Number 107
VOLUME FOUR
Ketchikanh, Alaska, Wednesday February 19, 1919
RUSSIAN TAKES A S"
The Seattle Strike Is Long Way From Being Settled
PEACE CONGRESS
MAYLEAVEFRANCE
OWING TO CRITICISM
Germany and Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey may be
Summoned to Attend Congress About
PARIS, Feb. 19:—If what is characterized as the obs
tructive policy of the French press and certain French officials
continues, it developed here today that the question of mov
ing the peace conference from Paris to a neutral country may
be considered by the conference shortly.
Unfriendly criticism of various leaders of the conference by
the French press is being resented as well as the great diffi
culty there has been in obtaining prompt and full reports of
developments in Paris in connection with the peace confer
ence. No news has been sent over the French line since the
meeting of the conference, altho it has been working nomin
ally. All cable communications for weeks past has been sent
by roundabout routes. "
The Society of Nations would be formed to protect only the
powers represented at the Paris conference, according to a
press interview given here today by Captain Andre Tardieu,
of the French peace delegation. Neutral and enemy powers
would be admitted one by one, he added, as they conformed to
the rules of th£ society and had proven that they could be
trusted. .
PARIS, Feb. 19:—Indications are that Germany, Austria.
Bulgaria and Turkey will be summoned into the peace con
gress about the twiddle of April, it was reported today. It is
believed that peace will likely be signed about first of June.
To Protect Powers Reepresented
SHIPYARD SITUATION
STILL AGGRAVATED
NO-PROGRESS MADE
SEATTLE, Feb. 19:—The- Ship
yards strike situation continues to
rest i,n the same aggravated state,
government officials making no bett
er progress toward a successful so
lution than the local leaders.
It Is hoped now that the matter
will he put before President Wilson
on his arrival in this country, and a
satisfactory basis for ending the
strike may be presented. |
SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—The Govern
ment Committee issued a statement
this afternoon saying that its final
v->rd:c is the strikers must return to
tvork on the old scale of wages and
that if they do so t he Govenmetit
will at < ace call a donference to de
cide a .w wage scale and terms
for the period from April 1.
Ffteen thousand boiler makers hold
a mass meeting today and virtually
d-c’ared that they would abide by
any decision that President Wilson
should make on his* return.
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STEAMER BENDER
BROTHERS SAILS
i
SEATTLE, Feb. 19:—The- steamer
Bender Brothers sailed last night
with food supplies for the Alaska
Peninsula and the Aleutian settle*- .
ipents where it is reported there is
a big shortage.
Germany is far from being out of
the game in the coming struggle for
the world’s markets. She claims to
have 3,700y000 tons of shipping left
from the war, and has added 1.000,
000 tors during the war.
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«-t,»l*Vi.’.l_
.•y of Seattle, Tuesday.
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JaPirsm. 22nd.
City pi Seattle, Tomorrow. ,
DETROIT, Feb. 19;—Bandits late
last night dynamited the valt of ths
Wayne Savings Bank at Wayne,
'’ear here, securing from safety de
posits boxes nearly $25,000 in cash.
Liberty Bends and ether negotiable
papers, according to the institution
president here.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 19.—Navy avia
tion experts are planning a flight
across the Atlantic, and Commander
Towers was ordered today to take
charge of the development of plans
to that end. Assembly of material
and personnel has already begun.
OTTAWA. Fclb., 19:— Canalda’s
claims against Germany including
war expenditure to date now totals
over seventeen hundred and forty
million dollars.
SUDBURY, Out. Feb. 19;—One
man is dead and three are in St. Jos
eph's hospital here, while others, are
siSk at a lumber camp near Kashbaw,
from drinking wood alchol.
EXPECTED HOME SOON
Mrs. Alfred Howe who is visiting
her paretus *n Petersburg is expect
ed to return home on the City of
Seattle next week.
MILLION MEN IN THE
GERMAN ARMY TODAY
It is not to be supposed that the
German army has completely disin
tegrated or that it has ceased to be
a potential military machine. Whili
it is nothing to its size on Nov. 11,
it is still perhaps equal in size to
what it was the first of July, 1914.
When 3,500,000 men in the German
army, there arc over 1,000,000 men
in the German army today. Hinden
burg has kept up a large part of the
officers’ corps and the skeletons of
many regiments and divisions of
v~k most of U’e privates have de
.-••r '.dzed Hiiideuburg wans to
turn nvr-r this command to the srov
^ mime'it February first, and it is bis
intention to deliver then an appreci
able army for whatever use the gov
ernment may seek to put it.
SENATOR POINDEXTER
LAUNCHES TIRADE
WASHINGTON D. C„ Feb. 19: —
Senator Miles Poindexter, of Spok
ane. Wash., today launched a netw
tirade in the senate against the Lea
gue of Nations legislation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19;— Enlist-!
■ments in the navy during the week!
ending February 6 totaled 1,637, the!
highest weekly figure since voluntary1
enlistments were resumed early in
December. The navy department an
nounced today that the week’s fig
ures increased the total of such en
listments to 9,077. The Eastern divi
sion led the week’s recruiting with
SG3: In the South. Columbia, S. C., j
led with 38.
INFLUENZA’S DEATH
TOLL HUGE
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 19:-Accord
ing to the latest official bulletin just
issued, the influenza death toll for the
191S. exceeds 440.000 deaths occurred;
in the country. This statement is be
lieved to be conservative, as several
.states have been unable to give exact
report. ‘ In Morelos onily few families
escaped the ravages of the disc i-e. In
fact,, the influenza is credited with
having destroyed the power of Emili
ano Zapata, long the rebel lender of,
that state
VICTORIA, Feb., 19:—Sam Czchu!
luk, a Russian from Hamilton, Ont.,1
'.was arrested as he was bearding the:
steamqp Empress of Japan^ggp route j
to Russia, and is charged with carry!
ing prohibited literaftie
GENEVA. Fefb., 19:—The Lausanne|
Gazette says Germany Is preparing!
to raise a large loan in the United;
States as ?con as peace is signed.*
The dispat.h adds that the money is1
Ic be Joed to pay for expected raw
materials from the allied countries.
SECRETARY GLASS
J5H0WS NECESSITY
FOR VICTORY LOAN
Tn a statement sent to Governor
James K. Lynch of the Federal Re
serve Beak, Secretary of the Trea
sury CarterGlass has exploded the
turner that the saving of more than
fifteen billion dollars as the result
cf the armistice had removed the
necessity for another Liberty Loan.
Secretary Glass' statement follows:
“A rumor has reached the Trea
sury that a mistake has been made
hy the authorities, that from $15,
000,000.000 to $17,000,000,000 has
.been returned to the Treasury as
result of the armistice and that
therefore another Liberty Loan is
unnecessary. The rumor is absolute
ly unfounded. I suppose it has its
ori"in in a failure to understand the
discussion of the proposed repeal
by Congress of $15,000,000,000 of ap
propriations and authorizations. Thi
does not mean a return of money to
the Treasury but a cancellation of
■uthority heretofore given 'by Con
f ress to expend money in the fu
ture.
“As a matter of fact, the whole
proceeds of the Fourth Liberty Loan
and of all previous loans had, at the
t'me armistice was signed, bet it ex
pended or anticipated by Treasury
certificates of indebtedness issued
during the summer and early fall to
vnance the current requirements of
the Government and at that time
outstanding and unpaid."
ALASKA WOMAN KNITS
RED CROSS SWEATERS—$2C6
S E A T T L E,—When Mrs. Sophia
Redmond of Nolan, Alaskan-walked
inio the * Red Cross headquarters
here recently and turned over $206
as the proceeds from the sale of a
‘ sweater she knit the Red Cross of
ficials were mildly surprised. Mrs.
' Redmoti loft Nolan, which la well
•"'thin the Arctic Circle, ou August
10. She walked seventy-five miles
to Betties and there hoarded a boat
;nr Nu'ato, a journey of 500 miles,
't Nulato sbe (boarded a Yukon Riv
er beat for connection with a steam
, ship for Seattle.
SOLDIERS AND
SAILORSTAKEi
OVER ESSEN
BERLIN Fob1. 19:—The Soldiers
a,nd Sailors Council has taken over
the government of Essen, the seat
of the great Krupp works.
The Krupp plant, at Essen began
working for the United States gov
ernment Tuesday. - The task under
taken by the Kmpps consist of mak
ing parts for 72 incomplete cannon,
rejected by the American authori
ties as part of the> war material of- j
Pered by the Germans under the
terms of the armistice.
HAVANA, Feb. 19;—A slight ear-;
thquake shock was felt here at Saaiti
ago de Cuba, on tile southeastern
coast of the island. There are no
reports of any damage having been'
caused.
BOMBAY, Feb. 19—The big strike
which rendered eighty six cotton fac
tories idle and lasted three weeks,
terminated upon the employers, on the
advice of the government of Bombay
granting a 20 per cent increase in
wages and a bonus of 20 rupees to
the employees.
ENGLAND MAY
NATIONALIZE
COAL MINES
LONDON, Feb. 19:—'Tile'* British!
Government is now seriously consul-i
«ring the question of the nationaliza
tion of her coal mines, making them
the property cf the government, so
as to prevent a future situation like
that experienced recently thru the;
strikes in the Derbyshire and Nott
inghamshire fields. In these places
the owners were obliged to withdraw,
their notices that the men were to;
be dismissed to make room for sol-:
diers. These notices were the cause I
of tile strike.
MUNICH, Feb.,19:—So many Bava
rian soldiers have failed to return'
their rifles end munitions that the
central German government has issued
an order demanding the return of i
this property to the autlioities within'
a specified time under penalty of hca;
vv fine or imprisonment.
ATE CHILDREN’S FLESH
IN MOSUL, IS THE REPORT
t
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb., 4:— A:
Reuter’s correspondent reports a ter,
rible story of canibalism which occur
red eight months ago at Mosul where
six small children were sacrificed and
their flesh roasted for food.
There would seem to he no doubt.
as to the truth of the story, which is
confirmed by a photo shewing the;
execution of the man and woman who
perpetrated this horrible crime. The
heads of the unfortunate little victims;
were found in the house of the two
culprits. —New York Times.
ANTWERP Feb., 19:—Miss Margaret
Wilson, daughter of President Wilson
who has been ill in the American leg
ation at Brussels, as compltely recov
ered and has resumed tffe concerts
which she was giving in Belgium.
•LIVER FIELD WILL
MAKE TRIP TO FRANCE
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Field has just
received word from their son Oliver
Lieutenant on the U. S. Battleship
Missouri, that orders have been re
ceived to leave for Franco immedi
ately to assist in trausportuig troops
back to the United States. While in
♦he east recently, Mr: Field visited
with his sop.
TRAVELLERS GO NORTH
Leaving for the north ou the Ear
ragnt last evening were D. L. Rosen
- 'a r.v t:i, &■ Cromanv hatters
of San Francisco. J. 11. N'choa’ds
V (' V ^•rVn<v Jl*
■''Oihs of Bvsfcii'F^O ti TToi: 1 t SJio'
rt-rAi’vn*:*' O' V Olson, of Sc*‘\v *•
■bacbor & Company.
SEATTLE NOMINATES
FORMER COUNCILMEN
SEATTLE. Feb.. 19.-— CoUiifsihnen i
Fitzgerald, Moore and Thompson were
renominated here today for the Cifiy
Cou,ncil, leading by three thousand
the three radical labor candidates,
Rdbert L. Procter, Ed. T. Levi and
Chas. H. Gallant, with whom they
must contest for election.
DENVER. Feb., 19:—Twelve million
six hundred forty six thousand four
hundred three tons of coal, equal to
133.09S more than in the previous
year, was mined in Colorado in 1918,
according to the annual report at the
state mine inspector. This is said to
be the greatest coal output in the his
tcry of the state of Colorado, and this
despite that the output for December
last was the smallest for any month
in many years.
Scientific System
Of Treating Insane
NEW YORK, Feb. 19;—Plans for
organizing an international commit
tee on mental hygiene, designed to
bring about a scientific system of
treating insane, feeble minded pau
pers, criminals and dependents were
announced here after a joint meeting
of the national committee for ment
al hygiene of the United States and
the Canadian National Committee,
LONDON, Feb. 19—The Bolsheviki
gverument has decided that all per
sons in Russia, irrespective of nation
alitfy must serve i,u the Red army, ac
cording to a Copenhagen dispatcih to
the Exchange Telegraph Company.
SECRETARY LANE
MAKES REPORT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19:—Tlle cas
unity list of American coal mining
army for 1918, just reported to Sec
retary Lane of the Department of
the Interior by the Bureau of mines,
includes 2,575 men killed.
“This is the penalty paid by one
peaceful industry during a year of
war,” said Secretary Lane, ‘‘a.nd it
emphasizes the hardly 1 appreciated
fact that the worker in the mining
industry wfoc did l}is full duty during
the war braved perils as did the sol
diers at the front, and quite as will
ingly went to the supreme sacrifice,
“When the war was on, we Am
ericans created many slogans, and
not the least among them was that
‘Coal will iwin the war.’ The war
has been won, and in its winifing
there will always stand forth the
brilliant achievement mid patriotic
pffort of the American coal miner.
With a little more than three-quart
ers of a million men ill this army,
with only 3,000 more men than em
ployed in the year before, these men
succeeded in bringing from the earth
tliirty-fcur million more tons of
coal than in 1917, a tremendous fac
tor in bringing the war to a speedy
close. The total production of coal
was 685.300,000 tons, the greatest
production' ever achieved.
"And while it is afcvays regretaibla!
that a single life should be lost, T
i hi informed bv Mr. Manning, the
director of the Bureau of Mines, that
the year, in comparision with other
year, was a of the' younger men be
ing called to the colors and the ra
vages of the influenza epidemic, un
der the stress of war we produced
mc-re coal for every miner hilled
than ever before in the- history of
American mining. For every life
lest there was 266,000 tons of coal
produced.
There was a decrease of 233
deaths from explosions of gas and
coal dust, which shows that, despite
the rush and turmoil, the operators
and men are paying more attention
tc the precautions promulgated by
the Bureau if Mines.
" “It is ratlmr curious but true that
with the mines operatin'!- to rapaci
ty, there is less liabilty of a high
death rate for the reason that the
gri .it activity lends to prevent ac
cumulations * if gas in the old work
ings cud compels the maintenance
o' Ib-tter reef condition*.
"W,t,,‘*l ’be r-eneii of adh'rve
,.‘c t’> *er,M pi’ner
!■•**.r,-.( -in-1 n-p, l.'.... * 11-111 pnr
’! " ■ ■!»' - ’-v a ; rutcCuT people
f-.r a long time”
ANARCHIST ATTEMPTS TO
KILL FRANCE’S PREMIER
ASSASSIN IS UNDER ARREST
French Government Says Clemenceau Was At*
tacked by Two Men-May Cause Halt In
Peace Conference Work _
PARIS, Feb. 19:—Premier Clemenceau was shot and slight
lywounded by a man by the name of Cottin, as the former was
entering a motor car in front of his residence this morning.
“It’s nothing,” was the only comment Premier Clemenceau
made after he had walked back into the house unassisted,
Eight shots were fired, Six hit the front of the motor, two
penetrated the glass door, one striking the Premier on the in
ner side of the right ami near the shoulder inflicting a flesh
wound.
A police attracted by the shots grabbed the assailant, Cottin
is believed to be a Russian. He is but 25 years old and says
he was born at Creil and that his home is in the Montrouse
quarter of Paris.
One of Cottin’s bullets hit the policeman Goursat in the
right eye. Waiters in a nearby restaurant were the first to
seize Cottin. They beat him up and an unknown man who at
tempted to assist the assailant was also mauled up when the
policemen arrived on the scene.
All the windows of the automobile were shattered by the
bullets.
Premier Clemenceau on entering his home declined to lie
down. He took an arm chair and began to smoke. At noon he
had a slightly increased temperature. The Premier who is
known as “The Tiger of France” is now 77 years of age.
Bullet Lodged In Back Near Spine
According to the latest available information the bullet is
lodged in Clemenceau’s back near the spine and it is now fear
ed that the wound may prove more dangerous than was at
first announced. Message of sympathy are pouring in from
all parts of the world.
Later—Besides the bullet which barely missed the spinal
cord and lungs, lodging under the shoulder, two other bullets
have been found hit the Premier, merely grazing the skin
however, and two others going through his clothing. Cle
menceau seized and grappled with the assassin before help ar
rived.
Hurbert Clemenceau, the Premier’s brother said this after
noon that the only danger would be from possible infection
setting in. The attempt upon the life of Clemenceau has
caused a halt in the programme of the delegates to the peace
conference.
LONDON. Feb. 19:—Thg French Embassy here has issued
a statement today saying that Clemenceau was fired at by.
two men.
LONDON, 1' eb. 19:—Cottin is known as a dangerous anar
chist according to a Paris dispatch. Bonar Law announced to
the House of Commons today that Premier Clemenceau would
be out in a day or so.
SOVIETS LAUNCH THE DEVIL
Helsingfors.—Under tile title of the
Devil, a new paper is (being published
in Petrograd by the soviets for the
sole purpose of attacking churches a,ml
religion in general. The first number
contains an article by Luntcharsky,
commissioner of education, annoumc
ini' a plan to close fifty churches in
Petroyrad. Other articles show' the au
thorities intend . to impose a special
tax on churchgoers. Religious teach
ing in schools Is foilbidden.
MR. RAY OSBORNE BACK
Mr. Ray Osborne, who was drafted
with the Ketc! in boys last spring
a,nd mustered ut recently from
Camp Dodge, ; ivd homo on tile
Admiral Farragut last evening. Dur
ing her husband’s albsence, Mrs Os
(bonre inadc herself self supporting
by assisting in the Heneghan Bakery
TO VISIT DAUGHTER
Mrs. K. M. Henrickson plans tc
leave 011 the Jefferson Saturday for
llaiues wln-re she will visit with her
daughter (5< rtriide. now Mrs. William
Winatfj. Mr. aud Mrs. Winetcu arc
;xepected to return to Ketchikan
•lew Arii-!! 1, to take up their rc
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Wr". II Seward.
“HEY THERE.” DO YOU
WANT A HOME ON
A FARM?
This is the unique titla of a little
, ibooklet which the Secretary of the
Interior, iwith the active cooperation
of the War end Navy Departments,
is sending to the various cantpB of
tlie army, navy, and marine corps
throughout the country to ascertain
j the attitude of the men toward his
| plan for providing them with work
| and homes on reclaimed la,nd.
I The booklet is in the form of
I questions and answers which give
j complete and concise description of
the plan, and also has attached to
It a post card questionnaire which
themen are asked to fill out and
(mail to the Department. Each man
| interested will be asked to state his
I name, home address, a^ge, occupa
; tion 'before enlistment, whether he
lias ever worked on a farm, wheth
er he is interested in the plan, what
kind of fanning he would like to fol
; low, whether general, livestock, or
tru-'k, or fruit, and whether he would
be willing to take a job In his own
, State or anywhere in the United
i State's if a job on onc of these pro
I posed projects is offered to him.
A tiiibgiaUon of tb© replies will h*
present' d to Congress in coon*ctlaa
■ 'Mi Sf'-rctsrv Lan-'s request for
„ "•nponf).
o- marl*
...jts ti-roushout th© Unjfc
j cd States. „
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