VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan, Alaska,. Tuesday March 11/
1919
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Number 122
PRELIMINARY PEACE TREATY MAI
INCLUDE CLAUSE DEMANDING TRIAL
OF ALL GERMAN WAR CRIMINALS
Permanent Armistice Terms Instead of Ten Days
Renewals td Call For Destruction of
All Heligoland Fortifications
PARIS, Mar. 10.—The final consideration of the preliminary
peace treaty which is being held before the return of President
Wilson, indicates that provision Will be made for the punishment
of ail those Germans responsible for war crimes, to be tried by
art international tribunal, according to reliable information ■
'ehsed today. The final peace treaty Will probabb : a
oladse to that effect, it is believed.
The first stage of the permanent armistice plan whicn w ;e
piace the short-term armistice announced recently. wit? i muds
public shortly by Marshal Foch. it is believed that cue plan
will include among the naval conditions, the demobilization
the forts on Hnib oiand and Kiel canal the surropoei- -'oj uto
pilrrtnsi* »f possible destruction, of the German war^hipr a
jntornod and opening ot the Kiel canal fn,; civil t.sport.
Jf is «airt that (tprmxov will h-> |ot'f With a floot f. • {'fir
jj<.f£nsi vp hurlWiM, ') no» manunt (ppms will h«
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frootv to fallow. This will bring the pe:..e treat} iriea
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No More Conscription For (-*;•. -.anv
It was reported late this afternoon that the peace terms
Which Will be ready to be presented to Germany on the twen
tieth of the present month, will include the following demands.
The principal feature is German disarmament down to the re
quirements of an international police force, not exceeding 25 di
visions, or about one hundred thousand men. Germany cannot
have conscription as heretofore a: a twelve-year enlistment
plan. Other restrictions will cover the production of armann1^
of all kinds and the complete disappearance of the enemy’s sub
marine equipment.
Five Bills Are Introduced in Senate and Six in the
The House-Alaska Bureau of Publicity
Is Abolished if Bill Passes
(By Special Correspondent)
JUNEAU, Mar. 11.—Five bills were introduced in the Senate
yesterday which provide for the establishment of an Alaska Bu
reau of Mines, along the lines recommended by Governor Riggs
with an appropriation of §46,000 provided; the abolishment of
the Bureau of Publicity; the establishment of a home for aged
Pioneer women of Alaska, with an appropriation of $20,000
provided: the suspension of the bounty on eagles for two years;
an act to disqualify a judge from trying a case if it is shown that
the Judge has a personal grudge against one party, etc., and a
Memorial to Congress by Dan Sutherland renuest;n« that the
name Panama Canal be changed to Roosevelt Canal be changed
to Roosevelt Canal, in honor of the great American president.
Six bills were introduced in the House, among which were
the eight hour bill;,|he establishment of a home for pioneer
women; a bill making it a crime to display anything (end;nrr to
ward the overthrow of the government; a bill extending the an
propriations for schools in incorporate towns to June 1919: the
poll tax budget bill on which the power and light companies have
petitioned both houses that they be taxed on net rather than
Ihe gross receipts.
Mrs. Joseph Edwards, of Kasaan
whose husband is engineer on the can
nery tender Kasaan, arrived from Se
attle and is a guest at the Stedman.
J. F. Chamberlain, of the Whiton
Hardware and Joe Meherin, off Fol
ger & Co., are arrivals from the north
at the 8tedman.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
South hound
Alaska 21st.
Northbound
C’t - •* Seattle Saturday.
Farragut Sunday.
Jefferson Tuesday.
JO Tc
C--T COAST
Mr. W. T. Lopp. head of the bureau
of education for Alaska, and Mr. CHas
Hawkesworth. superintendent for the
first division met here this week and
left for the west coast to visit the
government schools and will he pres
ent at the joint fair to be held ai
Klawock shortly. Delegate Chas. A
Su'zer has been asked to open the
fair and many other important person
ages will be present. Mr. Lopp ar
rived from the south and Mr. Hawkes
worth from Juneau.
On its recent vi3it to the cosmic bar
ber the wcrid had an uncommon!)
close shave.
i AMERICAN SOLDIERS
CLUBBED BY POLICE
LONDON, Mar- 11.—it developed
! during the official investigation that a
j number c: American soldiers were
! clubbed by policemen during the re
j cent riot at the Kimmel Park Camp
i in Wales.
A “DRY” WORLD WILL
BE DISCUSSED
WESTERNVILLE, O., Mar. U.—
Sometime in April, prohibition work
ers from nearly every part of the
I world will hold a convention in Paris
to discuss weld-wide prohibition issues.
Tills announcement was made here to
day ’t the national headquarters of the
Anti-Saloon league.
.“chewing the foreign convention, an
'ate; national convetion of workers
will he held in this country in New
, - i- !y 'lay 20. closing in Wa9h
jten on .lurte 7,
information Contained in
Confiscated IViaiS Gives
Inkling of Plot
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar, 11. —
Solicitor Gerv - m. H. Lamar of
the Postoffi. department announced
to ay i a me randum fTcm a state
,:.e:u submittei to the Senate Propa
Commission, that the perfecting
c amalgamation with one object,
of the Government of
, e United States by means of a
t oed revolution and the establish
men', o' a BolSheviki Republic. is
what the I. W. W.. Socialists and Art
-rclrsts are endeavoring to da.
Hg stated that he had arrived at
ths; or.cl'Js'ou from information con
\ey u seized mail matter.
JULES CAMBON
Juies Cambon is considered an espe
cially valuable member of the French
peace delegation, a-s he has been
French ambassador to both America
and Cetmany. His appointment was
especially pleasing to the American
delegation.
I.9ST FORTUNE
GENEVA Mar. 11.—Admiral von
T’-pltz. i. st: rater of the ruthless sub
:.<» -vr.rfare. has lost his entire i'cr
Mis sou is now a bank clerk and
1-. daughter a governess at Zurich,
i- hts been a guest of General Will of
t-e Swiss army since the revolution
Mi Germany.
THREE SHIPS CONDEMNED
PHILADELPHIA.—'Three of the old
time leaders of the American navy
have been condemned to the scrap
The Indiana, Massachusetts and
!o battleships, now in the basin of
the Philadelphia navy-yard, will short
ly be destroyed as they have outlived
their usefulness. Yet, 25 ears ago
they were the equals of anything
afloat The Indiana class of battleship
was regarded as a daring experiment.
When the Indiana first went to sea all
on board were impressed with the
j feeling that she might turn over in a
v ••’i . sea and go to the bottom.
I the ugh the old battleships are still
— unable, and they were used in
world war, they are obsolete and
are therefoe destined for the naval
morgue.
CALLED SOUTH
Patrick E. Ve-n:y cf the Progress
.liner office was called south to
Clallam Pay. by a message received
yesterday sta.i:, tltat his wife was
very III. II: 'n the JeffeiSou to
; day
ENGLAND IS
CONSIDERING
BIGTUNNEL
Construction of Tunnel
Under English Channel
Being Considered
LONDON, Mar. 11. Boniir Law, an
nounced in the House of Commons to
day that the British Government is
now seriously Considering the project
of constructing a tunnel the
English channel. . This project besides
being invaluable .both to England and
Fiance in many way and a time sav
er, would provide employment for the
rc.urued scjfiiers- until the country
has been adjusted to a peace-time
basis.
SUCCEEDS PALMER AS
ALIEN PROPERTY
CUSTODIAN
NEW YORK, M^r. 11. Francis P.
Garvan of this city who has been di
rector of the bureau of investigation
in the office of A. Mitchell Palmer,
alien enemy property custodian, has
been appointed his successor.
DAWSON, Y. T„ Mar. 11,—The Yu
kon legislature is called to meet on
April 3, it was announced here today.
U, S, FLEET NOW
IN CUBAN WATERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 11.—Ad
r.iral Mayo reports that the first line
battleships and large number of de
stroyer^ are uban waters where
they will be put through their spring
training and maneuvers. Additional
destroyers and such additional battle
ships as can be spared from the work
of to'ansporting returning troops will
ioin in the spring maneuvers later.
KOREA DECLARES
HER INDEPENDENCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 11.—Ac
cording to a cablegram from Shang
hai received here today, Korea has de
clared her independence from Japan.
Korea has been the bone of conten
tion between Russia, China and Japan
for many years and was the cause of
the Cho-Japanese war in 1894, when
Korea acknowledged the • Chinese
Korea acknowledged the Chinese claim
of suzerainty, but Japan protested and
war followed. China' renounced her
claim in 1895 and Japan began to dis
play an active interest in Korea. Rus
sia thereupon claimed a voice in Ko
rean aft'airs. Japan feared that Rus
sia would absorb the Korean empire
and Russia feared Japanese operations
both in Korea and Manchuria. In
Irons with Russia, war immediately
ensued and Japan occupied Korea. '• -
75,000 HELMETS FOUND
WITH THE AMERICANS IN THE
RHINELAND—Major Lewis Landes
of New York probably is the mosl
j popular man in the army of occupa
tion. In his capacity as salvage offic
er of the third army he came intc
possession of 75,000 new. shiny Germat
1 helmets—a whole warehouse literally
crammed with them—which the with
drawing Germans had left behind.
The news spread rapidly and withir
a few days Major Landes, was be
' sieged with requests ifor souvenirs
From the number of requests it seems
that that every man in the army hac
heard about the “find” and wanted i
set of helmets. Inasmuch as the hel
! nets are worthless except for souven
irs, most of the requests were grant
i td, and the mails are loaded witt
German “tin derbies" homeward bound
The “cache” was by far the richesi
haul yet found in the helmet line. Or
the shelves of the warehouses wen
found gorgeous, shiny steel helmet!
with the imperial eagles embossed or
the front, the curious jfur helmet 01
the crown prince’s Death’s Head Hus
sars, and many other rare vaieties ol
warlike headgear. As usual, a numbei
cf “souvenir hogs" scenting the loo'
from afar, pounced upon the warehous
es. One chaplain was discovered try
iing to make away with 24 of the bes‘
steel helmets, while a lieutenant-col
one) managed to stagger off with 15.
Among the ether material found ir
the ordnance warehouses were thou
sands of belt buckles Inscribed “Got1
Mit Una,” several carloads eft officers
, swords and bayonets.
LEAVING FOR SEATTLE
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strong expect t<
! leave today on the Jefferson for Seat
! tie where they will spend a few week!
i visiting.
TEN MILLIONS IN
WAGES ARE LOST
SEATTLE. Mar. 111—>lt was esti
, mated today that tlic shipyard strik
ers lost approximately ten million dol
| lAfs in wages during the period they
j Wert 6n strike here, in Tacoma and
| Aberdeen.
All the shipyards reopened this
i morning, practically all the strikers
| returning to work.
WEATHY MAN DIES
' -r
SAN FRANISCO. Mar. 11.—F. C.
Talbot, vice-president of Pope & Tal
bot. and,one of the richest men on the
Pacific coast, died here today.
IRISH DEATH RATE IS
CONSIDERED HIGH
DUBLIN, Mar. 11.—The registrar
general for Ireland states in his re
port just issued that the Irish death
rate is now as high as it was fifty
years ago. Seventy thousand people
I die every year in Ireland, and of
i these 10,000 die from tuberculosis.
CHAMBERLAIN
ENTERS A
I PROTEST
Declares Severe Court
Martial Sentences
Are Harmful
j NEW YORK. Mar. 11.—Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, is very much
opposed to the severe sentences impos
ed by army court martials, especially
where long terms of impisonment are
given. At a meeting here which the
Senator was asked to deliver an ad
dress he dwelt at length on this sub
ject and declared that the imposition
of too severe sentences by army
courts martial makes Eolsheviki out
of“the young men.
GEORGES CLEV.ENCEAU
ueorges memenceau, premier oi tne
1 French republic, is the president of
the peace congress.
CLEMENCEAU’S LIFE
ONE LONG ROMANCE
George Clemenceau was born at
Mouillerons-en Pared in La Vendee on
Sept. 28, 18 1. In bis long life he haa
: combined statesmanship with a wider
range of studies and activities than any
j other man of his time with the except
ion of Colonel Roosvelt.
Clemenceau has been physician and
rr.edica! writer of distinction, a war
correspondent, a soldier, a teacher in a
young ladies’ seminary at Stamford,
1 Conn,, a duelist, frejuently resorting
1 to. arms, a critic, a playwright and
i above all a journalist.
His greatest name beifore he won his
permanent place in history as the lea
der of France during the last year of
the war was as an overthrower of
Cabinets by his pen and newspaper.
. Nineteen ministries attacked by him
' retired from office. Finally, in spite of
' the multitude of enemies he created
for himself in France, he won recog
nition as the most implacable foe of
Germany and the greatest lover of
France and on this name he went into
officii'and has weathered many storms
“t ,-v •*
i since.
‘‘The Tiger" is his pet name because
| of the tremendous vigor he put into
i all his attacks and because he was
quick to be aroused and to strike. No
idol was safe from him. He began
making fierce attacks on Jofffce In the
nyds* of the battle of the Mark^,
| kept them up after that victory had
.ado Joffre the hero qf France, then
attacked his successor- Finally he pick
ed Foch when it was decided, under
(Continued on Page 3)
There will be plenty of room and
, plenty cj places for the soldiers when
they oome home.
SPARTACANS SLAUGHTERING
GERMAN GOVERNMENT MEN
WHEN TAKENJS REPORTED
Government Soldier, A Prisoner of the Spartacans,
Discloses Terrible Tales of Treat
ment Meted Out to Detectives
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 11.—Sixty officers and soldiers in the
police station at Lichtenberg, a suburb of Berlin, were murdered
by the Spartacans on Sunday, according to the Berlin papers ar
riving here.
BERLIN, Mar. 11.—According to a sworn statement of a
government soldier who escaped after he was captured by the
Spartacans. the latter group not only murdered sixty detectives
bv shooting them down when thev were rr’seners at Lichten
berg, hut several other wagon loads of other prisoners were slain
also. These prisoners were compelled to ch’mb into the wagons
one bv one where they were shot. and. when the wagon became
full of bodies, taken awav and other wagons brought forward.
It was a horrible scene he declared.
RRRLTN Mar. 11.—The Government troeos are gradually de
molichincr the SnflHiU'an strongholds: within the city, it Was
nonunced from the Wolff Bureau this afternoon.
NEW YORK FIRMS ARE
SHIPPING FOOD TO
GERMANY
LONDON, Mar. 11.—“The most ex
lensive, sustained and carefully organ
:zed efji'ort to supply the central em
igres with foodstuffs, to be exposed”
is what the British attorney-general
-alls a prize-court case here.
It was found that K. and E. Neu
-nond, of New York and Frankfort, act
ng for the German government made
all the consignments, although differ
ent names appeared as shippers. The
I oodstuffs were valued at a million
and a half dollars and were contained
■n shipments covering a period of
eighteen months, using fourteen ships,
two American, four Norwegian, four
Swedish and four Danish.
STATES READY FOR
ROAD BUILDING
Although weather conditions in
many parts of the country make it
necessary to delay work on public
roads and other outdoor projects,
many States report to the Department
of Labor that preparaions are being
made to employ large numbers df men
as soon as possible. It is estimated
‘hat about $300,000,000 will be spent
-luring 1919.
In Calji'ornia agitation in favor of
the Tahoe-to ukiah highway, for which
an appropriation of $3,000,000 has been
asked from the State is focusing atten
tion and bills have been introduced in
the legislature for the construction of
roads from the San Joaquin Valley to
the coast and for a road connecting the
California and Nevada highway sys
tems.
The annual Poet Office appropria
tion bill, as revised and reported out
by the Senate post-office committee
>rovides for appropriations of $200,
000.000 within the next three years for
'he construction and maintenance of
roads. To the House bill providing
*1357,782,000 the Senate added Senator
'tankhead’a bill appropriating $50,000,
000 this year and $75,000,000 for 1920
-nd $75000,000 for 1921.
Kansas has under consideration a
hard-surface program that eventually
will cost $60,000,000. This contem
olates several thousand miles df high
way connecting all the market centers
and county seat3 in the State.
The chairman o fthe State roads
commission of Maryland has announc
ed that $6,000,000 will be spent on the
roads of the State, beginning the end
of February, provided the weather is
favorable. Illinois has approved the
issue of $60,000,000 of bonds to be used
In the next five yeas for the construc
tion Li 4.800 miles cjf good roads.
Utah j interested in going on with
work flipped by the war, $1,300,000
being available.
Greatest of all are the demands for
work in New York State where State
Highway Commissioner Edwin S. Duf
fy sees the need of a vast expendi
ture in addition to the $75,000,000 ap
oropriation now being used. Ohio is
to spend more than a million in 37
miles of State-aid roads.
AT HENEQHANS BAKERY
Mrs. Lulu Barron, of 8eattle, who
has been heard at the Grand Theatre
In a number of vocal selections, has
taken a position with the Heneghan
Bakery.
With no more wars, what will the
patriotic woman munition workeis do
to earn fur coats.
LEAGUE OF CHURCHES
NEW YORK, Mar. 11.—It was an
nounced here today that three protes
; tant bishops will soon lay a plan be
i fore the Pope whereby the Roman
Catholic, Greek Russian and protes
tant churches may organize a league
similar to that of the proposed society
of nations “to co-operate in Christian
work as brethren.”
PARIS, Mar. 11_One of the German
long range guns which shelled Paris
has been surrendered on the request of
Marshal Poch and is to be placed on
exhibition in the Place de la Concorde.
AN ITALIAN* AMERICAN
SCIENCE INSTITUTE
IN ROME
The beautiful and noble idea of es
tablishing in Rome an Italian-Ameri
; can Science Institute as a gift to A
! merica is meeting with ever-growing
! enthusiasm in Italy.
A subscription has already been
started which has the first day reach
ed half a rni hon lire ($100,000). The
Committee in charge has now publish
ed the following appeal:
“Italians: We appeal to your heart,
i to your sentiment of civil greatness,
I that you may accomplish an action
I which will honor the nobility of our
; race and the conscience of our Nation,
j “The people 6(1' the United States
of America, which for many years has
1 welcomed our emigrants with'brother
! ly affection and provided them with
j the means of prospering by work,
has given Italy, in our Great War.
■ the unforgettable proofs o.P its faith.
‘,We desire to reciprocate a friend
| ship so great, not simply with a gift,
but with an offer which shall perpetu
! ate these ties of our hearts, with a
i bond worthy of our high civilization:
and our bond is that cji* science.
“A Committee has been formed and
i it has been decided to donate to great
America, through contributions from
all over the Italian people, an Institute
of Science in Romo.
“From this live monument of our
union will dart a bright light for the
future of the world. We invite you to
to contribute, that the gijPt be really
worthy of our pople. Any offer, how
ever small, is welcome; it is your
heart that m st speak in your name,
the heart of all those who are proud
, of the Italian name in their country
and in the world. Italians, contribute
; to the offer which shall tie together
with even stronger bonds two civiliza
tions which have before the world as
serted the power of right.”
; This appeal bears the signatures of
Ptemier Orlando, Prince Cmonna, May
or of Rome, and Senator Ruffini as
Honorary Presidents. The Executive
Committee includes the best public
names of Italy and is presided by Hon.
Arton, Deputy to the Italian Parlia
ment and President of the Italian
Colonial Institute.
Miss Dorothy May Brownell, for
merly of Srvard, and, in the early
days c(i that city’s career, a little
girl in Skagway where her father
ran a hardware store, was married
recently at Seattle to Joe Barono
vich of Ketchikan, Miss Brownell
bad just returned from a visit to
Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Baronovieh will
reside at Ketchikan.
We do not know what can be done
about the w:' iter ;tch unless a way
can be fount to get it before the
J peace conference
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