THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan, Alaska, Saturday February 8, 1919..
Number 100
BIG EXODUS OUT OF SEATTLE
American Delegates Take Firm Stand At Meeting
LENINE’S MAN FOUND
LEADING SPIRIT OF
SYMPATHY STRIKE
Seattle General Strike Described by San Francisco
Union Leaders as Illegal and Bolshevistic
In Refusal To Join
SEATTLE, Feb. 8:—Hundreds of people are leaving town by
train, autos, and steamers, for Portland. California. Victoria,
urged by fear of facing famine in Seattle. The food question is
i till unsolved and two days more will bring actual hunger to
the thousands of people who are walking the streets. Most of
the resident families, who were able to. stocked up on all staples
but many poorer people, unable to do this will be in absolute
want.
Russian Influences At Work
Councilmen Hesketh. himself an ardent Union man, made the
unqualified statement this afternoon that the Executive Com*
inittee of the General strike committee has voted unanimously re
commending that the sympathy strike be declared OFF. A
few radicals on the general committee, he added, were holding
cut and among these is Leon Greenovich, Russian Bolshevist,
reported to be one of Lenine's trusted Lieutenants. He has
been but eight months in this country but is one of the strong
voices in the Metal Trades Union.
Strike Virtually Off
While no declaration has been issued to that effect as yet, the
general strike is considered off. The effort to introduce Russian
Bolshevistic method in the United States through Seattle, has
resulted in a flat failure. Those who walked out under the ban
ner of the sympathetic strike began returning to work late this
afternoon. There is also a partial resumption of the street car
service.
it is believed that a formal statement declaring the strike off,
may be issued tonight.
Some of the stores and small business houses and establish
ments cpend up this morning in response to Mayor Hanson’s
proclamation, but there is no general compliance. It is said that
any attempt to run any street cars other than the municipal
stub line, will be very unlikely.
All L nion men employed in the city’s lighting department re
turned to work today.
Mayor Hanson and a number of representative citizens, to
gether with the strike leaders have been in continuous confer
ence since nine o’clock this morning. Up till two o’clock this
afternoon they had come to no agreement.
No material relief has come of the Mayor’s proclamations and
the drastic action promised by him has not been taken. Busi
ness is paralized and the food problem continues to become
hourly. The facts are that the strikers in the general and sym
pathetic strike and their families are less menaced by the tradi
tional "wolf at the door*’ than other and larger divisions of
Seattle’s population.
General Morrison, who has arrived from San Francisco has
made no announcements as yet.
\\ ASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8:—The War Labor Board, of
'\hieh Mm. H. Taft is chairman today began the consideration
of a plan looking toward the settlement of the general strike
now in progress in Seattle.
NEW ORK, Feb. 8:—The Seattle general strike develop
ments are being closely watched here by all classes, and the re
mit will be awaitedwith much anxiety, as it is believed that the
decision rendered in this instance will be one of the most im
portant to the laboringelasses in the United States up to this
itfirie.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8:—The San Francisco Labor Coun
cil tcdav voted aeainst the sympathy strike to aid the Seattle
general strike which the local leaders charged as bener both
illegal and Bolshevistic.
superintendent sayles
AND FAMILY ARRIVE
Superintendent J. E. Sayles, Mrs
Sayles and children, and Mrs. Sayles’
parents Mr. and Mrs. John McLaugh
lin, were arrivals from the south last
evening on the City of Seattle. Mr.
Sayles who was :n charge of the can
nery at Roe Point last year, will go to
Port Walter th:s season, where he will
be superintendent of the Lee Wake
field cannery.
MRS. E. R. GOODICK RETURNS
Mrs. E. B. Goodick, who has been
visiting in Seattle for the past month,
returned on the City of Seattle last
evening *,
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
Southbound
City of Seattle Tuesday.
Northbound—
Princess. Thursday.
UFUT. WATTLES
NOW IN GERMANY
Attorney Chat. H. Cocgrove is in
receipt of a card from Lieutenant
Jack M. Wattlrs of the U. S. Signal
Co'ps. wr:tten under date of Jan. 4
from AJtrich Germany, where he i!
with the American army in occupa.
t:on. He says:
"Just a couple of Boche Castle
near here, (describing picture or
card). Been over here nine months
now. Expect to see you' all nexi
summer. Give my regards to the ole
bunch. Ran into Horsely during one
of our drives."
Lieutenant Wattles, was cable op
frator with the Signal Corps in Ket
' aikan a number of years ago, as was
'■ as Mr. Horsely, of whom he speaks
i ater, Lieut. Wattles was transferee
.o Hatley, and then south.
LONDON RAILWAY
STRIKE SETTLEO
LONDON, Feb. 8:—It is officially
announced today that the railway
strike had been finally settled arid
that all workers will resume th6ir
places on Monday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8;—Demobi.
liaation of the army passed the mil
lion mark during the past week. Gen
eral March announced today, with
61,237 officers and 952,411 men actu
ally discharged. Of the officers must
ered out, 2.444 ware on duty in Wash,
ingtort.
MOUNT VEflNON, Feb. 8;—Owing
to the heavy rain# recently and the
rapid rise it the WabSsh riv*r many
fahmSfs in the bottdms Were unable
to finish gathering their corrt, and one
of the novel sights oh the McFadden
farm, in Lynn township, is to see
Nick McFadden out daily in his rub
ber hunting boots, with water almost
up to his hips, gathering corn.
NO MORE PERMITS FOR
ISLAND LABORERS
The Department of Labor has ceas
ed granting permit# for the Importa
tion of Bahamian, Jarrfaiean, and
Mexican laborers, effective at once,
except that labor for Which permits
have already been Obtained, m*y be
brought here up to January 15 The
importation of quashskilled labor
from Canada Is also checked, but
skilled laborers, fishermen, harvest
and lumber workers may continue
to move between the two countries
!sent arrangements.
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OTTAWA, Feb., 8:—When the war
broke out Canada’s net debt totalled
$336,000,000 and her gross debt $544.
000,000. Today the net debt stands
at $1,336,000,000 and the gross debt
at $2,491,000,000. Both more than
quadrupled since war commenced.
VANCOUVER. Feb. 8:—A motion
submitted to the City Council last
night by Mayor Gale , calling for the
expulsion of all alien enemies and for
prohibition of immigration from en
emy countries was unanimously pass,
ed. The resolution decarled that
Canada’s doors would be closed for
Some time to all subjects or citizens
of Germany and her allies in the
recent world Struggle.
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VICTORIA, Feb. 8;—According to
an announcement by Premier Oliver
an amendment to the Provincial Elec
tions Act to bs introduced into the
Legislature at the forthcoming ses- i
Sion will be designed to disfranchise
all deserters in the Province. In other
words all those males who came with-j
in the operation of the Military Ser
vice Act, who failed to get exemption
at the hands of tribunals and who
absented themselves from military
duties against the law will lose the
privilege of the ballot.
I
PITTSBURG OFFERS
OPPORTUNITIES
Pitsburg has no after-the.war pro
blem so far as women workers are
(concerned, according to that city.s
superintendent of the Women's Divi
sion, United States Employment Bur
eau .Department of Labor, who says:
“Instead of finding large numbers
of women out of work, our office has
not had enough applicants for posi
tionsfor months. In fact, we c]ose our
office every day with hundreds of posi
tions open, covering the widest range
of opportunity—professional work,
clerical work, institutional and dcmes.
tic work, and factory work. Any wo
man who is needing employment is
more than welcome at the district
office.
“Women need not teel that they are
taking men’s places and thereby de
priving returning soldiers of a means
of earning their living. There are
certain types of work for which wo
men are best fitted and for which em
ployers require the services of wo
j men. In order to meet the need of
| filling peace orders, the services of
I women are very much in demand."
MR. BARBOUR BACK
Mr. Jack Barbour, owner ot the
I Liberty Theatre, returned on the City
! of Seattle last evening from Seattle
j where he went on business a week
j or ten days age.
FAIRBANKS IS
SWEPT BY
BIG FIRE
Damage Figured
At Nearly
$200,000
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Feb. 8:—Fire
which started in some unknown man
ner on the night of Thursday, Feb. 6
caused damage estimated at over two
hundred thousand dollar*, about six
ty thousand of which is covered by
insurance.
Starting at the Fairbanks corner,
the fire consumed the entire block
along Cushman street, between First
and Second and east on First street
to Simpson’s store, east on Second
to Bradly’s Shoe Store. The firms
suffering the most damage, being en
tirely wiped out by the flames were,
Hart & Kelly, cigar store: Fairbanks
Clothing Company: Avakoff the Jewe
ler; The Imperial Cigar Store: Beam
& Chamberlain's Pool Room; The
Model Cate; Arcade Cafe: Mendhams
Jewel*,: Tanana Club: the Law of
fices of Marquam: Tozier & Stevens;
Farmers Bank: Wareters Bros; Marks
Cleaning Establishment: Hoffman's
P.arber Shop: Eagle Barber Shop: and
several empty buildings.
With the exception of the Fair
banks Clothing Company, and Hart
A Kelly, most of the other firms
managed to save part of their mer
chandise and fixtures and practically
all resumed business immediately.
HAYS ELECTED
CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—Frank H. Hays,
has been elected President of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America.
KNOXVILLE, Feb. 8:—Surpassed
only by the Roosevelt Dam and Niag
ara Falls is the mammoth new dam
just completed at Cheoah, in the
mountains forty-seven miles south of
Knoxville.
Twelve hundred men worked over
two years on it. Two hudred thou
sand cubic yards of concrete were
used. It is 210 feet high from sur
face of river to crest. It raises a mist
one hundred feet high as its water
strikes the river.
It is 350 feet long at the base. 725
feet long at the top, 175 feet thick
at the base and twelve feet thick at
the top. It wil] produce 7.500 units
more of horsepower of than the com
bind consumption of Knoxville, Mem.
phis, Chattanooga and Nashville, or
over 80,000 horsepower. The cost
was over $1,000 000.
JUNEAU ATTORNEY
TO LOCATE HERE
Attorney A. H. Zeigler, formerly of
the law firm of Cheney & Zeigler of
Juneau, arrived from the north Iasi
evening and will locate here.
Mr. Zeigler enlisted in the Navy a
year ago and returned from the East
a 'ew weeks ago having obtained his
discharge. After having settled his
affairs in Juneau, Mr. Zeigler carried
out his plans to move his law office
here, which he had in mind eversince
his visit here on legal ma ters during
the soring term of court I? >t year.
Mr Ziegler has taken the entire
second story in the Henechan build
• n't above the bakerv, which he will
fit up as living aDartmento with the
office in the two front roo i-.
Mrs; Zeigler is still visitin'-, relatives
in the south but is expects to leave
within a week or so for A!;ska.
Path Attorney and Mrs. Zcl ,!er made
a number of friends during t. i\r brief
virft to Ketchikan last year, nd they
will be heartily welcomed as resident:
of the First City.
PRINCESS MARY
SAILING POSTPONED
F, E. Ryu#, local agent a advisee
that Prlnooas Mary will nc sail from
Vancouver until Tuesday, the 11th
This will bring her here njxt T
day instead of Monday. She wiil
bably sail southbound Mouday tf e .
instoad of the 14th as previoi
scheduled.
DR, DAViD IS
ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF FIRST ASSEMBLY
WEIMAR, Germany, Peb. 8:— Dr. |
David, social and domestic under Se-.
cretary of Foreign affairs, was elect
ed president of the ff*st Germany |
National Assembly.
DUSSELDORF, Feb. 8:—German
Government troops turned machine
guns on strikers who were rioting in I
the streets here today.
WINNIPEG, Feb. 8:—Newman Erb
and party have arrived here en route
to Prince Rupert where they are to
take the preliminary steps toward the :
laying down of two ships, the contract!
I for which
I Ottawa.
were signed recently at;
LONDON, Feb. Sl-^ftothing is like
ly to be settled as to Great Britain’s j
naval program til] after the close ofj
the Peace coi'erence. Meantime orders
have been given to suspend work on I
the ccntruction of war vessels.
i POSTERS PUT OUT BY
j CHILDREN’S BUREAU
The Children's Bureau, Department
| of Labor, In conjunction with the
Council of National Defense has dis-'
tributed posters with the object of
! increasing and sustaing the interest
1 of the public in the intensive drive
j the bureau is making to get back in
to schools all the boys and girls who
have cut short their education to go !
to work.
These posters invite attention to j
j the fact that “Children Back in
! School Mean Soldiers Back in Jobs."
They are bping distributed through
the Child Conservation Section tc its
committees in all the States and are
counted on to stimulate materially
| the success of the work of reclaiming j
! children from industry.
VICTORIA, FeJJ. 8;—Lt. CoJ. Ray-j
i mond Collishaw, British Columbia’s
foremost aviator, conferred with the
Victoria Board of Trade yesterday
with regard to a proposal for the es
ablishment of an aerial mail and pas!
senger service between Vancouver j
and Victoria.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8;—Roy U.Con-;
ger gave certified check to Sir Jose- ,
ohs Flavelle, representing the British
Ministry of Munitions and Director
Morrow, of the Imperlor Aircraft
Board, and thereby became the owner
of the entire arircraft equipment cost,
mg more than $10,000,000 which was
orovided by Great Britain and used I
by Canada in training Canadian air ‘
fighters.
Industrial Physcians
Registering
i Since the working conditions Service
Department of Labor, started its re
I "istry for industrial physicians, there
j has been a large enrollment Among
| the men whose experience and special
| knowledge fit them for duty in plants ;
I are many Army officers, just re-j
j lieved from service in the Medical j
I Corps, and a substantial percentage
of the registration includes these men. j
The Department of Labor not only
supplies industrial physicians, but pro. {
vides for the intensive training neces-!
sary for what may be called a new'
branch of the profession of medicine.
It has been demonstrated that not
every physician or surgeon is fitted for
♦he task oi sefeguarding the health of
workers. These health engineers must
watch the human machinery and make
| sure that ft is fitted to the work re
quired of it. They must understand
■ the industry to which they are at
tached and must have a profound
knowledge of human nature as well
: as medicine.
As Industrial physicians! are every
where superseding contract physicians
the demand for them is constantly in
creasing.
BACK FROM HAINES
Cyril J. Collins, former buyer of
jthe San Juan Fish Company, here was
1 an arrival from Ft. Seward last even
line on tlia Alameda. Mr. Collins has
* boon mustered out and will take
. .! position here.
t' .k hunting promises to be the
im ... She** sport this summer.
WIDE DIFFERENCE IN
VIEWS ON LIMIT OF
ARMIES DEVELOPED
At Meeting of the Committee on World Labor
Legislation, American Delegates Express
Views on Vital Issues Today
PARTS, Fob. 8:—It developed today at the meeting of the
Supreme War Council that a wide difference of views existed
on the question of limiting the allied armies in occupation of
German territory and the extension of the zone into Germany.
American delegates today at a meeting of the committee for
world labor legislation, took a firm stand for Free Speech, Free
Press, the Eight hourDay, and Abolishment of Child Labor.
HOMES REGISTRATION
SERVICE PROVING OF
MUCH VALUE
Reports coming into the Unitec
States Bureau of Houaing and Trans
portation of the work accomplished
by the 70 branches of the Homes Re
gistration Service which have beer
instituted by the Bureau in various
parts of the country illustrate ths
tlmejy value of these organizations
in helping to meet the acute need ol
proper housing accommodations foi
the industrial workers of the country
The Homes Registration Service al
Newport, R. I., has made an especial
ly creditable record in registry. For
med by taking over the existng re
gistration machinery and expanding
it to cover the placement of large nu
mebcrs or workers caiied to that parti
cuiar locality by the necessity ol
prompt fulfilment of Government mu
nition contracts, it has kept open 12
hours a day, and until 6 p. m. on Sun
days, in order to meet the heavy de
mands made upon it.
A report sent in from the Newport
office for the week ending December
28, 1918, gives 5.037 as the total num
ber of applications for living accom
modations filled by that Service up
to date. These placements in some
weeks run as high as 306, and fre
ouently go far over 100. They have
been made chiefly for workers at the
training station, thetorpedo station
and the Coddington Point plant, but
quarters have also been found for
transients, and for the relatives and
friends of men in the service.
The report states that the work of
registration has slowed up to some ex
tent since the signing of the armis
tice; but that approximately from 3C
to 100 placements are stiIf made each
week.
Mnoxner rcpun cwmms nwm
Wash., for the week ending January
4, 1919, tihows that the total numbei
of aoplicatious filled in that city uc
to dat? was 3,365. Single men, single
women or married couples willing tc
board, are listed in the Seattle re
port as the classes most easily acconY
moda'-ed. while famines with children
or anyone wanting a modern furnish
■ad apartment, or small house are al
most impossible to place.
TO JOIN ELKS
Stanley N. Adams and C. A. Smith
who went north on the City of Seattle
last evening to Juneau, are planning
to “ride the goat” at the Elks Lodge
Shortly, when f. ay will be admitted
to membership
Altho there a:C a large number o<
Elks in Ketchikan, a lodge has no!
been formed on account of the ruling
which says no lodge can be formec
in a town with a population under
5,000. Soon however, Ketchikan will
be able to have a lodge, local* Eiks
prophesy.
BACK FORM NORTH
Mr. D. Brower, of the Ketchikar
Bazaar, was a returning passenger
from Juneau last evening, where hr
wont on business. He plans to gc
south to purchase new stock on t1*
return trip of the Alaska.
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The ban on Sugarsirups for soda!
and sundaes will be the first war hard
rhop that many a girl has suffered.
“KEEP YOUR LIBERTY
BONDS” SAYS MCADOO
Our boys in the army and navy have
icotisecrated their lives to the winning
of the war. Their enlistment conti
nues until their work is accomplished
The enlistment of your dollars Should
continue until at least cush a time as
your government no longer roods
your aid in helping to pay the cost Of
the war. Our boys at the front in the
service of their government have ne
ver quit. If you selj your Liberty
Bonds you quit at a time when the
government needs your continued sup
port. Every time you quit by selling
your Liberty Bonds, you hurt the cre
dit of our government and make it
more difficult to finance the war. The
cost of War continues until Peace is
signed, until our gallant boys are all
brought back to American soil.
Ho]d Your Liberty Bonds
Don't exchange them for merchand
ise or for oiher securities which may
be worthless. Don't sell them except
under pressure of necessity. Keep
them in a safe place or have them re
mstered in your name.
Hold fast to your Liberty Bond in
vestments and be prepared for the
“rainy day” which may come to all.
There is no investment safer than a
United States Government Bond.
W. G. McAdoo
D. D. DACKINS
BACK FROM FRANCE
TAKES POSITION
Dan Dart Daekins, lie's the one
with the trench cap. the girls are all
admiring who has just returned from
France, arriving here on the Alaska
has taken a position with the Tongass
Company, driving the delivery car.
Mr. Daekins, has bean through
scores of big battles and drives with
*he U. S. Medical Corps, to which he
was attached, in the aero division.
All this was learned from his dis
charge papers however, as he is an
exceedingly modest hero.
He was in the employ of the Fidal.
-to Island Packing Comapny for a nu
! rnber of seasons before the war, and
made for Alaska immediately on his
return to the States.
LEAVE FOR PETERSBURG
Deputy Marshal and Mrs. Noah
Howell, left last evening for Peter
sburg on the City of Seattle. Mrs.
Howell recently returned from a an
extended trip thru the states and Flo
rida, joining Mr. Howell here. The
Deputy Marshal brought a number of
Drisonern south to be tried during
the last term of court just over.
TO VISIT OLD HOME
Mrs. Alfred Howe and two children
left on the City of Seattle for a visit
to Mrs. Howe’s parents in Petersburg
Mr. Howe is auditor for the Tongass
Trading Company.
! REV. JAMES H. CONDIT
HERE FROM JUNEAU
Rsv. James Ft. Coudit, head of the
I Presbyterian Missions In the territery
vas an arrival from the north last
-vening, and will leave shortly for a
/'sit to the west coast. He is a
guebt at the Stedman whllo In town.