BANKER PREDICTS
THE END OF WAR
LIKEWISE HIS OWN DEATH
WHICH OCCURRED AS
PREDICTED.
LONDON, April 13.—An English
army officer was starting for the
front last year. He called at his
bank to settle up certain affairs be
fore departing.
"You’ll be back soon with a wound
ed hand,” said the bank manager.
He was. ii
His wound healed, the officer jnade
ready to go to the front. Meeting
the bank manager, he inquired:
“Any more predictions?”
"You’ll be gone longer this time,”
said the manager, “and when you
do return, it will be with quite a
bad wound in the leg.”
This also happened. The officer
was much surprised. Hunting up
the banker, he inquired: “Since you
know so much, why can’t you tell
me when the war will end?”
“It will end,” said the manager,
“on June 17, 1916, but I shan’t live
to see it. I’ll just about live until'
New Year’s day and not much
more.” He died January 2.
The London Financial News, a
very sober, unimaginative, reliable
newspaper, vouches for this story.
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SENATOR SULZER STILL ALIVE
Last year, the Progressive-Miner
received interesting news items from
Sulzer, presumably from the Sen
ator. Without notice, the items
ceased to come, and our inference
was that the Senator had departed
from this wicked world, when Io.
and behold, the following items were
received today:
Sulzer, Alaska, April 17, 1916.
The steamer Ravalli sailed from
Sulzer this morning with 850 tons
of the Jumbo Mine ore for Tacoma.
The Curaco from Anacortes ar
rived at Sulzer on the evening of
the 15th. All is well.
A FACTORY THAT EMPLOYS
SPIDERS.
Spiders are probably the most
indispensable workmen in one of the
largest English surveying instru
ment factories. It is their duty to
spin the delicate thread which is
used for the cross hairs to mark
the exact centre of the object lens
in the surveyor’s telescope.
Spider web is the only suitable
material yet discovered for the
cross hairs of surveying instru
ments. Almost invisible as this
fibre is to the naked eye it is
brought up in the powerful lenses
of the telescope to the size of a
man’s thumb, so that all defects,
if there happened to be any, would
be magnified to such a degree that
the web should be useless.
Human hair has been tried, but
when magnified it has the apparent
dimensions of a rough-hewn lamp
post. Moreover, human hair is
transparent, and cross hairs must
be opaque.
The spiders produce during a two
months spinning season thousands
of ayrds of web, which is wound
upon metal frames and stored away
until needed.
A spider “at work” dangles in the
air by its invisible thread, the
upper end being attached to a metal
wire frame whirled in the hands of
a girl. The girl first places the
spider on her hand until the pro
truding end of the thread has be
come attached. When the spider
attempts to leap to the ground this
end is quickly attached to the cen
tre of the whirling frame, and as
the spider pays out thread this line
is wrapped around the frame. Sev
eral hundred feet of thread can be
removed from a spider at one time.
The spiders are kept in a large
room under the supervision of three
girls and a forewoman. When not
spinning the little workmen are
placed' in a large wooden cage.
Flies are the chief article of diet.
During the winter months the
spider colony usually dies, so that
an entirely new corps of workmen
must be recruited. Not every spider
will do—only large fat fellows that
spin a tough, round thread are
suitable.
Singuarly enough the girls who
have charge of the spiders in this
English factory arc not in the least
afraid of them or their bites. Cn
the contrary they regard them as
pets, are able to tell them apart and
to call them by nicknames which
humorously describe their appear
ance or their peculiar habits of
work.
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SUPERINTENDENT. HERE.
Fred Patching, superintendent of
the Loring Hatchery, is a visitor in
town. Mr. Patching was a witness
at the inquest held over the re
mains of Frank Leabeher, held this
afternoon.
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JURORS FOR KETCHIKAN TERM
OF COURT.
(Juneau Empire, April 15.)
This afternoon the list of grand
and petit jurors for the Ketchikan
term of court, which has been call
ed fqr May 8th, was drawn in the
district court.
The list follows:
Grand Jury: A. W. Thomas, Geo.
M. Chesney, F. G. Finzel, E. A.
Henry, Charles E. Finzel, Frank
Capp, Wm. J. Morgan, Osborne Will
iams, J. E. Close, David Williams,
Richard Harris, R. J. Gilmore, Wm.
Anderson, Frank Jough, Charles C.
Carroll and John Hunseth of Ket
chikan; T. S. Elsemore, George
Duryea, L. Kracke, of Petersburg,
and E. Sampson, of Craig.
The Petit Jury: H. J. Phillips,
W. D. Neil, of Wrangell; H. A. Beu
ring, D. W. Hunt, J. A. Wall, Fred
Heckman, I. E. Austin, Charles K.
Patching, Ed. Kerr, E. J. Williams,
N. R. Walker, L. H. Kubley, Geo.
Stevens, Jock Spaulding, J. A.
Thatcher, G. H. Samas, Peter Mc
Kinnon of Ketchikan; Loro Severn.
Erick Ness, O. V. Jacobson, Fred
Patton, of Petersburg; W. E. Ram
sey, J. K. Doyle, and J. S. Brooks,
of Craig.
TRUE BILL FOUND
AGAINST VON PAPEN
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I WHILE GRAND JURY FOUND
PLENTY OF EVIDENCE HE
GOES FREE.
NEW YORK, April 18.—The fed
returned a
! true bill against Captain Von
Papen, who returned to Germany
i some time ago. The grand jury
| charged him with being an accom
; plice before the fact, in that he was
! cognizant of the fact that an organ
! ization existed where the Welland
| Canal was to be blown up and that
! the Captain was the financing agent
i of the members of the organization.
The offense charged is not extradit
able as there is no treaty covering
up the charge between the United
States and Germany.
The prosecuting attorney said to
day that other indictments wrould
be returned against several others j
in the Welland Canal conspiracy.
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| PARENT-TEACHER ASS’N
will meet Wednesday
—
The Parent-Teacher Association of
; Ketchikan will give the following
! program Wednesday evening, April
j 19, 1916:
^ 1. Mandolin Duet—Helen and Ever
ett Paup.
2. Recitation—Mrs. R. R. Tinkham.
3. Solo—“The March of the Woods”
—Mr Osborn Williams.
4. Address—“The Worth of Edu
cation”—Rev. H. W. Michener.
5. Song, (Select)—Mr. R. Ray, ac
companied by Mrs. Elliott.
The donation of books for the
school library and good pictures for
the adornment of the school rooms,
as suggested at the last P. T. A. J
meeting, will be appreciated and
thankfully accepted.
S. L. MYERS,
Chairman Program Committee.
LAST SATURDAY’S DANCE
BEST YET.
About fifty couples attended the
dance at Redmen’s Hall lust Satur
day night and enjoyed a jolly time.
These dances given by Fossness and
Williams are gaining in popularity.
Remember ladies that you should
see the new suits and coats just
arrived at the Tongass Trading
Company, before you make your
Easter purchases. They are the lat
est in every respect. (adv.)
L. J. Howard, Mrs. Chris Hoover’s
son, who has been in Portland since
last October, returned on the Spo
kane yesterday for the summer
season and will be with the Pure
Food Cannery Co. for the summer.
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WAR RELICS OF 1779.
During the American revolution
the most important of the British
camps was located along the present
line of upper Broadway, New York.
A series of excavations carried on
in this region has revealed many
relics of unusual interest. The re
mains of upward of 100 Hessian
and British huts have been unearth
ed with relics of the camp of the
period.
The discovery include thousands
of buttons from the soldiers’ uni
forms which have made it possible
to trace the various regiments once
encamped there. One of the most
interesting of these relics is a silver
belt plate, the markings of which
identify it as once belonging to an
officer in the 28th British regiment
of Foot in 1779. On the back of the
buckle are crudely scratched the let
ters “J. E.,” and this slight clue has
made it possible definitely to estab
lish its history.
An examination of the military
records of the period shows that
1st Lieut. James Edwards was an
officer of the 28th regiment which
was once encamped on upper Broad
way. The records also tell that the
officer was wounded at the battle
of the Brandywine.
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
DAILY BIBLE READING.
Topic for week: Faith in Our
selves.'
St. Matthew 14:22-36.
“Lord, if it be thou, bid me come
unto thee upon the waters.”
We don’t need to walk on sea
water today; power boats make bet
ter time. We are much more in
terested in walking safely the
troubled waters of life, a far hard
er problem. Peter’s faith petered
out and he sank. Througli Christ
let us have faith in ourselves;
Christ within us, and we will travel
without fear or doubt the stormiest
sea of life.
The buckle came into the posses
sion of Mr. W. L. Calver, active in
unearthing these military encamp
ments, who has communicated with
the military historians in England
where the discovery has aroused un
usual interest.
FORMER KETCHIKAN GIRL ILL.
Miss Florence Mercer, formerly
of this city, is reported ill at the
General Hospital in Juneau. Dr.
DeVighne who is in attendance re
ports her having passed the serious
stage and now progressing to recov
ery.
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Remember ladies that you should
see the new suits and coats just
arrived at the Tongass Trading
Company, before you make your
Easter purchases. They are the lat- '
est in every respect. (adv.)
Bring in your bit of news. The
Progressive-Miner is alwavs glad
to receive and print news items.
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Job printing neatly and prompt
done at the Progressive-Miner.
At the GRAND
TONIGHT
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1916
LET US HAVE PEACE ,
A two reel comedy dram a. A stirring lesson in neutrality.
Peacefully in America live n eighbors, a German and a French
man. War breaks out and fr iendship ceases, for a time.
PAULINE BUSH
The Lion, the Lamb and the Man
Each lives his own pecu liar life, and who will say that it
is not better so. A drama o f the primitive instinct.
THE BOOB’S LEGACY
_ A Bob Leonard and Ell a Hall Comedy.
U Change of Program Wednesday.
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1 BON MARCHE I
1 Special Easter Sale of Women’s Dresses and Hats f
I Starting Wednesday, April 19th, we are going to give the Women their unrestricted |
I choice of any of our $10.00 Silk Poplin Dresses at $7.50 1
1 THE $7.50 DRESSES WILL BE $5.00, THE $5.00 DRESSES WILL BE $3.50 §
I THE $3.00 ONES WILL BE $2.25 g
1 All our $7.50 Trimmed Hats will be $5.95 |
1 Sale Prices good from Wednesday, April 19th, till Saturday Night, April 22nd **
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vestigation of drug store conditions, we were selected as the exclu- w
sive distributors in this locality, of the £2
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MORE THAN 100 RELIABLE j!
TOILET ARTICLES AND REMEDIALS j j
This famous line of dependable toilet articles and remediate j |
can from now on be secured from us, with the absolute guarantee 1_,
• of money refunded if not perfectly satisfactory. You should in- W
vestigate this service at once. £2
This is only another indication that we merit your contin- rj
uous patronage.
Our Jewelry Sale still continues and at the prices at £2
which we are disposing of these goods, you cannot afford to
miss taking advantage of it. We have no jeweler with us £2
now, and those having work left with us are requested to SS
call and take it up. £2
RYUS DRUG CO. I
Established 1901. Phone 39.
CLASIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
See our new line of Millinery be
fore buying elsewhere. Opened on
April 1st. John Koel’s building
next to the Printing Office.
MESDAMES PATCHING & CROSS
adv.
FOR SALE—A two room cabin
and a lot on Stedman Ave., City.
The lot is 30 foot front by 150
feet deep. For particulars apply to
“Dad” De Young. Adv. tf.
Send in your furs and get the
best market price for them
from P. .1. Gilmore. adv.
Notice to the public.
Hereafter, the Skating Rink will
be opened to the public every day
and evening of the week. Saturdays
afternoons and evenings will bo
for the children and beginners- '
Friday evening for whites only.
Saturday afternoon for children. 1
tf * MANAGER.
FOUND A TROLLING BOAT. 1
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Near Mountain Point last Friday. *
Owner call and identify same. J
—Jimmy Williams, Mountain Point. ‘
near Saxman.
KETCHIKAN ,
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
FREE READING ROOM \
10 A. M. to 10 P. M.
MRS. J. B. THOMPSON
Librarian j j
Gas Boat Supplies!
ISchebeler Carburators
Spark Plugs
Dry Batteries
Life Preservers
Side Lights
Galvanized Bolts, Nuts
and Washers
Spark Coils
ilica Washers and
Tubing
Multiple Batteries
Fire Extinguishers
Fog Horns
Ship Chandlery of all
kinds
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