VOLUME FOUR
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Ketchikan. Alaska, Saturday, March 15, 1919
INSURRECTION OVEI
SAYS GERMANY’
NEW WAR MINISTI
Wittelsbach Dynasty Tried to Destroy Whole Ba
varian Republic-Population Is To Be
Disarmed As Soon As Possible
WEIMAR, Mar. 15.—Addressing the National Assemblv here
today. War Minister Noske announced that he considered the
insurrection in southern Germany as crushed. The disarmament
of the population must be hastened- however, he said and the
hydra headed monster, Bolshevism, completely exterminated b
fore Germany could settle down to a peace basis.
The entireBavarian delegation to the National Assembly
which left Weimar on hearing that Herr Auer, Bavarian Minis
ter of the Interior had been shot, have returned and report that
it Is their firm belief that there was an organized attempt to de
stroy the Bavarian republic. It is believed that the Wittlesbach
dynasty and its adherents were behind the movement and that
Count Arcovalley, the slayer of Premier Eisner was not acting
independently. Arcovalley was lynched by an angry crowd.
MISS ALICE REQUA
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Miss Alice Requa, daughter of Mar,
L. Requa, head of the oil conservation i
section of the United States fuel ad- -
ministration. Is one of the Washington
debutantes of the season.
EMPLOYERS EAGER TO
HELP EMPLOYES
Improved working conditions thru
out the Nation are following the or
ganization of the working conditions
service. Department of Labor. The
letters that havecome to this service
from employers have shown that the!
latter are sincerely interested in bet
tering conditions in their factories
and that they are cooperating with
the service to as great an extent as
possible.
Requests for information have come
from every part of the country> and
many employers tell what they are al
ready doing to make factory life more
pleasant and healthful.
The spirit shown by the employers
in these letters is gratifying to the
working conditions service officials,
who believe that once an attitude of
cooperation has been created between
workmen and employers satisfactory
relations will follow. One Middle
West firm writes that not all its em
ployees can hope for promotion to
executive positions, but that it wants
to find some means of recognizing
properly the faithfulness of its pro
duction employees.
CONTRACTORS
DENY STORY
Contractors who are clearing the
land for the site of the Ljghthouse
depot below the Standard Oil Dock,
on reading the story published yester
day of the reportd finding of a na
tive’s body in an old shack on the
premises, declare that this is untrue
and that no body has been found any
where near the place.
CABLE UP AGAIN
The U. S. Cable which has been
down for several days, on account of
two breaks near Cape Flattery, went
rp again at 5 o'clock Thursday eve
ning and is handling all business as
usual
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
SoutJihounH
Alaska 21st.
Morth b^unri
City of Seattle 4:30 p. m. today.
Fa.ragut Monday.
Jefferson Tuesday.
Alameda Wednsday.
20,000 AT WORK
SEATTLE. Mar. 15.—Despite the
fact that a thousand riveters went on
strike yesterday, it is beleived that a
second general strike has been averl
ed. There are now twenty thousand
men at work jn the shipyards here
today.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 15—The
War office announced today that a
million, four hundred and twenty
thousand soldiers have been demobil
ized to date.
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VIENNA, Mar. 15—A Vienna bank
has sold the controlling interest in the
Austrian Lloyds to a group of Italian
financiers, with the understanding
that in running the fleet. Austrian
economical interests shall be largely
considered, it was announced here to
day
KETCHIKAN LUMBER
AND SHINGLE CO
START PLANING
The Ketchikan Lumber & Shing'e
Comoany, whose plant is located a*
Hoadley Point< :torth of the Naval
Radio station, started their planer
working yesterday with a crew o'
*:ve men. and are now prepared to
*ake orders for any amount of lum
he' in all kinds of Cedar. Soruce a d
Hemlock, according to Mr. R. Flem
ing, who with Mr. E. A, Lbiby> own
the mill.
Later on in the summer, as the ov-i
des warrant, additional men will b‘
taken on. The mill is sadly in need
of a shingle sawyer, Mr. Fleming
says, and so far have not been nbi'
*o locate a man.
Mr. Sam Bartholomew, who ha
been visiting his mother and sister in
Hremerton for several weeks, iciurn
ed north on the Leonine of the Sun
nypoint Packing Co.- which towed t r
new Paup piledrivcr north.
PROF. A. C. CCGLIDGE
Prof. A. C. Coolidcje o: Harvard uni
versity is the head of an expedition
which has arrived in Austria to study
political, social and economic condi
tions in that country.
Davy Jones must be wonderful a'
the absence of new arrivals in the
form of sunken ships.
Looking back, it’s funny to recali
how many schemes were advanced to
stop the U-boats.
SECRETARY DANIELS
SAILS FOR EUROPE
NEW YORK, March 15:— Secretary
Daniels of the Navy Department ex
pects to sail late this afternoon for
Europe to make a study of the latest,
naval devices and will consult with
British and French naval authorities.
This in in accordance with the naval
program which has been approved by
President Wilson. ~
NEW YORK, Mar. 15.—The Aero
Club announced today that three air
men in England have filed their entry
for the trans ocean event and are1
ready tc fly across the Atlantic from j
the American side to the British
is; s Yhe Loudon Daily Mail has
offered a prize of fifty thousand dol
lars for the first successful flight.
COTTIN WILL BE
EXECUTED April 10
PARIS. Mar. i0_Emile Cottin, as
sn i'ant of Premier Clemenceau, has
ben sentenced to death and will prob
r':h< be- executed before April 10. it
• as announced today.
fYDNEL, Nova Scotia, Mar. 15. —
*3pe Crete ■ Mines are demanding a:
six.hour day, following the example o',
their comrades in England.
PROTECTION IS
PROMISED COMMISSION
PARIS. Mar. 15.—The entry into
P. -sia of the commission which the
ccent international Socialist congress
of Porno proposed to send to investi
rate condition has been authorized by
a Russian wireless received hero
whlchsays that the Soviet Govern
mc * will protect the commission
LONDON, Mar. 15_The British
Government plans to make flying saf
by providing a larger number of
■Irdromes, some military and some
rivi', in Great Britain. The Govern
ment will pay the entire cost of ex
'h sively military airdromes and will
,m- t’"? movement by providing for
civil ? rdrorres but it is hoped that be
ong the latter will become self.
—importing.
INSANITY DECREASES |
NOW IN AUSTRIA
VIENNA Mar. 15.—A considerable
oeciir i: mantel diseases is shown in
he Ir.13 health office reports,. This is
due. it is believed to the lessening con
a • n-fion cf alcoholic beverages
■ '-i-.h ,-,re extremely h;gh in price.
The ’’cb.-iatV' ward in the Vienna
i r: . lum is closed owing to ?
of patients.
NATIVES TALK ELECTING
A REPRESENTATIVE
“Natives of Southeastern Alaska
c j!d pull themselves together, (
lie out prejudice, present a united'
r • ■ and elect a native to sit at Ju
war" is the sentiment of local na
’ c- substantial footing in the
1 r.munity.
If ‘c’!owed up, it will wrest from
ho world the conclusion that natives
ere capable of progress in the science
on government.
The natives constitute one third o'
the population of the territory and
vet they have no representative at
■o Capitol. Some of the more pro
oressive leaders are seriously consid
^ring a candidate for the next elec
tion.
The verdict of history, that social \
•ogress is never conferred upon an’ j
"rcup in society without a struogp
arms to dawn upon a few thinkers;
among them.
They see that even white women •
vest fight hard to be recognized at
I the polls.
mho natives of Southeastern Alas
; subscribed $ 7,000 or more char
1 /.ice their quota to the Fourth Li
| -rrty Loan.
Nearly every village is 100 per
cent members of the Red Cross. Vari
ov, native boys were drafted and re
sponded patriotically. All of which is
v dence of loyalty to the spirit of
Institution.—The New Native.
SCHOOL PLAY
SCHEDULED FOR
MARCH 28th
The school operetta. “Under the
t*ars and Strip"-.” is to be presente-'
■t R d Mtn He1.' on Friday even
n%. March 28. it was definitely decid
'ri today. Costumes are now bein'
-dr and the whole school is in r
> 3tV cf rehea'sals and “fittings” ir
| preparation for the presentation.
MARCH AND
Complaints of Too Severe'
Sentences and Reports
Being Looked Into
SEATTLE, Mar. 15.—Secretary Ba
<cr of the War Department and Gen
ial March, chief of Militia, are ex
aectec! to arrive a^JJamp Lewis on
a flying trip of inspection Sunday, it
.vas learned here today.
It is believed that the trip is be
ng made for the purpose of looking
nto charges made regarding severe
:"urt martjal sentences and the new
methods of treating military prisoners
approved by Secretary Baker a short
‘ime ago at the conference of com-!
nanders of discipline barracks.
LONDON, Mar. 15.—On October 1,
1917. there were 37,000 Canadian sol
diers in hospitals in fengland and 10,-:
jCO in France. Since then over 10,-!
COO have been discharged each month
and have been returned to Canada. j
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EFFIE A, FRISBEE
GETS A REtESS
APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 15. —
The recess appointmliiifc of Miss Ef
rie A. Frisbee as Regteter of the Ju
neau Land office was announced
'rom the White House today.
Miss Frisbee was nominated by P’res
dent Wilson and is to succeed C-. B.
Walker, who resigned. She has been'
r rsident of Juneau for threa years j
during which time she has been a
clerk in the land office. She was|
uansferred from Idaho where she was'
eonnocted with the United States:
public lands service, and is regard j
>d as a very efficient young woman. |
MUST FACE TRIAL
NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 15.—A writ,
3f habeas corpus sought by Glen H.:
Collins has been denied by Federal:
Judge Grubb here.
Collins, a former lieutenant in the:
British Army, charged with obtaining'
through fraud, a necklace valued at
15 COC rupees, from Mohamid Ali Zain-i
al Ali Hiza of Bombay, will be return-1
3d to Rcmbay for trial. He was ar
■ested here last July at the request of:
‘he Fritish authorities.
LAST DAY TO WAIL YOUR
INCOME TAX
Today, March 15^ is the last day in
‘which income taxes may be mailed t1"
escape paying the penalty imposed b'
law, according to a message publish
er recently from Collector Williams
No extension is allowed for Alaska re
turns this year, but if returns are ir
‘he postoffice by tonighr «iey will ir
accepted.
LADY BEATTY
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. Lady v.a.c of the Bnt.th acl
miral, is tiv* rtm.'nhter cf the late Mar
shal! Field cf Chicago.
Johnny will come marching home
again all right, but don’t expect hir
too soon. He’s got to keep an eye o
oie fellows for a while yet.
Fverybody has called at the office
to say “I told you so” except the ma
rho used to go around predicting tha'
this war would last ten years longer
FREDERICK MEARS
GETS APPOINTMENT
SEATTLE, Mar. 15. — Frederick!
Mears, formerly a member of the Al-!
aska Engineering Commission has:
been appointed general manager of
the American Railways in France. I
according to news received here.
Col. Mears went to France at the1
head of the 31st Railway Engineers
Regiment.
OTTAWA, Mar. 15. — Ally person
in Canada other than a medical of
ficer, physician and surgeon, who sells!
liquor to soldiers in uniform may be!
tried by court martial and if found!
guilty, be sentenced.to a term of im-j
prisonment not exceeding twelve!
manths or a fjne of $300, or both ac
cording to an order-in-council just
passed.
frankwTbaker
DIES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE ,Mar i, 15.—Frank W.
faker, treasurer for the past twenty- !
five years of the Seattle Hardware;
Company, died here yesterday of;
heart failure.
VIENNA, Mar. 15.—The fat ration
has been increased in Vienna from
four tj s'.x dol'.agrams a week, for the
first time in two years, thanks to the:
arrival of an American lard shipment.;
MINNESOTA RIDS
HERSELF OF ALIENS
MINNEAPOLIS, Mar. 15.—Radicals
and undesirable aliens are not wanted
'n Minnesota and a systematic round
ing-up is being made of these charae
‘■ers. preparatory to being deported. A
number are already in custody, and
the date of their departure for Chi
cago. the gatheing point designated
bv federal officials for the northwest,
has not been set, but it is expected
soon.
NEW YORK, Mar. 15.—Command
or Evangeline Booth, in announcing
here her plans for ~ “drive for $10,
000.000 in May,” declared that tam
bourines and free-will offering boxes
h„„.» bain V
‘ion Army in gathering funds, are to
be abandoned.
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Russia A World Problem
Russia in 1917 had a population o'
178.378,000, or approximately, sixteen
*o the square mile.
Seven hundred and seventy-one of
every 1,000 were peasants.
One hundred and seven of every
1,000 were city people.
Fifteen out of every 1.000 were
noblemen and members of the gentry.
Five out of every 1,000 were clergy,
Seventy-five per cent were farmers.
Ten per cent were industrial pur
suits.
Four and a half per cent were do
mestics.
Three and a half per cent were in
commercial pursuits.
Of every 1,000 soldiers, 611 were
illiterate.
Four per cent of the population of,
Russia attended public Schools, as
compared with 20 per cent in the
United States.
About 65 per cent of the entire
■>opulation of Russia was illiterate as
compared with seven per cent in the
United States.
More than 100 languages are spoken
n Russia.
FATHER KERNS TO GO
TO JUNEAU
Rev. Paul Kern leaves for Wran
gell and Petersburg on the City of
Seattle and after holding monthly
services there will proceed to Juneau,
vhere he has been called by cable ar
riving today.
Should the City of Seattle not ar
rive from the south till late tomor
•ow the services will be held as usua’
Father Kent states he may be away
wo or three weeks.
We must be careful what we do to
the kaiser. Remember, he said: “I
shall stand no nonsense from America
lfter this war."
The French Academy of Science has
iected Foch to membership, which is
v,e pioper thing to do. If he isn’t ;
scientist, who is?
Germany is now frantically plead
ng that it be not done unto her as
she did unto others.
Continue to save the fruit pits—the
dominant doctors may decide to make
ivilians wear gas masks.
Europe never saw so much royal
rink at one time since the king indus
-y grew out of the infant stage a
long time ago.
THIRD STAGE OF
CONFERENCE IS ON
PLENARYMEETHELD
Germany Agrees To Turn Over Merchant Fleet And
In Return Will Receive 370,000 Tons Of
Food Monthly According to Agreement
NEW YORK, Mar 15..—“The Plenary Council has positively
decided that the League of Nations is to be a part of the Peace
Treaty.” reads a cablegram received today by Secretary Joseph
Tumulty from President Wilson in Paris.
Germany Accepts Terms Of Commission
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Mar. 15. — Germany having accepted
the terms of the Allied commission now in session here, re
arding the turning over of her merchant fleet, will receive 370,
000 tens 0f food a month, according to the agreement made by
both sides.
Food Supply To Be Kept Up Till Aug. 15.
BERLIN, Mar. 15-—An official announcement made here re
yarding Germany having accepted the Allied terms for the turn
ing over of her Merchant fleet, says that it is expected that the
A!lies will keep up the food supply until August 15. They also
demand a money allowance and one hundred thousand tons of
perk, much rice, and a million tons of grain.
Plenary Peace Treaty To Be Signed Shortly
PARIS, Mar. 15.—Recommendations and reports from the
'aricus commissions appointed to conduct investigations, are
being considered by the plenary conference council- and it was
stated today that the signing of the plenary peace treaty it is uh
derstood, will immediately follow the disposition of the Ger
■man question.
The publication of the announcement that an international
committee of bankers had been formed to protect the holders
of Mexican securities, would indicate that Mexican problems al
ready have been the subject of formal discussions between the
delegates 0f the peace conference and that Great Britain and
France have indicated a willingness to leave (0 the United States,
adjustment of all questions in Mexico in which their nations are
interested.
France Rejoices At Wilson’s Return
PARIS, Mar. 15.—The ‘Temps’ says that France is rejoicing
over the return of President Wilson and the Paris Midi observes
that because of certain American attacks made upon him, Presi
Wilson “comes back to us dearer to our hearts than ever._
NEW NATIVE HAS
CARTOONIST
The New Native? the paper publish
ed every Friday by the class in Jour
nalism at the Hydaburg Government j
school, now boasts a cartoonist, Jones]
Yeltatzie, who displays a number of]
his works in the third issue.
Like all natives, Mr. Yeltatzie shows -
remarkable aptitude in ‘‘picture-writ]
ing” and his cartoons and pictures,!
made apparently on wood blocks, ]
showed wonderful promise.
In this issue attention is called
"ditorially to the fact hatt no mis
spelled yords disgrace the New Na
‘ive? as have appeared in the two
irst issues.
The little paper contains many
newsy items of the native doings on
he west coast and is surely a credit
‘o its publishers.
Mike Martinson, of the Northwest
ern Fisheries piledriver crew, is a pa
tient at the Arthur Yates hospital.
WALTER HUME LONG
New photograph of Walter Hume
Long, who has been appointed first
lord of the admiralty In the new Brit
ish cabinet, replacing Sir Eric Geddes,
who was appointed minister without
portfolio.
The latest play-STIPrussian sport is
' what is known in modern chess as the
sauer-kraut move. When you find you
I are beaten, upset the table.
FAMOUS OPERA SINGER
REPORTED VERY ILL
LONDON, Mar. 15.—Adelina Patti,
famous opera singer is seriously ill
at lier Welsh home, says a late re
port to the Daily Times. She has
been under a doctor’s care for the
Dast month and hopes for her recov
ery are very small as she is 76 years
of age.
Two generations of New Yorkers
have taken pride in the career of Pat
"■i, who was “discovered” here in a
humble home at Yonkers and made
'•»r debut as a girl of 16 in ,‘Lucia" at
’he o'd Academy on Nov. 24f 1859.
ohe became a world figure on her ar
1 -ival two years later in London. It
was then nearly half a century after
that she male her last public appear
I once in the Albert Hall when she was
I ever 70 vears old
M me Pa*ti lately celebrated her
I oeve-'tv.sivth 1'rivrsarv. having been
bom Feb 1(1 1843. while her father
! and mother v'"<-e encased in an opera
j season in Madrid or. as some accounts
j say. in Rarcelonia. The family came
to America and Adelina sang in a
'nob’ic concer* as early as her seventh
, or eiohth veor. In the forty years
l tt-at her fame was at its height she is
| said to have earned $5.00(1.000. Her
American tours often reached -250.000
and her nieh*iv fee was a certified
I check for $5 000 paid in advance be
I fore she wouM sing.
Mme Semb 'ch, while at the Metro
! oolitan. said of her great predecess
■ or: "When vou soeak of Patti you
i soeak of a thing that was but once.”
i It is still the fate of the supreme
voices of the day——a Melba, Tetrazzini,
TSalli Curi—to be compared to former
I memories of Fattl In her prime.
The diva’s diamond jubilee was
! dimmed by v ir list year, and what
i would otherwise have been an occa
| sion of widespread interest was pass
ed quietly at her castle of Craig-y-Nos
1 in Wales. Patti has been three times
j married, first to tho Marquis de Caux
the ’ in 188C to Ernesto Nicotlni, the
tenor, and in 1899 to the young
Swedish Baron Cederstrom.
Millions of peop e are said to be
starving in Germany, but the ex
':ais»r and hh. :lan are not among the
j number.