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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY, 12, 1923.
NUMBER 450
HARDING TO SPEND 3 WEEKS IN ALASKA
JESS WILLARD COMES BACK IN GOTHAM BATTLE
RUSSIANS SUGGEST CONFERENCE TO SETTLE DISPUTE
WILLARD KNOCKS JOHNSON
IN MILK FUND TOURNAMENT
NEW YORK, May 12—A num
ber of prominent boxers met
in the arena of this city this after
noon for the benefit of the milk fund
The list includes Firpo, who will meet
Jack McCauliffe; Willard and Floyd
Johnson, Fred Fulton, Jack Renault,
Harry Drake and Tiny Herman.
Rain Threaten* Meeting
NEW YORK, May 12—A light
rain began falling shortly after ten
o’clock this morning, threatening to
cause a postponement of the boxing
bouts at the Yankee stadium. Pro
moter Rickard announced however,
that he would go ahead with the
entertainment unless a downpour
made it impossible. In the event of
a postponement, the meet was to j
have been held next Saturday.
I At one o’clock Rickard announced
that the carnival would be held,
rain or shine, and when the gates
opened at two o’clock there was a
rush of fight fans for the dollar and
two-dollar seats. There were nearly
60,000 persons in the stadium when
the first bout was called. Those pre
sent included a colorful group of so
ciety people, fighters ond other no
tables, including Jim Corbett, Ker
mit Roosevelt, Harry Wills and Mike
McTigue. the Irish champion.
Drake Beits McCann
Harry Drake, of England, tipping
the scales at 185 and Joe McCann,
of Newark, 202 pounds, appeared in
the first preliminary, the former
getting the decision at the end of
, four rounds. He landed on McCann
with a heavy left and cleverly a
voided McCann’s right.
“Tiny Tim" Herman, of Omaha,
218, and A1 Reich, of New York,
206, battled for six rounds in the
second preliminary, at the end of
which time Reich was counted out.
He was beaten down to the canvas
, by Herman and was counted out
while making an unsuccessful effort
to regain his feet. He was all in.
In the first of the three main e
vents Jack Renault, of Quebec,
1901;,, won from Fred Fulton, 214,
on a foul, in the fourth round of
f the scheduled fifteen. The referee
claimed Fulton fouled with his left,
in a swing. Renault had the better
of the fight up to the time the
foul was called.
Firpo Floors McAuliffe
Luis Firpo, tipping the scales at
212, scored another spectacular ring
victory when he knocked out Jack
McAuliffe, 204 of Detroit, in the
third round of the allotted fifteen.
Firpo sent a terrific jolt to the jaw
shortly after the fatal round started
and McAuliffe took the count. In
the first round Firpo appeared some
what puzzled by his opponent’s shif
ty style but toward the end of the
second round he began to drive the
1 Detroiter to cover with powerful
| rights and lefts.
Firpo, who hails from Argentine,
was wildly acclaimed by the crowd
after his achievement, and it was
several minutes before he could
make his way to his dressing room.
• Jeu Willard Come* Back
* In the final and main event of
the carnival, Jess Willard, the great
hunk of a man from Kansas, came
hack to pugilistic fame when he
WORK, HOOVER AND WALLACE
COMING NORTH WITH HARDING
technically knocked out Floyd John
son, of Iowa, a man >nly half hi!
age. The end came in the eleventl
round of their scheduled fifteen
when Willard sent his oppenen'
crashing to the canvas with a righ'
upper cut. Johnson was unable t<
come back for the twelfth round.
Willard was the agressor through
out the eleven rounds and he pun
ished Johnson unmercifully. Onl]
the youngster’s stamina enabled hin
to remain as long as he did. H<
fought willingly and gamely, bu
the big Kansan came back to pug
ilism with a vengeance and was un
beatable. Johnson did not have i
chance.
Willard weighed in at 248 pound
and Johnson tipped the scales a
195.
MALILANS PREPARE YAWL
FOR RIDE ACROSS PACIFIC
MANILA, P. I., May 12—Fou
Manilans have completed arrange
ments for a voyage of one yea
on a 55-foot yawl, beginning a
Manila and extending through th.
South Seas northward to the Hawaii
an Islands and thence to San Diego
California. Those who will tak
passage on the small craft are Cap
tain Norman E. Cook, retired Phil
ippine scout officer, Major M. F
McGee, retired army officer, Thoma
Aitken, an attorney, and H.- S
Newberry, a business man. Th'
party will take two Filipinos am
two Chinese as members of th
crew.
The yawl is equipped with ai
auxiliary engine which will be use.
in navigating lagoons and river
where they expect to go in searcl
of game. The craft is equippe
wi:h a wireless plant and also i
electric lighted.
Captain Cook said the trip is be
ing made purely for pleasure am
that the party is equipped for ever
kind of sport, including huntin'
and fishing. They will call first a
a number of islands in the Phil
ippine group where game and fisl
abound, and then proceed to Britisl
North Borneo. They will visit th'
Marquesas, Hebrides, Australian
Samoan, Fiji and other groups ii
the South Seas, and then direc
their course to Honolula, fron
which port they will sail for Sai
Diego.
HARVEY DENIES RUMOR
NEW YORK, May 12—Ambassa
dor Harvey declared upon his arri
val from England yesterday that hi
knew nothing about the reports ii
circulation in this country to th<
effect that he had resigned or plan
ned to resign in order to direct thi
Harding campaign for re-nomina
tion and re-election.
AMERICANS LOSE
DEAL, May 12—Francis Ouime
last survivor of the visiting Amer
ican golfers, went down to defea
yesterday in the semifinal roun<
with Wethered, English star, two ti
#
one.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 12—
A statement issued yesterday says
it is “now pretty definitely deter
mined that President Harding will
make the Alaska trip." It is under
stood he will go one way by water,
through the Panama canal, and pre
: cautions are being taken to elimin
ate all political aspects from the
trip.
It is reported from Los Angeles
that a battle fleet is preparing to
accompany President Harding on his
Alaska trip. It is expected the des
troyers Gerry, Hull, McDonough,
Franeholt, Sumner and Melvin will
be selected for the honor.
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Coming To Nenana
,j WASHINGTON, D. C. May 12—
. The visit of President Harding will
give him three weeks in the Terri-1
NEW RAY STILLS GRAVITY
BIG THINGS IN PROSPECT
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PASADENA, May 12—Edward L.
l Hollingshead, a local inventor and
1 experimentor, has announced the
discovery of a ray which, he claims,
“shuts off" gravity. The new ray.
which is 'ailed “Odic” ray. has pow
er to increase atomic speed of mat
ter upon which it i« directed and
Hollingshead declares that when its
use is perfected, any solid object
upon which the ray focused will
float in the air.
EDGE INDORSES COURT
( ATLANTIC CITY. May 12—Sen
ator Edge, of New' Jersey, has, in
dorsed Harding’s world court pro
^ posal. He says it should be a nation-.
I al policy, irrespective of party. He
expresses the hope that it will not
| become a party issue.
BUILDING FOR CORDOVA
SEATTLE, May 12—The War
rack Consrtuction Company, of Se
attle, has been awarded the contract
for the erection of a federal build
j ing at Cordova, at a cost of $90,-J
000. The building will be reinforced
concrete and will house the post
office. courthouse and jail. Work
will be started immediately in or
der that the building may be com
pleted during the summer.
WILL STAND AS RECORD
SAN DIEGI, May 12—Russell
Shaw, executive . vice chairman of •
the contest committee of the Aeron
autics Association, has telegraphed
from New York that the recent j
-1 trans-continental non-stop flight [
- made by Lieutenants Kelly and Mac-1
( ready will be recognized as a ’
i w'orld’s record for “long-distance
■ open circuit flight.”
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J WROTE WORTHLESS CHECKS
DETROIT, May 12—The police
are looking for Emmanuel T. Berg
er Detroit lawyer, w'ho is charged j
w'ith writing worthless checks for
: a sum in excess of $100,000. Berger
■' represented Henry Ford in the ac
: quisition of Ford motor interests
1 and is said to have made several
i hundred thousand dollars in com
missions.
tory. Secretaries Hoover, Wallace'
and Work, who will be members of
the party, were in conference with
the Pesident this morning and it
was learned later that President
Harding will spend an entire month
on the Northern trip, all of which
time will be spent in the Territory
with the exception of the time re
quired to make the ocean trip, es
timated at five or six days each way.
It has not yet been decided whether
the President will travel on a pas
senger steamer or a transport.
All of the principal towns in Al
aska, with the exception of Nome,
will be visited by the Pesident, it
being his intention to make numer
ous stops along the coast and tra
verse the entire length of the Alas
ka Railroad.
FRENCH TROOP TRAIN HAS
CLOSE CALL ON HUN ROAD
ESSEN, ay 12—A French troop
train, heavily laden, had a narrow
escape from disaster yesterday near
Osterfield, when a big steel bridge
across a canal was blown up as the
train approached. The engineer,
warned by the explosion, trought his
train to a standstill within fifty
yards of certain death. The charge
of the, explosion apparently was
timed too quickly, as it probably
was the intention to blow7 the bridge
up while the train was crossing.
Town Fined
The burgomaster of Osterfield has
been placed under arrest and his
town fined one hundred million
marks. A German suspected of sabo
tage near Gelsenkirchen, was shot
and killed by a French sentry last
night.
The destruction of the bridge is
supposed to be the German answer
to the court martial verdict at Dus
seldorf. sentencing Albert Scholget
ter to death, following: his convic
tion on charges of sabotage and es
pionage.
TRAIN DUE FROM SOUTH
The train from the coast, which
was delayed by a slide between
Anchorage and Seward, is due in
Nenana this afternoon, about 4:30,
according to advices received from
out the line. The train will go thru
to Fairbanks after a brief stop here.
NURSES MEET SUNDAY
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF., May
12—The California State Nurses’
Association will hold its twentieth
annual convention here May 13-16
inclusive. Addresses on public health
nursing. private day nursing,
hygiene, and other technical subjects
will feature the gathering.
DEVALERA IGNORED
DUBLIN, May 12—The Free
State government has rejected the
Devalera peace terms and declined
to communicate further with him.
The train arriving from the coast
on Tuesday will have mail and pas
sengers from the steamer Alameda.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL
TRY TO CONTROL BANDITRY
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 12
Officials of the Chinese government
have given assurances to American
Minister Shurman that they will
“consider a general policy for the
extemination of Chinese bandits,”
as soon as the present siuation grow
ing out of the recent train kidnap
pings, has been adjusted.
The Chinese authorities have a
greed to a joint inquiry by repre
sentives of foreign governments to
determine the cause which made it
possible for bandits to carry out
their recent attack on foreigners.
The investigation will be made un
der the direction of the council of
ministers which has declared that
responsibility for the outrage must
be established for the purpose of de
termining whether or not there was
collusion between the bandits and
the Chinese authorities.
Destroyers Concentrated
The concentration of three des
troyer divisions at Taing Tao, Shan
tung peninsula, is noted in yester
day’s naval orders but it is official
ly declared that the order has no
connection with the bandit raid, the
plan merely to carry out the usual
routine movement of ships at the
[Asiatic station and was directed
| more than a month ago by the navy
| department.
Minister Shurman reports that the
| Chinese government is trying to
| get food, clothing and other sup
| plies through to the captives.
Minister Sze, local representive
: of the Chinese governmet, says he
has been informed the bandits were
equipped in some cases with auto
matic firemars.
Majors Still in Custody
Peking. May 12—J. A. Henly, of
San Francisco, who was capture 1 by
the bandits, has been released, ac
cording to advices received from
Lincheng. He reports that the other
prisoners are in good health. Rev.
Frank Pratt, of Richmond, Va.. who
was reported captured, is safe at
Saikw'an. Majors Roland Pinger and
Robert Allen are still in custody of
the bandits, but their sons have been
released.
May Borrow Troops
LONDON, May 12—Advices re
ceived here state there is a secret
movement under way in Peking
to borrow 50,000 Gurkha troops
from the Indian government to
“make a clean sweep of the bandit
ridden province.”
Sixteen Still Held
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 12—
The American legation at Peking
has advised the state department to
the effect that it is believed the
bandits are still holdiing sixteen
foreigners, including two women.
The Americans in the hands of the
bandits are: Rowell, Friedman, Sol
omon, Allen and Pinger.
RUSSIA REPLIES TO NOTE
DOES NOT FAVOR TROUBLE
—
MOSCOW, May 12—The Russian
reply to the British ultimatum was
, handed to British representative?
this afternoon, for transmission to
j London. It is understood the Soviet
1 government proposes a conference in
an effort to avoid an open break be
‘ tween the two countries.
Workers Demonstrate
MOSCOW, May 12—All factories
and government institutions are
closed today in order that the work
ers may demonstrate against the
British ultimatum. Surging crowds
fill the streets of this city but the
demonstration is orderly.
The British note, which was re
! ceived early this week and which
[ amounts virtually to an ultimatum,
gives the soviet ten days in which
to make reply, complying fully and
unconditionally to certain specified
demands, failing which Britain will
regard the soviet as not desiring to
maintain relations.
SUSPECET CLEARED
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 12—
An investigation conducted at Los
Angeles has convinced the depart
' ment of just;ce that Herbert Wil
son, of Los Angeles, was not im
j plicated in the Wall Street bomb
| outrage. Chief Bums expresses the
belief, however, that Wilson sold
the nitro glycerine used in the
bomb but was unaware of the man
ner in which it was to be used.
’98 WAR VETS MEET
RIVERSIDE, CALIF., May 12—
Spanish-American War Veterans of
California will hold their annua!
convention here May 13-16. Promin
ent speakers from various parts of
the state are scheduled to address
the delegates.
The women’s auxiliary of the
organization will meet here at the
same time.
UTAH MINING BOOM AHEAD
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. May 12
—Utah mines this summer and fall
face a period of unusual prosperity,
according to local men connected
I with the industry. An important
factor is the good edmand of zinc and
the discovery of new, large bodies.
I While silver is also one of the
chief mineral products of the state,
mining men do not at present look,
for any great boom in the mining
and marketing of this metal.
GENERAL ROBERT PASSES
NEW YORK, ay 12—Brig. Gen.
; Henry M. Robert, retired, author
I of Robert's Rules of Order, the
standard parliamentary work, died
here yesterday, aged 86 years. He
(commanded the party which ex
plored the military route from Van
couver, B. C., to Puget Sound in
1860, and served through the Civil
War. He was engaged in the en
gineering business in Washington,
i Philadelphia and New Bedford.
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WILLIAMS HITS TEN
PHILADELPHIA, May 12—Cv
Wilams, of the Philadelphia Nation
als, knocked his tenth homer yes
terday, in the third ipning against
St. Louis.
The steamer Watson is due at
Seward next Thursday.