You Are Invited to Celebrate the Fourth with Nenana
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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 27. 1922
NUMBER 214
GOVERNMENT WILL TRY TO END STRIKE
GOVERNOR SMALL IS ACQUITTED BY TRIAL JURY
ENGLAND READY WITH ARMY TO KEEP PEACE IN ERIN
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BRITISH GOVERNMENT READY
TO BACK ULSTER WITH ARMS
LONDON, June 27—Colonial Sec
Tetary Winston Churchill told the
house of commons yesterday that the
imperial government has supplied Ul
ster with fifty thousand troops for
its defense, and that Ulster will be
supported at all costs against any
attempts that may be made to over
throw the government, or coerce it
into submission to the south of Ire
land.
GOVERNOR ASSERTS LIVING
CASUAL1STS NOT FORGOTTEN
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27—In
an address which opened the con
vention of Disabled American Vet
erans of the World War, Governor
Stephens declared yesterday that
“America has not forgotten nor will
she forget the living portion? of her
casualty lists.”
SHINGLES ON THE FREE LIST
WASHINGTON. D. C„ June 27—
The senate voted yesterday to re
tain shingles on the free list, defeat
ing the efforts of the Oregon and
Washington senators to impose a
duty of fifty cents a thousands.
KEN WILLIAMS HAS NINETEEN
DETROIT. June 27—Ken Williams
knocked his nineteenth homer in
yesterday’s game. The rap came in
the third inning, with two on.
DESERT HEAT KILLS THREE
NILAND. Cal., June 27—Three
men are reported to have succumbed
to the heat on the desert nearby.
The victims were motoring across
the desert and became stalled when
the radiator of the machine went
dry. One of the men, apparently,
started out in search of aid and
fell exhausted a short distance from
his companions. The two who re
mained with the machine perished
later, death being attributed to heat
and thirst The tragedy occurred on
Sunday.
NAVAL OARSMEN WIN
POUGHKEEPSIE. June 27—The
powerful naval academy eight. en
tering as favorites, captured the
varsity three-mile race yesterday in
the twenty-sixth annual regatta of
the Intercollegiate Rowing associa
tion. The University of Washington
oarsmen finished second, about a
length behind the winning crew.
Cornell finished third and Syracuse.
Columbia and Pennsylvania followed (
Cornell in the order named.
LABOR OPPOSES SOVIET
CINCINNATI, June 27—Among
the last matters disposed of before
the close of the annual convention j
of the American Federation of
Labor, was the defeat of a motion j
to recognize the Russian soviet gov
•imment, this being the third year
that recognition has been denied by
the labor organization.
RACING SCHOONER WRECKED
HALIFAX, June 27—The schoon-;
er Puritan, out of Gloucester, a
prospective contender in the Inter
national Fishermen’s trophy races to
be held next fall, has been wrecked
off Sable island. Seven members of
the c-rew reached shore in safety
but fifteen others are still missing
and it is feared they have been lost.
WAGE AGREEMENT EXTENDED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 27—
Existing scales of wages and work
ing conditions on Shipping Board
vessels will be continuel for a period
of six months and indefinitely there
after, under the terms of an agree
ment reached last week at a confer
ence between representatives of the
board and Marine Engineers’ Bene
ficial association.
PRINCE OF MONACO DEAD
PARIS. June 27—Prince Albert
Honore Charles of Monaco, one of
the most widely known figures in
Europe, died here yesterday.
COAL MEN WILL BE SUMMONED
TO DISCUSS SETTLEMENT PLAN
TWO ARE HELD FOR DEATH
OF BRITISH MARSHAL WILSON
LONDON'. June 27—The coroner's
jury, which investigated the assass
ination of Marsha] Wilson, returned
a verdict yesterday of willful murder
against James Connelly and James
O'Brion.
Hundreds of thousands of Lon
doners paid tribute to the slain
marshal on Sunday, standing pa
tiently in the drizzling rain while
the eortage passed slowly to St.
Paul's cathedral. Flags were half
masted throughout the empire and
minute guns boomed as a mark- of
national respect.
NENANA BOYS WIN LAURELS
IN BIG LEAGUE BALL GAME
In what undoubtedly was the
most interesting Snd closely con
tested game of baseball ever wit
nessed on the N'enana diamond, re
sulted on Sunday in a victory for
the N'enana nine in the second game
of the season against Fairbanks. The
score was one to nothing in favor
of the home boys and it is generally
conceded that the victory was very \
largely due to the splendid work of
Pitcher Cedar, who performed like
a big leaguer.
The game opened with Fairbanks
at bat. after considerable delay on
account of rain. The play started
with a two saeker and it looked like
a downpour of hits for a minute.
But Cock, who led with the two
bagger, had the distinction of making
the only hit off Cedar, and the hits
made by the N'enana boys were lim
ited to two, Blakey and Cedar be
ing the lucky ones.
Besides pitching a wonderful game
Cedar made one of the two hits
registered by N'enana and his hit
brought in the only run made by
either team during the game.
Cedar struck out ten men and
passed four. Kelly, for Fairbanks,
walked two and struck out four.
Only one error was made. Blakey
being the luckless one, but he re
deemed himself with a safe hit.
The one run made during the
game was scored by Tate in the
last half of the eighth inning.
C. W. Tibbits, of the Portland,
and A! Pauli officiated as umpires
and their work was fair and im
partial.
After N'enana had taken the lead ,
in the eighth inning, Eddie Stroecker
was introduced by Fairbanks in the
ninth inning as a pinch hitter, but
Cedar was equal to the occasion,
and let him walk to first, where he
was relieved by another runner be- j
cause of a slight encounter with
the ball at the plate. The runner
was put out between bases in an
effort to steal second.
The Fairbanks boys brought about
one hundred fans with them from
the upper town and rivalry was keen
in the grand stand, both teams hav
ing splendid support. Comparatively
little money changed hands on the
game, however, several offers of
N'enana money going begging before
the play started.
The lineups were as follows:
NENANA—Brown, 3rd; Blakey,
2d; Krause, ss; Markel, cf; Hanes,
lb; Gibson, c; Tate, If; McDonald,
rf; Cedar, p.
FAIRBANKS—Cook, 3b; Fowler.,
ss; Kelly, p; Steikles, cf; Frank, c;
Walke, rf; Hutchenson, 2b; Taylor,
lb; Burglin and Stroecker, If.
The next game of the series -will
be played at Fairbanks, probably,
but it is probable that no arrange-;
ments will be made until after the
celebration.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 27
President John L. Lewis, of the
United Mine Workers, arrived here
yesterday to confer with President
Harding and Secretary of Labor
Davis regarding the coal situation.
The impression has been created
here that the Government is consid
ering the advisability of calling a
national conference of coal miners
and operators to consider terms of
settlement of the coal strike.
Marcher! Cause Scare
FAIRMONT, W. Va„ June 27—
The entire police force of this city
and all of the deputy sheriffs of
Marion county were hastily mobil
ized yesterday to check the approach
of a crowd of striking miners, who
were said to have organized to at
tack the county jail for the purpose
of releasing 91 prisoners held in
custody there.
It was learned later in the day
that Frank Feeney, district presi
dent of the United Mine Workers,
had persuaded the men to return
to their homes, and it is reported
that he informed the prosecuting at
torney that he was confident there
■would be no further disorders.
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Non-union Mines Cloie
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 27—
Three non-union mines in this dis
trict suspended operations yesterday,
following the arrival of a large
1 number of union sybpathizers. who
, ordered the non-union men to quit
work.
Troops Demobilized
WAUKEGAN, 111., June 27—The
: immediate demobilization of state
troops has been ordered by Govern
or Len Small, following the receipt
i of a report from the military board
which held that the presence of
troops in the mining districts at this
]time would be apt to provoke new
1 trouble.
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Sheriff Lost His Nerve
SPRINGFIELD. June 27—General
Foreman, in a report made to Gen
eral Black over the telephone from
Herrin, where he investigated the
massacre of last week, declared that
lack of nerve on the part of Sheriff
Thaxton, of Williamson county, and
j the killing of two union miners by
mine guards last Wednesday, were
two of the causes of the Herrin out
rage. He said the trouble started
when two union men, who went to
the ‘mine to seek a conference, were
killed by hired mine guards. The
company had established road patrols
who halted everybody seeking to
approach the property.
COMPANY LIED TO MEN
ST. LOUIS. June 27—A. H. Find
! lay, timekeeper who was wounded
1 during the fighting at Herrin, says
the failure of Superintendent C. K.
McDowell to allow union men to
confer with the strikebreakers was
responsible for the outbreak. He de
: dares that the strikebreakers left
Chicago not knowing that they were
expected to do strikebreaking duty.
• They understood that they were to
lay railroad tracks.
Seattle Man Among Dead
SEATTLE. June 27—Advices re
ceived here indicate that John E.
Shoemaker, prominent Seattle en
gineer and a former trustee of the
Federated Industries of Washington,
president of the Master Builders'
association, and former assistant en
gineer of the port of Seattle, was
among those who lost their lives at
Herrin. He left Seattle two months
ago to accept a position as chief
engineer with the Southern Illinois
Coal company. His widow and two
sons live here.
GERMAN MINISTER IS KILLED;
DRASTIC MEASURES FOLLOW
BERLIN. June 27—Dr. Walter
Rathenau, German minister of for
eign affairs, was assassinated here
last week by two men who made
their escape in an automobile. The
shooting took place on Friday and
the minister lived only a few hours.
American Ambassador Houghton was
with the German when he ided. and
the following day all flags at the
embassy were half masted.
As a result of the assassination,
the government will immediately is
sue a decree for the establishment
of extraordinary courts for the trial
of nationalist plotters, and proclaim
ing a state of emergency in Prussia,
prohibiting all regimental reunions
and militaristic demonstrations.
VETERAN LOSES LONG FIGHT
CATAWISHA. Penn., June 27—
Herbert McCarty, a war veteran, lost
a four-year fight for life yesterday
after undergoing nearly fifty opera
tions, more than a score of which
were of a major character. The gun
shot wounds, for which the un
fortunate man was being treated,
were received only a few days be
fore the signing of the armistice.
The case is said to have been one
of the most remarkable in the his
tory of American surgery.
E. G. Wetzler and Martin Klaich
arrived from the TeTovana on the
steamer Carl White.
Captain G. L. Glithro, stationed at
Anchorage, arrived in town several
days ago from the coast. He went
to Fairbanks with the baseball ex
cursionists.
NEW TURF CHAMPION WINS
BIG EVENT FOR HIGH STAKES
LATONIA, Jane 27—Whiskaway, j
new turf champion, who captured j
the titie from Morovich several days
ago, won a special $50,000 race for
three year olds, which was staged
here on Saturday before a crowd
of 50,000.
Thibadoux finished second and
Morovich third. The time for the
mile and a quarter was two minutes
! two and four-fifths seconds.
There were eight starters in the
; race, which carried a cash value of
i $50,000 and a gold cup.
Morovich, Whiskaway and Pillory.
: who won the famous Preakness
handicap, were the three favorite.^
G. O. P. FOUNDER DIES
ANACORTES, June 27—Edwin U.,
Judd; last survivor of the band of i
Wisconsin men who founded the Re
publican party at Ripon in 1854,
, died here yesterday at an advanced
age.
POSTAGE SAVER BILL LOST
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27—
| The house postoffice committee has
voted to postpone action on the
Kelly bill until the December ses-;
sion of Congress. The bill provides
for reductions in second class postal
I rates. I
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Timekeeper Dick Luckow went up
river yesterday to check up on a
piling contract.
The steamer Carl White arrived
from the Tolovana this morning
I and will probably sail on the return
trip on Wednesday night or Thurs
day.
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SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORS
HAYTI MILITARY OCCUPATION
WASHINGTON, D. C-, June 27—
The indefinite continuance of the
American military occupation of
Hayti, but with a reduction in
the number of marine forces, is re- j
commended in the unanimous report
submitted yesterday by a special
committee of the senate, which has
been engaged for months in an in
vestigation of the American admini
stration in Hayti and Santo Domingo
concerning which there has been
much unfavorable comment during!
the past year.
The findings of the committee on
Dominican affairs will not be made
public- at a later date.
BRITAIN TO BACK GERMAN
ADMISSION TO THE LEAGUE
LONDON, June 27—Replying to"
an inquiry from the house of com
mon1 relative to the attitude of the
British government on the question
of admitting Germany as a member
of the League of Nations, Premier
Lloyd George informed the lawmak
ers yesterday that the goverment is
prepared to support the proposal.
AMERICAN TO BE RANSOMED
NEW YORK. June 27—The sum
of $5,000 is being sent from Mexico
City into the Cuernavaca hills to
ransom A. Bruce Bielasks, former
head of the department of justice
service, who was seized by Mexican
bandits several days ago.
PLANE CRASHES—TWO DEAD
GETTYSBURG, June 27—Captain
George D. Hamilton and Sergeant
C. S. Martin were killed yesterday
near this city when their plane be
came unmanageable and crashed to
the ground.
BRITTON IS GIVEN DECISION
OVER LEONARD ON A FOUL
NEW YORK. June 27—Consider
able interest is being manifested in
sporting circles in the meeting of
the boxing commission, which was
called together to consider the bout
between Ben Leonard and Jack
Eritton, which resulted last night in
a descision for Britton on a foul in
the thirteenth round. The sudden
manner in which the fight terminat
ed has been severely criticised by
a number of sporting writers and
the bout is being generally discussed
today.
Britton's title was at stake for
the reason that Leonard, lightweight
champion, entered the ring several
pounds over weight, but without
risk to his own title.
ARMY BILL IS PASSED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27—
Congressional action on the annual
army appropriation bill was com
pleted today when the senate ac
cepted the conference report on the
measure. The bill provides for an
army of 125,000 men and 12,000
officers.
The appearance of Deacon Jones
on the street this week with a roll
of wall paper under his arm and
headed in the direction of a cabin
near the tennis court, has given
rise to strang rumors
W. R. Manning, of the accounting
department of the Alaska Railroad,
with headquarters in Anchorage, is
enroute to Nenana from the coast.
Jack O’Brion is a visitor in town
from the Jack river district.
GOVERNOR SMALL ACQUITTED;
SUDDEN STROKE TAKES WIFE
WAUKEGAN, III., June 27—Th»
jury in the. case of Governor Len
Small returned a verdict of not
guilty on Saturday, at the conclu
sion of a hearing which lasted many
weeks and involved the expenditure
of a large sum of money in the
prosecution of the executive and in
his defense, some of the best legal
talent in the state being represented
at the trial. The jury was out an
hour and thirty-five minutes. The
governor was tried on a charge of
embezzling interest on state funds
while holding the office of state
treasurer.
Wife Of Governor Die*
KANKAKEE, 111., June 27—Mrs.
Len Small, wife of Governor Small,
who suffered a stroke of apoplexy
on Saturday while admirers of the
governor were celebrating his ac
quittal, died yesterday morning with
out regaining consciousness.
FORDNEY WILL RETIRE
SAGINAW, Mich., June 27—Con
gressman Joseph W. Fordney, chair
man of the house ways and means
committee and author of the Fordney
tariff bill, has announced that he
will not be a candidate for re-elec
tion. He says it is his intention to
retire at the end of his present
term, after twenty-four years of
continuous service.
STOCKHOLDERS ACCEPT SLATE
NEW YORK. June 27—The stock
holders of the American Mining and
Smelting company have withdrawn
their opposition to the management's
ticket for directors, to be chosen to
day. Goethels and Lewis C. Clark
are among the men slated for elec
tion as members of the board.
EVEREST CLIMB ABANDONED
LONDON, June 27—The latest at
tempt to reach the lofty summit of
Mount Everest has been abandoned,
according to information received in
this city yesterday from General
Bruce, head of the expedition which
is reported to reached a point within
a few hundred feet of the top. The
leader explains that further effort
to rench the summit would only re
sult in useless tragedy.
GEORGE S1SLER LEADS MAJORS
CHICAGO, June 27—George Sis
ler, the St. Louis star, has regained
his place at the top of the American
league batting list, with a total of
.424. Tris Speaker has .387 and Har
ry Heilman, Detroit slugger, has
.382. Sisler also leads in base steal
ing, with a total of 26 for the sea
son, and he has scored 58 runs and
made 112 hits. Rogers Hornsby is
heavy man of the Nationals, with
an average of .397, followed by Grif
fith, of Brooklyn, with .383, and
Gowdy, of Boston, with .375.
JAPS SET EVACUATION DATE
TOKIO, June 27—According to
information obtained here today, it
is the intention of the Japanese gov
ernment to evacuate Siberia by the
end of October.
JAPS APPROVE BIG FOUR PACT
TOKIO, June 27—The Japanese
privy council has given unanimous
approval to the quadruple treaty
recommended at the Washington
Arms conference.
Lester Earhart went out the line
yesterday after a brief visit in the
city. He is stationed in the Canyon
district, where he has charge of a
section of the telephone and tele
graph lines south of town.
Charles Bergman has started the
erection of the arch of welcome for
the celebration. It will occupy a
place on A street about midway be
tween Front and First and will be
decorated with greens, as was done
on the occasion of the visit of Gov
ernor Bone.