THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER. 29. 191.1. * NUMBER FIFTY-EIGHT,
BASKET BALL
TONIGHT
UNEXPECTED GAME TO BE
PULLED OFF AT SEVEN
THiRTY AT THE RINK
SITKA vs. KETCHIKAN
Let Ketchik' "ers Go And Boost
Lor The Boys Of
Both Teams
The Basket-Ball team of Sitka,
returning from Metiakahtia. arrive0
this afternoon without having sent
a notice. However, as the Ketchi
kan team is always ready to ac
comodate visitors, a game has been
arranged for this evening, to take
place at the Rink at seven thirty.
An admission of twenty-five cent3
will be charged to defray the neces
sary expenses*
SWALLOWED A TABLE KNIFE
CHICAGO, Nov. 29—The table
knife which Mrs. E. Hochsberger
finally pursuaded surgeons she had
swallowed while in a delirium due
to illness eight months ago, was
taken from her today by an opera
tion.
The knife was corroded and saw
edged from the action of the stom
ach acids and physicians said that
nature had made heroic efforts to
digest the implement- The woman,
rallied well from the operation.
When she first told of having
swallowed the knife physicians said
her story was a figment of the im
agination. but yesterday she prevai -
ed upon them to use the X-ray and
the resulting photographs vindicated
her.
Several dozen doctors and medical
students watched todav’s operation.
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THE PRESIDENT'S LIFE WAS
THREATENED
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29—Last Sat
urday, the story came out tha^ the
President’s life had been threatened
by a man who gave his name as
William Meyer, of Bay City, Mich
igan. The man is being he’d pend
ing an investigation of letters found
in his possession. The letters are in
corherent and wafn Wilson that
the writer is “being forced to mur
der him."
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HILLSTROM IS BURIED
CHIACGO. Nov. 2-5—Six Swedish
girls, including one said to have
been HilSstrom’s sweetheart, acted
as pallbearers at his funeral here.
There was no prayer and no relig
ious ceremony.
Songs written by Hillstrom were
sung in a dozen different languages
at the service.
Black bordered handbills, tied
with the cord of the organization
colors, black and red, and prin'-d
in various languages, were widely
circulated with the program for the
funeral exercises. Hillstrom was
the official song writer of the In
dustrial Workers of the World.
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BOTH MILL BE THANKFUL
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eight months, 85.00 cash, and you
will thank us.
CANADIANS
! TAKE ACTION
WILL HANDLE HIGH GRADE
WHEAT THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE COUNTRY
OTTAWA. Nov. 29—This morning
an official order was issued where
by all the high grade wheat, privat
eiy owned or otherwise, now in ele
vators from Tort Willian to the At
\ lantic. is to be reserved for the
government’s sols* disposal. None
1 will be allowed to sell, deliver or in
! anyway dispose of any part without
i the consent of the Canadian gov
. eminent.
The wheat thus commandered. >s
said to he in excess of twenty mil
; lion bushePs. It is said -the govern -
ment forsees a possible shortage o'
flour before the war is ended, hence
the unexpected action.
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KAISER I? RETURNING
BERLIN. Nov. 29—The Emperor
arrived at Vienna today on his way
home from his visit to the Balkan
states, and will visit with Emperor
Joseph before continuing his jour
nev home.
KITCHENER IS IN PARIS
REDFIELD ASKS
FOR SUPPORT
OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO
GET NECESSARY AMOUNT
OF MONEY
WASHINGTON, . .ov. 29—Secre
tary .Redfield, whose mind is set
on helping Alaska, is seeking every
man’s support in his effort to have
congress appropriate the necessary
amount of money that may be need
ed to carry out the administration’s
plans in the development of the
great territory. The assistance of
members from the Pacific Northwest
is particularly wanted in the coming
fight which the appropriation is
bound to bring forth.
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FRNECH SUBMARINE SUNK
MARSEILLES, Nov. 29—A repor.
was received here telling of the
French submarine Omara having
beer, sank in a batle with another
submarine. Details are lacking.
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AT THE GR AND TONIGHT
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The feature of the Monday and
Tuesday night bTlI will be. Miss
Nobody From Nowhere, featuring
Ethel Grandin and Hobart Henley.
The story is of a young girl earning
a scanty Siting by seHing paper
flowers: her brother Bob. a worth
less gambler, takes the money as
fast as she earns it. A dancing
master happens along through the
poor settlement and notices the
girl’s gracefulness, and paves the
way for a position and better life.
Along with this feature is a pret
ty litrte single reel entitled “Baby’s
Doll, a production of -the Smalleys,
and is a picture of child life.
The End of The Fued. a Ken
tucky picture featuring Pauline
Bush and Murdock McQuarrie, and
a comedy complete the program.
Wednesday night a four reel fea
ture by the World’s Feature Com
pany. She Heart of a Police Offi
cer. Adv.
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Range*
Coal and Wood j
Cook Stove?
Hot Hhs; ;leat r
Camp St
Heckman Btdvr.
Now is the time
to get that new
THANKSGIVING
Suit or Overcoat
P. J. Gilmore
“THE CLOTHIER”
FOR PEACE
ENDEAVORING TO CONCLUDE
ARRANGEMENTS WITH
ITALY SEPARATELY
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
Says A Correspondent Of One
The Morning
Newspapers
ROME. Nov. 29—It was officially
announced yesterday that Austria
is looking for separate peace agree
ments with Italy. The Vienna cor
respondent says that a government 1
representative was on his way to
Italy with that end in view and with
all the authority to conclude peace.
Officials here deny having been
notified of the intention of Austria
thus far. but admit that such is
possible.
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PRESIDENT WILSON ADDS
TO HIS MESSAGE
Will Point Out to Conrgess the
Necessity for Penalty
Against Plotters
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29—Presi
dent Wilson is said to have added a
reminder in his message to con
cress that penalty for explosions,
fires, and other destruction of
American property. That laws
■'hnr acts of plotters be dealt with
severity.
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WICKERSHAN STARTS EAST
SFATTI.E. Nov. 29—Judge Wick
ersham leaves for the East today
by way of Portland. Oregon, where
he proposes spending two days be
fore resuming his joumev.
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TWO AVIATORS FREEZE
TO DEATH .
—
PETROGRAD. Nov. 29—The body j
of two German aeronauts, pilot and
observer, of an aeroplane of the
Albatross type, were discovered in '
a marsh in the vicinity of Dvinsk. i
The men had been frozen to death. I
annarentlr. The aeroplane bad been
nermitted to cross the Russian line ;
when the escape was cut off by a !
flock cf Russian aircrafts, " ■ I
P. F. MC CABE IX TOWN
P. F. McCabe, one of the genuine
hard- rock miners and prospectors
of this district, is in town for a
few days from Lorine. where he has
been working this summer. Peter
if taking a few days recreation
preparatory to going over to Hoi
'i? and doing the assessment work
on his property adjoining the Dunton
Gold Mine.
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JEFFERSON NORTHBOUND
Alaska Steamship Co.’s pop
ular steamer Jefferson arrived
from Seattle about 2:30 this morn
ing. Her passengers for Ketchikan
ver- \ E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A.
^h. Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
.^nderson. She got away for the
north about " o'clock taking the
fallowing pesseners from Ketchi
kan: Silas Miline. Ed. Atkinson, F.
F. Mather, and W. J. Neil for
Wrangell; A. L. Brown, R. L. Pet
■v and Dan Kirch for Juneau.
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J. E. SMITH HOME AGAIN
Jas. E. Smith, night engineer at
the New England Fish Co's, big
: plant, returned on the Jefferson
this morning from a vacation of
several weeks spent in the States.
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To give warning of the presence
of dangerous gasses in mines a Ger
man scientist has invented a whis
on thp
t era n ir " — VVvgti •••lipn rr-vr- ~
r-\nt to Mrs. George
Adv. tf.
4 SF.RRIA IS CRUSHED IN +
4 FIFTY-ONE DAYS ♦
♦ Fleeing Towards Montenegro +
4 For Protection from Enemy +
4 LONODN, Nor. 29—That Serb- +
4 ia has been crushed by the +
♦ Austro-German-Bulgarian forces +
♦ is the latest report. Advices +
♦ just received say that the Serb- +
♦ ians are fleeing from all dirce- +
♦ ions towards Montenegro for +
♦ protection.
4 All Serbians met complete +
4 defeat in fifty-one days from +
4 the time the Bulgars entered +
4 their countries. The defeat is +
+ blamed on the allies, who. it +
4 is said were too slow in rend- + j
+ ering assistance,
44 + * + + ** + + + + + + +
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POPE ABANDONS PLAN
PARIS, Nov. 29— A dispatch from !
the vnticant s«vS that the Pope j
had abandoned his plan whereby he ,
intended to request that an armistice j
be declared among the warring na
tions during the Christmas Holidays.
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THE RUSSIANS ARE
PREPARING DRIVE
— -
Everything is Being Rushed For j
A Drive Through The
Balkan States
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PARIS, Nov. 29—Farl Kitchenm
who has just returned from the Bai
kan states says that the Russian
are devoting every energy in th.e:'
preparation to make a drive at
Germans through the Balkan s***"1*
Anticipating such, a movemmr
the commander said that the Ger
mans were also prenaring a gre c
defense against the Russian "tick
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SERBS LEAVE
MONASTIR
EVACUATION IS FOLLOWED B\
ENTRY OF GERMANS WHO
TAKE POSSESSION
LONODN, Nov. 29—A report
from Oakhrida, a few miles from
Monastir, says that the Serbians
have finally evacuated the latter
stronghold, which was followed by
the entry of the Germans who have
taken possession.
Monastir, which had been report
ed as having fallen, was evidently
erronous from this report.
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GREECE DOES NOT DESIRE
TO SHED BLOOD
Favors Allies But Says Germany
Cannot Be Beaten
LONDON, Nov. 29—D. G. Rahllis,
Greek minister of justice is reported
to have given out an interview in
which he said England is trying to
force Greece into war and that her
attitude is “disgraceful and infa
mous.” He continued:
“Your government having piled
fault on fault, and delay on delay,
with only a few thousand troops to
lielp us, want to force us to step
in and die. You want us to succor
you when no English soldiers have
shed their blood in Serbia—when
scarcely an English rifle has been
fired.
“We don’t wish to be another Bel
gium or Serbia. We love Serbia,
but before attempting to rescue a
drowning friend one should be sure
his effort is not merely a useless
sacrifice’
“They can dig trenches and de
fend themselves if they want. We
will even go to the extent of estab
lishing a cordon to safeguard their
retreat,” he said.
“The King does not love Ger
many," says the correspondent. "He
offered to join the allies last April
on condition that the Dardanelles
project be adandoned and an advance
be made through Thrace. Since
that date the King has gained im
plicit belief in German prowess. He
said a few days ago: “They can
no1 K-n1 Germenv. tb#»v will nev®’’
—-- V>«r. Th®*’ foil men T
. - w i -p^d the d'
! - p" terror® end England,
h»nrpns. will never be sever® with
! —— wh'1® G®rrnenv will b®
| imolaceblp. It is mv d"tv to s®v
; mv country from the horrors of
Belgium.’
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' It. <T?:ilbmif I'reft. J. f< Heckman Vlce-prea. <' Larvn Omw J
rs and Merchants Bank
F‘>rt i i ;in;l i> /nestic Exchange
Travel ;rg Checks
Safe Deposit ftoxesfor Rent
Territorial Depository
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTA
TIVES VERY MUCH IN
EVIDENCE
SENATORS IN CAUCUS
Large Number of Republicans Are
Already on The Grond
For Business
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—'The
organization of the Sixty-Fourth
Congress, started in earnest this
morning. A large number of Demo
cratic Representatives have, already
arrived and proceeded to caucus,
particularly among the Senators.
While the absence of Republican
Representatives was noticeable a
bout the capitol this morning, every
train is bringing them constantly.
The Republicans have decided to
'aucus later during the week when
most of the representatives will have
arrived.
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PARIS, Nov. 20—Earl Kitchener,
commander of the British armies,
arrived here today and will confer
with the officials here.
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RUSSIANS ARE SHORT OF MEAT
BERLIN, Nov. 2f>—Advices from
Petrograd by private correspondent
says that the shortage of -meat in
Russia has become mute serious, ]
and fear is entertained that the |
rank and file of the armies will not
be able to stand the hardship that !
they are exposed to unless a suf -
ficient supply of meat is obtained.
The situation is causing anxiety in
official circles.
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THE RED WING TO REOPEN
Among the arrivals on the steam
er Jefferson this -morning were Mr
and Mrs. J. E. Anderson. Mrs.
Anderson, formerly Mrs. Tola Wy
man, is well known locally as the j
owner of the Red Wing copper prop
erty on the West Coast of Prince
of Wales Island, near Sulzer. Mr.
Anderson is a practical mining man
and they will leave for the West
Cost for the purpose of reopening
and deve’oping the Red Wing Mine.
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W. J. NEIL RETURNS
TO WRANGELL
“Billie” Neil, the well known own
er of he- Uncle Dan, who has been
a local visitor in Ketchikan for the
past few days returned to Wran
gell th's morning on the Jefferson.
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MR. AND MRS SPAFH RETURN
Bookke-n-r A. L. Bp mh of Heck
man & Co., and Mrs. Spaeth return
ed on the Jefferson this morning
from a visit of several weeks in
• the states. Mrs. Spaeth went dnwr
first as a delegate to the National
W. C. T. U. Convention in Seattle
where iater the bead of the family
met her and together they visited
the Frisco Fair, Reno, Nevada,
Kansas City, Mo., and their old home
in Kansas, too numerous to mention.
They report having a. splendid trio
and delightful visits with their
numerous friends and relatives, mid
the old familiar scenes. They also
refreshed their memories of some of
the genuine old time hot weather.
FIRE DESTROYS
TOURIST TOWN
A FAVORITE RESORT FOR
TOURISTS WIPED OUT DURING
A HIGH WIND
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29—The
town of Avalon, a suberb of this (
city, was half wiped out yesterday
when a fire started during a high
wind. The town, which is a favorite
place to thousands of tourists every
year, was at the time well populat
ed with visitors from all over the
country. The loss has not been
estimated, but it is said that it will
run into the hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Many were left homel
ess.
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RUSSIANS ARE STARVING
WARSAW, Nov. 29—Misery and
starvation is reported among thous
ands of civilians about the country
in the vicinity of Warsaw. Suf
fering in some quarters is said
be pitiful. There is no food to be
had at any price.
RAILROADS
BLOCKADED
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND CARS
SAID TO BE WAITING
TO BE UNLOADED
NEW YORK, . .ov. 29—The great-^
est blockade in the history of the,
railroads is now reported. It is said
that seventeen thousand cars are
side tracked here and there a
waiting to be unloaded when the
country over is calling for cars
for shipment of orders that should
have been shipped long since. Rail
road officials consider the situa
ion ouite critical.
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THE TOWN OF VALEDZ
IS REVERSED
The District Court Renders A
Decision of Interest
In Alaska
VALDEZ, Nov. 29—The case of
the Valdez Dock Co., on appeal a
gainst the Town of Valdez, which
was brought before the district
court today for adjudication, the
court found for the appellant, re
versing the municipal court’s judge
ment against the Dock Company.
The court further found that the
town had no power to assess the
property of the Dock Company in
asmuch as it was outside of the city
limits.
The court went further and set
aside the assessment levied against
holders of industrial stocks and
qualified such asessment as “dis
criminatory’ assessment,” therefore
null and void.
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CharlieChaplin, coming—watxh for
the date. Adv.
I! MAY BE
JUST A RUMOR
IT IS WIDLY CIRCULATED
THAT RUMANIA HAD
ENTERED WAR
WITH THE ALLIES
Petrograd Goes Wild Over The
News And Rejoicing
Is General
PFTROCjRAD, Nov. 29—While not!
authentic, the rumor Is being widly
circulated throughout the country
that Rumania has decided to enter
the conflict on the side of the al
lies.
The presumption is that since
Greece declared itself in favor of
the entente, Rumania which has been
undecided, seeing her neighboring
country choose her old friends, was
forced to follow, greatly helped by
public sentiment which has always
favored the entente.
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ADMIRAL EVANS DELAYED
Telegraphic advices have been
received to the effect that the Ad
miral Evans did not sail from Seat
tle till sixo’clock Saturday evening.
That would make her due in Ketchi
kan late tonight or early in the
morning.
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HUMBOLDT SAILS TONIGHT
A. cable message has been received
from Seattle, announcing the sail
ing of the steamer Humboldt from
that port northbound tonight. She
will be due in Ketchikan Wednes
day morning, Dec. 1st.
AT THE CUSTOMS HOUSE
CLEARED
27
Director for sea fisheries.
Madeline J. for sea fisheries.
28th
New England for sea fisheries.
Palmyra for Tacoma.
Tvee for Seattle.
ENTERED
28
Senator from Prince Rupert and
Fort Townsend.
New England from Nanaimo, B. C.
Tug Commodre and tow from
Anyox, B. C.
Jefferson, from Seattle.
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AT THE HOTELS
AT THE STEDMAN
Ole Bakke, Loring.
Tom Campion, Nome.
Tos. C. Noyes, Tongass.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Anderson,
Cisco, Cal.
AT THE RE VILLA
Jim Swanson,
F. F. Lischke, Portland, Ore.
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MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Northbound
Princess Sophia, this evening.
Admiral Evans, tomorrow morn
ing..
Humboldt, Wednesday Dec. 1st.
Alameda, Wednesday, Dec. 1st.
Al-Ki, Thursday Dec. 2nd.
Senator, Friday, Dec. 3rd.
Jefferson Friday, Dec. 3rd.
Princess, Friday, Dec. 3rd. a.r.
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