VOLUME FOUR
Alaska, Tuesday March 4, 1919
Announces Victory Loan
Be For Seven
PRESIDENT TO SAIL
FORFRANCETON1GHT
Conference Of Governors .And Mayors Indorse Pro
. posal To Deport All Persons Advocat
ing Overthrow Of The Government
WASHINGTON. D. March 4.—Late yesterday afternoon j
the Governors and Mayors in conference here with President
Wilson on the labor situation, passed a resolution indorsing
Secretary Wilson’s proposal to deport all persons advocating
the overthrow of the government. Secretary Wilson, of the
Labor Department, presided at the meeting and characterized
the recent strike in Seattle. Butte, and Lawrence. Mass., as'
attempts to establish a Soviet government in the United States.
The House this morning 21.. to 41 passed a resolution de
claring in favor of self determination for Ireland.
President Wilson announced that no matter how many im
portant bills failed of passage, he would not call an extra ses
sion now. He will leave for Paris via New York City, on the
S. S. George Washington tonight.
Congress Adjourned At Noon Today
Congress adjourned at noon today. The fillibu*ter campaign
conducted by the Republican senators led by Sherman, killed
many important bills. The fillibuster was determined and bit
ter and fraught with many sensational features.
President Wilson signed the b'll providing for the maintain
ing of the price of wheat at $2.26 per bushel and the Victory
loan for seven billions.
Thirty seven of the Republican senators informed President
Wilson that they were unalterably opposed to the League of
Nations constitution as outlined.
I
President Makes A Statement Today
President Wilson in a public statement issued here today
said in part, “A group of men in the senate have deliberately
chosen to embarrass the administration to imperil the financial
interests of the railway system of the country and to make
arbitrary use of the powers intended to be employed in the in- ^
sarv legislation are willing to assume the responsibility of the (
terests of the people: It is plainly my present dutv to attend i
the peace conference in Paris. I take it for granted that the
ment who have obstructed and prevented the passage of neces
impaired efficiency of the Government and the embarrassed
finances of the country during the time of mv enforced absence”
Fiilibustering in the senate killed the following bills, N%vy
and Army-: Indian Agriculture: the Sundry Civil, general de
ficiency bills: SI00.000,000 bill to provide for farms and
houses for the soldiers and sailors and the oil leasing and wat
er power bills.
FARRARIITTOTAKE -
NO PASSFNfiFRS
SOUTH FROM HERE
V. A. Peterson, acient for the Admir
al line, announced today that the
Admiral Farragut due here Wednes
day from the westward will take no'
passenqers from Ketchikan Or any
other port on her southbound trip.
She is carrying a load of emoty oil
drums from the various canneries a
Ion? the coast, and under the shipp
ing rules, cannot carry passengers
when carrying empty drums.
Manager F. Chapman and Mrs.
Chapman, O. F. Offerman and T. H.
Voss are in town for a few days from
the Salt Chuck mine near Kasaan.
The Halibut boats Hellenic, Helena,
Orient Speculator, Reliance, and Cape
Soencer, cleared this week end for sea
fisheries.
JEFFERSON COMING ^
SEATTLE. March b.—The steamer
Jefferson sailed for the norihvthis
morning at nine o'clock with the fol
lowing passengers for Ketchikan,. F.
T. Bliss, J. S. Case, Amt L. Henrick
son, Nina Wood, Mrs. F. H. Poster,
Jesse Wood, Eva Deli, E. J. Webber
and wife. John Carlson, Mrs. M. Bar
novich, Mrs. S. G. Bartholomew, E.
Erickson, Thomas Nelson, A. Tweed,
M. I. Lawson, M. Barrimulos, Joseph;
Lenoa, Joseph Frettas and the cannery'
crews for Auk Harbor. Roe Point,!
Pybus Bay, Auk Bay and Tee Harbor
MO‘EMEfaiS OF BOATS
Wif Khi’und
Admiral Farragut, Wednesday.
Northwestern Friday.
Nortl«b: tind—
C'ty of Seattle 7:30 p. m. today.
Jefier;on Thursday.
Princess Friday.
JOHN n. RAISES
OIL CENT A GALLON
The local office of the Standard Oil
Comoanv announced to tis customers
a ra:se of one cent a qallon On all
distillate and pearl oil effective March
fi rst.
Distillate oil is now 17c. per gallon;
and pearl oil in bulk is 15c. and 25c.'
in cases. No reason is given for the
raise.
REWARD OFFERED
FOR DOG HERO .LOST
The American Red Cross announced
a reward ejP $100, donated by “a friend
of the Red Cross," for the return of
"Gyp,” a dog hero of the war, which
disappeared from Pershing House,
1y5 East Twenty-first Street. “Gyp”
is a Great Dane, three and a half feet
high and limps slightly on the right
foreleg as a result o/f‘ a wound receiv
ed in the fighting around Ypres. Th6|
deg was the property of Private Louis
Ceorge Green, a Texan, who was
wounded in the fighting in the Ar
goni eForest, and who is now in aeon-:
valescent hospital at Camp Upton, i
Green was spending the night at Persh
ing House last Saturday, and the dog
was put in the basement. A general
•’-r -> 'or ‘he miss'ng dog has been
.if 0"t 'rom Police Headquarters.—
New York Times.
CATHERINE D. ON
WAY TO WESTWARD
The Catherine D. of the American
Pacific Fisheries arrived In port this
w ‘.h c ews and cannery sup
..iies.lorthe canneries of the company
to the westward going as far as Aku
tan.
Last (Pall the 'Catherine D. was un
der charter by the Pacific Steamship
Co., but the charter expired in Janu
ary ;nd the ship is now under her own
company’s orders. ->
GOVERNOR DIES
' VERY SUDDENLY
SALEM, March 4:—Governor James
Withycombe died of heart disease here
last night. His death has caused a
shock in the capitol and'legislature and
messages of sympathy are pouring in
from all over the United States today.
A public funeral is contemplated, al
though no definite date has been set.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 4. —
Or. Wm. H. Davis has been appoint
ed chair. ,;n df‘ a committee to study
th' government records of the Influ
enza epidemic and to make a report
to the department of health.
WILL RETIRE
TORONTO. Mar. 4.—After having
served thirty-two years in the police
depaitment of Toronto, Chief of Police
Grassett announced today that he will
retire this year, “to make way jibr the
younger generation,” he explained.
“PRINCESS PATS”
LEAVES FOR HOME
LONDON, Eng., Mar. 4.—The “Prin
cess Patricia’s Own” the famous bat
talion of Canadian light Infantry *of
which the Princess is colonel-in-chief
has been presented with the colors
worked by the princess herself as
a pasting gift. The battalion arrival
ed from Belgium a mouth ago and are
leaving shortly for iCanada. The Prin
cess, now Mrs. Alexander Ramsay, to
day bid farewell to the troops at the
Canadian camp at Bramshott.
REGISTRATION
FOR ELECTION
IS VERY SLOW
"Wakp ’em up on registering, will
you?” complained Judge Plumley this
morning. ‘‘Only 63 out Of a possible
500 persons have registered since reg
istration opened February 19. Regis
tration' closes on March 29, and that
•eaves only 22 days more excluding
Sundays. Oh! I suppose they’ll all
rush in at the last minute and want
to register, but anyhow, tell ’em if
they don’t register they can’t vote^” •
he added.
The annual spring elections for May
or, three councilmen and treasurer for;
’he school board takes place on April i
1,' and registration is now open at]
the Council Chambers.
MRS. ZEIGLER HERE
Mrs. A. H. Zeigler arrived on the
Northwestern from her home in Balti
mo.e, where she has been visiting for
the past year since her husband, At
torney Zeigler joined the United
States Navy. Mr. Zeigler was dis
charged recently and arrived in Ket
chikan several weeks ago opening up
his law offices here.
Mrs. Zeigler was one of the most
popular of the capital’s young ma
trons and an intimate friends of Mrs.
Riggs, first lady of Alaska. She has
traveled extensively abroad and spent
fifteen months in school at Brussels,
Belgium, before the war. She Is a
clever painter and linguist, speaking
French as fluently as her native
tongue, and is altogether a charming
and unaffected person who will be
more than welcome with her distin
guished husband in the social circles
of the First City.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeigler are still at the
Revilla pending the arrival of their
furqr^ture from Juneauj when they
will be at home in the apartments a
bove the Heneghan Bakery.
The recent death of “Doc” Billum,
at Tonsina, recalls the passing of sev
eral other “characters” among the In
dians cf this region, all having left
this hunting ground since summer—
Bear John, Big Joe, Ethelota—all hav
ing attained some fame amongst their
own kind and the sourdoughs. Pe
haps "Doc” Billum was the most pic
turesque ej,' them all. He was for
some time proprietor of a ferry across
the treacherous Coppef-River. Poor
old Horse Creek Mary as she is called
has already a passed the centenarian
mark it is said. She is still hale
nd hearty and appears to be enjoy
ing life, although some of the tender
hearted think It is a somewhat pitiful
sight to see her sitting out upon a
’tump when the thermometer registers
10 degrees below zero, sawing away,
'or dear life upon a log in front of he"
it is an .unusual -sight- oven -|Hcr I
terlor Alaska.'**''
TERRORISTS
PLANS ARE
SHATTERED
Federal Authorities On
Trial of I, W, W, Find
Destruction Plan
CHICAGO^ March 4.—Another ter
rorist plot hatched by the anarchists
and I. W. W. of this crty has been
frustrated by the federal authorities
with the arrest of several of the prom
inent leaders and the seizure cjt' con
vincing evidence which will help to lo
cate others corrected. ^
Jfhe attempt '’which the police pre
vented by thejy timely action, includ
ed a plan to destroy the Army Build
ing, the Union League Club and sev
eral other great, structures in the
heart of the city with the aid of
bombs manufactured from T. N. T.
The federal authorities declare they
had been watching the plotters for
sometime and caught the leaders just
as they were about to put their plan
into action.
RUSS GOVERNMENT
MAY MOVE ITS
HEADQUARTERS
VLADIVOSTOK, Mar. 4.—Reports
reaching here today state that the
Omsk Government is considering the
question of moving their headquarters
to either Chita or Vladivostok. The
reconciliation of Kolchak and Semen
ofif generals, would probably be at
the bottom of the change.
SEATTLE IS
HOLDING AN
ELECTION
Three Former Councilmen
Seeking Re-election
Opponents Radicals
SEATTLE, March 4.—Elections are
being held in Seattle today for three
'ouncilmen, and a corporation coun
sel. Councilmen Moore, Thompson and
F'tznerald are seeking re-election
on the issue' that they are opposed to
".olshevism and radicalism as repre
sented by their three opponents all of
whom were conspicuous participants in
the recent general strike of Feb. 6.
OURAY, Colo.—Mountain sheep are
getting time enough this winter so
that photographs can be taken of them
as they come down the mountainside
‘o a spot near the railroad station
where the country has provided hay for
‘hem. Coming of the mountain sheep
into town always is a sign that there
has been a heavy snowfall in the
mountains.
PORTLAND NOW
ADMIRAL KNIGHT
Mr. V. A. Peterson of the Admira1
'nc. reports that he^.was informed bv
"aptain Kni^Jit^^ihe Catherine D. to
'ay that the old Portland of the Inde
endent steamship line, just purchased
by the Pacific S. S. Co., has been re
■ameti the Admiral Knight. The Port
’and was formerly the Kuskokwlm Riv
- She will be put on the Alaskan
n this season, it is reported.
H. C. Scott and wife, of the Mary
aland Llghthcse station, are at the
Stedman.
NEW EMPLOYEE AT TONGASS
E. A. Wold, who arrived on one of
•>e recent boats from Montana, has
'opted a position in the men’s furn
-ing department of the Tongass
radir.g Company.
, RED CROSS NOTICE
Cn account"pf shortage of working
•ti-’als the Red Cross workrooms
i-not be open tfiis peek' onT Wed-’
•'■"--ly afternoon.
DOCTORS AND
NURSES VICTIMS
STOCKHOLM, Mar. 4.—Despatch
es arriving here daily continue to re
port the terrible ravages caused by
the typhoid epidemic in Russia. In
one city hospital in Petrograd, forty
nurses and twelve doctors have died
of the disease.
SALT LAKE CITY, Mar. 4.—Liquor
valued at $6,000 was discovered by
some boys playing'near a tunnel at
the back of a garage. The'police eir
j ed the liquor but could not find the
i owner of the house into which the
! tunnel led. *
ELEVEN PERISH
I. . —
i MONTREAL, Mar. 4.—As a result of
I o fire which destroyed a boarding
house on Monday morning, eleven per
sons are lievtJ to have burned to
decl). while another probably will
die. having received fatal injuries.
LIVESTOCK OF
U, S, INCREASES
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 4. _
' During the year of 1918 the number of
r-attle including milk cows, swine amj
sheep in the United States increased
5.315,000. The report of the Depart
ment of Agriclture, which is still in
i 'he printer’s hands, will make these
i 'iguies public in a short time and
: he reports will be ready Tor distribu
:on this month.
i GERMAN MOTHER
SEES SON WITH
U. S, IN GERMANY
I I_
I*
j COBLENZ, Germany_Mrs1. Martha
j Greeff arrived here recently and pre
sented credentials at Army .Headquart
ers, explaining that she wanted to see
her son^ and for this reason had made
‘he journey from her home in Essen.
American officers explained to her that
'he only German soldiers within the
occupied zone were those on special
duty in connection with the turning
aver to the American Army property
a;4 the German Army, and that Ro
’an Greeff’s name did not appear on
'he list of these men.
‘•Apparently you misunderstand me,”
said Mrs. Greeff to an -Amerioon who
"poke German. “My son is in Company
" 11th Infantry. U. S. A., which will
soon be stationed in flhe region of
Treves.”
Permission for Mrs. Gree.jr’ to visit
her son will be granted by headquart
I ors.
~APOO HANDSHAKES, SAYS
U. S. HEALTH ASSOCIATION
ANN AREOR—Put tho taboo on the
handshake, .is the advipe given by .the
Minnesota public health association
’ournal, as a measure of sound* hy
giene, declaring the handshake is a
[cairior of disease.
As a means of checking any disease,
'he writer says, the evasion vof hand
shaking will do as much fc'r oublic
■calth as the enforcement of ai !i
'oitting laws.
The writer of the article wants to
substitute for the handshake some
'orm of greeting like the military sa
'ue which, he says, is as cordial and
pleasant* a greeting as the handshake
ever was.
That the handshake will not be abol
'shed thus summarily is the opinion of
Michigan Antituberculosis association
'n Michigan at least there are believ
--I to be too many oolitteians who need
’he handshake in their business to
■ake so radical a step. Politics with
out the handshake would be too tame
*o be considered if’or a moment.
With the government railroad tied
and the necessity of transporting
"’nnlies partly by train and partly by
"oq team from Seward to Anchorage
*ood prices in Anchorage have risen
and a serious shortage ell' a number
of food items now exists, according
to W. J. Henry, formerly with the
railway commission, who passed thru
'->ere recently on his way to Seattle.
’I sugar in Anchorage has been sold
•t by the stores and but little but
er remains Eggs are selliPg for
£0 a dozen. The commission expect
'd to be able .tp keep the railroad
nen this wlntdPAnii the stores at An
■•orjoe.did pot make any pfepara;
ftr fhrf lon.o period of isolation
rr- no-v are experiencing.
Senators Sutherland and Renan Absent-E, i, White
Elected Speaker Of The House And
H, F, Morton, Chief Clerk
(Special to the Daily Progressive-Miner)
i JUNEAU,_March 4. — The territorial legislature convened
j yesterday with Senators Dan Sutherland of Ruby and Iditarod
| and John Ronan of Seward, absent.
| The House organized and elected E. J. White, formerly of
! Douglas, ^s speaker, H„ F. Morton, chief clerk, Mike Joyce,
\ Sergeantat-arms.
j Uhe Senate chose John Sundehacke, of Nome, as president
iind Thos. M. Reed, of Nome, secretary, W. Gi’ant Johnson, as
sistant secretary pro tempore. The senate is now awaiting
: the arrival of Senator Sutherland before completing' the or
j ganization. Indications are that either L. C. Hess, of Fair
banks or James J. Frawley, of Nome, will be chosen president,
with the best chances for the latter.
Sutherland Five Rays Overdue From Ranks
Fears are being felt for the safety of Senator Dan Suther
land who is on board his halibut bo'at Frances, now five days
j overdue from sea fisheries. If he does not arrive in Juneau
today a search will be instituted. ,
LOYAL BAVARIAN TROOPS
j MARCHING ON MUNICH TO
i DEFEAT THE BOLSHEVIKIS
PARIS, March 4.—Despatches from Berlin and Berne, re
port that loyal Bavarian troops who are opposed to the Bolshe
viki and their methods of terrorism, have banded together and
are marching on Munich from several directions. They plan
to retake the Bavarian capitol where the soviet government
has been established by the revolutionists.
Would Scrap Submarines
PARIS, March 4.—The question of scrapping submarines,
which is before the Paris Conference, is being much discussed
| by the London papers it is learned here.'* It is learned on high
| authority that* the British Admiralty is strongly in favor of
i the total prohibition of submarine building and of the use of
i submarines in warfare.
i
Naturally, this would be subject to a general international
agreement and to the right guarantees and safeguards. In
view of the fact that the British are far ahead of all other na
tions in regard to the actual possession of. submarines and of
their potential production, their attitude is all the more to the
point. ‘'til
King Of Bavaria In Austrian Tyrol .
VIENNA, March 4.—Reports reaching here from the Aus
trian Tyrol say that Ludwig, the deposed king of Bavaria has
fled into Austria and is seeking shelter in the Oitz valley.
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POISON GAS