MULLINS AND TEX
COME AGREEMENT
NEW YORK, Fob. 24.—First came
news that Tex Rickard had matched
Harry Wills and Romero-Rojas. Then
immediately afterwards the world
was informed that Wills had gone to
Hot Springs with a left hand that re
quired rest and medical attention.
The funny part of it is that Wills’
left hand has nothing the matter
with it at all. It is hard to keep up
with the doings of managers and
promoters in this weird fight game.
Things happen that look O. K. on
the surface, yet actually they are
something else again on the inside.
But what seems to be going on is a
game of put and take between Rick
ard and Paddy Mullins.
For several years Tex and old
Paddy, who seems to have a very
ousting nature, have not been on
business terms. One proof of this is
that none of Mullins’ fighters have
appeared in the Madison Square Gar
den, that mecca of all boxers in the
winter months.
Mullins Blames Rickard
Mullins is convinced, despite Rick
ard’s statements, that the master
showman is responsible for keeping
his big brown man away from a shot
at the title.
Insiders believe that Mullins missed
one when he let Rickard sign Wills
and Firpo. Or at that maybe Mul
lins had more faith in his fighter
than Rickard had. Anyway, the dope
is that the promoter expected that
Firpo’s wild rights would erase the
Negro from the picture or that the
black battler would smash his hands
on the Argentine’s reinforced conk.
Well, as it turned out. Wills played
mainly for Firpo’s body, and showed
up the “Wild Bull in his true colors.
No Dempsey-Wills Fight
Now the inside talk is that Mullins
has again proved trusting and has
listened to promises that Wills will
get his chance this summer and in
return puts his man in the stable.
Just how Mullins was talked into
this belief is hard to say; but it
looks as though the only result of
this arrangement will be the keep
ing of Wills out of the limelight and
the headlines. Dempsey, so goes the
talk, will fight this summer. But
Harry Wills won’t be his opponent.
With the news that Mike McTigue
is going to have his hand operated
on—Mike being another of Mullins’
string of battlers—there comes to
mind a vivid recollection of the cause
of that injury.
McTigue’s injury, as a matter of
fact, is an old one and he but added
to the serious condition of his mau
lie in his battles against Stribbling
and Walker.
It was in March, 1920, that Mike
taced the Canadian champion, Gene
Drosseau, in Montreal, and surprised |
the smart on? by knocking the Can-j
adian out.
The hand that did tlie trick was
swollen black and blue lor two
months after that wallop and now
after five years he is to undergo the
operation necessary to restore it to
its proper shape for defense of his
light heavyweight crown.
McTigue’s knockout of Brosseau
by the way, is said to have spoiled
the biggest betting coup ever at
tempted in the dominion. The French
Canadians idolized Brosseau and
htinking he could beat any man of
his weight in the world went down
into the old sock for money to wag
er on the battle.
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Many Killed, Injured
In Egyptian Village
CAIRO. Egypt, Feb. 23.—Thirty per
sons were killed and 38 seriously hurt
when 500 huts burned, nearly elimi
nating a Rahmaniya village near
Damanhur.
Dr. F. H. Burgin of Seldovia, was
an arrival on the Starr. Dr. Burgin
is one cf the most prominents fox
farmers to the westward.
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JEWTRAW WINNING OPENING RACE OF WINTER
OLYMPIC
Charles Jewtraw, ol Lake Placid, N. Y., winning the 500 meter skat
ing race—first event on the winter Olympic program—at Chamonix, with
Oscar Olson, of Norway, a close second, only l-5th second behind him.
Jewtraw’s time was 44 seconds.
GERMANY SKEPTICAL AS TO
PRACTICABILITY OF PROHI.
BERLIN, Feb. 24.—The prohibi
tion issue is gradually becoming a
live one in Germany. During the
campaign for Parliament recently
closed the anti-liquor interests for
the first time tried definitely to
compel parties and candidates to
declare where they stood. Most
persons queried were able, however, |
to sidestep the issue without losing
any votes.
Among the demands put forward
by the German prohibition forces
are the lollowing: An embargo up
on all intoxicating drinks imported
from other countries; immediate
closing of all saloons of a shady
character; ’estriction of liquor
production to tl'.e quantity essential
for medicinal and leligious pur
poses; sequestration of all breweries
and distilleries; socialization of
restaurants and hostelries; strict
prohibition of the sale of intoxicat
ing drinks to boys and girls under
age.
Most G reman people favor the
last named of these demands, but
on the whole are skeptical as to the
practicability of prohibition. The
stories they read about the United
States are cited as evidence that
prohibition cannot be enforced.
WIFE OF PETER DEMOSKI
DIES AT LARSEN’S ROADHOUSE
(Kusko Times)
The young wife of Peter Demoski
died recently at the Larson roadhouse
to which place Mr. Demoski, rushing
his dogs to the utmost, had taken her
in a desperate attempt to reach their
home at Nulato, before death, which
was not unexpected, overtook her. The
woman had expressed a wish to be
with her father, sister and others be
fore passing away.
To gratify this wish of his wife,
over the trail from Nenana in the cold
est of weather, Mr. Demoski made his
race with the Grim Reaper until he
reached Takotna. when it was seen
that the woman, in the last stages of
tuberculosis, would be unable to with
stand and further strain, and it was
decided to wrait here until members of
her family, who were rushing by dog
team from Nulato to meet them, ar
rived, but even this reunion was de
nied them.
Friday noon, accompanied by Joe
Oats, Mr. Demoski started on with the
body of his wife. Mr. Oats will con
tinue on the trail until the relatives
are met w hen he will return.
Mrs. Demoski was about 23 years of
age, and leaves besides a husband
and little son, her father, a sister, and
a brother on the Yukon.
RATS PASS UP SWEETS;
EAT $50 WORTH OF GUM
HANOVER, Pa., Feb. 20.—A pack of
sewer rats recently invaded the cafe
of John Michael and ate up $50 worth
of gum. The rodents passed up pas
tries, cheese and sweets, on the same
counter. Passersby later said they
saw the rats coming from a sewer
grating by the dozen in an effort to
get at the gum.
DEAL CASE ON
The case of the United States vs.
former Postmaster T. H. Deal and his
bondsmen, a civil action w’hich seeks
to make Deal or his bondsmen pay the
Government for funds stolen from the
postoffice is on trial in District Court
at Fairbanks.
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STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
March 4
March 24
Arrives
Seward
March 12
March 31
South from
Seward
March 14
April 7
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports in eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR WILL SAIL MARCH 1
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSQN Agent
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RADIO FOR FIRST TIME
TO JOIN IMPOSTER HUNT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—For the
first time the radio will be used
in an effort to obtain the arrest and
conviction of an imposter now oper
ating in Ohio, the interior depart
ment announced today.
The imposter is posing as an agent
of the bureau of pensions, defraud
ing old soldiers. Attempts to appre
hend him have been without success.
Today WHK, Cleveland, and
WLW, Cincinnati, were asked to ra
diocast a message warning veterans.
His detection and arrest was also re
quested.
According to the bureau of pen
sions, the imposter is a middle aged
man giving his name variously as
Dr. Evans, Dr. Evey.and J. C. Wick
ersham. He is traveling through
Ohio in an automobile, representing
himself to be an eye specialist, em
ployed by the bureau.
He is selling spectacles on which
he places a value of $40 a pair but
offers for sale to pensioners at $22
a pair, on the understanding that he
will recommend and obtain an in
crease in pension. He has succeeded
in defrauding many old soldiers, vir
tually all veterans of the Civil War.
U. S. DOCTORS VISIT ENGLAND
LONDON, Eng., Feb. 24.—The In
terstate Post Graduate Assembly of j
America, an organization comprising j
about 75,000 members of the Ameri- J
can medical profession, will hold its
annual Congress in England next
June. The party of some 300 or 400
representatives of the assembly
which will visit England, will be
headed by Dr. Charles Mayo of Roch
ester, Minn.
Let Morrison Fix it for you
Next to Crawford’s Shop
WAR HERO'S GOLDEN WEDDING
BERLIN, Feb. 24.—The celebra
tion of the golden wedding of Herr
and Frau Bernard Bossman at Wesel
this month recalls one of the most
thrilling episodes in the Franco
Prussian war. Bossman, internation
ally famous as “the trumpeter of
Vionville,” in the battle of Vionville
Mars-La-Tour, on August 16, 1S70,
stood in the midst of the heaviest
firing, unconcernedly blowing the sig
nal for attack. His coolness and he
roism gave heart to his comrades,
and they carried the day in one of
the heaviest encounters of the entire
war.
Bossman’s deed inspired the Ger
man poet Liliencron to apostrophize
him in his poem. “Der Trompeter
von Vionville.”
OLDTIMER FOUND GUILTY
M. J. McDermott, oldtime Fairbanks
grocer, who was arrested some time
ago on a charge of violating the dry
law, has been fined $G00. He has the
option of paying or going to jail for
300 days.
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The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
ALAMEDA
YUKON
ALASKA
ALAMEDA
YUKON
ALASKA
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
February 17
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
February 23
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
February 23
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 2S
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
J. H.
PHONE MAIN 125
FLICKINGER, Agent
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