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Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 7, 1921
NUMBER 40
> CUMMINS PROPOSES AID FOR ALASKANS
JESS WILLARD EAGER TO BOX DEMPSEY AGAIN
IRISH LEADERS REACH AGREEMENT ON PEACE PLAN
* IRISH CONFERENCE IS HELD;
LEADERS REACH AGREEMENT
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DUBLIN, July 7—A three-hour
conference was held yesterday, with
President Devalera, president of the
Irish republic, Arthur Griffith,
founder of the Sinn Fein, and four
Southern Unionists in attendance.
At the conclusion of the meeting, ;t
was announced that points of agree
^ ment had been reached, in recogni
tion of the popular sentiment of
the people for peace.
Smuts Meets With Leaders
LONDON, July 7—General Smuts
who is visiting Ireland on a peace
mission for the government, held
a conference with Devalera and
Arthur Griffith this week, but the
^ details of the meeting have not
been made public.
NEW TRIAL IS REQUESTED
FOR KANSAS UNION LEADERS
COLUMBUS, Kan., July 7—A
motion has been filed requesting a
new trial for Alexander Howat and
August Dorchy, officials of the
Kansas Miners Union, who were
> convicted last last week on a charge
of violating the industrial court
law.
The motion attacks the validity
of the law, and contains an affidavit
signed by all of the members of
the trial jury, in which they state
that they believe the union leaders
did no harm, and that their only
reason for returning a verdict of
guilty was because they took an
► oath that they would be governed
by law as instructed by the trial
judge.
RUTH PILES UP ANOTHER—31
NEW YORK, July 7—Batting
against Philadelphia here on Tues
day, Babe Ruth knocked another
home run, making a total of 31 for
the season. The homer was made in
the sixth inning, with no one on
bases.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN MEXICO
TAKES ON SERIOUS ASPECT
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7—
The cruiser Cleveland and the ^m
boat Sacramento have been ordered
to Tampico to protect American in
terests in that part of Mexico in
the event that they should be
jeopardized by labor troubles grow
ing out of unemployment.
Reports received by the navy de
partment indicate that the situation
is assuming serious proportions.
FOREST FIRES DESTROY TOWN
COBALT, Ont., July 7—The town
of Millwood has been destroyed by
+ forest fires. The fires also have
caused two deaths and the destruc
tion of timber valued at a million
dollars. Several other towns are
threatened. The temperature in the
forest region ranges from 90 de
grees at night to 100 degrees dur
ing the day.
LENINE JAILS PAL IS REPORT
PARIS. July 7—There is a re
port in circulation here to the ef
fect that Leo- Trotsky has been
imprison-d by Lenine, as the result
of developments during the con
gress of the third international.
1b< reports luck confirmation,"how
I
ever.
FRIENDLY SENATOR PROPOSES
FEDERAL SHIPS FOR ALASKA
AMERICANS LOSING TRADE
OF THE BALTIC STATES
RIGA, Lativa, June 1—Millions of j
dollars in ready cash are going to
English, German and Dutch firm'
from the Baltic states because of
the almost unbelievable unfamiliar
ity of even the largest American
firms with foreign trading conditions
and even geography, say Americans
here.
Dozens of big orders for which
cash was actually in the banks in
New York have been lost to the
United States because of what
American representatives in the Bal
| tic states term absolute stupidity,
i “It is time,” said one of these j
Americans in Riga who has had to
i place many orders in Germany’ and
| in England when America could
have had them, “that the heads of
.American firms realize what the
| subordinates in charge of their for- j
! eign trading departments are doing!
;to them.
“Most of them, brought up on so
! called American efficiency systems
i that may work well at home but
i are absolutely hopeless abroad, try
i to do business in Europe according
j to ‘form 22’ or ‘form 24’ or what
ever form they would apply to simi
lar deals in America.
“To illustrate, not long ago I
had an urgent cash order for forty
thousand suits of underclothing for
! a Baltic state. I telegraphed to a
big American firm: ‘What your
price 40,000 suits heavy underwear
'cash against documents New York?’
“Two or three days later I re
! ceived a telegram saying: ‘Price
‘ dollar twenty’ or something like
i that.
“More valuable time was lost in
an exchange of telegrams asking
; what they meant, per garment or
i per suit. The result was that 1
; wired an English firm. My answer
I from it was complete, just what I
: wanted. The telegram gave the price
per suit, weight of shipment, pro
• bable date of delivery and every
' thing that 1 wanted to know. The
j English firm got the order and took
; the cash in the New York bank.
| “When I write American firms
: for catalogues, I get catalogues
■ without prices. I suppose they think
i it is undignified to print them. Then
II write for pricelists and get price
! lists without catalogues.
“German or English firms print
* complete catalogues, giving just the
[information one desires. They save
[valuable weeks of mail correspond
; ence and get the orders.”
Another American in trade in
j Riga showed the Associated Press
correspondent a cablegram from one
of the biggest oil companies in the
United States, in reply to his tele
| gram which said: “Quote me price
' refined oil delivered Riga.” The an
swer read: “Crude oil has gone up
i
20 cents a barrel.”
“Now,” sa'd this American deale~,
“I didn’t want to know ab ut crude
WASHINGTON’, D. C., July 7—
Senator Albert B. Cummins, of
Iowa, introduced a bill yesterday
providing for the establishment of
a Government line of steamships
to connect with the Government
railroad in Alaska at Seward or An
chorage. The bill also provides for
the co-ordination of all federal act
ivities relating to the territory of
Alaska.
The bill has been referred to the
senate committee on territories.
It is said the bill was drafted
after a consultation with Alaskan ’
delegations and business men, and
under its provisions the Shipping
Board will be dequired to transfer
i to the secretary of the interior a
sufficient number of ships to handle
the tonnage to handle the business
between the United States proper
and Alaska.
The bill also confers upon the
; President authority to co-ordinate
I by transfer, consolidation or distri
, bution, all the Government agencies
having to do with Alaskan affairs.
oil and I haven’t time to figure out
what effect a rise in its price would
have on coal oil that was badly
wanted by my buyer.
“In many of such ridiculous cases
I have telegraphed directly to the
heads of firms in America, explain
ing the situation and have received
prompt satisfaction. But I haven’t
the time to write all of them. So
the Germans and English get the
orders.”
Incidentally, perhaps half of the
letters sent by American firms to
the Baltic states bear only two
cent postage stamps, causing in
dignant prospective buyers to dig
down in their pockets to pay post
age due in rubles or marks or what
ever the unit happens to be.
Some of them bear fantastic ad
dresses, such as “Riga, Russia, vl3
the Pacific.” One letter in reply to
request to ship for cash a big con
signment of goods from New York
to Riga, said the firm was sorry
“but had no shipping facilities on
the Pacific.”
CARPENTIER ENROUTE HOME;
CHAMPION IS COMING WEST
NEW YORK, July 7—Champion
Jack Dempsey left yesterday for
Salt I-ake, where he will visit with
his mother and, after a brief stay
there he will proceed to California.
Carpentier Books Passage
QUEBEC, July 7—Georges Car
pentier has engaged passage on the
steamship Empress of Scotland,
which is scheduled to sail for Liver
pool on July 21.
Frenchmen Guest At Banquet
NEW YORK. July 7—Carpentier
and his manager. Descamps were
guests of honor yesterday at a din
ner given by the "Editor and Pub
lisher” to French and British sport
writers. The French pugilist toasted
Dempsey when he was called on for
| a speech.
Gibbons May Get Fight
; NEW YORK, July 7—Tex Rickard
ihas announced that he will make an
effort to match Carpentier with Mike
Gibbons, The fight, if arranged, will
take place probably in Jersey City
on Labor Day.
Miss Hazel Teeland, who arrived
in Nenar.a recently from the Ruby
district, has a: 'eptad a position at
1 the Northern Cafe.
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BANKS ASKED TO REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7—
| The comptroller of currency has
issued a call for reports on the
condition of banks throughout the
country on June 30.
WASHINGTON COAL MINERS
WILL VOTE ON REDUCTION
SEATTLE. July 7—The executive
board of the State Mine Workers
Union has decided to submit to a
referendum the recommendation of
the coal commission for a 20 per
cent reduction in wages. The vote
will be taken this month.
FOURTH FATAL TO TWELVE
CHICAGO, July 7—A survey of
Fourth of July casualties shows that
an even dozen were killed in con
nection with the celebration of In
dependence Day, besides there were
a number injured. Two of those who
met death were shot, five were
drowned and the others received
fatal injuries.
OIL REFINERY IS WRECKED;
EIGHT PERSONS ARE DEAD
CHICAGO, July 7—Eight per
sons are dead, ten others probably
fatally injured and 36 less seriously
injured in an explosion and fire
which wrecked the refinery of the
Standard Oil Company at Whiting,
Indiana, yesterday.
The property loss is estimated at
two million dollars.
SOLONS REFUSE TO ADJOURN
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7—
The senate yesterday rejected a
resolution introduced by Senator
Lodge and providing for an ad
journment of four weeks, commenc
ing July 9 and ending August 8.
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TWO WOMEN ESCAPE NIAGARA
NIAGARA FALLS, July 7—Two
women who were overcome by the
intense heat yesterday, tumbled in
to the Niagara river, a short dis
tance above the falls and were be
ing carried swiftly toward the brink
when rescuers dragged them ashore.
COKE WORKERS ARE REDUCED
1 CONNELSVILLE, Pa., July 7—
' The wages of approximately 7,000
icoke workers in .this district have
teen reduced ten per cent. This is
the second reduction during th .*
present year.
mena&a, Where malls and Hirers Kset
STRIKERS ATTACK TRAIN;
GOVERNOR SENDS TROOPS
ATLANTA, July 7—In response
to an appeal for aid from the offi
cials of Fitzgerald count, Governor
Hardwick has ordered three com
panies of the National guard to
embark immediately for the scene of
trouble.
Railway strikers in Fitzgerald
county are reported to have attack
ed an Atlanta, Birmingham & At
lantic train, mortally wounding En
gineer W. T. Reid. It is said more
than 100 shots were fired.
HAYS REINSTATES LEADERS
LET OUT BY BURLEYSON
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7—
Postmaster General Hays yesterday
signed an order reinstating eleven
Postal Union leaders who were dis
charged by former Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson because of the union
activities.
COMMUNIST LEADER URGES
WORLD-WIDE REVOLUTIONS
RIGA, July 7—Earl Radek, the
well-known communist leader, is re
ported to have urged the third in
ternational at Moscow to increase
its efforts to bring about a world
wide revolution. He is quoted as
saying: “Our motto is not only
‘fight’ but ‘teach fight’ ”.
BASEBALL TRIAL BEGINS
CHICAGO, July 7—Judge Hugh
Friend, of the criminal court, yes
terday overruled a motion to quash
the general conspiracy indictments
against the former White Sox ball
players and other alleged gamblers,
and ordered the trial to proceed.
The selection of the jury was begtin
yesterday afternoon.
TROUBLE AT TURK CAPITAL
MALTA, July 7—Virtually the en
tire Mediterranean fleet is enroute
to Constantinople, where the situa
tion is viewed with considerable
anxiety. It is also reported that
British reinforcements are being dis
patched from England to the Turk
ish capital.
AMERICAN FACES DEATH
IN SOVIET PRISON CAMP
WARSAW, June 15—Three differ
ent times Captain Marion Cooper,
of Jacksonville, Fla., while in a
Bolshevik prison camp in Russia for
nine months, was notified that he
was to be shot at sunrise. Then, for
hours preceding the time set for the
supposed execution, Cooper was grill
ed by soviet authorities who pre
tended to believe that he was a
representative of the American Gov
ernment.
When the hour of execution came
round, no Bolsh >viki appeared, but
Cooper was never i.jtifiel otherwise,
being left in suspense day after day
u..til i, ? finally made h:s escape.
JTenaaa, the Gateway to XcXiiJey
Vattonal Park.
'JESS WILLARD SEEKS BOUT;
| WANTS TO REGAIN HIS TITLE
—
j LAWRENCE, Kan., July 7 —Jess
Willard, who lost the championship
to Dempsey, is said to be in splendid
condition now and eager to arrange
I another meeting with the champion
! in an effort to regain his lost title.
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SCAB SAILOR IS INJURED
BY STRIKERS IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 7—Clarence C.
! Kane, a sailor, was shot and serious
ly injured here yesterday in an en
counter between striking seamen
and the non-union members of the
crew of the steamship Victoua,
which arrived from Nome on Tues
day night.
Oscar Blekum, a member of the
Victoria’s crew, is under arrest,
pending an investigation of the
shooting, which is said to have he
sulted from an attack made on the
crew by six striking sailors.
ARMY AIR SERVICE PLANS
SYSTEM OF MODEL AIRWAYS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7—
The army air service is planning a
system of model airways, covering
the entire continent, and with vari
ous chains of well organized fields,
supplemented with emergency fields.
The plan cannot be carried out
by the army, however, unless aid
is given by states and municipalities,
because of the failure of Cangress
to provide the necessary funds. Ap
peals are now being sent out to
chambers of commerce, aerial clubs
and civic organizations to assist in
the creation of the proposed air
ways.
WIDOWS ARE DRIVEN FROM
HOMES ON ARMY GROUNDS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7—Sever
al San Francisco organizations re
cently lost a fight they made against
a war department order requiring
Mrs. Frederick Funston, widow of
the noted general, to vacate a dwell
ing she had been occupying at the
Presidio of San Francisco. The
quarters, it was announced, were
needed by the army.
The order to vacate, it is under
stood, was not directed against Mrs.
Funston alone but included all of
the officers’ widows who have been
living at army posts. An effort was
made by several San Francisco or
ganizations, through Senator S. M.
Shortridge, to have an exception
made in the case of Mrs. Funston.
i Secretary of War Weeks replied
to Senator Shortridge that “in fair
ness to widows of other officers,
among whom were many of dis
j tinguished service, I regret that the
war department could neither con
sistently nor legally direct that a
I set of quarters be set aside at the
j Presidio for Mrs. Funston.”
j Following the death of General
'Funston, Congress voted a pension
i of $100 a month to Mrs. Funston.
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“Eat-em-up” Frank, who is engag
; ed in farming and fishing on the
| Tanana river, above Nenana, is
j making a brief visit in town, hav
; ing arrived on Tuesday,
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I Misses Albina and Mary Miller,
who are in the employ of the A. E.
C., south of Nenana, were in town
this weew on a brief visit.