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VOLUME FOUR
Thursday April 17, 1919
ALUEStAGREEuTO SEND FOOD
TO RUSSIA5 PROVIDED THE
BOLSHEVIKS STOP HOSTILITIES
Wilson Quoted As Saying It Would Be Sorrow Of His
Life If Peace Were Jeopardized By Trouble
Between U, S, And France
PARIS, April 17.—The Petit Parisien today quotes Presi
dent Wilson as saying: “It would be the greatest sorrow of my
life, if the- great peace which we are now making should be
jeopardized by any difficulties between France and America."
Nansen Will Head Neutral Commission
PARIS. April 17.—The allies have agreed to send food to the |
relief of Russia, providing that the Bolshevikis cease all hostil
ities at once. The relief will be dispatched under a neutral com- j
mission headed by Nansen, the noted Arctic explorer.
Germany Must Decide Before May 15
PARIS, April 17.—According to a leading Paris paper today,
Germany must accept or reject the peace terms by May 15. The j
exact terms have never been divulged outside the conference, it j
is repprted.
Want U. S. To Accept Mandate
The proposal that the United States should become mandatoryj
for Armenia is being pressed, but it is believed that President j
W’ilson will hold to his original determination of putting the mat-’
ter before Congressbefore accepting for America.
There are many Americans in Paris who believe that the U-,
nited States has already committed itself to assuming such
tasks of helping the world because of its participation in the war,
and particularly because of the fact that the mandate plan is an
American solution of the problem of administering nations that
still need help without resort to the old, pernicious system of
military and political control, which virtually amounted to an
nexation.
CAPTURED U-BOATS
TO TOUR OUR PORTS
WASHIXGkON, — Surrendered Ger
man submarines, now being brought to
the United States by American naval
crews, will be exhibited at ports on
the Atlantic. Pacific and Gulf coast,
the Great Lrkes and Chesapeake Bay.
and on the Mississippi and Hudson Riv
ers. The five submersible* will arrive
at New York late this month, while
the Victory Liberty Loan campaign is
in' progress.
The Navy Department announced
today that after the fleet reached
New York motion pictures would be
made for display over the country,
and that the submarines then would
Proceed on the following itineraries:
TJ-111. a submarine of the larger
type, to Portland, Portsmouth, Boston,
New Bedford. Newport. Providence,
New Haven, and then lay up at New
London.
U-117, a big ocean mine-layer, which
planted mines on the Atlantic Coast
during the war. will go to Philadel
phia. Wilmington, Del,. Wilmington, N.
C., Norfolk. Baltimore, Annapolis,
Charleston. S. C., and then lay up at
Washington, D. C.
U B-88, a small type submarine, will
proceed to Savanah, Jacksonville,
Tampa, Pensacola, Mobile, New Or
leans, thence up the Mississippi River
to St. Louis, then to Galveston, Key
West, through the Panama Canal, up
the Puget Sound district, then lay up
at Pedro.
U B-14S, a small type submarine,
will be exhibited at various places in
and about New York, then up the Hud
son River as far as draft will safely
permit, thence to Bridoport and lay up
at New London.
U C-97, a small mine-layer, will pro
ceed from New York to Halifax, up
the St. Lawrence River for exhibition
at Great Lakes ports and finally lay
up at the Naval Training Station,
Great Lakes.
After the submarines have been ex
hibited they will be carefully studied
by construction and engineering ex
perts of the navy.
ADMIRAL EVANS COMING
SEATTL. April 17.—The Admiral
Evans sails at six o'clock tonight with
two hundred and fifty passengers on
board. Cannery crows on board for
Quadra. Chatham straits, Hawk In
let, and Funter Bay. Passegers for
Ketchikan are O. Olson and wife, Louis
Hanson, W. H. Smith and wife. Nelson
Gibson, Thomas Furish, P. Wiyon, P.
Piorudo. E. E. Smith, Eli Nicklicl, and
• John Stalen.
MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Southbound-.—
Northwestern 10 p. m. tonight.
Alameda Thursday p. m.
Admiral Watson Sunday.
Northbound
Princess Mary 11 p. m. tonight.
Alaska Friday noon.
Admiral Evans Saturday
Long Working Hours
Detrimental To
Health of Women,
A mass of evidence is available both
in this country and in Europe indicat
ing the serious effect of long -work
in? hours upon the health of women.
This evidence, gathered for the most
■ art by expert Government investiga
tors. has been recognized by the Su
••reme Court of the United States as
notifying the use by the several States
of t'-eir police power to enforce legis
lation limiting hours of work. The
Sipreme Court, in a brief presented to
an Oregon court, which led to a deci
R*on declaring constitutional a law of
that State limiting hours of labor,
' o’ds that "health is the foundation
of the State. No nation can progress
if its workers arc crippled by continu
ous overexertion. The loss of human
energy due to excessive working hours
is a national loss and must inevitably
result in lowering the Nation’s pros
perity.”
In the United States, as a whole, a
growing tendency exists toward a
shorter working day. The world's ex
perience of the evil effects of over
work upon the general welfare ha9 led
the majority of the States of the
Union to enact laws limiting the hours
of women's employment. Only 6 of the
4S States have failed to place some
'imitation upon the length of tho work
ing day of women. In 20 of the States
the hours of work have been limited
to eight or nine.
But in those States which have not
adopted this important measure of pro
tectiou for the health of their citizens,
abnormally long hours of employment
for women is made possible. In a sur
vey of hours and working conditions
for women in one such State recently
made by the Women In Industry Serv
ice. United States Department of La
bor. it was found that in SO percent of
the establishments investigated the
regular working day, without overtime
was 10 hours or more for 2,817 (or 23
per cent) of the women employed in
the shops visited. Specific instances
: or overtime legally possioie in tins
‘State showed women working as long;
as 65 hours a week in one factory, 73
■ hours in one cannery; 84 hours in an*
other; 75 hours and a seven-day week'
in one manufacturing plant; and 88
hours and 40 minutes In an establish-1
ment manufacturing automobile par;^>. j
With the growing complexity of tils':
Problem of women’s employment and i
1 with the increase in their number ini
! industry, it is becoming increasingly |
' important that State departments of'
| labor should be equipped to enforce
| laws regulating their employment, pa!
well as to study their needs and ob-‘
serve new conditions.
With the purpose of aocompliehli g
this the Women in Industry Service .'a
recommending that women should be
placed in responsible positions as mem
bers of industrial boards, or as chle.'s
of divisions directly responsible to the
boards, or to the labor commissioner.
MEXICANS IN
MIDST OF NEW
REVOLUTION
MEXICO CITY, April 17.-General
Blanquet, who was war minister in
President Huera's cabinet, has launch
ed a new revolution Against President
Carranza. He left New York several
weeks ago with supplies and held a
battle yesterday near Chavartla, says
a report just received here today.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ April 17.
While the United States department
of labor has estimated that there ex
ists in the country * shortage of 600,
000 houses as a result of the stoppage
of building Iby war conditions, it Is
probable that half a million does not
cover the actual deficiency.
CHANNEL PATROL
WAS SUCCESSFUL
DOVER, Eng., April 17 —In the
whole . oriod of the war the famous
Dove. Patrol ci C. o; i convoyed
125,100 merchant vessels with the loss
of onlp 73. Of these 62,400 passed
northward, 23,500 westward and 36,
200 across the English channel.
REVELATIONS
RESULT FROM
Five Big Liquor Firms
Were Operating In The
City of Seattle
SEATTLE, April 17.—Federal inves
tigations of the police and liquor scan
dal here resulting in the arrest of a
t number of patrolmen, reveals the
startling information that there are five
big liquor syndicates operating in Se
attle. each independent of the other.
They have equipped a fleet of motor
cars, in which liquor was carried and
concealed.
Patrolman Ed. Hagen was out flu
$5,000 bond today was rearrested when
it was discovered that he had a credit
of $30,000 in various city 'banks, accu
mulated during the past four months
He was arrested yesterday on a charge
of haing stolen liquor from the gove-1
ernment warehouses.
WAR STAMPS SAVE
BILLION IN YEAR 1918
I
Cash sales of war savings and thrift |
(damps from the (beginning of the;
campaign in December 1917, to De-j
cember 31, 1918, amounted to $1,015,
067 472, according to an announce-!
meiit just made public by the United i
States treasury department. The to-1
tal represents a per capita investment
of $9.64 based upon the latest popula
tion estimates of the census bureau.
The Twelfth Federal Reserve Dis
trict with its headquarters at San Fran
cisco, stood third in the list. The
report shows the standing of the j
twelve federal reserve districts and
the per capita investment for each
district as follows:
District Sales per
'Rank Capita
1 Dist. Ten, Kansas City.$16.81
2 Dist. Four, Cleveland. 15.37
3 Dist. Twelve, San Francisco 15.27
4 Dist.' Seven, Chicago.13.54
1 Dist. Nine, Minneapolis.13.01
6 Dist. Eight, St. Louis.11.83
7 Dist. Eleven, Dallas.10.82 j
8 Dist. One, Boston...10.40 |
9 Dist. Two, New York. 8.95 [
10 Dist. Five, Richmond. 8.93
11 Dist. Three, Philadelphia. 8.58
12 Dist. Six, Atlanta. 7.08
The cash sales reported represent
the money actually paid to tlie gorem
duii for the stamps by the purchasers
and not the maturity value which will
be about twenty per cent more. If
all the stamps are held for the flve
y. ar period for which they are issued
it will mean a saving of about $1,218.
080,966.
Northern California bought $24,242,•
775.95 worth of stamps in 1918
amounting to $12.56 per capita. South
ern California bought $12,462,757.6b a
meunting to $11.34 per capita.
Nebraska had the highest per capita
sale, taking $27,450,190, a per capita
purchase of $21.18. Ohio was second,
buying $86,244,733, a per capita record
of $10.39. • South Dakota was third
w’itb $9 911,808, or $16.28 per capita.
BABY BOY ARRIVES
1‘ora tc Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Bussan
Ich. at their home last evening, a
nine-pound <baby boy. This new baby
is the fourth child and the second boy. ^
and iboth mother and new son are do
ing nicely. Dr. Story reports. J
POINDEXTER
VOICES HIS
PROTEST
Delivers Speech To Navy
Men Stationed At
Bremerton
SEATTLE, April 17.—In his speech
last night Senator Pindexter voiced his
protest against what he termed, "the
entangling alliances in Europe,” or
the compelling of Americans to act as
policemen for the world.
Senator Poindexter departed this
morning for Bremerton where he will
deliver an address. “Not a hero stunt,”
he said, “hut to save time.”
NEW YORK, April 17.—The Maure
tania arriving today carried On 'board
2700 Americans from 32 states wearing
the uniforms of 50 different British
regiments. I The men had enlisted in
the British .service early in the war
A numibeT of negroes from the British
West Indies were also included. Some
former Arizona cowpunchexs, attired
in kilts and tamo-shanters were very no
licalble. They were welcomed at the
pier by a band of Scottish pipers.
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GOMANS GO SOUTH
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* NEW YORK. April 17.—Each South
| American steamer which sails from
; this port carries a noticeable sprinkl
j ing of German names, and it is learn
| that these are German families who
| leaving their homes in Canada to set
[tie in Urgtiay or Bolivia.
CANNED BLOOD
SAVED LIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 17. — j
The surgeon-general's office ha3 de-j
scribed the use of "canned blood,’’ one
of the remarkable developments of war
surgery, for the benefit of the families
of bundles of soldiers Whose lives
were saved b;r the new blood transfu
sion process.
One cf the heaviest causes of death
among wounded soldiers is hemor
rhage. Immediately after the United j
■States entered the war the medical de- J
'•artment began organizing to reduce]
he number of fatalities from this1
onuse and large numbers of medical;
men Were put in training under the di-l
rection of Colonel Walter B. Cannon I
of Harvard university.
Development of the use of "canned
blood” was a direct result of war con-1
ditlons. During a heavy attack it was :
Impossible to arrange for transfusions |
direct from persons, so the fluid was!
drawn previously, stored on ice, then i
used In emergency cases.
I
TO REORGANIZE
HOUSEHOLD SERVICE:
It ispredicted that within the next!
few years there will be no serious serv- j
ant problem to interfere with an am-:
bition to toe head of a house. In Eng
land there is a movement to reorganize
domestic service so that there will he
established scales of wages, hours of
work, and standards of efficiency. This
movement is to toe taken up in the
United States, according to reports re
ceived toy the United States Depart
ment of Labor.
In London it has been found that
munitions workers are not satisfied to
return to their old places as cooks or
housemaids since they have discovered
that in factories they have exact hours
and definite duties, After earning
good wages they will not accept the
smaller Pay offered to those who be
long to the living-in clas3 of employes.
At a recent conference of the
Women’s Legion, Lady Londonderry,
who presided, explained that in vari
ous counties plans were made to Or
ganize thoroughly and to affiliate with
other bodies. “There w-ill 'be no Uni
form for the women actually in do
mestic service.” she is quoted as say
ing. "but they will wear their legion
badge and their long-service stripes."
The Women’s Legion hopes to pro
vide instruction in nursing, domestic
economy, and child welfare. This is a
step toward the final placing of house
ho’d service on a plane where skilled
workers will enjoy liberty and receive
adequate compensation. It Is believed
tt at in time the professional woman
Cob's wilt be recognized -as-a mrvrvtW. 1
portaht person,who will command the
respect accorded to professional nurses
and others who bring to their work
mined minds and trained bands.
Out of town gueet# at the fliedmaa
today include Arthur Rose of Hidden
/fnlot. Fred Patching of Loring, W. B.
Fri-!;\ or Quadra. Mrs. John Keller,
of Kaytnoud Cove, and Henry Yeager
of Juneau.
HURLEY TO SELL
WAR TIME FLEET
LESS THAN COST
aHINGTON, D. C., April 17. —
nrman Hurley of the U. S. Shipping
Board today began a sale of the War
Time built fleet of wooden ships.
Fifteen -were disposed of to a New
York City concern for $145 per ton
less than the actual cost.
POCATELLO, Idaho. April 17. — A
movement was started here in which
21 counties participated, to float a
loan, or revolving fund, in the sum of
$100,000,000 for the reclamation of a
bout 2,500,000 acres of land in eastern
and southern Idaho.
NUTRITION ENQUIRY
IN CENTRAL EUROPE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17. —
A State Department announcement to
day that a commission of physicians
selected by representative organization
in neutral countries Is about to in
quire into the existing nutrition condi
tions in Germany and Austria, upon
invitation from university faculties
of the Teutonic countries. Norway has
responded to the invitation and Dr.
Brandt has left Christiania for Ger
many to serve on the commission.
FRENCH ROYS
Fifty-Six Are Injured And
Twenty Killed In
Train Collision
BREST, France, April 17.—A dis
patch received this afternoon reports
that twelve American and eight French
soldiers were killed and fifty-six bad
ly injured in a rear-end collision of two
troop trains bound for this city today.
The collision occurred west of Lemana. ^
SWISS RATIONS
ARE STILL LOW
BERNE. Switz., April 17.—It is re
ported today that wartime food re-,
strictions are expected to remain in
force for several months owing to the j
scarcity cf food and the delay in food
shipments.
The bread ration lias been increased
to nine ounces a day and will remain
at t'lis point until after the fall har
vest. The cheese ration Is nine ounc
es a month. Butter is obtainable only
in the remoter country districts. Su
ear is 18 ounces a month.
Even milk is scarce, and although
the ration is nominally a pint, scarce
ly more than half a pint is ever ob
tainable. Meat though unrationed, is i
very poor in quality and cannot be ob
tained for less than $1.50 a pound.
♦
DISTURBANCES IN
SOUTH AFRICA
LONDON, April 17.—Reuter’s Jo-;
hannesburg correspondent, in a tele-'
graph just received says that agita-'
tion among the South African natives,
crowing out of the recent troubles in
white labor circles, is increasing.
There is a movement on foot among
the natives against the law requiring
them to possess registration passes,
and the authorities are rounding upj
the ringleaders. A number of thej
chiefs are condemning the movement.;
During the trial of one of the ringlead-l
ers the police- charged the Crowd with j
bayonets, as soon as a threatening
movement was started and many were,
wounded.
TENDER FERN HERE
The U. S. Lighthouse tender Fern
arrived from the south this morning
While the Fern was being over-1
hauled in the Bremerton Navy Yard,!
a new wireless set was installed with j
T. M. Carroll as operator. This is!
the first season that the Fern has had ]
" ireless service.
Among the passengers coming north!
lo'Ketchikan on the Fern were Mrs. j
Lynch and daughter. Fern, wife and j
daughter of the engineer, and Mrs.1
Chas. Ncrup, wife of the mate
Mrs. Lynch and daughter visited iu
Ketchikan last aummer and made j
many friends who wlU be glad to wel
come them baeV.
Martin Girmervoz of Tacoma. J. H.
Murphy of Seattle and Volney F.
Moore are register at tho Revilla to
*■* .
LOKAL ANZEiGER CHARACTERIZES
PEACE TERMS SHAMELSS MOCKERY
OF WILSON’S FOURTEEN POINTS
Germany Plans To Present Indemnity Claims To Al
lies For Damages Caused By Unnecessary
Delays In Concluding Peace Treaty
BERLIN- April 17,—The German press is bitterly denouncing
the conditions to be laid down in the peace treaty as have been
made public semi-officially from Paris. The Lokal Anzeiger of
Berlin characterizes the terms as a shameless mockery on the
part of the Allies, of President Wilson’s fourteen points.
The Frankfort Gazette today says that Germany will present
counter indemnity claims to the Allies for damages caused by the
unnecessary delay in concluding the peace treaty, causing her to
be ravaged by the Bolsheviki and Spartacans.
Government Troops Advancing On Bavaria
The Berliner Tageblatt reports that the Bavarian Government
troops, equipped with artillery mine throwers, t ad /anting on
Munich in two directions to overcome the Soviets.
BERNE, Switz., April 17.—A Munich despatch says that Ger
man Government troops sent to restore order in Munich number
70-000. The Red Guards in Munich total only 10,000 and were
completely overwhelmed.
Ketchikan’s Quota $91,800
The Miners and- erchants Bank of
Ketchikan is in receipt of a telegram
from the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco stating that the Victory
Loan quota for the twelfth Federal
Useerve District is $301, 500,000, of
which Alaska’s share is $954,900 and
Ketchikan’s quota is $91,800.00.
The Victory loan campaign opens
on April 21st and closes on May 20th.
The issue will consist of notes of same
denominations as of previous 'bonds hut
will not 'be over five years duration in
stead of longer term bonds. The notes
will be dated May 20th and full pay
ment may be made with application
or payment may be made upon the
following installment plan with ac
crued interest on deferred payments:
lb percent on or 'before May 10.
10 percent July 15.
20 percennt August 12.
20 percent September 9.
20 percent October 7.
20 percent November 11.
There will be two classes of notes j
offered, the first form being 4 3-4 per-:
cent 3-4 years convertable gold notes j
exi mpt from state and local tax, ex
cept estate and inheritance tax and
from normal Federal income tax.1
These ntes will be convertable at the
option of the holder throughout their
life into 3 3-4 percent 3-4 year envert
ablc goldnotes exempt from
all Federal. State, local tax, except es
tate and inheritance. In like manner
the 3 3-4 per cent notes will be con- j
vertable into the 4 3-4 notes. The a- j
mount of the issue will be $4,500,000,- j
000. Over-subscriptions will 'be re
jected and alloments made on a gradu
ted scale similar in general plan to that
adopted in connection with the first
Liberty Loan. Allotment will 'be made
in full on subscriptions up to and in
cluding $10,000. Interest will bo pay
able on Decemlber 15, 1019 and there
after semi annually on June and De
cember 15tli. All or any of notes may
be- redeemed for maturity at the pp
tion of the United States on June 15 or
December 15 1922 at par and accrued
interest. In fixing the terms of the.
issue, the Treasury has been guided by
the desire1 to devise a security which
will not only prove attractive to the
ncople of the country in the first ins
ance but the terms of which should
insure a food market for the notes and
after the campaign is over and identi
cal prices for the two series and should
not effect injuriously the market for
the existing bonds of the Liberty loans
This will be the last Liberty loan as
the remaining war bills are presented,
further borrowing will be done.
It is anticipated that the require
jnents of the government in excess of
the amount of taxes and other income,
ran, in view of the decrease' of expen
ditures be readily financed by the is
stieof Treasury Certificates from time
to time as heretofore, which may be
ultimately refunded by the issue of
notes or bonds without the aid of
another great popular campaign.
Let us keep up the reputation of
this community and “go over the top”
the first day.
AUGUST GROOT IS
ELECTED NEW CHIEF
OF CITY POLICE
The regular meeting of the council
was held last evening with Mayor
Petty presiding and all the members
present.
Mayor Petty announced the appoint
ment of the following committees:
Street Committee:
Williams: Paup and Sjursen.
I-ight and Water:
Williams and Nixon.
Public Health and Police:
Sjursen, Winston and Nixon.
Finance:
Hunt and Paup
Public Buildings:
Hunt, Paup, Williams and Nixon.
Cemetery:
The entire Council
Purchasng Agent:
Williams
Applicati os for office were read
on motion cu. .-ied they were elected by
secret ballet.. The council proceeded
to ballot tor the election of a city
clerk. After numerous ballots had
been taken and no choice being made
it was moved and carried that the elec
tion for city clerk, municipal magis
trate and city attorney be postponed.
Judge Plum ley, A. H. Zeigler and Wm.
Winston were the applicants voted on.
The finest ion of fixing salaries for
city officials was also postponed.
The committee on the adjustment
of the lots ou the Fireball, jail, build
ing and equipment reported that the
louj had been adjusted at 91,400. It
wi moved and carried that the re
port be accepted and the adjustment
aj .troved and accepted by tho city.
AugustG root was elected Chief of
Police, replacing Harry Ayers. Votes
were also cast for the position for Har
ry Ayers, Pete Gilmour, James Fisher,
Wm. Dalton, Clarence D. Avery, and
Jacob Johnson.
Harvey M. Stack ;>o!o was appointed
Fire Chief, A. R. Larson, City Treas
urer, and C. C. Carroll Street Commis
sioner.
Iilll ; ,’.cre a” '1 and ordered paid.
The bond of the l.'v Treasurer was
fixed at $25,000 and tl.e bond for the
school treasurer at $10.(n V
The Miners & Merchant* tank was
authorized to take up the ou, tanding
city warrants and pay the bank inter
est at 8 per Cent.
'The bid of A. C. Kroidler for the con
struction of the coucretowalk on From
Street between Dock and Grant was
accepted and the Mayor and city clerk
were authorized to enter Into a con
tract with Mr. Kroidler for tho con
struction of the walk and approve
bonds for the performance of same,
bonds to be given the city for tho a
inount of tho contract price.
Ordinance No. 131, prohibiting the
construction and maintenance of all
chimneys except those built of brick,
stone or concrete was passed.
THRU CANNERY WALL
Driving along at a good clip about
two o’clock this morning, Georgo For
rest, Jr., in passing the corner of tho
Sunny Point Cannery, did not make
the turn quick enough, or too quick
ly perhaps, but anyway, lio skinned
the side of the cannery (building,
breaking thru a few of the (boards, and
wrecking bis machine considerably.
Mr. Forrest is reported to have beep In
iurod slightly blmsoir.
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For repairmen a substantial stand
has been invented into which an auto
mobile engine can bo clamped and
swung to any angle. *