VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan, Alaska, Friday March 7, 191 9
Numbei 119
GEAMANY WANTS FOOD TO
FIGHT THE BOLSHEVISTS IN
RETURN MERCHANT SHIPS
Fifteen Thousand German Sailors Holding Reign 01
Terror In Munich-Much Pillaging De
spite Death Penalty Imposed For Act
PARIS, Mar. 7.—Germany has asked that, in return for hei
merchant ships which the allies want to take over, she be giver
sufficient food supplies to withstand the Bolsheviki menace. The
condition of the poorer classes is truly desperate. Apart from
the scanty official rations, food is only obtainable from illicit
traders at extraordinary prices. The total unemployed is esti
mated at 465,000, many of whom do not desire work, having beer
demoralized by the long war service. Discontent is growing and
the Spartacan movement is gaining followers. If the present
situation lasts long the pychology of the masses will inevitably
lead to Bolshevism, according to reports brought to the confer
ence here today.
The period of April to June will be critical. The allies posses
in the control of food, the means of strengthening the party of
order without incurring the expense of occupation, or the odium
of its following internal politics.
LONDON, March 7.-—A wireless from Berlin this afternoon
says that Germany has flatly announced that she would turn
over her merchant fleet only on the guarantee from the Allies
that they would supply her with two and a half million tons of
food supplies. This announcement is the result of negotiations
which are being conducted at Spa, and which are being tempor
arily suspended.
AMSTERDAM, March 7. — Fifteen thousand German sailors
are holding Munich in a reign of terror according to travelers
arriving here from Kiel today. There is much pillaging they
say, despite the penalty of death affixed by the Bavarian gov
ernment for plunderers.
BERLIN, March 7.—A division of the Marines and the First
Division of the Militia have joined the Spartacans. The Gov
ernment troops today refused to turn machine guns on the Spar
tacans holding the Alexander Platz. Fighting was general thru
out the city. The Police headquarters are being bombed by the
Spartacan artillery.
The trouble began with a general strike wheih has developed
into full neuged warfare with many civilians arming and not a
few joining the Spartacans. Machine guns are bristling from
windows of palaces and many public buildings.
Poison Gas Being Used In Berlin Fighting
BERLIN, March 7.—Both sides are using machine guns set
up in armored cars and automobiles in the street fighting here
today. The government forces this afternoon opened up with a
ghs attack, employing poison gas. Scores of Casualties are re
sulting on both sides.
Germans Recapture Rica from Bolshevikis
LONDON, March 7.—The Russian port of Riga, on the Baltic
has been recaptured by the Germans from the Bolsheviki, ac
cording to advices received by the Daily Mail today.
COPENHAGEN, March 7.—A Berlin despatch says this after
noon that the battle between the government troops and the
Spartacans for the possession of the police headquarters ended
by negotiations.
President 800 Miles Out. Is
Wirelessed Good News
ABOARD THE SS. GEORGE WASHINGTON, At Sea, March
7.—President Wilson is overjoyed today at receiving messages
both from Secretary Daniels of the Navy Department, and Itis
private secretary, Joseph Tumulty, reporting the victory of a
Democratic candiate in a special congressional election in Penn
sylvania, who on a League of Nations platform.
The Washington is 800 miles out this morning and the sea
was smooth.
DAUGHTER FOR WINSTONS
Grandchildren are coming thick and
fait for Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Hendrick
son, for eighteen bourse after the ar
rival of the stork at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Ireland, in Forest
Grove, Ore., with a baby boy, the wily
bird turned north to Fort Seward,
Haines, and a lovely girl was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Winston.4 Mrs.
Winston was Miss Gertrude-Wendrick
son, and Attorney Winston is the son
of Councilman and Mrs. Geo. Winston
of this city, to whom the new girl is
the first grandchild. She has been
named Wilna, according to a message
from the new grandmother1, Mrs. Hen
di ickson who is with her daughter in
Haines.
ALASKA COMING
SEATTLE, March 7.—The Alaska
sailed for the north this morning at
nine o’clock with the ^following pass
engers for Ketchikan: Mrs. J. Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heckman, W. T
Lopp, Mrs. A. Henning, G. W. Rodro
auez. B. Fonider, Fred Martin, P. Han
dy, O 8ather. •
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
"south bound-—
Northwestern Monday. .
City of Seattle Saturday.
Northbs und
Princess tonight.
AlMk« Sunday.
HERE FROM SALT LAKE
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Webber arrived
| last evening on tbe Jefferson from
| Salt Lake City where they have made
j their home for the past two years.
Mrs. Webber is the daughter of Mr.
and Mis. I. W. Codings and left with
; her husband for Utah immediately
j after her marriage. This is her first
i visit home. •
Mr. Webber was formerly connect
ed with the Goodro Mine at Kasaan,
now known as the Salt Chuck Mine,
purchased by Mr. Chilberg from Mr.
; Goodro. He plans to locate here, but
: has made no definite plans as yet.
.
CORPORAL .HENDRICKSON
BACK FROM CAMP LEWIS
Corporal Arnt L. Hendrickson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Hendrickson,
! reti ned on the Jefferson last evening
Ij.'rom 'Camp Lewis where he has been
staioned since leaviifg Fort Seward
last fail. He has returndcl to worg witt
his father in the Hendrlekaon Plumb
L g shop where he was employed be
fore being drafted.
MRS. DURKEE HOME AGAIN
Mrs. C. W. Durkee and infant daugh
i ter left the Aithur rates Hospital yes
terday and are home again, much tc
the happiness of Mr. Durkee, the new
daddy.
DUCHESS ELECTED
TO A COUNCIL
LONDON, March 7.—The Duchess
of Marlborough, has been elected a
member of the country council, de
feating a Labor candidate. It was an
| nounced today. 4
.—
LAREDO, Tex., March 7.—The mlli
; tary censorship of the telegraph on
the Mexican border which has been ef
fective ever since the United States
entered the war, has been removed. No
orders have been received yet here to
remove the postal cnsorshlp.
HILARY A, HERBERT
DIES IN FLORIDA
TAMPA, Florida, March 7.—Hilary
Abner Herbert, Secretary otf the Navy
during President Cleveland’s adminls
♦ration, died in this city today aged
85 year?. He was a member of the
M-Jjnal Geographical Society and
editor of "Why the Solid South? or,
Reconstruction and Its Results.
LIMA, Peru, March 7.—Peruvian stu
dents conducted a demonstration in
honor of the United States and Presi
dent Wilson today. Crowds cheered
for Mr. Wilson, the United States and
the League of Nations.
GEN, CROWDER TO
VISIT IN CUBA
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7. _
Major General Crowder, judge advo
cate general and provost-marshal gen- j
eral of the army, has accepted an Invi-J
taticn to advise with the Cuban presi- j
dent and congress on the revision of j
election laws and will leave for Cuba!
shortly. Secretary Baker announced
that President Wilson had approved!
the trip.
TO CONTINUE WITH
DAYLIGHT SAVING
IN GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON, March 7.—The daylight
saving plan whereby clocks of Great
Britain are to be set ahead, will go in
to effect this year on Marsh 30, it was
officially announced today. The reg
ular. time will be resumed in the fall,
September 28.
Major Kenneth Marr of San Fran-1
cisco formerly a well known resident!
of Nome, Alaska, who recently was!
awarded the American Distinguished
Service Cross arrived in San Diego, i
Major Marr is credited with having!
bought down ten German machines.
The gold production of Seward pen
insula which includes Nome, for the
season ojf 1918 was only about one
third of the normal output according
to the report of the custom house.
The output is given as $1,139,863.36.
Frost and water shortage accounted
ror the decreased gold output. The
winter of 1917 was unusually cold, and
the lack of snow until the middle of
February resulted jn the ground be
ing frozen to such a depth that all
forms pf open-cutting-were reduced
to a minimum.
Business transacted by the port of
Nome tor the year 1918 was not so far
behind that of other years, according
to the report of the collector of cus
toms. Free imports for the year were
valued at $261,131 and dutiable exports
at $3239. Among the important im
ports were2831 tons of coal, and 255,
211 feet of lumber. Passenger
movements show that during the navi
gation season 369 persons arrived at
Nome and 1046 departedJ?or the States.
St. Michael had the same experience,
256 persons arriving and 542 depart
ing. '
Figures have been compiled in the
office for the territory, showing the
1918 registrations between the ages
of 21 to 31; the 1918 registration of
youths coming of age and the man
power registration of 1918. The regis
tration totals 6773,f embracing all
men under the draft regulations. 194
became of age in 1918; and 8,715 is the
man power regist tion between the
ages of 18 and 45. The total registra
tion I‘or the territory was 15,682. It is
estimated that 1000 registrants under
the man power act are yet to be re
ported as many remote precincts will
not send in their reports until this
^summer.
Charles of Austria should have a
particular grudge against the Sara
jevo assassin who killed the authen
tic heir to the Austrian throne and
left the amiable Charles to be the im
perial goat and suffer tor the crimes
* and blunders of
FLYING TIME
REDUCED BY
10 MINUTES
From Washington To New
York in 80 Minutes
Is New Record
WASHINGTON, D. March 7. -
Eighty minutes between Waahingtot
and New York is ther latest recorc
time made an American aviator, Col
onel Dargue, of the Division of Mill
tary Aeronautics, it is officially an
nounced today.
The fastest time made on the routi
from College Park, Washington tc
Celmont Park, New York, carryinj
mall, hitherto, has been one hour anc
thirty minutes. The new record less
ens the time ten minutes.
29,000 CASES OF
DRAFT VIOLATION
FOUND IN STATE
SEATTLE, March 7.—Twenty-nint
thousand cases of violation oV the draf
taw have been disrovered in thif
state, according to an anouncemeni
made here today by Assistant Uj S
Attorney General . Reames. Each cas<
is beL'g probed by the federal au
thorities with a view to prosecution
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
BY POLISH WOMEN
A group of Polish women in Chicagc
most of them \yves-. of business-men.
have formed a corporation, known as
the Victoria Corporation'. The aim of
which is to-establish a retail dry goods
or clothing store.
At present they are selling shares.
As soon as they will "have sold 2500
shares at 10 dollars each, totaling a
capital of 25,000 dollars, they will op,
•n business.
The womeii stipulate that the cor
poration-is strictly a woman’d'corpor
ation and that although men are al
lowed to hold a limited number of
shares they will have no voice in the
conduction of the business.
So much of promise does this under
taking hold that a successful business
•nan of Chicago has offered to finance
the project. This offer did not tempt
the women, as it is not their purpose
to simply conduct a business, but to
conduct a business in which the ma
jority of share-holder3 are Polish wo
men.
THE PRODUCTION OF'
ALUMINUM IN 1918
The value of the primary aluminum
produced in the United States in 1918
as reported by the United States Geo
logical Survey, Department of the In
terior, was $41,159,225, a decrease of
$4,722,775, or 10 per cent from the vaU
ue in t917. The decrease is due very
largely to a decline in the price of alu
minum during 1918 and does not rep
resent a corresponding decline in quan
tity of output..
MOVE TO NEW HOME.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Douglas, of the
New England Fish Company have
moved from the Hewitt residence in
Newtown to the company house near
the plant formerly occupied by Mr.
■rnd Mrs. Wilkes.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Elilot: areplann
ing to take the Hewitt residence in
Newtown.
MRS. BARTHOLOMEW
RETURNS FROM VISIT
Mrs. Samuel G. Bartholomew was
a returning passenger yesterday from
Bremerton where she has been visit
ing with her husband’s family for the
past six weeks. Mr. Bartholomew
joined her recently for a few weeks,
returning on a gasboat.
F. Bliss, of Tacoma, J. C. Case, of
Seattle C. E. Quinton of Seattle, M. L.
Eairimeno, of Bremerton, T. C. Mit
chell and D. B. Steele of Seattle are
registered at the Revilla Hotel.
Having avoided touble with their
neighbors during more than four years
of war, it is a poor time for the
Swiss to begin fighting among them'
selves.
-«-,
0 Notice To The Public
A dog catcher has been hired
and a suitable pound has been
arranged for, and the dog or
dinance will be enforced com
mencing Monday March 10. So
take care of your dogs before
it is too late.
D. W. Hunt,
AuM*; OhflijAltwi of $$ Council
TEN BILLIONS
FOR MUNITIONS
LONDON, Eng., Mar. 7.—It was ao-1
nouuccd in the House of Commons to-1
day that during the world war Great j
Britain had expended ten billion dol-1
lars for munitions alone.
OTTAWA, March 7_Lady Laurier
i is the chief and practically sole bene
ficiary under the will of her illustrious
husband, the late Sir Wilfred Laurier,]
K. C., M. G., acording to his attorneys.
The will 1$ to be filed within the next
few days.
KING AND QUEEN '
NOW CITIZENS
PERNE, Switzerland, March 7.—Ac
cording to a report received here to
day from Tubingen, Wurtemburg, the
former king and queen, in taking part
in the recent election gave their
names as Herr and Frau Wurtemburg,
thus acknowledging the republic.
They appeared before the ballot box
as plain citizens without an escort.
PATH, Maine, March" 7.—Orders
have been received here to “uncamou
, ,‘.age” all the vessels of the new emer
, gency fleet, and they will not be al
lowed to sail from this port until they
have received a new coat of paint.
! SHIPYARD WORKER
; CONFESSES MURDER
SEATTLE, March 7.—J. A. Miller a
j shipyard' worker today confessed to
! »he murder of Frank Eurkhardt, an
j other shipyard man whose body was
j found in February. Miller killed Burk
I hardt for the purpose of securing sev
| en hundred dollars, part of which was
j due him as profits j,‘rom a whiskey
j still which the two men ha« been
] running on the side.
CAPT, CLINGER
OF THE ALAMEDA
SUFFERS A STROKE
j SEATTLE, March 7.—Captain F. W.
I Clinger Of Tlfe Alaska Steamship Co.
steamer, Alameda, was.stricken with
paralysis yesterday afternoon and is
said to be in a very precarious condi
tion. '
Under the caption of "Familiar Fac
?s on Coast Steamships," the Railway
-nd Marine News gives the following
ntrrrsting little sketch on Captain
Clinger:
“Puget Sound can justly claim Capt.
i Frank W. Clinger, master of the steam-'
| ship Alameda, as one of its native
; sons of the sea for he was born there
; and has passed a great portion of
his seafaring lie sailing out of
Scund ports.
“Capt. Clinger is a typical seafar
I ing man as he has followed the serv
ice for thirty-five years. When he was
a boy of fifteen he left Puget Sound
on the old Isaac Jeans and has been
sailing the Pacific ever since. For
seventeen years he made San Francis
co his home port and jfbr seven years
before that period was master of sail
ing vessels. He left there in 1890 for
the Puget Sound country and for about
eight years was master in the employ
of the Puget Sound Tug Boat Co. His
first trip to Alaska was made in the
memorable year 1897 when, as master
of the tug Richard Holyoke, he towed
the sternwheeler W. R. Merwin, the
barge Politkofsky and the schooner W.
J. Bryan through the Inside Passage of
Southeastern Alaska and-thence to 8t.
Michael, and ho ha6 been sailing to
Alaska ever since.
Fifteen years ago he joined the staff;
i of the Alaska Steamship Company and:
| has been the master, of such vessels of!
the fleet as the Dolphin, Farallon, Edith
Oiympia and Victoria, and has held his
i present command, the Alameda, for
i three and a half years, operating in
I the regular passenger, mail and ex-'
press service between Seattle and '
Prince William Sound. He is known i
to^ll the old timers in Alaska and is
extremely popular on-the busy route1
served by the Alameda. His home is
in Seattle.
\ RETURNING HOME WITH NEW
PILEDRIVER
Councilman G. E. Paup left on Wed
. nesday this week on board a piledriver
j on his way here. He is expected early
i next week, according to news received
his son and daughter. Mrs. Paup will
remain south a few weeks longer.
F. R. Porter and family o|f Seattle!
are guests at the Stedman, having ar
rived, on the ity of Seattle.
Mr. R. Hewitt, electrician /or thoj
Now England Fish Company plant at
George Inlet, is a visitor In town to
day on business.
What the boys would like especially 1
is to haVe the government get them j
home in time for the opening game;
next spring. - j
MARQUIS OF LANDSDOWNE
URGES THAT BLOCKADE BE
REAXED TOSOME EXTENT
Peace Conference Today Took Up Proposition Of
Sending Food Into German-Austria And Bo
hemia, Most In Need, at Request
' Of Lloyd George
LONDON, March 7.—Marquis of Landsowne, addressing the
House of Lords today said that the food situation in Central Eu
rope and Russia is desperate and the blockade should he relaxed
to some extent.
Travelers retrrning from Helsingfors, composed of British,
French, Belgian and Italian citizens, most of them Red Cross
workers have prepared a statement at the request, of the Mar
quis. telling of the conditions existing in various parts of the
country. xThe reports of all agree that the necessities are being
sold at excessive prices and a scarcity of even the most ordinary
articles of food. Dog meat is quoted at $2 a pound. Horse meat
is exorbitant, pork unprocurable and bread a luxury. Lack of
milk has resulted in many deaths of children from starvation.
Tvphus is spreading all over the continent and the hospitals are
unable to care for them.
In Russia the food is bad and is distributed in three categories,
a full portion to those doing heavy work, half portion to em
ployees of the Soviet government and private houses and general
office workers and one-fourth portion to people not engaged in
any occupation. The portions depend upon the supplies on hand.
PARIS, March 7.—The Peace Conference, at the request of
Premier Lloyd George has taken up the proposition of sending
food into German-Austria and Bohemia.
I^)ME, March 7.—The' American commission delegated to
inquire into the Montenegro conditions, arrived here today and
report that.many people are wasting away and dying as a result
of starvation.
SAYS ABSTINENCE
DAY IS OPTIONAL
ROME, March 7.—Pope Eenedict has
authorized Roman Catholics to substi
tue some other day for Saturday as a
day of abstinence during the Lenten
season which opened on Ash Wednes
day this week, Marc$ 5.
FRANCE TO STOP
PROFITEERING
PARIS, March 7.—The French Gov
ernment has opened nine food stores in
Ihis city today as a means of stabiliz
ing ("ood prices and to kill profiteering
which has been goin<j£?on here on a
stupendous scale.
PLANT NOW
Saving and Comfort
Higher rates of wages paid during the war have opened to
workers the choice of various new standards of action—they
cannot all be called standards of “living.”
The near-sighted have used their unusual wages to indulge
in all sorts of extravagance which gave little real satisfaction
and •ontributed nothing to permanent family stability. Where
they ire not harming themselves, they are cultivating tastes
which they cannot hope permanently to gratify.
Others, the far sighted ones, have used their increase in
wages to improve their comfort up to the full efficiency point
for themselves and their families, and are thinking carefully be
fore they spend their surplus. Many are investing ‘ wisely in
homes or working other well-considered invjstnent-purchases.
The wisest of all are putting a large share of their earnings
into War Savings Stamps or savings banks to provide for neces
sities that may arise, and 'particularly to establish a “turn a
ruund” fund that will enable them to meet more comfortably
any changes in business or employment that may result from
post-armistice conditions.
These far-sighted people have taken the war, and its unusual
opportunities for earnings, very seriously; just as they did not
expect the war to last always, they have not hanked on war
conditions in employment enduring indefinitely. They are
ready for the future. If wages keep up they are still so much
ahead of the game.