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THE DAILY ALASKA CITIZEN
VOLUME IV._FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, ITESDAY MORNING, ,J;m. 27, 1920. _ WHOLE NUMBER 2244
MATHIAS ERZBERGER STRICKEN
BY ASSASSIN’S BULLET; DEATH
MAY RESULT; ATTACKER IS HELD
BERLIN. Jan. 2b. (/P) Mathias Erzberffer, min
ister "1 finance m the Ebert cabinet, was shut and m ri
i»usly wounded this morninu. The attempted assassina
tiun was made as the minister was leaving the criminal
court buildinm His attacker made his escape in a crowd
which was assembled in front of the buildinu.
Herr Erzbertfer was head of the Herman armistice
del. c lion and has been prominently connected with the
Herman republic since its very formation. He L a mem
inr "| thi majority socialists and has been subjected to
milch criticism from the independent socialists and spar
tacans ince his appointment to the cabinet.
SLAYER ARRESTED
BERLIN. Jan. 2b. (/P) Oltwcu von Hirschfidd
was arrested shortly after noon todtiy by city ]>olice au
thorities on a charge of attempting to assassinate Minis
ter of Finance Erzberger. It is reported that Hirseli
fidd has made a full confession of his clinic. Herr Erz
beru'ei is in a serious conidtion and may not recover from
the wounds received. _
FEDERAL BOARD
OFFERS REWARD
FOR POWHATTAN
ENITE!' STATES SHIPPING HOARD
OITEKS $150 000 HEW A HI) TO j
SHIP THAT WII.I. TOW THE I
POWHATTAN INTO \ SAFE j
P( HIT
HALIFAX. Jan. 20. iTPi The Enit
i’d Stall s shipping boarii today wired
that :■ toward of $150.(Top would be
paid fn: the safe delivery of the
disabled Ann than transport Powhat
tan into port. The transport has been
unslde 'o effect repairs and will have
to In- towed into port. A dense fog
lias si tiled off Hits coast and makes
till n li ne of the vessel more danger
OU and difficult Her crew is still
aboard
TWO TUGS BUSY
HALIFAX Jan 20 (/P) Two!
An, '!i in tugs have succeeded in put
ting linos aboard the Powhattan and
and an bringing bet into this harbor.
Tin fog prevailing here makt s it slow
work but they are expected to arrive |
-sum time this evening.
ARE INCREASED
NATIONAL CITY BANK ESTI
MATES IT TO BE $200,000,000,
000 AT THIS TIME
NEW YORK. Jan. 26. (/P)- In its
weekly analysis of the world’s fin
uncial conditions the National City
bank today declared that the debt
of the world tit this time amounts
approximately to $200,000,000,0000 in
round figures. This is five times
the size of the world’s debt in 1914
prior to the grent war when it was
estimated to be $40,000,000 000 000.
Paper currency, according to the
bank’s statement, has increased 600
per cent thruout the world during the
-aim period while the gold reserve
since 1914 has increased but 40 per
cent.
FORMER VALDEZ
MAN IS KILLED
SON OF FORMER MAIL CONTRAC
TOR. RUN DOWN AND FATAL
LY HURT BY AUTOIST
BERKELEY Calif.. Jan 26. (IP)
Lloyd Fish, a former resident of
Alaska, died here Saturday from in
juries received when he and his
brothei while riding in a mortorcycle
were run down by an automobile. The
driver of the automobile is being
sought by local police authorities. The
dead man is a son of James Fish,
formerly a government mail contrac
tor of Valdez.
KILBANE BESTS
JOHNNY MURRAY
FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION
BESTS NEW YORKER IN
SIX FAST ROUNDS
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Jan. 26.—(IP)
Johnnie Kilbane Saturday night sue
cesslully defended his title a- t• ■;»th
erweight champion 01 the w> rid wh* t.
he defeated Johnny Murray, ol New
York, in a lour round bout. The light
ing was fast and furious Tie- chant
jiion had it shade the bt-tiet ot <-\. ry
round the decision ol the referee was
popular.
QUOTED AT $3.59 IN NEW YORK;
GERMAN MARK LITTLE MORE I
THAN ONE CENT
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-(yP)- New
low records were set today on the
foreign exchange market for both the J
pound sterling and the German
mark. The English pound is today
quoted at $3.59 as against $4.86 in
1914. The German mark is now I
worth but one and two-tenth cents as
compared to 23 cents prior to the
war. Local financiers expect that
further declines will be made in the
near future
NEW LEAGUE IS
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NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE WILL j
BE STARTED—SEATTLE AND
NEIGHBORING TOWNS IN IT
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 26. -(/P) A
movement has been started in this
city for the organization of a new
baseball circuit which it is proposed
will be known as the Northwestern
League. It is expected that Seattle
Vancouver. Portland. Tacoma. Yakima
and probably three other nearby
towns will be represented in the
association. Should the new league
become an accomplished fact, it will
signify the withdrawal of both Seattle
and Portland from the Pacific Coast
League. Seattle and Portland mag
nates are dissatisfied with the early
opening of the season ami say that
it will be useless for them to attempt
to remain in the Pacific association
under the circumstances
BLAINE PLEADS
FEBRUARY 9TH
ARRAIGNED ON GRAFT CHARGE:
COURT REFUSES TO REDUCE
SIZE OF BOND
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 26.—(/P)-—
Capt ain John E. Blaine, who was
Indicted last, week charged with
graft in connection with wholesale
shipping frauds, was arraigned in
the federal court here this morning.
He will enter a plea on February
9th. Counsel for the accused man
petitioned the court for a reduction I
in the amount of bond, which has
been fixed at $10,000. The court
refused to grant the petition. Cap
tain Blaine is charged with having
accepted commissions from various
[concerns for material and equipment
■ furnished for vessels during the time
.that he was district manager of the
United States shipping board and had
charge of the Northwestern ship
yards' steel ship construction pro
gram.
You do not have to pay war tax
on The Daily Citizen—it is a neces
sity, not a luxury.
CARPENTIER-BECKETTp FIGHT IN PICTURES
The photos of the European heavyweight championship fight between Georges Carpentier of
France, and Joe Beckett of England, which have just reached this country, r<*11 better than the cabled
accounts the true story of the fight. No word story describes the kindly act »f Carpentier helping his
defeated opponent to his corner as does the picture. In the larger pict .re Beckett Is shown hope*
lessly out, with the victor standing back as fresh as a daisy.
BOLSHEVIK! AMBASSADOR STATES
SOVIET RUSSIA TO BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO FIGHT WHOLE WORLD
M ANI 11 \'( JT( )X, dan. 2(i.— (/P) Testitying before
tin- senate committee investigating the radical movement
in this country, Ludwig lx. Martens, so-called bolshevik
ambassador to America, declared that the soviet govern
tnent of Russia is steadily increasing in its power and
has ramifications thruout the world, lie said that it
would be but a matter of time until the soviets would
become strong enough to fight the entire world.
Regarding the financial condition of the bolsheviki
government, lie said that it now had between $4b(),000,000
and fdt)(),()()(),000 in gold in the public treasure, lie said
that it wanted to use this money to purchase necessities
in foreign countries. He also stated that in Russia t.he
banks and citizens have no gold, ii all being commandeer
ed for the state.
WELCOME GOLDMAN ET AL
LONDON, Jan. 20.—(/P) A despatch sent out today
by the soviet wireless news bureau at Moscow savs that
the red army today greeted Emma Goldman, Hr. Alexan
der Berkman* and others recently deported by the Ignited
•States with shouts and hurrahs. A demonstration was
staged for tin* American anarchists. Bands played tin
internationale and red flags were carried by thousand
of people w ho joined in the welcome.
BOLSHEVIKS REACH CHINA
LONDON, dan. 2li.—(/P) Reports received by the
British war office say that a strong bolsheviki peasants’
corps lias arrived at tin* Chinese frontier near Kobdov.
This is a town on the western Mongolian border. Wlieth
er the soviet leaders plan an actual invasion of the Chin
ese province is not known.
FATHER SHOOTS
5-YEAR-OLD SON
IN ALTERCATION WITH WIFE.
RAYMOND MAN SHOOTS SON
AND KILLS SELF
RAYMOND, Wash., Jan. 26. (/P)—
A. C. Williamson, a local insurance
solicitor, today shot and killed his
five-year-old son'and then, turning
the gun against himself, blew his own
brains out. Williamson was at his
wife’s home at the time of the
tragedy. The couple had been living
apart for some time. Today he call
ed at his wife’s home and asked for
his boy, which started an alterca
tion during which the double tragedy
was enacted.
LADY ASTCR IS
ENJOYING SELF
LONDON,— (JP)—"Lady Astor is
hugely enjoying the attentions she is
i receiving in the house of commons,"
-ays the Star. "Her vivacity is in
fectious. Veteran members of parlia
ment are always smiling at her. They
enter and leave tin- house with a
I new elasticity. There is a scramble
' to sit near her. The labor leaders
i cm to look up at her. and an led
with a smile that illumines the whole
chamber.
“She wants to chat with everybody
land when, the other night, the deputy
. peaker ltad called 'order, order,’ be
cause she was talking to a member
,on tin- floor of Hie house. Lady Astnr
at once skipped across the bar. and
airily waved her hand at the chair as
if to say 'all right, old man; never
, mind, i daresay i'll do it again before
long.' ”
commons protests
LONDON. (/P) Typewriters have
just been put into use for the first
time in the house of commons press
gallery, but over the protests of a
minority of older members.
Bobbies mother had just taken out
her winter garments.
"Ma.” said Bobbie, "what did the
moths live on before Adam and Eve i
wore clothes?”
LONE STORE LOST
BY FLAMES; FEAR
F Aiuiix A ijn iW-ouA.
KIANA STORE DESTROYED BY
FIRE; WHITES AND NA
TIVES MAY SUFFER
NOME, Alaska, Jan. 26.—(/Pj—
A wireless despatch received yes
terday from Kotzebue Sound says
that the trading post at Kiana
was recently burned to the ground
and that practically everything
was lost. This was the oniy store
in the Kobuk country and tears
are entertained that the popula
tion there, both native and white,
may suffer from a lack of food.
Kiana is on the Kobuk river and
is approximately 100 miles from
the sound. Whether or not tnere
are any supplies nearer than
Candle is not known.
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WILL OPEN DAILY PAPER AT
JENEAU ABOUT MARCH 1;
MOVE CORDOVA PLANT
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 26.
According to a statement made here
this morning by Chas. E. Herron,
he expects to start the publication of
a daily newspaper in Juneau about
March 1st. Mr. Herron plans to en
j ter the morning field. Juneau has
j only one daily paper at this time,
The Empire, which is an evening
! publication. It is understood that
! i he plant formelry used by the Cor
Idova Herald, a Herron publication,
which was issued at Cordova during
the last Alaska delegate campaign,
will be moved to Juneau. The Her
ald was edited by Wilbur Ward.
CHINA REGAINS
WALL PAVILION
PEKING. (/P) The beautiful pa-!
Union on the Tartar city wall above!
Chienmen gate, has been returned to j
Chinese custody. In the mutiny of
the troops in Peking early in 1912
after Yuan Shih-kai had assumed the
presidency, the commanders of the
foreign legation guards in the capi-j
tal decided that, as a military mea
sure, the pavilion should be occu
pied by foreign troops. The Ameri
can legation guard has occupied it
ever since.
JEFFERSON NOW
REPORTED SAFE
ALASKA STEAMER. 20 HOURS
OVERDUE, SENDS WIRELESS
THAT ALL IS WELL.
SEATTLE Wash.. Jan. 26.—(£»)—
l A wireless message received from the
‘steamer Jefferson today, saying that j
FLU EPIDEMIC IS NATIONWIDE;
CHICAGO DEATHS L.CREASE IN
24 HOURS; CALIFORNIA IS HIT
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 26. (/P) Reports received
here indicate that the whole country is affected by a re
currence of the flu epidemic that so disastrously swept
the nation last winter. It is believed, however, that the
present epidemic is in a vein mild form and will be much
easier to get under control.
MANY DEAD IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, 111., Jam 2( - (/P) Municipal health an
thorities today said that a otal of !)!t persons have died
from spanish influenza during the past 24 hours. During
the same period there were 63 deaths from pneumonia
brot on by influenza. The number of new cases reported
todav is less than for the previous 24 hours.
APPEARS IN CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 26. pip Officials of
the state board of health today announced the reappear
ance of Spanish influenza in this state. An official state
ment issued this morning places the number of cases
in California at approximately 1,000. 1 he disease is said
1o be in a mild form. Few deaths have been reported.
MEMPHIS SCHOOLS CLOSE
MEM PHIS, Term., Jan. 26. pP) Following the ap
pearance of Spanish influenza in this city late last week,
the city health authorities today ordered all schools
closed. Theatres have been forbidden to open and .
public gatherings of any nature prohibited until the dis
ease luis been stamped. The authorities are trying to
get control of the malady before it becomes serious.
all was well, relieved tears ent» ;i n
(d by ollicials of The st» umship •
pany and persons having friend m i
relatives aboard 111»• ship, foi -1*
safety ol the vessel. Tin Jefh on
was due here 20 hours before ..re
word was received from ii On
count of no wireless nomag.- b» lg
received yesterday it was con i ;• • d
possible that it had been wr-riu’d
somewhere along the coast.
TWO-CENT COIN
FOR ROOSEVELT
RILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE
FOR COINAGE OF TWO
CENT MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON. D. C'.. Jan :T. ■ 1
—A bill was Introduced In tin
last Saturday providing for t! • • "
age of a two-cent piece bonne :
image of Theodore Roosevelt 'The
coin is designed os a mem > -i lo
the late American leader. T'i
sure now before the senate. ii i
understood, was introduce 1 ui-on the
recommendation of tin Roo • >- Ii
Memorial association and will -c.-tvo
the support of that organiza: on in
case there should prove to !■ • oono
- ilion to its i assage. »
CAFE ON FIRST
AVENUE ROBBED
SEATTLE RESTAURANT ON L1 ’SV
STREET HELD UP ID
TWO HIGHWAYMEN
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 26. i,Pt
Two highwaymen this morning en
tered the Central Cafe, a First avenue
restaurant, and holding up the em
ployes opened the safe from which
they secured $5,500. The bandits
made good their getaway from with
out serious difficulty altho the cat
manager took several shots at them
as they left the building. Several
policement were within one block of
the restaurant at the time of the
robbery. No clues to the identity of
the robbers have been found
A non-commissioned officer enter
ing a barrack gate in Dublin was mis
taken by a raw sentry, who Imme
diately saluted him.
The non-commissioned officer, un
aware that his colonel was just be
hind, returned the salute, a thing not
permissable in the circumstances. Ar
rived at his quarters, he was sur
prised to find an order for him to
attend before the colonel. On pre
senting himself he was asked how ^
he came to return the salute, know
ing full well he was not entitled to
it.
Not In the least embarrassed, he
promptly answered: “Sir, I always
return everything I am not entitled
to."
The colonel taken aback with his
ready wit, laughingly dismissed him
Vou do not have to pay war tax
on The Dally Citizen—it is a neces
sity, not a luxury.
FUR BUYING THRIVING IN THE
S EWA RD I * E N1N S U LA M ETROP
OLIS; FOX CATCH REPORTED
TO lJE GREATEST IN YEARS;
PrOSPdCTOKS ARE ACTIVE.
NoaiE, Jan. -t. pp; 1 his winter
has biot Lo Nome a gieai revival of
tile lur industry and thousands of
douais a*e ueiag paid out by buyers
ioi pv. ito lade are airiving daily Horn
ail ponioUo ol tin Ocwaiu pemnsUia.
i lie ioa culm is me laigest lecoided
lie* e *n m.nij jtaio anu Gappeis are
reaping a stio. umuai row aid ioi ineir
Worn. it is esuniaLed Lnat at least
$o<j,vuu Has need paid out by local
buyers lor sains since me sailing ol
me last boaL ioi the states.
Despite uuia.oiaUiO economic con
ditions a lo.i. .ae.auie activity is not
ed in nnn.u0 cncie.-. Jscoies ol pros
pectors <i* e in mo inns and local
people a. e Opnilii. lie, believing that
a strine o* goodly pidpo* Lions will be
Uiadv. beioi e . piui0.
ilhj I'oidol&tb
I CASE REOPEKED
POLICE INVESTIGATING ALLEG
ED POISONING OF SEATTLE
CHAUFFEUR
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 2ti. (IP)
Local police authorities are today in
i vestigating the death of Charles T.
1 Skoyen, a local ehauileur who died
on November 9, 1919. According to
a verdict returned at the time by a
coroner's jury Skoyen’s death was
) caused by accidental gas poisoning
| from a stove. According to Mrs. 1.
J. Day, at the time of his death
Skoyen had in his possession dia
monds worth $1,U0U and she charges
that the death was tne result of foul
! play.
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RADICALS SHOW
MUCH STRENGTH
BERLIN—(,/P) The independent so
cialist party now numbers 750,000
paying members, an increase of 700,
000 since March, according to the
business report submitted by Chair
man Dittman. The party has avail
able a fund of 1,000,000 marks and
controls 55 newspaper organs.
The convention of the independents
at Leipzig recently discussed tbe
question of union with the majority
socialists. Numerous delegates favor
ed the amalgamation but It was
stubbornly opposed by tbe leaders
and ultra radicals.