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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA. ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 230
WICKERSHAIVU SEATED
SPARTACAN RIOTERS START TROUBLE ATBERLIN
ELECTION OF SULZER INLATE ELECTION CONCEDED
CONTEST DECIDED
IN WICK’S FAVOR
(Special to the News)
A telegram from George A.
Jeffrey, private secretary to Judge
James Wickersham, from Washing
ton, D. C., to the Nenana News,
states that Wickersham was seated
as delegate from Alaska in the
House of Representatives today.
The vote taken in the House to
determine the status of the election
contest between Wickersham and
Sulzer gave the former 229 votes,
and the latter 64 votes.
Wickersham has taken his oath
of office and the famous 1916 dele
gate election contest has now ended
with victory for Wickersham.
Acording to the despatches re
ceived yesterday, the report of the
House Committee on Elections was
about to be sent back for further
investigations and the status of the
Indian voteers were to be deter
mined. It is evident that convinc
ing testimony had been produced be
fore the House which determined
the course of action to be pursued,
and a vote taken on the merits of
the case as contained in the original
report of the House Committee on
Elections.
ASSOCIATED PRESS CONFIRMS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—
By a vote of 246 to 64, the House
of Representatives adopted the re
port of the House Committee on
Elections seating James Wickersham
as delegate from Alaska.
LATEST REPORT
SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—James Wick
ersham was elected delegate from
Alaska for 1916 election, by a plur
ality of 47 votes, in acocrdance with
the report of the House Committee
on Elections. The vote taken in
the House was not on party lines,
although the majority of Sulzer’s
supporters were Democrats.
Wickersham was sworn in soon
after the result of the voting was
announced.
BEREAVED DOW
GEES MANY WIRES
(Associated Press)
OYSTER BAY, Jan. 7—Mrs.
Roosevelt, wife of the late Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, received the
following cable message from Presi
dent Wilson: “Pray accept my
heartfelt sympathy on the death
of your distinguished husband. The
news shocked me much.”
Other Messages Received.
The Colonel’s widow received
over five hundred telegrams and
cablegrams during the night from
private citizens, ambassadors, min
isters, congresmen, rough riders,
Former President Taft and the
Dowager Queen Alexandra of Eng
land.
JAP MINISTER SAYS
LEAGUE IS POSSIBLE
TOKIO.—Belief that a league of
nations will be achieved was ex
pressed by Baron Takahashi, the
Japanese minister for finance at t
dinner given by the Banker’s club
given in honor of the new Japanese
cabinet.
The minister called attention to
the activities of American financiers
to prepare for the post-war period,
“thus conforming to their splendid
national development,” and urged
Japanese business and financial
men to work out a plan of co
operation which would advance Jap
an’s interests.
SOPHIA INQUIRY
10 BE HELD ON i
FEBRUARY TENTH
Canadian Government to Hold An
Inquiry Into the Cause of
Great Maritime Disaster.
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 7.—The
inquiry into the circumstances which
led to the grounding and subse
quent foundering of the Canadian
Pacific liner Princess Sophia on
Vanderbilt Reef, Lynn Canal, is
fixed for February 10.
The hearings will be presided
over by Justice Morrison, assisted
by two nautical assessors, one of
whom is to be Captain G. D.
McPherson, the British Columbia
wreck commissioner. The name of
the other nautical assessor is not
known at present.
Justice Morrison announced today
that he does not know yet the scope j
of the inquiry.
A. P. Luxton will be counsel for
the crown, E. P. Davis and K. E.
McMullen will represent the Cana
dian Pacific S. S. Co., owners of
the Princess Sophia; J. S. McKay I
will appear on behalf of the govern-;
ment of the Yukon Territory, and
S. T. Hankey and M. B. Jackson
will appear on behalf of the relatives
of the dead passengers and crew, i
A very large number of witnesses
are expected to be at the hearing,
from Juneau. Vancouver being the
most central point, will probably be ^
chosen for the location of the court;
of inquiry.
Joseph Willoughby, formerly of
Katalla and Anchorage, was ad-|
judged insane by a jury in the ^
commissioners court at Cordova re
cently, and will be sent to the
Portland sanitarium. Willoughby
had an hallilucination about elec
tricity and mercury.
Several years ago Willoughby was
a resident of Fairbanks.
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APPELLATE COURT
REVERSES JUDGE
IN JUNEAU CASE
Attorney for Christian Tjosevig Is
Freed of Contempt Charge
By Appellate Court
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7—The
circuit court of appeals reversed the
decision of Judge Jennings who held
that Martin J. Lund and Christian
Tjosevig were guilty of the charge
of contempt of court.
Democratic Committeeman Dono
hue sued Tjosevig recently and the
latter, through his attorney Martin
J. Lund, requested a change of
venue on the ground that Judge
Jennings was biased in favor of the
complaining witness.
In support of this contention
Tjosevig’s attorney claimed that
Donohue went to Washington on be
half of Judge Jennings for the pur-'
pose of obtaining the judge’s ap
pointment.
Judge Jenning’s held this charge
to be in contempt.
William Taylor, the Kantishna
mining man who has been in Fair
banks on business, arrived in Ne
nana last nikht from the upper town.
He used his own dog team and took
the river trail, which he reports
to be in good condition for dog
teams.
Mr. Taylor expects to get away
to his mining ground in a few days.
WILSON BACK IN
FRENCH^ CAPITAL
President Concludes Visit to Italy
and Returns to Resume His
Labors In Paris.
(A Msoiia t<ni J»resw)
PARIS, Jan. 7.—President Wilson
accompanied by his wife, Miss Mar
garet Wilson and his personal staff,
arrived in Paris today from Italy.
The President will resume his
labors in regard to the coming peace
conference. I
HIGH RATES PREVAIL
ON ALASKA STEAMERS
Upper deck first class fare be-j
tween Seattle and Seward is $52.50;
main deck $50; steerage, $30. Thesej
figures are exclusive of the 8 per!
cent war tax which must be paid
by the passenger.
Accommodations for upper and
main deck are practically the same,
while steerage passengers must fur
nish their own blankets, and a sep
arate dining department is provided
for this class.
John Woodward, seventy years
old, a pioneer of Kenai Peninsula,
for years a mail carrit\ between
Homer and Seldovia, left the later
post a month ago in a dory with an
evinrude motor. There has been
stormy weather. He has not been
seen since and is believed among the
list of Alaska missing.
Henan*, Whin Balia and Mirers Marti
OYSTER BAY SAD !
OVER DEATH OF
CQLJOOSEVELT
Citizens of Roosevelt’s Old Home
Mourn Loss of Distinguished I
Townsman.
Associated Press
OYSTER BAY, Jan. 7.—The en
tire city mourns the death of Colonel i
Theodore Roosevelt, who was much
beloved l>y all the inhabitants. |
Many of them, in reminiscent
mood, recall the late Colonel as1
boy, youth, man anil father and |
their intimate association with him 1
for the past two generations.
They tell with simplicity of his
life among' them and how he always
used oil lamps until only a few ,
months ago, when the colonel told ^
some of them, half apologetically, 1
“We just had to put in the electric i
lights because the servants de
manded them.”
MEMORIAL SERVICES
OYSTER BAY, Jan. 7.—Captain
Archibald Roosevelt intimated today
that national memorial services for
his late father majj possibly be held
in Washington and New York.
80LSHEVISIS TAKE j
IMPORTANT CITY
The Largest Russian Seaport On
the Baltic Is Captured By the
Bolsheviki Forces.
(Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan 7.—According to .
a report received in this city today!
from a reliable source, the Bolshe
viki troops captured the city of'
Riga last Saturday.
Riga, the capital of the province
of Livonia, on the Dwina river, 7
miles from the Gulf of Riga, an
inlet of the Baltic Sea, is one of the
principal seaports of the Russian
empire and ranks in trade next to!
Petrograd and Odessa. Of the four
parts into which it is divided, the!
old town alone preserves the Han
seatic features. It is characterized
by high storehouses and spacious
granaries; market places; other i
squares and busy, winding streets.
The St. Petersburg division of the
town is the aristocratic quarter.
At least half of the population
of Riga is German, the German ele
ment predominating in the life of
the city.
Riga is a great mart for the
timber from the vast White forests,
and the third city of Russia for ex
ports, chief of which are corn,
hemp, oats, tallow, leather, tobacco,
rugs and feathers. Much of the in
terior trade is carried on by both
rail and water communication. The
population of Riga is nearly half
a million.
BRITAIN IS RESTORING
PICTURES TO GALLERIES
LONDON—Several million dollars
worth of Great Britain’s treasured
paintings belonging to the National
Gallery and the National Portrait
BERLIN IS DISTURBED
BY UNRULY CITIZENS
Gallery, have been taken out of
“dug-out” in the Aldwyeh Tube sta
tion. They were put there two years
ago when the air-raid menace was
at its height Crowds of people
interestedly watched these priceless
works of art being removed to the
light of day again.
Many valuable possessions of the
Victoria and Albert Museum. South
KensinRton, are still stored in a
walled-in deep level platform of the
South KensinRton Tube station.
GERMANY
Former Ambassador Believes In
League of Nations; Says That
Germany Prepares for Peace
I Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 7.-—Count von
Bernstorff, former German ambas
sador to the United States, is re
ported to be hard at work in the
German foreign office in preparing
data which will be used at the peace
conference.
Von Bernstorff endorses the
leaRUe of nations and believes and
practically says, that the Hohen
zollerns wil never again rule in Ger
many.
On being asked if he thoughtthnt
there was any danger of complica
tions in the government of Germany
owing to the former kaiser being
so near to Germany, in his retreat
in Holland, he replied, “Where in
hell would we send him to?’
HI GILL IS VICIII
Of FLU EPIDEMIC
Asnoriated Pross
SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—Henry (Hi)
Gill, former mayor of Seattle, suc
cumbed to an attack of influenza
today.
Mayor Gill’s administration of the
afairs of the city of Seattle came in
for considerable notoriety and ad
verse criticism some time ago, re
sulting in his recall- He was, after
wards again elected to the mayor
alty by the citizens.
At the last election, he ran again,
but was defeated by John Hansen,
the present mayor.
SEWARD PIONEER DIES;
FOUND DEAD ON BEACH
SEWARD, Dec. 14.—John Parker,
a pioneer of this section, left Sel
dovia Dec. 2nd, for a cruise up
Cook Inlet, with Frank Ernest, an
other oldtimer.
Engine trouble caused them to
beach the boat near China point.
Ernest went in search for aid and
when he returned the found Parker
frozen to death.
Dr. Liebknecht's Spartacus Group
of Extremist Socialists Start
A Civil War.
(Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7.—Accord
ing to a despatch received in this
city today from Munich, civil war
has begun in Berlin and complete
anarchy reigns in both city and
state. The banks in the city have
been barricaded and Dr- Lieb
knecht’s insurgent followers are re
ported to be in possession of many
public buildings.
Thousands of armed spartacus
radical workmen crowd the streets
of the city, and the firing of ma
chine guns are heard at intervals.
THE BERLIN VERSION
BERLIN, Jan. 7.—Tens of thous
ands of the extreme radical Spar
tacus members, followers of Dr.
Liebknecht, are staging a monster
demonstration in Berlin today.
They are parading Unter den Lin
den and Brandenbergstrasse, two of
the principal streets of Berlin.
Hundreds of armed government
sympathizers pack Wilhemstrasse,
and fist fights are very frequent be
tween members of the opposing fac
tions.
The Spartacus are composed
mainly of the scum of the city, four
fifths of them being bedraggled
women and girls.
RUSSIANS AID INSURGENTS
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7—Accord
ing to reports received in this city
today, Adolf Koffre and M. Radek,
prominent Russian Bolsheviki lead
ers and leading members of the
Bolsheviki mission to Germany, are
asisting Dr. Liebknecht and Rose
Luxumberg, leaders of the German
Spartacus group of extreme Social
ists, in fermenting a Bolsheviki revo
lution in Germany.
It is believed in government cir
cles at Berlin that the police head
quarters of the city is the strong
hold of Liebknccht’s Spartacus party,
party.
REPORT STATES
SUI.ZER ELECTED
Election Returns Received in Seattle
Gives Seat For Ensuing Term
to Sulzer.
Associated Press
SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—On the face
o fthe ejection returns received in
this city since November 5, Charles
A. Sulzer has been elected delegate
from Alaska for the term beginning
in March, 1919.
Sulzer is now in Washington and
wil take his seat in the House of
Representatives in March.
A more or less esteemed contem
porary of the Morning Astorian says:
‘‘Owing to the overcrowded condi
tions of our columns a number of
births and deaths are unavoidably
delayed.”
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