FROM FRIDAY'S DAILY
London, Oct. 2—'The news
today from the front is anything
hut as favorable a? it was hop
f i to be. In the first place,
toe main body of the German
line has been able to effect a
juncture with its shattered
right wing, and is pouring in
new men to take ‘the place of
those captured and fallen. They
have again secured possession
of the railroad paralleling their
Lues. s:;j are thus enabled to
move re-inforeements and sup.
p5.es with great ease. The ft
sult is. the hope of the Allies
to see the valleys of the Ainse
and Oise cleared of the enemy
are vain, and the fight, which
has lasted for almost three
week- must be kept up until
one side or the other is worn
out. The morale of the men
constituting -the line of the Al
lied forces continues of the
best, and they are ready to un
dertake anything their officers
ask them, frequently exceeding
orders in their anxiety to come
to close quarters with the en
my. The British Colonials
have reached the sphere of ac
tion and have bourne them
selves with all the steadiness of
regulars. standing up bravely
under the gruelling fire of the
German batteries.
Has Narrow Escape
London. Oct. 2—The Ameri
can consulate a; Rheims was
destroyed by the German gun
fire recently, and Consul Bardej
had a narrow escape from
death.
Playing a Waiting Game
Berlin. Oct. 2—It is admitted
here that the German navy is
playing a waiting game, and
will not venture forth until bal
loons or submarines have put
enough of the British fleet out
of ;• •mmission so that they
will then have a show on a
more nearly equ.»; footing.
Germans On The Run
St. Petersburg. Oct. 2—The
German- are r. w n full retreat
from the provinces of Suwalki
and Linji. The Russian armies
are now q complete possession
• f practically a!, of northern
Austria and Poland.
Fighting Hard in East
T suo. Oct. 2—Wireless mes
-ages received -fate that both
Japane-e and Brit.sb guns are
bombarding Kiaochou. also the
aeroplanes of the Allies are
dropping bomb- on the forti
fications. The Germans are
pouring a merciless i re on the
land troops trying to capture
the forts.
No Tax On Gasoline
Washington. Oct. 2—The de
cision wa- arrived at today no!
to impose a war tax on gaso
line as proposed :ome time
since.
British Laying Mines
London. Oct. 2—1: ha- been
decided that the Br:t:-h will
lay mine- in certain places as
a counter stroke -against the
Germans. The idea is repug
nant to the Navy Department,
but in rhe face of recent oc
currence1. some such step
are necessary.
Are Bombarding Antwerp
Antwerp. Oct 2—The Germ
an- now have their seige gun
in p-- '. *n and are bombard
ing ?h:- city day .and night.
Their fire i- wantonly directed
against building- and other
place- of in:cre-: within the
line of forlificaii- nuj i
maki: g i.ttle impr— m on She
defences themselves.
Kaiser Is In Austria
Rome, Oct. 2—The report
*lft- through to Italian news
center-, that the KRiser is in
person .n Austria Di king a de
termined effort to bolster up
the courage of the Austrian
-taff. Thu- far their field oper
al-on- have been wretchedly
conducted. He realizes that
with A: -tr:i defeated and seek
ing peace hi- position will be
all the more untentable.
Ordered Out Of Italy
Rome. Oct. 3—Bulgarian and
Austrian army officers in Italy
| have received instructions
| from their governments to
j leave this country at once.
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j This is taken as an indication
that Austria-Hungary realties
i that it is a matter of but a few
j lay until a state of war will
; exist between those countries
1 and Italy.
Claims French Victory
Par.', Oct. 3—General Gal
I lieni reports a sweeping French
, victory on the German center,
i the Sauers line having been
I driven back several miles. The
| French suffered heavy losses,
i however, many of the most
| noted regiments being to all
1 intents and purposes anuihii
\ -Red.
French Are Aggressors
Berlin. Oei. 2—In Alsace the
S French have again assumed
the aggressive and have attack
ed the German lines near Mul
hause. but the latter are hold
ng them in check.
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BOBBY IS BACK
Bobby Clemens son who with
a s w .fe have been south lor
i the bast four or five w eeks r.’
: timed on the A-ki yesterday
ml .. 1 v k in the harness again
i today. Bobby says he haf a
- 1 time while south but is
; glad t get back and to work
making those concrete chitn
nles for w hich he is so noted.
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A LITTLE DAUGHTER
L -Ik? were in receipt by
' mail of notice? of the
lrriv.i; at Baltimore, Ml. of
little Wilva Louise Honkison
■vh: put in an appearance on
Sep:. 2 3. The many friend?
of R. L. Hankioson and wife
: v d be piea.?ed to hear of the
■event and to extend them their
congratulations.
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“TEX” FARROW IS SICK
"Tex" Farrow, for ?o long
he 5 the Jefferson
was unable to come out on
that ? e mer this trip, having
-ustame.j n attack of partial
.■araiy-.- of the muscles of one
! 'ide of hi? face. Early last
n i. Mr-. Farrow died sud
lenly heart disease, and the
shock of her death badly up
. -et her husband, to which eas:*p
:.? present sickness is probably
! traceable.
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HARRY HAS THE QUINSY
Suffering from a severe af
•ck of the quinsy Harry Web
er came over foam Hollis this
i corning. He report? that hi
1 mil :s plugging right -.long on
he best ^ore that was ever
■ and in Southeastern Alaska.
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ASK BIGGER DAMAGES
Attorneys Heiienthali & Heil
rnthal. repre?enting the Hum
boldt Steamship company, havt
secured p^jmss-km in the fed
eral court to file a' suppfemen
try ampin,nt asking an ad
iitional hundred thousand dol
lars damage? against the P. C.
S. S. C.. White Pass railr.ad
and other >rpor>te interests
; alleged to have conspired to
keep the Humboldt off the Al
aska run. The original sui’
i-ked for fifty thou-md dol
ar? damage?.
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BACK FROM PORT WALTER
The herring fi-hing schooner
M »rgaret. under command of
Cup’. A. W. Thom a-. arrived
iown from Port Walter yester
lay, near which place she wa
ngaged in herring fishing for
bait purposes this year. CapL
Thomas -fate- that he will fish
-or 11 -t out of thi- port thi
■vinter.
The Daily Miner ¥l. per mo.
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FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
;
Rome, Oct. 3—A report roach
es Uns place from Athens,
that Greece will join the
Triple Entente—France. Rus
sia and England. The cause of!
: ‘bis decision on the part of
the Hellenic state is said to*
have been a threat made by the
j Kaiser ordering Greece net to
j interfere in case Turkey started
i war against Servia. Represent
1 stives of Germany have been at
' Constantinople for some time
| trying to induce Turkey to de
lete re war on Servia and under-'
! take to take back part of the
i territory recently taken from
| her by Servia. Turkey asked
what would be the attitude of
j the Balkan States, and in try
J ing to line them up in the nen
! :ra[ column. Wilhelm aroused
he ire of Greece's government
and a mobilization order was.
; issued from Athens !a<t night.
A world-wide call has also been
sen! out for Greek res.rves to
i rally to the defense of the flag.
Negroes Drive Germans Back
Paris. Oct. 3—France's Afr
ican brigade proved too much
1 for the German Imperial guards
yesterday. The engagement oc
, curred near Verdun where the
Germans were making a deter
mined attack on the French
edfences Three times , they
charged in their attempt to cap
Hire die trenches but were driv
; en b-ok by the steady fire of
| the machine guns and rifles of
the French. When the third
■ attack was repulsed the order
was given to the French line
press home a counter charge
which was done, and a regiment
of the Tun - was sent against
the center of the Germans
which co.”:-isted~ of the Imper
ial Guards of which the Kaiser
Fhimself is the colonel and the
Grown Prince the commanding
offi er. They went at it with
! the bayonet, killing hundred
\ of the Guard and capturing
; their colors.
Dover Straits Ars Mined
London, OcL 3—The an
{nouncement is made by the
I Navy today that the strait* of
Dover are now mined and the
[ vessels of alt nations are warn
i ed not to try to pass same.
Austrians Will Move Capital
Rome. O.L 3 —It s stated that:
i the seat uf government of A is.
j
; tria will be moved at once from :
Vienna to Prag :e. which i- ne r
I er Germany, and more remote!
rom the Ru--ian advance.
Soldiers Are Suffering
Paris. Oct. 3—Word from the!
front tells of considerable suf
fering among the Allied troops j
owing to the shortage of ap-i
pi priaie clothing for fall and;
j winter wear. Wolien blanket
re short and overcoats are;
Hacking, especially among the
{British colonial troops, many,
•i whom are from hot coun- j
; tries.
Dresden Reported Sunk
Rome. Oct. 3—Passengers ar-i
riving from South America!
! bring word of the linking of?
: the 'pvift German cruiser Dres
den by the Brif.sh cruiser*
Glasgow and Hope in the South
Atlantic las! week. The Dres
n had, been inflicting great |
g? on British vessels in!
| s Atlantic.
May Be Decisive Battle
London. Oct. 3—The eye* o'
Europe are turned on Grace
»f laG* where is being waged;
what may be the decisive^ bal-f
lie of the present war. There;
<T/-e to tfiree quarters or a!
million Germans arid Austrians;
are do ng battle with nine hun-|
dred thousand Russian-, and!
e tetter are apparently *e-ir-i
ing the better -'f the fight III
B ";t wins, military expert*;
- y. Austria will he ft-read to;
-lie for peace, a,id G iunsnv
thus left w'it^out an ally will
be unable to cepe with the two]
forces which will be brought
bear ag inst her from the
o'st and fr<mr the west, and j
must bo crushed. The Kai<ei
apparently realizes the gravity
0 the situation and 'has been in
. ustria in person for the past,
t a days. The Russian "Offi
cers arc displaying a brilliancy
1 attack never suspected of
them, and the rank and file of;
the Russian army are fighting;
l ke heroes. Their ' losses
1 ive of course been heavy, but;
reinforcements are constantly
; ''riving to lake the place of;
t ;0-:e- who fall.
The German Report
Berlin Oct. 3—The Rattle ot
1 ' Aisne continues unabatedi
and everything is looked upon!
satisfactory to German arms
he Imperial forces have lak-;
en Ihe offensive again and are;
using the wedge style of fight;
v. g which proved so successful!
so the advance through Rel
gum. thus breaking the Allies'
. H's in several places. The
German forces are driving the;
Russians before them in R;is-;
' an Poland, and the fortress of:
I'rzemyl. though closely he-!
- iged by 'he Russians, ts still,
holding out.
Cholera In Germany
London, Oct. 3—1The medical!
officials are taking the great
est precautions to prevent the j
■ traduction of cholera into1
F seland. It i< understood
j
it there are cases of this
! 'ease among the Germans.
- nerai Austrian regiment have
. * en retired on account of the
prevalence of the disease a
• ong them.
German Attack Fails
- Paris. Sept. 3—The German'
an attempt to win back
ground lost in the pas', ft- v
! iys’ fighting male a nigh! it
‘o.'k near Roye which w.s ririv
:i back. They have been great
ly reinforced of late.
German Prince Collapses
Berlin. Oct. 3—After leading
i successful attack against
.:e of the outer works at Ver
’ in, Prince Oscar wa; strikeu
th heart disease and is now
a precarious condition.
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" LAM EDA HAS BIG CROWD
The liner Alameda, on her
•' -y from the Westward arriv
i in port last night and got
vay again about six o'clock
bis morning after loading lb
e gh; thousand case? :f sal
r< on the Jeffer'Oii brought up
r h^r from Hidden Inlet. She
h 1 299 passengers on board
when -he cleared, which is prnb
":»ly the record for travel thi
fall, IT of them being from Kef
ikan. Among the latter wi
Gap!. Eric Forss, who. like (he
1)'lance f tho-e boarding her!
here, had to content himself i
•' th a Pullman berth in the
'Mcon.
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MARIPOSA NORTHBOUND
Several hours behind her i
~-t hedulc on account of fog on!
the way north the Marip sa ar
rived from the Sound between j
tv o and three o’clock thi'
morning. Her passengers for!
Ketchikan were H. Bergman, S.
B rgm.ifl, Lee Blanchard, John
H iiison, Claude O'Hara, C. Sath- s
er. Mrs. J. E. Austin, Mrs. I.
W- Collins. Mi,. Agnes Camp- ■
■/- J and Fi -d Le,'ing. She dis
charged the -mail consignment
freight she had for Ketchi
i i in a hurry, as she was.
-I or! of time in c nnecting;
w. th e tide at Wrangell Nar
rows. A. J. Ela boarded the,
v* --• ! here for Seward, and!
Ll> W i< Swigert for Wrangell. ;
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DOCK NEARS COMPLETION
is. r. Spaulding is up from j
-v a I, vel arid reports the,
P — have all been driven, U.e]
•ip' put in position, and 'all i
w in readiness f(,r (be deck
i g at‘the dock his company is!
ba lding at that place. Work;
i ge'ling the properly in shape
also being pushed.
SITKA IN WITH FISH
The schooner Sitka was in'
v ith halibut this morning. Stic
t >xed 15,000 pounds at the \
1 etehikan Gold Storage plant
. id wilt ship same south on the
t est boat.*"
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WILL BE SOME BUGGY
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.
The Ketchikan Iron Works
0 v overhauling the engine on!
1 ous Ap-elifG llussian cruisoi
S .'alight, ami when they get
through with her Toni King j
s y> she "ill sure he some’
f -t. Her old rate of speed was!
s mething under twenty-five
k ^ots nor hour, but when she'
i hack in commission again
v ith cylinders re-bored nnl|
< erytliing running ship shape, J
she "ill he the fastest in her
c’ass in the harbor.
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A SHIPLOAD OF
ALASKA PRODUCTS
—
The big freighter Edith, lie-1
1 aging to the Alaska Steam-'
s lip company, which is load
i g salmon at the Quadra can- j
rcry. has on hoard what is proh
ahly the biggest cargo >c't Alas
k in products ever taken south.
! consists of 1.500 tons of Ga
T niche copper ore, 2.709 bar
ds of whale oil from the
l . S. Whaling company's plant
a Port Armstr mg. 1.228 sacks
< ' cattle f od from the same
p aee, 5.200 eases of salmon
!' om Shakan ami 12.2 iO from
hasaan, and 10,800 cases from
C uadra.
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SOPHIA IN AND OUT
With a good big crowd of pas
~ uigcrs on board, the Princess
- 'piiia made port this morning
0 i her wav south. Thirteen
more boarded tier at this place.
nong whom were A. W. Smi th
'on of At. Smith of the Lotu*
Far: Chas It. Cosgrove and
v ife, en route south on a brie!
1 -ip; S. S. Swinning and little
■ laughter, and several Ketchi
kan folk going to the Prince
Rupert fair. The Sophia load
- ] fifteen tons of ice at the
hew England plant for Prince
Rupert.
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"ROM MONDAYS DAILY
Berlin, Oct. 5—Word is re
vived from Lisbon, Portugal
'! at Briti'h transports have ar
ved there for the purpose of
f. king Portugese tro ips to
'-ance where they will fight on
e <ide of tile Allies. It is un
• 'rstood that England ha
t* reed Portugal to furnish a
Lout one hundred thoii'fiml men
o i the strength of an old treaty
entered in to during the time >f
■ he Peninsula Mar against
h apoleon, over one hundred
y ars ago. It i« understood
H at the troops Will be taken t
II ivre and rushed from there
to the Front.
Biggest Battle of All Ages
Sf. Petersburg. O.f 5—Wha!
i- probably the greatest battle
the w rid has ev<?r seen is now
h ing fought between the Rus
s' Hi Imperial forces anfj ^he
a! ied Germans and Austrians.
If extends from the River
> eman in Poland on the north j
to the Carpathian Mountain'
- ifh of Cracow on the other
P; \ of the line, clo e to lhre<
n Hi n Ru-sians of ail army Le
in : engaged. l! i- believed
h- re by the General Staff that
tL s fight, if it goes again.-l the
A -tri ui' and Germans will.
P ue |he decisive bottie of the,
■a r. Hundreds of thousands of j
ft S'iaii' are being hurried out j
of East Prus'ia to strengthen!
tic center, which is pushing j
If ' Germans back toward their j
frontier. The Czar is now in’
the field in person where he is!
everywhere received with I
eh -era by bis soldiers, all of:
to :m vicing ly do birn h yior. j
The passes in the Carpathian
mountains have been captured
1> our foivt's. thus opening tup
(no wa\ for an immediate in
vasion of Hungary.
Forts Taken At Antwerp
Berlin, Oet. •"> A wireless was
roeeaved from Wio forces be
seiginp Antwerp 111i< morning
Staling that German troops had
captured three of the outer
f ts defending Antwerp. The
capture of these p'nees will he
ogreat advantage to our troops
as they can be used for sup
ply points, and afford the best
of protection from such gun
as the Belgians are able to
bring to bear against them.
Thirty big gtiii" were captured
when our tr ops obtained pos
ession of the strongholds.
Officials visit Front
Bordeaux, Oct. 5—On this the
twentieth day of the battle of
Aisne Hiver, the position ivf the
two armies remain practically
as it was in the beginning of
tlie battle. President Puin
eaiire and cabinet officers vis
ited tlie front today.
Germany Is Anxious
London, Oct. 5—The British
secret service is in receipt of
word that the German genera!
staff is disturbed over the con
dition of things in Austria. Tln’\
re able to hold their own in
Prance, where they have Ger
man soldiers to depend on, but !
the hetrogeneous mass consti
tuting the army of Austria-Hun i
garv is absolutely undepend
able..
Russians Planting Batteries
Rome, Oct. 5—The Russians
have captured the hills sur
rounding the Austrian fortress
of Przemysl and are plant.iia
batfereis n the heights which
will command every part of the
place. .
Enveloping ven Kluk
London, Oet. 5—Word comes
from the front that the Allies
are again pounding on von
Kluk’s flanks. Heavy reinforce
ments have been sent to the Al
lies left, and tlie attempt is be
ing made to envelope the Ger
man right and thus take them
in front, flank and rear.
British Helping Belgians
London, Oct, 5—Several de
tachments of British artillery
are n> w assisting the Belgians
t tlie River Nctys, where a con
-adorable' body of Germans have
been located. Tlie Germans
have been repulsed at Antwerp.
They asked for a two hour
armistice in which to bury the
lead, but it was refused them.
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ASKS AID FOR BELGIANS
Henry £oemare is in receipt
of a letter from the Belgian rep
resentative at Seattle asking
hat -teps be taken in Ketchi
kan to raise some cash for the
Belgian War Relief Fund" in
aid of the women, children
and old people left destitute by
in uiijii't, uncalled for war.”
The Bream with its usual pub
lic spirit will give a benefit for
the Fund Wednesday, October
1 i. Tickets will be printed
and on sale in the different !
business houses cf the town
starting tomorrow, and it is to
be hoped that our townspeople
will respond liberally. Ail .ap
peal sent out by the Belgian!
Consul follows: I
Vice-Consulate of Belgium
Seattle, Washington,
0-21-14.
Bear Sir:—
May 1 a~k the favor of a few
lice.- in your valuable pnbli
ation in aid of our Belgium
War Belief Fund.
Everybody ha- read, not only
over the World, of the disas
trous war now raging between
the powerful Nations of Europe
(tie dreadful slaughter of lens,
n;>\ of hundreds of thousands
of nhle-b died men, ami thej
ruiii and desolation in its wake.
B lgiurn, my native country,
one-sixth the size of the State
of Washington, as usual Is the
innocent victim. It has seen
its territory invaded by a power
lid neighbor, wilhkmt any cause
whatever, its soil trampled un
der foot, crops ruined, towns '
burned and ransacked, women,
children and old men precipita
tely leaving their homes and
belongings, fleeing for their
lives, unprotected, Whilst 'the
men woln bravely to the frontf
valiantly fighting in defense of
their country and their liberty.
11 is, in order to alleviate, was
far as humanity ran do so, for
I heir misery is beyond des
cription, that w,> have organized
i Belgium War Relief Fund for
the State of Washington and
this N rtliwest.
The newspapers of Seattle
have kindly devoted some space
in their publications. Might
I ask tlhe same favor of you,
for humanity’s sake?
The appeal is made specialty
lo all Belgian residing in
these parts—but all donations
by kind sympathizers and those
who admire the courage mf
our little Country will be thank
fully acknowledged by me.
.Thanking you very much for
whatever you may do for so
just and so deserving a cause,
I am
Very Respectfully’,
JOSEPH I1ERTOGS
Vice-Consul of Relgium.
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VOTE ALMOST UNANIMOUS
The Common Counsel met
this afte/moton at one o’clock to
canvass lln> votes cast in last
Thursday’s election. Tiny
found that 10 votes had been
ast in the outside district,
every one of which was for
coming into the incorporation
Seventy-four were cast in
town, of which but four were
against bringing in the terri
tory under consideration. Thus
out of 03 votes cast in all SO
were in favor of extending the
town boundaries and but four
apposed.
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OAPE CHACON LIGHT
AGAIN DOING BUSINESS
The lighthouse tender Col
umbine returned^ yesterday
afternoon from a trip to Cape
Chacon where the blinker was
~et going again, Saturday even
ing. It had been out of com
mission some little time, to the
great disadvantage of vessels
running into that territory.
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ARE DONE AT JUNEAU
The members of A. W.
Qni-d’s construction crew, who
did the work on the Tongass
and Strong buildings here in
fyeUthikan, and have since been
at Juneau n the Gdldstein and
other buildings, were passen
gers on the Alki southbound
this morning. They finished
their work at Juneau this last,
week.
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The Weekly Miner $3. a year
WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
If you purchase the NEW HOME you will
have a life asset at tho price you pay, and will
not have an endless chain of repairs.
Quality
Considered
it is the
Cheapest
in the end
to buy.
If you want a sewing machine, write for
E>ur lulcHt catalogue before you purahawj.
The New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass.
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