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PRESIDENTS WIFE
HAS PASSED W
End Wat Expected and Members of
Her Immediate Family Were In
Attendance At Bedside.
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 6—Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson passed away at 5
o’clock this afternoon. All members
of her family were at the bedside
when the end came.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—All hope
for the recovery of Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, wife of the President of the
United States, and the first lady of
the land, has been given up by at
tending physicians and she is not ex
pected to live throughout the day.
Relatives of the dying woman have
been sumimoned from their homes,
and are coming to be with her at
the end.
Mrs. 'Wilson has been ill for the
past four months, but rallied three
weeks ago only to relapse last week,
which, the doctors fear, will cause
her death. She suffers with a com
plication of Brights disease and ner
vous trouble.
Because of the tremendous press
of official business and by reason of
the war in Europe, President Wil
son cannot be with his wife always,
and therefore has been under a ter
rible strain trying to comfort his
wife and also attend to urgent state
affairs.
NORTHWESTERN
IN THE MORNING
The steamer Northwestern, of the
Alaska Steamship company, is due
to reach Cordova at 4 this afternoon
and should reach Valdez early in the
morning.
REAR ADMIRAL BRADFORD
PASSE8 AWAY AT CHELSEA
CHELSEA, Mass., Aug. 6.—Rear
Admiral Bird Royal Bradford, retir
ed, died here today at the age of 72.
MINING OPERATOR IS
PA88ENGER ON EVAN8
M. Martin, of Willow creek, in
the Seward district was a passenger
on the Evans en route to the states
on a business trip. He is operating
a small stamp mill on his property
and reports that the ore is • giving
good returns, the output of the mine
being about $1,500 per day.
Orchestra and Pictures.
The following fine pictures and or
chestra selections at the Orpheum
tonight:
Overture by the five-piece orches
tra.
Behind the Gun, excellent drama.
Spiders, educational.
IMP. modem drama of Modem
Love.
A Vegetarian’s Dream, exceptional
comedy.
Orchestra music.
John Blum and Lloyd Fish left yes
terday for Wortman to spend a few
weeks at the roadhouse.
Plnqree! Plnqree! Plnqree!
' Bee the 'way Pingree shoes are
finished.
German Cruiser Goeben Captured—Two Warships Sunk By British and French
When Chasing Lusitania Which Left New York Last Night—British, French
and German Cruisers Hover Off New York To Prey Upon Commerce—
Germans Suffer Heavy Loss When Attacking Liege—Shoot Aviators On
the Wing—Germans Shoot Alsatians Who Would Rather Fight With
France—Germany Demands That Italy Fight With or Against Her—Ser
vian Army Ready To Invade Bosnia—Turkey Closes the Dardanelles.
. NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—The British
Steamer Uranium arrived here today
and reports having intercepted wire
less messages from the steamer Lu
sitania, which was convoyed out of
this harbor last night by the Brit
ish cruiser Essex. The wireless re
ports state that two German war
ships which followed the Lusitania
were sunk by the English and French
warships, which were hovering at the
entrance of the harbor and used the
Lusitania as a bait to draw the Ger
man ships into action.
The names of the two German
ships are not given, but it is be
lieved to have been the squadron
which left Mexican waters at the
outbreak of hostilities.
Lusitania Leads Germans In Trap.
The Lusitania, with a speed of 26
miles an hour, when sighted by the
German ships put on full speed, draw
ing the two German cruisers into a
net of English and French ships,
which surrounded them and sunk
both.
German Cruisers Caught.
LONDON, Aug. 6.—The German
cruisers Goeben and Breslau were
captured yesterday when returning
from Bona after bombarding that
city. The French and English war
ships, waiting to capture the Ger
man cruiser Panther, pounced on the
Goeben and captured her along with
the smaller vessel.
The Goeben is one of the largest
cruisers in the German navy, having
been completed in 1912. She has a
complement of 1,013 men, a displace
ment of 22,600 tons, has 70,000 indi
cated horsepower with ten 11-inch
guns and 26 smaller guns. She cost
over 19,000,000 to build.
As far as known the German ship
Panther is still somewhere along the
coast, a menace to English and
French shipping.
German Ship Sinks.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 6.
—The boiler of a German torpedo
boat destroyer blew up when the ship
was opposite Gedser. Thirty men
were drowned when the ship went
down.
Germans Lose 8,000 Men at Liege.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 6.—The German
loss at Liege has been estimated at
fully 8,000 men. The Belgians held
their fire until the line of German
soldiers almost reached the fortifi
cations, when the machine guns
veritably mowed down the German
troops, who fled in disorder, leaving
seventeen machine guns in the
hands of the enemy.
Belgian Lancers Anmnuatea.
One squadron of Belgian lancers
were completely wiped out In yes
terday’s battle, when they were
caught by the Germans in a sud
den advance and the squadron, which
yas reconnoitering, were not advised
of- the advance and were surrounded
and all killed.
Battle Expected Near New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6—Three Ger
man, three British and two French
cruisers are hovering off the coast
and it Is expected that they will.BOon
come Into conflict.
Ships 8seklng Safety.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Steamships
belonging to the European nations
involved in war are dashing for their
home ports or places of safety with
lights extinguished, and are talcing
chances of being wrecked rather
than being capture by the enemy.
The British cruiser Essex convoyed
the Olympic, of the White Star line,
into port last night and immediately
departed again with the Lusitania,
of the Cunnard line, bound for Liv
erpool.
Germans Besiege Liege.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 5.—One hundred
thousand Germans are pouring shot
and shell Into this city today, the
Belgium troops are replying and are
holding the Germans at bay. Strong
reinforcements are being sent to the
scene of the battle from this city to
aid the Belgium army in driving the
Germans from the country.
Belgians Intensely Bitter.
The Belgians are intensely bitter
towards Germany for the invasion, as
they expected that the neutrality
proclamation of the country would
be respected. As France had made
no effort to cross into Belgium the
cabinet had hoped that Germany al
so would respect her neutrality. The
appeal of King Albert to Great Brit
ain, one of the guarantors of the
treaty of 1867, for aid has been an
swered and English troops are to
aid the Belgians in fighting the Ger
mans.
8hoot Aviator On the Wing.
One of the German aviators flying
over this city dropping bombs and
observing the position of the troops,
cwas shot today when a regiment vol
leyed at him. The aviator dropped
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,to the ground and was instantly
killed. His machine was wrecked.
Turkey Close* Black Sea.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 6.—Tur
key has closed the straits of Bos
porus and' Dardanelles as a means
of protecting the capital. The big
Russian fleet in the Black Sea is bot
tled up.
Battle Off Maine Coast.
PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 6.—Big
guns can be heard roaring off this
coast and it is believed that two
fleets of warships have met. The
German vessels stationed in Mexican
waters are believed to have come
along the coast of America for the
purpose of preying, on English and
French shipping and to have been
met near here by the fleet from the
Canadian ports.
Germans Execute Alsatians.
PARIS, Aug. 6.—The Germans ex
ecuted seventeen Alsatians who were
trying to cross the border into France
to join the French in the fight on
Germany.
Naval Battle Being Fought.
LONDON, Aug. 6.—A* wireless re
ceived here today. directs the ' de
stroyer Virago to prepare to receive
two hundred German prisoners and
a number of wounded from the Eng
lish vessels being sent back with
them from the scene of the naval
battle in the North Sea.
No Details of Battle.
No details have been given out by
the authorities of the battle and the
people are awaiting the news with in
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DEMOCRATS NAME C. E. BUNNELL FOR DELEGATE
' a
SKAGWAY, Aug. 6.—C. E. Bunnell,
the Valdes attorney, was nominated
here last night by the Democratic
convention as their delegate for con
gress. The convention was unani
mous and in spite of the efforts of
the young attorney to prevent his
nomination the convention Insisted
upon him talcing the position, and
he finally consented' today. The
convention was harmonious through
tout, aU the delegates pledging the
nominee their fullest support.
The nomination speech was made
by Roth, of Fairbanks, and Attorney
Cobb, of Juneau, seconded the nom
ination. The nomination was made
by acclamation amidst great enthu
siasm.
In accepting the honor tendered
him Mr. Bunnell made a most elo
quent and Impressive speech and
carried the convention hall bp storm.
When Bunqell was placed in nomt-'
nation the convention went wild and
cheered the candidate for ten min
utes. The people In this city have
also given the Democratic candidate
to congress a rousing reception, as he
WA8 UNANIMOUS CHOICE OF DELEGATES FROM ALL 8ECTION8
OF TERRITORY—PARTY 8EEKS THE MAN, A8 HE WAS NOT A
CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE—1« PROMISED SUPPORT.
has piade many friends during his
stay here.
Joe Baxter, of Valdez, has been
named as chairman of the Demo
cratlcc territorial committee and will
have charge of the campaign.
The delegates left for the south
shortly after the convention adjourn
ed.
JUNEAU, Aug. 6.—The Democrats
of this city plan a rousing reception
for C. E. Bunnell, the candidate for
delegate to congress and already
banners have been raised in the
town for the young Valdes attorney.
Considerable satisfaction is express
ed among the leading Democrats at
the choice of the convention, as the
westward attorney has never been
mixed up In the party fights, be
sides having made a most excellent
Impression upon his few visits to
1
this city. The Democrats here pre
dict that he will carry this town by
a tremendous v6te.
SKAGWAY, Aug. 6.—The nomina
tion of C. E. Bunnell was the nat
ural outgrowth of sentiment among
the delegates after they bad associat
ed with him during the convention.
All recognized in him a natural lead
er of men and the right man to lead
the party to victory this fall. "He Is
an individual candidate and the first
choice of all the delegates," said
Roth.
, Attorney Cobb of Juneau, who
came here to nominate Judge Wick
ersham, of Fairbanks, in seconding
the nomination said: "It is a clear
case of the office seeking the man.
I came here to support Judge Wick
ersham, but my association with Mr.
Bunnell during the past few days
1 has changed me to a Bunnell man,
because we have found a better
man.
The convention named as chair
man of the terlrtorial committee Jos.
A. Baxter, of Valdez. J. F. McDon
ald, Juneau; D. Noll, Ketchikan, rep
resent the committee in the First di
vision. Second division represented
by proxies referred to originally
elected delegates. Third division C.
H. Scheffler, C. J. Todd. Fourth di
vision R. F. Roth and Fred A. Mar
tin.
LOCAL BREVITIE8.
8. A- Hemple, of the Alaska Wa
ter, Light and Telephone Co., is re
turning to Valdez on the Admiral
Sampson after spending a few weeks
in Seattle on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Melnicke,
who have been spending a few days
at Seward, returned to' Valdes yes
terday on the Admiral Evans. Mr.
MeUjcke Is tfee representative of the
JoePS. Finch Co., of San Francleoo.
and Is introducing the Golden Wed
ding brand of whiskey in Alaska
Tries to Force Nomination of Hin
man, But His Co-patriots Break
Up His Meeting.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—At the
meeting held last night by the Pro
gressive leaders of this state, at which
six hundred attended, Col. Roosevelt
was beaten when he attempted to
force the nomination of ex-State
Senator Hinman for the nomination
for governor on the Republican tick
et. The speech made by the. form
er president raised such a storm
of protest by the delegates and mem
bers attending that the meeting had
to be closed without a settlement of
the issue.
The feeling against Roosevelt for
his attack on Whitman has grown
stronger and even the members of
his own party refuse to remain loy
al to him and are insisting that the
party nominate Whitman.
Whitman will be the candidate of
a large faction of the party when
the state primaries are held. He will
also be the candidate in the Repub
lican primaries..
S. $. MARIPOSA
DELAYME DAY
SEATTLE, Aug. 6.—The steamer
Mariposa, of the Alaska Steamship
Line, will leave here Friday night,
one day late. The boat was delayed
coming south.
8TEAMER ADMIRAL SAMPSON
LEAVES THE 8PIRIT CITY
SEATTLE, Aug. 6.—The steamer
Admiral Sampson, of the Admiral
Line, left here last night for Valdez
with the following passengers:
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Hubbard, O.
Hubbard, S. A. Hemple, F. Winches
ter, A. McDonald, J. Buzard and one
second-class. ,
LOCAL BREVITIES. "j
J. Abramson arrived from Port
•Wells yesterday.
J. Krager is in town from Ellamar
for a few days.
Guy Banta arrived last evening
from down the sound.
Ted Noon arrived last evening
from the Granite mine.
Mick Micken, tbe Tiekhell pros
pector, left today for his mine.
Jim Fish is painting and renovat
ing his building on McKinley street.
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Behind the Gun is a dandy, at the
Orpheum tonight, also five-piece or
chestra. '
A Vegetarian’s Dream, good com
edy, and fire-piece orchestra at the
Orpheum tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Topllff re
turned last evening from a visit to
the Tiekhell country.
Plngreel Plngreel Plngreel
You’ll see some clever shoemaking
la the Piagree shoe.