FRENCH HATE
FERDINAND
IS GRANDSON OF LOUIS FH1L
UPFE. RECEIVED FRENCH
WITH GERMAN RIFLES
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PARIS, Dec. 6—Kaiser Wilhelm
11., is a popular idol in France to
day compared with Ferdinand of
Bulgaria. The French hate him.
They call him the regegrade king.
Ferdinand is the grandson of
Louis Philippe of France; his mothe
the Princess Clementine, whom Fer
dinand in the early days of his
reign called “the first of all my
Statesman.’’ Practically a French
ruler of the Bulgars, he received
the French troops with German
rifles and bayonets.
"But what can you expect!”
snapped the white-haired old French
at the next taote in uw
r«;aurjint arouuu uie corner, ne
spose to a crome, a F renchman oi
tue old school, Uke wmseu. “He*,
got intrigue m his Coburg biooo.
ne is an adventurer and an anarvh
ii„; out ne lacks me farsightedness
oi his mother. She was one of the
surewdest women of her day and
sue made her son what he is. The
mood of his Austrian Coburg an
cestors has played tne devil with
the good that is in him.
"1 remember when F erdinanu
teamed that Prince Alexander of
nuigana was kidnapped m the Ws
that gave Ferdinand his chance.
Bulgaria was left without a ruier
ana, as nobody else seemed willing
to touch the job, Ferdinand took it.
"Ferdinand went to Sofia by
river, in secret, at night in August,
16*7. We of the diplomatic service
never thought he would make good,
he was only 25. But, bon Dieu, he
had his mother and she was de
termined to make a king of him,
and her French tact did just that
for Ferdinand the Renegade, sir. I
wouldn't have given a sou-markee
tor his throne then, and not much
more for ins life, for Bulgaria was
a dozen Mexico’s rolled into one
and nearly all Europe was against
him.
“Destiny, though was on Ferdin
and's side; destiny and his French
mother. A perfumed aristocrat of
most dainty manner, the ruler of
a rough and ready folk, he had
need of a backer of the rough,
brutal type, one who knew and
could manage the Bulgarians; and
destiny furnished Ferdinand with
Stambouloff, the bloodthirsty son of
an innkeeper.
“Stambouloff, as premier ruled
with a brace of revolvers in his
hands and a carbine strapped across
his back. When he traveled be
tween the principality's capitals—
Sofia and Philippopoli—the little,
heavy-set man went in a car equip
ed like an arsenal; and he sat
right in the middle of his fortress
on wheels. Well he might, for he
had sent many a man to kingdom
come and he was no hero among his
people. .
“Ferdinand found it convenient to;
remain much abroad. He visited
King Edward, President Loubet,
President Fallieres, and other rul- j
ers; and while grand reception?
were being tendered in his honor
at Windsor Castle, Elysee Palace,
Versailles and elsewhere, Stan-,
bouloff killed, killed, killed. Ah,
monsieur, that was the Coburg
blood.
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BRITISH TROOPS TRAPPED
AND SLAUGHTERED
Five thousand Were Killed Through
Treachery of the Turks
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 10-*- Brit
ish forces in Mesopotamia, have
been routed with heavy losses, just
when Bagdag was within their
grasp, through the treachery of
Arab tribesmen, according to ad
' vices from Berlin today.
Hordes of Arabs made their way
up the Tigris with the British,
under General Townsend, almost to
the gates of Bagdad. Professing in
! tense hatred for the Turks, the
Arabs led the British into a trap.
Arab scouts sent ahead of the
; British forces, reported only com
paratively small bodies of Turkish
| troops defending Bagdad.
At the crucial moment in the bat
! tie near Ctesiphon the Arabs sud
j denlv turned fiercely upon the Brit
r ish, according to dispatches received
i by the BerlinVossiche Zeitung, at
: tacked both of Townsend’s flanks
and slaughtered several hundred
troops before artillery forced them
j to flee to the Turkish Hues. w
An official dispatch from the
: Turkish war office described the de
: feat of the British as a rout. The
> Turks have pursued the fleeing Brit*
; ish nearly 100 miles down the
i Tigris to within a few miles of,
their base at Kut-El-Amara, and
j are continuing their attacks, it was
! stated. The belief prevails in Con
' stantinople that the British will not
make a second attempt to capture
i Bagdad. ,
“The pursuit of the defeated Brit
ish proceeds energetically,” said the
Turkish statement. “On Wednesday
I the enemy attempted to make a
stand, but lost several hundred pris
oners, including a major, a captain,
a lieutenant and one aviator.
“We captured two transport
ships on the Tigris loaded with
food; two monitors, two carrying
i ten cannon and the other four can
r non and three machine guns and
munitions supplies. One of these
ships is now being used against the
retreating enemy,”
An official statement issued in
London admitted defeat of the
British Mesopotima with the loss
of nearly 5,000 men and declared
j General Townsend had been forced
! to retire to within a few miles of
Kut-El-Amara before “greatly
! superior enemy forces.” No men
! tion was made of the treachery of
. the Arabs.
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Railroad rails with renewable
treads, consisting of strips of hard
steel to be fastened Into their
heads, have been invented by a
French engineer.
PERSONAL'MENTION
VISITORS IN THE Clll
uan -Nelson, tne Rasaan merchant
accompanied by Mrs. Nelson are
in the city for a few days, guest*
at the Revilla Hotel.
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HERE SHOPPING
Mrs L. Burns, of Hadley, aceoni- |
cmpamed by daugnter is in the cit\ I
tor a tew days doing tneir A mas 1
shopping, and are guests at the j
KevtUa.
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A SALE OF “UOOU1ES"
On Saturday, the Misses Winnie I
Haber, Florence Mercer and- Esther
Foord, will have a large assortment j
of home made candies for sale at
the “Fop Corn Stand'’ opposite uic
Kenila Motel.
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VISITORS. FROM CRAIG
Kev, J. N. Cocker, wno is tr.
charge ot tne FresDytenan •Mis
sion at Craig, arrived here las1
\\ ednesday evening accompanied b
Mrs. Cocker for a few week's vis.,
in Ketchikan.
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BACK FROM BRECON Visit
Mrs. J. E. Copeland and ftliss
Flossie Copeland, were returning
' passengers from the south on the
Al-Ki today. Mr. and Mrs. IV u.
Jenkins, son-in-law and daughter a!
the Copelands also returned on .he
same -boat. The family have been
visiting the old home state "Sor
the post six weeks or more. ?
V NEW SOCIAL CLl’B STARTED
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Last evening about CO peop e
assembled at the Pocahontas ft all
for the purpose of organizing wh.v
will be known as 'Tillicum Club,"
a purely social order. The interim
| tion of the members of the club is
to give an occasional dance, car
parties etc., during the coming
' winter.
i It is said that there is no restrlc
• tion nor particular qualifications •for
anybody to join, it being a social
organization. Congeniality is all
that is required.
The club will hold its next meet
ing Wednesday the 15th. At that
meeting the club organization will
be perfected, committees appointed,
etc.
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MISDEMEANOR MUST HAVE
BEEN COMMITTED
Karly this morning, Assistant
District Attorney Knoll and Deputy
Marshal Howell were seen board
ing the power boat El Paso. S
prominent business man who saw
them said that a misdemeanor must
have been committed some where,
whatever he meant.
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AT THE HOTELS
AT THE REVILLA
W. Livingston, G. A. Lee, wife
and son, Clara Pederson, Roe Point;
J. G. Shepard, It Mine;M. Theodora.
Mr. and Mrs. sweetser. Hadley.
| HOLIDAY GREETINGS
: : The happy Christmas time is fast approach
i | ing and again we take pleasure in inviting you
j : to call and inspect our immense line of
Holiday Goods
The increase in our business and patronage
i j during the past year has stimulated us to still
i ; greater efforts or the coming season.
] | We are now showing a stock which is as
| ; comprehensive and faultless as intelligent selec
] | tion and accurate knowledge of trade needs can
j | make it.
IOur line shows |;j
NOVELTY, VARIETY QUALITY 1
An early visit to our store will acquaint you
• g with all the new and beautiful articles and prove ;g;j
g an inspiration to the gift-giving. |
| Berthelsen & Pruell |
AN ERROR CORRECTED
The Metlakahtla Basketball Year. I
has requested the Progressive-Min
er to correct an error that appear,
ed in its columns a few days ago.
At that time it was said that .the
Metlakahtla Basketball Team had
played the Sitka team and won,
and made it appear that it. would
be the same, team that would come
here and play the local team Iasi,
evening. The team that played Iasi I
evening is the regular Metlakahtla!
team and known as the “Metlu- !
kahtla Benevolent Society Team,
whereas the team that played the ;
Sitka team at Metlakahtla was an |
aggregation of individuals having
no connection with the regular I
team.
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KETCHIKAN WINS AGAIN
Nineteen to nine and all’s well
was the verdict of the big crowd
that turned out last night io
cheer the local boys on to victory !
in their game with Metlakahtla tn
a wonderful exhibition of basketball*
It was a transformed team that
turned out last night, compared
with the team that played he firs;
game with Sitka. In the first game
the boys won by individual play
ing, while last night the boys show
ed team work along with accurate
shooting that fairly kept the big
crowd gasping.
It would be hard to pick a star
on Ketchikans lineup with every
body playing tip top ball. Pat
Moran the new forward proved a
tower of strength and no small a
mount of credit belongs to him for
the result of the game.
During the first half the game
was smewhat marred by jangling
with the referee, which howev-v
was not the fault of either team
but an apparent desire on the par;
of that gentleman to delay the
game while he imparted his knowl
edge to both players and spectators.
Ray Hall however took the reins of
government the second half to P-?
satisfaction of all concerned. Both
teams played clean fast basket ball
and Metlakahla can be assured of
a welcome any time they come over.
Table of Distances from
Ketchikan
; Seattle, 660 IVrange" 89
j Petersburg 115 Juneau 223
| Skagway 3iU Sitka 292
| Metlakahtla 15 Dolomi 27*
j Xiblack 30 Choroley 30i
! Kasaan 29* Hollis 39
i Kiam 32 Loring 21
Yes Bay 39 Cape Chacon 48
iSulzer 92 Ilowkan 73
Waterfall 103 Craig 121
Klawak 126 Karheen 150
Shakan via. Chacon 182
Bell Island 50 Unuk River 70
Mary Island 23 Hadley 28
Three Tree Point 45 Stewart B. t). 150
Prince Ropert 95 ,
This table is complied in nautical
miles which are6080 feet. The larg
est part of this list was complied foi
the Post Office by the Captain of th
Gedney and Is authentic.
zmm BAKERY
AND GROCERY
Coin -15
Ail milk 3 cans .25
S oz. cau Bakers cocoa .25
Reliance Coffee .40
Gold Shield coffee .40
Canned Pineapple .16 & .20
String beans, .20c. two for -36
Sweet potatoes, 20c. 2 for .35
Krout, 20c. 2 for .35
E. J, Peas, 20c. 2 for .35
Golden Wax beans .20c. 2 for .36
Pumpkin, 20c. 2 for .36
Hominy, 20c. 2 for .6.'
Soiid Pack, Amocat and Reliance
Tomatoes, * .16
Ranch Eggs per doz. .3"
Lend fhrerer cocoanut per lb. .20
Baking powder, per lb. .15
Your money back if not satisfied.
Bread, P.oUs, Pies, Cakes and Layer
Cakes, Angel Food, White Cake. Jel
ly holl. Lemon Roll- Cup Cakes, Gi •
ger Bread, Cocoanut Blisses, Macs
roons. Honey Jumbles, Frosted Creams,
Lemon, Sugar, Currant, Spice and <v
coanut Cookies. Doughnuts and Toast
Job printing neatly and quickly
done at the Progressive-Miner.
DON'T FORGET
The Bon Marche Xmas
Novelties will soon be on display
at prices that will surprise you.
Hand painted China, toys of all
kinds and lots of other goods suit
able for Xmas gifts. Adv. tf.
BOTH WILL BE THANKFlJI
We will thank you to subscS
eiirht months, $5.00 cash, and a
will thank us.
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for the Daily Progressive-Miner i i
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CIVIC CLUB BENEFITS
‘THE BLACK BOX’’
FEATURING HERBERT KAWL1NSON AS SANFORD QUEST
THE GREATEST DETECTIVE CHARACTER OF MODERN I
FICTION
ANNA LITTLE AS LEONO RA, QUEST’S CLEVER ASSIS
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THE EMANON ORCHESTRA WILL FURNISH THE MUSIC
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CHANGE OF PROGRAM SUNDAY «
MONDAY NIGHT KEITH AND KING IN COMEDY AND
SONG
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IT IS WELL TO REMEMBER
That the time to buy is when you have most to buy from, and that is right now. We have just
received a shipment of holi day goods. .
PYRALIN IVORY, Tabic sets, and individual pieces, LATEST DU BARRY design
Toilet Sets in solid ebony. Black Walnut, Cherr/. and Sterling Silver. ^
MILITARY BRUSHES in sets of Sterling Silver, Cherry and_solid Ebony in handsome leather.
cases.
HAND MIRRORS in Birdseye Maple, Pyralin Ivory, Solid ny, and Black Walnut.
Crane's, Johnstons and Imperial Candies. This includes (King of All Candies) “MARY GARDEN”
Chocolates.
| Tinkertoys and Dolls
These goods are on display in our windows, and this is probably the largest selection of these
22 goods ever offered the people of Ketchikan. We cordially invite you to come and investigate.
C2 ' IT IS A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS
Do not forget that our closing out sale of Jewelry is still in progress. We have bargains in
22 CUT GLASS, WATCHES, DIAMONDS and GOLD JEWELRY at prices that will certainly appeal
f!> to discriminating buyers.
| Ryus Drug Company
g PRICES LOWEST QUALITY THE REST
Tell Santa Claus which
style Victrola you want
He knows a Victrola is
ideal for Christmas—that it
is sure to be appreciated,
that its music is a delight to
§ V 'fir every one.
I f Thi« !• the Victrola VI, $25 ^
§. And he has left a full line of Victrolas here
| so that every one can see the different styles
I and select the one best adapted to his home.
|i ;j $15, $25, $40, $50, $75, $100, $150, $200, $250, $300,
$350—and it’s wise to make your selection now to be sure
I of getting the style you
M
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S today
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I i II Vicuol. XVIII, *300
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Select your Vic
trola now so you a
won't be disap
pointed. It will be
impossible for us
to guarantee a sel
ection after Dec.
10th.
J. R. Heckman
& Co.
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