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No. 17 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
Tremendous Battle in Progress in Belgium
Germans Enter Tirlemont Driving Allies Before Them
German Army Stretches Over Sixty-five Miles Belgian Territory
Frightful Losses Taking
Place On Both Sides.
Refugees Fleeing
to Antwerp
LONDON, Aug. 20—A tre
mendous battle is now in prog
ress in Belgium stretching over
sixty-five miles of territory, be
ginning at Diest and extending
twenty-five miles southwest to
Tirlemont, and from there forty
five miles due south to Givet,
just over the Belgian Border in
France. Refugees are rushing
panic stricken toward Antwerp
from all the Belgian and French
cities in the path of the Ger
man advance.
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ROTTERDAM, Aug. 20 - Frightful
losses are said to have occured cn
both sides in the battles that have taken
place and are now going on in Belgium
between Germans and the allied armies.
The Germans have had things their
own way in the northern part while in
the southern part the allies are chop
ping the Germans to pieces and driving
them back m all directions.
DKMANOS t-'KKti PAS.S U.K
THKOltilL THi: l).\!JI>.VVKIiKKS
S(. I'eteisliur^, August -l>—The
Russian government has demanded
from Turkey tlic <>f t'l-eo
passage lor its warships through the
j Dardanelles.
ji.EUMAXS AM: UKl'OKTKl) TO
HAVK TAKKX UIU SSKI-S.
I l'aii«, August U<>—
| reports are in cireulafion heiv lo
jtlay that the (Jerinnn advance has
aliv:i<\( enteml llrusscls.
fkk.xch a<;aiv iv posskssiox
OF CITV OF MKl'I/MAI'SKN"
Purls;, August. i»0—It is icjmu-UhI
! here that tlie French are a sain ill
Imhsscsmou ol' Mt'itlliaiiscn.
It is also said Hint the Germans
have just eiiteml Tirli nnut, driv
ing the allies hcl'oro them.
(JEKMAXV Wil.l; COMl'LV
WITH JAIIVXFSH DKMAX
The Hague, August 20—It is
understood here that Germany is al
ready negotiating for the return of
the forts at Kiauchau to China in
order ro check the war threatened
against her by Japan in case of her
refuse1 to comply with the latter's
demand of a few days ago for the
evacuation of the foris.
STRICT CENSORSHIP KEEPS
HACK AUTHENTIC NEWS
London, August 20—Despite
strict censorship that is being
maintained on all news from tlie
front by tlie different, governments,
it is generally believed bere tliat
the Germans have defeated tbo al
lied armies everywhere and are
now really in the possession of
I Brussels.
DKFKNSKS BEING THROWN
UP AROUND ANTWERP
Antwerp, August lit)—Tlie heaviest)
kind of defenses are now l>eiiig
thrown up around this city for a
distance of twenty miles.
No official word has been receiv
ed hero regarding the reported fall
of Hrussels.
LETTERS UNCALliED FOR IN
SKAGWAY POST OFFICE
Unclaimed letters remaining in
Post Office, Aug. 15, 1914.
Bennett, Geo.—card
Blockway, Mrs.
Carlson, Oscar
Clark, Edgar F.
Grant, Jolin E.
Hanson, Henry
Henrikson, Hernial' F.
Oakes, Otis—card
McLaughlin, D. W.
Pendelton, John H.
Strone, Edgar
fiimmer, V. R. —card
Wilcosen, F.
A. E. Kinder!, P. M.
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P. H. GANTY, GROCER
THE PHIXCESS SOPHIA GETS
IN DAY LATER THAN IS LAI
The Frinecss Sophia got in fr*m
Vancouver this morning at (j o'clock;
one ilay later than her usual time,
the reason for which was the large
amount o£ freight she had to take
011 for Skagway before her departur
foiu the Canadian city, which, de
lay«fl Iier northward sailing several
hours. - She bright 900 tons of
cargo, lo round-trippers and 30
regular passengers. Among those
on board were:
Stanley Heushaw and LeRoy
Percy, big ganio hunters from New
York, who are going into the Kluan
region for a couple of months.
F. II. Mobley, merchant of Prince
Rupet, who has a branch store in
Atlin, ur.d is going into Northern
Driti.ih Columbia on a business trip
ns well as for the purpose of spend
ing a few weeks vacation in that
hunter's and fisherman's paradise.
He is accompanied by his family.
Dr. P. R. Murphy of New York,
round-tripper, who will on his re
turn to Vancouver continue on to
Australia on board tile Mamma of
the Canadian-Australian steamship
line.
Among those who will sail south
on board the vessel when she leaves
at 12 o'clock tonight will bo:
F. II. Pierce, mining operator on
McKce creek in the Atlin district.
W. N. Carmichael and family of
Whitehorse, who are on their way
to Naas, H. C., to which point Mr.
Carmichael has been transferred
from the customs service aL the
former place.
Mr. Rose and family, tourists
from Cleveland, Ohio, who have bee
visiting Atlin and other interior
points.
Dr. Iisgersoll and wife of Cleve
land, Ohio, who returned the first
of the week from a trip to Dawson
and have been stopping at the Pul
len House since.
Colonel Stevenson of New York
City.
Mrs. Saunders of Dawson.
E. Phelps, traveling freight agent
of the C. P. R., who has been in
town for a week, will leave for Van
couver tonight.
Tha Princess Sophia will call in
at Taku glacier on Iier voyage south.
DELEGATES CHOSEN FOB
NON-PARTISAN CONVENTION
Jolui Reck, J. G. Held, F. Wol
Iand, J. T. Martin, Ralph Robertson,
E. C. Russell, R. A. Gunnison, Wo.
Britt, J. McKanna, Mark Russell,
and J. B. Caro, were named at the
primary meeting In the Juneau city
council chambers Saturday night, to
1*3 delegates to the non-partisa* con
vention called by the Mayes* ot
different towns in the Flint Judicial
division to place a ticket in the field
Tor members of the territorial leg
islature.
The meeting waa called to order
by F. VVolland, who 'was mads chair
man of the meeting. Ralph B. Rob
ertson waa chosen secretary, a&d
the buriness of the evening carried
to a successful issu^, After the
naming of the tickets & brief dis
cussion of legislative matters tos
this division followed and at Its
closo the meeting adjourned.—Ju
neau Empire.
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND
ONE TEACHER ARE HERE
Miss Margaret Keen as ot JSsa~
met, Idaho, the aew superintendent
of public instruction in Skagway,
arrived on the Princess Sophia this
morning and Miss Agnes C. Mat
fatt, of Marble, itlna., Instructor
in the intermediate department,
came in on the Admiral Evans last
night. _ - ,
The other teachers are espooted
to reach Skagway by next Sunday; ;
TU11N LOOSE HUNDRED
THOUSAND SALMON
The Port Graham cannery has
secured a full pack already and
when the operators opened
their 'raps at the close of opera
tions, they turned loose no lee*
than one hundred thousand of
the fiuest kind of salmon. Peter
Vian, who_ represents Libby,
McNeil and Libby brought the
news of splendid success to Sew
ard. Tnere will also be a full
pack at Kenal cannery and ojt the
whole the run has been better than
it has been for several yearn—
-Seward Gateway.
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