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' THE NENANA NEWS __
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY. OCT. 5. 1922
NUMBER 357
GIANTS WIN FIRST GAME-—SECOND IS TIE
TURKS BOMBARD AMERICAN VESSEL AT SMYRNA
• ALLIES REACH AGREEMENT WITH TURKS AT MUDANIA
ALLIES REACH AGREEMENT
WITH TURKS Af MUDANIA
LOXI>ON', Oct. 5—Telegraphic ad
vices received in this city yester-1
day from Constantinople announced
the conclusion of an agreement at
Mudania between the Allies and the
Turkish Nationalists and the sign
4 ing of the protocol was expected
hourly.
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Turks Accept In Principle
CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct 5—The
Allied note relating to the Near
East situation has been accepted in,
principle by the Turks.
America Asked To Intercede
LONDON. Oct 5—Venizelos. who'
* is looking after the interests of
the Greek revolutionists at the Al
lied capitals, called on Ambassador]
Harvey yesterday and requested him
to ask the United States to inter-'
cede with the Allies, and request
them to O. K. Thrace pending the
final disposition of that territory.
Turk* Suggest Peece Conference
LONDON, Oct. 5—The British
government has received a note
from .the Turkish Nationalists pro
posing that a peace conference be
held at Smyrna, on October 20.
Complication* Arise
LONDON, Oct. 5—A new and
threatening situation has arisen in
the Near East, and so serious is it(
regarded that thej British cabinet
met in special conference today, and ’
will meet again tomorrow. It is
stated officially this afternoon that
it is not clear that the Mudania
conference reached anything like a
> satisfactory conclusion.
Greeks Not Satished
SMYRNA, Oct. 5—The agreement
reached at the Mudania conference
is not satisfactory to the Greek',
and instructions are now being
awaited from Athens relative to
the future action of the Greek dele
gation. ,
FOREST FIRES THREATEN
LIVES IN CANADIAN AREAS
NORTH BAY. Ont., Oct 5—It .s
feared that more than thirty per
sons have lost their lives in the for
est fires which are sweeping North
ern Ontario. The latest reports ob
tainable indicate that more than five
thousand have been rendered home
less already, and the fires are still
spreading. The property loss will
ran into the millions, and the de
stroyed areas include the towns of
Hailey. Bury. North Cobalt. Chari
ton, Heaslip and Engiehart.
More Then 100 Dead
OTTAWA. Oct. 5—The forest
fires throughout Eastern Canada
reached very serious proportions to
day, and reports received late this
afternoon from various sections in
dicate that the lose of lives will ex
ceed one -hundred. Six towns have
been wiped out an ’ railroads are
burning. The fear is expressed that
the fires, which are racing through
the dry timber, will take a much
heavier toll in life and property be
fore they can be gotten under con
trol.
Refugee* Drown
NORTH BAY, Ont.. Oct. 5—Ac
cording to forest fire refugees ar
riving here, between fifty and one
hundred persons were drowned yes
T terday when they were crowded
from the dock while trying to board
a rescue boat. The incident occurred
at Haileybury, where the flames
were rapidly destroying the town.
Smoke Dense At Montreal
MONTREAL, Oct. 5—A dense
smoke from forest fires overshadows
this city, the atmosphere being so
thick that it is necessary to operate
vessels cautiously.
The mail launch Tanana is due
in port from the lower river.
DARKNESS STOPS GAME TODAY
TENTH INNING-EACH GET THREE
XEW YORK. Oct. 5—After hav-]
ing captured tie opening game of
tie World Series yesterday, with a
score of 3 to 2, the Giants entered ]
the second game today believing
they had the series as good as won.
They were not so sure about it. how
ever, when, at the end of the tenth
inning, the game had to be called j
on account of darkness, with the;
honors standing even, at three to1
three.
Nehf pitched the Giants to victory
in the opening game, with Bush in i
the box for the Yankees. The bat
teries today were Barnes, for the i
Gians and Shawkey for the Yanks.
The attendance yesterday was 36,- ]
514 and nearly that number attend
ed the game today. There was no ■
rush for unreserved seats, however.:
as in former years.
The weather is ideal for ball play
ing, it being so warm today that'
many of the fans removed their
coats.
The Game By Innings
Giants—Three runs, eight hits. ■
one error.
Yanks—Three runs, eight hits, j
one error.
Batteries—Giants: Barnes and
Snyder. Yanks: Shawkey and Schang
First Inning
Giants—Ward tossed out to Ban-;
croft; Groh singled over second,!
making his foui :h hit of the series.
Frisch hit a Texas leaguer into left
field and Meuse! followed with a j
home run Hrive into the left field i
stands, scoring Groh and Frisch.1
Young fiied to Witt: Kelly fouled
to Scibang. Three runs, three hits, I
no errors.
Yanks—Groh threw out Witt at
first; Bancroft took Dugan's ground
er and threw to the grand stand.
Dugan going to second unassisted,
then to third and later scoring on
Pipp’s single. Meusel fiied out to
Young. One run, one hit, one er
ror.
Second Inning
Giants—Stengel singled; Snyder
singled, letting Stengel go to second j
but he hurt his leg on the way and J
Cunningham ran for him. Barnes
hit into a double play, Scott to j
Ward to Pipp. Cunningham going)
to third. Bancroft flied to Ruth. I
No runs, two hits, no errors.
Yanks—Cunningham went into!
center for the Giants. Frisch threw j
out Sc hang; Groh got Ward at)
first; Frisch threw Scott out ati
first.
Third Inning
Giants—Groh walked; Frisch lined
out to Ruth; Meuse! filed <to Ruth;;
Young walked: Kelly fanned. No;
runs, no hits, no errors.
Yanks—Groh threw out Shawkey;;
Witt flied to Dugan; Dugan got
two base hit to left; Ru.h walked;;
Barr.es threw out Pipp. No runs,1
one hit. no errors.
Fourth Inning
Giants—Cunningham failed tn
find the ball; Snyder fouled to Du-:
gan; the crowd gave Barnes the
malamute how! when he came to
bat becaus? he passed Ruth in the
previous inning, and- got his goat.;
He fanned, retiring the side. No;
runs, no hits, no errors.
Yanks—Meuse! fouled to Snyder;:
Schang struck out, Snyder dropping,
the ball and throwing him out a: i
first; Ward got a home run over
the left field fence; Scott flied to)
Frisch. One run, one hit, no errors.:
Fifth Inning
Gianrs—Bancroft lined out toj
Pipp; Scott threw Groh out at first;!
Frisch bunted safely; Meusel got.
a blow into the" grand stand that
was foul by inches; Frisch stole
second on a wild pi ch and went
to third on another wild one. Scott
threw out Meusel at first. No runs,
one hit, no errors.
Yanks—Shawkey flied to Cunning
ham; Barnes threw out W it".; Dugan
singled to left; Frisch threw Ruth
out at first. No runs, one *hit. no
errors.
Sixth
Giants—Young
Inning
singled;
Kelly
forced Young, Shawkey to Ward;|
Cunningham died zx> Ruth; Snyder j
fried to Ruth. Xo runs, one hit, no
error?.
Yanks—Pipp fouled to Snyder;
Meuse! walked; Frisch threw out;
Sehang at first, Meuse! going to i
second; Ward fanned. No runs, no I
hits, no errors.
Seventh Inning
Giants—Ward threw out Barnes;.
Bancroft out to Pipp. unassisted;;
Groh popped to Ward.
Yanks—Kelly took Scott's roller
and touched first; S hawkey and
Witt fanned.
Eighth Inning
Giants—Frisch fouled to Dugan;
Meusel fouled to Pipp; Young flew
to Meusel.
Yanks—Barnes threw out Dugan;
Ruth doubled into, left field; Pipp
flied to Cunningham and Ruth went
to third and scored on Meusel’s
double to left; Kelly threw out
Sehang at first One run. two hits.
Ninth Inning
Grants—Kelly flied to Dugan;
Smith, batting for Cunningham, fan
ned ; Ward threw oat Srjyder at
first.
Yanks—Ward fanned; Scott hit .1
single; Shawkey forced Scott,
Barnes to Bancroft; Witt singled;
Dugan fanned. Two hits.
Tenth Inning
Giants—Barnes thrown out by
Shawkey; Bancroft singled but was
caugh: out trying to stretch his hit,
Witt to Ward; Groh thrown out by
Ward. One hit.
Yanks—Ruth fouled to Snyder;
Kelly touched out Pipp: Meusel
fouled to Snyder
Game Is Called
With the score standing even a:
three to three, the game was called
at the end of the tenth inning on
account of darkneess.
Yesterday’s Attendance
The a:tendance yesterday reached
the total of 36,514. and the gate
receipts amounted to $110,036, of
which the players’ share was $63,
706.36 and that of the clubs $30,
236.12. The commission’s share of
the receipts was $17,855.40
There were only 30 in line a: the
entrance to the Polo grounds at
midnight, awaiting the opening of
the first game, a much smaller num
ber than usual. The first arrival
took his place at the gate early
during the previous afternoon, and
close behind him was an aged col
ored woman, who bet $50 on the
Yanks during the course of the
! night.
Yeiterday’s Game
After the Yanks had made two
| runs in the opening game yesterday,
l and appeared to have victory well
in hand, the Giants made an eighth
inning rally by concentrating a
savage batting attack on Joe Bush,
star Yankee pitcher, knocking him
out of the box. The attaek brought
| the Giants out of the cellar with
; a series of four consecutive hits
and a long sacrifice fly for three
runs.
The game passed through five in
nings without a run or an error.
The Yanks made their first run in
the sixth and followed with another
in the seventh. Ryan went into the
box for the Giants in the eighth.
When the Giants came to bat in
j the eighth. Bancroft singled over
: Ward’s head; Groh singled and was
followed with another single by
Frisch, w rich filled the bases, with
none out. Bancroft and Groh came
in on Meusel's single over third,
Frisch going to third. At this stage
Hoyt replaced Bush in the box for
the Yanks. Frisch scored on a sacri
fice by Young to Witt. Kelly and
Stengel each fanned, retiring the
side.
Yank* Favorites
The series opened with the Yanks
favorites at six to five, but there
was very little heavy betting. The
betting was even money today.
DAWSON REPORTS NAVIGATION
ON YUKON DRAWING TO CLOSE
DAWSON, Oct. 5—The season of
navigation on the Yukon river is
drawing to a close. The last boats
for St. Michael and lower river
points will leave Saturday and the
last for Mayo left here yesterday.
The steamer Dawson is now enrou*e
from Whitehorse and is trie last;
for this point from the upper river. |
Recent heavy rains have maintain
ed a good stage of water on the j
Yukon and its tributaries. No ice j
is in evidence yet at any point j
along the river.
Caribou Are Plentiful
Tens of thousands of caribou are
swarming over the hills, through j
the suburbs of Dawson and for a
radius of fifty miles. Large hferds'
swimming the Yukon river are re- j
ported to interfered with the pro
gress of passenger boats.
COAST TOWN FLOODED
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Oct. 5—
The town of Bella Coola, with 175 1
inhabitants, on the north coast of i
British Columbia, was completely:
submerged by a flood last Friday:
and is now under a blanket of four !
feet of mud and water. No lives
were lost, but many of the residents j
are homeless. It , is believed other
towns in that section also suffered.
and reports are anxiously awaited.
Captain A. E. Lathrop .vent to j
Fairbanks yesterday.
CHAIRMAN ADAMS ASSERTS
PARTY WANTS PLAIN ACTION
COLUMBUS. Oct. 5—John T.
Adams, chairman of the Republican
National committee, has issued a
statement in which he says: “There
must be no hedging or coppering of
bets in the Republican campaign
this year. The record of President
Harding and the Republican con
gress must be endorsed as a whole
or rebuked as a -whole*.
The statement points out that the
Republican campaign platform of !
two years ago, promised to end,
autocracy and the restoration of the
constitutional government. “This ha«
been done”, he concludes.
FOUR FIREMEN KILLED
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 5— Four
firemen were killed here today when !
a blaze practically destroyed the;
leather factory of Swoboda & Sons,
with a loss of a quarter of a million
dollars.
WIZARD RESIGNS HIS POST
OTLANTA, Ga.. Oct. 5—Edmund!
Clarke, imperial wizard of the Ku
Klux Klan, has resigned his post in
the organization, according to an
nouncement made here yesterday. It
is not known who will succeed him.
The A. E. C. cold storage pla*t,j
until recently operated by the,
Waechter Brothers Company, wilj ^
be closed by the commission tomor
row and probably will remain idle
during the winter. ,
JEWELL ANNOUNCES STRIKE
SETTLED BY 83 RAILROADS
CHICAGO, Oct. 5—Eighty-three
railroads operating- approximately
65,000 miles of line and employing
approximately 130,000 members of
the Federated Shopcrafts, have set
tled the strike with the system of
federations, according to a special!
bulletin which has been sent to all
members of the organization by
President .Jewell.
TRADING SCHOONER DISABLED
SEWARD, Oct. 5—The Siberian
trading schooner Iskum, of Tacoma,
has arrived here, disabled by the
ice off Wrangell island. The captain
reports that the Teddy Bear, Capt
Joe Bernard, is floating about in
the vicinity of Wrangell Island. The
Iskum was unable to reach Kolyma.
FISHING SCHOONER WRECKED
JUN'EAU, Oct. 5—The little fish
ing schooner Alecto, owned by Cap
tain T. O. Perry, of Ketchikan, was
wrecked during a storm on Friday, i
off Ocean Cape, alt the entrance to J
Yakutat bay. The master and crew
were rescued but the boat was lost.
TACOMA PIONEER DEAD
TACOMA. Oct. 5—William B.;
Blackwell, a prominent pioneer who
came to this city on the first train
in 1873, died here yesterday. He
opened the first hotel in Tacoma
and was one of the founders of the ■
first ban’- 1 !
FOX FARMER EXONERATED
BY JUNEAU CORONER’S JURY
JUNEAU. Oct. 5—H V McGee,
owner of a fox island on Pillar bay.
who killed Charles Spurgeon several
days ago, was exonerated this week
by a coroner’s jury. McGee, accom
panied by several witnesses, arrived
here on Tuesday, with the body of
Spurgeon, and surrendered himself
to '.he authorities.
The story told to the coroner’s
jury was that Spurgeon had visited
the island and threatened the life
of McGee, whereupon McGee was
compelled to shoot in self defense.
DOUGLAS PIONEER PASSES
JUNEAU, Oat. 5—Red Carlson, i
pioneer resident of Douglas, was
found dead on the beach there this
week. His body was tied to a large
rock at the low water mark, but
there was evidence of violence.
STILLMAN VERDICT READY
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Oct. 5—
Supreme Court Justice Morschauser
has reserved his decision on the ap
plication for •onfirmation” of the
referee’s decision in the Stillman
divorce case. The judge has an-j
nounced, however, that he will make
his decision public before tmnorrow.
He stated yesterday that he was
willing to confirm the report but
counsel for Mrs. Stillman asked
him to take his time so that in case
of appeal, it could not be said that
the report had been confirmed with
out careful study.
TURKS BOMBARD AMERICAN
DESTROYER IN TURK PORT
LONDON, Ocfc» 5—A Reuters dis
pauh received from semi-official
Gaeek sources, say^ that "according
to Athens newspapers an American
uestroyer engaged in embarking re
fugees at Aivak, was bombarded
this week by a Turkish garrison”.
The scene of the reporte^ attack is '
in the Asia Minor., coast, north of
Smyrna.
Report Is Not Confirmed
WASHINGTON, D C„ Oct 5
The report of the Turkish attack
on an American destroyer has been
repeated in an Athens dispatch re
ceived at the Greek legation today,
but neither the navy nor the war
department has been able to ob
tain confirmation from an official
source.
CALIFORNIA GRAPE GROWERS
ARE FACING HEAVY LOSSES
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 5—Ap
proximately half of California’s
1150,000-ton grape crop is threaten
ed w,th destruction as a result of
the failure of shipping facilities
Officials of the Grape Growers Ex
change, who have just completed a
survey of the situation, announce
tie re is very little hope of averting
the loss. The grape crop ?s valued
at $15,000,000.
MURDER TRIAL IS HALTED;
ATTORNEY GOES TO JAIL
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 5—The
trial of Henry Williams, garage
mechanic, on the charge of wife
muider, was halted abruptly yester
day, following the announcement
that Frank J. Murphy, chief counsel
for the defense, had been sent to
jail for a day for contempt of
court, in connection with another
case. The Wilkens ease will be re
sumcd when Murphy is released.
NORTHERN BENGAL SUFFERS
AS RESULT OF HIGH WATER
CALCUTTA. Oct. 5—Floods in
Nor.hem Bengal are described as
the worst in the history of that
country. Refugees bring the report
that the toll of lives as a result of
the inundation, will be very heavy.
Relief workers have heen sent to
the flooded areas but their work is
being greatly hampered by an out
break of cholera which threatens to
assume serious proportions.
HARDING ASKS BANKERS TO
AID IN ECONOMY CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK. Oct. 5—In a mes
sage sent to the American Bankers
Association, which is in session
here this week in annual convention,
president Harding urged the mem
bers of the organ,ration to take the
“lead in re-committing to sane ex
penditures and to ways of economy
and thrift and the consideration of
municipal and national problems in
that conscience which builds tem
ples of confidence.”
ARMY OFFICERS BEAT UNCLE
BALTIMORE, Oct. 5—The indict
ment of two former army officers,
Major ftalph Evans and Captain P.
Klinger, has revealed frauds against
the Government aggregating at the
least $100,000, through the sale of
automobiles at Camp Holabird. Md.
It is said that 25 or 30 others are
involved in the steal.
James McGill, who was in Nenana
during the summer, assisting in the
construction of the approach and
piers for the Tanana river bridge,
is now in cfcarge of excavation work
at Mile 54, between Seward and
Anchorage, where a large steel
span will be erected across Spencer »
creek.