THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DEC. 31. I!) 13. NUMBER EIGHTY-FIVE.
RECEIVES NOTE
WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC
UNTIL TRANSLATED BY THE
AMBASSADOR
OFFICIALS ANXIOUS
It is Said That the Submarine
Ccr.imander Will be at Least
Reprimanded
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—The
reply from Austria to the last
American note was received here
today and as soon as it has been
translated by the Austrian ambas
sador, it will be made public through
the department of State.
A highup official said, however,
that the note was moderate in tone
and that the commander of the sub
marine who torpedoed the Ancona,
will be punished by his home gov
ernment. That alone has somewhat
relieved the anxiety displayed by the
officials yesterday.
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GERMANS MUST LOSE
SAYS GEN. JOFFRE
PARIS, Dec. 31.—A well-known
deputy recently visited General Jof
fre on the fighting lines, and the
following is what he says of the
commander;
“J off re resides in a little chalet
in the midst of a garden. The
headquarters and officers of the
staff are in a hotel a quarter of a
mile away. Joff re’s house is very
simple and modest. Nothing would
lead one to suppose that it is in
habited by the man who commands
one of the mightiest armies ever
known. No sentinels at the door,
no hurrying to and fro of chiefs and
officer.”
“We have passed through anx
ious days it is true,” remarked Jof
fre. “We had against us almost
the whole of the German forces,
but now we form an impassable
barrier. I do not say that one of
«annot fall into the
enemy’s hands or that we may not
lose a minor engagement; but all
would be recovered within twenty
four hours.”
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COURT SCORES I. W. W. TACTICS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31—“In
my opinion one good fruit tree in
California is worth more to the
community than any man or set
of men who would wantonly destroy
it.”
United States District Judge
Maurice Dooling pronounced this
opinion from the bench yesterday
in passing sentence upon Mrs. Jean
Bennett, Claude Lawless and Clar
ence W. Farlin, I. W. W. adherents,
found guilty of counterfeiting. The
defendants were given a year each
in San Quenitn.
Incendiary literature circulated by
the I. W. W. was found in the house
they occupied. Among this litera
ture were circulars containing the
information that copper nails and
tacks would kill fruit t rees and
grape vines.
AUSTRIA DETAINS
AMERICANS
j WHO HAVE NO CERTIFICATES
OF BIRTH. NATURALIZATION
PAPERS OR PASSPORTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—The
State Department today was in
formed by ambassabor Penfield of
Veinna, that several Americans
were being detained on the request
j of the German consul. The ambas
i sador says that many have no cer
tificate of birth, naturalization
papers or passports. He advises
that action be taken in the matter.
*THE ALLIES ANTICIPATE
NO SERIOUS ATTACK
Apparently Satisfied With Their
Position at Saloniki
LONDON, Dec. 31—With the
Anglo-French forces safely across
; the Greek frontier and close to
| their strongly fortified base at Sal
oniki, where reinforcements are ar
riving daily, the second phase of
S ho Balkan campaign, which opened
i with the Teutonic invasion of Ser
! bia and the defeat of the Serbian
army, has closed, and the people of
the beligerent countries are awalt
-cr for the next move.
It seems fairly well settled that
the Bulgarians do not intend to in
vade Greece, an action which would
likely cause dissensions in that
country, which already is uneasy
over the Bulgarian occupation of
Monastir. Also it is not believed
that the Austrians and Germans
have sufficient troops available to
attack the entente allies.
Speculation here had to do with1
the Germans and their intentions. |
They are variously reported to be j
concen trated near Monastir and |
Doiran and on the Romanian bor- :
der, and as preparing for an at
tempt to drive the entente lilies
from the Gallipoli peninsula. All
these reports lack confirmation .
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BRITISH SHIP
SUNK IN PORT
INTERNAL EXPLOSION BELIEV
ED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSE j
MANY ARE DEAD
—
LONDON, Dec. 31—From what
is believed to be an internal explos
i ion, the Brtish cruiser, Natal, was
i sunk in port today.
It has been impossible thus far
to ascertain the number of killed
from the fact that many were on
shore leave, but it is feared that the
loss of life will be heavy. The
cause of the explosion, while known
to have been internal, is a mystery
to the ogvernment officials. An in
vestigation has already been order
ed.
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NOTICE
All Barber Shops will close Fri
l day night at 10 and on Saturday,
New Year’s Day, at noon.
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FOR RENT—Five room house
with bath. Phone 62. .adv.
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
Two Specials
For this week onlv we will
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offer 7 oz. canvas gloves for
75 cents per doz.
8 oz. canvas gloves for
$1.00 per doz.
P. J. OILMORE, THE CLOTHIER
SCHMIDT GUILTY
WAS TRIED FOR THE KILLING
OF CHARLES VICTIM OF
BLOWN UP BUILDING
BE SENTENCED SOON
Was One of the Accomplices of
The McNamara Brothers
In Dynamite Plot
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31—1The 1
jury that heard the evidence in the
case of the United State vs. Mathew j
A. Schmidt, charged with the mur
der of Charles Hagerty, who lost
his life in the dynamite explosion
of the Los Angeles Times’ build
ing some five years ago, returned
a verdict this morning of "murder
in the first degree.’’
His trial which commenced some
weeks ago, was interrupted by the
death of his chief consul. Mean
while, his siter Katherine Schmidt, |
who resides in Chicago, visited him.:
Later the trial was resumed with
Ortie E. McManigal, as the prose
cution star witness. The latter's
testimony connected Schmidt with
ae McNamara conspiracy in twenty
two dynamiting exploits, one of
which destroyed the Times’ building
in Los Angeles killing twenty-one
persons and for which the Mc
Namaras were found guilty.
■Donald Vose, the man who was a
friend of Schmidt in New York
city and who gave the information
that led to his arrest last February
was also a witness.
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WOULD BE AMERICANS GET
INTO TROUBLE
LONDON, Dec. 31—Bob Spencer,
a featherweight boxer who recent
ly attracted some attention in Lon
don, and Aaron Brown, an Ameri
can negro boxer known as the “Dix
ie Kid", were taken to Scotland
Yard today. Charges preferred a
aginst the tw0 men are connected
with Spencer’s application for a
passport to America.
It is alleged that Spencer's appli
cation represented that he was an
American subject, whereas it is
charged he is a British subject, bom
in Canada.
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AT THE GRAND TONIGHT
An Old Grudge, installment No. 4
of the Black Box Mystery will be
one of the attractions at the Grand
tor.:ght and tomorrow night. See
the detective leap from the window
onto the signal arm and the drop
on to the last car of a fast mov
ing ' ain. On this same bill is an
mted Weekly, dealing with
popular events and many other
scenes. A Chinese Mystery, a drama
in one reel, and a comedy entitled
A Beach Romance, played by little
Billy and other wee tots. A good
program. Change Sunday. Adv.
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RACE WAR ON
IN GEORGIA
SIX NEGROES KILLED AND
MANY WHITES WOUNDED
IN PITCHED BATTLE
BLAKELY, Ga., Dec. 31—The
killing of Henry Willipigue, a nlant
er near here, resulted today in the
killing of six negroes and several
whites were wounded. One of the
negroes was accused of the killing
and others took his part which was
followed by a pitched battle with
the above result
The governor has been asked to
call out the militia, although the
sheriff claims to be able to handle
the situation. Feeling is quite in
tense against the negroes.
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NORTHWESTERN REPORTED
Cable advices have been receiv
ed to the effect that the steamer
Northwestern left Valdez south
bound yesterday morning at 1 o’
clock. The local office of the Alas
ka Steamship Co., expect her to
arrive in Ketchikan, Jan. 2nd.
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Correspond with R. L. Petty at Had
ley, Alaska before buying your Lumber.
His prices will save you money. This of
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PLOT CLEARS
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AMERICANS ACCUSED OF COM
PLICITY IN THE WELLAND
CANAL PLOT
MORE TO BE ARRESTED
Officials Say They Have Tapped
The Very Foundation of
The Dastardly Intention
NEW YORK, Dec. 31—VTne cen
tral financial fountain from which
flowed fabulous sums of money
employed in the most gigantic bomb
arson plot in the history of Ameri
ca, has been finally tapped.
Six men had been brought into
the investigation of the alleged plot
to destroy the Welland canal or
into co-relation phases of the can
al plot probe. Three of these ai-e
the actual prisoners under combin
ed bail of $105,000. Two are under
detention. One, a police officer
wearing the shield of the City of
New York, has been suspended from
duty.
Detailed confessions, supported by
commandeered documents have been
obtained from two of the six men.
These warrant the prediction that i
there will be within a few day s
from 35 to 50 arrests in all parts
of the United States of central
power propaganda and their
American allies.
Americans of prominence are in
volved in the plots.
These men are not so-called Ger
man-Americans, but are men who
have entered the pro-German con
spiracies from motives other than
patriotic.
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KAISER LAYS PLANS
FOR FULL CONQUEST
LONDON, Dec. 31—The immedi
ate result, of the Teutonic successes j
in the Balkans is that German dip- j
lomats have now taken upthe task
of forming an immense onfedera- !
tion of central Europe.
The Kaiser is deciding the fate
of Poland and cutting up Serbia.
He also aims at establishing his
' four seas—the North
sea through the annexam,,. .
gium, the Black sea through the
Bulgarian alliance, the Aegean sea
through the good offices of Turkey
and perhaps Greece, and the Adriat
ic sea through Austria. He further
is hoping to dominate Africa
through the conquest of Egypt and
India and Asia by gaining com
mand of the Persian Gulf.
The attempt to fulfill these co
lossal ambitions will bring hi:
downfall. Nevertheless, don’t let
us imagine that the Austro-Ger
mans are going to allow us to re
main quiet at Saloniki or that
Bulgaria will halt midway. I don’t
•■rust Greece to help us. If Greek
soil is invaded we must rely solely
on our own forces.
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done at the Progressive-Miner.
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TIMES CHARGES
NON-UNITY
LAYS THAT KITCHENER’S TRIP
EAST WAS TO DISCOVER
THE TRUTH
LONDON, Dec. 31—This morn
ing's Times editorially says that the
lack of unity among the higher-ups
has caused about all the trouble
complained of. Kitchener, it says,
I went East for the very purpose of
discovering the truth that had
reached him only in the nature of
rumors, and that he found the com
plaints were on soiia foundations.
That unless unity can be brought
about ,England may as well aban
don the field of activity.
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ALAMEDA COMING
SEATTLE, Dec. 31—The steamer
Alamada sailed for the north last
evening at ten o’clock with Mrs. E.
M. Allen, H. E. Summers, W. E.
Mills and family, Carl Warrel, H.
B. Butts, J. Gustafson, Mrs. R.
Bugge, H. C. Hihvick and wife, G.
M, Scott and wife, Miss M. Todd
and W. J. Rogers as passengers for
Ketchikan. There are no steerage
passengers.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 31—At the
nrimary election yesterday, Charles
W. Fairbanks, ex-vice president
and now a senator from Indiana,
was endorsed for the nomination
at the next Republican national
convention for candidate for presi
dency. It is said that the senaor
“will have a strong support from the
state of New York also.
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WILL BE ASKED TO BUY
SUIT LINCOLN WORE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—Con- j
gress wid be asked to appropriate:
§7,00 to purchase the suit of clothes j
Abraham Lincoln wore the night of
his assassination at Ford’s Theater
in 1865. A representative will in
troduce a bill to acquire the relic
owned by a Washington business
man for the Lincoln Memorial.
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NEW' WARDEN
IS APPOINTED
~ ^H!\ CHARGED with neg
lect OF Dil i AO AS
IMMORAL CONDUCT
NEW YORK, Dec. 31-—Osborn,
the Sing Sing warden, aginst whom
the grand jury returned an indict
ment yesterday for neglect of duty
and immoral conduct, presented his
resignation to the Governor last
evening, which was immediately ac
cepted. George W. Kirchway, form
erly dean of the Columbia Law
School was appointed to take Os
born’s place and will enter upon
his duties at once.
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REMEMBER
The Red Men’s Dance Tonight.
Come and dance the. Old Year
out and the New Year in.
ill SITUATION
ABOUTTHESAME
AS IT WAS A WEEK AGO WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF ACTUAL
PREPARATION
WHICH IS GOING ON
i Attack on Allies May be Started
The First Part of The
Coming Week
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LONDON, Dec. 31—The week
end finds the war situation in the
east and west bearing the outward
appearance of comparative quietude,
and some observers are ready to pre
dict that operations will virtually
remain at a standstill until after
the holidays.
Nevertheless there is no lack of
food for speculation, particularly
on the eastern front, which now vir
tually stretches across two conti
nents from North Russia to South
Persia. In the extreme north there
have been unofficial reports that
the promised new German thrust
between Riga and Dvinsk has al
ready begun, but neither Berlin nor
Petrograd confirms this.
Likewise, the attack on the al
lies stationed at Saloniki may he
expected to begin the first part
of the week.
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MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Northbound
City of Seattle, today.
Jefferson tomorrow morning.
Alameda, tomorrow evening.
Southbound
Humboldt, this afternoon.
Princess May, Sunday, a.m. 2nd.
Northwestern, Sunday, 2nd.
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HUMBOLDT GOES SOUTH
The steamer Humboldt arrived
from Chomley this afternoon,
where she had been loading 12,000
cases of salmon. Her passengers
i'or Ketchikan were, Sid Hooper,
J. H. Freeberg, R. G. Shepard, and
A. Larson. Among the passengers
from here for Seattle were Dr. J. J.
Pittenger, M. M. Reese and wife,
and Ed Johnson. It is now the
intention of the company to send
the Humboldt to Frisco, on her ar
rival in Seattle, for her annual
overhauling.
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WATCHMAN MISSING
The watchman at the Canoe Pass
tannery, and his little gas boat
Jack” is missing. The last entry
in his diary at the cannery is dat
ed Dec. 6th. His shot gun is
missing, but his rifle was there.
There are two or three gas boats
out looking for the missing man.
Agent Taylor of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, reports having re
ceived a wireless from the freight
er Latouche on December 9th, stat
ing that they called in at the can
nery and loaded some machinery
for Cordova, and that there was no
one there at that time.
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written by
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