London. August 14—A dispatch
flora Petrograd today says that one
G.rman cruisor was sunk and sev
r<.-ceived the Loudon Daily Timt's
oral othtr9 damaged la au engage
ment they had yesterday with the
Russian Baltic fleet near Osel is
land. 1
Another dispatch from Petrograd
also reports that the ariuy of
Prince Leopold of Austria-Hungary
« is driving lis way east from War
saw, f>ut war Interest is now divid
ed between the diplomatic J>attle t»
induce Bulgaria, which is holding
the kov *o the Balkan situation, to
enter the war, and the reported sig
nal victory of the Russians over
IETLAKANTLA
IS TAKEN OVER
Juneau Dispatch, Aug. 13: W.
(J. Beattie, superintendent of na
tive schools for southeastern Alas
ka returned oa the Al-Ki yesterday
afieraoon from a trip to Ketchikan
and Intermediate points.
"H'heo seen last night Mr. Beat
tie said that in his opinion ail
trouble at Metlakahtla has ceased,
and he expressed the ooinion that
Father Duncan hna 'become recon
ciled to the program as laid down
by the secretary of the interior.
P. R Claston, superintendent of
education visited Metlakahtla en
tha first of the 'month and poste I
notices that the lands and all build
ings were taken over hi the name
of ti"# United States government
for tha u«e of ti'e natives.
Th» church, cannery, sawmill,
water 'works, store, and all machin
ery in the buildings has been tak
' (Continued on page 4.)
the Turkish forces in Caucasia, and
the repulse, with heavy losses, to
the d'-sperato German attack in
Southeastern. Poland and the Riga
district along tlie Baltic.
Both sides to the war game are
waging a diplomatic battle to got
the support of Bulgaria. The al
lies feel certain that should Bul
garia Join their cause the other
Balkan states will follow and will
greatly assist the occupation of the
Dardanelles and Constantinople.
The recently reported' Russian
victory over the Germans in South
eastern Poland indicates that the
Russiajg have partly recovered
themselves and may soon change
their retreat into an offensive
movement.
THE WRECK IS
Juneau Dispatch: ' The wreck of
the Islander has been located as
near as dragging and soundiug can
establish the location by the crew
of rueu working uuder the direction
o£ \V. J. llogers, expert diver and
inventor who is going to try and
recover the valuables on the wreck
with a ten-ton submarine boat • of
special type.
Tlio first descent • to the wreck
will be attempted on Wednesday
morning, after the barge Palmyra
h.-s b-.t.i firmly auclioied over the
sj-ut.
The wreck is laying in 50 fath
oms o* water on a direct Hue be
tween Greens cove and Marmion is
land, about in the middle of the
chansi. 1, or from a mile and a half
to a mile and a quarter from
Marmion island towards the south
end of DoiigUis island.
iiitinued ou page 4.)
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Athens, August 14—Private i'is
patchcs received in this city to
day claim that Turkey's supply ot
ammunition is getting distressingly
low.'
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Berlin, August 14—The American
! note to Germany; in the ease °f
tho steamer Frye was jprejented t j
[Count Von'Jagow today l»y Am! i
sailor Gerard.'
Wliitehoree, Aug. l-l—Water "l
j inches.
Oasca: Arrived 3:30 i>. ni. on the
13th with 5 passengers.
Cnsta: Sailed daylight with 1
V.'hite Horse: In Dawson.
Dawson: Up Yukon Crossing at
i 1:30 a. m.
Selkirk: Vp Stewart river 2:30
Next sailing: Dawson Monday
nlg.it.
Friday night as .Mr. anil Mr*. K. A.
Dixon and C. \V. Cash were return
intr from tUo Greenough homo at
tli»j l^ueblo mine in one of t!.«.•
White l'ass automobiles "which wasl
drlvwi by .Mr. Cash, tiio car t u!il- ti
ly swerved from the road when;
I about two miles tills* side « t" t):*-'
1'ueMo and overturned. Mrs. l>i.\on
v.as liiuned beneath tho rar v ii«-i»
was lying across her legs below the
kue^s. As it was quite dark, it
was several minutes before a lever
could bo secured with which to raise
t!i* machino sufficiently to enable
tho sufferer to be extricated. She
! was finally released, however, when
jit waa found she was still able to
; walk.
! Mr. Dixon assisted his wife back
! to Creeuoughs and Mr. Cash hur
ried on to town for Dr. Clarke, who
j responded as * quickly as possible,
i Mrs. Dixon was brought to town
■ Saturday and taken to her home
wLer<» she has since been confined
to her bed. Besides severe bruises
ou her lower limbs, her nose was
(Continued on page 4-)
passengers.
j u. m. on tho 13th.
New York, August 14—The Inter
national Bankers association is
today arranging for a credit of lialf
a billion dollars in this city for
the allies.
Washington, I). C., "August I t— ]
Gils on Uardnor si'ys that it is a J
foregone conclusion that "the pro-1
gres-ivs will b:;ve .i. candidate lor
t:io Dresidoncy of iho "United States
in thb li'Id in 11)10, and it is his |
opinion t::a Governor II iran^ V.". |
Johnson of California will 1)0 the:
in:>n.
Hartley, Aug. 13—The e >s boat j
Freyea ou vliick are A. li Zioglcr.'
o£ Jon^au, C. \V". Swank, C. II. Fra
zier, Hiram 10. Spear, Arthur Fr>e
ai.d CaptaTn Frank Casey, is sai<i
to be sheltered iu Lie nib liaj <;n tU>•
north sido oi" Uohm canal.
This report was brought to
Ketchikan ye icrday by Julius
Su-rMborg, jramo warden, w j stat
ed that ho had seen the ^ hi. t
there last Tuesday.
A heavy sea io still iv- i; wi: i
a strong scuth . st gale' a d i >
-
hero yesterday \\<'ie " id to re
t.iru fur shelter.
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the mos' beautiful raovio act re se.-i i
appearing on tlio screen t<>d 'she
o'1 the passionate teaipern:e:it, will |
greet S»kgwa; film fans in a six i
reel "eaturo entitled "The Light
Unseen." in sis parts. This i>ic- [
lure will bo proscuted tonight, al
so cn Monday* an•! Tuesday even-'
in£s of next week a« popular prices.
Mi.sg J.eomird will appear at the
Ponular Picture Palace
Miss Leonard }s noted for her |
gre.it emotional ability aside from
her a erred i ted beauty and > harming
personality. In this six reel pro
duction she Has amnio opportunity
to show her art. Miss Leonard is
(Continued en page 4.)
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Washington, D. C., August 14—
The appeal of tho United States'
rnd tiio Pan-Ameiicau Bowers to
the Mexican leaders 'for a cessa- ^
t'on of hostilities was delivered to
General Car ran za at Vera Cruz to- '
day. It is reported that General 1
Carranza has re-moved the mayor of
Vera Criiz from office for per-.
milting public demonstrations 1 in
taaf city against foreiguers.
Lar°do, August 14—Eighty llexi-!
cans, under the leadership of Gen-.
Cabreora, crossed ever the river.
to the American side today at Rio
Grande* city.
ill BOARD j
yes call;
Juneau Empire: Gov. J. F. A.
Stropg, as chairman of the terri
torial bank board, has issued the j
regular quarterly call for reports of
condition and published statements
«f all (»r the banks in the terri- j
lory, other than the national banks,
'l'his report is to cover conditions
at the close of' business on Au
gust 7th. 1
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:,i^u
riiji the
i\y HI 8 H t,
Tile City of Seattle left Seattle,
for bk ;way last night'at 9 o'clock
ami is due hero Tuesday morning.
The government boat Peterson
did not make her regular Saturday
mil from Ft. \V. II. Seward to Skag-;
w-v iodav.
Tn Alameda sailed from Seattle
<U o p. in. yest'vday, 0110 day be
i.iud schedule, and is due in Skag
v.ay sometime Tuesday morning.
All the Skag way allotments 011
illj Northwestern which is due lu
Sltngwav from "10 westward at 2 J
o'clock a. m. tomorrow and sever-1
.1 more that were cabled to Agent
10. J. Shaw from'Cordova, were sold
cut at -in oarlv hour this morning. !
Brownsville, Texas, August 14—
The trouble with Mexican raiders
iu this vicinity appears to have
been only a loe il demonstration,
am' everything is now reported
quiet along the border and at
Vera Cruz, the headquarters ol
Gt-uoral Carrauza. A late Washing
ton, b. C., dispatch received here
says that certain Mexican agents
there claim that the attempted up
rising of Mexicans in parts of Tex
as was ■.•tigineer<j'l by certain Mexi
cans who were anxious to see the
United States intervene and estab
lish a stable government in the
southern republic.
There are 25 local and interior peo
ple who will leave for the south
from Skagway.'
The Jefferson came in at 7:30
this morning with 65 round-trip
excursionists, 25 local and in
terior people and 135 tons of
freight for tliis port.1 She sailed
south at noon, enroute to Seattle
via Sitka.
Supt. Jack Hayes of th© Alaska
road commission came in from Ju
neau o" the Jefferson this morn
ing. H« is here to meeet and coni
fer with former Supt, Zugg of
Fairbanks, who will arrive on the
Xort Ii western tomorrow.
The following interior people
left okagway for Seattle on the
J>•?*«• rsoa today at noon: Mike El
lis, Edgar C. Snyder, Hart Snyder,
Mrs. C. Obert and Miss Louisa
Obert. R. II. Virch and P. D. Al
len left on th» same boat for
Haines.
The Victoria will get into Skag
way from Nome sometime Tuesday,
Aug. 171h. She has'on board the
balance cf the "Midnight Suuners,"
who went through Skagway 'to the
interior and down the river to
Some, as well as a large crowd of
round ti'o tourists.
The heavy and incessant rains
of the nast few days have raised
tiie river to such au extent that
Chas. Cartwriglit and family have
had to temporarily abandon their
homestead on the east fork of the
Skagway river, about four miles
north of this place. The channel
or the river has changed and the
current is now running through the
Cartwriglit place. Three bents of
the second railway bridge wero
washed out last night, but will be
roraire^ by tomorrow.
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