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DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY. MARCH 10, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 282
BERLIN FIGHTING FATAL TO THOUSAND
SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS CONVICTION OF DEBS
' SEATTLE SHIPYARDS WILL START WORK TOMORROW
SEATTLE. Mar. 10—The strik
ing shipyard workers, at a meeting
held today, voted to return to work,
and the shipyards, which had been
closed since January 21, will re
open tomorrow.
The shipyards will employ the
men as rapidly as possible and it is
expected that ten thousand men will
be needed tomorrow to put the
yards in shape.
There are seventy-one partly com
pleted hulls on the ways here, on
which work will be rushed just as
soon as things are put in shape.
Forty-two out of the forty-six
striking Northwest unions have
voted to return to work. The Ta
coma and Aberdeen strikers are
also returning to work tomorrow.
NEW YORK, Mar. 10.—The Lex
ington Theater, which had made ar
rangements for a season of German
operas, has now cancelled the ar
rangements. The first performance
was to have been given tonight.
The decision to cancel the ar
rangements was arrived at in defer
ence to the wishes of the mayor and
police commissioner, who thought
that the performance might provoke
disorder.
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COURT SUSTAINS
DEBS' CONVICTION
WASHINGTON, Mar. 10.—The
supreme court of the United States
has unanimously sustained the con
viction of Eugene Debs, the Social
ist leader.
Debs was tried and found guilty
of the violation of the espionage
act, through statements made by
him during the course of a speech
which he delivered at Canton, Ohio,
last June. The court trying the
case, sentenced him to & term of
imprisonment of ten years.
A SIMPLE REQUEST
Murderer— “Is this the guy who
is to defend me?”
Judge—“Yes, he’s your lawyer."
Murderer—"If he should die
•«t could I have another?”
Judge—“Yes.”
Murderer—“Can I see him alone
for a few minutes?”
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BOLSHEVIK! KILL
RUSS NOBLEMEN
—
| COPENHAGEN, Mar. 10.—Ac
cording to reports appearing in the
i Berlin newspapers which were re
I ceived in this city today, four more
Russian grand dukes, charged with
being involved in anarchist plots,
were executed in Petrograd recently
| by the Bolsheviki.
NEW YORK. Mar. 10.—During
the course of a speech delivered in
this city today, former President
William H. Taft, in touching on
; the Irish question, declared it as
his opinion, that the question should
not be settled at the peace confer
ence.
That the opinion of the large
audience on this question was di
vided was indicated by the cheering
■ and the hissing that greeted his re
marks.
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POPULAR SKIPPER
CALLED By DEA1H
SEATTLE, Max. 10.—Captain
Frank Clinger, formerly in com
mand of the steamer Alameda, died
on Saturday, aged 64 years.
Captain Clinger’s death was
brought about as the result of a
stroke of paralysis, which came on
him rather suddenly. The funeral
will take place tomorrow.
Captain Clinger was in command
of the steamship Alameda for some
time past, and will be remembered
i by many Alaskans who traveled
between Alaska coast ports and
Seattle.
MIKE COONEY IS
; AT ENOJF STEEL
A telephone message recieved
1 from the end of steel announced
that Mike Cooney arrived at Lignite
last night with two passengers
from Talkeetna.
He will probably come in with
his passengers on the train arriving
in Nenana tonight.
MEXICANS PLAN TO MAKE
RAILROADS SAFE AGAIN
MEXICO CITY.—As a military
measure to check the activities of
bandits alon gthe railway lines from
the capital to Vera Cruz, General
Candido Aguilar has ordered that a
strip 100 meters wide on each side
of the Mexican line from Vera Cruz
to Esperanza be declared a zone of
war. Natural hiding places in this
tone will be destroyed and all in
habitants in the affected area will
be forced to prove their pacifist
tendencies. All persons other than
inhabitants of the zone will be
gathered in and examined by the
1 military.
BERLIN FIGHTING
STILL CONTINUES
AMSTERDAM. Mar. 10—Accord-j
ing to reports received in this city
today, the Berlin Spartacans occu
pied Lichten'ourg, a suburb of Ber
lin, today. They are reported to have
murdered sixty officers and soldiers
who were captured during the fight
ing.
The Berlin police headquarters,
from which the Spartacans were
driven out recently, and which are
now being held by the government
forces, were the object of attacks
since last Monday. All attacks so
far are reported to have been re
pulsed.
On Saturday, the Spartacans cap
tured a number of officers and
students, some of whom were
wounded in the fighting preceding
their capture. These men were put
to death by drowning.
After very severe fighting, es
pecially severe around the police
headquarters, the Spartacans were
finally defeated, and there is a lull
in the fighting for the present.
At a certain stage of the fight
ing, when the Spartacans were tem
porarily getting the best of it. they
gained control of the palace and
hoisted the imperial banner on the
flagstaff on the watch tower
The government troops soon man
aged to beat back the Spartacans.
and gaining the palace, immediately
hauled down the bannei.
The fighting has ceased for the
present at least; the government
troops, who have been reinforced,
are watching closely for hostile
signs. Martial law continues in
Berlin.
Serious fighting is also reported
from Halle, an important railroad
center in Saxony, and many are said
to have been killed and wounded.
Troops have been despatched to
quell the disturbance.
ELIZABETH, N. J.. Mar. 4—A
government airplane. enroute to
Philadelphia, by some unaccountable
manner got out of control and
plunged into a mud bed.
It is reported that the seven
officers who were aboard the craft
escaped without any serious con
sequences.
WORM*
IN COLORADO NOW
DENVER, March 10.—Six hun
dred carpenters struck today as a
\ result of the refusal of Denver con
tractors to grant the men an in
crease of wages. ,
Nearly all the buildings in course
of construction in the city of Den
ver are affected by the strike.
DISTRICT JUDGE
Charles E. Bunnell, district judge
i of the Fourth Judicial division, ar
rived in Nenana last night on Billy
Butler’s dog stage. The judge is
1 taking advantage of the period of
, inactivity preceding the opening of
i court, to have a look around and
J his visit to Nenana is one of pleasure
| only.
Judge Bunnell, accompanied by
! U. S. Commissioner R. S. McDonald,
■ left on the train this morning foi
; the end of steel, and expect to re
: turn this evening. If time will per
1 mit, they will probably pay a vish
| to the Burns coal mine, which is
: only a few miles beyond the end
I of steel now.
The Skagway Alaskan, oldesi
daily newspaper in Alaska, cele
b rated its 21st anniversary or
February 11.
MANY ARE KILLED
IN BERLIN FIGHT
LONDON'. Mar. 10.—A despatch
received in this city today from the
Wolf News Bureau states that in
the course of the heavy fighting
which took place in the streets of
Berlin during the past week, it is
estimated that about one thousand
were killed and wounded.
CONGRESSMEN"
THREATEN QUIZ
According to a telephone message
received this afternoon from W F.
Thompson, editor of the Fairbanks
News-Miner, that paper received a
j despatch this morning indicating
! that senators and representatives of
! the new congress have decided to
i call for an investigation of the Alas
I kan Engineering commission.
| It is reported that willful and
almost criminal extravagance and
wastage of government funds is
charged; and a very thorough and
searching inquiry is promised.
It is expected, according to the
News-Miner report, that a special
investigating commission will come
North to examine witnesses and con
duct the investigations.
OLDTIMERS EXPECTED
IN FAIRBANKS TONIGHT
—
A Brower stage is expeted to ar
rive in Fairbanks this evening with
a shipment of first class mail and
some passengers, among whom are
George A. Parks, mineral surveyor
of the General Land Office; Frank
M. Dunham, of the Red Cross Drug
store; Cal Townsend, fur warden,
and his daughter.
George Parks and Frank Dunham
have only recently been discharged
from the army; the former was
chief gass officer and was stationed
at one of the Eastern cantonment
camps; while the latter was in the
> army medical corps, at Camp Lewis.
BALFOUR RETIRES
CURZON SUCCEEDS
LONDON', Mar. 10—Secretary of |
Foreign Affairs Balfour is slated |
for retirement at the close of the'
peace conference.
His place in the cabinet is to be
filled by Earl Curzon, who is presi
dent of the council and the govern
ment leader of the House of Lords
at present.* He was formerly the
viceroy of India.
IS RESTING EASY
Aboard the George Washington.’
Mar. 10.—President Wilson is suf
fering from a cold, and spent mostj
of the day in his room, reading dur-'
ing much of the time.
The George Washington is ex
peeted to arrive at Brest on the;
13th, and the President expects to,
resume very active work imme j
diately after his arrival in Paris. |
He expects, later, to tour Belgium 1
and Northern France.
RAILROAD ■
BONIS SALVED
Billy Butler, who arrived in town
this morning, brings word that Ar
thur Crueger, who has been award
ed a contract to salvage the rail
road material from the sunken
barge of the steamer Shusana. op
posite "Eat-em-up” Frank's road
house, is making great progress
wdth the work and is now daily.
taking out a large number of rails j
and kegs of spikes and bolts from
the barge.
As chonicled in these columns
some time ago, Crueger has cut a
hole in the ice over the barge and
with the aid of a horse and a
block and tackle is hauling out and^
stacking the railroad material, con-'
sisting mostly of rails, spikes and
bolts, on the river bank.
The fine weather now prevailing;
is aiding him in the work to a very I
considerable extent and at the rate
he is getting it out, all of the ma- !
terial will be landed on the bank
in a short time more. The exact;
figures of the quantity taken out j
so far is not available.
CRIPPLE CREEK MINES
ARE GETTING BUSY NOW
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.—With
the gradual return to full crews in !
Cripple creek mines, indications
point to a resumption of metal oper
ations in this district on a scale un
precedented since the United States
entered the war.
The machinery at one mine has:
been overhauled and it is said an-!
I other mining company soon will re
sume operations. One company al
ready has resumed operations, on a
limited scale and another mine own
er is preparing to start work again.
With the cjose of the war many
mining men who left for more profit
able fields have returned.
' Inui, Wher* BiUi aad Bivars Kut i
IRISH VETERANS
IN BRITISH ARMY
LONDON, Mar. 10.—Prominen*
Irish veterans who are serving as
officers in the British army, have
requested the king of England to
submit the Irish Home Rule ques
tion to the peace conference for
settlement.
LONDON, Mar 10.-—In a state
ment made to the correspondent of
the London Daily Mail today, the
prince of Monaco said that there
is no doubt in his mind that the
kaiser was the author of and was
entirely responsible for the great
world war which has now ended.
The former kaiser, he says, ab
solutely wished for and conducted
the war in all its ruthless barbarit .
The prince stated that the form .
German kaiser was a friend of h..
until the war started, when the
friendship ceased abruptly.
Monaco is the -mallest independ
ent European principality: border
ing on the Mediterranean Sea. It
has an area of about 8 square miles
and a population of about 16,000.
It embraces the towns of Monaco,
Condamine and Monte Carlo. The
association of the Watering Place
and Strangers’ club of Monaco holds
the contract whereby the reigning
prince is paid annually the sum of
$350,000 for the concession to
gamble. The society also practically
bears the cost of the temporal and
spiritual government of the prin
cipality.
The Monte Carlo is about one
mile northeast of the capital and
contains the famous Casino, th*
most luxuriously appointed gambling
place in the world, founded in 1858,
where gambling is virtually legalized
and roplette and trente-et-quarente
are the principal games played.
ALLIES OPPOSE
PARIS, Mar. 10.—A Havas News
Agency despatch received in this
city today indicates that France and
Italy are fully in accord for op
posing the union of the German
part of Austria with Germany.
BEATING THE FLU
MONTROSE, Colo,—The closing
of public schools because of the
epidemic of Spanish influenza did
not pevent the school children of
the Maple Grove school, near here
from continuing their education.
The teacher seated in her room
in the g boarding house, assigned
lessons and heard recitations over
the telephone and the plan worked
nicely. The only objection was
that it interfered with morning visits
of neighbor women.