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__ THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923.
NUMBER 463
LIQUOR ISSUE LOOMS LARGE AT CAPITAL
FOREIGN CAPTIVES RELEASED BY CHINK BANDITS
SUDDEN FLOODS CAUSE HEAVY LOSSES IN THE STATES
THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS
BY RUSH OF FLOOD WATERS
KANSAS CITY, June 12—At
least five persons lost their liver
in this state durng the last couple
of days as a result of floods which i
are sweeping several sections of the i
state. Many cities and towns have
reported heavy property losses in:
their localties and thousands of peo
ple have been rendered homeless.
Two fatalities have been reported
from Arkansas City, which suffered
the worst flood in its history. One
man is reported to have been drown
ed at Winfield when he attempted
to wade a flooded street. Two others
also were drowned in that vicinity
Fifty passengers were :ar >nned
on a Santa Fe passenger train near
Winfield and had to be rescued
with rowboats.
The flood has left 3.000 persons
homeless at Arkansas City.
Redstone Leaves Banks
LOVELAND. Colo., June 12
Heavy damage has resulted from
floods from the Redstone river,
which left its banks on Saturday.
One death is reported.
Millions Lost
KANSAS CITY, June 12—From
reports already received, the pro
perty loss resulting from the flood
will run into the millions, with the
heaviest damage in southwest Kan
sas. The loss at Kansas City alone
is placed at three million dollars.
Bad at Wichita
WICHITA, June 12—The Little
and Big Arkansas rivers have left
their banks, following a fall of more
than five inches in rain. The north
section of the city has been under
water for several days and the en
tire city is threatened.
Flood Warning*
DENVER, Col, June 12—Flood
warnings have been posted as the
result of heavy rains in the Rocky
mountain region. Part of the Globe
ville section of Denver is under
water as a result of the overflow
ing of Platte river. Watchers have
been stationed along the river banks
of the Platte and Cherry to give
early warning of more serious in
undations.
Heat Wave Break*
COLUMBUS, June 12—Aftei
having caused the death of three
persons last week, the heat wave
gave way to a thunder and light
ening storm, during which two live;
were lost. Four other deaths, bj
drowning, also were indirectly due
to the heat of the last week.
The extreme heat at Clevelanc
caused one woman to faint and fal
from a second story window th<
fall proving fatal.
SOLONS REACH CORDOVA
CORDOVA, June 12—The Con
gTessional party arrived on Satui
day from Seward. The visitors wer
met by representatives of the Cot
dova Chamber of Commerce and es
corted over the city visiting th
salmon and clam canneries. Afte
•lunch a special train took them t
Miles and Childs glaciers and upo
their return to town they were give
a public reception at the Northlan
Club. The Cambria sailed for Foi
Seward at six o’clock and from ther
the party will go to Juneau an
thence direct to Seattle.
HARDING MAY ASK CONGRESS
TO MODIFY PROHIBITION ACT
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HARDING DISCUSSES COURT;
WANTS AMERICANS TO JOIN
WILMINGTON, Del., June 12
Speaking informally at a luncheon
given in this city in his honor, Pres
ident Harding declared that the U
nited States cannot remain longer
isolated from the rest of the world.
•‘We would not be happy in the,
United States,” he said, “if the
rest of the civilized world were con- j
stantly in distress. We cannot live
for ourselves and more than I can
live for myelf. I want America to
make sure of its present and future
but I would have America also give
its influence to bring about the
peace of the world.”
The president voiced the beliefs
that the rest of the world cannot
recover from the effects of the war
until it “gets down to work and
builds anew as we have done here
in the United States.”
BANKERS PLEAD GUILTY;
GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE
YORK, Pa.. June 12—Thomas B.
, Baird, cashier, and William H. Bell,
: assistant cashier, entered pleas of
guilty yesterday to the charge of
embezzling more than a million dol
lars from the City bank, which clos
ed its doors in April. Baird was sen
tenced to 22 years and fined $20,000
and Bell was sentenced to from 15
to 20 years and fined $10,000.
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GREAT RODEO AT SHELBY
TO USHER IN BIG BATTLE
GREAT FALLS, June 12—Plans
! for the “greatest rodeo the west
1 has ever seen,” to be staged at
| Shelby Mont., the weeK preceding
the Dempsey-Gibbons championship
fight on July 4. are being made by
“Dick” Ringling, millionaire rancher
of Montana and son of one of the
Ringling brothers, according to John
E. Dawson, president of the Rocky
Mountain Fire Insurance Company,
who recently returned from Chicago
where he discussed the matter with
Mr. Ringling.
“Dick” Ringling is owner of 50,
000 acres in Meagher county in this
state, is an airplane enthusiast and
has been manager of the rodeos a1
Bozeman, Mont., for several years
I During the negotiations which pre
ceded signing Dempsey for the boui
with Gibbons, Mr. Ringling was ir
Chicago and took an active par
in the endeavor to secure th«
- world’s heavyweight championshij
- for Shelby.
? The crowd will come to Shelb;
- for the fight and thus, it is said
- will come in time for the rodeo
s which, according to Mr. Dawson, i
r being planned by Mr. Ringling oi
J' a scale exceeding the annual will
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i : west shows at Cheyenne, Per.dlctoi
i j and Miles City.
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e . shape of a lifeboat. You cannot sin;
i. them without breaking them t
pieces.
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 12—!
There are increasing indications in
high officials circles that President
Harding may ask Congress, when
the lawmakers reassemble next fall
to modify the prohibition law inso
far as it applies to the carrying of .
liquor aboard foreign vessels in (
American waters. It is understood
the President believes Congress nev- i
er intended that the Government
should be confronted with the sit
uation as it now faces regarding the
liquor ban.
Haynes Optimistic
Reviewing the two years prohi
bition enforcement since he assum
ed his duties as prohibition commis
sioner, Roy Haynes declares in his
annual report that faith is warrant
ed in his organization. He expresses
a fair degree of satisfaction with
accomplishments as a whole. He
says the prohibition force is operat
ing at a maximum of efficiency un
der a limited appropriation, "one
of the chief difficulties,” he says,
“may be termed sectional, where
an adverse public must be combat
ted”.
Mu»t Enforce Law Now
Under the present circumstances
BOND THEFT MADE PUBLIC
EFFORT TO GET INTEREST
SEATTLE.. June 12—The theft of
$44,000 in negotiable securities from
the safe of the Skinner & Eddy cor
poration last July, was revealed yes
terday when suit was filed restrain
ing the City of Seattle and local
banks from paying interest to the
amount of $6,000 on coupons which
were sent for collection. AH of the
stolen bonds, it is claimed, are in
Chicago where they are held by
bankers who bought them from an
unknown individual.
ATHLETE IN TOILS
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12—Rae
burn Doughty, Stanford University
football star, and recently physical
director at the Sacramento high
school, was placed under arrest here
1 on Saturday when he attempted t<
pass a $2 dollar bill which had beer
raised to $20. He is said to hav<
implicated another man, but hi;
name is not known.
NEW STEAMER LOADED
SEATTLE, June 12—The nev
liner Alaska, of the Alaska Steam
! ship company’s fleet, which sai!e<
for Alaska on Saturday has nearl;
i 300 passengers for Alaska ports
: including 27 round-trippers, and <
\ full cargo of miscellaneous freight
Among the passengers are 100 wo
men and girls who will be employe
at the herring plants in the North
H The steamer is elegantly fumishe
and is one of the finest in th
coastwise service. Captain J. N
Nord is in command.
» NOVELIST PASSES
c HENDAYE, France, June 12
) Pierre Loti, noted novelist, died her
on Saturday.
the President sees no possible course '
open but to enforce the Volstead
act to the letter as it was recently
interpreted by the supreme court.!
He believes it will be necessary
for an act of Congress to permit
the modification of the law so as
to permit foreign ships to serve .
liquor to members of their crews.
It is believed any action the pres
ident may take to bring about a
modification of the liquor law will
bring about the biggest fight in
the history of the prohibition move
ment and it is expected by some
that the question will become one of
the leading issues during the com
ing session of Congress.
Permit Refused
NEW YORK, June 12—The fed
eral public health service, which
was designed by the treasury de
partment to fix the amount of li
quor allowed the crews of foreign
'ships which sailed for New \ork
before the prohibition regulations
became effective on June 10, has re
fused to grant a permit for the re
lease of the French liner France, of
; two litres of wine, prescribed as
■a ration by the French law.
DEMOCRATS GETTING BUSY
IN EFFORT TO COME BACK
COLUMBUS, June 12—Chairman
Hull, of the Democratic National
committee, has written State Chair
man W. W. Durbin to the effect tha;
the “Victory Party” of the Demo
crats will be the ground work of
next year’s minority party presi
dential campaign. He reports that
300 “national Democratic Victory
Clubs” are being organized in 160
cities and towns.
KANSAS COURT LOSES
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 12—
The supreme court has upheld the
contention of the Wolf Packing
Company, on appeal from the Kan
sas industrial court, that the con
' cem is not clothed with such public
interest as to give the state powei
i to regulate wages paid by the com
pany.
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CHURCHMEN SEE WRITING
PORT ARTHUR, Ont., June 12—
After a controversy extending ovei
a period of 25 years, the genera
assembly of the Presbyterian churcl
of Canada, has voted in favor o:
amalgamation with the Methodis
and Congregational churches of th<
dominion. The vote stood 426 fo
amalgamation and 129 opposed.
JAPS ANSWER WITH GUNS
TOKIO, June 12—The Japanese
reply to the Chinese note of las
week, demanding an apology for th>
shooting of Chinese rioters took th
form of the dispatch of four des
troyers to reinforce the Japanes<
partol on the Yangtse river. It i
- officially stated that Japan is de
e termined to defend the lives ani
, property of her nationals in China
GREAT TRAIN SHED BURNS
RAILWAY IS HEAVY LOSER
PHILADELPHIA. June 12—The
big train shed at Broad street sta
tion, terminus of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was practically destroyed
by fire yesterday with a loss estimat
ed at one million dollars. A quantity
of mail and express and a number
of passenger coaches were burned
and a score of firemen were slightly
injured:
At the time the fire started there
were nearly 300 passengers in the
ten sleeping coaches in the shed, but
all of them escaped.
SMITH NOT CANDIDATE
CHICAGO, June 12—Governor
Smith, of New York, who passed
through this city last week enroute
to French Lick, Indiana, for a va
cation reiterated that he had no in
tention of becoming a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Pres
iident next year.
TYPHOON KILLS DOZEN
MANILLA. June 12—Thirteen
lives lost and a great area laid
waste is the story of a typhoon
; which hit the Island of Samar last
week, according to telegraphic re
cords received from the constabu
'
lary. The reports state that in se
ven towns 95 per cent of tn*
houses were destroyed. Thousand;
are homeless ar.d fam:ne is treat
ened.
U. OF W. CREW FIT
! MADISON. June 12—The mem
bers of the University of Washing
ton crew arrived here yesterda;
from the Pacific coast and wer
out for a trial spin over the coursi
on Lake Mindota today, preparator;
for the race on Saturday agains
Wisconsin. Observers declare th
Washington oarsmen look bette
than last year’s crew which easil
defeated the Wisconsin oarsmen.
PROMOTER HAS FALL
GRAND FALLS, June 12—Ro
Molumbey, one of the promoters o
the Dempsey-Gibbons fight, an
three companies were slightly ir
jured this morning when their plan
; fell to the earth near Livingston*
QUEST FOR ANCIENT SH1NGL
SAN FRANCISCO June 12
The oldest shingle in California
the object of a cash reward offere
by Gus Russell of the Santa Fe lun
ber company, San Francisco. In a(
dition, the venerable shingle, whe
it is found, will be given a plac
of distinction in the M. H. d
Y’oung Memorial Museum in Golde
Gate Park.
All entries with statements c
their authenic origin, must be a<
mitted by a retail lumber deal*
of California before Junb 1, whe
the winner will be selected by
committee of lumbermen.
I When de boss smiles dere’s a ku
. jtomer in site.
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DANGEROUS CRISIS PASSES
TSAOCHWAXG, June 12—Eight
captives, the last of the foreigners
held prisoner by the Chinese ban
dits, were released today. They
include Major Rowland W. Pinger,
Leon Friedman, John B. Powell
and Lee Solomon. Americans; Fred
Bliss and Reginald Rowiatt. Bri
tishers; Emile Gensburger. French
man; C. D. Musso. Italian.
A large number of Chinamen are
still in captivity, but negotiations
for their release-are progressing rap
idly.
Crisis Passes
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 12—
The release of the foreigners in
China ends a critical situation, but
there is every indication that the
United States and other govern
ments whose nationals were victims
of the outrage, will endeavor to
' reach an understanding which will
! insure the safety of foreigners in
China hereafter.
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PRESIDENT IS BUSY
; WASHINGTON, D. C. June 12—
, With less than ten days remaining
before his departure for the West
and Alaska. President Harding re
turned to the capital yesterday from
his Deleware trip and faces a busy
! period in preparation for his long
absence from the White House. Be
' sides the press of executive business,
the President will devote consider
able time to the preparation of ma
terial for the 14 addresses he plan
ned to deliver on the trip.
MICHIGAN HONORS YOST
IN NAMING CLUB HOUSE
ANN HARBOR June 12—The de
cision of the University of Michigan
to name the new Ferry Field Club
house the “Yost Field House” did
not come as an inspiration but rath
er as the result of a demand to thu*
honor the football mentor, from fol
lowers of the Maize and Blue in ev
ery part of the world.
For months past the athletic au
thorities have been deluged with re
. quests that this tribute be paid the
coach. The letters came from al
umni associations, state officials,
men high in official life of this
[ country, including Judge William
Day. of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and the university
body. The requests took the form
of petitions, resolutions and letters
in which in some cases approached
demand.
One of the resolutions passed by
, the university board in control of
^ athletics is typical. This resolution
acknowledge that:
“Fielding H. Yost has faithfully
and efficiently discharged the duties
of his position with credit to the
university and to himself; at all
times has been earnest in advancing
the fame of Michigan in the field
of athletic endeavor; has impressed
upon those with whom he came in
'contact ideals of fair play, clean
living and of unselfish giving, and
has been a contributing factor in
moulding the character of those a
bout him.”
Scientific computation has estab
lished that 10,000 threads of the
web of a full-grown spider are not
larger than a single hair of a man’s
beard