rSOH FBXDAY'S DAILY
Washington, Aug. 27—German Am
bassauar vonUei aatorff uiaoe the
statement this moruicg that Germany
will make no more submarine at
tacks on passenger iiuers. This is
considered official, and meets with
tue approval of the American govern
ment. If Germany herself gives as
»i.t..aees of this ana makes a settle
ment for the lives lost by the sink
ing of the Arabic, as appears prob
ae-.e at this time, it will prove a big
victory for the Wilson administration,
as it is the point for which they have
been working for so long.
Washington, Aug. 27—The govern
ment made the first payment of five
hundred and four thousand dollars
on the Alaska Central Railroad yes
terday afternoon. This is taken to
inuicate that those in charge of the
railroad construction are satisfied
with the titie of the road and will
take same over and get it in shape
tor operation, which will be good
news for Seward.
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Washington, Aug. 27—Official ad
vices have been received from Berlin
staling that Bulgaria has signed a
treaty with Turkey to remain neutral
in the present great war. This means
that the attempt of the representa
tives of the Allies to form a Balkan
league has failed. Military men here
are of the opinion that the Austro
Utrman army will now over run
Serbia, thus securing possession of
the railroad which runs through Bel
grade and Nish to the Bulgarian fron
tier. If they succeed in so doing,
with Bulgaria's neutrality assured,
they will then be able to send am
munition and assistance to Turkey.
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Constantinople, Aug. 27—The an
nouncement from Sofia that Bulgar
ia has signed a treaty with Germany
and Turkey agreeing to remain neu
tral, has created much enthusiasm
here. Of coarse it is understood that
territorial concessions have been made
by Turkey, but Bulgaria taking this
position will effectually stop the for
mation of a Balkan League. as
Greece and Roumai.ia cannot affori
to combin: while the'e is an oppes
ing country between them.
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While on a trip from Juneau to
Warm Spring Bay in Chatham strait
last week the gasoline boat named j
Favorite was caught in a storm ana
carried out to sea. The boat was
finally driven onto the beach in ths
neighborhood of Cape Hinchinbrook,
which is several hundred miles away
from their original destination. Sev- '
era! boats had been sent out in
search of the boat but all returned
without locating them, but the light
house tender Kukui which was in
that neighborhood finally rescued them
after much difficulty. It is report
ed that the survivors are now in
Juneau after experiencing a perilous,
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London, Aug. 27—The Admiralty
bulletined the word this morning that
several German submarines had been
destroyed by the Allies' warships
bombarding the submarine sheds at
Zeobruge. Several hundred Germans
are said to have been killed and
wounded during the bombardment.
The attack was successful in every
respect, and was directed by the aero
planes which enabled the warships to
make every shot count.
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Piattsburg Aug. 27—General Leon
ard Wood acknowledged to newspaper
men the gravity of the situation as
far as he is concerned as the result
of inviting Former President Boose
vclt to address those taking p>art in
the citizens’ encampment at this
place. He says he is ready to abide
by the consequences in hte event that
tb War Department considers he
did wrong. He male this statement
on the eve of his departure for Wash
ington. whi! her he had been ordered
by the army officials. The gathering
here is in the nature of a school,
and several prominent m*n have made
si - ■-dips to the citizen soldiery who
are here, telling of the need of prep
arruion. Of course General Wood
never expected that CoL Roosevelt
v n! I attuek the administration as he
<li- , bnt as the latter sp-olte on his
invitation i will be compelled to
take the I lame.
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Washington, Aug. 27—Haiti has
been give:- t -.til September 17 to
decide whi cr she will gracefully ac
ce e to tb - craanda of the United
St- t<-s to i.llo-v this country to exer
ci*’-' a pruts -torate or be compelled
to -:o so. American, British and
French v -is are now- at Port an !
Pri—o. t governments of the two j
last -non* .red being willing for the
U d ffi :s* ;0 take hold. It is un ;
d" • d -at the businessmen of the
1* : - - nxioug for America to
step in, but the riff-raff, who are
iar It r-sponsible for the state of
a ■ - ‘-y now existing, are opposed
t 'nferveatiOB.
The Daily Miner 91 per month. j
FROM FRIDAY'S RAILY
The announcement is made by the
school Board (that school will open
September 7, one week from next
Tuesday. The teaching staff will con
sist of Miss Hall, who will have
charge of the primary department;
Miss Buor, the second and third
grades; Miss Kent, the fourth and
fifth grades; Mrs. Engstrom, the
sixth and seventh grades; Miss Mary
'Mitchell. eighth grade and high
school; and Miss Mitchell, principal
Miss Hall and Mrs. Engstrom are
now in Ketchikan, the Misses Mitchell
are on their way north from spend
ing the summer in California with
their parents. Miss Buor is in Seattle
and Miss Kent is also in the state
of Washington.
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According to reports along the
waterfront, Capt. Tinn, who is in
charge of the salving operations on
the steamer Delhi, is hoping to secure
the services of the big tug Commo
dore to tow the Delhi down to Prince
Bupert. Wires have been sent to the
owners and operators of the tug, anJ
the probabilities are she will do the
work. She is powerful enough to
handle the Delhi all right, and would
no doubt make short work of deliver
ing her at the dry dock.
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Indianapolis, Aug. 27—.Tames Gil
son, who, with Tom Taggart the In
diana political boss and a score or
more other politicians, was indicted
for election irregularities some time
since, has confessed. His trial was
set to begin next Monday. His plea
of guilty comes as a great surprise
to those who were indicted with him
all of whom have been maintaining
a solid front, and the probabilities
are others will now rush in to confess
and thus secure immunity. Even
Taggart, himself, is rep.orted to be
worried although there has never teen
any belief that he could be convicted.
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Judge Staekpole was in receipt of
the following telegram last nigh;
which is self explanatory:
Juneau, Alaska,
Aug. 26, 1915
j K. S. Staekpole,
Deputy Clerk,
Ketchikan.
Please notify all persons concerned
that when I open court at Ketchikan
1 will take up and pass upon the
question of saloon licenses for Ket
chikan.
E. W. JENNINGS,
Judge.
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London, Aug. 27—Advices from
1 Jassy, Roumania, state that heavy j
ietachments of Austrian cavalry have !
pushed eastward from Kovel -ler
German officers and have succeeded ]
in cutting the Russian forces into two j
groups. The latter thus far are still ;
: able to co-operate, but if the Teuton j
, advance continues this will of course
become more difficult.
With the Gould family on board,
consisting of ‘'Bill,” Mrs. G5uld and
Miss Beatrice, the Caneo will leave
for the Sound bright and early tomor
'ow morning. Mr. Gould will put in
the balance of the season looking
after the interests of the American
' an company among the canneries of
the state of Washington.
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The Commodore with a big barge
in tow loaded with copper ore from
the It Mine, arrived in port on her
way to Any ox this morning. The
Granby Cons. Mining, Smelting i
Power company evidently realize that
they have a good property in the It
md are making the most of the
present high price of copper. The
Ft is producing probably more ore to
day than at any time in its history.
Berlin, Aug. 27—It is announced
that the Russians evacuated the
fortress of Olita, about thirty miles
south of Kovno, and between that
place am! Warsaw. German force s
will occupy the place today.
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Sew York, Aug. 27—Passing all j
low marks of history, the Pound Ster
ling fell to £4.63-3 j. this morning. I
German exchange, iust the opposite to !
British, is rising.
B. A. Gunnison, the well known Ju
reac lawyer, was a passenger north
on the Mariposa.
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Paris, Ang. 27—The British an * \
French governments have issued a
declaration that they will establish
a blockade of the Ana Minor coast
from the Island of Samos to the
F.gvptian frontier.
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The United States Civil Services :
announce that there will be an ex- I
nmination for wireless operators on '
hoard the various lighthouse tenders. J
at salaries ranging from £720 to £1.- '
W per annum, with *1 per diem ad
ditional for subsistence. Application J
blanks can be secured from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission at Seattle, Wash.
FROM SATUD RAY’S DAILY
WILL INITIATE AT JUNEAU
A big party of Seattle members
af the Knights of Columbus went
through on the Humboldt today on
their way to Juneau where they will
initiate a big elass into the mysteries
of the third degree, tomorrow A
mong the party were John R. Cassiu
and wife, state deputy; Stanley Rid
den; Frank Hannon; Pieree Tonergan;
John Bovle. F. S. Marshal at Seattle:
J. Caughen, and A. E. Pricket.
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Stn l'rancisco, Aug SS—Mrs. Fran
ces Pershing, wife of Brigadier Gen
eral Pershiug of the United States
army, together with her three daugh
ters, perished when their quarters
were destroyed by fire yesterday.
One child, a son, escaped with the as
sistance of the house servants. Gen
eral Pershing is in command of the
Eighth Brigade now on duty at El
Paso, on border guarding duty.
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San Francisco, Aug. 28—William
Howard Taft, former president of
the United States, was elected head
of the general conference of the
Unitarian Churches of the United
States at the conference thereof in
this city last night. Mr. Taft was in
attendance on the conference as a
delegate, and in accepting the election
spoke at considerable length.
London, Aug. SS—It was announc
e.l this morning that satisfactory nr
: angements had been consummate.!
in Russia for the raising and equip i
ping of two million more soldiers j
This is welcome news ami is taken j
to indicate that Japan h-s i,nreserved- j
ly come to the rescue of tier former
enemy, not only with cannon and
ammunition, but also with rifles and
the necessary equipment for infan
try. This also means that even though j
Germany may capture Petrograd it
will not mean the elimination • of j
Russia from the present conflict, for
the war wlil go os to the end, even
though it may take years.
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I)r. Turner and wife expect to get
away for their Texas home on the
Jefferson, which is due tomorrow
night or Monday. Accompanied by
Mjs= Wilson, of Phoenix, Arizona, they
hav e been fishing for the past month,
after having come north by way of
the San Diego and San Francisco ex
positions.
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After taking on about forty tons
of ice at the Xew England Fish Com
pany 's plant, the Princess Sophia got
away about seven this morning for
the south. Her passengers from K>*.
ehikan included J. F. Doyle, J. D.
D. Doyle, J. F. Dnthie. Miss May
Shields, Mrs. G. Markman, Mrs. E.
Decker, Mrs. M. D. Frazer, Miss D
Frazer. E. 0. Gaffe, G. L. Smith anf\
two second class.
Mr. Enswilei-l reports that the fox
ranch of Henry Lucas anil William
Kaiser down on the lower Kenai is
doing very well. He says that they
have two old one* and this summer
thj> raised five young ones, four
Mack and one cross. Out of ’he sever
fox six are the most beautiful .speci
mens of the black fox that he has
ever seen, an-’ that is going some. At
present they- are putting up a lot of
fisli for the winter supply of food
for the foxes_Seward Gateway.
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Seward,—Charles Esnswijler, the
guile and e nter, returned from a
month's trip to tup lower Kenai
Lake. While there Mr. Enswiler not
ed the great scarcity of game. He
s-ays that where there were 123 to
130 moose two years ago there are
now only 18 or 20. Also where there
once were 2 0 mountain sheep he could
<ee no more thon 30, and out of these
only about three rams. He reports
a!*,, u scarcity of ptarmigan, saying
that instead of six or eight oyung
ones, there were only two or three
following the mothers. He thinks
that the hawks and ow's are eating
up the babies, as there is a great
many of the destructive birds present
and the baby ptarmigan are the
most helpless birds that live.
While in the Russian river country
he caw E. L. Votaw, who likewise re- ;
ports that only a few grouse are to j
be found in that district. On the 29lh j
of duly the temporary camp, contain j
ing a little food and clothing belong .
ing to Mr. Yotaw burned up. The \
fire was due to the carelessness of
some one who failed to totally extin !
guisb the eamp fire, he says.
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WILL SURVEY HOMESTEADS
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E. 8. Dorman, connected with the
Forest Service headquarter* at Fort- '
land, Oregon, was an arrival on yes
terday’* steamer from the south. He
comes to survey several homesteads
in this region for settler* taking nr>
land in the forest reserve. The serv
ice surveys all holdings for settlers :
free of eharge, a material saving for 1
the homesteader.
FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
ON A SHORT TRIP
Henry Wilke, manager for the New
England Fish Company in this region,
is a passenger south on the Alameda
attend to company business
.it Seattle and Vancouver, returning
in about ten days.
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Washington, Aug. 28—Representa
tives of General Carranza in this city
state that he "-ill move his capital
from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexi
co tomorrow. His forces are new in
undisputed possession of that place.
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GERMANS OCCUPY NAREW
Berlin. August t'8—According to
bulletins posted today the German
forces have occupied the Russian fort
ress of Narew and >• ive pierced the
Russian lines along the Zolatilipa
river.
Washington, Aug. 28—It Is an
nounced this morning that the cash
paid by the government as the first
installment for C e railroad out of
Seward was cut t ways. $363,000
■vent to Canadian capitalists, $70,
000 to Larabee, who engineered the
deal, and the balance, a minor frac
tion to American stockholders.
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Word was received from Vancouver
this morning that a tug had left
ihnt port la=t eight for Ketchikan for
the purpose of towing ;hr Delhi from
here to Prince Rupert. Which boat
is coming was not stipulate,! in the
wire, but the expectations are it is
the Lome. She is one of the most
powerful vessels operating out of
Vancouver, and will arrive Monday,
t'apt. Tinn is of the opinion that the
Delhi is in good shape for the trip
to Prince Rupert, and once there
it will not be much of a task to
straighten her up on an even keel
and put her in the dry dock. The
rest will then be easy, and the prob
abilities are the old ship will be back
in commission again before snow flics
next winter.
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LEAVING POE THE SOUTH
Miss Ekise Rush, daughter of l'.
S. Rush and wife of Kasaan, Is a
passenger south on the Alameda. Miss
Rush goes south to resume her duties
as teacher in the States. Her mother
accompanied her over to town.
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AIR RAID A FAILURE
Paris, Aug. 23—A fleet of German
aeroplanes attempted to bombard this
city during the early morning, today.
They were discovered by watchers
and driven off by the anti-aircraft
guns.
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NOT LOOKING FOR PEACE
Petrograd, Aug. 25—The reports
that Russia is seeking peace with Ger
iinv is formally denied in a gov
ernment publication this morning. The
minor had gained considerable cred
ence of late, but the official denial
must be accepted as final.
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Athens, Aug. 28—It is generally
conceded that sooner of later a break
between Greece and Turkey is in
evitable on account of the recurring
prosecutions of Greeks by the Turks
in Asia Minor. It is estimated that
close to thirty per cent., of the in
habitants of Asia Minor are Greeks,
and thousands of them have been ill
used by the Turks. Several vil
lages of the Greeks have been attack
ed within the past few days, the men
killed and the girls carried off to
Turkish harems. The government is
holding the people in cheek with dif
ficulty, and as soon as desired con
cessions are secured they are bound
•••iter the war on the side of the
Allies.
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•Seattle, Aug. 28—Victor Peterson
a member of the crew of the Alaska
Steamship Company's steamer Dol i
phin was presented with a gold watch
un,| chain last night for saving the
life of Helen Kepner a passenger on
tho boat while at Haines recently.
The woman had fallen overboard
and was drowning, when Peterson
leaped after her and sustained her un
til help arrived. The passengers on
board the vessel at the time took up
i: subscription, and on the arrival of
the v rsel at Seattle a watch was par
eh: end and suitably engraved with
the date of the aet.
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Merlin, Aug. 28—A minor is in i
circulation here that the Russian gar- !
rison has evacuated Grodno. This is :
an important city on the Warsaw- !
Petrograd railroad where it crosses
the River Xiernan about midway be
tween Warsaw and Wiina. If the Rns j
“ions have abandoned the place to
ils fate it would appear to indicate
that the German advance must be
threatening their lines of eommuni
cation and retreat.
FROM SATUDRAY'S DAILY.
In reply to a statement in tlie
Progressive today, would say that in
1913, the Bureau of Fisheries collect
ed about 5,000,000 humpback eggs
from Ketchikan Creek with the inten
tion of making a shipment East, but,
before the eggs were ready for ship
ment the instructions were cancelled,
the eggs were taken to Yes Ray,
hatched and the fry planted in the
river. In 1914 no eggs were collected
In Ketchikan Creek, though a couple
of million were collected at Quadra Bay,
eyed in the Ketchikan hatchery and
shipped out. My instructions are to
collect a few million this season and
take them to Yes Ray. to be hatched
and the fry planted in the streams
of this region.
WM. HANCOCK,
Superintendent.
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Berlin. Aug. 28—Owing to the short
age Of fractional currency the Reich
stag has passed a bill authorizing
the coining of iron pieces of the val
ue of one and one-quarter cents.
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BERLIN DENIES SINKING
Berlin, Aug. 28—The German gov
ernment denies the story of British
origin that a German submarine had
been destroyed by an Allied nero
plane off Ostend. According to the
records of the navy there was no sub
marine near the place at the time, so
if one was sunk it jmist have belong
ed the the British.
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Chicago, Aug. 28—Manager Green
banm- head of the transportation
company operating the sunken steam
er Eastland, was indicted by the
county grand jury last night on the
charge of manslaughter. He was ar
rested and held on a large bail.
DESPATCH BRINGING COAL
The steamer Despatch, of the Bor
der Line Transportation Co., sailed
from Seattle today. She will call
in at Ladysmith for coal for Stro*ng’s
Dock. She will not proceed north, but
will load salmon in this neighbor
hood and return to the Sound.
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FRENCH AIRMEN BUSY
Paris, Aug. 28—A flotilla of French
aeroplanes attacked and materially
damaged the town of Chattereen, a
German base in the Argonne region.
All the ships returned in safety.
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Seattle. Aug. 28—The steamer Dol
phin sailed for Alaska at one-thirty
this morning. She has but two pas
sengers for Ketchikan, Arthur Carr
an,] Clarence Dorgack. The Des
patch sailed at nine-thirty with Miss
H. W. Whitten, D. Ronslev, George
Heidman. Frank Dunlap, W. L. Roe
and two steerage for Ketchikan. The
City of Seattle left at five. R. T.
Graham, Walter MeCary and two
steerage are on board for Ketchikan.
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THE ALAMEDA ARRIVES
After a slow trip down from the
Westerd on account of fog and hazy
weather, the Alameda made port this
afternoon with a large number of
passengers on board. Among those
taking passage at this point were
Miss Rush, Horry Wilke, Franklin E.
Chapman, an i VC. M. Wheeler. The
latter is the Alaska representative of
the Clausen Brewing interests in
Seattle . Quite a number of cannery
operatives also boarded the ship here.
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New York. Aug. 28—Arrangements
have been completed for the dispatch
of three train loads of bankers from
this city tomorrow to attend the an
nual national bankers’ convention in
Seattle next week.
Winona, Minn., Aug. 28—Bishop
ilefforon was attacked and shot twice
by Father Bosches yesterday after
noon while in the library of the
Catholic residence in this city. The
assailant was immediately arrested
and is now in the prison here appar
entlv in a demented condition. Sur
geons this morning announce that Bishop
Heffron, though seriously wounded,
passed a fairly satisfactory night, and
unless unforsocn complications arise
has a fighting to chance to recover.
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PRESIDENCY MAY
HINGE ON GREAT WAR
Even the presidency of this coun
try seems to hang in the war bal
ance.
There is a widespread feeling that
if the nations in Europe continue
fighting until 1910, voters here will
not he disposed to “swap horses.”|
They will keep Woodrow Wilson in
the Wrhite House. He will be a “war”
president, regardless of home poli
cies or conditions. “Thank God for
Woodrow Wilson!” the slogan for'
which the democrat* were derided in
the congress fight last year, will be
the slogan for 1916, assuming that ;
we are not at war ourselves by that
time.
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
By the same token, it is insisted
that should the end of tho war coino
before our presidential election oc
curs (November, 1916) the voters
will return to tho conviction ex
pressed by them at the polls In 1914,
when they had before them two
years of democratic national legisla
tion and only tho first phase of the
war to take their thoughts from the
democratic reeord.
How the country regarded that
record is told with indisputable em
phasis by the election figures, and
need not be rehearsed at this time.
Tho “empty dinner pail’’ got in its
tolling work against democratic su
premeey then, as it has every na
tional election in which it has boon
an issue. It elected Garfield in
18S0, Harrison in 1888, McKinley in
1S96.
It will again bo the hope of the
republician hosts, despite the war
munition prosperity reflected in
Wall street stock quotations. Yon
cannot get it out of tho minds of
the people that republician national
in other respects, spell prosperity.
Every democratic tariff law ever en
acted has operated in a way to con
tinue and confirm this feeling. The
existing law is no exception. It was
getting into full swing against our
home industries when the war canto.
You have only to recall the condi
tions ill this country a year ago to
realize what was happening. Censsa
tion of war would lift, the curtain
again on our real condition indns
trially.
Ropublieians, therefore, have more
Ilian one reason for praying for
peace. They are confident they can
win next year if they can get tho
“empty dinner pail” into the minds
of tho people instead of the German
submarine or tho daily bulletin of
50-yard advances on 100-yard front,
with its dreadful toll of humanity.
The record of presidential succes
sions helps out the theory that it
is harder to stay in the White House
than it is to get in. Aside from
Washington, only seven of our pres
idents have managed to re-elect
themselves. They were Jefferson.
Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant,
Cleveland and McKinley. Cleveland,
however, did not succeed himself
directly.
It will thus be seen that the sin
gle-term plank which Brvan forced
into the democratic platform of 1912
lias history to back it up. For pres
idents it also has the merit of the
warning signboard at a railroad
crossing: “Stop, Look, Liston,” be
fore tempting fate.
Several occupants of the White
House have refused to follow this
wise precaution and have suffered
thereby. In 1828 John Quincey Adams
tried it a second time, only to be
defeated by Andrew Jackson, whom
he had defeated four years earlier.
In 1S40 Martin Van Buren forced his
j own renomination, only to go down
in defeat before William Henry Har
rison, who had been his leading riv
jal in 1836.
Chester A. Arthur’s efforts in 1S84
to succeed himself resulted in defeat
for himself in convention and for Ills
party at the polls.
It will be recalled that Cleveland
in 1888 failed of re-election, but in
1892 he was returned to the White
House over Benjamin Harrison, who
had vanquished him four years be
before. Adams. Van Buren and Benja
min Harrison were thwarted at the
polls, therefore, by rivals over whom
they had previously triumphed. Taft
in 1912, liowerer, went down before
Woodrow Wilson, who was a new
comer in the presidential arena.
Next year is to reveal whether
Woodrow Wilson is to follow the
Washington-Jaekson-Lineoln precedent
or the Adams-Van Burcn-Taft preced
ent.
If yon keep in mind the fact that
Wilson won in 1912 because of a
divided opposition and that in 1914
the democratic party vote, on any
basis, failed to show an eloctorinl ma
jority, it is a better guess that Presi
dent Wilson will not be re-elected
than he will.
If, however, you keep in mind the
fact tha Kitchener and other au
thorities predict that the war is like
ly to last through 1916. it is a better
guess that Wilson will succeed him
self.
Even Bryan, continuing his sub
marine taeticts against Wilson from
the peaee-at-any-price Hide, anil
Roosevelt attacking with the brute
force of a superdreaduoiight from the
“eary-a-bJg-Htiek ” side, are not
likely to prevail over the feeling nl i
ways expressed by our people in time '
of trouble that it is best to stand by |
the president. Much to his own j
surprise, in 186), Lincoln found tlmf !
feeling deep rooted, and won with
ease )„ November a re-election about
which In August he had publicly ex
pressed great doubt.
Wo have had presidents made by a
war in our own country, but we have i
never had a president made by a war j
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
in Europe. Perhnps 1916 hnB one In
store for us—Ex.
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Seattle, August 30_Shortly before
seven o’clock yesterday morning,
virile proceeding under tho command
of Pilot A. J. Bjorlnnd from Pier
A to Pior 14, steamer Paraiso
crashed into the steamer Admiral
Watson, lying ut tho Boll Street ^
Bock, smashing n hole fully ten feet
wide in the side of tho latter ves
sel. The Watson sank at once, rest
ing on tiro bottom within fifteen min
utes nfter being hit. John Miloe,
a longshoreman wns working in tho
forward hold at the time and was
killed by the collapse of a pile of
heavy timbers which fell on him on
account of the impact. Tho Watson
was struck on the starboard side
about midway between the mainnmst
and the after hatch, and the Pnriso
plowed through her for fully fifteen
feet before she could be stopped.
Sire now rests on the bottom, her
bow in about eighty feet of water,
and her stern in about thirty feet,
tho harbor bed sloping at an angle
of close t0 forty-five degrees at this
place.
Those on board the Pariso had ap
parently lost their way in the heavy
fog and pall of forest fire smoke
which hid objects but fifty feet away
and were not able to see the dock
or Hie Whitson until it was too late
to avoid striking her. It is fortu
nate that the accident did not occur
fifteen minutes later, as at least a
score of stevedores would have been
at work by that time loading the
vessel, and would have resulted in a
greater loss of life. As it wns, the
men were on the dock at the time
with the exception of one or two.
About two hundred tons of freight, • -
mostly heavy timbers for the Alas
ka Railroad commission, fortunately
was about all tlio freight that had
been loaded on board the Watson.
The vessel will be raised and repair
ed. In the interval, the Adin'isa^^^
Farragut will be taken off the rii^Mjl
between Puget Sound and San FrnflS|
cisco, and will be sent north in tlM.'’^
Watson’s place sailing from
port Sunday, Sept. 5.
Later—It is estimated that it w^^^J
take from fifteen to thirty days
raise the Watson. Salvage oporatinSB|
have been commenced and will l^Hi|
pushed to the limit. It is expcctc^HH
that the damage will amount to pr^HB
bablv sixtv-five thousand dollars.
YOUNGSTER HAS A FALL
While playing on the so boon
Prospector yesterday, the little Ma
well boy fell down the hold and wV
badly bruised.
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LOW RATES EAST
Attention is called to the chi
in the advertisement of the Can
Pacific Railway. Under the
schedule of rates now jn effe
tickets to eastern destinations, the
is a difference of but $6.00 between
the rates from Ketchikan and those
from Seaettle, Portland or Vancou
ver, B. C., thereby effecting a sav
ing of $16.00 over the rates which
had previously been in effect. The
new rate now makes the first elass^WJ
rate from Ketchikan to St. Paul but ^B
$53.72, Chicago $61.55, New York I
$79.65, and other eastern points in B
hte same proportion. '
CLIMBED DEER MOUNTAIN
Two parties negotiated Deer Moun
tain Saturday and Sunday. The one
going up Saturday consisted of Al
lan Harris, Winfield Lcadbctter, liar
old Reed, Leslie Webb and Zenas
Olson. They took packs and lunches
and made the climb in less than three
hours from town. Although a heavy
wind was blowing the boys decided
to stay all night and made camp ac
cordingly. The entire morning. Sun
day, Ketchikan was hidden by the
dense fog, but no rain fell. At niw
o’clock, the second partty. cousin! i ig
of (/'apt. Dibrell, Mrs. Ball and Mrs.
Doillinm arrived, having braved the
•■ni'h morning scare f rain. After
luncheon both parties returned.
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New Vork. August 30 Twenty
million dollars in gold and twenty
five in securities arrived m this par',
this morning hav.ng been dispatched
across the Atlantic on boarl i. Brit
ish cruiser for the purpose of stif
fening British credit in this coun
try. The money came coasigne 1 1n
the .1. 1*. Morgan company' an I yv r-l
of it being m transit was a jealous
ly guarded scent
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IN WITH HALIBUT
With M ont sixty thousand puijn in
ill l.u’tblit aboard the steamer Stun
belonging h the Han .Tuan Fish to,
made port this morning. Owing to
the po r price being of fere 1 si e it
• iHclinrging the fish hero mil «i.l
tsk • on bait ’ ice and try ,i i. r
trip to the bank*,