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VOLUME ONE KETCHIKAN, ALASKA. TUESDAY APR.„ 11 1916. NUMBER 170
PROF. MEISNEST
GIVES LECTURE
POINTS OUT THE VERY ESSENTIAL NEEDS
OF THE KETCHIKAN SCHOOLS
Redmen’s Hall was well filled
with an interested audience last
night, and after a short program
given by the Hirst and Second
grade pupils consisting of songs and
drills which were very nicely done
by the little folks, his honor Mayor
Henneghan, in a few well chosen
words presented the speaker of the
evening, l’rof. F. W. Meisnest, head
of the German department at the
University of Washington. The
theme of his lecture, the “New
* Spirit of Education,” was clearly
defined by the speaker, who wrent
into minute details of the new re
lations towards fundamentals in tha
education of the child as being
worked by educators in our own
and other countries. That the child
should be interested, and the love
of play be utilized to make its
education a pleasure instead of a
► grind, were needs which he strong
ly emphasized. The speaker made
a distinction between instruction
and education, in that the latter
means the practical training for
the life tasks to be performed; that
the education of today meant self
discipline, also meant service as well
as leadership, and that the man
without education, had scarcely any
chance of getting ahead, etc.
Prof. Meisnest, who spent yes
terday visiting our schools, was
well prepared to point out the sev
eral very essential features which
we are lacking. Manual training,
domestic science and a playground
and equipment are some of the
important features needed to make
ours a modem school.
The speaker spoke of the increas
ed attendance of sixty or more
pupils over last year, and advised
that one or two teachers be added
to the present staff. There were
many other suggestions made, the
importance of which, it is thought
duly impressed the mayor, the city
council and the school board, who
were present, and remained after
the lecture to talk personally to
Prof. Meisnest over the matters
brought to their notice.
One of the enjoyablefeatures of
the evening was the song “When
The Sands of The Desert Grow
Cold” by Mr. Osborn Williams ac
companied by Mrs. Williams at
the piano.
ANOTHER VENTURESOME
FLYER.
NEW Y'ORK, April 11.—Rodman
Wanamaker has authorized the con
struction of a gigantic airship in
which an effort will be made to
cross tiie Atlantic. It will be ten
times larger and more powerful
than the old America, which was
ready to make the attempt when
the war interfered.
The new craft will also be known
as the America. The contract has
already been signed. The attempt
to cross the ocean will be made
early in the summer.
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FANCY WORK AND TEA
NEXT SATURDAY AT TWO
The Laches’ Aid will give their
big annual sale of fancy work in
the M. E. church basement next
Saturday, April 15th, beginning at
2 p. m. They will also serve tea.
coffee or chocolate and cake for
which a charge of 15 cents will be
made. On the same day and place
the W. W. Girls will have a booth
of home made candies and one
of fancy and useful articles of
baby clothing for sale. Remember.
Saturday, 2 p. m. 6t
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METHODISTS
SUSPICIOUS
CHARGES OF STUFFING BAL
LOTS ARE MADE AGAINST
ONE FACTION.
PARTLAND, Ore., April 11.—The
Methodist Minister Association, fail
ing to agree as to the honesty of
the election, has decided to hold
another election. Charges of “stuff
ing” the ballot box have been free
ly made in the last election, re
sulting in a division of the min
isters. The holding of a second
election was decided upon this
morning.
HIGH OFFICIALS GOING NORTH.
Among the prominent passengers
on the City of Seattle going north
today, were Geo. W. Hibbard, gen
eral passenger agent for the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way, with headquarters at Seattle.
Mr. Hibbard is accompanied by A.
E. Harris, the traveling passenger
agent for Alaska with his place of
business at Juneau. Both are look
ing after the interests of their road
Mr. Hibbard will go as far as
Seward.
WILL NOT SUFFER ANY IN
SULTS TO OUR FLAG
BY ANY MAN.
.
ASKS INVESTIGATION
Of Utterance* of James Mauer.
President of Pennsylvania
Federation of Labor.
NEW YORK, April 11.—Mayor
Mitchell today when he heard the
remarks of James Laurer, president
of the State federation of labor of
Pennsylvania, made in his address
yesterday in reference to our flap,
said that such utterances should
not be suffered to pass unchalleng
ed. Furthermore, he would ask that
a» inquiry be made, and if the re
marks attributed to him are ad
hered to, he would prefer charges
and prosecute him. It is said that
Maurer insulted the flag in a most
disrespectful manner.
PREPARING TO RECEIVE
CAPTURED MEXICAN BANDITS
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COLUMBUS, April H—All Villis
tas taken prisoners by General
Pershing’s expedition will be con
fined in a wire stockade to be built
on the military reservation here.
The stockade will be similar to
that erected at Fort Bliss in 1913
for the 5,000 Mexican refugees
who crossed the international line
at El Paso when Villa attacked
Juarez.
It is generally believed that most
of the prisoners will be turned over
to the civil authorities for trial for
murder, bulgary and arson. Mili
tary men here point out that since
a state of war does not exist the
prisoners cannot be tried by a
military court.
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ALWAYS BLAME
' GERMANS
A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT
AN ORGANIZATION WAS TO
BLOW UP RAILWAY.
VANCOUVER, B. C., April 11.—
A report was received here on the
arrival of the liner from Shanghai
that a German organization had
been discovered, the object of which
was to blow up the Russian Siber
ian Railway, and thus destroy muni’
tion transportation facility into
Russia. The report says that sev
eral had been arrested, their meet
ing place searched and evidence of
well laid plans taken by the author
ities.
MORE STEAMERS
REPORTED SUNK
EIGHT, SIX OF WHICH WERE
BRITISH LINERS WITH
PASSENGERS,
LONDON, April 11.—The Admir
alty office today issued a bulletin
stating that eight steamers had
been sunk the last three days, six
of which were British, carrying pas
sengers. It says that it had been
ascertained that in four instances,
no warning had been given resulting
in the loss of nearly every pas
senger and crew.
j PREFERS U. S. JURY TO
LONDON COURT MARTIAL
C. A. Ahle, Held as Suspected Ger
man Spy, Wants Trial on
Extortion Charge.
NEW YORK, April 11.—Altho
there is an indictment against C.
H. Ahle, here charging extortion, he
would rather return and run his
chances before an American court
than stay _ in London under sus
picion of being a German spy.
Ahle has written to the police
asking help in his predicament. A
deposition setting forth the facts
in his case has been sent to Lon
don.
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SHIPPING COPPER
BY PARCEL POST
MINING COMPANY SHIPPED 25
TONS AT 25 CENTS
A POUND.
CALUMET, April 11.—A most un
usual sight was witnessed here yes
terday when teams loaded with
copper stopped at the local post
office and unloaded twenty-five
tons of copper for shipment by
parcel post.
Twenty-five cents a pound will
be charged for every pound of the
twenty-five tons. It was a rush
order at ‘‘any cost” and as a short
age of cars exists he only way
that the company could fill the or
der was by the use of the mail.
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PLOT MAY DEVELOP
FROM SCHILLER CASE
NEW YORK, April 11.—Import
ant arrests are expected within the
next few days in connection with
the case of Clarence Reginald Hud
son, also known as Earnest Schill
er, the German stowaway who, sin
gle handed held up the officers of
the British liner Matoppo.
To save himself from deportation
to England and the possibility of
being there executed as a spy, he
confessed to having planned the
blowing up of several boats carry
ing munitions for the allies.
According to Schiller, his efforts
to cause destruction of steamships
were financed by a young w-oman
living in Salem Mass, who is a
German sympathizer.
MEXICAN ARE
FR DLY N
ADMINISTRATION QUITE SAT
ISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS
REPORTED.
MORE TROOPS NEEDED
General Funston Says Pursuit Made
Difficult by Lack of
Men.
WASHINGTON, April 11. — Ac
cording to the war office the pro
gress in the pursuit of Villa is
quite satisfactory, although it is
admitted that the lack of a large
force will delay the capture of the
gang of bandits, the management
of the campaign has brought a de
cided change all along the border,
so much so that feeling against the
American troops has practically dis
appeared, and many offers have
been received from former f j!low
ers r.f Villa to be given them a
chance to hunt him down.
Tlie Mexican government has al
so changed its attitude and has
given General Funston permission
to use the Mexican troops to aid him
in capturing the rebels.
FLIES 190 MILES
WITH PASSENGERS
NEW YORK, April 11.—Flying
from Newport News, Va., to Wash
ington and return with passengers.
S. McGordon, an aviator, establish
ed a new cross-country record.
The previous cross-country rec
ord with passengers held by Lieut.
,T. F. Dodd, U. S. A., was 244.18
miles made in 1914 at San Diego.
The McGordon record was more
than twice that distance.
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PARIS, April 11.—The commit
tee having in charge the pulling
off of annual international games
decided to put off the contests un
til the termination of the war.
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AUSTRIA IS
GETTING READY
FOR OFFENSIVE MOVE AGAINST
THE WHOLE OF ITALIAN
DEFENSIVE LINES.
RIME, April 11.—Reports from
various sources indicate that the
Austrians are hastening prepara
tion for an offensive movement all
along the Italian lines. It is said
that plans have been decided upon
to drive the enemy out of the coun
try and invade Italy.
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NEWS FROM THE
WAR ZONE
THE FRENCH CLAIM A GREAT VICTORY OVER
THEIR STUBBORN ENEMIES
LONDON, April 11. — All day
yesterday, the German attack on
Verdun was most desperate. Every
point was stubbornly contested but
proved impregnable and the Ger
man forces had to retire leaving
thousands upon thousands of their
dead on the field.
When the news of the retirement
of the Germans was announced in
Paris the city went wild over the
victory and every man, woman and
child is jubilant. The French con
sider the result of the day’s fight,
a great victory.
The Socialist party of France,
the Representatives of which held
a meeting last evening, unanimous
ly endorsed the policy of the gov
ernment and pledged its undivided
support to the end of the war. One
of the members said that every
socialist in France was ready to
give his very life to the cause that
their country was fighting for. He
was repeatedly interrupted with the
applause of his audience.
ASQUITH TAKES
FIRM STAND
SAYS ENGLAND WILL NEVER
SyE FOR PEACE BUT MUST
FIGHT IT OUT.
LONDON, April 1L—Premier As
quith said yesterday in his ad
dress that England would never sue
for peace, and much less independ
ent of her allies, rumors to the
contrary notwithstanding. War he
said would be carried to the bit
ter end. That since Germany per
sisted in disregarding all interna
tional laws in reference to warfare.
England was about to adopt the
same policy towards Germany.
ALLEGED SPY’S PAPERS SEIZED
WASHINGTON, April H. — Cor
respondence belonging to Horst von
Der Goltz, alleged German spy, who
declared he was directing plans to
blow up the Welland Conal, has
been seized by Scotland Yard de
tectives and will be made known
by the British war office shortly.
It is understood the correspond
ence contains details of plans to
blow up the Welland Canni and ar»
invasi' n of Canada from the United
States, 't was this correspondence,
it was r.i id. that enabl'd the Brit
ish iiuGo .•■cs to obtain a full
statement from Von Der Goltz as
to his activities in the United
States. Officials here have been
informed that the correspondence
shows the names of those who aid
ed Von Der Goltz in obtaining an
American passport in Baltimore un
der the alias of Bridgman Taylor.
Rev. E. Marsden, of Metlakatla.
with his deckhand Pat Verney, made
a trip to Lincoln Rock yesterday,
and left this afternoon for Three
Point, where the Reverend gentle
man will look after the welfare of
the natives and incidentally get
something to eat.
ALL ABOUT THE BOATS
Leaving on the Despatch this a.
m. Carl C. Collins for Seattle, A.
Hutchinson for Prince Rupert left
on the Sophia last night.
The Dolphin is due here south
bound Thursday and the Alameda
Friday. Arriving on the City of Se
attle this a. m. were Mrs. J. M.
Dolan and two children, V. H.'Men
delshon, Marie Morris, Cleo Mor
ris, Mrs. C. L. Morris, A. W.
Waage, Harry Diamond, Victoria
Sullivan, C. B. Lockhart and three
steerage passengers. The Seattle
also had 70 tons of freight for
local merchants. Going north on her
from this port were A. S. Dautrick.
R. Seigel, H. Epstein, and two
steerage. She is due southbound
on the 15th.
The Curacao left Seattle this
morning.
The only passenger leaving on
the Spokane this morning was Prof.
F. W. Meisnest.
The Redondo passed through
from the south this morning.
The Northwestern is expected
here northbound on Thursday with
the Jefferson Saturday.
The Prince John left southbound
at 11:30 with the following pas
sengers: O. B. Smith, Page Boyle.
S. S. Swelling and Geo. McKin.
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A. S. DAUTRICK GOES NORTH.
A. S. Dautrick, traveling freight
and passenger agent for the Great
Northern Railway with headquart
ers in Juneau, and "'ho has been
heve for several days looking up
business for his company, left this
morning for his homo. Mr. Dau
triek is very optimistic over the
outlook for Alaska and claims that
the coming summer will be a hum
mer.
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Monarch Range*
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Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
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his vote for
Ed. V. Price & Co.
for his Easter suit. Then after the elec
tion is over, all the people of the community
will admire you for your good judgement and
| forethought.
See samples today. You have only three
i* weeks more to get that Easter “tog.”
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