I
THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
Ketdukan, Alaska, Monday March 81, 1918
m or 138
VOLUME FOUR
KAISER AND HIS AIDES MUST
BE TRIED BEFORE SELECTED
INTERNATIONAL COURT
fiume Had Been Declared in a State of Siege By Al
lied Commander There--France Plans To
Make Her Frontiers Secure Along Rhine
PARIS. Mar. SI.—The committee on the Responsibility of
he Warhas decided that William Hohenzollern. the former
- j-jg^er and his aides must be tried before an international court
topoinfed by the peace congress.
Forsees Possibility Of Own Execution
COPENHAGEN. Mar. 31.—The ex-crown Prince evidently
foresaw the possibility of his trial before the International
court as he is quoted in the Beriinske Tidende as saying. It is
not impossible that I will be executed.
Von Bethman Hollweg Defends Himself
Von Bethmann Hollweg. former German Imperial Chancellor,
defending himself against the accusations of the Berlin Kruez
Zeitung that he had concealed seecret documents from Emperor
William .declares that his reports and ways described the situa
tion to the Emperor as it appeared from the entire material at
tfeeir disposal. At no time, he asserted, was the Emperor left
in doubt of the danger of opposing the Entente, and every year,
the increasing gravity of the situation was impressed upon
him.
France Demand* Destruction Of Forts
PARIS Mar. 31.—Frances plans for making her frontiers se
cure has declared that Germany must destroy all her forts ^ on
*fe- Rhine. The allies are to hold the left bank until the la.? -
dollar of indebtedness to France is paid.
One Paris pat>er today says that it has oeen agreed i.ha>. Ger
rnanv most nav a total of two hundred billion indemnity to
_
France. ' \
President Wilson and Premier Lloyd George conferred pri
-ately for an hour at theMurat mansion, the residence of the
'oncer, prior to the meeting of the council this afternoon.
AN ADRIATIC PORT. March 31.—The port of Fiume. the
}jone of contention between Italy and the Jugoslavs, both of
. vcr ■—e Anting it.has been declared in a state of seige. bv
-*e . - : ■ anderthere according to a dispatch irom Flume.
BRINGS BACK
SOUVENIRS OF
DAYS“OVER THERE”
3glt. Or?a F, Hi!', who retaraed cn
ti«Prise«» 2farr Friii"
brought with ':?r i ?! .pvt
s .avesirs (on the ws* tope
when- hr served with -> Medic*!
Corps for mat. bobuo.
AtDOC-g these W-r fci* '?i2 hit ’ ■?•?
htten which is _ -•* tv colored c«c i.: e
order of t>- car? ufiiaged s' ~o as
to biead EJ5r' r^idJ.y .at.; landscape.
His £-i*-a*sSc •. i oiri;* tat.k ar
sis® tnfi- • hi- ?:CT?.;.-- which
broaet: back ? • Mrs. Hi.' Sfe- has
plaoec tiero the wisdow of tie
Ketchiia:. Rea! Esla:-- i; I.t-ttrasie
P -npp -- wi~r- the- ir- attracting
ntwfc aucBtiot..
An»>::& his -1> r aces «:.> at the
f.-ot? Mr. Hi '. of a tight sp-a: i:.
a sr.-ii hole i- which be hid as coo
patri a. (oar dead G-rrpaps: Tie fir
.ag was so eofitlupt-as that .'. was hsr
poesibld to iear > is T*rr grtresotss
posit;®!! aad he was obiized to rent::,
there catfl m*ndP2 «h;: he crept
back to his oci liaes
Whrt bis transport arrived ip tie
port o! New York apd tie Statue of
Ut^rr.y hove it sight, the ship was net
hr 2 sssrt o-J sepal! boats all hxiciai’
ti-;r welcorpe aod eairyag New York
-aper*. cigarettes. froi- at-icaadj
iOne
- - ’ *.,s Mr H: eaye ;e-e ^t; r
-’irc-ir'i hell for se-verai aor.'hs: and tc
•e Teeeirwi like that. ft was to
cDuc-i There *'3? trot a dry ey- os
-:_ ■: :? and r or a sociii was uttered
They iat co i- .t xp-ress thefe- feeJ
lags."
W: - 1- *ss discharged from Uie
rspif a'. Mr Hill ot.iy weighed 10S
-ocrd*. faet r the way home he gsij,
ed considerably and is sow looking
very weli,
A very qu—r coincidence occurred
fc the PrtBCfe hospital where Mr
Hi : we- takei After he bad recur
red t- sr»s - ;j by the doctors that
he owed tis bfe to ce ottrse. who
id »:■:•>! by > jz and worked over :-~z
re . af*.-r '-e had been given ^ aid
•'. ■ c-i'h rattle” bad given it* wart:
txg 3y a miracle he came through
'•- <r«h. they said. Os hi* rccorerr
howe-r-r- this particular nurse had
t-ee-r, sent eis-where in the -EeaniiiEe
i :.d it *£- .'.'Or tut tel sometime latat
■ • -t tit- returned co pay a visit to the
it* hospital that he learned why she
tsji take a so many pains with him.
It developed that while looking over
Mr Hills «-rvit-: record is which hi
hotue address and family details were
Tree, the nurse discovered he was
from Alaska. She herself, she declar
’d was from Alaska, and wa. ia fan
th-; first white girl bom ia Alaska
Her name v« Martini. Or s-jmethint
simEar Mr. H„1 learned, and zc her
n- will always give th credit for sav
ing his life.
AN AMERICAN RED CROSS LEADER
So one is better qcaSified to speak
of tit American woman's w-rritt So
tie war and of tit R~d Cross a* Ataer
ka’s initial InstmsL-ni in csrrjins tie
aes-ijt of i_- * •p.;a’iT an<l co-opera
tion to tie people of Fraisce than Mr?.
Wiiliam K. Vanderbilt, who has re
turned ic®ae or. a ftsrioaah of two
months af'^r haring been in the war
zoic for nearly fb ir rear?.
She st* ir. France at tie time of
Gertnanv - insr-lon. It was she who
was responsible f r tie fomdiog of
the American Amt riacee hospital, at
NVaiiiy. now United States Military
Hospital No. 1. What she accoinpiUb
e*l daring those fr?t three horrible
year* of the war is past telling. It is
soffidttt to tty? tint Mrs. Vander
bilt’s name ia« become, throg^M
FraLee a-.* Italy, -he symbol of Amer- 8
to'* higher, type wot&aahood. -j
Mr*. ' aryiert>';t ,~jm rsa tbe gaarg:
of «Muee*j>- -war w-rric* haring known
TTt*t it was. i!UKnBmbl« tiro*-*, to be fin-. >o «le<*p out of doors, to be
cold and bssgry.
f.rerr Ajx.*-r:ftworcan over there who u - there for service ar.<j &<,( foj
a good titdid batetsr crnae to fcer : > c >h* .ay*. -IVe all did as*
***** Q*tr *** r-° ,fl to* sarty daje, rot -flaking about It a* doing dis*
^-able w.ori. but taking U as a high prtirteg* to be a etoaH factor In tht
great Ugh- for right.”
Her Kio-i{«»l work the -t year and a half na3 teen u directress is
charge <d the Americas itr-i Cross canteen ;i
WON’T STRIKE
SEATTLE. Mar. 31.—Tha majority
of the Shipyards' Union* throughout
the coast have voted against a strike
effective tomorrow,
ROME. Mar. 31.—It has been an
i aounced setni-officiaUy that Italy will
demand three billion dollars jadssn
S nity from Austria-Hungary in pay
| stent fee- damage done when the coun
try was invaded.
GENERAL MARCH
ORDERS DISCHARGE
WASHINGTON D. C. March 31. —
General March today issued instruc
tions to all mobilisation offers to dis
charge all men who can be spared
from the Army.
DENVER. Mar, 31.—All wire coni
niun-catien with the west has ceased,
owing to the very severe windstorm
whiic!: has been prevailing together
wish - vc.w and sleet storms. Railway
*- ti me ieation has also been stopped
a several p>c<« -.ccotaK of the
heavy fall of snow,
ROOT FAVORS LEAGUE
NEW YORK. Mar. 31.—Ex-Senator
E'iisa Root has issued 3 siaiosnent
declaring 'ukaseIf in favor of the
League of N >. -: -s. though he urges
amendments to safeguard .American
interests.
BASEL Mar. 31.—According to of
ficial statistics from Berlin. the dam
age done ia Germany by air raids du*
ing the war period amounted to 23,
5->>.■'-» marks
FLIVVER AIRSHIPS
TO BE FOR SALE
NEW YOR K Mar. 31.—It was an
nounced here today that "flivver”
airplanes to sell at $1,350 trill soon
be placed oo the market. These ma
< 5. - - expected ail! soon be ir
general use. owing to the large ntim
bec of aviators who hare been demo
bilised from the armies.
HORDEX. Manitoba. Mar. 31,—Sis
parents of Mennonile children wer
fitted here for not seeding their chil
dren to the public sc hoc's. They had
maintained a private school where
German was the only language used.
BOLSHEVIKI PUN
AERIAL CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON* D. C. March 31. —
According to Swedish press reports
the Russian Bolsheviki Government is
planning an aircraft propaganda cam
paign. in England and France Aviators
are being trained in Moscow for tb*
work which is to drop papers contain
Lg Bolshevik! propaganda all over
ifce country.
MAMMOTH CHESS SET
GIFT TO WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE, — CWfessmen which
range from 2 to 3'2 feet high, made
of aluminum, collapsible and packed ir
a special trunk, have been given to the
library of the University of Wisconsin.
A Milwaukee man, now dead, design
ed them for use in public contests,
with a view to increasing popular in
terest in the game.... ..
ALL RATES RAISE
Mr, De L, eg of the local cable of
fice here has been notified from Seat
tle that ali rater on all data has been
: lised twenty percent throughout th*
United States by ali telegraph com
paaies ore-rath,,; effective tomorrow,
April 1. ISIS,
ADMIRAL WATSON
AND EVANS RETURN
ON ALASKA RUN
Mr, V, A, Peterson, agent for tii
Pacific Steamship Company here an
•Xttnced today that two big ships o'
i toe Admiral line, the Evans and Wat
! son will be back on the Alaska rtJ’
soon, commencing with the sailing c
| the Admiral Watson April 1, Th
: Wauon has been laid up «n Seattle fo
servera! months, since she broke hr
! rartkehaft, while the Evans has be"
undergoing repair* for a year, wee
•she was sun at Hawk Inlet, in Marc
■ ISIS. The Brans will leave S'-at-L
i about April 15,
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
| -btathboand
Far-agut Wednesday 2nd.
City of Seattle Wednesday.
Princess Tuesday S a, id,
* Northbound-—
Jefferson Monday night.
Admiral Watson. April 2.
I Admiral Schley Wednesday,
PROPOSED
TREATY SHUTS
OUT ALIENS
Canadians To Fish in Own|
Waters, Americans
To Do Likewise
WASHINGTON*. D. C. March SI —
' It was announced today that the pro
1 posed Canadian-Amotdcau Treaty gov
I ernteg salmon fishing in the Straits of,
i Juan tie Fucs. in the Golf of Georgia, j
! and the Fraser River prohibits fishing!
by all aliens.
i None but American cit irons or A-!
: mejdcan companies may fish in A- i
i "torjean waters and none but Cana
' iians in Canadian waters, the treaty
provides, ,_Ali Japanese and other
aliens are barred from plying this
trade.
_,
DENIES REHEARING
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 31 —
The Supreme Court today denied Eu
•cue V, Debs' application for a rehear
ing in his case.
GOTTSTEIN ^CONVICTED
SEATTLE. March 31,-—The second
! trial of Wa. Goustein. who was im
| -located in the murder of a customs
nffictal with whom he is said to have
; quarreled over the spoils resulting
i from opium smuggling, resulted in hi<
' being convicted today of murder ii
j the second degree.
SEC. LANE
DECLINES TO
n
OMMENT
John E, Ballaine Backs
Wickersham In His
Attack on Lane
WASHINGTON. D, C, Mart5! 31.
°:-tTe nry Franklin K Lane of the D.:
-■ar aect of the Interior when mter
"iewed today by members of the Was’
iug'or press, declined to make any
o:*mment whatsoever oa the sensation
al charges mad= against him as admtin
'strator of the Alaska railroad.
SEATTLE, Mar, 31—John E. Bal
laise. of Seward, in a statement ro the
Dos- Intelligencer here today said: “I
becam- convinced long age that Lane
deliberately in league with the enam
bs of the Alaska Railroad.’’ He urges
concerted effort to obtain one hundred
million to complete the main line and
‘ranches to the valleys of the South
Yukon. ‘ He endorses all of the main
tatements made by James Wieker
>haa in his arraignment of Lane.
GERMANS TO BE
OUSTED FROM
ALSACE-LORRAINE
STRAS9BCRG-. Mir. 32,—A plan tor
the rs-organization of the administra
tion of the two provinces of Alsace
Ixrrraine. according to the wish of the
'nhabiiants has been adopted by a
’Otlncii fi-c a the two province* at 1
meeting here.
A French cctamissioner with head
ouarters in Strassturg will centralize
all FrenCb services tinder his author
*ty and will act for the French minis
'er of war In matters which new have
•o be referred to Paris.
A resolution was also adopted by th
•oajscii insisting upon the necessity of
hastening the elimination of all Ger
man elements from the public service.
■>ED CROSS WORKROOMS
TO BE OPENED AS USUAL
Mr. J Barbour of the CLPiW
Company, chairman of the Red Cross
Relief committee, announced today
bat the RhI Cross workroom* -will le
cK.n this week to workers as usual, on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday af
ernoons.
There is a rush orfor on band and
nany workers are needed to get out
loUiing for the refugees of France and
Belgium who are beginning to return
•jo their homes, although they are at
imes nothing but shell holes,
Hugn M, Sawyer, of the firm of
■-.wper & MacKar, legging contract
was an arrival Saturday on the Al
'a from Seattle where he has spent
i fall and winter. While in Seattle
r, S-. wyer t. k'-n ill-y/i'b the in
lenza. He is a guest at the Sled
man hotel.
TRANSFER BEGINS
SEATTLE, Mar. 31.—The actual
transfer of the Seattle Street Car sys
tem to the city is taking place this
afternoon.
OTTAWA. March 31. — The Cana
dian Gvoernment has decided against
the resumption of daylight saving In
Canada this year, despite the fact that
the United States has not repealed the
law.
ARCHDUKE FRANCIS
IS IMPRISONED
BUDAPEST. Mar. 31.—The Arch
duke Joseph Francis of Austria has
been imprisoned here. He was Caught
trying (to cross into Germany disguis
ed as a peasant and was promptly ar
rested.
ST JOHN. N'o.w Foundland, Mar 31
—-Reports received here from LabrO
dcr show that » shocking condition is
existing in that country as a result of
au epidemic of Influenza, small pox
and measles. Over 25 per cent of
the natives have succumbed.
ROBBER IDENTIFIED
SEATTLE. Mar, 31.—Ray Pays'
wearing a soldier's uniform was identi
f;ed today as the robber who has com
mitted numerous.holdups, operating
from 3n automobile. He was put under
arrest,
LONDON’. March 31—The Eritis'
Government has issued an. order pro
hibiting the importation of liquor into
British West Africa. A realization o'
the evils resulting from the continued
use of liquor in a tropical climate
made possible the above order.
STATE DEPARTMENT
TO INVESTIGATE
WASHINGTON, D, C, Mar, 31—Hie:
State Department today requested the
American Hmbassy at Mexico City for
» full report on the alleged Mexican
Concession of land in Lower Califora
"•> to Japar.es interests.
The United States has been consid
rin? the purchase of Lower California
for tile purpose of reclamation for
some time and the report that the
anti had been sold to Japanese cor
r>ore‘ ons, caused quite a sensation
here.
150,000 PAY TAX
IN FRISCO, 1919
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar, 31.—Col
lector of Internal Revenue Wnrdell
vas estimated that the number of in
dividuals paying income taxes in San
Franci»co this year totaled 150.000 j
The largest single payment made in
the district was that of the Standard
Oi! Company which totaled $19,600,- j
000,
PASTOR PREACHES
UPSTAIRS, PRINTS
CHURCH PAPER BELOW
Higginsville, Mo,—Rev, A, J Smith ;
pastor of tiie Second Baptist church
in Higginsville. has installed a joh;
press in the basement of the church |
building and, being a printer as we)' i
as a preacher, will get out a weekly
paper for the benefit of the m-smbor- ‘
ship. From preacher to printer’s dev
il is a long way, but Rev, Mr, Smith j
thinks he can hold down both places. •
ALGERINE BOUGHT
BY B, C, 8ALVAGE CO,
TO REPLACE "TEES’ I
VICTORIA. B, C.—The steamer I
Tees which took the place of the Sal [
’."Or as a salvage vessel will now be re- ■
placed by H, M, C, S, Algerine,
The Algerine has been purchaser" j
by the B. C, Salvage Company and j
will be converted into a salvage ves
sel. She is a sloop of w-ar and to
many years was stationed at Esqu‘
malt. Lister the was handed over t'
the Navy League to be used as a train
iny ship but this was not a success and
the plan came to nothing.
The Algerine is twenty years did
She served in China at the time of th<
Bcxer rebellion when she went tip the
Pe'ho River, During the time she
made Esquimau her home port, her
commander often brought her int'
Esquimau Harbor wit* all sails se<
her stf im power alone not giving he
very great speed, Probably she wf-*
the last of the war vessels to use saih
She will he re-equipped by her new
owners and as soon as she Is ready
will be put into service.
TAKES NEW POSITION
Mis-. Minnie Winston, who has beer
employed at the Tongas* Tradin
Company for several years has a
'opted a position with Re inerts stor
the drygoods department of the To
gass Trading Company having bee
closed out.
HUNGARIAN SOVIET
NATIONALIZES ALL
BANKS AND STORES
American Troops Refused to Co-operate With Jap
anese in Fighting the Bolsheviki in Russia De
clared Japanese Minister of War Tanaka
\ IENNA, Mar. 31.—All banks, stores and public works have
been taken over by the Soviet Government and are now under
"■ointr the doubtful process of becoming nationalized. They are
beine managed for the Soviet Government. It is reported that
in some cases banks are being managed by their former jani
tors. a sample of the topsy-turvy method in which things are
taking place.
LONLON. March 31.—According to Budapest dispatches ar
riving via Copenhagen, the Soviet government in Hungary ha-3
proposed an alliance with Germany against the Allied nations.
LONDON, March 31.—A Toyko despatch received today
states that Baron Tanaka, Japanese Minis! ' of War is quoted
as having told the Japanese House of Representatives that
American troops in Siberia refused to co-operate with Japanese
troops in fighting their common enemy, the Bolsheviki, near
Bigalovetschensk.
WICKERSHAMI El
TO SECRETARY LANE
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 8, 1919
Hon, Franklin K Lane, i
Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, D. C..
Shu
Vour administration.. iti the Con
struction of the Alaska Railroad, the
first test of Government Construction.
Ownership and Operation of Amcri-"
can Railroads under the Act of Con-1
■jrcss approved March 12. 1914, is now
about concluded under present legisla- j
tiou. That it lias proven disappointing
to those familiar with the work is ad
mitted; the people of Alaska who are
best acquainted with the facts thint
the failure, results from your ineffi- j
ciency, in competency, and petty politi- i
cal partnership, in which conclusion 1
am forced to concur— No doubt if you
were -required to answer public chare
c-s of that kind you would take refuge
behind alleged changed conditions
brought on by the World’s War, since I
you began the work; and because that,
ready excuse will occur to others, as j
well, it is necessary to call your at-!
tent ion to some facts which you may I
not otherwise notice, which tend to
show that the failure is not wholly due j
to that cause-.
The Appropriations Are uissipaiea
The Act authorizing the President
to locate, construct and operate a Gov
ernment Railroad in Alaska was ap
proved by him on March 12, 1912 —
nearly five years ago.. .38 Stat. L, 30e, i
The Act carried an authorization for
the full eum of $35,000,000 and an ap
propriation of immediate use of one j
million. The following appropriations,
have been made and expended.
*1002,000. 38 Stat. L„ 305
2.000. 000, 38 Stat. I*, 861
2.000. 000, 39 Stat, U, 23
6,247 620, 30. Stat L„ '06
3.000. 000, 3‘ Stat, L , 1202
7.500.000, Act June 12, 1*17
4.000. 000, Act October 6, 1917
5 250,000, Act July 1, 1918,
30 997,620, Total appropriations toj
date,
4,002.380, Estimate for 1920,
35,000.000, Total authorization for pro
ject,
When the sum of *4,002,380 carried
n the estimate for 1920 shall be ap
Propria tod as now requested by you
and expend'd, the entire sum authoriz
•d by Congress for this project will!
have h spent,—and the project will
be abon. two-thirds completed, Tin
people of Alaska want to know why
there hao been such a waste of theii
‘rust fund, w4iy the project has been
delayed and why there is such a dif
’orence between promise and perform
aajee,
Your statement in the Book of Eh
timati-s, 1920, for the expenditure of
the balance of the appropriation— tin
sum of *4,002,380, shows how near the
danger line this project now is. While
this official estimate is so skillfully!
drawn and presented that no mere lay
nan, be be Representative or Delegate,
’n say with certaimty what it means
< experience in nottng the expendi
ro (/ these funds, justifies the fa'
i-iLTnption that at least certain of the
toms therein will he expended, some
oeoaum they are necessary for the 1
best use of the rond, others for the
convenience of the officials, as follows:
Construction. Seward Division $718 340
Operation, Seward Div, 712,220
Operation Fairbanks Div, 320 890
Expenses, Seattle and Wash
ington 66,000
Salaries 967,295
Total $2;793,745
Subtract this total from the balance
estimated for—:'4,0O2,3S0, and there is
remaining but $1,208,635 for all au
thorized work on the road front Sew
ard to Fairbanks There are other
items, too, in the estimate which more
than use up that balance, for instance
“materials, equipment and supplies
$1,486 880”—which itself leaves a de
ficit, When it is understood that this
balance is the end of both legislation
and appropriation it seems the part of
good judgment to call a halt, unless
ycu intend to carry on the waste till
the last dollar is reached, and then
abandon the uncompleted joints of the
enterprise to depreciation, demoralipa
tion and wreck ..It may be fairly as
sumed that you do not intend to do
that, and that no more miles of main
line will be constructed out of this bal
ance, unless some other way can be
found to conti me the necessary opera
tion and pro ection of the property
pending further Congressional action.
Cost Per Main Line Mile
On December 13, 1918, your office
furnished me a blueprint map of the
Alaska Railroad showing mail line
progress to Di comber 12, 1918, From
that map it is ascertained that you
have constructed 223 miles of main lino
not '''ng, of course, the 71 miles
■.chased .. the Alaska Northern
■to, nor the nar-o "augo Tanana Val
ley Branch, I c :h t sc were paid for
out of the fur. 1 pro,'id 1 by Congress
for the construoton of tin general pro
ject, and thoir cost must U. reforc, be
subtracted from the $3...000,Or ), beforo
the cost of the main lino mileage can
be determined These two item.- a
mount to the following sum, accord
ing to your official estimates:
Purchase price of 71 miles Al
aska Northern $1,150,000
Rehabilitation of 71 miles Al
aska Northern 1,163,888
Purchase price Tanana Val
ley Branch 300,000
Rehabilitation of Tanana Val
ley Branch 137,500
Total $2,7’1,383
Subtracting the purchase price of
hcHc two items and the cost of their
v>ha hi! Station n s>1 «wn in your osti
nate ff>r 1010, O ,o, 588, 65th Con*,
fnd S' kh, I’agr h 751 2, from the total
mthorization cf $35 000,000 leaves the
lum of $32,348,612, representing .. th >
,otal coo of main, line construction by
rou, or 228 main line miles at a cost of
>141 I 1 per mill', The estimates made
>oth by the Taft Railroad Oommisaiou
>f 1013, and your Alaska Kuglnccrint;
Commission, In- ve averaged about $50,
>00 per main 11 le ml'e, and it is a sur
• r:« • to findth t tl • actual cost har
vs Jumped a( ut 210 per <a nt al>ov(
he estimates - to more than $140 00*
,*r main Hue nlle,
(Continued Tomorrow)