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CAPTAIN’S STORY OF GOING DOWN WITH THE ARABIC (By Capt. Finch Current Opinion ) The Arabic went down in less time than any craft that has been torpedoed since the war began. “Reports have varied from ele ven to fifteen minutes, but the truth is that the ship disappeared in just six minutes after she was s truck. “Of course, the fact that we lost only thirty-nine out of the four hun dred and twenty-nine on board was due largely to the preparations we had made aainst just what hap pened. •IP “But, in my opinion, had simil arly favorable conditions surround ed the torpedonig of one of the big the loss of life would have much greater, for thesimple reason that the great distance from the boat deck to the water makes successful launching of heavy boats filled to capacity almost impossible. “Ever since the war began, on every voyage in and out of Liver pool I have practiced the same caution as soon as we entered what we supposed is the danger zone. As a matter of fact, I, for one, do not dare to try to put a limit on this danger zone. It would not surprise me in thg least to hear of ships being sunk a hundred miles or more to the west of the spot where they caught us. "In fact we were beginning t* believe that we had passed the ex treme limit of the submarine zone a full half hour before we sighted the Dunsley. “Probably no ship has been better prepared to meet or avoid a sub marine since the war began. In our engine room, where, instead of the usual three shifts, we were working only two through the danger zone, the stokers and oilers re-doubled their exertions after 1 had telephoned a warning. “In the stem there were two lookouts, in the crow’s nest two, and in the bow two, besides three of us on the bridge. Every one of us was scanning every inch of sea within reach of our glasses, but there was never a sign of a sub marine. How that German man aged to spot us without showing her periscope amazes me, but she did it, too, when within less than 300 feet from us. I was looking at the very spot where he must have been laying under the surface, for I saw the greenish white wake of the torpedo instantly it shot out its tube. “I yelled to the man at the wheel to port the helm in a forlorn hope the old Arabic might answer quickly enough to dodge, but it was abso lutely impossible. The torpedo was coming fifty miles an hour and had only 300 feet to travel. “In the few second that elapsed a great many things happened. Al most all the passengers were on deck—another stroke of luck—look ing at the Dunsley. Almost all of them saw the torpedo and their shouts told the operator In the Mar coni house what had happened. "The operator actually got off two ‘S. 0. S.’ messages in that one second. When the torpedo hit us a glancing blow, about ninety feet from the stem, directly under tlie Marconi house,the operator was hurled ou t of his seat and his ins trument was smashed. “From the bridge I watched each boat fill up, in the meantime shouting to the engine-room to go full speed astern. The third engineer who took the orders responded without a quiver in his voice. Not one man left his post, and mind you,they all knew what sticking at their posts meant, for when the torpedo hit us the poor old Arabic staggered like a drunken man. The reat mass of almost 16, 300 tons was actually slewed around by the force of the inpact. As soon as way was off the ship i ordered the engines stopped and igain my order was repeated in ibsolutely level tones. At the same moment I shouted to the men at the falls in the boats to lower aw/. Every boat landed in the water on \ level keel, perfectly. “It looked like a case of ‘Good-by William’ because in the last five seconds the old Arabic slid down wards. She dropped like a shot. I never expected to come up alive, but the next thing I knew my head came up against the bottom of a raft with awful force. The shock served to cheer me enough to make my way from beneath it. “That raft saved my lift, for all the strength I had was just enough to hang to it. Soon afterward a life-boat came along and took ns aboard.” FORTUNE MADE FROM A SAUCEPAN In 1803 Mrs. Elizabeth S. Taylor, of Oragne county, Cal., sent some preserved fruits as Christmas pres ents to friends in the East. They were so good that these persons cried for more. Mrs. Taylor sent her son East to take orders. So successful was he that she gave up her kitchen stove and began put ting up fruit over gasoline ranges in a shed. Mrs. Taylor puts up fruit, today exactly as she put it up twenty years ago, but she is now shipping 300 tons a year from a great con crete building with a battery of elec tric cookers. Mrs. Taylor uses noth ing but fruit that has been ripened on the trees; it is all peeled by hand and cooked in shallow porce lain pans. She will use nothing but the finest cane sugar imported from Manila. She has no assistants but members of her own family and today this business brings her in $100,000 a year. This is merely an illustration of what a woman with common sense and a good receipe can do. -4 | NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given, that at the store of the Alaska Lumber and Box Company, at Hadley, Alaska, on Saturday, the 30t’n of October, 1915, at the hour of two o'clock p.m. the undersigned will offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest bidder the following prop erty constituting part of the estate of the Alaska Lumber and Box Com pany, bankrupt, towit: 1. a. All lumber belonging to the said estate at Hadley and amount ing to approximately 1,100,000 feet board measurements. b. Stock of general merchandise in Alaska Lumber and Box Com pany’s store at Hadley. c. Sawlogs consisting of spruce, hemlock, cedar in sawmill boom at Hadley. 57 boom chains 13 lumber trucks 1 Lumber wagon. d. Mill supplies e. The household goods belong ing to the estate at Hadley. f. The cooking utensils. g. Typewriter. h. Donkey Engine i. All box shook amounting to ap proximately 5.000 boxes. 2. Gasoline launch “Freyea.” The sales will take place in the order given.. Sealed bids will be re ceived for each of said classes of property above mentioned, which seal ed bids will be opened in public at the conclusion of the oral bids. The sealed bids must be enclosed in envelopes upon which is clearly indi cated what property the bid is inten ded for. 15t. C. W. SWANK, Trustee in Bankruptcy. _ _ TONIGHT at the GRAND Have A Heart by Lou i s J osepK Varvce THE GREAT MODERN PROBLEM PLAY ! AT 1 The GRAND j TONIGHT j (universal) 1 - j Ilth. Installment, entitled, “The Painted Hills” \ I AT THE HOTELS AT TIIF STEDMAN P. B. Nelson, Seattle, H. Ruddat; Wm. Trubacli, Boonerville, Ore. Mrs. Olnf Lystad, Port Conclusion; Fred Oliver, Port Conclusion; Arnold Kobler. --4 HERE IS A BOTTLE STOPPER THAT LOCKS A bottle stopper that locks is a recent Faris idea, and will be very useful for keeping fine liquors out of reach of persons for whom they are not intended. A metal cap fits over the bottle neck with a small felt lined collar which is pressed on by turning a wing nut, and when all is in place a small arm comes down along side the wing of the nut so as to allow of running a pad lock through the two holes. This prevents any turning of the screw and keeps the bottle shut tight. FOR SALE—One Rip Saw Table, One Counter Shaft, 16—1 1-2 Steel Shafting And numerous pulleys. SULLY’S CARPENTER SHOP. - -■» PUBLIC NOTIC E Wm. Angel, who has been away from town most of the summer with the Geological Survey party, announc es that he has returned and that the gas boat “Harry” of which he is the owner, shall be for hire as usual. -4 IIEY THERE! THANKSGIVING MASKQUE BALL GIVEN BY KET CHIKAN F. O. E.. Adv. tf. -4 NOTICE TO GAS BOAT MEN— Copies of notices to mariners, light and buoy lists issued by the Bureau of Lighthouses can be obtained free of charge on application to the Divis ion of Publication of Commerce, Washington, D. C. -4 POSITION WANTED BY A YOUNG JAPANESE. WILLING TO DO ANY KIND OF WORK... IS A GOOD COOK, Address, George M. Ohta, P. O. Box 452. Adv. t.f PERSONALJVIENTION The Thimble Club met with Mrs Itay Hall this afternoon and nearly j all the members were present. DON’T FORGET THE CIVIC CLUQ. CARD PARTY Keep in mind the card party to be given by the Civic Club next Thurs day evening. The game of progres sive whist will start at 8:30. Prizes will be given and a lunch served, all for the small sum of 25 cents. Re member the date. -« ENTERTAINS AT CARDS Yesterday afternoon, in honor of Mrs. Robert. Randolf, Mrs. E. S. Stackpole and Mrs. Harvey M. Stack pole entertained their many friend’s at auction bridge. Eight tables were in play and at the close of an enjoyable afternoon dainty refresh ments were served by the hostesses. The prizes were won by Mrs. J. C. Barber and Dr. Beatrice Dickinson. -- MISS BUOR ENTERTAINS Miss Claire Buor wan hostess at a charming luncheon, today at one o’clock. The occasion was in honor of Mrs. H. C. Field and Miss Evadna Field, who are soon to leave for California. Those present beside the hostess and the geusts of honor were Miss Kent, Mrs. Rivard, Miss Neita Mite' - ell and Miss Mary Mitchell. EASY WATERPROOFING A quick and easy method of water proofing clothing has been devised by a French scientist as his con tribution to the comfort and health of the French troops in the field. Old coats can be made waterproof as easily as uncut cloth, and the whole operation is simpler than dye ing. He explained his method to the French Academy of Science , with the assurance that it was prac tical and satisfactory. The requirements he set out to meet were: Waterproofing that would wear well in the rough usage of a campaign: that would not change the colors nor injure the fabric; that would leave the cloth permeable to air and prespiration, so that the waterproofed coats would not be uncomfortable; and, most dif ficult of all, that would pemrit the treatment of old coats without de stroying or even injuring the but tons and other attachments. Wool fat was his answer. With a little chloroform or carbon bisulph ide the scientist reduces the wool fat to a liquid and this liquid is then diluted with gasoline or ben zine in the portion of one part of wool fat to from ten to twenty parts of gasoline or benzine. The rest of the operation is sim ple: The old overcoat is dipped in the solution and allowed to remain there a few minutes. Then it is wrung out and dried by hanging on a line in the open air. The fibers are, as a result, lightly impregnated with the wool fat. The Frenchman suggests that the complete uniforms of all the men at the front be given this treatment; and, as the French government giv es much weight to suggestions made in the Academy of Science, it is quite likely something will come of his idea. -9 CANCERS THAT CURE THEMSELVES In the annual report of Dr. Bash ford of the imperial cancer research fund, an announcement of great im portance is made. It is to the effect that transplanted tumors fall into two categories, a very small group progressively because' they do not produce resistance to their own growth, and a large group that tend to disappear spontaneously because they induce in the body a powerful resistance to their growth. While , this remark is applied only to tumors artificially produced in animals for experimental purposes, it may be that some at least of the apparently extraordinary cures of cancer in human beings have been due to this power of the body to resist the growth of the cancer. If further experiments shall result in the discovery of the method by which certain resistant methods throw off the cancerous growth, it will be a long step toward finding a way of conferring this upon those who do not posses it. -• For Sale—Number 7, Standard Visible Oliver Typewriter, practically new for $40. Apply at this office. ACCOUNT OF RECENT LOSSES BY THE GERMANS Paris, Oct. 13—The reports of tho night indicate that the German loss es in the offensive of yesterday a gainst the positions of the Allies near Loos were very heavy. This information was given out' by the French war office. Other violent attacks on the part of the Germans southeast of Neuvil le-St. Vaast were completely repuls ed. All the French advances of re cent davs have been maintained. There have been fairly spirited cannonading in the sector of LIsons as well as at Quennevieres and Nouvron. A German counter attack last night at the Navarin farm in the Champagne district was checked by the French. To the southeast of Tahure there has been a violent bombardment at tended by the use of suffocating shells which also caused irritation of the eyes. In the Avgonne French batteries put an end to German artillery fire in the sector of St. Thomas. In the Lorraine district several German reconnaissances have been completely repulsed. ' -o NOTICE—Members of the Bar tenders’ Union are hereby notified that a meeting will be held tomor row at the usual hour and place, and that every member is requested to be present. SECRETARY. ._A a . aA ^ Ai> AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE Entered 16th Alliance from Seattle for the Westward. Lister and Alten from Prince Rup Cleared ' 15th Helegoland for Prince Rupert. 16 th ert. Princess Alice and Alten for Prince Rupert. Josephine I. Chomley, Alten and King & Winge for Seattle. -* For a delicious cup of coffee, tr; A. & K. blend. . For sale by... THE H. R. THOMPSON STORE ! -^ Mrs. Washburn has just received a full line of trimmed hats. Call and see them. They arc the very latest. Adv. 4t. -o DANCE AT THE it INK OCT 16th. -: Another one of those popular Saturday night dances at the Rink. The management nowh as procured the Raymond Orchestra with Cliff at the piano, Andy Wold at the violin, and Frank Brooks at the cor net. These boys have all played at dances here so need no further in troduction. Admission, Gentlemen, $1.00 ladies free. Adv. GRAND MASQUERADE AT THE RINK OCT. 23rd. j The Raymond Orchestra will fum- ! ish the music. Good prizes will be announced later. Get your costumes ready. Gentlemen .$1.00 Ldies Free. Ad. j g The Home of Paramount Features g | ----| BOSWORTH I presents JS “Burning Daylight” 1 Jack London's Foremost Alaska Picture | enacted by the *5 FAMOUS PLAYERS g in Five Big Reels k For Dandruff, we recommend *??S3CoJ2C< wB t£3MHES5SaEE2J3BK ■< “93” HairTonic Ketchikan Drug Co, Phone 13 Ketchikan Messenger Service Call them up for all kinds of light delivery, window cleaning, messenger service and odd Jobs. Office with Jack Close. Remember Phone Number 13 JACK CORDELL, Propictor. ! Every Alaskan, Should See This H TONIGHT at the DREAM ] Friday and Saturday | Coming, Monday and Tuesday, “ BOBY BURNIT ” § _- - _ __ a_A IUa* *AA»_*A*fc* I DRESS GOODS AND SILKS I 144 in. Serge at ... . 85c. This is a genuine Storm Serge. Sponged and shrunk and all ready for the needle. Extra heavy weight and washable. Especially suited for children’s dresses. Colors, Black, Blue and Car dinal. Worth $1.25 $1.25 Silks at ... . $1.00 1 All our 27 in. plaids and striped silk, formerly 2X priced at $1.25 will be closed out at $1.00 to S make room for a new line of 36 in silks. All our Silk Poplin, yd. . $1.00 | I New arrivals in Men’s dress shirts from $1.00 to $4.00 | Bungalow aprons, regular 75c. (while they last), each 45c. | We have a strong line of house dresses at $1.00 8 1 Stock J. R. HECKMAN & CO. Service j