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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1922
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NUMBER 232
COAL CONFERENCE OPENS TOMORROW
NENANA CAPTURES CHAMPIONSHIP BALL SERIES
HARDING MAKES FINAL PLEA TO END RAIL TROUBLE
IRISH TAKE CABLE STATIONS
AND STOP COMMUNICATION
NEW YORK, Aug. 8—Communi
cation between the United States
and Ireland, France and Northern
Europe has been interrupted, pre
sumably by the seizure of the cable
station at Waterville, Ireland, by
Irish Republicans.
• Only Three Working
LONDON, Aug. 8—Of the 13
cables of the Western Union and
Commercial Cable, only three are
working today as a result of the
seizure of the stations at Water
viHe and Valentia by Irish irregu
lars.
KLANSMEN ON TRIAL
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8—The 37
members of the Ku Klux klan who
are under indictment in coime.-tion
with the Inglewood raid of l3st(
April, were placed on trial here
this week. They were indicted on
thee counts.
TEN THOUSAND PERISHED
IN TYPHOON ON SATURDAY
HONGKONG, Aug. 5—The tidal
wave and typhoon which swept the
Chinese coast last week, is reported
to have been much more serious
than was at first estimated. The j
latest advices indicate that fully ■
ten thousand persons lost their
lives.
FLIER STOPS ASTARTING
JACKSONVILLE. Aug:. 8—Aviat
or Doolittle ha? been deiav< d m his
proposed one-day flight ‘rom coast
to coast, x th jne stop at San An
tonio for fuel. He made a start on
Sunday night. but his plane hit a
soft spot in the field just as he
was about to leave the ground, and
considerable damage resulted. It will
be several days probably before he
can get his plane ready for an
other start.
WAR FRAUD INVESTIGATION
INVOLVES SALES DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8—
As a result of investigations con
ducted by a special federal grand
jury, into war frauds cases, Ernest
T. Crow, former sales director of
the war department, was indicted
today. Indictments also were re
turned against Everly T. Davis, of
New York, and Alexander W. Phil
• lips.
It is asserted that Davis is ac
cused of getting away with more
than a million dollars through the
sale of the Nashville powder plant.
SMOOT SMOTHERS INQUIRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8—
Senator Smoot blocked an effort to
day to bring up the Harrison reso
lution in which it is charged that
American officials urged Cuban pro
ducers to curtail their sugar crop
in return for a reduced tariff on
Cuban sugar.
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GOTHAM HAS CHINK PANIC
NEW YORK, Aug 8—The death
of Ko Low, national president of
the Hip Sings, which occurred in tae
Chinese quarter last night, has re
sulted in a general panic in China
town. and the authorities are pre
paring for a general outbreak of
hostilities among the rival tongs.
Low was shot in the back as he left
a restaurant in Hip Sing territory,
accompanied by a white woman.
The woman was hit in the heel by'
another bullet.
ASKS SAWYER TO GET BUSY
CHICAGO, Aug. 8—Col. Sprague,
•hairman of the American Legion
'Cational Rehabilitation Committee,
tas suggested that General Sawyer,
vho has been the object of bitter
Jttack recently, request President
Warding to appoint a commission of
physicians to settle the dispute be
ween himself and the legion, re
tarding the care of disabled veter-!
ins.
CO AL OPER ATORS WILL T ALK
SETTLEMENT TO UNION CHIEFS
PASSENGER STEAMER DRIVES
HOLE IN BOTTOM ON ROCK
SEATTLE, Aug. 8—’The passen
ger steamer H. F. Alexander, San
Francisco to Seattle, ran on to
Cake rock, in the Giant’s Graveyard
off Lapush, early yesterday morning
and stove a hole in No. 1 hold. The
steamer backed off after hitting
and it was found that the three
other holds were intact and the
bulkheads solid. The steamer re
sumed her voyage, unaided, at a
speed of four knots.
There were three hundred pas
sengers aboard and a crew of 225
officers and men and all escaped in
jury.
The barge W. J. Pjrrie struck
the same rock in November, 1920,
and all but two of the 23 aboard
perished.
Passengers Arrive
The Schley docked here at three
o'clock this morning with 326 pas
sengers from the Alexander. Two of
the women had sustained sprained
wrists and two men had injured
knees. The Alexander is enroute
here, assisted by the Snohomsh. The
transfer of the passengers to the
Schley was delayed by heavy seas,
but was finally accomplished after
the fog had lifted and the sea be
come quiet.
HIBERNIANS ADVOCATE MOVE
TO OPPOSE KU KLUX KLAN
ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 8—The
National Board of Hibernians, in
annual session here, adopted a reso
lution yesterday in which American
Catholics are urged to organize in
opposition to the Ku Klux Klan.
Another resolution . was adopted
deploring conditions in Ireland.
NATIONALS PUSH CAMPAIGN
DUBLIN. Aug. 8—The Nationals
are reported to be striking at several
points and pushing their campaign
in southwestern Ireland, both in
the Limerick and Tralee sectors.
CHICAGO CAR STRIKE ENDS
CHICAGO, Aug. 8—The termina
tion of the Chicago streetcar strike"
was greeted joyfully yesterday, the
resumption of traffic being welcom
ed by a rush for transportation,
with thousands happily hanging onto
straps.
BOAT DIPS—POUR DROWN
CEDAR RAPIDS. Aug. 8—Fowler
Adams and his three daughters, Don
na, aged eight, Doris, aged four,
and Charlotte, four months, lost
their lives yesterday in the Wapsie
river.. The two youngest children
died in their mother’s arms, the
mother surviving. The members of
the family were boating in the river
and ran on to a bar. *A boy pushed
the boat off and the prow* dipped
suddenly, throwing the occupants
of the boat into the water.
HUMPHREY HONORED
SEATTLE, Aug. 8—Former Con
gressman Will E. Humphrey has
been chosen director of the speak
ers’ bureau of the national Repub
lican party, according to a telegram
received by him yesterday from the
chairman. He will succeed Senator
Harry New.
FISHING BOAT WRECKED
SAN DIEGO. Aug. 8—The Jap
anese fishing schooner Sis, which
piled on the beach south of Point
Loma on Friday night, is reported
to be a total wreck.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8—
President Harding, after a confer
ence with rail strike leaders yes
terday, made public telegrams sent
! by him, in which he called on both
sides to submit the seniority ques
tion the the Railroad Labor board
for final disposition, the men return
ing to work in the meantime and
the railroads assigning them to their
jobs.
The telegrams reminded both part
ies to the controversy that they had
given recognition to the decisions
of the Railroad Labor board and
that it was up to them to submit
the question of seniority to that
body for settlement.
It is said at the White House that
the President regards this step as
the final action of the Government
to bring about voluntary action on
: the part of the railroads and unions.
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Coal Conference Tomorrow
CLEVELAND. Aug. 8—Coal op
erators and union leaders gathered
here yesterday for their conference
but it was agreed in advance of the
meeting to postpone action until
• Wednesday, with the expectation
I that Illinois and Indiana operators
■would be ready to attend at that
time.
A plan to er.d the coal strike will
be presented when the conference
opens. The plan already has the ap
proval of a sufficient number of
operators to end the strike if the
union leaders will accept it.
Stone Call* Meeting
CLEVELAND. Aug. 8—Warren
S. Stone, president of the engineers,
has called a conference of brother
hood chiefs, to be held at Washing
:on on Friday, to “avert impending
calamity and the collapse of the
transportation system”.
Important Businets Coming Up
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8—
President Harding has asked for a
full attendance when the lowei
house of Congress convenes tomor
row. for the consideration of im
portant industrial questions.
No Strike Action Expected
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8—
Commenting on the action of Presi
dent Stone, in calling a conference
i for Friday, President Jewell, of the
shopcrafts, says the call is hardly to
’ be regarded as suggesting strike
> action.
NENANA WINS SERIES
FROM COAST TEAM
In one oi the best played and
. most hotly contested baseball »ame:
| ever witnessed on the local diamond
S the invincible Xenana aggregation
wrested the championship from the
visiting Cordova team, winning the
series three games to one and the
final game by a score of four to
two. There was plenty of excite
ment throughout the game and even
: as late as the eighth inning the
| visitors had a splendid chance to
l tie the score, with three men on
i bases and a heavy sticker at the
bat. But Kelly, pitching for the
; loads, was equal to the occasion
land the heavy sticker was struck
i out.
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] Kelly pitched a strong game j
, and had splendid support, all of i
' the boys being on their toes, quick
i and sure in fielding and heavy on
I the stick.
The Cordovans also played a fast j
game, with Morgan in the box and
a solid lineup in back of him. But;
they were outbatted and outpitched.
There was the usual good natured
bantering during the game and
much amusement was created when
the game was about half over by;
the appearance of a giant can on
the field, an exaggerated duplicate (
of the kind used by clam canneries,
and symbolic of clam digging. At'
the conclusion of the game the can. j
with Pitcher Kelly mounted beside!
it on a platform, was carried tri-j
umphantly from the field.
The betting on the final game
was quite heavy,* several thousand '
dollars changing hands. There were
a number of bets of several hun- ]
dred dollars and scores of smaller
ones. The visitors went the limit in
an effort to recover on earlier los
ings, confident that their team would
pull them out of the hole.
The Way It Happened * !
The game opened with Xenana at,
| bat, Brown up. He landed on the j
i second ball thrown, driving a long ■
fly to center, which Frederickson i
gathered in. Blakey walked and was!
put out in a race for second when
Krause grounded to Morgan. The
ball was returned to first just in
time to stop Krause and was the
only double play made during the
series.
Frederickson, heavy hitter of the
visiting team, grounded to Haynes.
Lopez singled to center, stole second
and advanced to third on a wild
throw to second by Gibson. He
was left on third, Noftsger flying
out to center and Martini going
out on a grounder to Brown which
was passed on to Haynes.
Markie, first up in the second,
grounded to first. Gibson walked,
stole second and scored on Tate’s
double to left, where it was badly
handled by Oliver. Haynes, in the
meantime, had fanned, and Hanson
followed Tate with a short grounder
to first and was tagged out before
he reached the cushion.
Anstis found the ball for a short
jab at Kelly and was thrown out.
Tracey and Oliver fanned, retiring
the side.
Kelly was counted out at the
plate in the third. Brown grounded
to Morgan and Blakey flew to right.
Morris walked and was caught
off base. Morgan fanned and Freder
ickson walked, only to be thrown
out by Gibson whiie trying to steal
second.
Krause opened the fourth with a
drive at short, which was success
fully fielded. Markie made three
sacks on a long one into center,
but was left on base, Gibson fan
ning and Haynes hitting into Mor
gan.
Lopez and Noftsger both went
down for the count in the second
half of the fourth, and Martini
grounded to Krouse.
Tate started the hitting in the
fith with a drive at second, but the
ball beat him to first. Hanson also
went out at first, with a grounder to
Morgan. Kell then hit safe into
third and advanced two bags on
Brown’s double. Blakey followed
at this important juncture with an
other double, scoring both Kelly
and Brown. Krause retired the side
| by striking out, leaving Bflakey on
second. Score 3 to 0.
| In the second half of the fifth,
Anstis, Tracey and Oliver went down
in rapid succession, each being pu:
out at first, from second, short and
third repsectively.
Opening the sixth. Markle doubled
! into left, making second on Oliver’s
; error. Gibson flew out to Oliver,
! and Markle came in on Haynes’
i double which almost put a dent in
: the sehoolhouse. Haynes advanced
: to third on Tate’s grounder to Mor
! gan and died there on Hanson’s out
i Morgan to Martini.
Morris, opening the second half of
' sixth, hit into Blakey and was
! thrown out. Morgan fanned and
| Frederickson walked, scoring a
moment later on a triple by Lopez
i into the le,t garden. The side was
| retired without further damage, by
j Noftsger, who hit into Kelly and
| was thrown out.
; Kelly made first in the seventh,
j hitting into short and getting by on
a fumble by Morris. Brown, Blakey
and Krause followed with fatal
drops into right and center.
Martini popped a foul fly over
by the score board and Brown was
, there when it . came down. Anstis
j walked, stole second and raced home
on Tracey’s double. Tracey was
able to reach third on Oliver’s
grounder to Blakey, Oliver himself
going out. And the side was re
tired by Morris, fanning.
In the eighth Markle grounded to
first, Gibson flew’ out to Oliver and
Haynes hit safe into center. Tate
retired the side with a grounder
to Morgan.
-Morgan opened for Lordova bi
walking. Frederickson flew out to
center, and Lopez to right. Xofts
ger followed with a safe to center,
advancing Morgan to second. Then
each advanced one position to make
room for Martini, who walked to
first, and all the basis full and
Anstis up, things began to look
serious for Xenana. Anstis sent a
high fouj back of first and Hayne2
made a splendid run for it but the
ball got away from him. The next
few moments were filled with
breathless suspense, terminated fin
ally by Anstis striking out and re
tiring the side.
In the final inning Hanson fan
ned, Kelly flew to left and Brjwn
flew to second.
Tracey opened for Cordova with
a Eingle into center and went to
second on a grounder to Kelly by
Oliver, who failed to reach first.
Steel then made his first appearance
at bat, going in for Morris as a
pinch hitter. He struck out. Joe
Jackson, another pincher, batting
for Morgan, brought the game to
a close with a drive at Brown and
made a run for it. But it was no
use. It wasn’t in the cards.
Base on balls—Morgan 2; Kelly 6
Struck out—Morgan 5; Kelly 0.
Safe Hits—Cordova 5; Xenana S.
Two base hits—Brown, Blakey,
Haynes, Tate; Tracey.
Three base hits—-Markle, Lopez.
Errors—Cordova 2; Xenana 2.
Umpires—Wm. Sherman, C. W.
Tibbetts.
Brown
Blakey
Krause
Markle
Gibson
Haines
Tate
Hanson
Kelly
Yesterday’* Lineup
3d base * Anstis
2d base Tracey
shortstop Morris
center field Frederickson
catcher
1st base
left field
right field
pitcher
Lopez
Martini
Oliver
Xoftsger
Morgan
Steel and Jackson, pinch hitters
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Visitor* Take Sunday Game
Sunday found the Cordovans in
! normal form and, with Martini on
the mound, pave the spectators an
exhibition of real ball playing.
There was not a hole anywhere and
almost every time a ball dropped
there was a man there to take it
into camp. The visitors played an
errorless game. And there was not
a dispute or a delay to mar the
enjoyment of the afternoon.
Cedar, pitching for Nenana. held
the Cordovans down to two singles
and a double, and struck out nine
men. His splendid fielding also was
a feature of the game and he found
Martini every time up.
The N'enana boys took five singles
and two doubles from Martini and
the story of the game would have
been a different one but for the
costly errors made by the locals.
There were four of them and they
all hurt.
Nenana played good, however, in
spite of errors, and played hard to
the very end of the game in an
effort to overcome the lead of the
visitors. Haynes, on first, started
the good playing with a one-handed
catch from the batter that was real
stuff. And Kelly, in right, caught a
j long fly in a similar manner, gather
ing in the sphere on the run.
j Haynes made two hits and Tate,
Blakey and Markle each landed for
one. Krause made the only two
baggers, getting a pair of them.
Brown, as usual, stopped everything
within a mile of third, flies and
grounders alike, but had the bad
luck to make a costly overthrow to
first, which let in the first run for
the visitors.
The Game By Innings
The game opened wiih Cordova
at bat. Frederickson led off with a
drive to first which Haynes stopped
with one hand. Lopez hit to Krause
and was thrown out at first. Nofts
ger, Anchorage center fielder, went
down for the count.
Brown, first up for the locals,
drove a long fly into right field,
but when it came down Frederickson
was there to grab it. Blakey was
hi: by a pitched ball and died on
first after Krause and Markle
had gone down on flies.
Morgan opened the second with
a drive at Krause which the latter
fumbled and overthrew. letting
Morgan get to second. Anstit, next
up. struck out Tracey followed
with a drive at Cedar which was
stopped and passed on to first in
advance of, the batter. Morgan ad
vanced to third, w’here he died
when Oliver struck out.
In the second half of the second
Gibson flew out to second and
Haynes -truck out. Tate hit safe
to left and went down in an effort
to steal second.
The third opened with Morris up.
He rolled one to Haynes. Martini
hit short of Cedar and was thrown
out at first. Frederickson hit safe
through second. Lopez drove a high
one into left and Tate misjudged
it, letting Lopez reach third and
Frederickson score. Lopez died on
third when Noftsger struck out.
Kelly, in the second half, ground
ed to third and was thrown out.
Cedar grounded to short and follow
ed Kelly to the bench. Brown flew
to ’bird and was thrown out.
Morgan opened the fourth with a
grounder to Blakey and was thrown
! out at first. An3tis landed for a
double into center and scored on an
overthrow to first by Brown after
he had stopped a grounder hit by
l Tracey. Tracey goes to second and
, scores when Blakey fumbles a drive
by Oliver. Oliver went out trying
to steal second. Morris retired the
side. Cedar to Haynes.
Blakey hit safe through second
and advanced from first on a steal,
going home on a double by Krause,
who was later caught napping on
third. Markle hit safe to third and
stole second, Gibson struck out
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