9.-That
"Victor Hugo invented the victrola."
that Russell II. Conwell is a public
benefit" and that humidity is ''em-
barrassment" are among the pieces
Of information supplied in a general
information test given to the pupils
at Friends Select School.
The highest mark, so, out of pos
sible 100, was made by Herbert Wat
son, of Lansdowne, a senior; second.
IS, by Frances Kremer. of Over
brook. a senior: third, 71la, by Will
liam Morris Maier.
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
Nays POSTERS
BUNKU|N, SHE
ASSERTS
Recruiting Ads" Paint Only
Bright Spots in Navy Life,
Says Mrs. La Toilette.
BY GEORGE e. DURNO,
International News SERVICE.

Those beautiful, highly.colored
autographs which may be found
parked artistically on almost any
busy street corner. inviting the
youth of America to Join the
Army and Learn Trade" or
Join the. Navy and See the
World" are the bunk pure and
simpleno less an authority than
Mrs. Robert NJ. La Toilette, wife of
the progressive Senator from Wis
consin, says SO.
AS the cartoonist :. says: Yes,
but 1t don't mean anything"
Mrs. La Toilette, who is an mr.
dent worker for universal and
everlasting peace and who has just
completed q vigorous participation
The Washington times., 1923-04-09

bail for q hearing before Recorder
Corio.
According to the police, the wom-
an drove her machine head-on into
an automobile owned by Blunt
Rifles, of Toxony avenue, Glenslde,
Pa, which was parked at New
York and Pacific avenues: No one
was hurt
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
DEAD VETERAN
WINS ENTRY
To i. 6.
Reported KILLED in Action
His Death Slip Gets Him
Through Ellis Island.

NEW YORK, April 9. When
Timothy ]. Cailaghan stood before
a board of special inquiry on Ellis
Island trying to explain some ir-
regularities in his British pass.
port, he modestly withheld his war
record
But, when exclusion from the
United States stared him In the
face, the little Irishman.. with a
twinkle in his eye. said:
Gentlemen, I cane show you my
diploma, which / think ought to
get me intosthe United States.
Said one Of the inspectors:
u Diplomas don't count here.
But Callaghan was already un-
rolllng a large document. 1t proved
70 De one Of the regular memorials
lnat PRESIDENT Wilson sent to rela.
ives OF American soldiers consol.
me them on the death Of the mar.
Callaghan: $500
This ought to count for more
than e British passport ar the
gatea Of the United States.
call Y my diploma OF death.
Killed in Action
Calaghan had been recorded as
killed in action in the raid an 81
Mihiel while fighting. with the ia.
nous First division. Instead of this
ne was wounded in the right thigh
ana was IN a hospital His war
number was 57.204, and it was by 4
nhsquotation of the number that he
was recorded as dead. To his
mother. Mrs. Ellen j. .Callaghan. of
county Terry, Ireland, had been
forwarded the official notice OF her
poy 8 death. as follows:
This is to certify that Timothy I
CaIlaghan, private, Company n 2Sth
infantry. died with honor I'm the serv.
ice OF his country on the 18th day of
September. 1913" =
the notice was signed by A. w.
robertson, adiutant general. Mrs.
CaiIaghan had also received memo.
r1als from President Wilson. General
Pershing and a certificate of the
Crolx de Guerre from the President
Fought Many Battles.
Meanwhile. a rumor had gone the
rounds of the 600 employees IN El,,s
Island that "a dead soldier had come
from France to claim re.entrv into
the United States. CalIagfan said.
had been living in Cleveland
ohio. about one year before I yoIun.
teered. fought at Cantfgny. Yer.
dun. Belleau Wood, st. MihieI and
In the Argonne Forest. / spent some
time in the hospital and then 1t was
that they reported me as dead.
1t nearly killed my mother. and
even when they sent her papers for
$4,000 on my life, she refused to
sign, saying she could not believe |
was dead. notified her as soon as
left the hospital.
After the war ! was honorablv
discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
lost little time in going back to
Ireland to let my mother know that
was not dead.
II remained there more than two
years. which forfeited my American
citizenship. and that's why / had to
come back to this country on a Brit
ish passport"
Don't, mention the British pass
port" said the chairman of the
board. You get in on your diploma
Of DEATH"
Callaghan went to Medford, Mass,
where he has relatives.
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
DOGS ATTACK ON CHILD
MAY COST OWNER $4,000

FREEHOLD, n. J.. April 9.-Ru-
fus Morrison. OF Oakhurst, has filed
suit for SD, 900 damages against Fer.
Iinand Krig, a neiRi1bor. whose dog
The father claims his son Is dis.
figured for life. A sister, Margaret
had previously been bitten by the
dog, the papers declare.
The Washington times., 1923-04-09
WOMAN MoToRIST DRUNK.
: SAY ATLANTIC CITY COPS

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. April 9.
Charged with driving an aiitome-
bile while under the ipfluence Of
liquor. Alice Hin, twenty-six, OF
Pleasantville. was held under $500
New Britain herald., 1923-08-21
Boy, Aged 7, Hurled to Death Over
Bridge; Grandmother Loses Eye
Child of Fingerprint Expert
Dies When Thrown From
Auto Forced Off Road by
Speeder.

Robert Dolan. seven year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dolan of 667
Stanley street is dead, Mrs. Mary
Avery, age SIS years and grandmother
of the boy, of 80 John street, is at
the Charlotte Hungerford hospital in
Torrington suffering the loss of an
eye, broken nose and decorations
about the face and Miss Helen Avery.
age 26 years. is suffering with a brok-
en- finger as the result of a tragic ac-
cident at Castles bridge on the Tor
rington-Thomaston road last night at
about IL o'clock.
From what can be learned Martin
Snyder, % years old of 36S Arch
street, was driving the automobile in
which the above people and William
Avery, were riding. The youth had
taken two aunts of young Avery's to
their homes in Torrington and were
on their way back to New Britain
when the accident occurred.
1t is said that Snyder was driving
between 10 and Is miles an hour
when he approached the sharp turn
in the road which leads onto the mar
row bridge. 1t is claimed that anoth-
er automobile which was being driv-
en- fast. passed him on his right. This
caused his machine to swerve into the
bridge structure throwing the Dolan
boy out of the machine but not Mrs. |
Avery and her daughter. During the
excitement which followed, the Dolan |
New Britain herald., 1923-08-21
Mayor Removes Grove and DNonno;
Claims They Were lnsubordinate
Writes Brief Letter to
Public Works Commits
siOners Telling Them They
Have Been Dismissed.

Chairman Thomas W. Grove and
Commissioner John Di Nonno were re-
moved from the board of public works
this afternoon by Mayor A. NJ. Paon-
essa, who in a letter to the two COM
missioners explained that they were
being retired for 'insubordination"
While the letter did not state spe-
officially in what instance the retiring
commissioners had committed this Of
fense, the mayor made known yester-
day that their stand in connection
with the paving of Grove Hill was re-
sponsible for his demand that they
resign. Immediately upon receipt of
letters advising them of the mayors
desire that they quit the board, both
commissioners sent back replies that
they would not and that If their places
were wanted it would be necessary for
the mayor to remove them. Soon
after arriving at his office today
Mayor Paonessa dictated a letter
copies of which were sent to the COM
missioners. The letter follows:
Dear Sir:
In accordance with power
vested in me by the charter of
the City of New Britain, 1 am
removing you as a member of the
board of public works.
The cause of your removal is
fT4ntirrroI n
New Britain herald., 1923-08-21
Brooklyn Building Burns
Walls Collapse Burying
Many Firemen in Ruins
GERMANY PREPARING
TO REQUISI7ION CASH
Will Make Organizations
State Amount of Foreign
Money They Have


Berlin, Aug. 21.-Germany's indus
trialists, commercial organizations and
banks will be Immediately called up
on to state under oath the amount of
foreign currencies in their possession
so as to enable the government to re-
QUESTION a certain percentage for the
purpose of creating a national de-
fense fund. With this money the
government will endeavor to put a
prop under the tumbling mark and
establish fund for food purchases
abroad.
This emergency program was
sion of the cabinet which lasted all
last nighH President Ebert, Chan
cellor Stresemann and the entire min
istry are convinced that nothing short
of dictatorial measures will save the
internal situation which is now fast
careening not only because of the
marks collapse but chiefly because of
the chaos prevailing in all lines as a
result Of the introduction of gold
mark" wages and prices, completely
upsetting the conditions of produc-
tion and retailing.
With German coal selling at
heavy advance over the prevailing
prices for the English product many
of the smaller industrial plants are
threatened with closure as the de-
preciated mark also bars them from
replenishing their stocks of raw ma
terials or purchasing English coal.
Many plants are already operating
with half shifts and the situation is
drifting to point where unemploy-
ment on large scale seems newt
able.
New Britain herald., 1923-08-21
Auto Bus With Tourists
Plunges Over Cliff; Eiue
americans Are Killed
SECRET AGENTS RAID
finds LIQUOR LABELS
Five Men and Woman Ar
rested for Counterfeiting
Large Mailing List
BY The Associated Press


New York. Aug. 21.-Federal secret
service agents today raided the quar-
ters of the Consolidated Importing
and Exporting Co., at ia Lexington
avenue, and arrested five men and a
woman on charges of counterfeiting
revenue stamps whiskey labels and
physicians liquor prescription blanks.
The agents also found and confis-
Gated several stills, 100 gallons of al
cohol and dozen cases of whiskey.
Those arrested give the names of
DR.. Adolph Lappner and his wife.
Rose; Joseph Serpico: Allen Snow;
Herman Friedlander and Joseph B.
Robinson.
The raided building also housed the
Montreal Botters Corp, and was
headquarters for The Fold" a mat
rimonial paper.
The six arrested were alleged to
have flooded the country with circu-
lars seeking patronage for their var
led business ventures.
The matrimonial paper, the agents
allege, served as a blind for alleged
Illicit dealing in liquor and counter
feiting stamps.
An extensive mailing list was found,
which bore evidences of large ship
ments to many points in the United
States and Canada. The quantities of
stamps and labels shipped to Canada
indicated that much of the supposed
ly high grade liquor that is smuggled
in from that country is nothing more
than cheap bootleg liquor.
New Britain herald., 1923-08-21
FRENCH NOTE GIVEN
TO BRITISH in PARIS
Embassy Gets Poincare's
Reply to Reparations
Communication

BY The Associated Press.
Paris, Aug, 21.--The French gov
ernment's reply to the recent note of
Marquis Curzon. the British foreign
secretary on reparations was handed
to the British embassy at 0 O'Clock
this morning.
The feeling in French official circles
Is that this note, indited by Premier
Poincare. will prevent a rupture of the
entente.
There is no concealment of the fact
that the reply is largely controversial,
that Premier Poincare is unyielding
on the outstanding features of the sit
uation and that it is not expected
Premier Baldwin will find the reply
conclusive.
1t is considered almost certain,
however, that he will regard it as en-
couraging and will withhold any plans
for separate action toward Germany
until the points in dispute are further
There is said to be a tendency to
look more favorably on a new republi-
can conference among the allies and
Continued on Page Fifteen)
New Britain herald., 1923-08-21
FINGER-PRINTS AN Aid
IN HOLDING WOMAN
Police Match Impressions of Mrs.
KcaIney's Fingers With Marks
On Rifled Box.

Stamford, Aug. 21. - Fingerprint
evidence had much to do with the
holding for trial in the superior court
of Mrs. Francis H. kearney, wife of a
well known musician and member of
family of wide acquaintance today
en- charge of having stolen $4,000
from William j. O'Connell, former in
ternal revenue collector and real es-
tate dealer, who lives next door to the
Kearneys in Belltown road.
Mr.. O'Connell said he had the
money in tin box and he missed. 1t
from his desk in his living room.
There were fingerprints on the box
and the arrest of Mrs Kearney was
made after the police had matched
impressions of her fingers with those
on the box. Previously the charge
had been made by O'Connell that Mrs.
Kearney was one of three persons who
had been in the living room within
the period of time when the money
was last known to be in the box and
when it was missed on July 30.
New Britain herald., 1923-08-21
RECORD PENALTIES
+. ON LIQUOR CHARGES
Heavy Fines and Jail Sen
tences Melted Out i'm
Police Court

The heaviest penalties yet meted
out to yiolators of the liquor law in
the New Britain police court were
pronounced this morning by Judge
William G. Hungerford when three
men were arraigned before him,
Michael Jezersky was fined $500 and
sentenced to four months in Jail for
his third offense, Theodore Makulas
was fined $50 and sentenced to Is
days in Jail on his first offense ana
konstanti Wisolmonski was fined $3.50
and costs and given 80 day Jail SEN
lence on two counts totalling $500 and
GO days in Jail on his second offense.
Jezersky and Makula were arrested
on August 3 by Policeman Patrick
O Mara, Thomas F'eeney and John c,
Stadler at Jezerskys place of business
at 6S6 North Main street. Policeman
O'Mara testified that on that date, he
visited the place with other officers
and found Makuia on guard at the
door. When the officers arrived, he
Continued on Fourteenth Psge)