Great Britain Declares War Against Germany
German Army Invades France
—French Capture Two Ger
man Cruisers on the Medi
terranean— General Mobili
zation Throughout Europe.
London, August 3—Great Brit
iti declared war upon Germany at
1 I o'clock last night The thous
•uis of people who were iu vaiting
<v .1 loudly when the declaration
Mar"al law has been proclaimed
:i tht British isles.
Ad'niral E'.lico has assume 1 com
1 !eto command of the home fleets.
English mine laying ships have
t-een seized by German warships in
i he N'orth sea.
Berlin, Augus. 3—The German
: u; is reported today to have in
vaded France at Cirev. It is also
'o 'fd that two German cruise-s
L i • *eeu captu-ed by the Frouch o
Rr.;ssels, August a— It '.s re
'"ru i:i.it German *'orces have been
>u u at both Leige and Xamur.
V ■ .'uvor, B. C., August 4—This
1 ort •'w be.-n ordered closed to all
I ut purely coastwise Hues. Only
American a ad Japanese vessels will
bo permitted to operate.
Can:i ii.uis everywhere are eagerly
prov! iming their readiness to help
i he no', her country should their
a. sistauco become necpssary.
Loudon, August 4—A proclama
':ion mobilizing ttie British array has
been issued by the King.
The people cheered and the na
tional :-.nthem was sung by the im
' men so crowds which have been pa
tiently awaiting the outcome,
when it bewuue known that Gre.it I
Britain had seut an ultimatum to j
Germany, demanding a reply by j
midnight upon the aubject of Bel
gium's noutrallty.
It is understood here that Ger- j
many has declred war with Belgium.
Berlin, August 4—The Kaiser in [
a speech here today, in which he |
addressed the world, declare 1 that
France and Rupsia u ero thj ones j
who were responsible for the war.
The Kaiser said he was williug '
to send all Americans home pro-1
tided their government would sup
ply steamers for transportation.
Washington, August 4—Presi
dent Wilson today signed a proclam
ation declaring American neutrality
with all European nations.
CaTying from $6,000,000 to $8,
000,000 for the relief of Americans
abroad, the United States cruise"
Tennessee will leave lor Europe to
morrow.
The German embassy has served
■ notice on the state department that
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?HONE 41 s SKaGWAY
a stat* of war exists between Ger
many and France-.
Rome, August -1—The niobiliza- I
tion of tho Italian army is now
completed.
Anthens, August 4—The Turkish
feoveranient has ordered the mobii- I
izatiou of the army and navy.
St. Petersburg, August 4 —The
Czar blames Emperor William of
Germany for tile war.
Paris, August »—It is re>>o*tod i
hero that (ho Cerw :is h:iv.» vio
lated the neutrally ..f Switzerland.
Vienna, August 3 The \ustria:ii
wore today repulsed at Nisi with
hen/y loss.
It is .reported lli.it the Servians
have cut all the lines of communl
cation [ rior to a march upo i ISns- ,
liia.
St. Petersburg, A";just 5- \
located near I.ibau by Russian tor
pedo boats. They li:'\o e Irtish
Ci1 contact with tho t".;omy along
the greater part of the Russo-Ger
nian frontier in northwesfc:-n Prus
sia.
SPOKANE AltlUVHD 5:15 A. M.
SAILED AT ;I THIS VITKUNOON
The Spokane came in at 5:IS this
morning with a big i/ond m ex
cursionists, the following i>. S3 :..ner?i
for SIcagway and 104 ions ot
freight: Harriet Smith, Edward F.i
hey, Mrs. A. Eisenmenger wul W. :
M. Clavpool.
The TesseJ sailed for the south
via Sitka, at 3 i». m. with the fol-1
lowing people from the interior: H.
H. Heater and wire, Mrs S.
Peterson, Albert H. Day sun1 wife.
Andrew M. Lawson anc' 0. A. Gor- j
don.
BI LL MOOSE l'Al'TV
TWO YEAUS Ol.D TODAY |
Chicago, Aug G—Two yen rs ago i
today the Hull .Moose progressive:
party was born here. Telegrams of>
rongri'tulation on the growth of |
the baby party were sent by |
local leaders today io the "baby's
father," Col Theodore Roosevelt, j
Illinois progressives pi;.nnod inform
al meetings tonight in celebration
of the anniversary of their split
with the republicans.
DANCE TONKJHT
Doii't forget the dance at tlie W.
P. A. t;!ub tonight. It will be a
pleasn.t way of passing a few
hours.
NEW AGENT FOR
ADMIRAL LINE
Geo. Banbury, who is to fill tl»e
position ns Skagway agent Tor the
Pacific Alaskan Navigation .Co., ar
rived 011 the S. S. Northwestern
; estevday from Juneau. Mr. Banbury
:..is been statioued at Knik anchor
age, Cooks Inlet, for some time,
where the steamship Bertha has
been docked, and used as a re- j
eelvki;* ship. He has been with the j
"Admiral Line" for some time past, J
.lid v Ml bring his wife to Skagway
iroui .Seattle in a short tLnie.
Palmer Kennedy of Seattle, who
'ias aeni the Skagway reprwenta
hve cf the Admiral Line siuce its
pstabl'shment here, will loave for
tlio south on the Admiral Evans,
when that vessel arrives here from
ihe westward on August 8th.
The quarters of the Admlr.nl Line
are iu the ticket office of the W.
1'. & V. R. company at present, but
workmen are engaged in renovating
r.nd ("ting up the building which
\v:is recently leased by Mr. Ken
nedy, just north of the Pacific Coast
S. S. Co office on Broadway, near
Second, and it is thought it will be
icady for occupancy by the 15th.
The Admiral Dewey, in command
of Cant. A. C. Storr, and the Admir
al Schley, in command of Capt.
John Griffiths, both of which ves
sels bavo been lying in New York
harbor for several months, have
been ordered to load for the Pac
ific coast and to prepare for an
early trip through tho Panama can
al through which they will be
among the first vessels to puss.
Upon arrival in San Francisco,
Capt. =;torr will turn the conunan
of the Admiral Dawey over to Capt.
Smith, who is now in command of
i he Admiral Watson.
i:\-MKMCKR U. S. DIPLOMATIC
SERVICE IN" SKAGWAY
Laurits Selmer Swensoa and
daughter Viola, of Minneapolis ar
rived on the Spokane this morning
ou a round-trip tour of Southeast
ern Alaska.
From 1S97 till 1905 Mr. Swenson
was envoy extraordinary and minis
ter ^lenipoteniary to Denmark; ap
pointed envoy extraordinary and
m'^is'er plenipoteniary to Switzer
land in 1909 and to Norway in
1911; member of board of regents
of University of Minnesota from
1S95 to 1S97; delegate to republi
can national convention In 1896;
vice-president Union State bank,
president of the Wiprud Land and
Colonization Co., and the Minneapo
lis Marconi Co.
HAINES MAN LEAVES ON
A PROSPECTING TRIP
Haines, Aug 4—Dick Lahey left
town today on a irospecting trip
across the canal. Ho expects to be
gone pbout ten days.
Now Goods Just Received
Libby's Green Olives, per jar . . . . . 65c
Libby's C'liow Chow, j.irs in'two sizes, 20c and 35c
Lnbb.v's Prepared Mustard, per jar .... 15c
Quaker Breakfast Biscuit, per package . . 15c
French String Beans in glass 55c
Also a complete line of Crosse &
Blackwell and H. J. Heinz Com*
pauy's goods at popular prices
Complete Line of Perishables
P. K. GANTY, GROCER
OHM) WILL VOTE OX
SUFFRAGE NEXT FALL,
•Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 5—That the
voters of Ohio will bo given the'op
portunity to vote on a woman suf
frage amendment at the general el
ections on November 3, was made
certain when petitions with mors
than 200,000 names were on tils
with the secretary of state, asking
for die submission of a proposed
constitutional amendment to that
effect to voters of the common
wealth. The preliminary step in the
Buffrage campaign comes as the
result: of hard campaigning by an
organization us complete as any ever
seen in Ohio. In every country and
township throughout the stale, suf
frage workers, with petitions, have
covered literally every inch of
ground in an effort >o procure sig
natures and swing voters to their
••ide.
With the filing of 'he petitions,
came stories of how signatures in
many cases wore socured from many
who hitherto opposed votes for
women. Names were written down
in fence corners, on plows handles,
:>r oil street cars. One women told
3f climbing a roof t.o get the signa
ture of two workmen. Another
shoveled grain to convince a farmer
lhat woman is capable of man's
ivorla She got the cove'ed signa
Lure.
"We aro going to succeed this
time," is the words ps-^ed out to
day by Mrs. Harriet Upton Tyler,
president of the Ohio suffrage or
ganization. "Two years ago we
hoped to win, but we wore scatter
ed and disorganized, but that gave
us our lesson. Next November 3,
0] 'o will be known as the second
state east of the Mississippi to
f've its women the franchise that
is their right."
MRS. RAG AX OF HAINES
RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS
Haines, August 4—Mrs. Steve
Ragan, who was taken sick while
her husband was in attendance on
court in Juneau as a witness in the
Tim Vfgel license case last week,
was 'akeu to tho Mission hospital
on Sunday, where SI13 is reported
to be slowly improving.
At a late hour yesterday after
noon the Democratic territorial con
vention adopted the platform bm
prepared by the committee, aiter
which a recess was taken until 8 p.
m.
At S o'clock the delegates enter
ed into a caucus which lasted un
til 10 o'clock p. m., and was tiien
postnoned until this morning, when
it was again gone into and haa con
tinued up to the time of our going
to press.
INDIAN'S HELP CELEBRATE
BIG RUN ANNIVERSARY
Lawton, Okla., Aug 6—With a
parade over a mile lu length, a
large proportion of it being made
M> of the best t*i»s of plains In
dians iu the dress of their fathers,
the people of Lawton today opened
their three-day celebration of the
thirteenth anniversary of the ^lg
Hun. The celebration will continue
till August 7. All of the prominent
state officials have promised to
visit Lawton at some time during
the celebration. Many were sched
uled to deliver addresses.
On August 6, 1911, the Com
i:ianch?>, Kiowa and Apache reserva
t ons were thrown open to settler».
Drawings were held in El Reno and
at Port. Sill, and the winners pour
ed pell mell into what jvaa one of
'lie richest pieces of territory ever
distributed by the government to
:iome rtekers. In a single night
Lawton grew from a mere cluster
of hon es into a town of 7,000 In
habitants. The town site had been
sold by the government for $514.
71 and this morey had been spent
by Uncle Sam in laying out and
building streets, sewers and a water
system. Today Lawton has a popu
lation of 10,000 people, has seven
miles of asphalted street®, a ?120,
000 high,' and is a modern city In
every respect. ^ .J..*
THE BOATS
The Cordova got in from the
south at 9:30 this morning and is
loading 2700 tons o: copper ore
I :it tlu« Skagway bunkers.
The Alameda is due here from
| the westward at an early hour thlfl
evening. '
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