Germans Are Overrunning Northern Part of Belgium
Japan's Ultimatum to Germany Expires
at Seven O'Clock Tonight—Canadian
Government Votes Fifty Million Dol
lars for War—French Troops Retire
from Lorraine.
London, August l£2—Dispatches
irom Antwerp today stale that tlie
(Imiiim armies are nu>\ overrun
ning Northern Itelgium mid are Ih«
iieved to be in striking distance of
(Mend, a city of about 40,IM»0 in
habitant* on the northwestern bor
ders of West Flanders.
Fifty thousand Geriimu troo|>s
have inarched from Itrusseis to j
(•hent and the (iernian cavalry i>a
irols now reach to Kmchlin, four
teen miles southeast of Antwerp.
>tl'smA\S <l'Cl ESSFI LLY
MAINTAIN 1 X<J DEFEXSI\ K
St. PetmMiutg, August ——Ac- J
cording to late official advice* re
• reived here the lJussian forces
along the entire Austnk-tierman |
frontier are successfully maintain
ing the defensive.
ITALY WILL MOBILIZE HKK f
AHMY IN A FEW DAYS
Paris.. August ^3—It is given
out here that a general mobilization
of the Italian army has been ordered
anil tliat a proclamation to that
t fleet will be issued in a few daj
JAPAN'S I'L I lMATl'M EXPIRES
AT 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
Seattle, August --—Japan's ul
timatum iu Germany iii ifjjard to
ihe evacuation «>(* the Kiau Cliau
forts evpires at. 7 o'clock this eveniiu,
tivivst time. It is almost certain
that Japan's demand will bo refus
t-tl ami that war will be declared
Iwtwetn the two countries.
THE KRENCU TROOPS A HE
RETIRING FROM LORRAINE
Paris, August --—Official con
firmation of the news tiuu the
French forces are retiring from Lor
raine, having abandoned hope of
flanking the Kaiser's army of tl«o
Moselle, lias just been mado known
!>ere.
GERMANS DEMANDING BIG
HELG1 \\ WAlt INDEMNITY
London. August —Advices re
vived here from Antwerp state
ihe German-i are reported to have
lumandcd a S40,000,000 war indem
nity from llrussels and $10,0t)(MM>o
from Niunur. lloth demands have
t>een refused and the Gemans have •
low commenced a heavy attack u)>
>11 Namur, but with little chance tor
its capture.
\\ IKK LESS STATIONS IX
WEST ORDERED CLOSED
Seattle, Wash., August £1—Or- |
• lcr> have b"*eu rwrivwl here from I
Washington. I), C., by government >
official* to at once close all ania- j
leur jls well as all private ivireltw
station* in AU>ka. Washington. Ida
ho. Wyoming anil Oregon.
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT VOTES
FIFTY MILLIONS FOR WAR
Ottawa, August —The t'anailia
parliament, which is now convened
in s|teeuil session, today voted an ap
propriation of $.50,000,000 for war
purples.
IA1WNESE AMBASSADOR HAH
LEFT THK GERMAN CAPITA I,
Washington, August --—A1- I
hough the censorship over news ;
natter from the European war zone
s becoming stricter ever) hour word
vas reached here that the Ja|wnese |
■barge d'affaires at Berlin has left 1
hat city, and is now enroiito home, j
SHAMROCK iS HOUSED
FOR THE WINTER MONTHS
New York, August 22—The cup
lefender Shamrock is to be housed
or the winter at Brooklyn.
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THE
BEST SEASON THAT
ATI.IN HAS KVEK KNOWN
I James McClosky, of Juneau, who
. has extremely valuable placer pro
; perty on Spruce creek, in the Atlin
milling district, is stopping at the
Golden North hotel with his wife
and two boys, waiting for the ar
rival of the Georgia tomorrow after
noon to proceed on their way home.
Mr. McClosky went into Atlln last
April over tht» ice and has been
there ever since working a large
gang of men and producing more
gold for the time thus spent than
during any previous year, although
his claims have always paid well.
When seen by an Alaskan rep
resentative Mr. McClosky said that
the entire district hud had tlie
most prosperous season it had ever
known, due in a great measure to
the harmony that now exists among
the miners and prospectors and the
liberal and fair minded policy of
the gold commissioner, who is do
ing all in his power to forward the
interests of Northern British Coir
umbia.
Of the various creeks Mr, Mc
Closky says:
"The ltu.by Creek Gold Mining
Co., uuder the man igeuient of Mr.
Daulion, is taking out more money
than ever, one ciean-up alone
amounting to S4»,ihmi. The water,
however, is getting low on the up
per creek, retarding the work to
a. great extent.
"On Birch crv k, Pierce is doing
well, while Xe.'tuu, v. iio is on the
creek above hiirt, is not meeting
with much success.
"Boulder creek, while ii 11:13 naci ,
1 black e: c (r r several years, is ,
nevertheless now turning out good, ,
Jnd Jack Black, who took out the
first pay on it, is again coming into
liis own.
"On Otter the French Syn- ,
;licate, of u .;i• > 1 Mr. Maltiin is the
manager, h;:g been workinir a
iood sized crew in devel'yment
mostly. The ground bci deep not
much gold hi«s be«n tnken out ,
is yet.
".Mr. Moron of Seattle, who is on (
3lter above the French Co., is j
working a sm: 11 crcv and has done ,
ivell.
"The J. M. Ituffner Co.'s immense
.
Pine, is dolnij as well as usual. ,
"On Rose creek, at the head of j
Spruce creek, two men, one of (
hem being a Skagway man by the (
lame of Achison, have* made a (
strike and are in a fair way of j
aking out considerable money as I (
.heir ground is shallow, from one |.
mi a half to seven . ieet to bed- h
•ock, and very easily worked.
"Matthews, who is working on ,
lie same en < 1:, has had bad luck ,
)Ut is doing fairly well.
"Below, 011 the same creek, Har- ]
ry Morse has closed down and is
irlving a tunnel in order to strike
Ihe pay stre>k. He has only had
small returns for his season's work.
"The McCIosky claims 011 Spruce
liave done extremely well, 4 2 men
having been employed all summer
ind a few will be kept at work all
iri liter.
"O'Donnell liver is a guess yet,
but in my opinion it. will prove a
sure winner. Wherever low bed
rock is struck good pay is found,
but on the high bedrock the gravel
is barren. The Ruffner company
had to close down on account of
too much water but they now have
a new hydraulic lift which promises
to be a groat success.
"McKee creek is better than
ever, Davies having had several
clean-ups the last one amounting to
$15,000.
"There were several new creeks
struch last sason which give
promise of turning out well, among
them being Burdette and Feather,
and the miners are finding good
prospects on creeks that have here
tofore been passd up or abandoned
as worthless.
"The Atlin district, although it
has been a good camp ever since
its discovery in 1898, is just be
ginning to attract the attention it
Is entitled to. Before many years,
however, it will be among the big
sold producers of the world from
both placer and quartz."
ASK EMPLOYERS TO AID
IN SHAPING NEW SYSTEM
Seattle, Aug. 22—Personal in
quiry Is to be prosecuted among em
ployers In the typical industries of
he state by the state vocational
:ommissioii to obtain the data on
ivhich a system of vocational educa
ion will be constructed. This in
luiry, according to Dr. Herbert G.
uull, professor of education in the
University of Washington and chair
nan ofthe commission, will be made
is booh aa me euivcy now m
:esa in different counties of the
itate is completed. The principal
>bject of the supplementary inveati
jation Is to learn what the employ
ers expect from the workers in the
vay of training for the employment
hey offer and what opportunities the
everal Industries offer the worker
or advancement.
This inquiry is to be conducted in
ormallv, by members of the com
nission and those whom they ask to
issist them, in visits to the offices
ind plants of the typical employ
es tha state over. Dr. Lull says
ie is confident the employers will
espond readily to the questions the
nvestigators have In mind.
The line of investigation will
•pen fitst the subject 01 skill or
stchnkal knowledge required in a
(articular industry. Can skill be
>btained in whole or in part under
oudtiions of regular employment?
?an technical knowledge required
>e so obtained? Then the oppor
unity offered by a given industry
vill be examined. What are the re
ative tnmbers of persons; employed
n the upper and lower stages of
he industry? Average wages,
>ropor*.ion of new employes taken
'acli year, whether the occupation
s intermittent or steady, in what
vays the industry is recruited, what
lifficulty is experienced in obtain
ng efficient workers, what dlf
'iculty there is in obtaining effic
ent foremen, and how firemen are
>btained. whether by promotion or
-jy direct employment; these and
similar questions will be asked.
The commission -will look into
:he average wages paid beginners,
ipprenticeship, shop schools, and
>ther means by which workers may
Jbtaln training. The qualities de
JUST RECEIVED
araimls <k Cuxe
Something entirely new; the most
delicious candy we have
ever shown
45= per pound
Coming on the S. S. Alameda, a complete line of
Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Etc.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
mantled of a worker will be listed,
and, also, the conditions under
which the work is performed.
Direct assistauc in the matter of
outlining a system of vocational edix
cation will be sought from the em- j
ployers in the form of opinions on I
just what kind of training is most j
necessary for efficiency, how valu
able general school training is,
whether a complete high school
training is of advantage, and what
form vocational training should tak<j
to be more effective with reference
to any particular industr .
WITHDRAWS KNDOKSKMK.Vr ■
OF HIXMAX FOK (JOVERXOR ;
Oyster Bay, August 22—Colonel I
Theodore Roosevelt today withdrew j
his endorsement of Senator Hiiiman,,
the republican nominee for governor
of New York state, and pledged
himself to support the full progres
sive ticket at the approaching el
ection.
Last Tuesday afternoon the Wo- I
man's Church Auxiliary of Skag-1
way were delightfully entertained |
und Instructed by the presence of i
Miss Sabine and Mrs. Evans, dea
conesses of the Episcopal church, |
serving as missionaries; on the I
Lower Yukon river, who described j
llieir work, and the progress in so i
many things and ways of the na- ]
tives under their care the past
twenty years at Anvik.
POPULAR PICTURE PALACK
RE-OPEN TOMORROW MOOT j
The Popular Picture Palace, whi ti
ias been closed for several days I
n order to have raised seats install
?d, Is again ready to throw its doors j
Jpen to the public with greatly im- I
iroved lacilitif-' lor nn unobstructed
riow by 'life audicnco, no matter i
:iow crowded the room, nor in what |
,)art of it one may happen to be
leated.
The re-opening will be tomorrow
(Sunday) nWht, and there will be I
five reels cf films o£ exceptional
merit presented to the patrons, so
f you wish to see something good |
n the moving: picture line, don't
liiss the exhibition tomorrow night.
PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENS IV
SKACWAV NEXT MONDAY
The principal of the Skagwav !
public school and the intermediate j
:eacher having already reached here,
ind the other two teachers being!
looked for on the boat tomorrow, the
jnsuing term vill open at 9 o'clock .
in Monday morning.
the boats
The City of Seattle will be In at
7 o'clock tomorrow morning with
quite a good list of excursionists,
12 people for Skagway and 100 tons
of freight, she will sail south,
via Sitka, at 2 or 3 in the afternoon.
This is her last excursion voyage
of the season.
The Northwestern will be in
late Sunday night on her way to the
westward, and the Alameda will be
iu Monday southbound.
The Princess Sophia got away at
9:30 last night. On the way down
?he will visit the Taku glacier.
PERSONAL
E. P. McNichol, who has been la
the employ <,t Taylor, Drury, Ped
lar Co. at Whitehorse, as book-keep
er, returned to Skagway Friday.
PURITY OF THE AIR.
4n EnglioH Sciontiat Attack* Our
Theories of Ventilation.
Crowther, the English scientist, at
Lacks one at the moat cherished of oar
ttvglenic notions with a logic that eooa
|h>U respcctful attention. His contea
ii is that efficient ventilation does
.. <i depend upon the chemical purity
the air. The attempt should be to
secure motion, coolness and dryness
rather than to displace one body of
air by another.
lie denies that there is a toxic or
ganic substance in the atmosphere as
the result of human exhalations and
challenges those who disagree with
lim to their proofs, as the existence of
uich poisons has never been scientif
ically demonstrated.
The lungs, according to him, are
jever filled with air some of which
ins not been exhaled. Inhalation f^
ows so closely upon exhalation In
mrmal breathing that a portion of the
iir that has Just left the lungs la ln
rcyiably drawn back Into them.
Exhaustive experiments show that
Lhe amount of uir thus returned U
rom l to 2 per cent In persons remain
ing quietly indoors. It Is from 4 to
:0 per cent in those asleep In bed.
There are certain sections of the re
ipirator.v apparatus, moreover, the
lose and the larger bronchi, la which
■xhaled air always lingers. It thus
ippears that the air iu the lungs is al
vays heavily contaminated with their
>wn excreting gases, even in outdoor
ife, and the dead spaccs make It cer
nln that tills contamination will not
lecrease.
It is not worth while, so the doctor
irgues, to pay much attention to the
smnli amount of carbon dioxide in the
itniosphere, therefore, and if the air Is
cept in niotion and not permitted to be
come too moist or warm the necessary
»nds of ventilation will be subserred.
-Cincinnati rmynerc'il Tribune.
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