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WOE TEN CENTS. KETCHIKAN, ALASKA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1915. VOL. 4, NO. 142.
that the work of pumping out the
Gold Stream property was begun yes
terduy. But one pump is at work as
yet, but within a few days auothei
will be started, so that both shafts
•will be uuwatered. As soon as this
is done, the property will be tlior
oughly sampled, and plans for the
operation of the mine and treatment
of the ore will then be worked out.
A small crew is all that is at work at
present of course, but as soon as the
place is in shape to accommodate
more the number will be Increased.
Paris, Sept. 16—Italian submarines
operating in the Adriatic have sunk
two Austrian torpedo boat destroyers
during the past week. The balance
of the Austrian fleet is now bottled
up at Pola so tightly that it is im
possible for anything but the smaller
vessels to come out.
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DOLPHIN SOUTHBOUND
Completing a quick trip north, the
Dolphin made port this morning on
her way to Seattle. For cargo she
bad 31 boxes of fresh salmon on
board, 40 boxes of halibut, and 400
cases of canned salmon. After leav
ing here she was to call in at Hidden
Inlet, where she will take on 5,000
eases of salmon. She had a full
house as far as passengers are con
cerned when she left this port, hav
ing taken on parts of the Roe Point
Chomlev and Scowl Arm cannery
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AT THE GRAND
Martha Russel is appearing tonight
in The Kentucky Feud, a Warner
feature in three parts. Martha Rus
sell takes the part of Glenn Afton,
and to the villagers where she has
been raised, she is merely a nameless
orphan. Esther Baird, the leading
• lady in a traveling opera troupe has
lived up to her promise and has sent
money to the Cain family to piay for
Esther decides to visit her ward and
makes her way to the mountain home
of the Caines’ and tells them she
THREE BOATS
Seattle, Sept. 16—The steamer Jef
ferson got away on time last night.
She has no passengers for Ketchikan,
however. The Alliance sailed at ten,
but will call in at Boat Harbor on
the way up. which will delay her.
The Evans left at midnight. Among
her passengers for Ketchikan are
Fred Patching, H. M. Sawyer and J.
Mats.
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RECALLED
Vienna, Sept. 16—The Austro-Hun
garian government issued a state
ment this morning denying that it
had recalled Ambassador Dumba from
the I’nited States. The bulletin also
said that the government had been
in receipt of no demand for his re
call.
Washington, Sept. 16—Secretary of
the Interior, Franklvn K. Lane, has
declared himself in favor of a liberal
appropriation for railroad construc
tion in Alaska. To this end he will
ask the next Congress for an appro
priation of from eight to ten million
dollars, so that the work of construc
tion can be rushed during 1916.
has come for Glenn but is ordered a
way. In the meantime .Jim Afton
and his adopted son, Paul, have
traveled across the hills and settled
in Kentucky, near the village where
the Canes’ live. Through political
affairs the two families become
enemies, hence the title of our story.
Along with this feature will be a
single reel drama entitled, The Box
Couch, with King Baggot in the lead
ing role and is classed as a melo
dramatic comedy. The Bridegroom’s
Predicament, is the closing number.
T^e Trey O’ Hearts, Friday and
Saturday night. adv.
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CUTOFF NOW
Home, Sept. 16—The War Office is
sued a bulletin this morning that
Italian and British forces had been
landed at the head of the Gulf of
Saros, and had effectually cut off
any hope of supplies reaching the gar
risons on the Gallipoli peninsula In
land. British submarines are operat
ing in the Sea of Marmora so effect
ually that transports cannot be used
on that body of water, so the situa
tion of the defenders is now precar
ious.
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10REM0NEY
London, Sept. 16—Premier Asquith
last night asked Parliament for a
seventh credit of one and one-quarter
billions of dollars. Parliament will
grant his request, but it is under
stood that additional taxes must be
levied to meet the demand.
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Word was received from Hadlej
this afternoon stating that the Granby
company is bringing over to town
the body of Dick Milke who was ac
cidently killed yesterday while work
ing at the Mamie Mine. The boat
with the body and witnesses will
probably arrive this evening short
ly after six, and an inquest will be
•held tonight.
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SEVERAL SCHOONERS IN
The halibut boats Republic and
Yakutat are in port, having recent
ly arrived from the south. They will
take on bait and go out to the banks.
The schooner Washington, which
had been under charter to the Santa
Ana cannery, has been released and
as soon as a crew can be secured
will go out after halibut.
The schooner Helgeland. which had
the bad luck to drop her propellor on
her last trip to the banks, is back
in commision again.
CITY DUDS
The passage of an early closing or
dinance last night was the chief or
der of business at the Council meet
ing. It provides that all saloons,
bowling alleys, pool nnd billiard
rooms, etc., in Ketchikan shall here
after close at midnight and remain
closed until six o’clock the follow
ing morning.
In addition to this, routine matters
and the reports of officers and com
mitties took up the greater part of
the evening.
Mayor Beegle asked for a leave of
several months to allow him to go
south on business. Councilman F. E.
Hvus was elected mayor pro-tern, to
serve during his absence.
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Columbia, S. C., Sept. The official
count in the “Wet and Dry” elec
tion of Tuesday, Bhows a majority of
over twenty thousand votes in favor
of a dry state. This means that as
the total vote was but little over
sixty thousand the proportion of dry
to wet votes was almost two to one.
NEW m
Washington, Sept. 16—Patrick Mc
Donald has been appointed postmast
er of Poorman, Alaska, a new post
office recently created, Samuel Mc
Farlane was named as postmaster of
Kumley, Alaska.
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THE JITNEY WINNEBS
Alverna Caughrean won out in a
hot race for the Dream Jitney Bus at
the Dream last night. Victor Mather
won the native contest with ease. To
night will start another contest, the
same as last week, and at the matinee
Saturday at 2:30 a Jitney will be
given away free. An admission of
5 cents will be charged. Get a Jit
ney in your home for the children, ad.
STRONG STOVE GO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Range*
Coal'and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg:.
AT LAST
FIFTEEN CASES OF OUR FALL GOODS HAVE ARRIVED,
AND WE ARE ASSURED THAT MORE WILL FOLLOW IN A
FEW DAYS. WE HAVE NOW ON DISPLAY THE FINEST LINE
OF MENS SHIRTS OF ALL KINDS AND PATTERNS, AND AT
PRICES THAT WILL ASTONISH YOU
OUR UNDERWEAR LINEIS IN A CLASS BY ITSELF.
WE ARE SHOWING SIXTEEN DIFFERENT PATTERNS IN
MENS MACKINAWS, IN ALL SIZES FROM 36 TO 48.
WE WILL TALE SHOES NEXT WEEK
P. J. Gilmore
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HAVE JUSTED
London, Sept. 16—Speaking in Par
liament last night, Lord Kitchener
made the statement that he did not
believe it would be necessary to re
sort to conscription in Great Britain,
as already over three millions of men
had come to the aid of their country
and King. The groat need now he
says is for munitions of war, but the
increase in the output of the ammun
ition plants was so satisfactory that
even this trouble would bo remedied
shortly.
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London, Sept. 16—Word was re
ceived via Copenhagen that vonliin
denberg after terrific battling had
gained the bridgehead west of
Deunsk. , Particulars nre lacking.
From other parts of Russia comes
the information that the Russian re
sistance against the Germans is gain
ing strength.
THE Dili
New York, Sept. 16—It uo%v looks
as though the request for a billion
dollar loan from the Allies will be
granted by the big banking institu
tions of this city. The terms of the
loan have been practically agreed up
on, and the interest rate will be five
per cent. This means that the an
nual interest on this loan alone will
be fifty millions of dollars, or close
to a million dollars a week.
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The steam halibut vessel Manhattan
arrived up from Vancouver this morn
ing.
CAPTURED
Berlin, Sept. 16—The capture cf
the fortress of Pinska in southern
Russia is announced. This is taken to
indicate that there is little ground
for the Russian claims that their
armies have flanked the. German
right wing, as vonMnckensen would
hardly ho pushing forward his cen
ter if his flank was id danger. Tinska
is one of the largest towns in the
Russian province of Minsk.
OUTRESERVES
Petrograi, Sept. 16—A general
order has been published and posted
throughout Russia calling to the col
ors the reserves of the territorial
army. This order will include all
men of forty 01 under
IS HIGHER
Seattle, Sept. 16—Four thousand
pounds of schooner halibut sold to
day at seven cents, while ten boxes
arriving on the Humboldt went at
seven and one-half cents.
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THE LAST ADVENTURE
Tonight will see the final Adven
ture of Kathlyn at the Dream. The
Death Court, is the title of this
number and it’s the proper name, as
Fmballah the villian, meets his death
in his own court of death. Kathlyn
and her father recover the Xing’s
treasure and buys their freedom from
the throne. A hard and ferocious
encounter is met with, a fight with
the natives and the leopard is won
by the Kathlyn partv. See the fin
PRIZE COURT
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London, Sept. 16—The British
prize courts have condemned tho
American packing house products
forming tho greator part of the car
goes of four captured vessels. The
condemned goods are mostly canned
moats consigned to Germany by way
of Dutch "ports.
Chicago, Sept. 16—The decision of
the British prize courts comes as a
bad blow to several of tho Chicago
packing concerns, as the condemned
supplies had been shipped without
any advance payments having been
made. i
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Stockholm, Sept. 16—Private advis
es from Petrograd are to the effect
that a state of unrest prevails there.
The Duma, which convened some time
ago, refuses to adjourn, and Premier
Goremykin has established himself as
dictator in the adsence of tho Czar,
who is away at the front.
al number tonight, as it is good.
Pathc Daily Mews contains our old
friend, Col. Ilecza liar, tonight fight
ing spies. When ho can’t make you
laugh there is something wrong.
Some wonderful race track pictures
taken at tho Indianapolis speedway,
Barney Oldfield races his car with an
aeroplane; DePalma wins tlie big
race. There is some style to tho
fashions this week, every one will
enjoy them as they are shoo fash
ions. Stadium Day at Tacoma. Wash.,
is a great sight. This is only a trifle
of the news contained on the reel, and
it is all good. The Comedy tonight
will go down in your mind as the hit
of the season, A Boarding House
Scramble, and it is some mixup from
start to finish. It is a riot. Every
thing that goes with a -boarding
house is in this scramble. Some show
tonight. adv.
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