WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1919.
Number 81
LANE HAS NEW SCHEME TO GET MONEY
WILLARD THROWS UP SPONGE IN TOLEDO BOUT
BRITISH DIRIGIBLE SENDS HURRY CALL FOR FUEL OIL
WILLARD DEFEATED;
DEMPSEY CHAMPION
TOLEDO, O., July 4.—In what
is conceded to have been one of the
most disappointing championship
contests ever witnessed in this coun
try, Jess Willard, heavyweight title
holder, went down to easy defeat
* here this afternoon before Jack j
Dempsey, two-handed knockout fight- [
er, whose victory promises to re-1
vive the fighting game in the Unit-1
ed States. It was apparent to the j
spectators, before the end of the;
first round, that Willard was whip-!
ped. At the end of the third round, j
•with b lood streaming from his j
mouth and his head in a whirl from
the pounding administered by his i
agile, hard-hitting opponent, Willard j
threw up the sponge, much to the
disgust of the thousands of spec
tators who have traveled hundreds,
and in some cases thousands, of
miles to witness the contest. Had
the fight continued beyond the third
round, Willard undoubtedly would
have been knocked out.
NO CHANCE.
^ At no time during the brief time
that the fight lasted was the result
in doubt. Dempsey sent home a
body blow' in the first round from
which the cowboy never recovered, j
The gong saved him in the first i
round. Dempsey knocked the big!
fellow down or threw him helpless,
against the ropes seven times dur- (
ing the three rounds, notwithstand-'
ing the fact that Willard towered1
above him like a lighthouse over a
> tug. Willard acted like a sick man,
swinging feebly, while his antag
onist, with relentless persistence,
hammered home the blows like a j
great riveting machine in one of
^ Uncle Sam’s war-time shipyards.!
Toward the end of the fight the
crowd cried, “Stop it! It’s murder!’’
HARD PUNCHER.
After Willard had been assisted
to his dressing-room, he admitted to
newspapermen that “Dempsey is the
hardest puncher I ever met.’’ Demp
sey entered the ring confident of
victory and fully expected to knock
Willard out. In fact, he predicted
before the fight that he would end
the battle in that way. After the
fight he said that Willard grew so
feeble he hated to hit him.
HOT AT TOLEDO.
Intense heat prevailed throughout
the fight. At 12:45 the thermom
eter registered 120 degrees at the
ringside, and the heat continued ter
rific during the afternoon, causing
great discomfort and many prostra
tions among the spectators, thou
sands of wdiom waited in the sun all
day for a chance to get into the
arena.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
ROUND ONE—Willard landed the
first blow, a light left to the head.
Dempsey replied with a left hook
to the stomach and Willard snapped
a left to the jaw. Dempsey again
replied, this time with a right to
Willard’s jaw, which knocked the
big fellow down with such force
that he stayed there for the count
of six. Another one in the same
place put Willard down a second
time for six seconds, and before
the round ended he went to the
mat a third time. The gong saved
a Knockout.
ROUND TWO — Dempsey opened
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BALLOON CALLS
MIKEOLA, N. Y., July 5.—Amer
ican destroyers have been despatched
from Boston to the Bay of Fundy
with a supply of fuel oil for the
British dirigible R-34, which has
wirelessed a hurry call for more
gas.
The balloon, which is enroute
from Scotland to this city, passed
St. John’s, Newfoundland, yesterday,
dropping off a mail sack on the fly,
it being the desire of the navigators
to finish the flight, if possible, with
out a stop.
Advices received from Halifax
this afternoon state that the dirigi
ble is making slow progress along
the Nova Scotia coast, the slowing
down being attributed to heavy fog
banks. But for this delay, there
would have been ample fuel aboard
for the entire flight.
HIN DENBORG SAYS
HE DIRECTED WAR
LONDON, July 5.—In what ap
pears to be an attempt to shield the
former kaiser, von Hindenberg, who
is now at Hanover, has informed
Ebert that he alone is responsible
for the acts of the German head
quarters since August, 1916, and
that he also was responsible for
framing the preliminaries for the
kaiser, relating to the war.
This information reached this city
today in dispatches received from
Copenhagen.
MADISON, S. D., July 5.—A
party of 32 celebrants, who were
enjoying the Fourth in a pleasure
; launch on a lake near this city yes
terday, came to grief when the boat
foundered within 40 rods of shore.
Nine of the excursionists are
known to have lost their lives and
seven others are still missing, and it
| is feared that they also have lost
their lives. There were many nar
row escapes and several of the party
almost died before reaching shore.
—
At a meeting of the Alaska chap
ter of the American Mining con
gress held at Fairbanks this week,
i John A. aDavis, superintendent of
the bureau of mines station, was re
elected governor, with Luther C.
;Hess, John Gross and G. A. Mc
Quarrie, vice-governors; John Gross,
treasurer, and Paul Hopkins, secre
!tary.
PRESIDENT IS
DUE TO reach
PORT TONIGHT
ABOARD THE WASHINGTON,
July 5.—Independence Day was fit
tingly observed by the members of
the presidential party and the other
passengers aboard the presidential
ship George Washington, the prin
cipal feature of the celebration be
ing the Fourth of July address de
livered on board by President Wil
son.
Among other things, the President
said: “This is the most tremendous
Fourth ever imagined, for we have
opened its franchise to the whole
world.”
The George Washington is sched
uled to reach Hoboken sometime to
night.
laneIltrT
1EW SCHEME TO
GET THE MONEY
SEATTLE, July 4. — Notwith
standing the fact that Congress
failed to consent to the appropria
tion of an amount sufficient to com
plete the Alaska government rail
road, Secretary Lane and Chairman
Edes of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission do not intend to aban
don their campaign for the much
needed funds.
According to a special dispatch
received by the Post-Intelligencer
today from its Washington corre
spondent, Secretary Lane is plan
ning a new campaign to carry out
the plans of the department to fin
ish the railroad by 1921.
The plan is to endeavor to obtain
legislation authorizing an increase
in the cost pf the railroad by ap
proximately sixteen million dollars.
The members of the house confer
ence committe objected to the pro
posed appropriation of more than
the total of thirty-five million dol
lars stipulated in the original rail
road act, and in order to overcome
this objection it will be necessary to
obtain legislation removing the lim
itation. After that is done, it is
believed, it will be an easy matter
to obtain the money necessary to
complete the road.
Pending this actiftn, it probably
[will be necessary to curtail con
struction work so as not to exhaust
the funds now available before more
| money is in sight.
; GIBSON WINS CONTEST
ON FAIRBANKS TRACK
Tom Gibson carried off the hon
I
ors in the auto race held yesterday
at Fairbanks, covering the distance
in a trifle over an hour. H. G. Tay
lor nished second and Bobby Shel
don won third money.
There were six entries, Fred Rob
inson deciding to" make the run at
a late hour. But he did not last
long, a busted tire compelling him
to drop out early in the race.
Robert E. Burns has been elected
a director of the Alaska chapter of
the American Mining congress, to
represent the Nenana district.
GERMANS EAGER !
10 GET STARTED
ON PEACE PACT
PARIS, July 5.—Representatives
of the eGrman government have in
dicated that they desire immediate
ly to comply with the peace terms j
relative to reparations demanded by i
the Allies, and steps are to be taken |
to afford them this opportunity at j
the earliest possible date. j
According to information given .
out this afternoon, Allied economic
experts will be ready by next week
to begin the consideration of this
question, and early results are
promised. Oral conferences, it is
understood, are to be held, and ev
erything possible done to expedite j
compliance with the terms.
GIRL DECLINES
OFFER OF RING; i
SHOI BY YOUTH
LOS ANGELES, July 5—Harry
j New, aged 30, a well-known young
man of Glendale, has been placed
I under arrest in this city on the
Icharge of causing the death of Miss
; Frieda J. Leser, aged 21, with whom
!the young man was desperately in
love.
New entered police headquarters
late yesterday afternoon and in
! formed the officer at the desk that
|the young woman was lying dead
| in his automobile, outside the door.
■He informed the officer further that
j
he had shot the girl when she re
fused his offer of marriage. He \
! could not endure the thought of her
becoming the wife of someone else.
Upon investigation, the officers
found the girl as described, where
upon young New was taken into cue- j
tody and will be tried probably on |
a charge of murder.
REVOLUTION HITS !
SOUTHERN NATION
LIMA, Peru, July 5.—This coun
try is in the throes of a revolution
which threatens the downfall of the
government of President Pardo. The
president and several members of
his cabinet have been thrown into
prison by the revolutionists.
The revolution broke with unex
pectedness at three o'clock yester
day morning, and is spreading rap
idly throughout the republic.
MONTHLY MEETING
OE MONDAY
The regular monthly meeting of j
Nenana Igloo, No. 17, Pioneers of j
NENANA CELEBRATES
BIG DOUBLE HOLIDAY
Fair weather, an excellent pro
gram, many out-of-town visitors a;ul
a double reason for making merry
have combined to make Nenana’s
fourth annual Independence Day
celebration the greatest ever, and
there is every reason to believe that
the final number on the lengthy
program tonight will find every one
well pleased with the entertainment
provided. Showers threatened yes
terday to interfere with the pro
gram, but after an unloading of
rain clouds during the noon hour,
the afternoon turned out fair and
continued so throughout the re
mainder of the day. Just enough
rain fell to put the streets in ex
cellent condition for the track
events.
The celebration opened with a
dance at Union hall, which was
largely attended and greatly en
joyed, the floor being crowded with
dancers until well after midnight.
The patriotic exercises yesterday
morning marked the commencement
of the regular celebration program,
a large crowd being on hand to hear
the reading of the Declaration of
Independence and the other num
bers comprising the excellent pro
gram. The program opened with the
song, “America,” sung by the audi
ence, followed by:
Declaration of Independence—
Edgar Brooker.
“Liberty Bell,” recited by Mar
garet Southworth.
Oration of the Day—R. S. Mc
Donald.
Pageant, by pupils of Franklin *
K. Lane school.
“Star-Spangled Banner,’’ by the
audience.
Following the exercises, which
were held on A street in front of
the Coliseum, the crowd adjourned
to the waterfront, where Nenana’s
Victory honor flag was raised by
Miss Mildred Anderson, whose ac
tivities during the last loan cam
paign carried Nenana “over the top.”
The track events were held on A
street, commencing shortly after one,
jwith both sides of the street crowd
led with spectators. The seating ar
rangement, with benches along the
outer edge of the sidewalk on both
sides of the street, between l-ir^t
and F to >nd streets, proved highly
satisfact. .•/, affording everyone an
!unobstructed view of the events
The events began with a 5'1-yard
dash, and ended at five o’c! 5ck with
a pillow fight, in which youthful
native villagers were the chief par
ticipants, creating much amusement
for th ecrowd. The events, with
winners, were as follows:
50-yard dash, open—Alex Fowler,
first; Frank Jones, second.
75-yard dash, men over 50—
George Taylor, first; E. A. Head,
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Alaska, will be held at Union hall,!
Monday evening, July 7, at the 1
usual hour, and a special request
has been made that all members be ■
in attendance for the consideration
of the many important matters that i
will be presented for discussion.
Among- the matters to come up
will be the election of a new presi
dent to succeed John H. Flower,
who w-ill leave for the Koyukuk on
the steamer Reliance tonight.
Another matter of importance will ]
be the reading of the reports of the '
last two sessions of the grand igloo. |
The new password also is to be giv
en out at this meeting.
TRAIN TO LEAVE !
AFTER THE SHOW
Superintendent Packer is authori
ty for the statement that the train i
for the end of the line, south of
town, will be held until 11 o’clock •
tonight, so that all may take in the
picture show and other events j
scheduled for this evening.
Accommodations also will be pro
vided tonight for the men working
across the river, so that all em
ployees of the Commission who care
to do so, and who can be spared
from the work, may enjoy two full I
days of celebration in town.
T. P. Farmer, national bank ex
aminer, who reached Fairbanks over
the trail the other day, left on the
return trip to the States today, trav- j
eling by auto. j
JUNEAU, July 4.—The gasboat
Dlopek, which is being; used by the
iivers engaged in the search for
jodies of victims of the Princess
Sophia wreck, arrived here today
from the scene of the disaster with
21 additional bodies which were re
covered from the vessel. Court
Trustee Tripple and the divers ac
companied the boat.
The Clopek searchers have recov
ered a total of 60 bodies, including
those brought to Juneau today.
Sixty-three have been taken from
the boat altogether, and a total of
255 recovered from the vessel and
the water, leaving a total of 92
ttodies unrecovered.
At the time the message was
iespatched from Juneau the worn
3f identifying the bodies was in
crogress, the task being rendered
easy by the excellent state of pres
ervation in which the bodies were
found.
FUELLING COMES BACK
AS SIGNAL CORPS MAN
Among the arrivals on the steamer
Tanana was Ralph Fuelling, who
spent some time in Nenana as a
member of the special guard sent
ip from the army town at Gibbon,
tnd who gave up his sergeantcy to
jecome a member of the signal
corps, a higher branch of the army.
Se came to Nenana to relieve Pri
vate Moortgat at the local station.