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GERMANY AND RUSSIA SEVER ALL RELATIONS
HOPE ENTIRELY ABANDONED
ATI, ANTIC DESERTED-GERMAN
AMBASSADOR LEAVES PARIS
LONDON. August 1.—(Later).—All hope of peace is
abandoned and the greatest cataclysm of all times is at
hand.
The efforts of King George have proved futile and all
diplomatic relations between Germany and Russia have
been severed so that at last the two great empires are
about to fly at each other’s throats and draw into the vor
tex of blood and death the other nations of the earth.
The Rank of England raised its discount rate to ten per
cent this afternoon and the price ot tood has already com
menced soaring all over Europe so that hunger for mil
lions will be one of the first effects of the awful conflict.
BERLIN. August 1.—(Later).—The government of
the kaiser announced this afternoon formally that the 12
hours given to Russia had expired and it ordered all Ger
man merchant ships to proceed with the greatest haste to
neutral ports s.> that they might not be seized by the
enemy. The diplomatic relations with Russia were sever
ed at once so that war is now virtually declared. Ambas
’ sador Herrick, the United States minister has been asked
by Germany to represent her in France during the war
and Herrick and the United States government will un
doubtedly consent.
An ultimatum has also been sent to France by this gov
ernment and a reply has been received but this reply is un
satisfactory and war between it and Germany also is only
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a matter of a few hours.
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PARIS, August 1.—(Later).—The German ambassa
dor will depart from Paris tonight and at that moment
the French Republic and Germany will be at war if not be
fore. Telephone communication with England has been
severed to prevent the leakage of news and France will be
in the throes of a struggle of life or death before another
sun shines.
WASHINGTON, August 1.—(Later).—Olficial ad
vices were received this afternoon from the American
ambassador that the German ambassador leaves St. Pet
ersburg this afternoon and that war is, therefore, now
practically on between the empires of the kaiser and the
czar.
ST. PETERSBURG, August L—(Later).—The reser
vists of the empire are now mobilizing in a hundred cities
all over the nation and the Russian millions are gone wild
with the war mania. In every city the reservists and the
citizens are parading. At the heads of the parades arc the
priests of the Russian church in their robes of ollice. At
times the concourse in each city sings as it marches and at
times the hymns give way to prayers intoned by the
priests and repeated by the mulitude as they march with
heads bowed and bared. The nation is going into the aw
ful conflict with a full knowledge of what the»result must
be and never did a more solemn time come in all Russia’s
history.
BERLIN, August 1—(Later).—It is war now and Ger
many sends out to the world her expression of strong con
fidence that heaven will be at her side in the titanic strug
gle which her sons are about to enter. As the kaiser said
last night in his thrilling speech “Germans did not want
war but now that the sword is drawn she will acquit her
self in a manner worthy of her great traditions”. The
whole empire is aflame.
NEW YORK, August 1.—All steamships lines have en
tirely cancelled their European sailings. When war was
seen to be inevitable this afternoon the North German
Lloyd company recalled all her steamers that had started
out to the ocean. Wireless calls had to be sent out and
every ship of the great line has answered and has now
turned about and is on the way back to safety.
It is like the story of a world’s ruin. Not a ship will
sail for any port in Europe but some are still hound for
England as England has not yet been declared in a state
of war. The Atlantic ocean is practically deserted and
New York is waiting for the news that the armed hosts of
Europe have flown at each other in a fury of destruction
whose parallel has never before been witnessed on the
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earth.
LONDON, August 1.—Germany sent an ultimatum to
Russia this morning demanding that the mobilization of
the Russian troops be stopped within twelve hours.
This ultimatum is regarded here as the supreme crisis
and all are now awaiting the answer anxiously.
King George entered into an effort this morning to
bring the Russian and German governments together in
an attempt to prevent the great conflict. This effort is be
lieved to be the final one for peace.
In spite of the ultimatum by the German government
the mobilization of the Russians continues without abate
ment and the feeling continues most pessimistic in spite of
the work of King George. In the meantime the Germans
are strengthening their forces on the frontier and making
every haste to be ready when the time comes for the an
swer from the government of the czar. On the French
frontier particularly the Germans are being massed as
quickly as possible for it is known that a declaration of
war against Russia will be followed by a declaration by
France immediately.
It was learn this morning that the German and British
warships are now mobilized near Denmark and both are
patrolling the Danish coasts waiting and watching for the
word that would bring them to the clash.
Thousands of American tourists are being held in the
ports of Europe owing to the danger which the shipping
companies fear if they permitted their liners to go to sea.
It is not improbable that ships may have to come from the
United States to take those people home should the great
war come. . ' .
The latest reports from the seat of war in Servia show
that the Servians are still keeping the Austrians in check
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CHILBERG SUED FOR
SUM OF $200,000.00
NOME, Aug. 1.—J. E. Chilberg of
the Scandinavian American bank of
Seattle and of the Pioneer Mining
company of Nome has been made the
defendant in a suit for $200,000 by
London capitalists who claim tha*
Chilberg misrepresented the value of
the holdings of the Pioneer Mining
company and by this misrepresenta
tion induced them to pay more for iht
stock than it was worth. The com
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plaint states that the property is not
worth half what Chilberg said it was
worth when he sold them the stock.
The plaintitFs are a syndicate which
was induced, according to the com
plaint, by Chilberg to buy into th«
property some time ago. Chilberg
himself is a member of the company
and the president is Jafet Linderberg
who is one of the discoverers of gold
at Nome and is also a large share
holder in the Scandinavian bank.
Chilberg is declared to have been
the chief instrument in the selling of
the stock of the company.
MINING ACTIVE
AT MOOSE PASS
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SEVERAL PROPERTIES ARE
SHOWING UP SPLENDIDLY
At the present time there is more
activity in the lode mining game in
the Moose Pass region than in any
other part of the peninsula, according
to Judge Conroy who returned Thurs
day night.
The Moose Pass Mining company
are working a night and day gang
getting out ore and crushing same in
a Little Giant Improved Stamp Mill,
crushing about six to seven tons pe*
day. The ore values are reported
high. A. A. Hein is in charge of this
property. Seven men employed.
Slater, Higgins and Gilpatrick ar*
busy with an Arrastra and are crush
ing out some very rich rock.
John Stevenson is out in the Moose
Pass region. He has been examining
the property of Baughman and Hig
gins and has uneathed some very rich
ore on said property.
Sumner S. Smith, the federal mine
inspector, Ts visiting in the Moose
Pass district for a few days and ex
pects to pay a visit to the Primrose
property on Porcupine creek before
returning to Seward.
Brown bear are very numerous in
the Moose Pass district this season.
Fresno Creek and Colorado creek are
regular camping grounds for them. It
might be a good idea for some of the
regular big game hunters who visit
the peninsula this fall to make a trip
into that section for some brownies,
Judge Conroy says.
The trail from Mile 29 through the
pass has quite a few’ bad spots that
should be immediately looked after by
the road commission. With the ex
penditure of a few thousand dollar*
this trail could be made into a fairly
good wagon road, which is what is
needed at the present time.
It is quite evident that a small pow
er boat making scheduled trips from
Mile 29 to Mile 4 on the government
road would be of material assistance
in the transportation of freight and
passengers.
Frank Skeen w’as at Mile 29 yester
day and was very enthusiastic over
the prospect which he and Harry
Johnson located on Afanasi creek at
JUDGE MURANE
VISITS SEWARD
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GIVES IT AS HIS OPINION THAT
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
OUGHT TO BE HELD
Judge C. D. Murane, former dis
trict judge of the second judicial di
vision and once candidate of the Re
publicans for election as delegate to
congress, arrived on the car las* even
ing after a tour over the peninsula
and other places in this section. He
went to Valdez about a month ago
from Seattle and from Valdez made
a trip over the country and is now on
the return. He will go by the next
boat to Valdez and thence to Seattle.
During his present trip he took op
tions on two quartz properties, one
near Port Wells and one near Hope.
He spent a whole day with Major
Erench in camp and also met several
other old friends.
The judge believes that the repub
licans of the territory ought to hold a
convention this year. He does not
consider it advisable to run a candi
date for congress until a very good
one is available but he believes the
republicans ought to meet and place
themselves on record as to their
policy.
He met four or five different sur
vey parties and was entertained very
nicely by all of them. He met one
railroad survey party near Portage
Bay and another outfit near Rainbow
creek. The latter one expected to
soon move to Curran creek.
FIREMEN ENJOY A
PLEASANT TIME
Regular Meeting Last Night Followed
By Social and Refreshments
The regular meeting of the volun
teer firemen was held last evening
and afterwards a pleasant social was
held and refreshments served. Six
teen members were present. H. J.
Haasch and Gus Manthey were the
chiefs in the toastmaster line and
several others told stories and enter
tained each othe^ in various ways.
Chief Horner will be absent from
time to time after a while and in his
absence and that of the assitsanr
chief, Harry Ellsworth, Gus Manthey
will act as chief.
R. H. Koch has located two ledges
adjoining the Johnson-Skeen property
at Afanasi creek.
the head of Resurrection creek just
over the divide from Juneau cree*.
This prospect is about six miles du*»
west of the Gilpatrick property in
Moose Pass and Frank maintains it
is the best discovered in that section.
The heavy rains have extinguishes
the fire which was raging on Quart*
creek some few days ago.
Oscar Christensen is being kept
pretty busy transporting freight by
pack train from 29 to the different
properties through the pass.
Jay Spencer is rusticating at Mile
26 with “Uncle” Joe Irvine. Catching
Dolly Vardens appears to be his prin
cipal vocation.
Game Warden Dr. J. A. Baughman
is visiting his mining property in the
Moose Pass section, and expects to re
turn to Seward by Monday.
GREAT STRIKE
SURE TU COME
AUGUST 7 FIXED AS DAY FOR
WALKOUT ON RAILROADS
CHICAGO, July 31.—The negotia
tions for the settlement of the diffi
culties between the railroads and tho
employees have proved to be unavail
ing and the strike has been fixed to
take place on August 7. ,
Both sides had nearly agreed to
have the question arbitrated and the
negotiations seem to be going on
smoothly and with every promise of a
successful ending until today when it
was learned that every effort at set
tlement was futile. This information
was followed by the announcement
that the strike was called for next
week.
GRAND TRUNK DOCK TO
BE AT ONCE REBUILT
Loss Now Estimated at Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars and
Fully Insured
SEATTLE, July 31—The announce
ment was made immediately after the
big fire on the Grand Trunk dock yes
terday that the dock will be rebuilt as
soon as possible. The loss is estimat
ed now at $300,000 which is covered
by insurance.
The blaze was one of the worst seen
for many years in Seattle. Owing to
the position of the buildings near the
water and their inflammable nature
the flames made a magnificent spec
tacle.
CAUGHT TAKING BLACK
BOYS INTO SLAVERY
Farmers of Oklahoma Arrested for
Importing Young Negroes From
Charleston
GUTHRIE, Okla., July 31—Two
farmers were arrested here today on
the charge of importing 35 colored
boys from Charleston and keeping
them in slavery. The boys were held
by brutal force, it is claimed, and had
been secured so young that their slav
ery would probably have kept up
wiuiout any difficulty in the wild re
gion in which the farmers lived. It is
supposed that a regular conspiracy
existed in the district among all the
farmers.
LIST OF PASSENGERS
ON NORTHWESTERN
SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—The following
passengers left on the Northwestern
for Seward: Miss Crab, Charles Bpr
ton, L. Furlong and wife, Palmer
Way, Miss Dora Keene and one steer
age passenger.
Mabel Goade is the only passenger
for Knik anchorage.
POWDER GOES TUESDAY
The car will take over the line pow
der and gasoline next Tuesday so that
no passengers can be carried that
trip.
Oscar Larsen and Peter Swanson
have purchased lot 33 in block 6 which
is part of the Hansen property. The
purchase was made through the
Whitehead Realty company.