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NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1921
NUMBER 79
• GIANTS WIN THIRD GAME BY BIG SCORE
DIRECTOR SAYS SOLDIER TRAINING IS A FAILURE
CLERGYMAN EOUND GUILTY WIFE MURDER CHARGE
FORBES SAYS GOVERNMENT
TRAINING IS NOT SUCCESS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 8—
Director Forbes, who has just re
turned to Washington from a tour
of the country, investigating the
Government's ovcational training for
disabled former service men, has
reported to President Harding that
the present system of federal voca
tional training contains decidedly
much theory and needs the injection
of practical methods.
Forbes expressed doubt as *o
whether "very many had actually
been rehabilitated by the Govern
ment and gone back to their com
munities as wage-earning assets".
"We’ve fanned the men out to
sweatshops", the director declared.
“The system is nothing shon of
slavery and it is a crime to put the
men in some of the places where I
found them. I am opposed to the
sweatshop system and I don not pro-.
pose to let more of the service men j
be exploited by mushroom houses
which spring up merely to get the
Government’s money".
UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASED
SLIGHTLY IN PAST MONTH'
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 8—1
The Department of Labor has issued
a report in which it is shown that j
there was a slight decrease in un
employment throughout the States
during the month of September.
The summary shows an increase'
in the number of employed in 38
cities, with decreases in 26. The
greatest increase in jobs was re
corded in Toledo, with 24.1 per cent.
The Portland region is second on the
list with 21.7.
Chicago decreased 1.15 per cent,
and New York 2.6 per cent.
The industries showing increased
employment are food production,
textile manufacturing, nearly all
metals, stone, glass, clay, lumber,
chemicals and railway shops.
There was decreased employment
in the automobile industry, leather
production, paper making, printing
and the tobacco industry.
CHAMBER CALLS ON STATES
TO ASSIST ALLIED POWERS
PARIS, Oct. 8—The council of
the International Chamber of Com
merce has adopted a resolution call
ing upon the United States to join
with the Allied powers in plans for
the solution of all problems growing
out of reparations and the payment
of Allied debts.
GIRL VICTIM OF MADMAN
MADISON, Wis.. Oct. 8—The
4 body of Janet, aged 12, was found
yesterday, concealed :n the woods
near this city. The body had been
cut by a knife, there being 27 in
cisions. the work, it is believed, of
a maniac. The woods are now be
ing scoured for the murderer.
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AMERICANS WIN TWO GAMES;
NATIONALS RECOVER IN THIRD
DETROIT SCENE OF DARING
MAIL ROBBERY LAST NIGHT
DETROIT. Oct. S—A mail truck j
carrying pouches to the main post- j
office from the Windsor ferry dock,,
■was held up last night and 21 sacks,
two of them containing registered!
mail, were taken by the bandits. It
is believed the loot included the re
ceipts of the day at Windsor race
track, which would bring the total
value of the mail to more than
$100,000.
The bandits blocked the street
with their two automobiles while
they transferred the mail from the
truck to their cars. They had es
caped before the police were aware
that a robbery had taken place.
EXPECTED THAT AGREEMENT
WILL AVERT RAILWAY T1EUP
CHICAGO, Oct. 8—Both railway
officials and union leaders profess to
see a possible peace parley on the
threatened railroad strike, as the
result of the decision of union
leaders to hold a meeting of gener
al chairmen on Monday, to confer1
on the strike situation. The railway'
executives will meet next FYiday.
NEW INVENTIONS TESTED
ABERDEEN, Md., Oct. 8—New
developments in military and naval
warfare were tested this week by
the Army Ordnance association, the
list including flashless powder, naval
rifles designed to throw 2,400 pounds
of chilled steel 35 miles, and a port
able machine gun capable of throw
ing a dozen bullets with every tick
of the watch.
SOME SPEED
FORT WASHINGTON. N. Y.,
Oct. 8—A flying boat piloted by
Clifford Webster, has completed a
non-stop flight from Aberdeen, Md.,
a distance of 188 miles, in 80 min
utes, with an average speed of 141
miles an hour. A speed of 165 miles
an hour was attained between Phila
delphia and New York.
ARBUCKLE UNDER ARREST
ON DRY LAW VIOLATION
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 8—Fatty
Arbuckle was placed under arrest
here yesterday, upon his arrival
from the south, on a federal war
rant chargring ham with unlawful pos
session of liquor.
The manslaughter charge has been
continued until October 13.
MATTY GETS THE NEWS
NEW YORK. Oct. 8—A special
wireless set, installed by the man
agement of the Giants, carries the
news of the World series to Christy
Mathewson, former star, who is now
suffering from tuberculosis at Lake
Caraneh.
EDDIE ODOWOY WINS
COLUMBUS, Oct. 8—Eddie Odo
woy, of Columbus, was given a de
cision here this week over Babe
Ashur, of St. Louis, A. E. F. bantam
champion. The bout went twelve
rounds.
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MOVE NEGRO TO SAFE PLACE
FORT WORTH, Oct. 8—David
, Dunn, negro, who was taken into
custody here on a robbery charge,
is reported to have been moved to
Dallas, as the result of threats of
j interference by local people.
POLO GROUNDS, Oct- S—The
second game of the World series
played on Thursday, -witnessed an
other victory for the Yankees, the
score, as in the opening game, being
three to nothing. In addition to their
three runs, the Yankees made three
hits and escaped without an error,
while the Giants made only two hits
and were assessed three errors. The
batteries were Hoyt and Schang for
the victors and Nehf and Smith for
the Giants.
Giants Win Third
The third game of the series,
played yesterday- afternoon, was tak
en byT the Giants, with the unusual
score of 13 to 5. The winning team,
with Toney and Barnes pitching and
Snyder behind the bat, made four of
their runs in the third inning, eight
in the seventh and another in the
eighth. The Yanks, pitching Shawkey
Quinn, Collins and Rogers, and with
Schang and DeVormer as backstops,
made four of their runs in the third
and one in the eighth.
The base running of the Yankees
was the feature of the apcond
as it was in the first. The stealing
home of Bob Meusel, in the eighth
inning, was one of the feature plays,
and Babe Ruth, who had been passed
in three of his four appearances at
the plate, showed finally that he
could do something besides knocking
home runs, by stealing second and
third in the fifth.
Nehf, for the Giants, pitched a
good game but his own error in the
fourth inning, and the error of
Frisch in the eighth was the hole
in the Giants' defense, through
which the American league champs
pushed over the winning runs.. The
pitching of Youngster Waite Hoyt,
who came from his home in Brook
lyn to smear the Giants with goose
eggs, was baffling.
In the third game, the Giants j
emerged from their batting slump •
and cuffed three Yankee hurlers
off the mound and submerged their
rivals with runs.
The 38,000 spectators saw the
Giants rain base hits all over the
place in the seventh inning and be
fore the dust had settled, the score
board showed eight runs for the
Nationals. The Yankees took the
iead in the third by getting to Toney
for four runs but the Giants came j
right back and tied the score. The
Yankees made eight hits and the |
Giants swung for a total of an even
score. It was an errorless game
Plenty Of Room
The opening game disclosed the:
fact that there is ample room at the
Polo grounds for all the fans in
towns, with accommodations for al
most 39,000 spectators.
””bnly 30,203 attended the opening j
game, many of whom stood in line
the greater part of the night. The j
gate receipts totaled $103,963, set-1
ting a new record- Of that amount,
the players’ fund gets $53,000, the
two clubs $35,000 and the National
commission the remainder. The open
ing game was attended by 400 news
papermen, a record number.
The number of fans attended the
second game totaled 34,934, and the
receipts were $115,320, smashing all
gate records up to that time. The
attendance yesterday was even larg
er, but the figures are not yet avail
able.
Babe Ruth Out Of Game
NEW YOP.K, Oct. 8—Babe Ruth
has a bad abcess on the left arm
and it is considered doubtful if he
will be able to continue playing. His'
doctors say they may have to bench
him for several days.
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WRECK WAS FATAL TO 53
PARIS. Oct. 8—Seventeen person?
who were injure'’ in the recent rail
way collision in a nearby tunnel,
have died of their injuries, bringing
the total number of fatalities up to .
53. It is feared that the burned
tunnel contains additional victims,!
the condition of the tunnel being t
such that it has been impossible to
make a thorough search for bodies
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IMPERIAL COUNCIL APPROVES
BERLIN. Oct. 8—The imperial
council has notified the reichstag.
that it approves the American
peace treaty, without modifications.
The treaty may now be published
I to acquire legal force.
PROMINENT WOMAN DIES
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 8—Mrs. W.
Rockhill Nelson, widow of the!
founder of the Kansas City Star,
died here this week at an advanced i
age. |
MRS. BERGDOLL DROPS SUIT
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. S—Accord
ing to announcement made here yes
terday by Charles Bergdoll, his;
mother has decided to drop the two ;
suits which she started against the I
alien property custodian, in an effort |
to recover property seized as be
longing to her son Grover. The ac-.
tion was taken upon advice of her j
council.
KLANSMEN ROUTED
DURANT, Okla.. Oct. 8—Officers
exchanged shots last night with a j
group of masked white-robed men |
who were discovered gathering in a
pasture near town. The maskers
were put to rout easily, and no one
was hurt on either side. The sheriff
has announced that be will not per
mit gatherings of masked men. i
TAFT HEADS UNITARIANS
DETROIT, Oct. 8—The Unitarian
Genera] conference has re-elected
William Howard Taft president of1
the conference for his third term, j
There was no opposition.
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RACE SUICIDE ALARMIST
NOW ADVOCATES CONTROL
MADISON. Wis., Oct. 8—The pop
ulation of the United States is in
creasing rapidly, due to a reduction
in the death rate rather than to an
increase in the number of births,
according to E. A. Ross, professor
of sociology. University of Wiscon
sin.
In an address delivered here yes
terday, Prof. Ross declared that he
favored birth control now. explain
ing that “twenty years ago. when I
coined that grossly misused phrase,
'race suicide’. I believed in large
families. Today, with changed con
ditions. and years of deeper study,
I have changed my mind.”
OLD MISSION BELL IS LOST:
SEARCH MADE AT HONOLULU
HONOLULU, Oct 8—Search for
a bell that once warned mariners of
a dangerous shoal off the coast of
California, but broke loose fjom its
buoy and. current-swept, blithely
carolled its way for 2.000 miles
along the Pacific until it came to
rest years ago on the shores of
Oahu island, has been started by
Judge Sanford B. Dole, former presi
dent of the Republic of Hawaii and
later first governor of the Territory
The bell, if found, will be placed
among the chimes at a Riverside.
Cal., inn, where bells from many
other parts of the United States
have been hung in honor of the
padres, who built the first missions
in California.
After coming to rest, on the shore
of Oahu, the bell was salvaged and
placed on one of the Hawaiian coast
buoys, being replaced later by an
electrically operated lighthouse. The
bell disappeared, but Judge Dole
hopes to find it and send it to
Riverside as Hawaii’s contribution.
DEMPSEY HAS CLOSE CALL
BATAVA, N. Y., Oct. 8—The jury
before which was tried the case of
Frank Spellman against Champion
Jack Dempsey, for $100,000 as a
share of the receipts from a movie
serial, found it impossible to ar
rive at a verdict, and was discharg
ed yesterday. The jury also dis
agreed at the first trial of the case
last May.
NEW CENTRAL RESTAURANT
TO OPEN TUESDAY MORNING
The Central Restaurant, after a
somewhat restless career, has finally
landed in a permanent home at the
corner of A and Second streets, op
posite the Cooney hotel, and will be
ready to serve the public bright and
early Tuesday morning. The new
quarters are both attractive and
conveniently located, and it will be
the aim of Mr. Ketooroky to make
the Central the most inviting eating
place in town. A chef is coming
from the lower river to take charge
of the range and with his arrival
the new restaurant will be prepared
for any emergency.
In addition to the regulation
counter, for quick service, the new
place will have two boxes for those
who desire privacy. And on the
second floor there is a large banquet
room which will be reserved for
special occasions It is suitable for
large or small parties, but will be
available only to those making ar
rangements in advance for its use.
Mr. Ketooroky announces that he
will have breakfast ready for early
risers on Tuesday.
CLERGYMAN FOUND GUILTY
ON WIFE MURDER CHARGE
LAKEPORT. Cal.. Oct 8—John
Spencer, clergyman, who was tried
here on the charge of killing his
wife, was found guilty this after
noon, of first degree murder. The
jury, however, recommended life im
prisonment instead of the death
penalty. They deliberated six and
a half hours.
The state closed its case yester
day, with the testimony of District
Attorney H. B. Churchill, who de
clared that Spencer had twice offer
ed him money or property to be
slack in pressing the charge of wife
murder.
Dr. \V. H Feern, testifying for
the defense, expressed the belief
that Mrs. Spencer was drowned, in
stead of being killed before enter
ing the water, as claimed by the
prosecution.
LIQUOR WILL BE TAXED;
WILL YIELR BIG REVENUE
WASHINGTON', D. C.. Oct. 8—
Republican leaders have agreed to
a tax of $4 per gallon on spirits
withdrawn from bond for industrial
and medicinal purposes. Such a tax.
it is estimated, will yield 75 million
dollars additional revenue yearly.
The leaders have abandoned the
plan to repeal the i‘2.000 exemp
tion allowed corporations, on the
grounds that it would work a hard
ship on small corporations. They al
so have reached an agreement on
a fiat fifteen per cent corporation
tax.
LENROOT DENOUNCES PLAN
WASHINGTON, D. C . Oct. S—
Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin, in
an address delivered in the senate
on Thursday, declared that the
Smoot sales tax plan “utterly ig
nores the rule that taxes be im
posed according to the ability to
pay plan” and would be impossible*
of administration because of the
difficulty in determining who should
pay. He declared further that the
plan would add to the already
heavy burdens of .manufacturer*
who are now operating without
profit in order to give employment
to labor.
MOROS DIE IN BATTLE
MANILA. Oct.ft—Nine Moros are
reported to have lost their lives in
a battle with Philippine constabuu
lary this week at Kulay Kulay. in
Sulu province. The fight was be
tween a band of 30 Moros and a
detachment of the island peace
officers.
RAIN STOPS CHICAGO SERIES
CHICAGO, Oct. b—Wet gr unds
caused the postponement of the third
game of the city serie- here yester
day.
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