FRENCH AIRSHIP FLEET ATTACKS
GERMAN MUNITION FACTORIES
Paris, Autc. 26—Sixty-two French
aviators, the largest corps takiug
l>art ia oue action since the war j
started, today bombarded the Ger- |
man, munition factories at Dlllingee
and succeeded in doing great dam
age. Many large bombs contain
ing high power explosives were
dropped.
RUSSIAN AMMUNITION SUPPLY ;
SI 10 BE SUFFICIENT NOW
London Aug. 26—It is confident
ly asserted here that the shell crisis!
and general ammunition shortage in
llussfa is over and that supplies ^
10 FALL S
London, Aug. 26—That the long
druwu siege of the Dardanelles is
wearing an end and Uiat the passage
will le forced before the end of
September is the prediction made '
by military and nayal experts who j
are presumed to be in close touch
with the situation there.
TY.VYVA WOMAN MEETS
DEATH 15V DKOYYNINCi
J. S. McCann of the steamer |
Taiiuua, w hich arrived iu port Aug. j
1st brought word of the douth by
drowning of Mrs. Williams at Tau- .
ana, c-ue week before, says the Fair- j
banks Citizen. The husband of the ,
woman also came near losing bis !
life. ~ j
The couple were on the Yukon j
river in front of Tanana in a sail
bout. They -went around the point
or a large island, which lies in
the Yukon directly in front of
town, .->.ud were lost to the sight of
the villagers who had been watch
ing them navigate their quaint craft.
The s'-Ory told by the husband
of'what occurred from that time on,
was somewhat incoherent, according
to what Capt. McCann heard at
Tanana, the man haying been
picked up in an almost insane con
dition He was taken to town,
where he stated that his wife had
are now going forward steadily and
in sufficient Quantity to suable
Grand Duke Nicholas to soon check
the German invasion and begin to
retake the ground recently lost.
drowned when the boat upset. [
According to the story told by
the husband, the couple had used
sand with which to ballast their
craft. When they reached the
side of the island furthest away
from the town, a heavy gust of
wind came along and turned the
boat completely over, its occupants |
being thrown into the water. The
wgniau could not swim, but she
was seized by her husband, who
swam back to the overturned
boat with her and told her to
hang onto it while he towod it
ashore.
lie then passed the line from
the boat about his body aud at
tempted to swim ashore. He was
successful to some extent in pull
ing the boat along but the mast (
which was pointed downward, final- i
ly hit bottom, with the result that
the man was forced to cease his j
efforts to tow the boat in that man
ner He then started back to the j
assistance of his wife, but before j
he reached the boat she let go her j
hold and sank. After she had
come up the second time the'
husband managed to get hold of !
bis wife, but she was so far gone |
that she did not realize what she j
was doing aud was of no assistance
whatever, so the man had to give j
up trying to save her.
As soon as the drowning was
reported a number of thg citizens
rf Tanana organized a search for
the body, but it was prosecuted
without reeult. However, just be
fore he left Tanana, Opt. Mc
Cann heard that the body of the
woman was found at Loude, 180
miler from the scene of the tragedy.
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BO-GERMAN ARMY GAINING
STEADILY IN RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
Berlin, Aug. 26—That the im
portant fortified town of Brest
Litovsk has been, caotured was
officially announced by the "war of
fice today. The Russians were
hemmed in on three sides and
fought valiantly to the last, but
finally succumbed to the attack of
the heavy siege guns.
The Gorman officers in the field
have sent word that the capture of
AWAIT REPLY
. FROM ill
Washington, Aug. 26—The state
department is awaiting a reply from
the newly organized Haitian gov
ernment regarding the proposals
made for a protectorate and Ameri
can assistance and control in
handling the financial problems
of the island.
PICTURES TAKEN
OF A. B, HALL
Some excellent pictures of the
home of Skagway Camp No. 1 of
the Arctic Brotherhood have been
taken by Chircosta & Witt, the pho
tographers. There are two views
of the Interior of the hall and one
of the front of the building, and
all three are beautifully and ar
tistically finished and well mount
ed.
The pictures are on display at
their gallery and at Keller (Bros.
3ruir store.
HIE LOCAL
Ralph H. Hall, associate city
flitcr of the Seattle Post-Iutelli
jencer, is a round-trip passenger on
flie Jefferson. This Is his first
rtsit to Alaska and he was delight
3d with the entire trip through the
Inlaud Passage. Mr. Hall paid the
Dai!/ Alaskan a very pleasant fra
ternal call while in Skagway.
The Jeffrson came In at 1
o'clock this afternoon, haying on '
board 23 round-trip passengers and
several excursionists and other
people for Skagway. She sailed
for Sitka at 4 p. m., but will re
turn to Skagway tomorrow after
noon in order to accomodate about
Bielostok on the railroad to Petro
grad is only a matter of a few i
hours.
Loudon, Aug. 26—The Teutonic
invaders in Russia are apparently
about to gain control of the whole
triangular railroad system operating
between Biolostok, Grodno and Os
sowetz.
It is admitted that the Russians
have evacuated Bielostok but they
still retain their hold on Grodno.
500 LOSI IN
TEXAS 5101
Houston, Texas, Aug. 26—A re-|
count of the fatalities resulting j
from the recent wind and rain
storms and floods in this state
shows a total of 500 persons dead
or unaccounted for.
The value of property destroyed
runs into many millions of dollars.
Seattle, Aug. 25—With a cargo
o winter groceries and supplies
for Uncle Sam's islands in the Aleu
tian group, the collier Saturn will
Bail for Uualaska and the Pribiloff
islands tonight.
The cargo consists of foodstuffs,
sheep, chickens, pigs and goats,
and GOO tons of coal. The cargo
■will be distributed by the Bureau of
Fisheries. Captain I. B. Smith is
<n command of the Saturn.
Brussels, Aug. 26—The Belgians
are beius required to work for the
Germans lii ammunition factories,
fields and mines in producing sup
plies for the army, and anyone re
fusing to do the jvork assigned to
him is severely punished.
30 outgoing people who will arrive
here from the interior on tomor
row's train.
The Spokane got away for the
south via Sitka at 12 o'clock l<ist
night. She had 3S outgoing passen
gers from Skagway in addition to
the 63 excursionists who are mak
ing the round trip between here
and Seattle.
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P. H. GANTY
1HE KAISER NEVER MEANT TO
SINK THE STEAMER ARABIC
Berlin, Aug. 26—It Is officially
announced that the Kaiser will re
pudiate the action ol the command
er of the German submarine in
sinking the 'White Star liner Arabic
as having been in violation of his
orders aud contrary to the policy
adopted by the German naval de
partment governing the conducting
of submarine warfare.
ROOSEVELT MO TIFF
span ON WAR POLICY
Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. 26—1
Former President Theodore Roose
velt, in an address to a citizen isol- j
diers' gathering here today de
nounced the administration's policy
o* watchful waiting as being most
pitiably and childishly weak, while
men, women and children are being
murdered on the high seas, and
appealing in vain to the stars and
stripes for the protection to which
they are entitled.
San Francisco, Aug. 26—Former^
POPE HAS IB
TAKE I REST
Rome, Aug. 26—On account of ^
fatigue aud nervous exhaustion, the
Pope has abandoned all audiences,
and on the advice of his physicians i
is taking a period of absolute rest.
FARMERS ENJOr
Fairbanks Times: Never in the
experience of Fairbanks farmers
have they had better success than
this summer, according to J. J
Uickert, who owns a ranch of somej
size. The weather has been better i
this season for growing crops
than ever before in his experience,
and his total yield, of all agrciul
President Tatt, speaking here last
night advocated that the United
States Bhould Join an alliance with
such foreign power* as our best In
terests dictate, despite the policy
established by George Washington
and ever since adhered to of
avoiding entangling alliances.
Washington, Aug. 26—General
Leonard Wood has asked the war
department to explain why it
invited Theodore Roosevelt to
speak before gatherings of soldiers
tural products will be greater than,
tvet. v
During the early part of the Bum
mer there was a drought which
made it look doubtful for the
crops for a while, but then J*ln
came, and all summer long, the
ground has be«n kept in fairly good
Bhane by the periodical rains. In
addition to this, the weather has
bet® mild and the nights warm mak
lng it ideal for crous to grow.
Like other farmers, Mr. Rickert
found that his grain did not grow
as high this year as In former
summers, but the yield per acre is
fully as good as ever.
All farmers report a good pota
to croo and they will be prepared
in the future to furnish all the
spuds wanted in the interior. Last
year some of the farmers were
compelled to throw away some of
their potatoes, owing to the fact
that many outside potatoes were
brought in.
One prominent grocer said yfiBtar
dav that the Bpuds which he
brought from the States last sum
mer were not as good ae those
grown right in the Tanana valley,
and for that reason he is going to
cut down the importation this y®ar
and try to educate everybody to
eat home grown products.
' (Continued on page 4.)
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