THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
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VOLUME FOUR
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Ketchikan, Alaska, Monday April 28, 1919
Number 162
REVISED TEXT OF
LEAGUE OE NATIONS
MADE PUBLIC TODAY
Covenant Will Be Taken Up For Final Disposition Al
Plenary Session today-Thirty-two Original
Members of League-Thirteen to be Invited
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aprl 28.—The revised text of the
League of Nations whose essential features were disclosed in
unofficial summary two weeks ago, was made public by the
State Department today.
The covenant is to be taken up for final disposition at the
plenary session of the peace conference today. Attached to the
text is the “annex’’ referred to in the covenant in which are
named thirty-two states including self-governing British do
minions, which are to be the original members of the League of
Nations and thirteen states are to be invited. The original
members are nations which declared war on Germany, and there
are the new states of Czecho-slovakia and Poland. Those in
vited to become members by acceding to the covenant are the
three Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands, Switzerland,
Spain, Persia, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paragua, Salvador,
Venezuela, Mexico does not appear in the list.
The changessuggested in the criticisms by the United States
Senators provide for the adoption of provisions for the with
drawal of a member nation upon tw-o years notice after the ful
filment of League obligations. All domestic questions are ex
empt from the jurisdiction of the League. It is also provided
that mandatories over the German colonies or the former Otto
man dominions shall be given only to nations willing to accept
them. It is also left to the member of the states to decide what
armed force if any, it will contribute to the force required by
the League to enforce its mandates and it is also made clear that
members states individually shall pass upon proposed limita
tions upon their armaments. <
The new draft of the League further includes all provisions
for submission to the council of International disputes; for
inviting non-member nations to accept the obligations of mem
bers for the purpose of adjusting disputes and for breaking
economic relations or use of armed forces in dealing with a state
•which has broken the rules of the mvpnnnt owonUn Wo:- :r
stances. Unanimous agreement is required for all decisions m
order to promote international co-operation and to achieve in
ternational peace and security by the acceptance of obligations
not to resort to war by the prescription of open, just and honor
able relations between nations; by the firm establishment of
the understandings of international law as to actual rules of
conduct among the governments and by the maintenance ol
justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaties, and obligations in
the dealings of organized peoples with one another. The high
contracting parties agree to this covenant o fthe League of Na
tions.
PARIS. April 28.—The revised covenant of the League of
Nations was adopted by the plenary session of the peace confer
ence at 5:15 o’clock this afternoon. As adopted the covenant in
cluded President Wilson’s motions nominating Sir Eric Drum
mond of England, as the first Secretary-General, and naming
Belgium, Greece, Brazil and Spain for representation in the
League Council together with the United States, Great Britain
France, Italy and Japan.
COMMUNICATION
Mr. Editor:
As I am accused, in your editorial in
last Saturday’s Miner of toeing tho
"instigator of the disgraceful act,” in
your reference the signing of the tele
gram sent Senator Heckman regard
ing the Dunn-Penniugton Eight Hour
bill. I trust you will be fair enough
with me to permit me an explanation.
In the first place. 1 was neither insti
gator nor constructor of tho message,.
but if guilt there be. I am equally j
guilty with the others who signed it, j
however, I disclaim any intent of ai
threat or disloyal act. I do not think j
that you can find a person of intim-j
■ate acquaintance with me who will
accuse me of intentional disloyalty. 1
have a wife and family of six children,
have lived in Ketchikan about three
years and have invested $OiiU.OO in Lt- j
berty Bonds, with my home only part
Jy paid for. I have used my influence
to the utmost with the members of
our union, to get them to invest in Li
berty Bonds, as the force at the hank
will attest. My children are taught
the principles of loyalty and love of
Country.
I cannot conceive of more hate-in
spiring agitation as emanating from
the unions than is expressed in your
editorials toward .the unions. I am
not an agitatcr of methods to injure
business interests.. The Deep Sea Pish
ermen’s Union .is organized to pro
tect and better the condition of its
members, which it certainly does. 1
am awage earner and feel that the ex
pressed will of more than tour fifths
of the voters on the question of an
eight hour day for Alaska, should bo
respected. I made a mistake in sign
ing the message in question, as word
ed, but I do not feel that I have dis
graced myself, nor do I think it injur
ed the drive for tile Victory Loan, but
we have learned what propaganda is,
unco the beginning of the war, and ;
Vi i s has brought forth much political j
Propaganda. When 1 have convincing
'vidence that the majority of the cltl
!ens of Ketchikan desire my resigna
tion from the city council, I will ten
der it. ibut for the present I must
respectfullv declino your request.
H. NIXON.
Agent of D. S. F. Union, Ketchikan, j
Barge Carries Sup
plies To Railroad
ANCHORAGE, (By Mail) —Seven :
hundred and forty tons of railroad
snnplies constitute the first shipment j
nf material in the season of 1919 to nr
l ive in Anchorage for the Alaska Kn.-i*,
neering Commission
The freight was loaded at Seattle on
the barge Lawrence. From Seattle to
Seldovia, which is near the mouth of
Cook Inlet a'bout 120 miles south of
Anchorage, the Lawrence -was towed
by the ocean tug Oneonta. From Sol
dovia. the Lawrence was taken in tow
by the Commission’s steamer Anne W.
and brought to Anchorage.
Included in the cargo of the barge
were one coaling elevator. 1444 rails
ef seventy-pound steel, 1269 packages
of spikes, bolts and fittings; 197 bun
dles of iron, 200 barrels of fuel oil and
711 bales of hay.
E. R. BcsweM, general manager for
the Wilson Fisheries, who has been
making a round of the company’s can
neries in the territory, was an arrival
hero Saturday and is a guest at the
Stedman for a few days.
R. R. MeChtry, of Portland and O.
A. Cambell, of the Harvey-Camplt >11
Aircraft Corporation, of Seattle, re
turned Saturday from Juneau where
they had a successful trip.
ANTI-BOLSHEVIST
REVOLT AJ EVANOVC
STOCKHOLM, April 28.-A serl
OU8 Antl-Bolsheviki revolt occurred a
Evanovo, 175 miles north of Moscow
In the cotton growing district, accord
ing to a report reaching here todaj
which states that a number of Soviet
officers were killed.
LONDON. April 28.—John Dew, i
(British scientist, announced today tha
after 2,000 experiments he had flnallj
discovered the German secret for mar
ufacturing mother of pearl.
ELEVEN BOATS
SAILING NORTH
SEATTLE, April 28.—Eleven ves
sels on which fifteen hundred passen
gers have booked passage for nortrem
ports, and which will carry seventeen
thousand tons of freight, are schedul
ed tosail for Alaska this week, accord
ing to an nsmouncement -by the local
steau .! ip offices.
WASHINGTON, D. €., April 28. —
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
said today, “When the war time prohi
bition Act becomes effective on July
1, I will have no alternative but to
enforce the law.
RAPIDLY NOW
Oregon, Utah and Idaho
Leading States In
Twelfth District
'SAN FRANCISCO. April 28.—The
District Bank total at noon Saturday
was $38,593,100 from 121,481 subscrib
ers. This figure is_ excluajvg, Qj.JS.t
that tlie territory had passed the mil- j
lion mark already.
The general executive board con
siders the- distribution as compared
with previous loans, as excellent. Ore
iron is still leading the district with
thirty-six percent of the quota actual
ly ibankcd; Utah comes second with
twneytv-six percent and Idaho third
with twenty per cent
San Francisco’s total is $2,756,600.
ANOTHER OUTRAGE
IS PERPETRATED
BY BOLSHEVIKIS
STOCKHOLM. April 28. — The
speedy and systematic annihilation of
70,000 Bourgeosie of the city of Riga,
is reported in a dispatch received here
from Riga today. The entire popula
tion. men, women and children, were
1 taken to an island in the rivet and left
| without food, money or fuel.
PLOT AGAINST
OLE HANSON
DISCOVERED
Infernal Machine Is Seni
Him Through Mail
From New York
—
j SEATTLE, April 28.—An inferna
| machine containing sufficient powdei
! to blow out the entire side of th<
county and city building, ■was discov
| erod In the mall addressed to Mayoi
Hanson an opened at his office thii
morning.
It failed to explode on account ol
the fact that, the glass container hold
ing sulphuric acid designed to sel
off the bomb, had ibeen broken. The
bomb was mailed from New York.
Mayor Ole Hanson is now in Color
ado making a coast-to-coast campaign
for the Victory Loan at the request oi
the Government.
FRENCHMAN 80 WAS
IN TRENCHES 4 YEARS
PARIS, April 28.—The oldest poilu
of Franca, who is now 80 years of age,
has juse been demobilized. He serv
ed four years as a volunteer, been in
the front lines and has won his com
mission on the field of battle. He was
76 when he enlisted.
Ills name is Charles Surugue and
when the war broke out he was Mayor
of the town of Auxerre.
GOVERNOR LYNCH
DIES TODAY IN S, F,
'SAN FRANCISCO. April 28.—Jas.
K. Lynch, Governor of the Federal Re
serve Bank for the Twelfth District
dlied here today.
GREAT BRITAIN TO
\kl A n nil ninr • /»••
LONDON, April 28.—A national ma
chine is being perfected to open up a
campaign against disease in Great
Britain. A bill for the establishment
of a new ministry of health, an im
portant plank in the platform of tho
Lloyd George government for post-war
reconstruction is rapidly nearing
adoption.
THREE HUSBANDS
BELIEVED DEAD
ALL COME BACK
LONDON, April 28.—Clare Jane M.
Millward, Perkins, Garreaa. married
three men during the war, thinking
her previous husbands had been killed
in 'battle. Now all three have 'bobbed
up, but each wants a divorce from her
to marry another woman. It was too
l much for the judge as he remanded her
I on bail to “think it over.”
GOMPERS INJURED
IN AN ACCIDENT
NEW YORK, April 2S.—'Samuel J.
! Gompers, president of the American
] Federation of Labor, sustained sev
j oral fractured ribs and some 'bruise*
j when he was thrown on Sunday from
! his automobile, the result of a colli
I sion with a street car on Broadway. It
| is Ibelieved that hr is not dangerously
hurt.
j WASHINGTON, 1). C., April 28. —
j At the closing session of the national
j chapter. Daughters of the American
[! Revolution a general endorsement ol
■; the League of Nations, "without which
i we shall lose the fruits of victory,’1
. was voted.
PEDIGREED BULL
GUEST OF HONOR
NEW YORK, April 28.—A pedigreed
'hull robed in an orange colored blan
ket dined at the Waldorff-Astoria
Saturday as the guest of honor of the
members of the Milk and Dairy Ex
position now in session here. The guest
of honor partook of bran mash from a
giant silver platter.
SEATTLE. April 28. — Two steel
ships aggregating seventeen thousand.
! six hundred tons, were launched Sat
urday.
Asks Observance Of May
4 As “Employment
Sunday” in U, S,
WASHINGTON. D. C Anrii os _
sued today asks the observance of May
4, next Sunday as “Employment Sun
day,” which the churches and organiz
ations have agreed upon as a day for
aiding the United States Employment
Service, in finding work for returning
’ soldiers and sailors.
STAGE WILD WEST
SHOW AS RECEPTION
TO RETURNED MEN
'
i SEATTLE, April 28. — Colonel A.
| U. Humes of Spokane, who command
I ed the 361st arriving Saturday, stated
that fifty out of 110 of the officers of
■the regiment had been put out of com
mission.
Chie of Police Warren and thirty po
licement garbed as cowboys staged a
Wild West battle on Second Avenue as
one of the features of the reception to
| the 91st on Saturday oPternoon.
HAVE A SEAT
VICTORY 4
[RIAL OF FORMER KAISER
BY INTERNATIONAL JURY IS
PROVIDED FOR IN PROVISO
Associated Powers Will Request Holland To Sur
render Former Emperor of Germany For Trial
For Offenses Against Morality
PARIS, April 28.—A provision for the trial of Count Wilhelm,
former Kaiser of Germany by an international tribunal is made
in the peace treaty as drawn for representation to Germany, it
is announced here today.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—The State Department an
nounced today that Article One proposed for insertion in the
peace treaty is to be considered at the plenary session of the
neace conference today and reads as follows:
“The Allied and Associated powers publicly arraign William
TI. of Hohenzollern, formerly German Emperor not for an of
fense against criminal law but for a supreme offense against
international morality and the sanctity of treaties.”
It is proposed that a special tribunal be constituted to try the
accused consisting of five .iudtres, one appoint;..': by each of the
five great powers, the United States, Great Britain, France,
Italy and Japan. The Allied and Associated P ers will request
Holland to surrender the former emperor for trial.
I
Government Coal Mine
Produces Well
ANCHORAGE, (By Mail). — Throe
thousand, six hundred and ninety tons
of coal were produced and an average
of ninety men was employed in the j
oast month at the coal mines operat-1
ed by the Alaska Engineering Com- 1
mission at Eska, The output and
force will not ibe so large in the sum
mer months as thev were in the win-'
Work at the Commission’s coal mine
at Chickaloon continues to be of a
prospecting character, and the small
production is merely incidental to pro
worlt bVmU-*# — - J A1
^liicalcon mine.
C, P, R, WANTS TO
HAVE AIR SERVICE
OTTAWA, Canada, April 2S.—The
Canadian Pacific Railway company
will apply to parliament for an act au
thorizing it to establish, maintain and |
operate services by aircraft between:
such points within or without Canada,'
as may be feud desirables according!
to a notice given to the Canada Gn-j
zette.
NEW YORK, "April 2S—Julius H.
Barnes, president of the federal grain
■’orporntion has ibeen appointed wheat
tivector of the United States by Presi
dent Wilson, it was announced here at
the office of the food administration..
HUNGER WAGES CAUSE
MIGRATION
Hunger wages anil lack of employ-'
meat during a large part of the year
are assigned as among the causes of
Negro migration from Mississippi., in a
report on Negro Migration in 1916-17
ibv R H. Lea veil, of Mississippi, just
issued through the Office of the Di
vector of Negro Economics, Depart
ment of Labor. Wages in southwest
Mississippi rarely exceeded ”5 cents a
day, Mr. Leavell reports, though a
range from 50 cents to $1 appeared in
his investigation.
The volume of migration from Mls
sij'pd to the North can not readily
he determined, but an estimate bv W.
T. B. Williams places the figures for
Mississippi at nibout 100,000 in ap
proximately 18 months,
A nt: r her of causes contributed to
he movement, among them the disas
trous storm of 1016 and the boll wee
vil. which necessitated means of culti
ration that required less labor power.
Improved living conditions in the
Nerth, described by those who had al
ready Iff* ’>e State. provpd a groat
"rotor in : jicimr others to go The
hiereased ipath rate from pellagra in
"915 and pellagra .mortality figures in
general apparently have a direct re
lation to wage rates. Pellagra is due
to a monotonous low proteld diet,
'vhie'i oan 'be corrected by using meats
•o eotnbles, and Cereals in greater
abundance.
Economic motives wero present in
practically every case of Negro migra
tion according to Mr. Leavell, but tho
f: aling on the part of the Negro that
he is discriminated against in business,
in tho schools, and in the courts has
been also a great factor.
A German scientist believes that the
/artificial lakes that have been built in
ihis country decrease the temperature
and Increase the number of foggy days
Warm Sprigs Underlie
Susitna River
ANCHORAGE, (By Mail). — Do
warm springs underlie a part of the
Susitna river? The question is ans
wered in the affirmative by govern
ment railroad engineers who are mak
inv soundings for a bridge across the
stream, lot miles north of Anchorage.
Near the site of the proposed bridge
■ rift about 1000 feet long and 25 feet
wide occurs in the ice of the river ear
!y in the spring every year. This op
in stretch of water after it makes its
ippearanee in the spring does not
close until the freezing weather of
Susitha precedes by nearly two
months the movement of ice from the
!ower stretches of the stream.
ODDFELLOWS TO
ENTERTf IN THEIR
FRIENDS TONIGHT
A theatre party, a banquet and a
dance ail to follow one another, aro
the plans for the executive committee
of the local ledge of I. O. O. F. for
entertaining their families, visiting
members and former members this
evening.
The Liberty Theatre lias been eu
gaged for this evening and cards were
sent out this week to the invited
guests. The program for the enter
tainment will open at the Liberty at
8 o’clock sharp and as there is to be
but one performances the guests are
requested to be in their seats by that
time. Besides a regular picture pro
gram, special numbers both vocal and
instrumental, will be given by such
well knowqi local artists as Mrs. J. A.
Talbot and her sister, Miss Amy Huut,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barbour, Miss La
Loma Van Zaudt, Miss Martha Foos
ncss, Miss Irene DuHamel and Mr. J.
A. Clary.
After thn theatre part}', the guests
will repair > ""d Men Hall where
the banquet and dae'e will take place.
VICTORY LOAN TFST
OF PATRIOTISM-'Vood
Major General Leonard Wood, who
at Camp Funstou trained two divi
sions of Americans for overseas serv
ice. lias asked tie American people
to support the Fifth Loan, He says:
“We have carried the war on suc
cessfully so far and wo must see it
through. The Fifth Loan, coming
as it does after the armistice, will
bo a more severe test than the
others, of the patriotism of our
■op!u. It is just as important as any
onn we have made, and it Should
be carried throu li just as vigorously
as tlie others. It is no time now to let
Uji on our efforts. Reorganlpation is
even more difficult and almost as im
portant as the period of preparation,
out it over, and good luck. We must
| have it."
1 When a baby for which it has been
purchased outgrows a new combined
jibed and cart, the upper portion can toe
1 used as a basket ’anil thelower as a
tea wagon.
MOVEMENT OF BOATS
pfMinurd-———
Princess Mary Monday Night.
1 nthbound
Alaska May 1st.