FROM FRIDAY S BAILY
A KAY OF HOPE
e hori' for Ketchikan, at least
in s far a* the halibut situation
is at rn-.. is not nearly so dark
as y imagine. The general inipres
si is '.-.at t ie Administration through
ti ■ Secret.. of Commerce hud stated
t t t: .re oas no chance of bringing
t fn r.-.ets of the Pacific to Ket
ch;-; i-- • mpared with Rupert. That
sues is the case is seen in the
I'o. ivir.g ommunication which up
pt .ro-.i in the current Issue of the
P iti Fisnerman, published in Seat
tii The c using paragraph of the let
t is the one in which we are in
ti - and this paper In common
wi ll those who have gone into the
! i.ibut situation believe that a wav
out will be discovered.
Secretary Bedfield and The Order
In-Councii
Washington, April. 7, 1915.
Editor. Pacific Fisherman:
Your favor of the 29th ultimo, en
elesiug copy of Canadian order-iu
eouncil -later March 9. 1915, is re
celved, and has been given careful
th -ught. The subject has many bear
ings and it may be well to look at
these w'lich now occur to me as most
important.
in certain phases the action of the
Canadian government is advantageous
to the people of the United States.
If it is true that the Grand Trunk
P: ‘ifie is the shortest line from the
Alaskan fisheries to any of the mark
es: of the United States, then, clearly,
th - opening of the port of Prince
R pert in the freest way, and the use
of that railway, are to the advan
tage alike to the American fisherman
of.' the Alaskan coast and to the
A: icriean merchants and consumers
w o are supplied more expeditiously
w h their products. Anything which
fa ilitates the rapid transit of a food
P> net to its market, particularly one
so perishable as fish, is of advantage
al.ke to the fishermen and the con
st. i or; so that the measure is one
w ich would make the opening of the
pert of Prince Rupert and the use of
tic Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ad
vantageous to Americans. We need
net dwell upon its advantages to Can
a- ians. They are obvious. And we
al admit that it is proper for them
to follow their own concerns.
On the other hand, it seems appar
ent, and has been courteously and ablv
suggested to me by a committee of
Alaskan and Seattle gentlemen Inter
ested in fisheries, that this action,
m opening a readier access to the
•^Birkets than now exists, may adver
sely affect the existing-intercsts at Se
attle and Ketchikan. If I recall cor
re tly. a suggestion of retaliatory leg
isiation was made, though not of a
vt-rv definite character. I think re
taliatory legislation is rarely, if ever,
wise, and I doubt either its wisdom
or its practicability jn the present
case, in view of the unquestioned ad
v; ntages to sor.:-. Americans of the
proposed action.
By reason of its geographical j - sition
in respect to the Alaska fishing banks
inaugurated by the railroad connec
tions recently established at Prince
Rupert, it is apparent that Seattle is
at a disadvantage. Other things be
ing equal, the proximity of a port to
the fishing grounds will determine its
use and the most practical way of in
suring its permanence is to develop
fisheries in its vicinity.
While the work conducted by the A1
b: tross on the coast of Washngton
and Oregon last year did not indieatte
the existence -f banks c-ven remotely
ci mparable in size to those of Alas
ka. it nevertheless located ground
on which a limited fishery may be
conducted, and. as is perhaps more
important, i* raised the question of
the source of supply of these fish
aid a presumption that more exten
s; e banks may exist off the coast.
V- hile the Newport Bank probably
ciuld be depopulated by one trip of
t: e entire Seattle halibut fleet, never
theless the development of a number
of such banks would insure a moder
ate supply of fish, of which the ports
of Washington and Oregon could not
b- deprived by any conceivable de
vi lopmeut across the border, and
w lieh vv- d be theirs by virtue of
natural, i. • artificial, conditions.
The Bur of Fisheries deems these
er nsi-ii-rati - of such importance to
the pern e- prosperity of the fish
eries of ■ rt'nwest coast of the
U-iited 8' a that it will detail the
A.batr s > t ike up this work im
mediate! . • July 1. and It has
under <• ti n the employment
of unoth - . for the same pur
j 1 crus to be the most
practical . permanent measure for
preventi: th- diversion of the fish
ery fron ent
may be off •■red at Prince Rupert. It
is with r i t that I am obliged to
b*v tin I ie appropriation for the
uiiiintencnco of vessels Is so limited
ti:-t the i Ibatross can not be -ot at
this s-rv: •- until the next f a!
year -r lack of funds. If tn—v
ffuffiavat were available she might
FROM FRIDAY’S RALLY
be operating one, or potlmps two
months earlier. This matter is re
spectfully recommended to the con
sideration of the gentlemen who rep
resent the States of Oregon and 'Wash
ington in both houses of Congress.
AS REGARDS THE INTERESTS
LOCALIZED AT KETCHIKAN I AM
NOT NOW ABLE TO SPEAK DEF
INITELY OF THE POSSIBILITIES
FOR THAT PORT. YOU MAY BE
SURE, HOWEVER, THAT THE SUB
JECT WILL HAVE CONTINUOUS
CONSIDERATION IN THE HOPE
AND BELIEF THAT THE MEANS
WE SO EARNESTLY DESIRE WILL
BE FOUND FOE SERVING THE |
INTERESTS OF OUR FELLOW CIT- j
IZENS IN THAT LOCALITY.
(Signed WILLIAM C. RKDFILED
Secretary of Commerce.
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PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
The Parent-Teachers Association of
Ketchikan held a very interesting
meeting at the School House Wed
nesday night. Included in the pro
gram for the evening was a very in
structive paper by Pr. B. L. Myers.
The election of officers for the next
half year was held, resulting in the
selection of the following:
President. Mrs. E. L. Sampson.
Vice President, Mrs. E. E. Spar
hawk.
Secretary, Miss Mitchell.
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MA QUINN A FROM SOUTH
« The stsamer Princes- Maquinna
made port shortly after midnight last
night on her way north. She had
f but one passenger for this port, C.
-T. Foss, a brother of A. K. Foss,
of Hadley. The Maquinna will be in
southbound Monday morning early.
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ELECT CLUB OFFICIALS
At their regular meeting last Tues
day evening, the Ketchikan Civic
Club elected the following officers for
the ensuing term.
President, Mrs. Everett Paup.
Vice Presidents, Mrs. George Dick
iuson. Mrs. E. C. Howard, Mrs. J
Pittenger and Mrs. Chris Hoover.
Secretary, Mrs. F. J. Hunt.
Treasurer. Mrs. Jno. R. BeegTe.
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CARD OF THANKS
—
We wish to thank all who in any
way go generously contributed to the
Benefit Pound Party given by the
Pocahontas last evening. The re
eipts in cash anil groceries amount
ed to vers- nearly seventy dollors.
COMMITTEE.
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WILL RETURN AS CAPTAIN
First M ite Leadbetter of the light
■ ouse tender Columbine has been ad
vanced to the position of captain of
the Fern, the new tender the govern
ment is buildiag for .inside work in
this region. This vessel was launched
-ome time ago on the Sound and is
•o'W rapidly approaching completion.
"1 e is a steamer, one hundred feet in
length and built especially to meet
the requirements of the lighthouse
f"r the iDside waters of Southeastern
Alaska. This will relieve the Target
the Kuiui so that she will
' e able to devote more time to the
mtside work.
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WILL RUN TC KNIK
■'tartiug with the present trip of
the Mariposa, that vessel and the
Alameda will go as far as Knik every
Voyage. The X rtbwestern, the third
vessel of the Alaska Steai, ship com
panv, will not go beyond Seward, the
other two boats making the extra run.
This is in anticipation of increased
business as the result of railroad con
struction at the Westward.
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SELLS OUT BUSINESS
During the past week, George M.
Ohesney has dispossed of his electric
supply business to the Citizen's Light,
Power A: Water Co. To the Miner
representative George made the state
ment that bnsiness had been so slow
for some time that be decided to dis
continue. He will go the the George
inlet plant of the Xew England Fish
company the first of the month and
';ike one shift on the machines there.
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ARRIVES FROM EELOW
C. .J. Foss, a brother of A. K.
Foss, arrived from the south on the
i Maquiunn this morning. Mr. Foss
r v go into business in this region
with his brother.
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COPPER STILL CLIMBING
According to last Tuesday’s P.I.,
electrolytic copper was quoted at
S17.50. This is the highest this metal
; ins been for years and promises well
for the future.
FROM FRIDAY’S RAILY
SHOOTING ’ER UP
I’. te Shark, the street commissioner,
las been making lots of noise on
Market street along side the Hevilla
this last day or two. He Is blasting
out footing for the street piling, and
a king ns much noise as a bunch of
I ays ou the 4th of July.
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TWO WHALERS IN PORT
The steam whaling vessels Kodiak
and Unimak belonging to the North
Pacific Sea Products company, on
i heir way to Akutnn, from which place
they will operate this season, arrived
in from the south last night, and left
this morning. The company owning
them operates a plant at Akutan for
the utilization of whale carcasses.
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Washington. April 23—Advices from
Berlin reaching this government state
that the German government has pub
lished a list of contraband of war.
This list includes aeroplanes, nautical
instruments, coal, coke, pig iron,
steel and other metals, etc., that ves
sels carrying same, whether neutral
or not are liable to capture, even
though cargo may be consigned to or
or or to neutral with which a bcl
igerent may trade. It also states
that “conditional contraband-’ may
also be confiscated. This action is
-1 .net as reprisal for recent decisions
l ie by British prize courts, contra^
coning the declaration of London of
February 1901). The people of Belgium
view this new order with special a
larn . as they fear that all traffic by
sea may be cut off. Tills would
mean the death by starvation of thou
sands in Belgium, who are now ab
solutely dependent on the outside
orid for bread.
Washington. April 23—Word comes
; rom Northern Mexico, that Villa,
who has suffered defeats recently,
and whose forces are now temporar
ily disorganized, has issued orders
to his 'troop commanders to concen
trate their sMdiers. Thus it will be
seen that he is by no means removed
is ; formidable factor in the Mexican
situation. It is said that shortage
of ammunition was the chief cause
•r his recent defeat.
London, April 23—All shipping be
tween Holland and the United King
dom has been stopped for the time
being. This is largely owing tothc
iling of Germany that she will seize
lips of all neutral nations that may
Lave contraband on board for a bel
ligerent nation.
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New York, April 23—After years
of fighting and delay, Harry K.
Thaw is to be given a chance to
pr >ve his sanity. An order to this ef
fect was issued this morning, when
the Assize Court authorized the sum
moning of a jury to decide as to his
santiv. He made such a good showing
a' the time of the investigation into
his escape fr in the Matteawan Asyl
um for the criminally insane, that his
friends are positive that he will have
no difficulty in proving his sanity at
ic coming hearing.
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Alexandria Egypt, April 23—
The Turkish positions on the Gal
lipoli peninsula- from Gallipoli north,
to and beyond Bulair, are being bom
barded continuously by the Allied
fleet. The ships with the aid of aero
planes are able to place their shots
utmost to a foot, and the damage
'lone thus far to the Turkish defens
s has been considerable. The expec
i itions are that the land forces will
le sent from Enos against these
positions and same carried at the
; oint of the bayonet. It is estimated
iat at least eighty thousand Turks
re under arms on the peninsula.
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Paris. April 23—A cable from
lessiua to Marseilles relaying a wire
less from the French battleship
quudron at the Dardanelles, states
that the British squadron has been
trengthened by the arrival of several
battleships from other stations and
as resumed the bobmardment of the
1 hanak Halessi fortifications in the
Dardanelles. The French vessels will
ssist as soon as additional ammuni
tion arrives for them. This Is now
"n the way from Toulon, the French
naval base.
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Petrograd, April 23—Czar Nicholas
left last night for the battle front
in Galicia and the Carpathians. The
principal officers of state will ac
company him on the trip. The expec
tations are that in the neighborhood
■f two weeks will be spent away from
the capital. Practically the whole
of Galicia east of Tarnow, and in
cluding many large cities are now in
Russian hands and it is to see this
region that the Russian ruler goes.
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The Weekly Miner S3 per year.
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| The Daily Mtmwr * per men*.
FROM SATUDRAY’S DAILY. *
ALKI IN FROM SOUTH
The Alki, after stopping in at
l jorges Inlet, made port last night
: oat nine o’clock, with about nil
1 e passengers on board she could
i rry. Those for Ketchikan were:
is. F. J. Hunt, Elaine Hunt, L. R.
! cost, J. S. Thompson, H. D. Wall,
• rs. L. D. Ryus, Phillip Delmadge,
! oKoy Crouchley, Otto Hucko and
\ Je, Julius Wertheira, wife and fnm
i -, Mrs. C. F. Thorman, and eight
■•ernge.
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HAS MANY PASSENGERS
With close *o two hundred pas
• • igers on board, the Jefferson nrriv
i from the south about ten o’clock
t iis morning, after stopping in at
< andra, where she discharged 57 Ori
, tals for the cannery there. She had
tons of freight for local people, and
t away about noon for Moira Sound,
-r which place she had Frank Col
ison, wife and family. Her pas
igers for Ketchikan were: J. H.
>gers, Mrs. T. Wyman, F. .T. An
•aws, Mrs. A . Marinovich, Inez
oung, Frankie drier, W. D. Gross.
1 P. .T. Philbin.
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CANNERYMEN RETURN
X. G. Mikle, M. J. Walsh and R. P.
alsli and families arrived up from
e south on the Alki last night, and
at vessel landed them at their
. nnerv at Wards Cove. The Walsli
likle company plans to pack in the
cighborhood of twenty or twenty
Ive thousand cases of salmon this
car.
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It is many a day since mining look
more promising that It does
the Ketchikan Mining District at
lis time. Copper, according to the
ist quotations received, is worth
-om $17.50 to $17.62 per hundred
ninds. This means that many of
ie properties in this region are
ither now at work, or preparing to
'same operations. For instance, the
ranbv people are working a full
row at the Mamie above Hadley,
nd in addition are doing a great
•a! of work at the It amt Alarm prop
•ties on Kasaan Bay, and to handle
ime have ordered a gasoline loeo
lotive. The dock there has been
■built, and recent development work
is brought more ore to light. Rush
Brown are working all the men
aey can handle, and expect to have
shipment ready to send down to
ie smelter within the next couple of
eeks that gives promise of better
•lines than anything shipped thus
ir. Word comes from Sulzer that the
umbo will soon be shipping again,
nd the Copperinount property also
cpects to do something in the ship
ing line this season. The same
ondition is true of the gold proper
ies. Work is being pushed on all the
ifferent holdings at and near Hollis;
he Princeton Mining & Milling eom
•iny, operating the Valparaiso at
Jolomi. shipped close to one hundred
id fifty tons of mining and milling
applies in on the last steamer, which
one speaks well for conditions at
hat place, and several small camps
re working along steadily in the
Smugglers Cove-Helm Bay region,
t looks good, very, very good for the
nmediate future of mining in this re
ion.
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Berlin, April 24—The British steam
: awler Glencairn has been captured
ff the coast of Scotland and taken
i a prize into a German port.
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Athens, April 24—Greece exper
enced the first touch of the war to
lay on the sea, when word reached
.ere that a small steamer, flying the
■ reek flag, had sunk in the Aegean
iea as the result of striking a float
ug mine.
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Berlin, April 24—The crew of the
ierman cruiser Aysha, composed of
hose members of the crew of the
ruiser Emden who escaped when the
cssel was sunk, and who were sub
iquently captured, have again made
ueir escape and are now at the
.rabian harbor of Lill. During their
ourney overland they were attacked
>y Arabs and several of their number
illed. It is thought they will now
ave no difficulty in reaching the
Turkish lines.
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The Hague, April 24—It is report
d here that the Germans have deeid
d to prohibit any further Inter- I
ourse across the border of Holland |
nil Belgium. The last information,
eceived states that the Germans are
■laking big preparations to defend
he country around Liege In the event
hat they are driven back from their
■ositions in Flanders.
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Mrs. Tola Wyman, after a winter
oent in California, returned on the j
fefferson this morning.
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FROM BATUDRAY’8 DAILY, i
4' ■ '
1'HOM satudraY’s' daily! ^
SEND OUT A WARNING
The Town Council will hold a
special meeting tonight for the pur
a>se of taking up the matter of send
•ig out a warning to the outside that
• here ft no chance for work here.
Steamers are bringing in lntiorers on
every trip. These men are dumped
off hero, the first stop in Alaska,
and unless the tide is dammed we
shall have a lot of indigents on our
hands to take care of next winter.
There are more than laborers enough
here to take care of everything there
well be to do this summer, and
word to that effect should lie sent lie
low. Ketchikan must take enre of
her own residents first.
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BACK AT ROSE INLET
Word conies from the West Coast
that Emil Larson and his cannery
ievv arrived at Rose Tnlet Thursday
this week, making the trip on the
1'irniso, direct from Seattle. He
a pack of about 60,000 cases
if the fish is available.
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CANNERY BARGE ARRIVES
The barge J. D. Peters, Capt H.
!' -Gueldre, in tow of the tug Tatoosh,
arrived up from the south this morn
■ sr, and preceeded to Hunters Bay.
here the barge will remain for
’ canning season. As In the past,
‘ apt. DeGoeldre will be in charge of
e cannery at Hunters Bay.
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GOES TO THE CAPITAL
J. .T. Daly is a passenger north from
rliis port to Juneau. Mr. Daly goes
for the purpose of aiding in the pas
sage of the bill now before the house
to limit the libilitv of the employers
of labor for accidents to people in
their employ. The probabilities are
Cie Legislature will adopt some such
1 ill as that now in force in the State
of Washington.
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London, April 24—At last it looks
as though the two fleets, the German
and the British are going to try con
clusions on the high seas, for the re
port has been received here that the
main German fleet has left the pro
tection of the Kiel Canal and Is cruis
ing in the North Sea to intercept an
n attack said to be contemplated by
the British troops on the shores of
Schleswig, north oft he Kiel Canal.
The main force of the British navy
is in the same region, so a battle,
mighty in its import is imminent. The
British plan it is said was to send
a force of about three hundred thous
and of Kitchener’s million men in
specially constructed barges to land
on the German coast and attack the
Canal. This of course will have to
I e dropped unless the British ships
idminister such a defeat to the Ger
man fleet that it will be unable to
■'ight further.
The war office this morning posted
bulletins that the Germans had trans
ferred large quantities of troops from
the Hast Prussia front, and was trying
to hack a way through the Allied
‘ine to Calais and Dunkirk. The
fighting is the heaviest from Ypres
north to the coast. The British re
cently captured and occupied Hill
o. 6d. an important position near
rpres, and the Germans are appar
entlv bent on recapturing it and
burling the British and Belgian forces
tack bo far and fast that they won’t
be able to return.
From Asiatic Turkey comes word
that an attack by battleship and
aeroplane is being made on the forti
fied works at Smyrna. Bombs
from the latter sank a German ship
in the harbor and blew up the railroad
epot. Besides this, several Turkish
soldiers were killed.
Field Marshal French reports that
during the past week, no less than
ninteen bombs were dropped by Brit
ish aviators on the Zeppelin shads
at Ghent, and several of the balloon
houses were destroyed with their con
tents.
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New York, April 24—Attorney
■ eneral Woodbury has made appli
cation to the Appellate division of the
Supreme Court of the state for a writ
of prohibition to prevent Thaw having
a trial by jury as to his sanity.
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London, April 24—The British
freighter Ruth has been submarined
in the North Sea, and the Finnish
steamer Frack met the same fate
in the Baltic sea, at the hands of the
Germans. The crews of both vessels
were saved.
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MINING MAN ARRIVES
■L H. Rogers, owner of the Dunton
property at Hollis, arrived up from
tiie south on the Jefferson this morn
ing on his way to Hollis. He plans
a great deal of development work on
his property this summer, which he
will lay out while here.
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
WILL PUT ’EM TO WORK
Tlio Town Council hold n special
meeting Saturday night to talk over
tho idle man question. Tho result
of tae meting was an order issued to
the chief of police to do his utmost
to cleau up tho town, and Jail those
unable to give a good account of
themselves. This order npplies with
equal force to both men and women
who are vagrants. The men arrested
aud found guilty will bo put to work
on streets or sower work to pay for
their keep. In this way it Is believed
that the objectionable floating ele
ment will fight shy of Ketchikan when
they realize that the rock pile or bread
and water confronts them.
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Tae Alameda is looked for from the
south about seven this evening.
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CIGAR MANUFACTURER BACK
.lulius Wertheim, propietor of the
Ketchikan Cigar Factory, returned
from tho south on the Alld, and Is on
the job again. Mrs. Wertheim and
three daughters returned with him.
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YOUNGSTER IS SHOT
Tho little Peterson girl, residing in
Newtown, was shot and painfully
wounded Saturday evening. There
is some mystery surrounding the af
fair. It appears that tho children
were playing o n the street near the
town limits when a shot was fired
from below them, striking the little
one on the leg.
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TWO ARE DEPORTED
T.vo British subjects, lacking the
necessary cash, were deported to
Prince Rupert on the City of Seattle,
yesterday. They came up on that
vessel, and were refused admission
by the immigration department. The
Sea tie left for the south yesterday
morning about six-thirty with six
passengers from this port. She had
one box of halibut and five of sal
mon from northern points and took
on S3 here. The latter came 35 from
II. II. Thompson, 17 from the New
England and 31 from the Ketchikan
Colil Storage Co.
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WILL TAKE TRIP EAST
John McGrow and wife are over
from Karta Bay and will go to Seattle
on the Alki. They plan a trip east
and probably to the exposition. Mr.
-McGrow has been watchman at the
Goodro property during the winter.
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HUMBOLDT IN NORTHBOUND
With over a hundred passengers
and all the f reight she could carry
on board, the Humboldt was in port
this morning. She landed three old
lime Alaskans here, J. T. Kelly, S.
E. Squires, and H. L. cAmstend, all
well-known among the mining men of
Ihe north. From Ketchikan she pro
ceeded to Chomley for which place
she had 62 cannery employees.
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HERE FOR A VISIT
Among the arrivals on the Alki
Inst Saturday night was Henry Wall,
son of Mrs. Peter Shark, who comos
for a visit with his folks. The young
man has been making his home with
relatives in Ohio, and this is his
first trip west.
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GOING ON LONG TRIP
J. F. Paugh, Collector of Customs
for Alaska, left for the north on the
Humboldt. Mr. Pugh will go to the
Westward on official business, and
when river navigation opens will go
down the Yukon o n a tour of inspec
tion.
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ORE SHIPPED SOUTH
Tho tug Commodore passed south
Saturday with the barge C. S. & B.,
■No. 1 in tow. The barge is loaded
with 725 tons of copper ore from
the Granby company’s Mamie Mine
at Hadley. The ore, the second con
signment made since commencing ac
tive operations this spring, Is bound
for the company’s smelter at Anyox.
The Commodore towed the barge
Henry Villa rd to Hadley on her wny
north, where she too will be loaded
with ore.
NORTHWESTERN ARRIVES
The steamer Northwestern was in
port on her way from the Westward
yesterday morning between five and
six o’clock. She had In tho neigh
borhood of four hundred tons of Ella
mar ore on board from the Westward
and 36 boxes of iced salmon and 29
of halibut from Juneau.
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Constantinople, April 2G—The Rus
sian Black Sea fleet bombarded the
fortH guarding the Bosphorus for ii
short time Sunday, but inflicted little i
I aamags. -
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
NOTHING MORE THAN RIGHT
According to tho findings of th*
committee recently appointed by tho
Commercial Club of Ketcldknn, to
take up the matter of retaining the
halibut business here in Ketchikan,
there is every reason to believe that
our purpose can be accomplished, nnd
this industry, now among tho most
important to Southeastern Alaska,
will not bo lost.
As is pretty generally known here,
ihe coming Into the transcontinental
transportation business of the Grand
Trunk Pacific railroad, with Its ocean
terminus at Prince Rupert, ninety
miles from Ketchikan, Is bound to
cause a change in the methods of
handling the fish, which in the past
has gone through Seattle and then to
tho eastern markets by way of the
railroads with terminals on Puget
Sound. This has meant a two and
one-half to three day haul to Seattle,
before the fisli could start overland to
the ultimate consumer. Tho injection
of the Grand Trunk into the game
will eliminate this haul to Seattle nnd
thus deliver the fish in better condi
tion to the eastern markets of the
United States, thus cutting Seattle and
American railroads out of this bus
iness which they have had in tho
past, and the residents of this region
are now desirous of securing national
legislation or a department;’! order
which will result in the fish markets
coming to Ketchikan from Seattle and
the granting of terminal rales to Ket
chikan by the Grand Trunk Pacific.
The legislation asked for Is such
that will require American vessels
catching fish for the American murk
est landing same in an American part.
A recent order in council by the Can
adian government has extended cer
tain privileges to American fishing
vessels in tho attempt to Induce them
to make their headquarters In Prince
Rupert, but did not grnnt them tho
right to sell their fish duty free in
Canadian ports for Canadian consump
tion, that right being reserved to
Canadian or British bottoms.
In asking for this legislation we do
not aim to increase tlio cost of the
fish to the American consumer in the
least, since, to get the land haul, the
Grand Trunk will undoubtedly ab
sorb the cost of the carriage of the
fish from this port to Prineo Rupert.
This is a small item and is being
done by practically all the other rail
roads on the Pacific Coast. For in
stance, the Canadian Pacific road
will take freight from or deliver
same to any of the points on Puget
Sound where such terminal rates are
granted by the American roads, thus
showing that nothing unusual is asked
at this time. Port Townsend, Wash
ington. for instance, not being reach
ed except by water by any of the
transcontinental railroads, and still
the Canadian company will deliver
freight there at the same rate as it
■liarges its customers in Vancouver,
B. C. Pout Townsend is further from
Vancouver than Ketchikan is from
I’rince Rupert.
Unless this is done, the halibut in
iustry now employing thousands of
people, with millions of American
capital invested will be driven from
the Alaskan ports, and these men and
their families will be compelled to
live under another flag, thus depriv
ing Alaska of their presence and bus
iness at a time she needs it so much.
As loyal Americans, and the United
States has no better citizens any
where than those of the North, wo
are asking the American government
to aid us, and at the same time guar
antee to the American peoplo this
great food supply at no additional
expense. This is no more than fair
and our just rights.
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MIKE IS AROUND AGAIN
M. E. Martin is around again, feel
ing much better. He had been on tho
sick list for some time, so decided
to take things easy for a while until
lie felt relieved.
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Cairo. April 26—Word comes from
Teheran that an exodus of betwoeu
twenty and thirty thousand Americans
and Nestorian Christians Is taking
place from Azerbaijan province of
Asiatic Turkey. More than a thous
and of those unable to flee liavo been
massacred, and more than that num
ber have died of disease. In the
neighborhood f two thousand are said
to be in the compounds of tho Amer
ican mission at Urumiah.
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Vienna, April 26—Athough thousands
have been sacrificed in attacks on
the Austrian positions, it Is officially
stated that, the Rusians have failed
in their offensive movements during
the past ten days, being unable to
drive home the advantages gnined by
them early in tho month. This is
particularly true in their operations
against Usozoka Piirb, which has been
their main objective for the past
month.