*E DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1915. NUMBER SIXTY-ONE
THE REICHSTAG IS SAID TO BE
OPPOSED TO STARTING
NEGOTIATION
NEGOTIATION IN HAND
Favors a Dbmission of Terms As
A Beginning to An
End of the War
BERLIN, Dee. 2—On unquestion
able authority, it was learned to
day that the Imperial Chancellor
had expressed himself as favoring
the discussion of peace terms as i
beginning to an end to the war. He
is reported to have said that while
he thought peace talk was some
what premature, he saw no reason
why the countries involved could
not start a movement to that end.
The Tageblet this morning says
that a canvas of the members of
■’-? Reichstag revealed the fact that
peace talk is no% favored and a res
olution to that effect may be in
troduced to reject any such a propo
sition.
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LONDON, Dec. 2—Premier As
quith today is a speech made the
statement that it was positively
known that the number of killed
since the beginning of the war was
five hundred and ten thousand
killed, wounded and missing, other
reports to the contrary notwith
standing..
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RRYAN LEAVES FOR NEW YORK
MIAMI, Dec. 2—William Jen
nings Bryan, after a good rest will
leave tomorrow for New York
where he purposes spending a short
time before joining Ford's Peace
Expedition at the Hague.
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ENGLISHMAN DRAFTED
. INTO GERMAN ARMY
LONDON, Dec. 1—The English
newspapers are aroused over the
case of Dr. W. H. Wells, a former
lecturer in the University, of
Munich, who has been conscripted
for service in the German army. Dr.
Wells is a graduate of Oxford and
an Englishman by birth, but it ap
pears that under the German law
he accepted “complimentary” Ger
man citizenship when he a.ccepted
in 1909 a pension from the Univer
sity of Munich. He is 38 years old.
English friends of Dr. Wells de
scribe him as thoroughly British
in sympathies and feeling. It is
stated that German consular offic
ials informed him in 1909 that his
acceptance of the pension would
make no difference to his status
as a British citizen. When the war
broke out he planned to return to
England, but was dissuaded by col
leagues into remaining at his post.
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VILLA’S ARMY
IS NO MORfc
: THE GENERAL COMMANDING
GIVES UP ENTIRE FORCE
TO CARRANZA OFFICIAL
j NOGALES, Dec. 2—It was as
j certained today through various re
| ports that General Urbalejo, corn
■ niander of Villa’s forces, had' final
i ly surrendered his entire force to
Carranza’s commanding general at
Corbo.
The. belligeren: general sen1 n
| flag of truce which was followed
j by a conference, resulting in th
! surrender of, the tvho'e of' Vir
supporters.
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PROHIBITION QUESTION WII T
BE BROUGHT OUT
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VANCOUVER. Dec. 2—The pro
! hibition question which is agital
| ing the whole of Canada at th"
| present time, will he brought ho
I 'w the electors of the Province
of British Columbia at the next
provincial election, according to
Premier McBride. The Premier said
that the question was of such 'vas!
importance that to delay may ap
pear prejudicial, therefore the soon
| er it is settled the better.
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MAINTAINS
HER DIGNITY
WILL NOT AGREE TO ARBI
TRATE WITHOUT CONSENT
OF HER ALLIES
ROME, Dec. 2—An official ans
wer is said to have been given to
the Austrian peace envoy by the
Premier that no peace agreement
can be made between Italy and
Austria without her allies be con
sulted and agreeable to any com
pact that may be made.
The Premier said further that
Italy would soon have her armies
in full occupation of the territory
for which she is fighting.
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AT THE GR AND TONIGHT
The U. S, Inspection of Meat, is
the opening picture tonight and
should be seen by all, and especially
by children. It shows the method
! of beef inspection commencing with
the live cattle and following on
down until the man is seen putting
the little blue label on that you
see on the meat you buy from
vour own butcher shop.
Thomas A. Edison is credited
with saying, “give me a motion
picture machine and I will teach
more history ift fifteen minutes
than instructors and text books can
drill into the minds of pupils in
I a month.”
j The Heart of an Officer, is a
| splendid four reel feature showing
this honest man yielding.* to temp
tation for the sake of his -little
sick child-. A beautiful home pic
ture of love around a humble firh ■
side.
Change of program Friday. Ad.
STRONG STOVE. CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges.
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
Now is the time
to get that new |
THANKSGIVING I
i
i Suit or Overcoat
,
P. J. Gilmore
“THE CI.OTHIEB.” 1
i • - vimamemm* .
-AYS SAN FRANCISCO CONSUL
PAID VAST SUM FOR DE
STRUCTION OF PROPERTY
PROOF IS LAID DOWN
Before the Officials of The De
partment of Justice at
Washington
PROVIDENCE, Dec. 2—The Prov
idence Journal, that was instrume"
:■! in obtaining the confession of
^he Austrian former consul, Dr.
'oricar involved in the wide spread
plot fur,the destruction of munition
factories and ships carrying sup
plies recently, laid before the of
ficials of the department of justice,
changing the German consul at San
Francisco with having paid four
hundred thousand doljars to various
parties for the purpose of destroy
:ng wharves, munition factories and
ships carrying ammunition.
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WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO NINE
IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS
LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 28
Spencer County can justly lay
claim to a world’s record. It was
established there by Mrs. Gaither
Drewry, a 30-year-old mother, who
has just established a record for
having nine children bom to her
in eighteen months. Seven of them,
all boys, are living, while two others
both girls, died soon after birth.
Eighteen month ago, Mrs. Drewry
gave birth to five children. Three
boys lived and are doing nicely.
Two girls died.
The other day news reached Lex
ington that there were bora to Mrs.
Drevvury four healthy boys.
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MAKES NOSE FROM GIRL’S RIB
GRAND RAPIDS, Dec. 1—Miss
Daisy Strayer, 16, has a nose that,
was manufactured from a piece of
bone taken out of her own rib. She
has left the hospital and is on the
road to recovery. Suffering from a
’ongerital disease of the nasal bone
a bone grafting operation was
necessary to avert permanent dis
figurement. About three inches of
the ninth rib on the right side
of her body was removed and an
chored to the skin and then whit
tled into shape. ;
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MRS. BERTHA WELLS LEAVES
Mrs. Bertha Wells and daughter
Doris, who have been here for sev
eral weeks visiting Mrs. Wells’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forest J.
Hunt, are southbound passengers on
’he steamer Al-Ki today. They are
rc'.rning to their home in Tacoma.
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TO QUIET A RUMOR
T '.as been rumored around town
that the Post-Intelligencer had re
porte?! Mike de Costa as being at
the present time in Seattle. De
Costa is the man'who presumably
was one of the three men who were
lost at the Chickimen river a month
or so ago and for whom so much
was done to find them. However,
this is what the Post-Intelligencer
says about de Costa:
MIKE DE COSTA KNOWN HERE
Mike de Costa, who was men
tioned as missing from Ketchi
kan, in a dispatch printed
Thursday- morning in the Post
Intelligencer, was well knowit
in Seattle. He made frequent
visits to this city and but recent
ly was at the Stevens, his head
quarters while here.
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A REMINDER
Don’t buy your Xmas gifts til!
you have visited the Bon Marche, ad.
KITCHENER
GIVES ADVICES
AS MUCH MORE HELP NEEDED
TO FORCE DARDANELES
AS THERE IS NOW
LONDON, Dec. 2—Earl Kitchen
er advised the war commission to
day that if success was to crow
their efforts, as, many more troops
were needed at the Dardanelles as
the allies had today, and unlss
such action was taken immediately,
further efforts were useless.
He said further that the allies
i had established a line of defense
| ip <he Balkans that could be de
i pended to defeat the Austrians, but
insists that more re-enforcements
he sent and a vigorous pursuit of
the plans outlined be followed.
A NEW “JAP" BORN
TQKIO, Dec. 2—Fifty thousand
soldiers reviewed the Emperor’s
new son born unto the Empress to:
day. x
PASSPORTS
TO NEUTRALS
SECRETARY SAYS THAT PEACE
DELEGATES WILL BE FAV
ORED TO THAT EXTENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Secre
tary Lansing today announced that
the ‘passports demanded by the del
egates to the Peace Expedition that
is to leave here shortly, shall be
issued only for neutral countries,
that disregard for the right and
privileges of neutrals by the bel
ligerents has been so notorious that
he considers it unwise to include
those nations in the passports.
MAN AND WIFE
CRAZED BY WAR
YONKERS, N. Y., Dec. 1—Wor
lworff, until recently chief chemist
for the Spreckles Sugar Refinery,
and his wife, Frieda, both went in
sane here, while attending service
in St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church. Women members of the
congregation fled as the couple tore
their clothing and began to shout
incoherently.
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LOSES ARM AND SWEETHEART
The following advertisement, with
a heart pant that discloses another
phase of the horrors of the con
flict, appears in a Berlin news-:
paper:
“Young soldier, after returning
from the fro. V with one arm arnvi
tated, is deserted by his fiancee be
cause of this physicial disablement.
We would now like to get in touch
with some woman, similiarly afflict
ed, whose love for a man who serv
ed his country would remain true.”
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RINK DANCE
Saturday night Dec. 4. Regular
Popular Hop. Good music—Good
Time—Good Floor. Everybody
Welcome. Gents $1.00 Ladies Free.
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MARCONI WIRELESS SYSTEM
IS HELPING SOME
Effective December 1st, the Mar
coni “Night Letter” rate to Seattle
will be $1.25 for 50 Words.
And for every 10 words, or frac
tion thereof over 50 words, 25 cents.
In short Western Union tele
graph rate applies.
MARCONI WIRELESS COMPANY
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THE ONLY PLACE IS
At the Bon Marche. The Xmas
Novelties wall be sold at prices that
will surprise you. There is more
joy over ten dimes toys than one
at one dollar. Adv.
J. E. Chilburg Pres. J. R Heckman Vice-pres. A. R. Larson Cashier
Miners and Merchants Bank
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
Travelers Checks
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
Territorial Depository
KETCHIKAN, * ALASKA
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ABANDON SERBIA AND ENTER
INTO MONTINEGRIN
DOMAIN
PRIZEN IS CAPTURED
Ends Campaign in Serbia Says
A Late Official
Statement
LONDON, Dec. 2—A report from
! Vizen, recently captured by the
Austro-German forces, say that the
’-ustrian troops supported by the
Germans have crossed the line in
to the Montinegrin country with
out any opposition.
A late dispatch says that both
Austria and Germany announced
that with the capture of Prizen,
the campaign in Serbia is ended.
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LETS DYING WIFE KISS BABY
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 1—
Henry Reeves, a miner, cut his
wife’s throat with a razor and after
he had granted the wounded
woman’s gasping request to kiss
their baby good-by killed himself
with the same weapon. The child
in its blood-stained dress was laid
back in its cradle, still asleep.
Reeves left an incoherent note in
which he said that his wife loved
another man better than she did
him.
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KAISER-HINDENBURG CLASH
LONDON, Dec. 2-—A correspon
dent to the Times from Petrograd
gives a story told by German pris
oners of a meeting between Emper
or William and Field Marshal von
Hindenburg at which the Emperor
insisted that another attempt be
made to take Riga and Dvinsk at
all cost.
The field marshal is reported to j
have demanded reinforcements 1
which the Emperor refused on the
ground that men could not be
spared from other fronts.
Then, according to the story told
by the prisoners, a military confer
ence was held at which Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg announced
his readiness to resign should the
Emperor still .insist upon the cap
ture of Riga and Dvinsk.
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LOST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
AGO
Recently, the submarine Fulki'
ler that was lost twenty-five years
ago, was found at the bottom of the
Chicago river, says a Chicago paper-.
The Fulkiller was so called be
cause it first made its appearance
shortly after the great Chicago
fire in 1871, when submarines' were
unheard of, and drowned its owner
when it made its trial trip. Divers
found the craft.
The boat is said to be of cigar
shape and about forty feet long
and five feet wide. It was so con
structed that it sank until all thah
was not sulbmerged was an air pipe.
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.Buy your handmade Christmas
Gifts at Washburns Milliner Store.
I IS PERSUADED
TO ACCEPT
GOVERNOR HANNA BECOMES
A MEMBER OF PEACE
EXPEDITION
BISMARK, Dec. 2—On the sol
icitation of the Germans, French,
Russian, English and Scottish peo
ples all over the state Governor
Hanna has finally accepted Mr.
Ford’s offer to become a member of
the reace Expedition. He will leave
at once to join his associates in
New York.
While the Governor was reluc
1 tant to take a hand, he was so per
I Sistently urged by every national
I ity, that he finally accepted.
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I SAVANAH IS NEXT PLACE OF
EAGLES’ CONVENTION
SAVANAH, Dec. 2—President
Grayson, of the Eagle Lodge, an
nounced today that the next Eagle
National Convention will be held in
that city, beginning July 31st to
August 4th, both inclusive.
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ROME, Dec. 2—The government
has issued an order today for more
help for the Serbians. This means
that several transports will leave
in the near future with a large
number of troops.
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WITHDRAWS
TO BULGARIA
GENERAL VON MACKENBURG
PREPARES FOR WINTER
HEADQUARTERS
LONDON, Dec. 2—A report was
received here from Nish that Gen
eral von Mackenberg was about
to withdraw his forces out of
Serbia into Bulgaria and prepare
for the winter headquarters.
The above appears to confirm the
previous report that the campaign
in Serbia was ended for this season,
although fighting is still being re
ported in various parts of the
country.
WOME?f NURSES
SHOW HEROISM
LONDON, Dec. 2—The morning
Post says: “A correspondent sends
us a story told by the captain of a
French cruiser which well illus
trates the important part being
played by many noble women in the
war. The captain was instrumental
in saving the lives of several pas^
sengers when a British transport
was torpedoed some time ago in the
Aegean. On board were thirty-six
nursing sisters, of whom ten were
drowned.
When the French boats came on
the scene the nurses called out with
one accord: Fighting men first!’”
At The DRF.AMTONIGHT
Colonel Hezaliar. The Explorer,
of the Land of Doubt, in a carton
comedy is the special feature on for
tonight. A two reel picture, two
dramas and another comedy com
plete the bill. See the program in
advertisement below. Adv.
GERMANS SPEAK
OF PEACE
NEWSPAPERS FROM BERLIN
SAY THAT RUMOR OF PEACE*”
IS POSSIBLE
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
Of Officials, But May Fail On
Account of Heavy
Demands
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 2—News
papers from Berlin contain articles
on the possibility of peace, and say
that negotiations to that end may
be said to be progressing, although
doubtful of immediate success, due
to the heavy demands by every
power involved in the war.
One paper says editorially that
unless a compromise be agreed up
on, war will continue indefinitely.
As to what powers the paper re
fers to is problematical. Evidently,
the circulation of the peace rumor
is official, but names are withheld
from publication for reasons not
quite apparent. However, it is
known that the first steps have
been taken looking up to a near
future adjustment of difficulties.
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AL-KI SOUTHBOUND
The steamer Al-Ki arrived in this
port about 9 o’clock last night and
has been loading fish most of the
time since at the local cold storage
and cannery plants. She is due
to sail for Seattle at five or six
this evening, and will take the fol
lowing passengers from Ketchikan:
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Joe G.
Muntane, Geo. M. Muntane, Harry
Wise, Geo. Young, Mrs. G. M.
Wells and daughter, Hazel Addis,
R. G. Preston and four second
class.
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AT THE CUSTOMS HOUSE
Entered >
2nd.
Humbodlt from Seattle.
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HUMBOLDT NORTHBOUND
The steamer Humboldt arrived
from the south about today
with the following passengers for
Ketchikan: Miss Neil, Mrs. J.
Young, J. Sing and wife. She got
away from this port about 3:30 for
the north. Among her Juneau pas
sengers were Attorney Kazis Krau
czunas and his client, the much
wanted Edward Krause.
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MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Northbound
Northwestern, Monday, Dec. 6th.
Southbound
Alameda this evening.
Admiral Farragut this evening.
Princess Sophia tomorrow morn
ing.
Jefferson, 6 a.m. Saturday.
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SENATOR TO CALL AT SULZEli
The steamer Senator, which is
now expected to arrive here for
Seattle Saturday, will go from here
to Sulzer where she will load 500
or 600 tons of copper ore from the
Jumbo Mine. She will take over
quite a number of passengers
from here, including Senator Sul
zer and family.
TONIGHT at the DREAM 1
;jjj Wednesday and Thursday, Dec, 1 and 2, 1915 ;j;
A* BIG SIX REEL SHOW |
COLONEL HEEZALIAR - THE EXPLORER ijj;
Cartoon Comedy that is a scream ! E»
“THE GAP,” a detective story 'i;
“FOUR MINUTES LATE,” railroad picture story 5 »
TWO PARTS TWO PARTS g
THE MYSTERY OF SEVEN CHESTS ||
The story of a belated confession 2!
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“SNAKEVILLE’S HOME GUARD,” Slippery Slim, General, in another
of his crazy comedies
Coming, Edward Abeles in “READY MONEY”
CHARLIE CHAPLIN—Watch for the date