VOLUME FOUR
THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
Ketchikan, Alaska, Friday March 21, 1919
HUNS ANXIOUS TO
KNOW CONTENTS OF I
THE PEACE TREATY
British Government To Purchase Much Food From
America For Vienna To Be Distributed Un
der Direction of Herbert C, Hoover
BASEL. Switz.. Mar. 21.—A Berlin dispatch says that the
President of the German armistice commission has ofidaDy en
quired if the press reports of the peace treaty will be ready for
the Germans assoon as they have been approved by President
Wilson. Evidently the Germans are anxious to learn how much
will be demanded of them by the allies.
Austria Must Pay For Food Received
VIENNA, Mar. 21.—The interallied committee of four mem
hers appointed by the Supreme Council to investigate the
methods by which the States of the former Austro-Hungarian
Empire can pay for the food sent them by the allied powers, has
arrived here today.
Five new states have arisen within the area of old Austria,
and have all agreed to place the question of the distribution and
management of the railway rolling stock in the hands of Herbert
C. Hoover. Director General of Allied Relief. The Italians, who
have been maintaining a food blockade against Jugo-Slavia, fin
ally allowed their differences to be settled by the conference
and the Supreme War Council has directed that the blockade be
raised at once.
Owing to the restrictions placed on American appropriations
for relief. Mr. Hoover has arranged with the British Govern
ment to buy §10,000.000 worth of foodstuffs from the United
States Grain Corporation. This will be turned over for distribu
tion in Vienna.
VICTORY STAMP
ISSUE RECEIVED
BY POSTMASTER
Postmaster Warder is~
a large shipment of the
ia^receioyjgt
aewjfe*B|P
stamp of 3-cent denomination, issued
by the Postoffiee department to com
memorate the successful outcome of
the war.
The stamp is of 3-cent denomina
tionj color, purple: size of design.
21-32 by inch, the longer dlmen
sion being horizontal. The design
presents a standing figure of Liberty
Victorious, with a background com
posed of the flags of five countries
which were most actively engaged in
the cause.
The figure of Liberty is helmeted
the upper part of the body is encas
ed in scale armor, and a flowing
skirt falls to the feet. The right
hand grasps a sword, the point of
which rests on the ground at the feet
of the figure; the left arm is partially
extended, and the hand holds a bal
ance scale representing justice.
Back of the figure appears the A
meriean flag; at the left are draped
the British and Belgian flags, and at
the right the Italian and French
flags.
The whole design appears upon a
shaded panel. Extending across the
top In a straight line of Roman capl
tal letters, is the inscription "U. S.
Postage.” At the bottom, directly
beneath the figure in a straight line of
Roman capitals is the words “Cents”
flanked by circles containing the num
eral “3” in each lower corner of the
stamp.
F. Casey, traveling for Frye & Co.
of Seattle js registered at the Sted
man.
FREIGHTER VALDEZ
IS CHARTERED
FOR ATLANTIC
SEATTLE, Mar. 21,—The Federal
Operating Company of New York has
taken a long time charter on the A1
aska Steamship Company's freighter
Valdez and the steamer Henry T.
Scott, for operation along the Atlan
tic coast, ft was announced today.
The Valdez has bee nin drydock for
the past two months, and was under
the command of Capt. C, F, Davis,
now master of the Alameda.
The Tillamook arrived from Union
Bay cannery today on her way south
to load up with cannery sMpplies. She
brought a cargo of supplies to the Uu
ion Bay plant.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
Southbound
Princess Friday.
City of Seattle Thursday p. m.
Jefferson Saturday night.
Northbound
City of Seattle next Tuesday.
4)aska Saturday 29.
EASTERN STARS
ELECT OFFICERS
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At a special meeting of Aurora
Chapter No. 3, Order of Eastern
Stars held Tuesday evening. March
1Sth. the new officers for the year
‘*9f3~w*ya~£&5ui&<r~i>y r. g. pmmu.
Marshal, as follows:
Anna M. Lingerfelt, Worthy Ma
tron.
E’aine H. Talbot, Associate Matron.
W H. Bergstresser. Worthy Pa
tron.
Lilliam Adams, Secretary.
May W Dobbs, Treasurer.
Zilpah Blackmar, Conductress.
Rev. C. M. Van Marter, Chaplain.
Harriet E. Hunt, Marshal.
Minna Chaffin, Organist.
Margaret Todd, Adah.
Martina Oaksmith. Ruth.
Jessie Hunt. Esther.
Florence Reynolds, Electa.
Laura Y. Pruell, Warder.
J. S. Jones, SentineL
A two course lunch was then serv
»d after which the crowd was pleas
antly entertained by short talks and
toasts from B. L, Myers, Mrs. De
Long, C. M, Van Marter. and W. H.
Fergstresser. also vocal selections by
Miss Amy Hunt, Mrs. Talbot and
Miss Edith Lingerfelt.
W. H. Bergstresser presented Mrs.
Pruell with a jewel in token of the
Chapter’s app'eciation for her servlcj
°s as Worthy Matron for the past
year to which she responded with a
'ew well chosen words.
Mrs. F. G, Hanford and her aister,
Mrs Winston, arrived in town tods’7
from Mud Bay where the Looker
Logging Camp is located. Mrs.
Winston has been visiting with her
sister here and leaves on the Princess
for her home today.
GEORGE D. OGDEN
George D. Ogden, chairman of the
export control committee, and freight
traffic manager of the Pennsylvania
railroad. Prior to his appointment he
was chairman of the freight traffic
committee, North Atlantic ports, with
Ntw Vgffc_
McADOO REFUSES
TO DISCUSS THE
PRESIDENCY
SANTA BARBARA. March 21:—
William Gibbs McAdoo,the former Se
cretary of the Treasury, who returned
today from a brief visit East, de
dined to discuBa himself at a presi
dential possibility. Mr. McAdoo and
family are spending the winter here.
Mayor Ole Hanson, of Seattle, ar
rived here today in quest of health.
On being questioned regarding the vice
presidential nomination. Mayor Han
eon struck a dignified-like postuTe and
refused to say anything of his plans.
TOKIO, Japan, Mar. 21.—German
business firms in Japan are gradually
closing out their places. This was
made more marked by the announce
ment that one of the largest German
business houses in Yokohama, which
before the war dealt in machinery,
drugs, and other imports, intended
selling its buildings and lands.
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BRITISH TO HAVE
GIANT AIRSHIPS
LONDON, Eng.. Mar. 21.—The Gov
ernmeut has ordered the immediate
construction of two airships each 800
feet long, with a capacity of three
million cubic feet. It is presumed that
these huge ships will be used in pass
enger and mail service to the contin
ent.
FRENCH STAY IN HIDING
PARIS,—The adventures of tw£
French stragglers. Sergeant Lasguern
and Private Levesque, who becoming
separated from their units after the
battle of Charleroi, remained In hid
ing for more than four years in Ger
man occupied territory, are told in
the newspaper La Vietoire. In the
early days of the war civilians helped
the two soldiers but as the German
domination became weightier they
took to the woods.
They made their home in the forest
of Sapoghe in the vicinity of Sedan.
Their dwelling was a dugout so con
cealed that it was never discovered,
although the forest which harbors
wild board aqij'Otl|er game was. aifa
vorite hunting tfround. for. German of
‘fleers. "THe French stragglers lived
on wild 'MMMtabTVMre sad other game.
One German -who venture into too
close proximity of their dugout is al
so buried where he fell.
They made one attempt to escape
in 1915, but on the Dutch frontier
they were shot at by the German sen
tries and the sergeant was wounded
so the two of them returned to their
forest. The severe winter of 1916
brought them terrible suffering. They
were 3nowed in and almost starved.
They owe their lives to an old Bel
gian poacher and smuggler who,
throughout all the years of their ad
ventures, helped them with provis
ions. They are now in a French hos
pital recovering from the effects of
heir privations.
CEMENT SHIP IS LAUNCHED
PARIS—The Comafran I, which has!
been launched on the Seine, is the first
of what is expected to be a large fleet
of cement ships to be built in France
this spring, mainly to carry coal fronv
England These ships are of a stand
ard type of about 1000 tons displace-;
ment and the French are proud of the;
tact that all the material used in the
construction of this first unit of their
new cement fleet was produced in
France. The boat is French built thru
out down to the smallest detail The
steel used in the construction of frame
work was scrap metal from the bat-:
tlefields.
FAMILY REUNION SOON
Mr. Fred Stocking of the local ra
dio staff, has just received word that
his son Bernard A. Stocking has Just
been mustered out from Camp Green
and is now on his way west. Mr
Stocking has wired him to come to
Ketchikan, and if he does, the whole
family will be together once more,
two of Mr. Stocking’s sons having ar
rived on the Alameda, Raymond
and Theodore. They were all anx
ious to see their brother Fred, Jr.,
who has just returned home from
France where he spent fourteen
months with the U. S. Signal Corps.
FIRST DAY OF
SPRING TODAY
Yesterday was the date of the ver
nal equinox, or day when the sun In
its annual course among the stars,
arosses the equator, making the days
. and., nights of equal length, and from
! today, the first day of spring, the days
! will begin to grow longer and the
i nights shorter until June 22, the long
1 eat day' in the year, when the days
! wj.lf begin ib grow shorter and the
: nights longer. September 23, the date
af the Autumnal equinox, the days
and nights are again of the same
length. __
LETTER FOUND |
SHOWS SUICIDE I
WAS INTENDED
Mrs, Storrs Wrote Mother
Saying Wished To End
Her Misery In Death
SEATTLE, Mar. 21,—Dudley M.
Storrs arrived from the Okanagan
last night and stq-rendered to the po
lice. He denies any knowledgs of the
fact that Ruth Garrison had planned
to poison his wife
The theory that Mrs. Storrs poison
ed herself and:.- intended to commit
suicide is strongly supported by the
discovery of a letter among Stores ef
fects, purporting’ to having been writ
ten by Mrs. Stores to her mother. In
the letter she says that she intends
to commit suicide because of the
“misery I have -endured since I mar
-led that degenerate.”
Msss Garrison was arraigned be
fore Judge Tallman this afternoon on
the charge of murder. Her attorney,
Thos, M. Askren asked for further
time to enter a plea, Askren declares
that the girl is on the verge of a
breakdown that she sleeps only when
drugs are administered.
Dudley M, Storrs is still in jail al
though no charges have been pre
ferred, save that of abduction filed in
Okanagan country against him.
Efforts are being made today by the
authorities to connect Storrs direct
'y with the Garrison crime, as having
clotted with her to kill his wife
Storrs, however, continues to protest
stoutly that he knew nothing of her
murder designs.
The general belief is now, that his
participation in the plan is improbable
and that she planned the affair single
handed. ~
BET RIFLES*
FROM SOLDIERS
DUBLIN, Mar. 21,—A party of Sinn
Feiners today ovetpowtfed the , so1
diers at Santry and seized eighty
rifles Trouble is again brewing i’
that part of the country despite the
vigilant watch being kept on the move
ments of the revolutionists.
CHAMBERLAIN
IS BITTER IN
ATTACK I
Charqes Secretary Baker
With Doing Nothing To
Remedy Evil
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 21, _
Senator Chamberlain today accused
Secretary Baker of keeping bad faith
with Congress and in a private lette
he charges that the Secretary is do
ing nothing to correct he alleged evilr
of the present court martial system
Recently Chamberlain declared that
the unjuBt sentences imposed upon
young men in the army for trifling
and minor offenses, was making Bo'
shevists out of them. Secretary Bak
er is now on a tour of the country in
spacing the various camps with Gen
eral March.
LIEUT. RENE FONCK
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lit"._JELt
Lieut. Rene Fonck, the French ace
of ace*, ia soon to visit the United
States.
To The Voters:
The Order of Pioneers of Ketchi
kan desires to announce that Igloo
No. 16, Pioneers of Alaska, Is in no
way connected with F. J. FumivaV
in the making of a ticket for the com
ing election.
ORDER IGLOO NO. 16,
[. . Secretary. ’
A YEAR AGO TODAY
U, S, WAS PREPARED
TO INCREASE ARMY
WASHINGTON. D. C, Mar,, 21,—A
year ago today, tie beginning of the
big German drive, the United States
was preparing to increase her army
to five million men so as to bring vie
tory in 1919.
TOKIO. Mar. 21.—According to the
report of the home department of
ficials, there were 19,000,000 cases of
influenza in Japan in October, No
vember and December. This means
that one in every seven of the popu
lation was stricken with the disease.
During that time 80 per cent of the
deaths were from influenza.
PLAN FLIGHT
ACROSS ROCKIES
VANCOUVER, B, C.. Mar, 21-An
airplane flight across the Canadian
Rocky mountains to demonstrate the
nracticability of a mail route, is being
oromoted by the Aerial League o'
Canada in cooperation with the Van
oouver World Trophies and purser
will be awarded flyers. Only British
and Canadian airmen flying Canadian
and British machines will be allowed
to enter.
DISTRIBUTE MILLION
IN WAGES TODAY
SEATTLE, Mar. 21 r*A million do
'ars is being distributed among th
shipyard workers this afternoon in
wages, it was learned today.
CELEBRATION DATE IS SET
HONOLULU, — The 100th anni
•.■ersary of the departure from Bosto"
of the first missionaries from the Uni'
»d States to the Sandwich Islands a?
■■hey were then known, will be cele
orated here on October 23 next. On
'hat date in the year 1819, the brig
Thaddeus. £aptain H unnewel I, sailed
from Boston for Hawaii The vessel
anchored at Kailua, Kona, Island o'
‘awaii, on April 5, 1820. and the mis
stonaries landed that day to begin
•■heir work of civilizing natives and
converting them to Christianity. Thr
'00th anniversary of that date, Apri’
s. 1920. also will be celebrated unde
‘he auspices of the Hawaiian board o
missions.
On October 23, this year, it is plan
led to have an interchange of mess
ties between the Hawaiian board o'
■>:ssious and the board of foreign
missions of Boston, which sent the
■ rst missionaries to Hawaii 100 years
ago.
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SEARCH FOR METEOR ENDS
TOWANDA. Pa.—A search for a
missing meteor, conducted by the U
nited States Geological Survey, has
ended in the reservoir of the Towanda
Water, company Incidentally it har
enabled the company to account fc
the sudden disappearance of its ice
crop on the night of January 22. On
the afternoon of the meteor’s fligh*
’ocal officials visited the reservoir
•md decided to cut the eight-inch cro,
if ice the next morning. During thr
•light the meteor landed in the rese
voir When workmen went to harves
he ice it had dwindled to a scan*
three inches, due, it is asserted, tf
‘he heat of the meteor warming th'
vater in the reservoir. The reservoi'
vill be drained iu an effort to fin*’
he meteor.
SALTED HERRINGS
Centuries ago William Buckles, ■
'Hollander of Bierwich. made ttu
‘■hen astonishing discovery that sal‘
vould preserve fish and that salts
fish could be packed and exported. B
'ore his time herrings had to be cor
sumed within a few days of the*
-apture. Buckles salted them 1'
386. William Buckles salted his firr
'■>undred of herrings, and, havin
salted them, he packed them in ba
els. This exercise of common sens
-esulted in a singular development c
■•he resources of the country. Th
cnglish fisheries were not as prom1'
nt 500 years ago as they are no
and Holland had for a time almost
-tonopoly of a market which she wt
able to create and to supply. Buckl"
had not to wait 500 years to have h‘
claim to public gratitude recognize-'
Charles V. had a statue erected to th
nackerel salter who became the ben
factor of hLs country. Queen Mar
-f Hungary, however, paid him eve'
' greater honor. During her resldenc<
in Holland, she discovered his tom
[ and seated upon it. ate a salted he
ring.
FOREMAN IN TOWN
Glen Anderson, outside forema
•■ho is also in charge of the mer
ouse at the Quadra cannery, was
Isitor in town on business this wee 1
'•<e arrived from the south recent
with part of the crew for the cr
| nery. 1
ITALIANS THREATEN TO WITH
DRAW FROM CONFERENCE IF
CLAIMS ARE NOT GRANTED
Serious Conflict May Arise Among Members of Con
gress As Result Of Attitude Taken By
Italians and Jugo-Slavs Over Fiume
PARIS, Mar. 21.—Differences between the Italians and Jugo
Slavs have been growing with such alarming; rapidity that
both sides are now taking a threatening attitude and it was an
nounced this morning that the Italian delegates have decided
to withdraw from the peace conference unless Fiume is assigned
to Italy.
A deputation has arrived in Paris from Fiume to present be
fore the peace conference, documents in behalf of the claim of
viume to be united with Italy. Foreign Minister Sonino has
notified the conference that Italy has decided that she cannot
"’dhere to the Jugo Slav proposal to submit the d-'V Ration of
fhe frontier between the two countries to the arb ration of
"resident Wilson. The Jugo Slav claims involve the annexation
f Styria and Trieste, Fiume and the who’e of ' ’ Dalmatian
•'s’ands, except Pelagosa which is left to Italy, i liey also ask
that the river Auzonia be made the boundary line between
them and Italy.
How Much Can Germany Pay, Question?
PARIS- Mar. 21.—The American delegates have expressed
*he opinion that Germany is only able to pay tw ’ve billion dol
’ars indemnity and the chief issue is now, how much can she
uay? Some of the delegates are demanding fifty billions. There
also exists the grave difficulty of alloting the indemnity to the
various nations, when Germany is ordered to pay.
Marshal Foch Makes Known His Opinion
PARIS Mar. 21.—Marshal Foch declared in an interview here
*' dav that unless France is given the Rhine as a line of separa
tion between France and Germany, the war will have been
bought in vain.
PARIS. Mar. 21.—The solution for the problem arising from
♦he stand American delegates on the ouestion of punishment
fnr the authors of the war, is still undiscovered. The Ameri
cans have announced themselves as unwilling to adopt any ex
pedients the unconstitut>onality of which might be questioned
:n the United States, and in that event the Europeans would
have to act alone if they are determined to nunish the officials
involved. It has been suggested to the Commission of Respon
sibility for the War that a formal denounciation be made in the
oreliminary Treaty of the officials of the central empires. It is
understood that the commission will conclude that the officials
were guilty of the most heinous crimes, but that physical pun
ishment would of necessity be retroactive.
EXTRA GUARD FOR
FEDERAL JAIL
Deputy Marshal Sharpe received
oermjssion this week from the Mar
••hal's office at Juneau to put on an
xtra guard during the night at the
"oderal jail, and Paddy McCable is
’ow assisting Wm. Dickinson in keep
ng watch.
DOG SHIP’S SOLE SURVIVOR
"elieved to be the only survivor of
he ill-fated steamer Princess Sophia,
vhich sank last October in southeast
•m Alaskan waters, an English setter
og is making himself at home at Auk
• ay, Alaska, having arrived there
om Tee Harbor, it is reported.
The dog arrived in Tee harbor cov
red with oil, half wild and nearly
arved, shortly after the Sophia
"indered. It is believed tho dog
•am about in Lynn canal for hours
*er the Sophia made her last plunge
ad finally reached shore.
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SHERMAN L. WHIPPLE
*mong those mentioned as possl
successors to Attorney General
• -gory, is Sherman L. Whipple of
ton, who for the last six months
s teen general counsel for the
emergency Fleet corporation.
DAWSON, Y, T.. Mar. 21.—Lieut,
Commander Rowland Bourke, former
ly of Dawson, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Isidor Eourke. has won both the Vic
toria Cross and the American distin
guished service cross.
Oren Hill Mustered
Out At Camp Lewis
Mrs. Oren F. Hill received a wire
from Mr, Hill at Camp Lewis yester
day which stated that he had been
mustered out and was coming on the
first boat, p-oviding he can obtain
transportation. Boats are selling out
their passage for weeks ahead of
their sailing dates, he says and hun
dreds are now in Seattle awaiting
their chance to come north.
Nome and Seward Peninsula have
been experience .j a record winter for
cold weather L -ing the greater
part of this nrcnth ‘emperautre in
Nome averaged 40 i'egi below zero,
the lowest recorded bein_ 7 degrees
below. Similar weather h. een re
ported from nearly every poi l the
peninsula.
Severe storms have prevented *
el to the Teller district, north of I r
far the past month One man, Jo. s
Hengess, who essayed o make the trip
to Cape Prince of Wales, got lost on
the trail and finally arrived at Lost
river with but half his dogs, the rest
of the team having succumbed to the
cold B. Neilly also bound from Nomr
to the cape wi‘h supplies for the na
tivcs there, lost most of his do"
team of 11 near Cape Wooley. Aft( •
two days spen, in sleeping bags t i
der the snow. Neilly escaped wit
frozen hands and feet
A great amount of interest is beir.
shown by shipping men generally i \
the contracts awarded by the Can
diar government for steel cargo stea r
ships. These vessels have been ord'
ed through the marine department of
the Dominion government by the C;
nadian • Rational Railways managem
ent under the name of tho Canadla i
Government Morchant Marine. Ltm!
cd. it further appears that contract
have already born awarded to vari
ivs Canadian ''•iptj'i'ders for a tots
of 45 steamsh -s of/268,850 tons. 0
these, tewolve vill be built in the'Pfr
cjfic Coast yards.