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The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
COL. LENOIR KEEPS
OUR READERS POSTED

SEATTLE, April 19.-Three hun
dred and seven honor flags have been
awarded thus far to as many towns
in the twelfth district having sub
scribed their quota.
Figures from the official reserve
show that ninety.two millions, ninety
two thousands, seven hundred dollars
were subscribed in the district. This
is thirty-nine percent of the quota FOL
the entire district.
Oregon leads in the district in pro
portion, having paid in more than fifty
percent.
Stanislaus County California holds
the district record as to the average
subscribers. Out Of twenty-five thous
and five hundred and twenty popula
ton, eight thousand four hundred and
ninety nine subscribed to the loan.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
MARINES BREAK RECORDS
WITH GAS MASKS

QUANTlCO. Va, April 19.-New
records for the speedy adjustment of
gas masks are being made here every
day by the United States Marines en-.
camped here. The official time Is six
seconds.
French and British instructors say
the Marines are showing wonderful
speed in the handling of the gas
masks-an almost incredible speed
one that is likely to break records in
gas mask adjustment.
The gas mask has series of COM
plicated straps that makes it no small
trick to adjust the headgear within
six seconds time but entire compan-
les of Marines have already beaten
that mark
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
kETCHlkAN'S HONOR
FLAG ON DISPLAY

The honor Flag of Ketchikan, the
first awarded a town in Alaska was
received yesterday and is hung in
the windows OF the Miners & Mer.
chants Bank 1t has white ground
with deep red border and three hor
izontal blue bars across the middle
of the white field AS soon as the
quota had been oversubscribed 10O
percent. blue honor star will be
placed on the white field. The latest
figures at the Bank are 100000 with
only $4,000 more to complete the
double quota.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
WILL
SEND TROOPS
TO FRANCE
Announcement that Troops
Would Be Sent Received
By Storm Of Applause

ROME. April 19.-Premier Orlando
announced in the Chamber of Depu-
ties today that Italian troops would be
dispatched to the battlefront in
France. The announcement was re-
ceived by the large gathering with a
storm Of applause. 1t was sometime
before quiet was restored.
Premier Orlando said in part
Italy could not remain absent from
the battlefields of France, because she
wishes to bring her faithful allies
tangible proof of solidarity, and very
soon, colors of Italian regiments will
fly over the fields of Picardy besides
those of the French, British, Ameri-
cans, Belgians and Portuguese"
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
KETCHIkAN BOY TO
GO TO ANNAPOLIS
Selected with 20 Others From
Whole U. S. to Train for
Ensign in Army

Oliver Chaplin Field, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c. Field of Ketchikan, who
was appointed recently as Ensign in
the United States Navy, is to go to
Annapolis in few weeks, where he
will receive approximately six months
intensive training in ground work.
Thirty young men were selected
from applicants in the United States
for Ensigns to receive training at An
napolis, and Oliver Field was one of
the fortunate appointees.
He enlisted in the army, last fall.
receiving an appointment from Wash
ington as Inspector of Airplane Mot
ors, stationed at Berkely, but the ap-
peal of the Navy proved too strong
and he made application for the ap-
pointment of Ensign and was accepted,
according to news received by his
parents here yesterday, and will leave
! California for Annapolis very soon.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
F. S. KLINE OF.
u. S. NAVY VISITING
FAMILY IN CITY
Will Act as Enrolling Officer for
Registrars Who Enlist in
u. S. Naval Reserve

Chief Yeoman F. S. Kline, of Seattle
arrived on the City of Seattle for a
short visit to his wife and son, and
relatives, and will be here for a week
before returning to Seattle where he
is to act as enrolling officer for the
United States Naval Reserve Force.
Mr.. Kline read the notice in last
evenings issue of the Progressive
Miner in regard to the enlistment of
registrants who are subject to draft,
even those in Class Ia, in the Naval
Reserve. Providing registrants are
not needed to fill out the current
quota and they receive permission
from their local boards they may en-
list. Mr.. Kline announced this morn
ing that he will be glad to give any
men who desire to enter the Navy,
any information possible. For this
purpose he will be found at Finzel's
Pool Room every afternoon between
2 and 4 o'clock.
Mr.. Kline Is the son OF Mrs. p. G..
sharke, former Ketchikan resident,
and has seen eight years service in
the U. s. Navy. He was stationed
for sometime aboard the submarine
tender Savannah, and has just return.
ed from four months trip thru the
east. He has been acting as private
secretary to Commander Miller Free
man. Of the U. s. Naval Training Camp
in Seattle. and is home on furlough.
Tho Naval Reserve camp is situated
on the University Of Washington cam.
pus. fronting on Lakes Washington.
and Union. where the training ship
U. S. S. Princeton is at anchor. All
men between the ages of IS and IS
are eligible for enlistment at this
camp.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
PREMIER CLEMENCEAU
WANTED TO KNOW IF
HE COULD LIVE 6 MOS.

NEW YORK, April 19.-"Tell me
frankly doctor, if / cannot continue
for the next six months in the devil
of way of existence, / carry on now.
Six months is all l want" Premier
Clemenceau, who is seventy years old
told the French army surgeon major,
when he asked for thorough physical
examination recently, says a dispatch
from Paris given out today by an Of
fetal of the French bureau Of infor-
nation. You have more than six
months ahead of you," replied the sur
geon after an examination. The Pre-
mier at once plunged into his official
work.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
10 YEARS FOR DESERTER

CAMP CUSTER, Battle Creek, Mich.
April 19.-Alex o. London of the 310th
Engineers has been sentenced by
court martial to 10 years at Fit. Leav-
enworth for desertion and Joseph
Ramsey, 310th Ammunition Train.
was sentenced to five years. London
first tried to secure exemption as a
religious director and then feigned
illness. When these excuses failed he
refused to serve.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
MILITARY AUTHORITY
TO MANAGED FRISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1S.-The
transfer from the city police to the
military authorities the responsibility
to improve the conditions in San
Francisco, will probably undertaken,
it is announced today.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The Sill.
yer Bill providing for the withdrawal
from the treasury three hundred and
fifty million dollars to be melted into
bullion to meet foreign trade balan-
ces, passed the senate today.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
EMPRESS EUGENE
INTERESTED IN WAR

LONDON, England, April 19.AThe
Empress Eugene, is said to be taking
IA much more active interest IN life
and events than for some years past.
She is greatly interested in the war,
and she sees more people, laughs more
and writes and receives moro letters
than for many years. She preserves
all her faculties and her black eyes
that have looked on so much" are
brilliant STILL Her form Is now bent
and she walks with stick and Is no
logner fastidious about dress, though
she once set the fashions. Nearly all
her encourage are dead.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
INHABITANTS OF
EUGENE, ORE, GIVEN
LOYAL INSTRUCTIONS

EUGENE. Ore. April 1.-THE
Eugene Committee Of 100." day or
two ago issued warning to the Of
feet that men who are physically fit
and do not work, will be considered in
the same light as a Stacker or traitor,
and will not be tolerated in their com.
muntty.
The committee went further and or.
dered that the American flag be dis
played in every home and ordered that
the German language be not used upon
the streets Of the town.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
GERMANY MAKES
PUBLIC Statement

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The
Berlin war office made statement to-
day to the effect that there were $50
thousand American troops in France
and that forty thousand were being
added weekly, and making the de-
duction that the United States will
have million men in that country by
June first and another million before
the close of the year. This statement
adds that there are 100000 Americans
in the trenches in France.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
LORD DERBY FAVORED
WITH A PROMOTION

!, LONDON, April 18.-The appoint
ments of Lord Derby, minister extra
ordinary to France, Viscount Miner
as Secretary of State for the war to
succeed Lord Derby and Austin Cham
berlain as member of the war cabinet
is announced today.
Following this announcement, the
newspapers are calling for the return
of Sir Robertson for chief imperial
of the general staff.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
BIG BAKERY CLOSED

BUTTE, Mont, April 19.-Federal
authorities have closed one Of the
largest bakeries in this state, owned
by John Halter, and which was found
to be violating the law requiring the
use of substitutes and of boarding
-four. A sign has been placed In the
window which reads This place clos
ed by order of the United States Gov
eminent because of violations of the
food laws
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
U. S. GOVERNMENT
TAKES OVER ALIEN
PROPERTY

WASHINGTON, April 19..The en-.
envy owned seven million dollar plants
of the Bosch Magnetic Company of
Springfield; Mass, New Jersey, were
taken over by the government today.
The output will be used in the Ameri.
can airplane service.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
574QUESTIONNAIRES
CLASSIFIED ONLY
226OUT NOW
Only Two Registrars Appeal
from Classification by Exemp-
ton Board

OF the 800 questionnaires sent out
by the local exemption board to reg
istrants in this district, STA have been
returned properly filled out and have
been in turn classified. The 226 cues.
tionnaries not turned in are held by
Chinese and Japanese cannery crews
who worked in this district last seas
on.
Orders have been issued to the $50
men in Glass Ia, to report for physi.
cal examination to DR.. B. L. Myers,
examining physician, member of the
board
1t is reported at the board Offices
today that out of the 574 question
naires turned in by registrants, only
two appealed against the classification
assigned them by the local board. The
district board will act on these appeals
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
J. C. BARBER, PRESIDENT OF The KETCHIKAN
COMMERCIAL CLUB H EARS FROM DELEGATE
CHAS. A. SULzER

WASHINGTON, April 19-Representatves of the Shipping
Board will leave here by May second for the purpose holding
hearings at Seattle Juneau Seward and Anchorage between May
10 and 3d. and will take testimony every point which
STOP requested by the board to you publ
city this matter in order that data may be prepared by all in
erested and adequate made by Alaskan shippers
This is a vital matter and urge immediate action.
CHAS A. SULZER,
Delegate from AAlaska.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19

The Northwestern arrived at 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon from the
south and left at II p. m. for the north
after unloading 80 tons of freight,
Arrivals were ]. Corcoran, w. A. Cor.
coran, w. J. Corcoran, G. F. Stead,
c. c. Coleman, L. L. Roberts, Geo.
Grigsby, Mrs. Armstrong and three
Chinese. Going north were ]. Gala
CHER, Mary Lenado, Harry Haines, and
w. A. Miner.
The Freighter Ketchikan arrived at
10 p. m. yesterday sailing north at 4
a. m. today. She unloaded 100 tons
of freight at the oil dock and 80 tons
a THE Ketchikan wharf.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
TO RAISE IMMENSE ARMY

WASHINGTON, April 19.-At the
Quartermaster General department,
it was learned that preparations are
being made to equip an army of two
million five hundred thousand men,
either in the field or at training camps
before the end of 1918.
LONDON, April 19-The Royal as
sent was given to the Man Power bill
today which now becomes law.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
ATTORNEY GENERAL
GEO. B. GRlGSBY
VISITING IN TOWN

Attorney General George b. Grigs.
by, OF Alaska, was passenger on
board the Northwestern arriving last
evening and will visit Ketchikan for q
few days. Mr.. Grigsby is on his way
home to Juneau after spending the
past few months in Washington, D. C..
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19

MINNEAPOLIS, April 19.-When
agents of the Department of Justice
and members of the local home guards
raided 1877 poolrooms and dance halls
in the city, approximately 1000 men
of military age who did not have their
registration cards or other credentials
with them were taken into custody
here.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
THE WORLD WAR A
YEAR AGO TODAY

) APRIL 10, 1917-American lin 1
; er Mongolia sank German sub
; marine in Irish sea. French took .
; strong positions near Craonpe. 1
; Nicaragua Endorsed course Of .
; United States.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
PROMINENT CHAMBERLAIN
OF SELDOVIA HERE

c. c. Coleman. prominent canery-
man of Seldovia, whose headquarters
are at Anchorage was an arrival on the
Northwestern yesterday with Attorn-
ey General Grigsby. Mr.. Coleman will
be in Ketchikan for few days before
leaving for the north.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Within
ten days at the most, Secretary Nc
Adoo will issue an order clipping near
ly million miles month from the
the total mileage travelled by passen-
ger trains west of the Mississippi it
IS said in official circles today.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
TO REORGANIZE
AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

April ia complete
reorganization of the aircraft program
is imminent. The president called Of
ficials at a cabinet meeting to con-
fer with Secretary Baker on the air
plane situation this afternoon.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
MISS RANKIN REFUSED
PERMISSION TO SPEAK

DEER LODGE, April 19.-Congress-
woman Jeanette Rankin was refused
permission to speak here because her
association at Butte Wednesday with
the 1. w. w. She was told politely but
firmly that she was not wanted.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
KAISER FEELS REMORSE

AMSTERDAM, April 1S.-"What
haven't l done to preserve the world
from these horrors?" the Kaiser Is
quoted as having said this evening
during his visit to Armentieres battle
front, in dispatches to the Lokal An.
zeiger of Berlin.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
REFUSE TO FIGHT

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Austrian
troops in Ukraine have refused to do
service on the western front of Italy,
according to several reports received
here by the State Department today.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19

NEW YORK, April 19.-Nat Good.
win is being sued for divorce accord.
ing to the records in the Office Of the
county clerk in New York City, Rock.
land county. The papers in such an
action were filed there Ma::n II, by
Max Steuer, as counsel, for the fifth
Mrs. Goodwin, who was Miss Margaret
Moreland
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
ITALIANS ALREADY
IN FRANCE

WASHINGTON, April 1s.-Italian
regiments are already in France and
form the right wing of the allied ar.
mics, the Italian ambassador announc.
ed today. The embassy received a
radio dispatch saying that the Pre-
mier had just announced the Italians
would soon be in the thick of the bat.
tie.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
SEC. MCAD00
UNDETERMINED
Says War Must Not Stop
Until Berlin Has Fallen

GLOBE, Ariz., April 1--WE won't
stop this war until the battle line Is
bent far enough east to put Berlin in
the center of circle formed by Amer
lean troops declared Secretary Nc
Adoo in a short speech here in behalf
of the Liberty loan.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
WOMEN MUST REGISTER

WASHINGTON, April 19-President
Wilson today signed the bill extending
the provisions of the espionage act to
women and requiring registration of
women alien enemies.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19

LONDON, April 19.-Last evening
the admiralty issued statement in
which it says that for the week end
ing April II, sixteen ships were tor
pedoed
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
WEATHER REPORT

For "a hours ending 6 p. m.
yesterday precipitation 1.79 in.
maximum temperature, 40 min.
imum temperature So
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
~@vVW1vv-~v~

SVO 1I10VONOe
Alaska Saturday.
City of Seattle Sunday.
NORrHROUND.
Jefferson Friday.
Princess Sophia Friday p. m.
Spokane Saturday.
The daily progressive-miner. [volume] (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1915-1919, 1918-04-19
MINISTRY RESIGNS

BUDAPEST, April 1S.-The Hungar-
ian Ministry resigned in body to-
day
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
Cotton and Soy Beans Fat
Producers Giving America
Advantage Over Germany

'"The Germans, with their colossal
military preparedness, failed miserabiy
at one point. They had soldiers and
guns galore, but they were short of fat,
says Milo Hastings in Physical Culture
writing on "The Extravaganza Of
Meat" No provision had been made
in their domestic economy to produce
home grown vegetable fats. When i'm
portations were shut off and the guam
titles of live stock were reduced as a
matter of economizing grain food, the
Germans both industrially and dieteti-
cally suffered acutely from fat priva-
ton.
"Their laboratory food scientists had
told the military authorities that car
bohydrates were dietetic equivalents of
fat. Through the means of most pain
full experience the Germans found out
the scientists had been mistaken, and
smuggling fat into Germany today is
as profitable as shipping whisky the
week before Christmas.
SIN America we have no such prob
lem of the shortage Of fats. AS by
product Of our cotton industries we
have an annual production of 100000
600 gallons of oil, and we have the soil
and climate suitable for the production
Of other vegetable fats. Among the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
Use Less Soap
By DIR. SAMUEL c. DIXON
Commissioner Of Health Of Pennsylvania

In this season and at this time when
thousands of our young troops are be-
ing mobilized for the National army
and are, Of necessity, exposed to I'M
usual conditions often producing nerv-
GUS chills, is the wise time to econo-
mize on soap. Again, when the cost
of living is so high all along the line,
1t will be an economy to use less soap
as it is q much-abused article. 1t is not
necessary, as so many seem to think,
to have a stiff, creamy lather in order
to dissolve the dirt that is filling up
the pores of the skin. On the contrary,
very little sculpture soaps re-
quired to break up the dirt and per-
NIT the water to remove it from the
pores so that the glands may perform
their normal duty.
The pores are the openings on the
surface of the skin Of the sweat glands
and must be kept clear and free from
either dirt, soap or any matter that
would tend to interfere with their ac-
ton in the elimination of perspiration.
Imperfect action of the sweat glands is
a source of disease, various matters
accommodating in the system, which
would otherwise be eliminated.
Therefore, economy in soap would
not only be saving in money, but
would help in saving human life, by
cutting down respiratory diseases.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28

this plunger struck solid substance.
On the morning of January 10 Brit
ish lookouts upon the ships saw nu-
merous kegs floating down the Della
ware river. One Of these collided with
an ice cake. Instantly there was an
explosion and "a shower of ice
splinters. The lookouts rubbed their
eyes, then called the men to quarters,
and intense interest conferred upon the
oncoming kegs. The warship COM
manders sensed the situation and turn
ed gunfire upon the kegs, exploding
them one by one. Thus Captain Bush
nell's scheme came to an unsuccessful
end, but the idea behind the kegs GER
tainly would seem to have been the
true genesis of the torpedo.
Robert Fulton, inventor Of the steam
boat, also worked upon the torpedo.
Being unable to interest the Ameri-
can government, he went to England,
where his torpedo was rejected. Then
Fulton Travelled to France and tried
to induce Napoleon to adopt this new
weapon. Napoleon refused it as an
instrument of war unworthy Of use
by a great nation. 1t would be inter-
esting to know what the emperor
might have thought of the U-boat and
it's ethics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
Telephone Pest Branded
As a FrightfuI and Most
UnWeIcome of Creatures

Probably there is no single mechan-
teal cOntrivance so absolutely essential
to our convenience and comfort today
as the telephone. 1t is the largest
small thing in modern commercial,
mercantile and social life and without
It we would be as hopelessly lost in
the sea of endeavor as q ship without
a compass, says q writer in the Pitts
burgh Dispatch-if on some balmy,
windy or snowy morning, afternoon or
evening, The Fool Killer will take time
TO plant a thunderous wallop upon the
low brow of the telephone pest, he
viii hear the Ioudest burst of applause
In his experience.
Persons who have had telephones
ever since it was necessary to crank
them before starting a conversation,
will, upon hearing the contact of the
cruel club and pests pate. give vent
TO their emotions in cheers, handicap
pings s:lrill whistles and tgeets of
Bravo" For a telephone pest is a
frightfgi creature. Until Alexander
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
Vermont Farmers Prepare to
Make Maple Sugar and Sirup

"Save sugar by gathering sap" Is
the slogan of the Vermont farmers,
who are already mending their sap
buckets and getting everything in read
mess for a bumper maple sugar crop
the coming spring. More trees than
ever before in the history of the state
will be tapped, and the states produc-
ton of maple sugar and sirup prob
ably will be a record breaker, as
heavy sap run nearly always follows
winter in which the weather has been
extremely cold, says the Springfield
Union. It is, however, doubtful wheth-
er the export of strip from Vermont
will be larger this year than hereto
fore, regardless Of the increased yield,
as the farmers of Vermont have learn
ed lasting lesson from the cane and
beet sugar shortage, and are likely to
see that their own needs are well pro-
vided for before they ship any Of the
maple product to the market. Be
that as 1t may, the increased produc-
ton of maple sugar and strip will aid
materially in the conservation Of cane
and beet sugar.