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London. April 15—The War Office
made the announcement that the
total number of eausalties in the war
to all arms of the British service up
to April 1, are 1-139,300 men. This
includes wounded, killed and prison
ers, both on land 3nd sea. Of eaurse
a large number of these have been
able to return to the line again. bv.t
the size of the list appals the entire
country.
iafi¥ns
Xew York, April 15—Former Presi
dent We. H. Taft h3s Joined the
American Legion, which is being or
gaaized throughout the United States
of citizens to act as a reserve line for
the army in the event of war.
ZEPPELINS”
ARE ACTIVE
London. April 15—A squadron of
German Zeppelins passed over the
north of England early last night.
They dropped bombs on the towns and
villages of Blyth. Cramlington. Bed
ington and Wallsal in Northumber
land, they then crossed the Tyne and
bombarded Seatonburn. Although
many of their bombs exploded after
striking, but little damage was done,
and no lives were lost.
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London. April 13—The government
has decided to ask Canada and Aus
tralia for reemits for the naval and
air service. The demonstration has
been made that the Territorialists make
first-class airmen, and a special at
tempt will be made to seccre recruits
in this arm.
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A big collision at the Dream to
night. adv.
'TEARING SET
A. Christensen, chief of the field
division of the Sand office In Alas
ka, an > M. S. Hibbard, goverun .0
engineer a. i mining expert, are
town to attend the hearing set for
next Monday in the matter of toe
Shoenbar mining claims back of town
Patent is being applied for by James
A. Davis f Boston to wiiom tic
‘lainis 36 in number, have been as
signed. The ^"vernment make
different charges why the patent
should not be granted:
1 Collnsi'n between the deputy
surveyor and the applicant. Davis,
and misrepresentation of the miner"
character of the land and the improve
ments made thereon.
- No lis ivery of mineral - n
the claims.
(3) Not having performed the re
quired £'.'»% worth of improvement -
on each claim.
14) That the land is taken f t
its value as a townsite and the ti
ler located upon it
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IS PROVING VERY POPULAR
G. H. Bach, the new purser on ■ -
• tty of Seattle, has every promts
becoming a popular officer. He w =
for years on the Nome run out ■ :
Seattle- and was transfered to tl i«
run when H. A Burgert wen: south '
become purser on the Yale.
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IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LION
It the third Adventure of Kat’. 5t.
“,t the Dreamt {.night. Two more reels
u this wonderful animal serial, deal
ing with the most ferocious beasts t
the jungle. Scenes of the great sr-.c
rafiee fire in the holy gardens of
the Rajah, while escaping through the
jungle. After surviving the two or
deals Kathlyn is set upon by the
followers of the wonldbe monarch.
See her wonderful escape on ter faith
ful elephant. While in the jungle a
lion charges the elephant and every
thing is lost again, as she Is captur
ed and condensed to death on the
saerad fire, a thrilling experience
never before shown on the screen.
Keep in the line of exeeTIant film
and see this adventure tonight. T! e
second Patbe Daily in 1915 is very
good, showing the collision of a five
masted ship and a steamer off Care
Cod; one of the most unique street
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m STORY
Washington. April 15—The Japanese
embassy made a formal denial today
that Japan had established a naval
; base in Turtle Bay, Lower California
is reported some days ago by Cali
fornia newspapermen. He brands the
natter as preposterous- and declares
that Japan has never had any inten
tion or desire to locate any naval
l ;so nr ccnpy any territory on the
■•xiean coast.
TAKE DUTCH
FJSH BOAT
Midden, April 15—Four trawlers
flying the Dutch flag have been seiz
J -t by German submarines during the
;past two days. No reason lias been
j ;ivcn by the German government for
\ i is action, and Dutch fishing eon
! erns are up in arms.
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AND TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT
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Never mini the weather, tut come
• * ■ the Lyceum Concert tonight at
' ' Mi -.'« Hall. Forget your troubles
; in the feast of good music that will
I c offered.
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■r.; . ' r s -wn in the T*. s- . th
Quak-r, Philadelphia, eelebratin
; the Quaker New Year; war scene'
| animate ! map; winter on the battle
: field, showing the severe weather
; conditions at the battle front; a
| wonderful exibition of testing a mon
j 'ter war mine- and several other
; events make np on of the best reel?
! in the show. There are three comedies
on the bill. The Rise of Officer
i r'asey. The L"t Child and a clever
! Yitagraph production. Sunny Jim at
i the North Pole. Gene, the Yitagraph
log plays an important part In the
: -lash from the pole. This Is not a rip
! roaring afair- but one of the neatest
i playett' of all the Yitagraph releases.
Summing this all np we have a bill
j that can not be improved In any part.
A boosting show guaranteed to please
; all. adv.
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COLLAPSES
Holbrook, April 15—The Layman
I lleservoir. which was built by the
I government to in.pond the waters of
; the Little Colorado river, broke yes
terday under the pressure of high
water in the river, and dozens of the
people living in the valley below the
dam were drowned.
London. April 15—The British
steamer Ptarmigan was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine in
the North Sea yesterday. Xo warn
ing was given by the German vessel
anl eleven of the steamers crew are
lost.
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COMING ON THE SPOKANE
Mrs. Cornelia Tempelton Hatcher, .V
M., organizer and lecturer, National
W. C. T. U.; President of tho Wom
an's Christian Temperance Union of
i Alaska, will arrive on the steamer
Spokane tomorrow morning. The local
W. C. T. U. is making arrangements
to hold a series of meetings at which
Mrs. Hatcher will be the speaker,
the particulars of which will be an
nounced later. Her lecture subjects
are, “Alaska; The Last American Out
post;” (illustrated); “Safety First—
The Trails of Life;” “Ignorance A
broad: With apologies to Mark
Twain;” etc Watch the columns of
the Miner for announcements as to
time and place.
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An animated war map at the Dream
tonight. adv.
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Buffalo, April 15—Carrying the af
fair off in true western style, twelve
robbers bold up the fast Now York
Central train at Sanborn, almost with
in sound of Niagara Falls, last night
and stripped several ears of tlioir
cargo of silks, worth in the neigh
borhood of fifty thousand dollars. Tiic
robbers were thoroughly prepared and
showed great techniquqe by having
several motor trucks ready and madt
their escape in same.
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Paris, April 15—After the sharpes*
kind on fighting in Tipper Alsace, li
j the neighborhood of Colmar tin
: the French forces report a gain o'
' over a thousand meters against t!i
i Germans. The fighting in this regioi
is entirely in German territory. Sev
; eral cannon and a number of macliint
guns were captured by the advneing
French troops.
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THE GRAND TONIGHT
Will show. Into The Streets,
three reel Warner feature that is i
story of a young girl, the daughter o
a shoe-maker, who tires of the sinrpl
life ami is enticed by a man of wenltl
to his home, where she is dined an*
wined and meets a young artist win
' aeeompanys her to her home at :
; late hour, and she is ordered froir
i home by her father. Finding horse’
without a home, or means, she lu
many adventures but finally she i
forgiven and a happy reunion is th
end. Along with this picture Is :
frontier drama entitled. The Banger'
Boll of Honor- and a good comedy
Friday and Saturday night will bt
The Valley of the Moon, by .Tack
London, in six reels with Jack Conway
and Myrtle Stadman in the leading
roles. Billy and Saxon after becom
ing discouraged with life in Say
Francisco start out for their fan
of dreams, which must be so idea
that they ought to look for it in the
Valley of the Moon. They have innnr
adventures and travel through some
beautiful country and the last view
of them is in the midst of busy ranch
life, in the dell in Wildwater. The
play is preceded by a twenty-foot
moving piicture of Mr. London over
looking his ranch at Sanoma fron
the same cairn on which Billy and
Saxon stand when litoy get theii
first glimpse of their Valley of the
Moon. ail v
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New York. April 15—Mrs. Roose
velt was rushed to the Roosevelt
Hospital today from Oyster Bay, and
underwent ail operation. The nature
■ f the operation was not revealed,
t ut the physicians in attendance say
she is progressing favorably.
Petrograd, April 15—The most stub
born fighting of the war is now be
iug waged in the Carpathians, with
general success to the Russian arms.
The German and Austrians have made
several ataeks in other regions with
the object of forcing the withdrawal
i f Russian troops from Hungary to
meet them. but. thus far Russia has
been able to moot these attacks with
a sufficient number of men to dold
them, without weakening her great
army now advancing through the Car
pathian passes toward Buda-Pesth.
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London, April 15—The Admiralty
i lias notified the owners of all refrig
orator vessels ..1,eating out of Brit
ish ports that their vessels were com
mandeered by the governmt rt and
none could sail without permission he
ing first obtained. Considerable
mystery surrounds the order.
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WILL COOK AT NAKET CANNERY
Among the passengers on the City
of Seattle last night were the Misses
Hartsougli. on their way to Xaket
Tnlet. These two ladies, probably the
best-known cooks in the Ketchikan
District, go as cooks for the cannery,
which will operate to its full capacity
this season.
The Adventure of Katidyn at tin
Dream tonight. adv.
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Washington, April 15—Tho busin
ess of the United States government
lias been practically suspended today,
out of respect to tho memory of
Abraham Lincoln, who passed away
fifty years ago today.
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Honolulu, The divers from the
Brooklyn navy yard, seut out by the
government to raise the sunken sub
marine F-4, went down this morning
and had no difficulty in reaching tho
wreck. They found tho superstruc
ture somewhat damaged, and the hull
filled with water. The latter is
thought to have resulted from seep
age and not from any big leak. It
is slated that they are of the opinion
no difficulty will be experienced in
attaching several cables to the wreck
and hauling it iuto shallow water
and eventually into a drydock.
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Paris, April 15—Two German aero
planes scouting over French terri
tory were brought down Inst night
by a gun fire and their crews captur
ed near A'aney. This makes five aero
planes captured in less than a week.
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, London, April 15—Lord Kitchener
has made the statement that lie con
i templates the organization of all the
| ammunition plants of Groat Britain
under government supervision. This
it. is believed will solve tho matter
of increased output. At the present
time great difficulty Is being exper
ienced in maintaining a supply' of am
munition at the front.
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In the Temple of the Lions at tho
Dream tonight. adv.
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