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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 18. 1021
NUMBER 32
■ PRESIDENT SAYS BONE WILL MAKE GOOD
FALL PROMISES TO PROTECT ALASKA INTERESTS
REFORMER THREATENS TO PREVENT BIG RING BATTLE
* eeformer asks hughes
TO PREVENT BIG CONTEST
CINCINNATI, June 18—Dr. Wil
bur Crofts, founder of the Inter
national Reform Bureau, has for
warded a petition to Secretary of
State Hughes, requesting him to
stop the Dempsey-Carpentier fight
for the ring championship of the
world. The petition was sent on be
^ half of the Life and Thought Club,
an organization of Lincoln, Neb.,
businessmen.
The petition says that if the re
quest for action is ignored, the
petitioners “will look around for a
judge who has courage enough to
enjoin the fight.”
CHAMPION CAUSES INDIAN
^ TO START DIVORCE ACTION
PAWHUSKA, Okla., June 18—
F. Boulanger, an Osage Indian, is
seeking a separation from his wife
on the grounds that her affections
have been alienated by Champion
Jack Dempsey. The complaint al
leges that the wife has been carry
ing on a clandestine correspondence
with. Dempsey.
p The case will be aired in court
in September and promises some
sensational developments.
Dempsey I* Not Worrying
ATLANTIC CITY, June 18—Jack
Dempsey says he is not giving con
sideration to the report that he has
been named co-respondent in an
Oklahoma divorce case. He says he
never heard of the parties to the
£ action and has never visited the
town of Pawhuska.
DEMPSEY TRIES FOR SPEED
TO COPE WITH FRENCHMAN
ATLANTIC CITY, June 18—The
chief aim of Dempsey’s handlers is
to develop speed in the champion to
equal that of Carpentier and, with
that end in view, Dempsey in future
4 will box with lighter men. The mix
ing with heavyweights will be cut
down.
Joffriei Favored For Referee
ATLANTIC CITY, June 18—R.
Edgren, stakeholder of the big bout,
favors Jeffries for referee, while
the New Jersey Boxing commission
^ is holding out for the selection of
a New Jersey man.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18—
The senate has rejected the Sterling
slacker control bill.
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NEW GOVERNOR HONOR GUEST
AT BANQUET IN METROPOLIS
FEDERATION WILL ORGANIZE
COAST LUMBER INDUSTRY
DENVER, June 18—The Ameri
can Federation of Labor has pledged
its assistance in launching a cam
paign to organize the lumber in
dustry in the Northwest.
William Short, president of the
Washington federation, in discussion
the proposal, declared that the “po
litical situation in Washington is
corrupt, the state legislature is
dominated by the lumber interests,
the industrial situation is demoral
ized and every union is threatened
with wage reductions. We are ask
ing for living standards, and every
union organization in the state will
be protected.”
NAVAL BILL DEADLOCKED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18
Conferences between the senate
and the house on the naval appro
priation bill reached a deadlock
yesterday and the bill was taker
back to the house for further action
SHAM BATTLE STAGED
LOS ANGELES, June 18—De
fense maneuvers against a simul
taneous attack by twelve subma
rines started yesterday when 5C
destroyers, two cruisers, four bat
tleships and 12 seaplanes left Sar
Pedro, in a two-day tactical man
euver by the Pacific fleet. The ap
proach of the submarines was re
ported early yesterday morning and
the seaplanes immediately went tc
sea for the purpose of locating the
“enemy”.
CABLE PLANS WORKING
SEATTLE, June 18—Col. Seaone
has left for Washington to .assist
in securing the passage of pro
posed legislation, which may include
provision for a cable to the Orient,
via Alaska.
CLUB HAS CLOSE CALL
LOS ANGELES, June 18—A bot
tie packed with dynamite and blacs
powder, with a fuse through the
stopper, was found last night with
in 100 feet of the exclusive Wilt
shire Country Club.
PERSHING TO TAKE CHARGE
WASHINGTON, D. C-, June 18
General March is slated to retire
on the first of November. He will
be succeeded as chief of staff or
the first of July by General Persh
ing and will probably go on leave
until the date set for his retire
ment.
WOMAN UP FOR MURDER
TWIN FALLS, June 18—Mrs
Lyda Southard is awaiting trial ir
this city on the charge of doin?
away with Edward Meyer, hei
fourth husband. She was bound ovei
f r trail at the conclusion of i
preliminary hearing and her at
torneys have asked /that she be
tried without delay. The woman is
suspected of killing her first three
husbands, also.
NEW YORK, June 18—Governor
Seott C. Bone, who plans to leave
for Alaska within the next few
Hays to assume his duties as chief
executive of the territory, was the
guest of honor at a banquet given
by John H. Perry, president of the
Post-Intelligencer Company, at the
Waldorf-Astoria last night. The din
ner was attended by a number of
statesmen of prominence and by
most of the Alaskans who were at
the capital during the past several
weeks in connection with Alaskan
political affairs. Numerous tele
grams were received during the din
ner, congratulating the new gov
ernor and expressing confidence in
his ability to administer the affairs
of Alaska in an able manner.
Former President Taft was one
of those who wired, his message
paying tribute to the “high charac
ter and lovable qualities’’ of Gov
ernor Bone. 4
COMMANDERS ARE CHANGED;
RODMAN WILL HAVE A BASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jitne 18
Rear Admiral M. W. Eberle, com
manding the battleship division of
^ the Atlantic fleet, has been named
t commander of the Pacific fleet, with
^ the rank of admiral, and succeed
, ing Admiral Rodman, who will com
mand the operating base at Hamp
| ton Roads.
J Vice Admiral H. F. Jones has
; been assigned to the command of
! the Atlantic fleet, with the rank of
' admiral, succeeding Admiral Wilson,
who will take command at Annapo
lis.
GERMANS AND POLES AGREE
BERLIN, June 18—An agree
ment has been reached between the
German volunteers in Upper Silesia
an the Polish insurgents, under the
terms of which both factions will
begin withdrawing their forces to
morrow. The agreement was brot
about by the Interallied commission.
YANKS BEAT BRITISHERS
HURLINGHAM, England, June IS
—America defeated England, 11 to
4 here today, in the first game of
the international polo series.
CAPTAIN ON THE CARPET
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18
Captain Robert Rosenbluth, who ts
charged at Tacoma with having
ordered the shooting of Major Alex
ander Cronkhite, at Camp Lewis, in
1918, will be given a hearing this
afternoon at the offices of the de
partment of justice.
OPERATOR PURCHASES FARM;
WILL INSTAL GOLD DREDGE
REDDING, June 18—The best
farm in Trinity county has been
purchased by Louis Gardella, who
! will dredge the fertile alfalfa fields
in an effort to extract the $1,500,
000 which the log of a prospect
drill indicates underlies the three
hundred acres. The purchase price
*of the farm was $50,000.
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President Harding said in his
wire: “I congratulate Alaskans and
the country on the selection of
Scott C. Bone as governor, being
confident that it marks the opening
of a new era of increased develop
ment and expanding usefulness,
without the attending manifestation
of greed which have sometimes
shaken our confidence.”
The speakers of the evening in
cluded Wallace Farrington, govern
or of Hawaii; Kenneth Beaton; Dr.
Albert Shaw, editor of Review of
Reviews; Arthur Brisbane; Govern
or Bone; Charles C. Spooner.
The guests included National Com
mitteeman John C. McBride, Chas.
E. Herron, James W'ickersham, Col.
E. Lester Jones, Colonel Perkins,
Judge Hubbard, Karl Thiel, Major
George Beaumont, O. P. Guastad,
Duke Stubbs, Thos. A. Marquam.
Cecil H. Clegg, John Hughes and
Robert Saunders.
HUSBAND LOST HIS NERVE
AFTER PLANNING DEATH
CALGARY, June 18—Joseph Rut
ledge has been held responsible by
a coroner’s jury, for the death of
his wife and four children, who
were burned to death this week at
their home at Innisfall.
It is claimed that Rutledge has
confessed to the authorities that
he and his wife had entered a
suicide pact, their plan being to
cremate themselves and their child
ren. But at the last moment he
lost his nerve and escaped from the
burning building with one of the
children, leaving his wife and the
four other members of the family
to perish in the flames.
MINE GAS FUMES FATAL
’ TELLURIDE, Col., June 18
Gas fumes from an explosion in
a local mine proved fatal to three
miners yesterday.
30 DAYS FOR DRUNKS IN B. C.
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 18—
Under the provisions of the new
moderation law, drunks arrested for
the first time are subject to a fine
of $!>0 or a term of 30 days in
jail. And they must also tell the
authorities where they obtained the
liquor.
ANOTHER SOLDIER DIES
TACOMA, June 18—Sergeant
Williams, who was injured at Camp
Lewis this week when an auto bus
crashed into the stone wall at the
entrance to the camp, died yester
day, his being the second death
resulting from the accident.
BRITISH COAL MINERS VOTE
TO CONTINUE ON STRIKE
LONDON, June 18—The striking
British coal miners, who were given
the opportunity to vote or. the pro
posals of the mine owners for a
settlement of the strike, have voted
to continue the strike until such time
as their demands are granted.
PATROLMAN GETS GARDNEP.; ,
WINS SUBSTANTIAL REWARD ,
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CENTRAI.IA, June 18—While |
live posses and the officers of half!
a dozen counties were hunting for i
Roy Gardner in the vicinity of Kel- j j
so yesterday. Patrolman Louis Son-! 1
ny picked the fugitive up on the 1
streets here shortly before noon,
and landed him safely in the loca? ^
jail, thereby winning the $5,000
reward which had been offered for
the capture.
Gardner arrived here on Tuesday j
night, on a freight train, and moved !
boldly about the streets, attending:
exhibitions unconcernedly and loaf
ing about his hotel, where he regis- j
j tered under an alias. The patrol
I man recognized him from pictures
; and a description he had seen in
the papers.
Five hours after Gardner had
been taken into custody, he was1
delivered at McNiel Island, to which ,
place he was enroute when he es- ,
caped several days ago. ]
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WORKERS ASK CONGRESS f
TO STOP IMMIGRATION |
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DENVER, June 18—A resolution ,
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presented to the convention of the ^
American Federation of Labor yes
terday asks Congress to act against t
“the growing menace of Japanese'
immigration through a law absolute-,
ly excluding all male and female'
Japanese, but giving permission for ]
temporary residence to tourists, art- ,
ists, students, commercial men and t
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AMUNDSEN BACK IN NOME;
POLAR VESSEL DISABLED !
NOME, June 18—Amundsen, the
Arctic explorer, arrived here this
week from Cape Serge, where he
spent the winter. His vessel Maude
has lost her propeller and will be
towed to Seattle for repairs. The
explorer, who is planning to leave
for the south on the first boat,
says he plans to resume his Arctic
voyage as soon as his ship is ready
for service.
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IRISH TAKE HEAVY TOLL;
REPORT MADE TO SOLONS
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LONDON, June 18—Sir Hamar
Greenwood announced in the house j
of commons yesterday that the
“murders” in Ireland by the rebels
since July, 1820, totaled 563. And:
he added that one Royal Irish con-'
stabularyman and one police aux- j
iliary had been convicted of mur-,
der in that period, the latter#after- j
wards having been found insane, j
OCTUPUS CUTS RATES
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18—The (
Southern P*. ific company has an-’
nounced a new trans-continental -
fre:<rht rate of $1.75 per 100 pounds
on fresh vegetables and melons, j
wl’ich !s a redaction of ten per;
cent. The new rate will become ef
fective on June 23.
SECRETARY FALL PROMISES
TO PREVENT EXPLOITATION
SEATTLE, Juno 18—A special
lispatoh received from Washington
oday states that Secretary Fall
vill confirm by investigation tho
•harges that have been made re
carding the exploitation of Alaska's
iches by private interests, in con
lection with the transportation
ompanies operating in Alaska wa
ers.
The secretary intimates that
vherever such exploitation- is dis
overed actually to exist, steps wilt
ie taken to shut off offending in
erests from any further oppor
unity to participate in the wealth
T the natural resources in the ter
itory.
GENERAL TAKES WATER
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18—
Secretary Weeks has announced that
leneral Menoher, chief of the air
erviee, has withdrawn his recent
equest for the removal of General
rlitchell, as assistant chief. The an
louncement was made following -
onference between the secretary
nd the two officers.
LIGHTNING FIRES OIL TANKS
CASPER, June 18—Seven huge
iil tanks in this district were set
in fire yesterday by a stroke of
ightning, on the property of the
lid-West Refining Company. The
ire was still burning this morning
tut thousands of barrels of oil
vere saved by shooting holes in the
lottoms of the tanks and draining
he oil into a huge reservoir, which
cas hastily constructed by more
han 1,000 workmen.
BANDITS STEAL MAIL
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan., June
4—Four bandits held up a mail
nessenger here yesterday and es
aped with five pouches of register
d mail. The amount involved in
he theft has not been ascertained.
FUR EXCHANGE PASSES
ST. LOUIS, June 18—The p-ass
ng of the International Fur Ex
hange, at which some of the larg
st autions in the history of the
rade have been held, was announc
d here yesterday, following a con
erence of bankers and officers of
he exchange.
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