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PRICE TEN CENTS. KETCHIKAN ALASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 11 ■ 1915.__ _ VOI" l*. NO. 11.
HIGH HANDED AGI OF A
Washington. March 11—The news of
the sinking of the American sailing
vessel Wm. Frye by the German aux
iliary cruiser Prinre Kite! Freidrich
has caused a profound sensation in
t«ith official and diplomatic circles,
as the first American vessel to be
sank bv a vcs<. ) f either or.e of the
belligerent f -a.tri outside the war
7.**;[e and mine*! area, and the Presi
dent lias ordered a rigid and most
searching inquiry into the matter.
It appears that the Frye was ar
American sailing voss-3. which -eft
Puget Sound in November for thc
Fnited Kingdom, with a load o
wheat. On the twenty-seventh of
January, while she was becalmed:
the Eitel Freidrich came along and
after examining her papers and seein.
tint her cargo was consigned to Great
Britain, ordered the Frye’s crew to
thr< w the cargo over! oar l. This they
prveeded to do. 1 vt tb- (dnnar
vessel, evidently thinking they wer
not working fast enough, and ai-j-ar
ontlv fearing the possibility of the
1-attleships of the enemy eoMing v.p.
ordered the American vessel s eerw
to take to their 1- its and come a
board her- while she sank the Frye
with a few well placed shots. This
was done, in sjdte of the fact that
The steamer Despatch got away
for tie south about six o'clock 5:is:
night, v ith fish an-i miscellaneous
freight * r >“>sr*t. ivie is seheili.le*!
to sail from fjeattle north again.
n> .\t .'ii: ay March 1‘.
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Kat a can of salmon tomorrow.
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1 wheat had not then nor since been
| declared contra brand, and the ship j
was clearly an American bottom.
As soon as these facts were made
' known, the Administration ordered
American war vessels to surround the
r'itel Freidrich and see that she did
not escape, and that nobody go a
; board or leave the vessel.
It is believed here that Germany
iy the act of her cruiser's captain in
! ’inking the Frye has gotten herself
inf ■» a position which will give her
> hard lime explaining, as she has
teen contending all the time that
treat Britain had no right to* inter
fere with food stuffs consigned to j
rivatc parties while same were on
‘oard the vessels of a neutral power.
Other vessels sunk by the cruiser
- re the British sailing vessel Inver
se the British steamers Mary Short
a ! the Willerby. the French steam
- Florida, and the French sailers
rre Loti and the Jacobsen, and !
the Russian sailing vessel Isabel j
Brown. The erews of all of these
vessels were taken prisoners.
It is reported at Newport News
that the Eitel Fredrick was chase ' j
into port by three British cruisers
which are now cruising about in th
offing waiting for her to come oat.
The halibut schooner Tordenskjob
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Ir’n Works. One of her connectin
rods broke recently so while that i
being repaired the rest of the engtnc
is being gotten into shape again.
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Buy a can of salmon today.
Eat a can of salmon tomorrow.
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TONIGHT AT THE GRAND
Tne Beasts of the Jungles will t>e
run again tonight. These animal pic
tures were played a week at
the Clone's Auditorium in Los Ange
les also a week at Grauman's Imper
ial, in San Francisco, the two largest
j theaters in California, and pronounced
by them to be one of the finest ani
mal pictures ever filmed. Big beasts,
little beasts, alligators and snakes.
' me and see them. These pictures
are good but the picture that was
not advertised yesterday. Trust of
Hate, was a complete surprise to those
j who saw it. This is a hand colored
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Washington- March II—It is re
ported that the government made on
offer of iSfn1. "} 00 for the Alaska
Northern Railroad, which runs out
of Seward. Alaska. Wljeu this report
was being circulated, She announce
ment was made that the new national
bank at Seward will open about the
middle of April.
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Paris. March 11—The vigorous bom
bardment of the f rts of the Dardan
e’.'es continues. Heavy fogs are inter
fering with the sax-ting of the bat
tlesfcips owing to the fact that the
aviators are enable to see what dam
age is being done.
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EAT CANNED SALMON
"on.arrow March 1C. is Canned Sal
on Day. ti e date set aside as the
•up dedicated tithe consumption of
•inned Salmon. The day will be oh
r*-ed by the h dels and dining car*
.oo cl out the T'nited States serving
tnned salmon in many styles, and
treating same as the chief feature of
their menus. Several of the local
stores plan t m ko a special of inn
tied salmon tomorrow, and it is fit
ting that the pe :de of Ketchikan,
the center of the salmon canning
industry, di their share in ol serving
the day.
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Buy a can of s-lmm ?•• lay.
Flat a can of salmon tomorrow.
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picture, and trees and water and
the beautiful colorings of the rich
costumes and furnishings of this
beautiful b. me makes it seem real.
The story is f a wealthy widow who
has sacrificed all of her precious
web rtgag or estat
to find herself financially embarras
sed and herself and daughters posi
tion in society ruined. In order to
secure the third mortgage ■ n her es
tate, she offers her daughters hand
to the banker. This story has a good
ending snl you will a beautiful
picture. Following these pictures
will be a Keystone comedy, making
six reels of the finest pictures you
ever saw in one show. Tomorrow
night there will be a complete change
• if pictures with vocal selections be
tween pictures. The first episode of
Lucille Love is coming soon to run
fifteen weeks. a Iv.
London, March 11—Under cover of
the fire of the French artillery, a
detachment of British regulars and
Colonials captured Xeuve Chnpelle.
near Labasse. last night, taking over
a thousand German prisoners. The
Germans were not expecting any at
tack. as the French guns had been
exchanging shots with the German j
batteries for some time without the j
infantry following it up. The Ger i
mans had been in the liabit of tak
ing to cover when the artillery fire j
became too intense for them, and did I
the same this time enabling the-Brit
ish to advance almost to their trench
ts nn or cover of the French guns (
and wore practically among the Ger- I
mans before the latter discovered j
them.
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' IS VERY SICK
Washington. March 11—Secretary
of the Treasury MeAdoo was taken j
to a hospital last night suffering \
from appendicitis. It is not known !
as yet whether he will be operated
on or not.
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MOOSE EJECT OFFICERS
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The local Moose Ldge elected Its ..f
fleers at the regular meeting last night
for the ensuing term, and they will
be installed at the first meeting of
the lodge in April. Those elected arc
J. G. Ellis, worthy dictator; M. L.
Canghrean, vice-dictator. G. C. Fol
j g»_-r Prelate; A. C. Kreidler. treas
i urer; Dr. T. Miller Trustee and lodgi
j physician: A. E. Teeter, secretary:
' S. Maxwell, inner guard and P. Shine
! outer guard.
The lodge is in a healthy condi
j tion at the present time, the member
I ship growing steadily.
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BUSY MAKING CANS
The can making machinery is grind
ing out cans at the Ketchikan Can
nery in great shape. The best day’s
run thus far is §2,000 cans, which is
slightly better than 136 cans every
i minute for the ten hour day’s run.
which is in itself a good record.
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Art For a Heart, at the Dream
, tonight. adv.
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Pathe Daily News at the Dream to
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Hot Blast Heaters
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Heckman Bldg.
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Washington, March 11—The State
Department has been advised that
four Spaniards have been assassinated
iu Mexico City. Spain has made no
special request for action to the
United States, but is believed to be
nutting the matter before the non
combatant countries of Europe, for
'he purpose of getting tlietr approval
to a joint demand for action by the
United States.
“THEY CAN GET
OUTJE SMS
Vera Cruz March 11—-General Car
ranza has wired F. S. Secretary of
State Bryan that all Americans an
other foreigners not satisfied with
conditions in Mexico are quite at lib
erty to get out. He enters a general
denial to the reports of rioting In the
City of Mexico.
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IN TIIE HANDS OF GYPSIES
Pauline will be seen in a new ad
venture in the twelfth episode of tin
great serial. The Perils of Pauline,
at the Dream tonight. She is still
angry at Harry for not being able
attend the wedding, and strays awa;
from home, only to be set upon by a
band of Gypsies, who have been hirei
by Owen. She is bound and gaged
and carried off to the'Tlypsie village
where her beauty so dazzles tin
leader that she is spared, but tin
jealousy of the younger women Gyp
sies is arronsed, and tlied disclos*
Pauline's whereabouts to Harry, wh
in turn sets out to release her. Thi
is accomplished after a terrible strop
gle with the Gypsies. This episodf
leaves off with a thrill that Is liar
to beat. See this number as it i
continued to the 13th episode. Tin
rest of the show is very good, the
Pc the Daily News has more war news,
than ever, and some interesting local
events. Art For a Heart, Is suri
an artistic comedy. Lillian Walker
and Wallace Van, they paint for an
exhibit and their paintings take tin
prices, and some paintings they are
They will make you laugh. Everything
is used from soup to celery. Thic
is one of the boosting shows, one that
makes the Dream .the house with
the pictures. See Pauline at her best
tonight. The Adventures of Katlilym
next week.
Buy a can of salmon today.
Eat a can of salmon tomorrow.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB BOLDS
Last night's session of the Com
mercial Club was probably the best at
tended and most interesting in its
history. There were close to fifty
people present when President Brown
called the meeting to order, and oil
notion the regular order of busin
ess was dispensed with to enable
those interested to lay the two mat
tors constituting the business of the
meeting before the Chamber.
Kd. Austin, who has boon at tlie
head of the movement to secure gov
eminent assistance in building the
toad from the Now Town boundaries
to Charcoal Point, made a statement
of matters bearing on the road, and
introduced a reohttion lie wished sent
to the Legislature on the subject of
the road which was unanimously ad
opted.
The Resolution
Whereas tLis Club lias been advised
that our representatives in the Terri
torial Legislature. Senator ('has. A.
Sulzel and Representative <T. 11. Heck
man. have introduced in the Senate
iml the House a bill providing for
the construction of a street or road
way connecting with Cliff Avenue of
Ketchikan on the westward and trav
ersing a part of Charcoal Precinct a
long the water front.
And whereas it is within our kuowl
edge that this is a much needed Im
provement for the reason that there
are over 300 people residing in Char
coal Precinct, casting at the last el
ection 142 votes.
And whereas these people are sep
arated from the town of Ketchikan
and its commercial advantages by a
high hill over which runs a narrow
crooked trail, which is reached by
' steps and stairs, making It lmnosible
for merchants to deliver goods by
team or auto delivery.
And whereas it is impossible to
transfer freight, goods, merchandise,
coal and lumber over this hid, the
residents of this community are obllg
ed to resort to towing such articles
on scows or in the the water.
And whereas there are numerous
| families with children of school a ire,
i who arc compelled to traverse this
; narrow and dangerous trail in the
I winter mouths or not attend school
| at all, therefore:
A swell show at the Dream t"
| night. adv.
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Be it resolved Unit this Club us uu
organization representing all the com
mercial interests of Ketchikan, most
earnestly urges upon our representa
tives in the Territorial Legislature*
and till other members thereof to ap
propriate sufficient funds to provide
for the construction of this much
needed street or road on the grade
of the connecting street from Ketchi
kan. via. Cliff Avenue, along tho
front of Charcoal Precinct to Char
coal Point.
And that copies of this resolution
be sent to tho Governor of Alaska,
The President of the Territorial Sen
ate. the Speaker of the House and
to our representatives in tHo Legis
lature, lion. ('has. A. Sulzer, and lion.
,1. K. Heckman.
After tho matter of the road had
been disposed of, several other speak
ers taking part, I-'remont King was
called on to tell of His trip to tho
Xntional Capital in the interests of
rlie halibut fisliingiug industry
of tins region. Air. King told
how he had been in Seattle when
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce do- *
cided to send representatives to Wash
ington. and that body had asked that
a Ketchikan man accompany their
delegation. His name was suggested,
and he bv wire had put the matter
up to the Comercinl Club here, which,
in turn had wired hint asking him to
go. He then briefly told of his trip,
and the great interest the Officials
at Washington showed in Alaska and
her resources, and the ignorance of
the east on same. Air. King is of
flip opinion that ttie government is
a y and auxi ms to help us in every*
way possible ns long as they can do
same without injuring the balance of
the country. He also spa’ * of tho
possibility of securing terminal rates
from the Grand Trunk Pacific Th *1
road and tho different trims conti
nental roads running from the Sound.
His talk paved the way for a gener
al discussion of the subject of termin
al rates, and on motion the chair ap
pointed a committee sonsistng of Air.
King, .T. 1!. Bee.de and D. W. Hunt
to gather data on the halibut business
and prepare a plan of campaign with
the idea in view of securing such
terminal rates.
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See Pauline at the Dream tonight,
night. adv.
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