GERMAN ADMIRAL BIOS
DEFIANCE 10 AMERICANS
London, Aug. 5—"Down with tl1'
ships that cross the bows of oui
valiant U boats, and, above all
with those carrying munitions «n
il»-r protection or humanity! Om
no'e has clearly declared that thi
presence of American passengers 01
boarl will make no difference it
this respect."
Admiral Klrchoff is credited t.- it'
t'aving made this statement in thi
course of an interview with tht
Taeglche Kundschau which "h:is beet
St u* to th9 Evening News by its
correspondent at The Hague.
Denouncing the official Britist
10 CONSIDER
FATE OF POLES
Rotterdam, Aug. 6—The Courant
today says that the Kaiser will ■ re
turn to Berlin Sunday for a confer
ence with the heads of -th^ Ger
man states and the Austrian arch
dukes to consider issuing a • pro
clamation granting 6emi-autonomj
to Poland, the state to be governed
jointly by German and Austrian
Teles. '
UPPE^Ml
RIVER REPORU
Whiteiiorse, Aug. C—Water 70
ituiits. 1
Cusca: Arrived 5 t>. m. on the
Otii with'23 passengers.
Casea: Sailed 11 p. m. on the
Stii with 25 passengers.
c'asca; Down Lower LeBarge at
4 a. in.
Duwscn: In sigiit at Big Salmon
i>:4o a. m,'
Selkirk: Up Selkirk 7 p. m. on
the 5th.'
Alaska: Left Dawson S p. m.
V."hit>i Horse: Leaves Dawson this
ev- cliig.
X»st sailing: Dawson tomorrow
P. m.
i verdict in the Lusitania case, Ger
jmany will • continue her submarine
I attacks, on unarmed merchant ves
sels, regardless of the fate of pas
sengers from neutral countries.
"Kirehoff savs," continued the
article in the News, "that the °f
■ ficials of the Gorman government,
| the Admiralty and the crews of the
submarines will sleep peacefully !n
i J tne face of all English accusations,
! and they will continue just as be
! fore, to commit such acts, no mat
ter how loudly Droved and sancti
j monlous British may shriek about
: murder."
ENFORCING
QUIET IN USUI
Washington, Aug. 6 — Colonel
Colo, commander of mariues of the
battleship Connecticut, lias beeu
placed in'military control at Port
au Prince. A new revolution has
•started on the west coast of Haiti.!
eetsIeceTpt
FOflJIS SUIP
London, Aug. B—Captain Gedde I
of the Norwegian 6hip Fiery Cross J
I which was sunk by a German sub- j
marine off the Scilly islands on July
3, brought ashore with him an j
official receipt signed and sealed by
the commander of the submarine. I
It is said that he is the first mer
cantile seaman to demand and ob
tain a receipt of this kind. The I
document 'roads: '
"I hereby certify that I have
'sunk tb* Norwegian'barque, Fiery J
Cross, Captain John Gedde, on Ju-i
jly 3, 1915, as she had contraband]
(lubricating oil) for France on j
[ board. Signed, Forstmann, Lieut, j
I Commander 'of the German sub
' marine U the number of
^he submarine being cut off the
; stamp.
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THE 9HEXIGAN SITUATION IS
CAUSING PAN-AMERICAN ACTION
Washington, Aug. 6—The govern
ments of the South/American states
w ill join with the Un.'.ted States iu
au address to the factions In Max
ieo, giv'ng them one more chance
to settle their dlffersnces. •
The course to be pursued in
c:'.se th°y refuse to g«t together is
lint annouuced, but It Is understood
that the South American diplomats
in this city are lu hearty accord
with President Wilscn and Secre
tarj of State Lansing iu their ef
forts to restore peace and will in
fluenc their governmnts to sup
port whatever program may be ev
entually found nwessary to accom
plish the desired end.
Nogales,' Arizona, Aug. 6—Gener
al Punston is assembling troops and
equipment to re-inforce the twelfth
infantr" iu readiness for any triu
ble which may arise out of the
fighting of the rival Mexican fac
tious across the international line
from here.
Washington, Aug. 5 — Protests
have been received "by the state de
partment officials from foreign con
suls against what is termed the
HER TRIP
OFJHE fEAR
The Princess Alice sailed last
firming at 6 o'clock with her ban
ner passenger list for the season,
bavins* on board "172 oeople besides
officers and crew when she left for
the south last evening. One hun
dred and twenty were round-trip
tourists and 52 were taken aboard
here, a number of them being sight
seers who came up on the Princess
Sophia and spent the week at Lake
Bennett and Atlin or hunting in
the mountains.
Sev-ial Skagway people were
included, and from Fairbanks there
w-r-s ton, Messrs. Paulson, Hoerle,
Cohen, Erickson, Tuttle, F~u-uguson,
Eursliu, Walker, Itoseberg and
Sutherland.
NEW PLANT FOR
VALDEZ PAPER
Elliott Stewart, one of the own
ers of the Valdez Daily -Prospector
and also of the Weekly Miner,
spent the few hours allowed by the
stav of the Northwestern, in port
in looking ovor Skagway.
Mr. Stewart has been several
waelis in Seattle and other points in
the states on a business trip, and
was not in Valdez at the time of
the fire which destroyed his com
high handed outrages on the 'part
of General Villa.
The latt©r la said to have In
formed foreigners at Chihuahua
that they were not welcome and
that their stores and property
would be confiscated at onc§ for
the benefit of the state, and that
their only safety lay In beating it
to the American side.
He ii said to have declared that
lie did not care the snap of his
fingers for the American govern
ment; that Mexicans would insist
upon eetlilng their own affairs
'Hthout any meddling from their
northern neighbor, and that 'the
Stars and Stripes would never float
south o' the Mexican border. '
I Other. advices received by the
state deportment are to 'the ef
fect that the forces of Caaranza un
der Gonzales have again re-occu
| pied Mexico City, driving the forces
[ Of Zapata to the hills again.
Washington, • Aug. C — General
Scott, chief of staff of the army ma
be sent to the Mexican border im
mediately to prevent possible de
predations by 'Villa. On account of
i recent reported threats it is feared
j that Villa'may soon go on a ram
page.
pany'e building and printing plant
along with the res? o* the town. •
He is taking in with him a por
tion of a new printing plant for the
Piosptctor including a new Mer
gaathaler linotype purchased in San
Francisco and has ordered a large
new cylinder press which is on its
way from Brooklyn, N. Y., and is
expected to arrive by the time their
new building is up ready to receive
it.
The Daily Prospector is now be
in e nr'nted, very much reduced in
size, with hand-set type in a small
job rrintlng plant which escaped
tha fire. '
[ The people of Valdez generally
| are showing their faith in the *fu
j ture of their city and a disposi
I tion to triumph over adversity • by
rebuilding, many of them building
| better business blockB than ' they
i hart before.
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Washington, Aug. 6—The strain
ed relations between the United
j Stats and Grat Britain over the in
terchange of correspondence of neu
itral rights, following the German
I crisis, has brought home to the war
I officials here and others the thin
jlinr. which separates -the United
, States from becoming involved in
tho war.
| Along with this feeling of un
certainty is pointed out the urgent
need 'of getting the Alaska coal
fields opened to secure naval coal
and an Alaskan naval base.
There is a growing belief that
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TURKISH MUNITION FACTORIES
CUT (TFT TBI COM SUPPLY
Lcadon, Aug. 5—German muni
tion factories in Turkey are paral
yzed according to a Petrograd dis
patch to the Morning Post, which
says that an absolute stoppage in
the coal supply to Turkey is res
ponsible.
The activity of the Russian sub
marines in the Black Sea In having
sunk ship after ship laden with
coal and other supplies for 1 the
Turjs is what in the long run will
produce the Post dispatch predicts,
"maried results in the Dardanelles
conflict."
U).ward of sixty ships, bearing
coal and other supplies to Constan
tinople, were sunk within one week
l>y tlie Russian undrsea boats, as
reported in cable dispatches some
days ago.
BIGS WILL BE SEIf ffl FML
GEBMANS PRESSING ADVANCE
Berlin, Aug. 6—The occupation
of Riga, which fc an important
Baltic post used a; a base of sup
plies by. the Russian armies north
of Warsaw, is only a matter of
hours. The Russian army is In full
retreat from the Baltic to G-alicia.
London, Aug. C—The fate of Riga
the coming session of congress
mav take emergency measures to
get the coal opened in both the
Matanuska and Bering river fields.
Not only will it be nocessary to
bring the coal to tidewater where
it may be carried to other stations
along the Pacific coast, and to the
naval stations near Honolulu and
Manila, but it will be necessary to
construct a naval base in Alaska
which will be protected from the
attack of a foe.
Copenhaen, Aug. C—That Sweden
is still hesitating but is on the
point of entering the war, is stat
ed by Prime Minister Ilammark
jold. He refuses to say 011 which
side Sweden will fight, if at all,
because such an announcement from
him might bring on hostilities be
fore Sweden is ready, but it is
eviden* from the activity iu all mili
tary establishments and the re
cruiting going on that Sweden is
j is jcaled, says the Petrograd cor
respondent of the London Times.
' Two corps of Von Buelow's army
' have already reached Mussav and
1 t!it- evacuation of Riga is already
j in f»U swing.
J Occupation of Ivangorod by. Aus
j tro-German forces is announced of
ficially in a telegTam from Vienna.
preparing as surely an"1 as thorough
ly lis Italy did before taking • part
i • tiie conflict.
The Swedish, government has in
creised the standing army to dou
ble its peace strength. Fully 540,
000 men of all branches are under
arms and a system for prompt mo
bilization of reserves has been for
mulated. Tiie reserves are being
given a much longer term of train
ing and the army and navy are
roadv to fight if necessary. The
Swedish manufacturers are securing
a big store of raw materials for
manufacture of arms and munitions
and the government is working- to
accumulate a big reserve in focds.
; Cordova, Aug. G—Samples of free
] milling ore, impregnated with gold
I are being brought from Port Wells
j from the Nugget claim, leased by
j the Cordova Mining & Develop
(Continued ca page 4.)
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