Celebrate the Glorious Fourth with Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1923 NUMBER 465
n7y. drys ask governor to retract
AMERICANS DEMANDING PROTECTION IN CHINA
DEMPSEY THREATENS PROMOTERS—-GETS HIS MONEY
CONDITIONS VERY BAD
SAYS CHINESE REPORT
SHANGHAI. June 16—The Amer
ican Association of China and the
American Chamber of Commerce
at Shanghai have issued a joint state
ment in which they declare condi
tions in China at present are the
“worst since the Boxer outbreak.”
American lives, they contend are in
danger and the prestige and business
of Americans are being destroyed by
lack of strong action.
The organizations have sent a
cable to the state department at
Washington charging the Chinese
with continued outrages against Am
ericans and insulting the American
flag, and Chinese officials refuse to
protect foreigners.
The cable says an “intolerable sit
uation has been created by indeci
sion at Washington and failure of
the Government to act aggresively.
We demand protection for Ameri
cans in China.”
WORLDS BUTTER
RECORD SMASHED
VANCOUVER, B. C. June 16—
Agassiz Segis May Echo, a five-year
eld Holstein, owned by the Dominion.
Experimental farm at Agassiz. B. C.,
has established a world’s record in
butter production, according to the
announcement of W. H. Hicks, sup*
erintendent of the farm.
This queen of dairy animals. Mr.
Hicks said, has in 365 days produc- i
ei 30,886 pounds of milk, averag-j
iag more than 4 per cent butter fat
and yielding 1681 pounds of butter.
“This.'- said Mr. Hicks, “is seventy
four pounds of butter more than
produced in the same period by the
previous world's record holder, Bella)
Pantiac- of Brantford, Ont.
STRIKE POSTPONED
PUEBLO, June 16—The p iposed
strike of Denver, Rio Grande 4
Western shopmen, scheduled for to-!
day. has been postponed until Tups- ■
hay. Governor Sweet is trying to!
gex the rail official* and shopmen i
bag-ether.
FORMER PRIEMER KILLED
SOFIA, June 16—Former Bolisky
we* killed today while be tried to j
make his escape.
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BANDITS MAKE HAUL,
NEW YORK. June 16—Six arm- !
ed bandits held up the cashier of the ■
Pullman company today as he en- '
tered the Sunnyside works of the 1
company on Long Island, accompan
ied by a body guard, and escaped j >
with the payroll amounting to f 22,-)
600.
HEAD PRINTER PASSES p
INDLANAPOLJS, June 16-JohnS
McFarland, president of the Inter-11
national Typographical Union and a ; 1
prominent labor leader, died here to- j i
day, at the age of 55. Death was 1
caused by heart failure resulting ] 1
from an attack of flu. ! 1
FLU TAKES NOVELIST
LONDON, June 16—Maurice W.
Hewlett, noted novelist, died here
today, a victim of influenza.
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The body of Luke Jimmy, native,
who met death in a lake below Ne
nana recently, was brought to town
this week for burial in the Indian
cemetery on the hill opposite Nenana
DRYS WANT N. Y. LAWMAKERS
TO RECONSIDER REPEAL VOTE
SOME ONE STOLE THE PURSE j
OF KING TUTANKHAMEN i
LUXOR, Egypt, <By Mailt —Of
all the fine things found in the j
outer room of the disturbed resting ^
of King Tutankhamen, the finest
from the antiquarian standpoint, is
the “Ushabti,” a small image of
the king himself. That, at least, is ;
the opinion of Lord Carnarvon.
The “Ushabti," of “Answerer", |
showing the defunct monarch in the j
guise of Osiris, was customarily j *]
placed in royal tombs with an in-'t
scription stating that the image r
was prepared to do any work impos- ^ r
ed upon it. Then the tomb sealed; c
so tightly nobody could get the; t
“Ushabti.” and request it to do c
something. jp
Back in what Tutankhamen may, j
in his language referred to as the j
good old days of yore, the Pharroah j
when he died, was accompanied to j?
the underworld by a slave sacrificed ;
during the royal funeral ceremonies.
In more “modern” times the slave
was allowed to live, and the “Ushab-, s
ti’ was substituted for him. This t
was done in the case of Tutankhamen v
King Tutankhamen took some h
of his money with him when he died, a
but it was gone and his purse, also t
when the outer chamber was opened o
by Howard Carter. The archaeolo
gists were quite sad about this, for o
they believe there is only one examp- s
le of such a purse in existence. s
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DINAS IS GUILTY n
EVERETT, June 16—After hav- ■ c
ng deliberated nearly seven hours,' a
:he jury in the Dinas murder case | c
for the defendant guilty and reeom- , b
nended life imprisonment. jt]
ALMONDS HAVE *
HUGE ACREAGE e1
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SAN PRANCISCO, CALIF.^une
14— Almond orchards cover 100,000
teres of California soil, according to
t report made recently by the United
states Department of Agriculture.
Although the actual acreage, unae
:ounted for, it believed to augment
his total.
Bearing orchards cover 50,272
teres, while 38,239 are non-bearing.
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COVILLE, Wash,, (By Mail) —
A new outlook station on one of j
he high peaks in southern Stevens j
f Pend Orielle counties will be
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ocated in the near future, according;
o Trevor Goodyear, in charge of j.
orest fire prevention in eastern !
Washington. Mr. Goodyear was sent!
ty the state forestry department
o cooperate with the federal for
stry service and local protective
ssociations.
At the last regular meeting of the
ity council, the sum of $5,300 was
lloted to the school board as the
tty’s share of school expense dur
ng the coming year. Part of the
aoney will be used for the purchase
nd installation of a new heating, T
•lant for the school buliding.
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NEW YORK, June 16—The Na
ional Committee of One Hundred
or Law Enforcement, claiming to
e present ten million voters, has sent
telegram to Governor Smith, who
t at French Lick, Indiana, asking
im to reconvene the state legisla
ure for the purpose of passing a
rohibition enforcement measure and
utting the state of New York “in
:ne with other law-abiding states.”
Witeouin Divided
MADISON, Wis„ —June 16—
"he state assembly has finally passed
be Tucker bill providing for the
epeal of the prohibition enforce
lent law. The bill now goes to the
ry senate where, it is anticipated
y both sides, the measure will be
isposed of by indefinite post
on ement.
Wet» Lose in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 16—
) The wet forces, who have been en
gaged in an attempt to follow the
action of the New York legislature,
have given up the fight for the re
peal of the state prohibition enforce
ment law. The last hope died when
the lower house wiped from the cal
endar the O'Grady bill providing for
the repeal of the dry law.
Seefcrnf Solution
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 16—
i Formal negotiations have been in
itiated by the Government with var
ious maritime powers seeking a sol
ution on a reciprocal basis, of tbe
ship liquor controversy and the rum
smuggling fleet problem through j
the exercise of executive treaty,
making powers. The plan is to get
foreign powers to agree to the search j
of vessels outside the three mile j
limit.
MISSING BARK LOST IN GALE ]
SAN PEDRO, (By Mail,—Mystery
till surrounds the disappearance of !
ie four-masted barkentine Alta,
-hich sailed from this port Feb. 20
ound for Bellingham, Wash., with
crew of 22 officers and men toge
ler with the wife and two children
f Captain Charles A. Sexon.
The Alta, operated by the Bank j
f Italy in coastwise service, was
vept southward, according to local
?amen. It is believed the wind
immer was caught in the heavy
orthwest gale that swept the Pa
fic Ocean for days early in March
nd carried south to the Rocky':
>ast off Lower California. It is
elieved the Alta was rammed into ;
le rocks at this point.
Tradition of the sea decreed that ■
'rs. Sexon and her two children i
lould accompany Captain Sexon on ;
le ill-fated trip, the old salts as- ,
tri.
The mytery of the Alta has cans- i
1 shipping men to revive the many ;
ysterious superstitions of miaaing 1
lips from the local harbor, ehief 1
nong which is the story of the i
indjammer Parkus.. The absence 1
' a black cat is held by sailors to
ive been the cause of the Parkus’ ,
sappearance. (
When the Parkus was launched ,
black cat was found aboard. This ,
it remained and when the wind- ,
■mmar cast anchor for her initial <
ip the black cat remained. Super- <
ition, so the tradition runs, made ;
imperative that a black cat should <
ways remain aboard the Parkus. <
Ultimtely the black cat died and
ifore leaving for its last trip the
irkus was held an hour while the
embers of the crew vainly sought
r a black cat to replace the mas
t. The captain laughed at the ■ [
ars of his men and ordered the I
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•ssell to weigh anchor. The Parkus i .
is never heard from again.
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Comfortable rooms for rent in 1
le Arctic, $15.00 per month. See i
be Simson. (t
TURKISH OIL FIELDS MAY
SOON BECOME PRODUCTIVE
LONDON, (By Mail)—The ap
proaching Anglo-American agree
ment regarding the Mosul oilfields
in Asiatic Turkey, bring to an end
the negotiations which have been in
abeyance for two years and which
lave been of international interest.
The Germans were the first to in
:erest themselves in the possibilities
if these fields, taking up the mat
ter early in this country. The Ger
man prospectors, however, took care
:o make two reports of their dis
:overies, sending one to their own
government, in which they referred
:o the splendid opportunities pre
lented by the oil fields, and the
ither to the Sultan's government in
vhich the same opportunities were
aid to be very meagre. The then
lultan, Abdul Hamid, managed to
ibtain copies of both reports. Con- :
:ealing his resentment from the Ger
mans, he had the revenues from
dosul transferred from the State
department of Mine* to his own
Mvil List, in order to better bar
rain with the former Emperor Wil
iam. I •
The negotiations draged on for
nany years. Meanwhile the D’Arcy
■xploration of the same field was
arried out, and two years before
he war the much desired concession
vas obtained by an international
yndicate, the Turkish Petroleum
Company. The Germans obtained
!5 percent of the stocks of the
ompany and English interests the
ther 75 percent.
Under the San Remo, Oil con
tention of 1920, the German in
erests were transferred to Prance,
.ast year, however, the American
rovemment disputed the claim of
he English interests, but in the
nd merely asked the right to share
n the enterprise. The amount of
nterest alloted to the Am^ricans an
il
,1
er the new agreement is not
nown, but it will probably only be
nominal percentage of the Bri
ish and French interests.
MANy W. C. T. U. HOMES
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
CHICAGO, June 16—In a survey
of be philanthropic work just made,
the National Women’s Christian
Temperance Union is devoting more
than one hundred pieces of property
in the United States to the comfort
of wimen and children in an effort
to aii in community elfare, accord
ing to a survey of its philanthropic
work just completed.
Tie survey shows that fourteen
states maintain homes for girls.
Sone of these are schools while
several are voluntary rescue homes.
Th*re are community building? in a
nunber of states and about fifty
Anercanization centers over the
country, the best known of these be
ing the one in Bridgeport, Conn.
£t San Diego, Cal., the W. C. T.
U. maintains a home center for
loldiers, sailors, and marines. There
is a Francis E. Willard home for
rirls in Los Angeles and at High
and Park, a home for women and
:hildren. Oakland, Cal., also has a
icrae for girls. Michigan with its
.wo homes for girls is a close second
:o California while Iowa, New Mex
co, Alabama, Indnana and Illinois
»lso lead in this type of welfare
*'ork.
Four states have old ladies’ homes
»nd seven states maintain summer
;ottages. Many of the state and
ocal union headquarters also serve
heir communities as Americaniza
tion, child welfare or social centers.
“Some of this property has been
eft to the W. C. T. U. through
egacies but the larger part has been
icquired by purchase made possible
through gifts,” said Miss Anna A.
"lordon, world and national president
jf the organization.
“It has been our object to use our
runds in establishing permanent use
'ul memorials for daily helpfulness
to our neighbors that we might carry
>ut the wish expressed i' the words
>f our great leader Frances E. Wil
ard when she said,—‘It is not e
vough that women should be the
tome-makers, but they must make
he world itself a larger home.’”
SUNDAY SPORTS CONDEMNED
SYDNEY, N. S. W . June 16—
Condemnation of sports and other
imusements on Sundays and a plea
'or a more Christian observance of
he Sabbath were contained in a
nanifesto just issued by the Anglic -
m, Presbyterian, Methodist, Congre
rational and Baptist churches of
\’ew South Wales.
The manifesto states that the
hurch leaders viewT with deep anxi
rty the growing disposition on the
lart of many persons to “rob the
Christian Sunday of its distinctive
haracter, and in that way lies grave
ieril to the moral standards of the
leople.” Definite action against Sun
lay sport has just been taken by the
Victorian cabinet, which provided
or the prohibition of the playing of
rames in public places on Sunday.
SHELBY BOUT THREATENED
WHEN DEMP DEMANDS CASH
GREAT FALLS, June 16—After
an all-night series of conferences
between a local committee of ban
kers and Manager Jack Kerns an
nouncement was made this morning
that all differences between the pro
moters of the Derapsey-Gibbons fight
at Shelby, and the manager for
Dempsey had been settled, and that
the fight would be held as adver
tised. An agreement was reached
when George S. Stanton, president
of a local bank, advanced the sum of
$50,000 in cash and gave pledges
which brought the total up to $100,
000, which amount will be paid to
Kearns this afternoon, this being the
second instalment on the $300,000
due Dempsey under the terms of his
contract.
When Kearns announced yester
day that Dempsey would not enter
the ring at Sheiby if $100,000 was
not paid to him today, a wire was
received from Tom O’Rourke, New
York match maker, offering to stage
the fight at the Polo grounds on
July 2.
Mayor Johnson, of Shelby, has as
sured Kearns that the amount al
ready available from the sale of
tickets is more than sufficient to
meet ail obligations ychen due.
BLACK TEA MORE
POPULAR THAN GREEN
WASHINGTON, June 16—Ameri
cans are gradually shifting from the
use of green teas to black or oolong
teas and imports from Japan have
been gradually declining while those
1 from China, Ceylon and India are
! on the increase, according to Govern
ment tea Examiners.
About 15,500,000 pounds more of
; tea were examined at the port? of
entry last year than during 1921. A
I total of 87,398.221 pounds of tea
! were examined, during 1922. Of this
total 1,620,162 pounds or 1.85 per
cent were rejected by the examiners.
Examinations at eastern ports show
' ing increase while the western ports
i and central ports have fallen off.
| year since the World War, due to
\ the fact that the Atlantic transporta
|tion so crippled during the World
War is gradually returning to normal
iand more shipments are now coming
! via the Suez Canal and the Panama
Card.
i The last four years reveal several
interesting facts. The percentage of
teas from Japan proper has fallen off
considerably. The percentage of
| China tea imported has steadily been
on the increase since 1919, and dur
| ing the last year nearly 20 per cent
of tea imports were received from
China.
Exports of tea from the United
States more than doubled during the
year, but was still far behind 1919
and 1920 when exports were ab
normally high.
At the regular meeting of the city
council on Tuesday, R. Lingo was
formally installed as chief engineer
of the power plant. Mr. Lingo direct
ed the installation of the turbine en
gines last fall and returned to Ne
nana several weeks ago to accept a
permanent position with the city.
Mrs. Lingo and children also are here
having moved to Nenana from An
chorage.
I This condition has been shown every