THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-NINE
VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikan. Alaska. Tuesday February 4, 1919
Number 96
GREECE PRESENTS CLAIMS TO CONVE
Seattle Strike Will Throw^ 160,000 Out of Employment
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BOLSHEVIKIS KILL MANY
PEOPLE WHILE TAKING OVER
UKRAINIANGOVERNMENT
Former Crown Prince of Germany has Insti
tuted proceedings for a Divorce
from Princess Cecillie
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 4:—Bolshevik! troops in taking over the
governments of Kharhov and I'krainia, have killed over three
hundred citizens, it is learned here today.
ZURICH. Switzerland. Feb. 4:—A Berlin dispatch received
here says that Frederich Hohenzollern, former Crown Prince of
Germany, has instituted proceedings for a divorce from the
former Crown Princess Cecelie. on the grounds of desertion.
The Crown Princess is residing at Potsdam with her children,
while the Crown Prince is interned in Holland.
PRESIDENT APPROVES
NAVAL PROGRAM
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 4: —
Chairman Padgett of the Naval Com
mittee info-fed the House today that
President Wilson had cabled Secre
tary Daniels t>-at he still favored the
large three year Naval building pro
gram recommended.
QUARANTINE AT
CORDOVA LIFTED
C. M Taylor, agent of the Alaska
Steamship Company here, reported
this morning that the qua-antine re
.gui&Uon* -at Cordova on account of
influenza, had been lifted. Word to
that efrect was received today from
the company's agent there. Mr Tracey
The ‘deals to give the conscientious
objectors something lo object to.
BRITISH WANT
A 40 HOUR WEEK
LONDON, Feb. 4:—Workers in the
Trades Unions of London and vicinity
are now planning to strike Thursday
unless the government grants a forty
hour week, or about six and two
thirds hours per day.
POSTOFFICE AT
COMPLEX T BE
DISCONTINUED
Postmaster Warder has received a
not;ce from the office of the first as
sistant Postmaster General. notifying
him that the postoffioe at Complex,
North Arm of Moira sound, wiil be
discontinued after March 31, 1919.
NINE TRANSPORTS
LEAVE FRANCE TODAY
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 4.—
Secretary Baker of the War Depart
ment announced today that nine more
transports loaded with American
soldiers had left France today for
home.
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BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 4:—The annual
convention of the Western Retail
Lumber Dealers' Association, set for
this city February 20 to 22. has been
postponed on account of the preva
lence of influenza in Western states.
It will be held next year, it is an
nounced today.
GOVERNOR LISTER
TO REST MONTH
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 4:—Gover
ns- Ernest D. Lister announced today
that, owing to ill health he was oblig
ed to give up all work for a month
and assigned the duties of governor
ship to President Suzzalo of the Uni
versity ot Washington, and Attorney
General Tanner.
The governor has been o dered to
have aboslute rest and quiet and no
worries.
HARROGATE. Eng., Feb.. 4 —This
town is the first to establish an aerial
passenger and mail service to and
from London. A saving of fo hours
will be made each single trip.
ATTACK RELIGION
FOR SECOND TIME
ARCHANGEL. Feb. 4.—Under the
title of the “The Red Devil” a new
paper that began publication a few
weeks ago in Petroarad by the soviets
for the second time in its short life,
has attacked churches and religion
in general. This issue states that the
authorities o-.-rpos? imposing a spec
ial tax cn si! church goers. Religious
teaching in schools is under the ban.
The Judge Lectures Prisoner
Before Passing Sentence
At the conclusion of the business in
the District Court yeste-day. termina
ting the term, prisoners convicted
of various crimes and degree, wt-e
were brought before the cou?t for sen
tence for their respective offense a
gainst the law. Just before passing
Sentence on one Karl Ho'mberg. who
h^d been found guilty by a jury of
sed'ti-n: aooa'rntly. the eou*t had
something to say and accordingly pro
ceeded to say it in the foilowin. which
is well worth reproducing as others
who were net in attendance in court
might benefit thereby. The Court said
in part.
“You don’t l'ke this country. You
wanted Germany to prevail in this
wao You wanted to see the United
States defeated, and cricpled and des
troyed. the very country that you are
living in, the very country that your
children live in.
"The uniform of the Armv of the
United States reoreserrts something
to the reoo.'e of the United States.
aEd *0 the world. It ;s a svmbol Of
tho h:s*orv and the tradition and the
ideals of the United Spates, and what
it stands for and what it means to
women and children that live in Ame
rica under its institution. It is a svm
bol of what it means to vour ch'Hren
“I have inquired and investlearej.
and I minht nay that is about the
only thing that I have found in your
case that inclines me to be 'enient to
you. I don't be,:eve that a man who
is fond of h's chPdren as vou seem
to be is alto«eth»r bevend the oale.
But at the same time, if vou do love
yo'-r children whv do veu want them
to live in a country who*e unifo'm
you say is a “bloody uniform," and
whese history and t'aditions and
ideals you have no symoathy with?
what do you want them to live here
for? Why don’t you go back to Nor
wav? Ym like t*»t C0“ntrv better
than this- You are lust over he-e bv
your owe ceu’s- of cond"ct. shown
6y your, own course of conduct, to
set what vou can out o* th;s country.
You don’t believe in America. You
ha.ve Dothina In common, in symoa
tfy, with: America. You Mi| it a
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bloody uniform. . All right. There
is blood on the uniform. Lots of th
blood was gotten in the days of the
Revolut'onary War, when the Ameri
can peoole wers fighting for their lib
e't'es. Some of the blood on that uni
form. -t cot in tie civil War. when
the American ooeole were fiohting to
wipe out slavery. You. should be a
s'avo f you didn’t have the liberal
institutions and f-eedom th-jt are
S'"nbchzed by Ame'ca.—that is what
YhiU would be. That is what your
chMdren would be- Eut the Ameri
can Government and the American
peoole out blood on that uniform in
order that such things might not be.
Seme of the b'ood on that uniform
was qottrn fiqhtinq for the freedom
nf Cubn and th„ Cuban peoole. and
when the peonle of Cuba were freed
America withdrew from Cuba, and
thev jr. new a haooy and prosnerous
And ?s so-n as the United
not int-> this trouhle w:th Ger
naflv *hev w—r on* of the first tha*
H mv-e (IH’ted S*»tns is in trouble,
w» w*li oo with th“ United States.
Son-* of the blood on that uniform
wa« oottr-n in this war.—th:s war to
k»en auf-c-’ev. absolute qoveenment
er*„ lavinn it* hand on vou. on your
ch’ld-en and ‘o keen th» tfeisep and
*>-- sni-it nf mi’iran’sm and
o-.s«ian:sm and oonresson from
h“anino down on vou and your ehil
d-' n That is wh“re some of the
MnnH on that uniform came from.
fher- is no blood on that unifoem
*ha+ ram. from the oopresion of the
-orP man tha* name from the ooprev
sion of an^bodv. The'e is no such
Mood as that on that un:form And
yet you, who *ive in this country and
get the benefit of the laws and the
freedom and the institutions of this
country, call it a bloody uniform, in
the st-nse of contempt and scorn, and
vou tell this Mexican, who has felt
‘he •r'lrit of America, who is quick
ened bv it—yru tell him to go and
throw that uniform into the bay. If
this country was actually at war, I
don’t know what I would do.—if th*
American sotdie-s we'e fighting over
‘here and getting acme of this blood
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that you talk about O'1 their uniforms
I don’t know what I would do. The
punishment of such an offense as this
is very severe. It is aimed to put
down treason, to put down disroyalty.
The punishment is very severe. Mr.
Debs got a great many years in pri
son; Mr. Hayward did also. Alex
ander Pergmann and all those people
who live in this country and yet are
not loyal to it. While th:s war was
in actual course, they got what I
thick they ought to have. And if this
war were not over,—if blood was be
ing shed over there now, if it were
not for the fact that this war is over
so far as the fighting is concerned,
I am afraid it would go pretty hard
with you. The punishment for that
off»ns« can be as high as a fine of
$10,000 and imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for twenty years. You know
what that is. That amounts just to
wiping you off the face of the earth
if that penalty were inflicted to its
full extent. It means no more wife
or children for you; it means no
more life for you. And a man will
live in a country where the people are
happy, contented and properous all
around him, and yet entertain such
sentiments as you seem to enterain,
would be willing to see these people
suffer,—not for one generation but
lor many future generations, not
merely grown men suffer but little
children and yomen, ail the institu
tions and prosperity of the country
annihilated. Why? Why? You live
in this country, enjoy all ihese bene
fits. why do you want to see them de
stroyed Your interests are here,
essentially; your children have a11
lived here. Why don’t you go back
to Norway? And if you go you must
have tome money; you cannot get
any unless you work under our insti
tutions and take advantage of our
3ystem of Government and freedom
»nd scorn its very highest traditions,
ts vey highes ideals: make fun of
Its men that are fighting that you
may have liberty.
The Judge concluded by imposing
| a fine of $500 and costs.
GOVERNMENT
WON’TBREAK
ITS ORIGINAL
AGREEMENT
No compromise with
Seattle Shipyard strikers
Says Director General
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 4.—
Director General Piez, of the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation, declared to
day that the Government would
never compromise with the Seattle
Shipyard strikers. He asserted fur
ther that this government does not
break agreements. He said. ' The
contract was carefully considered by
all parties to it and ail parties agreed
that if this contract were broken,
then no contract is worth *nything
and the whole business fabric of the
nation would be destroyed.”
SEATTLE, Feb., 4:—It is estimated
that sixty thousand persons will go
on strike when the general strike is
in effect, with at least one hundred
thousand others forced out of employ
ment.
Mayor Ole Hanson in a proclama
tion issued today warns the strikers
and the people that the seat of the
Government will be located in the
City Hall and that the city will con
tinue to operate its light and water
plants no matter what happens.
The National Typographical Union
today instructed the Seattle Union
not to strike. The pressmen’s focal
union had however voted not to
strike before receiving these instruc
tions.
Chief Warren today notified the
strikers that he would police the city
and would not permit them to police
their own forces as they announced
they intended to do.
TO INVESTIGATE
ACTIVITIES OF
BOLSHEVIKI IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 4: —
The Senate today passed a resolution
providing for the extension of the
powers of ths Propaganda Investiga
tion Committee, and instructing it to
investigate the activities of the Bol
sheviki in the United States.
TAKES POSITION WITH
ALASKA S. S. COMPANY
Corpora! Edw n Lee Elliott, brother
of Mr. Harry F. Elliot, of the Alaska
Steamship office, has also accepted
a position with the company and be
gan his new work in the office Feb
ruary 1. Corporal Elliott enlisted at
the beginning of the war with the
Coast Artillery and after training for
3 long oeriod at Fort Stevens. Wash.,
he finally reached the Atlanta coast
when the armistice was signed, when
he was returned to the Fort and
mustered out.
MEASLES CAUSE
QUARANTINE OF
BOYS IN TACOMA
Corporal Arnt L. He; ickson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Henfickson,
who was expected to ier e for homo
this week, writes that th-'r company
is quarantined on account of the
measles contracted by one of the
members. Corporal Henr ckson if at
Camp Lewis with a number of other
Alaskans dratted in the last draft
l from the north. The last time the
company was quarantined for meas
; lea, they were not out for six weeks.
NAVAL RAmO
STUDENiS HERE
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Roy Hall and A. G. Bartlett, naval
radio studr/its who arr /ed on the
Alameda last week, are '■ * attached
to the Naval Radio stat n, complet
ing their courses. At th. .ime of the
signing of the armiitic they w»-*
studying at the naval :aJio ’
in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
If there must be a scarcity of .
thing, let it be confetti.
STEAMSHIP LINES ,
DOING THEIR BEST
SEATTLE. Feb. 4:—The manage
ment of both the Alaska and Pacific
Steamship Companies say that every
effort will be put forth to maintain
an adequate service to Alaska des
pite the strike, wntch will affect ail
shipping, coastwise and trans-cceanic.
BERNE. Feb., 4:—The Swiss daily
bread ration increased from 250 to
300 brammes on the first of the pre
sent month, as a result of the increa
sed harvest and the betterment of
i import conditions. Another Increased
is promised shortly.
SULultn HILLS
WIFE, HER MOTHER
AND THEM SELF
—
SEATTLE, Feb. 4:— Jas. M. Smith,
a returned Canadian soidicr, declared
to have bepn deranged by shell-shock
shot and killed his wife, her mother,
Mrs. Mary McMahon, and then turn
ed the gun on himself inflicting a
serious wound, which may be fatal.
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SPOKANE, Feb., 4: Due to the
continued influenza epidemic in some
of the mining camps throughout the
Northwest, the mining convention
scheduled to be held March 10. has
been postponed indefinitely. It may
be held in the early summer.
HONOLULU. Feb., 4:—A company
has just been organized here for the
purpose of producing fiber bags from
the stalks of banana plants. It is pro
posed to utilize the pulp remaining
after the fiber is extracted for the ma
nufacture cf a fine grade of paper.
COAL AND OIL
LANDS TO BE
DEVELOPED
Long controversy ended
Agreement reached by
Conferees of House
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 4—
Alaska’s coal and oil lands may soo.i
be opened up for development under
leasing of a patent system through
an agreement reached today by the
house and senate conlerees upon the
oil leasing bill, thus ending a long con
troversy on this measure.
The leasing bill agreed to provides
that Alaska coal be leased on the
basis of paying a royalty of not less
than two cents per ton. The sale of
the coal land is to be made by com
petitive bids with a minmum of ten
dollars per acre for certain lands and
twent ydollars for others.
MR. AND MRS. WILKE TO LEAVE
ON EXTENDED TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilke, of the
New England Fish Company, are plan
ning on leaving on the next south
bound trip of the Princess Mary for
the states where they are going to
soend a year travelling for the bene
fit of Mr. Wilke’s health.
Mr. H. S. Nunan, manager of the
Prince Rupert branch of the New Eng
land, for the past'^ive years, and as
sistant manager at Vancouver for
sometime, has arrived and will take
Mr. Wilke's place while he is away.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Douglas will oc
cupy the company residence, during
the absence of Mr. and Mrs Wilke.
Roy Reuben, of M. Seller and Com
pany of Seattle, is a guest at the
Stedman, and is on his first trip north
for the company. Mr Reuben is sue
ceeding Emanuel Secord and T. M.
West former aoents for this territory
NEW CANNERY PEOPLE HERE
Mr. and Mrs. R. Martin and A|
Martin, whoarrived from Seattl*. re
cently .are guests at tt-e Stedman.
Messrs. Martin are here to assist
«unerintr ndent Jenkms at the Smiley
. try at Charcoal Point.
■'here is no use in Hooverizing the
.jnshine. Now is the time to soak il
jup.
VENIZELOS MAKES
j FORMAL DEMANDS
FOR TERRITORY
President Addresses Socialist Members in French
Chamber of Deputies on Changes
of Four Years
PARIS, Feb. 1 .-—President Wilson, addressing the socialist
members in the French chamber of deputies, said that during
i the last four years, great bodies of men on both sides of the sea
and in all parts cf the world have come, to realize their comrade
ship of freedom,while the rulers of the world have been think
ing of the relations of governments, adding that they were for
getting the relations of people,
Greece, through Premier Venizelos, and M. Politis, foreign
minister, delegates to the peace conference, has formally present*
ed her claims for northern Epirus, Thrace and Constantinople
on the western Asia Minor sea front,
The constitution of the League of Nations is expected to be
virtually completed tonight at a meeting of the special com*
inittee having that work at hand. A program will be presented
in both English and French at the meeting which will open in
the Hotel Crillon.
The claims of Greece for certain territory in Asia Minor re •
iferred today by the Supreme Council to a committee composed
of two delegates each from the United States, Great Britian,
Italy and France for settlement.
Present prospects are that the treaty for peace will not be
long delayed now that the principal for the League or Society
of Nations hasbeenadepted. Even as early as March 15, has
been suggested as the possible date for the signing of the treaty
according to the “Echo de Paris.” today.
SEC. BAKER HONORS
CAPT. RICKENBACKER
NEW YORK, Feb. 4:—A banquet
given last evening by the American
Automobile Association, in honor of
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Ameri
ca's premier ace, was attended by
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
Capt. Rickenbacker arrived from
overseas on the Adriatic this week.
P!i lo bv
Am**r'• ••••
Se +
Germany’s irn disapproval of
atrocities cauL her to retire a gen
eral who tried to treat the Belgians
humanely.
J. E. LATHROP WILL
LEAVE SHORTLY
J. E. Lathrop, p:oneer resident of
Ketchikan, has resigned his position
as head of the commissary depart
ment of the New England Fis'n "Com
pany, and plans to leave shortly io
an extended visit to the states where
he wil| visit his sons and daughters
Mr. Lathrop has been in Ketchikan
for nineteen >c:r-, ; x of ' it. he
has been in t*e emnloy of the N-w
England F'Sh Company; four years
as a bookkeeper ana two years as
l-.tad of the commissary.
10 BE BOUT
Forest Supervisor W. G. Weigle,
who returned last week end from
Juneau, where he went to attend a
conference with Major Waugh of the
Alaska Road Commission and Gover
nor Riggs, reports that work on
the very important and long desired
road to Wards Cove, will start early
next spring.
The Forestry funds from the Fed
eral Aid Road Act, for the local pro
ject, as well as the Portage road and
the Scow Bay'Petersburg road, are
available, but the territorial funds
will not be until later. Un
der the Federal Road Act the Fores
try department is unable to expend
any of its: funds without co-operation
from other sources, and to comply
with the legal terms, nothing can be
done until after the next meeting of
the territorial legislature when an
appropriation will be made.
Mr. Weigle asserted today that al
tho the territorial appropriation may
not be as large as had been anticipat
ed, it will still comply with the law
in releasing the Forestry appropria
tion, and all three road projects in
southeastern Alaska will be put und
er way this coming summer. Be
twren $20,COO and $25,000 will be
spent on the Wards Cove road, Mr.
Weigle added, and an equal amount
on the Portage road.
The government discovers that deaf
mutes make excellent aviators. And
they wouldn't be heard shouting
Kamerad very much, either.
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That citizen who wgs willing to do
without the necessities of life provid
ed he could have the luxuries is a
bout to encounter some hard sledding.
And the woman who keeps a flour
mill running is much happier than the
one who keepa the wheels of the di
vorce kind going.
»i!" ciupnts OF BOATS
Sr ut It bound
Alameda, 7th.
Nr>rt hbound
Alaska, 7th.
City of Seattle, Friday night.