VOLUME FOUL Ketchikan. Alaska.Tbursday February 13 1919. Number 102
EBERT GERMANY’S 1st. OFFICER
Seattle Strike Leaders Acknowledge Their Mistake
PEACE CONGRESS TO TAKE
HAND IN SETTLING QUESTION
OF INTERNAL* FLIGHTS
Important Questions Now Being Put to Peace
Conference for Settlement to Be Turned
Over to League of Nations
PARIS. Feb. 13:—Ir was decided today that as so^n as the
League of Nations is functioning many of the important ques
tions now being presented to the Peace Congress will be turn
ed over to the former for settlement.
Foeh Addresses War Council
After hearing Commander Foch’s report on the German si
tuation today, the Supreme War Council agreed t° a course of
action which it is declared ■will render Germany incapable of
starting hostilities again and will impress upon Germany
that she is beaten and that the allies do not intend to impose
a compromise for peace.
It was announced today that the peace conference will pro
bably decide on the control of aerial international flights soon.
An effort is being made to hurry the consideration of the lea
gue of nations plan of organization by the special committee of
the conference: but it is not expected that the committee will
be ready to report at the next session of the peace making b°dy
The general aim cf the peace conference is to establish a lea
gue. and as soon as this is done: many questions can be solved.
The Peru-Chile contention over Tanca and Africa has not been
oflF-ciallv brought to the attention of the conference. Poland
will be investigated by the committee appointed for that pur
pose which is expected to make a report to the conference. The
peace conference will have the final say <>n the subject.
*" F’-ench statement reearing the questions at issue
oerween the Poles and the Czecho-Slovaks to explain which del
eo-ates 0f the respective countries appeared before the Supreme
-pv the Po’-'sh delegate. M. Demoski. declared
"hat Pobnd wished to recover territory* she possessed before
*he Partition* of 1772 e^d 17°3. and have free acce-s to the
bv wav of Ihniff. The P ies maintain that the district of
Posen -hon’d be Polish, as Poles constitute 55 per cent of the
popaP-tion The Czecho-Slovaks reply that The region is indis
pensable :' r *hei’- industries. owing t: its coal mines. The peace
conference will decide between the two parties shortly.
PI."' Feb. 12:—The T.nited States is to be given credit
■ the P<r>ce I eamie and the honor of formally calling the na
!'°r' r,f woHd to ;oin the League of Nations, has been ac
corded Presiden* Wilson.
p-ar-*"*. Wilson debarred-for the United States via Brest
-•cct F"dav it was announced here today.
t*. .A rHINGTON. D. C . Feb. 12:—.Janan is waiting a sword
rding ti information received here of
fciallv. Japan has informed China that if she reveals the
ns*-:’-- of the secret treaties between them giving Japan such
territorial rights as the concessions as Germany once held.
Japanwill declare war. The strained relations are causing
the peace congress much anxiety.
How Shoo Committees
Adjust Grievances
}'ott i shop committe.-es for ire
ad’nsrn? of grievances in the sb5j>
bol!<i;:-2 industry function is explabs
wj in r'ne. ii3rds . ch■; Siiipieiiidin;:
W:- re Adjwtffiest Board, published
in ths* rrjTT^nt issof af tie Monthly
L»hnr Pevie-v i tie Departs:ri! ol
Ls-’brsr
T:_ - «m»>fliTef5 « nch <r»ft rtljisj
in a - verd ‘‘-vp t~ - 7:t''* ro
s •-'»<-•* t" re*. of tb*ir *"omVr to repre
ss*" • - c-r- e - — -*771. r - rjt s. ~*CZ) c 'r,
E ? 'b member o' t’-’U ra
mit'oi is chosen for a t^ni of six
nr*!1*! i,■■ a:r.r--r^tft *vrr*ir*b ft
cr-t hsTot V''^aof*s far an snex
olr*d term nr~ Silled by bal’ot. Her
fv>rs ci ?n octro'S'r rorn’Tii'trc are
' r r-.'’-"-n - e' airman
of is a m* TV-r
of a JoJrt sboo committee. The joint
■~hr<a committee by ballot. select* 8ts
Of »*« •"eo-i^y T art '- - -n ex-ri'r*t:ve
norr»itf*« to represent (f in ‘r-an^T
(no tve-roernte-dent or high
er offals cf tar CArnw’ny. In cod
tested cases. tbe district examiner
decides as to tie validity of the t’.ec
ticn of a shop committee and super
vises a n-*-*' e^-t’or ■when be deems
such sea- ?fe<S!Or; rsece-s? ary.
■When a grievance arises it is tas»
• r, -p by tie craft or laborers' eocn
ia|:*e- Tth the formas or general
f -rir.-sr. Failing an adjustment, the
crfc-- or iabortxsfs committee may
".hen t-ke it up with the superinten
d-nt eod may call in the assistance
a representative chosen by the com
" it tee to confer over toe grievance
superintendent or the faisrh
er e^SlTSDV If tae
cric«rns mere than one craft
" handled tbrcjsrb the joint shoo
“' " firs1 w;• ^ the s>raer>ntend
e*-d -n o*;"T>e a sett*®cueot.
T-i,v .s* o*B#»s»lg of t’le cotn
"’t.JT. In STjrh conference vrjth the
'’■'■ nntindent or tol**ier o^cials. the
5/>v- comm'ttee feas the riebt to
- s1' ••*» the assistance of a representa
tive chosen by the committee. In
case saA conference fails to result
■ o "* sat1**’otov adjustment. the torle
vane* !s submitted to the district
“LS!s*r^r
Anv committee elected jn accord
sto- nci-h the provisions of this sec
"?r^ vhn is found to haTe been dis
charged without just 0r sufficient
ean.-e &»ter due Investigation in the
"tanner herein provided for the ad
stment of grievances, shall be re
**>s»ated Ts-irh fail pay for all time
iosf
r- »• - r-*. ■»
B0,*TS
jt'ibcnnd
Alaska, tomorrow.
°r:rv:eas, Monday night
-’■'lih'und
:5'inceo- Thursday.
“arragut. Friday.
Alameda, Monday,
offeratn, 22nd.
GOV, BURNQUIST
SOUNDS WARNING
SEATTLE. Fbb. IS:—Governor J.
A. A. Buraquist. of Minnesota, who
is at the coast on an official trip, ad
dressing a party at the Lincoln ban
quet last evening said that the great
est peril the country was in was the
efforts of the Nonpartisan League
and the I. W. W. leaders to establish
a Bolshevistic government in the
United States
EBERT ELECTED
FIRST PRESIDENT
OF NEW REPUBLIC
WE2TMAR. Germany. Ft»b. 13:—The
National Assembly which is conven
ing here has unaimonsly elected for
mer Chancellor Ebert of the German
Empire, as president of the new Ger
man Republic. Ebert is head of the
Socialist party in Germany.
CENTRAL LABOR
FIPHjTANO
Preaching of !, W. W,
and Bolsheviki Doctrines
To be Barred
SEATLE. Feb.. 13:— The Central
Leber Cour-cil las: ni<^ht formally de
clared that the preach-ng of all Bol
s'-'eviki and I. W. W. doctrines shall
in fn-nre b- barred from the floor of
the Connell.
Chairman Newman. (if the execu
live Strike Committee said "When
we struck we violated all the laws of
chr American Federation of Labor."
All Municipal Service .employees
who went on strike will be denied
their usual two weeks vacation this
year, it was decided at the meeting
of the municipal authorities today...
The revolutionary attempt has
pretty effectively stamped out the In
fluenza here as there has be«n but
four deaths sine the attempt to im
plant Bolshevism here.
Experts In Industrial
Training
Telegrams from all parts of the
country to the Department of Labor,
'‘-king for directors of training, re
veal a nation wide interest in indus
t: ;! training S3 one of the chief fact
's in reconstruction.
The Training Service of the De
partment of Latepr is finding difficul
in meeting the constantly increas
'■ ' demand for experts in what may
•-* recognized as a new profession.
D.r< tiers of "training ^>r the indus
;fs vthe industries" must be men
' ’cta»l practical experience as well
's broad technical education. They
must know how to handle men, so
■*; must have sjmpathy and tact
a- well as a thorough knowledge of
pecial industry in which they
- r- employed and they must be con
rsir:t with factory methods.
T - Training Service reports that
the r-- -t time there are proba
• - --- ffior" than 100 of these ex
~ ”s in industrial training here in
Trn't<*d States and most of them
' r.-> in permanent positions.
rTuder ti.es- men as the—r 3~rhttn*?
-re **•-!? euaVfied n - - ■ - - -
-’n» tc v —nr. •lii-"OT= end later
'.V •—a’-- .' experts will be
— --t'v ioere-ased On the staff of
he 3-n-ten r- mt-n f t
- ■ t ■ - - r-.... r. f-.- -net nroOc-'encv.
th-n ft them have supplemented
-a:n1 c received in this country by
tperienf* in the larr- plan s of Eu
one wt.fi. ye they have b'-n “hie to
'tvyierr. wnf ’•» rj\ -4 i g. jg*
'rn’^T' v-»v* in *)»*■ Kni^. far*
•frVa ft« Tjt!’ u a Ifj Kn »
'' — r* ortl rV”. . |>9« I.
‘ ’ ♦'’ft *■*’ "*’ r* ,Tf*r»!*n
?3 tV-’? r-f E’jrr*pc*.
WILL OEM
THAT ALLSHIfS
BEBUILTIN THE
UNITED STATES
Labor Leaders to Ask
For Cancellation of
Foreign Contracts
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 13:—At a
conference to be belt! by vice-presi
dent Marshall here tomorrow, it is
announced on good authority that
labor leaders have planned to de
mand the cancellation of all Ameri
can shipbuilding contracts placed
with China and Japan, and that all
orders be placed at home, in order
to help solve the question of unem
ployment
U, S, ACCEPTS
JAPAN’S PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 13.—
The Judiciary committee announced
today that the United States has ac
cepted the proposals: of the Japanese
government which includes the plan
for the restoration of the railroad traf
lie in Siberia.
GOVFRNOR I KTFR
TURNS DUTIES OVER
OLYMPIA Feb. 13: —Governor
Ernest D. Lister who is suffering
from the hardening of his arteries
made formal announcement yester
day entrusting the duties of his office
to Lieutenant Governor Hart, “until
such time as I am again able to take
uo the duties of executive.” he said.
C, D, Calhoun, of Craig
Trying to Arrest Man
Shot and Killed
Deputy Marshal C. D. Calhoun, of
Crait'. "was shot and killed hv a native
of Klawock. Peter Jackson, while he
was attempting to arrest him on a
'hargr. of rape last night, according
to word revived bv the Deputy Mar
shal's office here this morning.
A posse has been organized to
«e-»rh for the- murderer who os"3ot-d
in a canoe, immediately after com
mitting 'be crim<-. Mrs. C. D. Calhoun
haves Craig today with the body for
via Ketchikan. She is tak
ing rhe bodv south for burial. He
*-o/i heM office for nearlv four years.
•p e*e were the meager details re
ceived by the local office telling of
the co'd-biooded murder of one of
Alaska’s finest officials, vhi'e sti’1
in the prime of life. Th< local offici
als are terribly shocked ever the nf
f-ir and it is believed tt *i a posse
will be organizzed here to assist the
people of the west coast in apprehen
din'' the criminal responsible for
•b’s horrible murder.
SOUTH ON BUSINESS
Mr. M. A. liussanlch left last even
ing accompanied by his little daught
f-r. Marie, on a short bu*:n>-:-9 trip to
th<- Paget Sound cities.
Special Meeting Of
Council Tonir”
There will be a special *.. -et.’r.v
tb.- City Council this evening u •
Council Chambers at the usual .t -
iniportaot business
PROFESSOR PRAISES
MAYOR HANSON
DENVER. Feb., 13: —Chancellor
Hill of the Lincoln Memorial Uni
versity of Herrcgate. Tenn., addres
sin? guests at a Lincoln banquet last
evening praised -Mayor Ole Hanson
of Seattle for blocking effectively
the plans cf the Bolshevik!.
President Wheeler
Of U, of California
Resigns His Office
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13:—Presi
dent Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the
University of California has resigned
it was announced here today. lie is
So years of ago and has been presid
ent cf the University here since July,
He is the authof of a number
cf works on language, education and
has edited the department of phili
clegv in Johnson’s Cyclo and in Mac
Millan's Dictionary of Philosophy.
No reason has been given for his
resignation, except that he has been
in ill health for several years.
A BIG SUMWAS
INTENDED FOR
PROPAGANDA
j Huge sum was sent from
,Russia last summer for.
the Spreading of
Bolshevism
I WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 13: —
| According to testimony of Dr. W. C.
• Huntington, former attache at the
i American embassy in Russia, who an
neared before the senate subcommit
tee today, ten mihlon dollars to be
used in the spreading of the gospels
cf bolsihevisrcn throughout the world
was sent out from Russia last sum
mer.
This clears up the situation, relat
in' to labo rtroubles now being ex
perienced in all countries on the
j globe prac-tjeal’y. and explains the
ore-o-nee cf Russians in all ccuntrig®
| where troubles is brewing.
Women Expert Tin
Can Makers
i
j In th<- tnainifncture of containers
j "'or nMrco. -women have proved so
■ '■vT)f.rr tfa> (they are to be employed
; “votijcfvi !v or, this work in one of
| -’-i- t r rest tmcan factories In ‘the
i West.
According to p. r> port received
frni one of the agents of the Investl
1 cation and Inspection Service, De
. -.crtrof-nt of Labor, a Chicago plant
-.-mM, pea been noted for its enter
! -r’a.. ">enrd January 1. a new de
j -’rtmcnt. r'"*!pped with the most
'—lorn ms'-'Vnrry and especially ar
; rm. -a for tv- convenience of the
•vr-nen workers.
The manager of this piant, after
\.,vi.nv tried women on the various
processes, had found them peculiarly
fitted lor thfc work involved in the
manufacture of tobacco cans and so
provided a spec !al department where
a large number could 'be employed.
There has never been any question
of equal pay involved or any dispute
about -wages in this factory, where
the investigator reported conditions
! better than any he had seen in the
t'noan industry.
In ether dtpirfrunts Cf ‘his a-me
t’ant the manager said that the ex
Pcr'ment cf using women for night
work during the rush of war orders
ha s 1.- n found cf no advantage what
ever. He declared that, as a rule, wo
men did not do good work at night
possibly because they came to the
factory weary from attending to do
mestic duties during the day. He
stated, also, that he had proved by
* eroeri.ee that overtime did not re
greater output in the factory,
lire no of Wrangell was an ar
* m the north on the flity of
last evening. He is i. guest.
'*? SCediqa^
9
!
EIGHT THOUSAND PERSONS
OF BOLSHEVISM TENDENCIES
AND ANARCHISTS MUST GO
A Nation Wide Clean Sweep of Undesirable
As proposed by Senate now under way Also
Probing of Seattle Situation
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 13:—A nat ion wide campaign
; for the purpose of curbing the activity of the “reds” or bol
| shevists and anarchists in the country, as proposed by the
| senate is now under way and a clean sweep will be made, it is
announced. A thorough probe of Bolshevism under these me
thods is also to be used in Seattle as requested by the Senate
which has also asked the Shipping Board to procure the infor
mation as to whether the Seattle shipyards have been so ma
nipulated that only union men may secure employment in
them.
The Commissioner of Immigration announced here last
uio-ht that eivht thousand foreigners with bolshevistic and an
archistic tendencies had been rounded up and will be deported
as fast as ships can leave with them.
NEW YORK. Feb. 12:—Fifty-five 1. W. W. arriving here
from Seattle for deportation, on alighting from the train on
which they traveled under guard, gave three cheers for the
Rolsheviki and three cheers for the I. W. W. One who as
saulted a policeman was clubbed.
SEATTLE. Feb. 12:—Marshal Erwin, of Fairbanks, Alaska
arrived here today with his bride, nee, Mrs Hattip Belle Bur
I'•'ell, a newspaper wonlan of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, whom he
[married in St. Louis, recently.
BIG BERTHA WANTED
FOR PARIS DISPLAY
The French people want one of tile
German "Big Berthas” or super-can
non which bombaded Pars, to display
in the Place do la Conc-CTde as a sou
venir of German Frightful ness that
failed of its pupo3e to destroy French
worale.
The armistice does not stipulate
•hat cue c-f these instruments chall be
surrendered, but there is a movement
to urge the government to demand
it There is no expectation that the
Germans will include one- of- these
weapons among the 2500 guns they
are required to give up under the arm
istice, says the Petit Journal. ,
FVacts obtained by military expert*
shone that the first guns that fired up
onParis on March 23, last numbered
three. They were installed near Mont
Joie. in the forest of St. Gobain. Two
were on the same railroad spur lead
ing out of Laon, while the third was
a little farther east, in the Vicinity of
t'repy-. According to the latest infor
mation the guns were pointed at an
angle of more than 65 degrees, a
charge of 300 pounds of powder pro
pelling the projectile to a height of
100,000 feet (nearly 10 miles) on its
m-urdorous mission to Paris. With;
•very '-•hot 10 or 12 machine guns of
16 to 17-ineh caliber fired simultane
ously upon trageig unknown in order
to conceal the location of super can
onn. The shell was of 210 millimeter
caliber (about 8 Inches). It weighed
300 pounds, but the charge of explo j
slve contained therein vareid between:
30 and 40 pounds.
In the manufacture of the shell re
std<d an innovation cf the Germans.
It is said to have been made of sepcial
steel treated with tungsten so as to;
c?f<-r the max’ mi of resistance for
a m’nie-um of eight. The tungsten’
only protection • s in camouflage and
!t proved to be no protection at 'll
as allied aviators scon located them
There Is report that several aviators.
Americans, French, British lost their
lives in locating tin; first three Ber
thes in the forest of St. Gobain, but
upon that point, official ( aro silent.
Hcwr ver m Mart h 2T one t.-f the
P.- rthas was blown up by an aerial
ft . do than 5<l feet in diameter, a
'hctcgrrjrh <' w hich has been takt a.
The seepnd ves put out of business
’•t the lust days of April, while Liu
third ef the iHginal three -n . ..
Cfd in May.
It Is now asserted that two of these
guns were remodeled Into larger cali
ber, nlne-ii<he, and that, three remsl
<!cd 511ns were the ones which resutm
i 1
ed th= shelliDg Af Paris late In May
last.
Subsequently the Germans succeed
ed ”i utilizing larger calibered guns
■'or longdistance firing, for in August,
they used marine gun from near Sols
sons firing al2 1-2 Inch shell- They
were preparing to subject Paris to
ati intensive bombardment pucii as
Dunkirk had to suffer when they
were driven out of their Soissons
Chsvteau Thierry line by the counter
offensive of the allies.
Commandant Mirbel, the military
expert, who organized tile Turkish ar
tillery before the Germans assumed
charge of the military affairs of that
country, told the Associated Press
that the whole secret of the German
long-distance gun lay In the Inven
tion c? a special high explosive powd
er which could only be used in guns
constructed with a special steel of
extraordinary resisting power. The
Germans had commenced the geenra
lization of the progress and they were
manufacturing several guns similar
to their Soissons one, 'but ' Marshal
Koch’s offensive deranged thir plana.
TO GLADDEN’ HOME
.Mr. a.nd Mrs-. Claude Aiken's are be*
ing congratulated b their many fried*
today, on the birth of a son and heir
■wbo arrived at their liome laRt even
ing about 11 o’clock. Dr. Myera re
ports .mother and new son progress
ing nicely and the father a happy and
proud man. Three Kiris have been
born in the family but the new baby
is the first son.
G. H. Ilabcock and II. S. Ilubbarb
of Seattle are guests at the. Stedman.
Craig Miller, brother of Mrs. W. A.
Bryant, who arrived from Hecete ft
day or so ago, left on the City of
Seattle for the south on a short busi
ness trip.
C. P. HAUGEN BACK
C. P. Haugen, oe of the drafted
mon, from Ketchikan, returned on
the City of Seattle last evening from
Ft. Seward, where lie was mustered
out. recently.
.1. S. Killeen, superintednent of
the Waterfall cannery Is ft visitor in
town today. IIe is guest at the
Stedman while hero 0,1 business.
The time to worry about a coal
shortage and to do something Is now
and not next winter.
How soon nonesHentlals 'become es
sential once tin. public learn* that tc
cannot, get thorn readily.