General Outfitting Headquarters Fur Depot Gateway to Upper Yukon
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1923
NUMBER 481
TURKISH PEACE TERMS SIGNED TODAY
LEONARD DEFEATS TENDLER IN GOTHAM ARENA
PRESIDENT HARDING BIDS FAREWELL TO ALASKANS
PRSIDENT VISITS SITKA
NOW ON WAY TO VICTORIA
SITKA, July 24—President Hard
top visited here on Sunday, his Sitka
stop concluding his visit of two
weeks in Alaska. The transport Hen
derson steamed out of the harbor
Sunday night, bound for Victoria
and Seattle.
The Presidnt and Mrs. Harding
expressed deep feelings of regret as
they bid farewell to the citizens of
this little town, where occurred the
ceremony of transferring the terri
tory from Russia to the United
States.
The two weeks spent in Alaska
have given the President and his
cabinet advisors a new vision of Al
aska and, as he himself has said, a
\new determination to do all in his
power to bring “his vast territory to
the fullest possible development.
TROUBLE IN SILESIA
BERLIN, July 24—That serious
disorders ahve occurred in Brislau is
indicated by a semi-official telegram
received here, which states the gov
ernment of lower Silesia has issued
. an order proclaiming “severe excep
tional conditions” in town and dis
trict.
EDWARDS POPULAR
JERSEY CITY, July 24—United
States Senator Edward I. Edwards
was cheered by three hundred mem
bers of the editors’ national conven
tion when he addressed them while
touring New York after coneludine
their annuel convention.
SENATOR JONES IN ALASKA
TO LOOK OVER CONDITION
“We are here to see the people
of Alaska, learn what we can about
the fisheries in particular and all
matters that may be subjects for leg
islation in general,” said Senator
Wesly L. Jones, Repuplican, of
Washington, upon his arrival at
Juneau recently on a tour of Alaska,
in Company with Commissioner Hen
ry O' Malley, of the fisheries depart
ment. “Our desire is to learn that we
may be better able to do the right
thing for this Territory. We shall
be back in Juneau in a few weeks,
and shal stay long enough to meet
the people and get their views on the
fisheries and other problems.”
The Unalga sailed from Juneau
for Unalaska where coal will be ta
ken on and the vessel will then pro
ceed to the Pribilof Islands where
the sealing will be in full swing.
Prom there the investigators will
visit Bristol Bay and ocher fishing
sections in Bering Sea. Returning
to Unalaska another stop will be
made for coal, and the vessel will in
vestigate the fisheries on Che Pacific
side of the Alaskan Peninsula, the
Pacific Islands, and Cook Inlet, Prin
ce Williams Sound and Southeastern
Alaska regions.
The party purposes to make a trip
from Seward over Che Alaska Rail
road to Fairbanks and return to Cor
dova over the Richardson Highway
and the Copper River Railroad, be
fore returning to Juneau. Delegate
Sutherland planned to join the party
in the westward.
Mexico’s corn production last year
was far in excess of that of 1921
and is believed to have exceeded the
record breaking crop of 1919.
TURKS HOLD CONSTANTINOPLE;
ARMENIAN PROBLEM UNSOLVED
HIRAM JOHNSON RETURNS;
WILL NOT TALK POLITICS
NEW YORK. July 24—Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, who
is being boomed by his friends for
the Republican presidential nomin
ation. returned from a tour of Eur
ope today on the steamer Leviathian.
He refused to commit himself as to
whether his hat was in the ring or
not.
The senator smiled and answered
in the negative when asked if he
proposed to follow on the trail of
President Harding’s recent swing
thru the west and deliver a message
to America about foreign affairs.
“I have no plans. I will deliver my
message where 1 can and how I
can,’’ he said.
COLLEGE OF SURGEONS TO
HOLD MEETING IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO July 21—Hospital stan
dardization, scientific research, ap
plication of recently developed for
mulas in the control of disease, sur
gical and medical clinics and a series
of technical discussions in the ad
vancement of science are among the
features of the program of the Am
erican College of Surgeons, which
will hold its annual meeting here
October 22-26.
The surgical and clinical program
will be carried out in 40 Chicago
hospitals, medical schools and labor
atories, ac-ording to announcement
by A. D. Ballou, general manager
of the congress. Membership in the
college extends to every state in the
union, Alaska, the Phillipines, every
province in Canada, Central and
South America, England ’and the
continent China and other countries
Mr. Ballou, said, all of which coun
tries are expected to be represented
by delegates.
CURES SHOWN AT MEET
SAX FAX'CISCO, July 24—Dia
betes patients long bedridden are re
turning to normalcy through the
treatment of insulin, Dr. W. D.
Sansum, director of the Santa Bar
bara Cottage Hospital, Santa Bar
bara, Calif., told delegates to the
seventy fourth annuel convention of
of the American Medical Associa
tion recently.
Dr. Sansum is conducting a spec
ial clinic at the Providence Hospi
tal in Oakland today on the “treat
ment of diabetes with insulin”, and
a post convention clinic at the Cot
tage Hospital, Santa Barbara will
be given on the same subject. Dr.
Sansum said:
“There are now in Santa Barbara
between forty and fifty patients
who are being treated with insulin,
many of whom have gained more
than forty pounds in weight and
have been changed from bedridden
invalids to patients who are enjoy
ing ample diets and a full measure
of normal activities. We have al
ready treated 120 patients with in
sulin.”
I LAUSANNE, July 24—The Lau
i sanne peace treaty, formally estab
! lishing peace between European
■ powers and Turkey, was signed by
1 represen rat ives of the Turkish gov
i eminent today. By the terms of the
pack, Turkey repains Eastern
Thrace, which becomes the bridge
between the East and the West, and
becomes a member of the League
of Nations on an equal footing with
other members.
The treaty gives Constantinople
definitely to Turkey and all foreign
troops are to be withdrawn from
j that city.
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’ The treaty makes peace betweer
Turkey and Greece and permits the
patriarch Greek orthodox church tc
remain in Constantinople.
The agreement launches one oi
! the most stupendous and, in some
ways, the most cruel human move
j
ment in history, compelling the
j Greeks in Turkey, to return tc
: Greece, and the Turks in Greece tc
! return to Turkey. But the treatj
fails to dispose of the Armeniar
problem, the Armenians being ob
liged to find new havens.
AGED COUPLE BATTLE
NEW YORK. July 24—Fighting
with stilletto, axe and revolver, by
the light of a flickering wick in
, a glass of olive oil, in an East
; side tenement, Anthony Giordano,
! aged 63 years, and his wife Thoresa
aged 61 years inflicted fatal wounds
j on each other and both were dead
when the police found them with
40 years of married life behind
then* The aged couple fought half
and hour.
VILLA S FRIENDS RALLY
EL PASO, July 24—Rumors a
long the border since the murder
, of Villa that followers of the ban
dit leader would organize in pur
. suit of the murderers were strength
ened today by reports from Mexico
City which state that Fernandez, a
Villa lieutenant, has returned to
Canutillo with the object of gather
: ing the Villa forces together.
PRINCESS IN JAIL
LEPZIG, July July 24—Princess
Marguerite von Hohenlohe Dehrun
ger was convicted today on a charge
of complicity in high treason and
perjury for the part she took in
the escape of Captain Ehrsardt.
i commander of the “Iron brigade”
i in 1920. She was sentenced to six
months imprisonment.
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GILES AND KNUTSEN MAKE
GOOD FIND IN KUSKOKWIM
Ed Knutson passed through Ne
nana today with assays of two sam
j pies of galena ore recently located
| by him and Frank Giles on the
Kuskokwim watershed, southwest of
; Lake Minchnmina, in what is be
lieved to be a continuation of the
I Copper mountain deposit. The sam
ples assayed show somewhat better
values than the Copper Mountain
ore and the discoverers believe they
have located a ledge of large value.
One of the samples assayed 450.
61 ounces silver, 3.05 copper and
44.61 lead, and the other showed
I 403.81 silver, 7.95 copper and 43.08
lead.
Knutsen is now on his way to the
discovery from Fairbanks to contin
ue development work with his part
ner.
In South Africa a corporation has
been organized to manufacture a
gasoline substitute chiefly from alco
>hol derived from locally grown corn.
JURY DISAGREES
MONTREAL, July 24—The jurj
in the case of Adelard Lelorte, £
I former priest, who was recently ac
cused of murduring his half broth
er, Raoul, disagreed this afternoor
and was discharged.
PLOT AGAINST SOVIET
LONDON, July 24—The discov
ery of an extensive antibolshevil
plot designed to promote a genera'
i insurrection against the soviet re
public and the leaders of the thirc
international, is reported by tht
Copenhagen correspondent of tht
Exchange-Telegraph, who report*
I the arrest of a number of the ring
, leaders.
FRANKFORT UNRULY
LONDON, July 24—A dispatch
from Berlin confirms the report ol
communist disturbances in Frank
fort. Dr. Saas, public prosecutoi
is reported to have been killed dur
ing the outbreak. His wife anc
father were mistreated and theu
house looted.
SILVER HEARING DEMANDED
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 24—
The American Mining congress ha*
reiterated its demand for a eoun
hearing on silver purchases by tht
Government under the Pittman act
The demand is contained in a let
ter written by Secretary J. F. Call
breath to Acting Secretary of tht
Treasury Gilbert.
IRENE GETS DIVORCE
PARIS, July 24—Irene Ca.nlt
Treman was divorced here toda\
from Caplin Robert Treman.
COGGY HAS NEW PARTNER
W. A. Coghill, hustling Nenana
grocer, received a cable from Eng
land last night announcing the ar
rival of a son and heir at the hom«
of Mrs. CoghilPs parents, wher«
the baby and his mother will b«
joined later by Daddy Coggy. Neu
signs will be prepared immediate’!
changing the firm to Coggy & Sor
Mrs. C. G. Jones and son John
ny, Mrs. A. J. Wendler. Mrs. A. C
Craig, Mrs. J. O'Neill and Mrs
Steinmetz left for Holy Cross or
the Government steamer Jacobs Sat
urday, their trip being in the na
ture of an outing to the Yukon ter
minal of the Government river ser
vice, and return. Miss Jessie Motsch
man accompanied the party.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS
ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKES
LOS ANGELES. July 24—South
ern California was jarred lasr night
and early this morning by a series
of earthquake shocks, some of which
were of sufficint violence to shatter
plate glass windows and send tons
of brick and stone tumbling from
buildings. The tremblors were the
heaviest in San Bernardino and
Redlands, milder shocks being felt
between 11:28 p. m, and one a. m.
Three men are lying in bed at
San Bernardino, severely injured by
falling debris and rocks weighing
more than two hundred pounds a
piece plunging from the roofs of
higher buildings, some of which
crashed into the room of George
R. Fisher, shattering the bed in
which he slept.
OPPOSES MILITARISM
LONDON, July 24—J. Ramsey
McDonald, the opposition leader in
the house of commons, moved a
resolution be passed deprecating the
increasing expenditure for military
preparations, which he assured form
ed the beginning of another race for
armaments. He urged the govern
ment to take immediate steps to call
an international conference for the
limitation of armaments.
DR. JACOBS NOT GUILTY
SAN DIEGD, July 24—Dr. Louis
L. Jacobs, who was charged with the
murder of Miss Fritzie Mann, the
young dancer whose body was found
on the beach near here last January
was found not guilty of the charge.
MENNONITES TO CONFER
FREEMAN, S. D„ July 21—Pre
liminary arrangements have been
perfected for the national meeting
of the Mennonite General Confer
ence to be held here next month.
This little town of scarcely a thou
sand persons is preparing to enter
tain between four and five thousand
visitors who will attend t^e confer
ence. The meetings will last a week
and will be held on the campus of
Freeman college, a Mennonite school.
Freeman was chosen as a meeting
place because there is a Mennonite
colony, Wolf Creek, near here. This
is the third such meeting to be held
in the United States, members of the
sect declare.
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QUAKES RECORDED
VICTORIA, B. C., July 24—Two
earthquake? of long duration but
varying in intensity were recorded
at Gonzales Heights observatory yes
terdy morning. A severe shock,
which commenced at 6:25 continued
at intervals for three hours. The
distance was approximately twenty
seven hundred miles, probably in
the region of Kamchatka. The loca
tion of the second shock was pro
bably in Southern California.
Of French invention is a life sav
ing belt sufficiently buoyant to sup
port five or six persons in water in
addition to its wearer.
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LEONARD DEFEATS TENDLER
IN BATTLE FOR RING TOGA
NEW YORK, July 24—Benny
Leonard, of New York, successfully
defended his title as lightweight
champion, in a fifteen-round battle
with Lew Tendler, of Philadelphia,
at *the Yankee stadium here last
night. The fight was witnessed by
sixty-five thousand fans.
Leonard won easily. He was in his
best form while Tendler made the
poorest showing since becoming a
serious contender for the title. The
j champion escaped unmarked, due
, largely to the extremely inaccurate
lefts directed at him by Tendler.
Babe Herman, of San Francisco,
won a verdict over Joey Fox, of
England, in one of the preliminaries
| He outpunched the Britisher.
SWAP SADDLE FOR GRECIAN
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. July 24
The art of changing “saddle noses to
| “Grecian ftrraights" of Apollo or
j Venus design will be demonstrated
by Dr. Lee Cohen of Baltimore,
| Md., at the seventy fourth annual
j Convention of the Medical Associa
tion.
The art, technically known as cor
rective rhinoplasty, will be cine of
the features of the scientific exhibit
i being held at the Civic Auditorium
j in connection with the A. M. A.
i meet. The photographs and models
on display show individuals with
grotesquely oversized noses, with a
“before and aftereffect. To over
come a “saddle nose.” Dr. Cohen
! points out. it is merely necessary
I to graft a part of a rib where the
j nose should be.
Dr. Cohen, who will address 'the
:
| convention next Friday points out
| through his exhibit that the prere
quisite. which, he says is often lack
ing in those attempting corrective
. operations on the nose. Work of in
! experienced men, he says, often re
sults disastrously for the patient.
ITALY ADOPTS CANOES
ROME, July 21—The American
, Indian canoe, which for centuries
has plied only the streams and lakes
j of the North American continent,
j has at last found its way to the
classic “yellow Tiber.” Canoeing has
j become a favorite river sport of the
i Romans. On Sunday a dozen or more
| of the frail Indian craft can be seen
| in the yellow waters with skiffs,
shells, sculls and motor boats.
The graceful Indian water convey
ance has become so popular that
an Italian firm has commenced the
manufacture of them. They took
several American canoes as models
1 and then began turning them out
i by the scores. A canoe club has
j been organized, and many Americans
have joined. Paddling to the per
fection of the Indians has not yet
been achieved. The Romans make
efforts to keep the canoe headed
straight, but a change of paddle is
necessary after a few strokes.
AMUNDSEN COMING BACK
Nome July 24—A private wire
received at Nome today from Roald
Amundsen states he will return to
Nome on the first boat from Wain
wright. Amundsen also wired Cur
tis, at New York, but the contents
of the message is unknown here. It
is expected that the explorer will
probably reach Nome the latter part
of July or the middle of August.