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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post _
VOLUMlTxirNUMBER siu7' MONDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1919.~ __ fal CENTS PER COPY
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By Associated Pros#*
CHICAGO. Feb., 10— Fifty font
Industrial Workers of the World, pass
-ed through Chicago during the nigh*,
on a special train, under heavy guard,
enroute to the Atlantic Coast who.c
they will tv depoited immediate y b\
the immigration officials as tin 'csir
ables.
Forty th ee of the undesirables are
from Seattle. Wash., one from Spo
kane. one from Denver and five join
ed the bunch from this city.
The federal authorities state thaf
these men have been rounded up dm
ing the past year, the majority ho • -
ever during the past few weeks.
It is announced that the secret ser
vice of the United States ha< mart
of it’s best agents now in the I. W. \V
and the real leaders are gradual1/ be
ing arrested.
AFTER SEATTLE I. W. \Y.
SEATTLE. Feb.. 10— The rolic'
yesterday afternoon raided the offic*
of the International Weekly, an L W
W., publication, where it was charged
that pamphlets entitled “Russia d’d
it” and also advocating flolshcv.kism
were published.
Aaron Fislerman. the Edito>*. wa
arrested and held in the jail in lien or
, 51000 bail.
The police last night prevented th
l, V/. VV. from holding a mass meet
I ing . Many arrests were made.
PORTLAND 1. W. W. HAILED
PORTLAND. Ore.. 1'eb.. 10— Th
police last night raided the 1. VV. Vv
headquaitors and seized paper an»
.literature. This raid followed the V
VV. VV. parade during which tine th
circulars w re distributed advocating
a general strike in sympathy w:ih th
Seattle shipvarders.
Later in the evening the polic
broke up a second I. VV. VV. parade am
arrested 0. K. Brandt, a loud mouth
*'d individual, who was candying th
red banner.
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MOTHERS OP DELHI EM
ASK KAISER BE PCMSHEI
PARIS. Eeh., 10— The mothers o
Belgium have addressed a petition t
the A’lied conference asking that th*
firmer kaiser he punished for permit
"ing his soldiers to forcibly cany of
their daughters under age and usin'
hem for luAful purposes.
The petition recites numerous ir
stances of outiages being perpetuate'
upon young girls by German soldiers
TAFT WILL RUN IN 1920
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb.. 10—
William H. Taft, former president,
will befcin a tour of the country this (
month in support of the League to En- i
force Peace and incidently to see if ]
there is any sentiment existing for j
him as a presidential candidate.
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NEW FUR STATIONS
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SEATTLE, Feb., 10— Twenty-five
new fur stations are to be established
this vear alonfr the Mackenzie river.
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AMERICAN CONCERN BUYS
BIG GERMAN SHIPYARD!
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BERLIN, Feb.. 10— An American
concern has paid forty million dollrrs
for *he Shichan Shiobuilding: yard,
of the larjrest in Germany, and
will operate it in buildinp mercantile
vessels.
By Associated Press
VLADIVOSTOK. Feb., 10- Ac
cording to Omek reports , the Rus
sian government there has aocep' ed ai
offer from the Japanese govern men'
*or men. money and arms to settle th
Bolshcviki difficulties.
It is rtatod that the step has bee*
tak^n in view of the reports that th
Allies were going to withdraw thei’
forces f"om S:^er*n, also the fear thn'
♦ he conference to be held on Prince’?
island vM* result :n recognition of th'
Bolsheviki.
The Rn -ir*n government, in return
for aid f**om Japan, will give that raf
:on an i*"on and coni concession in th
Priamut district.
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb., 10
The national banks of the countr’
have increased deposits of over twr
billion dollars during the past yea*’,
according to the report of the comp
trolle? of the currency.
Secretary of the Interior Franklin,
K. Lane appeared before Congress
last Saturday and asked for an ap
propriation of thirteen million, right
hundred thousand dollars to complete
t
the government railroad in Alaska
“this year.”
Congress should imediately grant
this appropriation but the work of
completing the government railroad in
Alaska should then be taken out o!
the hands of the inefficient Alaskan
i Engineering Commission and given to
one man, with absolute authority, a
man who knows how to handle men
I who knows what railroad construction
>s and knows the “how”, and get re
sults.
For several years the governmen*
•ailroad has “been going to be com
peted this year.” But that already
•onstructed portion of the railroad
I hat between Seward ami the nor*!
end of the division, is in worse shapr
Loday than when the government took
t over , and parts of the route be
tween Mile 71 and the interior, may
be in worse shape than the Seward
md. Congress should act at or.ee ir
he matter of the appropriation and
hen immediately give to a railroad
•ontractor. the job to finish. This mar
•an now' secure plenty of men in th<
tates and with a dozen good sun
bosses like Dan Sullivan, now on the
Reward division, could accomplish
things.
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In fact tne aewara vnwnun ^
Commerce should demand as fore b’s
is it has demanded that the Seward
division be connected with the con'
'ields before other work is attempted,
hat the Alaskan Engineering Com
uission be allowed to resign without
\ny question, and real railroad men
^r one live one, given the tn«k of
•omnleting the railroad “this v'-o
The $13,800,000 could not
he spent in one year hut the radroa !
night he completed. But the $13,^00.*
'00 is not all that would be appsor
ted. There is $4,000,000 remaining of
he original $35,000,000 remaining of
nd possibly the A. E. C. has on hand
bout $200 000. These sums total $18.
)00,000 with any practical railroad or
ganization, except the Alaskan En
:ineering Commission, and with $18,
W0 000, the government railroad
should be a real fact by the time frost
monies next fall.
One will say, perhaps, “why arc
you so sure Congress will make this
appropriation V*
“Work for the unemployed” is the
keynote. The government could secure
thousands and thousands of men, rail
road men for the railroad in Alaska.
One might also say then, “ provid
'd that the appropriation is made and
the men available, how’ about mater^
iaal ?"
The editor believes that sufficient
rails have been ordered for the entire
system. These can now’ be delivered.
It is also believed that there is plenty
of other material ready to use, plenty
of grab, or nearly so, now in the
hands of the commission to feed the
men, in fact everything with the poss
ible exception of snow’ shed materia’
for the Sew’ard division. One shed
alone needs about 2 000,000 feet more
of lumber, it is stated , but if author
ty is given, this timber could be cut
now’ , in the w’oods, hauled on the
snow and ready to be put up. Possibly
| other timber must be cut and this
should be done now, as three yca*s
have been sufficient t:me for the pre
paration c? estimates of what is need
ed.
What would result of the appropri
ation li made; if the men can be se
cured ?
Figure it out , and hope that it may
come true. Suppose that 10,00u men
could be landed in Seward between
now and the middle of April. Those
men could be distributed along the
government project and constriction |
work begun at the latest by June 1st j
Give the men five months for active 1
work, for that would be about the !
time work could be done, before fros4 1
cornea.
Suppose that the 10,000 men aver
aged $5 a day, 20 working days r«
month, for seven months from th<'
time they were hired until November
1st. The sum expended for this labov
would be $9,100,000.
Be generous and splash on a coup' *
inf more million*,' ns the* Alsw!.r En
gineering Comm’suon has done, fe
bosses clerks, etc., that only make
$11,100.000 with plenty left fo* mater
;al , plenty for good equipment, up-to
date rolling stock and more left tr
even enilip the mines with bunkers,
washers , etc., needed to place the coa’
mined for commerce.
And Seward, Anchorage. »nonr
and Fairbanks would ad benefit bu*
the railroad would be completed, the
| all of Alaska would benefit.
Certainly Congress, make the ap
propriation, discharge the Alask*
Engineering Commission; what is lef
of it; secure a railroad constructo*
and build the railroad in Alaska.
But in the meantime, do not go
chesty, the railroad is not completed
even between Seward and the con
fields, that must bo the constant figb'
and urgency if the appropriation i
not made, there is only the $4,000 00
left of that $05,000,000, and do no
forget that other localities in Alask:
have been watching the fiasco of th'
Alaskan Engineering Commission a
the following editorial from Valde
Miner indicates:—
“The Report that the traveler bo
tween Seward and Anchorage is com
polled to go between the two t^rmin
als by dog team after the vast amoun
of money spent to build the govern
ment railroad is not encouraging t
l say the least. If winter traffic ove
the road cannot be kept up it will b'
of very little use to Alaska, as. th'
steamships amply supply all demand.1
of the people during the summer
months.*’
But with 10,000 men in Seward
within a few months, business would
hum, here and then- possibly also thi
railroad would be completed.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Feb., 10— Fish quota
1 tions at noon today were as follows:—
halibut, 24 cts; red cod, 4 cts; ling
cod, three and five eights cts; pickled
sable, $22 per bbl; pickled herring
$25; salmon sockcye, $26; silvers, $24* i
pinks, $20; silvers, $18.
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BULLETIN— SEATTLE. F. b.. 10 i
—The general strike committee tin’.- |
afternoon called off the genera! *:yni-!
pathetic strike and ordered al! men to
return to work at noon tomorrow.
In calling off the sympathetic i
strike, the committee requested that \
all unions which had already returned
to work, again walkout this afternoon
or tomoiTOW morning and return with
'.he rest at noon tomorrow, to show
labor’s solidarity.
MANY RETURNED YESTERDAY
SEATTLE, Feb., 10— The riisin
tegeration of the general strike start
ed Saturday night and yesterday. The
strikers, in the sympathetic walkout
tated openly that unless the strike
vas called off by the committee th
nion men would call it off. The street
ar men and teamsters, the key th;
ituation, returned to woF frr
lay. The barbels, theatrical federa
.ion, jitney drivers returned, also the
lewsboys. The longshoremen, cookf
ind waiters however voted to stay ou
intil the committee had given thv.
vvord to return.
SITUATION AT BUTTE
BUTTE, Feb., 10— The mines ir
his district are running with par
hifts as a result of the strike of mer
vho object to the dollar daily wag
lecrease.
Soldiers are guarding all mines am
mrts of the city and preventing tV
r. W. W. element from forcibly k.'rn
ng miners from returning to work
The military has arrested seven 1 di?
turbers.
RESUME WORK AT TACOMA
^COMA, Feb.. 10— Followirg th
action of the Central Labor C.mn^
’ast night, all unions which joined *h
sympathetic strike, resumed work at
S o’clock this morning.
STRIKE AT DENVER
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DENVER, Feb., 10— Statiorar
engineers struck today demandirv
higher pay. The strike has caused a’’
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of the city schools to close.
ARBITRATE STRIKE
COLOGNE, Feb., 10— The strike
of professional officials at Dusscldorff
has ended after the Sparticans ceded
most of the points demanded. Th •
Bourgeois delegates, whom the Spar
ticans arrested, have been released
from the jails.
TROY FOR
COUECTOR
By Associated Pro**
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 10- Presi
dent Wilson today nominated John W.
Troy, of Juneau, for Collector of Cu
kom< of the Territory of Alaska.
Mr. Troy is the owner and editor
of the Juneau Daily Empire and one
of the leading democrats of the Terri
tory.
SUFFRAGE
DEFEATED
By Associated Press
BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Fob.,
10— The Senate today again defeated
the woman’s suffrage amendment.
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CURACAO IS AT CORDOVA
Steamer Curacao vas at Cordova
this afternoon according to advices re
ceived by Agent V’avue Proba
bly the steamer will arrive here to
morrow: night. Word v as rumored
around the city this forenoon that th-1
Curacao had left Cordova and was at
Vald»z at noon, due in Sew’ard early in
the morning. These reports proved
merely rumors however according to
Agent Blue.