NO GERMAN OR AUS
TRIAN FLAG THRO
PANAMA YET
Many Other Nations Have
Availed Themselves of
Shorter Route
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22—The rec
ords of the Panama Canal for the
first year of its operation show that
not one vessel flying the German or
Austrian flag has yet been able to
use the canal.
From Aug. 14, 1914. when the can
al wag first opened for business, to
July 1. 1915. representing the first
fiscal year in the canal’s history, 1,
0S8 vessels passed through the canal,
carrying an aggregate of 4,969,792
tous.
Only three French vessels, two Ital
ian six Busian, eight Swedish and
forty-one Norwegian vessels availed
themselves of the shorter route. The
tolls levied during the first fiseal
year of the canal—not including $80,
872 levied on vessels of the United
States government—amounted to $4.
343,3S3. The current expenses for
operation and maintainance during
the year were $4 112,550.
DID HE TELL
THE TRUTH
Matanuska Town Wide
Open Says IE E. Nolan
On his Arrival in Seattle the other
day, H. E. Nolan, who passed through
here early last spring on his way
to Matanuska, and who claimed at
: the time to have served two months
! in the Trench army last fall, reported
, his experience at Matanuska in the
following:
‘‘I am glad that I lived in Mat
anuska, as I saw a town that I did
not believe could exist in these days.
We had a real frontier town—open
gambling, blind pigs, with their eyes
wide open and looking for customers,
and 1 even had the pleasure of at
tending an old-fashioned miner s
meeting, which gave notice to an
undesirable individual to get out of
town within a few minutes. One
other person who was declared a
menace to the prosperity and business
life of the city. A miners’ meeting
was held on this case and the of
fender was ordered to move to the
outskirts. The order was not com
plied with, and the miners picked
up the house, occupant and all, and
moved the whole concern bodily.”
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Reserve \ our Rooms
for the big
EXPOSITION
$1.00 to $2.Or a day.
Address:
Hotel Thomas
Next Door to Everything in San Francisco
971 Mission Street
Near Sixth
On Direct Car Lines to the^.Exposition and Depots.
San Francisco, Cal.
GREEK MAIDENS ARE
SEIZED BY TURKS
FOR HAREMS
Revolting Cruelties Per
petrated on Defense
less Armenians
London, Sept. 18—Hostile feeling
of Greece toward Turkey lias been
intensified by news that Turks in
territory where there are Greek set
tlements have been seizing Greek girls
nml imprisoning them iu their harems.
Hundreds of young and pretty girls
are reported to be vietims of the
Turks. These reports are provb g an
aid to the war party in Greece, which
I is insisting that the country join
| the Allies.
! Chief interest in the attitude of
i the Balkan States toward tlie war
I centers in Bulgaria. It is said that
| Bulgaria lias determined to remain
neutral until rights taken from her
in the last Balkan war are restored.
Negotiations are being eonduete 1 be
tween the Rumanian, Greek and
Serbian governments for an agree
uicnt with Bulgaria on the war ques
tion.
However, it is known that B Igaria
i has been also negotiating with Tur
key. According to late advices, the
atrocities now committed in Turkey
surpass anything ever seen in tlie
palmiest . ys of Sultan Abdnl, the
arch assassin. They include torture
if the a -t revolting kind, murder
bv wholsule and a method of depor
tation that separates families and
sends large numbers of the vietims
i vital !e death. Tn one pros
perous city twelve of the leading
Armenian men were taken out upon
the road under pretense of deportation
and shot.
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GO silk dresses to select from all
at 25 per cent discount. Field's re
tiring from business sale. Adv.
Several men wanted—wearing a 42
! suit of clothes. Field has some special
! bargains. Adv,
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NEW POSTAL REGULATION
A new postal regulation which went
mto effect recently provides that
fourth-class mail shall r.ct be register
'd. but may be insured against loss
in an amount equivalent to its actual
▼ sine, but not to exceed $5 in any
one case, on payment of a fee of 3
cents: got to exceed $25 on payment
of a fee of 5 cents; not to exceed
$50 on payment of a fee of 10 cents
or not to exceed $100 on payment of
a fee of 25 cents in addition to the
* postage, both to be prepaid by stamps
(affixed. Indemnity, however, will not
l e allowed in eases of loss on such
1 mail addressed to the Philippine isl
i ands.
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The Progressive-Miner .75 per mo.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. I'. S. Burkhart came to town
for tho winter from Waterfall ou
Monday evening, by wny of the
Portage.
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WM. SBMAR GOES TO RUPERT
Wm. Semar took passage on tho
Spokane last evening for a business
trip to Prince Rupert, lie expects to
return on the t'itv" of Seattle next
Saturday.
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A. B. DANCE TONIGHT
Romembei the Arctic Brotherhood’s
Dance to 1 e given in their new club
room over the Lotus Bnftet at 9 o’
clock lotuglit. A good time is as
sured all who come,
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Mr. Perry t>. Jenkins and wife are
g< ing to Bed Island Hot Springs for
a couple of -weeks They are taking
tho gas boat i.Uympic with them on
the trip. Rcpo-ts ere that Mr. Jen
kins hag lie 1 .' very successful season
with his fish trap.
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Mr. F. ft. Burkhart, Supt. of the
Waterfall Pannery, came to town last
night from Waterfall and reports a
very successful season. His full pack
was 44,000 cases, completed some two
weeks ago, this is 14,000 cases more
than the pack originally arranged
for, which certainly speaks well for
Frank's hustling ability in this year
of general light packs.
Mr. .1. F. Pugh, Collector of Cus
toms for Alaska, was a passenger on
the Admiral Farragut last night, on
route to New York City, to attend the
annual conference of the Custom Col
lectors of the l". S. to be held in that
city Oct. oih.
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AT THE CUSTOMS HOUSE
the following boats cleared for Seat
tle: Steamers, Spokane, Jefferson, Ad
miral Fnrragut. StarrT. and Starr 111.
'las boats, Constance and Mary Mai
oney, and the Pacific American Fish
cries steamer Pavolof for "Bellingham
! THE U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE GIVES WARNING
WASHINGTON. AUG. 11_The
United States public health service
today declared that the bubbling
drinking fountain may bo a greater
menace to health than tho old fash
j ioned till drinking cup. Unless prop
erly constructed and properly used it
is likely to increase, rather than le
erease, the spread of contagion.
“Every person using the bubbling
| fountain," says the bulletin of the
i federal health service, “should hear
in mind that the object of this sani
tary device is to prevent the inter
change of month secretions. The
lips should not touch any part of the
fountain.
“Tf improperly constructed or im
! properly used the bubbling drinking
I fountain may be a greater menace
to health than the common drink
ing cup."
THE BON MACHE
Just received, a new line of school
shoes for boys. The best in town”
for the money. Adv.
Our $3.50 and $4.00 Ladies’ Shoes
are the talk of the town. Tko Bon
Marche. Adv.
Wo expect a shipment of Dry
goods soon and the prices will be
right, at the Bon Marche. Adv.
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MRS. MAXWELL'S
BROTHER DROWNED
Word has just been received by
Mrs. Maxwell of the drowning of her
brother along with a man named Billy
King. The accident oecured on the
17th on the Yukon river, and telling
of the accident the communication
reads: ‘”We were coming up stream
in n '-civ bad part of the riv*r when
.lolinny ami Billy King fell through
a doorway in the ship's side. Nobody
knows exactly how it happen? 1 ns
there wasn't anybody there at the
time.” The bodies of the two men
were not found.
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NEW INVENTIONS
A Seattle. Wash., inventor has per
fected an automatic electrical device
to prevent ice forming in water pipes
and in hydraulic equipment Inven
tion is known as an auto-electric
t hemoseopie resistance thnwer. The
action is controlled by a mercury
tube, a lowering of the temperature
below 40 degrees affecting an electric
connection which rises the tempera
ture above the freezing point.
A luminous paint for automobiles,
inventedi n England, is said to be so
'efficient that a car coated with it is
visible at night for two miles with
out the use of lamps.
A brush and eolith that can be fold
ed into a dust proof box and carried
'in the pocket have been Invented.
A bar that sweeps back and forth
over the outside of a screen door as
it is opened has been invented to
automatically kill flics that gather
’on the wire.
A knife for opening pasthoard box
| os provided with a guard so it will
l not injure the contents, has been
^patented by a Connecticut inventor.
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To Owners of Power Boats
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NOTICE TO FISHERMEN—The Al
aska Codfish Company at "nga. Alas
ka. offer employment to owners of
power boats. The pay for Codfish
i : ■ is n ill j; 28 inches and over is $44
•per thou; and delivered at Compijy's
stations, which includes dressing,
; washing and salting. The company
j furnishes hand lines and hooks. Fuel,
| provisions and fishing gear is for
sale at the company’s store. For
further particulars address Alaska
Codfish Company^ Unga, Alaska.
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The Progressive-Miner .75 per mo.
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The Progressive-Miner .75 per mo.
THE OLD, OLD
STORY REVIVED
Won’t Anybody Help
An Unfortunate Prisoner
NEW YOHIv, Sept. IS—The Span
ish Prisoner, that most, ancient ami
honored of successful swindles, has
bobbed up again, this time with a
talc so heart-rending that the English
language fairly cries out for mercy in
the telling of it. lie is no longer a
more unfortunate—and very rich—
Don, writing from his prison death boil
to tell you of the secret of his groat
wealth and of his darling daughter
and of the good priest who is wil
ling to help ship the daughter right
off to America as soon as you sup
ply the necessary cost of transpor
tation in return for your share of that
hidden fortune, ono-forth of which
shall he yours as the darling daught
er’s guardian.
The poor prisoner’s predicament is
about tho same, however, as it was
twenty-five years ago, when he first
began relieving tender-hearted and
avaricious souls here of ensh for darl
ing dnnghter’s departure, but he has
landed in prison this time by a new
route, lie is a war victim—a poor,
unfortunate neutral, whose desire to
swing Spain to the Allies has got him
all tangled up in the welt politik.
It has been some years since he
last took Ids pen In hand. Tho ar
rest in 11112 of a gang of swindlers
in Bilbao dolt rather a severe blow
to the Spanish Prisoner business. Al
so ofieinl warnings from the Depart
ment of State at Washington put
Americans more or less on their
guard.
Mens, womens and childrens top
coats and now is the time to secure
them at. 1-1 off regular prices while
Field has a good assortment. Adv.
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NOTICE
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The Skating Rink is now open anil
running full blast every night of tin
week. Tuesday and Friday nights
are reserved for White Nights, the
other nights of the week arc for
Natives. Special Saturday Afternoon
-Matinee, 1 o’clock for School Chil
dren. Wo have a competent Instruc
tor in attendance every afternoon to
teach beginners.
Charge for skates, Gentlemen, 50c.
I-allies, 25e.
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NOTICE
The undersigned picked up a small
dingey or tender in the Tongass Nar
rows on the 22nd instant. Owner can
have the same by proving his owner
ship and paying the cost incurred by
E. C. Austin.
EDISON DAY CONTEST
si:i>t. 21 to oct.'21
Valuable Prizes to Boys &Girls
Yesterday marked tko commence
ment of a nation wide contest among
the boys and girls of our land for *
$2,500 worth of prizes offered by
The Edison Lump Works of tho Gen
eral Electric t'o. This contest is in
commermorntion of the 30th anniver
sray of Edison’s invention of tho in
eadcscent lamp, the invention made
possible electric light in homes. , '
Every boy or girl, provided that ho
or she lives in or near a town having
electric light, whether it be Now
York, Kalumuzoo or Ketchikan, and
is under 18, is eligible, and lias nil
equal opportunity to win one of the
2.033 prizes they have offered.
In addition to the prizes offered
by the Edison Lamp Works, the local
lighting company, who are the dis
tributers for tho Edison Mazda Lamp,
offers useful prizes t0 the most suc
cessful contestants in Ketchikan. —
These prizes are now on display in
their show rooms.
Full particulars of this contest, with
its rules and conditions may be learn
ed at the office of the Citizens Light,
Power and Water Company.
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AI)V ERTISE1) LETTERS
I Boiscr, Ben
Clark, Capt. Henry
Frank, Big
Keagy, Hr. J. M.
William", Walter
Williams. Mrs. Einma
When calling for the above, say
ADVERTISED.
Parties claiming letters from the
above list must pay a fee of one
cent for each letter claimed.
All letters unclaimed by October
2, 1915, will be sent to the Dead
Letted Office, Washington. D. C.
M. SWINEFORD
Postmaster.
Table of Distances from
Ketchikan
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Seattle, 060 Wrange!’ 89
Petersburg 115 Juneau 223
Stag way 304 Sitka 292
Metlakahtla '.5 Dolomi 271
Niblaek 30 Ohomley 301 *
Kasaan 291 Hollis 39
Kiatn 32 Coring 21
Yes Bay 39 Cane Chacon !8
Sul/.er 62 Ilowkan 73
Waterfall 103 Craig 121
Klawak 126 Karheen 150
Shakan via. Chacon 132
Bell Island 50 Unuk Elver 70
Mary Island 23 Hadley 23
ThreeTreePoint45 Stewart E. O. 150
Prince Rupert 95
This table is complied in nautical
miles which are6080 feet. The larg
est part of bliis list was complied foi
the Post Office by the Captain of the
Gedney and is authentic.
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We Were surprised to receive §
I A SHIPMENT OF DOLLS |
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I At this time. Now rather than return it we have decided to dispose of the Dollies g
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ji in the next two weeks at a g
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U Some of these dolls are jointed, others double jointed. They are all pretty, but unfortunately we are H
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