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VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1916. NUMBER 93.
PITIFUL APPEAL?
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POLAND’S TERRIBLE CONDI
TION IS APPALING
THEY NEED OUR HELP
Wil Alaska Refuse to Come
To The Relief of The
tuioitunates
Progr '• -.-.ive-Miner,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dear Sir:—
► Several days ago, President Wil
son published a proclamation, a
copy of which we herewith enclose,
asking aid for the suffering people
of Poland.
Will you, out of sympathy for an
unfortunate people and for humani
ty's sake give as much space as
possible in your valuable paper, to
A bring this matter before the public,
together with a few kind words of
appeal to your readers from your
self?
The press is the only medium
through which the Amei’ican people
can learn of Polands terrible con
dition and of the President’s re
quest that the people of the United
States during this holiday season,
' aid the people of Poland stricken by
war, famine and disease. The peo
ple of Poland; as well as their
brethem, now residents and citizens
of the United States will appreciate
greatly any and all assistance giv
i to those, who are threatened
with extermination through starva
tion, disease, lack of clothing and
shelter.
We thank you in advance most
heartily for any of your efforts In
behalf of this charitablecause.
Very respectfuly,
Polish Central Relief Committee of
America.
per.
T. M. Helinski, Executative PresI
l, dent
Stanislaus Osada, Secretary.
P. S. We enclose copy of mes
sage of thanks telegraphed to Presi
dent Wilson. Please make use of
it in your columns.
May we suggest that you open a
subscription column in your valued
paper, contributions of your readers
to be remitted by you to the Ameri
can Red Cross in Washington.
Chicago, Jan. 1, ID 16.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 11—A Japanese
druggist was arrested today charg
ed with the illegal selling of wood
alcohol. He is said to be respons
ible for all the deaths that has oc
curred since the first of January
by the use of the poison.
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WICKERSHAM ASKS
^ TWO MILLION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11—Dele
gate Wickersham today presented
* a bill in the house of representa
tives for the appropriation of two
million dollars to continue the
railroad work from Anchorage to
Matansuka.
MORE DELEGATES
JOIN PARTY
Will Alaska Refuse to Come
EXPEDITION AS SOON AS
HIS HEALTH PERMITS
THE HAGUE, Jan. 11—A dis
patch says that five Swiss dele
gates are enroute to join the Ford
Peace Tarty here.
Delegates from Norway, Sweden,
Denmark and Holland have already
arrived and will take part in the
deliberation of the council that is
to meet in the near future.
A cablegram just received says
j that Henry Ford, the organizer of
j the party, will soon be on his way
i to rejoin the expedition.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 11—Mrs. Chris
1 tain Mayes, wife of a teamster
i here took her life and that of
; her five children last evening by
! the gas route. No reason has been
discovered yet for the rash act.
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FIVE OFFICIALS
ARE ACQUITTED
BUT JURY DISAGREES IN FIVE
OF THE DEFENDANTS
IN SUIT
NEW YORK, Jan. 12—The jury
after deliberating for fifty-one
hours, found six of the New Haven
Railroad Directors guilty as charg
ed. In five others, including Rock
efeller, the jury disagreed.
The verlict created a sensation
owing to the fact that the deliber
ation had been so long that a ver
diet of acquittal had been expected
for all the defendants.
POWDER PLANT DESTROYED
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 11—A re
port just received here says that
part of the powder plant at Essen
was destroyed by fire. The origin
of the fire is not reported.
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ARRESTED FOR KEEKING
A BLIND PIG
SEATTLE, Jan. 11—Wm. Grant,
a keeper of a restaurant and bak
ery was arrested today for the viol
ation of the dry law. A large quan
tity of liquor and beer was found
in his establishment.
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FRENCH ATTACK REPULSED
BERLIN, Jan. 11—It was offic
ially announced today that the at
tack by the French on the Ger
man line west of Messiage, had been
successfully repulsed.
During the attack a British bi
plane was brought down and wreck
ed. Likewise an armed aeroplane
was dropped by German fire.
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ROME, Jan. 11—A report says
that the Montenegrin army had
surrendered, as it was thought use
less to resist the strong Austrian
Bulgarian army.
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Range*
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
3 Hot Blast Heaters
I Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
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
GERMAN ATTACK
BY THE ALLIES IN THE CHAM
PAGNE DISTRICT WITH
FEARFUL LOSS
THEY WERE DRIVEN
From Temporary Foothold Taken
From The French
Position
PARIS, Jan. 11—One of the most
determined attacks by he Germans
was made yesterday on our tines
in the Champagine district which
resulted disastrously for the at
tacking forces. They were repulsed
with terrible heavy losses.
At, one time, the report says,
ho Germans obtained a foothold of
the French trenches but were soon
dislodged in a hand to hand battle,
the French using grenades with ter
rific effects.
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SEATTLE MAY GO REAL DRY
SEATTLE, Jan. HTw0 breaks in
the water main is threatening to
make the city completely dry, and
the exhaustion of supply is likely
to occur if the repairs are not done
soon. These breaks have evjsted
for the last several days but due
to the severe weather, repairs have
been impossible.
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WOMAN KILLS SELF
AND FIVE CHILDREN
LONDON, Jan. 11—Sir Tercy
Lake has been appointed to the com
mand of the British forces at Meso
potamia. He is to take his com
mand at once.
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SEATTLE Jan. 11—.Eggs today
are selling for forty cents while
butter is quoted at thirty' cents.
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AT THE GRAND TONIGHT
Of the many successful plays pre
sented by Jessy L. La my with this
brilliant actor, Du3tin Farnum, in
the title role, none has been more
successful than the Squaw Man.
The story is one of self-sacrifice,
jut much humanity has been instill
ed into the telling, which makes a
most interesting drama. The play
is cast by a strong supporting com
pany of people and embraces the
names of many well known players
Among the 264 scenes the snow
scene is one worthy of mention.
Don’t miss the opportunity of see
ing this big six reel feature to
night, as more than likely it will
be the last time his picture will be
shown in Alaska. A beautiful pic
ture well worth seeing.
Wc '.nesday and Thursday night
the orld Film Corporation will
present a four reel feature entitl
ed, What Gods Decree. The story
of adventure in the pursuit of a
sacred necklas. Adv.
PETERSBURG
BOY FREEZES
SON OF FORMER RESIDENT OF
KETCHIKAN, OF LATE
OF PETERSBURG
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Jas. Allen of the Forest Serv
ice, who arrived from Petersburg
yesterday, via a gas boat found a
message awaiting him from Peters
burg containing the sad news of
the death of his 19 year old nephew,
Herbert Allen, last Wednesday
night by freezing. It appears that
a picnic party went from Peters
burg to the Harvey mine, and that
some of the party, including young
Allen, went out for a little hunt.
A snow storm came up and Al
len who had become separated from
the others lost his way, and sac
combed to the cold. When he was
found several hours later, he was
still alive but died very soon after
wards. His urtcle returned to Pet
ersburg on the Jefferson this morn
ing in the hopes of reaching there
in time to attend the funeral.
John, Allan the father, and fam
ily were residents of Ketchikan a
few years ago. Three years ago
he removed to Petersburg where
lie was later appointed United
States Deputy Marshal and was suc
ceeded by the present deputy there.
Originally, they lived in Belling
ham where Mr. Allen still holds a
home and other property. Until last
fall, the boy attended school at Ta
coma. He was exceptionally intel
ligent and well liked by all who
knew him.
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SEATTLE IN A
TERRIFIC STORM
MANY RESIDENCES DESTROYED
DUE TO UNDERMINING
AND OTHER DAMAGE
SEATTLE, Jan. 11—Seattle is
just going through the worst storm
of the season. It is reported that
at Al-Ki and Ballard, many homes
were destroyed by undermining the
foundations. Hundreds of yards of
municiple grading has been washed
away. •
Last Monday a number of boats
broke loose from their moorings and
went adrift.
The water system has been re
paired.
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VILLA IS AGAIN PLANNING
ANOTHER CAMPAIGN
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EL PASO, Jan. 11—It was learn
ed today that Villa was again plan
ning to enter another campaign.
The authority for the above adds
that he is assembling a force of
at least ten thousand men pre
paratory to attacking Torreon, a
railroad center with the point in
i view of reaching Carranza and his
army of followers.
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Miners and Merchants Bank
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
Travelers Checks
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
Territorial Depository
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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Watch Repairing and Engraving. Diamonds, Etc.
Berthelsen & Pruell
The Big Curio Store of Alaska
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in all Designs
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
KETCHIKAN, - • - ALASKA
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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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IT WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNC
ED TODAY THIS HAS CAUS
ED WIDESPREAD REGRET
ACTION PREDICTED
Some Weeks Ago. Turks Claim
The Greatest Victory
Of The War.
LONDON, Jan. 11—The war of
fice today issued a statement to the
effect that the allies had abandon
ed the Dardanelles completely.
This action was predicted several
weeks ago, nevertheless, the offic
ial report has caused widespread re
gret.
A suplementary statement by the
same office says that this move
has been followed by the complete
evacuation of the Galipoli Peninsula,
but without any casualties and only
seventeen worn out guns were left
behind.
This late news has greatly in
creased the regret throughout Eng
land as well as in the colonies.
ANOTHER WOMAN KILLED BY
DRINKING WOOD ALCOHOL
SEATTLE, J a n. 11—Another
woman addicted to liquor took a
dose of wood alcohol yesterday ana
was soon dead. She had searched
in vain to find some whiskey. This
is the tenth person who took that
route since the first of the year.
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:aps forming battalion
IN VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER, J*n. 11--Follow
ing the start made a few days ago,
the naturalized Japanese residents
are flocking to the recruiting offu e
and are organizing a battalion for
the purpose of going to the front.
Fifty five men passed meical ex
amination yesterday.
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FRANCE HAS ANOTHER
YOUNG JOAN OF ARC
PARIS, Jah. 11—During the at
tack on Loos by the Germans, Em
iline Moreau, a young girl seven
teen years old killed three Germans
with grenades and two others with
a British officer’s revolver and
otherwise helped the French. For
this she was cited in General Jof
fro’s report to the war department
for meritorious acts. Since then
she has been decorated with the
Croix de Guerre which she proudly
wears.
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JEWEL ROBBERY REPORTED
BREMERTON, Jan. 11—Jewels
estimated at twenty-six thousand
dollars, were stolen from a trunk
belonging to Mrs. Cronan, wife of
commander Cronan of one of the
United States supply steamships.
Notice—Skates sharpened at Sal
ly’s. Adv. tf.
NEW WARDEN
MAKES A AUL
CAUGHT THREE MEN BREAKING
THE GAME LAW OF
ALASKA
It has just leaked out that the
newly appointed warden, Charles
Nickert, made a haul last Saturday
of three men who plead guilty to
the charge of killing deer out of
season.
It appears that the game warden
got a hint that those men were
after deer meat and he followed
them. Later he boarded their boat
and found in the hatch 'three fawns
and a male deer. The men made
some remonstrance but to no avail,
and the new warden brought them
to town where they plead guilty.
The kindly disposed commission
er, however, when they plead guilty
imposed on each the nominal fine
of $20 and confiscated two guns. It
is said that the men left wiser and
somewhat poorer for their greed
and disrespect for the law.
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TURK TROOPS
READY TO ACT
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG
THE CENTRAL POWERS
WHEREVER NEEDED
BERLIN, Jan. 11—One million
Turks are said to be ready for
action, says a correspondent from
Constantinople. These men will be
thrown among the central powers
and divided wherever most needed.
The main purpose, however, is
to open the road to Constantinople,
the report concludes.
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S. S. PRINCESS MAY NORTH
The popular steamer Princess
May of the C. P. R. called at this
port northbound about 7 o’clock last
evening, leaving a welcome bunch of
first class mail, the first for nearly
ten days. The Princess will bo
southbound on the morning of Fri
day the 14th.
THE JEFFERSON NORTHBOUND
The good old steamer Jefferson
of the Alaska Steamship Co., was
a welcome arrival this morning from
Seattle ;vith a big bunch of local
passengers and mail. The Ket
chikan passenger list was, P. J.
Gorman, Wm. K. Hancock, Mrs. M.
C. Kubley, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Foultz, H. P. Skarr Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Deppe, W. B. Sharpe, Mrs.
J. J. Moore and three children. She
got away for the north about 7 o'
clock this morning, taking the fol
lowing passengers from Ketchikan:
Tom Vonil, Mrs. P. Owens, Mrs. Jas.
O’Donall and George Miller for
Juneau, W. F. Richenback and Geo.
Collins for Wrangell and Jas. Allen
for Petersburg.
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| ing done at the Progressive-Miner.
THE TURKS ARE
THE SURROUNDING OF ALLIES
FORCES WAS EVIDENTLY
ONLY A DREAM
BRITISH FORCES ARE '
Hot on Their Trail According to
The Latest Reports From
Headquarters
LONDON, Jan. 11A report from
Berlin received yesterday said that
the British forces had been com
pletely surrounded by the Turks
and were in imminent danger of be
ing exterminated at Kutelamara,
Mesopotamia.
This morning, however, another
report from the British headquart
ers says that the Turks have been
repulsed from their attack and that
the British forces were in full
pursuit. The Turks are said to
have lost heavily.
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THE ALAMEDA REPORTED
Agent Taylor of the Ketchikan
Wharf reports that the steamer Al
ameda left Wrangell southbound at
11 o’clock this morning and will
arrive in Ketchikan about six this
evening. Among the passengers
booked to sail on her are, W. J.
Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Semar, Titos.
W. Sfveeny, Waldo L. Clark, N. R.
Walker, W. G. Weigle, Ed. Verney,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lancaster and
Mrs. J. W. Anderson.
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MOVEMENT OF BOATS
Northbound
Despatch, tonight.
Northwestern, Thursday, 13th.
Admiral Evans, Thursday, 13th.
Southbound
Jefferson, Friday, 14th.
Princess May, Friday 14th.
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RETURNS HOME
Mrs. H. G. Kubley returned home
this morning on the S. S. Jefferson.
She has been visiting her daughter
Alma Wheeler, at Leavenworth,
Washington for the past several
weeks.
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STEAMERS REPORTED
The steamerss Northwestern and
Admiral Evans are reported to have
sailed from Seattle, last night and
are due to arrive in Ketchikan,
northbound, Thursday the 13th.
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THE REDONDO ARRIVES
The freighter Redondo arrived a
bout noon today loaded with coal
for the Ketchikan Wharf, much to
the joy of Agent Taylor, who has
been scraping the bottom of the
bunkers the past few days.
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