THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan* Alaska, Wednesday Feb., 26, 1919
Number llj
Foch to Demand Disarmament of Hun Army and Navy
PRESIDENT WILSON WILL
CALL NO EXTRA SESSION
UNTIL HE RETURNS AGAIN
Seven Allied Ddlegates to Meet Rus
sian Bolsheviki Representatives
At Princess Islands Reported
Allied Delegates Chosen
PARIS, Feb. 26.— The seven allied delegates chosen to meet
the representatives of the Russian Bolshevist Government at,
the conference on the Princes’ Islands, according to French
newspapers are as follows; Professor George D. Herron and
William Allen White, for the United States; M. Conty, French
Minister to Copenhagen and General Bampton, for France; Sis;
Robert Borden, Premier of Canada, and a military delegate not
named for Great Britain; Marquis della Torreta, former Am
bassador in Petrograd. for Italy. Nicholas Tschaikovsky, j
President of the Provisional- Government of Northern Russia. I
the only head of any of the Russian Government ia now in
Paris andistoconfer with the delegates to the Peace Conference |
regarding the furture of his country;
Investigations In Full Swing:
The investigations to be conducted by the specially appoint
ed committees, on all questions taken up by the conference in
in the first stage of preliminary eonsideratons, are now well
under way. The greatest danger lies in territorial questions.
The national ambitions of Italy and Greece are ift conflict in
Albania and the eastern Mediterranean. The dispute between
Italy and the Jugo-slavs over the eastern Adriatic shore and
the possession of Fiume is still more serious in its possibilties
and France’s traditional interests in Syria and Lebanon will
require careful handling. Troubles in fixing a new eastern
frontier are anticipated by the committees in charge of these
questions.
Discussions Are Dangerous
U is understood that during this second stage that various
parliaments will be sitting.but the conference feels that the
premiers of the various allied nations will make but very
guarded statements only, and of a general character, in order
that they may have no detrimental effect upon the later de
liberations of the conferences by putting seriotis political dif
Jiculties in the way of compromises which will be necessary.
London Anxious Over Strike
LONDON, Feb. 26:—Gi’ave anxiety is being felt in all
quarters over the attitude of the coal miners, though it is
believed that another strike will be averted. Premier Lloyd
<-*eorge is looking into the situation and promises relief.
O’Kelly Gets Thru To France.
PARIS, feb. 26:—J. T. O’Kelly has appeared here as an en
• oy of thelrish Government and is beseeching recognition by
ioe peace congress. It is reported that he secured his pass
1 ort from the British on his representation that he wished to
■ Ter personally to President Wilson the freedom of the city
of Dublin. _
Naval And Military Disarmament Next
Marshal Foch in an iterview here today stated that the
n?w armistice convention will provide for the naval and mili
ry disarmament of Germany. The last renewal w’as on Feb.
1 and the new ten-day renewal makes a convention due to
orrow. This latest announcement will offset to some extent
1 ?e fear caused by his earlier announcement that the Germans
< uld raise an army of three million in a short time.
Spartacans Busy In Saxony.
ERLIN, Feb. 26:—The overthrough of the Government in
Sa: my is again being attemtpted by the Spartacans, say re
po s being received here today while the independent social
ist have issued a manifesto calling for the overthrough of the
go rnment at Leipsic.
Decide Fate Of Eisner With Dice.
'NEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 26:—Former Crown Prince Ru
pr it of Bavaria and Count Arco Valli, Bavarian nobleman
wl assassinated Premier Eisner, threw dice in the Munich
n : to decide as to who should kill Eisner, according to a
Mi 2h dispatch received here.
New Boundary A Problem.
7 TIS, Feb. 26:—The establishment of a new boundary be
tw Germany and France is one of the biggest problems con
frc ig the oace congress committees who are engaged in
thi scussion.
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ARY- Alberta, "Feb. 26:—All
•■red for sale, fit fur seed, is
nunandeered In’ the Dominion
en', it was learned here fo
rmers have 'been notified that
1 have to obtain permits to
MAY INVADE NICARAGUA
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Felb. 26: —
The War Di-partment has been noti
fled that the Costa Ricans are mass
'vg on the border between Oc3ta
r end Nicaragua and are threat
t’ag an inrvnpicn of the latter coun
utr. fc.ij.bt thousand troops have been
mobilized already.
KING ALPHONSO
TO CROSS OCEAN
PARIS. Fob. 26:—A dispatch from
Madrid announcta that King Alfonso
of Spain has definitely decided to
pay a visit to South America, visit
ing Buenos Aires( Montevideo, and
Rio do'Janeiro. The date of hig de
parture has not beeri set as yet.
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NO LEADER YET
OTTAWA. Feb. 26:-—There -will be
an interregnum pending the holding
of a Dominion convention planned for
by Sir Wilfred Laurder before his
death, so far as the opposition is con
corned, and no leader has been ap
pointed for the Liberal party as yet.
INCOME-TAX
MUST BE IN |
MARCH 15
ColIeetorWilHams
Sends Warning
To Payers
TACOMA, Wash., Fob 86 s—The
(big Revenue Bill has beetl signed by
the President and it became law Feb
ruary 25. Inventories for the purpose
of the tax ou tobacco and liquors
must therefore be taken as of Feb
ruary 25. The Inventory (blanks have
been mailed and the blanks for
the sworn returns which must be for
warded to the collector with the in
ventory and remittance for the a
mount of tax due, are being mailed
today.
Income tax blanks for individuals
having net income of not over $5,000
for the yc-ar 1918 were mailed to Ala
ska on February 15. The blanksi for
the larger individuajs’s income and
and for corporations will be mailed
out as soon as they arrive from
Washington D- c * wh-ch ■will pro
bably be about March 1. If the in
come blanks do not arrive in time
to permit filling in a complete formal
Teturtl by March IS, which is the due
date, tax payers may forward an in
formal statement showing as nearly
as possible the net Income received
during 1918 and the amount of tax
due thereof, and accompany the state
ment with a remittance to cover.
PIONEER DIES
SEATTLE, Fed). 26—M. R. Madde,;
pioneer of the Puget Sound for half
a century died here today aged 85.
MRS. WELLINGTON K00
Mrs. Wellington Koo, wife of the
Chinese Minister, who has been on a
visit of several months to her home
In China, has returned to Washing
ton. Mrs. Koo entertains extensively
and is one of the most popular host
MM in diplomatic circles.
LeasingCoalLand
System Left Out
Of The Bill
WASHINGTON, D. C., Fob. 26: —
President Wilson has nominated Miss
*Effie A. Frisbee as register of the
Juneau Land office, it was announc
ed here today.
The leasing and Sale of Alaska
coal lands hns been eliminated by
the conferees from the Oil Leasing
Bill, it is reported officially.
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Army to Return
On Same Order
Went Overseas
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26;—
According to an announcement from
General Pershing received by the
War Department todayf ail the divi
sions in Europe save in the cage of
the regular army, will be returned
to the LTtiited States in the order of
their arrival in France.
COUNTESS MARXIEWICZ
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Countess Markievicz, Only Woman
Elected to British Parliament
Has Had Extraordinary
Experiences.
A curious feature of the recent
Parliament election results in Great
Britain was the return of only one
woman candidate, Countess Marki
evicz, in one erf the Dublin seats.
She became notorious (by reason of
her connection with the Sinn Fein
rebellion in 1916. She is an Irish
woman by iblrth, and a daughter of
Colonel Gore Booth. Her age is a
bout fo.rfly-iiwo years. She is a great
sportswoman ;wp« for a time on the
stagi-, and then associated herself in
a prominent manner 'With all Sinn
Fein movement s
During the Irish rebellion in May,
1918 she created a sensation by ap
nooriii1' in an extraordinary costume
of green satin, and taking a very
active part in the rising. She ulti
mately surrendered, was sentenced to
death ( but the sentence was commut
ed to one of penal servitude for life,
and displte her experiences lias since
shown a pronounced militant spirit
i:i f.vvov of her cause—S''in Fein ism.
Tier husband is a Russian nobleman
who received severe injuries while
'Ighting for the Allies in the early
; days of the war.
Largest Elevator
In World Ablaze
PORT ARTHUR, Ontario, Fob. 26: j
—The world's largest grain elevator, i
the [property of the Canadian North
ern Railway here is ablaze and con-!
tains more than five million bushels
of grain. There 19 little hope of sav-,
tug it.
CHICAGO. Fe'b. 26:—Wm. Wrtg
ley, Jr., the Chicago chewing gtmi!
millionaire, announced today that lie
had purchased the island of Santa
Catalina, near Los Angeles. He has |
acquired the island with a view to!
making it a great pleasure resort.
PROSPECTOR
IS VICTIM OF
FOUL PLAY
The Body is Found
Rolled in Mattress
Near Renton
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SEATTLE, Feb. 26:—The bod}' of
a man which was found wrapped In
s.n old mattresg and partially cover
ed with debris in the Renton Woods
last Saturday’, may be that of Cyril
DeCroix, Copper River Valley pros
pector, formerly of Cordova who was
known to have been carrying about
$900 on his person.
Three Belgians who knew DeCroix
have positively identified the b0*^
as that of the Alaskan prospector,
while on the other hand, it has been
identified by three others, each tone
declaring it to 'be a different person.
The -police are puzzled over the matt
er and have wired for a flul descrip
tion of DeCroix in an effort to help
settle the controversy.
U.S. SENATE
REPORTS ON
LANE’S BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26: —!
Tlie Senate Public Lands Committee
today reported favorably on Secre
tary Lane’s bill for the appropriation
or $100,00ft 000 with which to re
claim land for the returning soldiers.
The plan will provide both labor
and land for the soldiers. The land
will first be reclaimed by the men
and will then be apportioned off.
CARL R0DIGER
This is Carl Rodlger, alias Karl
Schroejers, the alleged paymaster of
the German spies in America, who has
been captured by operatives of the fed
eral government. The portrait Is the
one he had on his passports. It la
Mid Rodigar la an effiecr la th» flab
MQJQCK& I Iiinn m ■■i«rn
REFERENDUM VOTE ORDERED
ON RETURN OF SHIPYARD
WORKERS OF THE COAST
Sailors And Longshoremen Fight
On Hanford aStreet Bock . All
Under Sfluence of Liquor .
SEATTLE, Feb. 26:—The Metal Trades Council at four
o’clock this morning, after an all night session, ordered a re
ferendum vote taken on the question of the return of ship
yard workers in Seattle and other cities ailong the coast. They
will remain at work provided the proposed conference of
Chairman Piez of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, with the
operators and representatives of the workers is held on the
coast rather than in Washington, D. C.
Sailors and guards on the shipping board vessels fought a
oattle with the longshoremen on the port commission’s Han
ford Street Dock from four o’clock this morning till five,
Walter Dunbar and Donald Beaton, both longshoremen were
dangerously shot. About twenty were engaged in the battle.
Nearly all were under the influence of liquor procured from
a Japanese ship docked at the same wharf.
Governors to Meet President
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26Governors of states and
Mayors of the important cities all over the country are wiring
their acceptance of the President’s invitation to meet him
March 3, in Washington, in a discussion of the labor situation.
- Three Year Naval Program Is Favorable
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26:—The Naval Appropriation
bill carrying seven hundred and twenty million dollars and pro
viding for a three year building programm has been ordered
favorably reported by the Senate Committee today.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26:—It was officially announced
rhis morning that President W ilson will not call an extia ses
sion of Congress until after his return from Europe.
“GOB” IS HEIR TO
THREE MILLIONS
CHICAGO, Fdb. 26:— Identified as
the missing heir to the $3,000,000 es
tate of his uncle Daniel H. Tolman,
millionaire loan agent who —died a
year ago, Daniel H. Tolman, eigh
teen, apprentice seaman at t he
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
assumes the position of a wealthy
man. Tolman senior operated a chain
of loan offices in Canada and the
United States.
BOILING WATE t
IN OCEAN NEAR
THE INDIES
That a large area of the sea lying
north of the South American coast
an dsoutheast of the West Indies Is
now a seething mass of boiling wat
er from which clouds of vapor ri3c
and which hinder navigation, and
the temperature of which is hot en
ough to cook eggs and spoil cargoes
Of fish, is the remarttable story 'being
brought to Freeport. Texas, by C&pt.
Isaac Gorman, of the fishing smack
Isaibel last week.
■Captain Got .an declares that he
sailed for six hours throught the hail
ing seas and that during that time
his cargo of several thousand pounds
of fish spoiled and had to be dumped
overboard. He also says sailors on
the Isabel cooked eggs in the sea as
tiis vessel passed through the boiling
water and that life on the ship be
'•pitne almost unbearable because of
the extreme heat and the nauseating
stench which filled the air.
Clouds of Vapor.
“We struck the bailing waters
when some 600 miles from our port,”
said Captain Gorman. "We had cap
tured a large amount of fish and
since our ice was limited, were mak
ng all speed for home. Early one
morning I noticed clouds of vapor
rising straight aehead. The heat be
ARE LEAVING
FOR JUNEAU
Senator J. R. Heckman and Repre
sentative elect John H. Davies expect
to leave on the Northwestern to
morrow to attend the opening of the
Territorial Legislature March 1.
Mrs Heckman will accompany the
Senator to Juneau where she will
vigil while he is busy in the Legis
lature. Mrs. Davis will not go north.
came more apparent. We thought
the vatpor was but a fog which w*
frequently find In that part of tho
sea—and sailed into it.
“As we struck the area overhung
by vapor we learned our mistake. In
stead of being an ordinary fog and
an ordinary sea we found boiling
j water. Thinking that a small area
had become affected 'by volcanic ac
tion we steered ahead and continued
to so steer, believing every moment
that wo were about to clear the
seething seas, until we covered al
most 100 miles.
Cargo Ruined.
“During our passage through tills
boiling area tho entire cargo of tho
Isabel was ruined. Tho jwaters so
heated the sides and bottom oif the
vessel that the fish rotted and the
stench, added to the odor, from the
sea, made many of the sailors sick.
We were compelled to dump the car
i no overboard and return home empty.
"During cur run through these ball
<ng waters—about six hours —sever
al cf the men on board dipped small
sacks of oggs into tho «ea. These
were cooked in short time. Sailors
drew water up in buckets and found
It to be heated to a high degree.”
Captain Gorman declares ho has
sailed the gulf for thirty years and
never sow anything like ithc discovery
lie has just made, nor experienced
i any thing like iwhat he had just gone
j through.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
Jefferson, tonight.
Alameda, Thursday.
Nr r'tf.hcund
Northwestern, tomorrow.
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