\ : & ' i : v. I? ''k ' . • - - ' ’ ■ , I
HSpil
EARLY : MORNING FIRE 0ESTR0T5
y iVALDEZTJBUSINESSZSECTION
4 " '
Valdez, July 15—A fire starting a
^xnit four o'clock this morning wiped
ont the greater part of the business
section of the town of Valdez. It
estimated that the total will aggre
gate close to a million dollars with
but little insurance. The buildings
destroyed consist - of Blum's Store;
the First Bank of Valdez; the Valdez,
William Blackwell's and Tony's
and Tony's saloons; the Empress
Theater; the Treat Building; the Val
dez Dock Company Building; the
Panama Hotel; the Valdez Daily
Prospector; the offices of the Alas
ka Road Commission with the maps
New York, July 1-5—After being
out less than an hour, the Jury in the
Thaw case brought in a verdict de
claring Harry K. Thaw to be sane.
The final decision in the matter rests
with Judge Hendricks, who will make
rite .announcements of his opinion on
the situation tomorrow. Thaw is hold
in the Tombs, bail being refused him,
pending the decision of the judge. In
the face of the finding of the jury,
there is little probability that the de
cision of the judge will be against
Thaw.
-♦
Seattle, July 15—The funeral of
Colonel Alden J. Bletken was held
from the family residence yesterday
afternoon. It was strictly private,
being attended by the immediate rel
atives, only.
-4
F. H. Bold was in receipt of a
telegram today stating that the steam
er Spokane had sailed from Seattle
last night on schedule. The freight
er Paraiso sailed from that port
Tuesday night.
♦
DREAM WILL CLOSE
In honor of the big local attrac
tion at the Red Men’s Hal] tonight,
“Pinafore,” the Dream will not run.
The people in this cast have work
ed hard and deserve the support of
the entire comunitv. The management
has set the price at a reasonable rale
s— ———
and records of the last ten year's
work; the Telephone Exchange; the
mill of the Copper River Lumber
Co.: the Deringer; Barnes and J. C.
Martin residences; the 1’ostoffice and
the Government warehouse. The at
tempt wall made to stop the onward
rush of the flames by blowing up
buildings in its course with dyna
mite, lint in vain, and it was only
the heroic work by the town fire de
partment, aided by sildiers from Fort
Liscum, who were sent over to as
-ist. that the flames were gotten
under control about nine this morn
HELP EDISON
New York, July 15—Orville Wright
the greatest authority on aerial navi
gation lrs declared his intention to
join Edison’s cabinet of mechanical
and inventive experts. When inter
viewed last night on the matter he
so declared and added that in his
opinion the American army aod-cVy
shonld have at least a thousand aero
piancs in charge of efficient office) s.
CP
Seattle, July 15—Alfred Brooks tlie
famous geologist will leave for the
north tonight. He plans to work
in the Fairbanks, Ruby and Idita
rod districts.
so that all will be able to see It,
the company is a local one and all
tho profits will remain here and not
be taken out of town as most of the
road shows do that come upthls way.
It is hoped that every one will turn
out for this show tonight as it is a
credit to the town in every respect.
Tomorrow nl^ht and Saturday the j
Dream will open up again with the
Mh Adventure of Kathlvn, the great
melodrama animal serial, and a rat
tling good comedy, and a new Pathe
Daily Newg will also be on tap. Re
member the big show at Red Men's
Hall tonight and the Dream dark.
Seats on sale at the Ryus Drug Co. ad
-4—
For Sale—Row boat 1-5 ft. double
endcr. new, oak ribs, cedar planking.
Cheap for cash, fipply Miner office.
I
4 per cent Interest paid on
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent
Miners and Merchants Bank
J. E. Chllbure Pres. J. R Heckman Viee-pres. A. R. Larson Cashier
'
Watch Repairing and Engraving Diamonds Etc.
BERTHEL5EN & PRUELL
THE BIG CURIO STORE OF ALASKA
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in all Designs
MAIL'ORDERS A SPECIALTY
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
. *
0 I
TREAT GREEKS
Athens, July 15—-This city and all
the rest of Greece is wrought up to
day over the reports coming from
various parts of the Ottoman Empire,
stating that a total of over thirty
thousand Greeks have been expelled
from their homes by the Turks, and.
robbed of all their earthly possess
ions, forced to flee to save their
very lives. Dozens also have been
slain. These reports have awakened
the war spirit again, and unless Tur
key makes reparation for the outrag
es it looks as popular sentimeut, long
on the side of the Allies, will force
Greece into the war.
CRISIsT
ENGLAND
London. July 13—Evidently Lloyd
Jones does not stand very well with
his eountrymen nd fellow workers,
the Welsh coal miners, for 130-000
of the latter have g5ne on strike
within the past forty-eight hours. Re
cently the Cabinet adopted a resolu
tion threatening any man in Great
Britain who went on strike, with a
fine of $256.00 per day, and the leaders
of the striking miners have gone on
record as defying the government and
challenging them to collect the fine.
The government is in rather a pecul
iar position as it is impossible for
them to jail the entire 150,000 and it
is equally plain that it would never
be able to collect the fino from the
strikers.
_sk_
TUESDAY
Washington, July 15—The Presi
dent has notified the different mem
bers of the cabinet that he will be
in Washington by Tuesday, on which
day a meeting of the Cabinet for the
purpose of considering the German
note will be held. Unofficially Count
vonBernstorff, the German ambassa
dor has been notified of his coming,
and when seen by newspapermen made
the statement that he believed a sat
isfactory understanding will be ar
ranged between Germany and the
United States with in a very short
time.
-«
DYNAMO OUT OF COMMISSION
The big schooner Athena is lying
at the Ketchikan Cold Storage com
pany dock today, having repairs
made to her dynamo. The light gen
erator went to the bad recently, and
is being overhauled by the Citizens
Lightf Power & Water Co.
-♦
The Weekly Miner $3 per year.
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stores
Heckman Bldg:.
ARE ALL READY
M. E. Robinson, director of the
comic Opera, Pinafore, had a dress
rehearsal last night in Bed Men’s
Hall, and the uniforms, general make
up of the stage and artists acting of
those taking a leading part would
lead you to believe that they had fol
lowed the stage for years. You should
sce Pennell as Sir Joseph Porter, K.
('. B. He sure looks like a real Eng
lish Lord and Williagis as Capt Cor
coran, you’d think he hail grown up
in the Queen’s Navy. Theo. Brown,
as Ralph Raekstraw, yon should hear
Theodore warble, then he says he can
only “um” a little. Mrs. Burgun, as
Buttercup, anil Mrs. Elliott, as Jose
phine, how they can sing, and you
would think they had real love af
fairs. The doings of Mrs. Edmunds,
as Boatswain, Mrs. Fred Patching as
Hebe, and Rockefeller as Dick Dead
eye, will keep you laughing for a
week after the show is over.
Those in the chorus also act their
parts equally well, therefore there is
no reason why the play should not
be a great success. Don’t fail to come
tonight or tomorrow night. July 15
and 16. Friday night will complete
the six numbers of the Lyceum Course
as planned for this year.
-..
Paris, July 15—It is acknowledged
officials that the Germans remain in
possession of the ground captured
recently near Arras. During the past
twenty-four hours also they have
made slight gains near Verdun.
-»
London, July 15—With a terrific
bombardment, the Germans resumed
the offensive in Flanders yesterday
and as far south as the Argonnes.
Around Vpres the fighting has been
particularly fierce. Thus far, the Al
lied line has held on the full length
but at terrible cost. In one place,
the Germans made not less than seven
charges within the space of four
hours, only to be driven back each
time by the well-directed rifle and
machine gun fire of the Allies.
-«
ROGERS CHOCOLATES
The famous- Rogers Victoria Choc
olates have arrived in town. Kubley's
have secured tho agency for those
delicious creams, and have a small
supply on hand. The chocolate that
is different. adv.
-4
The Daily Miner $1 per month.
———————————
The Weekly Miner $3 per year.
Bonar Law, British Secrettary for
the Colonies, tho Allies have now
possession of all of Germany's over
sea colonies, with the single exception
of the Kameruns anil Germany Bust
Africa. British forces are now ad
vancing against this last colony from
the north, the west and the south
west. The Portugese troops are also
attacking from the south, while Brit
ish and French vessels maintain a
strict blockade of the coast. it is
expected that these two places will
be occupied within the next couple
of months.
clubIes
At the regular meeting of the
Commercial Club last night, a motion
was carried deciding to do away with
the regular meetings of the Club at
least during the summer. This and
the postponement of tl election of
the officers was tleeiii d on owing
tp t.hp lack of interest on the par
of the club membership and the bus
iness people of the town in general.
There were but six people present
last night at the Council Chambers,
in spite of the fact that the Club
has a membership of between 35 and
-10. Tho report of the Secretary show
ed that the Club hail a balance In the
treasury of $178.31. John Kole re
ported the doings of the Fourth of
July Committee, and a motion was
passed thanking him and the rest of
the committee for their interest and
efforts. Then, as stated above, the
Club adjourned subject to the call
of the President only.
.. ■«. —
AT THE GRAND
Tonight the Grand will show The
Mystery of Sidney Street ,a Warner
feature in throe parts, involving a
double crime committed the same
day, and followed by the clever
work of the detective, which holds
you spellbound all through the pic
ture until the guilty man confesses
his crime and ends his wicked life by
jumping into the lake. The exterior
scenes and stago settings are beauti
ful and well photographed. The Juven
ile Kidnappers, a one reel comedy
drama. was the best of all and the
dear little baby to my notion was the
star and had several narrow escapes
before it brought hjppiness to its
father. He had been robbed of his
wife and the mother of his children
by this baby’s birth, and at last
wins a mother for itself and a wife
for the father, and a companion for
the brother. The Doctor’s Story, i“
the one reel drama that opens the
show. A complete ehajige of pictures
tomorrow night. Sunday and Mon
day night The Only Son, a production
by Jessie L. Husky will be shown, ad.
ROYAL CAFE
UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT
We make a specialty of
short orders at all times
of the day or night.
Our Dinners are un
equaled In the North.
Private boxes for dinner
parties.
MITCHELL BILICICH, Prop^
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE FOURTH I
lOF JULY COMMITTEE I
Following is tile report of the |
Fourth of July Committee ,as supplied
this paper by John Koel. It shows
that Ketchikanors aro ever ready to
“come through” liberally when cash
is needed.
Receipts
J. K. Heckman & Co. $25.00
Tongass Trading Co. 25.00
: emont King 10.00
Lotus Buffet 25.00
K tchikun Drug Co. 15.00
Revilla Hotel 25.00
Strong Stove Co. 5.00
J. C. Foord 5.00
S. B. VanZandt 10.00
Pacific Coast S. S .Co. 10.00
C. n. Field 10.00
Citizens Light Power & Water co 15.00
John Koel 10.00
Bcrthelsen & Pruell 10.00
Bowling Alley 10.00
Joseph Foneys 10.00
Cannon's Bakery 5.00
Lewis Hanson 12.50
Ed. Slotten 10.00
Poodle Dog Bar 25.00
Royal Bar 25.00
Royal Grill 5.00
George Osashi 5.00
Jno. R. Beegle . 5.00
M. J. Heneghan 5.00
Ketchikan Wharf Co. 10.00
Ketchikan Miner 10.00
L. II. Kubley 25.00
Rytts Drug Co. 15,00
Thos. Torry ' -" 2.5G-.
II. L. Fed'lersen 5.00
Drs. Myers 5.00
Manuel Diaz 10.00
Charles Depipe 5.00
Anderson & Jenson 5.00
J. J. Daly 25.00
F. .T. Hunt 5.00
Miners & Merchants Bank 25.00
The Progressive 5.00
W. II. Bergstressor 5.00
Kreidler Construction Co. 5.00
\. F. Zimmerman 10.00
Alaska Sheet Metal Works 2.00
W. J. Sully 2.00
Jack McGraw 5.00
James Newman 2.50
Ketchikan Iron Works 5.00
Electric Laundry 4.00
A. E. AValker 2.50
John Furlong 2.00
E. E. Sparhawk 10.00
Fidalgo Island Packing Co. 25,00
Ketchikan Steam Laundry 20.00
Hubbard & Williams 10.00
Gateway Store 5.00
1 lagawarn Restaurant 5.00
R. AVatanbo 3.00
Hop Lee Laundry 2.50
Ed. Verney 2.50
ABOUT READY TO MOVE
Al. Kreidler ami his crew, who
have been at work for some time
getting n new foundation under the
Hunt building, fixing the roof, and
overhauling the building generally,
now have the wirk in such a condi
tion that the building is about ready
to move.
-*
25 per cent discount at Field’s, ad.
The Daily Miner Al per month.
George Kato 3.00
Jimmie Tatsudo 2.50
Dick Harris 2.00
Fred Grimes 2.00
K. Suwko 2.00
Eagle Restaurant 5.00
Grand Theater 10.00
Stedman Hotel 25.00
Hi Stevens 10.00
Northland Dock Oo. 15.00
P. J. Gilmore 10.00
W. P. Powers 5.00
Marie Hall 5.00
Cash 5.00
Walter Janggen 100
George Woodruff 1.00
M. S. Dobbs 1-00
S. Perkins 1.00
G. E. Paup 1.00
Harry Kirschbaum 1.00
Richard Nuckols 1.00
P. N. Brown 2.00
T. L. Poster 3.00
Smith & Rudnick 2.50
W. C. Dibrell 5.00
Lena Kippen 5.00
A. B. Edmonds 5.00
W. K. Spaulding 2.00
J. Filmore Warder 1.00
W. T. Janies 2.50
Irl Thatcher 1.50
O. Williams 1.50
W. A.. Ross 1.00
W. If. Patching 1.00
Stanley Adams 1.00
Jean Sagar 1.00
•T. Mihara 2.50
Northern ^Machine Works 5.00
Chas. II. Cosgrove 2.50
G. B. Smith 20.00
W. T. Mahoney 5.00
Cash 5.00
W. G. Weiglo 2.00
Geo. F. Rounsefell & Son 10.00
Sideboard Saloon 25.00
May Field 5.00
Ketchikan Draying Co. 5.00
H. R. Thompson 10.00
Walter Gray 2.50
Bob Graham 1.00
CaBh 2.00
Dr. Kenedy 5.00
Following is the list of the dis
bursements:
H, M. Staekpole, trip to Rupert to
make arrangements for the baseball
games $ 10.00
Baseball epenses and
prizes, men 375.00
Baseball prize, boys 10.00
Sports, Field and Juvenile 140.00
Advertising 40.00
Aquatic Sports 77.75
Music 100.00
Hall Rent 5.00
Incidental Expenses 15.00
[,ig12.00
CANNERYMEN HERE
II. Boll-Irving, head of the British
Columbia canning company of that
name, is a local visitor. Accompan
ied by a daughter and Miss Purvis,
whoso father was formerly in com
mand of one of the P. R. boats, bo
made the trip up from Prince Rupert
<m the Chacon, arriving last night.
He is today inspecting the Ketchi
kan cannery, which is one of the
plants owned by his company.
-»■
i/4off at Field’s. adv.
:: LOOK THEM OVER ::
and see if you have got all the following Standard articles:
Boss of the Road overalls, Bergmann shoes, Gold Seal boots, \
Standard blue flannel shirts, Malone pants, (the all wool and a J
yard wide kind,) Johnsons best oil clothing. Medllcott underwear,
all wool sox etc. If you have any or all the above, you can go to
the mine, logging camp, or fishing banks, knowing that you are
properly dressed.
Give us a call fo* your next outfit. If you are looking for
something good to wear we have got it..
P. J. Gilmore
“THE CLOTHIER”