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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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Volume Two
MEMBER OF ASSOC IATFD PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1919.
Number 100
POINDEXTER WANTS OIL PRICE PROBE
HOUSE MEMBERS FA VOR RECESS OF FOUR WEEKS
WHITES AND BLACKS MIX IN RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO BATHERS
START RACE RIOT
CHICAGO, July 28.—Trouble be-,
tween white and colored residents of
this city was started yesterday when
the white bathers at Whiteside
Beach, Lake Michigan, resented the
appearance on the beach of a num
ber of colored bathers. After the
beach fight had been stopped by the
police, small-sized riots were started
in numerous parts of the city, and
the trouble continued throughout the
night, although it did not reach a
.
serious stage.
The most serious clash occurred
this morning, when a negro fired at
W' a wagonload of white workmen. The
whites attempted to disarm the ne
gro. who was speedily reinforced by
a dozen companions, and a rough
house followed.
The riots thus far have resulted
in the death of two negroes and the
wounding of 50 negroes and whites.
^ The police believe they now have
the situation well in hand.
HUNGARIANS LOSE
IMPORTANT FIGHT
fc VIENNA, July 28. — The Hun
garian soviet troops, which forced
the Rumanian army from important
positions along the River Theiss, in
^ South Central Hungary, last week,
are reported to have suffered severe
reverses during the past two days.
Advices received in this city this
morning state that the Hungarians
were thrown back across the fiver
in great disorder, the Rumanians
X recovering much of the material !
which they lost during the Hungari
an advance.
FAT FRISCO FIGHTER
CLAIMS RIGHT TO
MATCH WITH CHAMP
SAX FRANCISCO—Willie Mee-:
han, a heavyweight boxer of this
city, says he is entitled to a match I
with Jack Dempsey, the new world j
champion. Friends of Meehan, as.
well as local followers of boxing-,1
believe there is merit to his demand
for a meeting with the title-holder,
although they are not predicting
much for Willie in the light of what
Dempsey did to Willard at Toledo.
Meehan's claim is based on the!
fact that he holds a four-round de
cision over Dempsey. This bout was
fought in San Francisco last year
at one of the war benefits held
here. All the sport writers con
firmed the decision of the referee
in their accounts of the bout.
Sporting men are of the opinion
that, technically, Dempsey’s record
will not be clear until he has de
feated Meehan, but there are few
who will concede Meehan a chance
to win in a twelve- or twenty-round
fight.
Jean and Margaret Russell left,
for Fairbanks on the steamer Yu-1
ion yesterday, to be absent several j
weeks.
HUGHES URGING
SENATE TO FIX
LEAGUE FAULTS
WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 28
In a letter addressed to Senator
Frederick Hale, Republican, of
Maine, Charles E. Hughes, former
Republican candidate for the presi
dency, suggests a number of res
ervations to the League of Nations
covenant which, in his opinion,
should be adopted by the senate
before the covenant is finally dis
posed of. He said that he felt that
at least two-thirds of the members
would refuse to ratify the treaty
with the covenant remaining as it
now stands.
Hughes suggests, among other
changes, that any nation becoming
a member of the league should be
permitted to withdraw on two years'
notice. He suggests also that im
migration questions be settled by
domestic jurisdiction and that Am
erica refuse to assume an interna
tional obligation to send her forces
overseas unless it be with the "con
sent of Congress.
The letter is emphatic regarding
the preservation of the Monroe Doc
trine.
GERMAN BANKERS
GEE YANKEE COIN
LONDON July 28.—According to
information received in this city,
the Deutsch Bank of Berlin has just
completed the negotiation of a loan
of one billion dollars, obtained from
American interests.
Details of the transaction are
not known here, but there appears
to be no doubt of the fact that Am
ericans were concerned in the deal.
GIRLS NOT WANTED
AT BOXINC MATCHES
BY BRITISH AIRMEN
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LONDON.—Boxing matches are
not for girls, either in the ring or
among the spectators, is the edict
of the Royal Air Force in an order
directed to its women members.
‘‘The practice of watching boxing
matches is undesirable,” runs the
order. “Secondly, boxing is not
considered to be a suitable sport
for women.”
It is said that the airman boxers,
themselves object to the presence
of women at the bouts.
Mrs. George Green, who has been |
visiting in Nenana during the past j
several days, will accompany her.
husband to Fairbanks on the Tanana j
tonight.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 2$.—
Officials of the state department
have announced the receipt of in
formation from Mexico to the effect
that John Thompson, an American
rancher, recently was compelled to
pay a ransom of 15,000 pesos to
Mexican bandits for the restoration
of his 14-vear old son, who was kid
naped by the greasers.
The ransom was paid, it is under
stood, on the advice of the Mexican
government, to which Thompson had
‘appealed for assistance to recover
jthe boy The officials feared that
the captive would be murdered if
jthe money was not paid promptly.
The Mexican government has giv
en Thompson the assurance that he
j will be reimbursed.
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FRENCH UNIONS
AID CONSUMERS
10 LOWER COST
HAVRE. France, July 2S.—As the
result of the activities of the Fed
eral Trades union, it is possible no-*
to buy foodstuffs in the public mar
kets at greatly reduced prices. The
union officials went direct to the
wholesale market and obtained large
quantities of provisions at from 5
to 75 per cent under the prevailing
retail market price, and placed them
on sale at public markets, where
sales were conducted without profit.
The result has been very pleasing
to the public and it is expected that
similar action will be taken in other
parts of the country where prices
have reached a prohibitive height.
APPROVES RECESS
i
! WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 28.—
( Members of the lower house of Con
gress today approved a resolution
j providing for a recess of the house
of five weeks, beginning August 2
| and ending September 9. The plan
is to suspend the regular sessions.
j
bat to committee work and the in
vestigations which have been started.
It is expected by members of the
house that the senate will be occu
pied continuously with the consider
ation of the peace treaty while the
house is in recess.
NENANA CAPTURES
BASEBALL SERIES
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The trip of the Fairbanks ball
team down river to meet the Nanana
'team in a series of three games
added another page to the baseball
history of the two towns when the
third game was played Sunday aft
ernoon before a wildly enthusiastic
audience composed of factions of
both towns massed in separate sec
tions of the grandstand and on the
field. For interest-compelling inci
dents and the enthusiastic appeal
that makes the national pastime
what it is today, this series of games
was by far the most interesting that
has been played between the two
towns, and from the moment of the
arrival of the Fairbanks people at
the dock until X'enana fans sped
them off on the return trip there I
was not an hour that lacked some ■
special appeal to visitors and towns- i
people alike. A far more excellent
brand of baseball was played by
both teams than the final score of
each game would indicate, and a
delving into the box score brings
to light several situations that hold (
dramatic value aside from their:
baseball aspect. This is best brought i
out by looking over the games in j
the sequence in which they were
played.
Opening Game.
When the first hatter stepped to;
the plate Saturday evening the
grandstand was filled to capacity,
with many more people streaming
toward the park. The ground was
fairly fast, having been whipped
into excellent shape, and throughout
the series allowed good ball to be
played. Fairbanks started off with
a rush By bunching hits and tak
ing advantage of Hansen’s wildness
and a passed ball they garnered
four runs in the first inning. Two
Texas leaguers just out of the reach
of the Nenana players added to a
break of luck, for Fairbanks mo
mentarily threw the Nenana boys
off their stride, and before they
could recover, the damage was done.
Good ball resulted then until the
third, when Nenana scored its first
run through one of the most dis
tressing accidents that has occurred
on any local field. Jack Wenzel,
pitching for Fairbanks, started off
by allowing Hansen to hit to right.
Fuelling followed with a hot one
through short, Hansen going to
third. With two on the bases, Wen
zel7 put everything he had on the j
ball, and when he brought his arm
down for the pitch to the plate the I
ball shot out across the foul line I
between third and home. Before!
the boys realized that an accident j
had happened, Hansen scored, and j
Fuelling moved up to second. Wen
zel fell as he moved toward the
sidelines, and was quickly surround- ]
ed by players. Time was called;
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OIL PRICE INQUIRY
CANNERY CARGO
ENROUIE NORTH
| VANCOUVER, B. C., July 28.—
1 The steamer Admiral Knight, a
wooden ship of 600 tons capacity,
j bound for Ketchikan with a cargo
| of cannery supplies, was burned to
jthe water's edge yesterday, off Van
couver island. The members of the
| crew were rescued and brought to
jthis city, one of the sailors so se
jverely burned that it was found
'necessary to place him in a hospital
jfor medical attention.
The Knight sailed from Seattle
| on Saturday and the voyage pro
■ ceeed without incident until vesterv
[day, when the ship seemed to burst
suddenly into, flames. Efforts of the
| crew to check the fire were without
avail and it was with difficulty that
some of them escaped with their
i lives. It is not known how the fire
started. Her cargo consisted of
highly inflammable materials.
I The vessel was commanded by
j Captain L. J. Allen. The injured
I sailor is B. Neilson of Seattle.
! There were no passengers aboard.
HOUSE GIVES WICK
TIME FOR CONIES!
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.—
At a late hour this afternoon, the
lower branch of Congress approved
the resolution providing for an ex
tension of time of three months for
the gathering of evidence in the
Alaska delegate contest which was
instituted by W'iekersham.
The resolution was favorably re
ported by the house committee last
week.
FLEET NOW ENROUTE
FROM PANAMA CANAL
PFANAMA, July 28.—The last of
the ships of the Pacific fleet passed
through the canal yesterday and the
entire squadron is now enroute up
the coast to San Diego, where the
next stop will be made.
Margaret Voikman, who had been
visiting in Nenana, left for her home :
in Fairbanks yesterday.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.—
Senator Miles Poindexter, Republi
can, of Washington, introduced a
resolution in the senate this morn
inp, providing for an investigation
of the recent advances in the price
of pasoline and other oil products
in this country.
In introducinp his resolution. Sen
ator Poindexter assured his eol
j leapues that the present prices are
| wholly unwarranted by conditions,
| and it is his belief that an investipa
tion will show that American oilmen
j have been puilty of price manipu
j lation.
| The oil companies, he said, fix
| prices at will, and he is sure the
[recent advances were not justified.
DEMOCRATS READY
i TO SUPPORT PACT
[ WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.—
Senator Charles S. Thomas of Col
|Orado and Senator Edwin S. John
json of South Dakota were the first
of the Democratic members of the
i upper house of Conpress to accept
ithe invitation to discuss the peace
| treaty at the White House with
President Wilson. Both called to
!day.
After the conference, Thomas de
scribed his talk as beinp "hiphly
[satisfactory.”
Johnson declared, after he had
come from the White House, that,
:in his opinion, the treaty must be
'accepted by the senate without
ehanpe or flatly rejected.
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THIRD DIVISION WILL
LEAVE GERMANY SOON
COBLENZ, July 28.—The- Third
I division of the army of occupation
has been ordered home, and will be
gin entraining for Rrest on August
5th.
AMERICAN BUYERS
ORDER ARTIFICIAL
FLOWERS IN GERMANY
_
BERLIN. — A special telegram
from Chemnitz reports the arrival
there of the first American buyers,
who are placing orders for arti
ficial flowers. A report from Vien
na states that the fashion specialty
shops there are placing liberal or
ders with English and French firms
who are flooding the Austrian mar
ket with offers.
CORDOVA HONORS
ALASKA BOYS WHO
DIED IN SERVICE
CORDOVA.—Cordova recently did
honor to the memory of Alaska
boys who paid the supreme sacri
fice in the war by unveiling a con
crete monument on Flag hill. The
names of all Alaskans who died in
the uniform, either in France or in
training camps at home, are to be
engraved upon a bronze tablet and
made part of the monument.