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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY. JUNE 14. 1921
NUMBER 30
SENATE CONFIRMS BONE’S APPOINTMENT
MARINE ENGINEERS AGREE TO RETURN TO WORK
GOMPERS TAKES OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF UNION’S FUTURE
GOMPERS URGES WORKERS
TO GET BACK OF FARMER
DENVER. June 14—In his open
ing address before the annual con*
vention of the American Federation
of Labor, in this .city yesterday
President Samuel Gompers made a
plea for closer co-operation betweer
organized industrial workers and tht
farmers of the country- He wamec
+ that the same interests that are pro
moting the alleged anti-union drive
are trying “to drive the farmer
back from the position they attain
ed during the past few years.
The veteran leader declared tha'
“the labor movement in Americj
row stands intact and -will continui
to stand so.” He predicted that be
ore next winter, the membership o:
r the American Federation of Labo:
would number five million.
* The old timer was given a grea
ovation when he rose to address thi
big gathering, both delegates an<
visitors cheering him loudly.
RUTH KNOCKS TWENTIETH
NEW’ YORK, June 14—Beside
pitching his first game of the sea
•on. Babe Ruth knocked anothe
home run yesterday, in the gam
against Detroit, with none on bases
Ruth has a total of 20 homers t
his credit for the season.
FIRE THREATENS STEAMER
NEW’ YORK, June 14—Th
steamship George Washington wa
considerably damaged by fire ye.'
terday. while moored at Hoboker
The cause of the blaze has not bee
ascertained.
LABOR DELEGATES W1THDRAV
DENVER, June 11—A break i
the ranks of the laborites occurre
here on Saturday, when the deb
gates of the United Brotherhood o
Carpenters and Joiners withdre'
from the .convention building o
the Metal Trades department of th
American Federation of Labor. Th
withdrawal was the result of th
adoption of a resolution suspendin
any international union failing t
comply with the awards of th
National Board of Jurisditiom
Awards.
SIMS IS COMING HOME
LONDON, June 14—Admiral Sire
says he has not yet received Sei
retary Denby’s message calling hii
home, but that it is his intentio
to start home anyway tomorrow.
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CABINET CONSIDERS ALASKA;
I PRESIDENT MAY GET POWERS!
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BOOZE SMUGGLERS FREEZE
BOTTLES IN CAKES OF ICE
NEW YORK. June 14—In the
contest to discover the most in
genious means of deflecting atten
tion of prohibition enforcement
agents, customs officers here believe
this contrivance deserves at least
honorable mention:
In their search of the steamship
Glendoloa, the inspectors obeyed a
“hunch” and rummaged through
the ship's cold storage plant. Frost
ing on the large cakes of ice. ren
^ dering them quite opaque, whetted
their suspicions, and they scraped
off the coating. An improvised “X
ray” made by attaching reflectors
to electric light bulbs, revealed bot
tle-shaped black spots within the
translucent blocks. More than 20c
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bottles of whisky had been thus
frozen into these glacial hiding
^ places, they^reported.
AUSTRIAN BANKNOTES USED
TO PAPER WALLS OF CAFES
;! GENEVA, June 14—Papering th<
51 wails with Austrian banknotes ha;
- proved such a good advertisemenl
for a St. Gall restaurant that othei
i innkeepers have taken up the idea
They have found that the cost li
little more than that of good wal
f paper.
* A Geneva firm recently begar
1 pinning Austrian notes of from ter
- to 1,000 crowns on each woman’!
f I garment sold, according to the cos
v 1 of the garment.
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e DEMPSEY STOPS TRAINING;
e CARPENTIR HARD AT 11
e ATLANTIC CITY, June 14—Jacl
j: Dempsey dropped all training act
a j ivities yesterday, much to the sup
e prise of fans who have been watch
1 ing the champion perform. It ii
expected that training -will be re
sumed tomorrow. Fans express thi
belief that the wound over Demy
s sey’s eye is causing some uneasi
ness and that ring work was sus
n pended in order to give the injur;
n time to improve. Manager Kearn
has not issued any statement regard
- ing the plans, but it is generall;
i understood that ail risks of reopen
. ing the cut will be carefully avoid
ed.
Thinks Dempsey Will Win
Lee Tandler, Philadelphia lighi
weight, after watching Dempse
work out, said that if Carpentie
lasts beyond the third round, he wi
be the most surprised man in th
arena.
Carpentier Training Hard
MANHASSETT, June 14—Georj
es Carpentier has begun his week o
hardest training, -with a longe
work-out and mere sparring tha
has been the custom. There wa
some talk last v.eek of the Prencf
man being over-trained, but it i
evident that neither h<» nor hi
manager hold that opinion.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 14—
The senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of Scott C. Bone to be
governor of Alaska. There was no
opposition to the favorable action
and it is indicated by Alaskans now
in the capital that the new govern
or will have the solid backing of all
factions in the territory when iie
assumes office.
Now that the question of the
governorship has been disposed ot,
it is generally believed that action
will be taken soon by the President
on the other Alaskan appointments,
but what that action will be is still
very much of a mystery. Most of
the office-seekers are still hopeful
and some are as confident of recog
nition as whefi they first arrived in
the capital.
LEGION COMMANDER BURIED
CINCINNATI, June 14—Heedless
of rair., thousands attended the fu
neral services which were held here
on Saturday in honor of the late 1.
W. Galbraith, national commander
. of the American Legion, whose
death occurred last week. Four
thousand persons occupied seats in
the church and several thousand
| waited outside and later joined the
i long line which passed the bier. Tne
, burial took place in Arlington ceme
tery.
The deceased was one of this
, city’s best known citizens. He was
a colonel in the old First regiment
;: of the Ohio National guard and,
when the United States entered the
l war against Germany, he recruited
: a regiment for service overseas and
j commanded it, at St. Mihiel, Ar
‘ gonne and in Belgium. He was
| decorated for bravery by the French
: Belgian and American governments.
', He was 50 years old.
COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL
FOR FREE PANAMA TOLLS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14—
. The senate inter-oceanis canals com
-Imittee has submitted a favorable
r! report on the bill exempting Ameri
s j can coastwise ships from the pay
- ment of Panama Canal tolls.
r The vote of the committee wa;
- unanimous after Senator Walsh, ol
-! Montana, had withdrawn his re
| quest for hearings on the bill. The
decision to report the bill exempt
| ing only coastwise vessels, insteac
' j of all American ships, was reached
1 because the committee was assuret
r that Great Britain, during the Tatf
* administration, formally concede<
e that the Hay-Pauncefort treat]
authorized the exemption of coast
wise vessels.
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PLANE WILL HUNT ROBBER
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14—Th<
air service has authorized the us<
of an e ‘ 'plane to assist in thi
search fsr Ro’’ Gardner, escape
mail robber, >,ao is in hie :ng ii
Washington.
C. A. Frank was^ among today*:
arrivals from Fairbanks. „
More Power For President |
It is understood the administra- j
tion favors legislation which win |
give the President more powers in 1
dealing with certain Alaskan ques- ;
tions.
Alaska and Alaskan problems were j
discussed at todays meeting of the .
cabinet, and it was shown that the j
hands of the federal government
j are tied to some extent by the fact
i that the agencies dealing with the
f territory are so widely scattered j
among the Government departments j
It was the opinion of the cabinet ]
that the administration should be j
thrown behind some specific measure j
: to bring all these powers directly un
! der the President. Such a bill, it
' is indicated, will be passed at the
j next session of Congress.
i SEATTLE BOY BREAKS RECORD
PHILADELPHIA, June 14- Law
rence Brown, of lieattle. eaptam of
'the University of Pennsylvania team,
i broke the world's record nere od
Saturday, when he ran 1,000 yards
in two minutes, twelve and one
fifth seconds, which is one-fifth of
i a second under the record of Mel
I vin Sheppard, former title holder.
BANDITS STEAL A CASHIER
j SPOKANE, June 14—The Addy
j State Bank was robbed of $4,500
I on Saturday by bandits, who held
| the cashier, Clarence Oslrom, and
'his wife prisoners from midnight un
j til 7:30 in the morning, while the
! vault was being opened. When the
■job was finished, the bandits, three
• in number, escaped in an automobile,
taking their two prisoners with them
to a point near Valley, Wn.p where
they were set at liberty.
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REFINED SUGAR GOES DOWN;
IS LOWEST IN FIVE YEARS
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14—The
price of refined cane sugar took a
! drop of 35 cents a hundred yester
] day, at the refineries, the price now
. being $6.40 per hundredweight for
refined sugar and $6.20 for beet
1 sugar.
j The new prices are the lowest
i quoted in five years.
\ BOLSHEVIK COMMISSIONER
WANTS YANKEES STOPPED
j RIGA, June 14—Petrograd news
■ papers jftmounce that the Bolshevik
commissioner at Kamchatka has
asked the Central government or
, armed ships to protect him from
. “American merchants who prevent
him from taking possession of geld
jar.d furs at Kamchatka.”
COA- T RIVERS DROPPING
PORTLAND, June 14—The flood
, waters of the Columbia and William
, t"e risers are receding, the first
('-op in the river levels since tb
j recent inundation, having t ->en re
(ported /esteaiay.
I Hera: n Schreck arrived in Ne
nana today from Fairbanks.
WAR BROKE FRENCH CHAMP;
NOW HAS SNUG FORTUNE
PARIS. June 14—Georges Car
penter, who emerged from the war
rained and practically penniless, is
now reported to be worth more than
three million francs, or a little over
$200,000 in real money, all of
which he has made since his tight
with Joe Beckett.
All of his property in Lievin. just
outside of Lens, was destroyed dur
ing the war and, while mobilized,
he spent what savings he had to
keep his mother and family, even
getting into debt, which his share
of the purse for his light with Dick
Smith, in June, 1919, just evened
up.
Prior to his departure for the
United States, Carpentier toured
Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden,
Norway, Switzerland, Northern Af
rica and Spain and, under the keen
business management of Descamps,
was able fairly to rake in the paper
francs. Descamps worked with the
pugilist on the tour on a 40 per
cent agreement.
GARDNER STILL AT LIBERTY;
MANY OFFICERS ON TRAIL
KELSO, Wn„ June 14—Mail
Robber Gardner, who made a sen
sational escape last week while be
ing taken the McNeil Island, is still
at large, but a large party of offi
cers and others are maintaining a
sharp lookout and hope of recaptur
ing the escape has not been aban
doned. It is believed that Gardner
| is in hiding in a small swamp near
there, but it is pointed out that if
the has escaped from the swamp
[ there will be many avenues of es
! cape open to him and it will be
j difficult to capture him.
A motorboat went up the Cow
litz river last night and it is be
lieved by the officers that eonfeder
| ates may have sent aid to the
! fugitive.
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BRITAIN WILL BE NEUTRAL
LONDON, June 14—Announce
i ment was made in the house of
commons yesterday by Austen
Chamberlain that it is the intention
of Great Britain to maintain strict
neutrality toward the Greeks and
Turkish Nationalists, in their con
flict.
ROTARY CLUBS IN SESSION
EDENBURGH, June 14—The In
ternational Association of Rotary
Clubs began its twelfth annual con
; vention here yesterday. The chair
was occupied by International Presi
dent Estes Snedecor, of Portland,
Ore., and more that 500 American
delegates are in attendance.
L >NE BANDIT MAKES BIG HAUL
ST. JOE, Idaho, June 14-r— A lone
bandit held up the cashier of the
First Sti.te Rink here yesterday and
escaped with $4,000. The cashier
was found locked in the vault.
ENGINEERS SIGN AGREEMENT;
PRIVATE OWNERS OBSTINATE
WASHINGTON, D. C\, June 14—
It is understood that representatives
of the United States Shipping Board
have signed a new wage and work
ing: agreement with the Engineers
Association. The agreement was ap
proved by the engineers yesterday.
While no formal announcement
has been made by the board official*
it has been learned that efforts are
being made to induce private own
ers to accept the agreement, thus
completely ending the marine strike.
Owners Are Obstinate
NEW YORK, June 14—H. H.
Raymond, president of the Ameri
can Steamship Owners Association,
telephoned Chairman Lasker, of the
Shipping Board, today, asking hint
not to sign the strike settlement.
Alaska Trust Will Fight Union
SEATTLE, June 14—Officials of
Pacific coast steamship companies
declare that the agreement reported
to have been signed at Washington
will not alter the attitude of private
companies operating on the Pacific
coast. President Haines is quoted
as saying “as far as our ships are
concerned, the settlement will not
interfere with the plans of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
Wre will continue operating our
coastwise and Alaska fleets with in
dependent crews and by the end of
this week we expect to operate 100
per cent.”
Frisco Strikers Receive Word
: SAN FRANCISCO, June 14—The
1 striking marine workers of this city
have been advised by wire that
. the Marine Engineers Beneficial As
sociation and the Shipping Board
have signed an agreement upon
which the strike is settled, and the
men who are on strike on the coast
are requested to prepare to return
to work. The request will be acted
upon at a meeting of the local or
ganization tonight, and if the action
of the association is ratified the men
will return to work as fast as they
: can be accommodated.
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Seattle Voting
SEATTLE, June 14—Local strik
ing engineers are voting today on
the terms of settlement accepted
; by the Engineers association.
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