PROGRESSIVE-MINER
Ketchikan*. Alaska, Monday Mart)) 10,1019
VOLUME FOUR
Number 121
BELGIUM DEMANDS EIGHT
BILLIONS FROM GERMANY
ONE QUARTER
,w
Great Britain insists That German Fleet Be ' *
Only Fittings Salvaged In Order To
Prevent Conflicting Claims
PARIS. March 10.—According to a statement r
tore the peace conference by M. Pespara of the ( r * -
Reparation. Belgium demands eight billion ch’V.
from Germany for property damaged, destroyed :-v .
quarter of this. two billion dollars, they stipuh:.. -
immediately, in order that the country may have fords v
which to rebuild their industrial plants and rive er-oloytr -v.t
the soldiers and people.
t ooa question a senous une tor uermany
M. Piehon. Minister of Foreign Affairs for Fran* .
day that Germany is sadly in need of food bir :Vu she mu -
live up to the terms of the Armistice before it win he forthcom
ing. The American delegates have announced that t’r rH
the request of Germany for food in lieu of their kv -v.ir.: ’ 'p
as part of the Armistice pledge.
It is hoped here that all differences will he -
shortly in order to complete details of alt work *
Council. President Wilson is being wirelessed - ’ *
the work of the conference daily and the present ant’ ■
the peace treaty will be completed by the t" ;r' t:
present month.
The Peace conference is hearing the views of the d ->
the question of the German fleet today. Great nrP.tlr.
that these ships be destroyed. The basis for thi
the German ships should not be retained ss >•» -rr?-Pr
insisted that because of their construction the’ h.r ■?
roercial value. A satisfactory distribution among-* tie ;
said to be impossible and may influence the dec! '
ference. France it is said, however, objects to thi- P r
Economic Committee At A Standstill
The rupture between the German and Allied ee r ~i nr
sion is said to be due to the decision of the F’-erch
that they must decline to give any assistance in ; ' - •' > -
man nation. To do so would rob their own people : :! i ?n -
fit of the kaiser's armies who devastated hr * err. A
economic committee has been appointed to r- - t e r
tens to be adjusted.
Germans Protest At Chinese Action.
The German delegates of the Armistice
formal}?' protested to the Allies against the p -‘ri n
man citizens from China. Two shiploads were in
uary and four more ships have been chartered t week
to deport the Germans remaining. About r - :
hundred Germans including 1200 women and .re
volved. No German with the exception of rs 'c- mi -
wiB he allowed to remain. They were sent to ~ r . .
second k-t are to be shipped direct to the Com : p; -
Kaiser Responsible For War
LONDON. March 10.—The responsibility ■: tb
its barbarities rests chiefly with the former ksis - . *
the Prince of Monaco in an interview with the P
ent of the London Daif?- Mail.
PUBLIC SCHOO! TO
PRESENT OPERETTA
Farat are teg --rjg tc z~*iz
out a'"fa3/ about tr-e cut—e *exoe’
operetta which _$ t- -a 3 vea in
Mea. Hai se about ;*t« week* frs—
ari at -s-s tney are trte-eef eg.
ofcy th-s time. "Cre a: :«a. se fe
et* reason .t wi ce os a larger
»:i * that i-s M*:r» tee- attempted
Heretofore. : -as tee- mere’-./ pc
P4* frc~ the .•:-z-t- j-aies who -a.*
takes parts s :->v sjr—3 operettas
Put ta.-s year, it .4 estimated :-at <p
P'br —at* j 'CO crcp-e- partici
pate. -'-:~ * grade* from the
primary up.
Tie rpe-ettp ; ta led "Ueder tie
sta*i a-3 St.- J.e4 asp w. be round
el oct by 3 Eur-ber cf spec a ties. 3
—4-1 which is one by itttte Mis* Irma
Brewer. u anted tcwdancer cf *i*
s--e-»
GUEST OF 0 »PE.LS
Mr. G'S/. Alaska naaagey for the
A=a*ira Cc-"erttaj Cc — p*iy, with
f-eadd-arter* a San Francisco, was
tne g.est 3’ Capia r. arc Mrs. w. C
iytbri :et«e»' rtea—e»a th 1 wee«
end, c-n his way tootii frsrr. Kpdiak
and Vzs as-a. where tie compaty rat
e-arc- stores.
Mr. Gray is a rea absurd Pugh. -a r
ig cswse to the territory n 1880, *crhe
thirty-etne ..ears ago. and ha* a' the
generacs daneMsUcs cf the p>
“ri o* tie ear!/ -ay*. He ieft oc
•Ju City of Seat: < Scsay morning.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
Sr n*f br-tmd
Jefferson tc—cr-rt-w
Alaska 2'sc.
Priseees Mary T-esdiy.
;«r>rf lib' Slid
City of Seattle Saturday.
Fi-ragct Sunday.
J*ff*r*on Sunday.
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SOL —rr FOP TP P
Mr*. W. A 3'/3d! SSd d. ;r<r •
Crsij Mi sr j*;. d'2 tifca City •*-■# St
at; * yesteraay *s» Scanit *.'ve irsey
acemnpsniad trt r father J1 - is •' a
Wr’-d ii *d v»»; • r r-_, - S'dr:
Ad Je. Mr. M fr',"5 3
wrafcs of par2 y* s sfcc-t two —i- 'j
2S', and is to taVe trettrrtnts
mtt.
MISS LILLIAN BiRNEY
c : cf Wash.rtg
- : =■:. women. .s
' ■rt. ~ s P.-<;nst2sdt cf
’ ‘ *rev "35 teerj one
it; " war workers
$. " MOASSADOR
FRANCIS MAKES
GRAVE CHARGES
•*• '• 'T >N. O. C, March 10. —
- - ---- -- .vf-O has just re
— ■••• • • • . ij -as beer
• ; - -:t?d States s nee
■ -- - :-g the Senate
-r - r: - reported that
. >t —55 t-at Raymond
• •. . - tid :-f the Amer -
- :-r - - F :sst’. - j-d returned
• States to try and have
• trisa about the
. - Vr ficjsheviki Govern
. j - United States.
;- r~ £ ‘ ■Two Seattle
: v - --i -- ae-ta! ma:;
» a-.ioSver this week.
- .. as a tria! and to
c* ■ t — e aken hy He
GENERA' MARCH
MAKES REPORT
;-7C %. O. C.. March 10. —
- - static tt-day that at
. e s g.n "g of the
- ere ; ~s a m.sMicn. three
r : - . -Jr c usatsd Arreri
?-? -o - ■? Ge-r-aBS .'h t-e Hae
TAKE OPTION ON
OIOSS, HUMBOLDT
i • r ■- - - c:~CC Mar. *3. Wal
■ : - - .— — sr'z mas cf th.s
= ■*. - expi-ing Wed
• «t:s"s*i? Humboldt
:- - . • :< ffrat.ng -ere cn the
■ - 'a ard Los
'VrR EXPECTS
TO QUIT JULY 1
'?—^e-bert C. Hc-cv
? — - • strata r aEd
:: -:. s' ao-cas has an
t- st -1 expects ta re
oc tdministration in
0'fos Begin To Con
struct Schoolhouses
• fc/ the
; • t Ds; 3 ft-rent of Labor
3* -T to s-JOP y the
• st :i”~'.oiatians 13
• v. rjz. : erect 12
- -: - i "t it S&OOO.CflO csn
• - - »t--tro at the ea* est
-a - :t announced, ta as
- h -.tat t: ty cf err.barras*
-t - a s- triage of lattar iater,
-o. • et o.vsl —eat has beer.
t is pa nted out that
- - * -ar-? • of htr"att: zation there
.... - ‘'.-rpirsfy ccr.-jeet ca of
. certain eastern
tn the extensive op
- -,'r'e'routed are s/ade
•rsoeroy v«i!< be for
-5 rjrjft back to
'• " .,.. -.h they were
a. - .tar/ service.
• - ed that there is a short
Vfi'/y. tot.o.oe*. owing to
- t .-5 i; -Jr,5 the war to
,« pcpjiaticp.
3 the cit es that aril1
- - 3 re of ccrttroc
M't. fr. e. Patching of the
at SJ.r5<n> io ei.-patty, left for
t-*- * o' a rt 6vs ess trip ca the
Ciiy o beattie yesterday.
SHIPYARD
RIKE
IS OVER
Men To Return To Work On
Tuesday At The
Same Old Wages
? ATTL . Mar. 10.—The Seattle.
Tacc-na and A border fi Shipyards
St- ke has been declared cT, as a re
s- t cf the refe-endum vote taken by
t'-e ..-i.'rs. it was announced today.
_ e -fn wiil return to work on Tuegp
day at the old wage scale known as
the Vacy award. The strike lasted
th • ty-two days, beginning Feb. 6.
AIR MAIL FOR
SEATTLE FROM B, C,
VANCOUVER. S. C., Mar. 10.—The
r ittsnia Mines near here have an
cvnced that they have discharged all
’ isr •'".?—•> employes to the number
of 450.
CABLE BREAKS
NEAR SEATTLE
SEATTL . Ma-. 10.—The Alaska
- - : etween Seattle and Sitka is
■fawn about tveecty miles out of Se
tts -» ad s be:ng repaired. There
■i be a resumption of cable serv
:c z-atst y tonight.
INAUGURATE NEW
PRESIDENT
SaN SALVADOR. Mar. 10.—Carlos
Msadez and Atfonso Quinones Molena
.ere ■-~-jr.-_.-ateh- president and vice
of the republic of Salvador
~~i : o3v i iis a«switeof the nartirrw
el congress with the usual ceremonies.
INEFFICIENCY
CHARGED IN
ALASKA ROAD
Congress To Look Into The
Management of The
Alaska Railroad
- "ATTLE. Mar. 10.—Tie sum total
ail ^formation filtering out from
Wash -.gton. D. C~- on the Alaska rail
-sad situatcn indicates that a con
-essicnal investigation is imminent.
- ; is based on the contention that
there has been a gross inefficiency if
~~t ct nai mismanagement in con
struction.
it is asserted by some that the con
z.raction has cost as high as seventy
five thousand dollars a mile more
rr. it should have.
SALOONS DECREASE
PANAMA, Mar. 10_The high li-‘
cer.se aw which went into effect Mar.
is responsible for the reduction of
the number of saloons is Panama
!' m 6SO to 100. Under the new law
icenses cost $150 a month.
FIREMEN'S MEETING
The Firemen will meet on Tuesday
- :rlng at 7:30 at the firement’s hall
•o discuss important business. All re
c.rsted to be present."
HISS HRACE TABOR
a i Grate anoecape archl
t'.x, s campaigning for the nation*!
«».' garden sommtwion. »
MISS FRANCES PERKINS
Miss Frances Pcr.xins. who in private
life is Mrs. Paul Wilson, wife of the
secretary to the late Mayor Mitchel,
has been named oy Governor Smith
of New York as state industrial com
missioner at a salary of $S,000 a year,
the highest salaried job any woman
has held under the state government.
Miss Perkins has been instrumental in
the enactment of many labor reform
measures.
DICE GA'.’lE WAS
CAUSE OF RIOT
AT WALES CAMP
LONDON, Mar. 10. It was learned
by the War office today that the
csi.se of the riot at Kimmel Park
ramo in Wales last Saturday, wag a
J;ce game.
The trouble started when some of
the local police arrested two Ameri
can Marines who were engaged in
tnrowing the dice. The American and
Canadian soldiers protested at the
a-rest and the riot ensued.
LONDON. Mar. 10.—The War Of
fice has announced that all Canadian
troops will be in England from the
f-cnt by May 1 and all back in Canada
be' sre June 2.
CAPTAIN CLINGER
OF ALAMEDA DIES
SEATTLE. Mar. 10.—Captain F. W.
Cllsger. of the steamer Alameda, died
today, as the result of a stroke of
paralysis last Thursday. He was fif
ty years old and sailed the Pacific
for 35 years, fifteen of which were
under the flag of the Alaska Steam
ship Cempany.
Already At Work On
Coming Liberty Loan
SAN FRANCISCO. March 10.—Lieu
tenant C. C. Henion. U. S. N. has been
chosen director of the Foreign Lan
■ 'age Division for the Twelfth Fed
eral Reserve District in the coming
Victory Liberty loan campaign and has
begun preliminary work at his new
ceaduuarters on the fifth floor of the
Federal Reserve Back building.
Lieutenant Henion was commission
er of state and foreign participation at
♦he Panama Pacific international Expo
sition At the beginning of the war he
•nte'ed the navy and has been pro
— ottd to the rank of Lieutenant sen
sei grade.
The Foreign Language Division has
teen one of the important departments
of, the Liberty Loan organization since
■*s establishment in the third loan in
charge cf Charles C. Moore. Geo. A.
Va - Smith acted as director in the
'curth campaign.
SITKA SCHOOI TO HAVE
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
Mr. Herbert McKean of Kirksville,
Mo naa beea appointed sperintendent
of the Sheldon Jackson School.
Mr. McKean has spent four year* as
j teccher in the Philippine Islands and
h*s been director cjf Manual Arts in
»he Kirksvtlle Normal School. He has
cceived the degree of Master of Arts
at Columbian University, where he
^.socialized in vocational training. Mr,
McKean is exceptionally qualified for
ew prsition both by training and ex
perience. He is expected to arrive in
Sitka, with his wife and child, about
May first.
FROM CAMP LEWIS
Stanley Evans arrived from Camp
Lewis today on the cannery tender of
the Union Bay cannery.
He has ju«t been mustered out with
*hc remainder e»' the Alaska draftees
and reports that none but overseas
. t are at Camp Lewis now, all
otht'n having been released.
ira H. King left on the City of 8e
-.tt'e yesterday for Seattle on a
snort trip connected with hi* brok
erage here.
MANY KILLED OR WOUNDED
IN STREET FIGHTING DURING
THE PAST WEEK IN RERUN
Premier Paderewski Of Poland Appeals To Allies For
Ammunition To Prevent Bolsheviki
From Taking Lemburg
.
________
BERLIN. March 10.—The Wolff Bureau estimates that at
Vast one thousand persons were either kilted or severely wound
'd in the fighting in and around Berlin last week, during the
general strike.
In the fighting near Halles, where the railway strike was de
dared, the Spartacans drowned numerous students in the river
; and looted one section of the city before the Government troops
j 'Tot control.
POSEN. Poland. March 10.—Ignace Paderewski, Polish prem
ier has appealed to the allies for ammunition to prevent the Bol
sheviki from taking the city of Lemburg.
ARCHANGEL, March 10.—The Bolsheviki and Austrians have
endeavored to bomb the American positions near here but thus
i far have not been successful.
GOVERNOR RIGGS DELIVERS AN INTERESTING
ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE
At the opening of the territorial leg
islature this month at Juneau, Gov
ernor Riggs delivered a most interest
ng report on the territory which con
‘ained much valuable information re
j -arding future plans for the territory,
; -nd suggestions pointing to further de
i -elopment.
Excerpts from the report follow.
Regarding Alaska's patriotic record
I ‘he Governor says, “In the establish
■ ment in this peace, Alaska stands well
| out from the states and territories as
j being the leader in patriotic endeavor.
: We have furnished 12 per cent of our
j "ooulation to the army and navy.”
In speaking of the Infulenza epidem
j :c and its ravages among the people
i and natives of the territory, the Gov
| ernor recommends that if territorial
i 'inances allow, an office of commis
: sioner cf health be established to be
rilled prti*erably by an officer of the
: U. S. Public Health Service.
Under the head of “Ignorance re-;
-<ording the Territory," Governor
Riggs asserts that "we can never
! -ore to receive just recognition of the
j otential greatness of Alaska or to
have constructive measures enacted
! until the gentlemen of Congress have
been enducated by direct observation
of our resources and our people.” To;
-emedy this, the Governor suggests
‘hat Alaska follow the example of our
i Vster territory, Hawaii, which has set
: -fside a territorial fund to be used to
j cover the traveling expenses and en
tertainment c|f visiting delegations of
1-ongressmen and their families with1
‘he result that a keen and beneficial
'merest has been aroused in Hawaii’s!
velfare.
He also suggests that an Alaska mu
seum be establihed at the capital for
articles of industrial and historic In
terest which are "fast passing into
the hands of museums in the State*
and foreign lands.”
A bureau of mines, employing *
capable mining engineer who shall
make free examination and report on
mines and mining prospects, is sug
gested as a means of establishing a
nermanent industry.
Regarding the mooted questeion of
“roads” the Governor says the "pres
ent law is unwieldy” and advocates
the "greater centralization of power in
the hands of the territorial Board of
Road Commissioners. He also sug
gests 4he abolighmar.t of divisional
road commissioners after they have
served the terms for which they were
elected, reasoning that "an elected
> oad commissioner is not always qual
ified in road construction." He sug
gests an amendment to the present
'aw and the advisability o^f imposing
a road tax.
Many other equally interesting and
nractical reforms are pointed out on
the subject of schools, the Australian
Tallot Law. the Eight Hour Law, Fish
eries, Marriage licenses, the Home
Guard, and the office of the Gov
ernor.
In conclusion Governor Riggs says,
“I beg to assure you I am ready at
all times to discuss any proposed leg
islation with any committee or mem
ber of your honorable body, and to
submit any information contained in
my office, to the end that we my all
work in complete harmony (for this
great Territory so dear to our heart*"
FLY FROM EUROPE
TO U, S, IN A DAY
An airplane with a speed of from 200
to 300 miles an hour, which will bring
America within a short day’s journey
of Europe, is the prospect held out by
the invention of a French engineer,
Auguste Rateau, according to the
Matin. The invention was one of the
i -urprises in store |for the Germans,
it was about to be revealed when the
Ighting ceased*
At present, without the invention, the
higher an airplane mounts the less
■•ewer does Its engine develop, on ac
count of the thinner air. The loss at
5.000 feet, for istance, is 50 per cent.
M. Rateau’s device the paper says,
s very simple. It consists of an arran
gement by which the exhaust from the
engineti^vorks a small turbine, which
compresses the air drawn into the en
gine to normal pressure, so that the
engine develops full power, no matter
what the altitude. As the resistance
of th air decreases enormously at
high altitude, the Matin adds, it fol
lows t t the higher a machine fitted
with tf.- new device mounts the greater
.-/111 be its speed. This fact, it is de-j
dared, was demonstrated by the fam
ous German long-range gun.
It has been .found that a heavy day!
bombing machine whose speed at 15,
000 feet ordinarily did not exceed 80,
miles an hour, but made 140 miles an'
hour when fitted with ty. Rateau’s i
invention.
TO PURCHASE FIXTURES
Mr- and Mrg. C. A. Smith left on
the City of 8eattle yesterday for Se
attle where they contemplate purchas
ing the stock and fixtures for their;
icw "Lotus” soft dring and Ice-cream j
store which ig to be located in the:
Poodle Dog Building.
POPULATION OF FRANCE
MUCH REDUCED
The civilian population of France
la four years has been reduced by
considerably over three-quarters of a
million, without including the deaths
in the occupied northern France or the
losses due directly to the war, says the
Petit Journal of Paris.
Official statistics show that in 1913
the births outnumbered the deaths by
17,090. eut this slight excess disap
peared in the following year, since
which time the deaths have putnumber
ed the births; in 1914 by more than
50,000, and in 1915, 1916 and 1917 b*
neai ly 300,000 in each year. The total
excess of deaths over births for these
four years is given as 883,160.
Births which numbered approximate
ly 600,000 in 1913, dropped to 315,000
in 1816, and 343,000 in 1917, while the
deaths increased, but not In compar
able proportion, so that the total de
crease in population was due to the
great diminution in births, and not to
any great increase in deaths.
The statistics cover seventy-five de
partments, excluding the eleven Invad
ed departments, and not Including 1,
400,000 persons killed in the war.
BIG FIRF IN CONVERTER
AT ANYOX MINE
ANYOX, March 4:— As a result of
a big fire at the smelter there le a
temporary shut down of the plant
while the work of repairing Is going on
The fire started on Sunday in one of
tho converters and waa not extinguish
ed untlly about -50.000 worth of dam
~go had been done.
It is expect11 that several days will
be occupied in getl'ng the plant again
'n shape befo ■ • operations can recom
•n*nce.»Prinee Rupert News.