VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan, Alaska, Friday February 14 1919..j
Number 103
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GERMANY WILL SOON BE DEMOBILIZING
First World Constitution Made Public in Statement
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THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION
ALL UNDER MREST NOW
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Have Been Imprisoned on Specific
Charge of Criminal Anarchy
More Warrants Issued
SEATTLE, Feb., 14:—For some reason not yet disclosed, the
Federal government is taking nov part in prosecution of the
infen arrested and being sought for participation in the recent
attempted revolution. It will be state prosecution conducted by
Prosecuting Attorney Fred C. Brown.
SEATTLE, Feb. 14!—The responsibility for the attempted
overthrow of the government, at the expense of the laboring
men has been laid at the door of Walker D. Smith, publisher
of a leaflet entitled, “Russia Did It?” which advocated, the
taking over of the shipyards, also John T. Axtell, William
Moran and F. W. Cassidy, all of whom have been imprisoned
on the soeeific charge of criminal anarchy. They are all I. W.
W. members.
Warrants are also out for the arrest in the same connection
of Leon Green or Greenovich. Russian Bolshevist and one of
Lenine’s lieutenants, and six others. Thirty-three suspects
are being held.
F. W.. Cassidy has been connected with the International
Weekly of the I. W. W. and all four of the men and Green
have been loud in advoating the establishment of Bolshevism
in this country.
General Morrison Goes To Butte
BUTTE. Mont., Feb,. 14:—Major General Morrison ( arrived
from Seattle yest<jpday tQ assist in restoring order growing
out of the very aggravated stiuation caused by the strike a
week ago bv the miners.
Twelve thousand miners, of independent unions went on
strike as a protest against the reduction of one dollar a day in
wages. and the rustling card system. Wages were reduced oh
account of th edrou in prices and the possible further slump.
The situation is under control of the military authorities.
WASHINGTON. Feb.. 1^:—Secretary Wilson, of the Depart
ment of T abor has received a memorial appeal from the Mon
tana l egislature asking his aid in putting an end to lawlessness
in Butte and other towns growing out of strikes. The state
prays that trouble-making foreigners be deported at once.
New Fxecutive of German Republic Makes Report.
WEIMAR, Germany. Feb 14:—President Frederick Ebert,
of the German Republic, toUT newspaper men here today that
Germany is now preparing for a complete disarmament and
demobilisation of all forces.
Tt was announced todav that Ebert was elected bv a vote of
?77 out of 37b votes, a majority of 102. Count Von Mehner
received 49 votes.
ALASKA BUREAU STARTS GAM PAIGN
IK AID OF NAVIGATION
The first step to be taken by the Alaska Bureau of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce, was the sending out to all parts of
Alaska" and Washington, D.C., of charts* showing map of Alas
ka and surrounding waters in which 116 vessels have been
wrecked and many totally lost. Copies have been received
here. 1
The chart besides showing the location of the 116 vessels
wrecked in the waters, gives a separate list, of names, dates
and value of the ships. These wrecks are only where individ
ual loss has been $20,000 or greater; but not including vessels
lost in the Artie, inland waters, or foundered at sea.
Complete data as to the loss of life in the various Alaska
wrecks is lacking. It is known however that in 21 alone, 862
lives were sacrificed. Individual loss on vessels of at least
$20,000 each, numbering 116 was* $13,231,950. Ships of less
than that amount, numbering 199, were valued at $1,212,988.
Those lost in the Berring Sea, those foundered, lost in the
Arctic and wrecked in Inland waters bring the total loss of
hulls and cargoes on 426 vessels to the enormous sum of $19,
268,038.
Alaska wrecks have mostly occured, the chart states, during
the stormv months of March and November, due, primarily to
lack of Aids to Navigation. Sirens and Lights are the prime
essentials to make Alaska waters safe. And yet, only 9 per
cent of Alaska’s water areas have been surveyed, altho the
United States has owned the territory for over fifty years and
lias enjoyed a commerce of $1,168,179,923 from it during that
period.
On the other hand; the Phillipine Islands, in the possession
of the United States only since 1898. and her total commerce
im 1917 but $100,535,367. as compared with $131,641,406 for
Alaska the same year, has had 64 percent of her water areas
siimy#!.
PACIFIC SS. CO.
BUYS MORE SHIPS
SEATLBt Fab* 14.—Negotiations
have been virtually closed for the pur
fchaeo by the Pacific Steamship Com
pany of the Pacific American Flsh
erls Co., steamer Wlndber, and the
Borderline Transportation Co. steam
er Portland, formerly known 89 the
Kuskokwim River.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14;—Car
ryig their own airplanes, and food
supplies, one hundred French aviators
and mechanics departed from this
city for Siberia today. Two hundred
more here will return to France.
MONTREAL, Feb. 14;— Andrew
Allen, member of the well known
shipping family who at one time own
ed the Allen Line of steamers, died
here todayfollowing an operation1 for
cancer. He was born in Montreal in
i860.
QUEBEC, Feb. 14;—A smallpdx epi
demic has broken out in a large num
ber of the towns and villages of Que
bec province.
HGID QBARNT1NE
DEFEATS“FLU”
NENANA, (By Mail).—By the en
forcement of strict quarantine regula
tions. Nenana and Fairbanks have es
caped entirely from the Spanish In
fluenza epidemic, -which has afflicted
other parts of Alaska.
Every person in Nenana and Fair
banks has .to wear/On the hat or the
coat a piece of blue ribbon, which is
lettered with the words “Health De
partment” and which is issued by the
public health authorities. To obtain
this ribbon a fee of $1 is required,
and if the original ribbon is lost, the
fee for the duplicate ribbon is $2.
Any person failing to obtain and
wear a ribbon is subject to arrest
and quarantine confinement. Civilian
sentries guard the trails to Nenana
and Fairbanks. All persons going to
either of these pi ces are taken into
custody and detained five days in
quarantine. If in that time no symp
I toms of Influenza develop, they are
permitted to enter the towns. There
; has not been a single case of influen
za in either Nenana or Fairbanks.
The fee for the ribbon goes towards
paying expenses of guarding trails
and quarantining travelers.
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A verdict of guilty was returned
yesterday afternoon toy the jury se
lected in the case of F. J. Furaivall,
charged with using franked enve
loipes for personal affairs. The jury
recommended leniency and the court
imposed a fine of but $25 and costs.
Today the cases against Ja,ne Doe,
charged with vagrancy, Fred Smith,
larceny, Danny Williams, violation
of the dry law, will occupy the at
tention of the court.
’ ARRIVALS TOD A 7
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Tlie Princess Mary arriving from
the south early this morning brought
the following pi.„seng?rs for Ketchi
kan: D. L. Roseflet, Jack Pecotish,
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Gardiner, Otto
A. Edwards, Frank Ubervimor. Mr.
& Mrs. H. P. Godfrey, Roy N. Crib
chlow, A. Fitzpatrick, Mr & Mrs. J,
R. Morgan, C. T. *Hattrlok, Mrs. S.
J. Thompson, W. Morgan, Mrs. O.
Thompson and son.
She will be southbound from Ket
chikan on Monday. '
MOVEMENTS’OF BOATS
ut h bound*
"Princes*, Monday night
Northbound-- ,
Alameda, Monday.
Jefferson, 22nd.
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NEW YUKK, i’e'D. —AJL133 Xj.
Jessie Craig, for several -months a
rural mail carrier fo the Peekskill
postofflce, has resigned “to make
room for a man.” She explained she
only intended to cover the route while
the war lasted.
HEYWORTH, 111., Feb. 14;—Miss
Lillian Mcmre claims to be the cham
pion women husker of -Illinois. In 16
days she husked 1,105 bushels of corn
or an average of 70 bushels per day
She was attired in overalls while at
work-in addition to the work she
milked three cows each morning and
evening and looked aiftcr the house
work. No man could be employed
ffcr the harvesting and Miss Moore
volunteered to help her father gath
er the crop.
RAILROAD BUILDS
BRIDGE ACROSS
TALKEETNA
^Anchorage, (By Mail)—Driving of
niles has begun for the government
railroad bridge across the Talkeetna
river, which is 112 miles north .of
Anchorage. ..The completion of the
spanway is expected about May.
The south approach to the bridge
will consist of nineteen 14-foot spans
and be 266 feet ..long. . The . main
! structure will consist of four 121-foot
Howe truss spaus and be .502 ..feet
! and 9 inches long. ..The north ..ap
! proach will consist of one hundred
! and nine 14-foot spans and will be
! 1432 Jeet long. „The entire spanway
' will total 2200 feet and 9 inches ..in
I length. .The highest elevation of the
bridge wifi be 3^2 feet above Anchor
• age datum.
...The laying of steel on the govern
ment railroad to the south bank of
the Talkeetna river was .completed
in January,
j Dr. D. W. Figgins and Mrs. Figgins,
have rented their house and are leav
ing within a day or so for Craig,
where they will spend the spring and
summer. Dr. Figgins was sent to
■ the west coast to help fight the epi
demic and was much impressed by
the opporunities offered a physician
thnre.
Alfred Noyes, i.. .. . vdsh ya. t. ■
’’s now lecturing on nineteenth era;
; '3ii»rlisb at PrliiLv .ni university s
I wh~ f» tt ■ * «•»
DIE l»J YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14;—
•Thirty thousand Civil War veterans,
practically ope-tenth of the survivors,
died during the last fiscal year, the
House Appropriations Committee re
ported in presenting a bill carrying
1215,030,000 for paying pensions dur
ing the year beginning next July.
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WARSAW, Peb. 14;—The Black
Plague is raging in Kiev and Kovel,
and is also prevalent among the Ru
thenian soldiers.
VICTORIA, Peb. 114;—The schoo
teachers who have been on striKe
here have returned to their duties
today on the promise that the ques
tion of salaries will be submitted to
arbitration.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14;—Railroad
j labor interests today prophiscd Gov
j eminent ownership and private opera
I tlon by one largo corporation, ci> op
iTotivelv organized and sharing profit
■with employees, as their solution of
the railway problem.
Sugar Beets Grown
Matanuska Valley
Anchorage, (By Mail).—Sugar beets
grown ..in ..the Matanuska . Valley,
which is on the line of the Govern
ment Railroad, 36 .mile* ..north ..of
Anchorage, contain such a gratifying
percentage of sugar that their uroduc
tion -in commercial quantities is re
garded as a likely possibility of the
near, future- Returns on tests made
on the Matanuska vegetable by the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington. D. C., show that the beets
submitted to the Washington authori
ties contained from 14.6 to 16.9 per
cent sugar.
The vegetables were grown in the
season of 1918 by Frederick T. Rader,
'unerintendent of the United States
Agricultural Experiment .Station ..In
the Matanuska Vail, and were sent
by him to the Depatment of Agricul
ture.
“Of course," said Mr. Rader, “it is
not to be expected that this first crop
of Matanuska beets should .contain
->s high a percentage of sugar as is
contained in beets grown in the old,
well- cultivated districts in the States.
Neither was the Matanuska yield,
which average from seven to eight
tons per acre, as heavy as the yield
of beet land in the States. New land,
In all fairness, cannot be expected to
produce as well as old land.”
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FLYING SCOUTS?
CLEVELAND.—Tile airplane scout
will replace the picturesque cowboy
on the ranches of the West within a
few years if inquiries received "at the
Glenn Martin airplane plant here are
any indication.
Ranch owners plan to use the ma
chines to trace lost cattle and sheep,
scores of letters received in the plant
indicate. Peace time orders are not
being booked, however, as the com
pany is still busy on Government
work.
Marshal Sharpe And A tty.
Ragan Leaves For Craig
Deputy Marshal Walter B. Sharpe
and Asst. (District Attorney Steve
Raga,n left last evening about ten
o'clock on the launch Taku II, for
Craig to assist the officials on the
West coast in their search for the
murder of Deputy Marshal Calhoun
An unofficial report last night ru
moured that the- murderer -had been
surrounded in the woods on the
west coast somewhere and that his
capture was but-a matter of hours,
(^lhoun Is expected to arrive
!, ->m the west ooast with the
*■cdy 1-’ her husband which she Is
-g io Seattle for burial.
V • hose shoes made from the
l ham an shark be waterprof f
U. S. TO MAINTAIN
500000 ARMY FOR
EMERGENCY SERVHX
Society of Nations Votes Down Pro*
postion For fnter-Allied Military
Force to Enforce Peace
PARIS Feb. 14:—The first world constitution was made pu
blic this evening when President Wifeon read the draft of the
League of Nations organization before the General Peace Con
{ ference.
I While not containing any provision* for an international
1 police force the constitution provides stringent measures de
signed to prevent future wars. In case any nation makes war
without, first submitting questions at issue to arbitration, the
following courses are open to the league of nations; the sever
ance of diplomatic relations between members of the league
and the reeallcitrant power of an economic blockade of the na
tion refusing arbitration; the recommendation by the execu
tive council for the use of force.
j The use of force, however will leave to each power the free
J dom of action under its constitution to make the necessary de
! claration of war.
j Presient Wilson in an address at the palace of the Prince of
1 Murat indicated that he was convinced that the work on the
league of nations would not be completed before his return to
the United States. “I am confident that after my return to
France we will celebrate its completion at least in its advanc
ed stages,” he said.
The Society of Nations commission has overwhelmingly
voted down the proposition providing for the interallied mili
tarv force to enforce peace among the nations.
PARIS, Feb., 14:—According to the covenant as outlined to
j day by President Wilson and the Supreme War Council, Great
] Britain, Italy, United States, Japan and four other nations will
constitute the Executive Council of the League of Nations and
will hold meetings once a year, at a place which will be desig
nated at a fiiture date.
PARIS, Feb. 14:—The Society of Nations plan, according to
a staterrtent issued today by Colonel House, one of the Ameri
can delegates to the peace conference, has been amended gen
erally so as t oprovide for the maintaining of an American
nrmv of half a million men. This force with authorization for
such action by the American senate, could be used abroad
whenever necessary.
This plan has been devised as a solution to the difficulties
encountered in the American constitution.
Insurrection In Rumania
BERLIN. Feb. 14:—A Vienna dispatch just received here
says that Rumania is torn in two by insurrection. The labor
ing classes are attempting to overthrow' the reigning dynasty,
in favor of a republic. King Ferdinand, while endeavoring to
from his palace to Jassy was wounded.
LONDON. Feb. 14:—It vras announced in the House of Com
mons todav by BonarLaw, government leader, that the British
delegates have been instructed to demand idemnity of Ger
many which shall include the cost of the wrar and the damage
done, amounting to many billions.
Cost of War To All Nations Is Enormous Sum.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 14:—Secretary Newton D. Bak
er. of the War Department announced in an address here last
night that the totalcost of war to all nations engaged, accord
ing to figures recently compiled in London, was one hundred
, and ninetythree billion dollars.
ALASKANS’ NAIL HAS BEEN TAMP
PERED WITH SAY AUTHORITIES
Alaska Mails Have Been Tampered With Lately.
SEATTLE Feb. 14:—Alaska mails outbound- have been rob
! bed a half C en times within as many months, according to
postal authoi >es here, who refused however to divulge as
yet just how much has been taken.
j It is learned that^all the mail being carried by the steam
j ship Victoria on her return voyage began at Cordova Decemb
1 ar 18, arriving in Tacoma on December 23, was rifled. All lett
I ers. many containing money, were slit open. The thief appar
i ently became frightened however, and left much loot in the
°h«De of currency, nugget jewelry, gold bars and other valu
j ahles hidden in various staterooms, under mattresses, and in
| pillows.
The mail was carried as freight. The robbery was discover
j ed a few hours out of Tacoma and a wireless sent to the post
| al authorities here, but owing to their misunderstanding of
j the hour of the arrival, the vessel got in and no officer raieetr
ing her, the thief of these robberies made his escape. Th© an*
tborities have Isince been searching for Charles Savage, an
oiler on the steamer.
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