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Great Battle Continues with Varying Results for Both the German and Allied Armies
Namur Is Attacked. Servians Kill 8000 Austrians.
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Seattle, Aug. 20—Particulars
of the wreck of the steamer
Prince Albert are to the elfe t
that tbi vessel was en route
from Masset to Prince Rupevt
. the time of the wreck, having
left Vancouver last Friday
night. She struck in a dense
l' >g, and began to fill at once.
Her p. 'sengers, crew and niaii
were saved in the vessels boat',
and al! are safe. The lust vo.-d
received conveyed the intelli
gence that the boat apparently
was a total wreck, and was
hi coking up fast.
RAILROAD MAN IN TOWN
William McMurry. general
passenger agent for the Ore
gon-Washingtun Railroad cc
Navigation company, with head'
onarters in Portland was a
local visitor while the Maripo.
was in port this m:riling. He
has been making a trip through
the north in the interests of his
company.
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THANK THE LADIES
On behalf of the local Ceme
tery Committee The Miner has
been asked to thank the Civic
Club for their donation to the
Cemetery fund as the result of
the concert last week. The
money will be used in putting
the cemetery into better shape.
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Hear Miss Lacy’s song at the
Dream tonight. adv.
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‘■Prete Moi ta Femme.” adv.
I’REYNOLDS 15
BOOS]ED
Washington, Aug. 20—The
Pre.'ident last night nominated
Attorney General MeReynolds
fo the Supreme Court and al
the same time the announce
ment was made that Thoma
Glegory of Texas had been
named as MeReynolds’ suc
cessor in the cabinet.
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MARIPOSA TAKES SALMON
The liner Mariposa of the Al
k a Steamship company’s big
fleet arrived down from the
north at five-thirty this mron
ing and left for the south after
loading 3,500 eases of salmon
at the Ketchikan cannery. Sin;
ha.i 105 passenger' on board
when she arrived and twenty
more boarded her at this point,
among the latter being Mrs. J.
D. Wynne of Sulzer, wlio is go
in : - uth for a visit, accompan
ied by her children. R. R.
Pierson superintendent of the
Alaska Steamship company,
and his family were on board,
returning from a trip to the
Westward.
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ASSISTANT TO
“DOC” WALKER
Joe Learner, who arrived up
from the south on the Admiral
Evans has gone to work at the
Rexa) si re as assistant to
i-Doc." Walker in the pill roll
ing business.
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While John Bolt Slept, at the
Dream tonight. adv.
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‘■Prete Moi ta Femme.” adv.
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I London, Aug. 20—What is
'probably the biggest, bloodiest
and most awful battle that the
vorld has ever seen continues
jin Belgium, on this the fifth
day of almost ceaseless slaughl
j or, and as yet. it cannot be said,
that either army has the ad
vantage over the other. Thi.~
much is sure, however, in spite
of official denials from both
he Belgian and French war of
fices, the forls around Liege
: have fallen. Particulars can
[iiot be gotten at this time of
course, for the whole .f Bel
gium east of a line drawn from
'about twenty miles south and
east of Antwerp, through Brus
sels to Namur and down |i
Dinant, with (he exception of
the mountain passes above ill'"
valley of the Meuse, is now in
the hands of the Germans, and
every road in the country is fil
led with women and children
and old men fleeing from the
advance of the “Spiked Hel
mets.” This line is rough!’
two hundred mi!e= in length,
with the main -strength of the
Germans massed in the neigh
bor hood of Brussels, which
they are reported to have taken
last night. A few miles west
of the Belgian capital the main
defenses of the Allies have
been constructed.a nd try as
they may. the Germans have
been unable to break through
in their dash to Paris. From
the southern end of the line
comes word that the French
have driven the Germans hack
across the Meuse after a bloody
bailie, in which the French cav
alry cut up the German infan
| try in a series of charges, and
the German army was forced to
: fall hack leaving its wounded
in the hands of the French,
who are caring for them. A
; fhirdc olumn of the German ad
vance hurled itself at the forli
ications around Namur las;
night, hoping: to find tlie Allies
.unprepared, hut were driven
back after a sharp engagement.
Thus it will be seen that though
the Germans appear to have
captured the liege forts an 1
Brussels, their advance both
west and south has been stop
ped. The Kaiser is credited
with having another four hun
M'lred thousand men ready to ad
vance as re-inforcement-s for
those now on the firing line,
with three hundred thousand
more reserves on the frontier*
of Holland and Luxemburg. He
i~ keeping only enough men ap
parently in Alsace and Lorraine
tn prevent the French sending
the men from that region to
aid those fighting in the Bel
gian battlefields.
Many Austrians Killed
Rome. Aug. 20—Eight thou
sand Austrians were killed in a
| battle 40 miles west of Belgrade
Tuesday and Wednesday. The
Austrians were driven acros*
.he river in disorder and thou-1
-and* of them were rnrdur'cd nr
drowned in the crossing
Japs Ask China To Help
Shanghi. Aug. 20—It i« an
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les in tliis city that Japan has
Icrnially asked China I > use
her almost endeavors la per
suade Germany to leave Iviaa
chcu peacefully.
Kaiser May Cede Forts
The Hague, Aug. 20—1| is un
derstood that Germany is now
negotiating with China with the
view of returning Kiau-ehuu to
Ihe latter country, rather than
-ee it fall into the hands of the
Japanese.
Austrian Cruiser Sunk
Brindisi, Aug. 20—In a naval
fig’ll int he Adriatic, between
French and Austrian \Var boats
'he Austrian cruiser Zenfa was
sunk with 200 of her officers
anderew. The French ships
wore unharmed.
Russia Wants Free Passage
St. Petersburg, Aug. 20—The
Russian government ha? made
a formal demand that Turkey
allow the free passage of the
Dardanelles for Russian war
vessels. The claim is based on
Turkey's recent action in al
lowing German war vessels
safe refuge in Ihe Dardenelle
and later buying same from
Germany.
Germans Enter Brussels
Paris, Aug. 20—An uncon
firmed report has reached this
city that the Germans have en
tered and are now in possession
of Brussels.
Thousands of Refugees
Antwerp. Aug. 20—It. i = esti
mated that at least one hun
dred thousand refugees from
the eastern part of Belgium are
now in this city having come
here in the attempt to escape
from the Germans. They are
camping in the streets and
public squares-and the suffer
ing among them is intense.
Food is running short and the
prices asked for the ordinary
necessaries <of life are stagger
ing.
A Naval Battle
Tokio, Aug. 20—Two disabled
German cruisers, one of them
towing the other, arrived at
Bong K'ong early in the week.
Both had seen hard fighting,
but information as to where
Ihe battle occurred or who were
their assailants has not been
given out.
Cash For Americans
London, Aug. 20—The TT. S.
cruiser Tennessee left for oRI
terdam. Holland tlii.s afternoon.
American tourists in Europe
are gathering there to be ship
ped home.
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v “Prefe Moi ta Femme.” adv.
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Pathe Weekly at tile Dream
tonight. adv.
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FALL AND WINTER
MILLINERY OPENING
Saturday August 22.
Up to dale Trimmed Hats,
Street Hats, Two Tone Felts,
White Felts, Shapes, Frames
and Trimmings.
MRS. JOHNS. adv.
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“Prete Moi ta Femme.” adv.
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Seattle, Aug. 20—Ed. Hughey,
-porting editor of the Seattle
Times hay hen elected Prssi
dent of the Northwestern Base
ball League in place of Fielder
Jones, who goes to the Feder
als.
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WILL LOO? THE LOOP
A. L. Spaeth and wife will he
passengers north on the City
:d' Seattle tomorrow mornin.
for a trip to Skagway an '
around the loop to Sitka. Thi
is the lasL trip (lie Seattle wib
make Io Silka this year, so th- ;
decided bo avail themselves <•
!he opportunity to see tbe
country.
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The Princess Sophia will be
in southbound at three o’clock
Saturday morning.
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THE COWBOY n/IILLIONAIRf
Is the title of a two part Selig
that will be shown at the
Dream tonight. The picture i
all (hat we claim for it. Ther
is just enough romance worked
into the picture to make it in
tercsting. There is everythin
from bucking bronchoes lo bull
dogging a steer. There is a i
edison on the bill with that
Edison Aar. Marc McDermott.
Pathe Weekly contains very in
leresting worlds news, Miss
Lacy has a late song. So take
the family to the Dream to
night, for we know we have the
goods. Next Monday the elev
enth installment of What Hap
pened to. Mary. adv.
iiiiwi ii ii ibi i in i —n :
Rome, Aug. 20—Special mas
ses were said in all lhe churches
of Italy this morning for the re
p isc of Jhe soul of the dead
Pope. Merry Del Yal, Papal
Secretary of Stale is men
tioned as a possible candidate
his successor.
WILL AilHIVE m DAYLIGHT
Secretary M. A. Mitchell of
the Commercial Club is in re
ceipt of letters from the differ
ent steamship companies oper
ating to this region, in reply to
re olid ions and letters sent
I hem by the Commercial Club
asking for a rearrangement of
their schedules to bring their
vessels to Ketchikan during or
dinary busines- hours. Practic
ally every one ofthe companies
has agreed to take the matter
up and sec what can be done,
while the Pacific-Alaska and
the Canadian Pacific have to all
intents and purposes agreed to
make the asked-for changes.
This will be a big thing for the
businessmen and merchants of
the town, as it means they will
have a much better opportun
ity to supply the tourist trade
than they have had heretofore.
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Tlie steamer Alki, which left
Seattle Tuesday night, will ar
rive in Ketchikan tomorrow.
She has a big passenger list for
Ketchikan.
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The Cowboy Millionaire at
the Dream tonight. adv.
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“Pretc Moi ta Femme.” adv.
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