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ALASKA—WASHINGTON—CALIFORNIA
SAILING FROM KETCHIKAN
Northbound Southbound
City of Seattle. Feb. 20 City of Seattle Feb.25
City of Seattle Mar.4 Adm. Farragttt Mar .5
Farragut Mar. 14 City of Seattle Mar.7
Regular Sailings Seattle to California
For further information call at office or
Telephone 77 V. A. Peterson, Agent
Princess Mary
SOUTHBOUND
March 11—21 April 1—11—21 and
May 2—12—23
FOR
PRINCE RUPERT. VANCOUVER. SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
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Alaska Steam Hip
company
COMFORT AND SERVICE
All sailings subject to change without notice
Tickets to Seattle. Tacoma. Victoria and Van
couver. B. C.—Rail tickets to the East
SS. Alaska Northbound Jan. 28. Feb. 7 and 27
Returning Southbound 8 days Later
SS. Alameda. Northbound February 17th.
Returning Southbound 10 days Later
C. M. TAYLOR Agent TELEPHONE 84
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Coal Hauled from All Docks
Goods of All Kinds Stored
At Reasonable Rates
FRANK W. ROSS COMPANY
-PHONE 64
Office Phone 78 Res. 121
ALASKA TRANSFER
GENERAL TRANSFER
AD Orders Promptly- Attended
To
PHONE 222 DAY OR NIGHT
BAGGAGE DELIVERED DAY
OR NIGHT
GEO. F. FORREST. JR.
KETCHIKAN WHARF CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
Phone 64 Agent
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F. C. HAGJWARA, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUEY
special From 4 P. M. to 2 A. M.
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
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GRILL
£1
IN A LITTLE COSEY CORNER
sf this restaurant you will find cute
ittle tables just big enough for two.
Bring her here and delight her with
sne 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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A FOURTEEN-INCH
AMERICAN NAVAL
RIFLE DID THE WORK
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It was a fourteen-inch Americar
' naval rifle with a range of thirty miles
that silenced the freakish Germar
• “Big Bertha" that was shelling Paris
' It was these giant rifles that causec
such astonishment, indignation and tei
ror among the Germans around Met*
The mixed emotions of the Germans
found an outlet in their newspapers
but little has been told about the guns
j In the last days of the war the Unitec
States had at work on the front sl>
guns, intended primarily to cut Ger
: many s railroad communications. Th*ii
work surpassed anything accomplishec
i on either side up to that time. These
fourteen-inch ribes were sent over b>
the United States navy under com
mand of Rear Admiral Charles P
Plunkett.. No detailed story has ye1
been given out by the navy of what
was accomplished pending the prepara
tion by Admiral Plunkett of an ac
. count of the guns’ operations, bul
some of the facts transpired at a re
cent meeting of the House Committee
on Naval Affairs in Washington.
I At the time of the armistice guns ot
this type had been placed in position
to cut the German communications witt
Metz and so isolate that fortress. Forty
four guns were sent over in various
states of manufacture, six were in ac
tion when the fighting ceased. The firsl
gun was sent to challenge the Gei
mans' seventy-two mile Big Bertha ir
the Bois de Corbie, north of Compie
gne. which was firing on Paris. Ths
day the American gun was placed ir
position Bertha withdrew, and thai
was the last heard oif her.
This was in the early part of August
Bertha was a freak. The United States
weapon was a real gun, driving a 1,40<
pound projectile for a distance of 3<
miles. There was nothing like it on th<
allied side, and French ordnance off?
eers went a long distance to look at i!
, in wonder. At the French proving
ground, before the gun was taken intc
the fight, (and United States nava]
officers who had never seen the gur
in action on land were wondering whal
the result would be) three of the shells
fell within 100 yards of one another
the fourth 300 yards away, all on a
direct line.
The guns wer emounted on specially
built railroad cars. No.1 battery was
p'aced a tSoissons, to fire on the rail
roads entering Laon from the north,
east and west. Battery No. 2 was plac
ed at Foatenoy-Ambleny for firing on
a large ammunition dump, which it
destroyed. This battery was then mov
ed to Charny north of Verdun. Ano
ther gun was placed in the Nancy
Luneville sector. Other railroad points
brought within range by these guns
were Montmedy, Loppy, Remoiville and
Longuyon.
“The principal value of the gun is in
the destruction of railroad yards,” said
Admiral Plunkett, "and the rolling
stock therein, interruption of railroad
traffic and general disorganization of
the enemy transportation system.
When they strike they do not make
a very big hole in the ground. They
only go down about five of six feet,
but the pieces of the shell fly about
a mile, and the fragmentation is ex
cellent. They break ug in pieces a
bout the size of your two fists.”
"Did you fire at any fortifications
! at all?”
••None at all."
“You had your eye on Metz when I
left there.” said Representative Fred
Britten of Illinois.
“The plans called for it,” said the
Admiral, “but they decided to take
Meiz in another way. and that was
, what they had under way when arm
stice was signed. In about three days
they would have been under way
with the biggest push of the war. We
we were going to circle around Metz
.and cut all the bridges and stop all
the traffic.”
j "What was contemplated just be
fore the armistice was signed,”
"The push was going straight in
south of Metz, between Metz and Sar
rebourg. They had the whole area in
there full ci? artillery, and there was
barely standing room for the person
nel. They had to take some person
; nel out. They could not oet the guns
j and the people in there at the same
time. Our guns were within two
kilometers of the trenches. We moved
right in on top of them, agp.d our
objectives were all the big railroad
centers ever in back of there. A place
called Sarrebourg was one. and Berte
stroff was another.
"The idea that the Germans would
begin to start things going as soon as
they saw we were coming and begin
to move everything, and that was the
time we were to open up. because
when you get a train or two at a
spot where the shell landss you not
only stop the traff.c, but you block it.
because you throw everything off the
track and raise Cain.”
“Had any of your shots accomplish
ed that result?”
"At Laon we picked a train off.
standing cn a siding, and put two
cars right cn top of the concrete
loading platform alongside of the
track.
“We f.red on Montmedy and Longu
ycn, and the effect of that firing was
to stop all traffic there, and we have
the statement o' the French who were
in Montmedy that one of the shells
struck the headquarters of the Firth
German Army and killed twenty-eight
of General von Gsllowitz's staff.”
Two hundred and thirty-six was the
highest number of shells from one of
these guns. All told. 787 shots were
fired from the six guns. The I tie cf
the rifle before relining is between
300 and 400 rounds. - —
AN AMERICAN
CITY IN FRANCE
When the Government cf the United
States declared war against Germany
it immediately got busy secuTing ports
in France for the disembarkation of
troops and the storing of food sup
plies and c-ther materials.
The intensification of maritime traf
'tc in the French ports had caused, in
some places, an extraordinary conges
tion and the existing facilities would
not permit of the quick unloading of
ships. The extension of the ports of
Bassens. near Eordeaux, during the
<var. to remedy this congestion is cne
of the most characteristic example of
the rapidity of wh.'ch the Americans
ere capable.
In justice it must be remarked that,
n 1915, under the capable and energet
ic direction of M. Clavei, Inspector
General cf iBridges at0 ■
three wharves had been' built af ' Bas
sens. The P<fri4-*'Orleans Railwa’y Co.
John Davis & Son
Pioneer Boat Builders
Designers and Builders of Seine
and Trolling Boats. All work Guar
anteed. Let ns figure with you for
your new boat.
Place* your order early to avoid rush
Can make quick delivery on new or repair work
John Davis &..Sort
Metlakatla, Alaska
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had laid several tracks connecting
'these wharves with the principal lines
to Paris. This undertaking was not
without dilYiculties. Important engi
neering work had to be done, such as
the construction of a "saut de mon
ton.'" a sort of tunnel under the main
line for the passage of the junction
track, thereby avoiding the danger and
increased work connected with too
j great a number of branch lines.
The Americans Immediately decid
ed to utilize the newly erected docks
and to construct ■ additional one®.
• Construction was begun in November.
1917. The 18th Regiment of Engi
necrs. under the command of Colonel
J. T. Cavanaugh, composed of about
3.C00 men .from Washington, Oregon.'
and California, was stationed at Bas
sens. in wooden barracks which had
been erected in a very short time.
They had at their disposal modern
machinery rendering it possible to do
a large amount of work each day.
White one man can hardly load more
than one cubic yard cT earth per day.
steam shoveij can load 3.000 cubic
ards in the same time. With the
use of these steam shovels, several
mounds che ppe :d in a few days.
Aisof in the space of three or four
days, huge electric cranes were un
Icadhig 1,000 tons of merchandise per
dock each day.
In ali. seventeen new docks were
built, c” which seven were added to the
three constructed by the French in
that part of Bassens which the Amer
icans call "Old Bassens." The remain
ing ten. each 825 feet in length, were
erected in th "New Bassens” section.
A few minutes spent on the Bor
deauK-Bassenh road, with its con
stant traffic of trucks, automobiles,
and side cars, will suffice to convince
ar,y one of the feverish yet well-organ
ized activity which reigns over the
whole region.
In hort. a veritable new city has
been created at Bassens since the
war—already a prosperiny city, whose
future prosperity is assured by the
solid relations which have been estab
■ lisned between France and the United
! States cf America.
BRIGGS DAVENPORT.
LOST: $60. in bills between Spar
: hawk store and Charcoal Point.
Finder please return to this office
and receive $25 reward. Adv.tf.
IN' THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF ALPHOXS.E A.
HANSEN, Deceased
j NOICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the
i undersigned Chas. H. Cosgrove, admi
: nistrator of the estate of Alphonse A.
; Hansen, deceased, to the creditors and
a!! persons having claims against the
said deceased, to .present them with
the proper vouchers ■within, .six mo,n
; tfcs from the date of this notice to
nhas H. Cosgrove, administraor of
=»-'d est^te at his otftce in the Torigass
HniMiufc Ketchikan. Alaska, wiiefe the
of said estate is transacted.
r>ated this 10 dav of February. 1U.19
Chas. H. Cosgrove* Aadminfstr^tor|
FOR SALE SCOW ELLIOTT
75 bv 20 feefi- 43 Tons.-...
Home on Scow, •.>,18.,^ 62
Suitable, formaltery^.
All in good condition Inquire ‘of W.
A. Bryant, at Heckman Co.
Expert grinding and saw-fitting at
STilly j f arpenter Shop.—adv tf.
FOR SALE-Three-r6om modern house
on Courthouse Hill—easy terms. C.
A. Smith.—adv. 6t.
FOR SALE:—12 h. p. 2 cylinder 4
cycle med., duty engine. 8 skate of
halibut gear, anchors and buoys, one
dory. H. C. Hankins, first house
sq^th of Heath’s store, adv. Imp.
Bowling Ally
And Pool Hall
lEverything New ;
and Up-to-Date
- K. TAKATA and J. K. TATSUDA
PROPRIETORS
Jewelry Shopl
fifWaTeKesT Diamonds Jewel
ry, Spectacles, Cut Glass, Silver*;
ware, Clocks and Curios.
REPAIRING a SPECIALTY
Chas. J. Engstrom
Jeweler '
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Tfurty-five years Experience, f
Bsrthelsen & Pruell
JEWELERS
W atch Repairing and Engraving Diamonds &
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in all Designs
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Ketchikan - - - Alaska
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I Jno. R.
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J. H. Davies
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ACCIDENT. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS
CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
BONDS OF ALL KINDS
CUSTOMS HOUSE LIABILITY
NOTARIES
Office Next Door to Customs House Phone 143. Night 25
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THfi ENGINE/REFINEMENT
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Ask about the 12-15 H. P. Heavy Duty Price
-H. R.THOMPSON, Agent.
GROUND ICE
FOR HALIBUT BOATS
The Alaska Coast Fish Co., has established an icing station on
Chicagof Island at a point two miles West of
POINT ADOLBHUS
ICY STRAITS
We are now prepared to deliver ground ice in any quantity
AT OUR ICING STATION
ALASKA COAST FISH COMPANY
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For Sale—38 ft. fishing Boat—18
H. P. Heavy duty Engine. Apply at
Inman’s Boat House.—adv. 6tp
“NOTICE FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the city of Ket
chikan hereby invitee bids for a con
tract for the construction of a con
crete walk on the east side of Front
street from D ock Street toj
Grant street according to specifics
ions in the hands of the city clerk.
All • bids to specify the length of time
the work is guaranteed and to be in
the hands of the city clerk on or be
fore March oth. 1919.
S. A. Plumley,
City Clerk.
VAAAAAAA.WA AAA .
l HOWARD BUYS
FURS
REGISTRATION
The Registration Books arc now
open at the Council Chamber from
1 o’clock p. in. to 5 o’clook p. ®l for
the registration of legal voters of
the City of Ketchikan.
Registration closes March 29th,
1919. at 4 o’clock p. m. Dated Feb
ruary 19th, 1919.
S. A. Plumley,
Registration officer
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Coal &" Frsight Hauled
From all Docks
Office Phone 64 Res. G 121
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