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raxes TEN CENTS. KETCHIKAN, ALASKA THCBSDAY, JULY 29, 1915. _ VOL. IX. NO. 30
THE CABLE AGAIN OPT OF COMMISSION
New York, July S—The Court yes
terday afternoon refused to interfere
in the Becker case refusing the doom
ed man a new trial. This means that
unless tise Governor intervenes with
a pardon, the former police lieutenant
will go to the eleetrie chair Friday
morning. Preparations for the eve
cut.on are now under way.
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EXCAVATING FOB SEWER
Street Commissioner Shark put men
to work this morning on lower Main
street excavating for the sewer from
the hill district. This sewer will be
carried down along Main to Market,
and along that thoroughfare to deep
water. The old Main street sewer
terminated under the mill wharf and
• owing to the fact that a great deal
of the time it was cheated up with
saw dust did not give Very good satis
faction. The new route will give
' good falL and by delivering into
deep water the discharge should be
disposed of effectively.
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TAKES SALMON AS WELL
la addition to filling hex cold
storage boat Kir.a Thompson took
at the New England plant, the cold
storage steamer Ebfcn 'Thompson took
on about eight thousand eases of can
ned salmon at the Ketchikan cannery.
The halibut will lie delivered at the
New England plant at Vancouver, B.
C., and the salmon at Seattle.
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SEATTLE IN SOUTHBOUND
With about one hundred passen
gers on board the City of Seattle
made port southbound this morning a
bout five o’clock* Her cargo con
sisted of 150 barrels of herring ofl
from the Killisnoo reduction plant-and
close to ten thousand eases of salmon
from various canneries. While here
she took on 5,730 .rases of salmon at
the Pure Food Cannery, which
gave her a full cargo. Seven
passengers boarded her here, two
for Rupert and five for Seattle.
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PRIZE WINNING BIRDS
I have a few thoroughbred Bose
Comb Rhode Island Red eockereis for
■ale, for next year’s breeding pur
poses. These are the only p-rize
w inning thoroughbreds of this vari
ety in Ketchikan, and for the next
ten days I will sell same at 1500
each. Come at once if you are in
terested. Orders may be left at
Sparahawk's store, or at my home in
West Ketchikan, Mrs. S. L. Atkin
son. 6i. ad.
NU-BONE CORSET!
Mrs. George Washburn, local repre
sentative. Fittings in privacy at
Washburn’s Millinery Store. For in
formation call up G. 136. tf. adv.
CABLE IS OUT
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The cable, somewhere between Sit
ka and Seattle, was out of commis
sion today so no news had arrived
up to 4:33 this afternoon. The Burn
side is now on the job, was in fact ail
morning, so probably the big rope
will be working again shortly. Here’s
hoping auywey. It's some job get
ting out a paper at best, and without
.-able news it "s—.well you know what
she Miner Man’s thinking. We got a
little by wireless.
Sebastopol, July 23—Russian tor
pedo boat destroyers a day or two a
go rail-Si the port of the Sansum In
Turkey in Asia, destroying over a
hundred ships and boats of all sizes,
and setting the wharves and ware
houses on fire. They succeeded in get
ting away in safety after completing
their task, leaving the garrison terror
stricken.
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PIA3JO KECXTAX. "TONIGHT
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As stated a day or two ago pupils,
of Mrs. A. B. MacDonald will ap
pear in piano recital at the Masonic
Hall, tonight, at eight o’clock. A
very interesting pr gram has been
arrange! an.l wiii be rendered.
Friends of the young people taking
part and also of their teacher are
most cordially invited to attend.
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AT THE GBAUD
Tonight a Warner feature in three
parts entitled, The Hand That Con
demns. It is a detective story of re
markable intensity and jowr, a grip
ping plot presented by an all star
• ast. Tots production is s-> cleverly
worked out in its details that yon
cannot fail to be impressed by it. The
settings for this picture are laid a
bre-ad and furnishes many beautiful
scenes, one of worthy meat ion is the
rugge-i sea coast of the foreign coun
try. An Animated Weekly and a
good frontier comedy el ses ihe show.
Friday and Saturday tiigot a complete
change of program of short stories
ami a iomety. The Trey O’ Hearts
a serial, will be shown very auon. The
first installment consists of three
reels, the first being taken np by the
prologue which gives the motive for
all the subsequent, exciting and ro
matie incidents, save your Trey O’
| Hearts and see the opening of the
: trreat serial. adv.
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Job printing at the Miner.
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INDICTMENTS
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Chicago. July 29—Six indictments
charging manslaughter and criminal
negligence have been returned by the
grand jury investigating the sinking
of the Eastland. They are against of
ficials of the company and officers of
the boat.
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MBS \\ YMaSi MAKES A SALE
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Capt. J. E Sdvles \vnsTrir receipt of
.» letter fioni iil^ mother. Mrs. Tola
Ay man recently, station that she
had just put threuga ;r‘de:ii on miu
-■> g property in wh.ie.i CSV. Jimmie
and -he were interested ih ip i ali
forcia. She inclosed a clipping from
the Placer County Journal^ of East
Auboru, Cal., which spoke of* the
transaction as follows: •* ,
Mrs. Tola Wyman, the well known
mining woman who has been operat
ing several claims known as the Gold
Dollar group, in the Meadow Lake
mining district in Nevada County,
states that she has sold or.e of the
claims to James Murry of Butte,
Moat.
Dr. H. L. Hoyer, cf Butte, repre
sented Murry in the deal. He in
vestigated the property thoroughly
during the past two weeks and was
satisfied with what he saw. He and
Mrs. Wyman returned y ester Jay from
the district, the station for which is
Cisco, this county.
Dr. Hoyer was instructed by his
chief to arrange for starting opera
tions in a proper manner on the mine
as soon as he closed the deal, and he
is now- engaged in that undertaking.
Such machinery and supplies as are
needed to carry on the work will be
installed and experienced miners will
be put at work.
Mrs. Wyman will undertake some
more extensive development work on
her three remaining claims, and get
them into the producing elass as early
as possible.
These operations promise to make
the old Meadow Lake district take on
new life. At one time it was famous,
but the ore proved- of a nature that
the methods of that day eould not
master. Quite a town was built there
in a few* weeks, and it died almost as
suddenly when one after another of
the ” methods of extraction proven
failures. Present day methods, It is
said, are successful in getting the
| gold out of the ore, and the operation
1 of the mines there is expected to
j prove rpofitable.
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BOB SHELDON MAKES
BECOBD BOUND TRIP
Fairbanks,—Without doubt, the
fastest round trip to the coast and
back for all time aw* made during the
past eight days by Bob Sheldon. His
actual running tune was little more
than six days, as he delayed for more
than a day at Chitina before start
ing for the Interior again.
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1-i off at Fields. alv.
Field is closing out everything at
twenty-five per cent, discount. adv.
For Bent—Desirable four roomed
house, hot and cold water, bath
room, and all the modern conven
iences. Fine view. A pply Mrs.
Young, Newtown. 8t adv.
STROIVG STOVI CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
^jgllggU Heckman Bldg.
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IS nDERED
Port »u Prince, July 29—A mob
attacked the French legation in this
city last night, where President Guil
laume had sought safety, smashed
down the doors, and later dragging
Guillaume out of the building shot
him, riddling his dead body with hun
dreds of bullets. A detachment of
American marines are now enroute to
:! is city and will be landed to re
store order.
Another matter that can be charged
to booze alone developed on the ar
rival of tthe City of Seattle here. It
appears that “Port Wine Charley,”
(that’s some title) had been at work
at Juneau pretty steady for some
time, and decided to take a layoff
and come down to Ketchikan to see
his old friends. Fearing he might
get thirsty on the way down be pur
chased a bottle of “hootch” before
starting. After going aboard ami
getting settled amid congenial com
p-my in the steeragw he passed the
bottle around. Somebody else did
the same, and the next thing Charley
remembered was waking up as the
boat was nearing Ketchikan to dis
cover that during his slumbers some
body had relieved him of his hard
earned cash, his watch and his other
valuables. A local liquor dealer is
quoted as making the statement re
cently here in Ketchikan, that during
the whole of his experience in the
business he had never come across
anybody that “booze” had material
ly affected. Well, here’s an instance.
And while We are talking about
booze, which even that particular
saloonkeeper must acknowledge Is not
necessary for the maintalnance of
life as demonstrated in his two big
strapping boys neither of whom touch
the stuff with which their father is
poisoning himself and his friends,
and we doubt very much that he
would want them to, did he or any
other man ever hear of it doing any
good in the world? Did the fact that
a man was a drunkard ever get him
a job if there was a sober man to be
gotten; and if he did have one, did
liqnor ever help him hold it? Think
it over, and if you, Air. Reader have
anything to show where booze helps
the workingmen, come in and tell us
about it.
MAY TAKE IN THE FAIR
P. i. Gilmore the Clothier will
leave for the south on ttie Dolphin
when she arrives. Pa; plans to trans
act certain business that is taking
him south, and then in all probability
he will take a 11111 down tu San
Francisco and take in the big fair.
That’s a trip th.- roost of us wcnll
like to take. HLs little -iauhter Alary
will go south with her Dad.
The Duly Miner fl per month.
MON LOSS
VERY HEAVY
London, July 29—It is estimated
that at least half a million Austrians
and Germans have been killed in Gal
icia and Poland during the past
month. The German losses around
Warsaw haVe been especially heavy,
here column after column of sol
diers have been sent with the bayonet
■:;:>>nst the fortifications of the Rus
sians only to melt away before reach
ing their object.
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WE MADE AN ERROR
The Miner was in error yesterday
iu stating that the machine men at
the Mamie Mine at Hadley had gone
on strike to secure an increase of
wages from four dollars per day to
four-fifty. Our correspondent at
Hadley, Paul Nordstrom, was respon
sible for the statement, having wired
to that effect from that place. The
facts are the machine men were being
paid $3.50 per day, and have demand
ed $4.00
This paper has no common*, to make
except to say that it is a pity that
just at this time when mining is be
: ginning to open up in this region this
strike should have occurred ,as it is
bound to result in matters in gener
al being retarded.
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WILL TAKE NIGHT LETTERS
The Miner is in receipt of a com
munication from the White Pass J:
Vugon Route offering something new
in the night letter rate. That com
pany offers to transmit “nite” let
ters of fifty words or less to Seattle
for $3.30, or $4.00 to New York. The
cable rate to Skagway is ten cents
per word with a minimum of $1.00,
with a night rate of 80 cents for
ten words.
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THE ADENTUBES OF KATHLYN
The 9th Adventure of Kathlvn will
I e shown at the Dream tonight. This
ever popular animal serial does not
lose any of it’s thrilling charm in
this number. Kathlyn’s sister Win
nie is foreeaoiy-crowned the Queen of
Allnha. Kathlvn and her father, dis
guised as animal t.aincrs. receive per
mission to show in the arena where
Winnie is one of the spectators. Sev
eral animal feats are performed with
some ferocious lions and tigers. Win
nie is taken into the arena to view
| the lions and tigers close and is smug
gled out through a secret tunnel.
I’athe Daily has another cartoon cont
>■ ly attached this time in which Col.
Heeza Liar is seen in the trcnehes
dodging cannon balls. President Wil
son opens the baseball season at the
capital. New and late war pictures
shosving the troops in Asia and a
round the Sphinx, scenes at the Pan
ama Exposition are also very good.
G. M. Anderson is staring'in the open
ing reel called, Red Ridding Hood of
The lliils. Two Biograph comedies
end one of the best show at the
House of Quality. Watch for the two
reel feature. The Frozen Trail. It is a
true Alaska picture and is exception
ally good. lidv.
ROYAL CAFE
UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT
We make a specialty of
short orders at all times
of the day or night.
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Our Dinners are un
equaled In the North.
Private boxes for dinner
parties. #
MITCHELL BILICICH, Prop \
Copenhagen, July, 29—Russian war
-hips are assisting tho land forces
in repelling the attack of the Ger
mans on Riga. The lay off the coun
. is such that they can operate to
advantage, and their big guns have
-•.•ought terrible lmvoc amid tho close
utks of the attackers. Thus far,
e Germans have been beaten back
in all their attempts to capture
Riga, but appear to be closing In on
the place.
New York, July 29—The stock
market was practically stationary to
day. Alaska Gold went at 31 1-4;
Amalgamated Copper 74 1-4; Utah
Copper 66 1-2; Steel, common, 67 1-8;
Westinghouse common 111 1-4.
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UP FOR ANOTHER FISH
Ur. S. T. Turner and wife arrived
fiom the south yesterday on their an
neal fishing trip, being accompanied
by Miss Elizabeth Wilson, of Phoenix,
Arizona. Ur. Turner states that the
Mexican situation as viewed from
his home town, ElPaso, Tex., is get
ting worse and worse, and it looks
as though intervention by the United
States is the only hope. The people
in general, he states, are practical
ly starving owing to the fact that
for two years they have had no crops,
and no way of making a living. El
l’aso, itself is prosperous, owin^ to
■ he fact that the place is filled with
United States soldiers airl Mexicans,
the latter having been fore id to fie
their country to save their live«. as
one faction always makes it too hot
for the other to continue in the
country when once they get in'.}
power.
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NEW BOAT ARRIVES
Tho steamer Alliance operating foi
the Independent 8. S. Co. from Seat
tie to the Westward, made, her ap
pear') nee in port this morning. She
is on her way west, and la addition
to a full cargo of building material
and general freight had between fifty
and sixty passengers. She had a
small consignment of freight for Ivet
•diikan. and will make regular calls
hereafter, P. E. Patching being he.
local representative.
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A seventeen foot launch for sab
quipped with a two cycle 31/, hors
•ower engine. Solid wheel and i
versing gear, canopy top. Apply 1
P. McCurdy a' the Standard ()i
Dock, or Lester Lake. a h
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The Daily Miner 41 per month.
I GOOD NEWS I
*1 We have now on display for your inspection, the Latest and 9
tj most comprehensive line of woolens ever assembled together in ii
Id one store. We have marked down the prices so low that even gj
the person who never thought of wearing made-to-measure
clothes can do so now. We invito you to come In and look
over the line. It will ben efit both of us.
!P. J. Gilmore
“THE CLOTHIER”
BOYS GALLED
TO 1HECOLORS
Petrograd, July 21)—An imperial
edict was published last night calling
to the colors all men iu Russia born
uuriug the year lStMj. This is two
years uhead of tho time they aro us
ually summoned, and shown that Rus
sia, even with her vast population is
.cvitng me effects of tho steady
main of prisoners, killed and wound
ed, which must be repluced iu the
ranks,
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MOVIE MAN RETURNS
C. C, Gaisford, bead of the Silver
Fox Film company, whom it will bo
remembered was a local visitor some
time ago, and who went' north with
one of the Midnight Sun excursions
down the Tukon, returned on the City
of Seattle, and will take moving pic
tures of the salmon industry of this
icgiou. fie plans to got pictures of
the salmon in every stage taking
- ggs ui tue hatcheries, caring for tho
young fish, the fish jumping as they
arc coining to the streams, and a
gaiu as tuey are going over tho
fans in tiiu Ketchikan creek. Then
will come oilier pictures of tho sal
mon iu the traps, being bralled out,
taken to the canneries, handled by
the canning machinery, and finally
the cans as they are ready for ship
ment. fiie industry promises to
luruish some excellent pictures. Af
ter completing his work here Mr.
Gaisford will go to the Westward and
get pictures of the construction work
on tho government railroad and tho
country tho road will open up.
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FISHERIES OFFICIAL HERE
Capt. J. J. Reynolds, secretary of
the Association of Pacific fisheries,
who has been touring this region,
came down from Wrangell on tho
Canco yesterday and after looking
o.er conditions here left on the City
of Beattie this morning. He speaks
very optiniisticly of the pack of this
region.
LOADING FISH SCRAP
Tho freighter Piiriaso was at tho
■fanners By-Products company plant
it Wards Cove this afternoon, where
the took on a consignment of fisli
icrap meal. This stock and chicken
mod has met with great favor in Cali
fornia. and this consignment will go
direct to that state.
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RETARDED BY FOG
Owing to a late start and fog for a
considerable part of her trip, up, tho
Bpokaue was iate iu arriving today,
uot getting here until late this after
noon. Every stateroom on the ship is
occupied, so that she has no accomo
dations for the local trade between
ports this trip. From now on until
the end of the season, the tourist
trade will demiuish, however.
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The Weekly Miner $3 per year.