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THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE-MINER ARE YOU SAVING Your Money to Invest in the Next Issue of THE LIBERTY LOAN? ' OL THREE 00 KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1917 oo NUMBER 10 REPORT FROM GEN. HAIG SHOWS GAIN Fifteen British Vessels Sunk the Week Ending Last Night ii f*.' LONDON Sept i*—General Haig ■ repm to the -ar ©J.c* this =.orni=.j says that issp.tr the tnc-s: power*u res.s-j.ute rJerei by the Gemaa: for;-- the British operations :r. :h< Ypres re* u continue to be meet Stic eess'ul sri the ir.r* •= heir? kept aj ■»:th telling ejects The i-icr.n'.ty aurt-utice today the.' -fteer Brit sh vessels hai been suits curing the «-eek ending list night Most . f theta being small hears LADY MAYORESS RESIGNS PENL^UETTON 0rtz;n Sep: . *—?^!rs I-u. -. 'ns *th:^r: is ziiv. or V: atilla Ore sear here as-i has let: 'i make her hvtr.e in Farms 5aa has " eleoiei Mrs Helen T r.uiuh to rase her place IT trail'll SNA 1NDA Montana Sept — M*s Mi el M L. tghlia is aeclaresito he ■ e rrst v.;~au rural mail earr,*? in this state She has contracted t: carry at-ail three times a vr e-:-ore: i route cl - sties lire out >f this BRITISH NAVY TO ATTACK ZEEBRUGGE Monitors Will Attack German t’-Rost Rase ASKS REMOVAL COMM. O'Connor at McC arthy « Z - jS — S&TVl V ■- — property near Ciit.na. tyia; f:?7i charges ijiirs: Catted States onsm -stoaer tvjf i ia x OCoaaor. o' McCar-.iT. for malfeasance in office attd par.kt1ja.H7 shorn in tie trial o: 't? Ln: t ed States tj Xels Tfose-rig. a3*1 petit:tatag for she removal o' Mr O’Goenor frost office.—Valdez Miner I- » oe» electric photograph print tag mnc-t.ne an automatic nritcl sh tits off tne light at a set tire, insur lag even prints Tie Jefferson arrived at eight 0 clock tits morning sailing at 10 for tie ttr.t after discharging SO tons of fre.git at the Ketchikan dock. Arri vals for this per. -sere Miss Agnes Leah7. O Larson. A. Tannesoc. while leaving northbound rere A. Boppaa. Miss M Lovett and F J. Comeax MOVEMENTS OF BOATS SOCTHBOL’ND. Evans a p. m. tonight. Princess Alice Saturday NORTHBOUND. Waaoo tonight. ; DANISH ARMY REDUCED FINANCIAL REASONS ( i r *>##•) COPENHAGEN. Sep: 37—The Danish government has ordered an other reduc::on in the sire of 'he stand --£ army The step is taken, it is stated mainly far tin uncial reason*, hut also because discipline in the ar my has been weakened ar.d its Qual ity deteriorated under protracted ser vice " A: the beginning of the European war Denmark called up 45.C‘«>."i men in udditicn to the Id who are always under training This force was grad ually reduced to a? Ovv. and a further reduction of about d? percent has now been decided upon. All the parties, -scept the Conservative group, have approved of the Government’s decis ion The Conservatives declined ao - rs.ence on the ground that they i d net admit that -the danger of a violation of Denmark's neutrality .'.as been essentially diminished'' TO SEE HOW YOU LOOK IN A l\ S. UNIFORM Aj * Jiff i ?"fi|) SAN FRANCISCO. Sent *7—A de vice to snow a passerby how he locks 'c.6 mirror jf gi*c2 *o«= inpr^siOL i'. . -r S 0 T~Z- L7 iZ.t'.iT vT A&llOf li he ha* a <-can of tan the effect is A LIFT FOR SOLDIERS SAN FRANCISCO Sept. _7 — tVhen an autoise passes a soldier on the op mad he should give him a lift. Ton may thereby hasten an important er rand for the government A: least you will b-e shcw.rg yc-ur patriotism. Don ■ make tne boys walk while you hav* a vacant seat.' 7h.s is the advice given to aotomo t.l- : - n-ers by Percy F Towcie. pree .lent if the S-an Francisco branch of the American Automobile Association T: -r- declares that such service has t--n active policy -of the associa te stm- time and ne wants a.. CANNERYMEN ANNUAL BALL TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. WEEK Whr !e Moos* Hall Building Club Rooms. Billiard and Pool Rooms Open to Public The h ;<re Moose Ha!'. w.ch its large dancing !»; its numerous club rooms billiard and pool rooms. card rooms -ad lounge rc-oms wiL be opened dram tella.* to garret in a blaze of light next Freda? -vening October 5. by tie Ket chekan District Cannerymens' Annual Ball Association under whose auspices Se-c.nd Annual Ball —-ill be gives For those who dance. the best music sbcainabie. the biggest and best foor a town will be thrown open at nine c clock sharp For chose who would play cards, the card rooms w-;;; be op ened ca the second 2oor and billiard aad pool cables will be there alio for che convenience aad amusement of che guests. Everything will be free to the public, .a celebration of the close of another successful canning season. The C aairmea of che various work ,ag committees are as follows—Dec orating Committee. Geo. D. Roanse fel. Fiver. J R. Heckman. Refresh meat H E Simcnds, Finance, Fre monc K.ag. Music, Dale V.'. Hunt. The .Chairman w;i; be at liber.? to select their own helpers from the superin tendent* and men of the various can neries The reception Committee ha3 not as yet been folly selected and will be announced later. Work and plans for the decorations of 'he big floor are now being mapped oat, and if the forthcoming event is to be Bigger and Better” than last year there will be some hustling and bustling done next week. BABY GIRL ARRIVES Mr and Mrs J Jensen, of Newtown | at 10 o'clock last evening, a seven lb. baby girl arr.ved. who cnder the care | of IOr. Beatr.ce Dicwinsoa is doing jvery weih RAILWAYS MUST MOVE A MILLION MEN IN MONTH Enormous Task of Transporting Troops to Various Camps WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. dT—In mo-- •„£ the National Guard and the na tional selective service Army to the various cantonments the railroad o( America will make history. T'..*: is the view of lac sold er trans portation problem taken by Fairfax ilarr.son. formerly president of the Southern road ar.d now chairman of the Railroad War Board directing troop movements. Task is Withsut Precedent. The War Department.” said Har rison "has called upon the railroads to perform a task which is unpreceden ted. not only because of the number of troops to move but because of the long hauls. Between Aug. do and Oct. 2 approximately l.OOO.OtW men must be moved from nearly S.v-cO different points to the thirtytwo camps prepar ed to receive them. BAD WEATHER DOES MUCH DAMAGE TO GERMAN CROP ,A.-.-5jrfU LONDON. Sept 27 —An official >:.t:emen: front the Food Production Department Elves a reassuring view of the harvest prospects in the Brit ish Isles, and by way of contrast, a summary of the gloomy situation in enemy countries. In England, it is stated, recent re-, s of damage from rain and »t»rtn ere heavily exaggerated. "While ■ te recent s’erms damaged crops in : seme areas there is. sneaking gen -rally not the slightest ground for ,-.lie anxie*y or alarm." says the statement In Germany, on the other hand, the ^formation receive* by the British agricultural authorities is that "the crops are not only exceedingly cad ih : the best areas of the Empire, but the - hole harvest of the Central Powers will :n all probability prove disastrous j .r. consequence of the violent weather j -Licit has prevailed over Western Eu- , UNITED STATES TO FINANCE THE WAR British Minister of Ammu nitions Says England is < Drained of Gold 111 1 P'►? r) ATLANTIC CITY. Sept 27.—R H Bra.i,i. -;_e Br.tish tsisister of Atnmu addressing the American tank er:; coavention here ia^t sight, said tsar Eng'.asd sad drained her goid se curities to he'.p her Aiiies and for that reason. the future peace of the -*orld' rested is the a&iiity of the United 3t--.es te finance the war. ahd he add -1 "I as: confident that the interest of ' tse United States is such that every ! effort a-ill he made to that end." NOME BAKERS DECIDE TO RAISE PRICES SOME. 3if>t ! ■—Owing. ;t u said, the present high cost of flour and ~er supplies, the baker?- proprietors . of the city hare decided to increase' the present pr.ce fereaH to ten cents per loaf straight and *U! also advance the prices for pastries and other bale-, ers commodities. It is claimed that . tr.e Srm of tread purveyors has been osing one cent a loaf for some time. 1 I The agreement for an advance ofj bread prices has been entered into by , tne following The Nome Bakery. An-1 vi! Bakery, North Poie Bakery and, Arctic Bakery The new price will ■ ta>;e effect today—Nome Nugget. -* Tr.e pupils of the Cordova schools j are certainly a patriotic lot of young ■•ters says the Cordova Time* when given the word Germany to write, one . of the scholars inquired whether It j shoUid be spe.led with a capital or low- < er ca.,e g The teacher replied that | -■ spelled the latter way it would be ■ marked against the pupil, hut in the 1 'ace of this every one of the class i wrote it thus: germany. BADLY INJURED Fred Nelson, of Metlakatia, who had his foot severely cut when he got it caught in the circular saw at the Met .akatla mill !a»t Saturday is reported as doing much better today by Dr. George Dickinson, under whose care he was placed at the satire hospital here He was brought to town lm mediaiel7_after~ theTccident! EXEMPTION WITH STRING ATTACHE! Assessment Work Must bi Done on Claims When Not Producing WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.—The set ate conferees on the assessment wor bill at a meeting yesterday positive! declined to yield to the house confei ees to make out an exemption repot in accordance with the house amenc meat. A report will be filed toda which will recommend the exemptio of assessment work on mining claim during the years of 1917 and 191S. o: ly where the owner of a mining clair has expended not less than one hut -dred dollars in producing or maaufat turiag products necessary and useft: for the maintainaace and support o the army and navy or the people c the I'nited States. The committee r« fused to agree on a blanket exempl ioB * + + ♦♦ + + ♦ + + ♦♦♦♦< ♦ 4 + KAISER AIN’T WORTH MUCH 4 ¥ - 4 ♦ MINNEAPOLIS. Sept 27.—By 4 ♦ « resolution that was unanimous- H + ly adopted, the Labor s Loyal 4 •¥ Legion, recently organized here H + voted to pay Jl.**** the Amer- d + icaa soldier who might succeed 4 + in capturing, dead of alive the 4 + kaiser or the Crowa Prince. The 4 + resolution was framed a few days 4 ♦ ago at a meeting of the executive d ♦ committee. In addition the Le- 4 ♦ gion will offer $3v0 to the first d ♦ American soldier to take prisoner 4 ♦ dead or alive, a member of the d f general staff of the German ar- 4 ♦ my and $200 for the first German 4 ¥ soldier captured. 4 ♦ 4 WIND STORM DEMOLISHES NEW APARTMENT B’LD’G CORDOVA. Sept. IS.—One of thi worst rain and wind storms of the sea son visited Cordova last night an< taused sleepers in many buildings con siderable uneasiness. The ftorn: «e in early in the evening and continuet throughout the night. About 2:3( o'clock this morning the wind attained ts greatest velocity, and blew in th< south side of the new apartment houss t>n First street which is being erectec by John Strigsve. resulting in the col apse of the entire building, and en tailing & toe? of about $3,000 to th* owner This :« the only serious* dam sge reported in the town, although s number of chimneys were blown of of buildings.—Cordova Times. WILL PUBLISH ARMY PAPER IN TRENCHES FOR U.S SOLDIERS STEVEX3VTLLK. Most.. 3ept. 27 Willis Medcalf, whose parents reside here is to be permitted to follow hii trade as a printer behind the battle front in France, according to a lette! received here. He enlisted last Spring in a hospita company, but he has been commission ed by the government to purchase ; -mall printing plant, in this country t< issue a newspaper for American sold iers and print official reports for thi army + GRAND TRUNK MAKES EARLY CHANGE OF WINTER SCHEDULE Prince John Will Make Trip* Fortnightly, Alternating Queen Charlotte Run Mr J. J Raleigh, local agent for thi Grand Trunk Macific, who returnee yesterday on the Tillamook, from i three-day trip to Port Walter, when 1 - 0 barrels of salt herring were load ed, as well as 4,000 cases of salmon a Lake Bay, announced today that thi winter schedule of the southeastern Alaska run had commenced. It wai •hought that the Prince Rupert woul< make the last trip arriving yesterday as usual, beginning the new scheduli on October 1, but on account of the bi( 'ailing off of trade, it was decided t< inaugurate the new schedule a weel sooner. The Prince John which made thi winter run last season will begin thi new semi-monthly trip3 next Wednes day, making alternate trips to thi Queen Charlotte Island ports an< southeastern Alaska. The Prince Ru pert and Prince George will connec with the Prince John at Prince Ruper making the run between that port am Vancouver, B. C. COMPENSATION FOR ALASKANS RAISED AT MORNINGSIDE At Request of Governor Strong Increase from $330 to $420 Per Patient is Made PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept 27 — As Al J a ska has no insane asylums all the in Isaue of the northern territory are conunitte to the Morningside Hospital at Portland. Ore.. Recently Secretary of the Interior Lane, at the request of Governor Strong of Alaska recommend ed to Congress that the compensation » paid by the government to the hos r pital be increased from $330 to $420 a year per patient, to meet the increased t cos: of living. RETIRED SKIPPER 97 AGAIN AT THE HE 13! ATLANTIC PORT. Sept. 7.—A Brit ish schooner in command of a skipper 97 years old and a crew comprising * men under military draft aga. is on her way to this port, according to ad vices received by the vessel's agents. The skipper. Capt. James Moore of Pahhsboro. Novo Scotia, retired from active service some years ago. but be cause of the pressing demand for mar iners. he recently notified the owners of the vessel that he was ready to take f out a vessel He is probably the oldest master of a ship on active duty today. SCANDINAVIAN FISHING RUINED BY SUBMARINES COPENHAGEN. Detimark. Sept. 27. —Scandinavian coast fisheries are faced with absolute ruin, on account of the impossibility of plying their trade this year in the face of mines and E-boats. This is the more to be regretted as fish are more plentiful in the North Sea than ever before in the history of the fishing industry. Meanwhile the German trawlers, i under government protection, are mak ing great preparations for the Season A large new fishing port at the mouth ■ of the Elbe is in course of construct ion. MILITARY PRISONERS MAKE ESCAPE Commandeer Automobile; Rob Driver and Made Getaway FORT LAWTON. Sept. 27.—Four military prisoners at Fort Lawton. made their escape from their guards last evening, commandeered an auto mobile. robbed the driver and fled toward Mount Vernon. A detachment of soldiers has been sent after them, ; but it is thought they wii! succeed in \ evading capture for some time. RED CROSS TO SEND 72 MOTOR TRUCK DRIVERS TO FRANCE Eleven experienced American mot or truck drivers are kbotlt to enter the Red Cross transportation service in France, ^ixty-ane mote men are be ing trained (or this wofk by the Red Cross motor-car factories at Cleve land, Detroit and Buffalo. The 72 men have been recruited in response to a cablegram from Maj. Grayson M.-P. Murphy, head of the Red Cross commission to France, ask ing for expert motor-truck drivers without delay. Owing to the congestion of the rail roads in France large quantities of Red Cross supplies are being trans ported by motor truck from seaports to Paris and other distribution centers. Organized Into Crew* Drivers are being organized into crews, and will be bandied on a mili tary basis, working as a part of the Red Cros3 transportation service, un der the command of Maj. James H. Perkins. Maj. Perkins went over as deputy commissioner with the Red .Cross commission to France, and was commissioned in the Quartermaster’s Corps attached to Gen. Pershing’s staff He Is vice president of the National City Bank, New York City, arid is an authority on industrial organization. To meeet the salaries and transpor tation expenses of the men now being added to its foreign motor transpor tation service the Red Cross was coun cil has voted an appropriation of $17, 300. 11 • t TO COMMANDEER AMERICAN VESSELS OVERSEA SERVICE WANT RAILROAD TO HELP MARKET GRAIN (.CMociatt'd Fr*»s) HELENA. Montana. Sept. 27.—Assis tance of the government in build ing railroads in Dawson county as a ! war time measure to aid in marketing the grain crop is to be asked by wheat farmers there, many of whom are 35 {to 75 miles from a railroad. A committee is canvassing the coun ty. gathering figures for presentation to the government and railroad com panies. FIVE RROTHERS OFFICERS NEW HAVEN. Mo.. Sept. 27.—Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bagbv are perhaps the only father and mother in the nation who have given five officers to : - Ar my. Two sons, graduates of th> Na va! Academy at Annapolis, are with the Atlantic fleet: two others, gradu ates of West Point Military Academy, are in the Army. The fifth son re cently won a commission at the officers training camp at Fort Riley and is now a second lieutenant of artillery in the regular Army. WINNIPEG GOES INTO THE COAL BUSINESS WINNIPEG, Sept. 27.—Following Vancouver's lead. Winnipeg citizens have forced the city council to estab lish a coal and wood yard. Following the advance of fifty cents a ton, by local dealers in defiance of the fuel controller's orders, a big row develop ed. A showing was made that hard Pennsylvania coal is brought into this territory actually cheaper than in other years because of the increased tonnage secured for Canadian ports from U. S. cities over last year. Re ports from American cities, which have established civic fuel yards show a heavy reduction to consumers. Kal amazoo. for instance, is reducing each | ton by {2.50 and still leaving a fair margin of profit to dealers if they de- j sire xo compete. Winnipeg will ascer- j tain the cost of delivering coal in Win i nipeg and charge a profit of fifty j cents per ton. If the dealers don't like it they can retire from business. CABLE DOWN BETWEEN SEATTLE AND SITKA Late yesterday afternoon the local cable office received notification ot a breakdown in the cable connection between Seattle and Sitka Luckily, the cable ship Burnside which sailed for the westward from here, yesterday will be put on the job at once and It is anticipated that it will be repaired in two or three days at the most. All press news however, for the en tire territory will pass thru the hands of the local Wireless station, who will be working overtime during the re pairing of the cable connection. -♦ FLOATING CANNERY PUTS UP GOOD PACK Professor Beattie, of Metlakatla Government school, paid a visit to the Progressive-Miner yesterday and gave out the information that the floating cannery operated by the Northland Fish Company, of Seattle, had closed for the season with 18,000 cases to its cerdit. Professor Bea' ? also stated that Ernest Purvancc, who arrived about a month ago to build the now cottage for Professor and Mrs. Beattie, and to su perintend the completion of the school building, is to remain as manual train ng teacher at the school and will be on the staff, making five teachers in all. School will open next Monday, Oct. lirst, the Misses Kendall and Danford having arrived from the south on the Jefferson today, which stopped at Met akatla. • Reports coming up from Bluff an nounce that the new quartz mill in stalled by the Meeghan brother on ’.heir quartz properties in that local ity Is working in an excellent manner ind handling a large quantity of rock. The quartz Is said to be running nuch better than expected and there s an excellent prospect that the mine viil develop into a good producer, fbe outlook is so good that the broth ers have doubled the number of men employed and are working day and night.—Nome Nugget. The Government Announc es The Price Which Will Be Paid for Their Use WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.—The de partment announces this morning that the government will pay six dollars and seventy-five cents a ton per month for the vessels commandeered; and that every American vessel afloat fit for overseas service, will be taken. The date when the order will go into effect will be determined later, and as i the necessity requires. GERMANS ARE DYING OF HUNGER IN BERLIN LONDON. Eng., Sept. 27.—'The Daily News correspondent at Athens sent the following: "Hestia publishes a letter from a well known Greek physician, who lives in Berlin. It was handed to a member of the Greek legation in Ber lin when he was leaving Berlin and thus succeeded in escaping German censorship. ■The writer says: “The situation in Berlin is beyond description and un bearable starvation has made people unrecognizable. As many men perish of hunger at home as die on the battle fileds. The bread is of a miserable quality and very scarce. Instead of coffee we drink ground barley. The commonest soap is considered a lux ury.” CHICAGO. Sept. 27.—It is expected that the gate receipts for the first three games of the world series will exceed two hundred thousand dollars. PROMINENT PASSEN GERS TRAVELING ON MARIPOSA SOUTH List of Two Hundred and Eighty From Anchorage and Seward Going Out The Mariposa arrived from the north this afternoon at two o'clock and loaded 100 boxes of fresh fish at the Northland Dock. Passengers leaving for the south were Ruth Brad ley, Mrs. Tasjaminia, Mrs. Hirigita, Mrs. Susuki, Mrs. Hine, II. Anderson, VV. P. Farima, F. Salarduci, M. Har ada. J. P. Smith. J. M. Seromos, R. Comstock, John Vlaco, John H. Stanley Lee H. Wakefield, Frank McGee, J. D. Mooney, C. E. Black, and 30 steerage. While the Mariposa, southbound was in port, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Sawyer, Jr., and two children made a call at the office and gave out the true facts In the Seward recent flood, which Mr. Sawyer says the loss of $100,000 is no exaggeration. Mr. Sawyer, for a year or more prior to the flood on the tenth instant, was editor of the Seward Gateway, and had acquired considerable proper ty including two houses and lots; all of which was washed away, houses and lots. He explained that the townsite of Seward is merely the result of a slide of crushed slates from the moun tain back of the town and when the rush of water came down , washed buildings and lots out into the bay. Mr. Sawyer and family are going t« spend the winter in Seattle. Mr. Flye and wife were among tha passengers. Mr. Flye, Is the general manager of the Admiral Line and stopt over for a few days. “Dad” Tolman, former United States commissioner and now licensed guide for the Kenai peninsula, is going south for a trip. Mr. Hanley, manger of the Port Nel lie Juan Packing company, and Mrs. Hanley were also among the passen gers. Otto Kanitz, wife and four children are quitting Alaska and will locate In the state or Washington. Kanitz, It will be remembered was the man who was tried in Valdez charged with hav ing set fire to the town last winter. He was acquitted. Volney Richmond, head of the N. C. Company of Fairbanks, was a thru passengers for the outside, on a vaca tion and business trip. According to Mr. Sawyer, there were two hundred and eighty passengers on board going south. These Include sev eral cannery crews from the westward. The Mariposa, according to the pas sengers escaped the storm that the Alameda encountered and had a pleas ant trip from Anchorage.