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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV •
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1921
NUMBER 38
DEMPSEY WINS IN FOURTH ROUND
FRENCHMAN GOES DOWN FOR THE COUNT
GATE RECEIPTS CLOSE TO MILLION AND A HALF
SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK OF SEATTLE CLOSES
POWERFUL SEATTLE BANK
FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS
SEATTLE, July 2—The Scandi
navian American Bank, of this city,
closed its doors yesterday, and the
directors have turned the institution
over to John P. Duke, state super
visor of banks, who issued a state
ment in which he attributes the
“failure largely to a shrinkage in
values during the last year and to
recent abnormal decreases in de
posits. The present management is
in no way to blame.”
The directors explained that they
made an unsuccessful effort to;
merge with three other banks in an
attempt to save the institution.
The last statement of the bankj
shows a capital and surplus of two
and a quarter million dollars, and
deposits of thirteen millions. There
is no statement available of assets
and liabilities.
It was claimed at the time of the
failure of the Scandinavian Ameri
can Bank, of Tacoma, that there 1
was no connection between that in
stitution and the Seattle bank of the
same name, but heavy withdrawals
of deposits from the local bank.
would seem to indicate that the pub
lic believed otherwise.
TAFT WILL BE JUDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2—j
President Harding has announced
the selection of former President
William Howard Taft as chief
justice of the supreme court of the
United States, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death recently, of ]
Chief Justice White. The name of
Mr. Taft was sent to the senate
yesterday afternoon for confirmation
and it is expected that favorable
action will be taken without delay.
MURDER PLOT DISCOVERED
LONDON, July 2—The Sketch is
authority for the statement that the
authorities have discovered a plot
to murder all the British cabinet
ministers. The police are now guard
ing the ministers closely, and ail
suspects are being shadowed, but
no arrests have been made.
DRY CELL INVENTOR DIES
LOS ANGELES, July 2—Dr. Har
ry Barryinger Cox, inventor of the
dry cell and noted electrical scien
tist, died here yesterday. Among the
inventions to which he contributed
were the submarine cable system for
coast defense, the electric push but
ton and the railway block safety
system.
BILL FAVORS FARMER AID
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2—
The senate agricultura 1 committee
•has submitted a favorable report on
the Norris bill, which provides for
the creation of a hundred million
dollar Government corporation to
promote the exportation of agri
culture 1 products.
GENERAL FIELDING PASSES
CHICAGO, July 2—General Ed
ward Fielding, vice president of the
Volunteers of America, died here;
yesterday. i
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RECORD CROWD SEES CHAMP
RETAIN TITLE IN JERSEY CITY
JERSEY CITY, July 2—In the
battle for the heavyweight champ
ionship of the world, which took
place in this city this afternoon
between Georges Carpentier, title
holder of Europe, and Champion
Jack Dempsey, the French fighter
finished flat on his face, with legs
and arms outstretched, in the fourth
round. Dempsey knocked him out
within a few seconds after the
round opened, sending him heavily
to the canvas, with a short right
hook to the chin. The actual time
of the fighting in the fourth round
was one minute and 16 seconds.
Previous to the knockout, Carpen
tier was floored with a left to the
body and a right to the chin. The
Frenchman took the count of nine
before springing to his feet, where
the grim, determined Dempsey
measured him with a punch to the
chin which ended the battle.
When Carpentier went down, the
champion stood over him until the
count was finished and then tender
ly picked him up and carried him
bleeding, to his corner.
Dempsey gave his opponent an un
merciful beating. He opened up an
old cut under the Frenchman’s eye j
and battered him so viciously around
the head with heavy rights and
lefts until his face was badly swol
len and bleeding.
Dempsey entered the ring at 2:59,
with Kearns and Hayes following
with towels and bucket. As he en
tered the ring he addressed Carpen
tier pleasantly with “Hello, Georges” |
and took his comer. Carpentier was
introduced as the pugilistic idol of;
the world and holder of the French i
title, and he was greeted with tre- j
mendous cheering. Dempsey was in-1
troduced as the champion of the;
world.
The Fight By Rounds
FytST ROUND—Fighting started
at 3J8. Carpentier landed a light,'
left and clinched. Landed right and ]
fought at close range, followed by
another clinch. Dempsey shot with
left to head. Carpentier misser
right and landed left hook. Demp
sey punched him unmercifully. Carp
Rentier groggy and bleeding at nose.
Dempsey missed right swing but
beat Carpentier as they clinched,
j Carpentier fell through ropes try
ing to avoid punishment. Flew into
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Dempsey when he crawled back in
to ring and landed severe blows on
champion’s body. Dempsey had bet
ter of fighting during opening round.
SECOND ROUND—Carpentier un
able to land left and clinched. In
| backing off, he recived a light right
hook to jaw. Dempsey followed him,
beating his head with rights. Carpen
! tier short with left hook but stag
! gered American with lefts to jaw.
! Dempsey split Frenchman’s left eye
with hook. Both missed rights. Ex
| changing body punches at bell.
In this round Carpentier landed
! six rights and a left on Dempsey’s
jaw, almost tipping him over.
THIRD ROUND—Carpentier duck
ed a left hook. Dempsey backed in
to ropes and landed a short right
to Carpentier’s jaw, then followed
with two upper-cuts to body and
chin. Carpentier missed with a right
swing. Dempsey clouted his jaw with
left hooks in a clinch and battered
him to his corner with right and
lefts. The bell saved Carpentier in
this round.
Record Gate Receipts
The gate receipts are reported to
have been in excess of SI,750,000.
More than a million and a quarter
had been paid in yesterday after
noon and the balance was taken in |
today, beginning early this morn
ing with the sale of $5 seats.
Crowd Gathers In New York
NEW YORK, July 2—Fight fans
began arriving in this city early;
this week, with the result that all j
the hotels were overflowing yes- ]
terday. It is estimated that 5,000
arrived yesterday and 20,000 dur
ing the night and this morning.
Nelson Picked The Winner
Battling Nelson, who predicted the
downfall of WTillard, picked an
other winner yesterday, when he
predicted the defeat of Carpenter.
He also predicted that the fight
would be the shortest heavyweight
contest in history, stating: “I look 1
for the battle to end before either
gets warmed up. They are terrific
hitters and one will drop in short
order. Of course, I'm sticking to
Dempsey. He looks better than
when he fought Willard. He looks
like a cinehe.”
Daugherty Could Not Attend
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2—
Attorney General Daugherty could
not attend the fight, as much as he
. would like to have done so. He an
j nounced yesterday that he would
I not go to Jersey City because he
i had too much regard for the opinion
: of those people who disapproved of
the fight “and of whom I must be
unofficial representative.”
Carp Looked Good To Him
NEW YORK, July 2—Before
leaving for the arena yesterday,
Eugene Corri, famous referee who
presided at the Carpentier-Gunboat
Smith bout, declared that ‘‘anybody
who believes Carpentier has lost
his punch doesn’t know what he is
talking about. Carpentier is a ring
genera] and a vindictive fighter or.ce
he is aroused.”
Juror* Wouldn’t Interfere
Jersey City, July 2—The Hudson
county yesterday declined to return
an indictment to prevent the fight.
Promoter “Tea” Rickard
“Tex” Rickard started his career
as a promoter of championship
bouts on a large scale when Joe
Gans met Battling Nelson in Gold
field, Nevada, in 1906. The receipts
for that memorable battle were
$69,715. That figure was topped
! when Jack Johnson fought Tommy
! Burns in Australia, on Christmas
Day, 1908, but Rickard again es
tablished a high mark in 1910 when
I bozing fans from all over the!
country paid $270,775 to see the1
Jeffries-Johnson conflict at Reno. I
Figures for the Willard-Dempsey
bout at Toledo, July 4, 1919, sup- i
planted even that large total andj
Rickard, in the Jersey City match I
today, entered the select circle of
“million dollar business men.”
Figures on the leading bouts in j
I recent years, follow:
Willard-Dempsey . .$452,521
; Johnson-Jeffries . 270,000
j Willard-Moran . 140,000
j Johnson-Bums . 97,000
Gans-Nelson . 69,715
Willard-Johnson . 68,000
Jeffries-Sharkey . 66,300
Jeffries-Corbett . 63,340
Corbett-McCoy . 56,350,
McGovern-Erne 52,000
Third Limited Fight
The fight which took place at Jer
sey City today was the third bout
for the world's heavyweight champ
ionship under no decision rules at a
limited nunfber of rounds. The only
previous title contests held under
similar conditions were the Willard
Moran 10-round battle at New York,
March 25, 1916, and the Willard
Dempsey contest at Toledo. July 4,
1919. The first bout went the limit,
Willard gaining the popular verdict.
At Toledo, Dempsey knocked out his
ponderous opponent in the tnird of'
the scheduled 12-round bout.
Modern ring history in the heavy
weight division is considered to have
begun when John L. Sullivan put
Paddv Ryan out in nine rounds at
Mississippi City, Feb. 7, 1882 In
cluding that contest ami the one in'
which Marvin Hart defeated Jack
Root to gain the title relinquished
by Jim Jeffries, there have been 21
championship bouts. The longest was
that in which John L. Sullivan
knocked out Jake Kilrain in 75
rounds at Richburg, Miss.; the short
est that in which Tommy Burns
stopped Bill Squires in one round
at Colma, Cal., July 4, 1907.
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By the average duration of these
championship contests, which is a
trifle under 15 rounds, Dempsey
and Carpenter, with a limit of 12
sessions, were scheduled to go the
prescribed route. The length of the
Sullivan-Kilrain duel, however, put
this average to the test, and examin-1
ation of the records shows that 11 1
of the 23 battles have stopped:
short of the twelve-round mark,1
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while the most recent championship
fight, in New York last December,
ended with the knockout of Bill j
Brennan by Dempsey in the twelfth
round.
SHIPPING BOARD BOAT SINKS
LONDON, July 2—The Shipping
Board freighter Mohang, bound
from Constantinople to New York,
is reported to have been sunk by
a mine in the Black sea. No lives
were lost.
SINN FEINERS ARE RELEASED
DUBLIN, July 2—Arthur Griffith '
founder of the Sinn Fein, and Prof. 1
John McNeil, nresident of the 'Gr.elic i
league, were release! from Mount
Joy prison yesterday.
WILSON CAN PRACTICE
NEW YORK, July 2—Woodrow
Wilson has been admitted to prac
tice in all courts in the state of i
New York.
GIANT STILL IS CAPTURED
CHICAGO, July 2--Federal offi- j
cers captured a giant still yesterday,
estimated to have a value ti fu.y
125,000 and believed to be the larg
t-t ir the United-States. It may be
necessary to use dynamite in order
to destroy the big booze maker.
HARDING TALKS ECONOMY
AT BUDGET CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2—
President Harding, p -siding at a
bu-'get conference of cabinet officers
and other Government officials this
week, pledged he administration to
a new ere cf economy and efficiency
and d-clarec that there is no menace |
in the world like th tendency to- j
ward c t-avv.gant public expend’ ,
turt3.
Venana. Interior Pnel Depot
BRITISH CABINET DECIDES
TO RENEW JAPANESE PACT
LONDON, July 2—The Pall Mali;
Gazette ays the British cabinet has |
definitely decided to renew the An
glo-Japanese.
English morning newspapers to
day feautred reports of an imperi
al conference tr consider a tripartite
agreement between Great Britain,
America and Japan relative to the
proposed Vngl ^-Japanese treaty.
Inuu, Where Sail* and hirers It set
NEW TARIFF BILL IS FILED;
WILL INCREASE REVENUES
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 2—
The administration’s new tariff bill,
which was introduced in the house
this week will, according to Chair
man Fordney, of the ways and
means committee, will fix an average
rate of duty ranging between 18
and 20 per cent, as compared with
18.55 per cent provided by the
Payne-Aldrieh bill, six per cent
provided by the Underwood bill, and
26 per cent provided by the Ding
ley bill. Fordney says that when ac
curate figures have been worked out,
the average will be found to he
slightly under the Payne-Aldrich
Tariff.
The new’ measure fixes a tariff of
one and one-half cents a pound on
all lead bearing ores and two and an
eighth cents on lead bullion. The
free list includes gold and silver
bullion.
YOUTH SAVES TWO LIVES
ASTORL4, Ore., July 2—Chester
Moats, a boy of 14, saved the lives
of Miss Ina Capps, aged 22, and
Gerald Stroes, aged five, by drag
ging them, unconscious, from the
water, where they were drowning.
The young lady and her little com
panion were revived with difficulty.
COAL SUBSIDY APPROVED
LONDON, July 2—The house jf
commons has approved the plan to
grant a ten million pound subsidy
to coal miners, pursuant to the
terms of the strike settlement. The
money will be used to tide the men
over during the four months period
of wage reduction.
GOVERNMENT STARTS SUIT
AGAINST CEMENT BARONS
NEW YORK, July 2—The Gov
ernment has filed civil suit in the
federal court against 19 corpora
tions and four individuals, composing
the Cement Dealers Protective As
sociation, the charge being violation
of the anti-trust law.
CHILBERG RELEASED ON BAIL
TACOMA, July 2—J. E. Chil
berg, who is under indictment in
connection with the failure of the
Scandinavian American Bank of Ta
coma, arrived from New York yes
terday and was released under bail
in the sum of $35,000. Prior to
1919, Chilberg was president of
both the Scandinavian American
Bank of Tacoma and the defunct in
stitution of the same name in Seat
tle. Five secret indictments were
returned against him by the Tacoma
grand jury some time ago.
PAPER MILLS TO RESUME
NEW YORK, July 2—Announce
ment has been made of the signing
jf an arbitration agreement be
tween union paper mill workers and
ill mills in the United States and
Canada, with the exception of the
International Paper Company. It is
relieved all the mills will resume
iperations on July 5.