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DEMPSEY WINS FIGHT 4TH ROUND

would continue indefinitely unless President Harding can be induced to end the fiasco by the appointment of a practical railroad builder with express orders to finish the job and to be done with it. And it seemed to be equally agreed, that next after the natural limitations of political engin- eers, as distinguished from railroad construction engineers, the fatal flaw has been the discrimination to con- tinue an endless stream of salary pay checks. As it is, the job has already run for more than sir years. A rather spectacular incident of the chamber meeting was the presence among the spectators of John A. Nelson, a prof fessional railroad builder, who years ago made a contract with private  capitalists to do this identical job and turn it over completed within maxi mum period of IS months. Nelson took the contract for sixteen million dollars In reluctantly given interview with your correspondent last night he admit ted he would have cleared $2,000,0OO on the contract The contract was lat CT cancelled by agreement, when the project was abandoned through fear of the bureaucratic form of govern ment then just beginning to be foist- ed upon Alaska.
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JERSEY CITY, June 2-(Flash) Dempsey knocked out Carpenter in one minute and sixteen seconds in the Fourth Round.

JERSEY CITY, July 2-The morn ing of the fight dawned clear and bright, the temperature averaging 83 degrees. Huge crowds packed the ring side from early morning awaiting the arrival of the fighters. Over one mil lion and a half dollars was realized from the sale of the tickets, the price of which ranged from $5 to $50, none of the five dollar seats being sold un- til the last few hours. Dempsey is to get three hunrred thousand, win or lose and Carpenter two hundred thous and under the same terms.
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In order to enlighten Thomas B Drayton, as to what contract Mr. Nel' son did have we might add: John Nel- son, now an employee of the commis- sion, and another man by the name of Nelson bid $16,0OO,00O0O on a con tract to build a road from Seward to Matanuska to connect the coal fields with salt water. This contract was to put in the railroad and in no way to complete it. MT. Drayton must of had another one of those dreams, of which he often has, and immagined the conversation existed between him and MT. Nelson.
 About the best thing immaginable for the town of Seward, would be to send this so called Alaskan writer to Anchorage to make his residence. We would have the commission with us again inside of two months if this suggestion were to be acted upon.
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HATFIELD, Ken.-The bodies of five adults and six children were dis covered in the ruins of the farmhouse cf Ernest Lawrence after it was des- troyed by fire. Indication of foul play were found when an examination showed one woman woman shot and the dress of one infant, which she Is believed to have been holding, drench- ed with blood. A revolver, shot gun and several empty cartridges Were found. The screams of the women and children and several shots were heard before the fire was discovered.
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The following is an article taken from the Alaska Dispatch, published at Seattle, and was written by Mir. Drayton, resident of this town and at that time secretary of the same chamber of commerce he so knowing ly speaks about;-of the lucky glim- pse" he had of that mysterious docu- ment containing the names, figures, and wrongdoings of those so called vandals at the head of the Commission Seward stands about as much chance as wax dog chasing an asbestos cct thru hades, of getting the commission headquarters back when she allows a man of this vein to occupy a public position.
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NAVAL OFFICERS
 GIVEN STATIONS

WASHINGTON, D. C., July l. The house and senat, nave come to an agreement and settled the navar appropriation bill at four hundred and seventy millions.
 Admiral Shoemaker now in Hawaii will take command of the battle ship force of the Pacific fleet relieving vice-Admiral Williams. Admiral w. Fields now commanding the Pacific fleet train will relieve Rear Admiral Stickney, now acting or the Pacific fleet inspection board. Admiral Twin ing, now chief of staff Of the Pacific fleet will become the naval attacha at London. Rear Admiral Burrage, TOW commanding Noi folk Navy Yard will relieve Captain Pratt, who will as- sume duty on the general hoard. Rear Admiral MaGruder, now naval attu,he to Paris will take command of the re- serve squadron of destroyers Of the pacific fleet. Admiral Rodman, HOW in command of the Pacific Fleet will take command of the Fifth district.
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SUBMARINES R0N
 US. ID IRELAND

NEW YORK-Captain J. B. Shan ley, secretary of the American Asso- citation for the recognition of the Irish Republic, said two submarines, flying the Irish flag maintained a passen- ger service between America and Ire land, for the officials and agents of the Irish republic. He said DeValera arrived in this country in 1919 in an Irish submarine. DeValera and O'Cal- laghan returned to Ireland via sub marine.
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JERSEY CITY, July 2-There did not seem to be a great soldier element in the house when Turney was itro- duced as the A. E. F. champion, very little noise being heard. Gibbon came to the ringside and announced that he would formally challenge the winner of the main bout. ~
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NEW YORK, Sixty thousand seats were sold for the fight.

JERSEY CITY, July 2-Jack Demp sey, according to reports, severely bat tered Carpenter, knocking him flat on several occasions. As the cables are being repaired very lttle fight news has come thru but a full account of the fight will be published in next weeks paper.
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JERSEY CITY, June 2-Dempse! arrived at the arena at 2:30 P. M..

JERSEY CITY, June 2-Dempsey also sneaked into the arena without being observed by the fans wno were hanging over the top rail awaiting his arrival. There was not a sound from the spectators as he entered and walk ed to his dressing room.
 Both Dempsey aud Carpenter en~
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LATE CABLE FLASHES OF WEEK

LATE CABLE FLASHES OF WEEK
 NEW YORK,-Custom officers seiz- ed nearly five hundred machine guns alleged to have been concealed aboard the steamer Eastside loading for Ire land. The department of Justice off cials admitted that they are investi- gating a report of a plan afoot to ship arms to Ireland.
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SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
 BANK SEATTLE CLOSED

SEATTLE, June 30-The Scandi- navian American bank of Seattle clos ed its doors today on account of fail ing deposits.
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NEW YORK Two men hearing the shouts and splashing of an eight year old boy, and believing him to be drowning, plunged in to rescue him. The boy, thinking the men were seek ing to arrest him, swan ashore, and the men were drowned.
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Mrs. Ray Young of Seward gave birth to an eight pound baby girl last Thursday. Mother and daughter are both doing nicely.
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PARIS,-Britain, France and Italy again appealed to Greece to postpone her offensive and accept their media tion effort to forestall war with Asia Minor.
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Seward is Attacking Commission
(by Thomas B. Drayton)

(by Thomas B. Drayton)
 SEWARD, Alaska, May 2O-The AL aska worm has turned at last, after six years of painful writing under con tinuous provocation. At it's meeting on Tuesday night the Seward chamber of commerce memoralized the presi- dent of the United States to appoint a new commission to take over the governments Alaskan railroad pro- ject in defense of federal and terri torial interests.
 The meeting was a lively one in every way, and was attended by the largest number of spectators ever as- sembled to see the chamber perform Five different resolutions were pre- sented and read during the course of debate, all to the same effect, and five separate storms ensued upon their re- spective readings. At the windup of the mildest of the five was adopted and the executive committee was di- rected to forward it to Mr. Harding. The particular resolution adopted was a compromise framed to catch the support of those members directly or indirectly profiting by the prolonga- ton of the railroad job, and thus give the chambers action the force of un- animous approval. Members not in the money in any way, favored a resolu- tion charging gIos incompetency, poli- tical dickering inimical to the projecy and inexcuseable squandering of pub lie funds, and pointing out long line of specific instances in support of its accuracy.
 One offered resolution was suppress sed by the chamber officials, and prop erly-as your correspondent infers from a lucky glimpse at the docu- ment. This suppressed document was in very truth and really too bIuntly circum stantial in such details as names, dates, places, amounts, not to mention things taboo in fastidiously proper circles. Even if reported it woald never get past the editor and to the conventional eyes that see this highclass family journal, even suppos- ing type metal capable of resisting the awful temperature of it's phras- ing.
 The resolution adopted, however was plain enough to indicate to the president that the Alaskan Engineer ing commission, as the government agency in charge of the job is called is in frightfully bad odor with the AL askan public. Even some of the less stringent resolutions set forth clearly that the governments railroad build CTS have been stringing cut the job in intolerable fashion, and every speak CT was convinced that the same policy
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JERSEY CITY, July 2-Referee Sul- !ivan stopped the fifth preliminary to save Jones from further punish ment Turney hit him with everything he had, all during the bout.
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WASHINGTON,-The former Ger man supersubmarine Deutschland en- tered Baltimore in 1915 was sunk at target practice.
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ALAMEDA DUE MONDAY

The steamship Alameda is due in Valdez tomorrow morning and will arrive in Seward early Monday morn ing.
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The cahla iS

The cable is down south of Sitka and the Burnside is now repairig the break.
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ODD FELLOWS ID
 HOLD CARNIVAL

SOlillllS OuC CO DG ICItDIdLGu DY LI6 Odd Fellows. There are so many big features planned that one hardly knws which one will be the best. The parade will start at one o'clock from the Odd Fellows hall and everyone is requested to be there in costume, also all auto mobile owners are asked to decorate their cars for the event. The parade will be lead by the soldiers of Com pany B. followed by float carrying the Carnival Queen and her attend ants and guarded by the boy scouts. Next in line will be the children's float aglow with the smiling faces of the children of Seward. All those talk ing part in the big show will ride in cars or on floats. At two o'clock the big vaudeville show will take place at the Odd Fellows building. This feature is something that nobody can afford to miss including fancy dancing and Hula Hula dnacer imported from Hawaii for the occasion.
 Dancing for everybody will continue in the afternoon and evening.
 The contest for Carnival Queen was very exciting one, and the Odd Eel lows could not of thought more exciting affair than a contest of this kind as it put plenty of pep in the town and loosened up quite few dol lars that will go to wrthy cause, as well as putting a little life into what would otherwise have been a dull week. At seven o'clock Friday the com mittee and at the finish the count stood as follows;
 MARJORIE NEVILLE, 2129 VOTES Ethel Mcintosh, 1889 votes.
 Meryl Towle, 593 votes.
 Miss Marjorie Neville, who has been selected for the honor of Fourth of July Queen is the eldest daughter of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Neville, who are old residents. Miss Marjorie is very popular among the younger set and the choice of her as queen has met with popular approval as she has youth, beauty and grace. Miss Neville will receive beautiful gold locket with her initials on it, together with large box of candy from the Odd Fellows
 The rifle shoot will follow immedi- ately after the parade, and the fol- lowing is a list of the prizes.
 PRIZES FOR SHOOT
 Mems
 1st Prize 5000 meal ticket, Camerons 2nd prize, $500 cash, Seward L. & P. 3rd prize, box cigars, The Northern. 4th prize, box cigars, The Key.
 Single Ladies.
 1st prize, $500 cash, Bank of Seward. 2nd prize, ham, Frye Br1hn.
 3rd prize box candy, Sylvia's Place. 4th prize $2.0O cash, Andy's Express Married Women
 1st prize $500 cash, Gus Borgen. 2nd prize, $5. merchandise, Ellsworthe 3rd prize, 4 trips to radio, Patterson's 4th prize, $500 merchandise, E Mount Boys
 1st prize $500 cash, H. V. Hoben. End prize $500 merchandise, Urbachs 3rd prize, box hdlfs, Ellsworth's 4th prize, $2.0O cash, H. V. Hoben. Extra for Men
 1st prize, $500 cash, Seward Drug. End prize, dress shirt, Brown Hawkins 3rd prize, box cigars, The Commerce. 4th prize, yrs. sub. The Gateway. Extra for Ladies & Married Women. 1st prize, box candy, Geo. Phelps. End prize, eversharp pencil, Orlander 3rd prize, box candy, Alaska Shop. Extra for Boys & Girls.
 1st prize, box candy, The Palace. End prize, box candy, J, P. Stotko. | 3rd prize, 5 ttickees to show. Benson. 4th prize, $2.OO cash, Gabriel Santo. l Eth Drize. S1 .OO cash. T T., Graef
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NJ WONDER THE 4. [. |. MOVED
 TO ANCHORAGE

Another Outburst From ThOs Drayton Works Harm to Seward-Unreliabl Statements Published in Outside Papers-Should be Muzzled.
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tered room underneath the bleachers
 and were hidden from view.
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BOSTON,-Weeks statemented to the effect that the present Hawaiian and Panama Canal forces will be maintained notwithstanding the re- duction of the standing army. He said "there are good reasons for these men being in Hawaii under my admins tration and their umber wll not be reduced if I can help it; nor will the number stationed at the canal be les sened for the same general reason"
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SPEND THE FOURTH IN SEWARD
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MOUTRIE, Geo.-A mob burned J. H. Williams, a negro slayer of a white girl at the stake, Williams very calmly smoking a cigarette while the match was applied.
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New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Activities of Various Organizations Planned Debating Club Holds Meeting- Thrift Lecture.

A meeting of the Spanish club will be held at Room 23, of the Vocation al building tonight. Work of the various Spanish classes will be dis cussed. The Debating club will meet in Room 21 this evening. Regular business will be discussed by Sydney Allison. A. s. Hancock will direct the speaking.
 The freshmen assembled in the auditorium this morning and heard a talk on Thrift" by S. Spear, a Bridgeport banker. MT. Spear had for his topic, "The Baconian'-Theory of Life.''
 The Young Women's Literary so- cety will meet this evening in Room 22O, of the Vocational building. Miss Adams will preside. The topic of the evening will be on the life of Alfred Moves, the great poet. The graduation class is holding elections for the various editorial committees and the making of the class book The Beehive"
New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
LIEUT.. FARRELL IN
 RECITAL 0F FLIGHT
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Describing the trip in a more vivid manner than either Lieut.. Kloor or Hinton, Farrell said that after lcav- ing Rockaway December 13 the bal loon passed over Cc1tral Valley. N. T.. before 1t reached Wells. 1: fre- quently bumped trees he said and they were tossed about in the bas- ket. He finally asked Kioor if it was not best to lower the drag rope.
 Yes" he said kloor replied, but it may slow us up q bit
 After midnight, he declared, when the balloon was in Canada, they be- Iicved they were over tho Adirondacks or the Catsiills. The men were thor oughly soaked and cold.
 By this time," observed the lieu fed to go back to the station. had enough of this trip and was satis- neI 10 10 back to the station. I had enough and it was cold"
 He urged Lieut.. lSleor to make . landing he said. but Kloor said it could not be done.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
ROTARY CLUB STARTS
 OFF WITH ENTHUSIASM
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to nominate officers of the tentative organization.
 E. J. Perkins, district governor. of Providence. R. l., was introduced and explained what a Rotary club is, and what it hopes to accomplish. He stated that there were no paid or gani1ers for the work. It fosters the spirit of cooperation and friendship among the business interoxts. It is not an organization formed on the You trade with me and I will with you plan," and members should not join with the purpose of getting more business. It i0 an organization of friends who meet once a week at auncheons to mutually cheer each other and 10 swap ideas. 1t is a power for civic betterment, not con- fiicting with the Chamber of Com merce but helping it to carry out its plans.
 Willard Lansing, former governor of Rotaries. also gave a talk on the organization. The meeting vas then turned over to the district governor. The committee on consultation and bylaws reported that it had not had time to thoroughly investigate the specimen set as furnished by the in ternational organization. Later. how ever, a set of bylaws practically the same as proposed by the specimen set was adopted. The nominating com mittee reported that it mad selected the following names for officers and directors of the tentative organiza- ton: l.. A. Sprague, president; A. c. Kimball, vice-president: Howard Will son, secretary and A. A. Mills, treas urer; for directors, w. l.. Hatch. George Klett, G. K. Macauley, w. F.. Atwood and l.. F. Slade. These were adopted by the members. It was de- cided to make the entrance fee S10 and the annual dues S20. Officers were instructed to apply to national head quarters for a charter.
 Among those present at the first luncheon. not all of whom signified their willingness to become a mem- ber were: George Dyson, N. s. Frank lin, John Lockett. J. Vance. Wi6iam Crowell, A. A. Mills. F. J. Porter. E. J. Porter, H. w. Maier, Carl Ram sey, W. l.. Hatch, c. E. Parsons, Carlisle Baldwin. w. F. Atwood. l.. A. Sprague, D. McMillan, David Manning. George Klett, L. P. Slade, Howard Wilson. T. McCauliffe, George Spear. Peter Crona, F. O. Rackliffe. I. Fish, J. R. Andrews. James $. North.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
CITY ITEMS
Removal saio at Besse-Leland's

Removal sale at Besse-Leland's --advt.
 Tho meeting of tho Good Mothers sowing club has been postponed until next Thursday.
 member of the debating team of Col umibia college. has been selected to coach the New Britain High school debating team.
 Laurel Court. No. s. Order of Amaranth, will hold a social at Masonic parlors. Friday afternoon. January q. A supper will be served at 6:30 o'clock. Regular meeting be installed.
 The Mems society of the Luther league of the Swedish Lutheran church this evening.
 Roller skating. Opening day of Professional hall, 160 Arch street, Saturday. See notice col. on last page.-advt.
 Court Friendly. No. 45, F. of A. degree team will hold a meeting at the club rooms on Church street this evening. The team will go to Berlin tomorrow evening, where they will drill at the Court Mattabesset F. of A. fair.
 The will of Mrs. Bertha Dary 1rv- ing. fiiied in the probate court yes- te erday. directs the entire estate, real and personal. to be left her husband, pr S. W. Irving. The will was drawn June 5, 1902.
 Foresters' fair, Foresters' hall, Der lin, Jan. 2l. 22. 24. 25.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
MILLIONS PAID OUT RY SHIPPING BOARD
Hearing to Disclose Misuse Ol >. Vast Sums Of Money

New York. Jan. e0.--At least siOo.- GOO ,0O0 improperly paid shiphuilders by tho IT. q. shipping Board will bc disclosed through m audit of nc- counts now in progress. Col. r.. H. lAhadic. former comptroller general or tha board. declared here today be- fore tho Walsh congressional com mittco.
 Col. Abndte charged that there wore "a great many serious irregular |ties" in the dealings between the RoIhIehem shipbuilding Corp. and tho rovernment as a result of tho connec- bon Of Charies NJ. schwab with both board and tho corporation.
 Things had been done and allow .he testified. 'becausc Of MT.
 lbs connection which probably nid not be allowed otherwise. and pugh l was satisfied MT. SchwaD cw personally nothing of them the hence from Mir. Schwab's dual DO on was prevalent just the same.
 Though at that time I had never Mir. Schwab, was satisfied from
 knowledge of his record that he uId bo the first to condemn any in-
 leo by his corporation towards the ornment and would willingly and ily return any moneys improper paid his corporation.
 .ol. Ahadie said that the accounts
 he Bethlehem Corp were ordered
 he'd first because of reports made Aho plant prot1ction section of the bard charging irregularities. Ina adit which will include all shipbuild- "a companies which had contracts ith the government. will cost @l.- 10, 900 ho testified.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
MARRY OUT OF CITY
Performed at New Haven and Hartford Last Month Arc of Local Interest.

Return certificates at the office of the town clerk show the following marriages to have been performed out of the city during the month Of December:-
 Peter D. Bauer, aged 23, of this city, and ESie s. Radon, aged A, or New Haven, married in New Haven December 6, by Rev. H. M. Voight.
 Harold c. Rahn. aged A, of this city, and Florence NJ. Andruss, aged p. of New Haven, married December IS, by Rev. Joseph McGee.
 Emil Benson, aged 29, of this city, and Rose Rosewall, aged 27. of Hart ford, married in Hartford, December A. by Rev. w. c. Chellgren.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
KILLS HIS WIFE AND MAN
Texan Shoots Couple in Automobile
 Before His Homo

Galveston, Texas. Jan. 20.-Mrs. Francis Brown and M- s. Settle. each about thirty-fve years old. were shot to death by the woman's husband in front of his homo today. just a week after the Browns had been separated The husband surrendered at once 10 the police.
 Brown said that his wife and Settle drove up to his home this morning and the woman called him out of the house. Hc came and the shooting followed. Mrs. Browns body. shot through the heart was found lying on the seat Of the automobils. and that of Settle, with a bullet in the head. was lying in tho roadway. The inquest will be held today.
 Settle was a railroad switchman and is said to have two daughters at school in Dallas. Brown Is q dock worker.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
SCORES CALDER BILL
Coal Man Declares That Mines Will Have to Be Taken Over By Govt Unless Conditions Change.

Washington. Jan. 20.-The United States will be driven to nationalizauon of coal mines unless some system IS found to keep competition alive m the industry, Chairman Thompson or the federal trade commission, de- clared today before the senate com merce committee.
 The Calder bill for federal reguiae- ton was described by the witness as "Prophylactic legisla slation-prevenave not parental"
 Charges that anthracite producers during October and November were taking as much as $13 to $15 q ton for coal at mine mouths were made by A.. w. Riley. a special invesnga- tor of the department of justice who did not name the mines. He said fuel administration prices in 1918 plus later wage increases would be around SC a ton on this coal.
New Britain herald., 1921-01-20
WYATT BOUND OYER
Milford Youth, Son of Negro Clergy man, Bound Over to the Superior Court in Bonds of $2,OOO.

Milford. Conn, Jan. 20.-Howard Wyatt, 19 year old son of the Rev. Thomas Wyatt negro clergyman or this town, was bound over to the superior court today in bonds or $2OOO on charges of burglary, as sault with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. The negro youth fired at three students in the Milford preparatory school last night when discovered in a dormitory. He was overpowered by students and arrest pd