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VOL1 .;U ONE KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1916. NUMBER 102.
VALDEZ VISITED
. Bf»BAD FIRE
I THOV SANDS OF DOLLARS OF
FT Y DESTROYED AND
Ml. V a or HER DAMAGE
REGISTERS 14 BELOW
lectD'- ’■ " H . Viad The
‘tic Taw- >r. rju-deasiy
Escapes.
VALDEZ, Jan. 21—A fire that
started :r. iDjyt'rh SefeEtiet's yrac
■* eiy aad fea ssry. at »*•>•< a ftis
nsoramg. re arty wiped the 5«we oat
As t-V s high, triad w?s fcl *•••*
tag an-i tr - theras.'-stater register
ed S 4 kkw sero. which greatly Ite
re-ded the tire dry-srtsaert is its
weak.
The firs- sitgtsated front th* Me
^ v E*r y ■ : / . ■ ter
'the twm s,-~j£ :.:r .: tt-e it threaten
ed s© tc*/.' :~Te t/..r ettstre tOWta. lie
bakery was eratted as /fell a® the
L<«ss Bestatatust arsd tie White
resi-i-etv.'e -rre; tie bakery. wfcki
Ls ©wsed by Dr. E^yget* f Sew
xid. T5te rossasrsss r-jb.disg / asesa
ed by Sir. White. The t-r-'d ronier
ed the cbeaskals ssesess. tot the
© fire • : tbs flitr.-is fro
spreadassr to tbs Liberty Theater
and adSefcisg tedMfegs.
Maay fiserti” bs-i their kaasis
£3td fares ftrcots. Eat by •Jrorlds.g
herakafiy. they he'i the- fire to »
few toDiicg-s
11.•/ 5 est-ntassfd as abosit
fifteen tirsssasd debars which is
Mr. ard Mr;. Wbi> i.-®t »x«*y
— »» -•*• -^r - t *
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SUBMARINE ATTACK IS
DE.SCEI3ED BY CAPTAIN
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XEW YOBS, Jit. 21—If -*-as
'.-larred t-fhay shat the -sate detsart
* : er.T :e seere
issnestirahaar the : :-rta«tvjesg ©f ats
afTsdaTb t»-r Capfc. The rcpsee c-f the
Stardard -I' tart - set - ~r Petr© trie
vb© mate 3 sensa-ic t at report ssf
tee Atstriat s.: r-:.:'- • attack De
ceszire* 5. Cap- Thtps-on's affi
davit. state* -'--.srtsi-r.t ©ffkasls
say. dees tat sr. ah - --;• facts they
■wiil aael «© t sisse She esse, bat
it is- sail t« declare that fodteee
shots v?r» fared at ai; ship, one of
mMth crashed into ice eezsse nett
sad tsjsns-i a Iharish seaaas. aad
that the st:V.-artte cecaKafcr s»ir
ese c*f the Pesrohsehcrev abc-ard
tie sebsEsri-e ar.d he‘4 ter. a h-=t
at vif; he obtaleevi tjwiaas.
Wfces details of visit saraiitt
vats z'.rer the ship ar.-i -.hat her
m|Kew t© she vaitssa shits va
are ««.—•: s «.- --Erl be tak
es asp farther.
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PARIS. Jar II—Co', reel Haase.
* the -te . Psesi
dwsi VBkc. U expected sc arrive
fere way arsrf »sh visit visfc Aas
ksader Sharp.
VILLA REPORTED
CAPTURED
UNCONFIRMED REPORT SAY;
CARRANZAS MEN FINALLY
LANDED HIM
EL PASO, Jam. £1—A dispatch
from Gukcshia says that i fo.* -i
•sf mem <ajer tie leadership c
geciia! Cowyas. made a dash Bps®
1 "• ear. p and captared h:rr.
' \V S-e tire report is still ujK»m
tf: raved. there is r.reason to doubt
its Ktanwr frost the fact that stj
fi'-aree is the same that gsv» oat
tie massacree of the eighteen
Americans a few days ago.
Yesterday it was reported that
C_-r.i.r.r... s ores were within easy
reach of Villa’s camp. From that
it is inferred that the wme-taa
rade haste and Sanded unaware
upon the rebel, resulting in his e&p
Sere.
STEEL COMPANY
DECLARES DIVIDEND
FOLLOWING THIS ANNOUNCE
MENT AN INCREASE IN ALL
THE WAGES RESILTS
NEW Y’ORS. Jan. 2.—Directors
of the Be-.».-«r. Steel Works, at a
meeting- held yesterday, announced
this sr.om.sg tie. first dividend ever
declared in she history of the earn
pacy on the common stock cal tied
at thirty dollars a share. Tie cons
paay Is captaiittd at fouwr millioB
dollars.
Following this, declaration. a fcr
ber amitoisaemaesi was nsade to the
effect that wages throughout the
plant w/.l be increased tec per cent,
as rr.ce. This will affect thousand.
of wcrkstec who fee- highly pleased
aver the anEwameenseBt.
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AT THE GRAND TONIGHT
There re few dairsSerier datr sets
appearing jc the film play than
Ferenc* Lawrence. He? catsral
aad 1 <;uaJitks itsais tie same
no matte, wsa* rore shtr"*MMnrif n.
Her appearance tonight is tie Hon
or of sit® -HiutV.e. is most interest
ing. As tie daughter of tie gaaae
keeper she is Jorahle, art tie court
falls in lore zz first sight, which
itrpe2.se? tie father. Many thrill
ing scenes a re pictured before the
Coaae decides to claim tie girl a
ga.rst all cots. Math comedy is
worked into this photoplay and the
cast is gc©&
Tia opening picture will be an
Animated Weekly, shewing tie
great Tt-re oisire: is Fasedesa,
California- where etiiitoB* of flow
ers are sse-i to make gorgeous
floats ce the fast day of January,
wiser, this great flower carnival is
held. Tils, is followed by many
other l-fenegSing scenes. A single
reel drama and a comedy completes
the show. We are sorry to disap
point yets on tie Blade Bor, caused
frost tit? delay of beats. Ch
of program Sundae. Adr.
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Range*
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stores
Heckman Bldg.
Ed, V. Price & Company
* CHICAGO, U. S. A.
F Jamsarjr, 6, 1916.
Sir. P. ). G.losere,
todulas. Alaska,
iMm Sir:—
Fc si* eastern perused by a* f«r mztty
years ve wish car otd easiomen, a® well ss ear new
s*. re'urr. aasy tost cate by *ss, druring tie pass sea
set it wb** th® hciag Isa* cot gitess satisfactory
Ts2: ’.r the frosts bare MS be id tbetr taapj, We
wi_ pleased to re-iire tie garment and pot in
aenr front*, or f tMs cannot be dote, safe a new
ocat free cl charge.
Very truly your*,
. E. V. PRICE k CO.
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' ROOSEVELT IN
I PHILADELPHIA
DENOUNCES GERMANY’S CYN
ICAL DISREGARD INTER
NATIONAL HUMANITY
IN LENGTHY ADDRESS
Before a larce Audience Tb»l
Showed Attention to Ai!
TUe Speakers.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21—De
nouncing GcrnatBYj cynical disre
gard for her obligations toward hu
manity in genera] and neutrals in
particular. was the main feature
in speeches made last evening at
She Meircpdiian Opera House.
Ex-presides. Roosevelt made the
principal address, and ai; through
out cis various discourse he was Is
toned to very attentively, despite
that he blamed Germany for various
disregards of the laws, and other
'] present conditions the world over
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TO HAVE TRIAL RUN NEXT
WEEK
NEW PORTMEWS. Jan. 21—The
builders of the Pensyhania, the
largest battleship ever built, an
nounced today that the firs; official
•rial r*ns will be. made the first
pa— of Text week.
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COMMISSION TO
CALL FOR BIDS
FOR EQUIPMENT OF RAILROAD
SHOP AT THE SUMMER
ROAD TERMINUS
SEATTLE, Jan. 21—The purchas
ing deparastB! of the Alaska rail
road commission. with offices
here, announced : 6-day :ha* it is now
; preparing specifications and plans
for the construction and equipment
of a railroad shop at Anchorage
where most of the repairs of the
rolling stock will he done. As soon
as the plans- are perfected, bias
for materials and other necessaries
■wili be advertised.
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NEW, YORK. Jan. 21—Santos
Dumont today described what he
calls “Aerial Superdreadm ought”
that was being bui’t in America for
one of the belligerent powers, that
was si* times larger than any yet
trie4.
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CUSTOMS REVENUES DROPPED
TWENTW-SEYEX PER CENT.
V HINGTON.. Jan. 21—The
- drop in the customs revenues last
, year according to the latest statis
tiac, was twenty-seven per cent.
This i3 attributed to the war.
IS BELOW AT .JtNEU
AND Ml i H SI fferim:
jrNKAN, Jan. 21—Eighteen be
low last night. t£e coldest ever
known. Two big windows wove
broken a: the Goldstein Emporium
The loss is estimated at throe hun
dred dollars. Several other fin?
were put out before a great de.i'
of damage was caused. The Maluny
Block sustained a damage of about
three hundred and fifty dollars. The
whole block had a narrow escape
. from being entirely consumed,
j Business is at a standstill. Extra
policemen have been put on for
safety. Women fainted on the
streets from cold. A drunk was
found with his legs froren this
meriting.
Both the court house and the
school closed on account of the cold.
BRITISHERS
ARE ACTIVE
MRS. HERMAN. WIFE OP A BI S
IN ESS MAN TAKEN FROM
STEAMER
NEW YORK. Jan. 21—A wireless
message from the fruit carrier lin
er Zacapa, aboard of which was Mrs.
Herman, the wife of a prominent
business 'ran of San Francisco, sa. s
tfca: Mrs. Herman '■■as take; from
the . .twr by Br’<in officers and
w>!l be tvt a to K:ng;t.n. »"e Bril
Lsfa detention can p. She is sa d
to be of Gentian parentage.
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BRITISH BOMBARDMENT
REPORTED A SUCCESS
LONDON, Jan 21—The British
official communication issued last
evening says:
“Last night the enemy showed
activity with trench mortars and
bombs at Givenchy. Today we made
a combined attack : fith bombs,
rifles, grenades and trench mortars
at the same place with excellent re
sults.
“Our bombardment has been ef
fective at Frelinghein and Zwart
elen. north of Lille 3rd also north
of Ypres, where a,' fire was
caused behind the enir.y’s lines.
Hostile artillery was active at
Ypres.
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PROPOSES TO INCREASE
STEAMER SERVICE
The Canadian Pacific Railway To
HaTe i wo a Week
VICTORIA, Jan. 21—The man
ager of the Canadian. Pacific Rail
way Company, said here today that
the company planned to put a suf
ficient number of steamers on the
_sotitheastern Alaska run the coming
season to assure a round trip twice
a week, between Victoria and
Skagway. This will be a mate rial
increase over the previous service.
The manager said that the bus
iness seems to warrant the new- de
parture.
Job printing neatly and prompt
done at the Progres sive-Miner.
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2 £.. Qa&itmrs Pr***. J. R H*c'jE£as Ys«i?r». A. B» La^o-R Ctt&iet
Miners and Merchants Bank
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
Travelers Checks
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
Territorial Depository
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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Watch Repairing and Engraving. Diamonds, Etc.
Berthelscn & Praell
The Big Curio Store ol Alaska
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in all Designs
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
KETCHIKAN, - - - ALASKA
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Hadley Lumber Yard
Correspond with R. L.. Petty at Had
ley, Alaska before buying your Lumber.
His prices will save you money. This of
fer will only last a short time.
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LEGISLATION
HAS BILL INTRODUCED THAT
IS INTENDED TO CUT OFF
LARGE REVENUE
REDFIELD AT HEAD
II Provides For The Amendment
of the Organic Act in
Regards to Fisheries
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—At the
request of Secretary Redfield, chair
man Alexander of the committee
of merchant marine and fisher
ies, introduced a bill today wherebj
;he Alaska legislature trill be de
prived of every power over the fish
eries of Alaska.
In the bill is found a clause pro
■libiting the territorial legislature
from adding further taxes or licen
ses on the fishing industry of Alas
ka.
INVESTIGATION IS BEING
CARRIED ON
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21—Tin
secret service men today resumed
‘heir investigations into the “Black
Hand” operations that has been ac
tive recently.
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MORE LYNCHING
IN GEORGIA
FIVE NEGROES TAKEN FROM
SHERIFF, HANGED AND BOD
IES FILLED WITH BI LLETS
ALBANY, Ga., Jan 21— Five
negroes he’d in connection with the
killing of Sheriff Moreland, wer:
taken from the County jail last
nigh: and hanged. After they were
strung up, fire was opened -ws ;
rifles and their belies riddled with'
ballets.
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ALAMEDA TO SAIL TONIGHT
SEATTLE, Jan. 2i—The steamer
Alameda sailed at 10 a.m. today
for the north. Those who have tak
en passage aboard of her for Ket
chikan are P. J. Gorman and Mrs.
i C. V. Jones. There are thirty-three
; first class and seven steerage pas
engers in ali for the north.
A COUNTRY WITHOUT FIRE
ROME, Jan. 21—Despite the coid
f weather, Italy is a country almost
| without coal fire. The only smoke
; to be seen is that from railroad lo
; comotives, factories and a few
hotels. The peasants ir. the moun
tains and the poor of the cities are
able to make a few fires of wood,
but coal is beyond the reach of any
except the most wealthy. Ameri
! can coal lies unsold at the seaports.
The price asked for it is 840 a ton.
POLICE CATCH
TWO MEN
CARRYING SI IT CASE Ml fit
BOMBS TO DESTROY HIE
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
NEW YOUkw, Jan. 21—Michcal
Grosino and Leonard Divi.-.eo, were
.’.nested today while on their way
to the Brooklyn bridge. The men
were carrying a suit case that look
(ed suspicious to the police who ar
rested the men and brought them to
■the nearest station. When the suit
■case was opened, it was found to
contain several bombs. The police
had been warned that an attempt
would be made to destroy the
Brooklyn bridge, hence their vig
ilence.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE DARDANELLES
AS TOLD BY GENERAL HAMIL
TON FORMER COMMANDER
OF THE BRITISH FORCES
LONDON. Jan. 21—The true
story of the Dardanelles failure with
full revelation of its horrors, is
given by the report of Gen. Ian
Hamilton, in the Official Gazette.
It is a pitiful taie of incompetence
blunders and failures, with victory
always just within grasp, yet never
attained because somebody erred
and untried troops, raw levies, were
thrown into action at Suvla Bay1
and Anzac, only to be mowed down,
annihilated, by Turkish troop-.
The former Gallipoli eomr.ianJei !
frankly admits that his generals;
failed to advance in order to spare i
their decimated troops, end tells j
how the men, many of them under j
fire for the first time, suffering ag
onies from lack of water, stood their
g round until shot down. So inter re -
was their thirst that men even
lapped up the droos of moisture ex
uding from the water-fid': 1 canvas
bags by transport mules. Because
there was no water reserves were
not used when needed
Failure of the British government
to send the 50,000 rienforeements he
had requested, caused the collapse
of the Dardanelles enterprise. Gen
eral Hamilton asserted.
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ADMIRAL WATSON COMING
The local agent for the Pacific
Alaska Navigation Company, reports
the sailing of the Admiral Watson
from Seattle on Feburary 6.
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STEAMER CMATfLLA TO
REPLACE THE SENATOR
SEATTLE, Jan. 21—I was of
ficially reported today that the
.steamer Umatilla, now being con
verted into an oil burner,- and having
some-extensive interior repairs done,
and otherwise being renovated, when
completed will replace the steamer
Senator on the Seattle-Nome run
the coining season.
TAKE THE FIGHT
AGAINST BILl. INTRODUCED
TO CURTAIL THE POWER
OF LEGISLATURE
MANY WILL HELP HIM
A Lars:,. Number of Prominent
Representatives Will
Take A Hand
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—When
Delegate Wickersham was shown a
copy of the bill introduced by Chair
man Alexander, at the request 0f
Secretary Redfield, having tor ns
object the curtailment of the powers
of the Alaska legislature, he said
that lie had expected as much, but
that he was prepared to meet the
enemies of Alaska.
Mr. Wickersham said alsj that
the bill had been framed up by Dr.
Lester Jones, by and with the con
sent of the secretary, both of whom
are positively opposed to anything
that the Alaska legislature may do
with the fishing industry of the
north, but that they would bo
shown up in due time.
STEAMER JEFFERSON ARRIVES
The steamer Jefferson of the
Alaska Steamship company, arrived
from the south this morwning at
an early hour with 47 tons of local
freight and 31 passengers for Ket
chikan and northern points.
Edw. I’ecor and one steerage were
the only passengers from Ketchikan
for northern points.
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ARMIRAL FARRAGUT IN PORT
The steamer Admiral Farragut of
the Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.,
arrived from the south this morning
at 3 o’clock with 11 tons of local
freight.
Her passengers from this port
for northern points were E. R.
Stivers for Juneau and Gus Giilis
for Petersburg.
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SS. CORDOVA GOES NORTH
WITH FULL CARGO
Yesterday about, 11 o’clock the
steamer Cordova passed through
with a full cargo. She had a full
deck load, among which was four
freight cars and one loco-motive and
tender. The cars and locomotive
are going north for use by he Cop
per River and Northwestern Rail
way Co., at Cordova.
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MOVEMENT OF EOATS
Northbound
Alameda 23.
Al-Ki ,25
Northland, 23
Southbound
Northwestern 23
Admiral Evans, Monday 24th.
Jefferson 24
Despatch, 24
| TONIGHT AT THE HOME OF |
| PARAMOUNT^ FEATURES^ §
I Two Nights Only Friday and Saturday fe
Chas. Frohman
presents
JOHN
EMERSON
in
“THE
CONSPIRACY”
A Great COMEDY
DRAMA
One of Broadway’s
Triumphs