FROM FRIDAY'S DAILY
Antwerp, Sept 1—Everything,
is in readiness for the ■expected
seige by the Germans on this
city. The troops are now well
prepared to withstand the on
l
.-taught for a long period oi
time, as they are now well arm
ed and have erected breast
works all around the city and
put out every available obstruc
tion known to modern war
fare.
London, Sept, 4—Word reach
es this city that it is believed
that the Germans have got with
in thirty miles of Paris.. Of
ficials high iu the art of war
declare that Germany has now
reached the high water mark of
the present war, for the French
are now fighting on their own
ground and they have put their
best efforts forward in the er
rection of defenses for the
coming seige. They are well
supplied with ammunition and
food supplies and will undoubt
edly fight until the last man is
down rather than give one inch
more to the advancing Ger
man army.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 4—Over
one hundred and seventy thou
sand men were annihilated in
the German-Austrian attempt
to retake the city of Konigsburg
which the Russians have oc
cupied for some time. The at
tacking party was mowed down
like grass before the fire the
Russians poured into their
ranks. It was a pitiful sight to
«ee the men make charge after
charg only to go down to ihei •
death. The Russian armies are
well fortified and brought a’i
their machine guns and light
artillery into use with very ef
fective result
Paris. Sept. 4—Officials here
believe that the Germans will
never reach the outer defenses
of this city. They think that
the Allied forces will he down
upon their rear before they will
be able to drive the French
army out of their present posi
tion. The Germans have slack
ed off their attack some what
and are now pouring a long
range artillery fire at the center
of the French defenses, hoping
thereby to dislodge them -o
that they wHl be able to make
a rush on their entire lina and
carry it by force. But the
French forces are now better
situated for a siege than at any
time since the war began ami
they feel confident that they
will be able to take the offens
ive shortly and regain some of
the territory that the Germans
now occupy.
New York, Sept. 4— Advices
reach this city that seventy tv,-o
thousand Russian soldiers have
been traiis^arted from Arffch
angle Land in the northern
port of Russia to Aberdeen
Scotland and from there con
veyed by special trains fra Har
wich which is a sea port on
the south east coast of England.
From there they were taken
by transports to Ostend fra re
inforce the Allied forces thal
are now in the field. The addi
tion of this number o fmen will
mean that the Allied forces will
be able to give the Germans
the time of their lives.
Paris, September, 4— Later—
The officials here announca
thi- afternoon that the French
an i Allied forces are holding
their own and are blocking
every /reve the Germans make.
It is expected that there will
be -ome more havy fighting in
a few hours as the German*
have been gathering all th^ir
forces and are seemingly pre
paring <o try and rush the
breast works a- they have done
•in all thp other (engagements
that have taken place.
LondGn, Sept. 4— A3! Au-tro
Himgarian subjects have besn
ordered to leave Ostend. The
consuls also advise all the Brit
ish, French and Belgian non
combatant.- to leave as they ex
pect the city to be in siege in
a very few days.
Bertin, Sept. -4—One hundred
thousand Austrian troops nre
being hurried to support the
left wing of the German army
operating against the French in
their attempt to take the city
of Paris/
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Juneau, Sept. 4—The Non
Partisan convention finished its
work last night with the follow
ting being the nominees:
M. J. O’Connor of Douglas,
nominated for the Senate, J. G.
Heid, Wm. Britt, of Juneau, A.
J. Shoup of Sitka, ond J. R.
Heckman of Ketchikan, being
the nominees for the Dower
House Mr. Heckman was of
fered the nomination for the
Senate but refused. He was
later persuaded to accept the
domination for the Lower
House as the convention re
fused to stand for either D.
Smith Harris or R. L. Petty and
it was then up to J. R. Heck
man 80 accept or the Ketchikan
j district would have had no rep
resenative On the ticket.
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WATER MAIN BREAKS
The water main leading up
Main street from the junction
I at Dock street broke some time
I during the nigh and the resi
| dents on Main street, and the
; hill above got up this morning
! to find no water in the pipes.
They were freed to get out with
the bucket brigade ond lay in
j a supply enough to last until
| the pipes were repaired, which
i was accomplished in the forc
; non.
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Miss Clara Diaz, a passenger
i on the Alki had the misfortune
I of falling and breaking her
! right upper arm last night while
'on the boat. The accident oc
| curred about nine last evening.
, Dr. Story has charge of the
case and says the patient is
j doing fine.
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ON HIS WAY HOME
Alex Millfcr is in town on hi
way to Texas where his famil
are now living. He has bee
ip Portland canal most of the
summer addending to business
conected with the mining
claims he is interested in in that
region. He states that tnings
are very quiet sinc.e the out
break of the European war, ns
all the operations in that region
have cea.-ed on account of tin
unsteady copper markets of tin
world.
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STEAMER ALKI ARRIVES
The steamer Alki of the North
lend Steamship company arriv
ed up from the south this morn
mg with a capacit ylCad. She
has 300 tons of coal on board
for the Dock and cnsiderablJ
general merchandise was dis
charged for the local mer
chant. Ten passengers got off
at this port among whom wa
Mi-- Clara Diaz.
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REAL ESTATE PRICES
ADVANCE IN FAIRBANKS
The price on real estate in
Fairbanks is making a steady
advance with a renewed de
mand for property. The idea
is firmly fixed in the minds of
most of the resident? that tin
interior terminus of the govern
ment railroad from the coast,
will be established in this city
and as a consequence the valm
of real e-tate is now greatly!
enhanced. This idea seem? 1 i
have imbued the buyers a- well
ns those who have pr 'perty
for sale and the price of r?a’
estate is steadily mounting.
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FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY |
THE NON-PARTISAN TICKET
44444444444444
4 FOR SENATOR 4
4 M. J. O’CONNOR, Douglas 4
4 FOR LEGISLATORS 4
4 J. R. HECKMAN, Ketchikan 4
4 A. G. SHOUP, Sitka 4
4 JOHN G. HEID, Juneau 4
4 WM. BRITT, Juneau 4
44444444444 4 44
The Miner takes great pleas
ure today in placing at the head
of this column the Non-Partisan
I
I Ticket as nominated .1 the
Non-Partisan Convention at
Juneau last Thursday evening.
The Miner Man assisted in sel
ecting the men who constitute
this ticket and believes them to
be the best qualified for the
•office in the Div^ion. • They
are all successful businessmen,
all old-ftime Alaska ns, and all
of them know the Territory’s
needs. M. J. O’Connor, “Mike”
to his thousands of friends and
acquaintances thivughout the
Division, who heads ill1 tick1!,
is now mayor of the little city
of Douglas for the third or
fourth time, and has long been
a sturdy advocate of the ad
vantages of his home town. J.
R. Heckman, Ketchikan’s rep
resentative, has to his credit a
residence of 28 years in the
Territory, during every minute
of which lie has striven at ati
times for her benefit and wel
fare. He knows the fishing and
canning business from A to 7.
and besides is one of Ketchi
kan s most successfuf mer
chants. A. G. Shoup, now a
resident of Sitka, has grown up
from boyhood in Alaska, and to
him is the credit of introducing
the greater pari of the success
ful legislalion in Alaska’s First
Legislature. He will go into
the second session with a larg
experience of matters legislat
ive, which is bound to be of
great benefit to himself ond
the session in general. J. G.
Heid is one of Juneau’s pioneer
attorneys, known from Ketchi
kan to Skagway for his honest'
and square dealing. Wm.
Britt, the fourth candidate for
the Legislature, is Juneau’s
leading druggist, being presi
dent of (he Territorial Board
i of Pharmacy. He is a Nor
j wegian by birth an.! is now
| Norwegian consul for Alaska.
These men have all been suc
j <*es~fid in the affairs of life,
l and there is every reason to be
:!ieve that they will be just af
; -uccessfiii in handling the bus
: iness of the Territory, and this
j paper is confident that the vot
|* rs of Southeastern Alaska will
j make no mistake jn electing
jfhem as their representatives
jin the Territorial Legislature
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J he second Non-Partisan con
jvenDon of the First Division of
I Alaska was called to order in
the new City Hall at Juneau la-i
Thursday m ruing by Mayor
John Reek of Juneau. After
stating the object of the cori
vmition which was (, p]a0ft in
I ation 6ne eanlidate jPor
[he Territorial Senate and four
f" ,he Territorial House of
.Natives, Mr. Reck ask
for nominations for (cm
-ra>-y chairman of the m- »!
A. G. Shoup was ncir*
'’■’d and unanimously elecie '
ror the position g,nd I). J. Kin
zie as secretary. After the«e
preliminaries had been atten
ier| t0’ committees on creden
,,a!s- order of business and
platform were oleo-fed. and the
invention adjourned until
eight, o’clock in the evening.
During the aflerno n a caucus
'•a, held for (hr. piIpp0S(, of U)(,
delegates informally getting a
brie on probable candidate,
->mi there -the decision was ar
"ived at that M. J. O’Connor.
• f Douglas wr,c, rhoicc of
'he delegates for Senator, and
J, n. Heckman of Ketchikan,
A. G. Shoup of Sitka, J. G
Ileid and Wra. Britt of Juneau
for Delegates. Other candidates
mentioned were D. Smith Har
ris and R. L. Petty of Ketchi
kan, and F. Welland of Juneau,
none of whom, however suc
ceeded in securing enough
votes put them in the run
ning.
At eight o’clock the eonven
ti n reconvened, the temporary
organization was made perm
anent. the different commit
tees reported, the platform
was adopted the candidates
were unanimously nominated;
and the following central cam
paign committee appointed::
Ghiehagof—F. A. Hill.
Douglas—M. S. Hudson.
Excursion Inlet—John Olson.
Hoonah—J. R. Dawson.
Juneau—H. A. Gunnison.
Ketchikan—Richard Bushell Jr.
Petersburg—E. P. Reding.
Sitka Dr. J. W. Johnstone.
1 readwell D J. Kinzie.
Wrangell—J. G. Grant.
THE PLATFORM
We. the people of the First
: judicial division, Territory of
Alaska, realizing the real inter
i esfs of the territory would be
I best served by a non-partisan
I legislature, comprising citizens
; who are riot bound by partisan
1 political rule recognize the re
sponsibility to the. people, and
: respectfully present the fol
! lowing platform endorsed by
j the convention held at Juneau,
i September 3. 1014, and signed
j by the nominees of thot con
! vention:
pledge the nominees of
this convention to confine their
efforts in this campaign to the
election of the non-partisan
ticket, and that they will re
frain from campaigning for any
candidate Tor congress, though
we expect each nominee to vote
for whatever congressional can
didate he shall see fit.
believe the canning and
conserving of fish as a food
j Product constitutes one of the
great industries of this terri
tory and that therefore the cail
ners .'and the fishermen should
: be permitted to carry on the in
dustry under such reasonable
regulations as will permit the
■ highest development of the in
i dustry, compatible with the
! protection of the supply of the
j‘*5'h so that the industry will
; not be destroyed.
We favor the p’assage of a
workman's compensation act
which will provide an inexpen
sive, simple and speedy method
for the submission land deter
mination of claims against em
ployer'. by employees for per
sonal injury and we favor the
creation of a commission in
each of the judicial divisions
for the purpose of settling, de-i
lermining, adjusting and enforc
ing such claims between em-|
plovers and employees similar
to the legislation noiw in force
in many states.
We favor separate and com-;
plete autonomy for Division
Number One.
We favor the control of the
sale of spiritous liquors by
laws passed by the Alaska Leg
islature.
We believe that the munici
palities of the territory should
he allowed to issue bonds for
1 and municipal purposes.
Wc endorse the woman’s sur-j
fii ge law passed by Alaska’s
(ir.-t legislature and welcome
our women folk to join with
u- in the election of our can-1
didates.
Wc favor the appropriation of
adequate funds f^>r the main-'
leiitnee of the Alaska Pioneers’
Home at Sitka, believing that
we owe much f i those who brav
ad the peril- of trail blhziiig in
I he past.
We favor the passage of a law
providing adequate medical and
hospital service for the Alaskan i
natives.
We favor (lie passage of an
adequate school law.
We favor a direct primary
law for Alaska.
We favor the creation of a
law department for the Terri
tory 0:1 Alaska.
We favor the establishment of
an adequate, efficient and com
plete fiscal and financial scheme
and system for the Territory.
We favor the securing of a
complete territorial government
for Alaska, land the amendment!
of the enabling act to that af
fect.
We favor the control by the
territory of the assessment and
collection of all taxes and licen
ses in Alaska.
We favor llie amendment of
the law in Altiska relating to
quartz mining, and repeal of
the provisions requiring loca
tion work.
We favor the repeal of the
statute passed by the last leg
islature referring to min
ing in Alaska.
We further believe that a fair
proportion of the funds deriv
ed by the nation and the t?r
titory by taxation in licenses
from the fishing industry
should be applied to the prop
agation of the fish and tiie
maintainance of proper in
-peetkm of the industry iu llus
territory, and that same be x
pended under the direction of
the territory.
A careful and extensive revis
ion of the Alaska Code, and the
enactment of laws to meet the
present and growing needs of
the country, and such as will
permit of a speedy and efficient
administration of the same
Ail eight hour labor law.
We favor a simple method of
acquiring title to sites for ligit
imale industries, and for bona
fide homesteaders on forest an^
other reservations.
A law to prevent all person-,
except American citizens, per
sons who have declared their in
tention to become such, and
Alaska natives, from fishing ii
tlie waters of Alaska.
M. J. O’CONNOR
J. R HECKMAN
A. G. SHOUP
J. G. Held
WM. BRITT
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WAR NEWS
London, Sept. 8—8 p. m.—
England is celebrating to
night the victory of Gereral
Pau over the right flank of the
Germans today, the latter haV^
ing been driven back in dis
order. The British and Rus
sian forces are advancing from
Ostend, and will be on the bat
tle line within the next 24
hours. German army supplies
are almost exhausted.
London, Sept. 8—At last it
looks as though the tide has
turned on the continent, and
the fortunes of war arc now on
the side of the Allied forces.
There are probably several
reasons for this. In the first
place, Germany has shot her
bolt, and seems to have no re
serves to call out to lake the
place of the hundreds of thou
sands of her gallant soldiers
who have fallen in the sledge
hammer attack.- -he has hurled
at the forces opposing them.
Another reason is the Allied
forces are now concentrated,
and fighting in French terri
tory, their line being shorter
unr more easily handled. Still
another cause is the presence
of close, to one hundred and
fifty thousand Russian troops,
who though they have not as
yet reached the firing line,
have added weight to the Allied
line and are a surprise to the
Germans, as 'their coming in
the manner they did from th ;
far northern provinces of Rus
sia, thence through Scotland
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and England to France was
clearly never anticipated by the
German commanders. They
bad-provided against Russian
troops coming out of the Baltic
by sowing the wlaters of that
route with floating mines, but
even though they might have
thought of the possibility of
troops being dispatched by this
route, they were helpless to
prevent it.
Paris reports that General
Joffre and the British expedi
tionary forces have succeeded
in turning the German right
wing, and rolling it back on to
its center, thus forcing the
evacuation of Lille and other
strategic points by the invaders,
and the two forces were con
fronting each other on the
banks of the Schelt river. The
British forces near Mons, who
have held their ground in spits
of the repeated attacks of the
German regiments are now
chafing under inaction, and ths
probabilities are they will be
launched in tm attack against
the rear of the Germans, thus
crushing them between two
fires. As soon.as the field equip
ment of the Russian troops ar
rive they will take the field, an ?
it looks as though the move
ment of the Germany army will
be toward Berlin instead of
Paris.
Kaiser Wilhelm in the Field
Paris, Sept. 8—A determined
attakc is now being made on the
forts defendiing Nancy, near
the center of the French line of
defense. 75 large seige cannon
are being used, the attack be
ing under the personal direc
tion of Kaiser Wilhelm and th?
general staff, who are watch
ing the bombardment.
British Cruiser Lost.
London, Sept. 8-Word comes
from the fleet that the British
light cruiser Pathfinder, wtis
blown up by a mine while do
ing patrol duty in the North
Sea. The greater number of
her crew' were rescued, but
several of the officers are mis
sing and are supposed to have
drowned.
French Fleet Busy
Antivari, Sept. 8~A squadron
of French war vessels are now
bombarding the Austrian port
on the Bay of Cattaro. A num
ber of transports with soldier?
on board are reported to be in
cover behind the warships and
the probabilities are that a land
attack will be made as soon a<
the forts are reduced.
Thousands Have Died
London, Sept. 8—The corres
pondent of the Daily Mail of
Ibis city estimates that the total
number of Germans killed of
the army that marched through
Belgium and later has operated
against 'the Allied forces of the
north is close to a quarter mil
lion. The Allies loss in killed
is estimated by the same
authority as about fifty thous
and.
Paris Ready For Anything
Paris, Sept. 8“-The General
Staff announces today that the
defenses of Paris are now com
plete. Over a thousand heavy
guns are in position, connected
by railways, so that there,
should be no difficulty in get
ting ammunition to same. The
circumference of the fortifica
lions is roughly about one hun
dred and fifty nides. During
the last day or two, sovera’
heavy coast defense guns have
been brought in from the coast
forts and these, too, are now
ready for use. In addition to
this defense, several trains car
rying eight inch cannon, com
pletely armored, in fact moving
forts, have been equipped to be
sent to any point where the
pressure is the greatest.
Rus-ian Advance Continues
St. Petersburg, Sept. 8—The'
forward movement of the Ru
slan advance in East Prussia
V” • ■ - -
HU =8. iH
continues, being able to over- j^9
come nil resislence by nicro
weight of numbers. Eight lam ^9
dred thousand of all arms aro |||||
included in Ibis army alone.
Belgium is Desolated. .... H
Antwerp, Sept. 8—Refugees 9||
arriving in Ibis city from the 9
interior of Belgium report that 91
the conn try has been compbt
ely ravaged by the Germans, vil p9
lages have been completely wip 9f|
ed mil, farms lurned into bowl
ing wildernesses, and their in
habitants butchered by the sol- J9
diery of (lie Kaiser.
Baltle Front 120 Miles Long ..
London, Sepl, 8-Latei—A XI
general action, .with the Allied 9|
forces on the offensive and pres '9
sing the Germans hotly, is he- MS
ing waged Post of Paris, tha 9
line extending fair about one 9
hundred and twenty miles from |jj
Cambrai on the north to Vcr- 9
dun on the south. The French Jjj
and British troops are acting
with the best of spirit and do- 9
ing most effective work. X
In several places the German 9
line lias been cut, and hundreds 9
of prisoners liace been dap- H
tured. The latter report that. 9
they are short of food, and wer° S
glad lo I brow clown their arms. 9
Fleet Prepares for Battle 9
London, Sept. 8—In reply t'j ■
! repeated demands of the people
and press of Great Britain, the |
War Office announced last
night that the British fleet was
preparing to attack the Ger
man ships and a decisive battle
could be looked for at any time.
The smaller vessels are said ;o
have swept the seas dear of
mines, and conclusions could j
be tried at once. England’s
fleet in the North Sea outnum
bers any force the Germans can
bring to bear against them. !
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'A LOT OF FUEL
There’s close to ia thousand
tons of coal piled up on
Strong’s Dock, having arrived on
several boats Die latter part of
last week. It is all Jinglepof,
and makes a good showing.
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BILLY IS LEAVING
Billy Woodworth, .well known
to everyone in Ketchikan leav
es tonight on the Northwestern
lu assume the management of
the Grand Theater in Juneau.
Bitty will be missed by bis host
of friends. lie has long been
known as a comedian and en
tertainer .here, having been coil
needed with the play houses
here for the past two years in
this capacity. We wish him all
the good luck in his new field
which he so justly deserves.
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The City of Seattle and Mar
iposa were' in port yesterday
headed for Seattle, and the Spo
kane was in this morning, en
roll te to Skagway.
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The revenue cutter Unalga
has been detailed for patrol
duty on Puget Sound.
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