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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-13
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The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
AMERICAN TROOPS
 60 THROUGH LONDON

LONDON. May Hive trains Of American .roops arrived this morning in the city. They are from the Yelling. Ior Barracks, and marched through the streets amidst the greatest excite. TsnC seen in the city.
 The King sent a message Of vel come 10 each officer and man of the American forces passing through Eng. and, assuring them that their coming gives the Allies new heart and spiri: The message was received with grea; enthusiasm.
 King George, American Ambassador Page, Premier Lloyd George. Bonar Law, Chamberlain and Milner, review. cd the American soldiers parade The Premier stood with his hands in his pockets looking down intently until the last American was out Of sight When the American flag was carried by. Lloyd George led in a cheer which was taken up by other members of the war cabinet and by the people in the streets.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
THURiOM SMITH DIES IN FRANCE
 OF PNEUMONIA
ketchikan's First War Tragedy Comes Home TOday-SOn Of
 M. H. Smith

-Thurlow died in France from pneu. monia. according to a telegram just received will hear details later and let you know" was the brief message which came to MT. M. H. Smith. of the Smith Sheet Metal works. of Ret. chikan. from his daughter telling him of the death of his son, Thurlow, 3l years old, who enlisted with the 23rd Engineers.
 Young Smith was known in Ketchi. kan. having visited for a few months here last summer. just before he en. listed for overseas service. He is one of family of six boys and one girl, the sister who received the message from France. Four brothers live in Ketchikan. NJ H. Smith. Jr., of the Electric Light plant, and James H. Smith of the Smith Taxi. and two youn. ger brothers. who are assisting their father in the sheet metal works
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
TELEGRAPH LINES IN
 YUKON ABANDONED

DAWSON, Y. T., May 11.-A wire received here from Ottawa today in answer to the question of the aban. donment of the Dominion government telegraph line which connects Dawson City with the Commerican Telegraph lines at Ashcroft, B. c. The reply states that the government has been contemplating this move for some time The citizens of Dawson advised this because of the prospect of having to close some of the semi-public in. stitutons in the territory or at least seriously impairing their services for the want of various grants totalin8 nearly s35,000. The Government wired also that no change in the estimates for the Yukon now before parliament could be made.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
FISHERMAN LOST OvERBOARD NEAR
 PRINCE RUPERT
NYm. SOberg, of Schooner Nomad Drowned 3 Mile and a Half
 Out of Town

Capt. John Lindegord, of the hali- but boat Nomad, arriving from Prince Rupert this morning. reported the death of one of his men, William So- herg, g years old, at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, while the boat was about a mile and a hall from Prince Rupert, enroute to Ketchikan.
 Soberg was seen to dive headlong over the rail. as if temporarily faint or dizzy.A rope was thrown to him es well as loose oars and when he failed to see them o rattempt to grab any of the drift wood around him, the Doat was stopped and dory let down 10 pick him up. just before it reached him. however. he threw up his hands and went down and that was the last seen of him.
 Soberg was native of Norway, hay. ing been in America for about eight years four of which he spent in Alas. ka. A brother in Petersburg, fisher. man, is the only relative known, He gas notified of the accident today by Captain Lindegord. and the effects of the dead man will be turned over to him.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
THE GERMAN
 INFLUENCE
 IN CANADA
Said to Have Operated with Some Success. Same
 Said of Mexico

WASHINGTO May 11-Oficial information in Washington is that German influence has been busy in Canada, and with some success. The same influence has been at work in Mxeico. il is said
 German agents in Mexico have been capitalizing recent German advances in France as great German victories. predicting Vhe early defeat of the AL les and the United States. The Az. ents are seeking 10 ian again into flames the Mexican Latin hatred for he Cringo, and thereby precipitate trouble between the United States and Mexico. By this they hope to compli. cate the war program and force the retention Of considerable part of our army in this country to guard the border, and weaken our participation in this years fighting in France The information is all Of first hand.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

The Princess Sophia arrived al : o'clock last evening from the south with the following passengers for Ket- chikan. Miss NJ Sparhawk, Miss Az nss Edmonc, Rev. Jenkins. wife and child. (. Johnson. R. HuIm, B John. son. (. Carlson Mrs. Thomas and three children and two second class.
 The City Of Seattle arrived at s:45 l2st night and sailed north at three o'clock this morning. discharging B tons oE freight at the Hickman dock and p tons al the Ketchikan cannery. Arrivals were J. Hughes, Finer Beyer, E Smith, Mrs, Ismay, Miss Margaret Olsen. Miss Gunhill Anderson, Miss E. Nswberg. Miss Vena Lester, Mrs. J 0. Close. Hyrana Galleb, Mrs. R. J. Willis, w. 4 Phillips, P L. Zednick and four steerage. Going north were [. J. Skardahl, E. s. Hewitt, Mrs. Hem ry Thomas and three children to Pet ersburg. G. H. Garfield, J. Josephson, Mrs. M- F. Swineford to Juneau, ". Eurnienie and j. Donovan 10 Skag- way
 The Humboldt arrived from the north al II o'clock this morning and sailed south al , o'clock this after. noon after loading 100 boxes Of fish. Passengers from Ketchikan were J. H. Gorgenn, Paul Trainer, c. Peterson and six sceerage
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
DRAFTED MEN IN STATES REPORT
 T0U. s. BOARDS
New Regulation Received For Alaskan Registrants Now
 In The States

All boards in the United States having Jurisdiction over the addresses Of Ketchiken men are requested to induat such registrants in military service or May 22. and send them to the nearest mobilization camps"
 This vas the gist of the message received at the local board today from Provost Marshal General Crowder, governing registrants now out of the country. This order will effect twen. ty-one registrants Of the Ketchikan District. two Of whom are in Chicago, two ia Portland, one in Toledo, Ore. one r San Francisco and the remain. der scattered in small towns and cities cn fse Puget Sound.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
THEIR AIMS REVEALED
 AT TRIAL
Had Planned to Defeat Every Enterprise of
 National UndertakinQ

i CHICAGO. May 11-By the defeat !, of the aircraft program. the selective service act together with the practice O. sabotage in the trenches in France as well as in factories at home, it was hoped by the Industrial Workers of the World that they would crumble
 America's war plans. according to evi- dence presented by the federal govern
 ment at the seditious conspiracy trial i of the l. W. W. leaders.
 From the mass of documentary evi- dence in the hands of the federal of- ficials. the I. w. w characterized con- scription as q challenge to the work ingmen. and have consistently advo- cated the spiking of guns. spelling of powder and using uniforms of soldiers as livery Of "scab herders."
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
NEARLY M|LL-|l \ AND HALF NEI
 DRAFTE
Are Either in France on Battle Front or Here ;n
 Various Camps

WASHINGTON, May 11-More than cne million three hundred thousand men have been called in the selective draft so far. These men are either on the battle front in France, or in ca mps here or ordered to go into ser vice before June first There is every indication that a large increment will he summoned in June than in Hay and will be progressive monthly. The mobilization will continue through the summer and fall The figures do not include the National guard nor the regular army already in France.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
TNCLE SAM NOW IN
 THE BAKERY BUSINESS

BUFFALO, N. Y., May 11-To meet the situation created by strike of 200 takers in 20 shops here, Uncle Sam went into the baking business. All wage demands had been granted by .he master bakers, the strike being Drecipitated on the hours, the men de- manding reduction of 60 minutes week and refusing to leave this ques- tion to arbitration.
 James B. Stafford, federal food ad- ministrator, commandeered 3 of the largest bakeries, ordered them to dis. continue all baking except bread, and instructed the bake shops where strikes are in force to get their SUD- ply of bread from the federal bake. shops.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
EARL CURZON PREDICTS 4
 VICTORY
Says Expect Hard Fight ting But Unity of Allies
 Vii! Win the War

LONDON. May 11--Speaking 10 the Primrose League las- evening, Earl Cu-zc- director Of military operations said n part: There are grave times ahead The British soldiers may have 70 give ground, but great encour- ageneat : found in unity, Americas s effo-t and -he resolgte and indomitab ble spirit of the British people. The bulk of -he German reserves are still in the rear 0t the SOmme front From that ir must te assumed that the enemy's big etto-- will be in that direction g Stunning uD Che present situation rom experience. the military director added; "II $ equally certain that the enemy will hot discontinue his attacks in Flanders
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
KETCHIKAN'S QUOTA IS
 $3,00O,
Every Wage Farmer to Be Asked to Give One Days
 Wages

''I have given one days wages, have you?" This is to be the slogan of The Red Cross Campaign committee Of Ketchikan during the coming Ma. t;onal Red Cross Drive. beginning May 20, and ending Monday, May 27.
 This slogan is to be printed on small tags. on both sides, in red letters and hearing red cross. These tags will te given to all wage earners contrib. uting one days wages during the weeks drive.
 The executive committee of the Red Cross Chapter and the special com. pa;gn committee met this morning at the Customs offices, and the above plan was outlined. It was announced that Ketohikans quota in the com. ing drive is S3,000.
 Two committees were appointed this morning to take charge of certain dis. tricts. These members will select their sub-committees to help canvass their assigned district. The ladies committee is made up of Mrs. J. R. Heckman, Mrs. A. R. Larson, Mrs. Harry Ayers, Mrs. E. c. Howard, Mrs. W. E. Sharpe. The mems committee is as follows: J. w. Mckay, Ed. J. Williams. w. B. Sharpe, Geo. F. Roun- sefell is chairman of the campaign committee. P. J. Gilmore was select. ed as advertising and publicity direc- tor.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
MRS. BLUM AWARDED JUDGMENT $25,00O
 AGAINST INS. cos

SEATTLE. May 11.-Last evening Mrs. Samuel Blum. widow of the late banker and merchant of Valdez, Alaska kho was killed in a fall from a fourth story window of a building while in Seattle early last fall, was awarded S25,000 by the jury in her suit brought against various insurance companies 10 recover the policies. The compan- ies contended that Blum had commit ted suicide; but the contention was discredited by the jury, resulting in the above verdict.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
TOMORROW IS MOTHERS DAY!
REMEMBER MOTHER

Do you remember what beautiful significance tomorrow has. or ought to have for every man. woman and child in the country?
 If you do not know. read Rud. yard Kipling's wonderful heart poem, and see if you do not guess tomorrow's meaning:
 Mother q Mine If were hanged on the highest hill Mother O mine. O mother O mine 1 know whose love would follow me
 still.
 Mother O mine. o mother O
 mine!
 If were drowned in the deepest
 sea,
 Mother O mine. o mother Q
 mine,
 I know whose tears would come
 down to me.
 Mother O mine. o mother O
 mine,
 If I were damned of body and soul, Mother O mine, O mother O mine I know whose prayers would make
 me whole.
 Mother O mine. O mother O
 mine,
 Just four years ago President Wilson decreed by proclamation that the second Sunday in May should be known as Mother Day" and that the flag should be display ed throughout the land as a public expression Of the nations love and reverence for the mothers of the country.
 The sentiment embodied in teis proclamation surely warrants wide observation.
 If We stop to think about it not one Of us but will willingly grant to our mother the need of gratitude that we owe her.
 She is the best friend We ever had. If we are fortunate enough to have her still, let us remember 10 tell her how happy we are.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
FRENCH ADVANCED
 LINES LAST NIGHT
Dog corying Message Caught by American Troops Message was Warning That Fire Fell Short of of Objective and Wasted. Hot Fighting
 Near Amiens

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. May H. Last evening American outpost caught German trench dog with pouch about his neck containing that the German retaatoy fire falling and that many thrown shells were landing in Cantigny
 WASHINGTON May 1.-The casualty list today ported by General Pershng shows killed and twelve others died from wounds.
 PARIS May 11-Artiery battle is raging today the
 ens and the region of Grivesne May Ranva
 An official report the received this morning the French advanced their lines last night of Lorre the Flanders front They also gained ground Orvers and Sorel, southeast of Montdider
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
WRTgPS LOOK TO
 RUSSIAN IRON FIELDS

FEAIN, May 11.-Reports reaching here rom Siberia, via Tokyo, prove that the Germanization of Siberia has been planned for a long time. The Maximalists, with the aid of Germany intend to break up the railway which runs along the shores of Lake Baikal shrculd the Japanese advance project mature. Simultaneously a portion of Krupps plant will be moved to the Ural district, while stores from Arch aneal will be despatched to Siberia via the h-c-;c and the Yeniesei River.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
BERLIN DENIES BUT
 LONDON AFFlRMS

LONDON. May 11-Despite the Berlin war office denial that the cruis- er Vindic-iye was sunk at Ostend. the admiralty afl-Uls today that the cruis- a-, three hundred feet long lies in the neck ot the channel at the entrance v -k= harbor at an angle Of forty-three degrees in inc channel which is three hundred and twenty feet wide The T,e denial. the admiralty aftirms is Q nlislead Germans at home who be- 5-ve he submarines are still free to operate from that base.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
LIBERTY BONDS OF LAST ISSUE ARRIVE TODAY
Few are Given to Subscribers This aiorning-B. Berthelsen
 Gets First One

Last nights mail brought in the Liberty Bonds Of the Third Liberty Loan, and this morning few were giv-I out 10 subscribers visiting the bank. Mir, Berthelson, of Berthelson < Pruell. jewellers. was the first to subscribe in the Third Liberty Loan and received the first bond this morn ing. Ole K. Hansen. local fisherman received the second bond issued.
 The new bonds bear 4AR interest and are not convertible into bonds of a later issue. Bonds of the first and second Loans however. may be ex- changed for the bonds of the Third Loan. bearing higher rate of inter. est.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
TWO MORE MEN
 ARE DRAFTED

TWO more Ketchikan men were drafted this morning, the next two high order number, 3S2, Grover Smith. younger son of MT. and Mrs. C. A. I. Smith, and 392. Olaf Knibe.
 This was the announcement made a. the Board office this morning. The men were called to fill in the places left open by an appea, from a regis. ,rant in SeatrlG, Gustave Herman John. aon, and an executive order temporar- .ly releasing Henry L. Stoneson, of Crescent, E. C.. from the quota issued by the provost Marshal General.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
LEAVING FOR
 CANADIAN BORDER

Mr. ". G. Strench leaves this even ing or the Northwestern for Skagway where he wiIl take the railroad into the interior on the annual trip made by the Immigration Inspectors. MT. Strench will be away for two months at least, he estimates. Mir Durkee will be in charge of the office during the absence of MT. Strench
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
RUSSIA GETS ULTIMATUM
 FROM HUN
BoIshevik Government
 Must Be Good or Ger mans Will Take Moscow

MOSCOW. May 11-Count Von Mirbach, German ambassador to Rus sia,i has issued an ultimatum to the Bolsheviki government demanding that f stop arming troops and to dis. band the armed ones. The ambassa- dor concludes his ultimatum with the threa- of occupying Moscow as an al- terna:ive
 The ultimatum has created great ex- citement with all appearances of ig- noring the ultimatum.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
PROPERTY CHANCES HANDS

The Miners & Merchants Bank has purchased from the Ketchikan Real Estate & Insurance O., Lot 13. Block 5 the property generally known as the late N. F.. Martin home
 l. is the intention Of the bank to erect modern fire proof office baild- ing in which the bank will have its home on this site.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
SITUATION IN UKRAINE
 DISTURBING GERMANY

AMSTERDAM. May 1.-The situ- Iation in Ukraine is anything but pleas ant to Germany. According to re- ports. it is so distrubing that the German authorities have dispatched several large detachments of Bavari- an cavalry from Flanders. Other forces are on their way to Ukraine also.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

DUBLIN, May 11.--l'or drilling men near Dublin at night, contrary to or ders, William Peddler, well known citizen, has been sentenced to serve four months in jail. After his term expires he is to be deI0rted at the re- quest of the military authorities.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
SHOWING FIERCENESS OF BATTLE ON THE
 WESTERN FRONT

BERNIE, May 11.-German batteries before the great assault on the British front March 21: fired three times as many shells in three hours as the Ger mans fired in the entire Franco-Prus- sian war. They used million and a half shells. The total number of shells used by the Germans in the war of 1870. was only six hundred and fifty thousand shells.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
LABOR ORGANIZER
 APPOINTED TODAY

WASHINGTON, May 11.-President Wilson today placed in the hands of Felix Frankfurter of New York City, the task Of whipping into definite form the National Labor policy for the war duration. Frankfurter's appointment makes him labor administrator under Secretary Wilson, with practically un. restricted power.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
REPUBLICANS MEET AND PERFECT
 ORGANIZATION

JUNEAU May Hast night monster Republican meeting organiz- cd the frs, division Republican organ. izatiou. and called a divisional conyen- ,ion 10 meet ac Juneau on June f.
 ke1chikan is allowed eleven dele. gates, with Charcoal Point. Hadley. Do,oulI. Su,zer and Kasaan. each one delegate
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
JEFFERSON COMING

SEATTLE. May 1I-The Jefferson sa:,ed his morning for the north with Mss R Gregory. 4. NJ Powers. Myrtle Czs1er. Mrs E. NJ and James Cos grove. Mrs E ". Copeland. J. Adams and wife. John and Thomas Mckee wan. and oriental crews for Point Ward, Tenakae, Taku Ha-bor, Tee Haroo- and Pybus
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
HOLD GERMAN MONEY

RIO JANEIRO, May 11.--Hundreds of thousands of dollars belonging to Germans who planned to send 1t out of the country, has been sequestered by the Brazilian government and has been deposited in the national treas ury.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

NEW YORK, May 11-Col Roose. welt will leave here on a tour of several States shortly, it is announced here carrying the plea Of patriotism into the very heart Of the German.Ameri- can sections of the country.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

WASHINGTON. May 11.-Army in. telligence discloses that Borglum held 2 committee from the President to inquire into the governments aviation program
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

LONDON, May 11-Russian authori- ties a, Irktusk have arrested the Jap anese vice-consul there and also the president Of the Japanese Association On the charge Of being military spies. says a dispatch from Tokyo
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
DRAFTED MEN LEAVE JUNEAU

JUNEAU, May 11-Following biz parade; addresses at the Palace The. atre and escorted by an almost innum. erable number of small craft and mus. ic. the army boat Peterson left last night with eighty-five drafted men for Fort Seward. at Haines. It was the of the city.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

LONDON, May 11.-Socialist leaders both in Berlin and Vienna have bitter. y denounced the methods by which the German military authorities have dealt with the Ukrainians.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

AMSTERDAM, May 11-Count Bur- ian. the Austro-Hungarian foreign min- ister declared in speech today that he hoped general peace negotiations would follow the Rumainian peace.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
250,000 ITALIAN
 TROOPS ON THE
 WESTERN FRONT

WASHINGTON. May 11.-Oficial advices from the French front say that there is at least one quarter of a million Italians in the lighting line on the western front today. and eager 10 enter the light.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

SEATTLE, May 11.-F. A. Reynolds former police judge of Leavenworth, Washington, shot and killed himself at the Seattle General hospital today following an operation for appendicitis
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
FOUR FlREMEN.. KILLED

VANCOUVER, B. C., May 11.-Four firemen were killed today in a collis- ion of a hosewagon and street car.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
THE WORLD WAR \
 YEAR AGO TODAY

< May Il, 1s17-Italy reported de- < struction Of F German submar-
 | ines in one week ' Chicago board Of trade stopped | trading in May wheat. %
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' < z < z ' < < $ $ =
 WEATHER REPORT

} For 2s hours ending 6 p. m. 1 } yesterday no precipitation, warm 1 and sunny. maximum temperature 1 } 70', min. 20s 1 | .
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MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
 SOTTHBOJTNU

Spokane g a. ID. tomorrow. Alaska Thursday City Of Seattle Thursday.
 NDRrHR0,lSD Northwestern Saturday, Jefferson Moadsy.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11
ROOSEVELT IS ANNOYED

NEW YORK, May 11.-Col. Roose- welt said today that he would carry his fight against Postmaster General Burleson to the United States Senate f necessary. The Colonel charges that the administration favors the Hearst papers, a clear discrimination against the New York Tribune, he says.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

SEATTLE, May 1.-The Skinner & Eddy shipyards will launch another ship this evening for the Shipping
 Board The vessels name is Alsetk.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-05-11

LONDON, May 1.-The Russians have recaptured Rostov from the Ger. -Ukrainians. according to a re. port from Moscow today
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