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VOLUME IV
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NENANA. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 16. !921
NUMBER 31
I-FEDERATION ASKS PROBE OF LOCKOUT
NEW GOVERNOR TAKES OATH AT WASHINGTON
AMERICAN LEGION POST BACKS CARPENTER IN BATTLE
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+ REGION BACKS CARPENTIER;
DEMPSEY IS NOT POPULAR
BERKELEY', June 16—The local
post of the American Legion has
sent the following telegram to
Georges Carpentier, French war
hero, who is to meet Jack Dempsey
at Jersey City on July 2:
“We regard you a comrade in
arms and wish you every success
in the big fight.”
A copy of the telegram was sent
to Dempsey, with th:s addition:
“This is what we think of you ”
Carpentier fought for his native
land and returned from the wai
with high honor, while Dempsey re
mained at home and was arrested
on the charge of being a slacker.
Dempsey At Work Again
* ATLANTIC CITY, June 16—
Jack Dempsey resumed active train
ing today, after a few days layoff,
and it is believed he will continue
to grind until the windup of the
training period. His sparring part
ners are prepared for a strenuous
fortnight.
Will Remain Close To Camp
MANHASSETT, June 16—Georg
* es Carpentier probably will remain J
at his training camp until a few
hours before the big battle, when
he will go by auto direct to the
arena. Manager Descamps will direct
the fight from the Frenchman's
corner.
CONSPIRATORS ADMIT GUILT
LOS ANGELES, June 16—Ray
Groves, former secretary of the
Democratic state committee; Ralph
Groves, former prohibition director,
and Edward Groves have entered
pleas of guilty to charges of con
spiracy to extort money for with
drawals of liquor from Government
warehouses. The tno had previously
denied their guilt.
SIMS IS ANSWERED
4 WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16—
The National Association for the
Recognition of the Irish Republic
has announced that in answer to the
recent London speech of Admiral
Sims, it would publish the names
of.-^5,000 Irish-Americans who died
on the battlefields of France.
CONGRESSMAN PASSES
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16
Representative W. E. Mason, of
Illinois, died here today, his demise
being attributed to heart trouble.
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LABOR RESOLUTION REQUESTS
SENATE TO CONDUCT INQUIRY
U. S. WILL NOT TAKE PART
IN COUNCIL’S DELIBERATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16— J
It has been learned from reliable j
sources that the United States gov-1
ernment does not contemplate par
ticipation in the deliberations of
the council of the League of Nations
which will convene at Geneva to
morrow to discuss the question of
mandates.
American participation in the dis
cussion is considered unnecessary in
view of the fact that the American
and Japanese governments have
undertaken the settlement of the
Yap mandate question through the
medium of direct negotiations.
CONTRACTS ARE ANNULLED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16
Acting on the advice of Attorney
General Daugherty, President Hard
ing has annulled the war depart
ment contracts with the United
States Harness Company for the
disposal of surplus army harness,
on the grounds that the contracts
are a violation of the criminal code
prohibiting participation by Govern
ment officers and employes in such
transactions.
WANTS ISLANDERS FREED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16
Admiral Robinson, military govern
or of the Dominican republic, has
issued a proclamation in which he
expresses the hope that American
military control of the republic will
be withdrawn within eight months,
and that control will be surrendered
as soon as a president has been
elected and Congress has ratified
the convention of evacuation.
SIMS POPULAR IN LONDON
LONDON, June 16—Admiral Sims
left for Southampton yesterday at
an early hour, enroute to the United
States. He rode in a special car,
burdened with floral testimonials
and, in spite of the earliness of his
departure, there was a large crowd
gathered to bid him farewell.
GREEKS READY FOR BATTLE
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 16—It
is believed here that the opening of
the Greek offensive against the
Turkish Nationalists in Asia Minor
is about to be launched, reports re
ceived in this city indicating that
the Greeks are ready for battle.
SENATOR REED ATTACKS
FEDERAL CONTROL PLAN
ST. LOUIS, June 16—In an ad
dress delivered before the Chamber
of Commerce yesterday, Senator J.
A. Reed, of Missouri, declared that
Government control over business,
as exemplified by the packer con
trol bill, is “government oligarchy
of socialism.’’
The senator attacked the whole
policy of government control and
predicted that it would bo a tragic
failure.
Imu, Alaska's Interior r»l Depot
DENVER, June 16—A resolution!
was adopted at today’s session of |
the American Federation of Labor!
convention, calling upon the senate!
to adopt the LaFolIette bill provid- !
ing for a federal investigation of i
the nation-wide “lockout” of sea- ■
men by American shipowners.
The resolution declares that a
“combination of European and
American shipowners have been at
work thwarting the American people j
in their legitimate desire and pur- i
pose to share in overseas com-!
merce.”
Another resolution adopted by the
convention today requests a con- ;
gressional investigation of the cot- i
BIG POSSE ON THE LOOKOUT
BUT CANNOT FIND GARDNER
KELSO, June 16—Although many
officers and others are scouring the
country for Roy Gardner, escaped
mail robber, no trace of thefugitive
can be found, and the only clue is
the statement of a farmer, who re
ports that one of his cows was
milked during the night and eight
of his chickens killed. It is believed
that Gardner is securing his food
in that manner.
All trains, restaurants and farms
are being watched closely.
PROVINCE OPPOSES TREATY
VICTORIA, B. C., June 16—The
provincial government has wired to
Premier Meighan, in London, point-!
ing out that any renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese treaty should in
clude a clause giving Canada the
right to restrict Japanese immigra
tion. The present treaty does not
include such a clause.
ADMIRAL EVANS DISABLED j
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16—The j
steamer Admiral Evans, enroute to i
Portland, was towed into Eureka
as the result of machinery trouble,
according to word received here.
AIRMEN FALL INTO LAKE;
HAVE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
TACOMA. June 16—Cadet Pilot
Charles W. Hillman and Sergeant
Wilkerson had a miraculous escape
I from death today when their air
plane dove into American lake, go
ing straight to t)he bottom, fully
fiteen feet below the surface. The
aviators extricated themselves from
the machine and rose to the surface,
where they managed to remain afloat
until a boat reached them.
MONEY FOR ALASKA ROADS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16—
The army appropriatio.i bill, in its
present form, carries an item of
|450,000 for the construction and
maintenance of military and post
roads and trails in Alaska.
CALGARY, line 16—Mrs. J. J.i
Rutledge and her four children were!
burned to death last nigh'. wl.en
their home near Innisfail was de
stroyed by fire.
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on mill situation in the South.
Advocate Disarmament
DENVER, June 16—A resolution
was submitted at yesterday’s session
>f the annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor, re
questing President Harding and the
Congress to lead the way toward
world disarmament by calling a
conference of the powers of the
ivorld.
Another resolution submitted yes
terday proposes the establishment
rf labor universities for the train
ing of leaders for the organized
labor movement. It is proposed to
submit the question to a referendum
v'ote.
HUGHES OUTLINES POLICIES
IN ADDRESS TO ALUMNI
PROVIDENCE, June 16—Secre
tary of State Hughes told a gather
ing of fellow alumni of Brown Uni
versity here yesterday that it is
not desirable that America’s help
ful influence be frittered away by
“relating ourselves unnecessarily to
political questions which involve
rivalries of interest abroad, with
which we have no proper concern.
It is equally true that we cannot
escape our relation to the economic
problems of the world.”
IRISH TREATY CAPTURED
LONDON, June 16—The govern
ment has issued as a “white paper"
the text of a document purporting
to be a draft of a treaty between
the Russian soviet and the Irish re
public. It is claimed the document
was captured in Dublin.
R. R. AGENT SHOT BY BANDITS
PORTLAND, June 16—-J. H
Phillips, a special railroad agent
was shot and killed last night by
box car robbers. The robbers latei
murdered a wounded confederate
and threw his body into the William
ette river. The robbers made theii
escape in a row boat.
RAILWAY BRIDGE CAVES IN;
FIVE PASSENGERS KILLED
OMAHA, June 16—Five persons
are known to have been killed anc
more than a score injured as tht
result of the wreck of a Chicago &
Northwestern passenger train, whih
enroute from Lander, Wyo., to this
city this morning. The disaster was
caused by the collapse of a bridge
at a creek crossing near Whitney
Neb.
Railway officials say that either <
cloudburst or heavy up-stream pres
sure in the creek caused the bridgi
to collapse.
MOTOR BUS HITS WALL
SEATTLE, June 16—One soldiei
is. dead and a dozen others seriously
ir iured as the result of a moto
bus accident yesterday at Camt
Lewis. The bus, with 19 soldie.:
aboard, collided wi+fc the stone wal
at the entrance to the camp, whih
going at full speed.
LABOR LEADER CONFESSES
COMPLICITY IN BIG THEFT
CHICAGO. June 16—Timothy
(Big: Tim) Murphy, labor leader
and former member of the state
! legislature, has confessed to the
postal authorities that he was im
plicated in the $350,000 mail roo
bery, committed at the Dearborn
Street station in this city on April
6.
| The arrest of Murphy followed
| a raid made on the home of his
father-in-law on Monday night, and
his confession was made on the
following day. The raid resulted tn
the discovery of more than $100.
000 in bonds and cash, which had
been secreted in a trunk.
YEOMAN TO BUILD HOSPITAL
DENVER, June 16—The sixtn
quadrennial conclave of the Ameri
can Brotherhood of Yeomen, which
opened in this city on Monday, is
one of the most important sessions
in the history of the organization.
One cf the important questions to
be decided is the choice of a site
for the million-dollar national home
and hospital to be erected by the
brotherhood for the benefit of its
members.
MADMAN KILLS WOMAN
SPOKANE, June 16—Mrs. Jose
phine Ford died here yesiterday from
injuries received at the hands of
John Schramm, a supposed madman,
who attacked her with an adz. When
arrested, Schramm explained that
he had had a vision telling him to
kill some woman, and Mrs. Ford
happened to be the first one he en
countered.
MADAME CURIE HONORED
CHICAGO, June 16—The North
western University has conferred
the degree of doctor of science on
Madame Curie. Dr. Charles Mayo,
of the Mayo Clinic, received the
doctor of laws degree.
ROTARY CLUBS NAME HEAD
EDINBURGH, June 16—Dr. C.
McCullough, of Fort William, Ont.,
has been unanimously elected presi
dent of the International Associa
tion of Rotary Clubs for the ensuing
year.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE STARTED
TO SETTLE JAPANESE ISSUES
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16—
The state department is negotiating
direct with the Japanese government
with a view to the satisfactory set
tlement of questions pending be
tween the two governments.
The questions under consideration
include the Yap mandate, the im
migration question, the alien land
ownership and the return of the
C-inese province of Shantung.
NOME, June 16—The revenue
1 cutter Bear arrived in port on June
i 7 and reports having encountered
no ice in Bering sea.
BONE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE;
ALASKANS SEE CEREMONY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Juno 16 —
Scott C. Bone, whose nomination
was confirmed by the senate this
week, was sworn in as governor of
Alaska yesterday, the oath being
administered by Supreme Court
Justice McKenna, at the offices of
the Interior Department, with a
number of Alaskans, members of
Congress and officials of the ad
ministration present. Those present
in eluded Secretary Fall, Chairman
Curry, of the house committee on
territories, Chairman Adams, of the
Republican National committee, C.
Burk, commissioner of ndian affairs,
Elmer Dover, former Congressman
Humphrey, Richard Hatton, former
ly of Nome, Delegate Dan Suther
land. Colonel Perkins, National Com
mitteeman J. C. McBride, Charles
E. Herron, Cecil H. Clegg, Judge
O. P. Hubbard, and a number of
other Alaskans and newspaper -cor
respondents.
The ceremony took place on the
34<th wedding anniversary of the
new governor and immiately after
he had taken the oath ard leceived
the congratulations of the many
who witnessed the ceremony. Gov
ernor and Mrs. Bone left for New
York, where they art tended a family
reunion last night.
On Tuesday night. Governor Bone
conferred with Secretaries Fall and
Daugherty, at the White House, re
lative to federal appointments in
Alaska, understood to include fed.
eral judges, marshals and district
attorneys, but it is not expected
that any appointments will be an
nounced for several days, and most
of them not until after Governor
Bone 'has assumed office in Alaska
Governor Bone will take the oath
of office again when he arrives in
Alaska.
SHK1NE.KS LttUUSt fKI3LU
DES MOINES, June 16—San
Francisco has been selected as the
1 next meeting place of the Shriners.
| Ernest A. Cutts was elected imper
ial potentate yesterday, and Tom
I Houston, of Chicago, was elected
j imperial outer guard, on the second
ballot.
j The Shriners voted $2,000 from
; the general treasury for the relief
of Pueblo flood suflferers.
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