VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan, Alaska, Thursday, Feb. 27,1919
Nurrber 113
MONARCHISTS ARE PLOTTING
Allies Finally Agree to Recognize Ukrainian Republic
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
IN NEW YORK CITY
NEXT TUESDAY
Suffragettes in “Prison Special’* Are
Touring States Advocating Action
On National Suffrage Measure
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 27:—President Wilson has ex
tended an invitation to all the members of the Democratic Na
tional Committee to take luncheon with him tomorrow. It is
also anounced today that he will probably speak in New York
City on the nightof March 4. - : ,
President Warns Memebers Of Committee
President Wilson solemnly warned the members of the :PW
eigh Relations Committee at dinner last night that ehaos would
be the result if the League of Nations should be a failure thru
the United tltatesremaining out. He explained in detail how
this wculd occur and states that those attending the dinner
were at liberty to make public anything that transpired at the
meeting.
President Interprets League Uf INations
The President’s interpretation of the League o fNatiorts was
presented informally before Congress today by members of the
Foreign Relations Committee. Before leaving France, the
President secured a fairly complete draft of the whole project
and the proceedings of the conference in the first stage, all of
which has been presented to Congress today.
Private Secretary Tumulty announced today that the Presi
dent has definitely decided to speak in New York on Tuesday
night at a great non-partisan mass meeting which may also
be addressed by ex-President' Taft, if the president so desires.
Wm. Taft has been touring the country in favor of the League
of Natiohs<
President Heads Parade Today.
As he swung along at a brisk strike heading the Pennsyl
vania Avenue parade this afternoon President Wilson was
given many cheers. The parade was in honor of the home
coming of the soldiers of the city. The President carried a
big flag and marched behind a Marine band and returned to
White House through an applauding throng.
The President is holding a two hour conference this after
noon with the members of Congress on a legislation plan.
Republicans To Meet Tonight
The Republican members of the House will meet this even
ing to nominate a fipeaker. The contest lies between Repre
entative Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts, James R. Mann,
r i Chicago, and Phillip P. Campbell, of Kansas.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 27:—Reports received here today
l ate that the “Prison Special,” on which twenty-six of the
i ilitant suffragists of the National Woman’s Party left Wash
inton recently, is blocked in the middlewest by snow which is
i .laying the trains east of Omaha. On this trip are the speak
er* who have been jailed for their picketing and other demon
f i rations in front of the White House. They are demanding
l .e reintroduetion and passage of the suffrage amendment be
< re March 4.
foundings Are
Being Made For
Susitna Bridge
/ CHORAGE, (By Mail) Soundings
are ing made for the proposed bridge
acre - the Susitna rlvbf, 150 miles
no! , of Anchorage, on the surveyed
roi of the government railroad.
Th .ork of making the soundings
wi] auire about six week’s time.
1 Susitna river bridge, figuring to
get it approaches and main struc
turr ill be about 1270 feet long. The
spa y over the main channel of the
rive '1 be about 400 feet long. Actu
al c ruction operations are expected
to t i next summer.
■—T nd of steel in the Anchorage
Div of the government railroao
i« a Ikeetna river, 113 miles nortn
4(f' V- orage. The -building of the
Tali- a.rtt^brldgeJs now in pro
P ior and Mrs. W. G. Beattie
whe . .3 been, the guests of Captain
and W. C. Dibrell for the past
w* _;t for their home-in Metiaka
t‘» /-.s rday.
LONDON, Feb. 27;—In a shooting
affray between Amvrtcan naval men
and negrces in Cardiff, two of the
Americans were wounded according
to a dispatch to The Evening News
from Cardiff.
Rear Admiral Walter McLean.
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63RD ARTILLERY
REACHES N. Y.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27:— The 8ixty
Third Coast Artillery, largely troops
frdm the state of Washington, arriv
ed from France this rriorbing and will
leave for the west immediately.
V/ASHINGTON, Feb. 27;—Eleven
American steamers requisitioned dur
ing the war by the Government wore
released to thgir owner* today by or
der Of the Shipping Board’s Division
of Operations. They were the Mun
wcod, iviuhaibro, KerwoOd, Kermoor.
Howick Nall; Severance. Montoeo,
Mariana, Caeipue, Pleiades, and Ste
phen R.. Jones.
LABORING MEN
HOLDING A
MEETING
Representativesof
10 Million Will
discuss The
Problem
LONDON, Peb. 27:—Aft industrial
convention composed of about bight'
hundred representative* of both em
ployers and employees met at Cstrttai
Hall, Westminister today for the pur
pose of acquainting the Government
with their views on the strike and: la
bor situation in the Brtlsh Isles. The|
employees alone represent some fen
rfiililen worker*
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ENGLAND GIVES bE$tROV£R3
AND SUBS TO AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE,—The Commoweajth
of Australia will accept a gift of slxj
destroyers and six modern type sub- ]
marines, tendered by th® British gov
ernment, according to an announce
ment made here.
Business Hen
Are in Favor
of governnent
Steamer Line
ANCHORAGE, (By Mail)—Efforts of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
to induce the federal government to
ouerate a steamsip next season bet
ween Pacific coast ports in the variouB
states and the towns of 8eward and
Anchorage in Alaska are heartily se
conded by business men in Anchorage.
The commission’s ocean freight every
summer is of so large a tonnage that
the government can better afford to
operate its own steamship than pay
the charges imposed by private trans
i portation companies. Prior to 1918, the
: United States Army transport Crook
| was in service for the Commission, but
last season she did not resume her
Alaska run as she was needed else
where for war purposes. Private com
; nanl<>s. throughout 1918, handled the
commission's ocean work. When the
Oook was at the discos?! of the com
mission, she carried mall on both
northbound and southbound trio, but
she d<d not transnort freight for private
persons or firms nor accommodate pas
! i*nn»rt, except employes of the com
•"isslon. „
Anchorage business men are anxious
for the roeatab'isment of a steamship
bv the government because of the mail
facilities it would afford them. The
->rivste'v owned steamship*, which now
e-ndi* m»*l aa freight, makw only Itv
'r»r.iipnt calls at aou*hwestern Alaska
-cr*s and as a ron«enuenr.e as long
to t mm'h sometime- eleo"seH
without tho receipt et Anchorage of
ma|i from the stttA).* *' '
A. M. PALMER
TO SUCCEED
T.W.GREGORY
Custodian of Alien
Property is The
Nominee
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 27:—
President Wilson, today nominated
Alexander Mitchell Palmer, alien pro
perty custodian, as Attorney General
to stiWOdd Thomas. Watt Gregory, of
Texas, who was appointed in 1914.
Mr. Palmer, who Is a native of
Pennsylvania and aT member of the
society of Friends, or Quakers, was
ft member of the 61st and 62nd con
gresses 1309-1913. He was appointed
custodian of- Allen enemy property
by PreSideut_yjHi*on at the beginning
of' th0'~'war7~'When- he volunteered his
services to the country, saying that
white he could not as « Quaker held
in any Way to further the war . he
wised to serve his country in time of
need, and the post of custodian was
given him. He was admitted to the
bar in 1893 and has practiced law
ever since- -
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 27;— Gov-!
emor Edge today announced thej
names of more than -fifty delegates ap-i
pointed to represent New Jersey atj
the tercentenary celebration of the
landing of the Pilgrims. The celebra
tion Js^to'S* bold in England, H el
land, the United States, Canada, and
Australia, and will also commemorate
other events In the development of.
the English-speaking peoples. The
date for the American celebration has
not been definitely determined.
MAYOR HANSON
INVITED EAST TO
GIVE ADDRESS
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SEATTLE, Feb. 27:—Mayor Ole
Hanson has been invited to address
a banquet party in New York on
March 6, given bp the anti-Bolsheviki
Campaign Committee is was an
nounced here this morning. Mayor
Hanson has not made any decision,
as yet whether to accept the invita-;
tion or not.
52 MEDICAL OFFICERS
ORDERED TO SIBERIA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27;—Orders
assigning 52 medical officers for duty,
with the American forcos in Siberia
were issued here by the war depart
ment. The party, including seven
majors, nineteen captains and twen
ty-six lieutenants, will sail from San
Francisco.
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STUDENTS REFUSE- TO DRILL ;
CHICAGO, Feb. 27;—Two hundred
and fifty sophomores and freshmen
at Northwestern University are on
strike in opposition to compolsory
military trarnlifg.' They absented
themselves from drill yesterday and
presented a petition to President
Helgate asking that the training be
made optional with the students.
Meanwhile they are marked absent
without leave from drill.
ALSATIAN CENTRISTS MEET
STRASBOURG, Feb. 27;—The Al
satian Centre Party, the first political
group to be reconstituted In Alsace
sincd ,'the release from German au
thority, met today.
The 300 members present adopted
a resolution favoring the teaching of
both French and German in the
schools,'the maintenance of the rights
of the Church, and the adoption of
special labor laws.
Mr. A. J. McBain, pioneer transfer
mao of Ketchikan,, who has been out
of the business for sometime, has
purchased the-horse belonging to the
Granby Mining Company and an
nounced that he will be ready to take
orders as usual. He Is making his
NAN CONFESSES
KILLING,HIS WIFE
SEATTLE. Feb. 27:—'On surrender
ing to the police here, after having
oonfessed to the murder of his wife
Alice, Emil Karhn declared that he
killed her because she refused to live
with him.
Mrs. Karhn wag a domestic in the
home of E. A. Wanamaker and was
found there with her throat slashed.
PRINCESS
PATRICIA
MARRIES
Becomes Bride Of
British Naval
Commander
LONDON, Feb. 27:—Princess Victor
ia Patricia, youngest daughter of the
Duke and Duchess of Connaught be
came the bride of Commander Alex
ander R. M. Ramsay, of the Royal
Navy, today. The marriage was cele
b ated in Westminister Abbey, the
Archbishop of Canterbury officiating.
The Princess is 33 years of age.
During the period in which her fa
ther the Duke of Connaught was Gov-j
^rnor-General of Canada, the Princess
Patricia became very popular with the!
~eoo|e of Canada who named one of
their famous regiments the first Cana
dian Light Infantry for her? the “Prin
cess Pats Own." She has refused
marriage to the King Alphonso of
Spain, King Manuel of Portugal and
the Marquis of Angelsey. and in her
present marriage loses many of her
priveleges in court unless, as has bee::
proposed, her husband i8 made a peer
in his own right.
If she remains plain Mrs. Alex. A.1
Ramsay, the Princess cannot stand be
fore the Queen, cannot have dinner
with the King, her cousin, and cannot
even enter the palace, where she used
to drop- in whenever the notion took
her, until now.
Commander Ramseay is the younger
brother of the Earl of Dalhousie and
was one of the aide-de-camps of the
Duke of Connaught in Canada where
he met the Princess. During the war
he served both on land and sea and
won th eDistinguished Service Order
for gallantry in the Gallipoli Expedi
tion. It is rumored that he may be
made Duke of Gallipoli to relieve the
embarrassing position in which the
princess i3 placed.
VOLCANO EJECTS
BOILING LAVA
HONOLULU, Feb. 27;—Lava in
te greatest quantity observed in 40
years in flowing from Kilauea, the
largest active volcano in the world.
The lava is pouring over all sides of
the central firepit walls on to the old
crater floor. Scientists said they ex
pected the lake of lava to subside
within a month.
The old crater floor of Kilauea vol
cano has an area of about four
square miles. The central firepit is
abdut 2,000 feet in diameter. Several
times recently lava has poured over
the constantly crumbling edge8 to the
central firepit walls, submerging the
old crater floor, which in active times
is a black plait}.
Seietific tests two years ago
showed the temperature of the lava
to be 2.Q00 degrees Fahrenheit. These
‘ests were made by Professor T, A.
Jaggar,'chief of the voloane observa
tory^ who had spent five yejSflp-fwak
hie wrometrfo devicesl$|o the. swifl
IPB, Writr *n?
his pstckatits shambled dewi) into
the c^ntraf "pit and ooi Onto the hoi
barejy solid Crust of Java for a hun
dred!: yards. The crust on which they
walked sank Into the molten lake
shortly after they had returned.
BOLSHEVIK! SECRET
ORDERS DISCLOSE
OFFENSIVE PLANS
Armed Clashes Between Peasants
And Bolsheviks in Baden District
Are Frequent Say Reports
BERLIN, Feb. 27:—Frequent armed clashes are reported
in today’s dispatches in the Baden districts between the peas*
ants and the Bolsheviki with a great many casualties result
ing. Baden is one of the most important of the German states
in the southwestern part of the country.
LONDON,Feb. 27:—According to orders of the supreme mili
tary commands of the Russian Bolsheviki army, the Bolsheviki
are planning a combined offensive on pracetically all fronts, it
is revealed here today.
Allied Recognize Ukrainian Republic
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 27:—The Allies have formally
recognized the Ukrainian Republic and have agreed on Ukrain
ian participation in the peace negotiation as an entente ally,
it was announced here today.
PARIS, Feb. 27:—Salvador Chamorro, the Nicaraguan dele
gate to the Peace Conference arrived here today from Mana
gua. He is the speaker of the House of Reprsentatives and
the father of the President of Nicaragua. He is accompanied
by the three other high officials.
Plot To Assist Kaiser Is Uncovered.
LONDON, Feb. Feb. 27:—The correspondent of the Daily
Mail telegraphing today from Berlin says that the Army’ Of
ficers class is secretly assembling forces with a view to replac
ing the former Kaiser back on the throne again.
Thirty Monarchist officers met secretly at Charlottenburg
on February 16 and each one pledged himself to hold in his re
sidence munitions for any emergency.
NEW LINOTYPE
OPERATOR HERE
Miss Edna Evans, arrived today on
the steamer Jefferson with her mother
from Skagway, to take a position with
the Progressive-Miner as Linotype
operator.
Miss Evans has been operator on the
Skagway Alaskan for a number of
years and comes well recommended.
Resides being a welcome addition to
short-handed force of the Progressive
Miner, Miss Evans is a charming
young woman who will be popular with
the young people of the First City.
Miss Evans and her mother have
taken apartments at the Kurtz home
I on Courthouse Hill until a suitable
house can be located.
Patrick Verney, who is now operat
| ing the Linotype, will remain with the
office as operator and job-man both of
which positions he can fill equally well.
Photo by American Press Assoclotlon
Brigadrer Carters) CUr*nc« R. fedwardt
Pioneer Killed By
Bridge Timber
Anchorage, (By Mall) While work
ing cn the construction of Anchorage,
recently. Hugh Marland, an Alaskan
oioneer, 47 years old, was struck by a
falling pile and so badly injured that
he died within half an hour afterwards.
His body was brought to Anchorage.
Funeral services were under the direc
tion of Igloo No. 15, Pioneers of Alas
ka, Anchorage. The deceased was not
married. His nearest surviving rela
tive is his father, James Narland, of
Viola Dale, Manitoba. Canada.
Details of the accident are that the
pile, just after having been raised to
perpendicular position preparatory to
bein gdriven. fell and that Mr, Mar
land’s attention having been diverted
fcr the moment, he was struck with
out having seen it crashing toward
him. He had been working on the
government railroad less than two
months. '
Last summer Mr. Marland was em
ployed as a boatman freighter by the
Discovery Mining Company in the
Good News Bay country. In 1917 and
in 1916 he was foreman on the placer
mining property of F. O. Manley in the
Iditarod district. In 1915 and in 1914,
he prospected in the Koyukuk district.
He was born in Manchester, England,
He was naturalized citizen of the Unit
ed States. He was a member of Igloo
No. 5, Pioneers of Alaska, Ruby.
MARSHAL SHARPE BACK FROM
WRANGELL
Deputy Marshal W. B. Sharpe r«-.
turned last evening from Wrangell
and a tour of the west coaat. He
went north a week ago to escort the
aged native murderer Harry Klteh
koon to Wrangell where he will ser
ve his life sentence for killing Mary
Kushnick at Saxman several yeara a
go. From Wrangell Marshal Sharpe
took the mail boat for the west coast
coming back by way of CrtlQ.
MOVEMENTS OFBOATS
Southbound . .
Alameda, Thursday.
Northbound
Northwestern, 8 p. m. today.
City of Seattle, Tuesday.
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