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VOL. III. NO. 57
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1923.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Revolution Breaks Out
in Bavaria; Hitler and
Ludendorff Big Figures
Berlin, Nr>v. 9. — Revolution
broke out in Bavaria tonight.
Premier Von Knolling was oust
• ed, and Adolph Hitler, leader of
' the Bavarian “Fascisti,” made
■ new dictator. A direetora- a has
been formed, composed of Hit
ler, 'Gen. Ludendorff, Gen. Von
Lossow and Dr. Koehler.
Munich, Nov. 9.—Dictator Hit
ler, following the formation of a
directorate and the ousting of
the Bavarian government, to
night ordered 'the long antici
pated “march on Berlin” to be
gin. Gen. Ludendorff has been
made head of the national army,
and the Berlin government has
been declared deposed by the
new Bavarian authorities.
Paris, Nov. 9. — “A German
nationalist dictatorship would
mean one of two things—either
German revolution or European
war,” says the semi-official
Temps.
Berlin, NoW 9.—An official
commanication says: “Comman
Says Wilson, Speaking
of American Foreign
Policy Since War.
Washington, Nov. 11.—Prom
1 the seclusion of his home last
? night Woodrow -Wilson broad,
casted that he has not altered
hie conviction that America’s
isolation from Europe is shame
ful and that it is America’s duty
to lead to'world peace. Prance
and-Italy, said the former Presi
dent, have jnade waste paper of
the treaty-of Versailles.
“Cowardly and dishonorable”
were the words which Wilson
-used in speaking his contempt of
the foreign -policy .America has
pursued Since the end of the
-war. The -United States, be
said, has turned its back upon
the world in a shameful manner,
withdrawing into a sullen and
shameful isolation, which vis
deeply ignoble because mani
festly dishonorable.
President-Coolidge and former
Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo both listened in. the for
mer fromf the White House, on
the Wilson armistice day ad
dress. . .
L. B. Loomis, N. C. manager, ar
rived -vesterday. from McGrath. .‘Com
ing up with Mr. Loomis was Miss
‘‘ Grace Anderson, who is the guest of
-Mrs. Leon G. Loomis.
dantur building at mouth taken
this- afternoon by rechswehr
troops, after severe struggle,
during which losses occurred on
both sides and Lnd&ndorff and
Hitler were arrested.”
Berlin, Nov. 9 —The outbreak
in Munich has been suppressed.
Former Police Chief Von Poed
ner, one of the leaders of the
movement, who bad been ap
pointed one of the governors oi
Bavaria, jias been arrested. Lu
dendorff and Hitler have barri
caded themselves in the ministry
of war building. All other build
ings are held by the regular Ba
varian government, under Pre
mier Von Knilling.
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Berlin, Nov. 10.—Hitler, who
led the Bavarian revolutionists,
is reported in late advices to
have escaped, despite wounds he
received, while Ludendorff is
still in jail. Eight were ' killed
in the fighting. Hitler’s follow
ers are still holdiug Von Knil
ling, of Bavaria, whom they
placed under arrest during Fri
day night’s coup.
PLANNING
A_STATE
Election Returns Favor
|able to Separation of
Alaska Panhandle.
Juneau, Nov. 11.—Returns re*
ceived “from six out of eight
cities voting in the special elec
tion on the question ef separa
tion of the southeastern part of
the Territory from the south
western section, showed 1,264 in
favor of the division and 69
against the measure. No returns
have been received from Sitka
or Haines.
Juueau. Nov. 13.—Delegates
to a convention to consider a
petition to Congress to separate
the panhandle and a large block
of the connecting southeastern
part from the rest of the Terri
tory, for the creation of a state,
have been chosen by the munici
palities of Juneau, Skagway and,
Haines.
Social EveningTokotna
“ School, Thanksgiving
Tbe Tokotna School extends a cor
dial invitation to all the community to
assemble at tbe new school, house for a
social evening, Thanksgiving, Nov. 29.
A short program will be given,, to be
Followed -by refreshment si, music, etc.
Everybody welcome.
•' "M'ADAiCE iJcHt/L'TZ,
Teacher.
Former Secretary of
Interior Fall Tried to
Yent His Displeasure
Washington.—Former Secretary of
Interior Albert B. Fall demanded the
transfer from Washington of naval offi
cers who objected to leases he proposed
to make on naval oil reservations, ac
cording to Commander H. A. Stuart, of
the navv, who testitied today before
the Senate public lands committee, in
investigating the subject. Stuart sf.id
Fall insisted that Secretary of Navy
Denby should detach him and Com
mander Shafforth and send them out of
Washington.
AIRMEN IN
SPEED DUEL
tTJ»* . ■ —
274 Miles Hour, Faster
Than Mortal Ever Be
fore Traveled.
Mitchell Field, Ky., Nov. 11.—
Lieut. Alfred J. Williams and
Lieut. Harold J. Brown, navy
airmen,' today fought a speed
duel in the air, and Williams
won, after both had smashed
world’s records.
Williams’ time was,at the av
erage of 266.6 miles an hour,
over the three-kilometer course.
Brown, however, traveled faster
than ever mortal man had, going
one leg with the wind at 274.2
miles an hour.
11 i /
Washington.—Further speed con
tests between naval air service flyers
were prohibited under an order issued
today by Rear Admiral Moffet, chief of
the bureau of naval aeronautics.
Wireless Station to
Be Installed Here
Sergeant H. S. Kaiser, coming from
Plat, arrived in Tokotna Monday,
bringing with him authorization and
instructions from the U. S. Signal
Cuppa headquarters for the removal of
the wireless plant at McGrath and the
erection of the same at this place.
Sergeant Kaiser started work Tuesday
morning in making preparations for
the installation of. the plant here, in
which work he has the assistance of
many willing volunteers. At this writ-'
iog the Larson building, .two doors
from the roadhouse, has undergone re
pairs, and is practically ready for the
housing of the plant. All excavation
work has been done, and all small
posts will be placet^ in position tomor
row morning. The big mast, an excel-'
lent one, by the way, already trimmed
•and spliced, is ready to -be hoisted as
soon as the guy wiring is attached. All
of which indicates that the radio will
be in operation here within the next
few days, r. .
George F. Kilrov, manager of the
Innoko Dredging'Company, and Rob
ert Menzies arrived Tuesday night
from McGrath, both leaving Wednes
day morning for Ganes.
William T. Burke and Jack Lamont.
from Flat, with the first aud second
outgoing mails, both arrived Sunday,
after a bard trip over bare trails.
Former Crown Prince
Back Into Germany; 12
Passports for Ex-Kaiser?
Amsterdam, Nov. 10. — The
Dutch government formally an
nounced this afternoon that for
mer Crown Prince Frederick
William of Germany crossed the
German frontier at an early hour
this morning, en route to Oels,'
Upper Silesia, to which he Re
cently expressed a desire to go.
The Dutch government is under
stood -to have given him permis
sion to leave Holland. One ac
count of the ex-crown prince’s
departure says he left the island
of Wieringen at 4:30 o’clock.
Two big motor oars were await
ing him in the village of Ewiiclr
selvis, on the mainland. Fred
erick William entered the tirst
car, accompanied by Burgomas
ter Kolf, of Wieringen, while his
luggage waff located in the sec
ond car. Both cars drove off at
daybreak.
Brussels. Nov. 13.—The for
mer German emperor received
German passports for himself
and suite this afternoon, accord
ing to the Gazette. It is expect
ed, the paper adds, that the Ho
henzollern monarchy will be re
stored Decernl).‘i’ 4th, the former
emperor and crown prince as
cending the throne. According
to advices from various sources
in Doom, twelve passports, au
Would Abolish Forts
On Mexican Border
Des Moines.—W. P. Thierkeld. rest
deni bishop of Mexico of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, announced today
that b9 has submitted to President
Cool id ge and ^Secretary of War Weeks
a plan which contemplates the aboli
tion of twelve forts along the Mexican
border. These forts, he states, are
now manned by 8,300 soldiers and 450
officers- __
Many Dead, West Vir
ginia Mine Explosion
s
Charleston, W. Va.—Twelve bodies
have been taken from the shaft of the
mine at Glen Rogers, in which an ex
plosion occurred today. There is little
hhite'for the thirty”mcn still .within the
workings.
•Omaha.—A chapel service broadcast
ed by the Bethanv Presbyterian
church at Council' Bluffs was beard
aboard the schooner Bowdoin. locked
in the ice north of Groenland, eleven
degrees from the Pole, by MacMillan,
the explorer, according to a message
relayed today via Priace-Rupert.
A mercantile transaction of Some im
portance occurred at. McGrath during
the past week when Martin J. Clancev
and Arthur MeClure, both well knewe
old-timers, acquired the McGrath Pool
Room, Mrs. E. P: Werner retiring.
Hank Wullick, Ernie Gove ' >hn
Williams, John Maanik and _»y
A ho all *got arwtjj Sunday ; headed for
the Outside.
thorizing a journey to Berlin,
have been handed to the former
German emperor.
The Hague, Nov. 13.—Doctor
Kan, an official of the ministry
of interior, left today for Doom
for the purpose of holding a con
ference with former Emperor
William. -
Berlin, Nov. 14.—Official de
nial was issued today that the
former emperor has been author
ized to return to Germany.
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Hoorn, Nov. 14.—Baron Pen
nick, burgomaster of Doom, de
clared tonight the report that
! former Emperor William intend
ed to return to Germany is un
believable. _
Paris, Nov. 10.—Holland may
not be regarded as a sufficiently
secure retreat for former Em
peror William of Germany it.
view of the.flight of the former
crown prince, it was said today
I at the Foreign Office, and a sec
ond St. Helena may' be chosen
for him.
A note signed by Premier
I Poincaire, as president of the
allied councij^of ambassadors,
was delivered to the German
charge d’affaires yesterday, pro
testing against the return of ex
Crown Prince Frederick to Ger.
1 many.
I Swedish Crown Prince
Takes Second Bride
_
London. —* Crown Prince Gustav
Addph of Sweden today took as hie
-second bride Lady L-ouise Mouctbatten,
a niece of the reigning- sovereigns of
1 Britain. The ceremony-was performed
i in bhe ancient Chapel Royal, St. James
Palace. ,
Charlie Lovett, of the Alaska Road
Commission, is making a number of
improvements on the winter mail trail
between Ophir .and Tditarod, which
work consists of bridging email
streams, filling in at rough places,
building new trail to avoid bad ulaces
and like work.
A E. Twitchell, with his son Tim.
and a native herder, arrived Saturday,
boinging forty-seven reindeer from the
feeding grounds of the large herd.
These reindeer were slaughtered at a
. ooiBC about live miles from town, out
in the open. Twenty-one of them,
killed by the«herder, were skinned and
dressed by Mr. Twitchell and Tim in
one day, a fairly good day’s work, by
the way. __
Sam Bate, • who arrived yesterday
from Candle, left t|iis morniar for
Ophir, on bis way to the YukoBi-*nd
thenca to Juneau, having- been called
to the latter place on matters of basi
ness,
John Griffin left Sunday for McGrath
and Nixon, and from tbe-latter point
wiiil brobabiy proceed to Nenaca, on a
visit to the Outside.
J _,_i_i_
Tom Senruelson returned Wedriesdr
from a trip to McGrath.