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No. 172 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 191ft
PRICK 10 CENTS
FAIR DATE IS CHAN®D
10 SATURDAY, SEPT. 4
Horticultural Society Makes the Final
Arrangements and Decides to Hold
Big-Celebration One Week Earlier
Than Was First Planned—Children's
Department Authorized.
The adjourned session of the j
Sfcagway Valley Horticultural so
ciety was called to order l-ust ev
ening by President II. D. Clark at 1
about S:30 o'clock.
After reading and approval of the
minutes of the preceding meeting,
the report of the committee on
Constitution and By-laws was re
ceived and after some discussion
was adopted with slight changes
1'robably the action of the meet- j
ing of greatest immediate im- j
portance was the vote reconsidering
the action of the previous meeting j
and changing the date on which the :
Fourth Annual Fair is to be held j
from Sept 11 to next Saturday,
Sept. 4.
On account of the short time al
lowed for its work as a result of
this action the Publicity and In
vitation committee was authorized
to send notice of the change of
date and extend invitations hy tele
graph and cable to such places and
persons as it considered neeesssary.
Tho committee on Exhibits and
Prizes reported a schedule of de
sired exhibits and suggested awards
to be offered for the same. The
report was adopted and the list
appears in another column of to
day's oaper.
The Building committee an
nounced that the exhibit hall would
be open all day Friday for the re
ceipt and arrangement of exhibits.
The doors of the fai'r will be op
en. for visitors at uoon Saturday,
and the fair will be lield during the
afternoon and evening.
A special invitation to Prof.
Georgeusen and staff, of the gov
ernment experimental station at
Sitka, to come and participate, was
ordered sent by cable.
] An invitation to the merchants of
the city to participate by arrang
ing exhibits and offering such
prizes therein as they may desire to
do, was voted.
It was agreed to make special
department for exhibits by children
of the public school and suitable
prizes, will be offered, the amounts
to be deturmined by the secretary
acting in conjunction with the Par
ent-Teacher association.
uncle si it mmiir
HtlipSH CONTnoL to o., r,
Washington, D. C., Aug. 31—For
the first time in the nation's his
tory Uncle Sam has consented to
temporary relinquish control of one
cf his great treasures—the Wash- j
lagtou collection ol historic flags
republic. Many attempts j
have been made to borrow the ar- j
my and navy flag coUecUonforex
hibition at patriotic gatherings, bu
1» remained for the veterans in
charge of the Forty-ninth annual
encampment and Fiftieth ann v
eary of the Grand Review of the
3. A. R., which will be held in
this city September 27 to October
2. to be first to receive this privi
lege.
As famous flag collections go
the American exhibit is not extra
ordinarily large, but Uncle Sair
demonstrates his love and pride bj
placing a cash valuation of $15,
000 on the collection. Several o
the more famous of the T>attle flag®
threadbare and torn by the con
fllct3 of 1776, 1S12, and 1S61, ar
(Continued oa page 4.)
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Cordova Times: Col. A. M. Dewey
trustee for the Investors in the |
new Lakiua Copper mines, near
Strelua, is very optimistic as to the
future of this section of Alaska,
j His company is getting ready to ship
high grade copper ore from the
Lakinaw mines to the Bmelters at
' Tacoma. The ore is to be hauled
■' with motor trucks from the mines
> j to the Copper River raUway at
" j 1a ag Lake station, whence it will J
' be shipped by rail and Bteamship to
it is announced that I
shipments will commence in uc<-u
ber of this year.
In an interview published in the
Seattle Times, Col Dewey says:
"Seattle residents do not appear to
realize the importance to this city
of the great activities of the Gug
genheim-Morgan interests in Alaska
and at tho smelters in Tacoma.1.
Advices I have received within the I
last week from Cordova contain the '
T information that at least $2,000,-!
+ 000 wwth of copper is passng j
| through that port every four weeks,!
or as much as twenty-five or thir
ty millions a year from the Kenne- j
cott district alone.
(Continued on page 4.)
Springfield, Ang. 29—A treasure
train carrying millions of gold and
securities from London via Halifax
to New York passed through New
England last night, closely guarded.
This is the second shipment de
signed to strengthen the British
credit ia the United States, owing
to the recent slump in the foreign
exchange rata
THEE
DECLARED Off
Washington, D. C., August 31—
Tne Russian embargo against Am
erican Imports has been declared off
and hfreaXter Russian goods will be
consigned to the secretary of com
merce and distributed to American
importers, according to advices re
ceived at the Russian embassy in
this city this morning.
FUX L POLK
Washington, Aug. 31—Frank L
Polk, corporation counsel of New
York city, has accepted the appoint
ment at the hands of President
Wilson as counsellor of state under
Secretary Lansing.
P-siUr _it is understood. was
tatioa and is —
. The appointment
national law. iaQ
proved a surprise in many respect
as several names ha4 been -n
tioued of persons who were t s
certain of securing the posi
more
tieu.
illEBCLGSEC
Loudon, August 31—Acccvrdng to!
dvices received here today from 1
lerlin the German government con
iders the matter oI the torpedoing j
Jul sinking ol the British steamer i
Irabic, In which two Americans lost
heir lives, by a German submarine,
»s a closed 'ncident in view of the
fact that Germany has declared her
wlllLcguess to punish the command
er of the offending submarine.
It is hoped here that tho equi
noctial storma will Boon halt the Gor
man army in Its advance toward
the Russia capital.
FANCY ALBERTA PEACHES
Large shipment due on the
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STEAM FREIGHTER EOlTlT
SINKS IN GULF OF ALASKA
I Seattle, August 31—Word has
Just reached hero ct the sinking
last night at about 10: JO o'clock of
j the steam freighter Edith of the
Alaska Stoanjsliio Co., in the Gulf
of Alaska, while enroute from La
Toucho south with a cargo oT
: eighteen hundred tona of cop
per ore. The hoary «eaa that j
vero encountered by the Bdith after
leaving Prince William Sound and
I getting out into the oj>en oceaa
caused the cargo to ahlft, thus giv-1
taj a h«ayy lb* to the < Mil and
reu during htr untmiu>ag«**>le. K»rt
micee«ding rreil made the «it»a
tlon wwr»e and i* m toon erideat
the Edith could not ho»d her «*»
much longer.
At tht* «ta*« the meajoAfp Mim-I
pofi, which had sailed to the v««t
ward from Sh*ffway at • o'clock
on Saturday night. happeced atonx
and the crew of the freighter «t
(Continued on pace 4.)
RUSSIANS flflPIDLV WITHDRAWN
FROM IRE RU6 RIVER REGION
11 ndon, August 31—The Gortnana
are apparently as far as ever
frx m success in their main endeavor
to capture or destroy the Ruwian
armies. The letter continue their
orderly retreat, keeping Intact their
artillery and supplies, and l«*Tln*
behind nothing which might be use
ful to the invaders
The reported trap which the Ru»
sians said to be la aft«r t*"
abandonment of BrwAllrartt 1»*»
not materia] ired c* *•*« j<r«dfct(id by
the Berlin dt^atcJw* of rn^terdar
and the Rwhw, from prwieot »»
d'catlons bare managed to with
draw from tbe upp«r Bug rirer and
aJ»o from the TiHnity of Klo<*Mha
trfthou* serer® losses. East of
Warsaw, however, the invaders are
Raid to be making great (>mgTW
THREW PEOPLE
INTO A PANIC
Atbers, August 31—It is report-:
ed here that an ®-llied submarine
this morning destroyed the Galatoa.
^an Antonio, Texas, A«g»« 31
! Mexican raiders still continue to
| han«* veot»le living alone the T«
Mexico bordc and today t—£
I six ol then were arrest «1 J"
L'nitfd Stat.® authositlai for try
to Induce t o Mexican r«»ident»
>n the American Ride of the lnt«r
aatioaA] boundary to tajce part In *
plot that vas being formed for tf>«
ircwed parTK»e of MvasKioatinc
Irnfcw*
Altar*. N>* York. A«P»t St
cooaeJtutlo®*! c©«
x. ,h* «Ute «<«■« .
veut'on wbicb l» J* of
thu city. «»>" Hoot, ^rj J*
™ In lh€ JJ^££ in the
Kinlflff and <* ««■ ™
c<ab!r« of Trident
demued the rrflwnt »r*««
bosfran la !****» m
Oncost the co«-07«J P»r
that the .W *
direct ballot bo th*t
tablish the* own role.
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