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VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan, Alaska, Wednesday, April 2,1919
Number 140
JAPAN THREATENS TO HOLD
CHIN A RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
OF HER COMMERCIAL LOSSES
Two Obstacles To Early Peace Are Being Considered
Ry Peace Conference and Will Take
Rest Of Week To Oecide
PARIS, April 2.—It is Jbelieved today that it will probably
take the remainder of the present week to dispose of the two
questions which are now the only obstacles in the path of an
early peace. These are the questions of the disposition of the
Rhine valley and reparations for war damages.
The belief has been expressed by those conversant with the
President’s view that he has made the suggestion that the Su
preme Council remain continuously in session until these two dif
ficulties are met and overcome.
The war council has again considered the Polish question. It
is understood that the recommendations made by the Cambon
commission for a Polish corridor across the Baltic will prevail
despite the objections raised by Premier Lloyd George. The
Polish divisions at present in France will probably proceed to
the Baltic and may land at Konigsberg, instead of Danzing, in
order toavert aclash with the Germans over Dantzig.
PEKING. China. April 2.—As a result of the threat made by
Japan to hold China responsible for any business losses to Jap
anese concerns as a result of China's action in publishing the
secret treaties between two nations, the Chinese government
has agreed to withhold the secret compacts, temporarily, it was
announced today.
FINLAND TO FOLLOW
AMERICA’S EXAMPLE
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The starvation which has prevailed
in Finland during the war has given
rise to discussion regarding the agri
cultural development of the country
to the end that farming might he
made more diversified, and more
acreage given to production of grain.
During the past few decades dairying,
has been the principal pursuit of the
Finnish farmers, and large quantities
of butter have been exported annually.
As Finland lacks sufficient supplies
of fertilizing material, attention has
been called to the fertilizing material,
attention lias been called to the ferti
izing methods in use in the wheat and
rye producing regions of the United
States. The writings of Prof. Hopkins
of the University of Illinois, have re
ceived particular notice.
In the past large quantities of
slaked lime line been Used as fertiliz
er in Finland, but now it is propos
ed to follow the American method of
using pulverized limestone, This is
possible, for Finland lias the larg
est supplies of lime in northern Eu
rope, in the so-called “lime moun
tains.” 1
Finland is now beginning to realize
what has been a recognized principle
in America, namely, that “every coun
try is poor, the soil of which is poor
and all occupations ars directly or in
directly dependent on agriculture."
V. Gleason, acting manager of the
Salt Chuck Mining company mine at
Kasaan, is a visitor in town on busi
ness today.
SOLDIER BOY WILL
TOUR ALASKA
W. K. Cheney, who was recently
discharged from the Letterman's Gen
eral Hospital, at the Presidio, is plan
ning on touring tne territory. He is
.agent for about ten popular magazines
for which he is soliciting subscriptions.
He was discharged from the army with
r 50 percent disability pension and un
til he has recovered is doing as light
work as possible. Having a desire to
see the “frozen north’*'%e took this
opportunity of doing so and declares
ha likes it* fine.
He was first lcated at Camp Lewis
with the Infantry and later transferred
front the depot brigade to the Coast
Artillery and sent to Port Stevens, Ga.
Shortly after his arrival there, how
ever, his knee was dislocated in the
line of duty and in the meantime his
company left for France, After he
was discharged from the hospital lie
was made night fireman for the wards
at the liospita 1 during tlic Influenza
epidemic there, fortunately escaping
himself. Spinal Meningitis was also
prevalent and caused quite a number
of deaths.
A sad incident occurred during his
stay there. While an extra guard was
’vytg put thru the formalities, of go
ing on iwnteh, another guard who was
being'Telieved, unloaded his rifle and it
went off. The bullet glanced from the
cement sidewalk and a piece entered
the extra guard’s throat cutting the
iucular vein. The blood spouted over
everything and the boy died in about
fie minutes. He was so strong however
that lie walked into the guard house.
AURORA, ILL.—Times have changed. The electric light has supplanted the
kerosene lamp. The apartment lias taken the place of the home. But
girls still do run away from home. And mother’s love is still to tie found
unchanged. Olive Kelson of (Ins city
quarreled with her swpetlieart, Rob- -
ert Binder, who appears to be a mis- .
nomer. Olive is but nineteen, so the |
quarrel bulked large in her little
world. About three weeks ago Olive
left home one morning and casually
remarked as she went out the door,
“Maybe you will see me again and
maybe not.”
When the girl did not return for ‘
supper as usual, Mrs. Anton Nelson, her
mother, appealed to the police. Search
was begun immediately. It has been kept up faithfully. Many clues have been
run down only to end in nothing. Today the mother is in absolute ignorance
. of the fate of her daughter.
The Nelson home Is a humble one on South River street. It has no electric
lights. It is a house, not an apartment. If Olive should be alive and should
want to get in some night, she could enter without letting the people in half
a dozen flats know all about It.
So every night Mrs. Nelson lights an old-fashioned kerosene lamp and sets
It on a table so that its. light shines out of the front window and in plain
sight of anyone passing by on the street. Anyone who knows that the daughter
of the house is missing can read in that lamp a mother's message:
“There’s a light In the window for thee.”
“People may smile at my lamp in the window,” says the mother. “I
might myself If I was not too sad of heart. But I know not what else I can
do. The police cannot find my daughter. I have done all that 1 can do. .
• have still hope that she will return—and faith. Faith may bring her back.”
FOUR TRANSPORTS
ARRIVED IN N, Y,
NEW YORK, April 2. —The trans
rorta Liviatlfan, President, Grant and
Orizaba, arrived from Brest, France,
oday with twenty-one thousand offic
■rs and men. The Liviathan alone
carried twelve thousand, five hundred
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 2:—The
Oanadian government has (been asked
o establish a direct steamship ser
vice with Jamaica, it being understood
that a subsidy .will be provided in case
a project is carried out.
GERMAN DANES
WILL BE FREED
PARIS April 2:—The french War
office has consented to the imfediate
repatriation of German prisoners of
war 'horn in Danish Schleswig con
’orming with the attitude of the Bri
ish government. The ,!first group
will be sent tj Denmark on a Danish
shi,) fr > Du ikirk.
MAYOR THOMPSON
OF CHICAGO IN
CHICAGO. III., April 2.—Mayor Win
Hale Thompson was re-elected here in
yesterday’s elections, in a three corn
ered fight, defeating County -Clerk
Swalzer and State’s Attorney Hoyne.
The Democrats of the city voted wet
about four to one.
CHICAGO, April 2,—Mayor Thomp
son won the election by a majority of
17,500 votes.
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Portland To Build 2,000
Houses
One of the cities that has been
foremost in beginning to solve after,
the-war problems is Portland, Oreg.,
which is cooperating in the building
campaign of the United States Depart
ment of Labor- According to plans
the city will construct not less than
2,000 houses this year.
Portland now has a population of
327.000. and since the census of 1910
lias added 104.000. In 1911, 3,224
bouses iwere built, aggregating in
value $7,915,250,000. From that year
to 1017 the records show- a decreasing
amount ol lonstructlion. The" first
year of the war, 1914, only 1,429
houses were erected and in 1917. when
the United States entered the world
conflict, tlie number had fallen to 234
with a constantly increasing popu
lation. In 1918 there, was a slight
rise .in building, 568 dwellings being!
constructed.
Oregon is the source of an immense
'umlber supply and there is an abund
ance of skilled labor. For that rea
son the outlook is reported to be most j
"ivcuraging for building activities!
that will absorb at least a part of the I
surplus labor.
SCIENTISTS GO INTO COURT
BOSTON,—Litigation lias boon start
ed in tile Massachusetts supreme court
to determine which of two sets of
trustees appointed by the late Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy has authority
over the Christian Science publishing
society.
On petition of the trustees of the
society the court has issued a tem
porary injunction restraining the di
rectors of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, from taking any action in
tended to interfere with the trustees
in the discharge of their duties and
from attempting to compel any of the
trustees to resign.
Y. M. C. A. “HUT” IDEA IS NOW
UTILIZED FOR AMERICANI
ZATION WORK
Flint, Mich., second to no city inj
the country in the enthusiasm and
lenergy of its Americanization work,
wants a community center in whicli
to house its neighborly activities for
men and women of foreign ibirtli; a
place which these people can feel 'be
longs to them, which will ho a com
fortable and attractive igathering pla
ce with room for a gymnasium for any
pleasant recreational or social gather
ing that may at any time be desired.
Flint is not willing to wait to inaugu
rate this work until a preentious build
ing can ge constructed. Therefore tjje
Bureau of Naturalization has been in
formed that the Chamber of Comniet
ce of Flint has authorized a $10,000
community hut, similar to those erect
ed by the Y. M. C. A., to be built
this spring in the. foreign neighbor
hood of the city.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
■5 utAbound
Farragut Thursday p. m.
City of Seattle early Thursday.
Jefferson Sunday
-o !v mvt
Admiral Schley Thursday.
Admiral Waft on Friday a. m.
Alameda Saturday,
SEN. JONES
REMINDS MR.
BURiESOK
Tells Him Aerial Mail For
Alaska Most Im
portant Of All
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2, —
lu a letter to Postmaster General Bur
leson received by the latter today frorr
Seator Wesley L. Jones of Washing
ton, he says In part. “It Is more «m
portant that tho aerial mail route tr
Alaska be established than reducing tht
time of delivery between New York
and Washington.”
He sayb further that "It will be f
tremendous benefit to Alaska if the'
could get mail where now they do no
get it at all. If a daily or triweekly
service could be established between
Seattle, Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau
and Sitka, it would almost revolution
ize conditions at these points. I hope
this is not overlooked in determininr
what is to be done with the money
Provided for this ljne of activity.”
STILL OVER
2 MILLIONS
IN ARMY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2. —
According to an announcement made
.by the American general staff here to
today', there arc still two million one
hundred thousand men in the Ameri
can Army. Of this number one mil
lion four hundred thousand are still
overseas. Five hundred and seventy
three thousand liape sailed for home
since the signing of the armistice.
Practically all troops in Italy wil .be
returned home this month.
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PUT LID ON FLOUR
WASHINGTON, V. C., April 2 —All
neutral govemmens have been noti
fied that the United States canno sell
them anp more wheat or flour pro
ducts, according to an announcement
made by the Department of Commerce
today.
GUNS FOR PORTUGAL
WASHINGTON, April 2:—If the
present plans of the Navy Department
of tile United States materialize, the
American naval ordnance used in for
tify ing the temporary base in the
Azores will be presented to Portugal
Acting Secretary Frank! in—D. Roose
velt said today that congress would
be asked for authority to transfer
these guns to the Portuguese Govern
ment. There are. two 7-inch pieces at
Ponta Delgada and a number of small
er guns.
TO RECRUJT ‘WAACS’ AS
DOMESTICS IN LONDON
LONDON .—-The need of domestic
servants is so seriously felt in Eng
land since the girls became munition
workers that Lady Londonderry, presi
dent'of the Women’s Legion, is head
ing a well organized movement for the
employment as servants of large num
bers of the Women's Auxiliary Army
Corps now ibeing demobilized, About
9,000 of the "Waacs" will Ibe avail
able for domestic work( it is esti
mated, It is hoped they 'will help to
relieve the servant shortage,
"The chief points of the scheme ”
Lady Londonderry explained, “are a
minimum ‘wage, definite leave, inter
change of work, badge and uniform
and a system of probat ion)
We {thought it best not to attempt
to establish a steady working day, but
two hows’ leave must Ibe given every
day, four hours on Sunday and one
half-day a week. Fourteen days’ holi
day. with wages, must be given each
year,’ ’
DEPARTURES
Leaving for the south on the Prin
cess Mary yesterday wore the follow
ing Ketcliikaners:
For Vancouver, Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Clrmenson and two children, Geo. Stim
son. F. J. Klann .Jacob Pittenger, Tom
Hanson, A. H. Eckles, E. Linville, M.
Nordstrom, Frank Nelson.
For Prince Rupert. Mike Gott, Jas.
Robertson, MrsrA. G. Johnston.
COUNCIL MEETING
There will be a meeting of the City
Council this evening at the Council
Chambers when the old council "will
retire and the new council organized.
Mayor Wakefield ~ will give up the
’'■hair to Mayor Petty. Councllmep re
tiring are Geo. Winston and Dale W.
Hunt, .while jQ. .E.. Paup.Aad.-Er-Jr- Wil
lirms were re-elected, and ’Mr. H. Nix
on, of the Fishermen’s Union is the,
new member. ,1
WM, H, TAFT
“DEAD BROKE”
DETROIT, Aipril 2.—Ex-President
Wm. Howard Taft arriving hero today
found himself “dead broke” and was
obliged to walk a mile and a half to
the City Hall where Mayor Cousin
cashed a cheek for him.
SAN SALVADOR, April 2:—Suc
ceeding Dr. Rafel Zaldvnr who has
resigned, Sol Millet has been appoint
=>d minister'bf Salvador to the United
States. Dr. A Pecorini will accompany
the new iminister to Wasliington as se
cretary of the legation.
PRINCE CONSORT
DENIES ALLEGATION
WASHINGTON, D. €., April 2: —
Aforinal denial wag today issued by
Minister Crentier o£ the Netherlands
•>f the published reports that the
Prince Consort of Holland had been
•'resent at a celebration in a German
”luib in Holland in honor of General
"on Lettow at " which “Deutschland
'Tner Alias” was sung.
TWELVE MILLION
WOMEN CAN VOTE
NEW YORK, April 2.—According
to an estimate comrijed Ity Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Ciitt, president f>f the Na
tional Woman Suffrage Association
and president of the International Suf
frage Alliance, more than 12,000,000
women in the United States over 21
years of age are eligible to vote for
the next president in 23 states where
women may vote.
WAGE-RATE CHANGES
IN DECEMBER
In 6 of 13 industries reporting to
‘bo United States Bureau of Labor
Statistic for the period from Novem
ber 15 to December 15. 1818, there
were establishments showing wage
rate increases. In one industry, au
tomobile manufacturing, a slight de
crease was reported In on establish
ment. In six industries lip change was
"ecorded.
Eleven industries show an increase I
'n the total amount of money paid
to employees in December as coni
oared with November, and two show
a decrease. The larger increases
shown over November are due 'chiefly
to the broken employment in Novem
ber caused by peace celebrations and'
the Spanish influenza.
In nine Of the industries there was
an increase in the number of per
sons on the pay roll as compared with
November, and in four a decrease.
Comparing the figures for Decem
ber. 1918, with those for December,
1917, in identical establishments, it ap
pears that in four industries there was
an increase in the number of persons
employed and in nine' a docrase.
LONDON TRENCHES VANISH
LONDON.—London is dismantling
its defenses. Trench fortifications con
structed about London in the early j
days of the war and later improved,
as a possible check against invasion, |
are to be abandoned. The trench sys-i
tem was quite elaborate, devised to!
check an assault in force upon the i
f,ity fiwn any quarter.
As the type of warm re on the west
ern front changed the city’s defenses
were overhauled. War office officials
say it will take experts ten years to
decide, in the light of the war’s experi
ence, what system of trench defense is
the best. But while this matter is be
ing debated the trenches are being
filled in to help the farmers. Some of
the dugouts may remain as shelters
for shepherds or farm laborers.
TO SAIL FOR AUSTRALIA
OMAHA, April 2:—Harry Lauder
ends his latest tour of the United Sta
tes here this evening, having 'been out
sixteen weeks. It is reported that his
gross returns exceeded those of his
phenomenal season last pear. On April
8, he will sail from San Francisco for
a long tour in Australia.
THREE DEATHS
IN SKAGWAY
FROM THE “FLU”
Mrs. Albert Relnert, who recently
arrived from Skagway, received a
message yesterday stating that three
persons had died from the effects of
the influenza there, and that a large
jnunfber were ill. The dead are Wil
liam Bunting, ‘boilermaker for tho
White P)iss Ry., Mr. JJushart, and
Miss Mary Stewart. Miss Stewart’s
N-ty was taken south on tho Princess
Mary this trip to Vancouver for in
urnment. Mr. Stewart, one of the
White- Pass officials at Skagway and
■brother of the deceased woman accom
panied the bodj* south. I
Three Hundred Persor ^re Arrested For Stealing
And Plunderint^phops Of Frank
fort-Military Forces Out
LONDON, April 2,—A .general strike is raging in many cities
and towns of Germany and serious rioting has occurred in the
"dies of Wurthenburg, Stuttgart, Frankfort, Berlin and Munich.
Bolshevism' is rafpant throughout Southern Germany where
its advocates style themselves “syndicalists.” Many industries
have been wrecked and a dozen were killed in riots in Frank
fort. The general strike in Berlin is declared to have brought
the worst conditionsthat city has yet seen. One hundred and
fifty thousand are said to be on strike in the Ruhr Basin.
FRANKFORT, April 2.—Military forces have clashed in sev
eral places here today with the rioters and fighting ;s now in
'progress. Three hundred have been arrested fo* stealing and
j plundering the shops.
! BERLIN, April 2.—The^ German government has proclaimed
j the city of Stuttgart in a state of siege. The professional and
trades people there have inaugurated a counter strike against
] the general strike. Jails are being emptied of prisoners by the
Bolsheviki rioters all over.
PARIS, April 2.—There is now before the peace conference a
definite and concrete proposal from the Russian Government
for the cessation of hostilities. It bears the signature of Prem
ier Lenine. Karl Kautsky, German radical is now in Moscow'
trying to arrange for a formal alliance between Germany and
Russia. ** ■§
In the light of these tw'o facts, the peace delegates are giving
more thought to Russia than the daily official communique
would indicate.
IT L. PETTI GIVEN MM
Of 53 FOR LOCAL 11005111
Juneau Elects Straight Citizen Ticket--], Latimore
Gray Is New Mayor, Wrangell Mayor Is
J, W, Pritchett, Newspaperman
JUNEAU, April 2.—A straight citi
zen ticket was elected over the Valen
tine ticket at the election here yester
day. Votes were cast as follows:
For Mayor, J. Latimore Gray, 585,
Valentine 407.
For Councilman, two year term,
Charles Warner, Harley Turner and
Fred Heibert elected. The lowest vote
on the citizen ticket got a majority of
101 over the high man on the Valen
tine ticket. For one year term, Ray G.
Day, and K. t). McLean elected, the
lew man getting 151 majority.
Guy McNaughten was elected school
treasurer, and was unopposed.
WRANGELL, April 2,—The follow
ing ticket was elected at yesterday’s;
elections.
For Mayor, J. W. Pritchett, publish
er Wrangell Sentinel.
For Councilmen, Samuel Cunning
ham, Thomas Dailgitv, G. E. Diemart.
School board, H. C. McCormack and
H. H. Corser.
Local Returns Give Petty Majority
Of 53
Out of the 530 who registered for
the municipal elections, only 45S Votes
avore cast, resulting in the following:
Eor Mayor R- L. Potty #249, M. J.
Heneghan 196.
For Council E. ,T. Williams, 246;
G. E. Paup, 228; H. Nixon, 225;
Dean C. Cannon, 218; Walter Thomas,
209: N. R. Walker. 193.
For School Treasurer, Ira H. King.
The vote on the question of the con
struction by the city of a commodious
wharf on its water front to accommo
date the fishing fleet resulted in a vic
try for its sponsors, 218 voting in fa
vor and 31 against, A majority of 87.
WASIWGTOn
5DDELIGrtTS
Pensions of the Widows of American Presidents
THE granting by congress of a pension of $5,000 a year to Edith Carow
Roosevelt, widow of Theodore Roosevelt, is in keeping with precedent. It
has been the custom since the early days of the republic to honor the memory
or presidents by according some sub
stantial recognition to their widows. t
There is, however, a wide variation in J c
the precedents. Martha Washington, •
who lived two years after the death of
George Washington, was given the
franking privilege; there is no record
of a pension. Since then the franking
privilege has been bestowed without
juestion, wl...:'.er or not a pension was
added.
Ar
jonn yu.r.cy Adams and James (.•
Madison left the office before death;
Louise Catherine Adams and Dolly Madison got the frank, but no pension.
William Henry Harrison died 31 days after his inauguration; congress voted
Mrs. Harrison $25,000, tier husband’s salary for a year. The first straight
pension was granted to the widow of John Tyler; it was $5,000 and established
a precedent. Sarah Childers I'olk was given a pension of $5,000.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while in office; his widow was given
his salary of $25,000 and a pension of $5,000. U. S. Grant lived many years
after his presidency und Julia Dent Grant got a pension and the frank.
Lucretia It. Garfield was given $50,000, the presidential salary having been
raised, a pension and the frank. This was also done for the widow of William
McKinley.
Mrs. Benjamltfc'Harrison and Mrs. Grover Cleveland were voted pensions
by the senate, but upon objection in the house the bills were withdrawn. The
question was raised whether the second marriage of Mrs. Cleveland did not
Invalidate her frank; it was ruled that she was entitled to it during her natural
life.
Vice President Henry Wilson died in office ; his widow was voted his sal
ary. The widow of Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks was given his salary
balance and his mileage and stationery allowance.