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General Outfitting Headquarters Fur Depot
Gateway to Upper Yukon
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1923
NUMBER 484
PRESIDENT HARDINGS CONDITION GRAVE
TRADER TELLS OF SOVIET ACTIVITIES IN SIBERIA
F1RP0 WANTS EXPERIENCE BEFORE TACKLING CHAMP
ANOTHER TRADER ESCAPES
FROM SOVIET RED GUARDS
NOME, July 31—The schoonei
Silver Wave, which was seized bs
the soviet authorities at East Cape
Ipst fall, arrived from Siberia this
week. '
Captain Hammer reports that all
of the property of the Olaf Swen
r ' sen company in Siberia has been
confiscated on the grounds that the
company did not act in good faith
with the soviet government. The
^schooner Blue Sea also was confis
cated and is now being used as a
red transport.
The Captain says one hundred
men were killed during the winter
within a radius of a few miles
pf his ship. Mrs. Hammer’s hair
turned gray during the winter as
a result of the terrible ordeals wit
nessed by her.
Company Not Worried
SEATTLE, July 31—Olaf Swen
sen, president of the Olaf Swensen
Company says the reported confisca
tion of the companies properties in
Siberia will not interfere with their
trading plans. He says “if the soviet
authorities seized our ships to trans
port troops to the Kolyma river
district, they will probably make
settlement with us. They have not
seized any of our furs or other
properties and if there have been
any disturbances, they have been
local and not authorized by the re
. gular soviet authorities.”
MK9. rlt-AKs I TOO BUSY
. NEW YORK, July 31—Mrs. Wil
liam R. Hearst, wife of the publish
er, who was recently mentioned a9
$ possible Tammany candidate for
qongress, has announced, in a tel
egram from California, that while
• she believes it would be an excellent
thing for New York to send a wo
man to Congress, she cannot accept
tile nomination as she has other op
portunities for service requiring her
entire time.
WILLS WANT MATCH
NEW YORK, July 31—Harry
Wills, colored aspirant for heavy
weight honors, and his manager,
Paddy Mullens appeared before the
* state athletic commission today and
demanded that Dempsey be compell
ed to defend his title against Wills
before meeting Firpo. The commis
sion reserved its decision.
BANDITS GET PAYROLL
SCRANTON, July 31—Seven ban
dits held up a street car near Moosic
today and escaped with two satchels
. containing the payrolls of two an
thracite collieries, amounting to
$70,126. The bandits killed one and
wounded four other persons on the
car but they escaped without a
scratch.
That the Second Annual Country
Fair at Juneau billed for three days,
September 20, 21, *22, will be of
much greater magnitude than was
that of last year, the first attempt,
is now assured. Acording to Secre
tary M. S. Whittier there are al
ready more applications for space
concessions than the management
will be able to grant, although a
mighty effort will be made to take
care of all intending exhibitors.
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TOUR HALTS AT SAN FRANCISCO
WHILE DOCTORS AWAIT RESULT
DENVER BANK IS CLOSED
BIG SHORTAGE IS CAUSE
DENVER, July 31—The doors of
the Hibernia Bank & Trust Com
; pany are closed and three young
men well known in Denver finan
cial circles, are under arrest, as
I the result of the discovery of a
I shortage in the funds of the bank,
1 estimated at from $400,000 to $450,
000.
Those under arrest are Leo P.
Floyd, secretary of the company,
John Harrington, teller who is the
son Of M. C. Harrington, vice pres
ident of the bank; and R. M. Man
dell, head of M.tndel! & Co. invest
ment brokers.
Detectives claim there is a woman
> in the case but her identity has not
I yet been disclosed.
FLOOD KILLS STOCK
BALTIMORE. July 31—After
having caused heavy damage, in
cluding the loss of hundreds of head
; of livestock, the flood, which last
night swept northern and northwest
ern Maryland countries, is receding
today slowly. Hundreds have been
rendered homeless.
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LIVENGOOD IS THREATENED
BY MENACING FOREST FIRE
Advices received in Nenana this
afternon state that the town of Liv
• enjrood, in the Tolovana district, is
I threatened with destruction by for
est fires which are gradually envel
oping the town. It was thought last
1 night the town was doomed but
. today the fire is burning in the
form of a horseshoe with the town
in the center and the town author
ities think they now can cope with
the situation successfully unless the
wind shifts in another direction.
John Jurich, Eric Nelson, Tony
and Joe Escord were overcome by
the smoke and nearly lost their
(lives. Nelson was found on a tailing
pile where he fell after losing his
! 'way in the smoke, and he would
have perished had not his dog at
i traeted the attention of Pat O’Con
i nor, who rushed to his assistance
and carried him to safety,
i Three cabins on Ester creek have
| been burned. The fire on the right
1 limit of Hess and Myrtle is traveling
I toward West Fork and another
! fire is coming over Amy, Lillian and
i Olive, going toward the left of the
| town. There is also a large fire on
; Shorty creek, heading toward the
I left limit of the Tolovana river.
Only a little water could be
: packed up to the town for drinking
j purposes and the men who are fight
; ing the fires are given lemons for
relief in order to conserve the water
supply.
Arrivals from Iditarod report that
! the Miners & Merchants Bank has
i passed into the hands of Sam Apple
baum, only remaining merchant of
Iditarod. The business activities of
! file camp are concentrated chiefly
at Flat.
illness of President Harding, which j
developed shortly after leaving Se- |
attle, assumed such a serious aspect
when the President arrived here ]
that he was removed to the Palace 1
hotel and the remainder of the
trip abandoned. Complications de
veloped during the trip down the
coast and last night the condition
of the executive was regarded as
; very serious. He had a fairly rest
ful night, however, and this morning
he was considerably improved.
Physicians attending the President
were still in consultation this morn
ing and at ten o’clock General Saw
yer made an informal statement
which resulted in a noticeable les
sening of the tension among the
members of the Presidential party.
I It was announced later in the day
that the President was so far re
freshed by a sleqp, which lasted
more than six hours, as to warr int,
that statement that he had gotten in
,to clear sailing. The patient took
some nourishment this morning and
sent out for the morning papers.
in all of which were large accounts
of his illness.
A bulletin issued last night said
! the eonditon of the patient had
reached a grave stage. The state
ment declared the presence of “de- i
finite central patches of broncho
pneumonia” in the right lung. The
statement said further that “while
his condition is grave, he is tempor
arily well adapted to make a strong
fight against infection.” The devel
opment of pneumonia was the one
thing which General Sawyer had
said less than two hours earlier, he
feared above almost all else in the
way of complications.
It was admitted for the first
time last night that the condition
of the President had reached a ser-!
ious stage, with congestion in one
lung and some cough.
It is understood to be the inten
tion of General Sawyer to rush the
1 President back to Washington by'
special train just as soon as he can
stand the trip. It is thought he may
be compelled to remain here ten
! days or two weeks, however.
| Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president
of Stanford University and presi
dent of the .American Medical asso
ciation, and Dr. Charles M. Cooper,
heart specalist, remained with the
i President all Sunday night and have t
FRISCO HAS STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31—Un
ion leaders announce that the strike
of approximately 2,000 union boiler
makers in bay region shipyards is
now complete, but police observers
claim there is no evidence of a
walkout and no disorders.
FIRE IN OREGON
ST. HELENS, Ore., July 31—
The ways of the St. Helens Ship
building Company and the mill of
the St. Helens Tie & Timber Com
pany were destroyed by fire last
I night, with a loss of about $130,000
been in consultation with General
Sawyer almost constantly.
A statement issued by General
Sawyer shortly before noon yes
terday said the President had spent
a fairly comfortable night. “His con
dition is acute. He has temporarily
overstrained his cardio vascular sys
tem by carrying on speaking en
gagements while ill.” The doctor al
so said it would be necessary for
the President to have absolute rest.
A later statement said1* abdomninal
symptoms, following the digestive
disturbance experienced on the boat
are now localized in the gall blad
der region. There are no peritoneal
symptoms, his lungs are clear and
his kidneys are functioning satis
factorily. There is no disturbance of
the nervous system except those as
sociated with fatigue.
The attack of poisoning resulted
from eating crab in Seattle last
week and the attack was aggravat
ed by a strenuous five hours of
speaking and entertainment in the
Spirit City. Other members of the
party also ate crab at dinner in
Seattle on Thursday night and they
also were poisoned slightly, and suf
fered considerably during the night.
Hu Been Sick Before
MARION, July 31—President
Harding suffered several attacks of
indegistion a score of years ago, ac
companied by slight disturbances of
the heart, but his condition was
never so serious as it is at the
present time, accordng to friends.
Meiuge of Sympathy
LONDON, July 31—Secretary of
tabor Davis has sent a message to
General Sawyer expressing sym
pathy and asking to be kept in
formed regarding the condition of
President Harding. If the President
does not improve immediately, it is
the intention of Davis to sail for
New York tomorrow instead of
August seventh, as previously plan
ned.
Washington Awakens
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 31—
Washington awakened today to a
realization of the seriousness of the
condition of President Harding. The
city went about its business with an
air of sorrow and anxiety, and from
the highest to the lowest in the
Government service came expres
sions of regret over the unfortunate
ermination of the President’s tour.
GREECE THREATENED
LONDON, July 31—Although
there is continued Republican agita
tion in Greece, resulting in much
ipprehension among the Monarch
ists, there is little cause for immed
iate alarm concering the stability of
the throne, according to the belief
sf British diplomatic officials in
Greece.
ARLINGTON, BURNS
ARLINGTON, Ore., July 31—The
susiness district of this city and
several residences were destroyed by
fire today, with a loss of $80,000. |
BAY CITY REMOVES BAN
ON PRETTY GIRL HIKERS
SAX FRANCISCO, July 31—The
women and girls of San Francisco
may now wear trousers, pantaloons
breeches, trews, spatterdashes, gam
ashes knickerbockers, bloomers, or
pants on the streets here without
fear of arrest or official disapporval.
For many years thousands of trouser
clad girls have filled the downtown
streets, cars and ferries on Saturday
and Sunday and holidays. These
ladies, young and old, have here
to fore faced arrest, but the Board
of Supervisors has now passed an
ordinance permitting girls to wear
male attire, providing there is no
intent to deceive.
Daniel J. O’Brien, chief of po
lice was behind the move to amend
the ordinance. “The new ordinance,”
said the chief, “was put through for
the benefit of hikers. Girls can’t hike
in dresses.”
Chief O’Brien stood near the fer
ry and watched a group of hikers
file past, one or two agile and
sprightly nymph-like figures passed,
but when several ladies whose fig
ures might be described as embon
point personified, the chief added,
"The ordinance distinctly says
“where there is no intent to de
ceive,” and in most cases. I’m
sure there can’t be any deception.”
BARBER HELD FOR MURDER
ALSO FACES BOOZE TRIAL
Steps to close the barber shop of
William Lott, slayer of Biilv Pren
tice, were taken at Juneau recently,
following the raid which resulted in
the discovery of 20 cases of liquor
in a concealed cache at the rear of
the building. An abatement action
has been filed by the United States
Attorney against I.o»t proprietor of
the shop and others owning the
building.
Lott has maintained silence since
bis first statement to the United
States Attorney made shortly afer
the shooting, in which he claimed
to have shot Prentice after the lat
ter had struck him in the face.
He was questioned after the raid
and is said to have denied all
knowledge of th^ presence of the
liquor seized. Officials said Lott
declared that the cache was a
“frameup” to make his case blacker.
It will be several months before
any trial of Lott can be held. The
shooting charge will be brought be
fore the next Federal grand jury
to meet here, which will probably
be sometime in October or Novem
ber when the regular Fall term
of the District Court is convened by
Judge Reed. In the interim, Lott
will be held in the local Federal
jail without bail.
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X. S. W'ember, of the U. S. bur
eau of mines, was among those ar
riving on the steamer Jacobs last
night. He is visiting various sec
tions of Alaska.
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FIRPO SIGNS CONTRACT
TO MEET JACK DEMPSEY
OMAHA, July 31—Frpo wishes
to have his bout with Jack Dempsey
which is scheduled to be held in
Xew York on September 14, post
poned until some time next year,
according to a statement made by
him to a representative of the
World-Herald. He explained that he
wanted to meet more American box
ers in order to get familiar with the
various styles of boxing, before
meeting the champion.
In an interview here, however, he
is quoted as saying he has signed
a contract with Tex Rickard to meet
Dempsey within a year and that he
would not attempt to have the fight
postponed. He says he is "not afraid
of Dempsey.”
PAPERS KEEP HIM YOUNG
LOS ANGELES. July 31—Critic"*
of modem journalism have protect
ed to find in the pewspaper of today
a source of various unhealthy influ
ences. Former Senator Cornelius
Cole, who was on the platform when
Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg ad
dress and has been a reader of news
papers for more than ninety years,
told a class of history students
here that daily papers have been one
of the things that have kept him
mentally young. He will celebrate
his on hundred and first birthday
next September.
SYDNEY IS BOMBED
S\ DN'EY, X. S., .July 31—A ser
ies of mysterious bomb explosions
occurred today. One of them, in
the heart of the city, caused heavy
damage to buildings and other des
troyed the pipe lines supplying the
plants of the British Empire Steel
Corporation, where a strike is in
proress.
$25,000 FOR PASTOR
LOS ANGELES. July 31—At the
close of the recent dedication here
of the new $1,500,000 First Meth
odist Episcopal Church of Los An
geles, Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Helm<.
pastor was presented with a purse
of $25,000. •
Mrs. C. G. Jones and Mrs. W. C.
Stein metz, of Xenana. and Mrs. A.
C. Craig. Mrs. J. O'Neil and Mrs.
A. J. Wendler. of Anchorage, return
ed to Xenana last evening on the
steamer Jacobs from a round trip
outing to Holy Cross, on the lower
Yukon river. Miss Jessie Motschman
and Master Johnny Jones accom
panied the party.
Mrs. William Rodigkeit and Miss
Drah M. Howard returned to N’enana
>n the steamer Jacobs last evening
from a brief outing in the delightful
Hot Springs district.
W. F. Thompson, Fairbanks pub
lisher. is a passenger on the train
fue from the coast this afternoon,
•nroute home from a business trip
to Anchorage.
Tom Smith, proprietor of the
Southern Hotel, returned to Nenana
ast evening from the Hot Springs
iistrict.
An inventor has patented a motor
Iriving machine to pick nuts from
:he ground and convey them nto a
container, saving much hand labor.