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mol FRIDAY’S DAILY
New York, Dee. 4—All cor
respondents in Europe report
lh»t the Allies have within the
i ast few days drslwn the con
s'- rship of telegrams, both
news and private matters nnicii
closer than heretofore. This
is taken to indicate 'that some
Ihng big is about to happen,
iphe arrival of hundreds of fre«h
rtrMsh troops in France re
cently, which has resulted in
Kitchener’s declaration that
the Allies in France and Bel
gium are now numerically
equal lk> the Germans, is be
lieved to mean that a forward
movement of 'the Allies is im
minent. If this be done now
by the Allies on the west and
the Russians on the east, the
probabilities are the Germans
will have their hands full.
French Are Attacking
Berlin, Dec. 4—The French
and British forces are making
severe attacks on the German
lines in Flanders. In some
places they have met'with par
tial successes.
Many Officers Lost
Berlin, Dee. 4—The nunuber
of 'officers of the Russian army
and navy who have been kill
ed, wounded or taken rison
ers since the beginning of the
present war is over thirty-three
thousand.
Allies Equal Germans
London ,Dec. 4—(For the first
time since the beginning of the
war, the Allies are numerical
ly eifiial to the Germans in tht
western theater.
Russians Capture Town
London, Dec. AYord comes
from Italy stating 'that the
Russians have captured the for
and town of Wieliczka, whidl
is within three miles of bhr
on'ter fortifications of 'the city
of CracJw. They are pourin;
shells steadily, night and day
into Cracow.
Russians Resume Offensive
London, Dec .4—The Rus
sians straightened out tthei
line in Poland, brought up frest
re-inforcemenls and have re
sumed the offensive.
Germans Are Repulsed
Paris, Dec. 4—The German
attempted 'fa cross the Yse
river last niglht on rafts bu
were repulsed with fearfu
loss by the deadly fire an>
machine gun fire of the Allies
Prince of Wales At Front
Calais, Dec. 4—The Prince o
Wales joined his regiment a
the f 1*0111 'this morning. lli
father. King George accompar
ied'him and the presence of th
two in the danger zone arous
ed the wildest enthusiasm.
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GAS BOAT SINKS
It. I). Merwin arrived i
P'rt yestlerday morning rron
Lincoln Rock aboard the Starr
and reports 'the loss >of his boa
the Richmond as the result o
striking a submerged log about
five miles this side of Lirirol
llock Tuesday night, the b a
s ukiug in le>s than five mm
ides. Merwin and bis dac!
hand look to their dingey an
landed at Lincoln Rock.
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GROWS MUCH WORSE
X. F. ZimmermaH was pi re
ceipt of a letter from Emi
Fhubeek on a recent boat fror
the north, stating that the la'
lor was tieing sent soulli fo
treatment. I will be rnnrm
bered that just about a yea
ago Shubeek went to <the Plon
ears’ Home at Kilka, from Ket
chikan, but has since gotten si
much weaker that lie is nov
unable to walk.
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The Daily Miner fi. per mo.
HAD A SMALL FREIGHT -■
The Alameda arrived from
the south yesterday afternoon
about three o’clock, had but]
twelve tons of freight for this
port, probably due torthe ar
rival of the Jefferson in the
morning. Judge Gunnison and
T. C. McCaul boarded her ihere
for Juneau and Carl Lundgren
for Cordova.
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HAS SEEN MANY LANDS
The Miner Man had the
pleasure of meeting Dwight E.
Price the (Other evening prior
to his departure for Juneau
and being entertained by him
in his descriptions of the many
lands he 'has visited on his
travels. . Mr. Price, who is at
the head of a big jewelry and
diamond house in Detroit, h*s
just returned from a trip to 'the
Orient, where he saw the grim
conditions resulting from the
present war, as evidenced in
the fact that he was arrested
at Hong Kong for taking kodiak
pictures, and held prisoner un
til his films were developed
and passed on by the officers
in command of the British fore
esat that place. Mr. Price is
now on his way to Kodiak, but
will stop in at the various
towns on the way seeing the
sights. ,
SOME JOB FOR
SANTA CLAUS
'''ne Miner Men is infirmcd
liial one of the [cache's in out
local school asked each of the
members of her class, as part
cf their English lesson, to
"'file a letter lo Santa Ciaiisc
telling tlhat jolly old som wind
ruh one desired foe Christ
inas. The greater numlier n:
he letters were of the ordinary
kind, this little girl asking foi
i doll or a set of dishes, that
little boy wanting a sled or a
jack-knife, but at last ithe
‘eacher opened one that made
her gasp. It was from one 'of
he little girls of the class, who
mid she would he willing to
forego dolls, and books, ana
lisihes, and a sled and all the
•jther things so dear to the
heart of a little maid, if deai
Santa Clause would only bring
icr a baby brother.
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SOUTH FOR WINTER
James Bawden, one of the
ie^t known of the oldrtime
irospeclors of this reglfon
eft on the Alki for tlie south
j esterday. lie has finished the
issessment work for this yeai
m his Crack-a-Jack minin;
(aims over at IIo'llls, and xvil'
pend the winter at Edmonds.
Vashington.
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\N INVITATION
IS EXTENDEr
A general invitation is exlcn
(1 Ilia public at large, and 3S
eeially 'the strangers now
i town in attendance on tin
iresent term of Court, to a'ten
lie concer! to he given by tin
{etchiknn Firemen’s Band a'
‘ed Men’s Hall, Sunday after
oon, December, 0. The Con.
erf ‘which will commence
Vtn, is enlirely free.
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"AKES HER TIME ABOUT
IT MAKING THE TRIP!
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After being, just about Of
Kirs on the way, the,fast am'
.iirioiiss'sfeamer. Berth a made
irl. last iii 'hl about seven o’
ock from the south. The jokr
•' the whole thing'was the far
of Ihe Seattle post -office bar
't mail -on her,, nolwithstand
ig her speed record and the
let tba-t two vessels, the Jef
r-on and Alameda, were leav
,g so soon alter her that the
doth beat her up on the trip.
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Job and Commercial printing
t the Miner.
AUDITOR ARRIVES
Shirley Buck, auditor in the
Forest Service, with headquart
ers at Portland, arrived up. on
the steamer Alameda yester
day afternoon, and 'today ic
making an administrative audit
of the local Forest Service of
fice. Me plans »to remain here
three days, and will- go south
Sunday evening.
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LOADING FROZEN HALIBUT
The steamer Northland is
taking on a load of frozen hali
butt a1!, the Ketchikan Cold Stor
age plant. She •will load be
tween three and four hundred
boxes of the fish, which is the
property of the San Juan Fish
company.' In addition to- this
s'he loaded 25 boxes of ice
hatibut and a large number oi
empty gas and oil ‘tanks.
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FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
Petrograde, Dec. 5—Probab
ly the most tragic time in tin
fighting lof the present wai
was during the thirty-six hour
incessant battling when tin
German forces under Genera
Maekenson which ha 1 penc
•raited to Tuszin were surround
ed by the Russian forces am
forced to figh,t their w;n
through to Rreziny to unit*
with 'the main body. The Rus
sians essayed counter attack
aft)er counter-attack /in their
efforts to prevent the junction
but the Germans cut a passage
for a distance of over fifteen
miles. The fighting lasted foi
over a day and a half withou
a moment’s cessation, the Ger
mans falling in windrows be
fore the rifle and machine gut
fire of the Russians, but as fast
as one regiment was gone an
other took its place and hurl
ed itself on the Russians. Ncai
Sezerzow, where ’the Germai
line expends for about twenty,
miles east of the Warta River
the Germans #ow have beei
heavily re-inforccd, and an
trying to envelop the Russia?
wing. In east Prussia Ihe sif
nation is at a standstill. Dot 1
sides evidently awaiting tin
mitcome *of the fiightin g.>
Lodz.
London, Dec. 5—The detail -
of the last two weeks fight in'
in Poland are beginning 1
filler through, proving that be
vond a doubt the fighting ha
been the bltoddirst • of the^c??
tire war. In the battle be
Kvecn Ihe Warta and Vistul.
rivers when (he Germans wer
utterly defeated, Prince Job?
and Prince Joachim, sons o
*he Kaiser evaded eaplure o
death ouly by escaping in a>
aeroplane, to the rear of Ilf
German army.
Many Officers Loft.
St. Petersburg, Dee. .*>—Tt i
■slimaled that the loss among
:ihe German of firm's during tin
"ecent fighting neap Lodz a
mounted t> close to nine!:
per cent.. Many of the reg
meats had less than one lr:n
dred men left able to fight.
Fight In Howling Galo
Paris, Iter. 5—In the midsi
a howling gale and snow
mi, Ihe fighting in Fland r
s been resumed with incrcn
I ferocity.
Pfiwet Hold A Prisoner
.Johannesburg, Dec. 5—Gen
eral Dewit is held a prisone ■
iii * the fWt here pending III
convening of a rourt-martth
to try him for high treason am
insurrection.
Decorates The So (tiers
Paris. ' Iier. r>~ Ki *g Gedrg
of Great Britaiin lias deco-ale
many of lb*. soldiers "'i-th well
earned medals while visilin
the battle fields of Pranec an.
Flanders, pinning them oti tin
recipients coals and making./
brief speech in each case.
Allies Order 8le|ghs
Chicago, Doc. 5—Orders have
been placed with South Ben.i
implimemt manufacturers for
30,000 bob sleds by reprcscn-'
tatives of the British and
French governments.
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Servians Defeat Austrians
ienjia, Dec. 5—An official
report today announces that
the Austrian Dorces have been
stopped by the counter-attacks
of fhe Servians whom they
wbpg atlackimg. It is believed
that Russian a>:d has reached
the Servian army by way of
Roumania.
Tunnel Blown Up
Berlin, Dec. —The report that
Russian troops have reache i
the Servian army is not credit
ed here. This is mainly on n>
j count iof 'the fact that the grenl
railroad tunnel near Tekijo has
; been blown "P by the Herman
representatives.
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SEATTLE IN SOUTHBOUND
■—
The steamer City oT Seattle
, called in on Iher way south
| yesterday evening, leaving fo;
Prince Rupert about eight ■o’
clock. She loaded 2,530 case
of salmon at this point from
I he Pure Food Cannery, clean
ing up tlhe last of their pack
Besides the salmon she loaded
"25 boxes of fresh halibut at the
Ketchikan Gold Storage plant
In addition to the fish loaded
here, she had 3,000 cases oi
canned salmon from the Hawke
Inlet cannery and 47 boxes o'
halibut from Juneau and Pet
ersburg. On her way south slu
’’ailed in at Tokeen on t)he west
coast of Prince of Wales Isl
and for the crew of 'the marbh
quarry at that place, 40 of
whom went on down to ' thf
^onnd. The quarry was com
polled to shut down on ac
count of the continued frost;
weather.
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FROST RETARD3 WORK
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The present cold snap i
holding up the noiutmciioi
work ion the government tadioo
!-oilding at Metlakahtla. Tin
'(■hool will he aT-shaped boil
ing about 08 x 98 feet. It vdl
contain six class rooms, a man
nail training room, domcstii
science room, assembly roon
and gymnasium, clinical rum
for the doctor and also showe
baths. It, wilt be steam heater
and will he equipped with
miodern plumbing. At present
four 'teachers are employed anr
a fifth has been asked for.
There are 178 pupils enrolled
ind at present they are meet
ng in a couple of halls with tw<
enrhers to a room. The eigh'
•eindeer which were recent];
brought fromXomc district an
'oing well. One of the am
male received injuries from
vhich it died during the trip
The other seven were place<
n charge of herders and turn
ad loose, with the exception o
'be lead dear, which was pick
cterl. Six of '(hem eluded thi
gilance of the herders anr'
escaped. They have been see?
several limes by the native'
but have not been recapture
is yet however, they will h»
>11 right, providing Ihe wolve
io not kill them. Rcindee
noss which was brought i
'arks to feed them until the)
became acclimate,] was spurn
'.ml as food b'y the deer and the
i"c thriving on Ihe native mos
n ! fodder which g-ows 1
bundance on the island. The
bnvc demonstrated that the'
an thrive on the feed growinc
in Ihe island and a good In
crease is looked for in tiht
spring.
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Vti*| now President Barnet’
of the defurct Washington -
Maska h»n!c ’ of iFairbanks
wants 'his property back.
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TAX 8TAMP8 ARRIXE
The local Customs House
was in receipt of a consign
ment of War Tax Stamps on
today’s boat. They are in six
denominations, one-half cent
one cent, two cents, five cents,
twenty-five cents and fifty
cents. The supply received
was very small, but the expec
tations are that the government
will keep the customs house
supplied. Up to this time no
stamps have been available for
general purposes, the only ones
in town being a small supply
which was furnished the Alas
ka Steamship company’s rep
resentatives in this city.
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Gol. Millard, member of the
Territorial Senate from
Valdez, and George Hazelel,
trustee of the Cordova townsile
were passengers on today’s
Mariposa.
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PAUL BUCKLEY IS
NAMED DEPUTY MARSHAL
U. 8. Brenneman has ap
pointed Paul Buckley, of Sew
ard, ns deputy marshal at Un
alaskn. Burkly took the oath
of office and left or a recent
trip io£ the Dora for 'his staltiori.
He is an old tinier in the north,
having operated in the Cook In
1st counrty for 15 years.
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MARIP08A SOUTHBOUND
Shortly after nofrn today the
Mariposa arrived on her way
south after a fast trip <o the
Westward. From this point
sha has 82 passengers on
hoard. Her cargo consists of
075 tons of ore from the La
Touche mine, 300 tons from
the Bonanza, 30 boxes of fresh
halibut from Juneau, 20 boxes
from the New England’s Ket
hika» rdant. 20 barrels of salt
cod from the same place. 1
sacks of concentrates from Hoi
■ is, and several small lots of
‘rplunder.”
JUDGE WICKERSHAM
PASSES THROUGH TOWN
Among the passengers on
the Mariposa today was James
Wickersham, Alaska’s Dele
gate tk> Congress. Mr. Wicker
sham is On his way to Wash
ington, after a tour of the Ter
ritory. He is of course sat- ‘
isfied with lh vote he received
in the recent election, especial
ly in Ktohikan, where luis por
tion was wery high .
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FROM MONDAY’8 DAILY
London, Dec. 7—Word
comes from the front of a bat
tle in the air between three
British aeroplanes and a Ger
man dirigible. The fight lastCi
for several hours, and was in
plain sight of the contending
armies who suspended fight
ing while they watched the ba
tie in the clouds. The aero
planes attacked the big balloon
from above) and after man>
imsuccescfiil attempts suc
ceeded in ripping the envelop
and the Zeppelin crumpling
up fell to the ground.
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Germans Take Lodz
St. Petersburg, Dec. 7—Word
•omes from Ihe front that Hi*
Germans have pressed the Rio
*ian center back beyond Lodz
rid are now in possession of
hat place. This gives their
■onlrol of the railroad from the
German frontier.
Turkish Cruiser Injured
St. Petersburg, Dec. 7—Th*
Turkish cruiser Hamidica
'truck a mine at the nortlierr
end of the Bosphorus and "'«■
forced to return io flunstaiftf
nople. Her wailer tight com
partments kept her afloat.
Loss Is Very Heavy
'Rome, Dec, 7—Kingr Nicholas
r
| of Mtontencgro stales that ful
ly a third of his available army
has fallen in ibaittlc in the pres
ent war against Austria.
Will Fray For War’s End
Ottawa, Dec. 7—January
third, the first Sunday in the
New Year has been set aside
as a Day of Proyer for ending
the Great War throughout ail
Canada.
Will Side With The Allies
Geneva, Dec. 7—A dispatch
has been received here stating
that iRjoumania has decided to
enter the war on the side of
ihe Allies as against Turkey,
tt is understood also that an
agreement has been reached
among the Balkan stales wihich
will bring practically all of
them in on the same side with
Roumania.
Being Taken To England
London, Dec. 7—<Capt. von
Mueller of the German cruis
er Emden is being brought to
Great Britain, wihere he will
be held as a prisoner of war.
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BANQUET KETCHIKAN IANS
Last Saturday night after
the show at the Grand the
Juvenile Kctchikanians were
invited to a banquet at the
Stedman Cafe, given in their
honor hy the management of
the Grand. Plates were laid
for eight, and Me place cards
bore two conundrums, the an
swering of which furnished con
S'iderable amusement. The
table was decorated with car
nations and ferns and the lun
cheon was served in five cours
es. Those present were the
Misses Kirschbaum, Foord,
Rabcr, Mercer, Wertheim and
Diaz. Mcsdanes Bosworfh
and Mclvor chaperoned the
party.
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HAD A GOOD TIME
Between 'one Ihundred and
fifty and two hundred Ketchi
kaners wertt down to the Silvis
lake on Georges Inlet yester
day to try the skating. Thev
report it was fine and every
body had a good time. The
skaters s<tate that Georgr
Rounsefell dhaperoned the
party..
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IIMMIE TAKES A
BAD TUMBLE
Owing to 'the giving away of
underpinning on the Heckman
wharf, J. E. Sayles sustained a
lucking and severe bruisec
this morning. The 'givnig wav
of the planking under him
Iropped him into the water,
ond precipitated a quantity of
olanks, etc., on him. He was
*aken home and Hr. Ben Myers
summoned, who reports tha*
Emmie has a number of bad
bruises, and there is a posi
bilily till alt a fracture of a leg
bone may have occurred.
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DOCUMENTARY STAMPS
The war tax stamps which
’rrived at the Customs Hous*
'asf Saturday are documenlar
stamps. They can be secure
it 'the Customs House as lone
's they last, but the available
opply is limited.
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PFFERSONIN SOUTHBOUND
The Jefferson is making
heat time .-on her present trip;:
’•riving in port yesterday after :
non. She took South lift box
- of halibut. 87 from norther
oiuts and 23 from Ketch'ka’
"■'nng her passengers fro
'’is point were Mrs. J. J. I)a!
j1io is going south to spenu
ve holidays wibh her boys who
**p attending school in Port
■dr and Shir'ev T*urk auditn
i:he Forest Service.
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V printing n< P < m
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MAKING BIG CATCHE8
Recent arrivals from tha
fishing banks report big catch
es. The Progress was in yes
terday and went on stout h with
110,000 pounds. The Pros
pector arrived at (the New Eng
land today with 00,000, and
the Tyee came in this morning
with HO,000 pounds.
GRANBY DINING HALL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The dining hall at Anyox,
located about midway between
the smelter and the mam
part of ithe town, was burned
recently. There were also de
stroyed several sleeping apart
ments and as the blaze hap
pened abouitthree in t)he morn
ing, the men had barely tima
to escape and thep saved but a
'«w personal effects. ITow tM
fire originated is not known.
There was a heavy gale on at
the tie.
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IMPROVEMENTS NOW
NEARING COMPLETION
The changes in the Daly
meat market building are near
ing completion, and the store
ill be back in the building
within a few days. Some do
lly i« being experienced in the
receipt of the new e ..ild-sl-or
>ge counters orl«v'i some
aiago, but as y»' iiiiilc'iver
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FINDS VALUABLE ORE
Messrs, Heckman & Thomp
son who have recently oomplet
ed (heir assessment work on
'heir claims formerly the Omar
property, report that they
made a discovery of a six foot
'cad of solid borniile we which
marries high values. This Is on
'he lower claims( and with a
‘‘our foot lead found some time
ego shows that this property is
one iof merit.
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The force at the Bonanza
■topper mine has been reduced
'o twenty men; tand it Is re
iorted That the Copper River &
Northwestern railway may sus
oend operations for the winter
months.
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Marie Heim has finally won
’ter smit for a share of the
oroperty staked by Jerry Wil
son, of Nome, in 1900. The
womian grubstaked Wilson and
he located the Ophir group of
•laims on Ophir creek, in the
Council City district. The
■laims have produced several
millions. The suit has been
m the courts for several years.
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At Fairbanks, the efforts of
he committee in charge of the
aisinig funds for the Red
Cross work in Europe resulted
n the tidy sum of $050 being
gathered f ir the work.
Skagway’s Thanksgiving of
fering to the Red Cross society
for the suffering people iof Bel
mum was $259.
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I
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