THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER
VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1915. _NUMBER SlXT
y W SUSTAINED
BY SUPREME COURT OF STATE
OF WASHINGTON WHO REN
DERED THE DECISION
NEARLY UNANIMOUS
To Take Effect First of January
Everybody is Selling Out
at Reduced Prices
SEATTLE, Dec. 10—At noor. to
day eight judges of the state su
preme court signed their decision
in regard to the prohibition law en
acted through initiative and refer
endum last year throughout tht
state of Washington. Two of he
Judges disagreed in certain point.
but as it stands now, it Is practic
ally a unanimous decision. Tht
law was affirmed.
The decision contains eighteen
thousand words the- longest evei
written in the state. It covers every
r-o'nt that was questioned,
was questioned.
As a result of the decision, every
paper is carrying large advertise
ments of sale of liquor as tht
liquor dealers wish to dispose oi
their stock before the first of Jan
uary, the day the law goes into
Effect.
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OFFICER WITH BUT ONE LEG
BERLIN, Dec. 6—Capt. Walter
Brunk is probably the only one
legged German officer at the front.
The captain was severely wounded
during the early stages of the war
and his left leg had to be amputat
ed above the knee. After his dis
charge from the hospital he petition'
ed the war ministry for a commis
sion in the aviation corps. His
wish was denied, but last May he
received an apointment as presi
dent of the military court of the
district of Namur.
Since his return to France the
captain has proved that he i_s per
fectly capable to serve as an earo
plane pilot. With the permission of
the commander of the aviation
corps he undertook a number of
long and successful flights and one
of them carried him into the
neighborhood of Paris.
The captain has also learned to
ride a horse again. With his one
leg he sits' as securely in the
saddle as any ordinary horseman
and he takes part in many of the
hunts and races that are arranged
by the German officers behind the
front.
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Chancellor Day, of the University
of Syracuse, N. Y., commenting on
Ford’s peace expedition said: “Ford’s
peace ship is nothing more than a
steamship loaded with a manegerie
of many kinds of bipeds. Henry
will learn that world diplomacy is
■ not like building automobiles, be
cause it is not done by the ship
load.”
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The Progressive-Miner 75e. per mo
ALLIES TO FIGHT
TILL THE END
WILL NUi LIVE I E 11 I i' LAKE''
TEN YEARS TO WIN WHAT
THEY WANT
LONDON, Dec. 10—The rumor
that a near split between the allies
had occurred a day or two ago
contradicted by a statement toda
made by the war commission to the
effect tnat the allies had positive's
".greed to fight until they had woe
what they wanted, if it takes ten
years.
One of the officials said toil
that if Germany desires war sl'i
will be accommodated. Continue,
the official said that before ■ ’
spring the allies would have at lear ’
ten million men ready for the sum
mer campaign.
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NEW AMBASSADOR
FROM M E X ICV
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Mexi
co’s recognized president, Carranzc.
has appointed F.lisee Arrandon'
Ambassador to Washington.
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NEUTRALITY
IS VIOLATED
SHELLS FROM BULGARIAN AL
LIES LINE Ul* BATTLE REACH
GREECE’S SOIL
ATHENS, Dec. 10—Greece’s
Premier today protested against t.he
action of the contesting armies in
sending shells across the line. The
French and Bulgarian armies which
are in desperate struggle close to
the border have repeatedly violat
ed Greece's neutrality in that re
spect.
The battle which is being fought
close to Lake Dorain is apparently
being conducted without regard fo.'
Greece’s neutrality stand, hence the
protest.
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AT THE GRAND TONIGHT
CIVIC CLUB BENEFIT
The Grand will be under new
mannagement tonight and tomorrow
night, as the Civic Club has gone
,into the movie show business aim
have changed things around to
their liking. New face in the
window new ushers and new pic
tures, in fact everything new e>,
cept the man that turns the crank.
It looks like James has a stand in
with the Civic Club. But any way
they promise you a good show of
five reels of pictures and music
by the Emanon Orchestra tonight.
The first episode of the long looked
for Black Box, will be one of th
attractions. The most wonderfii
of all photoplay serials, featurin'
Herbert Rawlinson as Stanford
Quest, the greatest detective char
acter in modern fiction. Chart?’
of program Sunday night. Mon
day night Keith and King opens an
engagement in comedy songs and
sketches. Adv.
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Range*
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
SHOES! SHOES! SHOES!
| We have just received
150 Pairs Men’s Shoes
These goods were bought at the oid price so
you can
Save 15 to 20 per cent
by making your putrhases now. Only goods of
the highest quality carried here
P. J. GILMORE, riiH clothier
ML BATTLE
BEING FOUGHT
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IN ADRIATIC SEA BETWEEN AN
.ITALIAN AND AUSTRIAN
SQUADRON
RESULT IS UNKNOWN
I At the Time of Beginning of Fight
Austrian Squadron Was Bom
barding Albania Town
ATHENS, Dec. 10—A dispatch
has just reached here telling of ■
desperate naval battle being in
progress between an Italian and an
Austrian squadron.
. .The report says that the Austrian
squadron was at the time engaged
in bombarding a town in northern
Albania when the Italian squadron
came upon the former and opened
fire. The bombardment of the
town was stopped and the fighting
continued between the battleships.
The result of the fight is not as
yet known but it is being awaited
with anxiety.
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OTTAWA, Dec. 10—The Can
adian parliament will meet accord
ing to a call sent out today on Jan
uary the 12th.
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ALLIES GOING BACKWARD
BEltLN, Dec. 10—Advices from
the front in the Balkan state* Bays
that our forces still continue to
force the allies back at every point.
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FRANCE THINKS FORD
TOO FUNNY FOR WORDS
PARIS, Dec. 10—Henry Ford’s
peace mission is laughed to scorn
here in both official and unofficial
quarters, where it is regarded as
the most ridiculous epissode of the
war.
The government is adhering to a
policy of peace after victory, which
means after the expulsion of the
Germans from French soil, includ
ing Alsace and Larraine. It utterly
disregards the Ford expedition end
is not in the least likely to move a
hand to further It.
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GOOD THING BOOST IT
The residents along the old
Power House Walk are out with a
subscription list securing donations
of money, materials and labor for
the laudable purpose of replacing
the present narrow unsightly anri
unsafe walk across the creek with
a new one ten feet in width and
with proper hand rails. The Ladies
of the Civic Club are backing the
proposition, and suggest that the
bri-Ve across the creek be of
rustic design, good to look at. It
'is _ understood that the Citizens
Light, Power & Water Co., will re
lease the right of way to the city
lim. o, and will continue the new
walk from the city limits to the
power house.
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f SPECIALS
Fresh Olympia Oysters,
Chicken Tamales,
F'resh Choice Veal Chops
and Roasts.
KE1LH1IVAN Mt, AT MAKtVEI.
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LYCEUM SINGERS •
There will be a meeting Satur
day evening at eight o’clock at the
Council Chambers of local singers
and musicians, to consider the fu
ture musical numbers of the Ly
ceum Course. If a Chorus number
of the nature of last year’s pro
duction is to be undertaken, the
leader for it will be selected by
ballot. Bear this in mind for Sat*
unrday evening.
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♦ WAR NOTES WRITTEN ON <>
+ A WOMAN’S BACK ■>
+ - +
♦ LAUSANNE, Dec. 10—A cor- *
♦ respondent of the Lausanne
♦ Gazette says that women pas- +
♦ sengers are always more close- +
+ ly examined than men at the *
+ Swiss-Austrian frontiers on •>
+ the Austrian side. +
+ He gave two instances where +
+ women were examined and on +
+ them were found incriminat- '?•
+ ing evidence. One woman was +
+ recently caught who ha.i notes +
+ written on her back with in- ,:i
+ delible ink. Another had her •>
♦ arm in a sling, and when the +
♦ bandages and the plaster were ♦
♦ removed despite her tears and +
+ supplications, documents full +
+ of military information were +
+ brought to light. Her arm was »
♦ absolutely sound. +
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EMPEROR IS A
MENTAL WRECK
AGED EMPEROR PASSES TIME
. ALONE OFTEN WEEPING, IS .
A MENTAL WRECK
BERLIN, Dec. 10—(While the war
seems to have endowed the Kaiser
with an almost superhuman energy
and endurance, it has completely
shattered the nerves of the ageci
Emperor Francis Josph, whom no
body in Vienna nor anywhere else
as far as the general public Is con
cerned, has seen for many months.
Though it has often been said
in Vienna for the benefit of the
foreign press that the emperor is
at The Hofburg, the gigantic imper
ial palace there, in frequent confer
ences with Count Tisza, the Hungar
ian premier, and Her Burian, for
eign minister on diplomatic and
military questions, the truth is that
for almost a year he has never left
Schoenbruhn, where he lives the life
of a hermit in total ignorance of
everything that happens in the out
side world.
No word of the W’ar is permitted
Co pass the gates ^of the imperial
hermitage and so Francis Joseph
'hears absolutely nothing of the con
flagration to which he gave the
signal himself when he declared
war, against Serbia.
The old emperor apparently is
in good health, but mentally he is
an absolute wreck, and it Is a ques
tion whether he has any idea what
ever of the fact that his empire is
struggling for its existence. Very
often it is said he gives way to
violent attacks of weeping, but ac
cording to Princess Windischgraetz,
the latest member of the Hapsburg
family to enter into a mesalliance,
he is certainly not crying over his
own sins.
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GARRISON
MAKES REPORT
SAYS IF ADMINISTRATION’S
PLAN FAILS ARMY COMPUL
SORY SISKVHJJS FOLLOWS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Secre
tary Garrison today finished his
annual report and will present it
to congress next week. In the re
port the. secretary says that unless
the administration’s plan is follow
ed, in his opinion, the United State
will be obliged to resort to com
pulsory service in order to keep up
a certain efficiency.
National defense the secretary
says is an absolute necessity and
strongly approves the president’s
plan as set forth in his message to
congress.
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J. K. Chilburg Pres. .1, R Heckman Vice-Tires. A. K. Larson Cashier
Miners and Merchants Bank
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
Travelers Checks
, Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
Territorial Depository
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
l_J
B
RAISE OF ONE CENT PER GAL
LON ON GASOLINE WILL AF
FECT PACIFIC COAST
REVENUE IS NEEDED
President Wilson Wants National
Defense and says We Must
Pay For It
SEATTLE, Dec. 10—(A clause
which no one took notice of in Pres
ident Wilson’s message to congress
at the time he read it, comes up
now with a vengeance, apparently.
A recommendation for taxation for
revenue purposes includes a one
cent increase on gasoline. This will
hit the Pacific Coast harder than
any other part of the Unted
States, particularly those who can
not afford it very well such as
the fishermen. Disatisfaction is be
ing heard on every comer.
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COLUMBUS, Dec. 10—President
Wilson arrived today to fulfil an
engagement made sometime ago
with the Chamber of Commerce. He
is to make two addresses today.
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PLOT DISCOVERED IN TIME
SYDNEY, Dec. 6—Travelers just
returned from British New Guinea,
once German, tell of an unsuccess
ful German plot to regain possess
ion of this colony. The natives re
vealed a scheme to overthrow the
administration during the progress
of a function which would be at
tended by the unarmed naval and
military authorities. The Germans
were to raise, capture the whole
party and seize control.
It was learned that the Germans
were importing arms in packages
labled “camera plates” and imple
ments.” A schooner is also said to
have been seized and rifles and
ammunition found aboard. Several
of the plotters are under arrest.
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REMEMBER LAWRENCE
KUBLEY’S DANCE
A general invitation is extended
to everybody to attend the big
dance which Lawrence Kubley !s
giving tonight at Red Men’s Hal!
in honor of his bride. Dancing
will commence at 9:30; refrehments
served. Come out ana give '.nr
young folks a good send off.
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ATTENTION A. B’S
You are hereby notified that there
will be a special meeting of the
Arctic Brotherhood at their hall to
night at 7:30. All members are
requested to attend.
H. M. STACKPOLE, A. C.
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A further rechristening of rail
way locomotives, due to war influ
ences, has taken place on the Lon
don & Northwestern railway, the
Teutonic taking the title of the
Czar. The last engine of the new
series of “Claughton”engines is to
be known as Lord Kitchener.
TAFT SUGGESTS
RETRENCHMENT
RECOMMENDS ABOLSHMENT OK
OFFICE OF FUST MASTER
ALL OVER COUNTRY
CHICAGO, Dec. 10—Ex-President
i’afl today in an address said that
he was in favor of abolishing ilv
office of Postmasters all over the
country. He said that from an econ
omic point of view, the office was
superfluous and of no practical use
and for which the country 53 made
to pay the sum of four million or
more.
Postmasters, Mr. Taft said, are
merely ornament as the work is
done by deputies, then why not a
bolish the office and let the deputies
do the work as they have always
been doing heretofore?
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EMERGENCY REVENUE ACT TO
BE RE-ENACTED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—The
emergency revenue act which ex
pires the last day of the year, is
to be re-enacted before the holidays
that it may continue uninterrupted.
President Wilson said today that
he would so recommend.
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ENGLAND HAS A
CHANGE OF MIND
AMERICAN STEAMER REQUISI
TIONED WILL GO BEFORE
PRIZE COURT AT ONCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—The de
partment was informed today that
Great Britain had changed her mind
and the steamer Hocking that had
been requisitioned after It was
taken by a British crew, Will now'
go before a prize court instead.
■Immediately after the Hocking
was taken, the British admiralty
requisitioned the ship for service
Secretary Lansing protested against
such action with the result that a
prize court will have to pass upon
the legality of the order.
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PACIFIC COAST CO.
MEETS THE RATE
Frank H. Bold, Agent for the
Pacific Coast Steamship Co., an
nounces that Ire has been authoriz
ed to make a rate of $5.00 per ton
gross w'eight on fresh fish from
Ketchikan to Seattle.
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THE REDONDO IN PORT
The Alaska Steamship Co.’s
freighter, Redondo called in at this
'port today northbound with a
capacity cargo of coal and lumber
for Juneau and Thane.
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KRAUSE GETS A YEAR FOR
IMPERSONATING AN OFFICER
A report was received from Ju
neau to the effect that Krause was
given a year for impersonating an
officer. The report further says
that he was held under a five thous
and dollar bond on the charge of
! murder.
KETGHIKANER
ENTERTAI
SEATTLE CHAMBER OI
MERCE HOST AT LUNC
AND DISCUSS BUSII
APPOINTS C0MM1
*
To Regulate l-'iMhing Comiru
Other Matters of Va«
Importance
SEATTLE, Dec. 10—Am
distinguished guests at a !
given by the Seattle Char
Commerce yesterday were
Strong, J. J. Daly, J. C. Bai
F. Ryus, all of Ketchikan.
The luncheon was given
purpose of getting all the J
together, particularly those
the southeastern part and •
the matter of the fishing cc
Addresses were made by
Everyone advocating the ri
of duty on fish.
Seattle, one of the speake
had lost the commerce bee;
its location, which was t
when fishermen could go to
Rupert. Terminal rates
the Grand Trunk Pacific ar
on fish would remedy a grt
of that depressing feeling
north.
A committee was appoh
take up the matter.
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HUMBOLDT’S SAILING
IS POST]
SEATTLE, Dec. 10—The
boldt will not sail for the no
fore Saturday evening, its
date having been postponed.
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MOVEMENT OF BOA
Northbound
Jefferson, this afternoon.
Despatch, Sunday 12th.
Princess Sophia, Monday,
Southbound
City of Seattle, Sunday 12
Admiral Evans, Monday P
Jefferson, Tuesday 14th.
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ADMIKAL, FAKKAUU1 AK
The steamer Farragut
irom Seattle about 10:3U this
ing, with 23 tons of local
and no passengers tor Ket
Wm. Mattson boarded her
for Juneau, and they got
shortly after noon.
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THE AL-KI AKKIVE5
The Border Line steamer
arrived from the south at
with S3 tons of local freiVl
the following nnssengers for
ehit-nn: Mr. and Mrs. P"
Tenldns. Mrs. A. A. T.und. M
.T. Cnneland and daughter T
L. Nicholas v. Allan. M. K
mev’ch. C. E. Matlnnd Mr. am
S. Sorenson. She continued he
acp north about 1:30. talcing
Ketchikan as passengers.
Adsment, K E. Linton and
Fisher. j
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TONIGHT at the DREAM
17 Reels EXTRA 7 Reels
HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL, war news from the front and
late news from home
“SEVEN SEALED ORDERS,” a two reel feature with a punch
QUALIFYING FOR LENA,” a comedy that will qualify
“NATURE’S BEAUTY SPOT,” a beautiful hand colored scenic
“COL. HEZA-LIAR AND THE GHOST BREAKER,” a cartoon comedy
that you can’t miss
EXTRA EXTRA
Charlie Chaplin
in
“WORK”
A Big Change of Program Sunday Night