FROM FRIDAY'S DAILY !
Amsterdam. Oct. 9—Five army
corps, aggregating better than
two hundred thousand men
< uprise tlie German army now
surrounding Antwerp, and it
1. ks a- though there is no pos
->b!e chance for the place es
caping. Big seige guns have
been brought against the forts,
and to add to the damage
wrought by them, aeroplanes
are dropping bombs on the
stricken town. From the Hague
comes word that communica
tion with Antwerp was inter
rupted last night. The last
word over the wire being the
news that the German com
mander had sent in a demand
for a surrender of the place,
which was refused by the de
fenders. and the bombardment
had been renewed with great
er vigor than ever. King Albert
remains on the firing line,
where the need is the greatest,
inspiring his rnen to greater
acts of heroism even than that
exhibited by the plucky Bel
gians at Liege. Thousands of
the citizen non-combatants are
fleeing for their lives, no! less
than one hundred thousand of
them having crossed the border
into IF Hand. The hospitals
are flying the American flag a*
well as the Red Cross.
Every Village Burned
Rotterdam. Oct ’J—Every Re!
gium village within a radius 01
ten miles of the fortifications
of Antwerp has been fired by
the ruthless Germans and the
flame and smoke of the burn
ing hamlets are plainly in view
from the Holland frontier.
Government Moves
Washington, Oct. 9—The
Belgian legation in thi- city
has lutified the American gov
ernment that the -eat of the
Belgian government has been
moved from Antwerp to Os
tend, the higher officials having
gone there.
Antwerp In Flames
The Hague, Oct. 9—Fires be
yond cunt9 ! are reported a
raging in four different part
of Antwerp, and of course fhert
is no possibility of them being
extinguished. It is reported
Fiat two hundred thousand ad
ditional German td ops are be
ing sent to resist the attacks of
ihe Allied forces now nearing
Antwerp in an attempt to rais*
siege, r V
Fighting In Poland
St. Petersburg. Oct. 9—A
fier ‘e battle is being fought >>
northern Poland in the valley
of the Vistula river between
the Germans and the Rii'-im.
‘fro p-. The former have beei
driven out of two lines of de
fen-e- ,t lie point of the hay
tmet by the superior weight o'
the Russian forces.
Airmen Bombard Przemysl
R me, Oct. 0—Russian avia
tors ai •- ssisting n the I
bard ment of Przemysl drop
ping bombs and doing consider
able damage. z
British Win At Aisne River
London. Oct. 9—The British
W ar Office made the announce
ment thi* morning that th
British tro ps in France had
carried the German positions
in their front, the Germans be
ing forced to retreat. It i- be
lieved that the Germans have
taken men from their front to
aid in the attack on Antwerp
thus weakening the line fr
that extent. The British troop*
have e=fabli*lied themselves ir
flic trenches evacuated by the
German*.
Women Would Clear Harbor
Tokio, Oct. 9— Japanese
r w men ja*ar! divers have offer
ed to clear the harbor at Kia
chou of submarine mines
They are among the fine-:
swimmers in the dorld.
Austria Claims Victory
Vienna. Oef. x The govern
ment announce- that the Rus
sia"- have been driven out of
Hnmrarv bv the Austrian fore-j
J
os. The statement says that
thousands of prisoners have
ieen taken.
Remove Cripples And Lunatics
Rotterdam, Get. 0—The Hol
land government gave permis
sion to Belgium this morning
allowing that country to estab
lish camps on our territory for
the care of the Belgian refu
gees. The Belgian government
is transporting the cripples and
inmates f the orphanage asyl
ums. and this morning began
to remove the insane from the
houses of detention.
Mount Guns On Mountain
Pekin. Oct. 0—The Japanese
have mounted seige guns on
Prince Henry Mountain, which
completely dominates the forts
.f Tsintau. The Germans had
nade no provision to prevent
'his, as it had been generally he
lieved thaf the mountain was
too precipitous to be scaled hyj
gun crews. The guns mount-1
ed by the .laps are of the seige
variety and "ill inflict great
lamage. They are beyond the]
range iof the guns of the fort, j
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HIGH GRADE ORE FOUND
Will Poison and Marsh Ickis]
who had been doing the annual]
issosment work on the Gopher
property, formerly the Hydah,!
report that- they made a strike
of very promising ora while do
ing the wopk for the Miners
x Merch til - Bank which now
] tiwiis the property. The ore is
'halcopyrite and pyrile, and is
if greater extent apparently
than any discovered on the prop
rly prior to this time. Be
sides thi- a large shute of mag
lelite-chale'pyrite was dis
covered.
SOUTH FOR A TRIP
George Rounsefell and wife
s s e n g ' g th on
he Prince-- May tonight. They
will be gone for several weeks
while George makes his re
port of the season's work t"
he F la _ . Island Packing
ompafiy. and Mrs. Rounsefell
.isits friends and relatives in
Vancouver.
COLD STROAGE BOAT IN
The ■* h.J storage steamer
Elihu Thompsonj which had
•een at Taku for frozen halibut
arrived here about three o'
•lock this morning and tied up
it the New England Dock,
''here she load a consignment
f salt fish, and got away dur
ng the early morning hours.
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EATTLE HAS A BIG CARGO
The -!•• i.mer City of Seattle
irrived from the south be- j
wee;; eight and nine o’clock!
*st night, and after delivering;
»0 tons of local freight, left for
he north shortly before ten.1
'lie had twenty passengers in
4-1 on board, but one of whom:
■ f r K ■trliikiui. A. S. Coats
,,lr,d of the Alaska Lumber <s
dux company at Hadley was on
marl, and he steamer called|
n at the mill town to land him.
1 he Seattle ha.j 052 tons of car
ro in all on buard, a big load
ror this time of f,he year.
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THREE FISHING BOATS IN
file fishing schooners Pros-!
s'*: dor and Aihen i. all'
vilh good b trips . f fi~li o 1 i
board, came in yesterday and
Uncharged at the N'ew England,
"lie S-nafu;> h.a,| rpi.OuO pound-!
‘•id the At.liena ten thousand. I
dl iif which was boxed and j
yiil be shipped south on the
Northwestern.
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1 liiarod—By a business dea'
vhh-h was consum/nate 1 tin
•ran-h si re of Crawley c
bc'er at Flat City passed to
he ownership of C. R. Peek o
lie -amp place. Ed. M. Rn-k
'■di i has been in charge of the
•o p for Messre. Crowley c
’•e’er at Flat City, arrived in
iditarod on Wednesday.
FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY j
The Hague, Oct. 10—The)
limit of the endurance of flesh
and Mood was reached at Ant
werp yesterday afternoon a 1
iialt'past two. when the Belgian
ha!.ip flag was baule] I- vn
fr• mtlic tall spire of the cath
edral, and the white flag
raised in its place, and Antwerp
surrendered. The firing slop
ped. as soon as the fact was
known to the Germans, and
General voiiYedoler, who liar
been in charge of the bombard
ment, entered the city shortl\
after seven o’-dock at the head
of the German forces. During
the interval, however. King Al
bert and the greater part of the
heroic Belgian army had made
their escape toward Ostend,
and are ready to renew their
fighting, though in far smaller
numbers than before. The city
they left to the German con
querors was nly a shell of
its former self, however fully
two-thirds of if having been
levelled by the half-a-d zen or
more fires. Three of the out
lying forts are ,;11 hel l by th
Belgians bn! « ur.q hope '
hold out agaiin-t the tren^en
duous weight of tlie German at
tack.
American Property Destroyed
Washington, Oct. 10—The Bel
gian embassy this morning
f rmally notified the State De
partment that the German sol
tiers had deliberately fired the
Standary Oil Tanks in Antwerp,
notwithstanding the fact that
the American flag was floating
over them.
German Ships Burned
By The Belgians
London, Oct. 10—Jt is report
ed here that the Belgian arm\
before they evacuated Antwerj
destroyed -all the German prop
erty and all the stores the>
could not take with them, In
cluded in the former were 3?
German merchant vessels nr oi
ed hi the harbor.
Not Paris But London
London. Oct. 10—It is gener
i! 1 y believed in Great Britain
that the immediate objective
point of the German advance
is no longer Paris but England
Antwerp was taken for use a
* base fr‘>m which to push tin
attack, which will be attempted
Zeppi s, '
Tier a naval battle in whirl
German ships and ball on- wit
tight Eng! a:. i's floating walls
of steel, by a naval expedition.
That is the German plan, the
inly question being, will they
be able to do it?
Sritish Airmen
Bombard Zeppelins
London. Oct. 10—Word is re
•eived at ‘lie War Office that
British ae-opl nes attacked the
hangars of the Zeppelin depo'
a{ I)'i--eldr f early in ttie week
oid in;licted considerable dam
ige by dropping bombs. One
if the big balloons wo= put out
if business'and several of the
hangars were destroyed bv thf !
falling explosives.
Fifty-Five Dollars a Second
Lone? n. Oct. 10—Sidney
Webb, one of Eng! md's mo-'
note i statisticians has figured
•nit that the war in Europe 1
'’■'iiv co- ig Gii-atsBritain *5.}
cond. This means Inal
.ly cost i- r»\er f mr a c!
-quarter millions f d> I
If q
Srremys! Reported Fatter
Home, Oct. 10—A wire o
doubtful origin has been re
rived here stating that the An
■ oi f'irli e-- of Przemysq had
T ii before the attacks 0f thf
Hnssians.
Newspapers Confirm Report
Copenhagen. Oct. 10—Gcr
r n newspapers arriving ai
*Ls place bring the nows that
e Kaiser plans tfjr> attack o'
■real Rcifain at < uce. and v.'il
i ■ Belgium and Antwerp a
he point from which he wilt
iperate. It >-• understood that
iv - assumed command of
tins expedition himself and will
Teeompany il in person.
Extending the Battle Line
London, Oet. 10—:The bailie j
bile of the Allied forces is be-1
i g steadily extended in the at
; -nipt ti i envelope the Herman
troops. Today the French
crossed the" Freneh-Helgtan
frontier near Arnientierre, and
will probably«roniiecl with the
British and Belgian forces at
Oslend.
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RADUATE3 AT
HEAD OF CLASS
M.-s Kathleen Rounsefell,
who for the past three years
lias been taking a coarse in
lining af Si. Pauls Hospital?
am'ouver, was graduated re
*!itly at the head of her class
■ f I t. She van the prize, a
>•- of instruments, for pro
ficiency at surgical wark. Miss
Rounsefell will probably re
urn north with her parents,
who left for Vancouver on this
morning’s May, and take a
hori vacation.
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ALASKA DAY BALL
The Alaska Day ball for th'
xraas benefit fund, to be given
under fDo auspices of the Areti ■
brotherhood ami to be held
Monday night October 19th. the
mmiltee in charge wish to an
'Mince to The public that owing
t many requests, and the an
ticipation of accomodating a
urge crowd, that the dance will
e given in the Rink. The Dink
| ' ill he put in first class shape,
.ml everybody can be assuied
if lots of room and an enjoyable
me. The sale of ice cream
a - been stricken from Che pro
.ram as previously announced,
i .id our patrons will be served
iberally with liquid rerresh
icnts in liew thereof, all for
■V u ua 1 price of si.00. Tickets
w on sale at all the leading
aeos of business. Remember
! he time, the place, and the
j lids.
N. R. WALKER
J. W. CORDELL
S. E. MILLIGAN
Committe in Charge.
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A NEW OIL HEATER
Foord the plumber is prepar
; ug to iust dl a Fess System
i rude oil atomizer and burner
: the furnace at the Heckman
tore. The machine, which i'
rnpaet and self contained, is
'mall affair driven by a one
bird horsepower electric motor
ind breaks up the oil by cen
rifugal force. The tank for
he oil will be buried below the
:de line, and the oil raised by
pump. The machine look'
ke good one, and if it de
vers the goods, will certainly
■e a money 'aver in the fuel
line.
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1AY TAKES ICE
AND PASSENGERS
The Prince's May, on her
; to Vancouver called in this
-cuing an,| took on ten pas
"iig!• !•' for Seattle and 20 ton
■ for Prince Rupert. A'c-ycl
'person, on hi' way south for
brief business trip, is journe\
ip south on her.
10R3ELY GETS AN
AN EASY BERTH
A'-cording to a recent order
"iied at Washington, II. C.
rselv, formerly in charge of
>e cable office at this place,
a been ordered fo leave Vera
uz. Mexico, and proceed to
artf rd, Conn., where he has
I "'*n detailed a' instructor for
Pie signal corps of the Con
H'-i.’t militia.
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P LAhlEDA IN AND CUT
The liner Alameda mad*e port
I night shortly after eight o’
- ck. -ever.al hours before she
.\a. 1 oked for, having made
tie trip up in less than
hours. She had f<-‘ passengers
o-' hoard in all, three for
Ketchikan, Mrs. Ainsworth. J.
R. fr-llifaith and H. W. Camer
on.
i QRTHWESTERN ARRIVES
Tlu> si earner Northwestern,
\ hich arrived from the norlli
icing the early morning, got
; a ay for the south between
i ine and ten o’clock after tak
ig on do boxes of iced halibut
a the 1 I’-laud Dock, and If>8
a„ the New England plant. She
had 227 passengers on board
' hen she sailed, including 28
i'!bm Kefcphikan.
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i UINAULT SOUTH
WITH SALMON
The Portland Steamship com
pany's Quinault, arrived from
he north with a big cargo ot
ilmon about ten o’clock last
ight, having taken on cargo at
: ke. Yes Bay and Lake Bay.
lie alstj loaded a carload of
clear spruce lumber from the
Kutdhikan Power company.
Pittenger boarded the vessel
' ere for Portland.
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REPAIRING THE DOCK
Everett Paup and bis pile
’river crew are putting in new
fender piles on the face of the
' rlhland Dock today, replae
■ig those recently broken by
he whaler Star No. lit. The
-ame outfit has just finished
putting Idle Standard Oil dock.
- on th of town in shape for the
winter.
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FRGM MONDAYS DAILY
London, Oet. 12—Word comes
mm Ostend that King Albert
and 'he greater part of the Bel
li ian army are now at (hat place,
ogelher with a detachment 01
iTiti~h and colonial troops sent
0 their relief, but which were
mable lo break the German
nes. I[ looks a? though the
next stand will be made by (he
Allied forces with their left
wing resting on the sea at Os
1 end. their right at Bel Port, thus
n the form of a huge how con
"Uiting the Germans. In t hi -
vay, if they are ‘able to hold
heir line intact, they may be
ble to starve the Germans in
> a retreat back to their vari
ous bases, especially as the
•oming of th(* winter will make
t difficult to maintain the huge
armies in the field. Thousands
of (lm residents of Antwerp
save fled across the frontier
into Holland where camps have
ieen formed for their use.
Every effort is being made to
feed and care for these refu
gees but is a bigger task than
the little country of Holland can
handle.
Preparing To Attack England
Paris, Oct. 12—It is general
's’ believed here that the plans
f the Germans is to maintain
what practically amounts to a
loekade of France by main
taining her army in the field.
nd at the same time will try
'o dash 'across the Straits ol
'lover into Great. Britain. All
the vessels at Antwerp are now
oil hie for the task, which
lakes but a few hours, and the
mere possibility of her threat
ening to do s.j may result in the
b making of the blockade of the
.■ 'Mith of the Elbe, by the Brit
i ;h themselves splitting their
f eet lo blockade the mouth of
lln Schelde on which Antwerp
i> located,
f ^rcplane Tries T)
Wreck Train
Paris, Oct. 12—A German
iemplane tried to wreck two
military trains in France by
dropping bombs on them. In
i ither attempt did the bombs
explode, so no damage was
done.
Austrians Relieve Przemysl
Loudon, Oct. 12—It is .offic
ially announced that a rapid
f! ink advance by a mixed Aus
trian and German '.army has
f'-rce I the Russians to give up
the attach on Przemysl. This
L looked on as a decided vic
tory fur the Germans,
German Loss Heavy
Ostend. Oel. 12—Officers tf
Hie Belgian army arriving from
An I weep stale that t-lm Ger
mans tost not less tlvan forly
livo thousand men in their at
tack on Antwerp.
Germans Fine Antwerp
London, Oct. 12—Germany
imposed a fine of one hundred
million dollars on Antwerp
The burgomaster was notified
of the assessment of the fine
ami was given ten days in which
t,i pay same.
Belgians Are Starving
London, Oct. 12—With the
fall of Antwerp, the censorship
of all the countries interested
will be drawn tighter than ever.
!l is understood though that a
German army of close lo 200,*
ooo is advancing ion Os
tend from Antwerp. Their ad
vance guard have reached
Ghent. Hundreds of thousands
of Belgians are saii dfo be act
ually starving in that part of Bel
girm occupied by the Germans,
who have taken possession of
all the livesiock and supplies
in the country, leaving the peo
ple with absolutely nothing on
•vhich lo live.
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CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS
Frederick Lott, a colored man
who has been doing odd jobs
around town flor some time,
and for a while boot-black at
MoGraw <x Close’s barber shop,
was arrested Saturday on a
charge of larceny. Some cigPrs
disappeared from Haac-k’s
Bowling alley, and the propri
etor therefore, seeing the col
ored man smoking one of the
kind that had been stolen, and
satisfied that he had not boughl
as expensive a smoke las they
were, had a search warrant is
sued and the stolen good* were
found in the man’s roiom. Be
sides the cigars, razors and
other barber shop supplies stol
en last summer from the barber
hop in which he was working
were found, so he was (arrested
mid was ‘having his hearing
his afternoon.
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‘SPARKS” THOMPSON
LEAVING FOR SOUTH
Maurice Thompson, who ha*
cen in charge of the local
ireless station of the Marconi
■ impany for some time, Iin
eeured a transfer owing to the
>oor health of his wife, and
eaves on the Oitv of Seattle in
he morning for San Pedro, Cal.
h F. Trevafct will be temporar
lv appointed in his place here,
probably until the big station
is finished. “Sparks” leaves a
host of friends here in Ketchi
kan, who wish him and his
success and good health in their
new home.
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VOTE FOR HIM
AND SAVE ALASKA
In the neighborhood of thirty
people turned out at Moose
Hall H durday evening to listen
o the presentation of the pol
itical situation by Mrs. Gibson
uid Gilbert Mann. Mrs. Gib
son read her platform and ask
ed those present to vote for her
promising to live up to her
promise if elected. “Fatty” was:
the orator of the evening, and I
the way lie landed on American!
institutions in general and our
Fedral officials in particular
wasn’t slow. It didn’t make
any difference to him the fact
In' was lacking proof of a few
of his utterances, he fired his*
broadsides anyway, and let it
go at thint. Both the Non-Par
Hsan and Democratic tickets
were subjected to Hie same
t raiilment as our German
friends have accorded Antwerp,
and to bear him It'll it, lht> Ter I
htorv will go to the “demnilion |
'•ow-w ws” unless (he is elect
'd. A< a representative of
himself , he is a shining mark.
The Weekly Miner $3. a yeai
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DOLPHIN IN SOUTHBOUND
The Dolphin, with a full car
go 10f salmon on board from
northern canneries, arrived
lown last night, and after pro
eoeding to Mo.ra Sound can
nery where she took on board
the cannery now' and ’3ft ft r
the south.
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OFF TO THE HOTSPRINGS
Mir Searchlight got away for
Ihe Dell Island Hot Springs
Ihis morning on a. special trip,
taking James Clancy to that
place. He is still a very sick
man, but 'it is believed that if
lie can stand the trip up, the
prings will do him good,
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•WILL WINTER AT
SALT LAKE
•s. J. Goodrow arrived in town
''i ni his property near Kasauu
last night and will get'away for
the south on the first boat, lie
plans to spend the winter with
ni.s family at Salt Lake. lie has
attended to Ihe doing of (he as
sessment work on the proper
ties in which lie is interested
and says die will take things
easy until alter the war is over.
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HUMBOLDT IN AND OUT
The steamer Humboldt was
n this morning about one o'
'lock 'on her way north, bring
ng first-class mail. She had
ten tons lof frieght for local
people which was discharged
before she proceeded north.
_ . -a.
herring at last
After waiting for days, it
'o'oks as though the fall run of
herring is on at last, and the
oait famine is probably at an
'■iid. Copt. Thomas, who prob
ably knows more about herring
than any other man in this re
gion, brought in the first hatch
yesterday, 85 barrels, with
which lie baited up the schoon
ers Pioneer and Orient. He
states that lie would have had
much more if it had not been
for t!he fact that his seine fouled
md fore on the rocks, allowing
the fish to escape. The her
ring brought in are big fel
lows, a)] fat, and plump, and
win make fine bait.- The power
boat- Pirate also brought In a
few herring, havin.g arrived
ibis mb ruing.
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The Comet was in this morn
ing on her way south from the
hanks with -about forty-five
thousand pounds of halibut on
board. She went on south to
Seattle.
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Vera Cruz, Oct. 12—It was
bulletined at headquarters in
this city today that the order
recalling (lie American soldiers
home had been recinded ia-nd
they will remain here until
further notice. Residents of
this city, irrespective of nation
ality are all glad to hear this
news.
Pa the Daily at (he Dream, ad.
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