VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan- Alaska, Saturday April 26, 1919
Number ll
HUN DELEGATES EMPOWERED!
TO SIGN PEACE TREATY SAYS
AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Fourteen Divisions of Italian Troops Have Occuoied
Fiume And the Immediate Vicinity Says Ameri
can Officer Arriving in Paris
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PARIS, April 26.—Fourteen divisions of Italian troops have
•ccupied Fiume and the Dalmatian islands, accordng to an A
merican officer arriving here today from Fiume.
Two Italian peace delegation members. Foreign Minister'
Sonnino and former Premier Salandra left for Rome at two o’-;
■•lock this afternoon.
WASHINGTON. L. C.. April 26.—Dispatches received at the
vYhite House today from Paris say that there are strong indi
cations that the Italian situation is going to be satisfactorily
adjusted.
BERLIN. Aprl 25.—The German delegates have been em
powered to sign the peace treaty at Versailles- according to Pro
fessor Walter M. A. Schuecking, member of the delegation
today.
Newspapers here today commenting on Italy’s withdrawal
*rom the peace conference made no effort to conceal their satis
faction with the tarn of events.
ROME- April 26.—Premier Orlando arrived and is to appear
before the Italian parliament on Monday.
PARIS, April 26.—The Petit Parisien today claims to have
authentic information that Premier Orlando and all the other
Italian delegates will be back at Versailles by May 1st.
The American delegates are meeting with President Wilson!
this afternoon. -
REFUSE TO ABIDE
BY THE NEW LAW
LINCOLN'. Nob., April 2 .—Munici
pal authorities of four Nebraska towns.
Rid Cloud, Daykin, Uehling and Brok
en Bow—assert that they must re
fust to abide by the daylight saving
regulation and will turn back their
clocks an hour. This action is in def
erence to the wishes of the farming
community, they have explained.
NEW YORK. April 25.—The Presby
terian church in tile United States has
appropriated $400,00o as a part of its
new era program for the education and
welfare of the negroes of the country,
it wa* announced here today.
COUNTRY TO ABSORB
MPTH LOAN EASU.V j
_
The Victor}- Loan will be absorbed'
by the people without the slightest di3
turbance of credit, according to John:
Skelton Williams, comptroller of cur-:
rencv. Mr. Williams based bis state-1
ment on the fact that during the war]
the United States increased ita bank- ’
ing strength 60 per cent, with a bank
ing power of $39,000,000,000 in 191S,;
the greatest reserve any country husj
ever known.
Plav The Game Fair
(By Forest J. Hunt)
In Colonel Roosevelt's last published
article, "Eyes to the Front", he seemed
to fully grasp the difficult problems to
be met with the labor situation during
the period of readjustment following
the war, and-his advice, so just to
both Capital and harbor, is entitled to
most earnest consideration. Ha first
mentions the unjust treatment which
has been meted out to the farmer, and
the unpatriotic and ili-advised methods
resorted to in the struggle for relief;
then he takes up the j-eneral labor
situation, from which we quote, “Most
emphatically eveo' efior* snould be
made to k'-e-p up the wages of labor
and, above all, not to let them be
thrust down faster than the prices of
things which labor needs and ha3 to
pay for. The eight-hour day should
become the standard industrial day in
ail lines of work; there must be cer
tain exceptions, but these should be
treated as exceptions." He further
states “Business and labor cannot be
considered separately. It is quite im
possible permanently to elevate labor
if business does not pay. and if the
payment the business gets is not equit
ably divided with labor there is no
use whatever of having it. We ought
to set our faces against any restric
tion of production, or any require
ment that the good and skillful work
man 'be kept down to the level of the
incompetent or the lazy.” Here is
briefly stated, the vital issues of the
labor question. To my mind it is
clearly right and necessary for labor to
organize. The capital of most work
ing men is their strength and capabil
ity of service, for which they are en
titled to a just remuneration, not mere
ly a living wage, but enough to'enable
a prudent person a fair percentage of
profit. Capital organizes to strength
en and safeguard its interests, Labor
has the same right There are few dif
ferences arising between capital and
labor that could not be amicably set
tled if the adjustment were left to
committees composed of intelligent,
fair-minded men representing each
party. The prime disturber in the la
bor situation is class hatred which Is
constantly fanned by irresponsible agi
tators in labor’s ranks, and on the
other hand by an- over-selfish class of
employers who have not a proper re
spect for the man in overalls, who re
spect the dollar above the man and,
while claiming to represent democracy,
belong to the very type who founded
every aristocracy that every existed.:
The great bulwark and permanency' of;
labor unions is loyalty, undying loy
alty to this country and a sacred ad
herance and fulfillment of their Con
tracts. This government still ex
ists for the many as against the few.
if good faith and hone3t effort are;
practiced. This country will progressj
only as the faith and support Of its
citizenry is maintained. Every labor
orpanization in this country should ob
ligate its members to loyalty, and
purge themselves of anarcrists and I.
W. W.’s. The Socialist party catered i
to Anarchists, I. W. Vt.'a, Pacificts and
all the disgruntled factions of the land,
finally declaring against supporting the
government in the war. They had
enough of the disloyal element to ruin
the party, but it had littleeffect upon
the country, because the loyal portion
became disgusted and refused to long
er be associated with slackers and!
traitors. Thus it is with the labor un
ions. Gompers. head of the National
Federation of Labor, is a sincere pa
triot and advises safe and sane re
forms but to many of the ltfbor un
ions are being dominated by unscru
pulous adgitator.s whose actions are
inspired by hate and criminal avarice; ;
every man with a few dollars ahead
is an enemy and legitimate prey; they
make never ending demands, as fast
as one is met another is exacted:
such methods cannot adjust differenc
es. 1 believe in labor unions; I be
lief in the eight hourday.with neces-1
sarv exceptions; I believe in just pay
ment for service well rendered and
furthermore, believe that all should
labor in some field according to his
or her capabilities. The slacker and
idler are leaches and agents of vice
whether rich' or poor.
Referring, particularly, to the di>
oat eh to Senator Heckman, signed by
Mi Petty as mayor and by M«ser
N'ixon and Hendrickson, in their..re-:
spective positions; they made aCgfc'ea:
msitake in bringing the Victory Loan
• oto it and Mr. Petty in signing as
Mavor, a dispatch which the City Coun
cil had taken no action to, but I feel
that we of this community know these
gentlemen and neghbros well enough
to know that no act of disloyalty was
intended. They have each and all don >
effective work sufficient to dispel all
doubt. Do not try to make too much
capital out of a little human error- As
Biltmore Oswald has it inbis book,
“we fought to make the -world *»»?
for.Democrats; nof it's tip to us to
try to have peace.
SIXTEEN ALASKANS
AT FORT LAWTON
SEATTLE, April 26.—Sixteen Alas
kans arrived here today from Port
Rodge and other masters canton.~cr.t3
headed by Sergeant HJalmar Nordale
for Port Lawton. They will leave
soon for Fort Gibbon to ibe mustered
out. i i
U, S, BLUEJACKETS
BATTLE WITH THE
SCOTCH POLICE
LONDON', April 26.—A battle oc
curred between some American sea
men and the Scotch police at Iveraess,
Scotland, when the Yankee bluejackets
who had congregated in front Of the
town ball refused to obey the police
order to “move on.” Instead they
rushed the police and a sharp battle
ensued. One constable was severely
injured and several civilians were
wounded.
ARMY OFFICER
UPHOLDS THE
COURTS MARTIAL
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 26.—In
connection with the discussion of the
administration of military justice.
Major R. A. Stone told the American
Bar association today that Camp Mer
ritt. Hoboken, the main debarkation
camp during the war; had dealt with
nearly 10.00 absent wit&out leave cases
between April 1. 1917 and the signing
of the armistice.
The matter became so serious that
it necessitated the building of a stock
ade at the camp where men who had
been absent and returned were held to
be marched aboard the ship. Major
Stone strongly opposed any change in
the military legal system that would
take ultimate power over it out of the
hands of the commanding officer.
DENVER, Col.. April 26. — After
physicians and nurses had worked on
the body of Miss Aura Pete, believing
her to ‘be dead as pronounced by the
nolice who brought her to the county
hospital for further examination, it
was discovered that she was not even
in a critical condition and her recov
ery is now assured.
Communication
Ketchikan. Alaska. April 25, 1919.
Editor Progressive-Miner,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dear Sir:
Believing that an explanation and
apology is dile the citizens of Ketchi
kan and the public for the regret
table incident featured in last night's
edition of your paper I heg you to pub
lish the following.
On the afternoon of April 22nd, May
or Petty and Harry Nixon came to my
office in the Alaska Labor Union hall
and Mr. Petty had two telegrams, one
from Judge Wickersham and one from
Bob Oliver at Juneau, the wire from
Wiokersham stating that the eight hour
bill was a good one and was meeting
much opposition in the Senate and urg
ing every effort be brought to bear to
secure its passage. This may not be
the exact wording but both telegrams
meant about the same thing. Mr. Nix
on had received a wire from Ben Lit
tell earlier in the day giving the names
of those opposing the bill andstating
the situation critical or some such
words. ^
Mr. Petty stated that we must wire
to Juneau Immediately and the tele
grams were written and Mayor Petty
signed first, then Mr. Nixon signed,
and I signed as secretary of the Alas
ka Labor Union.
As a committe for the Victory Loan
issue we had each, in talking to labor
in men, been met with the answer,
“let’s wait until we see what they are
geing to do about the eight hour bill,”
and the reason for this attitude, as I
understand from my conversations and
association with the laboring men, is
that ninety per Cent of the people Of
Alaska voted for an eight hour law two
vears ago and it was suspended and
finally overruled and the average
worker feels that he has been cheated.
It was in my mind and I believe in
the minds of the others at the time the
te!< .'rams were sent, that.labor would
subscribe more and make the Victory
loan a greater success if they received
the eight hour law and this was the
meaning we wished, to convey (but the
upfortunate choice of words left room
for misconstruction.
Personally I realize that it is impos
sible feu- the canneries to work a
straight eight hour day and the clause
in the bill as introduced provides for
mere than eight bourse inasmuch as
they can pay time and one half for
overtime. The does oot mean that a
man is worth mere for the overtime
but it would toad to dieoourage the em
ployment of men for more than eight
hours unless absolutely necessary.
1 also realize that wages are above
normal but they are not out ofpropor
tion to the cost of necessities. Until
things become normal again both cm
TURKS SELECT
' DELEGATES TO
CONFERENCE
Delegation Is Expected
To Arrive In France
Momentarily
PARIS, April 26.—The Constantin
ople correspondent of the Petit Par
isien wires that the. Turkish delega
tion to the Peace conference is on the
way to Versailles having left there last
evening. Dam id Sherif Pasha, head
of the present Liberal Ministry is the
head of the delegation. Bach of the
Cabinet Ministers have sent a repre
sentative.
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91ST DIVISION HOME
SEATTLE, April 26.—Twentyone of
ficers and 436 men of the 361st Infan
try of the 91st Division arrived this
morning from France "where they saw
some heavy fighting just before the
signing of the armistice. They were
given a warm welcome.
orebouTleads
COAST STATES
UTAH SECOND
Figures Do Not Include
Alaska Or Hawaiian
Totals However
SAN FRANCISCO. April 26.—The
District Bank total to date is $32,
493.400 from 97,916 subscribers. This
indicates that the VICTORY LOAN is
getting as wide a distribution as any
previous Issue. Oregon is leading the
Pacific Coast states of the Twelfth
District with more than twenty-seven
per cent of her quota covered by sub
scriptlos actually banked. Utah comes
second with a shade over twenty per
per cent. The District figures do not
include Hawaii or Alaska.
San Francisco's official total to date
is $2,263,950.
Electric Railways
In the United States
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 26. —I
According to a preliminary report is- i
sued by Director Sam L. Rogers, of the
Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce, the street and interurban
railways of the United States during
the year 1917 trasported over 11 bil
lion fare-paying passengers, represent
ing an average of something more than I
trips for each man. woman and
child in the United States. The elec
tric railway companies in that year
operated 102,603 cars on 32,535 miles
of track; employed 294,826 persons, to
whom were paid salaries and wages'
aggregating $257,240,v62; and derived
revenues amounting to $650,149,806
from their railway operations. The
rates of increase in the various items
nresented by tlie report were in moat
eases materially less during the period
1912-17 than during the preceding five
years. *
plover and employee must make sacri
fices and labor being the basic prin
ciple of all production will probably be
the first to make the- sacrifice. The
situation is One that must be handled
with the utmost care to prevent need
less suffering and we realize that hu
manity has suffered almost as much
as it can.
I have been in a position instrumen
tal in making several adjustments be
tween employer and employee and I
think both have been satisfied and
have found me fair and willing to Con
s'dor both the difficulties of the em
loyer and employee.
I trust that the generous citizens of
Ketchikan and Alaska will choose to
regard this matter in the light that
was intended and place the blame
w]|ere it belongs to the unfortunate
ojicice of words with which we at
tempted to convey our meaning and
that we will be able to make the Vic
tory loan a grand success.
I 'egret very deeply my part In this
unfortunate incident and hope tbo
gocj people here will forgive my
thoughtlessness.
Very truly yours,
HARRY V. HBNRIKaON.
Secy. Alaska Labor Union No. 5.
Peter Wold, of Prince Rupert. Jack
Tafty and Chas. Weisserborn of Seat
tlo. are at the Rcvilla.
MORt TROOPS
ARRIVE TODAY
NEW YORK. April 26.—'Twenty
three thousand troops arrived on six
transvarts today from Frauce. The
Leviathan alone carried twelve thous
and
HONOLULU, April 26^-When the
suffrage bill temporarily failed to pass
the legislature here, one of the work
ers in the Interests of the (bill became
Insane She is the wife of an island
lighthouse keeper and when informed
that the tbill had not gone thru she
burst into tears and became demented, j
She has been committed to the terri
torial institute.
LIEUT, ASTOR
- BRINGS HOME A
GERMAN U-BOAT
NEW YORK. April 26.—With a
crew of four officers and thirty seven
men. and Lieutenant Vincent Astor at
the wheel, a German mine-layiung sub
marine. No. U-117, the second captured,
U-Boat to arrive on this side the At
lantic, worked her way into the Brook
lyn Navy Yard today.
ON THE WARPATH
SAN FRANCISCO. April 26.—The
Marines station 'd here are on the war
path. not against i>i0 Germans this
tlmn. but the Bolshevik], T^ast Week |
about 30 new recruiting posters for
the Marine Corps were posted about i
town and the following morning near
ly all had been torn and damaged. The
"leathernecks” declare they have a
fairly good idea who the desecrators
are.
USED PAPER
FOR BANDAGES
WINCHESTER, Eng.. April 28. —
One of the first American prisoners to
be repatriated here from Germany
via Danzing, is William Belfort of
Brooklyn. He reports that after his
own first aid dressing was used to
bind up his wounded left shin, he
could get only paper bandages from
the Germans, which caused th* -wourfd
to heal very slowly and give much
pain.
CALL FOR RECRUITS
WASHINGTON, D. C.’ April 26. —
Orders have been sent out to United
States army recruiting offices all over
the country to open enlistments at
once for immediate service in the Pan
ama canal zone, the Hawaiian islands
and the Philippines. Enlistments will
be for a period of three years.
BABY BOY DIC3
Irving Johnson Smeltzer, 10-month
old son of Mr. Bert Smeltzer of Indian
town, died this morning after a short
illness resulting from a complication
of diseases. The .funeral will ibe held
from the Episcopal church within the
next day or SO.
MRS. BROWN TO RETURN *
Mr- S. H. Brown, formerly in charge:
of the local radio station who leave*
on the Jefferson on her southbound
trip, says that when he comes back to
Ketchikan after Ibeing released from
active service in the Navy, he will be
accompanied by Mrs. Brown. Mrs.
Brown went south a few weeks ago to
spend the summer in Seattle but after
searching high and low in Seattle for
an apartment, has had to give up and
will return-north for the summer. Mr.
Brown will engage in the fishing busi
ness and is having a boat built now.
MRS. RAGAN GOES NORTH
Mrs. Steve Ragan and two eon*,
Tom and Edmond, were northbound
passengers on the Jetrerson last even
ing for Haines where they will spend
the summer on Mr*. Ragan’s home
stead.
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
Arrivals from the south last even
ing cn the steamer Jefferson were
Mrs. May Williams, Ernest Enis and
wVcv Charle Hanson, Laura Keirs,:
Mrs. J. Horner, Mrs. Pearl Freiburg.
Jack Tafy, Mrs. R. F. Davis, Violet
Davis, Mrs. M. Ridley and twenty-six
Chinese.
Leaving for the north were Frank
Carrtsh, Mrs. Victor Johnson, Rev. P.
Kern, Mrs. R. Daily, Win. Johnson
Mrs. S. Ragan. Edmond and Tom Ra
gan, Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Zeigler, E.
Anderson and T. Drummond.
MOVEMENT OF BOAT’S
Northbound
PiibOosw Mary Monday Night
Southbound
Farragut 6 p. m.
City of Seattle 8 p. m. tonight.
Admiral Evans tomorrow.
Alaska May let. *
BELA KUN APPEALS TO LENINE
FOR MORE HELP AND SAYS
SITUATION IS DESPiRaTE
Southwestern Russia Being Rapidly Cleared Of The
Bolsheviki By Ukrainian Troops Under The
Command of General Petluras
BERNE, Switzerland, April 26.—With the Rumanians? advanc
ing from the east and the Czecho-Slovaks from the north and
Jugo-Slavs from the south, on Budapest. Foreign Minister Bela
Kun has appealed to Premier Lenine of Russia, for further aid,
declaring that the situation grows more desperate each minute.
The peasants in many localities are calling for the restoration of
vhe monarchy.
VIENNA, April 26.—The Bolsheviki are having a hard time to
hold their own in Russia, let alone help anybody else, according
to a message just received here which says that General Pet
luras, commanding the Ukrainian troops is rai 11 y c’caring
southwestern Russia of the Bolsheviki.
Real Estate Boards
Aid Buildinq Campaign
In the nation-wide 'building cam
naivn now being carried on by the
United States Department of Labor,
the “Own Your Own Home" branch of
the work, under Paul C. Murphy, lias
enlisted wide cooperatiou. Ten thou
sand members of the National Asso
eiation of Real Estate Boards have
pledged themselves to work with the
department in its efforts to stimulate
interest in the costruction of dwell
ings. and many cities have enlisted in
the “build now” movement.
According to estimates the United
States is now something like half a
million houses short of the number
actually needed. Rents have risen to
a point that encourages investigation
im p the cost of building and a survey
of present conditions lias given as
surance, that after tlie war costs arc
hot 'prohibitory. Real estate values
liar? not advanced in proportion to
ntlier values and there is much to as
■sttre prospective builders, according to
statistics gathered by the Public
Works and Construction Division of
the department Information and Ed
ucation Service.
Mr. Murphy, before taking hold of
the “Own our Own Home” work, had
started in Portland, Ore., where he is
President of the local realty board,
'plans for the building of 50 bouses,
and there are evidences of confidence
in a revival of construction work in
many parts of the State. A special
campaign In Oregon will give local aid
to the Government's efforts to hasten
the spring activity in all lines of con
struction work. The fact that the de
mobilization of the Army lias released
many men expert in the building
trades furnishes uunsual opportunities
to employ labor and to furnish a solu
tion of the most pressiug problems of
industrial readjustment.
In connection with the “Own Your
Own Home” movement there is re
ported a decided tendency to apply
artistic ideas and *o alie.-e to the
most modern plans, so that better and
more beautiful cities may develop as
a result of after the- war enterprises in
building.
COMFORT STATIONS
FOR CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Oliio, v'u-ch lias been one
of the fi'-st cities to begin building otv
nn extensive scale, will not only pro
Vide for the needs of its bow inkers
who must have dwellings,*.liUt. it will
nuike sure that all its residents have
recreation (luring the coming summer
months. As a means of making the
eitv a (better place for returning sol
diers. as well as other citizens. to
live in comfort stations will he es
tablished at various convenient places.
According to information sent to the
TTnited States Department of Labor
Cleveland lias set aside $500,000 for
the purpose of providing recreation
renters when the city goes dry. Six
comfort stations on convenient corn
ers will be opened, and these will be
fitted up in a most inviting and artis
tic style. $10,000 log cabin has been
erected in Garfield Park, and a boat
tiouse, costing $150,000 is to be built
in Edgewater Park. New parks will be
laid out and dance pavilions will be
opened.
This enterprise is suggestive of the
development of the idea of commun
ity centers, for the comfort stations
have great possibilities as clubhouses
of the future where citizens may as
semihle to pass evenings in healthful
relaxation.
Cardinal Gibbons
Asks Loan Support
Cardinal Gibbons, in appealing for
! support of the fifth Libtry Loan drive
I and War Savings campaign, said in
i part: “I urge all our clergy to pro
mote this campaign by every means
1 in their power. I urge ouy good peo
ple to give their heartiest support, and
from the splendid evidences of their
patriotism shown in the ]>ast two
years 1 am confident it will meet with
great success.”
Frank Parish, of the Pobes Electri
cal Company of Seattle, was a north
bound passenger for Juneau today on
j the Jefferson.
Six Months To Pay
The Victory Liberty Loan is here. It is the best bargain of
all America's stupendous war security issues. That i/ianciers
and economists agree upon. It is also the last of the 1 iberty
Loans.
The loan is for $4,500,000,000 supported by notes carrying
4 3-4 percent interest and liberal tax exemption features. These
are convertable into notes bearing 3 3-4 per cent interest virtual
ly free of taxation. The first will be more valuable to the poor.
The rich man will buy the second. Both series mature in 1923
but the Government has the privilege of calling them in, in 1922.
The early maturity of these notes makes them a prized in
vestment. ’
In order togetwide distributio n of the Victory Loan among
‘he rank and file of Americans—in order to get these notes in
to the h blest homes of America, the Gove-nment will sell
‘hem on time. The man who buys a Victory Note will have six
months to pay for it. In other words the Government does not
want the banks to take the Loan even if the banks could.
Six months to pay! Think of the years these boys of our who
have come back without legs or arms or eyes, are going to pay.
Is there a man among us who calls himself an American who
cannot take his share of this Loan under these terms? Can
that man face these armless and legless fellows and tell them
why he is not taking his share?
_.clf'the w£r has done one thing for this community it has
made it American, heart and soul. It is going to stay Ameri
can. i ~
The teet of that Americanism is it’s record in the Victory
Loan.
Men and Women! This is the last Liberty Loan. Let’s stand
| shoulder to shoulder—Americans all—and finish this war job
that those who died shall have died not in vain.