VOLUME FOUR
.Ketchikan, Alaska, Saturday, Feb., 22, 1919
Number 10 9
BUDAPEST HAS A REVOLUTION
Wholesale Murder of Officials In Bavaria Reported
GLEMENCEAU IS IMPROVING BUT
DECLINES MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
ALONG TOE LINE SUGGESTED
Japan Expects That Britain and U.
S. Will See That League Removes
Racial Discrimination
PARIS, Feb 22:—Premier Clemenceau is somewhat fatigu
ed toay but his condition is generally satisfactory. Yesterday
he declined to submit to an injection of morphine and told his
physicians they must be in the pay of the Bolsheviki.
TOKIO, Japan, Feb.'22:—Addressing the House of Peers to
day, Premier Okuma said that Japan would insist that the
Leauge of Nations would remove all racial discriminations
and that they expected Great Britain and the United States to
see that this was dope.
Raid Anachist Quarters
PARIS f'eb. 222:—Police here raided the homes of thirty
anarchists and discovered that the Bolsheviki have a well es
tablished organization here of far reaching ramifications.
CITY RECREATION PARK
» COMMISSION IS CREATED
I SESSION HELD YESTERDAY
Upon the' invitation of the Execu
tive CoijTjtrjjtfej* - of the _ Ketchikan
.Commercial Club1, about 25 of the pro
minent business men met at the Coun
ell ChamEers. yesterday afternoon,
for the purpose of discussing plans
for a clty athletic and amusement
park, to be located on the tra'ct of
land surveyed in 1915.
Mr. d.- C. Barber, president of the
Commercial Club, ’Called , the meeting
to order. Briefly, stated the purpo
ses of the meeting and .Invited those
present .to express their'vTeyvs 'on the
subject and make Suggestions-for the
best way of expediting^fe-work -to
be donein 'order to have? the park
available at the earliest possible date.
It developed'that the site available
for the propo’sed park consists .of a
tract, aj’inroxfmatety six and one-half]
arr-s extruding from tj^oldShoen
bar tram to the powetjjgkuse, tnclud-j
ing the ftat.and a f»/t;$$’fhevl*4*»tde.
The title to the groynds- is in the
hands of the City, ha^ntjvBeeli-Seed
ed to it by the Ketc^<ak>vConsoli
datod Minin* Comoaov the pur
pose of*bulidi nq ,a~City park some
♦wo veaP# aoo. Mr. C. H. Cosgrove,
attorney for the miniuq company,
seated this to bo the case .and; that
all obieetionV against the use of this
qround a?.;i:City park had been
withdrawn. *»
The Commercial Club* had previr
ouslv apoolnted Mr. A. R, Larson, its
secretary, trs* chairman of a park
commission, the remainder of the
commission to be aopoinfe'd by the
chairman-at a later date.* sublect to
the approval of the City -Connell
which helij fjjle. to the. ground. The
president of the Club stated that he
had oerscnally taken the matted up
with the Council some time ago and
had secured the consent of that body
for the Commercial Ciub to go ahead
with the project' Inasmuch as the
grounds were outside of the city
limits the Council also approving
the appointment of Mr. Larson as
chairman of the park commission.
Mr. Larson stated that as there
were no funds available from the
city treasury for any work of this
kind, it was up to the business men
to see it through: that the engineer
ing work had been promised, togeth
er with the water for sluicing the
sand bapk^which will be used to fill
in the tract, and the only funds
necessary at the present time would
be for labor and the clearing of the
tract. Later, of course, the equip
mentifo- the park will have te he
orovijded for. .y . -.,
Mr-. Cosgrove suggest; 1 •'”} '
*!ist ‘fchlng to do was U have atopo
graphics! map made of the tract and
to have an sstimate give* as to the
•tl
.*
probable cost of the work; and the
second was to see if the money could
be raised; that the mining company
would do everything possible to fur
her the undertaking. - >
Mr; H. C. Strong, when, asked for
his views, stated !that he was very
anxious that the First City should
bave a playground for both yomig
and old, and that they should have i<
as soon as possible. A ball ground
was needed, he reminded the meeting
so that-the players should- not have
*o wait upon tbe rise .and fall of th«
tide. He suqgested that many would
be willing to go in and give a day’t
worjj helping to clear, while th«
-Business men could help financially
with thp- enuiome'nt and- othee work,
‘rhe Citv has seen enough haphazard
work.'he said -and it was high time
things should be done right.
Senator Heckman voieed his ob
-S»etions to this latter plan, saying
■ he favored contract work, where the
same would be done by experienced
men and would thereby go forward
on schedule time. The City has beer
awaiting a park for_ a number gl
v«a>-8 end would continue to do' sc
If the former method were used.
R»v. Van Marfer waa called upon
to tell his story of the man who
built a house Starting with only
$25.00 which he invested in a fine
set of plans. At the end of five
vears. he had his house, exactly as
he wanted it. This idea, he said
should Jje carried out in the building
of a nark, everything being done
according to prearranged plans, and
bv contract so far as possible.
"Everybody’s business is nobody’s
business,” he said.
On inauiry it developed that Mr
Joseph Ulmer and Mr. Elliot had
volunteered their services In survey
inq the park and making plans free
of charge, while the Citizens Light
Power A Water Company have a
nre«d to furnish the water power foi
sluicing purposes.
Permanent Park Commission Named
Mr. A. R. Larson, who had al
ready been named as chairman ol
the Park Commission by the Commel
cial Club and approved by the City
Council, appointed the following ad
ditlonal member# Of the Park Com
mission, the whole to be known ai
a permanent Park Commission to a«
slst in the work now being under
taken! Jon. R. Beegle, M. J. Heneg
han, N ,R. Walker. O. W. Hunt, W
G. Welgle and John Keel.
There Is no doubt that those pres
ent were earnestly interested In *’
question at Issue, ?*,J *' -> *•*
adjourned wi.h f a. u. i hi
last the pa-k nv.v.nvrnt had taker
e«mp definite Hasp#, %
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40 CONTRACTS
ARE CANCELLED
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I SEATTLE, Feb. 22—Up to date
I the fortyfive shipbuilding contracts
I held by the Skinner 4. Eddy ship
yards here for the United States
government, have been cancelled, it
was announced this morning.
SENATOR]. R.
i HECKMAN ON
THEWARPATH
Will Demand Share money
For Ketchikan District
Road Building
‘•What can I tell you? Well I can
tell you that I am going to attend the
territorial legislature in a few days
and that I am going to make the
biggest fight over for the Ketchikan
District,” said Senator J R. Heck
man to the reporter today.
Senator and Mrs. Heckman return
ed recently from California where
they have been spending the fall and
I winter rponths, in order that the se
| nator may be here in time to attend
I the legislature which convenes In
Juneau March 1.
“I am going to fight to h»Mc the
road appropriation due KeA&MkMl
from the last pesgidn, wh[(h W3j>*jd
gobbled up by the dredging of" the
Gastineau channel,1' Senior Heck
man said. "At the time we agreed
>to let them use road money for that
purpose, they were only supposed to
use their share, but sinOe no funds
are available for the KOtchikan dis
trict roads now that we are ready t6
have one built, they evidently used
the whole $100,000," he continued. “I
further propose to fight for our efa&fd
for the next two yeas and get If I
now so that we can use it, and
create employment for the many who’
i are eontino to Alaska this year, seek
j new fields to conquer,” Senator
j Heckman - said.
| Senator J. R. Heckman, who reeign
' ed as superintendent of tht Loring
i cannery of the Alaska Packers Asso.
ciation last year, after twenty-five
vears’ service, has been elected pre
sident of the Pure Food Fish Com
! *'anv, renlar'nq Jno. R. Beegle, who
-esinned. Mr. Tom Hfeckman will be
Shni>rint»ndent -of -the Pure Food can
nery this year, euceeding Mr. Beegle,
who was superintendent as well ae
president. Mr. Fred Heckman will
| succeed Senator Heckman as sup
! -HntendSnt of the Loring cannery.
MORE KNITTING
... V * ’
Draw again the knitting needles
that temporarily were sheathed, fol
lowing the signing of the armistice)
Hands that became expert In wfeld
ing them in thousands of Red Cross
work roorAs, when there were gar
ments to be made for our boys fn
>*•>•*10$ and trenches, have flew Work
*o do. This time it is-not a Matter
of supplying comforts; it is One jf
relieving actual and terrible Suffer
ing.
Patriotism never had any finer
personification than in the ease Of
the millions of American women who
responded to the country’s call and
became the “Army behind the Ar
my.” Nowit is humanity that calls
Women and children all over Europe
and in the countries of the Near
East are suffering from the lack of
proper clothing. Over there, even if
the people had the money with which
to buy, there Is no material to be
made Into the articles that mean pro
tection, and warmth, and health.
It is to supply In some measure
the crying needs in this line of relief
that Red Cross chapters now are
summoned to a new knitting task.
Fortunately there is in stock a con
tideiable quantity of yarn, orginally
■j intended fof. use in knitting garment
j for the s:Idlers- This yarn Is to be
' made available as quickly as possl
!,,e 'or the making of stockings, mu
fflers and sweaters for children who
l are innocent sufferers of war now
! ended and shawls for women who
1 have lost homes and loved ones—
DR. MARY E. j
WALKER IS
NO MORE
Only Woman InU.
S. To Wi n Right
To Male Attire
WATERTOWN, N. Y„ Fob. 22:—
Dr. Mary E. Walker, Civil Surgeon
and pioneer In Woman Suffrage, died
here today, at the age of 86. Sh
was bom November 265 1832, and
her home was in Oswego.
Dr. Mary E. Walker Was one of
America's most Interesting figures.;
She was the only woman who ever
won the right to wear male attire.
Four years of her life was spent on
the battlefields of the Civil War. By
special authorization from the Fed
eral Congress Dr. Walker adopted i
male attire during the war and for
half a century since she had con
tinued to wear it in civil life. She
wore a black flock coat, trousers and
a high Silk hat and carried a cane, j
She was also distinguished as the|
only woman in history who, when a
captive of war, was exchanged as a
prisoner of war for a man of equal'
rank in the army of the foe. She,
was the first woman to be regularly j
enlisted in an army as a Surgeon andj
her proudest possession was the
bronze medal she wore op the hosom
or h*r Soek u«e On Ska. hack was
engraved this legend: , “Prfesilfied,
by the Congress of the Unit&tl States
to Mary E. Walker, A. A. Surgeon,!
U. S. Army.”
She frequently claimed- to Vhave
beta the first womah to attempt to
cast her ballot in a legal election,
and her life, outside of her medical
practice was devoted ta. fighting for
feminine dress reform and woman's
rights to political suffraae* in which
movement she’ was a ptloeer. She
also became celebrated as a lecturer
during the half century following
the Civil War She never married.
Dr. Walker was not in sympathy
with the present methods of suffra
gettes and declared many times that
“women , will get suffrage just as
soon as they stop* making -fools of
themselves.”
E. H. Miller of Kasaan, and C. W.
Waugh, superintendent of the Quad
ra cannery of the Southeastern Ala
ska Canning Co., are guests at the
Revilla Hotel. ,
GOLD NUGGET CLOSED DOWN
Mr. Martin J. Bugge, owner of the
Gold Nugget mine, south of Saxman,;
whloh has proved to be a find In the
way of free milling gold, has dosed
down the mine temporarily. A shaft
50 fe*t has been sunk but it is gbtt-,
ing too deep for hand work, and^
machinery will have to be used now,
which he prpposes to install this sea
son, probably. !
everything except *he hope which,
must be turned to-con rage in order!
to set' the world going again.
Te what happier Ttse -•eeutd this,
leftover material beJput than just
this fcrm of relief now presented?
What greater opportunity eould there
be to serve for those who learned the;
beauty of service when the guns
were roaring? Sometimes in the
past, in the enthusiasm of their pat
riotic energy, women workers have
-aid that they did not want to knit
'or refugees; that they wanted to
knltfor soldiers. Whatever reason
there may have been in such declar-,
ations heretofore, it certainly has nO|
existance now; for there is no need|
whatever for adcitional sc Idlers’ garj
ments, while there is need sso great
that it can not be exaggerated for
-.‘I the garments that can be suppli
ed for hundreds of thousands—mil)-,
ions, of unfortunate human beings in
other lands. j
The ^Immediate duty of the Red ;
Cross, on a ‘‘peace rba sis,” is to sup;
nlement tht^ tremendous work of re
|i,-.f which th-> governments will be
con-polled to carry on. It rest^
largely with the chapter workers to
yet the rest of the world know that
thf. heart of America still throbs for;
humanity.
Seattle Observes
Holiday Today
SEATTLE, Feb. 22>-There 18 a
general observance of Washington’s
Birthday today. A most impressive
ceremony took place this afternoon
at the. University Campus. In which
the Daughters of the American Re
volution participated.
THE NEW “GOBS”
ARE BACK FROM
FOREIGN SERVICE
H. F. Schwalbach on Torpedoed
SS Saetia 45 Miles off Coast
Of Maryland
Stories of being torpedoed by al
German submarine or a mine; drift-j
ing about in lifeboats and rowing to
shore forty-five miles away; being
on a vessel which lost her convoy in
a storm; and other equally thrilling
happenings sue’- as . -.turally occur
to ships crossing the Atlantic con
tinually for about six or eight mon
ths, with Hun submarines lying in
wait, these are the exciting tales,
hints of which were told a delighted
reporter yesterday, by the two
sailor boys who arrived On the City
of Seattle yesterday afternoon.
The boys, Henry Schwalbaek and
Charles A. Hampton, who are in the
regular Navy, are here to take up
thir duties with the local Naval Ra
dio station. They are first and se
cond class electricians respectively.
No Warning Given By Sub.
Henry Schwalbaek was one of the
crew of the U. S :S. Saetia, a cargo
vessel commandeered by the navy
mr use in transporting supplies over
seas. For months he crossed and
recrossed from Philadelphia to France
with never a mishap. Sometimes,
there would he'a flurry of excitement.]
a few shots would be fired at what
was thought td be a U-boat, but al-j
ways iV turned out to be nothing.
Rut it‘s a long lane that has no turn
ing and one brigjjt morning as the!
sturdy ship was "within sight of the!
coast, about forty-five miles from!
Maryland, the torpedoes found her
and she sank within twenty minutes.!
Nothing was seen of the submarine
This occurred on the morning of
November 9. 1918, at 8:20, three
days before the arm’stiee was signed
on the return tiip from France. The|
ship was equipped with four lifeboats':
and two life rafts or “cantamarans”!
as the Vgobs” call ’em, and into]
these piled the 73 men and ali of-*
Peers. For nearly twelve hours th«*]
men “rowed for the shore” landing
at Ocean C!ty, Maryland about ten
o’clock that niqht, all safe.
Mr. Schw^'back wears two gold
Chevrons on his sleeve one denot
ing that he has seen foreiqn service,
for six months or over, and the oth-1
er denoting that he has been sub
marined. He was stationed In Fhlla-!
delphia until sent north.
onm l-ost in storm.
Charles A. Hampton, who also
wears a go'd chevron for foreign!
""•vice was ststiontd on the S. S.'i
Virainiati. a carao transoort for six |
months, travelling fom New York to!
Dunkirk cn the English Channel, and'
to St. Naaaire. HorseS, automobile!
►rurk*;. s*«ei rails to build roads with'
in France and general siinni>s. the!
vi-olnian carried. Fortunately no U-|
Hoat ever us->d her fcr^a"taror.t. hut
Hanty of excitement ifras furnished1
outsid.. of this. One instance of this
was when, during a big storm, the1
shiD get away from her' convoy and'
was at the mercy of all sPa prowlers
until she was nicked un again. Sor-'
vice on a tanker travelling to Cuba,
PoHo Rice and Mexico is also in*
i„ tf,„ |ist exoeriences ofi
F'ertridan Hamnton.
Sat»|inef Down To Alaska Now
Toth beye exore-ssed their delight
at being transfered to Alaska and
their surprise at finding it so mod*
r n contrarv' to their expectations.
After iivina the «tr«nou* life at sea
d-i in" «>r*:»ie for uoward of a year,
“*'• m the “frown north” seems a re
loxation and both are preparing Jp1
t&joy it.
TO ADO TO WAREHOUSES
The J. L. Smiley cannery at Char
cj .-i Point liai rro^A under • construc
tion a r,sv.'/ warehouse’ and all addi
t on tc the present warehouse, doubl
ing the capacity of last year. The;
local cannery is the nronerty of the!
Wi’son Fisheries and Is preparing;
for a big season this year.
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CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT IN
MUNICH, BAVARIA TODAY
RIOTING CONTINUED ALL DAY
Friends of Eisner, Auer And Osel afl
Shot by ASf assis,TakeRevenge
In own Hands Says Report
Wholesale Murder in Bavaria
MUNICH, Bavaria, Feb , 22:—Following the assassination of
Premie1 Kurt Eisner yesterday, comes the announcement that
Bavarian Ministe the Interior Auer was shot and killed while
addressing the Landtag on the subject of the assassination of
Premier Eisner. In a fusilade of shots ..at the ..time. ..Deupty
Osel was also killed and two other officials were dangerously
wounded before the combatants we>'e subdued.
700 Spartacans Killed
BERLIN, Feb. 22:—The War Office today reported that sev
en hundred Spartacans had been killed or wounded in the
Ruhr Coal Mines district, in recent ..engagements with the
government forces.
Deport £ate Prince Joachim
BERLIN, Feb. 22\—A dispatch from Munich today says
that the former Prince Joachim, son of the ex-Kaiser, was de
ported from Bavaria today for plotting to restore his father on
the Imperial throne.
Fire Upon Inter-Allied Commission '
WARSAW, Poland, Feb.22: —The Inter-Allied 'Comfftfcwfoft
which is seeking to restore peace between the, Ukrainians and 1,
Poles, was fired upon today by Ukrainian soldiers. The W
commission was proceding on the train from Cracow to Lem- m
burg at the time. The incident created great excitement.
BERLIN, Feb. 22:—Dispatches received here today from
Munich, the capital of Bavaria says that what is virtually" a
war, has broken out in that city. Ten thousand workmen
massed in the center of the city this morning and began a de
monstration in which there was much shooting. The military
authorities declined to take action. The ultra radicals appear
to be in control and the Spartacans have called a general strike
BERNE, Switzerland, Feb. 22:—With Premier Eisner, Min
ister of the Interior Auer and Deputy Osel dead from ..assas*
sin’s bullets, friends of the victims have begun to take the
matter of revenge ifl their own hands, since the, military at*-,
thorities decline to do anything. ..The situation i s developing
into a serious one -and Ts causing much anxiety all over the
country.
Revolution In Budapest
PARIS. Feb. 22:—A Zurich dispatch says that a cmmtinifit
revolution led by German and Russian leaders is in progress
in Budapest.
COPENHAGEN^ f*eb. 22“*—Civil war broforotit in Munich*,
at two o’clock yesterday afternoon it was- reported in a dis- N
natch received here today.
U.S.WRITER ENDORSES BOLSHEVISM
, WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 22:—John Heed, an American
writer, testifying before the Senate Committee for the Inves
tigation of Propaganda, said that he believed that there Should
be a revolution in the United States and that Bolshevism had
been a blessing in Russia and was a good thing for the whole
wodd.
.. Louise Bryant wife of John Reed, testified yesterday that her
husband was temporarily in the employ of the Russian propa-.
ganda department of the Russian government.
TUG PIONEER ON WAY NORTH
'The Tug Pioneer, .towing the
“Dashing Wave” stopped to clear
here yesterday r.Oon on her way to
Taku Harbor ih a cargo of can
ney supplies for the cannery there.
The halibut boat Baltic cleared
from Prince Rupert for sea fisheries:
today.
HERRING BOAT MARGARET HERE*
The herring boat Margaret of the
Wilson Fisheries cannery at Port
Walter, strived from Seattle this
morning on her way to the wesV;
coast. The Margaret carried a very,
unique anchor for use of the.erowa
made of concrete In the prescribed
“anchor” shape, landing as high as
a man and is the first of its kind t.o
be seen in this district, fishermen
declare.
MRS. COPPER NEW AGENT
Mrs. Dawson Cooper has taken
>ver the Ketchikan agency for the
Mu-Bone Corset from Mre. T. ft.
Needham, who is territorial agent.
Mrs. Needham plans to leave shortly
to make a tour^ of her northern agen
:ies going as far north as Anchorage
Mrs. Cooper has engaged the
-ooms in the Tongass building now
occupied by the Granby Consolidated
Mining Company, who are giving' up
:he offices this week.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
^outlibound . ..■■■—
fclameda, ThujSdey.
Prinoess, Monday.
City of Seattle, Tuesday.
v ly und
Jefferson 5 p. m. today
City cf Seattle, Monday night.
Magka, Thursday.
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