FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
London, Dec. 8—Berlin claim?
that the German arms have cap
tured not less than “one hund
red thousand Russians in title
past, month’s fighting. Thi?
number is probably an exager
ation.
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Asks Christimas Truce
Rome, Dec. 8—The Pope ha?
sent messengers to all tht
heads of the different warring
rations of Europe asking tha'
a truce be declared during tin
Christmas time.
Allies Take Offensive
Paris, Dec., 8—The Afilie?
have taken the offensive lr
Northern France and Belgium
and have captured miles o!
German trenches at -the point
of the bayonet. French, Bel
gian and British forces are
taking part in the advance.
Russians Are Repulsed
Berlin, Dec. 8—The Russian
army has been repulsed at tht
Austrian frontier and is now
falling back.
Are Strengthening Zeebrugge
Amsterdam, Dec. S—The Get
mans are renewing the forti
ficaho.is at Zeebrugge to pre
vent a repetition of the bom
bardment of tien days age*.
Jap Wants More Ships
Tolcio, Dec. 8—The buget of
the navy department submit
ted tothe Diet yesterday pro
vides for three huge dread
naughts and eight torpedo boat
submarines.
Christmas Ship Arrives
Genoa. Dec. S—The American
ship Jason arrived here last
night, she is loaded with the
Christmas presents sent b\
line United States to the child
ren of war-swept Europe.
Russians Surround Cracow
London, Dec. 8—Additional
Russian troops aggregating
two hundred and seventy thou
sand men have arrived in the
neighborhood <of Cracow within
the pa<t ten days, and the place
is now entirely surrounded anil
is being bombarded from everv
side.
Peter Takes Command
Vienna, Dee. 8—King Peter
of Servia has taken command
of the Servian army and ha*
an offensive campaign. He
has already inflicted heaw
l >->es on the Austrian army
and forced a cessation of the
latffrs attack on Nish.
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at the courthouse
Jud,ge Thus. R. Lyons am'
Maurice D. Leehey arrived ur
on the Evans this morning
They come on business con
Hooted with the suit of the o!<:
Brown Alaska company again*1
the Granby Cons. Smelling
Mining & Power company t
prevent the latter concern oper
ating an aerial tram across the
property of the former. The
case promises to be an inter
e-ding one.
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TRANSFERRED TO
THE PHILIPPINE'
Roy Barto was in receipt o
wCrd from the head office o
the Forest Service last night i
forming him that he had beet
transferred ‘to the Philippine
Wand Forest Reserve Service
and he will leave for the south
and hi* new field at a nearly
date. He has been a mernhe
of the Aaska Forest Service
since July 1011 coming here
by transfer from the Bois:
National Forest Hesei-ve, anr!
has made a host of friends win
will regret to hear of his trans
fer.
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Frank Mav the Indian be
lieved to be responsible for the
mi-rde'- of Bert Tavlor. the
TTnzelfnn. is be
ing tried at Priotftf Rtfjffi*
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REPORT. OF GRAND JURY
We (he Grand Jury sum
ned to attend the Special
ovember, 1914, term of the
oiled Stales Dislriot Couit for
he District of Alaska, Division
No. One, having1 completed
our labors for the said term
and concluded 't hs 'business
brought before us n*ow beg
ave to report to the Honorable
ourt as folliws:
We have been in session 8
'ays, and have acted on 21 bind
over cases and conducted sev
eral investigations, and have
found 23 True Bills. We have
xamined 45 witnesses and eni
'eyed two enterpreters.
We find that the Federal jail
* in a clean and sanitary con
•tion.
We recommend that the Kel
'kan court house he painted
'side and out with white lead
•int. and that 'the Judges
bombers, the petit jury room
"d the United State-. Attor
ey’s room be plastered; that
wire screens be put over the
oil windows; that, a coat of
ar be put over the vault to
veep oifl the water as the rec
ords are getting mouldy, caus
ed from seepage through the
ement.
We recommend the suppre*
*ion of slot machines, dice box
oa. and other gambling device*
>n this district.
We rpcommend that the
fish wardens mark the month*
•of fi«h streams as a guide to
fishermen.
We also recommend that a
eame warden be nnpointed for;
fhe Ketchikan district.
We recommend that a bounty
of not les* than five dollar* b’
n'it on wolves.
Wp further recommend tha'j
cannerymen and tran-sffo loca*!
ors he prohibited from driving
oiling in such a manner as U
obstruct or endanger naviga
tion.
We recommend that the
rity Council pmplov a compe
tent niffhf watchman.
JOHN 8H0KNBAR, Foreman
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Washington, Dec. 8—The
Tileries were packed yester
'av when President Wilson
°ad his annual message 'So
Congress. He fold tha.t body
here was much work ahep.d of
'em, that they must look into
'he future. The war be said,
a! made many changes, but
*e needs of Europe must be
et from somewhere, and the
nrted States holds the key to
he situation.
He urged the enactment of!
freedom bill for the Phi
’■ ties, lie establishment of
ve-nment steamship lines.!
1 a thorough re-survey of the!
s‘ of A'a^ka. fie laid par j
hr stress cm the ?’eed oM
.e so far ihad neces-ari'' j
" incomplete at almost j
ery point, and as the result
' of life and property had
ulted. He went on to state
of the boats the. coast survey
■■«ing a^e so antiquated as to
° absolutely unseaworthv,
d if any commercial company
'ndertook to send such t-o sea.
He ffovernme.nif would inter
fer3. The equipment of the
same department was in no re
spect better thun the ships
"nr! the whole a dls Trace ft
she country.
Although Ihe TTnited Sfatec
s a country of peace and a«
"eh opnose.d to the mainiain
">rp of a laree .stanHin,g armv.
til' we should maintain a pow
r"f'i! n.lw fur defense 1ml rot
foe aggressive action, and for
land protection must depend
on a citizen arms- accustomed
to the use of firearms.
Postmaster B'<kke, of Nome
•' again able to attend to his
'••t>e« after a sj3fire jn fhe hos
'nffe-ing from rheuma
r'ROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Amsterdam, Dec. 9—Owing
io the proximity of tha Allied
forces, which are now pushing
lie Germans back, the Germa i
nvoional headquarters have
been compelled to fall back
inoin Holders, in which town
the shells have been falling
lor the past, twelve 'hours. This
is the first intimation that the
world at arge has heard of the
\llied advance, as both British
..nd French have excluded all
correspondents from their
ranks. Roulers is situated in
western Belgium, and 'has been
the headquarters of the forces
* perating against the line a
long the Yser river and canals.
Kaiser Has Pneumonia
London. Deo. 9—An official
ommunicaWon by wireless
‘"■oni Berlin brings the news
that Kaiser Wilhelm is confin
ed to his room with a severe
of tack tof lung fever wi'ii
pneumonia threatening him.
He has exposed himself much
of late, and the present sick
ness is the result-.
Germans Drive Russians Back
London, Dec. 9—Slowly but
none the less steadily*!he Ger
man forces around Lodz are
forcing the Russians back. An
advance of six *or eight- miles
has been accomplished with
in the past counle of days. The
Russians are fighting .stubborn
'v and bravely, but 'the; German
discipline and system is more
than a match for them.
Rebel Leader Is Shot
Johannesburg, Dec. 9—Gen
eral Beyers, one of the leaders
•n the receef Ropt re'be’lion was
sHof recemtlv according to re
ports reachina' this city. With
a few of his men he was cros
sing a stream, when the force
P”rsnincr him arrived at the
riven ba#k and opened fire on
them. Beyers was among the
men 'hit. his body fallingint))
(he river disappearing.
Cholera Again Reported
Rotterdam. Dec. 9—Cholera
is reported to have made ils
appearance ln both the Rus
sian and German armies in
Poland.
Represents The Kaiser
London, Dec. 9—The King 01
saxony, representing the Kais
er arrived at Brussels yester
day and will probably remain
at that place for a time. He
comes owing to dhe sickness
• f Ihe latter.
Foreigners Are Arrested
Salonika. Dec. 9—All Rus
sians, Servians and Montene
•rans in Smyrna have been ar
ested by the Turks and thrown
i' to prison. British and French
* objects have been notified that
-hey win be arrested if they at
rinpt (o leave the country.
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NEW fire APPARATUS
Three new ladders, one i4
"eel, one 10 and one 18 were
’’eccived on a recent steamer
and wi'l be added t the town’s
firefighting equipment on the
.hook and ladder truck. New
hells were also received for
ea^h cart, which ring aiftomat
i i'‘allv. and a eeller nozzle
I which throws a whirling
-tream spray, arrived at the
"’me time.
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*ATOUCHE COMING
WITH COAL
D. M. Taylor was in reeeiot
of n wire this morning ‘dating
lhat the freigh'er LaTouche
was leaving Seattle today on
her wav north and would stop
in at Nanaimo for 400 tons of
New WelUnsrfon lump coal for
t*’e Ketchikan Wharf companv
a' (his nnrt. She should ar
rive here Sunday or Monday.
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The Dtaily Minsr fit pVr
. ,, mm m ir iiiiiTm iKmuIi t tiiiii.ii .vri' i - tnn, ■MKVl-f-'-rir. n.ran».
| ftral&st in a warn room
It gives the day a cheer
ful start. The
‘^TER
quickly chases the chill
from bed-room, bath
room, dining-room,
nprse^y. Easily carried *
from room to room.
Dealers everywhere
Writ* ft kthUt "Wmtmih
in CM Ctnarm.
Standard Oil Company
(CALIFORNIA)
Seattle
IN WITH FISH
Two boats, each v/ith small
;-tches made port durinj, Hit
past twenty-four hour-. They
are the Petrel which packed
four boxes at the Ketchikan
Cold Storage plant, and the
Director which boxed about
four thousand pounds at the
New England plant.
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C. \V. Swank and N. W.
^weetser, two of Hadley’s
p ominent . citizens, are in town
m attendance on the District
Court.
Stanley Oaksmith, chief of
nolice at Hadley, is taking in
'he sights around town.
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MIGHTY FINE WEATHER
—
According to Harry Peck
’ am, the volunteer weather
rbserver at Ryus' the sun has
shone every day for eleven
days, that is during the present
cold spell. During that time,
the temperature has ranged'
from 20 degrees, which was j
reached Saturday night, to 40
at noon yesterday. For fhe |
coldest country on earth, this
isn’t a bad record for the end of
v ovemher and the beginning ol
December. |
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ALKI BRINGING COAL
On her way up this trip, the I
• tcamer Alki stopped in at the
Jinglepot mine bunkers and
loaded on 300 tons of Jingle
pot coal for this port. Thej
stoppage for the coal will be
lay her so much 'that she will
ordbably not arrive here before
late tomorrow night. The coal
is for the Northland Dock com
pany at this place.
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INSURANCE MAN HERE
A.E. Ransom, of 'the North
ern Life Insurance company ai
rived in town on a recent heal
and is around taking insurance
in his company. The Major is
well-known in this region and
his company enjoys a large
share of the life insurance
business of this region.
WANT ALASKA
SPRUCE SEEDS
The Forest Service was in re
reipt recently of a communica
,:on from fiermany asking for
samples of 'the seed of the Al
aska spruce. A quantity of the
«eed was secured from the
West Coast of Prince of Wales
Island and will be shipped to
Europe.
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Spnd in your furs and get the
best, market price for thepi
fro'm Pi J. Gilfia’wre. &Hv,
DR. JOHN IS BUSY
Word was received In a re
cent mail that Dr. John Myers
is busily »t work in the Bellevue
Hospital, New York, and the
New York Eye and par Iifirm
ary. He will probably remain
in the east some time yet, as
he planned when he left to be
gone the greater part of the
year. fj!!
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A BOOST FOR KETCHIKAN
The Miner is in receipt of a
ctopy of Ihe Alaska Fisheri2?
number of the Pacific Fisher
man, of which it 's safe to sax
a better and more eomprehen
sive review of the subject was
never written. Practically all
of (he canneries of -this region
are illustrated in the publica
tion. while the town of Ket
oaik.in itself is given generaus
•space, beng in fact the only
(own illustrated therein. The
thanks lof the town are due the
Commercial Club of Ketchikan
for the local writeup, as It was
prepared by M. A. Mitchell, the
secretary of the Club.
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LOOK OUT FOR HIM
E. S. Hewitt, Alaskan rep
resentative of the L. C. Smith
Typewriter company, and
some man when it comes to
talking typewriter machines, b
a local visi tor. It is needles
to state that he has been bus
ily engaged since his arrive
in supplying the steadily in
creasing demand lor that pop
ular writing machine.
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NOTED AMERICAN DIES
Honolulu, Dec. 0—W. W
Rockhill, a distinguished Am^r
can diplomat, died in this cil
of pneumonia yesterday. Hi
was on his way to China whei
■stricken, whither he was gonu
as adviser to tile President o
C'Tna.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the matter of the estate oj
C. F. Reynolds, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned 'has been ap
pointed administrator of the a.
bove estate and all persons hav
ing claims against the said es
tate, mu sit present them with
proper vouchers within six
months from the date •of this
notice lo myself the said admin
istrator, at Copper Mountain.
Sulzer, Alaska.
Dated this 14tth day of Novein
her, 1014.
W. THOS. WRIHGT.
Administrator.
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i The Wc'eTKIy Miner $'3. a y’eui
i ►
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
In t.he Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Sulzer, Ter
ritory of Alaska, In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
John Fintzen, deceased. Notice
is 'hereby given that the final ac
count of Jacob Lauth, adminis
trator of the estate of John
Fiqtzen deceased has been ren
dered to this court for settle
ment and'that the lith day ol
January 1015, at 2 o’clock p.m.
has ibeen duly appointed by said
court for the settletnent of said
account., at which time any p3r
son interested may appear aiid
file his exceptions in writing to
said account and attest the
same.
Dated, November 10, 1914. _
_\V. J, PIGG, U. S. Commis
sioner and Probate Judge.
JACOB LAUTH, Administra
tor.
MifrfltPub. Nov. 19, 1014.
Last Pub. Dec. 31 1914.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court
for the Precindt of Ketchikan
Territory of Alaska Divisior
ninmb9r one, in Probate.
In the matter of 'the estate
of Gdorge Roe .deceased.
Notice is hereby given by
the undersigned, D. W. Fig
giris, administrator of the es
tate of George Roe, deceased,
l-o the creditors of, and al
persons having claims against
said deceased to exhibit thetn
with the necessary Vouchers
within six months after t)h<
firsit publication of this notic<
to said administrator at tin
office of Charles H. Cosgnoac
Tongass Building, Ketdhikan
Alaska.
Dated 'this 23rd day o
November, 1914.
D. W. FIGGINS,
Administrator of the Estali
of George Roe deceased.
Firsit Pub. Nov., 20, 1911
Last Pub. Jan, 7, 1915
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NOTICE
In the District Court for th;
District of Alaska, Divisioi
Number 1, at Juneau.
In the matter of calling ri
Special Term of Court at Ket
chikan, Alaska.
Notice is hereby given tha
pursuant to an order of th<
Hon. Robert W. Jennings, Dis
trict Judge for the District o
Alaska, made on the 20th da'
of October, A. D. 1014, at Ju
neau, Alaska, a special term o'
the District Court for tlhe Dis
trict of Alaska, Division No
One, will be held in the Uni
ted Slates Court House at Ket
chikan, Alaska, beginning, oi
Monday, November 30, 1914
at the hour of ten o’dock ii
the forenoon of said day.
Witness my hands and the Sea
of this Court, this 20th da
of October, 1914.
J. W. BELL,
Clerk of the District Court fo •
the District of Alaska, Divi
sion No. One. ,
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NOTICE OF FINAL HEARINC
In the Commissioner’s Cour
of the precinct of Ketchikan
Territory of Alaska, Divisio
No. 1, In Probate.
In the matter of the estate
of R. S. Holt, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given tha
Dan Nelson has filed his fina’
account in this court, as Ad
j ministrator in the estate of P«
S. Holt, deceased and that the
time and place of holding the
final hearing for tlhe allowanc<
of sair account and the hear
ing of Objections thereto, has
been set for Monday, Dec., 28.
1914 at the Court House of Ket
chikan, Alaska, whe nany objec
tion? thereto may be heard
Done in open court this 23rd
day of October.
E. S. STAOKPOLE,
Probate Judge
First Pub. Oct. 29th, 1914.
Last Pub. Dec. 3rd., 1914.
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Newline of bethand loung
ing W
In the Eskimo Symbolic
dance every figure of these
dances has a significance such
as the coming in the spring
of Che .migatory birds. Hunting
he polar bear and otlher fea
uras /representing life and
.mbits of !he native.
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NOTICE T9 CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court
Tor Kblciiikan Precinct No. 8,
Uaska.
In the matter of the estate of
,1. F. Houghton, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Hie undersigned has been ap
pointed administrator of the a
>ovc estate, and all persons
having claims against the said
estate must present them with
nroper vouchers, within six
months from the date or this
mtice, to myself the said admin
iotralor, at the office or Chas
"5. Jngersoll in the Rcvilla Hotel
building, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dated September 24, 1014.
W. W. HUSH, administrator.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION t
FOR PATENT
Serial No. 01720
United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska
Oct. 3, 1914.
In the matter of the Applica
tion of J. Clark Sproal for
Patent to, bile Fortune Lode
Mining Claim Mineral Survey
No. 900.
Notice is hereby given that •!.
Clark S/proat. whose post of
fice adress is Grand Rapids,
Michigan, appearing by his at
'orney in fact. Charles H. Cos
grove, whose post office ad
dress is Ketchikan, Alaska, has
Lied a.n application for patent
for the Fortune Lode Mining
Claim, situated in the Ketchi
kan mining district, territory of
\laska. and being designated
in this office Mineral Survey
No. 000. and being described
:n the approved field notes as
follows:
Beginning at corner No. t,
dentical with t>he S. W. Ioca
‘ion corner, identical with
-orner No. 1 of the Moonshine
Lode Claim. U. S. Mineral Sur
vey No. 789; thence N. 28 de
grees 31 min. E. 000 feet to
’'orner No. 2, identical with N.
E. location corner and corner
No. 4 of Moonshine Lode;
'hence north 43 degress 47
nin. W. 1408.50 feet to corner
No. 3, identical with North
West location corner scribed
with an X on the tiop and cor
ier 3F 900 on side facing
■laim, U. S. L. M. No. 2 '
>ears north 40 degrees.01 min.
W. 045.00 feet distant from
’orner. Corner No. 1 of th<
Golden Fleece Mill Site Surve>
540B, bears north 31 degrees
27 min. east 508.28 feet dis
ant from corner; thence south
’’S degrees 31 min., west 507.70
! 'eet to corner No. 4. identical
vith S. W. location corner. 28
j ’egrees 31 min. west 507.70
'eet to corner No. 4 identical
•*ith S. W. location corner, a
•ock ledge in place 24 by 0
neftes, 15 inches -above ground,
■hiseled with a cross and Gor. 4
■■00fl on top; thence south 43
legrees 42 minutes. E. 1400
'eet to corner No. 1. the place
if beginning, containing 18.
'<30 acres. Variation at, all
’orners 20 degrees 10 minutes
east.
This survey is located on
'’rince of Wales Island about
1-4 miles north of Dolomi and
;s bounded on the south and
vest by unsurveyed ground and
on the east by th3 Moonshine
’ ode Claim, U. S. Mineral
•Survey No. 789. and on the
iorth by James Lake, latitude
">5 degreesO.8 minutes 42 sec
mdsN. longitude 132 degrees
03 minutes west.
Plat and this notice posted
*n said claim September
1914. Location notice of record
n the office io-f the recorder at
Ketchikan. Alaska-, in Volume
V of Mines at page 20.
Any and all persons claiming
rdverselv the raining ground,
veins, lode, premises, or anv
portion thereof so described,
oirveyed. platted and applied
for are hereby duly notified th"t
mless their adverse claims are
Lily filed -according to law and
‘he reguations thereunder
v-ilhin the time prescribed bv
■aw with the Register of the
fJ. S. Land Office af, Juneau.
Maska, they will he barred bv
‘he (provisions of the law in
;uch case madp and provided.
J. CLARK SPROAT
CHAS. H. COSGROVE. Attor
ney in Fact.
It is hereby ordered that the
foregoing notice be published
in the Ketchikan Miner, a week
ly newspaper published at Ket
chikan, Alaska, for the period
.of ten consecutive weeks.
I C. B. WALKER Register.
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