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SKAWWAV, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
REQUEST FOR ARMISTICE REFUSED
England Now Has German Fleet Bottled^ Up In North Sea
German Commander Asks For
24 Hours Cessation From
Fighting In Which To Care
For Wounded And To Bury
The Dead---Request Is Re
fused-125,000 Germans En
gaged In Battle At Liege
Ilr:km'Is, Aiisjiixt "—li was »iv
• n out lino this morning tliat the
(•(miiiiiu commander had asked for
:in nriiiifiicc <if twenty-four h iurs in
which tt> iare for the wounded anil
bury tho dead, uml the
li ss t f J.-..000 IMOtl.
The liclgian iri»>|>s have safely
resisted the seizure of Liege by the
t. ituans.
Nt« "i nrk. August 7—The dread
n night iloritla i- now here jiuard
h'g the harbor.
Tokio. Aukiui 7—\ combine I
Hiiii-li iiml Kmirli natal attack i*
inimii ntarily e\|< Cod by the tier
ittnn-. 4.n ihe I'iiina toast.
I- ii'lon. Ailjnisl, 7—It is report
ed l:t rr tn<lay that the Oi niaii
cum; i-inee had lieen seriously in
•imiI . tl.i attack of an unknown
a-sii.-sjn.
i'-ul ( li. ifhili denies that there
ha> l.i , n :■ genera] naval engage
■iitrutoin tlu North Sea lirtwitn the
) It 11 i-li and in nnaii fleets. Head
mils however, that the (iernuui
fleet has I ci ii driven toward Hol
land. and also that the Uritish
i ruis< • \i:.|ihii n hits been sunk by
slrik.n^ a submarine mine, with a
los> of 1 ;lt» of the men on Iwiaiil.
The luuiks opened their doors
again this morning, but there wcio
110 lints on them.
Paris, August 7—The pnmier lias
n>ked the vviuneu of France to go
into the fields and gather the
crop* which are aow reauly for
harvesting, l»ut a gicat portion of
which will l>e loot unless some
neroic m ensures are adopted to save
■I.
The French invasion of Germany
j toiuir.enced today near Moycnvic.
t'upptnhagen, August 7—All the
| rcMTics of the Danish army have
h«'n railed out,
' Koine, August 7—The Aitslrlan
troops are reported today to 1h» in
lull retreat from Swuendria, Ser
v ia.
The government has ordered all
(•eniian warships to depart from the
jx>rts of Italy.
Manila, August 7—The British '
and (ierman fleets art? reported to
he engaged in a naval battle today
on the China coast.
Washington, August 8—Xo replic-3
have been received by President j
Wilson to his offer to act as j
mediators between the parties to
tlie Kuropeon conflict which is now
going on.
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New York, August S—Thousands
of CScrmnns are here clamoring to
secure passage o«i steamers for the
OUl Country.
Several German eiiiisci-s are t<>
j day rei»ortcd to lie hovering near
licre along the American orast.
Brussels, August S—'The armis
tice of —I hours asked for by <«er
| mans at Liege yesterday in which
to look afler tlicir wounded and
bury their dead lias been refused. I
According to the most authentic
reports that can he obtained there
were (iermaus engaged in
'ho attack on Liege.
IScrlin, August s—The first of '
tiie wounded began to arrive here
from the hutt'el'ldd on sjjecial
trains this morning.
l'aris, Aiiuusr s—l'hc (Jennans
were defeated today decisively at
Mammies by the French forces
and many prisoner*. taken by the
latter.
St. l'eteisbttrg, August —The forts
at l.iltau are tudoy oifering resist
ance to a Jjombardment hy tin- (Jct
tua n tleet.
Stockholm. August &—Vdviccs
received iteie are to the effect that
the Lritish have full tout roil of tho
Xorth Sea and that the tJe.iman
Meet is completely I. itied it11 ami
will he forced to br.rieitder or sai
tee annihilation
London, August ft—It is reported
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surprised j est t1*« 1.> \ , Belgians
while ri'i.ssing the ri\ • -e and
lorced to Mirrender.
Li 'idon, August K—Loid lican
ihauip, first commander of works,
has succeeded \ iscount Morley as
lord president of the eoitiK d, and
Walter Kunliumn has taken the
place of John Bums. who resign
ed as president ol' the local go\ em
inent iH'ard, be/aiise lie dni not
agrc<> in the war policy.
Mils. WlLSOVs. Fl-MUJAI.
ruonvitiA i;i: monoay
Washington, August T—The fun
eral of the I;-.1 e Mrs. Woodrow Wil
son, wife ol tha president, who
died on Thursday afternoon, will
probably not take place tintII .Mon
day and will be private.
Washington, August S—It was
definitely decided today by Presi
dent Wilson that the remains of j
his wife should be laid to rest in
tho cemetery at Rome, Georgia,
mid arrangements to that end are
already under way.
T.\e Ciiy ot" yeattl^ Is due to ar
rive in Skngway en Tuesday morn
ing.
STORY OF A HOLD-UP 19
OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH
TIm Dawson Dally News of July
"1st. published tho following story
of a big hoid-up on tho McCarthy
trial, which we know has absolute
ly. not not one word of truth in
it, unj how it could have originated
is a mystery. ,
Tho fact of tho matter is that
Barney; Taylor, who passed through
hero a few day3 ago enroute to
Alllii, was ono of the part> entrust
ed with the gold dust, ainouutiug to
$25,00^ and it was delivered at its
(iestinatic 1 without ir.isliap. Harney
laylor is a brother of Andy Taylor,
the man mentioned below:
"Major Moodie, commander of the
Uoyal Northwest Mounted Police In
Mio Yukon, has just received ad
vices from Constable Bow en, in
charge of the poet at Snag, on the
White river, .w.ying a report had
reached there that Andy Taylcr, A.
Hoiswangar and "Windy" Johnson
were held up and robbed of $60,
000 in gold from the Chisana. The
s'ory was brought to Snag by
mushcrs enroute from the Chisana. i
Tho hold-up is said to have occurr
ed on tho Chittistone river, on the
[rail from Chisana to McCarthy, and
the gold is reported to have belong
ed to Ives and company. The report
from Snag is dated July 27.
"Taylor is won known as me
sourdough packer and trail blazer of
(he White river country. He was
one of tlii- early stakers in the
Chlsai'.u cauip, and last year brought
io Dawson the first gold from that
L-aniji and the stories which started
i Me general stampede to ChUana.
"Beiswanger is another old-Umer
ia ti.e Whito river country.
"K. Sfliink, Dawson trader, who
irrivcd this week from Chieana.
Juys that the day before be left,
Pay lor and party were getting ready
to leave for McCarthy with a pack
train, and that is was reported they
were to take out $50,000 in gold.
Mr. Schink heard nothing later of
the reported hold-up, but said that
khen the outfit was preparing for
the trip, boys at the roadhouses had
fears of bad men being in the coun
try, and some had predicted that
some day t» hoil1-up would take
i>lace. .
"Charley Bush, Charley Drake,
Ray Haydon and Lyle Robinson, wh
returned to Dawson yesterday from
tlie Chisaua, report that tlioy heard
the story on the trail of tlie alleged
liold-up, but do not know that it
is true. Some of the party state
Ives was seen hastily leaving camp
with revolvers and a horse, *They
say the Cliisana is bo full of liars
and iknockers that there is no be
lieving any tale that comes out of
the vegii/n. The output of the
camp for its entire life, some of
llieni think w'll be about $500,000.
Discovery claim and several others
aro reported worked out Billy
James Is in the camp, but is not
getting a big lot of pay. It is said
he spent most of the $40,000 which
lie received last year in fighting
lawsuits over the ground.",
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French String Beans in glass 55c
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P. H. GANTY, GROCER
VISIT IXC! DIVINE IS
HAVING GOOD TIME
P.ev. Mr. Williams, pastor o£ tl.a
Methodist church at Elgin, Illinois,
is here on a visit to the Rev. L. H.
Pedersen and family. Yesterday
these two gentlemen, whose piety
In no way interferes with their
athletic capabilities, lu company with
the latter'?, son Ralph, went up to
Douver glacier on an outing and
had a most enjoyable trip, Mr.
Williams expressing highly gratified
surprise at the extreme beauty and
grandeur of the aeenery through
which they passed as well as of
the awe-inspiring and neve.'-to-be
forgotten panorama which anfolded
beforo their vision and spread out
in endless vista to the far distant
horizon.
This morning Mr. Williams and
Fred Pedersen, another son of the
Rev. L. II. and Mrs. Pedersen, went
(o Summit on the train with the
intention of returning on foot to
Slcagway this afternoon.
Mr. Williams during the past few
years has devoted much of his time
to the investigation at first hand of
tiie customs and traditions of the
different tribes of American In
dians, and is exceedingly well post
ed on this subject. His visit to
Alaska is for the purpose of study
ing the stories of aboriginal life as
told by the totem poles of the
r.orthland and when he hits finished
liere it will lie the end of his in-|
I'est'gatlons of the Nortti American I
iribc-s.
nil: iM>r<piiix i.v ska<;\vay
AT li Tins MOHMXtJ
The Dolphin got into port iit C
o'clock this morning. There were
nn board 23 round-trippers, th3"
following people Cor Slcagway and in
;ul(lition C2 tons of cargo: E. P.
Renaud and wife, Mrs. Geo. Hamil
ton and Mrs. O. Olsea.
She is bulloi'ned to sail south at
7 o'clock tonight
NOTICE
It is hardly like'y that any
European war news will come to
tile Daily Alaskan tomorrow (Sun
day) unless it is of the greatest
importance. If there is any receiv
ed, however, it will be bnlletinefl in
the front window of this office.
Tiie Humboldt is due at S o'clock
rliis evening.
CANADIAN YUKONERS
TENDEII THEIR SERVICED
Wheu tlio news of Great Brit
ain's declaration of war with. Ger
many was received in the Canadian
Yukon a ware of patriotism swept
over tho whole territory aad aen o£
all walks and conditions of 11 tq are
now offering their rforrlces to help
preserve the national honor and In
tegrity of the mother country.
To show to what an extent the
movement has already grown in
that sparsely settled region It Is
only necessary to call the attention
of our readers to the small force
of N. W. M. P. stationed at White
Ijorso where, out of a total of
twelve members, eleven of them,
including the officer in «ommaad<
have volunteered to go to th« front.
MRS. KATHERINE BARRY
HAS A SECOND ATTACK
Mrs. Katharine Barry, rwho has
been visiting for several mouths at
the homo of her daughter, Mrs
Pat Murray, In Whitehorse, was oa
Tuesday last overtaken by a secoad
stroke of paralysis, and Is now ly
ing there 'n a very critical condition.
It is about two months ago that
Mrs. Barry was firs'' stricken, and
un till Tuesday she had apparently
almost entirely recovered from Its
effbits. '
Eddy Barry, her son, who is an
engineer on the W. P. & Y. R-.
went over to Whitehorse as soon aa
he was notified of her Illness, aad
h still there in attendance upon
her. i 1 •! 1
PACIFIC (OAST WILL IB8UK
THROUGH TRANSPORTATION
When H. Brandt, general ag»ut
of the passenger department
cf the P. C. S. S. Co., waa
in Ska sway last weey, lie made ar
rangements for the Issuance by the
local office of through tickets to
any part of the United States or
Canada, over any ling of railway,
cither via Seattle, San Franciaca
os Los Angeles—the three gateway#
—at a uniform price.
Baggage wi.Vi also be checked
through to destination.
Tho Admiral Evans arrived from
the westward at 3 o'clock
afternoon and will sail south at 8
o'clock tonight The Admiral
Sampson will arrive sometime to
morrow afternoon.
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