. Interior Alaska Heartily Welcomes The Presidential Party
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1923
NUMBER 477
• PRESIDENT WILL BE HERE TOMORROW
FIRPO KNOCKS WILLARD OUT IN EIGHTH ROUND
NAVY DEPARTMENT PREPARING FOR TREATY SLASH
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FIRPO KNOCKS WILLARD
LIMP IK EIGHTH ROUND
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JERSEY CITYJvJoiy 14^—Firpo.
of Argentine, who has ascended to
a “place among the headliners of j
the pugilistic world with mushroom
^ rapidity, scored another victory here
Thursday night when he knocked
out Jess Willard, former champion, |
in the eigth round of their schedul
ed twelve- round battle. The big
Kansan went downw for the count
with a terrific attack to the jaw
one minute and fifty-five seconds
after the eighth round had started, j
Willard returned to fistic obli
vion before a throng of more than i
100.000, the greatest in the history |
of the prize ring, the great crowd !
filling Boyle’s Thirty Acres to over
flowing. Louis Angel Firpo, dark
brown mauler from the south, closed
the door to Willard’s attempted re
turn to fistic fame by putting him
to sleep at the end of nearly eight
^ rounds of slashing battle, which is
described as the greatest heavy
weight fight in recent years. Inci
dent^ Firpo reached the goal of
his last year of meteoric rise to
prominence—a match for the title
with Dempsey.
There was no question of the su
periority behind the Argentine bat
tler. W’illard’s superior weight,
height and reach enabled him to
cheek Firpo’? rushing attacks in
most of the early rounds but in
spite of the gameness of the Kan
san under fire, the tide of the bat
r tie swung inevitably in favor of
v the younger and more rugged fight
er.
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The final round opened slowly.
They sparred at long: range and
there was little hint that the end
■was near. But suddenly Firpo un
leashed a savage drive at Willard’s
head and body. The fury of that at
tack has never yet failed to bring
down the South American’s quarry,
and Big Jess, in spite of his tower
ing size and stamina, wilted and
gave round step by step, tryiny, al
most blindly to ward off the volley
of jolts to his head and body. He
backed up against the ropes, with
head back, when a right shot to
his head from the Argentine’s bat
teries sent him to his knees. He
reeled as Referee Harry Lewis
started counting, shaking his head
and trying to lift himself up; but
the waning strength in the great
bulk of the Kansan was unequal
to the task and he sank into the
arms of his handlers at the final
count.
Johnson Knocks McAuliffe
In the heavyweight fight which
immediately follewed the main bout
Floyd Johnson knocked out Jack
McAuliffe in the first round, just
one minute and four seconds after
they had started fighting.
Johnson, who tipped the scales at
198 pounds, raced into the fight
at the sound of the gong and had
knocked McAuliffe flat before the
end of two minutes. The thud of
McAuliff’s head, as he hit the mat,
could be heard to the rim of the
great arena.
Southerner* Jubliant
BUENOS AIRES. July 14—Tu
multous enthusiasm followed the re
cept of the news of Firpo’s victory
Great crowds marched through the
streets singing and carrying torches.
GOLDEN SPIKE WILL BE DRIVEN
WHEN TRAIN REACHES BRIDGE
ON BOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPE
CIAL, July 14—Language of des
cription was exhausted by President
and Mrs. Harding and the members
of their party today as the special
train, on which they left Anchorage
this moning, carried them over the
Government-built railroad into the
heart of Alaska which the President
has termed "America’s Wonderland"
The special train of nine ears,
since leaving Seward yesterday af
ternoon, has passed a succession of
beautiful mountain lakes, valleys
and glacier scenes, with mountains
raising their lofty, snow-capped
peaks above the clouds. The lakes
reposed like emeralds among these
mountains, the valleys are green
with jungle-like vegetation and great
blue glaciers are creeping down the
slopes.
The trip has given the travelers
a vision of Alaska not obtained dur
i
ing the water voyage along the
southeastern coast. At the outset the
party saw the great Chugacb na
tional forest, which extends along
the coast for sixty miles and many
miles inland.
After passing two stations, recall
ing previous administrations, Wood
row and Roosevelt, the train pro
ceeded along beautiful Kenai lake
for evefal miles before the arrival
at the summit of the Chugach moun
tains. where the party saw the man
ner of engineering work required
to build the railroad to overcome
grades. The railroad passes through
a tunnel and around a horseshoe
The police experienced great difficul
ty in maintaining order during the
demonstration.
The Receipt*
NEW YORK. July 14—It is es
timated that the fight receipts will
aggregate approximately $400,000
: of which Willard ■will get about
$180,000 and Firpo $80,000. The
I other expenses, including purses to
| the other fighters, promotion and
repairs to the arena, will cut heav
■ ily into Promoter Rickard's profit.
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Hr.vana After Fight
HAVANA, July 14—Local sport
ing men, bankers and others con
cerned. declare they have outbid
competing cities for the Dempsey
Firpo fight, which will be the next
big event in fistic circles.
curve where one track crosses dir-,
ectly over the other.
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Dinner was had at a station
known as Tunnel and, w-ith the sun
still high in the air. although it
was eight o’clock in the evening.
Upon arrival at Anchorage the
party made a s:op of two hours and
the President greeted the citizens
and was shown about the city, which
has served as a base for the con
struction of the railroad and which
is now the center for trade in coal
from Chickaloon and Matanuska
coal fields, which the President saw
last night before the train parked
for the night.
The whole trip is being made by
daylight, which is practically con
tinuous at this season of the year
during the twenty-four hours.
At Anchorage
The president was greeted at
Anchoiage by a large delegation
of citizens who had gatherel about
a stand erected in the center of
the town. The President and Mrs.
Harding were presented with a
painting of Mt. McKinley. Ameri
ca’s highest mountain, which could
be seen in the distance from Anchor
age. The members of the Anchorage
Press gave the president a nugget
handle ivory paper knife.
In an informal address President
Harding referred to the fact that
Anchorage was founded in 1915 and
said. "It is the best nir.e-year-old I
have ever seen.” He also said that
he and the cabinet officers with him
PLAGUE RAGES IN INDIA
SIMLA, India, July 14—Bubonic
plague is raging throughout British
India as it has not raged for five
years. The disease threatens to be
come epidemic, anil already has b-en
the cause of panic in several of the
larger cities.
The rise in this plague here began
in December. During the month of
March 36,000 deaths were recorded
against an average for the previous
four years for the same month of
14,423.
The governmental authorities a
scribe the plague to rats getting into
the grain, and advise people to
build rat-proof grain warehouses and
to destroy the rodents.
bad learned from their visit that if ]
the present generation fails to see
their dreams for Alaska materialize j
they were certain the younger gen
eration of children would have as
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piraaons fulfilled. The President re
ferred to the new experience of
addressing an open air meeting in,
daylight at 10:35 p. m.
The dinner which the party had,
at Tunnel last night was described
by the President as one of the fin
est of the trip. It was served in
the railroad construction camp and
consisted of many things which
would be regarded as delicacies ev
en in the States, including grapefruit
fried chicken, custard pie and ice
cream.
Seward Welcomes Party
SEWARD, July 14—After hav
ing skirted the Southeastern eoa.-t
of Alaska for hundreds of miles, the
Presidential ship Henderson arrived
here at one o’clock yesterday after
noon. and President and Mrs. Hard
ing and the members of their party
were given an enthusiastic welcome
by citizens of Seward. After a
brief stay here, the party boarded
the special train provided by the
Alaskan Enginering Commission
and left for the Interior the plan
being to spend the night at Anch
orage.
Plans for the trip out by way of
the Richardson highway were still
undecided when the President arriv
ed here, but it was generally be
WETS LOSE IN MANITOBA
WINNIPEG, July 14—The propos
al to legalize the sale of light wines
and beer with meals in hotels was
rejected by Manitoba voters at the
election held this week, the result in
dicating the people do not want any
change in the liquor moderation law
which was overw-helming three
weeks ago.
STORM HITS SOUTH AMERICA
MONTEYIDIO, July 14—Five
steamers are aground and hundreds
of buildings along the coast buried
as the result of a violent storm
which raged for three days over
the greater part of South America
Part of this city’s waterfront was
flooded by the waters of the river
Plarte.
lieved some of the members of the
party would make the trail trip and
that others would return to the
coast by rail.
Wallace Sees Fanning Limit
After consultation with various
of his department agents and other
experts interested in the agricul
tural development of Alaska. Sec
retary of Commerce Wallace an
nounced yesterday that he had
reached the conclusion that while
the future may see great progress
in that direction, development will
never result in the growth of agri
cultural products beyond the re
quirements of Alaskans themselves.
This statement was made by Sec
retary Wallace in a conference
with ^newspapermen on board the
transport Henedrson, prior to the
arrival of the vessel at Seward.
Harding Gateway
As the transport Henerdson was
entering Resurrection bay yester
day, shortly before noon, President
Harding, Governor Bone and others
of the official party gathered on the
superdeck for a ceremony which was
concluded by christening the pas
sage taken by the Henderson ana
destroyers Hull and Corry as
"Harding Gateway” to Resurrection
Bay.” The President responded by
declaring the scene the most im
pressive yet witnessed and he ac
cepted the honor gratefuly pre
ferring that his name be given to
the passageway than to any moun
tain or other water yet visited.
GERMAN SERVANTS SPURN
HOMES OF MIDDLE CLASS
BERLIN, July 14—Pauperization
of the middle classes in Germany
has worked great hardships on ser
vants. Families which formerly kept
several servants frequently are no
longer alble to feet themselves. larg
er cities, such as Berlin, are being
deserted by servants oat of work
because the positions offered arc
usually in such reduced circumstanc
es that cooks and housemaids do not
care to share the family’s lot.
Newspapers print many article
about the necessity for loyalty on
the part of servants, and remind
the servants that they lost the war
as well as the employing class and
should share the consequences.
ALASKA’S NORTHERN LIGHTS
DENBY PREPARES PLANS
TO CARRY OUT TREATIES
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 14—
Definite steps toward the fulfillment
of the terms of the naval limitation
treaty, which has been ratified by ail
the powers, have been taken by Sec
retary of the Navy Denby. A meet
ing of the naval council has been
called to arrange the details for
scrapping the battleships to be aban
doned under the limitation program.
HEAT WAVE HITS TEXAS
DALLAS, July 14—Six deaths
have resulted from extreme heat in
Texas during the last couple f
days. The latest victim took poison
at Fort Worth, leaving a note saying
the heat had sapped his strength
Thermometers there are reported to
registered 103 degrees yesterday.
LONGSHOREMEN ON STRIKE
PROTESTING CONVICTIONS
SAN PEDRO. Cal.. July 12—Lo
cal longshoremen and seamen went
out on strike yesterday, following a
decision to stage a five-day walkout
as a protest against the conviction
this w'eek at Los Angeles of 27 al
leged Industrial Workers on charges
of criminal syndicalism. The con
victed men left for San Quentin
yesterday morning.
PRICE OF WHEAT DECLINES
AS RESULT OF GOOD CROPS
CHICAGO, July 14—With wheat
selling for slightly less than a dol
lar a barrel, these family brands of
flour in earload lots at six dollars
a barrel, these two commodities have
reached the lowest point since the
latter part of 1014 and the early
part of 1915.
Local brokers explain that the
‘ slump in price* is the result of
j world over production and general
| readjustment, of grain values.
STRIKE AFTERMATH
| CHICAGO, July 14—Federal
Judge V> ..kerson has signed an or
! der making permanent the tempor
! ary injunction obtained by the Gov
I eminent lats October, restraining
I the Railway Employes rcpartmcnt
! of the American Federation of La
; bor from interfering in any manner
I with the operation of railroads dur
ing the shopmen's strike. The unions
! were not represented in court, but
' they have 60 days in which to file
an appeal.
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SEEK PRESIDENT'S AID
j SHANGHAI, July 14—The Am
I erican Chamber of Commerce of
' Shanghai has extended greetings to
President Harding on the occasion
of his first voyage upon the Pacific
waters, and urgent appeal is made
] that the American executive take
I the lead in saving the democracy of
i China.
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UNIFORM LAW URGED
PORTLAND. July 14—The Xa
tional Federation of Business Wo
men, in annual convention in this
city, has adopted a resolution re
commending uniform national mar
rigaes and divorce lawsw.
Father Alexander Vachon, brother
of Peter and Andrew Vachon who
has been visiting Fr. Monroe, at
Fairbanks, during the last several
days, arrived in Nenana yesterday
and will hold services in the Catholic
church tomorrow.