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YOLUME ONE. - * KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1916. NUMBER 231
CITY COUNCIL
: MAKES A BUY
PAYS $4,500 FOR THE PRUELL PROPERTY ADJOIN
ING THE SCHOOL HOUSE.
At the council meeting last Wednesday evening, action was
taken in the matter of purchasing the Pruell residence as an ad
dition 10 the present school house which has proven too small for
the accommodation of the ever increasing number of students.
The transfer was completed in so far as the two parties are con
’ cerned, and the only remaining point involved is the procurement
of the proper title to the property by Mr. Pruell to the city, which
was done yesterday.
The price agreed upon was $4,500, and warrants for the
amount will be issued.
Wrhat will be done with the building was discussed, but no
t definite action was taken. A member of the school board, how
ever, said that the building may be used for two classes, without
much changes the coming year, but that in another year, it would
be entirely remodeled or possibly removed and another large build
ing for the accommodation of all erected in place of the present
structures.
Other business taken up by the council during the meeting,
was the authorization of the street committee to make the plans
and specifications for the construction of the Cliff Avenue and
advertise for bids.
The Chief of Police, on motion was authorized to employ
two additional men for the Fourth and Fifth of July.
The city treasurer bond of $25,000 was approved.
The street committee reported the completion of the bridge
over the creek and progressing nicely with the construction of
Harris street.
A special meeting will be called by Mayor Henneghan to take
up the Cliff Avenue affair before the first of July and possibly
award the contract.
MILITARY COURTS IN
FRANCE PROVES SEVERE
1 PARK, June 23.—French military
courts are severe in war time. As <
an instance, a man named Petitnot,
an auxi'iarv soldier of the 1915 class, i
~ employed on munition work has just
been sentenced to five years' penal
servitude for absenting" himself from;
his factory without leave.
"That constitutes a case of deser-:
tion before the enemy,” declared the
president of the court.
A trooper recently was sent to
prison for two years because he re
plied offensively to a sergeant.
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BERLIN, June 23.—All kinds of ;
means arc taken to induce the Ger- j
* man nat :i tc reduce the consumpt
ion of food. The federation of the '
municipalities of Saxe-Wiemar-Eisen
ach offers prizes to housewives who
save bread. Every woman who turns j
in unused cards entitling her to 25
pounds of bread between now and
* August 15 will receive a silver brooch
of artistic and patriotic design.
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Special discount on party dresses
for Thursday, Friuay and Saturday.—
J. R. Heckman & Co. (adv.)
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Sale agent for Walk-Over Shoes and j
G.-D. Corsets—Field, the Specialise
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Rink Hall, June 24th, which will be
one of the best dances of the season.
PARIS, June 23.—Boelcke, a Ger- j
man flyer, who since the beginning of
the war has taken part in many Ger
man aeroplane, attacks on the allied
flyers, was shot down on the fighting
on the Verdun front by Ribiore, one of
the French stars. The message does
not state whether he was merely in
jured or killed. Boelcke had brought
down eighteen allied flyers.
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IS NOTIFIED OF HIS DEATH.
VIENNA, June 23.—Franz Weiser,
the son of a baker here returned
home from the Russian front on fur
lough. The next morning his par
ents received an official communica
tion from the army headquarters in
forming them that their son had been
killed in battle near Baranovitch.
The “dead” soldier after a hearty
laugh, notified the ministry of war by
telegraph that he would promptly re
turn for duty at the expiration of his
leave of absence.
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SCHOOL BASEBALL.
In the first game of the Walker cup
series the Athletics won an uphill
game from the Giants to the score of
8 to 9.
The Giants scored five runs in the
first inning but the Athletics tied up
in the eighth and won in the ninth.
They will play again Saturday night,
weather permitting.
IF IT MEANS ANYTHING
IT MEANS WAR.
PRESIDENT WILSON REMAINS IN
HIS OFFICE TILL LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
WASHINGTON. June 23—President
Wilson spent his time in his office till
late in the night waiting for any new
reports from the Mexican border.
He said just before he left his
office that if half of what had been
reported during the evening was true,
it had but one meaning—war.
A report from El Paso says that J. |
C. Hubble passed through there and ]
reported that he had seen a dozen or
more American dead along the track
on his way in. He says that some
Mexicans had boasted that even Mexi- '
can officers had concealed themselves
in underbrush and fired on the Ameri- i
can soldiers.
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STRIKE RESUMED YESTERDAY. !
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SEATTLE, June 23.—The longshore- |
men’s strike that was thought to be ;
settled, was resumed yesterday when j
the employers refused to comply with [
the demand which was to discharge
nineteen strike breakers. Nineteen
vessels in port are. affected. Mayor
Gill ordered one hundred and fifty
policemen to patrol the waterfront.
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CONSTANTINOPLE. June 23.—Af
ter a six-hour battle on the banks of
the Euphrates, the British forces .
which had attempted to cross near
Korna were forced to retreat, says
an official statement of the war office
here. The British had 160 killed and
many wounded.
APPROVED CABINET.
ROME, June 23.—King Victor for
mally approved the new cabinet sup
lanting the cabinet under Premier Sa
landra.
Signor Boselli is well liked and the
other fourteen members holding minor
positions are members of all parties.
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STOCKHOLM, June 23. — Baron |
Poetzmann, a large landowner from (
the district of Riga, has arrived here j
penniless. The aged nobleman has ;
been driven from Russia, although he I
formerly was an officer of the army of
the Czar. The reason for his expul
sion and the confiscation of his es
tates is the fact that two of his daugh
ters are married to German and Aus
trian officers.
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BERLIN, June 23. — Made insane
by suffering, Mrs. Anna Wiedsmann,
the wife of a mail carrier of Nauen
dorf, Saoxny, who has been at the
front from the beginning of the war,
killed her three small children and
herself. In a letter she left the wom
an declared it was impossible for her
to feed her little ones with the small
allowance received from the govern
ment
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LONDON, June 23.—One meatless
and one liquorless day a week have
been voluntarily inaugurated and are
now observed by a large proportion
of British. It is figured that if every
body in the nation refrains from meat
one day, the total saving is $3,750,000;
and from alcohol $2,500,000, or $6,250,
000 for both a week, or $325,000,000 a
year.
The Dance of the Season.—Rink
Hall, June 24th. — Orchestra music
Admission 50c.
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PETROGRAD, June 23.— *
v Advices from the front indicate *>
that Radautz in the southern ' ❖
part of Bukowina, was captur- ❖
❖ ed from the Austrians last •>
v evening. *5*
v Another report says that a
❖ terrific battle is now in pro- •>
gress along the entire line, •>
some hundred miles in length, *1*
•> the Germans and Austrians
❖ spending their men freely in
❖ an attempt to check our army. *t*
•> The Austrian ranks in the
v vicinity of Lemberg are report
•I* ed to be badly broken, and that *
❖ the Russians are fast advanc- •**
❖ ing.
❖ It is said that General von •!
❖ Hindenburg partly admitted to- v
•1* day that it appeared almost *:•
impossible to stop the terrific •>
•I* drive of the Russians.
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ANOTHER POSSIBLE
COLDSTORAGE PLANT
SHOULD THE PROPOSED BILL BE
ENACTED INTO LAW THE
ENTERPRISE IS SURE.
"Should the proposed bill now be
fore congress regulating the fishing
industry in Alaska be enacted into
law, my company is contemplating
the construction of a coldstorage plant
in Ketchikan,” said Mr. Christ Olson,
head of the Washington Fish and
Oyster Company, with headquarters
in Seattle, a branch in Prince Rupert
and a fish market and purchaser in
Ketchikan, before leaving here last
evening for the south.
Mr. Olson said that he started in
the business of buying and .gelling
fish for the eastern market only a
couple of years ago and macle a suc
cess of it from the start. Last fall he
organized a company under the above
name, the stockholders of which are
determined to expand and are watch
ing the proposed bill, and upon its
passage depends where the construc
tion of the new plant shall be.
Mr. Olson says that most logical
point for the fish market of Alaska is
Ketchikan, about thjit every fishbuyer
is agreed, and he sees no reason why
the bill should not pass. .Ie says that
it would be equally to the advantage
df the fishermen and the consumers
to pass the measure, and only hopes
that congress will see the advantage
in the same light.
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❖ GENERAL GOMEZ KILLED. *
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v An unconfirmed report from v
v Carrizal says that when the ❖
v American troops found they •>
❖ had been decoyed and were be- •>
•> ing fired upon, a detachment •>
•> rushed forward in the face of a ❖
•> heavy fire to the center of the v
•> Mexican firing line where Gen- •>
❖ eral Gomez stood with his staff •>
and one of the American sold
v iers killed the Mexican com- •>
❖ mander with his revolver. The •>
❖ rest of the Mexican officers *
•> made their escape. <•
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The Rink is being beautifully dec
orated up for the Saturday night
ance.
ANOTHER VERSION
OF CARRIZAL BATTLE
GENERAL FUNSTON RECEIVES A
REPORT FROM HIS COM
MANDER.
SAN ANTONIO, June 23.—General
funston who was given the Mexican
version of the battle of Carrizal, re
ceived the American version this
morning which differ materially. Prom
the American version it appears that
they were decoyed by the use of a
flag of truce when fire was opened on
them at close range.
No details were received yet of the
number engaged or the net result.
One American returning said that he
counted twenty dead along the rail
road track and statiou.
General Funston said this morning
that no order shall be given until he
had received a full report from Gen
eral Pershing.
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WASHINGTON, June 23.—President
Wilson refuses to make any state
ment on the all-absorbing topic of the
Mexican situation, bul will await the
full report of the Carryal fighting
front Gen. Pershing himself.
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MRS. VILLA DEPORTED.
EL PASO, June 23.—The Carranzis
tas are evacuating Juarez and moving
rapidly to the southward.
The report also states that Mrs.
Villa, wife of Gen. Villa, has been de
ported to Juarez this morning.
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WASHINGTON, June 23.—General
Funston reported late tonight that he
had official confirmation of the Carri
zal battle from reliable Mexican
sources.
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BERLIN URGING BARE
FEET TO SAVE LEATHER
BERLIN, June 23.—Lack of leather
which is beginning to be felt here
very much, and the price of shoes has
become prohibitive to many the Strass
burger Post advises:
“Wralk barefoot during the summer
of 1916. It will not only be a hygienic
but also a patriotic act. How much
leather could be saved for more use
ful purposes if all who are able to
do so would walk barefoot this sum
mer.”
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AMSTERDAM, June 23.—The Dutch
Navy League learned it is announced
in Vienna that the Austrian army
alone fired fifteen billion infantry
cartridges and twelve million shells 1
in the first seventeen months of the
war. This .number of cartridges is
500 times as many as those used by
the Germans in the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870-71, while the number of
shells is fourteen times as great.
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GOING TO DAWSON.
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Miss Grace Tobley on her wy to
her home in Dawson, V. T., after
spending the winter in Seattle, stop
ped off in this city for a two weeks'
visit with her Dawson school chum,
Mrs. R. S. Powell. Since being in the
city Miss Tobley has been introduced
into the mysteries of the wireless art
and is now pronounced by the entire
Marconi staff to be a full fledged op
erator.
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Special discount on party dresses
for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.—
J. R. Heckman & Co. (adv.)
20 SOLDIERS
ARE KILLED
THE REPORT SAYS THAT SEVENTEEN WERE TAK
EN PRISONERS BY THE MEXICANS.
EL PASO, June 2d.—A report of a Mexican source received
here is to the effect that a detachment of the Tenth United States
cavalry, colored, under the command of Captain Boyd was attack
ed by quite a large force of Mexicans yesterday and that twenty
American soldiers were killed in the battle, seven injured and
seventeen were taken prisoners immediately after the battle at
Carrizal.
It appears that the Mexicans wanted to give the American
troops a warning to leave the country and two were dispatched to
carry the warning to the scouting party, a detachment under Gen
eral Pershing, and that as soon as the Mexicans left to return to
then ommand, the Americans opened lire. This was followed by
he Id xicans charging the small detachment of Americans with
lie result above described. This was the report made here by a
Mexican.
Another report from San Antonio says that Captain Boyd
was ambushed, and suffered mostly from the machine guns.
A dispatch from Chihuahua says that General Trevino has
ordered that the American soldiers captured at Carrizal be brought
there under heavy guard.
Advice.-, from Columbus says that Carranza has ordered
mounted artillery to cover General Pershing’s supply trains and
hold them from reaching the supply station.
VIENNA, Juno 23.—'Three Italian
torpedo boats entered the harbor of
Paraneo across the Adriatic from Ven
ice, Monday and shelled the town, but
were driven off before they could do
much daniage.
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LONDON, June 23. — The British
line in France from the Nouve river
to Wieltke was subjected 11 a terrific
bombardment, General Haig reports to
the war department.
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SAN ANTONIO, June 23.—Late last
evening a report was received here
that the militia of five states along
the Mexican border had been ordered
forward and report to General Funs
ton.
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WEDDING INVITATIONS RECEIVED
Invitation cards have been received
by friends in Ketchikan recently to
attend the wddding' of Henry A. Pau
cratz formerly of this city, and Miss
Myrtle Downs of Chehalis, Wash. The
wedding is to occur on Sunday after
noon at three-thirty o’clo.ck on the
ninth of July at the home of the bride
to-be at Chehalis.
Mr. Pancratz, who left here a little
over a year ago, is nicely established
in a successful business in Chehalis,
and his friends in1 Ketchikan will be
pleased to learn of his coming wed
ding and wish him and his bride all
future happiness.
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W. F. WARDER GOES C>N
A BUSINESS -TRIP
Attorney W. F. Warder, formerly a
democrat, bill of late, according to
Attorney Ingcrsoll, his associate, a
true republican, left last evening for a
business trip to Prince Rupert.
PARIS, June 23.—At the adjourn
ment of the Economic conference of
the allies, the Belgian representative
is quoted to have said that the confer
ence signalized the start of a new era
of union and co-operation among the
allied nations.
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THE SPOKANE IN AND OUT.
The steamer Spokane with 151 pas
sengers, 53 roundtrippers to Sitka and
the rest for various parts of Alaska
arrived in port early this morning.
Besides her large passenger list, she
had 90 tons of freight for this city. ,
Those leaving from here for the north
were: A. R. Lawton, Mrs. H. Vestal,
C. Famme, A. C. Bellinger, E. Barn
icadie, Miss L>. Burke, W. M. Briggs,
L. E. Webb, O. Ronig, R. Reinmer, J.
Ireland, R. Emerson, F. McCandless,
and two second class.
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CITY OF SEATTLE GOES SOUTH.
The City of Seattle went south last
evening. Those leaving from here
were: C. F. Taylor, Mrs. M. Kelly, G.
A. Ruford, D. W. West, C. Olson, T.
F. Hopkins, R. Olson, J. F. Warder,
M. Powel, II. Stane, S. W. Turner, W.
Williams, J. Mitmayar, C. Suudburg.
She took on 25 tierces of salmon and
nine boxes from the Ketchikan dock.
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SOUTHBOUND.
Sophia is due here at 7 o’clock to
morrow morning.
Al-Ki Sunday noon.
NORTHBOUND.
Spokane went north this morning.
Alaska due here Sunday.
!CTRONG STOYF CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
4 Cook Stoves
Ifot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
| JUST ARRIVED
A new line of
* Hen’s Hats and Caps
It is time for you to discard that
old hat and get one of these new
up-to-date styles
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is brim full of new creations.
Let us dress you up at a small
cost.
' I P. J. GILMORE, The Clothier
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