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VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1915. ... _ NUMBER TWENTY-THREE.
DEAIH CLAIMS
CAPT. S. BBUNN
Master of S. S. Despatch
Succumbs to Pneumonia
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Contracted Disease While Assistim
At the Mariposa Wreck
” Succumbing to a severe attack of
pneumonia, Simon Brunn, commander
of the S. S. Despatch of the Border
* Lire Transportation Co., one of the
pioneer navigators of Alaskan
waters, and an old resident of this
. city, passed away to his final rest
yesterday morning at nine o’clock
at the Arthur Yates Hospital. Cap
tain Brunn contracted a severe cold
about ten days ago when the De
spatch stood by the wrecked Mari
posa and rescued her passengers
and brought them to Ketchikan. The
trip north was then continued, but
on the return of the Despatch south
bound 'last Saturday morning, Capt
Brunn was a very sick man indeed.
* and was taken off here and brought
to the hospital for treatment. But
pneumonia, in a most aggravated
? form had rendered his condition more
, serious than was previously suppos
ed, and he grew steadily weaker un
til finally claimed by death.
The deceased was at one time 9
resident of this city, having lived
here with his family during th<
early days of the camp. All who
knew him were his friends, and he
' had legions of them. He is survived
bv a wifeyind three daughters.
rr’ e body was prepared and shinned
tPP M-Ki today for interment
outside.
Captain Brunn is said to have
' been born in Germany 52 on 5?
venrr ago and came to this country
when ouite young.
. A coincidence worthy of notice in
connection with his death is that he
was stricken with the disease tha
carried him into his grave on the
12th, his birthday.
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DROP BOMBS
OVER SWISS
Cause Some Damage and
Infuriate Populace
PARIS, Oct. 18—German aviators
are reported to have dropped bombs
over the to'.'"1’ of Chaufheim and
Renan, inflicting considerable dam
age, although none were reported
killed.
The effrontery of the aviators was
resented by an infuriated populace
who promise to prepare to receive
others wuth guns.
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LOAN BEARS SIX
PER CENT INTEREST
NEW YORK, Oct, 18—It is an
nounced today that the government
will arrange for a twenty five mil
lion loan, payable in one year.
The loan made to the Allies re
cently, will bear interest at the rate
of six per cent., and shall be used
exclusively for the necessaries of
life.
NOTICE TO ARCTIC BROTHRES
A meeting of the Arctic Brothers
will be held this evening at their
hall. The importance of the bus
iness that is to come up requires
that every member be present.
HARVEY STACKPOLE, A, C.
WILL HARVEST PACIFIC KB1
FOR WAR MUNITIONS
ITALIANS FORSEE
VICTORY AHEAD
ROME, Oct. 18—A report from the
front says that the Italian forces
are storming Jregasena and that its
fall is a matter of a- short time.
The conflict has been going on
for several days and is reported
to have cost an immense loss of men
on both sides.
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MILLIONS OF MEN WILL BE
REQUIRED BEFORE SPRING
Recruiting Officer Says That
Conscription Must be Resorted To
LONDON, Oct. 18— Chief Recruit
ing officer Swane, in a statement
made today, says that at least three
and a half million men will be re
quired to continue the war before
spring. That in his opinion nothing
short of conscription will supply that
number.
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At The DREAM TONIGHT
IN THE JITNEY RACE
Walter Cross 177
Ada Heath 10!)
Inga- Hanson 99
GertiT.dc Robinson 85
Bill Patching, Jr. 55
Enid Henning 47
Another four Reel Paramount Fea
ture on tonight, see the Dream ad.
on the last page.
MET BY FORTY i
g
trench Troops Go Under
First Fire in Macedonia
BULGARIANS ATTACK
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Repulsed Attack Inflicting Frightful
Loss to Assailants
LONDON, Oct. 18—Despatches i
from Athens say the French troops
recently landed in Macedonia, re
ceived their first baptism of fire
since their landing. An army of
forty thousand Bulgarians attacked
the French troops near Hudovilandov
yesterday, but the report says that
the fighting still continues without
apparent advantage on either situ.
Great confidence is reposed in t.'
Allies to make their way through and
relieve the pressure that is being
put upon the Serbians on three
sides.
MINISTRY RESIGNS
MADRID, Oct. 18—Due to dissec
tion, caused by certain parties desir
ing to take a hand in the present
war, brought a crisis which result
ed in the ministry resigning in a
body. Another ministry will )>e
formed shortly, with a prominent
peace advocate as its chief.
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Word has been received that the
Spokane will sail from Seattle at
nine o’clock on Thursday evening.
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WRECKAGE FOUND
ST. JOHNS, N. B. Oct. 16
Wreckage from a steamer believed
to have been the Norwegian collier
Kronpnnz Olav, which has been mis
sing two weeks, was found today on
the northeast coast of Prince Ed
wards Island.
It is believed that the Kronprinz
Olav went down in a gale that swept
the Gulf of St. Lawrence Septembjr
27. She carrieda crew of 35 men
who are believed to be lost.
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SEALIGHT RETURNS
Yesterday the gas boat Sealight
returned from Seymour Canal, Ad
miralty Island, with N. Casperson
and Ed. Austin aboard. The party
left here a month ago with the in
tention of packing market herring
in that locality. They report, how
ever, a scarcity of herring this year,
but that those caught are a first
class fat herring and has a ready
sale and brings good prices in the
open market.
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Only seven more days of Field’s
sale. Adv.
The Progressive-Miner, 75 cents ror
month delivered.
Ilis Wife Gets Ten Years
For Complicity
SPYING IS CHARGED
Report Says Ghaham White Was
Shot In London Tower
WINNIPEG, Oct. 18—Telegraphic
news received here today say that
Graham White, the famous aviator,
was shot in the tower of London
last Saturday. The report further
says that his wife who was with
him, received a ten year sentence.
It will be renumbered that
Graham White and J>is wife were
arrested charged with being spies,
since then very little has been heard
from them. The news of his execu
tion has created a great sensation
throughout the land.
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DUKE NICHOLAS
IS IN TURKEY
Fought Ilis WaJ Through
Despite Resistance
PETROGRAD, Oct. 18—News has
just reached here that the Duke
Nicholas had just succeeded in cross
ing into the Turkish territory. His
army is said to be fighting its way
through at the point of the bayo
nette. Resistance is stubborn and
the fighting is terrible says the re
port.
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MOSCOW IN THE
THROES OF REVOLT
PETROGRAD, Oct. 18—Due tc
persistent disorders in Moscow, the
Czar has issued a proclamation de
claring Moscow under martial law.
Foremost Manufacturer Will
Spend Five Million
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16—The
kelp crop of the Pacific ocean is tc
be harvested by a powder company
to obtain an ingredient used in mak
ing ammunition for the warring na
tions of Europe.
The statement is made that one of
the foremost manufacturers of powd
er had decided to spend five million
in this enterprise in order to obtain
the chloride of potash it needs to fill
its war orders, and which it can na
'onger obtain from Germany. This
t is said will create an impetus a
long that line that may prove beni
icial to many as it will determine
the possibilities of the kelp beds as
far as in Alaska.
Assisted by Serbians Take
Position From Bulgarians
FRENCH TO GLEVSELD
A(»GIcvseld the Struggle Begins
With All the Power of the Forces
LONDON, Oct. 18—The Allied
forces that were sent to reenforce
the Serbians against the Austro-.Ger
rnans, with the assistance of the
inner, took Struminitza from the
enemy but not until thousands of
soldiers were dead, says a report
just received.
A later report says that the
French are marching towards Glev
seld, where an encounter is expect
ed to occur soon.
RECEIVED HANDSOME SALARIES
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17—Each
Red Sox player received $3,825.25
from the proceeds of the world’s ser
ies games. The Philadelphians re
ceived $2,492.33 each as the loosers’
share.
The proposed trip to the Pacific
coast by the two teams failed be
cause of the demand of the Red
Sox to be guaranteed a certain sum
and expenses. This was refused
which caused great dissapointment
among the Philadelphians.
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WILSON TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN
IN NEW YORK SOON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18—What is
believed to be the first meeting of
the 1916 campaign will be held :,t
the Manhattan Club November
fourth. President Wilson in an ad
dress which he intends to deliver in
defense of the administration pol
itics, will be the key note of the com
ing campaign.
WAR HAS CRIPPLED
TWO MILLION MEN
Germany Undertakes Education of
Maimed Soldiers
NEW YORK, Oct. 16—There are
now two million men in Europe who
have suffered the loss of limbs, fac
ulties, or both as a result of injuries
in the war, according to Mr. Gil
breth,. of Providence, R. I. who has
just returned from Germany where
he has been studying methods for,
giving employment to cripples.
Mr. Gilbreth sal’s that he has
been requested by Germany to in
struct a corps of teachers how to en
able crippled fighting men to be
come productive members of society
after the war.
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You can save money Satruday at
the Bon Marche. Adv. 2t.
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ENGLAND IS
REPRIMANDED
For Her Inactivity in The
Zeppeline Raids
LONDON, Oct. 18—Severe crit
icism of the department of war is
heard on every side. The criticism
is due to the fact that the Zeppelins’
are allowed to continue their destruc
tive raids upon the city without
exerting every power to prevent
such dastardly work.
At the inquest held by the Coron
or‘s jury over the remains of the
dead, the result of the Zeppelins’
last raid, the jury rendered a ver
dict censuring the authorities foi
their lack of attention to ■ the inno
cents at home.
SERBIANS ARE FORCED TO
RETREAT WITH GREAT LOS£
BERLIN,—Advices from the front
sny that the Serbian armies in the
Maova district are being forced tc
retreat with a great loss.
THE MARIPOSA REPORTED
AS PATCHED UP
Capt. Livingston of the Steamei
Dolphin th;s morning reported that
the wrecked steamer Mariposa, near
Bella Bella, is now all patched up
and that they have hopes of gettinp
her off the reef on one of the high
tides in the very near future.
GOVERNMENT WIRE
DRAG GOING SOUTI
The government Survey and Wirt
Drag boats, Roosevelt, Rival ant
Equator, have gone south for tlv
winter, after completing consider
able work in this neighborhood dur
ing the summer months. ^
AT THE GRANDT0NIGH1
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Oubliette, a three reel productic
by the 101 Bison brand and from tl
pen of George Bronson Howard, tl
well known novelist and playwrig
who has a long list of works to h.
credit among them, Scars of il
Southern Seas, Yorke Norry, ar
God’s Man, recently published a’
referred to as the greatest not
of the year. Oubliette, is a sic
of the middle ages when castles
dungeons with secret entrances r
deep pits seemed to be necessrry
the days when Knights ruled .
land. This picture is produced a.
der tho -personal direction of Char i
Giblyn and features Pauline Bw
and Murdock McQuarrie.
Ethed Grandin described at La
Bonnie Chic beauty in filmdom, fea
tures in a drama entitled, Love'
Victory, a pretty little home bough
on the installment plan leads up \
many trials, but at last the homo i
paid for and happiness comes to Mi
and Mrs. Terry.
Universal Ike Makes a Monke;
of Himself, is the comedy that close:
closes the show. Adv.
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Austrian Submarine Sends
Steamer Down
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Seventy-one Are Reported to Have
Reen Drowned Few Are Saved
LONDON, Oct. 18—A dispatch re
ceived here last evening announces
he sinking of the French steamer
..amelin in the Mediterranean sea
jy an Austrian submarine. With
jut warning, it is said, the submarine
.ired and sent down to their death
eventy-one. The number of surviv
jrs, if any are not given. It is
.bought, however, that a large num
] ber were rescued.
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MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Northbound
Princess Sophia, Monday evening.
Alameda, Wednesday evening, 2th.
City of Seattle, Thursday even
Soutlibound
Humboldt, this afternoon or even
ing.
Dolphin, Thursday.
Northwestern Today.
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AL-KI GOING SOUTH
The Al-Ki left for the south at
en this morning, taking the follow
ng passengers from here. H. H.
luyler, A. E. Huyler, Mrs. Belle
AcBride, R. N. Osborne, F. E. Dyer,
jennett; Dyer, Elmer Dyer, Pete
Simon, Frank Hanson, G. Langseth,
H. Pederson, E. Langseth, Lars Ped
erson and Hans Vinkenes.
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DOLPHIN FROM THE SOUTH
The steamer Dolphin arrived from
he south early this morning leav
ng 65 tons of freight for local peo
ile and the following passengers: S.
,V. Adams, J. A. Moulton; Peter
\mundson; Mrs. Peter Amundson;
>liss Amundson, Mrs. W. T. Mahon
y; Mrs. O. W. Pederson and Miss C.
edeison. From here she took Lilly
.ys'.ad, F. Oliver, D. Noll, S. Brom,
J. Elbanger, Mrs. Kussnik, J. Holm
nd M. Vemey all for Juneau, and
Peterson and J. T. Bradly for
Wrangell.
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SPOKANE SOUTH
The Pacific Coast Co’s, steamer
Spokane went south yesterday, tak
ng the following passengers from
Ketchikan: Wm. Frobach, J. Grona
chan, Chester H. Obur, W. J. Kearns
Lerry P. Reanor, W. H. Stafford,
Mrs. W. H. Stafford, E. Wesbier,
H. Richmond and two second class.
She also took 6,000 cases of salmon
from the Fidalgo Island Packing
Co’s, cannery.
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| 4 per cent Interest paid on
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent
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Miners and Merchants Bank
J. E. Cbllhurg Pres. J. R Heckman Vice-pres. A. R. Larson Cashier
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Watch Repairing and Engraving Diamonds Etc.
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THE BIG CURIO STORE OF ALASKA
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in ail Designs
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
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AT LAST
FIFTEEN CASES OF OUR FAx>L ^OODS HAVE ARRIVED,
AND WE ARE ASSURED THAT MORE WILL FOLLOW IN A
FEW DAYS. WE HAVE NOW ON DISPLAY THE FINEST LINE
OF MENS SHIRTS OF ALL KINDS AND PATTERNS, AND AT
PRICES THAT WILL ASTONISH YOU
OUR UNDERWEAR LINEIS IN A CLASS BY ITSELF.
WE ARE SHOWING SIXTEEN DIFFERENT PATTERNS IN
MENS MACKINAWS, IN ALL SIZES FROM 36 TO 48.
WE WILL TALK SHOES NEXT WEEK.
P. J. Gilmore
"THE CLOTHIER”
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