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(lly Harold Bechtel)
LIEGE Belgium. March 11— The
eve!green arches of Belgium tell the
story of how Germany blundered.
Women with heads shaved, slink
ing out of the country, are evidence of
the thoroughness of Belgium in clean
ing hou.se .
Hundr Is of arches lining the road'
and streets from No-Man’s Land to |
the German border were erected b:
Belgians in honor of the soldiers w!a
pas ed under them follow ing tV
Boches eastward.
The Belgians kept these arch*'
fresh with Towers, symbol of a B
g’um liberated and united more firm-;
!y than ever, despite fifty months
effort to G vnv'nine it people.
During the las*, three w e’*s T hav*
been in many prods of Belgium. I
fin '. *’ a’ nothing makes the Belgian
angr’ r ‘ban th » thought of how tV
Germans misread their cha actors and
thought they con! 1 coerce and abso h
them.
The v.omnn with shaved heads n»*
four I :u . cveral of the cities. Tl
ere .• ffe’ *'t rutiona’itiea. Throng’
thdr o r pation they lived in lux* '?*
w*th Ci"‘mar off»e ,r — bu* they v r
left V «l*.:nd ".hen the Germans fl"H.
Then the Belgium women who w'u'
suffered and lived from the pub v
kitchens had their day.
Tl ev caught the GermMn rrrstre s*
es and dipped their hair dose.
These branded women are no a* ba
ing “permitted”. one by one. to leacr
the country.
The Belgians arv house cleaning a’’
right. German street nam#^ in Bnis
sets and ebowhe-e are to b? changed
A number of Germans who remain
ed behind in civilian dothes have b* er
arrested. Likewise, in various cit’*-*
nrmn known to the Germans as ‘Atki
vist have been jailed. The Avik‘v’ f
were persons who had been induct d
by fl'rrat; or bribery to serve them,
or by capitalizing of Dutch or Ger
man sympathies.
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Atkivist cap-tal at Ghent, senorrt
from the Belgian central govemmcn4
at Namur.
But every a'tempt to make ab
sorption of B Igium by Gennanv eas
ier by dissension failed, as did the
nronatranda circulated by the womer
who now hav^ . haved heads. The p1*’*
never had a chance to succeed. The
blundering Boches misread Belgium
just as they misread America.
The evergreen a**ches, the banner*
the the statues. the continuing
celebrations show it. Everything
shows it.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SFNTTI.E. March 11— Fish price
»r*e fallows; ha’ibut, sixteen cents:
sable, five cent*: ling and red cod.
thr™ cent*: pickled sable, $20; pickled
hearing. *25: salmon sockeve. $20:
pinks. *20 and fall? $18 per barrel.
JUNEAU, March 11— Special co
‘he Gateway- Hy a tic vote in tho
House today, on the question of equal
;vpr ‘sentation for* the First and Third
Uivi ions on thi' ways and means com*
Tiir.ve, v.hii h aF > has control of the
taxation and a »propi iations. the pr>
» vs tion was d *fcated. Tho effort for
‘he change wa ; headed by Representa
tive John Noon, of Seward.
Representative Noon pointed cut
that the First and Third division.'
ave over two thirds of the population
>f the territory and pay DO per cent
h ta\e but have only one member
>n the ways and means committee,
; e entativo :-'n***r from the Thitd
h .ision, and none from the First div
‘ ion. The Second and Fourth division
have two members each.
On the vote today Slater and Da**
e . both republicans voted against in
Teasing th-' rep^sontation of th'M*“
ivsion;. The six voting for the iu
•rc i e wore Casey, Soworby, Xoon.
hitterron Rav and White, of the
First and Third, and Nordale and Pen
nington of the Fourth.
The fight will b" renewed again
by Representative Xoon and his never
nvers. This afternoon the matter
a con id red in the committee of
h whole with Pennington in the
hair.
GOVERNOR RIGGS MAKES
ADDRESS TO LEGISLATURE
Gov. Thomas Riggs before a join’
** ron of the Territorial legislature
" t week i.t Jur. au. read his
f m< derate length d?si*u ing .Vas» t*
ff;i:rs uni’er the following heads
f ovalty and disloyalty; territorial fi
'anres; disasters during the pac'
, r; inflir nza. health and sanitation*
guo ranee regarding the territorial Co
'’opment; Pioneers’ heme and pAn.
;on* for pioneers; roads and ??hoo’
he Australian ballot law; ♦he eight
o'?*• law; the Alaska fisheries; nvir
: *-e licenses; home guards and t’»
ffico of the governor. In the begir
rn,r of the message , ♦he povrrr.o
r.' ’ high tribute to the loyalty o
V kans— men, women and children
’*! i *ig the war.
In qiscussmpf .ne icrriioiiai unaur
I the povernor recommended a tre
''remission and the raismcr of adch’t
ot ai revenue by a classified p,’on^vt,
o\ and an income tax additional 4
ho trad'' license', and a poll tax. H
'l o recommended a hmlrret law, th
’ u*,frot to be prepared bv the provorne'
*»n 1 the other heads of the territoria
overmnent.
Under the title of disasters dun>r
"he east year, the provernor refer*^’
to the N’enana and .Juneau floods, th'
^arbanks fire and the wreck of th*
tremor ^onh’a.
Under the head of road* the prove*
nor recommended the abolishment or
"he divisional read commissioners n1
expiration of thoir terms of offic
^f the present commissioners, and th»
“stabli^hment of a hoard of road com
missioners.
The governor recommends furthAV
*hat the legislature prive consideration
the question of the eicrht-hour law
•*onfo”minpr to constitutional require
ments.
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TWO MONTANA WOMEN ARE
IN STATE LEGISLATURE
AND ARE DOING THINGS
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HELENA Mont., March 11— By A.
P.— Emma A. Ingalls of Kalispt ,
i Tl&theud county, and Maggie Smi h
Hathaway of Stevensville, Ravalli
county, are the only two women in the
Montana Legislature. Both occu; y
seats in the lower house and both s
ved in the precceding assembly. What
they lack in number they have made
up in enterprise. They have intro
duced a disproportionate share of th
17?> bills that have made their appear
ance and many of the most impoitn
pieces of legislature have emanat
from them.
“Mrs. Ingalls and I are interest-.* 1
in everything that is going on and op
posed to everything that is pernic
iou-/' said Mrs. Hathaway, “Like her
,dsu*r assemblywoman. Mrs. Hath. -
way is a convincing speaker and has
the business of both houses at her fin
ger’s ends.
* What have we done” ? she repent
ed”. A suffrage memorial, asking
congress to enfranchise the women o*
the land, introduced jointly by Mvs.
Ingalls and myself, has already pass
ed both houses, been signed by Gov- r
nor Stewart am! gone to the nation*.1
houses. It was also my pleasure to in
troduce the House Joint Rosolut ■> >
favoring a league of nations to pre
serve peace. This measure is now in
‘he hou&\ where committee report
ar« favorable.
“ .A-rs. Ingalls has put in a u n u> r.>
al)!:*h a seperate vocational school
for -girls — a sore need in the state fo*
a 1 og t'me. I have introduced an
Equal Wage Bill, grant women the
nr • pay as men in the same sen’
ha*"' also introduced a memorial
*or toss, ashing that the war and
nn* •* depai tipents.be instructed to per
oi the boys in the sendee to rcf; :n
lhr v ’othing they have at the time or
i'c hnrge. We are now trying to pid
‘h—ugh a hill for a minimum wag'
*o* "'omen in Montana.
“We have promise of support *n
V !’Pne for a bill to en’n're the
fr ' chool for the d^a' . dumb feeble
nv Ved and blind, at Boulder. T re
»v d pas^ag" of this meaeure in fT*e
•'o;- *.o two years ago hut it "T* h-M
*n 'n the senate by the law r.Hvd'***uv
e- uMou of house hills there r*
he rft;oth day of the session. T**
up: "vovides for segregation of the
"-r’.v.minded and for cottage n’ne
r>rm long needed in the Boulder
-d V. Tt has also been my pleasure t'
tv. *' n hill for the Americanization of
•>i7 bools, as it is my belief that if
h 'pion is to safelv become one of us*
Ua —ost lenvn our language and he
•a- •> familiar with our government
ir ' institutions.
'• t<; the women members of the as
-0’ Vy, Mrs. Ingalls and I are also on
-o-^g the plan to legally revive boy
*ng ’n the state and the provision t >
-*e' "?t gambling at the fairs.
“We are working on cronomir mop
•M-— health insurance and revision
>f ^yation laws. We are careful!'''
’oe* :ng over all school quectionc. T
• ^ormerlv county superintendent i"
Hd 'na and think I am qualified r<"
n-ak about education. We are inter
act *1 in free public night schools for
id ’♦>, ar a part of Americanization."
Both Representatives Ingnls and
Ha haway are adept parliamentarians
NELSON HOUSE BLAZE
°parks lodging beneath shingles
in fhe roof of the residence of John
\. Nelson, on Third Avenue, fanned
th< nselves into a blaze this afternoon
in 1 *he alarm of fire was sounded.
Th-* fire Department responded quick
ly but men arriving on the scene had
extinguished the flames. The damage
was nominal.
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LONDON, March 11— Prince of
Monaco, in a statement in todayj'
Mail says- there is no doubt but that
the Kaiser was the fir.-t author and
ie; pon-ible for the world’s war.
• The K ii or absolutely wished for.
and conduct'd the conflict” says the
Prince of Monaco. “The Kaiser con
ducted the war in all of its ruthless
barbarity. 1 was a friend of the Kaiser
kn w his diabolical plans. Our frien i
sh;p ended when the war started.”
OPPOSE THE UNION OF
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA
PARIS , March 11— A special dis
patch from Havas says that France
and Italy arc fully in accord in oppos
ing the union of Germany and Austria
with Germany.
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LONDON, March 11— There is now
iy* g at C’ydebann. nearly completed,
a r m.i’Tiah’e “hush” boat of the Brit
ish navy, according to the shipping
paper Fairpiay, is something notab'<
in the hi ‘ v.y of r.aval architecture.
Th;s is tlm Hoed, a battle-cruise}
of extraordinary size, speed and gur
nower and which would says Faiv
nhi , ' *?,e,,gvvntcd new method*
of naval fight nr and shown tbo Gev
mans that v. a avo till far ahead ot
then in naval con traction.”
The rro'poet of an early to rm in at*
?o" of ho tP’tms caused work to V
°a .1 on on this great vessel, but ir
ovd r to make room for mercha"4
sh< ovh'g the TTeod has been noa^’’
corenV-tAd and is now out of the fit
t;r v basin.
Fairplay savs the vessel “is under
sto~ I to be tho f’nest combinat’on nf
*1*7.''. spe*d, nun power and light arm
or •. et dreamed of, and farther ahead
of the present “hush boats.”, the Con*
raroous cla*s, than these were of th**
1 *r'i and T'^er. As she lies at Clvde
bank the TIood seems to fill all thr
‘•pe^e which was at one time occupied
by he Lusitania, and a war vessel a*
long a • the Lusitania- to say nothin"
of her other features is somethinn
pntrb!'' in the history of naval archi
teeture.”
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At \SKA BOWLERS ARE
NOW IN TOURNAMENT
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JUNEAU. Alaska March 11 —
Aka ka and Yukon Territory bowler
nr* engaging in an international bowl •
inn tournament. Teams are entered
f«cm the Alaska towns of Juneau.
Tread'veil Skagwav and the Yukon
towns of Daw&on and White Horse.
Dawson at nresent is in first plan*1
bv a mamin of thirtv-six pins. In th*
two names rolled PaWson has knocke*
do”*n ov*r 5.027 pin*. Juneau is sec
ond with a total of 4.991 pins. Skag
wav is third with 4.934.
Seme of the teams meet on the al
leys while scores* of some of the oth
ers a*** t^*graphcd following the
tourney games. v
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AIRPLANE
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By Associated Press
ELIZABETH, N. J., March 11— A
government aeroplane enroute to Phil
adelphia plunged into a mud bed late
this afternoon. It Is reported that the ]
seven army officers aboard are unin
jured.
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SEATTLE SHIP YARDS REOPEN
SEATTLE, March 11— By A. P.—
Tli * Seattle shipyards reopened today
and thousands of men were put to ;
work jotting things ready for a Ren- j
era! resumption of ship building by
the latter part of the week.
The shipyards at Tacoma and Ab<r- {
deen also reopened today.
WANT HOME RULE
BEFORE PEACE
DELEGATES
By Associated Press
LONDON, March 11— Prominent
Irish veterans of the army and many
officers have asked the Kinp to sub
mit the Irish Home rule question
the Peace Congress now in session at
Paris.
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SEWARD SNAPSHOTS
Those taking part in the sketch t.
be given next Monday night at the
Arctic Brotherhood Minstrel show are
asked to report for rehearsal tonight.
at 7:.°0 o’clock. Those in the minstrel j
part are to rehearse at 9 o’clock.
The Moose will elect officers for
the coming year at the session to bo'
held in the little A. B. Hall tonight.
Freighter Ketchikan made a record
unloading coal and other cargo for
Seward and sailed for the south today*
via I.aTouche.
Registration for the city election to
be held on April 1st is picking up. The
books are open daily at the Seward
Orug Co.
As the majority of the live ones
arc in the minstrel show, there was no
quorum at the A. B. lodge last night.
Steamer Admiral Farragut’s sail
ing to Seward has been changed ac
ting to a cablegram received from
Seattle today. The Farragnt sails,
north next Saturday instead of to
morrow. The steamer did not leave
Cook Inlet until last Wednesday and!
*ou1d not have arrived at Seattle tin-,
til tomorrow or Thursday.
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PARIS, March 11- Military G*r
nany is to cease to exist as the re ult
'f the Supreme Council’s adoption of
nilitary terms of the German disarm
ament as well as the proposition • pro
npr into the peace treaty.
The army of Germany is to he re
duced to 100.000 men and 4000 offi •
ers. The soldiers are to he recruited,
not conscripted, for 12 years.
Germany's army will therefore he
smaller than Switzerland’s.
Germany must also destroy all fort.
on the Rhine and to abolish the Im
perial German staff.
It is expected that the pence treaty
will be ready about March 22nd and
probably the German delegates will be
called to Versailles about that time f.o
-iprn the treaty.
FIGHTING IN BERLIN
BERLIN, March 11— Government
troops have demolished the Spartacan
strongholds in the northern and east
ern sections of the city. The govern
ment forces used mine throwers and
artillery in their bombardments.
Railway traffic has been resumed.
The street carmen are now striking
for more pay.
The German nolice have shot many
leaders of the Spartacans.
BALM IS
TO RETIRE
Bv Associated Press
LONDON, March 11— Secretary of
Foreign Affairs Balfour is to retire at
the close of the Peace conference ac
cording to official announcement made
today.
Secretary Balfour is to he succeeded
by Earl Curzon, President of the
Council, and Government leader in th*
House of Commons.
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GERMAN OPERAS
ARE CANCELLED
FOR THIS YEAR
By Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 11—The Lex
ngton theatre management has can
celled all arrangements for the season
for German operas. It was f;rst p'an
ne:l that the opening should be to
night but the Mavor and the Police
Gonmission served notice on the man
agement of the theatre that the per
formances nvght provoke disorder and
the operas have b^en cancelled.
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