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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1921
NUMBER 27
• HUNDREDS PERISH IN COLORADO FLOODS
U~S. CONGRESS APPROPRIA TES FUNDS FOR RELIEF
SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORS CHOICE OF GOVERNOR
APPOINTMENTS TO AWAIT
CONFIRMATION OF BONE
SEATTLE, June 7—A special dis
patch 'received from the national
capital today states that no addi
tional appointments of Alaskans will
be made until after the senate has
acted on the nomination of Scott
C. Bone, as governor. The nomlna
*tion was reported favorably today
by the senate committee on terri
tories, but action has not yet been
taken by the senate.
The new governor, who is still
in New York, is expected in Wash
ington on Saturday, and it is ex
pected that the filling of other Alas
ka offices will begin shortly after
his arrival.
Governor Bone will leave for the
West very soon after he has been
confirmed and after he has con
ferred with President Harding, Sec
retary Fall and others at the capital.
The dispatch says that the senate
committee on territories will begin
next week to consider the Curry
development board bill. Public hear
ings are to be held.
ALBERS IS SAVED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—
Attorney General Daugherty has re
fused the request of the Oregon Bar
Association that he reconsider the
confession of error in the case of
Henry Albers, of Portland.- whose
conviction on a charge of violation
of the espoinage act was recently
set aside.
THIRTEEN UNDER ARREST
TULSA, Okla., June 7—Thirteen
whites have been placed under arrest
on the charge of taking property
from the homes of negroes after
the owners had fled during the late
disturbances here.
TRIED TO STEAL A TRAIN
DENVER, June 7—Twenty-seven
alleged Industrial Workers are In
jail here as the result of an attempt
made by them to steal a freight
train, their intention being to run
it to Cheyenne. They were met at
the city limits by the police and
marched back to the lockup.
BYNG! CANADA LANDS A HERO
LONDON, June 7—Lord Byng,
hero of Vimy, has been appointed
governor general of Canada, ac
cording to announcement made here
on Saturday.
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RECEDING WATERS DISCLOSE
MAGNITUDE OF DESTRUCTION
PUEBLO, June 7—The loss of
life from the great flood which came
rushing upon the city with over
whelming force, from the overflow
ing of Arkansas and Fountain rivers
last week, was variously estimated
on Saturday as being between 1,500
and 3,000 but it now is believed
that the number of dead will not
exceed 500.
A conservative estimate of the
property loss places it at more than
$10,000,000.
By four o’clock Saturday morning
the flood, which came upon the city
on Friday, had washed out all the
bridges on the Fountain river, up
rooted all railroad and trolley lines
and cut all wire communications.
The receding of the flood waters
later revealed the vast extent of
havoc wrought. Hundreds of famil
ies lost everything they had, with
not the slightest show or escape
from the rising flood. Identification
of the dead is a slow process ow
ing to the sudden exodus of those
who could escape the onrushing tor
rents. For the most part, those en
gaged in rescue work have come
from neighboring cities.
Water to a depth of six feet
flooded practically all of the Im
portant business and financial houses.
All fires burning in the various
houses and business places in the
city were extinguished and by day
break on Saturday the populous
city was entirely under water and
all but deserted.
The heavy loss of life is attribut
ed in part to the fact that a great
many people failed to heed the warn
ing in time, and it is stated that al
though storm signals were set at
six o’clock Friday night, hundreds
found it impossible to escape be
cause the flood waters came upon
them with unexpected suddenness.
DEMPSEY TRAINING AGAIN
ATLANTIC CITY, June 7-^Jack
Dempsey resumed intensive training
on Saturday after a rest of four
days, and it his intention to put
himself in the best possible con
dition for the approaching battle.
“I’m not going off half-cocked,” he
says, “with the notion that Carpen
tler will be easy. I’m going to tune
myself for twelve rounds.”
TILDEN WINS AGAIN
ST. CLOUD, France, June 7—W.
T. Tilden, of Philadelphia, world
grass court tennis champion, won
the world’s hard court champion
ship here on Saturday, when he de
feated Washer, of Belgium, in
straight sets.
MAURICE CONNELL PASSES
SAN JOSE, Cal., June 7—Maurice
Connell, federal weather forecaster
and one of the three surviving mem
bers of the Greeley Arctic expedi
tion, in the ’80s, died here on Sat
urday, aged 69 years.
Mrs. Oswold returned today from
a brief visit to Fairbanks.
A great many of the prominent
people of the city, early realizing
the seriousness of the situation,
sent out urgent requests for tents,
water, food, and milk for babies.
Denver Has High Water
DENVER, June 7—Flood waters
of the Platte river entered the cel
lars and first floors of residence in
the Jerome Part district of this
city yesterday, but there was a sub
sidance of the flood during the night
and it is believed the danger is past.
All the approaches to the district
were closely guarded and warnings
were issued to the residents to seek
safety in the more elavated por
tions of the city.
Santa Fe Issue* Warnings
TOPEKA, June 7—Officials of the
Santa Fe railroad have issued warn
ings to communities along the line
in the Arkansas river valley, of
Kansas, that the rush of the Color
ado flood waters had crossed the
state line.
Asks Federal Aid
PUEBLO, June 7—G o v e r n o i
Shoup has requested the federal
government to place the sum of
$20,000,000 at the disposal of the
state authorities for flood relief
purposes.
Red Cross In Charge
COLORADO SPRINGS, June 7—
Governor Shoup issued a proclam-,
, tion yesterday placing all of the re
lief measures and the resources
available for this purpose, in the
hands of the Red Cross society.
Forty-Two Identified
PUEBLO, June 7—A careful in
vestigation of earlier estimates in
dicated a total of 42 identified dead,
all of this city. Hundreds are still
missing.
LOVE IN IDLENESS WINS
EPSOM DOWNS, June 7—Love
In Idleness, owned by Jos. Watson,
won the Oakes stake for fillies here
on Saturday, with H. Nugent's Lady
Slipper second and Viscount Astor’s
Long Suit third. Five thousand sov
reigns went to the winner of the
race, which was second in import
ance only to the classic derby.
OFFERS REVENUE AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—
Representative Keller, of Minnesota,
has introduced an amendment to
the revenue law, providing for the
repeal of all transportation and
sales taxes, except tobacco, spirits,
oleomargarine, narcotics and the
products of child labor; also the ex
cess profits tax and -the ten per
cent tax on corporation Incomes.
Another amendment offered by the
same member provides for a tax of
one per cent on land values in ex
cess of $10,000.
PARIS GETS OLYMPIC GAMES
GENEVA, June 7—The interna
tional Olympic committee has award
ed the 1924 Olympic meeting to
Paris.
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There is no way of establishing
definitely the actual number of dead
in the district. It is estimated that
there were 17,000 people in the
flood area when the water began
rising.
The Aftermath
PUEBLO, June 7—rAfter a night
of comparative quiet, Pueblo awoke
this morning to find the flood waters
in the low-lying sections receding
below the five-foot mark, reaching
its lowest stage since its first fierce
onslaught on Friday.
The work of removing the bodies
of the victims from the Grove and
Peppersauce districts began this
morning.
Officers in command of the mili
tia units which were rushed to the
stricken districts, announced today
that order had been restored. Dur
ing all the night, guardsmen pa
trolled the streets and at midnight
reports of looting began to come in
from various sections of the city.
A close investigation of the reports
however, only disclosed two cases
of actual looting, which will be
sumarily dealt with by the authori
ties.
Examiner Starts Fund
SAX FRANCISCO, June 7—An
appeal to the people of this city to
send aid to the stricken city of
Pueblo, has been issued by Mayor
Rolph, and the Examiner has al
ready started a relief subscription
list, which is being generously sup
ported.
War Department Helping
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—1
The war department is making
every effort to send relief to the
people of Pueblo and to the near
by districts. Nurses, tents, blankets
and provisions are being rushed to
LIFE FOR MURDERER
TACOMA, June 7—Sergeant C.
Hamlin, of Camp Lewis, who was
tried here before a jury on the
charge of first degree murder for
the killing of Charles Bardon, a
railway brakeman, was found guilty
on Saturday and has been sentenced
to life imprisonment.
HARDING TALKS TO GRADS
ANNAPOLIS, June 7—In an ad
dress delivered before the graduat
ing class at the naval acadamy,
President Harding expressed the
hope that the nation never again
would be called upon to fire a gun
in war and he promised that while
he is President of the United States
the acadamy graduates would never
have to go to war except in a cause
which squared with the American
conscience.
VLADIVOSTOK IS LOST
STOCKHOLM, June 4—The Rus
sian official telegraph says that
soviet troops have annihilated the
anti-Bolsheviki forces at Vladivos
tok.
Vnua, Alaska’s Interior Tn«l Depot
the scene from the army posts in
Colorado, Wyoming: and Utah.
They Have The Spirit
..PUEBLO. June 7—“Tell the
world we are going to rebuild," is
the message sent out this morning
by the businessmen of Pueblo, and
optimistic signs have begun to ap
pear in the windows of stores still
partly submerged by the flood.
Five Hundred Dead
PUEBLO, June 7—At 3:15 this
afternoon estimates made of the
number of dead indicated that it
would not exceed 500, and probably
would be under that figure.
The property loss is still set above
$10,000,000.
At 3:30 this afternoon, the bodies
recovered numbered 132.
The known dead in the towns of
Avondale, Vineland and Boone, and
the district lying between Pueblo
and Boone, number 22.
Only one life is reported to have
been lost at Denver, where the
flood is now subsiding rapidly.
Property Loss Heavy
PUEBLO, June 7—According to
a careful estimate made by a com
mittee of local real estate men, the
flood damage to the city has been
placed at between $15,000,000 and
$20,000,000.
Red Cross officials in charge of
relief work estimate that the death
list for the flood area will exceed
500 when a count becomes possible.
Congress to the Rescue
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—
Simultaneous resolutions introduced
in the house and senate today makes
a million dollars immediately avail
able for the preliminary flood relief
measures in the stricken Colorado
districts.
JURY COULD NOT AGREE
KNOX, Ind., June 7—The jury
in the case of Cecil Burkett, aged
11 years, charged with the murder
of Benny Slavin, aged seven, was
discharged on Saturday, after hav
ing failed to reach an agreement.
The case attracted universal atten
tion because of the youth of the
prisoner.
POWER OF ATTORNEY FAKED
BY MAHONEY, NOTARY SAYS
SEATTLE, June 7—In an affi
davit filed with the county auditor,
by E. J. Brandt, notary public, de
clares that the power of attorney,
purporting to have been signed by
Mrs. Kate Mahoney, under which
her husband secured control of
property valued at $200,000, was
in reality signed by another woman
calling herself Mrs. Mahoney. The
notary says that he discovered the
fraud several weeks after he had
taken the acknowledgment.
The police are still searching for
the missing wife of Mahoney.
E. R. Richardson is officiating on
the ice wagon now.
SUPREME COURT DISMISSES
CASE AGAINST A. CAN COL
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—
At the request of the department of
Justice, the supreme court has dis
missed the Government’s appeal
| suit against the American Can Co.,
j and its subsidiaries, under the Sher
man anti-trust law.
The request for dismission of the
action was based on the court’s de
cision in the case of the Govern
ment against the United States
Steel corporation.
NOT LIABLE FOR MISTAKES
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—
The supreme court has upheld the
contention of the Western Union
company that it cannot be held
liable for damages resulting from
errors in the transmission of mes
sages while the lines of the company
were being operated under Govern
ment control.
REDS SHOOT PRISONERS
TOKYO, June 7—Reports which
have reached this city from Harbin
state that the Bolshevik!, who are
preparing to evacuate Khabarovsk,
capital of the maritime province In
Siberia, have executed 100 political
prisoners within the past few days.
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STEAMER ALASKA ON FIRE
j SAN FRANCISCO, June 7—Fire
j was discovered yesterday in the rope
locker of the steamer Alaska, but
the flames were extinguished before
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any material damage had resulted.
The Alaska is ^nanned by a non
union crew.
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TULSA AUTOIST SHOT
i TULSA, Okla., June 7—R. L. Os
borne, a member of an automobile
party, who was shot last night when
, the machine failed to stop when
| ordered to halt by guardsmen, died
! this morning, bringing the total
| number of w-hite victims, resulting
’from recent disorders, to 11.
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HARDING REMOVES ATTORNEY
i WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7—
: President Harding has removed
Hugh Robertson from his position
! as federal district attorney, whose
’jurisdiction covers Western Texas.
| No reason is assigned for the action
: of the President.
Demana, A-laaka’s Interior Fuel Depot
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