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THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan,'Alaska, Saturday March 29, 1919
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Number 137
LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES DIS
ARMAMENT ESSENTIAL TO THE
FUTURE PEACE OF THE WORLD
April Fourth Is Date Fixed For Holding Of Final Ses
sion On the League of Nations When
Foundations Will Be Revealed
PARIS, Mar. 29.—It was announced by the peace conference
loday that April fourth had been fixed as the date for the hold
ing of the final session on the League of Nations when the'■
foundations for the League constitution will be definitely re-!
vealed. r VK]
The Bolsheviki revolution in Hungary has produced a panic
in the peace congress.
American and British Delegates are opposing the Trench
proposal that the allies mobilize with the Rumanians, Serbians,
Polish, Czechs and Greeks to full war strength against the
Bolsheviki. -I
Practical Means Must Be Worked Out
MANCHESTER. Eng., Mar. 29. —The Manchester Guardian
in today's issue prints a signed statement by Premier Lloyd
George in which he says in part: “Disarmament is an essential
condition of success. We cannot expect the nations ravaged by
war to trust their desolated lands to th? protection of the League
of Nations if its advocates hesitate to show any confidence
themselves in its guardianship. To set up a society of Nations
to insure fraternity among the peoples of the earth, while at the
the same time, increasing armies and navies to insure effective
fracticide is to makemockery of a great ideal. All our hopes of
saving the world from repetition of the unfathonable cataclysm
of 1914, center upon our working out a practical means by
which the nations of the earth can conduct a committee for the
affairs of the world in friendly cooperation instead of jealous
rivalry.
DeValera Wants Recognition For Irish
BUBLIN, Mar. 29.—Professor Edward DeValera, one of the
leaders of the Sinn Feiners, has demanded that Ireland be given
a seat in the peace league, saying that Ireland’s independence is
equally advantageous to England
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PROF. EDWARD DE VALERA
WARREN LUCAS
IN PORTLAND
"Ketchikan subscribed to three
times its quota in the last liberty bond
drive," said Warren Lucas, who came
in from California yesterday, and is
at the Imperial. "Ketchikan was ex
ceptionan prosperous last year as
there was a big pack and everyone was
making money. It was the most pros
perous part of Alaska, owing to the
large number of canneries in the towr
and the district. This season the
packers do not expect such a heavj
run as they have enjoyed the past twe
years, but no one ever knows wha
the fish will be like until the pacl
has been made.” Mr. Lucas left Ketcl
ikan a few weeks ago and dallied ir
California before heading back towarc
the north.—Portland Oregonian.
Miss Evadne Field returned on th<
Princess Mary last evening from Sea'
tie where she spent the past monti
visiting with friends and on business
During the latter part of her visit
she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs
George Chesney, formerly of this cit)
JEFFERSON COMING
SEATTLE, Mar- 29.—The Jeffersoi
sailed for the north this morning a
ten o'clock with one hundred and si)
ty passengers, including 42 Chinesi
crews for Kasaan, Point Ward, Tei
Harbor, Quadra, Lake Bay. Fo:
Ketchikan are Mrs. B, Barlay and Mrs
A, Abrahamson.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
S''lit 1. hound
Farragut Wednesday 2nd.
City of Seattle Wednesday.
Princess Monday night,
Northbr und
Jefferson Monday night.
Admiral Watson, April 2.
CANADIAN MJLUItH
HERE ON FURLOUGH
—
Sergeant Dan J. Gillis, of the West
ern Irish Battalion of Vancouver, B, C,
arrived here last evening on a week’s
visit to his cousin, Mr Steve Martin
and family, of Newtown, and will re
turn on the Princess to Vancouver to
obtain his discharge. He expects to
make a visit to his old home In New
Foundland and will then return to
j Ketchikan to locate.
Sergeant Gillis was one of the Daw
son boys who came south to enlist in
1916, leaving Canada in July, and ar
riving at the front in November. He
i rougnt without a scratch until the
I following year in August when he was
| seriously hurt and sent to “Blighty
to recover. He was wounded the first
time in the famous battle for the pos
session of Hill 70. In April, 918, he
! eturned to the trenches and partici
i pated in the spring drive started by
♦ he Germans, receiving his second
serious wound in the famous battle for
Cambrai in September, when the four
Canadian Divisions, terribly outnum
bered, broke the Hindenburg line and
turned the tide for the Allies. Sgt,
unns was terribly wounded in the
j face with shrapnel and still carries a
i small piece in his head.
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DOUBLE WEDDING
lt finally leaked out. They tried
awfully hard to keep it “dark" and
succeeded guite well until today, when
a snooping old reporter just sort o’
accidentally stubbed her toe on it and
♦hen of course it was all off.
It was just like this. Jack Hendricks
who saw over a year’s service in the
Maw in the transport service on the
ureat Nortnem, and Maicom Heath
who was one of the drafted boys who
was discharged from Camp Lewis re
-ently, put their heads together and
decided to have a double wedding.
Miss Minnie Heath, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs, E, A, Heath of Charcoal
Point and sister of Mrs J. O’Donell
and Mrs. Frank Lloyd became the
bride of Jack Henricks who is the son
of Mrs. J, A, Gustafson of Newtown,
-*nd Miss Billie Austen became the
bride of Maicom Heath, son of Mr, and
M-8. E, A. Heath, The doubly cere
mony was performed by Judge Henry
Story, U, S, Commissioner at his of
fice on Saturday, March 8.
Mr. Hendricks has bought a home
at Charcoal Point where he and his
charming young bride will be at home
to their friends, while Mr, and Mrs
Meath a-e having a home built near
b''. They have apartments at the Rex
fo the time being,
Mr. and Mrs Wm. R, Schlothan were
a-rivals last evening from California
I and Seattle where they have spent the
j winter months.
MANY MILLIONS
FOR THE RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, D, C, Mar, 29. —
The War Finance Corporation has ad
vanced a total of one hundred and
thirty-five million dollars for the opera
tion of the railroads, in the absence of
apprpriations by congress, It was an
nounced here today.
LAWYER'SUICIDES
SEATTLE, Mar, 28,—Thomas B. Mc
Martin, well known attorney of this
city committed suicide here by shoot
ing himself in Lincoln Park yesterday
Grief over the the death of his wife
and loneliness for his only child, Thos.
B, Junior who is a Captain in the U,
S, Artillery, now serving in France,
are believed to have caused him to be
come melancholy. 8
WICKHAM
PASSES THRU
On Way North To Hear De
cision of Canvassing
Board on Election
i m on my way up 10 auneau to
see what they’re going to do to me,’1
said Mr James Wickersham, delegate
for Alaska during the last 14 days ol
the second session of the 65th Congress
Mr. Wickersham was a passenger or
board the steamer Alaska today ano
while the ship was in port visited with
his friends and supporters.
Asked about his plans for the future
Mr. Wickersham stated that until he
learned the decision of the canvassing
board at Juneau on the Sulzer-Wlcker
sham election held last fall, he wil
have no plans except that he is quite
decided to institute another contesi
should the certificate of election be
awarded Mr. Sulzer, "as I expect ii
will,” he added.
Speaking of affairs in the Nations
Capitol, Mr Wickersham asserted tha'
he was of the opinion that the extrs
session of Congress will be called some
time in June. No appropriation bill)
were passed at all during the past ses
sion and the extra session must b<
called in order to make appropriation:
before July 1, the end of the fisca
vear.
The bill passed by Mr. Wickersharr
during the short term he was in of
nee providing tor tue extending 01
the period in which assessment wori
mav be put off, that is for 1917, 1911
and 1919 on mining claims is a cura
‘ive act, he explained in that it reme
Hies the defects in the law which i
was believed did apply and later dis
covered did not apply to Alaska.
Afraid of The League
Mr. Wickersham is of the opinioi
that the League of Nations constitut
on should have a specific amendmen
j affirming the Monroe Doctrine to pre
vent any future loose interpretation
Asked his opinion of the League, Mr
Wickersham shook his head and said
j "I afraid of it. I am of course in favo
of anything which would prevent fu
I ture wars, you understand, but I an
' afraid this is a war breeder."
Attack On Railroad
Through the courtesy of the dele
: gate a copy of the complete text of thi
letter written to Secretary Lane, a
; head of the Alaska Railroad Adminii
i tration, has been given the Progress!
Miner and will be published in install
: ments, the first beginning next Monday
; Mr. Wickersham stated that he hat
; not intended the letter for publication
as it was merely a letter from him a:
- Delegate for Alaska and a statemen
->* the ease as investigated by hin
'ast year.
“I went over every bit of that rai
road myself and have records of al
the work and costs, and it is easy t<
figure out how much a railroad cost:
/ • henvou find that 229 miles cost 13!
"ol'lions.” he said. “At Nenana, ther«
’<5 wonderful terminal facilities, a fin<
i "otei, nice houses for the workingmer
machine shops and everything as i’
should be, but no railroad. That i:
i iust a samlpe of the mismanagement
'rhen too. Riggs was not a railroac
'-•lider. why he never saw a rail be
•nr. he went to work on the Nenan;
^vision, so he was not to blame. Hi
; Hid the best he could, but that did no
j build the railroad.”
MR. PENNELL BUYS
PITTENQER HOUBi
I
I —
Mr. Thos. J. Pennell, accountant foi
'he Northern Machine Works has pur
| rbased from Mr. Jacob Pittenger, thi
1 '"O'ise and lot now occupied by Mr
'ohn Shafer and family on the creek
, The deal was completed during Mr
| Pittenger’s visit here this week.
ALASKAN
GENERAL
HONORED
Is Chosen to Command
Expedition Going
Into Siberia
SEATTLE, Mar. ii — Signal mili
tary honors have been conferred upon
Brigadier General. Richardson, who
was so long the head of the Alaska
Road Commission ahd under whose di
: rection nearly all the best roads and
I trails in Alaska were constructed.
Tonight’s cables state that General
Richardson has been given the com
mand of the American expedition in
Northern Russia and that he will leave
for London in a feW days with a de
tachment of Engineers and Sanitary
workers and replacement officers for
Archangel.
Every member of the detachment
volunteered from this American forc
es in France. Richardson’s experi
ence as an Alaska arrpy frontiersman
won for him the distinction of being
j chosen to command the expedition.
2 A.M. SUNDAY
Daylight Saving Schedule
Goes Into Effect
At Two O’Clock
WASHINGTON, D, C, Mar. 29, —
At two o’clock Sunday morning the
clocks of the nation will be switched
ahead to make them read three o’
clock, the legal time under the new
Daylight Saving Act which was pass
on March 16, 1918 by Congress. Under
the terms of this act standard time
throughout the country Is advanced
1 one hour for the period in each yeai
beginning 2 a. m, on the last Sunday
in March and ending at 2 a, m, on the
last Sunday in October.
SAWMILL TO BEGIN
SEASON’S WORK
NEXT TUESDAY
With the long delayed -arrival today
of necessary equipment, the Ketch!
j kan Power Company's Saw-Mill, Re
; Saw Mill, Planing Mill and Box fac
tory, will begin the season's opera
tions at 7 o’clock Tuesday morning,
=>nd once more the old mill whistle
will sound the time-to-get-up and
time-to-eat call, replacing the fire sir
nn, which has served during the win
ter months.
t The plant will operate a ten hour
day for about one hundred days, tc
meet fish box requirements, and will
then probably operate an eight-houi
day for the balance of the season.
( Considerable work has been done
| during the winter, including wharf
and warehouse building which will
treble the capacity of the lumber
wharves.
Mr. J. J, Daly, head of the company
will net be here before mid-summer, be
’ ‘nq seriously ill in New York. Other
. wise the personell of the crew will be
about the same as last year, Mr. James
MacKinnon, who has assisted Mr.
Daly for several seasons past continu
ng in charge.
No advantage will be taken of the
! increased freight rates, lumber prices
will not be raised, it is announced.
CANDIDATES WHO
ACCEPT NOMINATION
•■i’d"e S. A. Plumley, magistrate and
. clerk reported this morning that
followin'? candidates had accepted
i nomination for the following of
. ’ices for the election which takes
olace Tuesday, April 1.
For Mayor:
M. J. Heneghan, R. t, Petty,
Councilman:
Dean C. Cannon, H. Nixon, Q. E,
Pauo, Walt or Thomas, E, J, Williams,
N R. Wa'ker.
■ "’-assurer School Board;
Ira H. King.
n_ r-c wr. of the fietchikan Baiaar
■•a-, an ~rrva! las- evening, bringing
•with him a large stock of soring goods
from New York and San Francisco.
THREE BIG STEEL
SHIPS LAUNCHED
SEATTLE, Mar. 29. Three steel
steamships aggregating twenty-seven
thousand, two hundred tong, were
launched in Seattle yards this after
noon.
SEATTLE TO TAKE
OVER STREET CAR
SYSTEM MONDAY
SEATTLE, Mi?. 28,—The city of Se
attle will take over the street railway
f system on Monday. This is said to be
' the largest municipal railway deal
; ever consumated in the world up to
Force of 500,000 Men Or
Five Corps With 21
Divisions To Be
Permanent
WASHINGTON, D. D, Mar. 29, —
| General March announced today that
i the plans for the reorganisation of the
' American army on a peace basis had
! been completed.
The plans call for a permanent force
j cf 500,000 men, in five corps with a
: total of 21 divisions. The Ninety-first
: Division is to be stationed at Camp
Lewis and the Seventh Infantry will
j be divided between Alaska, the Philip
I pines and the Mexican border.
USED CLOTHING
DRIVE CLOSES
THIS AFTERNOON
Enquiry at th eElectric Laundry re
vealed the fact that the peple oi
j Ketchian have turned somewhat of a
uvdi car wu me appeal oi we nca
■ Cross for old clothing, only a few
i bundles having been brought in. The
i drive began March 24th and is sup
I rosed to close this afternoon. It will
be several days before a boat goes
1 south and everyone is urged to ran
: sack their attic and clothes closets for
a garment which may save the life of a
refugee. Read the following report
‘ made by fifty investigators of the A
merican Red Cross working among the
| 2PC.000 refugees gathering in and a
"'out Paris. The report says:
"Most of the refugee families man
age to nourish themselves on the gov
ernment allowance and their small
wages but they are by no means able
to clothe themselves. As the present
orices of clothing in France are Pro
hibitive, the need for this kind of as
sistance is obvious, Accordingly, we
decided to give food only when special
nourishment was ordered by a physi
i cian but to continue to look after the
! clothing need as imperative.”
It is estimated that the German In
vasiou of France and Belgium made
wanderers of 1,250,000 formerly happy
country people of these countries.
Now that the conflict is over and
the occupied territories of France and
Belgium have been liberated, these
, refugees are hastening back to their
former homes in large numbers. They
j have no thought of the ruins, the cold
! weather, or their condition as regards
i sufficient clothing, only the longing to
| net back to their homes occupy their
minds.
In passing their ruined villages and
♦owns, they can be seen standing in
doorway of houses which have for
♦hni- roots nothing but a sheet of can
vas which sags under the weight of
*hp sTiow. Smoke curls up from a
hole in the ground and investigation
of its source discloses a family of four
huddled about a fire in the cellar o*
a completely wrecked home. The ehii
■*!-en wear old blankets and the pa
-rit, work and sleep in a ragged patch
work of costumes. To the Red Cross
man, who visits them, the mother says:
"We would not mind if we only had
'ow clo*h»s to keep us warm while
work. Mv boy has not left th*
fire for three days. It’s so cold out
side and he has nothing but a blanket
to put around him.”
The gift of a pair of socks by a
passing American doughboy to an old
peasant at iConftans Drought tears of
joy. The old fellow talks about his
sicks unceasingly . Another wears a
oalr of overalls that wars presented
*o him by an American as proudly as
If it were a dress suit. Of food they
have little, but of clothes they have
.nnadically none.
j M*'8. Ed. sTotten who went south
about a month ago with her brother
| Mr. Heath, returned last evening.
RUMANIAN TROOPS UNDER
GENERAL KOLCHAK CONTINUE
DEFEATING THE BOLSHEVIKI
Germans Are Sending Fresh Troops To Port Of Dant
zig And Are Mounting Guns Along Coast
To Prevent Polish From Landing
BERNE, Switzerland, Mar. 29. —The Rumanian troops have
inflicted a crushing defeat on the Bolsheviki army along the
left bank of the Dneister, says a reliable report received here
today.
LONLON, Mar. 29.—The Rumanian army under General Kol
shak continues to defeat the Bolsheviki and have advanced fifty
miles in their course, taking some five thousand prisoners in
the past four days, according to a report from the British Mili
tary mission in Vienna.
PARIS, Mar. 29.—The French Mission has -t if led the Cham
ber of Deputies that the Bulgarian troops are mobilizing on the
Serbian frontier.
LONDON, Mar. 29.—Germany is determined t > make an ob
stinate stand to retain the port of Dantzig which the Poles are
equally determined to obtain as their seapo; . Fresh troops are
being sent to Dantzig from Germany nearly every day to
strengthen the German positions and guns are being mounted
all along the coast to prevent the Polish troops from landing says
a report received today from Berlin, via Copenhagen.
MRS, ABRAMS DIES
Friends in Ketchika have just heard
the sad news of the death of Mrs. D.
C, Abrams, at Seattle, yesterday af
ternoon. Mr, and Mrs. Abrams were
very well and favorably known here,
Mr. Abrams having been deputy clerk
of the court here for a number of
years, and later deputy marshal, which
latter position he resigned in 1910.
W(rs. Abrams came t° Alaska with
! her parents, Judge Arthur K. Delaney
and wife, when a young girl, in 1887,
her father then being collector of cus
toms for the District; and later receiv
tag the appointment of Judge. Mrs.
Abrams was first married In Sitka
to Lieut. Douglas Terrell, of the U. S,
S, Pinta, who died about a year af
ter their marriage.
Mrs. Abrams was very well known
in Alaska for her artistic work and
nore particularly for Her many sketch
”3 and paintings of Alaska scenes.
Mer many Alaska friends join in sym
oathising with her husband and her
sister, Mrs G, C, Teal, in Seattle,
whom she leaves to mourn her loss,
GERMAN THEATRICAL TROUPE ,
ORDERED OUT OF FINLAND
It is reported from Helsingfors that
the Finnish government has forbidden
oerformances by a German theatrical i
troupe which came into the country
without passports and contrary to the
wishes of the government. The party;
was compelled to return to Germany.
This party had arrived in pursuance
to arrangements made before the pre
sent government came into power, and
while the Germans were in military
control of the country. The action of
the government in deporting the party
was explained to parliament by Prime
Minister Ingman, and the course taken
by the government met with the ap
proval of the legislative body., accord
ing to late reports,
THE WAR ORPHANS OF FINLAND
According to the official figures ga
thered by the government of Finland,
the number of orphans as a result of
the civil war in Finland is 25,000.These
children are being taken care of by
various charitable organizations and
municipalities.
r
OREN F, HILL
BACK HOME AGAIN
With just four days lacking .in
which to make the year since his de
parture from Ketchikan for service
overseas with the Medical Corps, Or
en F. Hil, formerly pharmacist at the
Walker Drug here, returned home last
evening.
Mr, Hill, despite his two shrapnel
wounds and experience with Hun gas,
is looking particularly fit, although
he was invalided home after several
months in a French hospital.
George F. Forrest, Jr., of the Alaska
Transfer returned last evening after
an extended visit to Seattle and San
Francisco.
Eishoj P T. Rowe, of the Episcopal
church for Alaska, arrived oil the
Princess and will be in the city for a
few days. He is on his way north to
the interior on his annual visit to the
various missions. Mrs. Rowe did not
accompany him and is at home in Se
attle,
Mr- and Mrs. C, A, Smith returned
on the Princess last evening from
Seattle where they have been purchas
tnq the equivalent and fixtures for
their new soda fountain and softdrink
establishment next to the Poodle Dog
Grill, which is to be known as the
Lotus. It will be opened about April
15 or thereabouts.
Miss Florence Mercer who has been
visiting in Seattle and California for
her health foi the past three months,
was an arrival on the Princess. Mrs.
Nickey was not able to obtain accom
modation and will follow on the next
steamer northbound.
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Leaving for the north today on the
Alaska were A Grecubaum, J, H, Eng
land, N. Bagley, Mrs, A, Dundas, and
E, r, I.,::.',
Those upon 'ho:i, devolves the task
of mapping cut the t'<y for lines of
safe travel should get busy. Already
two aviators have collided at a height
of 3,000 feet.
TO SUPPLANT TURKISH MISRULE
President Harry Pratt Judson of
the University of Chicago, back from
a carefully planned trip through Persia
and European Turkey, says that the
establishment of a totally new civiliza
tion and a government structure for
the near East to supplant Turkish
rule should not be overlooked among
the many problems to be considered
by the proposed league of nations, lie
says: “There were a thousand picture
one could see of conditions in Tur! I
or what, God willing, will never I
Turkey again. We found all socle
broken down; all its foundations worn
away; people wandered In the moun
tains, sleeping under wintry skies and
dying by the thousand. This Is the re
sult of centuries of tyranny. We must
reconstruct society from the founda
tions. The problem is not simply
shitting a society or government where
there is one already established; It Is
a case of establishing outer where none exists. Turkish armies are broken
up and the former Turkish soldiers have become robbers and bandits. Tlier
is no pence, nb safety, no assurance of life from day to day.
“All the old injustices must be wiped out for all time. We must establish
’ Justice and order, and then, of course, we must give them life. None of Hi
conditions In the shuken parts of the world draws so up-on our heartstrings a
| jioes the near East. In this work AmerUa must not Ik left out.”