VOLUME FO
5F
Ketchikan, Alaska, Saturday, April l3, 1919
Number 149
STORM III SENATE IS EXPECTED I
Brigadier General Richardson and Two Companies of
Railway Engineers Arrives Safely at
Murmansk on Tuesday this Week
—
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 12.—Any move by the War De
partment to inflict severe punishment on the troops in the
North Russian Expeditionary Forces who mutinied against
fighting the Bolsheviki any longer is certain to precipitate a
storm in the United States Senate is was reported on good au
thority today.
LONDON. April 12.—The crisis in Northern Russia has pass
ed according to an Archangel Despatch to the London Post. The
despatch said that the snows are melting now and are paying
the way for the arrival of reinforcements.
Propaganda Said To Be Responsible
WASHINGTON. D. C.- April 12.—Bolsheviki propaganda is
officially held to be responsible for the mutiny among the mem
bers of the American Infantry company in Northern Russia.
General March announced today that the offending Company
was Co. 1. 339th Infantry. He read a message from the Com
panding Officer at Archangel which stated that from questions
l ut by the men to their officers were the same as the Bolshe
viki used in their propaganda leaflets and advised the men to
put to their officers. Company 1 consists almost entirely of;
Detroit men.
American Cruisers Arrive On Scene
\\ ASHINGTON D. C.. April 12.—The American cruisers Gal
veston and Chester which arrived at Murmansk, had on board
two comnanies of railway engineers and Brigadier General
Tichardson. former Alaska army officer who will command the
American forces in Siberia.
ARCHANGEL. Russia. April 12.—With two eomroanies of rail-1
road engineers under the command of Brigadier General Rich-'
ardson. commander of the American forces in Siberia, on board!
the American cruisers Galveston and Chester arrived at Mur-:
mansk on Tuesday.
General Richardson was formerly head of the Alaska Road j
Commission and was instrumental in building nearly all the I
roads and trails in Ala.ska. He left the territorv at the entrance!
M America into the world war in 1917 to enter the armv service
and has Keen stationed in the training camns in the east until
bis recent annointmem as bead of the American forces in S»
npma. vhera it ia believed that his experience as a northerner,
will prove valuable. j
HRFINITP pm WY
iipf^pn cno tup
OOAi HFinc
ivvunRir.F’ i Bv Mail.1—Definite
'.--1 cwnprohi-nsive action should be
,’v *' l"' »*w> federal Zf.Tcrnmfnt tc
Vi"" about r-srlv and proper df-v.-lop
m- - of the coal ro=ourc.-.3 of Alaska
A ' <1- v manse
, rt ,vr t -.„-i or.d Tn dust rial Depart
'f t • Alaskan Engineering Com
'■ ’ r.-"w that h>- b»s just
a* Washington. D C, tf
i1 - ' ' Edes. chairman of th- - com
mission.
mv.T... ;s jrtij complaint." asvg Mr
n ' " “ewtUttst the nrevision ol
i»<,,;np ?'* and also against the
• nrS r,/ thc lease and itmav be thai
i' ord-t t offer necessary induce
ni-n»» that both the hw and the term;
of th.- lease should be amended.
‘ On Juiv I. 1&1S. Congress provide^
*1 boh ortb for use of the navy for min
■'Z or for contracting for coal in Alas
' It nrovidad that nsrt of this
morshould be used in transporting
such r->-.\ to tid" water- but as vet nc
•finiti" operations or contracts for coa’
have been made bv the navy.
rti'riothe summer the secretary cl
the interior appointed a special com
mitten to investigate the Question ol
coal land development. This commit
tee was ir. A'aska during Dart of th«
months of SeotMfbtr and October ant
made a- thorough studv of the resourc
eg of Alaska. The committee wai
composed of K. 0. McCormick, vice
r-rcsident of the Southern Pacific Rai
way. who was ebairan: George C Me
Fadd'-n chftf engineer, and L. A. O
Gabon--', geologist, of the Peabodv Coa
Co-T’-sov of Chicago: and George Wai
kins Evans, a mining engineer of th<
United States Bureau of Mines.
"It is hoped that when this commit
tee submits its report a definite ant
comprehensive policy will be adoptee
for the development of the coal land*
in Alaska. There is no question bm
that the mest vital item to the auccesi
of the government railroad in Alaskr
is an early development of the coal In
dustry.
“In adopting a policy the followin;
are some of the questions that should
be considered.
“1. Whether there should be ant
•change in 'he coal land leasing law ol
October 20, 1914.
Whether there should be any
j -^ai' '<•! made in the terms of the pres
| -”f !'’s*c and the leasing regulations1
i under the law.
‘■2 Whether or not the government
ston'd undertake a thorough pros
oectin? of all of the leasing units in
*h? Bering River and Matanuska coal
“4, Whether the navy should under
tflVo th,. minin? of coal under the mil
lion-dollar appropriation.
“5. To what extent If any should
the government undertako the mining1
of coal.
“6. Should the government interpose
objections to the construction by nri-i
vate interests of railroads into the Ber
ing River coal fields.
“7 Tf so what sbou’d be the policy)
r,t ,l,‘- government with reference to
'omishing the necessary transporta-;
tion facilities for the Bering River coal.
‘‘8. What if any, should be taken
«ith reference to furnishing necessary
*-a.is«ortation facilities for coal be
• A,aska and the states.
“These ouestions are all vital to the
once.'.),; Df the development of the coal
■ d»s-rv jj. the territory and should be
eiv.-n immediate and careful atten-J
tion.”
DONALD M. CALL,
Second Lieutenant, Company B,
Tank Corpo
Lieut Call was decorated for
conspicuous bravery In action
near Varennes, France, Septem
ber 26, 1918. During an opera
tion against enemy machine gun
nests west of Varennes, Lienf.
Call, then corporal, was in a
tank with an officer, when half
of the turret was knocked off
bv a direct artillery hit. Choked
by gas from the high explosive
shell, he left the tank and took
cover in a shell hole thirty
yards away. Seeing that the of
ficer did not feat low, and think
ing that he might be alive, Corp.
Call returned to the tank tindi r
intense machine gun and shell
fire r,d carried the officer over
a mile imiLr machine gun and
sniper fire to safi ty. Lieut. Cali’s
home is at Larchroont Manor,
>\ V.
WOUNDED BACJt\ V
, “ ' FROM FRANCE
SEATTLE. April 12.—Five hundred
ina twenty-one Northwest soldheTs
nearly all wounded arrived home from
France at ten o'clock this morning.
They were met and driven about town
by a reception committee. '
GENEVA. Switz.. April 12. Ac
rcmpauied by a British officer And a
party of servants, former Emperor
Charles of Auarria has gone to Lugano,
Switzerland.
WOMEN TO REGISTER
FOR MILITARY DUTY
PARIS. April 12. — According to
word brought here by refugees from
Russia, all women between the ages of
IS and 35. living in the city Of Psvok,
Russia, were ordered on March 8 by the
Bolshevi Government In Esthonia, to
register with a view to doing military
duty.
PRESIDENT EBERT
GETS SMALL AMOUNT
BERIN. April 12.—It is officially an
nounced today that the salary of Presi
dent Ebert has been fixed at 100,000
marks monthly, with no perquisition or
expenses allowed. This question has
been under discussion by the press for
some time. The salary must also pay
the cost of running the presidential
house and the salaries of thepersonnel.
SEATTLE TIMES
SAYS MUST FIGHT
FOR ALASKA ROAD
SEATTLE, April 12.—The Seattle
Times editorially today says that If S
figit develops during the next con cress
over the administration of the Interior
Department in the matter cf iha Al
aska Railroad,, a3 a result of the charg
e3 made by James Wlrkershara,
some agency must guard Alaska’s In
terests else the territory will suffer.
The Times calls upon Seattle to see
that the railtoad is completed
SEATTLE, April 12.—It was an
nounced today that Seattle’s quota in
the Fifth Victory Liberty Ltan trill he
twenty-fire and a half million dollars,
SEATTLE,. April 12.—George W.
Stetson, pioneer lumberman died in his
chair today, very suddenly. His
death came as a shock to his many
friends and business acquaintance".
HYI1ARIIRR RETS
ELECTRICITY PLANT
AND A SAWMILL
Reports from Hydaburg disclose the
'art that the natives of that flourish
leg and modern little city are striding
'■’’"■’d at a great rate. On the last
north of the Redondo, a new saw
"’i,l outfit and an electricity plant ar
”u’ed for Hydaburg. giving it a good
"'art towards the goal which makes
,r>r a real town. The sawmill will bo
ut together by Mr. F. L. Cloudy of Se
-'t'e who will be the millwright. Mr.
,"1midv was formerly connected with
t'>e Craig mill. The mill is the pro
perty of the Hydaburg Co-operative
-r-r-N-inv, and will be operated this sea
son. and will produce enough lumber
to supply the whole district, it is
hoped.
DAVE CROSS
DIES IN CHICAGO
Mr. AI ter t Wile and Mr. Anderson
of the Cigar Factory have received
word from Mr3. Pearl Gross that her
Husband. Dave Grosse had died In
r'hicaeo. after a serious operation, and
was buried there April 2.
Mr. Gross was taken sick on the
♦rain between Cleveland and Chicago
»nd taken to the hospital where he re
mained a month before hedied. Mr
Gross was about fifty-five years and
Has a grown daughter in Tacoma, the
♦•hild of a former marriage.
Mrs. Gross will remain in Cleveland
with relatives.
Mr. Gross is an old Ketchikan re-si
dent having made his home here for
several years. He was connected a itl,
•he Kell Island canning compan/,
" vrii he helped organize.
ENTERTAINED PUPILS
Mrs. W. C. Dfbrell entertain^J the
8enlor High School GraduV.ilj; c'asg
at her home last evening. Also tEd
members of her 8unday School c!Ut of
the M. E. Church, and the Mlssoa
Georgia Henry and Marne Brewster,
HieH School teachers.
evening was spent (a plajidg
'**'"“* divinin', guessing contents, and
wortlnv oat prc/blems, after which de
•'cions refr<-9hments were served hv thi
hostess, assisted by her ai3*er, Miss A.
Man Mitchell.
HAYES SAILS
FORFRANCE
Is Aboard The George
Washington To See
President
NBW YORK. April 12.—The S. S
j 'Vo'i-jte Washington sailed last evening
’or Brest. tYaiice. to bring home Presi
dent Wilson.
Aboard the ship is President Hayes
■'* the United States Mine Workers ol
' nie iea whose mission is said to'be tc
upon President Wilson the advia
■•HiUty of the Uni toil States finding a
irket abroad for a quarter of the
-oal surplus of one hundred million
'ous which lias accumulated in the
United States since the signing of the
armistice.
VRITlSH COLUMBIA
WANTS EXPERIMENTAL
STATION IN PROVINCE
VICTORIA, B .C.. April 12. — One
of the matters which the Hon. Wm.
S'oan. Minister of Mines, is taking tip
with the Dominion Government in Ot
tawa is a mineral experimental station
to inaugurate which the sum of be
tween $150,000 'and $209.00 is re
quired
WATSON GIVES
Says Company Is Making
Everv Fffort To Kelp
The Territory
-T' R Wr. rson. General Claim Agent
of the Pacific Steamship Company,
! Admiral Dine. who makes his gen
■ -rnl headquarters in Tacoma, was a
•'••ssenper on the Admiral Farragut
’ast evening, making the round trip.
Asked what he thought of the pro
ocs-d legislation providing for the ter
ritory' of Alaska entering the steam
shin business. Mr. Watson said: “This
eompanv will not protest the proposed
'eeislation for we would he accused of
; mis-statements and various other
i 'rimes, whereas we are playing an hon
est steamshin game. We have every
desire to build up Alaska and all of
her industries, kuowine that we can
' ave no success unless as we do as
sist. We have lost money on all our
' ’r sva routes for several years and do
-nt expects to make any money this
-r-y. notwithstanding the somewhat in
t '-eaS/.d rates.
We have made repeated attempts to
'barter Government vessels, but al
•••*>'■» found that it would mean a very
hravy loss to do so and if the terri
• sees into thesteamshin business
they want to be prepared to lose a
■ V- od many thosand dollars each year.
Our cards are all on the table and if
the people of Alaska wish to freeze out
the legitimate steamship companies
■there will still be cargo and passen
fo-rs to carry in other trades.”
On his return. Mr. Watson expects
•q s*o» over in Ketchikan for about a
week’s visit.
When the Post Office Department
naked for bids on the Alaska Mail Con
!- -< tit- St&arnsliio Companies fig
"red as closely as they could and aub
, mined bids in which they offered to
carry the mail for ,-xactly the 3ame
-evenue as they had in the past, de
spite the tremendous increased cost
of operation. The Post Office De
•ertment resolved to discontinue giv
ing the pee,pie of Alaska mail service
under contract which made it impera
tive for the companies to make a stat
ed number of deliveries per year as
‘a the past and to send the mall by
freight instead. As a result of this
'i-'isiori, the people of Alaska have suf
f'Ted great inconveniences and de
lay. so they should place the (blame
'•vher the blame belongs as it is easi
ly within the power ofthe Post Office
Dr-artrnent to remedy the situation. It
taods to reason that the Steamship
C'orrp-nios would gladly carry the
’ '? they -.in do to without suffering
'• ’osi as no individual or company is
going to refuse any contract it it of
fers a profit or even a chance to break
even
The Government has received iu
flmer&ble protests from the people
and commercial bodies of Alaska a
aiii.C the handling of mail 'by freight
and express, as at present and to off
set these protests, the impression has
! MARCH CONTRACTS
ARE RE-AWAROED
j SKATTt^^^nl if ‘Wh dlimtraets tor
a million tonnage for March, heTd'by
; tho Skinner & Eddy y;:rds which bad
! been cancelled during the recent Strike
have be'en ro-a warded. It was an
! nounced here today.
OTTAWA. April 12.—Three lives
were lost and damage to the extent of
$40,000 was caused this morning by a
fire at Hull, across the river from
j this city.
MEXICAN BANDIT
FINALLY KILLED
j MEXICO CITY. April 12.—Zapata,
j the famous guerilla leader and bnndtt,
i who has lead bands of raiders across
the Aferican border for several years
and causing 'both the United States
and Mexican governments no end of
anxiety and trouble has been killed
i the- Mexican government announces to
I day.
_,
RESUME TRADE
WITH THE ENEMY
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 12. —
i in an order issued by the War Trade
i Board acting in accordance with an
! -> reement re?"bed by the Associated
Nations, the resum| ’:">n of trade and
! eommunication with Germany and
| Austrlt is Mithor-'zod.
The only restriction? upon Impo:*8
I into Germany and AUftria will be on
commodities of a military nature. This
| constitutes the first direct trade rela
1 tions resumed with anv enemy state.
_- _
DEBS SAYS IS
READY TO BEGIN
10-YEAR SENTENCE
i TERRE HAUTE. !nd.. April 12. —
! v*.v poh§. Soeisllst lpsder. con
; victefl and sentenced to serve 10 years
*n the penetentlary for violating the
°srionage act, announced today that he
had packed up his belongings and was
ready to botrin liis sentence. He de
clared further that he had never asked
'or a general strike in his behalf.
W;s nrmlieatlnn for a rehearing of
'• -" ’one/)' from /t/MiwifitiAii QontPqOd :
,was recently denied by tho Supremo
">-t. He is no"' at liberty on ball. !
'■cen -dven out that the Steamship
'■'emv-inies were arbitrarily exorbitant
'•> tbejr bids. A good many people in
' 'aska have the idea that the Steanv
>»hin Companies were responsible tforj
»rrr;n.r the mail to be carried by (
ert !ffht when as a matter of fact, the j
-rTnanic-i rticl not ask for an Increase
■'"or the amount which they had form
’-lv received for service, notwithstand
!>i" the faet that the expenses of opera
*!on ii.ave increased over 100 percent
-s compared to the expense of opera
tion In Jan. 1917, andwe would like to
->v right here that this company’s
hooks show that there has never been
a -orofit in the mail contract even in
‘ho davs of a much lower cost of oper
ating.
who Steamship Companies at a meet
’-ff i" the Seattle Chamber of Com
-reo recentlv* stated plainly that they
wort ouite content under the present
eord'tion. without anv mail contract
-a tbv were now enabled to cut out a
■’’’■eat manv calls and deviations
which make it possible to save InOpcr
’ting Expenses alone more than the
whole „f the compensation received
*«r tamvlnc the mails, which compen
sation when divided Dv the number of
•Ho* called for in the contract showed
a comnensstion for a trip just about
! to cost cf operating one of our
scntbeasterii Alaska ships 8 hours,
whis surely cannot be called an ex
orbitant romjionsaton for services ren
•tered. t
However, if the Companies can car
I w t'-o mail without suffering any
rroat loss, they will gladly do so In
order to accommodate the people of
Alaska. In fairness to the steamship
•'cmoanles. the people should look to
■ho Post Office Department for the
•.rcrrSary action to bring relief. The
-om-anies are in no way responsible
for the situation and certainly should
not have to rest under a cloud for a
condition brought about bythe arbl
‘r->rv stand and the mistaken idea of
■•■c,-icmjr of the Postal Authorities at
**.’■ "hington,
1 would like to say, for this com
pany. that the Alaska busniess has not
shown a profit to the company for
v-srs vt ‘ we-have always maintained
good service with a hope that our ef
forts to help the upbuilding of Alaska
-,jd its industries would in future years
me t with a reward of increased busl
and the friendship of tbo AlanVn
-eople. also under the circumstances
we do feel that we- have been treated
’•ery unfairly by being criticised and
Mamed for something for which we
arc entirely blameless. '
ROLL CALLMAY BE NECESSARY
TO DECIDE FORMER KAISER’S
COUNCIL
Italian Claims And The Adriatic Question Are Still
Under Consideration But All Others Have
Been Agreed Upon Is Announcement
i _
PARIS, April 12.—A roll call of the whole peace conference
may be necessary to determine whether or not the former kais
er shall be hanged or otherwise corporally punished for his
crimes. The Committee on the Responsibility for the War is di
vided over the question of punishment for Count Hohenzollern.
Britain, France and Italy favor corporal punishment and the U
: nited States and-Japan are opposed, to the ultimatum. A de
cision may have to be reached- it was said today when the
plenary session discusses the committee report.
The question of Reparation, Indemnities and the Frontiers of
the Rhine and Poland, all questions of peace with Gi. many, have
| been agreedupon according to an announcement to the Petit
Journal made today by the Private Secretary of Premier Lloyd
George of Great Britain. The Italian claims a ! the Adriatic
question are still under consideration.
The League of Nations covenant is now completed and is ready
for the plenary sessions of the peace conference. It contains no
recognition of racial equality for Japan as demanded by the Ja
panese delegates, it is announced.
NEW ARRIVALS IN N. F. WITH
MARTINSIDE PLANE TIGHTENS
RACE ON TRANSATLANTIC RUN
It Is Expected that First Flier Will Get Away By Sun
day Afternoon-More Entries Being An
nounced Every Day In London
ST JOHNS, New Foundland, April 12.—The contest for the
Daily Mail’s transatlantic flight prize of $50-000 has tightened
down to a real race here with the arrival on the scene of a Mar
tinside biplane with its pilot and navigator from Liverpool
today.
Hitherto Lieutenant Harry Hawker and Lieutenant Com
mander Grieve with their Sopwith Biplane have had a clear
field but from now on they must fight for time hour by hour
with the newly arrived competitors. It is expected that the
first flierwill get away Sunday afternoon.
LONDON, April 12.—The latest entry for the transatlantic
flight comes from the Short Brothers who have entered with the
Short “Shield” airplane fitted with 375 horse power Rollls-Royce
engine capable ofa speed of ninety-five miles an hour. Captain
Wylie, nephew of the marine painter will navigate the machine
and application has been made to the Air Ministry for the ser
vice of Major J. C. P. Wood to pilot the machine.
The Daily Mail says that it is quite probable that both the
R-33 and the R-34, the largest airships or dirigibles in the
world will attempt to make the Atlantic flight. It is believed
that one will take the northern and the other the southern
route. Orders have been received to modify the equipment of
the R-33 insuch a way as to make the Atlantic flight possible.
Six extra petrol tanks have been fitted to the airship to bring
its fuel capacity to just over twenty tons and the crew space in
the corridor has been extended to give ample sleeping room.
Special mess arrangements, extra cooki"" enhances and extra
drinking tanks have been installed.
Registered at the Stedmnn today
are W. B. Friele, superintendent of
the Quadra cannery, and S. Fedors:d
. up rhitendent at Nakat Inlet.
HAROLD W. ROBERTS,
Corporal, Company A, 344th Bat
talion, Tank Corps.
For deliberately going to Ills
death to save a companion In
the Mon*; beau woods, France,
October 4, 1018, Corp. Roberts
was award <1 the Ldsllngulshcd
Sendee Cro;,.s. Corp. Roberts, a
tank driver, was moving his
tank into a clump of hushes to
afford protect lea to another tank
which had been disabled. The
tank slid Into a sic II hole, ten
i 11 deep, filled with water, and
vns Immediately submerged.
Knowing that only one of the
two men In the tank could es
cape, Corp. Roberts said to the
gamier, “Well, only one of us
e ii gel out, and out you go,”
i hereupon he pushed Ids com
1'iolou through the back door of
t! c tank and was himself
drowned. Corp. Roberts’ home
address was G Market street,
San Francisco, Cal.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
The Farragut from tho south arriv
ed last evening at G o’clock with tho
following for Ketchikan, S. W. Bl. Ire,
W. A. Roberts, Tlios. Garnet, Jas,
Canton, Those Bard, Peter Mahan and
' Fr-email. Lnavrg for tho north
were Wm. Cox, F. ,T. Cox, B. C. Doll
zelle, D. G. Allen, E. Davies and W. P.
Bonnell.
Mrs T'an Nelson, of Kasaan is a vi?*
• lor in town on a shopping trip and Is
a guest at tho Rovilla,
ADMIRALS SAIL
SEATTLE, Aprl 12.—Tho Admiral
Rodman sails for tho north tomorrow
morning with eighty passi-ngora, large*
ly Chinese for Yes Bay.
For Ketchikan nro Miss Alma Kir
schbaum, Herman Leanko, Edmond
Ruffner, John Nelson, M. V. Atker, L.
L. Reye.s
Tlie Admiral Sebreo sails tomorrow
with supplies for Alikat canuwy.
MOVEMENT OF BOATS
V' uthbound
City of Seattle Tuesday.
Mamedn 15th.
* <• _
Jefferson Sunday night.
Alaska 18th.
Princess Monday,