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New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
CANADA MAY SPEND\ \ 100 MILLION ON MEN
Has Broad Plan to Help Returned
 Fighters

Winnipeg, Man. March 12.-Pre- lnminary measures have been taken by the Dominion Repatriation commit tee for carrying out the broad plan of assisting returned soldiers and their dependents which may involve government expenditure of S10O- 000.000 VI
 Loans totalling more than $I.5Q0- 900 have already been granted to q thousand or more returned soldie $. while 800 others have mada entrs >s on government land under the soIdi 2l| settlement act, Ottawa has oficiaiIy1 announced.
 The governments program, as pre- pared thus far, would allow a re- turned soldier q free grant of a quar- ter section. on homestead conditions in addition to his ordinary homestead right. This privilege is extended under the soldier settlement act The government has suspended entry by others than soldiers on all remaining homestead lands in the western prov inces within 15 miles Of railway transportation.
 A soldier is eligible to a maximum loan of $2.500 for purchase of live stock. erection Of buildings and other improvements when he goes on the land. The loan, which must be re- paid in 20 installments, is given iE the form of refunds for expendituresI Interest of five per cent is charged An additional $1,00Q may be advanced as the land is i'm mproEed
 Tho government jS cooperating with the Soldier Settlement board to acquire suitable lands now held un-a cultivated by private owners. Gov ernment officials say that at the com ing session of parliament legislation will be sought for obtaining great tracts of such land to be resold to soldiers a cost.
 Plans for other reconstruction work are going forward rapidly Officials at Ottawa have informed mayors of leading cities in Manitoba, Saskatche- wan and Alberta that the gOvernm ent is ready to give each province $1,00G- 900 for road work provided the prov iuces make this appropriation the minor portion of a good roads fund. The government will not pay more than 40 per cent. of the highway ex- penditures ill any province.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
TWO PLEAD GUILTY.
General Electric Company Auditor One Who Admits Robbery Conspiracy.

Cambridge, March 12.-Eight men under arrest and indictment in con- nection with the robbery of the S12,000 payroll received by Frank Brown, paymaster of the General Electric Co. at Everett December 20 last, were arraigned in the superior court here today.
 Charles s. Whittemore auditor for the General Electric Go. at it's Everett plant pleaded guilty to the charge of being an accessory before the fact to the robbery and to con- spiracy. Charles Celeste. alias Nor tali, made a similar plea
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
GERMANS TORTURE AND
 KILL TITH[TR PRISONERS.

London, March Fjghting is still going on in Berlin with great fury, ac- cording to undated reports received in Copenhagen from the German capital and forwarded by the Exchange Tele- graph company. Witnesses of the fighting in the last few days say that both the 9partacans and the Govern- 1nent soldiers acted like wild beasts. ttostiiitics continue in the northern anu northeastern sections of Berlin, and inc Government troops are killing all prisoners who fall into their hands Women, the reports add, participated in the crueItics with as much desper5I. tiOn s the men.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
UNION MEN INDIGNANT.
Ask Removal of Springfield Telephone
 Superintendent For Alleged SIurs

Springfield, March 12.-The local telephone plant employees union, fol- lowing a resolution adopted last night today sent q request to General Man ager F. W. Diver of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.,, Bos- ton, asking for removal of George ". Hayden. division traffic superintend- ent here.
 The action is the result of the post ing of a state guard company about the telephone building Monday night and the searching of the building for a "homb" the rlaneuver being practice stunt. Mr. Hayden is a lieutenant i'll the state guard. The employees reso- lution states that an effort, was being made to intimidate then and to cast a slur on the character of the work CTS
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
ALLIED TROOPS, OUTNUMBERED FIGHT OFF FIERCE RED ATTACK

Archangel, March 12, Associated Press. )-Operating ten guns the Bol- shevist forces yesterday shelled the village of VIstavkA. on the Naga, al- most completely destroying it. Re peated heavy infantry attacks fol- lowed, but these were repulsed with heavy losses by the Americans, Brit ish and Russians The Allies were greatly outnumbered, but fought bravely in the snow. The allied troops this morning still occupied the ruins of Vastavka and were ready for new attacks.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
MRS. FAIRBANKS TO MARRY.
Divorced wife of Screen Star and
 James Evans, Jr., Get License

New York, March 12.-Beth Sally Fairbanks, who received her final di- vorce from Douglas Fairbanks, the screen star, on March 3, is to marry James Evans. Jr., a broker, of Pitts burgh. The couple obtained their marriage license yesterday, stating that they would be married today by the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant of the Church of the Ascension.
 Mrs. Fairbanks is 32, a daughter of Daniel Sully,, the former "cotton king" and lives at I'll West Seventy first street. MT. Evans is three years her senior and lives at 4,2O5 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh. He has never been married before.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
MEETING PLACE CHANGED.
"Wednesday Afternoon Classes Will
 Meet At Milk Station House.

The meeting places for the We'd nesday afternoon classes in dietetics. under the leadership of Miss Jeanette Metcalf, which have been previously held at the Elihu Burritt school, and the Prevocationa1 school have been changed tQ the MILK Station house.
 A class met there this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and the same meeting place and hour will continue through the course. Women of all ranks of life are requested to join these classes and interest is already being shown by feminine home makers. The right preparation of food will be taught, food values and invalid cooking dis c{tSsed
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
SOLD HUMAN FLESH.
Chinese Soldiers in Moscow Arrested
 For it. Washington Hears.

Washington, March 12.--The de- piOTable results Of BolshcViSm in the regions of Petrograd and Moscow, during their control by the Lenine~ Trotzky regime, are emphasized in the latest reports reaching the state department through official channels based on statements made by refu- gees and others able to make reliable report on the situation. Among other things, it is reported that hu- man flesh has been sold ny Chinese soldiers, employed by the Bolsheyiki. CIlaTGo.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
Joseph Arbour.

Joseph Arbour aged 32 years, died this noon at his home 257 High street of pneum onia which followed an at tack of influenza. He was a bartender at the Hotel Beloin, and at one time was a member of the firm of Dube & Arbour, grocers, in this city. He leaves his wife, who is critically i'll with pneumonia and three children, Robert Donald and Walter Arbour The funeral arrangements are in- complete.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
MILK LICENSES DYE.

The milk inspector of, the city wishes to call the attention of milk dealers to the fact that it is time for the renewal of licenses permitting the sale of milk within the city limits. These permits can be obtained by ap- plying at the office of the board of health in City hall. The office of the board of health today reported 26 new cases of influenza and 13 new cases of measles.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
200 ENEMY ALIENS FREED.
Releases From Fort Douglas Due
 Within Fen Days

Salt Lake City, March 12.-ApproX- imately 200 enemy aliens, inmates of the war prison barracks at Fort Douglas near here, will be released within the next ten days, it is an nounced by B. M. Price of the United States bureau of investigation.
 Transportation will be given to the aliens from Salt Lake to the place where they were arrested. The or der for the release came from the war department at Washington.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
Gerta SiOberg.

The funeral of Mrs. Gerta Sjoberg was held at ? o'clock this afternoon from her late home 276 High street and at 2:30 o'clock at the Erwin chapel i'll Fairview cemetery. Rev. Dr. s. c. Ohman officiated at the service The bearers were, Edward Johnson. David Poison, Peter Borg. Armon Hoglund. Albert Isberg and Charles Gullberg. The flower bearers were John Anderson and Frank Howe.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
.NF.afY OF G00,0o0 FOR POLAND.

Paris, March l2.-The Polish Na- tionol Assembly, according to 3, de- spatch from Warsaw, has approved by 2 unanimous vote 8 law calling to military service the classes from 1891 70 1896 Exclusive. It is expected that the "urc will provide Poland with an @r->H of 6oo,0oo men. The depu- ties of the Left, it is added, strongly favored the law.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
CANADIANS GET SAILING
 ORDERS FOLLOWING RIOT

Halifax. N S, March 12.-It is authoritatively reported here that the Olympic will sail this week from England with 4.000 Canadians en- camped at Rhyl, where rioting occur- red last week. The rioting was laid to the delay in returning the troops to Canada. y <
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
FINDS SIX PEARLS IN
 HIS OYSTER COCKTAIL

Bridgeport, March 12.-SiX pearls, two Of them 3-8 of an inch in diame- terF were found last night by L. M Allen, while acting as toastmaster at the annual banquet of the Bridgeport Creditmen's association. The stones are perfectly shaped and are said to be very valuable.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
POLICE, CHIEFS CONVENTION

Chief William J. Rawlings has re- CeiEed notification that the annual convention of the International as- sociation of police chiefs will be held at New Orleans April II. 5 and 16. Chief Rawlings may attend the ses- SiOOS
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
TROOPS STORM CITY.

London, March 12.-Tho city of kherson, on the Dnieper, 92 miles northeast of Odessa was stormed and captured on March 8 by Ukrainian Soviet troops says a Russian wireless official dispatch.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
NICHOLS BUYS PROPERTY

Charles W. Nichols, assistant secre- tary of the Stanley Rule X Level company, has purchased the hand some residence of Edward Slater on Liberty street. The deal was closed for the property through T. w. O'ConnOr and W. L. Hatch.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Harry Hine.

The funeral of Mrs. Harry Clark Hine, who died of pneum orna, Mon day, at her home i'll New York city, will be held on Friday morning at Il o'clock from her late residence, 21 Claremont avenue.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
TOO LATE TOR CLASSIFICATION

FOR SALE-A light passenger Hudson touring car, model 154O in
 Al condition. Con be seen at 49
 Lcxingt ton St. a-4z-ooN
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12

New York Stock Exchange quota tions furnished by Richter X Co, members Of the New York Stock Ex- change,
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12

New York Airbrake, General Motors, Texas Co.,, Industrial Alcohol. U. $, Steel rose fractionally to the highest quotation of the year.
 Wall Street, Noon.--The high rate Of activity was sustained during the morning, trading Slackening occasion ally on profit taking. Oils were the dominant features, Texas Co. chang ing hands in large amounts at a 10 point advance and Mexican Petroleum gaining 4. American tobacco's addi- tional gain of points accompanied by publication of the company's fa- vorable annual report. Accessions to the strong rails again included Chi cago and Northwestern. Baldwin Loco. and Industrial Alcohol extended their gains. U. S. Steel yielded it's slight advantage but strengthened again at noon with shippings.
 Wall Street, 1:20 D. m.-Shippings, motors and equipments recorded ex- treme gains of to 4 points at the nlid-session. U. & Steel made it's new maxirlum of the year of 989 9s but it immediately reacted. Oils and tobacco also yielded Texas Co. proving the exception at a further advance.
 Wall Street, closa-Oils, Industrial Alcohol, motors and fertilizers reach ed higher levels later but |. $. Steel, Baldwin Loco. and rails were reac- tionary. The closing was strong. Sales approximated 1,250, 900 shares.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12

government strong enough to carry out the conditions of the treaty Of
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
ENGLAND 70 GIVE
WARM RECEPTION
TO GEN. PERSH|NG

LONDON, May Cit is report
ed in this city that General Per-
shing will visit London on Empire
day, May gath, to review brigade
of American troops ere they en-
bark for the United States.
The Daily Mail, in commenting
on the forthcoming visit of the
American general, says, ut will be
England's pride and privilege to
give the warmest British welcome
to the men who fought at Chateau
Thierry, and who broke the Ger
man line in the Argonne sector"
The article in the Mail con-
cludes: I'VE shall never forget the
part America played during the
darkest hours of the war"
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
RESERVE LANDS
OPEN FOR ENTRY
AFTER JULY 9

WASHINGTON, D. c., May g.
Nearly three hundred thousand
acres of land, which had been re-
served and withdrawn from entry
by presidential proclamation, form
ing part of the Chugach National
forest, has now been restored.
After July 9th, the above men
toned lands will be open for home
stead entry, settlement or other dis
position.
After July 18th, 1919, two nom
contiguous areas will be withdrawn
from entry and will be reserved by
the government. One of these lies
along the Knik and Turnagain
arms, and the other along Cook
inlet, Kaichimak bay.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
ISOLATION WILL
FOLLOW REFUSAL
TO SIGN TREATY

PARIS, May 6.-The Council of
Foreign Ministers is now consider
ing the complete economic isola-
ton of Germany in the event of
her refusal to accept the terms i'm
posed by the Allied powers and sign
the final peace treaty.
The government at Berlin has
announced that the delegates of
the German peace commission Will
be recalled if more delays are ex-
perienced at Versailles, and that
they would be held in Berlin until
such time as the Allies are ready
for conference.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
TELLS
PARLIAMENT ABOUT
ARCTIC REGIONS

OTTAWA, Ont, May 6.-Stef-
ansson, the Arctic explorer, ad-
dressed both houses of the Canadi-
an parliament today in regard to
plans for the conversion of Can
ada's Arctic regions into a great
wool, milk and meat producing
area.
He proposed the introduction of
large herd of reindeer into Arctic
Canana, and also presented plans
for the domestication of the musk
OK, which are found in large herds
on the Arctic slope, and are easily
tameable.
He said that the Arctic regions
will be able, if properly developed
along the lines suggested by him,
to help solve future shortages.
He told of the successful intro
duction of the reindeer into Alaska
and predicted thai, some day, Are
tic Alaska will support several mill
ion reindeer.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
WLlARD-DEMPSEY
BOXING CONTEST
At TOLEDO, OHIO

NEW YORK, May 6.-Tex Rick
ard, the famous fight promoter, an
nounced today that the Willard
Dempsey fight will be held on the
Fourth of July at Toledo, Ohio.
The pugilists will enter the ring
at three O'Clock in the afternoon
and will box ten rounds
Unless knockout is scored, and
if the bout goes the limit, the
referee will award the decision on
points.
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 6.-Plans
are being made here to build an
arena capable of seating $4,000
people, for the Willard-Dempsey
fight.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
BANDITS HOLD UP
BANK OFFICIALS;
OVERLOOK BONDS

WASHOUGAL, Wash, May G.
Two masked men forced the cashier
and two women clerks of the Clarke
County bank to hold up their hands
today, and escaped with seven
thousand dollars in cash.
They overlooked fifty thousand
dollars in Victory Bonds lying on
the counter. A posse is out looking
for the robbers, and it is expected
that they will be apprehended later.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
KLOND|KER NOW
RUMAN|AN DUKE

SEATTLE, May Ga letter re-
ceived in this city recently from
London, England, says that Joe
Boyle, formerly of Dawson, Y T.,
and who latterly fought with a Can
adam contingent raised in the Yu-
kon Territory, of which he was
made colonel, has been created
Rumanian duke -.
He is to be one of the Rumanian
delegates at the peace conference,
the letter adds.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
FAIRBANKS ICE
STILL HOLDING

According TO telephone message
received from the upper town this
afternoon, the official breakup has
not occurred there yet, although
the event is looked for momentarily.
There would appear to have been
no appreciate change in the level
of the water in the slough today,
and the temperature is said to be
the same as was indicated yester-
day, with about the same weather
conditions.
The ice above and below the
big cake on which the flag is fixed
has broken and vanished, and the
stream of water flowing on the
Garden Island side of the slough
is reported to be a little greater in
volume today.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
ITALIAN AFFAIR
NOT SETTLED YET

PARIS, May 6.-No compromise
has been arranged as yet relative
to the Italian claims to the city of
Fiume and the Dalmatian coast.
The Italian peace delegates are
returning to Paris to demonstrate
that they are still loyal to the
Allied cause.
German newspapers, in comment
ing on the Italian question and the
recent action taken by the Italian
delegates in returning to Italy, de-
clare that the Italians have broken
off relations with the Allies.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
CH|NKS REQUEST
ADM|TTANCE TO
PEACE CONGRESS

PARIS, May s. = The Chinese
delegation to the interall:ed peace
conference has asked President vii.
son to intercede with the powers
on their behalf to nave them ad-
mitted to the meeting when the
peace treaty will be formally pre-
scented to the Germans tomorrow.
China is not among the thirteen
states privileged to attend at the
presentation of the peace treaty to
the Germans
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
VOLUNTEERS SAIL
TO RELIEVE MEN
RETURNING HOME

NEW YORK, May 6.-An army
transport carrying a thousand men,
who had volunteered to relieve an
equal number of their comrades of
the Army of Occupation, sailed to-
day. bound for Europe
1t is expected that forty-nine
thousand more men will be sent
later for the relief of an equal
number of overseas troops who wish
to return to the United States.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
NATIONAL w. v.
CONVENTION TO
Be HELD TONIGHT

CHICAGO, May 6-The National
Industrial Workers of the World
convention will be opened in this
city tonight
A. S Embree, secretary of the
miners branch of the l. w W, will
be the president of the convention.
During the late war, Embrees
union endeavored TO close all the
copper mines working for the gov
eminent, but failed signally.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
RUTH GARR|SONS
TRIAL CONTINUES

SEATTLE, May 6.-The coroner
who held the preliminary inquest
and the clerks of the tea room
where Ruth Garrison administered
the poison to her victim, Mrs
Storrs, testified at the trial today.
Ruth Garrison wept during the
testimony Of the coroner.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
VICTORY DRIVE
NEARING FINISH

WASHINGTON, D. c., May g.
1t is believed that the subscriptions
to the Victory Loan will pass the
two billion mark tonight.
The figures up to this morning
had reached one billion nine hun
bred million.
The entire loan is but four and
one-half billion dollars, and there
are but four days left ere the cam
paign closes.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
SHERRY'S D|N|NC|
PLACE WILL CLOSE

NEW YORK, May 6.-Sherry's,
which has been for the past twenty
years one of New York's most
famous dining places, will be closed
to the public within a fortnight, in
view of the coming prohibition.
Louis Sherry, the proprietor of
the place, plans on going into the
catering business again -.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
Al0|S HUBER 10
GET NEW TRIAL

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.-The
circuit court of appeals, in review
ing the case against Alois Huber,
of Alaska, in appeal proceedings;
has granted him new trial
Huber was convicted of man
Strengthening Matt Schernthaner at
Flat City, in the Iditarod district, in
1917.
Huber pleaded self defense dur
ing his first trial, A mining dis
pute started the trouble which cul-
minated in the death of Schern-
thaner.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
WILLARD TO MEET DEMPSEY AT TOLEDO IN July
EXPL ORER BOOSTS DEVEL OPMENT OF ARCTIC REGION
CANADIANS BACK
FROM SIBERIA

VANCOUVER, B C., May g.
One thousand Canadian soldiers ar
rived here today from Vladivostok,
and it is expected that The next
two transports will bring back the
remainder Of the Canadian Expeii-
tionary Forces.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
CAPTAIN ZUG is DUE
IN FAIRBANKS SOON

John H. Joslin, foreman in the
employ of the Federal Alaska Road
Commission, at the Fairbanks end
of the Valdez trail, received a wire
yesterday from Captain John Tug,
stating that he had left Juneau that
day for Fairbanks, via Whitehorse.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
NEW MASTER FOR
STEAMER VICTORIA

SEATTLE, May 6.-Captain Fred
Warner replaces Captain O'Brien,
the veteran master of the steamship
Victoria, and will command tina:
vessel when she leaves this port for
Nome, the first week in June.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

Attorney Louis X Pratt, who de-
Tended Huber at his trial at Idita-
rod, was also notified by wire from
San Francisco that the judgment in
the Huber case had been reversed
by the circuit court of appeals.
1t would appear that the man
was convicted and sentenced to a
term of five years at McNeils Island
for the alleged crime, but was re-
leased on a $4,000 bail bond pend
ing the hearing of his appeal
Huber's supposed victim, Schern-
thauer, was shot dead in the cabin
of the accused in the course of
scuffle, and the only witness to the
killing, a man named William Crib
bee, gould not testify accurately as
to just what happened. The cabin
was said to have been in darkness
when the scuffle and death of
Schernthauer occurred. The cabin
is situated on Mary creek, tribu-
tary of New York creek, in the
Kuskokwim country.
1t is expected that Huber's trial
will commence soon.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
ARMY FL|ERS TO
CROSS S|ERRAS

NEW YORK, May 6.-Army avi-
ators will leave Sacramento tomor-
row in a trial flight to Ogden,
Utah. The route they will follow
will take their planes over the
Sierra Nevada mountains.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

Jack Singleton, of the Ignite
roadhouse, arrived in town on the
train last night, on business. He
will probably remain in town for a
few days.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06
FIRE DESTROYS
APARTMENT HOUSE

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May ga
six-story apartment house was de-
stroyed by fire in this city today.
Seven of the inmates were killed
and about a dozen others were in
jured.
Four of the upper floors of the
house fell to the basement
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-05-06

The Constellation is a wooden
22-gun sailing sloop, and was built
at Gosport, Pa, in 1854. She dis
places 1870 tons and carried a
complement of 1873 men when in
service. She is now used as hulk
at Newport, R. l.
The Hartford is a wooden, ship
rugged cruiser, and was built at
Boston, Mass, in 1858. She dis
places 2790 tons and carried a
complement of 244 men when in
service She is now used as a re-
ceiving ship at the League Island
navy yard.