CiUEl THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER Elsi
VOLUME ONE V KETCHIKAN, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1916. NUMBER 20G
WAR NEWS FROM
CROSS WATERS
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ITALIANS HAVE LOST THEIR ENTIRE POSITION
ON LAVARONE PLATEAU
BERLIN, May 23—The Italians
have lost their entire position on
the Lavaro- iateau to the Aus
•t”i-'.ns in yesterday’s battle, says a
dispatch to ‘.he morning papers to
day.
The gain thus made by the Aus
trians is considered of great stra
tegic importance, and may mean
much more than many Italians are
disposed to admit.
Jhe war office today in a state
ment issued, admits that the French
have gained some advantage on the
Verdun front, and says that desper
ate fighting still continues
LONDON, May 23-—A dispatch
from the headquarters of the Brit
ish forces on the Tigras river says
that the main body of the British
and Russian forces are advancing
towards the Kutelamera where the
Turks are strongly entrenched. The
Turks, continue the report, have
abandoned their position on the
south banks of the Tigras river and
taken a position farther east
LYNCH NOT TO BE EXECUTED.
LONDON, May 23—Ambassador
Page was officially informed today
that the sentence of death imposed
upon Lynch, the American citizen,
who was found guilty by a court
martial of having aided the recent
Irish rebellion, had been commuted
to ten years in*prison.
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AMERICAN AVIATOR WINS.
PARIS, May' 23- — Corporal K
Rockwell of Atlanta, Georgia, a
member of the American flying
squadron, yesterday attacked a Ger
man aeroplane operating near Harts
mann. Weillerkopt. The German
machine was brought down in
flames.
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ARRESTED FOR GRAFTING.
NEW YORK, May 23—C. Hart
mann, for more than ten years, a
deputy internal revenue collector,
was ariested by the federal author
ities today charged with soliciting
and ac .pting money from tobacco
dealers in return for making false
reports to the government.
OPENING OF THE A. B. HALL
The A. B. Hall was given its
formal opening Saturday evening
about twenty couples attending the
dance and social in honor of Miss
Irene Chesfley's eighteenth birth
day.
To say that everybody had a
good time would be expressing it
mildly, the only regret being that
Miss Chesney is about to leave
Ketchikan and make her home in
Juneau.
Irene has resided in Ketchikan
since her early childhood and has
hosts of friends both young and old
who will wish her well wherever
she goes and welcome her back
should she ever decide to return.
(The above should have appeared
in yesterday’s issue, but was inad
vertently ommitted)
We do fine job printing
FACTS ABOUT
THE INSTALLER
J. S. JENSEN GIVES A REPORT
OF THE ACCIDENT.
Varous reports have heer. made i
of the accident that befeli the pow
er boat Installer that resulted in its
being a total loss- Mr- J. S. Jen
sen, the man who chartered the
boat for the summer was seen this
morning and gave the facts thus:
^Tuesday evening, May 16, the
boat arrived at Forester Island and
anchored in the nay among many
other boats- Nearing the midnight
hour, a mild storm made its ap
pearance. the force of which caused
the parting of anchor rope, and the
boat started to drift- In the bay
there ar(J many moorings for the ;
accommodation of the fishing bbats
When the party discovered that the
rope was hroken. power was put
on and in the dark, the boat ran in
to a mooring that vangied the pro
peller. Every effort was made to
clear it, to no avail- Help was
signaled for, but some refused to
give aid- Finally the captain of
the Installer sent a small po-.ver
boat" around on the other side df
the island and secured the help-of;
the J P- Todd No- II. The latter,
however, arrived on the scene too
late to give assistance as the boat
had been driven upon the beach.
Before it was driven #n the beach,
it struck a rock while drifting,
veered around and landed in tl\e
only place free of big rocks. Im
mediately every fisherman in the
vicinity took a hand and unloaded
everythnf^ although all the supplies
was damaged, more or less—except j
the canned goods, by water or I
gasoline- The stock was taken j
ashore and put under a tent- The 1
engine and everythin removable
with the exception of the propeller
was removed and saved- The hull
was broken into splinters
JUST ARRIVED
A new line of
Hen’s Hats and Caps
It is time for you to discard that
old hat and get one of these new
up-to«date styles
Our furnishing and shoe stock
is brim full of new creations.
Let us dress you up at a small
cost.
P. J. GILMORE, The Clothier
EXPEDITION HOME
FROM HARD TRIP
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FAILED TO CAPTURE RAIDERS
OF GLENN SPRINGS WHO
RECEIVED HELP.
j MARATHON, May 23—The puni
| live expedition sent out following
; the recent raid by Mexican bandits
; upon the inhabitants of Glenn
Springs, and who recaptured Deem
er. who _ had been kidnapped, re
turned last evening to the United
States after an absence of twelve
days. While the expedition failed
in its main purpose, which was to
capture the bandits, the command
ant claims that the trip brought
good results all along the line of i
travel.
I. J. HILL SERIOUSLY ILL
ST. PAUL, May 23—James J- :
Hill, the railroad king, who has ;
been ill for sometime is not im- j
proving, said his physicians this '
morning. As a matter of fact, it is !
rumored that complication has ap
peared that is worrying Mr. Hill ;
as well as his family.
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NEW YORK, May 23.-Dr. Ar
thur Waite, dentist, the confessed
poisoner of his wealthy father-in
law, when brought in court yester
day. entered a plea of guilty thru
insanity.
HALIBUT SELL FOR SIX CENTS.
SEATTLE, May 23—A schooner
with a load of halibut arrived yes
terday and sold its catch for six
cents, plus a bonus of fifteen dollars
for the load.
TWO ASSASINS ARE CAUGHT.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23—Chen
Chi-Nei, a high official of the Chin
ese revolutionary party, was as
sassinated by three supposed Yuan
Shi Kai supporters in Shanghai last
night, so was advised the Chinese
Republic Association today. It is
said that two were caught while
one made his escape.
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NORFOLK, Va., May 23.—Rush
orders for 10,000 six-inch and 10,000
five-inch shells are being filled at
the Norfolk Navy Yard in what of
ficials say is a preparedness test
Capacity forces are being kept
busy.
INDICATES NAVAL BATTLE.
LONDON, May 23.—Heavy gun
fire can be heard for miles off the
Swedish coast, says a dispatch from
Copenhagen. It is believed that the
German and Russian warships have
met.
LADY EAGLES ATTENTION.
The Lady Eagles Club will meet
at fhe home of Mrs. Sherman Will
ard in Newtown, on Wednesday, May
24th, at 2 p. m. — Mrs. A. Groot,
President.
Mr. Jensen says that it was
about five o’clock in the morning
when it went on the beach.
DEPAflTlENT
THIRTY THOUSAND MEXICANS
ARE BEING ASSEMBLED IN
THE BIG BEND COUNTRY.
OTHERS ARE GUESSING
Officials Here Are Apprehensive
And Fear of General
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Uprising.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—-A dis
patch was received here this morn
ing to the effect that General Jacin
to Trevino Can-ansa, brother of
the president of Mexico, is said to
luive already assembled thirty
thousand soldiers in the Big Bend
country.
The report has caused officials
to feel uneasy over such a large
force of men in a fountry where no
bandits are said to be located. One
of the officials said today that no
better evidence was 'needed to show
the desire to start a general up
rising among the Mexicans.
DEMOCRATS HARMONIZE.
WASHINGTON, May 23. — The
leaders of the Democratic party
hereabouts have agreed that Champ
Clark shall be the permanent chair
man of the democratic convention
that is to be held shortly; and that
Governor Glynn shall be the tem
porary’ chairman. It is said that
nearly all the delegates have pledg
ed themselves to support Wilson.
FIRST AUTHENTIC
REPORT GIVEN
MEMBERS OF THE CROCKER
LAND EXPEDITION HAVE
REACHED COPENHAGEN.
• LONDON, May 2b,—A dispatch
from Copenhagen says that a few
members of the Crocker Land ex
pedition have arrived there, and re
port that from a scientific stand
point, the result of the expedition
had been very successful- The new
arrivals report that the remaining
members were forced to stay at
North Star bay, but would follow
later
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WITNESSES RETURNING HOME.
A. Lynch, A. Lemieux,. C. Ander
son, witnesses from Wrangell in
the case of George Finley, who was
held to answer on a charge of as
sault with' intent to kill, but who
plead guilty to a reduced charge,
will leave tonight for their homes
J- Walsh, who was a witness in the
case will return to Petersburg.
where his family resides.
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ROOSEVELT GAINING
IN POPULARITY
THIRTY STATES HAVE ALREADY
ORGANIZED WITH VERY
LARGE MEMBERSHIP.
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j OYSTER BAY, May 23—Form
; er secretary of the navy under ex
j President Roosevelt, notified the
, Roosevelt Club officials here today
that thirty states had organized
with a large membership with the
purpose in view of forcing the re
publican convention at Chicago to
nominate the ex-president for the
presidency, either as a Progressive
or Republican. Mr. Meyer said that
Roosevelt should be selected be
j cause of the principles he repre
j sents ' which should command the
I support of all.
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ONE ARM BOYS’ BASEBALL
TEAM.
WATERTOWN, Me., May 28—
This place is possibly the only city
in the country whicn can boast of
a team composed of one arm ball
players. l,ouis Johnson, a one-arm
lad and former captain of the high
school team, has finally completed
the organization of a team.
When attending high school. John
son was rated the best in the school
and much better than many boys
who had both arms.
FUNSTON IS ANXIOUS.
SAN ANTONIO, May 23—Gen
era! Funston expressed anxiety to
day about the American troops
south of Boquilla, on account of the
reported situation said to exist
there about. However, no official
reports have been made that would
indicate hostile movements on the
part of the Mexicans.
RUSHING HELP.
LONDON, May 23.—Four thous
and German recruits are reported
to be enroute to reinforce the Turks
at Badgad against the British and
Russian drive that is how said to
be in progress.
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TRAFFIC IN SOULS
The State right five reel fea
ture which will be shown at the
Grand Wednesday and Thursday
nights is a picture every one
should see- It is claimed to deal
in a truthful manner with the
white slave traffic, pointing out the
guilty ones commencing with the
higher class men of the great city
of New York, who have every lux
uries that money can buy, and on i
down through many hands until it j
comes to the victims that are led 1
into the trap that has been laid for j
them. Emmigrant girls, department j
and candv store girls all are nreved ]
unon by these brutes that buy the
’’"•'V for a paultry sum. Then
answer the oues+ion if von can
Who is to blame? The girl, the
noliep, the business man. Who’
TVaffip in Souls, is a love storv
worked out. and one nolireman thev
annM nr* hint. Ho lands the vane*
>n nrison and 'the leader commits
suicide. fadv.)
DOINGS IN THE
DISTRICT COURT
THREE SUBJECTS OF KING HAAKON BECOME
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES
Yesterday Afternoon Session.
Yesterday afternoon, the court
took up the applications for citizen
ship papers of the following: Johan
Kaald, Hans Hensen and Helge Hel
gesen, Norwegians. Their applica
tions were granted.
Decrees of divorce were granted
to the following: Maud Snyder
against Barney Snyder; Benson
Sultka against Lucy Sultka and
George Jett against Lucy Jett. In
the three cases who were represent
ed by Attorney C. H. Cosgrove, the
plaintiffs alleged desertion.
In the Northwestern Fisheries
Company vs. Mr. Van Zandt, the
respective attorneys presented their
argument to the court, and the case
was taken under advisement.
This Morning Session.
Lawrence Erickson was granted
a divorce against Mabel Grace Er
ickson, on the grounds of desertion.
James M. Shoup represented Mr
Erickson.
The case of United States vs.
Carl Helniberg was dismissed on
motion of Assistant U. S. Attorney
D. Noll. Holmberg, some time ago.
was found guilty by a jury in the
Commissioner’s Court of criminal
tresspass on the lands belonging to
Mr. O. W. Grant. The case was ap
pealed to the district court with the
above result.
The grand jury made its final re
port at 11 o’clock today, and brought
in a true bill against H. G. Kubley
for a statutory offense. •
The case of Fred Kruger charged
with burglary went to trial this
morning. Chas. E. Ingersoll is reji
resenting Kruger.
READY-MADE CHURCH
FOR FAR NORTH
SCHOONER HOLMES GETTING
READY TO CARRY
SUPPLIES.
SEATTLE, May 22.—The schoon
er C. S. Holmes, with supplies for
eleven government schools and mis- \
sions along the northern coast, is
about ready to start on her tenth
voyage for Point Barrow. Nearly
1000 tons, including material for a
church and a boat for Sinuk Mis
sion shall constitute her cargo.
Captain Backland, her master, has
made the trip between Seattle a.nd
Point Barrow for ten years, and
acts as financial agent for most of
the mission stations on the northern
coast.
Several years ago Capt. Backland
carried material North and superin
tended the building of the mission
at Point Barrow for the board of
home mssions of the Presbyterian
church. On this voyage he is taking
North material for a church' exten
sion to be 80 by 40 feet. Stoves,
blackboards, paints and all interior
decorations are packed aboard the
Holmes. It will be a ready-made
church
A forty-five-foot gas boat, the
Yule Guard, will be carried North to
the Methodist Episcopal mission at
Sinuk. The boat, which will be
loaded on deck, will be used as a
tender out of the mission station
She will be used on hunting and
fishing expeditions and also to car
ry supplies between Sinuk and the
headquarters at Nome.
Among the government schools
for which supplies will be taken
CITY OF SEATTLE COMING.
SEATTLE, May 23.—The steamer
City of Seattle [eft, at nine o’clock
last evening for the north with the
following passengers for Ketchi
kan: Mrs. S. Curtis, Mrs. S. T.
Sayers and fourteen steerage.
The 1’rince Rupert sailed at mid
night with C. P. Fordyce and wife.
Mr. Fordyce is a prominent writer
for the Recreation Magazine, and
intends to spend three months in
Alaska gathering up materials for
various articles.
The steamer Prince John came
in southbound this morning about
3:30 and left an hour later. Those
leaving on the Prince John for the
south from'here were: Dr. J. L.
Mows, for Calgary, Alta., S. Scan
Ion for Seattle and P. Mitchell, C.
Sinclair and Mrs. Clemenson for
Prince Rupert.
ALL ABOUT THE BOATS
The Princess Sophia went south
this morning about six ij’clock.
The Spokane southbound, is due
here either tomorrow evening or
early Thursday morning.
The Humboldt will follow Friday
morning.
Both the Farragut and the Al
aska are unreported from the north.
The Al-Ki is due here northbound
this evening. Also the Admiral
Evans.
The Dolphin is also expected this
evening northbound.
The City of Seattle, Thursday
morning.
North on the Holmes are those at
Lawrence island, Sinuk, Teller.
Wales, Shismaref, Kotzebue, Kava
lina, Point Hope, Icy Cape Wain
wright and Point Barrow.