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ALASKA—WASHINGTON—CALIFORNIA
-Southeastern Alaska Route
CITY OF SEATTLE
North Feb. 7th. South Feb. 12th.
-Southwestern Alaska Route
Admiral Farragut. north Fob. 14.
Two Sailings per week Seatle to California
For information of sailing and arrival dates, call at lo
cal office or Phone.
Telephone 77 V. A. Peterson, Agent
Princess Mary
SOUTHBOUND
Jan. 3-17-31. Feb. 14-28
FOR
PRINCE RUPERT. VANCOUVER, SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
team Dip
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COMFORT AND SERVICE « 4
All sailings subject to change without M00’
Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria an& Van
couver, B. C.—Rail tickets to the East
SS. Alaska Northbound Jan. 28, Feb.
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Returning Southbound 8 days Later
SS, Alameda, Northbound February FTthr.
Returning Southbound 10 days Later
C. M. TAYI.OR, Agent TELEPHONE 64
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ALASKA DELIVERY *
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Walter Gray, Prop +
COAL DELIVERED FROM +
ALL DOCKS *
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Phones 5t -77 Ketchikan
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?0SS & CO. TRANSFER
Coal Hauled from All Docks
Goods of All Kinds Stored
At Reasonable Rates
FRANK W. ROSS COMPANY
-PHONE 64
)ffice Phone 76 Res. 121
"alaskaIransfIF
GENERAL TRANSFER
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Ml Orders Promptly Attended
To
Phone 7 or 136
Night Phone 45
1AGGAGE DELIVERED DAY
OR NIGHT
GEO. I\ FORREST, JR.
KETCHIKAN WHARF CO.:
C. M. TAYLOR
?hone 64 Agent
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MAKE A NOTE OF
OUR NOTICE
hat we are making summer deliver
ies of coal now for next wtnte's use.
Tell friend husband he should take ad
vantage of summer prices and order
■he coal now. Better be prepared
for any emergency and the saving is
aot to be despised. Phone us how
much and what kind. We’ll start the
JeUrering at once.
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Attorney and Counsetor-at-Law •{•
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Ketchikan, Alaska.
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ALASKA RESTAURANT
F. C. H AG J WAR A, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUEY
Special From 4 P. M. to 2 A. M.
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
IN A LITTLE COSEY CORNER
of this re«taurant you will find cute
little tables just big enough for two.
Bring her here and delight her with
one of our delightful dinners or
suppers. It may give her a lesson in
the art of cookery that will set her
to studying.
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* CHAS. H. COSGROVE +
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* GENERAL PRACTICE +
* Ketchikan, Alaska +
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♦ HARRY R. RACE
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»11 IH Rt H
Capt. Lead better’s
Testimony Before
Sophia Inquiry
“At ,no time during the hours we
lay off, waiting for better weather to
take the passengers off the S. S. Prin
cess Sophia, did the wireless operator
on the Sophia indicate to Us that
there was any danger of the ship sik
ing, a,ltd he said nothing about the
passengers making prepartaions to
leave the ship,” said Captain J. W.
Leadbetter, of the U. S. Lighthouse
tender Cedar, who spent not only all
morning in the witness box at the
(hearing on the wreck of the S. S.
Princess Sophia, hut he was recalled
in the afternoon and spent nearly an
other hour under oath.
E P. 'Davis, assisted by J. E. McMull
en. of the C. P R. legal department,
watched the company's interests, an
J. S. Maeka.y was in attendance fo
government of Yukon territory. A.
P. Luxton, of Victoria, represented
the Crown. Mr. M. B. Jackson, K. C.,
L. A., watched the proceedings for
interested parties.
1 Wireless operator J. Miller read all
telegrams that passed between the
Sophia and the Cedar from the first
message that the Sophia was mi Van
derbilt reef until the final call “for
Cod's sake hurry: the water in com
ing into my room." and the answer
! given when the Cedar’s operator res
i ponded “we are coming as fast as wc
oan: save your batteries.”
Robinson of the Sophia gav0 his
i final flash: “I will, but hurry and you
[keegjn touch with me so I know you
■are coming.”
Last.jjjtesaage From Pessengers
! During %e time- the Cedar lay to.
readji,to help the Sophia as soon as
the leather permitted, a number of
svirfipss messages were re’ayed by
the-Cedar from the Sophia to Juneau.
gtr-weirmM of the Sophia’s batteries
being weak. Among these telegrams,
conies of which the wireless operator
of the Cedar produced In court, were
some from the passengers o rihte boat
to relatives on the coast. In every in
stance the message read: “Ship ashore
but all safe on beard.” These wires
[were addressed to Mrs. C. H. Walker
• Victoria. signed Charlie; Mrs. J. Rob
j inson. 3636 Fourth Avenue, Vancouver
iand others.
| Operator Miller stated that he under
: stood later that these messages never
reached the rtativqs because being
; relayed from station to station, the
i message that the Sophin had founder
ed overtook the private wires which
j c ere cancelled at Sitka.
Tiie Cedar also relayed a message
ff-ym fle-ntnln LjC e V p of the Sonhla t
me r P R flo-erit. at Juneau stating
“can do nothing until weather Is
hetter."
FOR SAI.R—40 H.P. 3evel* Frisco
Standard Marine Enaine. Can be
installed in first class condition for
less than $2000 00. Enaine was run
*o Alaska last sorinq. In running
condition but needs oveehaulina. See
nr eorresnond . with Ed. H. Milter,
Baranof, Alaska.—adv. 6tp.
TAXI SERVICE
PMONE 203
Frank Nishinvira Prop.
Tars for Hire by Hour dav or
contract—Odd jobs solicited by
hour or day.
KETCHIKAN
Draying Company
i All Orders will be promptly and
carefully executed.
Baggage Delivered Day and
Nieht
ED. NEWMAN
, Office Phone 60 Residence Phone 157
FOR SALE:— Schooner 60 ft. long
17 ft. beam,6 1.2 ft, draft, •" 1.2 depth
' of hold, capacity .inder dock 18,000
silver salmon, on deck 2,000 26 h. p.
Heavy duty 2 cylindets Ualou engiue,
Burns 3 gallons Jot Mate pci hour.
| bOO gallons fuel -ank. S S.oeed S
' and half per hour. Pr'c* $4,000 Apply
j to S. L. .Johnson. West SeaM;e Boat
! House Seattle, Wash
NU BONE CORSETS
| Just received a shipment of White,
jp:nk, and Brocaded Nu Bone Corsets,
I tn all Mzes, and prices just the same,
no higier. Prices $4.00 to $12.00 A1
so Brassieres and Coufiners. Tele
phone 122.
MRS. T. R NEEDHAM
| Other messages to the Cedar from
vessels other than the Sophia indicat
jed that a blinding storm was raging
and that they would also give assis
tance if they could find their way.
According to the evidence adduced
the first intimation that the Cedar had
that the Sophia was in danger was
on the afternoon of October 25. when
the Sophia sent an S. 0. S. call “Foun
dering, come all speed." This the Ce
dar responded to by putting on full ;
steam ahead, as was brouoht out in
j the evidence of Chief Engineer Char-.
jles Tbomasr who produced the log of'
I the Cedar’s engine room.
I Captain Lendbetter was asked: ‘^Tlad
y on been In the place of Captain
Locke, and judging from what, you
eould ese from vour boat, would you
have dene differently to what he did?’
Witness responded: "From 8 o’clock
on the night that T arrived at the
seene of the wreck until the vessel
disaopea lean,not say that I would
have acted differently from what the
master of the Sophia did. In any
coin ion it would have been suicide to
have lowered the Sophia’s boats, be
en ust1 ;’Af the jigged rehf over which
the waves were dashing. A boat would ;
have been jammed to pieces before it:
could have got clear.”
Not Registered by Barometer
: A peculiar feature bearing on cli-1
mntie conditions and the speed with j
j which storms approach, Capt. Lead
l better stated that the big storm of the
; 23th came up so Quickly that the bar
ometers did not register it and failed
to rise until two days later. The storm
was on a rising glass and caught
many mariners unawares. Answering
1 a Question the oaptai.n stated that Alas
jka had no storm signal warnings for :
mariners.
| The records of the Cedar show that ;
| one radiogram was relayed by that
[boat from Capt. Troupe, at Victoria, j
| to Capt. Locke, asking the master of j
I the wrecked vessel te i
jons: whether much damage and what
j was the disposition of pesseneers. The
i relayed anjswer waisttnat the vessel
[was hard and fast, o immediate dan
ger and the pessepgers normal.
Scheme of Rescue
Captain Leadbetter outlined an in
teresting scheme of rescue which he
and Captain Miller, of the King and
Wing, formulated on the evening of
October 25 while lying in shelter a
waiiting daylight. The King and Wing
had 350 fathoms of steel cable on
board, and the scheme wag for them
to go to the windward side of the
reef, and there alienor and slack the
King and Wi.ng until she was as close
as possible to the stern cf the Sonhla.
A iine could then be passed from the
<?en.hia to Kin" and Win". 3,nd the
■Four lifeboats of th e Cedar guided
through the breakers bv hv breaches
>'n-yv system to the stranded ship to
take off passengers. It was estimated
that 400 pesseneers could he unloaded
fn five hours bv this means. TTnfor
Hina.+elv the Konhia sank in the furi
eng storm tihiat. tlight.
Put St/, a refill eh t on Vessel
Pant. T.eaflbctfer stated tihst he got |
the first word of t.ha Sophia being on
the reef abend 2 o’clock on the after-1
FOR DELIVERY
AT KETCHIKAN
WANTED, to buy a worthy gas'
boat 25 to 30 feet long and 8 to 10
foot beam, Columbia River style pre
ferred. Must be in good condition,
engine and hull. In answering give
the dimension, if equipped with mast
and sail, horsepower and make of
engine; age of boat and engine, and
cash price. Post office Box 1287,
Tacoma, Wash.—adv.
LOYAL. ORDER OF M008E
LOCAL 224, Regular meetings Wed
nesday 8 P. M., Visiting brothers cor
dially Invited. Hall for re:.i everyj
night. !
NOTICE.
Igloo No. 16, Pioneers o'. Alaska
meets on eveiy Thursday evening
at 8 o’clock p m until further notice
A. E. Austin, President
I). SMITH HARRIS Secretary.
Attest:
auHSRA GWAMPE'inrT’o.TErS
The Aurora Chapter, Order of ISast
ern Stars, hold reular meetings on the
2nd and 4tb Tuesdays of each month
at 8 o’clock at Masonic Hall
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KETCHIKAN CAMP N. 21. A. B.
Meets every Monday evening s’ >
it. Visiting brothers welcon:a—; ' 1
Morrison, A. C , D. Smith Harris, /. i
(Hall for rent, apply to J. D. Rounr
fell,)
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Moon of October 24 and he headed fo.r
the scene. There was a heavy sea and
a strong gale blowing from the north
west when he arrived at Vanderbilt
reef, but it was dark and he Was un
able to put hiis vessel close in for fear
of going on the reef (himself. Captain
Leadbctter put bis searchlight on the
vessel and ascertained that the vessel
was out of water except when the
waves rushed over the reef.
Previous to arriving at the boat,
Captain Locke had advised Captain
Leadibetter that it was iirpossible to
take the passengers off that night, as
the sea was too strong, but it would
be possible to take them off the next,
morning, he thought. Ca.pt, Leadbettey
asked the master of the Sephla at 10. ;
30 p. m. If he had boter continue to I
stand by, or could he anchor in sihel
ter. Capt Locke responded he could i
anchor if he wished. The next day the 1
storm grew in fury and it was even i
more difficult to reach the wreck, with
the result that they were unable to
assiot her or save her passengers.
Litt.le Oil Afloat
“When we arrived at the wreck there
was very little oil afloat in that im- '
(meditate vicinity. Tt. had' evidently
floated away, as it was found late.T
some distance from the wreck and had
moved on with the other wreckage.”
said the captain, and his evidence wa.s
corroboraed bv the second officer of
the Cedar. Robert Martin.
Roth Capt,. Leadbetter and his second
officer gave a minute description of
the searchings tor the survivors and
bodies and assisted the commission
to comprehend the work by submitt
ing a chant in detail of the scene and
the area system prepared by Gover
nor Riggs of Alaska, tor the rescue
work.
The commission of inquiry consisted
cf Mr. Justice Morrison, Capt. E. H.
Martin. R. N. and Capt..T. TV Mc
Pherson. The inquiry was adjourned 1
Uttlil PeWuar; 50 Olt 19.0U it III. lTl!
Victoria, providing;wo 'other witnes
ses request a hearing in the mean
time. Mr. Justice-- Mforrhsot! intimated i
that if the Ann can witnesses* would i
not come down to;'Victoria, it would
be necessary,- for the commission to
ro to them.- Vancouver Daiy Sun.
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STIFF JOINTS
SOKE MUSHES
liaber Up Quickly Under the Seething,
PenetoiUos AppBcation of
Hamlin's Wizard Ofl
In cases: pf
back it pepeff
soreness, and
joints and raL
Wizard Off. 1
able, antisep
burns, bites,
bruises heal
fniatism and lame
Sfjfc dnres out
stiff, aching
ing, penetra
Get it ‘
ely reli
nior cuts,
prkins and
-its sooth
from
If not satisfied
get your money
Ever consti
headache? Ju
Whips, pleSsai
cents. Guarantssd*:.
_ r 30 cents,
the bottle and
have sick
,rd Liver
pills, 30
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TABLE OF DISTANCES
FRONT KETCHIKAN
This table is compiled In nautical
llles which are 6080 feet The larg
st part of this list was compiled4for
je Post Office by the Captain of the
edney and is autnentic.
hree Tree Point 45 Btewart B. C. 150
rince Rupert 95
eattle 660 ■Wrangell
etersburg 115 Juneau
kagway 304 Sitka
Dolomi
Chomley
Hollis
Lorlng
Cape Chacon
Howkan
Craig
Karheen
[etlakatia
iblack
asaan
lam
es Bay
ulzer
Waterfall
Jawock
15
30
29%
32
39
92
103
126
akan via Chacon
ill Island 50 Unuk River
ary Island 23 Hadley
fdaburg
89
223
292
27 V4
30%
39
21
48
73
121
150
182
70
28
90
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ware. Clocks and Curios.
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._'._rto Taxi Office, Front St. i
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GROUND ICE
FOR HALIBUT BOATS
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Chicagof Island at a point two miles West of
POINT ADOLBHUS
ICY STRAITS
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AT OUR ICING STATION
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