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VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN, ALASKA. TUESDAY. MARCH 21, 1916. ___ flg
THE DOINGS IN THE
FIELDS OF MEXICO
VILLA MAY BE FORCED TO FIGHT ODR TROOPS
WITHIN THIRTY-SIX HOURS
SAX AXTOXIu, match 21.—From
al accounts, Villa may be forced to
meet the Ametuan sou in an
open battle within thirty-six hours
A tert-ri L‘o tfiat effect ’.va« r# eived
hete from a private soar i and was
»nafirmed later by a J. , s.t- L front
General Fershtng.
EL PASO, March 21—At Xant
iquipa about the hour of four-thirty
yesterday afternoon, Carranza’s for
ces under the command of General
*. amo caught up with the Villa ban
dits and engaged them in a battle
that lasted several hours. However
and while it if reported that Villa ^
was compelled to flee, an accurate
report of the result is still lacking.
COLUMBUS, March 21.—Six bi
planes under the immediate com
mand of of Captain Fowler, arrived
here at three o’clock this morning"
and left almost immediately there
after for the purpose of discovering
Villa’s whereabouts, in the event he
should evade the pursuing troops
HEAVY FIGHTING
IS REPORTED
NORTH OF VERDIN IS THE
CENTER OF ATTRACTION j
FOR GERMAN'S.
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LONDON, March 21- — Heavy
fighting is reported from the north i
of Verdun. An incessant fir<j has
been kept up for the last twenty
hours. The Germans keeping up a
steady bombardment of the fort£ |
without telling effects.
The report says that the casual
ties among the' Germans is appall- j
ing.
AMONG THE PROMINENT
TRAVELERS.
Mr. G. A. MeNicno!] general j
agent for the Grand Trunk Pacific, 1
with headquarters at Prince Ru
pert, was a through passenger on
the steamer Spokane last evening
* going south. Mr. MeNicholl had
planned .o stop over, but in view I
of the fact that the steamer Sophia j
was supposed to follow- the Spo- j
kane, it would have left but very
little time to remain in Ketchikan, ■
hence his going on through.
HAVE PRACTICALLY AGREED
ON CHAIRMAN OF CONVENTION
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CHICAGO, March 21.—Inquiries
made o’ hr Afferent parties inter
ested : .i.j coming republican j
national convention, revealed the j
fact that it has been practically (
agreed that Dr. Butler, president j
of the Columbia University will be 1
chairman. i
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• W. E. Kendrick, of the firm of
I, of Kendrick <& Ferte, Alaska Out
door Advertisers of Juneau, paid
Mr. Newman a visit while the Spo
kane was in port. Mr. Kendrick is
on his way to the Outside on a
■m business trip for his firm.
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We sell Seattle brewed “BOCK
7BEER” at the Seattle Bar. adv.
FOR RENT—-Furnished room. In
•quire at Progressive-Miner office.
BRYAX FOR. PROHIBITIOX. !
LINCOLN, March 21—Ex-Secre- j
tary Bryan, in what is considered
the opening speech of the demo
cratic campaign made last evening,
said that he was in favor of a
nation-wide prohibition, and would
work to that end throughout. He
said also that while reports have
been circulated that in the coming
campaign he would oppose Wilson s
nomination, these reports, he de
clared had no foundation in facts j
and that he would stand back oi ]
the President.
AUSTRIAN FORCES
ABANDON POSITION
EVACUTE BRIDGHEAD FORTIFI-j
CATIONS AND LEAVE TRANS
PORT BEHIND.
LONDON, March 21. — Austrian !
forces at Dniester are reported to :
have evacuated Bridghead fortifi
cation together with a transport in
the harbor when they were pressed
by the Russians.
King Leopold is said to have is
sued a procfamation prohibiting the
importation of automobiles, motor
cycles and musical instruments.
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ZEEBRUGGEE WAS DESTROYED.
‘ AMSTERDAM, March 21.—Infor- j
mation has reached here that fire
destroyed Zeebruggee. After the
raid by the British aeroplanes,
great illumination was seen from
a distance indicating that the whole
fortification, stores, etc., were be
ing burned. This was verified lat
er by a correspondent who visited
the devastated stronghold of the
Germans.
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- E. G. Wetzel, chief clerk of the
railway mail service for this part
of Alaska, was a visitor in town
today. He expects to leave on
the first boat for the north, Skag
way being his home town.
NEW SPRING MILLINERY ON!
DISPLAY AT HECKMAN’S adv
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
^ Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
* Camp Stores
Heckman Bldg.
H- _ _1
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SPRING GOODS
; Are coining in faster than we expected them.
In order to make room for the
NEW GOODS
We will offer the following at
REDUCED PRICES
Men's Mackinaws, Malore Pants. Wool Under
wear Flannel Shirts, etc.
T I P. J. GILMORE, The Clothier
■_ii' i II i HI li ItiMW I'liiM 4 I 1 I I'Uii i1W—l—ii
RULES AMD REGULATIONS AS
PRESCRIBED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
RAILROAD TOWN-SITE
Forfeiture of Lots For Various
Breach of Regulations.
Much has been said by divers
parties returning from Anchorage
the last six months about the sales
of railroad town-site lots by gov
emment officials. In some instances
some misrepresentations have been
made that put officials in the wrong
iight- As some are prone t° *m"
pute ill-motives or government mon
opoly, the Progressive-Miner finally
secured copies of the rules and regu
lations promulgated by the depart
ment which are reproduced in parts
to the end that in the event some
of our readers contemplate invest
ment, may be informed of the con
ditions attached to the sales of
those Jots by the gorernment.
Some of the principal features fol
low:
Executive Order Regulations.
RESERVATIONS: The Alaska
Engineering Commission will file
with the Secretary of the Interior,
when deemed necessary, its recom
mendations for the reservation of
such areas as in its opinion may
be nwded for townsite purposes.
The Secretary of the Interior will
thereupon transmit such recommend
ations to the President with his
objection* thereto or concurrence
therewith. If approved by the
President, the reservation will be
made by Executive Order.
SURVEY: When in the opinion
of the President the public interests
require a survey of any such reser
vati on, the Secngcary of the Inter
ior s.hall cause to be set aside such
portion's for railroad purposes as
may be selected by the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, and cause the
remainder, or a part thereof, to be
surveyed i.oto urban or suburban
blocks and lots of> suitable size,
and into reservations for parks,
schools, and other public purposes
and for government use. Highways
should be laid out, where practica
ble, all along shore lines, and suffi
cient land for dock and wharf pur
poses along- such shore lines should
be reserved in such places as there
is any apparent necessity therefor
PUBLIC SALE: The unreserved
iots will be offered at public outcry
to the highest bidder at such time
and place, and after such publica
tion of notice, if any, as the Secre
tary of the Interior may diret?
and he may appoint or detail some
suitable person as Superintendent
of the Sale to supervise the same,
and may fix his compensation and
require him to give sufficient bond.
SUPERINTENDENT’S AUTHOR
ITY: Under the supervision of the
Secretary of the Interior, the Super
intendent of the Sale will be, and he
is hereby authorized to make all
—continued on rage i _
GERMANS ON
THE DEFENSIVE
OFFICIALS AT VERDUN CLAIM
THAT THE ENEMY IS NOW
SPARRING.
PARIS,. March 21.—A late re
port from Verdup says that the
allies have put the Germans on the
defensive, and that a drive will be
undertaken within forty-eight hours
by the combined allied forces
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REPRESENTATIVE
OF UNION E
IS MAKING THE ROUND TO
HAVE FISHERMEN SIGN UP.
Mr. Garnett Olson, of Seattle, rep
resenting the Seattle Deep Water
Fisherman’s Union, who went on
■ a strike a short time ago, arrived
| in town last evening from ^he north ;
where he went to have fishermen |
! sign up the agreement to force a j
; settlement.
Mr. Olsen reports a successful
! trip, in that he secured the signa
tures of members of several crews.
When he was asked the cause j
( of the strike, Mr. Olsen said that
[heretofore, boat owners and fishing
• fs*rnpanies have been getting one
' fifth of the gross profits as a share
I for the investment involved. But
j that in .the renewal of gears, such
i as nets, etc, the companies have
j refused to contribute their share in
I the expense thus incurred, and that
| the whole burden was thrown on
I the crew. This is considered unfair
; and after repeated appeal to the
I boat owners and others without re
I suits, fhe union decided to resort to
j a strike.
I announcement
TO THE LADIES OF
KETCHIKAN
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Mr. Greenbaum has arrived today
on the Dolphin with the most up
to-dnte ladies’ wearing apparel con
sisting of suits, coats, dresses, waists
street skirts, petticoats, silk sweat
ers ana' raincoats. He will, have them
on display in the parlor of the
ftedman hotel tomorrow, the 2lfct.
at ten o’clock. Do not miss this op
portunity. Call whether you purm.ase
or iiot and you will see the ta est
- pring style which has never been
shown here before. lours truly,
(Adv.) A. GItEENCALM.
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RESOLUTION IS DEFEATED.
WASHINGTON, Mam: 21.—De
j - ' ■ the eloquent pleading" the
; Sp.1 e . ’eader of the house cf rep
I . Mr. Mann, the res'°tu‘
i lesen atives, ,. metimc ago ha\*T
; ,0n ;ntroduced so - increase of
; ng for its object the to ^.0
tne army jn peace time ^
hundred and fity thousand, me
defeat today,
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FOR RENT—A cabin on Mahoney
Height. Apply to Dr. Brown.
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J. K. ChilburK Pres. J. R. Heckman Vice-pres. . A. R. Larson Cashier j |
Miners and Merchants Bank |
Foreign and Domestic Exchange £
Travelers Checks ?!
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent r
Territorial Depository jS
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PHONE 143
Life, Fire and Marine Insurance
Notaries Public and Customs Brokers {
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NUMBER OF I
SHIPS LDSlj
—
IS GIVEN OUT BY THE U. S.
GOVERNMENT BUREAU
OF RECORDS.
OVER TWO THOUSAND
According to Figure- Published
Today By The Department
of Commerce.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—Tha
Department of Commerce today
gave out the figures obtained of
all the ships lost between the war
ring nations since the beginning of
hostility. The records show that
over two thousand ships were either
sunk or put out of commission.
The record further shows that
uermany’ heads the list with six
hundred ships eitliey suns a:,'lin'd
01 interned, or captured, i; j t *ul
tonnage amounting to '.our ini'l.on
tons
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VILLA WILL BE II VRD TO
CATCH.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—Off
icials here say that one of the dif
ficulties in catching Villa will be
the superiority of his mounts. It
is said that his horses in his com
mand which himself and his men
ride over Mexico are race horses
The fugitive chief has made a prac
tice of seizing or buying outright
the finest horses available.
Another problem lies in the fact
that through fear or ignorance the
Mexicans residing in country re
gions of Chihuahua give consider
able allegiance to Villa. In the
cities it is considered the Carranza
sentiment is dominant, but Villa
is stronger in rural regions.
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FOUR AGAINST
THREE WIN
; GERMANS ARE PUT TO FLIGHT;
TWO MEN KILLED AND
FIVE WOUNDED.
LONDON, March 21.—In a run
r„ng fight yesterday, four B-itisl
tcipedo boat destroyers engafeid
German destroyers off the coast o
Belgium and after hundreds oJ
shote were exchanged, the German
took to flight
It is reported that two German
■ Were killed and five wounded in tin
! skirmish.
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NOTICE.
TO THE PUBLIC—Fresh Easter
and Olympia Oysters at the Wash
i irgton Fish & Oyster Co. Marke
in t.he Cold Storage building. Adi
**.« kinds or commercial prim
- »WT at thtf Progressive-Mine
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RATES TO ALASKA ARE I
ADVANCED A NOTCH I
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES DECIDE ON iA RAISE I
' IN BOTH FREIGHT AND PASSENGER I
SEATTLE, March 21.—Effective I
April first, freight rates on all
steamship lines in Alaska have been
advanced from three to five dollars
a ton. Fare to cabin passengers j
is increased five dollars. The com
panies announce that the advance is
due to the enormous demand for
tonnage.
The incredulous ones arc of the
opinion that the increase is the ro- *
suit of a combination to make up
the loss incurred through the reduc
tion of rates on fish from Alaska
to Seattle in competition with the .
Grand Trunk Pacific, that has al
ready cut so deeply into the trans
portation companies’ traffic.
FICKLE PUBLIC.
It’s mighty hard to please the
whole of the people. However
careful one may be, some one will
be displeased. For instance, just
because the reporter failed to men
tion that a certain young man had
sung a solo at a gathering—and
between you and the rest, he can’t
sing for sour apples—land his name
was not mentioned, the reporter got
dickens this morning and had to
lie like sixty to get away with his
whole skin- Now, what do you
think of that ? Isn’t that the limit ?
It sure is.
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REPORTS OF RAID
ARE BROUGHT IN
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE
AT ZEBRUGGEE BY
AEROPLANES.
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LONDON, March 21.—Reports of
the damage done by the aeroplanes
| in the raid on Zebruggee last Sun
1 day evening are fast coming in. The
] last official report says that the
j raid which was made in conjunction
1 with monitors and cruisers that
! bombarded the city, caused a great
| deal of damage. Tw0 German steam
; el's were hit and four men wounded.
The aeroplanes returned without
sustaining the least damage
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MRS STENSLAND LEAVES FOR
HER HOME
On the mail boat this morning for
Dolomi was Mrs. Theo. Stensland,
who has been here on business for
the last few days- Mrs. Stensland
. home is at Moira Sound on the left
arm of Prince of Wales island where
Mr. Stensland is in charge of the
S. C. P. cannery and store.
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AT THE HOTELS
Those who are registered at the
Stedman are Mrs. Theo Stensland
and Frank Parish, the latter from
( Seattle.
Those at the Revilla are J. Thom
t pson, "Hadley; Louis Preuss, Fair
banks; E. G. Wetzler, Skagway, chid
railway mail clerk; T. M. West ol
- Seattle; Sam Guyot of Juneau anc
r. Garnett Olson of Seattle.
RUSSIANS ARE
CHECKED AGAIN
WITH CASUALTIES AMOUNTING
TO THOUSANDS EVERY
ATTACK.
LONDON, March 21—The Rus
sian’s change of position after the
first attack on the Germans at
Dvinsk last Sunday, has not ap
parently been of much benefit since
they have suffered heavily at every
attack since the last movement.
Their loss in yesterday’s attempted
drive has cost them thousands of
men.
Another change of position is said
to be contemplated, but the move
will not be made, says the corres
pondent, until re-enforcements has
been secured.
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HANS APSCH GONE SOUTH.
Hans Apsch, of the Royal Hptel,
left this morning on the steamer
Spokane on a business trip south.
His first stop will be at Prince
Rupert where he intends to remain
until the arrival of the Princess
Sophia, taking passage on her for
Victoria. Mr. Apsch will make the
round trip on the Sophia.
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THE DREAM RUSHING WORK
The building intended for the
Dream Theatre is being rushed to
completion. A gang of workmen
has been put to work this morning
with the intention of having it ready
for occupancy within the next three
weeks.
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THE SPOKANE IN AND OUT
The steamer Spokane arrived from
the north during the night, loaded
eighty-two boxes of fresh fish and
departed at 2 a. m. Those taking
■ passage aboard her for the south
were Christ Olsen and Hans Apsch.
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| MOVEMENTS OF THE BOATS
From the north, the only boat re
i ported is the Northwestern, due here
! tomorrow.
! From the south, the Alaska is
| due to sail tomorrow
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Supported by the
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