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DEMPSEY GIBBONS MEET IULV 4
WILL STANDARDIZE TYPES OF NAVY AIRPLANES
RETURN MATCH TO
OCCUR IN EAST
SAYS 6IBB0NS
CHICAGO, Dec. 13, (AP)— A heavyweight
championship battle between Jack Dempsey, world
champion, .and Tommy Gibbons who held out
against the ^champion at Shelby, Montana to the
surprise of many fans, will be staged by Tex
Rickard somewhere in the East on July Fourth.
This announcement was made by Gibbons tod&y
When he arrived 'here with his wife and babies
and his manager, enroute to his home in St. Paul
from New Yorii, where he had met Kid Norfolk
and knocked him out in the sixth round.
FRENCH DEPORT
FOREIGNERS WHO
HAVE NO PAPERS
PARIS. Dec. 12. (AP)—Premier Heriot's bouse
.Cleaning on the Communists simmered down today
to Ihe arrest of ten foreigners whose immigration
papers were -not wholly orderly and steps are being
taken for the deportation of these persons. The
police drive -seems to be reduced to ferreting out
the -undesirable foreigners and visitors are warned
to see that their papers are correct to every detail.
Many persons unconnected with the Communists
are known to have been' picked up because they
were unable to show passports. Government officials
explained to the correspondents that the Commun
ism was insignificant but that they desired to sup
press it in the bud for fear that it might become a
growing panic during the winter. The opposition
press has ridlcnled the administration stating that
the deportations are Ineffective.
ATTEMP TO PLACE
AN6L0-E6YPT TILT
BEFORE THE LEAGUE
ROME, Dec. 12, (AP)—Senator Fanous, mem
ber of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Egypt
ian Senate arrived here today and announced that
he would attempt to induce some members of the
Council Qf the League of Nations to bring up the
Anglo-Bgyptian conflict before that body.
ALASKA CABLE INTERRUPTED
The. new' Alaska Cable which was completed in
October, broke somewhere between Seattle and Ket
chikan some time Friday. No advices have been
received as to when cable communications will be
restored. Only straight day messages will be re
ceived for transmission between Ketchikan and Se
attle but Alaska night messages will not be inter
rupted acordlng to Sergeant Anderson of the local
Signal Corps Station.
^ BUDAPEST FLOCKS TO FOOTBALL
MmAraST. Dec. 1*. (AP)—A crows of *5,0##
People fathered In till cloy recently to witness n
•occ*T football game between Gorman and. Huagar
The German team was beaten 4—1.
HERSCHEL ISLAND PARTY
ARRIVES AT FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS. Dec. 12. (AP)*— Fighting the Arc
tic winter and enduring the hardships of a five
hundred mile journey over the frozen tundra. Capt.
E. T. O’Kelly. C. H. Clarke. Rudolph Johnson. E. J.
Gall and Ambrose Agaveluk. an Eskimo, arrived
from Hersehel Island from where they started on
November 13.
Members of the party reported that Captain
Klinkenberg. Master of the “Maid of Orleans” is
frozen in at Hersehel Island and is safe after a
successful dash to Coronation Gulf and return.
Captain O'Kelly is district manager of the Her
schel Island and Hudson Bay Company. Johnson
and Clarke will leave Friday for Vancouver, B. C\,
to confer with officials on the wreck of the ill-fated
Lady Kindersley.
TWO BRIGADIER GENERALS HAVE
BEEN PROMOTED ONE GRADE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. (AP)—President Cool
idge has named Brigadier General Craig to be the
Chief of Cavalry with the. rank of Major General
and Brigadier General Nolan to be Deputy Chief
of Staff, with the rank of Major General.
LATE FLASHES FROM
WASHINGTON PROCEEDINGS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, (AP)—Secretary Work
reported to Congress that from sales of surplus
or obsolete material and equipment of the Alaska
Railroad, $2S,S0S had been raised. There was
also refunded from construction and operation funds
$3,749.50.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. (AP)—A conference
on the future political action of the body Which en
dorsed JUiFollette last July was brought up for the
consideration of leaders of the movement and called
by William Johnson, chairman of the National com
mittee. Mrs. La Follette will not attend.
WASHINGTON. I). C., Dec. 12. (AP)—Special
The advisory council of the Rational Conference of
Out Door Recreation indorsed the Alaska Game
Bill passed by the Senate and favorably reported
on by the House Agricultural Committee. David
Whitcomb, Judge Austin E. Griffiths and Winlock
W. Mellor of Seattle are among live appointed to
enlarge the advisory council.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. (AP)—Two bills,
one carrying a number of navy department rec
ommendations and another authorizing the re
organization of the Navy and Marine Corps Re
serves were passed yesterday by the House and
sent on to the 'Senate. Enlistments would be
affected by both measures in the general bill
authorizing six year enlistments as well as the
present two, three and four year periods.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, (AP)—In an endeavor
to bolster up the administration Senator French
opposed an early “overriding by Presidential veto
of i be Postal employees pay bill mate by Cooiidge ’
at u conference attended by a dozen Republican
Senators.
ADMIRAL BENSON OPPOSES COOLIDGE
PLAN IN REGARD SHIPPING BOARD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, (AP)—The separa
tion of the Emergency Fleet Corporation from the
Shipping Prail as recommended by President
Cooiidge is bitterly opposed by Rear Admiral
Benson, retired, before the House Investigating
Committee.
WOULD STANDARDISE ON FIVE
TYPES OP AIRCRAFT FOR NAVY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. (AP)—The Navy
Department approved the recommendations of the
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics,
which was recently sent to Congress by President
Cooiidge as regards steps necessary to stabilize
air craft industries. The Navy Department as its
policy of future aircraft procurement will estab
lish standardization on single designs for each of
five types of planes determined by the general
Board as necessary for the service.
SAMUEL GOMPERS
DIED THIS MORNING
LOREDO. Texa.s. Dec. 12, (AP)—Samuel Gomp
ers, President of the American Federation of Labor,
was able to sit up beside his bed and take slight
nourishment today. His train left Loredo on the
way to San Antonio. In addition to a little milk
he was also given a cup of tea.
Condition Grave
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 12.. (AP)— The
train on which Samuel Gompers is travelling east
arrived here today and three physicians after at
tending the notable issued bulletin statements to
the effect that his condition is still very grave.
Gompers Dies At 4:10 This Morning'
Sj|n Antonio Dec. 13, (AP).—-Special—Samuel
Gompers died here nt 4:10 this (Saturday) morning.
STORMS IN WEST
PLAY HAVIC WITH
COMMUNICATION
Chicago, December 12, (AP)—Storms in the
West anti Middle West caused (he Associated Press
to use six thousand miles of wires to send a single
copy from the Giants tonight between Chicago and
San Francisco, via Portland, Oregon.
COST OF GAS LAID TJ MAYOR
MUNICH CITIZENS BRING SUIT
MUNICH, Dec. 13, (AP)—Because gas comes
high to the householders of Munich, they have
united to bring suit against the mayor of the city.
He is charged with usury.
RETURNS DIME
THAT PRESIDENT
COOLIDGE LOST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, (AP)— President Cool
idge desired that the Campaign pardner for the
late election he Dawes because “he is one who
watches the nickles.” But a letter from Racine,
Wisconsin, received showed that the President does
not always watch his dimes. The letter was word
ed. “Dear Cal—Wish you a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year,—You don't know me but before
you were elected I walked behind you and you
dropped a dime unnoticed. r picked the dime up
and kept it because I was hungry and got a cup
of coffee and two rolls with it. Well, I’ve plenty
of dimes now so I am returning one in place of
yours. A FRIEND”
SWAP PLAYERS
TO DUILD UP 16
LEAGUETEAMS
CHICAGO, Dec. 12, (AP)—Eddie Collins an
nounced that he had signed a contract to manage
the White Sox, succeeding Evers. It is said that the
Senators have obtained Covleskey.
CLEELAND, Dec. 12, (AP)—Mike McNally,
Cleveland utility pitcher was traded yesterday to
Boston by the Yankees for Skunks Speece, sub pit
cher. C. E. Smith an outfielder was traded for
Covleskev.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. (AP)—The Navy's
new aircraft carrier, the U. S. S. Langley, first
Deisel driven battlecraft in the world will be in
use in San Francisco with the battle fleet in March
of next year.
ALASKA ESKIMO
BILLED TO MEET
AUSTRALIAN PUG
SEATTLE. Dec. 12. (AP)—It was announced
here that Joe Manila, Alaska Eskimo will meet
Mike O’Connor. Austrailian Middleweight boxer
next Tuesday nigfit.
TACOMA nr VS ARGENTIN E CORN
CHEAPER THAN' IOWA PRODUCT
^’•A-COMA, Wash., Dec. 23, (AP)—A.shipment of
3.000 tons of corn from Argentina received here re-v
cently, reveoled that corn from the South American
republic could be laid down here cheaper than corn
from Iowa
The British tramp freighter Ashworth brought
the corn around the Horn, and the rate charged
was $6.75 a ton for the 8,000-mile sea voyage.
The duty paid was $5.40 a ton. making the total
cost, in addition to the price paid in Argentina.
$12.15 a ton. The rate on corn from Iowa is 71
cents a hundred pounds, or $14.20 a ton.
The South American corn was delivered to two.
milling companies here. The price paid in Argen
tina for the consignment was not disclosed.