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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 18, 1920.
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NO. 295
EBERT GOVERNMENT IS RE-ESTABLISHED
MEARS SA YS TRACK WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1922
SHIPBUILDER WANTS SEATTLE YARDS FOR STEEL SHIPS
CALDWELL SAVES
TAXPAYERS CASH
SEATTLE, March 18.—Determin
ed to put the municipal streetcar
system on a self-supporting basis if
it is possible to do so, thereby
eliminating a source of expense
which has been a heavy drain upon
the city treasury, Mayor Caldwell
today signed an order abolishing
fourteen positions in the managerial
department of the system.
The mayor has asked Comptroller
Harry Carroll to prepare a complete
financial statement of the operation
of the lines, and will make further j
cuts in the cost of operation if i: ]
is possible to do so without impair
ing the efficiency of the system.
The mayor says he has received
many and various unofficial reports
regarding the system and its fin
ances and he intends to go out
after the facts.
SEATTLE, March 18.—A special
dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
says the navy department has prom
ised Governor Riggs to send two
sub-chasers and one eagle boat to
Alaska waters soon to patrol the
fishing banks, for the purpose of
putting a stop to the operations of
fish pirates.
Upon his arrival at the capital
recently, the governor made a per
sonal appeal for the boats, explain
ing that it is impossible to protect
the fishing interests without vessels
of some sort.
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USURPERS FLEE FROM BERLIN
AS EBERT SOLDIERS RETURN
BERLIN, March 18. — Dr. vou
Kapp, who yesterday resigned his
post as head of the new German
government, following the refusal
of the reichsbank to grant his de
mand for funds for the revolution
ary troops, fled from the city today
and his troops are scheduled to with
draw before night, when loyal reg
ular troops will take full control,
under orders from Noske.
LOST HIS NERVE.
LONDON, March 18.—It is re
ported in this city today that von
Kapp has committed suicide, and
the belief is general here that his
downfall is the result of losing his
nerve.
There is also a report in circula
tion here to the effect that a wave
of extreme radicalism is now threat
ening Berlin, and that the Com
munists are erecting barriers in
many places in the Northern section
of the city.
Noske reached Berlin early today
by airplane from Stuttgart and
probably will assume control imme
diately. It is reported that he ha3
ordered the arrest of both von Kapp
and his lieutenant, Luettwitz.
Von Kapp is reported to have
explained that he resigned in order
that the country might fight the
Bolsheviki. The Reds have estab
lished proletaria dictatorships at
Dortmund and a number of other
cities, and a large body of them
] is now marching on Berlin, accord
ing to reports received here this
afternoon.
ELECTIONS IN JUNE.
BERLIN, March 18.—It is offi
j daily announced that the majority
wings of the German National party
and the People’s party have agreed
to hold reichstag elections in June,
after which the government will be
reorganized and a president elected
jby the people.
EBERT ARRIVES. |
AMSTERDAM, March 18.—It is
reported in this city this afternoon
that Ebert has returned to Berlin
and that General Luettwitz has left
with his troops.
EXAGGERATED.
PARIS, March 18.—It is believed j
here that the military element is
exaggerating: the strength of the
Spartacan movement in Germany in
an effort to force the other parties
to permit its co-operation in form
ing the new ministry. There is no
confirmation here of the report that
ia soviet has been established in
Berlin.
ASSEMBLYMEN MEET.
STUTTGART, March 18. — Two
hundred and fifty members of the
German national assembly met here
this afternoon and the business was
(conducted Without disorder. The
ihall was guarded by soldiers.
BATTERY WIPED OUT.
LONDON, March 18. — Advices
received from Berlin late this after
noon state that the Spartaeans have
wiped out the batteries at Wetter
and Westphalia, killing all the of
ficers and nearly all the men.
AMERICANS IN DANGER.
COBLENZ, March 18.—'Two hun
dred Americans attending the Leip
sic fair have wired to Major A^len,
commanding the American army of
occupation, asking for help to leave
Leipsic. They say their lives are
endangered as a result of the dis
orders there. Allen is sending a
special train to the rescue.
DOUBLE-CROSSER.
COPENHAGEN, March 18.—Be
fore leaving Berlin, General Luett
witz is reported to have proposed
to Ernest Daumig, Spartacan leader,
that they join in the formation of
a soviet republic under military pro
tection.
FAIRBANKS SHOW
NETS LEE SUM;
PRIZES AWARDED
! The entertainment, dance and
; tombola for the beiaefit of St. Jo
seph’s hospital, which took place at
| the Auditorium in Fairbanks last
; night, was a very largely attended
; affair and successful in every way,
' the receipts from the sale of tickets
aggregating approximately $3,000.
| Six hundred tickets for the enter
tainment and dance were sold, at
I
$1.50 each, and 4,000 tombola tick
ets were disposed of at 50 cents
each. The exact figures could not
be ascertained today.
The dance took the form of a
I costume party and there were many
1 beautiful and original costumes in
I evidence. Melville Cooney, of Ne
nana, was awarded the prize for
the best sustained male character.
He was dressed as a Wild West
cowboy and burned up a lot of gun
powder during the evening.
Practically all of the Nenanaites
now in Fairbanks were in evidence
at the dance, and the report is that
■they had a good time. Most of
them will be home on tomorrow's
train.
Mrs. Nellie Bates arrived in Ne
nana on the train from the end of
■steel last evening. She is direct
jfrom the States, having made the
itrip over the Broad Pass trail by
idog team.
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MEARS IS ENROUTE;
TALKS OF RAILWAY
SEATTLE, March 18. — Colonel.
Frederick Mears, chairman and chief ^
engineer of the Alaskan Engineer-;
ing commission, who returned this j
week from a hurried trip to Wash
ington in connection with the pend-i
ing appropriation of funds for the
completion of the Government’s rail
way project in Alatka, sailed for
the North today on the steamship
Alameda.
In a general discussion of the
railroad, Colonel Mears said that
grading would be completed be
tween Seward and Fairbanks next
year, and that tracklaying would
be completed in 1922.
He also said that the commission
had contracted with Alaska Pacific
companies for the transportation of
20,000 tons of supplies and material
this year, from Seattle to Seward.
and Anchorage.
MANY WANT WORK.
JUNEAU, March 18.—In a state-;
ment made recently to a representa- \
tive of the Alaska Daily Empire,'
William Gerig, assistant chief engi-!
neer of the Alaska Engineering j
commission, declared that the com
mission had received 10,000 appli
cations for work on the railroad
project. "The supply is far more1
than the demand will be, he said.
Continuing, Mr. Gerig said the
commission expected to use between
3,000 and 4,000 men on the An
chorage end of the road, and be
tween 4,000 and 5,000, including
the Nenana end. The work will be
gin about April first.
Mr. Gerig stated further that the
commission is giving first notice
to its old employes and Alaskans,
and, from the applications from the
Outside, preference is given to re
turned soldiers. The commission
now has about 1,900 men, all told,
in the two divisions.
Asked about wages, Mr. Gerig
said that common labor would be
paid 55 cents an hour, and skilled
workmen, machinists, etc., 82
cents an hour, on the coast end,
with a charge of $1.25 a day for
board.
Mr. Gerig, who spent several
seeks in the States during the win
ter, says there are thousands of
people Outside who have made up
their minds to come to Alaska, and
he believes that thousands of those
who want work on the railroad will
stay in the Territory when once
they get here.
The imported workers will begin
coming Xorth this month.
WASHINGTON, D.'C., March 18.
— According to information received
in this city today, American Red
Cross workers have found the Grand
Duchess Olga, sister of the late
trar of Russia, living in a boxcar
nor.i Novorossisk, in South Russia,
where she is toiling among her
fellow refugees, escapes from terri
tory occupied by the Bolsheviki.
She was clad in rags and appeared
very grateful for the food and cloth
ing given to her by the Red Cross
workers.
Olga is one of the three surviv
ing members of the house of Ro
manoff.
ROGERS SEEKING
FLEET OF SHIPS
SEATTLE, March 18.—Accord
ing to information received in this
city today from Washington, David
Rogers, the noted shipbuilder, is
closing a deal with the United States
Shipping board for the purchase of
the Skinner & PM ly shipyard No.
2, and plans to commence the con
struction of a large fleet of mer
chant ships as soon as he can get
possession of the property and per
fect a working organization.
Rogers >ays he has forty million
dollars’ worth of shipbuilding con
tracts and will employ a force of
six thousand men when the work
is under way.
The shipping board has tentative
ly accepted Rogers’ bid of $15,-100,
000 for the yard and plant. He
plans to build 25 : teel steamers.
t
Mildred Harris Chaplin, wife of
Charlie, of movie fame, declares
that she will appeal to the court to
compel her erring husband to come
home if he does not return to the
fireside in short order. She says
she has not seen Charlie for two
weeks.
The wandering husband’s secre
tary has assured inquiring report
ers that there is nothing to the
case and that Charlie will be home
in due course of time.
ITsaaca, t''*> Gateway to McXlmley
Xatloaal Park.
TRAVELLER CASE
ENDS IN VEfiOlCT
OF NOI GUILTY
Eugene Traveller, of Fairbanks,
who was arrested in Nenana during
the winter on a charge of robberv,
bound over to the grand jury and
held by that body for trial, was
acquitted by a trial jury at Fair
banks last night, at the conclusion
of a three-day trial. The jury was
out just 10 minutes.
Practically all the witnesses in the
case, who went to Fairbanks from
Xenana, will return home on tomor
row’s train.
The grand jury had no report to
make to Judge Bunnell this morn
ing, but they are very busy inves
j tigating some case and may have a
J report ready when court convenes
tomorrow. Witnesses who have au
i
, peared before the investigators dur
' ing the past couple of days indi
cate to observers that the probe
now in progress has something '.o
do with cold storage, but, of course,
nothing is known definitely outside
of the jury chamber.
; An interesting case was in prog
ress this afternoon. . An Italian was
indicted several days ago in con
nection with a stabbing affray on
,Engineer creek. L. K. Pratt, who
was appointed by the court to de
fend the defendant, demurred to the
indictment on the ground that it
was improperly drawn, and tin
court sustained the demurrer. The
grand jury then indicted the defend
ant a second time, and Pratt now
contends that a person may not be
placed in jeopardy twice for the
same offense.
i The point at issue is being decided
by a special jury this afternoon, the
! question being whether or not the
defendant may be held on the sec
ond indictment. If the indictment
stands, another jury will be select
ed to determine whether or not the
defendant is guilty,
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SEATTLE, March 18.--Jack Brit
ton, champion welterweight of th*1
world, outpointed Jack Berry at
Canton, Ohio, last night in a 1
round exhibition which was wit
nessed by a big crowd.
Willie Meehan, San Francisco
heavyweight, fought a draw at Port
land with Hugh Walker, of Kansas
City, the bout going ten rounds.
Mike O’Dowd, middleweight cham
pion, defeated Augie Katner, of New
York, in a ten-round tight at New
York.
Billy Shade, San Francisco wel
terweight, secured a decision over
Travie Davis, of Everett, in this
city. Davis was formerly coast
champion.
Kenans, the ftatewry to McKinley
national Park.