THE PRESIDENT TAKES HOPEFUL
VIEW OE MEXICAN SITUATION
Washington, "D. C., August 13—
President Wilson, who arrived in
this city- from Cornish, New Hamp
shire. last night, said this morning
that he took a hopeful view of the
Mexican situation and believed that
no further action than that already
taken will be needed to restore or
der on the international border.
General Villa ha« informed the
state department 'that he is ■will
lug to agree to a three months
truce with General Carranza.
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Christiana, August 13—Captain,
William Kennedy and eighty six
of the crew of the British auxili
ary cruiser India, which was tor
pedoed and Sunk o£f the Swedish
toast on Wednesday by a German
eiibojarine, arrived 'here today. The
survivors were in lifeboats and
singiii" "Tipperarv," when rescued.
IN IDE lOfiTH
The European war has been the
cause c' the opening up 'and de
velopment of an industry in At
iin, 1$. c., that promises to become
of great importance to this north
ern country both from the number
of meu whom it will employ and to
the companies that will transport
tie raw material to market on the
outside.
Magnetite, or silicate of magne
sia, is a mineral that is used in
lar»e quantities in the manufacture
cf porcelain, fire brick, etc. The
most' extensive known deposit is
in Hungary, which is now shut off
from general use by manufacturers
outside that country. The next
largest deposit is in the Atlin'coun
fr* au 1 Armstrong & Morrison of
Vancouver, B. C., are now opening j
it us and shioping out the product,!
which •» valued at about twelve
dollars per ton laid down in the
Pug« Sound cities. '
Th9 Princess Alice when she
left Skagvay on th 5th of this
mouth had on board 60 tons of
the mineral 'and the Princess So
phia last night took out 123 tons.
THE PRINCESS -
IS A SUICIDE
Amsterdam, August 13 — News
■was received here today of the
death of Princess Sophia of Saxe
Weimar, who It 'is reported com
mitted suicide when her father re
fused ' his consent to her marriago
with the man whom she loved.
Hospital Steward R. A Wood of
the United States army, who had
been stationed at NaJato, Alaska,
for the past two years, arrived in
Skagway Wednesday afternoon on
his way outside, and was & passen
ger south on the Princess Sophia
last night.'
Mr. Wood is well known to peo-!
pie who wore la Skagway • from
1902 to 1904, for during those years
the hospital corps to -whioh he was
attached occupied the cottage on
Seventh and Broadway, owned' then
and now by ' Phil Snyder. Capt.
Summerhail was commanding of
ficer of 'the United States
troops stationed in Skagway
at that time, having succeeded Capt.
Hovey in May, 1902.
After leaving Skagway Mr. Wood
wont to Honolulu for four years;
from there to St. Michael, Alaska,
for two years; from there to Sav
annah, Ga., -for two years, and
from there to Nulato, Alaska, tor
two years.
Hcspital Steward Wood was Arc
tic Chief of the Nome Camp of the
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Amsterdam,'August 13—The Gor
man army, orders Issued today road:
"Our work is '^radically; finished
In the Bast and we are about to
fain the West. Peace is certain by
October."
Baron VQii Blelchroeder was
killed in the battle of wareay.
Berlin, August 13 — The federal
council today asked for a credit 'of
two and a half billion* oi moaey.
HOIS 10 TAKE PROMINENT PART
IN 49IH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
By Isabel Worrel Ball, i>ast na
tional vice-president of the Wo
man's Relief Corps.
Washington, D. C.. Aug 13 —
Women will tiike a oroininent part
in the 49tli annual encampment of
the G-raud Army of the Republic,
which will be held in Washington
September 27th to October 2d.
Four organizations of women al
lied w'th the Grand Army of the Re
public will participate in "the en
campment. These are the Woman's
Corps, the Auxiliary to'the Sons of
Veterans, the Ladies of the G. At R.,
and the Daughters of Veterans.
Many thousands of members of the
four organizations will be in Wash
ington during the encampment and
the erand review, jvhich is to re
produce, as far as possible, the
review of union troops in Washing
ton by President Johnson and Gen
eral Grant *ifty years ago at the
close cf the civil war. ■
Of the organizations of women
connected with the Grand Army the
largest and most important is the
Woman's Relief Corps.
The Woman's Relief Corfcs : is
auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
Republic, and its only auxiliary. The
Ladies of the G. A. R. aad the
Daughters of Veterans am -inde
pendent bodies, auxiliary • to no or
ganization.
The Woman's Relief Corps is the
largest organization of women 'in
th« world under one eligibility
clause, and 0110 motto, it now
numbers 167,000, with department
organizations In 41 states, divided
anions 2,601 corps, as the local or
ganizations are "known. Besides
these there are 37 detached corps,
which thrive in 10 southern and
two western states where there are
no departmnt organizations.
Tha Woman's Relief Corps is
the greatest philanthropic, fcharit
able, and patriotic organization of
women In the world.
It was organized at Denver, Col.,
in 1883, in response to the call
of the veterans for the organiza
tion of women that would be aux
iliary to them and jvhlch would
meet with them at national en
campments. and assist 'them in
the tremendous work which was be
coming burdensome to the Grand
Army, that of helping to care for
tho aged veterans and their depen
dent widows 'and children. Pen
sions were very small at that time
and the hardshios of war were be
ginning to tell on the veterans who
suffered from wounds and other |
disabilities Incurred in the
service of the country. 'At the
encampment in Denver, the Wo
man's Relief Corps, comprised of
"loyal women who never gave aid
or comfort to the enemies of the un
ion," "was organized and accepted
by the Grand Army, which 'had
called it Into existence, and gave
it the motto of the veteran body,
"Fraternity, Charity, and loyalty,"
with the right to year a badge
with the medallion center of tha G.
A. R. badge.
Since organization tha Wo
man's Relief Corps has expended
in charitable and relief work 'tor
veterans nearly $4,000,000. It
built and equipped an army nurse®
home in Ohio, where army nurses
of the Civil war could be cared for.
If. has ibeen instrumental In found
ing Btato homes in all the northern
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A VERY VIVID
A man and woman, tourists, were
standing in the Skagway paetoCflce
one day recently gazing at 1 the
glacitr on the too of the high
mountain to the south of the
Burro creek canyon. Just at that
time H. J. Lynch stepped in to
get his mail and hearing the lady
ask her companion if he thought
the glacier was covered 'With snow
volunteered the information that
there was less snow on it now
than 'there had been for several
y»ars; he also told 'them that In
the late summer and fall glaciers
usually "calved," or Bloughed ' off
big chunks 'of ica that rolled down
the mountainside until they lodged
against some obstruction to their
progress or were broken Into Small
pieces by the rugged deacont. Turn
ing to open his lock box he was
suddenly startled by hearing thfl
lady exclaim: "Look! Look! I' pee
an iceberg rolling down th« moun
tain now." 1
If such was the case, however, it
had passed from sight 'before Mr.
Lynch could turn around, for up
on his doing bo 'and looking in the
direction in wjiich she pointed the
phenomenon which she described
had vanished. 1
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CELEBRATION OF DISGOVERY DAY"
TO BE HELD IN CHI OF OAWSON
The Whltehorse baseball team, a
combination of Whltehorse and
Skagway players under the man
agement of Chas. Grieme of the
Southern Yukon town, will leave
WJUtehorea on the steamer Casca
tonight for Dawson to take part
la the series of baseball games
thajt ar^ to come off In that Wty
during 'the period that has been
cot art do for tho' celebration of
Discovery Day, commencing ' on
Tuesday, August 17th and continu
ing for a week.
The Skagway contingent went
over on the train this morning.
Under the auspices of 'the Yu
kon Pioneers "Discovery Day," the
anniversary of the finding of gold
in the Klondike, is to be made tl>e
biggest day of the year, and active
preparations for its observance1
have been going on there for j
months. In speaking of this mat
ter the Dawson News of July 30th '
says:
"Tbe people of Yukon are noted
for their enthusiasm and the thor
oughness'with which they carry out
any scheme they undertake. Al
though 'circumstances are somewhat
different than any year in the past,
the people'of Yukon are plucky. Al
though the country be under tho
stress of war, although financial af
fairs are not all they Should • be,
it is essential that at all times
the iJtoi>le be of good cheer. *
"The preservation of the mor
als of a people as well as of an,
army is the most essential when
the strain is greatest. Optimism is
necessary to outride every storm.
The surest way to keep the heart
in a people is to have them as
semble now and then and submerge
the worries of the routine life, to
mingle, and touch shoulders. They
learn to see more in life the next
day, and to return to the atta-ck
with great vigor, '
"The Pioneers do a "splendid wOTk
in preserving tho recollections of
fhose who opened the way into this
region. By reason of the toil and
daring' of the early comers, thous
ands uow enjoy homes in the north
land, auH tens of thousands, far
and wid -. over the world participate
in the far-flung wealth of jYukon.
"Thos"! of Dawson share the
greater nortion of the fruits t>f the
exploits of the Yukon Pioneers. Let
Dawson measure up to the situa
tion. Make Discovery day a hum
mer."
TLe Whitehorse team is com
prised of the following members
(Continued 011 page 4.)
Hadley, Aug. 12 — Grave' fears
are entertained here for the safe
ty; of the gasboat Freyea, of 20
tora, burden, and those aboard of
har.
She left Ketchikan Monday, Au
gust 9, -at 1 p. m. for this place
ajuj had not been reported u.p to
7 o'clock last night.
Cable advices received here
state that the boat was not at
Ward's cove, the only place in which
she could seek shelter from the
fierce southeast gale which prevail
ed Monday and Tuesday ajid is still
raging.
There has been 'plenty,.of time
for the boat to reach this place.
The boat traversed a course ex
posed to the full sweep of the gale
in many places and the worst is
feaTed. 1
On board are A. H. Zeigler, of
Juneau, referee iu bankrupcy • for
the United States district court,
who was enroute to this place to
settle the affairs of the Lumber
asid Box company; also C. 'W.
Swank, the receiver of the com
pany; Arthur Frye, a former em
uloye of the Granby company hore,
and Captain Frank Casey.
Searching parties will leave here
this morning on the government
survey boats Equator, Rival and
Roosevelt
Parlies will also leav* Ketchi
kan this morning;.
While the boat is known to be
a staunch craft the violence of the
galj which lias been blowing leads
to the belief of those here ' ex
perienced mi the water to be trav
ersed that the boat has founder
ed. Much of the coast would prove
dangerous for a landing.
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