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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1921
NUMBER 51
CHICAGO JURORS ACQUIT BALLPLAYERS
AIRPLANE IS COMING NORTH ON FLIGHT TOPPLE
AMERICAN PRISONERS ARE FREED BY SOVIET RUSSIA
AMERICAN PRISONERS FREE;
RUSSIA TO GET ASSISTANCE
RIGA, Aug. 4—All of the Ameri
can prisoner? in Russia have been
released from confinement, accord
ing to unofficial advices received in
this city. The reports do not indi
cate, however, when they will cross
the border. -
Relief Worker* Read;
LONDON, Aug. 4—W. L. Brown.
European director of American re
lief. will leave for Riga on Friday,
and upon the conclusion of a written
agreement, the entire resources of
the relief administration will be
directed to the immediate relief of
Starving Russians.
The instructions of Secretary of
I Commerce Hoover were sent upon
receipt of Maxim Gorky’s cablegram
transmitting the soviet’s acceptance
of the American offer of relief.
^Hoover announced that food ship
ments to Russia could begin immed
iately upon the settlement of con
ditions. It is estimated that the re
lief will cost approximately a million
and a half monthly.
Situation Growing Seriout
LONDON, Aug. 4—The hunger
stricken people of the famine dis
tricts of Russia are setting fire to
their villages before deserting them
for other parts of Russia, according
to reports received in this city from
Helsingfors. The advices also state
that there are persistent reports
from the interior of Russia to the
effect that great preparations arc
being made to deal with the masses
of peasants who are moving toward
Moscow. Trenches are being dug
about the city and war material is
being installed preparatory to re
sisting any attack that may be made
upon the city.
Reports received at Helsingfors
also indicate that the Petrograd
garrison has mutinied again.
BRITAIN WINS THIRD HEAT
COWES England, Aug. 4—Brit
ain wen the third race yesterday
ii: the series for the Internaional
six meter yacht cup, scoring 21
points to America’s 15. In the hrst
heat raced last week, the American
yacht was unmasted.
BAY SHIPYARDS CUT WAGES
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2—The
Bay shipyards have reduced wages
ten per cent and the cut has been
accepted without protest, except in
the case of patternmakers, 30 of
whom have struck.
OLDT1MER COMING NORTH
SEATTLE, Aug. 4—George T.
Snow, founder of the Y'ukon Order
of Pioneers, is enroute to Dawson,
accompanied by his wife, to attend
a meeting of the grand lodge as a
delegate from the Seattle branch of
the order. It will be his first visit
to the Y’ukon since 1898.
WYOMING TOWN FLOODED
CHEYENNE, Aug. 4—The muni
cipal camping grounds at Buelah,
Wyoming, were covered with four
feet of water early this week, as the
sudden rise of the waters of Sand
Creek. Parts of the town were also
inundated, and residents were forced
to leave hastily. The flood subside!
| quickly, however, and very little
damage resulted.
CROOKED PLAYING ADMITTED
BUT JURY SAYS NOT GUILTY
I TEXAS OFFICIALS WANT CASH
REWARD FOR TAKINK BANKER
EL PASO, Aug. 4—It is stated
at local detective headquarters that
Warren Spurgin, missing president
I of the Michigan Trust Company, of
Chicago, has been arrested on the
American border, near Marfa.
Local officials claim to know the
i whereabouts of the missing man but
they are awaiting assurances from
Chicago that a reward has been of
fered for his arrest before giving out
any information. Confirmation of
the reported arrest is lacking.
Tried To Escape In Plane
SAX ANTONIO. Aug. 4—A man
[answering the description of Spurgin
attempted to induce a Kelly Field
aviator to take him across the line
into Mexico on Sunday, according
to information obtained by the fed
I eral authorities.
Arrest Believed Imminent
i CHICAGO, Aug. 4—With the trail
! of Spurgin leading toward the Mexi
can border, the authorities believe
1 his arrest is imminent, as many
officers are on the lookout for him
! along the border.
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SAILORS RETURN IN IRONS
HONOLULU, Aug. 4—The Pacific
| Mail steamer Creole State has ar
rived here from Manila with three
; members of the crew under arrest,
j charged with sabotage. They are
| two oilers and the first assistant
I engineer and the charge against
them is that they placed emery dust
in the bearings.
TRAINS COLLIDE—TWO DEAD
MASON CITY, la.. Aug. 4—Two
i freight trains were wrecked near
this city yesterday in a head on col
; lision, with the result that Brakeman
j Dave Slater was killed, Engineer A1
Moody fatally scalded and four other
trainmen seriously injured.
EXCESSIVE FEES ARE TABOO
BALTIMORE, Aug. 4—The board
; of trustees of the John Hopkins
hospital, have issued a statement in
which they declare that the maxi
mum fee of any surgeon for any
i operation, however wealthy the
patient, should not exceed $1,000.
! The statement also says the mini
' mum charge for attending a patient
; in a hospital, should not be less
; than $35 per week.
! K. C. CONVENTION OPENS
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4—Op
position to religious prejudice is the
■ annual convention of the Knights
! of Columbus, which opened in this
city this week. Knight Flaherty de
I dared, in his pre-convention ad
; dress that “professional purveyors
j of prejudice"’ are seeking to divide
, American citizens into classes, and
i creating suspicion and distrust.
SENATOR NORRIS VERY ILL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 4—
Senator George W. Norris, of Ne
braska, is critically ill in this city.
| CHICAGO, Aug. 4—Seven form
er members of the White Sox base
ball team and two others who weri
indicted on a charge of conspirinf
to throw the 1919 World series
were acquitted by the trial juri
late Tuesday night, at the conclu
sion of a sensational trial. The ver
diet jvas arrived at after a deliber
ation of two hours and 47 minutes
and it is stated that only one ballo
was taken.
Announcement of the verdict wa!
followed by a wild demonstratior
favorable to the players, and th<
players and jurors danced abou'
the court room mutually congratu
latory. Spectators slapped the jury
men on the back, shouting approva
of the verdict, and their was gener
al rejoicing throughout the city.
Must Explain Confeations
Charles Comiskey, owner of th<
White Sox club, has issued a publi<
statement in which he declares tha
JAPS OBJECT TO COOLIES
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 4
Wilmot C. Hillon. delegate from th<
Honolulu Labor Council, testified be
fore the house immigration com
mittee that Japanese residents oi
Honolulu had contributed $1,500 t<
pay his expenses and those of anoth
er labor delegate, to come to Wash
ingtor, for the purpose of protesting
against a resolution permitting
Chinese coolies to enter Hawai
temporarily for the purpose of re
lieving the labor shortage there.
COAL GRAFTERS ARRESTED
MALTIMORE, Aug. 4—Officers
directors and several members o1
the Baltimore Coal Exchange hav<
been indicted by the grand jury or
charges of monopoly and conspiracy
to fix the price of anthracite coal
ALBERTA FARMERS IN POWEI
CALGARY, Aug 4—Herb Green
field, vice president of the Unite'
Farmers, was chosen premier of A1
berta at a meeting of the farm or
ganization, which controls the legis
lature.
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HENRY ALBERS PASSES
PORTLAND, Aug. 4—J. Henry
Albers, millionaire miller, whos<
conviction on a charge of violatin'
the espoinage act was recently se
aside, is dead, having succumbec
to a stroke of paralysis.
BANKER UNDER ARREST
FARGO, Aug. 4—T. L. Beisecker
prominent North Dakota banker
head of a string of banks and heavi
ly in terested in other activities
has been placed under arrest on i
charge of violating the federal bank
ing laws.
BRITAIN DROPS PLAN
LONDON, Aug. 4—Great Britaii
has abandoned the plan to hold ;
preliminary conference and has an
nonneed that the government wil
participate in the Washington di=
armament conference as origiiiall;
j planned.
■ j he will have nothing' to do with the
' | acquitted players until they have
made satisfactory explanation of the
confessions made by them at the
', time of the grand jury investiga
i tion.
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Landi* 1« Not Satisfied
Judge Landis has announced that
none of the acquitted players has
any immediate prospect of being
: restored in the ranks of organized
baseball, notwithstanding the verdict
] of not guilty returned by the trial
j jurj.
Can’t Play In West
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4—The
■ acquittal of the White Sox players
. will not get them anything on the
Pacific Coast, according to Presi
i dent McCarthy, of the Pacific Coast
j league, who has announced that
| none of the acquitted men will be
permitted to play in the Western
. organization.
HUMBOLDT GOES FOR SONG
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4—An
order issued by the superior court
of this city grants permission to
Millard Ottinger to sell the steamer
Humboldt, famous ship of Klondike
days, for the sum of $10. The ves
sel is part of the estate of Ottinger's
father and it was represented to the
court that the ship is losing $1,200
monthly by reason of being idle.
Under court procedure the ship
could not be donated, so it was ar
ranged to sell it for a nominal sum.
QUAKE FATAL IN ITALY
ROME, Aug. 4—The postoffice
j building at Bari, in southeastern
i Italy, collapsed yesterday as the re
! suit of an earthquake. Eight bodies
I have been recovered from the ruins.
Others are reported to have been
killed and many injured.
OFFICER VICTIM OF BATTLE
BELLINGHAM, Aug 4—Deputy
' Sheriff J. F. Chatfield, who was
wounded several days ago in a re
volver fight with two men w hom he
suspected of being booze runners,
has died of his injuries. The fight
occurred near Blaine, on the Canad
ian border.
CANADIAN SHIP ASHORE
VANCOUVER. B. C., Aug. 4—
! The Canadian freighter Canadian Ex
porter is aground in Willipa harbor
and is said to be in a precarious
j pos. ion. It was reported yesterday
that the vessel had broken in two
amidships, but this was later denied.
, KNIGHTS TO FIGHT DISEASE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4—The
Knights of Columbus anti-tuberculo
I sis committee has decided to fight
| tuberculosis throughout the nation
i: by a campaign in the 2,000 com
i: munities where the organization is
- represented. The thirty-ninth annual
1 convention of the order opened in
- this city on Tuesday witl a lar. e
: attendance of delegates from all
j parts o' the country.
ALASKA POSTAL SERVICES
AUTHORIZED FOR WINTER
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4—1
The superintendent of railway mail :
service at Seattle has been author
ized by the postoffice department to
establish the following emergency
mail routes in Alaska:
Hot Springs, via Eureka, to Ram
part. once a week from November 1
to April SO.
Holy Cross, via Anvik, to Kaltag,
once a month, during the same
period.
j Ruby, via Long, Poorman, Ophir'
j and McGrath, to Tacotna.
Iditarod to Flat, one round trip
| weekly, from October 16 to April 30. i
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ARKANSAS BANK ROBBED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 4—
The City Bank at Bauxite w*as held
j up by two masked men last night.
! The bandits escaped with aoprovi
! mately $9,000.
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CALIFORNIA FISHERMEN ARE
MAKING MONEY ON HAULS
I
SAN DIEGO. Aug. 4—Fishing
boats carrying crews of three and
! four men, are clearing $1,000 daily
.catching albacore in local waters.
• and five canneries, which had been
closed for some little time owing
• to a strike among the fishermen, are
i now working full capacity. Tre
| mendous schools of albacore and
I record catches are reported.
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! LUMBER MILLS ARE WORKING
EUGENE, Ore.. Aug. 4—Sixty
five per cent of all lumber mills and
fifty per cent of the logging camps
in the Pacific Northwest are working
now, and employing about the same
percentage of mill hands and loggers
according to a survey which has just
been completed.
NAVY YARD WAGES ARE CUT
VALLEJO, Cal., Aug. 4—A cut
of 24 cents a day on all basic trades
has been announced at Mare Island
I
Navy yard. Under the new scale,
i the wages of mechanics will range,
from $6.48 to $6.96 a day, with a
few receiving as high as $7.84. The
reduction affects several thousand
men.
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| COLORED PORTER WHIPPED
TEXARKANA, Aug. 4—A negio
j porter was abducted last night and
taken across the Arkansas border,
where he was stripped and severely
whipped, after which he was warned
to leave town. He was told that he
had had “too much to do with white
women.”
BOOZE IMPORTS INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4
1 Intoxicating beverages imported into
j the United States during the fiscal
j year ending June 30, were valued
at $5,000,000 as compared with half
a million during the previous year,
accord'1*'? to a report made public
by the department of commerce this
week. :fir
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AIRPLANES TO COME NORTH
FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aup. 4—
Edwin Fairfax Naulty, of New York,
has announced plans for a Polar air
flight in September, from Point Bar
row to Spitzenbergen and North
Cape, Norway, for the purpose of
scientific observations with a view to
determining the feasibility of a new
commercial route.
The flight will be made in one
plane, carrying Naulty and three
former service men. The start is to
be made from Seattle, under convoy
of other planes, and the adventurers
will proceed by easy stages, stopping
at Ketchikan, Anchorage and Nome.
The question of obtaining fuel
is the big problem but Naulty be
lieves he will be safe with a supply
for fifty hours continuous flight. A
landing will be made at the North
Pole if possible.
SEATTLE STATISTICS SHOW
COST OF LIVING LOWERING
SEATTLE, Aug. 4—Statistics
gathered by the College of Admin
istration, University of Washington,
indicate that the cost of living in
Seattle has dropped 20 per cent
since May, 1920.
Clothing shows the greatest price
decline, with a reduction of more
than 36 per cent. Furniture is next
with 34 per cent and food has lower
ed 23 per cent. Miscellaneous items
show a reduction of 5.2 per cent
and rents 3.3 per cent.
Fuel is the only commodity which
has increased in price, the advance
being 6.7 per cent.
ALASKA DECISION UPHELD
SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 4—The
circuit court of appeal? has affirmed
the decision of the Alaska district
court which pave Amelia Hamilton
judgment for a small tract of tide
land adjoining Ketchikan.
PUGET SOUND BOAT WRECKED
SEATTLE. Aug. 4—The little
Puget Sound steamer Athleon is
marooned on Ludlow reef, and it is
feared will be a total loss. The ac
cident occurred during a dense fog,
but the passengers, of whom there
were only a few aboard, escaped to
shore easily. The vessel has been
operating on Puget Sound routes
since 1900.
MRS. AGEE FREED BY JURY
PORTLAND, Aug. 4—Mrs. Louise
Agee, who was tried in this city on
a charge of murdering her husband,
Harry, who was found on June 11,
with his throat cut, was found not
guilty by the trial jury.
ARCTIC PLANE ON THE WAY
DILLON, Mont., Aug. 4—The air
plane Polar Bear, which is enroute
from Mexico to Siberia, arrived here
early this week.
BIG DIRIGIBLE COMING
WASHINGTON, b. C., Aug. 4—
Officials of the navy department are
authority for the statement that the
monster British-t uilt dirigible RZ-2
will sail from Hcvden, England, on
August 25, for the United States.
The big aerial cruiser w ’1 be housed
at Lakehurst, N. J.
Hesasa, the Clateway to McKlatey
Xatloaal Park.