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No. ie7 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST '-'5, 1915
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DELAY ACTION IN ARABIC MATTER
Washington, l>. C., August 25—
Count Johonu lieinrich vou Bt»ru
stor:*, Gorman ambassador extra
ordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary to the I'nited States in this
citv, received advices from Berlin
t!..s uioruii-.g directing him to ask
* he American government to delay
in taking a definite stand in the,
malu-r of the recent siuking of the 1
passenger steamer Arabic by a'
<.Irriu:ui submarine, and stating
that Germany had as yet only re
ceived a most incomolete report of
the affair.
Regret and sympathy are ex
pressed by Germany if any Ameri- '
caa live* were lost, as the torpedo- •
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FOR MUNITIONS
Tokio, Aug. 25—Coincident with)
Premier Okuma's annouucemeut
tlie Japanese government would
active aid to Russia iu the;
lam'Kiigus against Germany and
Austria, comes the further an-1
nouncement that all munition |
works in Japan are receiving rush |
orders from the allies requiring
tham to work to the fullest capacity.
Jayxn is being made a base of sup
ply i;i an effort to relieve the
shortage of ammunition and equip- |
went from which the Russian ar-'
mi-;* have been suffering, and the
needed supplies will be rushed;
forward over the trans-Siberian
railway.
Washington, P. C, August -•>
The state department today denied
minors tbat are in circulation m
this city that a decision had bee.
reached as to whom oi the Mexi
can military chiefs the United
States would support for the presi
dency of Mexico.
Ing o£ the Arabic, it is claimed,
was directly contrary to instruc
tions from the German war depart
ment to the commanders of sub
marines with regard to unarmed
steamers carrying passengers.
London, August 25—In the
investigation now going on in this
city into the sinking of the White
Star liner Arabic, and the loss of
many lives of passengers and
crew, the affidavits of Americ;ms
who escaped are to the effect
that tie vessel was not a belliger
ent, nor did she try to ge» away
when commanded toheave to by the
commander of the submarine which
sank her.
RUSS CLAIMS
Amsterdam, Aug. 25—The Rus
sian claims of great German losses
'n the engagement in the Gulf of
Riga are repudiated by semi-official
advices from Berlin, which state
that several Russian craft only
were sunk.
The Russians claim to have de
stroved one superdreadnaught,
three cruisers, seven torpedo boats
and forced the remainder of the
German fleet to withdraw.
Thb German government has as
yet issued no official account of
the Lattle.
DESIRE OfilFI
OF _
Port au Prince, Hayti, August
25—The American government ex
presses a desire that the draft oi
au agreement be enacted by the
Haytian assembly without delaj
under which au effective contro
of the Haytian customs revenue
and also the administration of th<
finaucps of the country may be hai
undiT a receiver general to be ap
p nted for a term of ten years.
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OK IDE NORDENSKOILD flIVEB
John McMeekin of Dawson, one
of the best known mining men in
the north, arrived on the train last
night on his way outside and is a
guest at the Golden North. Mr.
McMeekin came to Skagway in
1899 and from here went into the
Atliu country with the first rush
into that country, dragging his
supplies in by hand ou a Yukon
sled over the winter trail. I«iter
ho went into the Kluane country,
where he spent two years, and from
then* into l>awson. where be has
since been. He will leave on the
Princess Sophia tomorrow for Vic
toria, B. C., where he will visit
relatives for a short time, after
ward ti'Ce in the San Francis
co exposition and possibly visit the
East before his return north on
business connected with the develop
nient of his rich copper properties [
011 the Nordenskoild river, Yukon j
territory.
Mr. McMeekin's copper properties
wore located several years apo,
and are among the most promising
ij the territory. They are men
tioned favorably in various govern
ment reports, and are in the C°P- •
per be.t which stretches across
Southern Yukon and into Alaska.
Mr. McMeekin has every confidence'
that in time they will l>e adding
materially to the mineral output of
the Yukou, and has backed his 1
con*'dence for years by putting in 1
110 small sum in testing and de\-e]- j
opiuj the property. Copper has re-.
ceived a tremendous impetus by vir-1
tue o" the war, and copper owners
of Yukon as well as elsewhere are
greatl- encouraged in respect to I
the outlook for new properties.
Pefograd, August 25—Three
German transports loaded with sol-,
diers are reported to have been sunk
yesterday by the Russian land bat- j
teries at Pernau, Russia, when the
Germans attemptd to land, several ,
thousands of German soldiers a're (
said tc have lost their lives by,
drowning, having been weighted
down by their accoutrements and
unable to swim.
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NORMAL 161!
| Warsaw, Aug. 25—The German
I captocs, since entering this city,
| have made every effort to establish j
conditions satisfactory and pleas
j ing to the Polish people, and have j
' removed, as far as possible, all
91 evidences of the recent siqge. I
I Employment in rebuilding factories
■ and other work has been furnished '
I to such, an extent that the life of
; j the c;ty has resumed an almost
v normal state.
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GUDJIf !
110INVCSTIGME
*'t Atlanta, Aug. 25—The grand
X jury to probe the tanging o
11 Prank has been called to meet
11 and he^in the Investigation on Sept.
«' 11th.
IEG0TUTIBN5
UE fit SN END
Loudon, August 25—Advices re
vived here this morning state that j
ie Bulgarian government has in
jrmcj1 Its minister at Berlin that
iulgaria's negotiations with Turkey
re at an end.
The striking Welsh coal miners |
ave rejected the working plans pro
osed by the government and j
rill hold a conference nest Tues-1
ay to formulate a course of fu
uri action.
^MlCOlinDC
ILL SUPPUHI
Boston. Aug. 25 The governor
conference in session in this cit •
which 1s being attended Ivy
the governors of o\er
of the states of the
ion, at today s s«S'.on
a resolution expressing confidence 11
President Wilson and pledging th«h
support in his efforts to maintair
honorable peace
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Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 25—In tt
federal district court today Judf
Hazel entered a decision declarii
the Eastman Kodak company a m<
opolv and combination in restrai
of trade.
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P. H. GANTY
HEW ALASKA ALPINE CLUB
HOLDS SECOND MEET!
The adjourned session of the
Alaska-Yukon Alpine club was
called to order last evening in the
[*arlor of the Pullen House by Pres
ident Andrews and the same en
thusiasm was manifested as at the
preliminary organization men-tin*:.
The names of A- R. and H. K.
K el ley of Cleveland, Ohio, and
Rev. and Mrs. L. H. Petersen of
this city were added to the char
ter toIL
Stating as his reason for doing
so that he believed all officer*
should be resident members, Mr.
William Thompson offered his res
ignation from the office of second
vic«--prr6ident, which was acc^ted
(Continued on pape 4.)
11 J. D. 100IE B. N. i I P.
HERE BUM 10 fiEEl
Major J. D. Moodie, fOT three ,
rears officer in charge of the Rot
al Northwest Mounted Police in
Yukon- territory, arrived out from
Dawson on this afternoons train]
enrcute to Retina, the Dominion !
headquarters of the police force, i
where he will report for assignment
to a new post of duty. He has
secured reservations on the Trin- j
cose Sophia and will leave Skagway
on that vessel tomorrw night. ;
While here he is a guest at the
Golden N'orth.
Mrs. Mocdie is at Maple Creek.
Saskatchewan, visitug with their two
sons on their large ranch, and
ha® been there since she heft Daw
son las« summer.
Major Moodie succeeded Major
Kit* Horrigan, who is now in charR*
at Calgarr, in command of the po
l'ce force in Yukon territory. Prior
to coming to Yukon, be bad a irid*
experience in the Hudson's bajr dis
trict 'n 'he police service. H*
first went there in 1903. to In
vestigate the trouble which bad
arisen over foreign rowels whaling
and fishing in the region without
licenf, and whose masters claimed
that it was an open He also
was -here on several other voj-a*«,
and for seven rears had charge of
the notice detachments in tbat
district. While there he made a
(Continued on pa«e 4.)
NOTED DIVINE AND LECTURER
GATHERING DATA OF THE NORTH
- Kufufi Austin White, noted <
SkagrM ay a Trw- _
of tae C. P. R- *°aS
since Veen touring through the in
terior as far down the river »
Dawsou, returned yesterday after
noon and nrlll l~ve for the south
0., v Princess Sophia tomorrow
night. Until then he will be a gUCs
at f^e Pullen House
Or White was one of the o. P»«
al foaai-rs and directors <* «"«
Chicago Bureau of Chanties an
active in eo.-solidamg he
; Childrecs' Home society and
'nildren'a Aid «ociety ot Lfcat citJ
»i/i i'.t. nrasen; Illinois Cfcildrwi'a
r^iwol of iWiaW
from 1*04 t»» 1?0® * m<,mb7
,hp Chicago Board of Educ*Uoo.
L»r White It » 32'
ficial leciurei for Medln*h
o: t*- M^ic Shrine 0« «
his ^..dlwU
AUBkrv «nd the Vuto« t«r wry.
to pat her data and mortal for *
,*1« of *hich
t^platc* giving during the <*»<««
w'tter
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