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VOLUME ONE * KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916 NUMBER 112
BOTH GREECE AND RUMANIA
HAVE GOOD REASON
TO STAY OUT
COMPACT IS SIGNED
HAS SIGNED AGREEMENT TO
THAT EFFECT
SALONIKI, Feb. 2.—A report
(T from Bucharest says that many sol
diers and civilians were killed last
evening by bombs dropped from
Zeppelins that raided the camp. The
number of killed, while not men
tioned, is said to be quite large.
According to newspapers here
this morning, it appears that both
Greece and Rumania have joined in
k a compact to maintain their neut
rality at all event. This said to
account for the reluctancy of hot'’
countries to enter the conflict.
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THE BRITISH ARE
ON THEIR GUARD
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WATCHING FOR APPAN TO
LEAVE PORT
NORFOLK. Feb. 2.—British war
ships have been sighted off the
limits patrolling the Virginia sea
coast, presumably watching the Ap
pan and in the event that the Ger
mans attempt to leave, will capture
it from them. Such is the pre
vailing opinion here.
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SCARED OF ALASKA WEATHER
Mike Wadding, it seems, has been
a wrongly informed or has never been
* informed at all regarding our ban
ana growing weather here in Ket- j
ciikan during the past month as
word come? from him in California I
that he will return to Alaska to re
sume his work with Lh= Alaska '
Packers Ass’n. at Loring as soon j
as the weather is warm enough.
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FIREMEN ATTENTION*
There will be a special meeting
of the Fire Department at the Fire
Hall, Friday night at 7:30. All
Firemen are urgently re uiested to
be present.
D. W. Hunt, P. C.
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GROUNDHOG SEES ITS SHADO.V
Though the day lias been beauti
ful and balmy as a May day and
all indications promising a continua
tion, still we must remember the old
saying about the Groundhog. If
* ii. sees its shadow on Feb. 2nd. it
goes back to its hole for six weeks
longer. How true this is remains
for us to find out, but we hope the
beast is mistaken.
AN EXPLOSION
IS REPORTED
jDU PONT COMPANY AT FERN
DALE IS BLOWN OUT
OF EXISTENCE
SHENANDOAH, Feb. 2.—A re
j port from Femdale this morning
says that the Du Pont Powder
I Works at that place had been blown
to peices by aterrific explosion.
IThe cause of the explosion is said
to be unknown, according to the
report.
Thus far no casualities have been
reported.
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A COSTLY RACE
MAY BE RESULT
TWO BOATS IN A SINKING
CONDITION AFTER A
COLLISION
HALIFAX, Feb. 2.—The steam- j
ships Takata Mara and Silver Shell j
met in a collision off the Southeast i
Cape causing one another damage i
to the extent that they are reported J
in a sinking condition and that the j
steamship Armonia is standing by.
The wireless message received
says that it appears the steamships
were racing and in some unaccount
able manner collided.
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m McLaughlin returns
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Tom McLaughlin, Capt. of the Al
laska Packers Tender Arctic, ar
rived on the Spokane and will go
to the cannery at Loring today.
Mr. McLaughlin left his family
in SanFrancisco.
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(TURKS KILLED 1500
ARMENIANS
Recent Armenian arrivals, refu
gees at Erivan, Russian Transcau
casia, assert that 1,500 Sasun Ar
menians who were forced by cold
and famnie to surrender to the
Turks under the government amnes
tywere killed b yorder of the gov
ernor of Mush. The men were mas
sacred and the women and children
were drowned in the Euphrates river
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WANTED:—A position as assis
tant teamster. Apply to Mrs. Ryan,
advertising 6t.
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KEYWEST, Feb. 2.—The submar
ine K-5 that was supposed to have
been lost on its way here from New
York, arrived last evening with all
on board well. They were lost in
a heavy fog, is the reason given for
the delay to arrive at the time ex
pected.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—Jack Dillon
has accepted Frank Moran's offer
to box at Milwaukee next month,
a ten round contest. The date
to be set later.
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FOUND—In Tongass Narrows a]
14 ft green skiff. Owner apply
this office prove property and pay
for this notice. Adv. 6t.
THERE ARE MANY
WHO SUSPECT
THAT GERMAN SUBMARINES
FOLLOWED THE GERMAN
CRUISER
ON WAY CROSSING
WITH INTENTION OF" OPERAT
ING ON THE AMERICAN
SEA COAST
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—An assocl- j
ated press correspondent interview- '
ed a naval officer this morning in
reference to the German cruiser
with the • British prize at Hampton
Roads, and learned that among the
naval officials it is the general be
lief that German submarines accom
panied the cruiser across the water
which supplied them with the sup
plies on the way and with the in
tention of operating on te American
coast. One of the officials said
that they have many reasons to be
lieve that such was the case. From
that, it is inferred that the United
States will send out cutters in an
endeavor to discover the submarines.
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COMPANIES DIS-INCORPORATE
A decree of dis-incorporation for
the Lindenburger Packing company
was filed yesterday in the office of
the Secretary of Alaska. The de
cree was signed by Judge R. B.
Albertson, of the King County Court
before the proceedings were heard.
It was signed September 10, 1015.
At the same time a similar decree
was signed for the West Coast Trad
ing Company, one of the allied com
panies operated by the Lindenburgs.
The Lindenburger Packing company
operated mild cure plants at Astoria,
Oregon; Craig on the West Coast,
and at Roe point near Ketchikan.
They also operated canneries at the
latter two places.—Juneau Empire.
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RINGSIDE WITNESSES WERE
LACKING
An example of the looked f6f
White Hope was demonstrated yes
terday when Young America assert
ed itself and two contestants pro
ceeded to relieve themselves of their
and settle an old score in a
satisfying though not a very soci
able way. The arena was the North
land Dock warehouse, the stage oc- !
cupied most of the floor space, but !
the spectators were sadly lacking in
number. In speaking of the con- I
test by rounds we might mention I
that at the end of round one both !
parties were highly confident and
itching for the other fellow’s scalp.
Rounds two, three, four, and five
were practically a draw. At the
end of the tenth round and the close
of the bout, both parties were well
warmed up and the decision was
rendered because of the unfairness
of hi. ting below the belt.
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FOR SALE—Choice four resi
dence lots at $300 each. Apply to.
Jncob Pittinger, City. Adv.
BELLINGHAM IS
VISITED BY FIRE
WHOLE BLOCK DESTROYED
AND SOME LIVES LOST
BELLINGHAM, Feb. 2.—A whole
block in the business center of the
city was destroyed by fire last even
ing. It is said that some lives
were lost but the number is not
known yet.. The Firemen fought
hard but were hampered by eighteen
inches of snow' and quit cold.
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GERMAN RAIDERS
EXTREMELY ACTIVE
GERMAN CRUISER WAS OPER
ATING ALONG AFRICAN
COAST
NORFOLK, Feb. 2.—The facts
relative to the capture of the Bri
tish liner Appan were made known
yesterday. The German raiderMoewe
that has been operating along the
coast of Africa for some time was
lying in wait for the Appan and
added her to a known list of seven
other victims.
The Moewe had aboard the crews
of seven British boats that had been
picked up after their ship had sunk.
NORTHWESTERN FROM SOUTH
The steamer Northwestern arrived
from the south last night with 14
ms of local freight. The passen
gers from here for northern ports
were: C. 0. Luckenville, Mrs. E. Cox
R. H. Chadwick and S. M. Scott.
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CHATOUC CHURCH
LADIES TO DANCE
The ladies of the Catholic Church
announce that they will give a
dance next Saturday night at Red
Men’s Hall commencing at nine
o’clock. There will be good music
also cards for thope who do not
wish to dance. Refreshments will
be served and altogether a splen
did time is being arranged for all
those who will attend.
Admission 50 cents, refreshments
free.
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FOR SALE AT KRAFTHURST
1. L. C. Smith Typewriter and
stand in fine condition, $50.00
1» Copeman Electric Range, good
working order, $35.00
1, Grand Electric Washing Mach
ine, first class, $35.00
1,Cyphers Electric Incubator, 120
eggs, as good as new, $18.00
1, Singer Sewing Machine, in good
condition, $30.00
About 00 pullets and two year
old hens, White Leghorns, White
Orpingtons and crosses of the two
breeds, in fine condition and laying,
$1.50 each, special price on the
whole lot.
The above must be sold in the
next three days. If interested call
Phone, Green 84.
M. A. MITCHELL.
BY ARRIVAL OF THE GERMAN
STEAMER WITH ITS
BRITISH PRIZE
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ANOTHER PROBLEM
THAT UNITED STATES WILL
HAVE TO MAKE SOME
DECISION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.— The
British liner Appan that was brought
into Hampton Roads yesterday in
charge of a German crew and under
its flag is presenting other com
plications that the department of
state will have to decipher. Many
there are who believe that the Uni
ted States can take the boat as well i
as the cruiser and hold them as j
prize ships.
There are no precedents to this j
case and therefore involve a ques
tion that may prove of interest, say
officials at the department.
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IIOW THE GERMANS
SMUGGLED COPPER j
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According to statements of a well
known New York business man who
has just arrived from Holland, two
clever German schemes to smuggle
contraband of war through Dutch
territory had been discovered and
to an end.
German agents, it is stated, gath
ered large quantities of copper in
Holland and had it moulded into
anchors. German barges and other
light craft coming down the Rhine
to Dutch ports would leave their
iron anchors and replace them with
the copper implements painted black
which false anchors hung in full
view on the catheads of the Ger
man boats, would be taken back on
the return trip. This ruse was
discovered by British agents in Hol
land and reported to the Dutch
Authorities.
A Dutch railroad inspector, exam
ining a trainload of cement blocks
bound for Germany, accidently tap
ped one of the bricks with a ham
mer, where upon the block cracked
and benzine gushed out. The blocks
were hollow and each filled with
the precious spirit.—Central News.
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BELGIAN SPY ASSASSINATED
LONDON, Jan. 25.—A dispatch
Irom Amsterdam, Holland, says the
Belgian spy, Cels, who denounced
to the German Edith Cavel, the
English nurse who was executed at
Brussels some t>me ago, has been
assassinated. His bodywas found 1
with two bullet wounds in it.
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A college of music was recently !
started in Juneau, and already the
wind has learned to whistle.—Doug
las Island News.
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toreceive and print news items.
NEW PREMIER
FOR RUSSIA
ILL-HEALTH ATTRIBUTED FOR
RESIGNATION OF
GOREMYKIN
LONDON, Feb. 2.—On account of
ill-health, Premier Goremykin, the
Czar’s right hand man, tendered his
resignation yesterday.
The resignation had been expect
ed for sometime by those in close
touch with the government’s affairs,
but until yesterday, the report was
not officially given out that his
successor was Mr. Strummer.
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ANOTHER POWDER
EXPLOSION
TOWBOAT SINKS TAKING CREW
OF THIRTY DOWN IN
OHIO RIVER
HUNTINGTON, Feb. 2.—A Pit
tsburg tow boat having in tow a
heavy load, with thirty men as a
crew, was sunk today and every man
lost. The cause of the sinking is
iue to an explosion in the engine
room, but what caused the explo
sion will remain a mystery, as none
are left to tell the tale, and the
boat is not likely to be recovered.
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AT THE CUSTOMSHOUSE
The following steamers reported
it the local customs house during
.he last two days:
Al-Ki from the north for Seattle.
Northland for Vancouver and
Seattle.
Spokane from Seattle and Prince
Rupert.
Northwestern from Seattle.
Manhattan from Vancouver to the
Sea Fisheries.
Omaney from Seattle for the Sea
Fisheries.
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AT THE STEDMAN
Van Rayne, Seattle; Geo. P. Riley,
Seattle.
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IN THE DRAYING BUSINESS
Kindly leave your next order for
coal with
MRS. RYAN
FISHING SCHOONERS OVER
HAULED
The fishing schooners Zillah May
and Tyea arrived in port yesterday
enroute to the Sea Fisheries. The
schooners have been undergoing an
overhauling in Seattle.
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NEW YORK, Feb. l.—The steam
er Orleaniann, that sailed from New
York for Malta, with passengers
and freight, and which should have
arrived at its destination long since,
is given up as lost by the under
writers.
Inpuiries and search have been
made, but so far nothing has been
seen of the steamer since it left
the port here.
ZEPPLIN RAID
IN ENGLAND
FIFTY-FOUR DEAD
MANY BOMBS DROPPED DAM
AGING PROPERTY AND
KILLING MANY
VISITED VAST TERRITORY AND
MET NO SERIOUS OB
JECTIONS
LONDON, Feb. 2.—From recent
reports coming in from the districts
visited by German Zeppelins it Is
learned that six adjoining towns
were visited and much damage done
to property besides the killing of
fifty-four people. The raid oc
cured last Monday night and while
it lasted two hundred bombs were
used and besides the killing of fifty
four people the report states that
sixty-seven were injured.
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AN OLD PIONEER
PASSES AWAY
W. P. POWERS DIES AT
REVILLA HOTEL
W. P. Powers, a real estate and
mining man and a resident of Ket
hikan for the past 16 years died
it the Revilla Hotel at 2:30 today.
Re has been just able to walk
around for several days and yester
day morning he was not able to leave
bis bed. Dr. Miller was called and
Loday just before ho died Dr. Story
was called in consultation.
Funeral arrangements are being
completed by the Funeral Comrnit
te of the Eagle Lodge i
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MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Steamer Al-Ki sails from Seattle
the 6th. and will arrive here the 8th.
Northland sails from Seattle on
the 18th.
Admr. Farragut sails from Seattle
m the 19th.
Despatch sailed yesterday and
after leaving Ketchikan goes to Sit
ka via. the West Coast.
The steamer Revilla of the Paci
fic Coast Steamship Co. sails from
Seattle the 15th.
The steamer Spokane goes south
about Saturday.
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ALAMEDA GOES SOUTH TO
MORROW MORNING
The local agent for the Alaska
Steamship Company reports the Ala
meda from the north at 8 o’clock
tomorrow morning.
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LONDON, Feb. 2.—The British'
liner Appan that is reported as be
ing at Hampton roads, under the
German flag, when she left here,
carried a half million pound of
bullion.
STROiVG STOYF CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
» Camp Stoves
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Heckman Bldg.
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J. E. Cbllburg Pres. J. R. Heckman Vice-pres A. R. Larson Cashier
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.
Berthelsen & Pruell
The Big Curio Store of 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.
I CHARLIE CHAPLIN §
!ii Night at §
I THE DREAM 1
Two Nights WED. & THUD. Iwo Nights |
Three Acts “THE SILENT PLEA” Three Acts 1
Broadway Star Feature with EDITH STORY and HARRY MOREY |
in the title roles. An Excellent Drama of the highest type. j§
CHAS. CHAPLIN “THE CHAMPION” CHAS CHAPLIN i
Here’s a knock for fair, Chaplin lerans the §
✓ fighting game and he’s some Pug .See him
tonight, here for two nights only, and a g
full two reel feature g
I The next PARAMOUNT FEATURE g
will be, “CAMEO KIRBY,” Friday, |
‘•jTHE MILLION,” Monday and then 1
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;; Mary Pickford in “CINDERELLA ” g