THE >AILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
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VOLUME ONE KTTIIHIKAN, ALASKA, SEPTEMLER 27, 1915. NUMBER FIVE
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Patriotic Labor Leader
Gives 0 P
Attempted Hriberv of Oflieiuls
Is Charged
SAMUEL GOMPERS CONFIRMS
PUBLISHED S TATEMENTS
Samuel Gompers, president of tlie
American Federation of Labor, lias
confirmed published statements that
an effort was made by agents of the
German and Austro-Hungarian Gov
ernments to cause a five week’s
strike of 23,000 longshoremen at At
lantic coast ports. It was asserted
that #1,035,000 was to be paid to car
ry out the plot.
That this effort failed is due to
i lie loyalty of the officials of the
International Longshoremen’s Associa
tion and its local unions, operating
under and in cooperation with the of
ficials of the United States Govern
ment.
Uonspicions among the foreign a
gents was Wm. Bernhard Dernberg,
German propagandist, whose activ
ities caused him to be called home
when the United States gave notice
that his presence was undesirable
The ostensible purpose of the
strike, which was to be engineered
under the most secretive conditions,
was to prevent shipment of munitions
to the Allied Governments at war
with Germany and Austria; the real
purpose is declared to have been to
bring about a reign of disorder and
mob violence on the various water
fronts to provide a curtain which
would- shield attempts to prevent the
shipment of munitions to the Allies,
it being the expectation that such oc
currences would be interpreted by the
general public as the natural accom
paniments of such a strike.
It is the understanding of the labor
officials who were approached that
with sums of money to promote the
strike that Dr. Dernberg was to sup
ply the money to pay for it. The
strikers were to be paid $10 a week
while out. It was figured that five
weeks would be long enough to ac
complish the purpose.
President Gompers calls attention
to the fact that he wrote to Secre
tary Ernest Bohm of the New A ori.
Federated Union that efforts were
being made to corrupt some of the
union men. The effort failed because
the labor men were patriotic enough
to resist. Gompers adds:
“IVhen the time shall arrive an i
further disclosures are necessary. Un
people will learn with astonishment
what already has taken plaee and the
obligations which all owe to the rep
resentatives of labor in this matter.”
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SAYS GERMANS LOST
250,00? NEAR VILNA
PETHOGRAD, Sept. 25_The Rus
sian military authorities regard the
withdrawal from the very difficult
position near Vilna, that for a time
seriously menaced a large army, as
miraculous. But that despite the fact
that the Russians had to give Vilna.
they assert that the Germans lost over
STATEMENT MADE
BE BULGARIA
Officials Say Mobilization
Is New Policy
Deny Offense Intended
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LONDON, Sept. 27—The Bulgarian
government has caused a statement
to he issued to the effect that the
mobilization of its armies for which
she has incurred severe criticism, was
the result of the new national policy,
and not «t all as an intention to of
fend the Allies or any other nation,
and that the Allies were not thereby
given cause for apprehension.
The statement has relieved the ten
sion that has existed since Bulgaria
started mobilizing her armies, as re
ports went the rouud that sho had de
cided to join the Teutons.
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RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20—The
attendance at the Ptuiama-Pacific ex
position reached the 13,000.000 mark
at 12:15 p.m., today. The average
daily attendance since the exposition
opened has been 61,311. Seventy
seven days remain before the gates
finally close.
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A selfish friend is like the letter
P, because he is the first in pity
ami the last in help.
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At The DREAM Tonight
A COMPLETE CHANGE
Commencing with the change of
program at the Dream tonight, we
will start the show at 7:30, the usual
winter schedule. The long winter
nights cause the change. Cliff Ray
mond will be at the piano tonight,
so the music will be an added feature
to the bill. Mr. Raymond will lie re
membered with the Woodworth,
'Frisco expedition, that was here a
few mouths ago. The show tonight
consists of a nev.' Pathe Daily News,
which is always good. The Black
Mask, a splendid single reel Edison
drama, the two reel feature is al
so an Edison entitled, In The Shadow
of the Mountains. It is an excel
lent feature taken out of doors en
tirely, a split reel comedy, The High
est Bidder, and A Sleepy Romance.
They are two laugh producers. Bill
Patching, Jr., is in the lead for the
next Jitney Bus.
Bill Patching, Jr. 87
Carl Harris 74
Jim Collins 71
Frank Shursen 81
Lawrence Foosncss 68
Enid Henning 50
Norman Guthrie 31
Hazel Yerney 27
Leonard Robinson 24 j
{THOUSANDS OF VET
ERANS WILL MARCH
WILL BE REVIEWED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—Thous
amis of members of the Grand Army
of the Republic are expected to ar
rive soon for the ninth re-union at
Washington. To celebrate the re
union befittingly, twelve battleships
have been ordered to assemble here
for the occasion.
It shall be fifty years on that
day that President Johnson reviewed
the veterans at their re-union. Presi
dent Wilson will review the old
guard as they march by.
RESERVISTS- ARE {RECALLED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—An or
der was received at the Greece le
gation calling upon every reservist
in America to the colors. The order
includes those reservists who came to
this eountrv between 1890 and 1911.
British Labor Leader
Dies of Pneumonia
WAS ALSO A LEADER IN THE
PEACE MOVEMENT
LONDON, Sept. 27—.Tames Herilio,
a member of parliament of the labor
wing and a leader of the universal
peace movement,' died yesterday morn
ing after a short illness due to an
attack of pneumonia.
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DUMBA RECALLED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 7—T h o
State Department was officially noti
fied today that Austria had com
plied with the demand to recall Dr.
Dumba.
PERKINS LEAVES DISPATCH
1 M. S. Perkins, who has been acting
as city news editor of the Dispatch
for the past year has resigned and
will enter other fields of activity.
Mr. Perkins lias made a large eirlee
of friends while connected with the
Dispatch, including the staff mem
bers of the Dispatch, who regret to
see him leave. Their good wishes for
his success and happiness in what
ever he undertakes will follow him in
his chosen field of labor—Dispatch.
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COLDSTREAM PROPERTY
IS PUMPED OUT
August Groot, in charge of the
Goldstream mining property that was
recently bought by H. C. Strong, the
local capitalist, was in town this
morning after supplies, and reports
success. For the last couple of weeks,
four men have been employed in
pumping out the mine that had filled
w-ith water during the years of idle
ness.
Mr. Groot returned this afternoon
to commence surface prospecting
for a while. Samples of the ore have
'already been taken and sent for
assay.
Hattie Is Raging Along the
Entire Front In Flanders
Wounded Pouring In
ALLIES FORCING THE FIGHTING
UNCEASINGLY
ROTTERDAM, Sept. 27—Dispatches
from the front in Flanders, report
desperate fighting. The same re
port says that an endless procession
of wounded German soldiers is fill
ing every village and town, ami that
! the slaughter is too horrible to de
scribe. it is said that the Germans
everywhere are hard pressed with the
Allies determined to give no quarter.
Besides the wounded, fifty thousand
are said to have been killed in the
last twenty-four hours.
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A REWIEW OF THE LAST
TWENTY DAYS FIGHTING
PARIS, Sept. 27—An official state
ment issued by the war department
says that during the last twenty days
the allied armies on the western
front in the Champagne district, cap
ture'I twenty thousand German sol
diers beside the wounded. Tester
day, the statement continues, the Brit
ish lines captured twelve thousand
more.
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FOREST SERVICE STATEMENT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22—A state
ment issued today by the forest ser
vice points out that 37.000,000 feet of
timber was cut last year from the
forest reserves of Alaska tinder gov
ernment contracts.
The bureau also estimates that 4,
000,000 feet of timber was given to
settlers, free.
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G. T. P. STEAMERS
FOR ALASKA RUN
IMPORTANT DECISION ARRIVED
BY HEAD OP SYSTEM
That the palacial G. T. P. steamers
Prince Rupert and Prince George will
enter in the Alaska business next
season was announced recently by the
head of the system while in Van
couver.
Captain Nicholson, manager of the
G. T. P., steamers, has long had liis
eye on the Skagway trade and at the
Prince Rupert conference pressed liis
views so strongly that President
Chamberlain told him to go ahead.
The Prince Rupert and Prince George
will therefore run on to Skagway
and other Alaska points in conjunc
tion with the Prince Rupert service
and the company feels that the steam
ers will not only get a fair share of
the northern travel from the south,
but will aslo reap a lot of business
over the recently completed G. T.
P. trans-contincntal line.
j GERMAN NOTE IS
QUITE ACCEPTABLE
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Submarine Commanders Receive
Orders Not To Molest
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 7—Ger
iuany'» latest note on the sinking of
the sailing ship Frye that was made
public last Saturday, discloses a vic
tory for the United States.
Germany accords the proposal to
fix damages by commission and to
let The Hague pass upon the disputed
treaty rights involved.
She also gives assurances that no
more American ships carrying con
ditional contraband will be destroy
ed in any circumstances.
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SALE CONFIRMED
JUNEAU. C'ept. 27—A dispatch
from Juneau says that Judge Jennings
today confirmed the sale of the prop
ci ty by the United States Marshal, at
Ketchikan, in the case of H. < ou
grove vs. P, F. Gilmore and wife.
NOTICE TO PETIT JURORS
Last Saturday, Deputy Marshal
Sharpe received au order from Judge
Jennings to the effect that the date
for the petit jurors to report for duty
upon the court had been changed
from September 31st, to October 1st.
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LOOKING FOR LOCATION
C. Warren Knapp, formerly of %j»t
tie, but of late a business man of
Port Angeles, Wash was a pas
senger on the steamer Al-Jvi today
for the west.
Mr. Knapp, who conducts a wall
paper establishment at Port Angeles,
is looking the field over with the
view of establishing a chain of stores.
He is going as far as Anchorage and
will stop in Ketchikan on his way
baek.
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COLONEL JACKLIN ON
INVESTIGATION BOARD
NEW YORK. Sept. 27—Colo net"
.Jackling, of Juneau, mine owner and
expert engineer, has been appointed
j to serve as one of the twelve en
gineers who are to probe the several
subway crashes that have occurred in
the subways of late.
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STEAMER DELHI
FINDS PURCHASER
Brings Only Two Thousand Dollars
The Prince Rupert Daily News of
the 21st says: “The Delhi was float
ed yesterday. When the water was
pumped out and the bulk exposed to
view, there was great disappointment
for those concerned in her. ncr en
gines are gone, and the hull is in
such condition that repairs are prac
tically out of the question. The Delhi
has been purchased by Captain Bab
ington for $2,000.”
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We expect a shipment of Dry
goods soon and the prices will bo
right, at the Bon Marche. Adv.
Submarine Strikes Trans
ylvania off Island Crete
Warship Meets Same End
-FINDS ITS GRAVE
ON COAST OF HOLLAND
LONDON, Sept. 27—The Admiralty
issued a statement in which it states
that the transport Transylvania had
boon attacked aud sunk off the Island
of Crete by a German submarine. The
statement does not mention the num
ber of the casualities.
The same bulletin says that a war
ship had also been sunk off the
coast of Belgium, but gives no par
ticulars.
An order was issued today ordering
every German, Turk and Austrian of
military age and resident of England
to surrender to the proper authority.
These had been promised exemption
by a previous order, but it was coun
termanded.
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GERMANS LOSE 20 SUBMARINES
LONDON, Sept. 24—The Germans
have lost twenty submarines since
the beginning of the war, according
to an editorial note in the Motorship
and Motorboat, while the British loss
es have been only seven.
When the war commenced, the pa
per declares, Germany had 11 sea
going submarines and 10 of a small
er type, whi£.- up to June 1, 10 new
boats had been added. The assertion
is made that the Germans now have
only 14 seagoing underwater boats,
two of which arc in the Mediterran
ean,
At The GRAND Tonight
Leah Baird comes to the Grand to
night in a two part mystery drama
in two reels, entitled, Out of the Far
Jiast. The play tells of the story of
the mysterious disappearance of a
valuable ruby and she is given an
excellent opportunity to get in some
good sensational acting.
The Mask of Affection, is another
two reeler, classed as a melodrama,
and pictures the story of a Guardian
who seeks to gain possession of his
ward's wealth by marrying her, but
she secretely steals away to the Her
mit’s cave where she meets her lov
er. In the course of events, the great
mine explosion occurs and her lover
is reported dead by her guardian, his
last hope of obtaining the fortune.
The old hermit takes a hand and ex
poses the tricks of the guardian and
the story is brought to a happy end.
The comedy that closes the show is
a Joker entitled, Lutie’s Lovers, but
after all there are no wedding bells
for Lutic. Wednesday and Thursday
nights we will show a Warner fea
ture in three parts entitled, In the
Clutches of the Klu Klux Klan. Adv.
GERMANY DENIES
COMPLETE DEFEAT
SAY LINES BENT
BUT NOT BROKEN
BERLIN, 8ept. 27—A bulletin was
'issued today saying that in spite of
the report that the army in Flanders
had been defeated, the contrary ap
pears, and says that while the lines
are bent, they nre not broken.
The war office has been notified
that thousands had been killed along
the western fronts. This report is
not denied, however.
MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Northbound
Admiral Farragut, Tuesday, a.m. 28.
Princess Alice, Monday, p.m. 27.
Jefferson, Thursday, 30. ,
Southbound
Mariposa, Tuesday, 28.
Dolphin, Tuesday 28.
The steamer Al-lvi arrived from
Seattle this morning at ten o’clock.
She brought 48 tons of general freight
for local people and carried the i’ol
■ owing passengers for Ketchikan:
M. J-’. Viruey, E. Penny, E. Sinclair,
O'. G. liaymond, Fred Hamiuell, Mrs.
(J. Anderson and Mrs. Ellen Finder
son.
The Alameda arrived from Seattle
at 1 a.m., this morning, several hours
overdue on account of late sailing
from Seattle. She was heavily load
ed with freight for tho Westward but
had little for Ketchikan. The fol
lowing passengers got off at Ketchi
kan: Frank Carroll, A. Greenbaum and
one steerage. Boarding her here for
the north were Ilaus Apsch. Juneau;
Henry Goemaere, Juneau; A. Shynian,
Sagway; G. P. ltoily, Seward; Frank
Parrish, Ivnik; Wm. Hansen, Juneau;
and V. Norvak, Knik.
The Northwestern sailed southbound
at ten this morning with a capacity
cargo. She took 37 boxes of halibut
from Wrangell and 24.744 cases of
salmon from Kasaan. The follow
ing passengers boarded her here for
Seattle: H. Kingston, Louis Thomp
son, A. U. Ahrens, Woo Sing, Jess
Bromley, Jack Gustafson, Lee Bunard,
L. Lind, Axel Jones, Carl Thanum,
M. Autovieh, Goo. Johnson. Harvey
Fay, Barney Cannon, Walter Williams,
Geo. Butler, Sam Johnson and P. J.
Smith.
Attorney L. P. Shackelford nnd
wife were among the Alameda’s pas
sengers this morning enroute to Ju
neau from Seattle.
Louis Levy, the well-known Alaska
fur buyer for Uhlinans accompanied
by bis wife, went through on tho
Alameda this morning on their way
to Valdez.
Northbound passengers from Ket
chikan' on the Al-Ki are Harold Fon
sen, Juneau; E. P. Kendall, Wrangell;
D. J. McKinzie, Juneau; and F .D.
Helps, for Petersburg.
The noblest pursuit of a woman is
an honest man.
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THE BIG CURIO STORE OF ALASKA
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^ Hot Blast Heaters
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