MONDAY
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MORE DETAILS OF
THE BIG FIGHT
(Delayed In transmission)
ish in tli«. world's heavy weight title
battle here this afternoon. The gong
The actual lighting time In* the 4tla
onds. Cavpcnticr fought gamely de
spite the unmerciful beating be was
receiving. Dempsey weighed 1S3
Carpentier Broke Thumb in Second
Round of Battle
New York. July 3—-Carpentier. the
French boxer, broke the thumb of his
right, hand in the second round of his
bottle with Dempsey, according to n
signed s tat tenant of his physician.
Saya Carpentier’* Injured HandUseloaa
Man basset. July 2—Carpentler’s
doctor,, following the arrival of ‘he
French boxer here, said the compound
fmcture of Oarpentier's thumb, sus
tained in the second round of the
battle at Jersey City, must have ren
dered *he hand useless. He said the
injured member was swollen to tliree
•imes the normal slz.
Brennan Challenges Fight Winner
Jersey City, July 2—Carpentier en
tered the ring at 2:57 p. m Two
minutes later Dempsey climbed thru
the ropes and greeted his t advesa*\v
wjith a hearty “Hello Georges." They
shook hands in the centerr of the ring.
Roth wore bandages on their hands
and.eight ounce gloves. Rill Brennan.,
title aspirant, challenged the winner.
Carpentier was in*, reduced to the
crowd as “an old world soldier of
France.” and was tremendously cheer
ed by the throng. Dempsey was ap
plauded as “the world’s champion."
About, the ringside were several girls
and many women were mattered thru
the crowd. The beat wen severe and
the men shed ihdir coats. Fifty thous
and traveled from Ne.w York City.
Carpentier and Dempsey, on entering
the building, both mistook their direc
tions and started for their opponent's
Mickey Delmont. in the first pre
liminary. outpointed Jackey Curtain
but no decision was g ven. Frankie
Burns. bantamweight, advantaged
Packey O’Gatty. The referee, stop
ped jhe Hermitn-Metrange bout, the
latter being helpless In the 5 round.
Challenger Receives Mighty Welcome
.At three o’clock Carpentier sudden
ly bounced thru the ropes into the
ring. He had made his way from the
rfreswlng roan practicaJ|y unnoticed
hut as soon as he appeared on the plat
foanrv, bowing and smiling, the band
struck up the “Marseilles" and the
crowd burst Into tr^jnendous cheering
that lasted for three minutes. Later
Dempsey appeared and was cordially
welcomed but the cheering was not as
loud as that, which was given Carpen
tier. Dempsey immediately shook
hands with the challenger and both
.'smiled cordially. ,
Mighty^Rush Marks Opening of Gates
Jersey City July 2—The bleacher
gates opened at 10 a. ni. and a great
■stampede started but was quickly stop
ped by an avalanche of cops. Tex
Rickards,' the boss of the big show, ap
peared qt the ring side at a quarter to
eleven The weather was then threat
ening rain and mist. Ridkard an
nounced that rain or shtne the fight
would shirt at 3 p. m.
For hours before the fight the crowd
outside the gate was enormous and
• 'ighi hundred firemen and policemen
were on duty in and around the arena.
Carpentier Badly Punished in 'First
Round 1—Carpentier was first to
lead, passing a lightning left to
Dempsey’s face. The Frenchman
then tried a right hand swing to
Dempsey’s face at close quarters and
drove In a hard body punch as they
went to the ropes. Jack tried a left
hand swing to back of head. Carper
tier was not afraid to fight. He step
ped in with a right to head but Jack
kept him av/ny with left hand blows.
Then Jack shot a blow into' the
-Frenchman’s face that split Carpen
tier’s nose. They clinched. The
Frenchman gamely tried to land on
Jock. Dempsey blocked a hard right.
They were clinched as they worked
into a comer. Carpentier suddenly
dropped to his knees and almost fell
out of the ring. He Jumped back,
however, and ran Into a mix up in
which he held his own until the bell.
The round was Dempsey’s.
Round 2—The Frenchman used his
feet and battled away, although look
ing Dempsey over with a puszled ex
pression. A right hander raised a
lump on Dempsey’s left eye but quick
as a flash Carpentier drove a right
! in the chin that made Dempsey stagger
t<> tho ropes. It was a terrific puncn
and onl\ Dnmpsey's wonderful endur
ance saved him from :i knockout. I'.ir
pentier. with :t quick attack, made
Dtjmpse.v reel. He was plainly dis
tressed for a minute. Dempsey was
very slow during tho last -0 seconds
of the round. Hither farpent er's
blows hurt’ him or his condition was
not as good as had lx-en reported.
At any rate Carpentier had the round
and his stock took a- big boom. The
world's champion looked aipazcd and
stunned when he sat dpwn.
Hound 3—Carpentier had a bad left
eye when he cajine up and boxed .it
long radige for a moment. Dempsey
also Itegan to l>ox clumsily and Car
pentier caught him a clipping blow un
der- the eye which brought the cham
pion #lnto ,1 clinch Stepping closer
i
on the break. (Jeorges tried two vic
ious right hand upper cuts whlcn
grazed the point of Dempsey's jaw.
Once more Carpentier let fly. only to
niiiss by a hair line margin.
Dempsey made no attempt to tight
back during the onslaught and confin
ed his efforts to blocking. He fina'ly
cut loose, however, and the Drench
I voxel- was forced to step away to es
cape punishment nround the belt
Carpentier stepped back to close
quarters and cut loose, for the neck.
The blow missed and Georges quickly
backed away from Dempsey's return
right hand swing. A. moment later
Ca-rpentder put Jack to the ropes with
a series of sharp blows and clouted
him in the stomach until the . ham
pflon clinched.
Dempsey began to fight again to
ward the close of the round and C •
pen tier held on until the bell endeu
Hound 4—Carpentier began to em
ploy f«*ot work but Jack folowed him
closely and began to slug. Ho made
iJeorges clinch with body blows and
hooks on tile chin. Jack nested a
•'.shing right to the jaw and ('a'-***
tier stepped 1 nand mixed it witli
Dempsey, landing heavy blows at close
As they broke out of a clinch
brnpsey folowed his -man clos.-ly and
suddenly iiwung a ftghtning right
which landed under the jaw. Car
penter dropped on his side dazed and
tiewildered. He wriggled around on
the floor of the arena as if his legs
and arms had been broken. Heferec
4lLu*ry Ertlcs stfood over him and
counted the seconds while lie strug
g!ed desperately lo get lip. At the
count of nine Carpentier struggled to
his feet bewildered and w.-ik He
looked around fir.- Dempsey and
raised his hands . for a moment be
fore tho champion bounded forwan-d
and drove a solid right to the French
! man's .heart. The blow .settled the
fight, for as Ca.rpentier's legs bent un
der hilm, Dempsey finished the job
[with a qu'iek righ* chopping punch on
the neck.
The blow took all the heart out «>f
the I'^rencfamsui and he dropped on the
floor and lay practicaly helpless un
til the referee counted ten seconds.
[Then Sam Dest humps. Ca-rpentier’s
!tnanajpetr, and Heferee Brtle helped
iCairpentier to .Ills feet and in a Jiffy he
opened his eyes and smiled pleasantly
at his conqueror
Carpentier Praia** Dempsey
Jersey City, July 2—Following his
defeat. Carpentier praised Dempsey as
"great champion,'* "I tried every
thing,’’ he said. “Tn the second round
I hit Dempsey hard but couldn’t drop
| him. I tried again in the third but
his right to the neck seemed to daze
me. I don’t know how he got thru
my guard in the 4th. AJmieriea should
be proud of Dempsey; ho is a great
ch.-iimp ion.’
Dempsey said Carpentier was game
but lie had proved himself the better
New Jersey Governor Witnesses Big
Jersey City, July 2—-When Govern
j or Edwards arrived he received a wild
! cheer of welcome as he made his way
[ to his seat near the ringside. The
governor was accompanied by Mayor
Hague of Jersey City and other digni
Carpentier Admit* Dempsey’s
Superiority
M; in basset, N. J. July 4—-In a
statement today KanuDeschanps, man
ager of Carpentier, said, “Georges ad
mits that Dempsey is his superior as
Rickard’s Fguras Profits Half Million
New York, July 4—Tex FMckflLd,
promoter of the Dempsey-Oarpentier
battle, figures his net profit from, the
fight will be $550,000.
Condemns Proas Pro iso of Dempaey
Seattle. July 8—“Any newspaper
which crefero to Dempsey as the
‘greatest” American fighter should he
sued for libel,” Cotonfl Bolles, Nation
al Adjutant of the American Legion,
.said at a luncheon given in his honor
today by Legion state officers.
Preacher Says Pighft Witnesses
Criminals x
Seattle. July 4—Rev. Wilbur F.
Crafts, pastor at a local church, in an
address today. characterized as "a
criminal” every pc>-s<u: witnessing the
l>emj»sey-(*arj»entier fight.
TUESDAY
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BELIEVED SCANDINAVIAN
AMERICAN BANK WILL
PAY NEARLY FULL
Seattle. July 5—It is the opinion of
conservative tankers that the closer!
Scandinavian-Ame.rican bonk of Seat-1
tic will in time pay up nearly in full.
The bank suspended e-wing: depositors
about eleven million dollars. The
action was deni<led upon at a meeting
of the directors. A run had been ft
progress on the bank since the failure
of the Scandinavian--American Rank
of Tacoma, which it originally founded
as a branch. John H. Duke, Super
visor of State Ranking is iLn charge of
the institution.
VIC REACHES SEATTLE '
Seattle. July a—The steamship Vic
toria arrived from N’cnne bust night.
Explorer Amundsen was a. passenger
and said in an interview that he will
go Into the Arctic again next summer.
HARDING MAKES RECORD
FOURTH JULY ORATION
Rantan. M. .1.. July 5—F*resident
Harding's Fourth of July oration roa
dster! of one sentence. Christening
the nine foot rowboat, "the Rantan.”
built, by Joe, the nine year old son of j
Senator Frelinghuysen. Harding paid I
tribute to the American boys who ]
“built castles in the air and whose j
nchievrfnvents in the future will bni't j
TORNADO DESTROYS
DAKOTA HAMLET
Aberdeen. S. D. July ". A torna
do struck the town of Frederick this
afternoon, killing one man and de
molishing every building ;n the town.
COST OF GOVERNMENT OVER
5 BILLION LAST YEAR
AIRSHIPS FORCE REVISION
OF NAVAL STRATEGY
—
Washington. July * Despite ih •
bombs .ittl;*' radio controlled battleship
Iowa in the tests held recently off ’.he
Virginia Capes, it is admitted by the
WOMAN SOCIALIST
WRITER KIDNAPPED j
Pocatello, Id. July 3—Mrs Kate
;O’Hare, the noted Socialist write-,
who was kidnapped yesterday because
of lier socialistic professions, escaped
her captors and arrived here uniter
aided today. Ten of her alleged kid
j nappe:-« have been arrested at Twin
DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH
MARRIES FRENCH SOLDIER
[London, July 4—The Duchess of
Marlborough and Colonel Jacques Eal
zan. a F’reochman. were married here
ths :ifternoon.
BELGIAN RULERS
VISITING ENGLAND
London, July 4—The King- and
Queen of Belgium arrived here today
on their visit of state to England.
GRAVE SITUATION DEVELOPING
AT CONSTANTINOPLE
Malta, July 6—The entire British
Mediterranean fleet is enroute to Con
stantinople, where the situation Is
viewed with anxiety.
GEORGE TENOERS FINAL PEACE
PROPOSAL TO SINN FEINN
Dublin, Ire. July 6—C.eJieral Smuts
arrived here with Premier Lloyd
George's final peace offer amd is re
turning to London with the Sinm Feinn
delegation today.
DUBLIN AUTHORITIES
APOLOGIZE FOR AFFRONT
TO U. S. FLAG
Dublin, Ire. July 7—The authorities
at Dublin Castle today expressed their
regret to United States Consul General
Dumont for the action of local outsells
in hauling down the American flag
from the Shelbourne Hotel in this city
cn July 4th.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per Month St.M
WEDNESDAY
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HARDING SIGNS PEACE
WITH GERMANY
Washington, July :s—Ti »• ronerre
sion.il resolution declaring peace wi* i
(iprinany and Austria was signed !•
President Harding late yesterday ..i
tenioon in the summer home of Sen
ator Frelinsrhuysen at Raritan. N’eu
Jersey, ut was announced h.v the State
Department today. *
U S And Germany Expected to
Resume Diplomatic Relation*. Soon
Washing-tom. July .‘l-^-tk-rmany and
tlie I'nited States will probably ex
change ;unlKuss:tdors within a. fo-t
night, in the view of government of
HAROING ADMONISHED TO
MAKE WORLD SAFE
Raritan. N-. J. July—President I
Harding was admonished to help “make !
the world safe for humanity" when !
he attended services ut the Third j
Dutch Reformed Church +eit? Sunday
TWO KILLED IN DIZZY
AUTO PLUNGE
Spokane. Wn. July - Miss Ruth I
McDonald and J1i-s. Be ths Wilson j
were killed near here today when ->n i
auto driven by W. F. Callahan,
prominent Utahn mining- man and fi
ancee of Miss McDonald, plunged ovtr
an eighty foot embankment.
KNOX WARNS AGAINST
ALIEN DOCTRINES
1 ’liil.idtdphia. July !>—Senator Knox,
in .\ Fourth of July address at In
dependence Hall, warned .against tin j
linfluem-e of aliens end doctrines from |
races not skilled in self government.
TAFT REFUSES
NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS)
Hi j>\v;ir(l Tuff, when pressed for a
staS’Bitent here today, said he must
cease talking to the newspapers as he
28 CASUALTIES RESULT FROM
OIL REFINERY EXPLOSION
oil refit
the extent of two m
Paris, July t’losing a Irihute to
t.bt* fallen Americans today. Marshal
Koch said. “Glory to these dead! filmy
to the American army! Glory to the
American people!"
NAVAL COMMANDER
SEVERELY BURNEO
San l*Yuneisco, July Fonunandor
Perry U'. Foote of the United States
ship Sa lem, was severely bit met! here
today when the ship’s gig. in which
he was returning from shore, was de
stroyed by fire.
HARDING BAC*K IN WASHINGTON
Washington. July 5—President
Harding returned to Washington this
afternoon from Raritan. New Jersey,
where he spent the week end at the
summer home of Senator Frelinghuy
CONGRESSMEN CLAMORING FOR
RETURN OF U. S TROOPS
Washington. July f*—The signing
■ •f the resolution declaring peace be
tween the United Suites and Genmany
rind Austria is already bringing.about
a clamor o* theipart of many congress
men for the immediate return of
American soldiers from the occupied
territory of Germany.
ALASKA FISH INVESTIGATOR
COMING NORTH
Seattle, July 5—Dr. Smith, head of
the federal Bureau of Fisheries, sailed
this imorning on the steamer Spokane
to investigate the Alaska fisheries.
Dr. Smith was accompanied on the
voyage by Ward L. Bower, one of the
Bureau's Alaska agents.
CAPPER DENOUNCES U S
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
W'ushinghm,
•Mlfi liusinev ".
is liuiknm L 11 u.i ns
denounced the orga
ing tli« lion us bill.
ft toilny further
after tin* soldiei
I life for , ,lolls r
BONE DUE AT SEATTLE TONIGHT
Seattle, uiv —Governor It.-tie . f
Alaska, will arrive here from the ea-t
enroute north at S o’clock tomorrow
night, according to advices receive!
THURSDAY
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WIRES DAWN AGAIN
The Signal Corps land lines took
a hand in the recently prevalent in
terruptions hi telegraphic service b>
breaking down somewhere below the
Yukon yesterday. As no press mes
sages naTived during the day. the Dail^
Telegraph bulletin could not be ssued.
The belated news is printed in the
present issue.
NEW ALASKA RELIEF BILL
INTRODUCED BY CUMMINGS
wasmngron. .iwty rne *v»uii»lish
ment of a ffovpmment shipping lino
flet.ween !h«- States and Alaska to con
nect with the government jtibIr*»ti*1 in
the territ<»v.\ anrt also the coordination
of all federal activities relating to \l
askiL are proposed in i bill introduced
this afternoon in the Senate by Sena
tor Cummings of Iowa
The measure was drawn after <
sultation with the Maskn delegate n«*«
in Washington and several Alaska bn -
that the C'nited States Shipping Roald
Secretary of the Interior ships of su -
tleient tonnage and number to run be
tween the Stales and Alaska ports I ••
aska. government frail road. Tip* bi'|
also would confer on the president
general authority to co-ordinate bv
INTIMATED U S -BRITISH-JAP
AGREEMENT BEING REACHED
between the I’nited States. Britain and
.Japan was given by Ajnei-ican \inba --
sad nr Harvey la.st nigh I in a speech
delivered at a. banquet given by the
American Society.
ADMIRAL EBERLE TAKES
COMMAND OF PACIFIC FLEET
San I'Ya neisco. July 0—\di nival
K. W. liberie took formal command af
the l*aciflc Klee* this morning, with
t.he battleship New Mexico flying his
U S GUNBOATS ON GUARD
AT TAMPICO
Washington. July 5— Two gun boa s
have been sent to Tampico. Mexico,
to guard against possible trouble in
the cHl fields there. Soereta.ry of the
Navy Peniby announced today.
The gunboats carry fouir five inch
guns and they have authority to do
whatever may be necessary to project
American property. Secretary Penbv
said this afternoon 'relative to the de
spatch of American warships to Tam
BIG SCRAP ON OVER
POLITICAL PATRONAGE
Washington. July 5—With South
Democracy warning the president be
cause of his negro appointments,
Western Senators are demanding more
patronage and the Northern states are
clamoring tihat the east is getting the
lion's share of federal patronage.
UNIONS TO VOTE ON
WAGE REDUCTIONS
Chicago, July 5—Sixteen Labor or
ganizations will decide by a referen
dum vote by September 1 whether to
accept or reject the 12 per cent wage
reduction which went into effect on
July 1 In a wide range of trades, it
was decided here tonight by the
execijtives and chairmen of the various
organizations interested.
FJIANK O’CONNOR DIES
IN PORTLAND
I*artland, Ore. July 6—Frank
O’Connor, formerly for many years
agent of the lAiciflc Steamship Com
pany at Nome. Alaska, died here to
day following an operation. The de
ceased was the local agent of the
Pacific Steamship Company here.
FRIDAY
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SEATTLE PLANS BIG
RECEPTION FOR GOV BONE
his :*»>rival ht-i-p tonight from the East.
Bone Says Will Give Hi- Be*t To
Seattle. Julj 7 "Ala-ska ,s a busi
ness proposition ami I am suing to
give it th»- best there Is in me," said
! declared that the Cummings f5.ll or
uni' closely akin to it will be passed
by Congress and he believes that such
a measure will rehabilitate the terri
fione aceoflnpanied by Mrs Bone,
his rla.ught.er Margaret anil -on Ilob
ert. The governor ami his family axo
guests <»/ *he Ita.nier Club today and
will visit. Tacoma, making the trip on
H. I*. Alexander's yacht Aguilos. Ho
will be the guest, of the Tacoma Com
mercial Club this afternoon.
Ca.il Thiele i.s to be the governor's
secretary. Many meetings and affairs
will be arranged here for Fione bef .re
his departure for .Iiiivmii on the stetun
Ala-ska. in an addJtws here this aft.«>
noon, asked the delegates Jo the f’a
citlc Coast Advertising Clubs Associa
tion to help him advertise Alaska, to
the nation He said."To help in that
Job now is to make Alaska as it Is
realh known to the people of the n.t
MELLON AGAINST SOLDIERS
BONUS LEGISLATION
Washington. July 7 -In a letter to
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey,
Secretary of the Treasur> Mellon to
day declared himse.If flatly against the
enactment of soldiers bonus legislation
SAYS ALASKA MUST BE TURNED
LOOSE FOR CAPITAL
lilwi-.il laws under which . |.»itn1 will
FALL AND BONE FAVOR
CUMMINS BILL
YV.tifthinffton. July U-- l ‘roa'.dent
indict ted that the presidwit wiJl ask
Congt-ess to psic.'* .* early in the nest
HEAT KILLS ELEVEN
AT CHICAGO
Chicago, July 7—Up lo noon today,
eleven deaths from heat had occurred
here during the past twenty foiv hours.
Chicago Heat Wave Kills Total 14
f'hirogo, July 7 The number of
heat faLdltifts occuring here during the
BELIEVED IRISH TRUCE
IN SIGHT
associated in the conduct of Irish af
Tjo;idling Irish officials express the
belief that a truce can be arranged by
FIVE DRAGGED FROM BEDS
AND KILLED IN IRELAND
Dublin. July 6—-The tacit peace
1 which has lately prevailed between the
Irish Republicans and British Crown
forces in thfls section was broken near
Newry last night when five men were
dragged from their beds by armed and*
masked men :uid killed near their
homes.
MARINE WORKERS PERPETRATE
BRUTAL OUTRAGE
Seattle. July 6—Striking marine
workers, using an sure handle and a
revolver, beat Howard C. Taylor, a
sailer on the Alaska steamship Ala
meda, into a state of unconsciousness
in his own home here today.
The act was committed In the pres
ence of Taylor's wife. Who was tied
and gagged while the attack was per
petrated. Taylor is in a pcccarious
condition.