THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINE
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VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan, Alaska* Wednesday March 5, 1919
Nun ber 117
PRESIDENT WILSON WILL NOT
RETURN UNTIL THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS IS ORGANIZED
President Meets Meets Delegation of Irish But Re
fuses To Meet Man Mentioned in Connection
With Bernstorff in Correspondence Found
WASHINGTON. D. C_ Mar. i.—President Wilson Wt Wash
ington yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, accompanied by sev
eral members of the Cabinet, for New York City.
The failure of the appropriations for the continued operation
of the railroads is being deplored. Scores of nominations in
cluding that of A. Mitchell Palmer for Attorney General fail
ed because of the inability to obtain an executive session of the
senate. The Republicans in their fitlibuster sought to force
the President to call an extra session now. The fiffibuster is
being described by some as a breakdown of Congress in the
final session.
Will Finance Railroad? .Mayway Hines Says
WASHINGTON, D. C- March 3.—According to an announce
ment made by Director General Walter G. Hines today, the
War Finance Board and the private banks will probably finance
the railroads of the country. He asserted that the Government
had no immediate intention to release them as a result of the
failure of congress to provide funds. He said every effort
would be made to carry on railroad projects though he did not
specifically mention the .Alaska road.
NEW YORK. March 3.—Before leaving here President Wil
son received a delegation named by the Irish Race Conven
tion in Philadelphia. He refused to meet the delegation how
ever, until Justice Cohalan of the Supreme Court of New
York had withdrawn from the committee room. Cohalan was
mentioned in the correspondence seized in BerastorfFs be
longings and the President refused to meet him.
George Washington Sails At S A. M.
NEW YORK. March 5.—President Wibon sailed for France
at eight o'clock this morning, the George Washington passing
Sandy Hook out to sea at ten o'clock. The President let it be
known before sailing that he had no thought of returning un
til the League of Natiocfcs was completed and peace was signed
The President is going to fight the Senate Republicans to a
finish m the league of Nations. In a final appeal to the peo
ple of the country here last night he declared that there was
an overwhelming majority of .American people who favored it.
No party has a right to appropriate the League issue and no
party will in the long run oppose it. He declared he was
amazed at the ignorance of some of the senators at the state
of the world: that these gentlemen do not know what the
mind of men is now but everybody else does. He praised Wm
Howard Taft for his elevated virion in supporting the League
of Nations.
Ex-President Taft on the same platform in a speech said he
hoped the President would return home with the League of Na
tions incorporated in the peace treaty.
On board the S. S. George Washington this morning the Presi
dent. addressing newspapermen said: “Every statement I made
last night and every utterance I have made since my return to
the United States will be understood by the people at large if
not by certain politicians and the responsibility for blocking
much needed legislation Ls well known to the public and the
responsibility does not need to be shared."
Governor Riggs Addresses
Joint Session of Legislature
By Special Correspondent)
JUNEAU. March 5. — The Senate was organized yesterday
with James Frawley of Nome. President, Judge Thos. M. Reed
of Nome. Secretary. W. Grant Johnson, of Juneau, Assistant
Secretary and T. C. Austin of Thane, Sergeant at arms. Rob
ert E. Clark of Anchorage is messenger of the senate.
The Senate and House held a joint session this afternoon
to hear Governor Riggs' message.
ARCTIC CHIEF IS
HONORED BY CAMP
Ca~p Ns. 26 Arctic Brotherhood rr«*.
e« Mcr-day e'aea.^fsg 5* the A- B. HaJ!
•here an tie'Mt ft.5 cerecwt-sy took
place scncftiftg George Msrrl*«r. Are
te Cc.ef Tr«e affair «>< made mere
merroraste fer Mr. Msrr.ic^ by the.
pKrtntatroa of a fiaadMaM A. B.
eater fob-. at a tc«en of apprec-atioa
'or tnc capable way re sat d reelss
the affair* of tie tamp Sirring hi*
term Mr. Wm. Spa^dtig. Keeper of
Nu*jtu made the prepe-rtat s-r tpeec*
after wiseh a s-.secant at a*vd deltdo-fc*
»s»dper Oil ur<M
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
?4«tUinmd
Adnr< Farregi/t Fr.day.
No'thnreaMrn Friday.
CHy of Seattle Satiar«*y.
Ncsrtfibc and
Jeffer-i-SB TwifMay
Fr.neew Fr»dey
HENRY DORN AND
SON ED. RETURN
Henry Dcm, tead iMytr at the,
Ketiikas Power Company mill re
turned from Seattle U-at right where
re -Lae been spending the past two
-ronth*, having hi* eye* treated.
Hu son, Ed Dora, who wu ttaUoned
at Camp Grast. III., wills the Ala*ka
sr^ftees. accompanied him home aid
will be on tie 'tea* at the mill as
toon as it spent up again.
BOY ARRIVES TO IRELAND3
Mr. acd Mr*. John Ireland of For
est Grove are the proud and happy,
parent* of a bouncing baby ton, who
arrived last evening at 7:30, aeoord
iitj to a message received by Mr. K.
M. Hendrickson, the sew “grandad.”
Tie boy is te be carted Vernon Rob
ert, hie "dad” tayt. Mr*. Ireland it
the essest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K.
M. Hendrickson
Mart newspaper* leave two head
ne* standing permanently and ready
for instant use: “Trotzky Arreeta
Leeriser and “Lesine Arreeta Trwky.”
RADICALS ARE
DEFEATED IN THE
SEATTLE ELECTION
SEATTLE. March 5,—Couac'imen
Fitzgerald. Moor* and Thomson were
reelected with majorities of tight, sev
en and six thousand respectively. Fif
ty thousand votes were cast and forty
thousand did not register.
LONDON. March 5:—Two hundred
women employed by the Bank of Et
g and during the war will be retained
a though peace has come, it was de
cided today. The bank employed in
all eight hundred women during the
»i:. S-x hundred have been notified j
that their services were no longer re
gutred.
FOUR BELGIAN
CHILDREN KILLED
PRu ~SEL?. re g um. Mar. 5.—As a
resujt of the explosion of a German
'•and grenade with which they were
oiaymg. twelve small children were se
verely injured sBjd four kiiled at
Opwijk, ten miles northwest of here
13TH DIVISION TO
DEMOBILZED TODAY
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, Mar. 5. —
Tfce remrants of the 13th division sta
♦Ktsed here w-e-e demobitired today. A
bout 17130 m^r were released during
•he oast two weeks.
FORMER IMMIGRATION
INSPECTOR DECORATED
Maj. Oscar F. Miijer. one of 10 c»'
"eers j-st aw xroed tne Congressional
—eda of honor, was aa Inspector In
tie emigration service of the United
States Department cf Labor at tie
time of h»s entry nto the military
‘octet. He died of wounds received
vr.je personally leading a charge in
the Argenne Forest.
Mij. V tiler was 35 years o]d, and
•sised the immigration service in 1907
serving at Nsgaies and later at Los
Angeles. Previously he had been a
railway porta cler*^ and had also
served as an enlisted man in the Reg
ular Army. In 1917 ne attended an of
'icer't training camp and went over
seas as a captain. He was promoted
n the leld.
Y, W, C, A. STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT WORK
Cop es cf the United States Employ
ment Service Bulletin containing sum
mar es of women's part in the service
Hav« been used as a basis for study by
he students cf the industrial jeader- 1
ship training classes of the Young *
Women's Christian Association. The 1
'u|!et rs used gave a composite pic- 1
Hre of the cart women have in the 1
United States Employment Service. 1
Tom the assistant to the Director Gen- I
eras, the women members of hundreds
~f labor boards who as volunteers are 1
living time and energy to make the '
’mcioomeot of women both safe and '
~TO‘itabie in their home communities !
vs we]! as a summary of the active
encouragement which all intelligent 1
women can supply.
A fetter recently received from a '
-eo'esentative of the war-work coun- *
ml of the Young Women's Christian As- 1
sociaticc says: <
• These bulletins have been die- 1
r-buted according to p]an, and our *
ndustriai leadership training students
d'eatiy appreciated receiving them,
oersrnaliy I appreciate your interest,
■»nd tie time you took to call my at
tention especial]/ to articles which
would be of value. Their attention was
called to these article*. We were also
slab to have the news released eon-,1
corning the organization of the cen
tral committee for p]acmg returning
soldiers and war workers. We are
very gad to work with this commit
tee.”
T, J, ZIMMERMAN
ARRIVES FROM N, Y.
Mr. T. J. Zimmerman, of tie Port
land Lighthouee office, arrived on the
City c' Seattle taat evening from New
York City, where he was released
*rcm tie Navy.
Mr. Zimmerman enlisted in the
Navy as a radio operator last year and
•a September was stationed on board;
the cargo carrier U. 8. 8. Western:
Comet. The Western Comet traveled
between Le Havre, France and New
York. Later a trip to the Bermudas
was made and thee came tie armis
tice. Through the efforts of the
Lighthouse Service. Mr. Zimmerman
was released and sent to Ketchikan.
He is replacing Mr. Wm B. Spaulding
who resigned Jan. 1, after seven
years in the local office. J
BRITISH I
PREMIER
ISSUES A!
WARNING
Says Civilization Unless
We Try To Save It May
Be Shattered Atoms
LONDON. March S.—Premier Lloyd'
George declared in ms address today to
jo.rt committee of employer* and
employees named by the Industrial
parliament last week, that "ci viola
tion unless we try to save it, may be
precipiated and shattered to atoms."
LONDON, Eng„ Mar. 5-—It was be
c.ded today by the conference of the
National Federation;of Miners to post
pone the strike notices which were to
become effective March 15, for one
week looker, pending the completion
:f the investigations now being con
ducted by the government
GERMAN PRISONERS
IN FRANCE SOON TO
BE RELEASED
PARIS. Mar 5.—The first German
:r;?cners to be released by the allies.
? s learned will be 300 now stationed
st the prison camp at St. Pierre de
Soros near Tours, who were captured
by the Americans. AM the men come
rrom Alsace or Lorraine.
WOULD ILLUMINATE
THE WHOLE WORLD
LONDON. Eug.. March 5—The Ov
I’seas Club is approaching its mem-'
>ers aii over the globe asking their
IJumt nation by means of a chain of
wrfires on the Eight of the signing
if the peace treaty. These beacons
ire to be lit at the hour the treaty
s signed and allowed to blaze for an
jour, making a glow of fire around
he world.
Arthur Anderson Laid
In Final Resting Place
The funeral of Arthur Anderson
vho d ed last Saturday evening, took
ilace yesterday afternoon as 2 o’clock
rcm the Methodist Episcopal Church,:
hat was massed with plants, evergreen
rd flowers A work of love done by;
he High School pupils of whom the
ieceased was a class-mate. A large ,
lathering of friends. all the High
iclhco students and the entire staff of
eachers attended to pay their sincere
rib-te c ' love and respect to this
otmg boy whose early demise is so
'eeply regretted by all who knew him.
The services were conducted by
lev. Van Marter in his usual sympa
hetic manner, who paid tribute to the
ead and spoke comforting words to
he mourners. Professor Knox spoke
■?%is late pupil in terms of deepest
iraise, of his noble character and his
iiendid manhood, citing him as an
xampie to be closely followed.
Rev. Sleipness spoke briefly in Nor
wegian, the boy's mother tongue.
The musical numbers by the quar
ette composed of Mrs, Van Marter,
krs. Thompson. Mr. Hall and Mr.,
riompson and the solo “’Face to Face”
jy Mr. Barbour, were all beautifully
endered.
The casket which was covered by
>eautj -1 offerings, was carried by the
closest friends and class-mates. Harold
md Win Erindle, Everett Paup, Ray-i
rtond Curtis, M. Spaeth and a member
if the deceased father’s boat Hilda,
A. large number followed the body
to its final resting lace at the cemetery
where Rev. Van Marter concluded the1
Funeral services.
COUNCIL MEETING
The city council will meet this ev
ening at the Council chambers at the
usual hour. Important business.
TRAVELERS LEAVE
Oscar R. Hart, of the Olympia Wool-'
en Mills, Dud>ey G. Allen of Tru-Blue
Biscuit Co., A. Van Mavern of the
West Coast Grocery, Sam Guyot of
Flecker Bros Seattle, and Mre, Guyot
ice Metier... of Fclger & Co., and.
John Chamberlain of the Whiton Hard-'
ware, left on the City of Seattle last'
night «or the channel ports. Richard
Wakeiffi arrived pij £iiy. V ,£eat
tte and i* at the Revitja.
HOSPITAL UNITS
ARE RETURNING
FROM OVERSEAS
NEW YORK, Mar. 5.—The transport
Heredia arriving here from St. Na
taire carried on board six officers and
S5 nuses representing the John Hop
kins. Roosevelt and Boston units from
base hospitals No. 15. 18, and 66.
HELENA. Mont., Mar. 5._W. F.
Ounu. editorial writer and executive
of the Butte Daily Bulletin, was found
guilty of sedition by jury here and was
fined $5,000. He attacked the Council
of defense in his paper.
WOMAN RECEIVES
AMERICAN MEDAL
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. 5.—Miss
Ceatrice McDonald, of the reserve
nuise corps is the first woman to win
•he American army’s distinguished ser
vice medal. She was seriously wound
ed while remaining at her post with
wounded men at a British casualty
station during a German night raid.
PROHIBITION FOR
PANAMA CANAL ZONE
WAS^INC'-CN. D. C., Mar. 5_In
a bill passed by the senate and sent
to the house, permanent prohibition for
the Panama Canal Zone is provided.
The zone is already "dry" by order of
the President.
Gamp Fire Girls Help
Children’s Bureau
Eight hundred babies weighed and
measured in six days is the record
of one group of Camp Fire Girls who
helped in the weighing and measuring
test conducted by the Children’s Bur
eau4 United States Department of La- •
bor. The Camp Fire Girls also did a If!
the clerical work of filling out three
record blanks for each one of the 300
babies tested. In the entire campaign
over 6.000.000 American babies were
weighed and measured.
This is another instance of the gen
erous cooperation given by the child
ren’s organizations in the many cam
paigns which have been conducted!
since the United States entered the^
war. The Camp Fire Girls have pro
mised their help in the back-to-school
drive which is also being conducted
by the Children's Bureau and whose
purpose is to return to the schools the
many boys and girls who have left
too early to enter industry.
c, A, SMITH TAKES
FIVE-YEAR LEASE
ON NEW LOCATION
Mr. C. A. Smith, former owner of
:he Lotus Buffet, and pioneer business
nan of the First City, has again evi
ienced his faith in the future of the
:ity by taking a five-year lease on
he large addition to the Poodle Dog
Sriil, where the Alaska Labor Union
was located until recently.
Mr. Smith plans on installing an up
:o-date fountain and confectionery
■hop in the premises just leased and
will operate it under the name of the
.otus. He expects to go south on the
■‘Tineess Mary with Mrs. Smith to pur
chase the new fixtures which he hopes
:o have installed within a short time.
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BACK FROM VISIT
TO CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. LingeWelt and
laughters Edith and Mildred were ar
'ivals on the City c.* Seattle last even
ng from Southern California and the
Puget Sound cities where they have
ipent the past three months.
At the Bureau of Mines, Fairbanks,
recently was commenced a mill run
of a large quantity of tungsten ore
from the mine of J. F. Zimmerman
on Steel creek, known as the Spruce
Hen claim. When the run is finish
ed the assay work will commence to
determine the valuation of the ore and
the quantity of tungsten to the ton.
It has been tome time since the mill
has been in operation and the rattle
and roar of the machinery seems a
harbmger of the coming mining season,
when the quartz mines wilt be produc
their quota of the gold and other met
ale of the camp.
Fred Anderson was in town today
from Fidalgo on the launch Della. Mr.
Anderson reports the company’s bunk
ere overflowing with ore and no way
• t shipping it so the mine can continue
work. He took back a cargo of co I
'or the mme.—Valdez Miner.
Some hope for the poor folks at
la*.! Announcement has been made
of a slight reduction in the price of,
golf'ball*
SPARTACANS ARE DISARMING
POLICE OF BERLIN AND WOULD
SEIZE. KOENIGSBURG
BERLIN, Mar. 5.—Rioting Spartacans here are committing
»U sorts of petty crimes and acts of violence and have now
started a systematic disarmament of the city police force.
The Government is today dispatching troops to Koenigsberg
in eastern Prussia which reports say the Spartacans have un
dertaken to seize. This is the open gateway into Germany for
the Bolsheviki armies of Russia who plan on invading Germany
assisted by the Spartacans.
Martial law is restoring order in many strategic points which
were seized by the Spartacans. and then retaken by the gov
ernment forces.
Spartacans Release Prisoners in Bremen
BERLIN. March 5.—The Spartacans have seized the guards
of all the prisons and have released all political prisoners in
Bremen, says a late dispatch this afiernoon. They are attempt
ing to call a general strike, it adds.
Russian Takes Shots At Poincaire's House
PARIS, March 5.—A Russian Jew named Kneller took two
•hots both of which fell on the veranda of the residence of
President Poincaire today. In explaining his action before the
police he said he did so as a protest against allied intervention
in Russia.
NATURALIZATION
CERTIFICATES
ARE REPLACED
Requests to the Bureau of Natural
nation. Department of Labor, for new
-®rtificates to replace those alleged to
' ave been lost practically doubled dur
he year of war, the number advancing
from 1.933 for the year 1917 to 3.805
for 1918, according to the bureau’s fig
ures.
The increase was looked upon as
decidedly suspicious, coming when it
-•Id. and suggested the necessity for
exercising greater caution, since there
is neither much risk nor much diffi- .
cutly in the use of such papers to es
’ablish a false claim of citizenship.
The temptation to resort to the use
-f certificates as a means of escaping
the operation of Executive exclusion
of alien enemies from certain areas,
"s well as more sinister uses of the
documents, was realized by the bu
reau's officials, who therefore exercis
ed great care in scanning the evidence
of loss or destruction of certificates.
In the case of naturalized persons
Formerly citizens of enemy countries (
applicants were forced to show an ur- c
gent necessity for a certificate in the i
mmediate future, leaving the bureau
o determine whether or not the appli
cation should be granted.
Of the 3,305 requests for copies ot
vest or destroyed certificates of natur
slization, 1.367 were for copies of cer
ificates issued since January 1, 1914.
SANK IS REMOVING
BURNT HOUSE MAY
BUILD THIS SEASON
The Mine s & Merchants Bank, own
ers of the old M. E. Martin residence
coposlte the postoffice, destroyed by
ire the day before the New Year, are
saving it torn down, much to the relief
if Ketchikaners to whom the place
vas an eyesore.
Mr. A. R. Larson, cashier of the
>ank. stated yesterday that the Bank
clans eventually to erect a large
nodern firec-proof building on the
ite and are now making arrange
nents for the excavation of the ele
ction on the lot.
Train a child in the way he should
io and when he grow up he will not
!epart from it and become a ukalele
ilayer.
STORM PROOF
War Saving Stamps Director
Issues Instructons
Purchasers of 1919 War Savings Stamps should not place
them on 191ft folders—technically known as War Savings Cer
tificates—is the warning of Samuel Hubbard, director of War
Savings for the Twelfth Federal Reserve District. If the 1918
certificate has blank spaces just put the certificate away with
out filling it with 1919 stamps.
The same Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards are used this year
and when the Thrift Card holding 10 stamps Is filled it will be
exchanged for the 1919 War Savings Stamp on payment of the
additional cents which represent the difference between the
price of the War Havings Stamp and $1, the value of the 18
Thrift Stamps.
W'here there is any doubt Director Hubbard advises question
ing the local secretary of the War Savings Society or the
Postmaster.