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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1921
NUMBER 49
• BASEBALL TRIAL SHOWS HUGE PROFITS
SHIPPING BOARD THREA TENS WAR WITH BRITISH
AMERICA DEMANDS RELEASE OF PRISONERS IN RUSSIA
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SHIPPING BOARD RESENTS
DISCRIMINATION OF BRITISH
LONDON, July 28—The United
States Shipping Board has served
British shipping lines with an ultima
tum to the effect that unless Ameri
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can ships are accorded fair treat
ment in contracts for carrying
Egyptian cotton, the Shipping Board
will “declare an open market and
-haul anything, at any rate.”
Board Needs Money
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28
Chairman Lasker, of the Shipping
Board, has asked the house appro
priations committee for an immedi
ate appropriation of $125,000,000 to
meet the expenses of the Shipping
Board during the next five months.
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LIGHT COMMITTEE AWAITS
MEETING WITH OFFICIALS
At a meeting of the Nenana Light
and Telephone committee, held last
night to close the deal with the
Alaskan Engineering Commission for
the operation of the public service
plants, it was decided to await the
p arrival in town of Colonel Mears
and Mr. Browne before binding the
agreement. The contract as present
ed to the committee for acceptance!
did not meet with the approval of,
all the members of the committee.
and it is hoped to arrange- a satis
factory agreement at a conference
to be held tonight.
In the meantime, the Healy River ^
Coal Corporation is going ahead with j
, plans for the operation of the light
and telephone plants after the first j
of August, on the assumption that
the questions at issue will be ad
justed to the satisfaction of all con
cerned. No immediate radical chang
es in the management of the plants
is contemplated, but >Ir. Donaldson, j
who will have general supervision,j
plans a number of reforms which j
will lessen the cost of operation I
materially, without disrupting the
present organization
BALLAINE ACCUSES WRITER
OF BEING GUGG HIRELING
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John E. Ballaine, the Seward pro
moter, had a distressing experience
recently in the office of Senator
Poindexter, according to the Valdez
Miner. He 5e said to have intimated
by voice and gesture that Jack
Underwood, well known magazine
writer, was a paid publicity man for
the Guggenheims, whereupon Under
wood resented the accusation by
landing on the Seward man’s eye.
It is reported that Ballaine then
took a violent hold with his teeth
and that it required several minutes
$ for Underwood to put his opponent
down for the count.
Ballaine is a very active candidate
for appointment as a member of the'
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
LOS ANGELES WOMAN FREED
LOS ANGELES, July 28—Mrs.
Edith Lundberg, charged with the
murder of Linas F. Worden, was ac
quitted here today at the conclusion
of a trial lasting a week. She ad
mitted shooting Worden, who was a
frequent visitor, but claimed his
death was accidental, the fatal shot
having been fired while she was ^
testing a revolver with suicidal in
tent.
BASEBALL CLUB REAPED RICH
HARVEST DURING 1920 SEASON
GOVERNOR BONE IS COMING
FOR SHORT VISIT SATURDAY
According to information received
from Fairbanks, it is the intention of
Governor Scott C. Bone to spend
a portion of Saturday in Nenana.
The Governor and the members of
his party left Valdez on Monday
afternoon and were at Richardson
this morning, headed for Fairbanks,
where they arrived at ^n early hour
this afternoon. The plans for the
afternoon included a ride about the
city, followed by a public reception
at Masonic Temple tonight, between
the hours of nine and eleven.
The Governor will come to Ne
nana Saturday, arriving here pro
bably shortly after noon and, after
a brief visit here, he will return to
the upper town. Tomorrow he
and the members of his party will
look over the Fairbanks district
and on Sunday they will start on
the return trip to the coast, by way
of the Richardson trail.
Upon their arrival at North Ne
nana Saturday, the visitors will be
met by a committee of citizens
headed by Mayor O’Connor, and es
corted across the river. There will
be an informal luncheon at the
Tavern Cafe, followed by a public
reception.
It is not known how long the
Governor will be here, but it is un
derstood that be plans to return
to Fairbanks so that he can take
an auto for the coast on Sunday.
Colonel Mears and Engineer in
Charge Fred’k D. Browne will ar
rive in town this afternoon, at the
invitation of Mayor O’Conror and
will assist in the reception of the
visitors.
A large arch of welcome is being
erected on A street, in front of the
Southern building.
LOUVAINE LIBRARY RISING
LOUVAINE, France, July 28—
The reading of a message from
President Harding featured the ex
ercises attending the laying of the
comer stone of the new library of
the University of Louvaine. The new
library is the gift of the American
people to replace the one destroyed
by the Germans.
OLD LANDMARK UP FOR SALE
NEW YORK, July 28—Jefferson
M. Levy has confirmed the report
that the Montecello home of Thomas
Jefferson is for sale. He explains
that he attempted to induce the
Government to buy the property
for half a million, which is half its
real value.
WILL FUND ALLIED DEBTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28—
The senate finance committee has
ordered a favorable report on the
administration bill giving the treas
urer blanket authority to conduct
ne"otiatior-s for the funding of the
Allied debts.
Seam*, the Gateway to XcKlnley
Satloaal t-ark.
CHICAGO, July 28—The financial |
secrets of the White Sox club were
bared today, during the trial of the
alleged baseball grafters. The books
of the club were introduced as evi
dence and by them it was shown
that the club had made a net profit
of more than $400,000 during the
past six years, including $225,000
in 1920 alone.
The defense attempted to show
that the throwing of the world series
did not injure the clubs.
The defense resumed its bombard
ment of state evidence today by
BANDITS TRY TO CREMATE
WOMAN AFTER TAKING CASH
SIOUX CITY, July 28—Four
masked bandits robbed the home of
Minnie Procter here yesterday, tak
ing $160. After securing the money,
the bandits bound the woman to j
her bed and then set fire to the
house, after which they made their
escape. Passing motorists discovered '
the fire and released the woman
from her perilous position before
the flames reached her. It is believed
the bandits were intoxicated.
DRUG COMPANY IN TROUBLE
BOSTON, July 28—The personal
assets of Louis Ligget, president of
the United Drug Company, have
been placed in the hands of trustees,
following a sharp decline in the
value of the company’s common
stock.
RIOT ON S. F. WATERFRONT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28—As
the result of a clash on the water- >
front today between strike sympa- j
thizers and members of the non
union crew of the steam schooner
Frank S. Stout, eleven men were
injured, some of them seriously.
The non-union sailors were attacked ,
by the striker crowd.
CLEVELAND HAS FATAL CRASH
CLEVELAND, July 28—Five per
sons were killed here today when a
shuttle car, in the Abbey avenue
viaduct, crashed into an automobile.
SETTLEMENT IN ADVANCE
LONDON, July 28—Reliable in
formation received in this city indi
cates that Japanese acceptance of j
the invitation to attend the Far
Eastern conference will be condi- j
itioned upon matters to be taken up
and decided in advance.
N. Y. CENTRAL HAS WRECK
SOUTHBEND, Ind., July 28—A
New York Central passenger train,
enroute from Chicaga, was derailed
at New Carlisle today when it ran i
into a heavy truck engine. Every j
coach was derailed, and Engineer
A. F. Johr son and Fireman D. L.
Flynn are believed to have been
*atally injured. All of the passen
gers were shaken up and bruised. j
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Deputy Marshal Bill Batler ar-1
rived from Healy this afternoon.
calling a number of witnesses who
testified for Carl Zork, in contradic
tion of much of the evidence pre
viously introduced against him.
Judge Friend announced yesterday
after the state had rested, that un
til further evidence is presented, he
would direct the jury to acquit Buck
Weaver, Happy Felseh and Carl
Zork.
The state has dropped its case
against Ben and Louis Levy, of
Kokomo, Indiana, but motions to
dismiss the charges against Jackson
and Davis Zeeler have been denied
by the court.
CONDEMNED MAN DECLARES
CONFESSION WAS NOT TRUE
CHICAGO, July 28—-Carl Wand
erer, who is under sentence to hang
on Friday for the murder of the
“ragged stranger”, who was killed
in a fake holdup, has given out a
letter in which he declares he is in
nocent of the crime for which he s
to pay the extreme penalty. He as
serts that he confessed that he was1
guilty because the police gave him '
the third degree, keeping him awake
for three days and nights.
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YOUTH WRECKS FAST TRAIN I
BY PLACING NUT ON TRACK1
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SCRANTON, July 28—John Arre, j
aged 14, the son of a huckster, has*
been placed under arrest here on a ^
charge of causing the wreck of the
Lackawanna Limited, near his home 1
last Friday, resulting in the death of
two and the injury of 27 others.'
The youth is alleged to have con
fessed that he placed a five-eighths
inch nut on the track to be flattened }
by the wheels of the train, but hej
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disclaims any intention of causing'
injury to the train or its passengers, j
He is being held without bail on I
a charge of murder.
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RUSSIANS FIRE ON GERMANS
BERLIN, July 28—A Vardoa.;
Norway dispatch says Russian land
forts fired on the German mine- j
sweeping fleet, which has been oper-1
ating off the norther coast of Rus- j
sia, in accordance with the terms of |
the peace treaty. The Germans re- j
turned the fire but no damage re-1
suited on either side.
BANDITS COME TO GRIEF
MOUNT VERNON, Wn., July 28
—One alleged bandit was shot and
killed and another wounded in a
clash with Sheriff Reay and Deputy
A1 Sollenthin last night. The sheriff
attempted to investigate a party of
three men and a woman in an auto,
with the result that the occupants of
the machine opened fire on the two
officers, one of the shots hitting the
deputy in the jaw. The sheriff then
shot two of the men and arrested
their companions.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham left Fair
banks for the coast yesterday, by :
way of the Richardson trail Mr.
Giaham delivered a lecture on
Christian Science on Tuesday night.
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SECRETARIES ARE COMING
TO CHECK UP ON WORK
From Washington it is learned
that plans are being developed so
that Secretary Denby, of the Navy,
and Secretary P’all, of the Interior
Department, will jointly inspect the
southeastern coast of Alaska, the
Government railroad and the coal
mines which are being developed
under Government supervision.
The tentative plan, according to
a special iispatdh appearing in an
Outside newspaper, is for the two
secretaries to go to Alaska from
Seattle by the battleship New York
the latter part of July or the first
of August and make a careful check
up of the Government railroad, the
coal mines and the harbors, all of
which equally interest the Navy and
tne department ot tne Interior
Both the railroad and the mines are
under the jurisdiction of the Inte
rior Department and their main use,
according to the dispatch, is to
furnish coal for use of the Navy.
Following the Alaskan trip it is
probable that the war craft will re
turn to Seattle in order to permit
Secretary Fall to complete his in
spection of the reclamation projects
in the Northwest and also the na
tional parks of the country.
Secretary Denby contemplates
continuing on the New York to in
spect Pearl Harbor and all the other
naval establishments of the Hawaiian
group, together with the destroyer
force and other naval ships which
will then be there.
From Honolulu Secretary Denby
according to the plans, which are
more or less tentative, will con
tinue to San Pedro, Los Angeles and
San Francisco, from which point he
will return to Washington, having
visited Portland on the way to Se
attle, thus completing his inspection
of the naval needs of the Pacific
Coast.
GASOLINE STILL EXPLODES
MARTINEZ, Cal., July 28—The
explosion of a gasoline still here
yesterday at the plant of the Shell
Oil Company, caused the death of
three laloorers and the injury of
two others.
DETECTIVE KILLS BAD MAN
TACOMA, July 28—A railroad de
tective shot and killed Frank Lajn
bert, of Portland, and wounded Jno.
Mack, of Seattle, here yesterday,
when the two men attempted to
overpower him, following his dis- -
covery of explosive caps and revol
vers in their possession. The de
tective escaped unhurt.
NO CHANCE FOR RECESS
WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 28
Republican leaders of Congress are
generally of the opinion that it will j
not be possible to recess both house.,
for several weeks, although there is
? clamor for a temporary suspen
sion of work before then.
Vsnaaa, Alaska'* Interior Tutl l'sjot
HUGHES MAKES DEMAND FOR
RELEASE OF U. S PRISONERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28
Secretary of State Hughes has made
formal demand on the soviet author
ities for the release of American
prisoners in Russia.
According to the latest advices re
ceived by the state department,
there are still more than a score of
Americans languishing in Russian
prisons, chief among them being
Mrs. Margaret Harrison, of Balti
more; Captain Emmet Kilpatrick,
Royal C. Keelcy, engineer, and Dr.
Weston Estes, movie photographer.
Hoover Receive* Word
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28
Secretary Hoover has received from
Maxim Gorky a reply to his recent
message in which he impressed that
American relief in Russia must be
preceded by the release of American
prisoners in Russia. Gorky says the
“message was gratefully received
and a detailed reply will be sent
from Moscow by the president of
the Russian Relief Committee.”
SEATTLE LAWYER TN BAD
SEATTLE, July 28—The Seattle
Bar Association has filed a complaint
seeking the disbarment of Hulet M.
Wells, on the grounds that he has
been tried, convicted and sentenced
for felony. He was formerly secre
tary of the Labor Council and was
sent to prison for opposing the droft.
YANKS DIE ON GERMAN SOIL
COBLENZ, July 28—Lieut Carl
Gunther and Corp. L. O. Rogers, 0f
Texas, met death near this city yes
terday when their airplane fell with
them.
TEX RICKARD PAYS FINE
NEW YORK, July 28—Tex Rick
ard and Frederick Quimby were
found guilty yesterday of violation
of the Interstate Commerce law,
through the transportation of the
Dempsey-Carpentier fight pictures
from New Jersey to New York. A
fine of $1,000 was assessed against
each of the offenders.
JAPAN WILL MAKE PROTEST
TOKIO, July 28—The Nichi Niehi
is authority for the statement that
the Japanese cabinet has decided to
make protest against the recent de
portation of Japanese workers by
American laborers at Turlock. The
action will be taken, the newspaper
says, on the grounds that the de
portation constitutes an encroach
ment on the rights of Japanese who
are living in obedience with the laws
of the United States.
REPUBLICANS GAIN SEAT
WASHINGTON, D C., July 28—
The senate Republican majority was
increased by one yesterday when T.
Coleman Dupont, former Republican
National committeeman for Deleware
was sworn in to succeed Joshia Wol
cott, who resigned from tihe senate
to become chancellor of Deleware.
BANFF, Albe.la, July 28—The
dead body of W. E. Stone was found
by searchers yesterda. at the bottom
of a very high orec:pice, and Mrs.
Stone was rescued from the bottom
of a 17-foot ere.ice, suffer'ng from
shock, but otherwise ur.injured. The
couple had been missing for more
than a weelfc