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FROM FRIDAY’S DAILY
L. T. Merry of the Alaska Road
Commission arrived in Ketchikan this
moaning on the Mariposa and is to
day making arrangements with the
local merchants for the necessary sup
plies needed during the repair of the
Portage Road. A part of the crew
required to do the work will be tak
en from Ketchikan and the balance
thken* from Sulzer. The work on the
road will include the extending of
the old road at both ends farther down
qn thg beach, giving the boats better
landing facilities and a repair of the
onl road across the Portage.
Mr. Merry has spent much time in
surveying the old roads of Southeast
cfn Alaska, that have heretofore re
mained unsurveyed, and a general
inspection of all the roads in this
part of the country. Immediately on
completion of the Portage road Mr.
Merry will return to Skagway and re
build the wagon bridge across the
SJragrfay river, that was washed out
recently by the high water caused by
the excessive warm weather melting
the glaciers so rapidly.
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Berfin, Aug. 20—It is officially an
uouaced that the advancing force
of Germans in east Poland on their
•Irivo -to Petrograd have captured
Novogorgoevsk the last Russian strong
hold of importance in Poland. In
Capturing this heavily defended fort
twenty thousand Russian soldiers
were taken prisoners together with a
large quantity of supplies and am
munition. Immediately on receipt
of the news following the victory the
Kaiser left for that place leaving word
for those at home to praise The Al
mighty for victory to the Father
land. The capture of this stronghold
has p«t new life into the victorious
Germans and all are anxious to press
on toward Vilna.
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Loudon. Aug. 20—Captain Wil Finch
master of the White Star Liner Arable
stated emphatically that he had no
warning of the attack by the sub
marin. It is known from a
hite report from (Queenstown today,
that twenty-six Americans were aboard
the ill fated ship and that all the
passengers and members of the crew
ure accounted for with the excep
tion of thirty two, which are believ
ed to "be still alive in some of the
mis.-ing life boats among whom arc
two Americans.
_The ^Arabic carried no first class
passengers having been recently con
verted into a second class liner.
Trawlers and steamers are on the
scene- of the disaster looking for the
missing life boats. The two Ameri
cans missing among those in the life
boats that have not been^ picked up
arc Dr. Edmond Wood of Janesville,s
Wisconsin, and Mrs. Josephine Bru
guiere, late widow of a California
Millionaire banker of San Francisco.
It is reported that the steamer was
bringing over a large shipment ot
gold for Margan Cc Company.
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London, Aug. 20—The siuking of
the White Star Liner, Arabic oc
curred yesterday morning near the
•c^iio ef the Lusitania disaster south
east of the l’astnet light house. She
was struck one hundred feet from
the stern on the starboard side with
a
out warning and ten minutes after
the explosion she disappeared below
the surface of the water. The life
boats which were always kept hanging
over the side while passing through
the submarine zone, were quickly
maned, filled with people and lowered
to the water. It is not certain wheth
er all of them were picked up by
trawlers which are now on their way
to (Queenstown, or not. She had
four hundred and twenty three pier
sons aboard when she left Liverpool
and out of that number one hundred
• . a
and eighty one were passengers, the
rest being members of the crew.
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.Washington, Aug. 20—From a bul
let in issued today it is learned that
the legation of the Balkan States
does not discredit the report that Bul
garin will soon join the Allies in
their struggle against Germany.
Tito administration here is keeping
an cjiCu mind regarding the siuk
ing if the Arabic. Several of the
rd: trials pri diet that it will mean a
) i i with Germany in the near fu
ture while others say there will be
a „ sojal !c way out of the difficul
ty ithout c.ubarassing Germany cr
th • United States. "While there is
i'l" ’tions among the different of
fi ?, tl.e administration !s adopt
i”. i coil deliberate pioliey.
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Su )AY S.2YICES AT ST. JOHNS
1 i Rev F. T. Webb, D. D., "Vicni
o . 1 os Memorial Church ,will
pi f in St. Johns Episcopal Church
S y morning at 11 o’clock and in
tlo veiling at 7:30. Holy Commun
ion i tie morning. Subjects: “The
I’m net. of God,” at the morning
sc e and “Bricks Without Straw”
in t!,.j evening.
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FROM FRIDAY’S RAILY
OLD TIMER OF ALASKA
MEETS DEATH
We are sorry to learn of the death
of Charles E. Butterick, an old timer
of Alaska and who for five years
was with B. A. Eardley, in his mining
operations at Doloml. An account of
the circumstances surrounding his
death were printed in the Los Ange
les Times as follows:
The body of Charles E. Butterick.
formerly a wealthy Los Angeles real
estate broker and mining man, who
had been missing since July 5, was
found yesterday four miles above
Brush Creek.
On July 5 he loft Fairview on a
prospecting trip, taking a sufficient
amount of food for but one day.
When at the end of two days he
failed to return acquaintances began
a search for him, but could obtain
no news. A second party, sent out by
the Edison company from Inyo-Kern,
led by an old guide, followed the
tracks of the man from the camp
over several miles of territory to a
high bulff overlooking the Kern
river.
It is impossible to get to the bot
tom of the cliff from this point, as
it is a sheer drop of over 150 feet, and
the curreut is so swift that the spot
cannot be approached by way of the
river.
Successive search jmrties failed to
locate the body and it was generally
presumed that he had met death by
falling from the cliff iuto the river,
and that the body would be found
somewhere in the river.
Mr. Butterick. who was 65 years
of age, was for many years a pros
pector. Besides prospecting in Cali- !
fornia and Arizona, he spent nine
years in the Klondike, and still t
tained the strength and vigor of a
man of 40.
Charles Butterick, Jr., left lust
night upon the receipt of the news of
the finding of tho body, and is ex
pected to return late tonight with
the remains.
Mr. Butterick was a native of Mich
igan and had lived n Los Angeles
for over thirty yea's, h;s address be
ing No. 909 Court sirec-t. He leaves
three sons and three daughters, all
grown. They are Charles K., Law
fence, and Llewellyn F. Butterick and
Mrs. Will Smith, Mrs. Joseph Williams
of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Ernest Her
bert of Pasadena .
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VICTORIA IN AND OUT
The Nome liner of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, Victoria made port
early this afternoon, with 225 p len
ders on board. C. H. Rlack and son
.were the only passengers taking pas
sago at this port. The captain reports
having had a very stormy trip after
passing the Unimak Pass. She left
port about five o'clock after taking
on a supply of oil at the Standard
Oil Dock south of town.
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Loudon, Aug. 20—From information
received in this city yesterday by
cable it is'the general belief that the
German drive will continue in the di
rection of Petrograd after the capture
of Vilua. Vilna is an important rail
road center about two hundred miles
north of Brest Litewski. The Ger
man forces now in central Poland
are concentrating against Vilna with
the evident intention of continuing
their drive to Petrograd.
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Washington, Aug. 20—Many loot
ers have been arrested in the storm
stricken section of Galveston, Texas.
The wrecked buildings and the action
of the water in washing valuables
through the streets has been a great
temptation and to lessen the number
of thefts a provost guard is now
guarding the government building ami
private properties that have suffered
from the storm.
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FISHING BOATS IN PORT
1 he fishing schooner Idaho arrived
iu port at an early hour this morning
from Prince Rupert bound for the
fishing banks. The schooner Yakutat
was in port early in the day on her
way to Prince Rupert with thirty
thousand pounds of fresh halibut.
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Washington, Aug. 20—In a com
munication to this city late vest'r
day from \ era Cruz it was learned
that the United States battleship.-'
Xew Uanpshire and Lousiana, order
ed to that city several days ago, Jmve
arrived and at sight of Uncle Sam’s
representatives a complete Quietness
reigned.
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PI Paso. Aug. 20—In a commo n
ation to this city today from Mexico
I , v
I General Carranza acknowledges re
ceipt of the Peace proposals from the
Pan American Peace Conference but
makes no statement as to when hi
will submit his answer or what action
lie will take regarding the proposal.
FROM FRIDAY’S RAILY
MARIPOSA SOUTHBOUND
The steamer Mariposa left for the
Sound at an early hour today with
the following passengers from Ket
chikan: E. G. Kern, L. Moon, .T. II.
Sisson, Tom Barry, D. A. Quinn, W.
B. Sharp, B. T. Gryham and E. Lar
son.
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Washington, Aug. 20—The date on
which the proclamation by the allied
nations against Germany, declaring
cotton a rantrabunw of war will take
effect, is yet unannounced.
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New York, Aug. 20—Under guard
of thirty policemen, accompanied by
his wife, the body of Leo Frank ar
rived in this city early yesterday
morning on its way to Brooklyn where
it will be buried.
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Mr. and Mrs. If. S. Hush and daught
er Floise after spending a week in
town, returned to their home at Karta
Bay this morning, on the mail boat
Boughrider.
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Houston, Aug. 20—During the past
24 hours, n vast amount of supplies
have reached this city for those win,
.suffered in the recent storm which
swept along the gulf coast doing many
thousand dollars worth of damage.
From the vast supply that has rea
ed here vast quantities are now being
transfered to other districts where th
need is very great.
DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL
GOES SOUTH
\Y. B. Sharpe, Deputy U. S. Marshal
left on the Mariposa this morning tak
ing D. A. Quinn to the institution for
’the insane at Morningside. As will
he remembered the unfortunate man
was brought in on the schooner
Idaho some days ago in a mentaly on
balianced condition, the result of an
accident he received in the. mines at
Chichagof.
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Washington, Aug. 20—Both Prcsi
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing
refuse positively to make any com
ment on the sinking of the liner
Arabic until a definite report is re
ecived.
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Ney York, Aug. 20—A report roadi
es this city today saving tile Whitt
Star Liner Bevie was torpedoed and
sunk by n German submarine. Tin
details surrounding the sinking of
the liner is lacking.
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Messina, Sicily, Aug. 20—Mt.
Stromboli, on the Stroinboli island
about fifty miles north of Messina
in the Tyrrhenian Sea, is in eruption
throwing forth great quantities ot
lava.
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SALMON RUN IS GOOD
ON WEST COAST
Roctnt arrivals from the West
('oast of Prince of Wales island re
j port tlie salmon run in that locality
j as being, good. All the canneries
are getting what fisli they -an handle
and the outlook for a full paelc is
evident. During the recent bad
weather there was practical}' no fisli
brought in to the canneries, but since
then all fishermen are out and the
work of canning ‘‘humpies” is going
along at full blast.
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Seattle, Aug. 21—The pink salmon
run on the Sound is very slow in
stnrtinfg. The report is received from
the different canneries, stilting Hint
the ru:i has hardly started and that
| the packers in his region are unable
to make an estimate of what the
pack will be.
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Liverpool Aug. 21—The S. S. Movie
reported ns being torpedoed yester
day, arrived in port today after an
uneventful voyage.
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London, Aug. 21 Russian gunners
succeeded in bringing down a Zcp
plin containing a pilot, engineer and
eight soldiers, v. ilo approaching Yil
na. The Russians aie fighting desper
ately to check the German advence.
j The Germans have penetrated far
j beyond Brest Litovsk on the bug
! river.
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TO METLAKAHTLA ON
A PLEASURE TRIP
Those in the party of pleasure seek
evs to Metlahahtla yesterday on the
Launch Canco were Mr. and Airs.
Tbulniek, Air. an.I Airs. Harvey, Airs.
Boswerth and daughter Ktliel. The
trip was planned for the pleasure of
Mr. and Airs. Harvey who are in
Alaska for their first time from Ohio.
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New Tory August. 21—The liner
Cymric arrived in this port today and
states that hey were convoyed by
five English warships, while passing
'hrougli the sumbarine sone.
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FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
George Looker is u recent arrival
in town and reports while himself
and two companions were on the
beach near their logging camp in the
vicinity of Loring they were atnek
cd by, a pack of wolves. He says
that when they left the camp their
dog followed them and after arriving
on the beach the dog began to howl
when the wolves came out of the
woods and started toward them. Each
of the men was carrying a gun and
after killing two of the ferocious
beasts and woundinf a number of the
others they succeeded in driving them
off . From the experience of these
men it will not bo well for anyone
to go into the woods unaccompanied
or unarmed.
Home, Aug. 21—is beyond the
'oniprelionsion o! a civilized people
lo believe that the lenious atrocity
.bv any human l ■ ii;■ against his fol
low man as protray in a communica
tion to this city t y from Turkey.
The report states i t in one village
the Turks locked i > i wooden build
ing one thousand ::.cn, women and
children, nil Arnie \=s and after set
ting fire to the I nil ing watched un
til it had burned to the ground. Be
side’s t his he'iious action they bound
scores of other Armenians with chains
and after conveying them a long dis
tance on a lake pushed them over
board. It is not known to what ex
tent they carried their cannibailc ac
tions ns these two instances are the
only ones mentioned, but it is ex
pected that they did many others.
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Paris, Aug. 21—Premier Venizelos,
of Greece after organizing a now
Greek Cabinet, to take the place oi
the one recently resigned because oi
•the election of Z. Vitzanos as presi
dent of that body, is now busily oe
ooupied trying to float a large loan
through the Allies. The success of
this loan will mean that if a break
between Germany and the Balkan
chutes occur it will also line Greece
up with the Allies thereby completely
surrounding Germany and Austria by
enemies.
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Washington, Aug. 21— it was stat
ed here today that word comes from
the border that Mexican soldiers at
Loehiel had fired across the line. The
extent of the damage or casualties
[ was not given.
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KOUGHRIDER CHARTERED
BY ROAD COMMISSION
L. T. Merry, of the Alaska Koail
Commission, who is in town getting
supplies anil a new of men for the
repair of the Portage road, has chart
ered tile mail boat Koughrider for a
special trip to the Portage, to leave
early tomorrow morning.
The Koughrider will take over
tents and lumber for tent flooring,
together with men and a sufficient
amount of supplies to begin the work
of repairing the road immediately.
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bnilon, Aug. 21—In a report from
Queenstown today it is learned that
the two Americans, Dr. Edmond Woo I
of Janesville, Wisconsin, and Mrs.
Josephene Bruguire .late widow of a
California millionaire banker, are still
missing. The report arriving here
yesterday through. Quenstcwn- from the
trawlers aud steamers enroute to that
port with the survivors of the Arabic
disaster stated that all passengers
and members of the crew were account
ed for with the exception of thirty
two while today’s report says only
two Americans out of the list of
names sent in .re still unaccounted
for aud that forty members of the
crew and nine passengers are suppos
ed to have lost their lives, as no trace
of them have been found and all the
boats lire now accounted for.
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Petrograil, Aug. 21—in a late re
i port from Rega. it is learned that the
German fleet penetrated for into the
| Gulf of Rega aud engaged the Rus
sians in a naval buttle. The outcome
of the fight is as yet unknown.
In a late report it is learned that
j the Turks have taken the offensive
in the Caucasian region east of the
Black Sea in the southern portion of
Rusia.
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Naples, Ang. 21—It was learned in
this city today that Bulgaria is con
centrating a hundred and fifty thous
and soldiers on the Turkish frontier.
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Washington, Aug. 21—Advices reach
ing here from Mexico City state that
General Carranza is collecting his
forces for an attack on that city in
I lie near future. It is regarded that
owing to the extreme suffering in
that city among the citizens and Vil
la s soldiers it will bo easy proy.
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St. Louis, Aug. 21—As the result
of floods sweeping a. portion of this
city nin,. liycs have been lost. The
damage to property will be great.
FROM SATUDRAY’S DAILY.
FISHING SCHOONER
LOOSES HER -WHEEL
The fishing schooner Helgoland
while at the fishing hanks during the
recent had weather lost her wheel
and was picked up and towed into
Ketchikan by the Forester. At the
time of the accident she had aboard
05,000 pounds of halibut which was
sold for use on the cold storage boat
Glory of the Sens, operated by Fred
Simms of Seattle. The Helgoland
will make repairs here.
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Washington, Aug. 21—The adminis
istration in a communication to Aiu
Imsador Gerard today instructed him
to notify the German government of
the sinking of the Arabic and invite
that government to furnish the United
states \with an explanation.
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Berlin, Aug. 21—The Reichstagg of
Germany before the conclusion of a
recent mooting, voted unanimously
that the government should appropri
ate two and one-half billion dollars
for the carrying on of the war against
the Allies.
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DESPATCH GOES SOUTH
The steamer Despatch made port
last night on her way to the Sound
taking from here the following pas
sengers: IC. B. Udstrand, Miss Mary
li. Thomensen, H. Johnson and Mrs.
Fit. Morris.
After leaving Ketchikan the De
spatch called in at the N'aket Inlet
Gunnery where she took on board
6,(100 eases of canned salmon.
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Herbert Corey writes in the Biston
Globe that Naples is dead for lack of
American tourists, and that all Italy
is marked by closed hotels and de
serted storejj.
XXX
The German army is said to have
been increased by about a million
men, mostly 17 to IS years, during the
last three weeks. The recruits have
been called from Saxony that they
may be trained quickly. The German
army in the east is reported to have
lost 260,U00 men between May 1 and
July 1.
XXX
Canada has cut her recruiting
standard and will hereafter take
mo i with minor physical defects; it is
estimated that 15,000 more men would
have enlisted difring the past year if
the new regulations had been in force
at tile outbreak of tli war.
XXX
It is reported from Roumanian
sources that a treaty has already been
prepared, awaiting the signature of
only one of the beligerents, by which
Roumania declares war on the side
of the Allies. Roumania is to join
not later than two months after the
remaining signature is obtained.
XXX
A London cable says that an ac
tive campaign is on tb secure pledges
from the people to abstain from lux
uries during the continuance of the
::r: economies proposed include the
giving up of motor cars for private
! purposes, of restaurants for any pur
pose ,ignoring fashions and wearing
clothes until they are entirely worn
out.
XXX
All Amsterdam cable says that Ger
j many has prohibited travelers to and
i from that country from carrying
i printed or written matter with them.
XXX
A Washington special says that
Germany will deny that any of its
agents ever had a hand in forging
American passport#, and that if such
statements have been made they are
fhise.
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The New Vork World quotes a conver
satioii of high Russian generals which
took place last October. “Warsaw
lias been c< needed by us flora the
'.cry beginning, am. one of the gloat
I surprises of the war is that we still
! hold our Polish capital. Our plans
anticipated at the outset a swift move
i of the Teuton allies into Poland, the
[capture of Warsaw and of tho whole
| of Poland, and the straightening out
I of the German frontier from the Bal
I tic down to the Austrian frontier,
i With such a drive carrying the Ger
mans up to tile Baltic coast, their
fleet may even raid and capture Riga,
I Lilian and other Baltic ports. We
! would not fool the end ha 1 come, ev
en if they should storm and take Pet
■ lograd!”
XXX
Dr. Seitx, former governor general
of German SOtithwesl Africa, in a
j dispatch to I lie Kaiser, says his sur
j render to Baths, was due to the fact
! that further resistance was impossible,
| as the German colonial force was
I surrounded by enemies greatly super
I inr in numbers, and cut off from its
i base of supplies.
FROM MONDAY'S DAILY
TWO STEAMERS IN PORT
The steamer Spolcaii arrived in port
The steamer Spokane arrived in port
ninety five first and six second class
passengers aboard. Those for Ket
chikan were Miss D. Stanley, W.
Walker, Alias W. Carry and Miss \Y.
Mahoney.
Included in the 145 tons of local
freight was 2,400 cases of empty cans
for the Pure Food Cannery.
The steamer Redondo arrived in
from the south at 11:30 with 200
sacks of eeinet for the Lighthouse
Service. She has aboard 100 sacks
of salt for the Alaska Fish company
at Waterfall on the West Coast of
Prince of Wales Island and 500,
000 feet of lumber, 200.000 feet of
which goes to Juneau and 300,000 to
Thane.
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London, Aug. 23—It is officially
announced that Venizelos, recently
elected premier of Greece, will take
the oath of office today and begin
immediately on the forming of a new
Cabinet of Deputies to take the place
of the one recently resigned as the
cause of Vitzanos being elected
president of that body.
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Amsterdam, Aug. 23—It is report
ed that in a meeting of the German
Council tin1 members were divided oil
the question of peace while the Imper
ial Treasured is quoted as saying “The
new plans are to exhaust the Empires
resources in our fight against the Al
lies.’’
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San Quintine, Cal., Aug. 23—It was
made known today that Governor
Johnson of California has pardoned
Abe Rnef from the penitentiary of
that state, with the restriction that he
is not to visit San Francisco for three
months. Rnef was convicted as ring
loader of a bunch of political grafters
in San Frincisco during Smith’s term
of office, as mayor, just prior to the
quake in 1906.
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TO WEST COAST
WITH EMPTY CANS
The steamer Ella Rhollfs has been
chartered to take a load of empty
cans from the Ketchikan cannery to
to the cannery at Warm Clinch on the
1 West Coast.
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| GOES SOUTH ON VACATION
.ioo Spaeth took passage on the
Princess Alice last Saturday morning
for a vacation in the states. He will
spend a few days at the Fair in San
Francisco and before returning home
will visit his uncle and grand par
ents in Reno, Nevada.
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HUMBOLDT SOUTHBOUND
The steamer Humboldt arrived from
the north yesterday morning at au
early hour and left about nine o’
clock with 13,000 cases of canned sal
mon from the Yes Bay cannery.
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London, Aug. 23—As a result of the
recent meeting of the British Parli
mont on the question of cotton as a
contraband of war it is officially an
nounced that that article will no long
er be permitted, by the Allies to enter
I he ports of their enemies.
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Petrograd, Aug. 23—The German
fleet have withdrawn from the Gulf
of ltega, leaving the people in wild
,jov over the victory of the Russian
fleet against the Germans. The whole
of the Allied nations are rejoicing to
day over the victory of the Russians
in two successive naval battles. Fol
lowing the battle in I he Gulf of Rcga
the Russian fleet in the Black Sea
attacked and sunk more than one
hundred Turkish vessels of various
kinds. The details of the battle in
the Black Sea are as yet unknown.
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NORTHLAND GOES SOUTH
The steamer Northland arrived ill
port. Saturday forenoon and left for
the south in the early evening. She
had aboard a large shipment of fort
ilizer and oil from Port Armstrong
and 3,000 eases of canned salmon
from the Ketchikan cannery,
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London, Aug. 23—The official an
nouncement of the outcome of I lie
naval battle in the Gulg of Riga be
tween the Germans and Russians last
week is that the Germans lost the sup
i erilreadnoiight Moltke, three cruisers
, anil seven torpedo boats. The German
success in this naval battle, the bom
bardment and capture of Roga, wiubl
have meant the downfall of northern
Poland and many miles gained in their
drive toward ePtrograd. The Moltke
i is a battle cruiser, built in 1911, her
i complement consists of 1,013 men her
I speed was 28.1 knots and her arnm
| incut consisted of 10 11-inch, 12 5.0,
ancU2 3.4 inch guns.
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
CITY OF SEATTLE SOUTHBOUND
The City of Seattle arrived in port
from the north this morning about
1 o’clock and departed for the Sound
about one hour later. She took a ship
ment of 2,000 cases of canned salmon
from tho Pure Food Cannery. John
Ireland took passage from this port
for Seattle.
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VICITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN
E. S. Rose of Bell Island Hot
Springs is a local visitor arriving in
town yesterday.
C. I). Jones, in charge of the In
dian school at Metlakahtla Is in town
on a short business trip, arriving last
Saturday.
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Rome, Aug. 23—The official an
nouncement of the declaration of war
against Turkey by the Italian govern
ment was made known today. The
reason given for tho declaration is
that Italians in Turkey was refused
permission to leave the Oltoaian Em
pire to take part with their country
men in the fight ' against Austria.
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Bucharest, Roumania. Aug. 23—
From private advices in this city to
day it is feared that Germany has
sent an ultimatum to the Roumainian
government regarding the transport
ing of munitions of war through that
Territory for use in Turkey. On the
border of Austria and Roumania, at
Prodeal, where the Roumanian troops
nre concentrating, many train loads of
munitions of war was held up and re
fused passage to Varna, on the coast
of tho Black Sea, in Bulgaria, whero
the Turkinsh authorities would have
taken charge of them.
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Chicago, Aug. 23—The three federal
committees appointed to investigate
tlio industrial affairs of the United
States finished its work today and re
port that public unrest to day is due
to a partial breakdown of tho labor
laws. Tho pcojde are placing mouey
ahead of everything, thus the uneven
distribution of the nation’s wealth,
those having the large portion of the
money are pushing the employed down
by the low wage and the fighting of
unions, and denyiing them the right
to form effective labor orgnizations
which would insure them the opportu
nity to earn a decent living.
Romo. Aug. 23—Government ad
vices states today that the Italian
forces are making gains in all direc
tions. In connection with the land
forces many hundreds of aeroplanes
are reported to be doing deadily
work in the Austrian trenches.
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OLD TIMER PASSES AWAY
Capt. J. L. Curtin, an old timer of
Alaska, passed away this morning at
the Arthur Yates Hospital at 7:30.
Capt. Curtain is sixty eight years of
age, was born in Massachusetts in
1817. lie gave the name of a brother
M. J. Curtin living at 118 Boston
street, Dorchester, Mass,,. The old
fellow was brought in from Chomley
about a week ago suffering from
I Bright’s Disease.
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HOME FROM A VACATION
Margaret Clemensson returned homo
last Satturday after a weeks visit with
Iriends at George Inlet.
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GOES SOUTH TO SCHOOL
Oliver Field left on the Humboldt
yesterday morning to begin his junior
year at the Stanford University near
mi Francisco.
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Oyster’ May, Aug. 23_In an inter
view with Ex-President Roosevelt re
garding the sinking of the Arabic, lie
says: ‘‘The Arabic tragedy means
actions not deeds against Germany.”
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HIGHEST AWARD
AND GOLD MEDAL
Milder the heading ‘‘A credit to
Seattle,”-page 11 of the Seattle Star
of August 20, teiis about the Pure
Milk Dairy receiving the above at
tlie International Milk Show at San
Francisco with their cream. This is
(ho samo cream that Maplewood lee
1 ream is made of, handled only by the
Ketchikan Drug Co . A trial wall
convince. a,lv_
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Whether ns worthy examples or hor
rible ones, pictures of Alaska are very
often used to illustrate Sunday school
talks. The following from a Seattle
paper is an example: Edgnd 0. Maine,
who has visited nearly every eilv
and village in Alaska for the past six
years, will deliver an illustrated lec
ture on ‘‘Alaska, the Frontier TVon
del-land of the World.” in the Sunday
school room of tin- First Methodist
church, tomorrow night. Me has near
ly 200 pictures, taken in Alaska and
Siberia.
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Tlie Fairbanks city council has or
dered an automobile fire truck.