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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03


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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
PLEASE BE PATIENT

There are about 1,500 chapters of the American Red Cross and as part Of these chapters there are thousands Of branches and auxiliaries all work .1g a top speed. Even with such wig crous and unselflsh effort, it some .imes takes many weeks for subscrip- ions 10 reach the offices of the mag azine. Tn the last four months sever ai thousand names have been received put on printing stencils and entered on the records. In one mornings mail we received 23.782 subscriptions and the August issue vas exhausted be- Tore ft camc ~1 the press.
 If you ha' ny complains Of maga- lines not ! received, first make sure that the branch and chapter off, cars have forwarded your subgcript- ions 10 Washington. In the great ma torlty O. cases, failure to forward the names has been the chief cause of the delays. If. however. you find that she subscribers names were sent promptly to Washington, then write your complaint te:
 Circulation Manager, The Red Cross
 Magazine, Garden City, L. l., N. Y. where the magazine is printed and the names Of ali subscribers are now kept. Thousands of tangled lists are being 8traigh:ened out every day and in d few weeks we hope everybody entitl- cd 10 inc magazine will receive fl promptly September Red Cross Mag azine
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
GERMANY LOADED WITH TYPEWRITER ORDERS
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
FREIGHTER COMING
 WITH EMPTY CANS

SEATTLE Sep;- 3,-The freighter Ner-Al@n6 of the Pacific Steamship company sailed las; evening with a cargo of sixteen thousand cases of empty t5n cans and other eannery sup pies fer 12-lous c2uIs-.as ia south eastern Alaska
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
Mayor Thompson in Direct Defiance of Governor Law don's Order Gives the Assembly All of The
 Necessary Protection.

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NO MORE GRAIN
 FOR HOLLAND

WASHINGTON. Sept. S.-PreSident Wilson today refused licenses 10 near ly one hundred Dutch ships seeking grain cargoeS- These ships are said 10 be in every American port for 5he sane purpose.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
Smos.. g Habit
 Is Gro,Ding Among Women

sy-six million gallons, Cigars, the re. cord shows the consumption of nearly nsne millions, Cigarettes. which is equal ;o forty per cent Of the tobacco used. and tobacco. the country con, SumaG tweuty-eight and half million pounds. The report adds that women in this country are acquiring the cig, arette habi; at } tremendous rate.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
POPEBENEDICI HASANOTHERR
 PROPOSAL.
Indications Point That Two Sets of Terms Will Be
 Presented
tASSaciai.N- P~sSsN

WASHINGTON. Sept, S.-Tha, Pope Benedict has new proposals with both maximum and minimum peace ssrms. is reported. according 10 an official today II is said in official circles that .wo sets Of terms will be presented 10 the wayring nations for their consideration.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
tAssse&s;s,s rns$s,

WASHINGTON. Sept S-Aceording 10 tne department of commerce, pre- vians American records of the con. sumption oE whiSksy. cigars. cigar e.,ss and toeacco. was broken last year This is SuhS;Antiatei by ihs internal revenue tax. In distilled spirits, the country consumed twen-
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
YOUNGEST RED cRoesER

F Miss Littlepeach or 'LittIe-bit- 1 F of-Heayen" Furniyall, as her {
 F father calls her, w3o arrived in ! F Victoria, just five Gays ago. is 4 r the latest contributing member F Of the Ketchikan Red Cross Chap 1
 F ter. also the youngest. Senator i
 ? and Mrs. ]. F. Hickman are noT
 F bosh life members. 1
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
FALL SCHOOL TERM OPENS
 TOMORROW MORNING

< The saIi term os the Ketchikan F Public School will open tomorrow 1 + morning at nine o'clock as usual
 r and once more the old school
 < bell will ring out after being zil- + ent Ter three months. Several
 + new teachess hare been added 10 + the s.aa and several new changes 1 < 5age besn made in the gcnool # s,BiJdfngg, eTerYthiag possible be- 1 !, ing done for Ese comfort of both I
 < zcg.olaT9 and teachers. I
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
DIDTINER T. LASkA
 DIES IN GREECE

SEATTLE, Sept. $.-George Jyrag, f5r many years resident of Juneau and other places in Alaska. died in Greece according to cable advices 10 his daugh Ter Clara. 3 nurse here.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
ALAMEDA COMING

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TEACHER FOR I4YDkEURC
 ARRIVE ON CITY OF SEATTLE

Nr- and Mrs ! Percy Wells, who arrived ol the City 0f Seattle yesrer- day left lais morning with Mr. Hawks Torta. superintendent ot The native scaools fD soathesstern Alaska. for EIy1sburg. where they wlll teach dur ing tae coming term.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
BERNSToRFF DECORATED

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
PACIFISTS AFFECT COMBINE
 UNDER POLICE PROTECTION
 AGAINST COVERNOR'S ORDER
STRIKE SET FOR SEVENTH

PORTLAND. One. Sept E-At | meeting 9. sAe wo-S-sn q avery snip v2-3 aeou, the city. it MSS voted n strike Friday morning. The -sa
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03

W. J. Rogers, Manager Of the Mt. Andrew Mine, returned on the Admir- al Evans last evening from Valdez, where he went on business. He Is d guest at the stedman.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03

WASHINGTON. Sep,- S.-The sen a-e -15s morning ms- n session 10 continue zetaee or he var tax bill. despite -as holiday.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03

Jrs Bra1den-1aIer, E,e-ter knoTn nzaer her sogl1sr name. Bessie Hsne- nan arrived from sez-tle yesterday 1e, .ota G@r h1a5auf- w1o is erlploye0 a lafniag engsaes- at ths Harper syn. s.eate Dre2er1T oa Molra soaod- s1e
 lesrs shortly fsr the North Arm. ri ags saeT exgeec 70 spend tse 1fntar.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
FIRST ACCIDENT
 0N WHITE PASS ROAD
 PROVES FATAL ONE
Both Engineer and Fireman,
 Father and Son Killed

SKAGWAT. Aug. 2S.-A rock slide Of trsmendoas violence struck Train Nc. I this morning while i5 was en- route rom Skagway to Whi-ehorse, zzi between snowshed 15a and the big stssI bridge. tearing engine No. $ and three box cars completely of the track sending them haI mile down 2 steep embankment 10 the valley below. and killing Engineer W. C. Mckenzie and his son. Fireman Bert Mckenzie. The body Of The engineer has been recover ed. None ot the passengers or other =mp!oyees were injured
 Happened at 1f:3o A. N.
 The accident happened about 11:30 o'clock this morning. while the train was pushing ID the steep grade in mile I5- The train was composed ot both freight and passenger cars. the freight rain being ahead and the coaches coming las-. Two box cars inmedia- -ely preceding che engine were torn from the track and -ae box car con- ing behind the engine and carrying -he mail was swept down into the val rc-
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-03
LARGE PARADE IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE Sept 3,-At leas. twen- -E.-Aous21i marched n the Labor Bay parade here today Everything vzs orderly
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4e2t l. Dsfzesi1Fe srr5Ted in to7aa saF- eTs1l5g a- tle csnre-y render trpsa aasa22 and will ae here several aays- He ia registered at the s.st- naa.
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Happened at 1t:3o A. NJ.
15 Passengers On Train

AbouC E passsngsrs were on the t-ain ac rhe time Of the accident and they have been taken back 10 the sta ion a- Glacier and will be transferred 10 train No. ,. and proceed on to Waitehorse.
 Dr. Gable, Superintendent '. l. Hahn and many laborers were rushed on 2 special engine 10 the scene Of -hs accident this morning and are ready Io giTe any assistance they can. The engine is So far down in the YaI- ley that it is impossible to be recorer ,S
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Firs. Fatal Accident.

This $ the first fatal accident that has occurred or the White Pass since is construction and the accident to- day was no fault Of the company.
 The large freight train which was coupled 10 the passenger train and preceded t passed safely oyer the To- cation. and it was just merely chance that the slide struck the engine and freight cars and not the passenger coaches.
 In Steep Part Of Route
 The accident took p.ace in one Of the s.eeDest parts or the White Pass Ro1se. and should the coaches have been struck there would have been no chance but for them to have met the fate of The engine.
 3frs. Mckenzie, who is now left en- tirely alone, having lost both husband and son. has the heart felt synpathies of the entire community Her bus band and son were well known turnout -he entire Eorthland, and were IoyeG by all who knew thern.-:stagway A. aekan.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-09-13

The next moment, with d culminat-
ing scream like the Shrek Of all the
lost souls Of creation heard above the
furious decorating roar of the thunder,
the wind added its quota to the DEM
onstration of natural force, and now
the rain fairly dropped upon them In
apparently solid sheets. OF course
clouds do not burst. Such thing Is
scientifically and meteorologically I'M
possible, but anyone who has ever ex-
perienced the suddenness and fury and
weight Of western deluge in a nor
mally dry land will understand the
term. The wind swept over the pla-
teau, where it had free course like
hurricane; the rain came down In
masses apparently. Until their eyes
became accustomed to 1t, the falling
water blotted out the landscape.
The woman was hurled against the
side of the house by the sudden and
violent assault of the hurricane. The
two men half dragged, half carried her
around to the lee side of the cabin.
The roof of the hut had given way
here and there, and within it was soon
flooded. Where they stood, however,
by chance happened to be the solidest
part Of the overhang of the roof, and
they were in some degree protected,
that is, from the direct violence Of the
downpour. They we're, Of course.
drenched in a few minutes in spite Of
their raincoats. With one man on ei-
ther side of her to give her as much
protection as possible, the woman
leaned against the stone wall and
stared through the rain down the val
ley, seeking to see the dam, perhaps
a mile and half away. OF course the
maximum of the downpour could not
last any more than the maximum of the
gale, but the deluge was succeeded by
a heavy, driving rain still swept on by
a strong wind.
Below the mesa the lake was
whipped into foam by the beat Of the
rain and rolled into waves by the as
sault of the wind. All three of them
knew what this deluge portended. The
downpour would raise the level Of the
lake so that it would overflow the
dam, which would be swept away, the
valley would be inundated by a flood,
like q tidal wave, the incompleted via
duct would be ruined, the town would
be overwhelmed, the loss of life and
property would be appalling.
1.-THE spillway ought to take It,"
shouted Winters, knowing what was
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-09-13

Staring Down at the Dam Helen u.
lingworth Took the Glass From Rod.
ney.
in the minds of the other two by what
was in his own.
cts not finished" roared Rodney.
Winters threw up his hands.
''Will the dam hold it?" cried tho
woman, understanding.
"Unti; the water rises above 1t. Just
as soon as it begins to wash over, it
will go, and the quicker for these
waves" answered Rodney at the top
Of his voice.
"And the bridge and the town."
screamed the woman.
''They, too"
"And fatherY"
"Hell be all right; they've had warm
ing. The engineers on the dam must
know the danger now. They're work.
ing like mad"
He had brought small six-power
fieldglass with him and he was strain
ing his eyes through it. The violence
Of rain and wind had sensibly abated,
although it was still coming down in
torrents. With his knowledge Of what
would probably be attempted, Rodney
was able to see through his glass some
thing Of what was being done, even at
that distance.
"They're building palisades on top
Of the dam, and backing 1t with an
earth mound. See, they are dropping
sandbags over" he stated, handing the
glass to the other man.
"By heaven" shouted Winters
they're making a magnificent fight"
In his excitement he left the shelte.
of the hut and stalked through tho
7iaIi4 ttee7+%aa E the edge ef the mesa
where he could have better and near
er view. In spite Of Rodney's remon-
strances, even though backed by his
outstretched arm, the woman followed.
Presently all three, Indifferent to the
beat Of the rain and the assault Of the
wind, stood watching the battle on the
dam. It was abating still more, fortu-
nately, or else they could scarcely have
sustained the attack Of that wind and
rain, nor could they have seen at all,
even with that glass.
Staring down at the dam after mo-
ment, Helen Illingworth took the glass
from Rodney. She focused it rapidly
and looked steadily through it. She
knew what she was seeking as she
stood steadying herself with splendid
nerve and resolution and swept the
length Of the dam back and forth
CID BE CckIofpHRA ~
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CHAPTER XIX.
The Battle From Above.

The Battle From ABOVE.
The rain had stopped by morning.
to the great relief of Colonel Hing
worth, Severance and Curtiss, and the
satisfaction of Helen. There was little
sun to dry the big, red sandstone mesa,
it's sides scanned into fantastic shapes,
which rose grandly between the val
ley of the Picket Wire and the ravine
of. the Kicking Horse, and which the
young woman intended to cross in her
walk toward the dam with Rodney and
Winters. The siding near the steel
arch bridge was close to the rock wall
Of the ravine, which here had been so
secured out of the rocky side Of the
mesa by torrents Of other days that
it could fairly be called a gorge. Con-
sequently the bank Of clouds above the
horizon to the northwest was hid be-
hind the big butte from the occupants
Of the two private cars. Although the
day did not promise to be fair, they
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-09-13
CHAPTER XVIII.
Brute Force or Finesse.


"What do you want me to say, Mr..
Rodney?" asked Shurtliff, coming
through the door, having caught Rod
ney's use of his name.
"Oh, Shurtliff-" began Rodney,
somewhat embarrassed at having been
overheard.
"What do you want me to speak
about?' continued the old man sus-
piciously, not giving the younger man
time to finish. "And what friend can
you then approach, sir?"
"I'll tell you what I want" said
Rodney.
He quickly came to decision.
Standing up and facing the old man,
he staked everything on one bold
ulingworth held her breath. Winters
moved to take his own part in the
game at tho proper time.
"What is It, sir?" asked the score
tary.
"shut the door and come in," was
the answer.
Rodney spoke sharply, and it was
q sort Of indication, characteristic of
the difference in station between an
Independent young man and subser-
Went old man.
"Here am, SIR" answered Shurtlff,
closing the door and standing before it.
He shot quick glance at the young
woman. He observed her tense posi-
ton. He saw the emotions that filled
her soul in her face and bearing. All
his old suspicious rose like flood. For
q moment he no longer cared for her.
He almost hated her. He looked from
her to the dark-faced, determined Rod
ney, to big, powerful, quiet Winters.
Was this trap? Were they going to
try to force him to speak? he was
brave man, old Shurtliff, but his heart
beat little faster as he faced them.
He was quite master of himself,
though, cool, watchful, determined;
IL their eyes rather admirable than
otherwise.
''The time has come for you to tell
US the TRUTH" began Rodney emphat-
ically. "You know that the whole
blame and responsibility for the fail
ure of the International bridge is
loaded on the wrong man. You know
that you permitted, and even made
possible, the sacrifice of the reputation
Of the son for the sake of the fame
of the father. You know that this
girl here is breaking her heart, that
Meade's life is ruined, and you're to
blame. Now the time has come for
you to speak. We know as we'll as
you that young Meade is innocent.
Here's our evidence"
he drew handful Of papers from
his inside breast pocket and shook
them in the face Of the cid man, who
had sh Junk back against the side of
&hs CIR and stood staring. Whitehead
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I'm going to ask you gentlemen to ex-
cuse me-"
"We'n see If he is working on the
dam tomorrow"
"You will stay all night, Mr.. VIA
ters?"
"Your father invited me to take a
bunk in his car, and, to be perfectly
frank with you, I'd sleep out in the
open rain rather than miss q chance
of being In on the end Of game like
this"
The girl bowed and left them.
"Dick," said Rodney slowly at last,
as the two sat smoking together in the
silence Of complete understanding and
good comradeship, which requires no
expression in talk, you're not the only
man who thinks that girl would be a
good wife to a man."
"Ah," said Winters, "sits the wind
in that quarter Rod?'
eyes," answered the other, ''but I'm
fighting this thing through for Meade"
"Well, by George" said the big
ranchman, ''you're as good man as
Meade any day, fine fellow as he is.
I wish I had some chance to get in
this game and make myself worthy Of
the two of you, let alone the lady,"
It was rare confidence that Rodney
had vouchsafed to his friend, and like
every other Anglo-Saxon, having said
his say, he did not wish to discuss It
further.
"Do you know" he began, changing
the subject abruptly, II think things
have turned out pretty well In spite
of our foolishness q while ago. l BE-
lieve If there's a spark of human graft
tude in Shurtliff's heart, the girls in
terposition when You and were threat
ening him, and her refusal to allow
him to be questioned later, will fan 1t
into fame. And have an idea that
when he thinks it over he'll be about
ready to tell"
Are you sure he has anything to
tell?"
Certain"
"Well, guess you're right. 1t sort
of consoles me for having drawn my
gun, without using it, too. And II ne
tells in the morning and we find Meade,
everything will be lovely"
For everybody but me-" said Rod
ney.
"Tn tell you what, old man, when
this things over, you're coming out to
spend the rest Of the winter with me
on the ranch. It's the greatest place
on earth for q man to buck up. There's
no woman within fifty miles"
Rodney laughed a little grim1y.
It'll 60 you," he said.
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CHAPTER XVIl-Continued.

HE wouldn't be a common work.
man, would hep asked the girl, more
disappointed than she could express.
Certainly not. He'd be keeping
track Of material, or running transit,
or acting as a gang foreman. Most OF
the workmen are foreigners, although
the bridge erectors are Americans"
you're sure that he's not here?"
"Absolutely."
There's the DAM" said Winters.
''We'l try that in the morning."
"What good is it going to do us,
Dick?" asked Rodney little irritably.
''Even if we do find him, we can't
make him speak"
II don't know" answered the woman
slowly. But If could just see him
once again, Mr.. Rodney"-she spoke
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had no idea of the further threat Of
storm presaged by the black masses to
the northwest.
In sandy, porous soils, such as here
prevailed, the rain is absorbed quickly.
They could traverse the trails carpet
ed with the needles Of centuries that
ran through the dripping pines, with
out getting muddy, and with nothing
more to fear than wetting. Colonel
Illingworth, Severance and Curtiss an
nounced their intention of going back
to the town to continue their consulta-
tons and observations concerning the