THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE STORY
GERMAN ACCOUNT OF THE
NORTH SEA BATTLE.
BERLIN. June 1<>.—Twenty-six of
Admiral Jellieoe's most powerful bat
tleships. including six of the most
modern Queen Elizabeth class, and
the entire British dying wing compos
ed of battle cruisfrs. equal in every
respect, except armor protection, to
dreadnoughts, were engaged in all
save the early stages of the day bat
tle in the North Sea. according to an
authoritative account issued in Ber
lin.
The account meets clearly what is
characterized as the British attempt
to explain defeat by the statements
that th e-German forces in action were
much larger than the British. Many
details, however, are suppressed for
strategic reasons.
The 9eet thus assembled, says the
account, surpassed in tonnage and
weight of broadsides the German
force engaged, was at least equally
modern, and was far speedier than the
squadron of German predreadnoughts
which, lumbering along at eighteen
or nineteen knots, were soon left far
to the rear by their swifter consorts,
out of the main action. The recital
leaves untold the tale of damages sus
tained by German units and the loss
- ff’Tr personnel.
Haze Aided Germans.
It is shown that the Germans on
this occasion, unlike the Dogger bank
engagement of cruiser squadrons,
were able to choose their distance
and fight considerable portions of the
battle a: ranges of about eight miles
—now considered as a moderate dis
tance—a: which the German eleven
and twelve-inch guns were virtually
as effective in penetrating power as
the big-mounted thirteens. fourteen?
and fifteens with which the modern
British giants are armed. Further
more they are far superior in rapidity
of fire. Naval experts have intimated
to the Associated Press that this was
I one of the most decisive factors in the
; struggle.
German battleships and battle
i cruisers were abK to shower the Brit
! ish with a hail r' shell which, at a
range of eight miles and sometimes
even closer, smashed and riddled Brit
ish armor belts : nd wrought havoc
' to ships' vitals, .'he ponderous Brit
ish projectiles naturally were no less
effective, but the Armstrong and Whit
worth monsters could land scarcely
one punch to each two from the vic
ious Krupp eleven-inciters.
The hazy weather was Germany's
friend, as it necessitated action at
closer range.
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CHINESE MERCHANT
LEADS IN SINGING
(Seattle Times.)
"We wiil now join in singing the
national anthem," announced George
H. Himes, curator of the Oregon His
torical Society, at the conclusion of
his illustrated lecture on early pio
neer days in the Pacific Northwest
before a large gathering of members
of the Washington State Pioneer As
sentation at the Chamber of Com
merce last night.
From the throats of the assembled
pioneer- there arose no answering
melody With a sort of stage fright
the old-timers cast furtive glances at
each other, each apparently hoping
that his neighbor would start the
song Then the first words of the
song came floating from the rear of
the convention hall. Someone had
the inspiration. Words and tune were
clear and unmistakable.
All glanced around to see who had
risen to relieve an embarrassing mo
ment of hesitancy. They saw that it
was Mark Ten Suie. a pioneer t hir.ese
merchant of Seattle, who had started
the song when ail others faltered He
had been initiated into membership
la the association yesterday.
Once started, the prospers found
their voices and before lor.g the as
sembly hall was ringing with the
melody.
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Rain coats and umbrellas. Fields.
Strong Stove Company, Ketchikan
HEROIC DEEDS ARE
PERFORMED BY PRIESTS
PARIS. June S.—A campaign by the
extreme anticlerical elements of the
Radical and Socialist parties against
the presence of priests at the battle
fronts in daily contact with soldiers
has brought sharply into public notice
the work which these priests have
done and are doing at the front.
it required a special intervention
to produce for priests even the “priv
ilege" of going to the front. Prior to
May. 1**13. no chaplains were provid
ed for the army. The minister of war
at that time provided in a decree that
in case of war two Catholic priests,
a Protestant pastor and a rabbi should
be attached to each groun of stretch
er bearers of an army c ps. and t wi
Catholic chaplains to .:ch division
which had no stretcher bearers
Thus about 100 pries' - and half as
many Protestants and J vs were au
thorized to accompany the army.
When war began. Count Albert de
Mun. since deceased, obtained from
the minister of war aut. . .'1: r.tion for
priests to enlist as chaplains with the
approx al of riteir bishops up to the
number of 2a0 in addition. Count
Paul Pourties obtained the same favor
for eighty more Protestant pastors,
while sixteen additional rabbis were
named.
The number of priests who have
given their lives on the field of bat
tle has not yet been counted, for be
sides the chaplains there are several
thousand priests'incorporated in the
auxiliary' services, or who volunteer
ed for active service. A great many
deaths, however, have been reported
among the chaplains under heroic
circumstances. The Rabbi Abraham
Bloch <vas fatally wounded at Saint
Die by a fragment of a shell at the
moment when he tended a crucifix to
a wounded soldier who had taken him
for a Catholic priest. The Abbe YU
lier. chaplain of the civil hospital of
Arras, was killed by a shell while seek
ing to save his patients during a
bombardment of Arras. Chaplain Dur
breuil died at the extreme point of
positions conquered by the Zouaves
with whom he went to the assault.
Three chaplains gave up their lives
during the battle of Champagne: the
Abbe Thinot struck by a shell while
digging out men buried by the explos
ion of a mine: the Abbe Perrot and
the Abbe Pouch, who fell, the former
while looking after a fallen soldier
and the latter while giving first aid
to a general of brigade wounded on
the field of battle.
A chaplain from the region of Ver
dun gives the following graphic recital
of an experience: “We celebrated
Easter under the shrapnel, within
S ‘C* yards of the German trenches, and
the Credo was saluted by a fusilade.
Our trenches had been covered into
green bowers with Sowers and ivy
garlands. On Good Friday fourteen
?’3t:ons had been marked with cross
es in the communication trench for
’he solemn procession. At haif past
vo. just r.s I had confessed my last
penitent, a bullet hit him in the neck.
! gave him first aid and then he turn
ed his brave eyes toward me and
murmured: ‘You have cared for the
body, now- look after the soul.' I’of
fer d up a prayer that went with his
departing sou*. It was in that con
dition that I proceeded on the road
to the cross, and at the twelfth s*a
iion I offered the pure vermillion
Mood of that brave son of France to
t'hrist and with all my heart I said:
Our Lord, that blood was generously
sbed.' ”
Bishop Rueh, as chaplain of a sec
tion of stretcher bearers of the —th
corps, was decorated with the Legion
of Honor and the war cross on the
field of battle, and cited in orders as
follows: 'Charles P.uch. bishop, ef
;ac?d himself in spite of his eminent
dignity and gave proofs in a modest
post of untiring activity and devotion,
notably in the latest combats, visiting
ihe first line trenches, seeking for
wounded on the line of fire aud watch
ing at night In exposed field hospitals.
His calm courage has acquired for him ;
the affection of everyone."
In a little sector taken from the
Germans, where there was a church ,
riddled by shells, the chaplain of the j
victorious regiment decided to say ]
mass while shells were screeching to j
right and left. A projectile crashed !
through the only window remaining |
intact, smashed the altar and threw I
j the chaplain and his assistants to |
i the floor.
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GIVES AWAY GIRLS AGE.
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(Baltimore News.)
There was uo loud and ostentatious
weeping at the Goucher seniors' fare
veil chapel exercise. Only now and
1 then was there a furtive dab at a
I "tearv'’ eye. or nose, or the sound of
! what might have been a sob bad it
not been suppressed in Infancy. Dr.
j Lillian Welsh told the seniors grad
j uating was a time for "rejoicing." and
! argued the point so well that those
who came to weep remained to smile.
The smiles grew broader when she
told the college girls that no matter
how hard they tried, they would never
be able to conceal their ages.
"The ages of college girls." she pur
sued. with mathematical exactness,
“are somewhere between 16 and 20.”
Taking this a premise, she argued
that any mean person who wants to
find out the exact age of a college
graduate need only to do a simple lit
tle sum in arithmetic.
“If you don't want your age to be
1 known,” she added amid laughter,
j "don't go to college."
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Walk-Over shoes at Fields.
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-> AT THE HOTELS. *
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AT THE STEDMAN.
T. J. Comeau. Hidden Inlet: Wm.
C’ollander. Red Wing Mine: Mrs. H.
M. McClellan. Seattle; Mrs: Fred St.
Marie. Winnie Pierce. E. R. McLane
J. M. McKay.
AT THE REVILLA.
Emile E. Hurja. Fairbanks; I. R.
Wymore, San Francisco; Peter Sath
er, Seattle: Mrs. Leghorn, J. R. Wil
son, T. F. Murray. J. Wall.
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There's one live merchant in every
city that carry Walk-Over shoes.—
Field is agent here for them.
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+ WILL OPEN SATURDAY. 4
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+ Shanghai Cafe — Noodles and +
+ Chop Suey. Stedman St. +
+ Henry Chin, Prop. Phone — +
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Bring in your bit of news. Local
items are always acceptable.
LIKE A GOOD MERCHANT
Crescent Baking Powder
Aiwa vs gives you tlie most
value for the least money
It’s a pure higligrade result
producer
25 cents per pound
At all Grocers
rescent Mfg.
Company
c. Wash.
A FAT MAN'S HOPE,
(By \V. A. White.)
The skirts which the girls arc
wearing this spring are equipped
with elastic "pucker" strings at the
waist, amt the Emporia tailors who
build clothing for men should take
« hint therefrom, and include an
elastic section in vests of the suits
they build for customers who are no
longer sylph-like in their propor
tions.
Men who hover habitually on the
bulgy side of a 44-inch waistband
sometimes have a mean variation of
as much as four inches in before and
after breakfast readings. An .elas
tic vest would automatically take up
the slack and shield from the re
marks of the ribald crowd the man
who by persistent starving, some
times called dieting, is just begin
ning to see his own fetjt for the fivst
time in years, where now, a slack and
wrinkled vest is a dead giveaway of
the dieting. Also, when the flesh is
weak, although the spirit remains
willing, and the portly brother falls,
and wraps himself around baked po
tato. salad rich in olive oil, and other
waistline producers, the elastic sec
tion would yield and there would be
the same unruffled vest front of his
more slender days, where now bulg
ing and strained buttons betray the
fact that the old man is putting on
weight again.
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MANY IN KETCHIKAN
TRYtsiMPLE MIXTURE
Many Ketchikan people are sur
prised 'at the QUICK action of simple
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as
mixed in Adler-i-ka. This simple rem
edy acts on BOTH upper and lower
bowel, removing such surprising foul
matter that ONE SPOONFUL relieves
almost ANY CASE constipation, sour
stomach or gas. A few doses often
relieve or prevent appendicitis. A
short treatment helps chronic stom
ach trouble. The INSTANT, easy'ac
tion of Adler-i-ka is astonishing.-—
The Ryus Drug Co.
NON-MINERAL APPLICATION NO.
UNITED STATES ... - ) ’* 123456 0
United Staes Land Office
Juneau, Alaska
In re application of Rebecca Roc
and the heirs of George W. Roe, de
ceased, U. S. Survey No. 704.
Notice of application for patent.
Notice is hereto given that Rebec
ca Roe, for herself and the heirs of
George W. Roe. deceased, has this
day filed their application for patent
for tlie following trade and ninnu
facturuig site, designated in this
office as United States Survey No.
Mild notes as follows:
704 and described by be plat and
Beginning at Corner No. 1, l'. S.
Loe. Mon. 704 bears N Si deg.. 51’ E
to.27 chains distant; thence N 62 deg.
.37' E. 16.46 obxins to Corner No. 2;
thence S 27 deg. 25' E. 6.71 chains,
i to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 62 deg. 27'[
| iv. 16.43 chans to Cor. No. 4; thence
i S. 27 deg. 23' W. to Cor. No. 1. place j
| of beginning.
Said site is located near the N. \Y
[end of Bell Island. Territory of A I-I
a ska, !-attitude 55 deg. 55' 37' N,
! Longitude 131 deg. 33’ 45" VV. Area,
111..05 acres. This claim is surroun
; ded on all isdes by unsurveyed lands,
i Variation 80 deg. 20' E. Plat of said
I site and this notice posted on said
j claim on lie, seventh 171It > day of
1.1une 1916.
Any and alt persons claiming ad
. versely any p;ortion of the aboVe
i named claim, or the Surface ground
I thereof, are required to file said ad
' verse claim with- the Register of the
Land Office at Juneau. Alas*.a, within
! the 60 days period of postnig and
publishing of this notice, or within
! 30 days thereafter, or hey will be
barred.
Rebecca Roe for herself and he
I heirs of George. IV. Roe, deceased.
By ABB1E HOl'TS, One of Said
I Heirs and Attorney In Fact.
it is hereby ordered that tne fore
I going notice he published in the
1 "Progressive”, a weekly newspaper,
published at Ketchikan, Alaska, for
I ten consecutive weeks.
C. B. WAI-KER. Regsier.
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Next time you need a pair of shoes
let Field show you the Walk-Over
shoe.
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The Customs is next door to Field,
the specialist
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Men and women's Walk-Over shoes
at Fields.
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The Walk-Over shoes have arrived
at Fields.
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AND ALTERATIONS +
+ —done at— +
+ Mrs. Ferhmann's - Phone 179 +
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Lot 11 in block 6—4S ft. front by
98 ft. deep, on Water street opposite
the Lighthouse dock. One L \e two ^
room cabin and a one and a half
story house,, each rented ror $9 a
month. Buildings are in good condi- ♦"
tion and are good renters. They
occupy less than half of the lot, leav
ing room for hree medium sized
houses. This is one of the most desir
able lots in town. At present will
net ten per cent as a business loca
tion. The value will be enhanced
by the completion of Cliff Avenue, the
construction of which is now under
way. ndv. tf.
EDW. BROWN, Newtown.
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ADVERTISED LETTER LIST
of the Ketchikan. Alaska. Post Office,
For week ending June 10, 1916.
Arvik. John
Brown, Chas. H. 1 ^
Carlson. Tom
Chung, K. S.
Chuck, Billy
' Coy, Stanley
Bahlbeck, John C.
Hackney, F. R.
Johnson, Chas. H. ft
Morrs. John
i
Porters, Geo.
Samson, Wilfred C.
Sproule, George
Troy, John.
Walers, E.
When calling for the above, say
! “Advertised.” Parties claiming let
ters from the above list must pay a
fee of one cent for each letter claim
j ed. All letters unclaimed by June «
■ 24, 1916 will be sent to the dead letter
| office, Washington, I). C.
M. E. Swineford, Postmaster.
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CABIN FOR RENT—Apply to Dr.
1 Brown for particulars. (adv.)
33C£83 £&}C££C&!e&!t&!
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p WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, JUNE 14-15, 1916. ^
fi. “THE SILENT COMMAND” §’
A Four Reel Featuring some well known characters Robert Leonard
is the producer and also plays the leadingpart. Ella Hall is the object s?
aa for hypnotism and is under the control of Dr. Sevani. A crime has been
pi committed and this young girl Is accused. Then the question to be £1
answered, can a subject be induced to commit a crime unless the moral
££ sense has been previously shattered.
A good kind face beams in the judge’s bench known as Dady Manly
*2 in the Master Key. " S
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if An Educational and a Comedy |
p^ Completes the Show o
DON’T FORGET this is benefit night for Mrs. Boots and her
three little ones. The appeal has already been answered by many, 5s
«3» so let everybody help. W
$ Friday and Saturday §
I THE MASTER KEY |
G BELL ISLAND
\ HOT SPRINGS \
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** forty-five nines north of ketchi- y
^ kan- Clean cabins, equipped for r
i V*. housekeeping. Reasonable rent- e
1 Li Meals served if required. Week- *
y ■ boat service from William’s dock, *
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HOUTS. Manager in charge ?
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OFFICES IS
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Phone 142
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Painting. Kalsomining, Paperhanging
- an<l Graining a Specialty.
y KETCHIKAN, : : ALASKA 11
3 KETCHIKAN £
3 PdBLIC LIBRARV AND
3 FREE READING ROOM
| 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. . ft
MRS. J B. THOMPSON
Librarian £
■j KETCHIKAN CIVIC CLUB- 2
J; Meets every first and third Tues- c
<t \ lay evening at 8 p. in-, at the Coun- ^
•t ! cil Chambers. All women interest- j 2
). | <o) in the welfare of our city are 19
* • cordially invited to attend.—Sec. B. Z
3 P. Dickinson, M. D ,T
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