SEEKS TO BE TRIED IX {
place ok his father
DENVER, Dec. IS—When the j
case of Alton Udovich, charged
with assault and battery upon
Charles Popish, a neighbor, was
called, in Magistrate Rice's court, a
man who declared that l dovich
was his name stepped forward.
Judge Rice was about to ask the
young man to plead when Popish
excitedly rushed up to the prose
cuting attorney’s table.
“•That is not the man.” he an
nounced. “It is his father who
beat me up. His father is back
there in the courtroom.”
Justice Rice immediately begs-*
an inquiry, which brought to Kght
the fart that young Udovich. rather
than have his father tried and pen
haps sent to jail, had volunteered
to take his fathers place and tab
whatever punishment was comlnr
to the latter.
Justice Rice would not sgree.
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FRIENDS MET IX DEATH GRIP
(Manitoba Free Press'!
A Winnipeg soldier has returned
home, after being discharged from
further active service owing to
wounds received while fighting a'
Tyres. He left Winnipeg with the
first contingent and when joining
the train for W.carrier hetook
farewell of a number of his friends
in Winnipeg. Among these was a
German who for several years
previous had been his next door
neighbor. They had been excep
tionally good friends and ns the
soldier's Rmiahans of Winnipeg
when lying in the trenches, he fre
quently turned his thoughts back
to the happy hoars he had spent
with his German friend.
Then one night came the order
to take the German trenches. The
Winnipeg soldier reached the en
emy trenches and. jumping over
the parapet, fell on a German
Roth lost their rifles.in the collision
and the combat turned into a hand
to-hand death straggle. It was
pitch dark. Finally the Winnipeg
man gained the advantage and had
his enemy by the throat in a death
grtp. At that moment an iThrmtn
ating she?! passed overhead. By
its rays the Winnipeg soldier was
ahlg to see the face of the victim.
Imagine his amazement when he
recognized the man who bade him
goodby in Winnipeg in August of
1914
“~A comrade, seeing by the light
of that shell that I had lost TT.T |
rifle, stepped over and bayonetted
the German.” he added. “We held
the trenches all night and dawr.
confirmed my suspicions that my-i
former friend was dead. AH that;
concerns me now is the question:
’How did he get over there?”
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A house and lot on the Hill. An-,
ply at this office, or to Mr*. George
Chesrsey. Adv. tf.
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SPECIALTY
Angnst chickens weight from 1
and 1-2 to 2 pounds each aKre n
dreseed. detiTered at any time.
A. W. BRIXDLE. Phone G 10'
GERMANS MAKE DISCOVERY
BERLIN', Dev. 2 0—Automobile
tires of artificial rubber are now
being made in Germany, the Over
seas News Agency says. In hi* ad
dress to the reichstag last week
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollwei
said German inventors had discov
ered a method of producing syn
thetic rubber.
•The Frankfurter Zeitung now
announces that at almost the same
hour that the chancellor’s state
ment was made," the news agency
-tfiOj* tn (opwMt .Oojauj sius
ing this rubber into tires which wil
wear for a year."
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PLUNKETTS BOAT POUND
According to the Juneau papers
Plunkett's boat. Iue, was found
riding at a landing place where
Krause owns mining property, and
out of the path of traffic, in Dun
can canal. The news was received
in Juneau from Charles Green*, of
Petersburg, one of the closes*
friends of Krause, who said that
Plunkett's rifle and glasses were a
bcvard and that ducks were hanging
in the rigging. Greena suggested
that Plunkett was “lost or sho*
while hunting* The marshal's of
fice however, received word that
the glasses were not aboard and his
16-guage shotgun was missing. In
Krause's effects were found glass
es identified as those of Plunkett’s
According to officials, the discov
ery of the boas strengthen
suspicion that Krause murd-’ie-’
Plankett.
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WHO WOULDN'T
LIVE IX ALASKA?
Some of us who have been .n
Alaska for some years, have an
idea of the climate and have for
gotten what the East has to suffer.
That we may be reminded of the
fart that w» ought te be contented
with our lot. the following report
from he state of Xew York, the
state where s omany of us hanker
to return to. experienced last week.
The report says: “Xew York state
is gradually digging itself out of
snow drifts of the worst storm
since the March blizzard of 18S8.
The storm which lasted more than
25 hours, blew over towards Xew
England. The beariest snow fa!1.
24 1-2 inches, was reported offic
ially from this vicinity while
Poughkeepsie reported only an inch
less.
“Unofficial reports from the up
per Hudson valley gave the fall in
that section as around two feet and
a half. In the southern tier of
countjes the fall ranged from six
to 12 inches. A high wind piled
drifts in some places as high as !5
feet. One fatality has bee* report
ed."
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If you are looking for handsome
Ctrsintas gifts, see display at
Mrs. Wash barn’s Millinery store, ad
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FOR RENT—Fire room house
with bath. Phone 62. -adv.
A NEW DAUGHTER
A daughter was bom yesterday
to Mr. and Mrs. George M. Chesney.
Dr. B. L. Myers the attending
physician reports the tittle lady
and her mother doing nicely.
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ORDER YOUR XMAS TREE
Leave your order at H. R- Thomp
son's store for your Christmas
Tree. A dr. St
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OFF FOR VACATION
...
I Miss Moorehouse. bookkeeper in
the local office of the Standard
Oil Cos will be a passenger on the
Admiral Farragut this evening en
tente to the states on her annual
vacation. She plans to spend it
visiting in Seattle and Tacoma.
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BACK FROM EXTENDED VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lingerfelt
and family who have been visiting
in the south for the past two
months, returned home on the City
of Seattle. Sunday morning. Thev
went as far south as Mexico, visit
ing San Diego, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Portland and Seattle and
report a most delightful trip.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Pacific Building A Loan stock
holders are requested to make their
payments early this month so tha*
same may reach the Home Office
before the last day of the year. The
Dec. payment is now due.
M. A. MTTCHELL. Agt.
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THE JAMES’ GET AWAY
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. James, with
the children were passengers or
the Humboldt for Seattle, yester
day afternoon, where they will
probably make their home. During
their long residence in Ketchikan
they have made a host of friends
who will regret to see them go, and
who extend them every good wish
in their new home.
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AT THE HOTELS
AT THE STEDMAN
Chas. Nickerson. E. S. Hewitt.
Juneau; Mrs. E. Emmons, Prince
Rupert; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Com
fort, Tacoma; M. G. McDonald.
Dogs Head; Win. K. Hancock, Yes
Bay; Chas. Harrie, Seattle.
AT THE REVILLA
J. G. Shepard, It Mine; Chas.
Fraser, It Mine; G. B. Carlson.
John Thompson, Hadley; R. W.
Smith, Seattle; A. E. Lang and
wife, Seattle; Joe Ramo, Ohif Sor
ensen.
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A new electric filter for house
hold use consumes current only as
water Is being drawn through it.
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SPECIALS
Fresh Olympia Oysters.
Chicken Tamales,
Fresh Choice Veal Chops
and Roasts.
UaCUI&AA HfcAI MAKA.EI.
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A Little Forethought |
Will prompt you to think over today whom you
will remember this Christmas.
Your wisdom directs you to begin gathering your
Gift Presentations during the coming week, because S
you will know the importance of early selection. &
You are cordially invited to visit our store now while fj
GIFT COLLECTIONS §
are in their original arrangements j \'
Prices thoroughly moderate in every instance
Berthelsen & Pruell j
MISS REYNOLDS BACK
Miss Florence Reynolds was »•
returning passenger on the City of
Seattle yesterday morning from an
extended visit in California. A stor
of several weeks was made in Sc
attle and Portland on her way go
ing and coming, but most of he
two months absense was spent with
her brother and friends at Reo
Bluff and San Francisco. Miss;
Reynolds "-ho is a favorite here Is
being warmly welcomed back home.
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WILL LEAVE FOR JUNEAU
James Newman, the Painter, ha- j
received the sad intelligence that
his mother who resides at Juneau,
| is seriously ill and wishes to sec
him. He is leaving tomorrow mom
! ing on the Jefferson.
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SOCIALISTS BEING USED AS
FEELERS FOR PEACE
Paris, Dec. 20—Paris newspao
I ers say that behind the outspoken
1 remarks of Dr. von Beth mann-Hoi 1
: weg, German chancellor in the
| reichstag. may be perceived a de
I sire for peace.
“Germany's plan is evident”
says Gabriel Hanotaux. former
; foreign minister, in the Figaro,
j “While the chancellor rates the sab
i er and proclaims Germany's undim
: flushed strength and determination
I to win. the socialists are put up to
feel the ground for peace proposals,
i through their internat ional Conner
! iions in neutral countries.”
The Martin asserts the chanee’
lor. notwithstanding his great abil
ity. has failed to hide truth con
cerning Germany's straits.”
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1 KAISER’S NAME HOOTED
BY ITALIAN DEPUTIES
' ROME. Dec. 20—In the chamber
’ of deputies Carlo Altobelli. Social
| is- member from Naples, delivered
and address in which he strongly
’ criticised-the execution of Mis-'
1 Ed:th Cavell. the English nur-e
^ in Brussels, and the sinking of the
f-steamers Lusitania, Ancona. Firenze
and Bosnia. When the name n* ri*<
r Emperor of Germany was mention
^ed in his speech the entire chamber
h.>ited.
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An Englishman has invented .
photographic plate with which he
claims over exposure is impossible.
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A Chicago inventor has patented
•n attachment so that a phonograph
can be used as a burglar alarm.
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FOR SALE—40 H. P. Standard j
, Engine. Phone G171 or appTv
aboard the Taku II. 6t adv.
4
See
NEWMAN
for
Christinas Cards
and
Price Tickets
{5 >ve_vw>e.vk.
CANNON’S BAKERY!
AND GROCERY
EGGS 35 cents a Dozen
The fact that I am
shipping in Six hundred
dozen a week, should
recommend the eggs.
But if you are in doubt
as to the quality, stop
in and I will break a
few for you.
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Job printing neatly and quickly
■tone at the Progressive-Minor.
DON’T FORGET
The Bon Mn rche Xmas
Novelties will soon be on display
at prices that will surprise you.
Hand painted China, toys of nil
kinds and lots of otl\er goods suit
able for Xmas gifts. Adv. tf.
BOTH WILL BE THANKFUL
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We will thank you to subscribe
eight months, $!>.00 cash, and you
will tlmnk us.
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for the Daily Progressive-Miner for
At the GRAND
TONIGHT_
Monday, the Last night of the
KEITH and KING Engagement
They will present an Irish knock about comedy
“LIGHTS O’ LONDON’’
A stirring five reel melodrama
REMEMBER, Vaudeville Monday Only and the s
Feature two nights
nary Pickford the Next Change
1 IT IS WELL TO REMEMBER 1
52 That the time to buy is when you have moat to buy from, and that is right now. Wc have just
“ * received a shipment of holi day goods.
AX PYRALIN IVORY, Table sets, and individual pieces, LATEST DU BARRY design Aa
M , | Toilet Sets in .solid ebony, Black Walnut, Cherry, and Sterling Silver. 55
MILITARY BRUSHES in sets of Sterling Silver, Cherry and solid Ebony in handsome leather 4J
55 HAND MIRRORS in Birdseye Maple, Pyralin Ivory, Solid 1' ny, and Black Walnut. 55
as Crane's, Johnstons and Imperial Candies. This includes (King of AH Candies) “MARI GARDEN”
^i Chocolates. fa
ITinkertoys and Dolls |
These goods are on display in our windows, and this is probably the largest selection of these
goods ever offered the people of Ketchikan. We cordiaUy invite you to come and investigate.
J^^'IT IS A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS 55 '
Do not forget that our closing out sale of Jewelry is still in progress. We have bargains ^
CUT GLASS, WATCHES, DIAMONDS and GOLD JEWELRY at prices that will certainly appeal ^ |
to discriminating buyers. 5j'
Ryus Drug: Company |
PRICES LOWEST QUALITY THE BEST ||
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I XMAS COOPS
| | Heckman &2Co/s hardware department offers you a g
j | large field from which to select useful and appropriate p
| | Christmas Presents P
I REPRESENTING THE VERY BEST § ,
MADE IN AMERICA MERCHANDISE |
UNIVERSAL percolators and electrical appliances. 5;
COMMUNITY SIL VER. 11
REMINGTON and WINCHESTER guns. |.
SPALDING sporting goods. |
MIAMI CYCLE & MF’G. CO. and POPE MF'G. CObicycle makers I:
of the famous Racycle, Columbia, Rambler, Merkle and |:
| ’ Pope bicycles. 8
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Reliable and Standard Merchandise |*
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stock J. R. Heckman & Co. service I