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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
PRINCESS SOPHIA IN PORT

The Princess Sophia arrived this morning from the north about o'clock and will sail from the Heckman Dock at 2 o'clock this evening. Among the passengers booking their reservations today for the south are Harry Race, J. D. McArthur, Wm. Parnell. F.. l.. Harman, and B. Berthelson.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
HENRY FORD TO BUILD
 S12,OOO,OOO SHELTER.

DETROIT, Jan. 2O-The three cir cult judges presiding at the injunction suit brought against Henry Ford by the Dodge Brothers accepted bond of s1O,OO0, 900 to secure the Dodges from any possible losses, and Henry Ford, president of the Ford Motor com pany was allowed today to proceed with the construction of $12,00O,O0O shelter on the Detroit river near this city.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
BILL" LEAVES
 ONLY SMALL ESTATE.

DENVER, Jan. 20.-Judge W. L. Wall, for years Colonel Cody's attor- ney estimated that Buffalo Bills" es- tate would not exceed $65,OOO, instead of over $1,000,O00 as had been thought.
 It consists of three ranches, near Cody, Wyoming, and an equity in the Irma Hotel, ip Cody, named after his daughter.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

EUREKA, Cal, Jan. 20.-At the en- trance of the harbor today the body of II. R. Parker, a member of the crew of the United States crusier, Mill waukee, who was lost last Wednesday when he and II shipmates were over turned in small boat in an attempt to put a line aboard the stranded sub marine H-3, was found floating. He will be buried with due honors.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
GERMANS SEIZE
 METALS IN ALL
 BELGIAN HOMES

LONDON, Jan 20.-The governor general of Belgium has issued a decree ordering the seizure of all household goods made of brass, copper; tin, nic- kel, or bronze, including kitchen unten- sils, door plates and door knockers, says Reuter- dispatch from Amster- dam. The communes have been order ed to assist in the collection.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
OVER FROM METLAKATLA.

Miss Gertrude Wybrandt, of the Gov ernment School staff, arrived on the Tacoma this morning from Metlakatla for the day and will leave at five thirty o'clock this afternoon on the Good Tidings with Rev Edward Mars den. While in the city Miss Wybrandt was the guest of the Misses Buor, Der rick and Mitchell
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
SYRIANS ARE
 ] Y|NG FAST.
Five Hundred, Ten Thous- and Have Already Died
 of Starvation

ROME, Jan. 20.-Five hundred and ten thousand Syrians are said to have jed Of starvation the last three months is the information received here by the Corrier DItalie from it's cores pondent who is now in the starved country.
 The neutral governments should be appealed to to help the women and chil dren, suggests the correspondent.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
SHIP BUILDING YARD LAUNCHES B|G
 WOODEN SHIP
The !. irst of Twelve Ships io Be Constructed For The Same Shipping
 Company.

SEATTLE. Jan. 20.-From the ship building yards of the Puget Sound Bridge X Dredge company. the Wash ington Shipping company. headed by Samuel II. Hedges, had their first big wooden vessel launched today. The ship is 52O feet long. It is the longest wooden ship ever built in Seattle.
 This is the first of twelve of the same class which are 10 oe construct ed by the same concern
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
LEAVING FOR NEW YORK.

Wm. Parnell, who has been doing carpenter work in the city for several years, and is well-known in this vic inity, expects to leave this evening for a trip to New York City. He will travel via the Princess Sophia to Van couver
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
BRYAN SPEAKS T0
 LARGE AUDIENCE
Declares Himself Opposed To Compulsory Military
 Training

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. POW. J. Bryan who is here was requested to address the state legislature. On hear ing of his acceptance, a large number of people gathered in the legislative hall. In his address Bryan in part said in speakig of compulsory military training: You can not have compul- sorry military training unless you cul- tivate military spirit, and military spirit is a menace to our country-to any country he concluded. He was loudly applauded.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
TRAVELLERS ARE SAFE
 IN TOURING CANADA
No conscription and No Liklihood of
 it, is Word of Government.

MONTREAL, Jan. 20.-Travelers go ing into Canada need fear no longer of being forced into the army according to information based on the authority of immigration department of Canada.
 There is no conscription in Canada, and no liklihood of there ever being.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

PORTLAND. Jan. 2O.-JoJo, the big monkey in the Washington Park Zoo, saved the buildings from possible des- truction today when a fire broke out in the monkey house. He made such a racket that he attracted the atten- tion of the keepers who extinguished the fire.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
AL-KI WILL ARRIVE
 SOUTH TOMORROW NIGHT

A wire was received today from Ju- neau by the Northland Dock stating morning for the south, bringing her into Ketchikan tomorrow evening. An earlier report stated that she would not arrive till Tuesday, but it appears that she unloaded her cargo in much quicker time than had been anticipa- cd
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
JAPAN KNOWS NOTHING
 OF ARMS FOR MEXICO.
Knowledge of Shipments Reported in
 America Denied by Foreign Office.

TOKYO, Jan. 2O.-The report that the steamer Kotohira Maru was SUD- posed to have cleared from Yokohama on Jan ?, for Salina Cruz, Mexico with a cargo of 2,5OO rifles purchased by three representatives of General Car ranza has been denied by the Mexican legation at Tokyo.
 The foreign office announces that it has no knowledge of any consignment of rifles being shipped to Mexico by the Kotohira Maru as reported in a dispatch from Tokyo recently.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
GENERAL MANAGER OF PACIFIC STEAMSHIP
 GOING SOUTH TODAY

B. F. Watson, General Manager of the Pacific Steamship Company for Alaska with headquarters in Juneau, was a southbound passenger on the Princess Sophia today for Seattle, where he Is going on business.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
B. BERTHELSON TO
 GO SOUTH TONIGHT.

MT. B. Berthelson, of the jewelry firm of Berthelson & Pruell, will leave on the Princess Sophia this evening for a trip south where he expects to be for some time. It is said that both he and MT. Harry Race are going south on a similar errand, that is to "sign contracts with their respective partners for life"
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
SOCIALISTS PLAN FOR WORLD PEACE
 MEETING JUNE 5,

LONDON, Jan. 2O.-The Scandina- vian socialists organization has re- ceived a telegram from American so- cialists it's assistance in calling an in ternational peace conference at The Hague for June 3, according to dis patch received from Copenhagen by the Exchange Telegraph company of this city.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

CHICAGO, Jan. 2O.-Gross sales of S575,000.0O0 and net profits of s20,465,- GOO were shown in the report of Swift X Co. packers. for the year ending, Sept. 30. 1916.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
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.:. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The < z. Swiss foreign minister here has ':' :. been notified by his home govern ':' .:. ment to in turn notify all Swiss < <. consuls in the United States to ':'
 :. order all Swiss reservists on leave '' :: to return home immediately. ':'
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
MARIPOSA SAILS AT
 NINE THIS MORNING.

SEATTLE, Jan. 2O.-The steamer Mariposa sailed for the north this nor ming with w. E. Epperson and wife, J. II. Nichols, Mrs. R. V. Andermark, J. A. Moberly, Miss c Marsh, w. H. Yer wer and Miss J. Marsh for Ketchikan.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

Chiles first steel mill has been op- ened to manufacture the metal from scrap iron heretofore exported to Europe.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
BURNED TO DEATH.

PORTLAND, Jan. 2O.-Three per- sons were burned to death this morn ing in a fire which destroyed a room ing house here.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
PROMINENT LUMBERMAN
 FROM JUNEAU GOES THRU

H. s. Worthen of, the Worthen Mills of Juneau was a passenger on the Prin- cess Sophia today going south on short business trip.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

LONDON. Jan. 2O-The government has taken complete control of the maize trade beginning today on lines similar to it's control of wheat
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20.- Bremerton navy yard near Seattle, probably will be designated to con s,ruet the S3.0O0.00O ammunition ship for which private builders have made no offer.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

BUDAPEST, Jan. 20.-Count Tisza today introduced in parliament bill providing for a fitting monument to the late Emperor Francis Joseph in the public square at Budapest.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

Peat forms about half of the basis of a waterproof brown paper of Eng fish invention.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

E. L. Harmon is among the passen- gers leaving Ketchikan on the Sophia this evening for the south.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

J. D. McArthur has booked passage on the Princess Sophia sailing tonight for Seattle.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

Every time some people accept fa- vor they look for the price mark.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

In recently patented doublejointed pen either fine or stub point can be projected for use.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20

Oh, Liberty, what lot of divorces are applied for in thy name.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-20
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
 SOUTHBOUND.

Al-ki Sunday P. M. Jefferson Sunday.
 NORTHBOUND. Mariposa Monday City of Seattle, Tuesday. Prince John Wednesday Five different ovens meet about all the possible requirements of new gas range.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-24
GREAT BARRIER
ACROSS CHANNEL
TWENTY MILES OF LINKED
BOMBS AND MINES HELD IN
PLACE BY BUOYS.
TERROR TO TEUTONS
Often In Night Explosions Are Heard
and English Naval Men Know Somc
Of Enemy Has Gone TO Death In Ef
fort 20 Get Through.

A British Port on the Southeast
Coast. June 30 By Maill-Across the
eastern mouth OF the English channel,
there still stretches the great barrier
which Is one OF the principal defenses
OF the allies vital channel traffic
against the visits OF the German sub.
marines.
The "barrage" they call the barrier
in naval phrase. II consists, In gem
eral terms, OF series Of "obstructlons"
stretched from huge buoys. shore 10
shore, twenty odd miles. Any craft
which strikes one OF these distractions,
straightway explodes a group OF mines
which spell flnis TO the intruder.
A whole fleet OF naval shipping Is
constantly engaged in maintaining and
patroling the great barrier, It's exist.
ence is no secret TO the Germans for
they are constantly sending over air
planes to chart the buoys and mark
any changes that may have been made
since their last visit.
And changes are constantly being
made. Here and there along the line
are secret openings through which the
naval pilots may guide the legitimate
craft on their way but these openings
are frequently altered. and not even the
airplanic eye OF the Germans can tell
which buoy marks safe passage and
which marks destruction.
II a mine layer or submarine wishes
TO enter the channel. they must take
their chances. They must cross sub.
merged for the patrol boats are on con.
stant duty. and II they escape the traps
while submerged II can only be said that
another miracle has happened.
Such miracles seldom happen. Some.
times twice a week. sometimes oftener
explosions are heard at night from the
great barrier indicating that "soine.
thing" has touched off group OF mines,
Immediately the patrols hurry Off In
the direction OF the explosion. What
they find there ls n well kept secret.
Last week the Germans tried a new
plan to break the barrier. They sent
over three sea planes with orders TO
descend low over the barrier az any risk
and shoot their machine guns into the
buoys thus sinking them and the bar
rler with them. but the patrol boats
were on hand, and two OF the three sea
planes never returned to their German
home.
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WOMAN REVOLUTIONIST
OF RUSSIA Is JOYFUL
Sees Fruition of Her Hopes Of Many
Years

Boston, July 24.-Optimistic views Of
the Russian situation are expressed in
two letters just received here from Mrs.
Catherine Breshkovsky. the aged re.
volutionist Writing to Miss Helena 2.
Dudley, she says: 1t goes better and
better The peasants are strong and
we'll disposed. Always 10 do their best.
The army. too, for IL is composed of
peasants boys. There are some people
who have imbibed foreign ideas from
Germany. but they are few. and all
the tempest they have awakened in
the capital will disappear. Such a great
revolution as we have here cannot be
carried through without some troubles,
I'VE women have all the rights we
want, quite such as the men. The pro
gram Is broad enough TO make the peo'
pie happy for centuries. Yet we must
work as never before and the work
would not be so hard II there were more
persons Of experience"
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From Catapults Into Huge Torpedo How the
Roman Galley Rowed By Men Has Beer
Evolved Into the Giant Dreadnaueht
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to the bottom OF the mast and lashed
to 1t in a vertical position until the
enemy vessel was reached, when the
end of the gangway was allowed to
fall on the enemy's deck to provide a
passage for the attacking force, whilst
the spike or beak projecting from the
underside OF the board al It's outer end
embedded Itself in the enemy's deck
Beginning OF British Navy.
The first British attempt to provide
a navy was made by Alfred the Great.
toward the end Of the ninth Sentury.
About this time England was bothered
by the incursions OF the Danes. Dur
ing the reign OF King John a number
OF English warships destroyed the
French feet at the battle OF Damme.
in 1918. Four years later an English
fleet again defeated the French. the
victory being due TO ths fact that the
English fleet threw quick lime at the
enemy's sailors and blinded them.
Tho Introduction OF steam power in
1882 caused n great change in naval
design and paddle steamers were built
but these were only moderately sue
cessful In 1S43 the FIRST screw pro.
peller was built. but 1t was five years
later that the screw was applied 70
the line OF battleship. Although sat
lsfactory iron ships were built in 1892
iron was not adopted by the Naval
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tected with armor "a inches thick
whilst the bow and the stern were
left unprotected. This unsatisfactory
method was discontinued about 1889,
when hardened steel stating so re-
duced armor weight that 1t became
possible for vessel to carry adequate
protection.
Whilst arrows and spears were
thrown by the fighting nden on war
vessels as early as 1e0. B. c., the be-
ginning OF naval artillery came much
later. The advent of the cannon early
in the fourteenth century may be
looked upon as the start OF this branch
OF warfare although the catapult for
throwing stones was used long before
this period. The Venetian Navy used
cannon at sea in 1880. The barrels of
these cannon were made Of hooped
iron. Early in the fifteenth century
it became necessary to arm merchant
vessels. and the o,d type Of cannon
known as Bombards we're used.
During this century a French in
ventor hit upon the idea Of mounting
guns on other decks az port holes. At
first the port holes were circular and
only a little larger than the guns.
These were found unsatisfactory. as
the gun had to remain in a fixed posi-
tion so the circular port holes were
superseded by oblong ones.
During the reign OF Henry VIII
naval artillery in England had
reached such a perfection that the
Venetian Ambassador informed hi!
| government that the Fngllsh Klnf
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was to imbed itself IN the bottom OF
the enemy's vessel a mine was at
tached TO the spike and as the sub
marine Grew off the mine was pulled
up to the spike and exploded The
French submarine lie Plongeur was
built in 1863. and was driven by com
pressed air. The Holland craft to be
operated by one man was built in
1875. a few years later scientists
improved on these crafts and the evo-
lltion has resulted in terror Of The
sea- which has finally drawn the
United States into the great war of
cations Of today.
The torpedo is the grandchild OF
tic stone projectile hurled from a
catapult from the decks OF vessels in
ancient times The first mention OF
It as a weapon in history. occurs in
1855, when an Italian engineer partly
destroyed a bridge across the Scheldt.
at Antwerp, by means OF small ves-
sells, each carrying considerable
quantity Of gun powder which was
exploded by clockwork Nothing
more was heard OF the torpedo until
1880. when O French scientist made
some experiments with rockets under
water with which he destroyed sew
eral boats During the Civil War in
| America the torpedo cam9 10 the
front as a serious weapon and from
! that time up to the present these un-
der water projecti.es have been made
more deadly each year and more ac-
curate in their aim.
with the use OF he torpedo came
the need OF a small vessel to carry II
and the torpedo boat came upon the
scene. So small are these boats when
compared with battleships that the
fight between the two is a veritable
David and Goliath battle The nrst
torpedo boat vas built in 1871 and
attained the speed OF 16E knots per
hour The torpedo used by this csaf'
was towed BY the vessel. the tow line
being tied to the funnel In 1878 me
Austrian and French armed their tor
pedo boats with spar torpedos bu'
these were only moderately sucr~,>s:o.
The next war craft on the wafer -,
the torpedo boat destroyer ~.
were designed to catch and d~s''"
the enemy's torpedos. but they .-'-
|, never been particularly succs~-rv-
gun fire from q battle ship S"'ns
) garded as about the only way = -
5 tie a torpedo boat either snsw-i'r
! or surface boat.
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ships provided with huge caldrons
carried at the ends Of hinged masts
or derricks by means OF which the
fire caldrons' position could be adjust
ed so as to bring It into contact with
the most inflammable part of the YES
sci attacked. Great fire balls SOM
posed OF chemical substances, which
when set on fire could not be quenched
by water were thrown on the decks
OF the enemy's vessels On shore the
forts were equipped with catapults for
shooting liquid fire on the decks OF
the enemy's vessels which approached
the shore. These streams of fire pro-
duced a gas which made men insensl-
BILE and frequently killed them. so aft
er all poisonous gas is centuries old.
submarines, Torpedoes And Mines.
As far back as 1873 inventors
thought OF submarines and a curious
under water boat was built by Demus
Papin. in 1890 It was not a success
and although many attempts were
made It was not until David Bushnelrs
Turtle, in 1875. tried 10 blockade the
British feet on the American coast.
that this type Of vessel was fairly
successful. This machine seems to
have been the ancestor OF the mine
as we'll as Of the submarine for it was
arranged so that a mine could he
exploded under the enemys' ship. An
other early submarine was the one
] Nt. l.
It was propelled by hand and wa.
htted With diving plsnes az. Z wa,
filled With detachah,e spike. vhlcf
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had cannon enough TO conquer hell"
In the days Of Lord Nelson the
largest gun in common use at sea was
the long 32 FOUNDER carried by the
Victory on her lower deck at Ira
falgar. This gun consisted OF sim
pie cast iron tube mounted on trun-
Mons fixed to a wooden carriage. The
gun muzsle was lowered by hand
spikes inserted below the breech and
retained by wedges driven under the
breech and at any desired elevation.
When the gun was 10 be trained on
particular object the carriage was
moved bodily, the recoil being kept
within bounds by a cable passing
through an eye at the breech OF the
gun the ends OF which were fastened
to the sides OF the vessel. The gur
was loaded from the muzLle and fre,
through A touch-hole near the br.-cn.
Liquid Fire.
More than 100. b. c.. the Rhodiaps
attempted to fire hostile vessels by
means OF caldrons OF burning material
carried at the end OF spars from the
bows OF their ships. and even as late
as 1909, Lord Cochrane used Are ships
in his attack on the French in the
Basque Roads. In this instance the
hold OF three little vessels, known as
fire ships were filled with powder
casks and sand covered with heavy
timber, which was again covered with
I n a
. In 1872 hreships played an import.
ant part in the Dutch War, when tn,
] English and French ships had fire
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Naval Guns And Armor.

From 1875 to 1889 the power of
guns increased more rapidly than the
resistance OF armor. and as the result
vessels were built in which the central
turret containing the guns was pro-
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A joyful Event.

There's one thing III say for the
kaiser: His funeral would break the
worlds record for attendance"
THAT so?"
ITS a cinch. Think Of the millions
OF people in the world who would like
10 20 10 II right now"
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Idabel Democrat.Record: Someone
Said Sometime-Somehow. l always
feel as If I'm living in a story book
don't know what the next page says
and ! can hardly wait TO look.
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YT lHILSr 1t is natural to suppose
that man engaged in warfare
AAN against his fellow man on
WV land long before he fought
battles on the sea, yet almost as far
back as history has any authentic
records 1t is known that there were
naval conflicts with small crafts and
simple implements OF war
Rowcd BY Men.
Amongst the earliest fighting yes
sells OF which we have. any record are
the Egyptian galleys OF Rameses III.
1900. b. c. These vessels were pro-
PEELED by oars operated by rowers with
sails as an auxiliary power and steered
by means OF oars or paddles situated
aft on each side.
In later years galleys having from
two to Ave rows or banks OF oars
were made. The fghting men were
stationed on a platform above the
head OF the rowers. a forecastle bong
erected at the bows and n poop al
the stern, above the level OF this plat
form. to accommodate the catapults
and other Ordnance" The archers
were also stationed on these. whilst
the singers or stone casters occupied
the top.
Tho Roman galleys carried a "cor-
vus." an ingenious landing" device
IN mo shane OF long GanEway hinged
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Handing Him One.

Judge: Pedestrian-Hey, you! DO YOU
know you dropped a brick that almost
hit me on the head?
Workman-All right. Yees kin have
'em. Owe got lots more av'em.