THE DAILY
Number 115
VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan, Alaska, March 1, 1919
MARTIAL LAW IN FORCE THROUGHOUT SPAIN
REPORTS SAY SPARTACANS ARE FAST GAINING STRENGTl
SENATOR KNOX DECLARES
CONSTITUTIONALPRIVILEGES
ARE BEING STRICKEN DOWN
President Today Approves Fifteen Of The Congress-,
ional Bills And One Joint Resolution
Most Important Signed
President's Secretary Denies Report
WASHINGTON. D. C„ March 1.—The Republicans are be
in? credited with wanting an extra session of Confess now so
as to turn their batteries on the League of Nations while the
peace conference is perfecting it.
Reearding the report that President Wilson had said that
the Irish ouestion was one between England and Ireland and
that Ireland would tmt have a voice in the peace conference.
Joseph Tumulty, private secretary to the President today is
sued this statement, “The President wishes me to say that
such a statement is a deliberate falsehood.”
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 1.—“What benefit is to come
from such a sale of the country as is ur?ed uoon us who are
the beneficiaries of this betrayal of our people." so demanded
Senator Philander A. Knox in a senate speech on the League
of Nations oue«tinn today. He asserted that the American con
stitutional privileges are being stricken down.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 1.—The President t^day an
proved fifteen Congressional bills and one ioint resolution. The
most important of the measures were signed, including the Post
office appropriation bill, the measure which authorises the re
sumption of voluntary enlistments in the army, and the b’M al
lowing soldiers and sailors and marines to retain their uniforms
and other equipment.
Bar Trading With Bolsheviki
Tradin'1- with the Bolsheviki in Russia has been barred b>
the United States. England and France, it was announced by the
War department here today officially.
Judiciarv Committee Reports Favorable
f
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 1.—The senate judiciary com
mittee todav reported favorably on the n^minat'orn of Charles E.
Bunnell and R. F. Roth. Jud-e and Federal Attorney respective
ly for the fourth division in Alaska. There was jjpme discussion
about the^r nomination on account of their'gtlle?ed activities in
the n^Ht’cal eamnai^ns of the delegates.
J. M. CLEMENTS, of Helena. Montana, was appointed Dis
trict-Attorney for Nome, Alaska, it was announced also.
Leasing Bill To Se Shoved Aside
It was reported unofriciaHy this afternoon that the oil and
c al lea-in- b*‘« is now believed to have no chance whatever of
passing fhis session.
HANSON’S CONDITION STILL SERIOUS
SEATTLE, March 1.—Mayor Ole Hanson continues to be a
x'ctim of neuritis and his condition is such as to cause anx
i. tv concerning him. The Mayor has been prostrated since the
e ding of the Sympathy strike.
Strike May Be Declared Off
SEATTLE, March 1.—A conference jn progress this after
i on here gives some promise of the local shipyards strike be
i g declared off next week, it was announced from an authori
t live source.
TO VISIT PARENTS
Uilie ESue left for Anyox, B. C.
las' night on the Princess to pay a
she visit to his parents who are mak
ing aerr home there. He will return
*oo.-> to continue his studies in the
hig: :ehoot here.
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PRT ESS MARY ON
TEN DAY SCHEDULE
Ti Princess Mary which sailed for
the r th last evening, commencing
with r next trip north, will make the
nort i route on the spring 10-day
sche: j. She will arrive here Friday
Marc 7, returning southbound on
Tuet j the 11.
Le :g for the south last night
were E. Lathrop. Mrs. C. D, Schell.
Haze jwers, Gladys Burto^ Mrs. W.
F A! O. E. Olson, J. R. Moran,
John yior, Leslie Blue, A Wick, E.
G. V -. Jojn Carlson and wife.
MO :menis of boats
Soul und—
Adm FarraguL Wednesday.
Nc*'-' unii
_ o- teattle, Tuesday.
HIGH SCHOOL TtAIn
IS VICTORIOUS
Ketchikan boosters who aceompan
ed the Ketchikan High School Team
(o Kasaan on the Taku II yesterday af
ternoon, report that the local tean
played a fine game winning with i
score of 23-17 in their favor. Th
team returned to town after the game
arriving about two o'clock this morr
Ing.
The halibut boats Swiftsure, Ser
’♦or. Seattle, Kodiak and Liberty ai
-ived from Seattle and Prince Ruper
-!ur:ng the past week and cleared fo
--a fisheries.
Oscar R. Hart, travelling represents
tive of the Olympia Woolen mills an
other drygoods houses, arrived on tl
Northwestern and is taking his ol
rcute thru the territory, after beta
d'schar^ed from the service. A wrii
watch is a reminder of the Khakl-cla
days, but the noisy shirt he display
is the reaction. Mr. Hart is at tl
ftrciman.
C H DuntonT of Hollis, is a gue
at the Stedman while he ia in tow
cn a short business trip.
SEVEN MILLIONS
KILLED IN WAR
Washington. March 1:— General
Marclf^announced today that available
statistics disclose the fact that the
total of men killed of died of wotmd3
during the war. In all nations amount*
to seven million three hundred and
fifty-four thousand. These figures do
not inclue accidental deaths or deaths
due to diseases.
General March announced this after
noon that, to date, one million three
hundred soldiers have been acttnttty
demobilised.
PARIS. March 1:—The Prince of
Wales visited the Inrter-allled Press
club today. He was informally Intro
duced to the correspondents attending
the peace conference.
GERMAN WOMEN TO
BE DISMISSED FROM
WORK LATE DECISION
MUNICH, Ravaria, March 1.—Con
crete plans for the systematic dismiss
al of the women workers who have
taken men’s places during the war
have been agreed upon by the general
rommissicn of the Trades Unions of
Germany and the Central Association
*f Consumers league.
SANTIAGO, Chile, March 1:—A ra
d'cat party at a meeting last evening
tock up a petition to the government
asking that it follow the example of
the United States and prohibit the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic bev
erages in Chile. /
FRENCH HOLD ONE OF
PLOTTERS AGAINST
EDITH CAVELL
PARIS March 1.—A man named
Krein who is alleged to have played
an important part in “working up”
♦he case against the English nured,
Edith Cavell. is being held here by the
French authorities on a charge of
dealing with the enemy. V
A report on Krein states that he
was in jail at St. Quentin at the
beaming of the war. He was releas
ed by the Germans and went to the
mansion of Prince and Princess Croy,
in Belgium, where he denounced them
as having aided French prisoners of
war to escape. As a result the prin
cess was condemned to 10 years’ im
-v isonment at hard labor.
LONDON, March 1.—A committee
has been aooointed by the colonial
secretary to deal with the problem*
of emmig'ation which are likely to
arise during the period of reconstruc
tion. Hundeda are planning to leave
England for the colonies.
LEAVES FOR SOUTH
J. E. Lathrop, who has been in the
employ of the New England Flsf
Company for the past six years lefi
cn the Princess Mary for Chattanooga
Tennessee, where he will visit with hi!
daughter, Mrs. Geo. A. Lawto. An
other daughter, Mrs. Ross H. Rath
bun, resides in Wllkinsburg, Pa, whili
! a son, A L Lathrop is in Los Angeles
TO VISIT DAUGHTER
Mrs C. D Schell was a passenge
cn the Princess Mary last evenin;
•or St. Joseph, Mo. where she will vil
t her daughter, who is attending co
1 'ege ther.e Miss Schell is making he
home with her aunt Mrs. Schell s sii
1J ter,
* Arthur Anderson, son of Captain /
* 1 Anderson of the Gasboat Hilda, wh
-as been very ill from Septic Brol
1 chitis. for several weeks, is not in
crcving as rapidly as he should, a1
’ cording to Dr. Myers, but has take
* , night turn for the better. Wor
* h38 been sent to Captain Anderso
r who is out fishing, but he has n<
been communicated with as yet. T1
illness is a result of a relapse fro
J influenza,
d
e Owing to the slump in copper i
d soon as the government war guara
9 see wae withdrawn, the Kenneco
^ -r-oration hat laid off a contlderab
d number cf its men at Kennecott at
•j at Latouehe mines. The corporate
* is one of the largest employers of 1
i .o- ir. the territory and any time
it c ,-rUiis iU force it makes a notU
n able difference in the wealth ef tl
community.
PEOPLE ARE
RIOTING NOW
ON IN SPAIN
Martial ,Law Is Declared
So Government Can
Settle Question
MADRID, March, 1:—Martial law
declared here 35 a resuK of the riots
started by the people against profiteers
and lack of food. Bakeries have been
taken over by the government, and the
mob* are attacking the butcher shops.
The Premier's explanation for de
claring martial law as given out In a
public statement, is that the govern
ment must be better ab!e to settle all
social and economic questions.
LONDON, March, u— Adelina Patti
the famous opera singer, is dangerous
ly ill at her home in Wales, according
to the Liverpool Post.
FREE EDUCATION
INPHILIPPINES
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 1.—
4 n act aooropriating 30.000.000 pesos
for extension of universal free educa
tion in the islands passed by the
Philiopine legislature recently is re
gecdfd by feting Governor-General
Yeatee. mm the most striking develop
ment of the legislative session in Ma
nila just closed, according to a cable
J UJ I'is -»■;«■
here.
PARIS. March 1.—A late dispatph
'rom Constantinople received here
says that General Kyamil Malmond
Pasha, who is said to be resoonsibte
for the massacre of the Greeks ane
Armenians, has been placed under ar
rest.
HOME OF EVANGELINE
BE NATIONAL PARK
MONTREAL, March 1—The Cana
dian Pacific Railway company has
purchased the home of Evangeline at
Grand-Pre, N. S., immortalized by
Longfellow’s poem cf that name, ana
t is planed to maintain the site aa
a national park. A statue of Evange
rne which was being sculptured by
Louis Phillips Hebert at the time of
his death, is to be completed by his
son and Disced in the park beside the
! famous well.
PARIS. March 1.—Mathias Erzberg
er, head of the German Armistice com
mission, was informed by the allied
War Council that there can be no die
cussion of the repatriation of Ger
man prisoners of war, at the preseni
»vrept in cases of sick or wound
ed men.
( MRS. W. F. ALTON
LEAVES FOR HOME
Mrs. W. F. Alton, who with he
daughter Ivaleen has been visiting it
• Ketchikan for the past six month
, from Pay City, Michigan, left toda;
- on the Princess Mary.
- Mrs. Alton has been visiting he
r daughter, Mrs. Johnstone Van Martel
r and Miss Ivaleen Alton will remaii
for the summer. Mrs. Alton will r«
turn to Michigan by way of souther
,. California where she plans to visit
o month or six weeks.
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PHILLIP ELLIOT IMPROVING
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n Phillip M. Elliot, son of Mr. an
d Mrs. C. N. Elliot, who has been eoi
n fined to his home for two weeks wit
it a bad attack of tonaititis. is restin
a much easier today and it It hoped ths
n ’ e wMI have recovered entirely in
A short time from Ms Indisposition.
' Mrs. Florence Byron, former pianii
18 i at the Grand Theatre, returned on tl
v; Northwestern from Seattle and Cs
tt j Ifornla where she has spent the winti
months.
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Commissioner Cbas. Sowton, of tl
Sslvetion •Army, left on the Prince
Mary today for his headquarters
Winnipeg. He made a visit to Metl
katta while in the dietrict.
WEDDING PRESENT
FOR PRINCESS PAT
OTTAWA, March 1.—Funds are
pouring in hero from all parts of
’Canada to help purchase a Rational
wadding gift for Princess Patricia who
is now the wife cf Commander Alex
ander Ramsay. The money was collect
ed by the Imperial Order Daughters
of the Empire. At first a gift of
furs was decided upon but it was
later understood that the wedding
present will take the form of Victory
bonds,
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PRINCETON. T. J„ March 1:—Pre
sident John Grier Hlbben of Princeton
University, was today decorated with
the cross of the Legion of Honor.
NENANA MERCHANT
GOING TO WALES
AFTER M|«*. BRIDE
SEATTLE March 1_R. C. Mor
ris merchant of Nenana who arrived
here recently from the interior is leav
ing shortly for Wales to claim Miss
Enid Lewis as his bride. This was re
vealed wheu Mr. Morris made arrange
ments hers for his passport abroad.
JELLICOE TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
LONDON. March 1:—Admiral Lord
Jellicoe and Lady Jellicce sailed from
Portsmouth this afternoon aboard the
battleship cruiser New Zealand for
Australia. . The trip of admiral Jellicoe
will ultimately embrace Japan, and the
United States.
VAST FIELDS OF
fiifi nn rniiMn
IN DERBYSHIRE
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LONDON. March 1.—Imoortant dis
coveries of fuel oil have been made
on the estates of the Duke of Devon
sh:re, in Derbyshire. Exoerts declare
that there Is more oil in England than
in the whole state of Pennsylvania.
Exnlorat’ons with the consent of the
Government have been carried on all
over the country on a vast scale
since the discovery.
PARIS- Ma-ch 1.—An agreement
whereby the United States will ob
tain some of the best German mer
chant ships for transporting Ameri
can troops homeward, has been reach
ed. The ships include the Imperator,
n-af Waldersee and Pretoria. The
Imeerator is a monster vessel and
second in size to the Vaterland.
GOVERNMENT TO AID IN
MAKING FLYING SAFE
| According +o the London Times.
' dur'na the discussion of the aerial
n’vaetion bi’i in the house of com
-.on’ todav. Maior-Gen. John P. See
ra-li-’me-'tary undersecretary of
‘he ministry cf munitions, announced
♦ hat ‘ the government intended to
make fly’-ng safer by providing a
13roe number cf airdromes, some of
♦hom military establishments and some
1 civil The government. General See
lev said, would pay the entire cost
: of the exclusively military airdromes
and would start the movement by pro
■ viding for civM airdromes but that it
i was honed before Ion? the last-named
I wo"ld berome entirely self-sunoort'ng.
- A British alrshio. according to
Gen. Seeley, recently remained in the
• air for more than 100 hours. At an
, average speed of 50 miles an hour,
, the under-secretary added, the air
- ship must have covered more than
l 5000 miles. It was possible that the
i airshio could have continued longer
in the air, the sneaker declared, not
withstanding the fact that it encount
ered considerable wind.
d CANADA AFTER ALASKA
COD FISHERIES
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g John P. Pabcock’, Assistant to thi
it ''nm-niss’oner of Fisheries of BritiBl
a '"ol-mbia on a recent visit to Prlno
| Runert was nuoted in a published in
terview as expressing the belief tha
it the time was near when the cor
,e fisheries of the Aleutian Islands
I- whose products have formerly bee
ir handled through Seattle and San Fran
'•isno, would be centered at Prince Ri
| -ert. This idea was based on the fac
le ‘hat Prince Rupe't is about 1 50
IS mi'es nearer to the fishing banks tha
San Francisco, and h23 other naturs
‘"f -dvanlages which Mr. Babcock- b<
a"; lieves 'should result in Its becomin
j headquarters for the c dfith Industry
GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS NOW
FACING THE MOST SERIOUS
SITUATION OF ITS HISTORY
Weimar Is Cut Off From Rest Of Country And Na
tional Assembly IVlay Fall If Revo*
iution Succeeds In South
BERNE. Switzerland. March 1.—The German government
now faces the most serious situation since the first revolu
tion. A new spartacan uprising is developing in all parts of the
country. Despatches indicate that further success of the radi
cals in the central districts may render the government pow
erless. The Spartacans are determined above everything else
to isolate Berlin from southern Germany and are concentrat
ing large forces in the central district for the purpose of pre
venting the movement of Government troops southward.
Weimar, the seat of the new National Assembly has already
been cut off from the rest of the country and if the revolu
tion triumphs in the south, the national assembly may fall.
American Guards Are Doubled
The American army officials in occupation have taken pre
cautionary measures for the protection of the food supplies
which are being dispatched to Berlin for the American troops
there and have doubled the guards on the trains. Food being
sent to the Russian prison camps in Germany is also sent under
a heavy guard.
Gunboats have been dispatched along the Rhine to operate
against the Spaj^acans, says an official announcement from
Berlin.
Feeling Of Dissatisfaction Prevalent
PARIS, March 1.—A general feeling of dissatisfaction Is evi
plishment of the primary purpose for which the conference was
called, the conclusion of peace, thus permitting the world to set
itself to the problems of peace.
Industrial and political unrest which Is being felt all over Eu
rope is said to be the result of the present situation of neith
er war nor peace with the resumption of hostilities even though
a remote one.
There are a dozen committees with more work than is possible
tc comprehend and yet many of them do not find it practicable
to held meetings oftener than once a week. It is understood
that there have been formal protests against these delays.
r-sTupEUTY ujrj
i VICTORY
i
i
FINISH THE JOB
Governor Federal Reserve Bank Twelfth
« Federal Reserve District
By James K. Lynch
Telegraphic reports of changes in the plan for financing
the Governrr.. .t have produced a feeling of uncertainty in the
| minds of our citizens.
We have positive assurance from Secretary Glass that a
popular loan will he offered for subscription on April 21st, and
' that this will be “a salable loan,”—in other words, a loan that
' will be attractive to the investor whether in the form of certi
. ficates or bonds.
t Obviously, there are details which cannot yet be decided, and
1 announcements which cannot be made until Congress has leg*
' islated.
’ Let us not be confused by preliminary discussion, but let us
. keep our minds fixed on the fact that our Government re
t quires the money to complete the work it has undertaken. The
3 attempted industrial revolt which collapsed in Seattle, owing
1 to the firmness of the Mayor, is evidence that Hun propagan*
' da is still active. The “war” will not be over until the Huns
\ have been given the bill and have begu.t paving. Then, and
..then only, will they realize defeat and confess error.