41 PROGRESSIVE-MINERGS3
VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916. _NUMBER EIGHTY-NINE
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^ ENORMOUS EXPENDITURE IS
RECOMMENDED IN REPORT
OF THE NAVAL HOARD
ELABORATE PROGRAM
The Fulfillment of Which Promises
U-.;at Strength For Our
National Defense
(By Wireless)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—The pre
> sentation to congress of the special
report of the general board of the
navy, created somewhat of a sen
sation today. The board’s recom
mendation for a buliding program
the first year far exceeds that a
greed upon by the administration.
The board wish to go on record
as being in favor of an American
^ navy equal to the strongest afloat.
The program for the first year as
recommended by the board calls for
the construction of eight capital
ships, with an equally large program
for other craft at a cost of about
$300,000,000, as compared with four
capital ships and other necessary
craft at a cost- of approximately
$100,000,000 for the first year under
^ the administration’s plan.
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TURKS DROVE
BRITISH TO SEA
GIVE DIFFERENT ACCOUNT OF
WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
BERLIN, Dec. 31—iConstantinople
dispatches say that the ’ withdrawal
of the British from Anzac and
Sulva Ban districts came as the re
sult of a violent offensive on the
part of the Turks, who inflicted
^ heavy losses on the British and
drove them to the sea.
“The Turkish artillery inflicted
heavy' losses on the enemy. The
Turkish soldiers, who had waited
months for this moment, showed
an immense enthusiasm. Finally
the Turks defeated the enemy at
Anafarta and Ari Bumu. The enemy
fled from the Turks at Ari Burnu
and reached the ocean.”
The official French and British
announcements of yesterday said
'the withdrawal of the troops was
made in conformity with plans de- i
cided upon some time ago. The
British statement says it was ac
companied “without the Turks be
ing aware of the movement ”
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BIG BILL’S BENEFIT
Don’t forget the benefit perform
hnce for “Bill” Morgan tonight and
tomorrow night at the Dream
*■ Theater. Bill has been a long
time with us, and intends to stay
a while longer if we treat him well.
It’s a good show they are putting
on in honor of the event too
GERMANS ARE
DRIVEN BACK
RUSSIANS ARE PROVING THAT
THEY ARE IRRESiSTABLE
ALONG EASTERN FRONT
LONDON, Jan. 6—A dispatch
from Petrograd to the Times says
that the Russian forces are surely
proving themselves too strong for
the Austro-German forces. News
came from the Eastern front that
the Russians were driving the Ger
mans back with appaling loss. The
Teutons have already been driver
beyond their defense line.
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OLD RECORDS
DISCOVERED
IN CAVE NEAR CAPE M’CLIN
STOCK BY CANADIAN
EXPLORER
EDMONDTON, Dec. 31—News of
a discovery by the Canadian explor
er Stefansson, of records made by
one of the Franklin Arctic explor
ation parties 62 years ago, is con
tained in the detailed report of his
explorations received here recently.
The records were those left by
McClintock, an explorer who head
ed one of the parties which went in
search of Franklin in 1853. • Cur
iously they were found by Stefan
sson in the same month and same
date of the month as they were de
posited, June 15, 1853. By an
other coincidence, McClinstock's rec
ords, left in a cavern near Cape
McClintock tell of this explorer’s
intention totravel three days west
ward in search of new land. Stef
ansson instead traveled three days
north and made his discovery of a
new continent, as has been record
ed.
In a cavern were various rec
ords, some of which were illegible
after so great a lapse of time. Those
that could be read recorded the fact
that the ancient party were all well,
southeastern coast .and were about
to proceed west.
Stefansson is now in camp on the
north end of Bank’s Land, if he has
not already reached Prince Patrick
Island. At the latter place he ex
pects to establish a winter base as
far north as possible. In February
he will ;lart an exploring trip over
tie .'ce c f the Feaufort Sea. The
explorer is of the opinion that Mie
j newly found land he has dixxovered
will not extend very far .vest
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Invest your money at 50% in
terest at J. R. Heckman’s dry goods
department this month. Adv. tf.
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ATTENTION KETCHIKAN
SINGERS
All singers of the City are cor
dially invited to become members
of the Lyceum Chorus, which will
begin its season’s work with the
first rehearsal next Monday night
at Fireman’s Hall.
Come and join with us in making
the concerts and operas to be sung,
the best ever.
FINDS GRAVE
WITHOUT WARNING BRITISH
LINER SENT DOWN CARRY
ING MANY WITH IT
S.S. MIDDLETON BELLA
The Number Who Perished Has Not
Been Given as Yet, But
Sure t® be Large
(By Wireless)
LONDON, Jan. 6—A report has
just been received conveying the
information that the British steamer
Middleton Hella, carrying freight
and passengers had been sunk by a
submarine yesterday in the Medi
terranean sea.
The report says that while the
exact number of persons who per
ished is not known, it is certain
that many went down to their deatn
with the ship. No warning was
given by the submarine and there
fore no time given the passengers j
to take to the small boats.
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ADMIRAL EVANS SOUTHBOUND!
The Admiral Evans arrived from
the north about nine o’clock last
night, and got away for Seattle a
little later. She took as passen
gers from Ketchikan, Frank Heath,
M. M. Heath, Ben Bawden, Jr., Jas.
Bawden, Wm. Ulmer, Miss Bessie
Young, Mrs. M. M. Young, L. Mar
ken, M. Ekom. 2 2 2 2
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RETURNS TO THE STATES
Jas. Bawden, the owner of the
crackerjack group of mining claims
near Hollis, and his brother Ben
Bawden, Jr., recently completed the
annual assessment ■work on the
property and were passengers last
night on the Evans for their home
in Edmonds, Washington.
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ATTHE GRANDTONIGHT
The Great Stroke, is an excel
lent feature in five parts and will be
shown for the last time tonight.
There have been many detective
stories written full of the strange
mystery, and the clever scheming
of the criminals, but The Great
Stroke, a World’s feature, ranks
with the best of them. While there
are no featuring characters named,
every one is an artist. There are
enough daring and thrilling scenes
in this photo play to satisfy any
one.
Friday and Saturday the fifth
episode of The Black Box, the
greatest detective drama of the age.
This installment contains the sen
sational arrest of Sanford Quest
by Inspector French, Quest’s clever
escape from jail, the mystery of
the ’.and which steals Mrs. Rhein
holdts jewels and chloroforms
Laura and the wonderful work by
the phototelsme and pocket wire
less. Adv.
PARLIAMENT
PASSES LAW
CONSCRIPTION WILL BE EN
FORCED DESPITE EXTEN
SIVE LABOR OPPOSITION
LONDON, Jan. 6—In the house
of commons today the bill introduc
ed at the request of Premier As
quith authorizing conscription, pas
sed and became a law despite the
great labor opposition.
The law as passed will force every
single man to enlist until one mil
lion men have been thus secured.
While the bill was bitterly attack
ed, when the vote was counted it
was found that it had received a
large majority.
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I WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Thus far
, no details have been received by
! the department Of the sinking of the
I liner Persia. A demand upon Aus
tria for information in reference to
the incident has been ignored. This
leaves the administration in a quan
dary what step to pursue..
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SUBMARINES
FOR DEEP SEA
SUBMARINES OF LARGE TYPE
ARE STRONG.-Y URGED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—Seago
ing submarines of 2,000 tons dis
placement probably soon will be
sought for the American navy as a
result of lessons learned by navy
department expert* from the Euro
pear war and recent maneouvers
of the Atlantic fleet. It is pos
sible that the first five submarines
included in the administration’s
five-year building program will ap
proach this size, although the es
timates submitted were based on
boats of 1,300 tons class.
In contrast to this development of
a type of giant submersible, naval
officers are inclined to believe the
socalled coast defense boats will be
standardized at about 400 tons dis
placement. The name should be, it
is asserted, harbor defense rather
(than coast defense craft as it has
been demonstrated that the sphere
of action of these boats is limited
to 100 miles, or less off-shore.
Virtually all seagoing flag offic
ers and the commissioned personel
generally of the submarine flotillas
are said to favor building larger
craft for sea work. Some officers,
it is said, believe that the smaller
submarines should be abandoned en
tirely, but others believe it has been
shown that there are two distinct
fields of activity for submarines
which should be recognized. In
shallow water o fthe coast, it is
contended, the big boats would be
almost usless because of their draft.
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FOUND
Found, a plain gold band ring
with three initials engraved upon
the inside. Owner please call at
this office and prove property, adtf
AS SOON AS THE PARTICULARS
OF THE SINKING OF THE
PERSIA COME
DIPLOMACY STRAINED
Should Half of The Various
Reports be True The
Situation is Grave
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—Although
there has been no new developments
in the inquiry that is being made In
regard to the sinking of the liner
Persia, the department is expecting
to hear more of the details soon.
The American consul, McNeely, j
has been given up as lost, as noth
ing has been heard of him since.
It was officially announced that
the President plans to act prompt
ly on the receipt of definite infor
mation in the matter. There are
some who are inclined to believe
that the United States cannot avoid
being drawn into the present war,
while others hold the contrary.
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CITY OF SEATTLE
ARRIVES SOUTHBOUND
The Pacific Coast steamer City
of Seattle, called in from the north
last night about 11 o’clock, and
after loading about 40 tons of coal
left early this morning for Yes Bay
where she will load canned salmon
today. She will return to Ketchi
kan tonight before sailing for Se
attle. Among the passengers book
ed to sail on her are Mrs. Emmons,
Miss M. M. Sparhawk, W. R.
Dirassar, M. F. Hendrickson and
E. H. Leask, all for Prince Rup
ert, and Mrs. H. W. Culp with three
children for Seattle.
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DOWN FROM LORING
Con Gieble, the rustling Loring
merchant, was a local business vis
itor today. Con. is doing quite a
business with the local merchants
on his patented trolling sinker.
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BENEFIT AT THE DREAM
REMEMBER THIS
Is the night that the Dream
theater runs the big benefit show
for William (Bill) Morgan who lost
everything in a fire last week. Sev
eral people have come to Bill’s
aid with bedding and household
goods. The cash that will be taken
in at the Dream will go for a
vinters supply of food that will re
place the supply eaten up by the
recent fire.
Your quarter will be a great help
and will be highly appreciated by a
Sougdough that needs it. A special
show will be on tap. It will be run
two nights, tickets will be on sale
today and tomorrow, and they will
be good for either night, Wednes
day or Thursday.
ITALIANS ARE
FORCED BACK
IN DESPERATE BATTLE WITH
THE AUSTRIAN FORCES IN
THE ISONZO VALLEY
VIENNA, Jan. 6—The greatest
battle of the present war in Austria
is now in progress. All along the
fighting lines, the forces are in a
death struggle for supremacy. The
loss is said to be enormous, with
the Italian forces getting pushed
back from their strong position
which they have been able to hold
for some weeks. This is said to
be the beginning of a decisive bat
tle.
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NO LONGER IN
NEED OF COTTON
SALTPETER IS MANUFACTURED
BY GERMANS EXCLUSIVELY
FROM THE AIR
BERLIN, Jan. 3—Germany’s ex
periments with substitutes for cot
ton in making gunpowder have been
so successful that for eight months
no cotton has been used.
This statement was made by the
president of the Bremen Chamber
of Commerce directly. He said In
part:
"I have had the opportunity to
establish officially that for eight
months not a killogram of cotton
has been used for making powder,”
he said. “Thanks to German science
and industry we have succeeded in
winning from the immeasurable
supply of German forests a cellular
material, which is cheaper and bet
ter suited for powder making than
cotton. Even after the war Ger
man ammunition factories will not
buy another bale of cotton from
America.
The second important ingredient—
saltpeter—is now maunfactured
exclusively in Germany from the
the air. Our factories already are
so advanced that in the spring they
will be able to cover the entire re
quirements for nitrogen, and if the
war lasts longer they will even be
able to export this product.”
The speaker also asserted that
Camphor, for many years produced
synthetically from American tur
pentine, is now obtained by chemical
means from synthetic turpentine.
After the war there will be no
more importation of camphor from
Japan or turpentine from America.
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THE LYCEUM CHORUS
Rehearsals for the Mikado and
the concert of the Lyceum Chorus
will commence next Monday night
at Firemen’s Hall.
All who have sung with the chor
us in the past, and all other singers
are cordially invited to come and
help to make things hum in a mus
ical way.
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Job printing neatly and prompt
done at the Progressive-Miner.
THE DELEGATE
INTRODUGESBILL
FOR ENLARGED POWER TO THE
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE
AND OTHER PURPOSES
FISHERIES INCLUDED
The Latter Will be Opposed By
The Department of
Fisheries
(By Wireless)
WASHINGTON, Jan. C—“Wick
ersham introduced a bill providing
for a full :erritorial form of gov
ernment for Alaska, otherwise en
larging the powers of the territor
ial legislature. Appropriating $200,
000 dollars to complete the
road from Ruby to Long Creek Re
serve, Alaska. Fisheries giving ad
ditional pow-er over fisheries to Al
aska legislature; department of
commerc, fisheries’ bureau will op
pose the last measure.”
Note—The above message was
received today and while the ent
biguity of the same is glaring,
fram what is generally known, it
'.’ill be inferred that the Delegate
has introduced a “statehood bill” as
he said he would do, although the
message says “Territorial form of
government.” If the bill includes
the demand for increased power for
the legislature to deal with fishing
industries of Alaska, the message
becomes clear as to that part as the
Bureau of Fisheries is not likely to
to let Alaska handle that business.
—Editor.
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HUN DEFENCES
ARE CAPTURED
ALLIES MAKE SUCCESSFUL AT
TACK- ALL ALONG L INF,
OF WESTERN FRONT
LONDON, Jan. 4—The French
have follow-ed up their recent suc
cesses in the Vosges says a report,
by capturing more German defense
works and taking 16,000 prisoners
of war.
Both the British and Belgian re
ports say that the recent terrific
artillers actions have been succes
sful.
South of Dixmude, the shelling
of the enemy’s machine gun shelt
ers brought good results, while our
batteries destroyed the parapets of
the German fortifications at the
chateau deWiumen near Luyghen.
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MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Northbound
Despatch, Saturday, 8th.
Princess May, Monday, p.m. 10th.
Jefferson, Tuesday, a.m. 11th.
Southbound
City of Seattle, tonight.
STRONG STOVE' CO.
W. G. STRONG. k Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
I, , M ■ ■ -- —
Two Specials
For this week only we will
offer 7 oz. canvas gloves for
75 cents per doz.
8 oz. canvas gloves for
$ 1.00 per doz.
^ P. J. GILMORE, THE CLOTHIER
e-—— s
Hadley Lumber Yard
Correspond with R. L. Petty at Had
ley, Alaska before buying your Lumber.
His prices will save you money. This of
fer will only last a short time.
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1A Big Benefit Show §
at the 8
DREAM TONIGHT 1
for §
WILLIAM (BILL) MORGAN §
A special show has been arranged, four big 8
comedies and three reels of drama 8
“Bill” needs the money, as the fire 1
|| robbed him of everything. Your |
3; quarter will be appreciated. Every I
Si little helps i
The show will be on two nights g
jj WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY |