PRICE 10 CENTS KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER i, 1011.
Rupert, Bavaria’s Crown Prince Is Captured
ITALY THREATENS AUSTRIA FOR MINE LAYING
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FORJRIH
Seattle, Get. l~The Mariposa
sailed On time last night. Her
passengers for Ketchikan are
II. Bergman, Mrs. I. E. Austin,
Agnes Campbell, Mrs. I. \V. Col
lins. John Hanson, C. Satlier.
Fred Lashing, and Claud G'
llara.
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WILL TAKE THE STUMP
Washington, Oct. 1—It is an
nounced today that members of
Wilson’s cabinet will take the
slump in the forthcoming cam
paign to secure Democratic
success.
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CARRANZA QUITS TODAY
Washington, Oct. 1 Word
was received from Mexico City
today that Carranza would re
sign this afternoon.
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WAS A WET WEEK
The week ending last night!
was a wet and windy one. The]
total precipitation during that
time was 6.16 inches, anj the
wind blew a gale for the great
er part of three days.
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Underwear for *all porposes
at Field's. ad.
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Washington, Get. 1—At the
annual convention of the Amer
ican Fisheries Society in this
city yesterday. Secretary Red
: ie 1,i was severely criticised f r
failing to provide adequately
for Alaskan fisheries. It was
shown at the meeting that blit
four men were employed by his
lepartment to protect a coast
tine 26,000 miles in length.
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NEW TELEPHONE CABLE
The Citizen’s Light, Power <x
Water company is stringing a
new telephone cable out to
Newtown. The addition of
Ill's equipment will material
ly improve the service to the
north end of town which has
not been good as the rest of
the system owing to the over
crowded condition of the wires.
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WINING INSPECTOR HERE
Sumner S. Shii{nyTerritorial
1 spector of Mines. arrived
from the north on this morn
ing's City of Seattle, and will
examine the properties of this
region to see that they conform
to the laws in their operation.
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The Lions Bride, at the
Dream tonight. adv.
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j Paris, Oct. 1 .-Every disptaeh
from the battle front supports
tlie bulletins of yesterday, and
brings word tihat the Allied
| forces are pressing the advan
tage gained. The German right
j wing is believed to be eom
, plelely surrounded, and Gen.
: French and his British troops
are preparing to give it the
coup d' grace. The French
troops are doing well, having
re captured St. Michiel, an im
portant. fort on the line of de
fense between Verdun and
Toni, which the Germans cap
; tured some time ago. In this
. region hundreds of German
i troops were captured including
j many iof their high officers. A
mong the latter was Prince
Rupert, heir of the Bavarian
I throne, and next to the Ger
man Crown Prince the highest
I official taking actual part in
; the fighting.
Germans Set Back at Antwerp
Antwerp, Ort. 1—The Ger
man forces gathered recently
, from Kiel attempted to*” rush
: the forts of Liezel and Breen
; noek last night, but were driv
| en back with great loss. These
ti.vo forts are considered to be
; the key to toe defenses of this
city which Wilhelm is said to
; have sworn he would take to
, use in a campaign against
; Great Britain. The entire Bel
j gian army is now in the fort
| fications here and prepared to
j drive back any force the Ger
mans can bring against them.
Austrian Army Whipped
Rome. Oct.. 1—Word arrives
: here that the Austrian army
has been defeated by the Rus
sians and in its flight'has been
suit, muled near Dotiklo, where
it is now making a last stand.
I It' ammunition train is said to
I have fallen into the hands of
nhe Russians, and its supply
train being forwarded from
j Vienna, lias been recalled to
i escape the same fate.
Russians Defeat Germans
St. Petersburg. Oct. 1—A
j furious battle is raging in the
valley of (he Xienvan river in
! Germany, between Russian arid
I German armies, and the Oer
! mails are reported to be in full
j retreat from tile Sowalk region.
Italians Getting Riled
Rome, Ocit. 1—The sinking of
! an Italian torpedo boat and a
j fishing vessel, both off G.om
| acchio, as the result of striking
j floating mines sent out by the
Austrians, has raised such a
storm of protest that a sharpe
note has been sent
(o the Austrian government
’ '{ ..ting that in the event of any
more being put out adrift, Italy
’ would take whatever steps she
! thought necessary to prevent a
; recurrence of the same. When
! the note was published the
[ people of tlds city greeted it
| with cheers and loud cries a
gainst Austria and Germany.
Getting Ready to Retreat
■ London, Oct. 1—British acro
planists after flights across
j Belgium report that there is
every indication that the Ger
man army is getting ready lo
retreat from France, and to pre
vent interferance by the Bel
! gians the Germans are now at
tacking Antwerp. An expidi
tionary force of British and Bel
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Latitude 52,
New flannel overshirts, the
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I
gians have united liea* Ghent
and are said to have se ed five
of ilie largest railroad br.dgos
across the Meuse River be
tween Ghent and Nam or.
• nose bridges .ve being m net
a in? will be destroyed at on re
I prevent sl ues being sent in
te ibc German; and aNo to de
•i- their repeal. Except a!
II :rds of impo'.am. 9 every Oor
■i.an soldier ha . been taken mi!
of Belgium an ; placed in the
tattle line that has been fight
ing the Allies.
Many Fall Fighting
Paris, Oct. I—Hard fighting
continued all the way along the
one hundred and fifty miles of
battle line in France last night
and ths morning. The Allied
loss is nppaling.
“Russians Licked” Says Berlin
Berlin, Oct. i-The Official
announcement was made today
that the Russian armies in both
Ea?t Prussia and Austria had
been put to route. Thousands
oft hem 'are said to 'have been
captured.
Russjan Advance Continues
St. Petersburg, Oct. 1—The
advance of the First Russian
Army through Austrian Galicia
continues, a force large enough
to capture Tarnow having been
left at that place. Cracow will
he reached within the next
twenty-Coo rh ours. As soon as
the investment of that place is
completed, the army will then
press on into Germany toward
Breslau and Berlin.
The German Side Of It
Berlin, Oct. 1—The German
right wing in France remains
intact, the Allies’ attack hav
ing been repused. German
forces are gaining along the
Meuse. The soldiers of the
C/.ar have been uttery defeated
in Poland and will be unabe to
take any more aggressive atti
tude this year, The French ad
vances in the neighborhood id
Verdun and Tout have been re
newed with some little advan
tage to the enemy.
The French Side
Paris, Oct. 1—A savage at
tack of the Germans on Tray
lemont has been defeated with
loss. In the Woeve district
the same is the case, and the
French soldiers have in sever
al instances folloiwed Me re
treating Germans for consider
able gains. The Allies are now
in complete possession of the
valleys of the Oise and Aisne.
London, Oct. 1—A Wireless
from Antwerp brings the news
that the Belgians took the field
against the Germans this morn
ing before daylight and sur
prised Hie latter, driving them
back several miles. They cap
tured many guns and tons of
supplies and provisions.
Venice, Oct. I-'Another Ital
ian fishing vessel was sunk by
a floating Austrian mine at
dawn this morning off Rimini.'
The entire crew was lost. The
fishing interests of the Adri
atic have sent a demand to the
government at Rome to lake
-teps fio defend them. The Ital
ian army is said to be mobil
ized to the extent of half-u
million men.
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CHAMPIONSHIP
Philadelphia, Oct. 1 —Tho first
two games of the World Series,
between tiie Philadelphia
Americans and the Boston
Xatonals will be played here
October ninth and tenth. The
third and fourth games will he
played at Boston on the twelfth
and thirteenth, and the balance
will be (arranged for later.
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ALKI IN AND OUT
With rather a light passenger
list, the steamer Alki mad
port this nvorning at 0:15 alb i
a very quick trip up. Among
her passengers were “Bobby”
Clemensson and family return
ing from a trip of a month
south; A. Payne and Miss Etna
Adams. She had twenty-five
tons of local freight. She will
be in southbound Sunday or
Monday and already several
berths have been reserved.
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The power schooner Scandia,
with about 70,000 pounds of
halibut on board, went south
this morning.
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Pathe Weekly at the Dream
tonight. adv.
G-D corsets at Field’s adv.
Washington, Oct, 1—The Brit
ish ambassador has notified
the American Government that
English ships will seize all
American bottoms carrying
freight consigned to either
Germany or Austria.
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The City of Sealti took on
31 boxes of fresh halibut at
the Ketchikan Cold Storage
■ompuny’s pi anil, this morning.
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The great Selig cowboy is
seen at his best in one of the
greatest pictures that we have
ever shown at the Dream. For
a sensational story we have
never seen one belter. The
great hull flight, daring ihorse
nrmship and other hair raisers
too numerous to mention. The
Lions Bride, is a Yitagraph and
a marvel for interest. Pathe
Weekly contains late and in
teresting news of the worlds
happenings. Mrs, Nina Rich
mond has a good song that
-lie knows how to sing and the
wind up comedy by Bio,graph is
-ure to ereat a good hearty
laugh. Watch for Who Will
Marry Mary and The Perils of
Pauline. The Dream is the
house that has the pictures, ad.
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