U.S. Troops Ordered In Readiness For Immediate Service
UPROAR - SOUND
OF ROOSEVELT'S
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CHICAGO, June 8—In a thrilling '
svwh which drew a voluminous {
applause fn.«i the delegates ai»d
the auiitoiice attending tho ooirven- j
Ikon iu this city, Harding the
t<ur*>oia.-y ehairanaii of the repub- 1
llcau couveutlon lauuchod forth ou ,
hU key uote address to Lie 11a- ■
Uou.
He reueatedly urged a reunion of i
the progressive and aland pat fac- ;
tiuus or the republican, party and j
the ceiuraljssation of all wings of
t.ie oart>. He dwelt ou naLioual
prepai edicts to the fullest capacity }
and is accorded wXh .'.-sorting that I
It was America's duty to hunwaisty 1
to be urepurtd for any emergen
cies which alight arise from the hot
iroit of the unsettled coalitions of
:be continent and iu the south.
A-tttr he had finished his speech j
the echoes rang out through tiie j
formeily still conveiatron hall iu
ra$>id stMCttKiun rest ml lit g the'
roar of a victorious college foot I
bail charge. Altar the applause i
had subsided tha cooventiuu pro- '
ce^*1i d with the business before
Lie body with l.ttle confusion. |
The leading delegates are uuanl- |
mens in their leaning toward and ,
for Roosevelt ideas but strongly !
ufVojfa the nomination of a pro- j
gresgiv? aud especially one who has j
oau^ d disruption in the republican i
ranks.
£t. stiorg was his following and i
advwate* that at the mention of |
♦ he Colonel's name there was nn
u] roar which lasttd for half an ,
hour. Time after time the chair
man rapped tor order l>ut the con- j
vei4.i«'ii could not be quit ted. It |
was o'tly after a conceutrtUed ef- ■
fort to iu:et the iisMsrably that the
speaker could go on with his ad
dr»^s.
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SAX FIIAXCISCO, Juno 8—The
representatives of the L/oagshore
rnar.s Uniois on the coast is meet
ing in this city. They have de
cided to continue the strike and
ignore the request of shippers and
more hauls tip and down the coast
for a shoit truce period for meUi- ]
lotion. I
The meeting is uow on and oth- j
er matttrs are being decided. Un- I
ItMs guine'bliig unusual conn a be
fcre the representatives of the
jouf'iixuce to again throw the ques
tion open for diiicussion, the un
ions will go on record as favoring a i
xju'iuutuce of the strike.
HKRI.IX, June S—After a driv-1
as wcipe and fierce bombarding I
for the gretitar part of the morn
ing Fort Vaux has fallen into the '
bauds ot the Germans. The cap
Lure of tlie Fort carries with it
many cat.uon and smaller pieces of
firing apparatus. A considerable
unount of ammunition la reported
is having been captured with. th<
Tort.
The garrison surrendered after 1
he was cut off from all ncipes of \
nlitf U,v the Germans. Several
times during the charge the FretuS
Tir.de atti-nvpts to cut the Germans
>ff ant! g« t to the fort witih. reia
torctiud.ls tut the chargcs of the |
5nrmaus could not be stopped and
:he wing attacks of the French
wi-re checked by the invaders.
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LONL.GN, June 8—The London
Wrrld li-as appeared witih a long
article »o the effect that all that
saved Lloyd George to the British
nation was the Irish uprising. He
was to nave been a meaner of
tlve party that was blown up on the
ill-fated s>hip B&mptihi.' e but found
it iinpots'-ble to leave w>.th tihe
party owing to the Irish trouble.
COLBLEN SCOFFS
m SPEECH
CHICAGO, June 8—A representa
tive of Theodore Roosevelt hand
ed him a oaiper with the substance
of Justice Hughes Flag tpeieh con
taint d thertin. The Colonel read
a few i>;Lragra?:h.s inwl then threw
the uap6r aside eocfflug at the
speech of the Ju^ice . It <®n be
sten that the two opponents for
leadeis.haD of the nation are not
on t'lf nwat frieudly tinms in their
political views.
The Co.onel is active as can be
and no dcufot will l>e a controlling
riveter lr. the nominating of tho
name 011 the repuiblk-an tiokit..
GREAILOSS
BEilT^lN, June 8—An Official
stateinc u* from the war depart
ment of Germany admitar the loss
o' eleven ships in the Jutland fight. |
It is known that the dreaduaught
Hindenburng, the cruisers Lutzow,
Westfoll-n, Pommerou, Weisladen, |
Fraueulct, Elbing and six destroy
ers. Including several auxiliary
crafts were sent to the bottom.
It has been rumored that the
losses on the German side were Iarg*
er than on the English and that
exact amount in ships and men has
not been calculated by the war de- j
partnient. It is rumored tbsi* Ger- I
many failed in her purpose ia the J
battle.
A. P ivloff was a passenger on j
last night's train to fhis ci'ty.
| JL'XKi8 U, Jun-e 8 — Special to I
Alaskan — The final decision as to 1
tht status of tilts' city over the i
wet mid dTy issue cannot bodef.u
iiely settled until na\t Monday, at
which rime the cou.t will canvass
the seHlt-d votes oa.vt at the elec
tion. Tlie open vote stonus 772
wet aud 284 dry. There are 41S
sealed vo'es and 723 whio register
ed bu* did not vote.
Wrausell will l>e dry, according
to the votes oast iu tlnat. city, 134
drv vo'es agajiuA 119 wet votes.
Petersburg will romnia wet. 108
wei votes were oast and G1 dry
votes. There were 38 sealed bal
lots and sixteen whose names were
on the register did not vote.
Ketchikan gave an overwhelming
vic'ory for the wets. Pour hun
dred tvd fifty one wet voes against :
I wo hundred and six dry votes |
weie noted on the clerks books.
Oii« hundred and five faiiled t<>
vote at the election.
TPOOPSOROERED
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LONDON, June 8—The exchange
states that United States troops
station, n at Tienattn ha\e heen or
dered in readiness to proceed to
Pekin» at a moments notice.
French troops h ive sent a strong
ft)ret to the city already. Other
details ui the rush nig of troops to
tlie Chinese city are lacking.
JOHN' EN'IIOUTE XOKTH
The Grand Trunk Pacific has
not notified their agxint, W. G.
Powell, of any cut In the service
to the Pan Handle of Alaska. The
John was scheduled to l«e this
morning far Slcagway and to the
bes» of his knowledge it Is on the
way.
SOPH 11 SCHEDULED TO SAIL
The Soul Ilia is scheduled to leave
for the. north Saturday. It 13
presumed at the Canadian Pacific
offices that it will leave on sched
ule time for Slcagway as nothing
to the contrary has been received
at the Skagway office. It Is sched
uled to leave Slcagway for the south
on June 15th.
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BLACK CLOUD ON
U.8.H0RIZ0N
WASHINGTON, June 8—The wair
department has informed; the Presi
dent and his cabinet that there are
fifteen hundred trooips available
should tiouWe arise hi Peking.
Peking.
The department has issued a
ru&h table to the commanding of
ficers o' tliis body of men to hiold
tbt.rn ia Instant resadlnesB for a
general command to proceed to
Peking. •
WASHINGTON, June 8—Arbitra
tion is Mkely to settle the Mexican
diflicullfeg with the Uniited States.
Au international commission has
been advocated by the President to
handle the situation and it has
been jieiiousiy considered by the
administration, officers at Washing
-on.
it has been reported that Car
ranza is favorable to a oomaniseion
a* least meeting to discuss the
d'ffere;ce° between the two nations
bit' has not signified his willing
ness *o abide by the decision of
Llie representatives chosen to
int ft' at tl'ut conference.
MIXING BOOKS ON HAXI)
Three still remain several copies
of the Government mining patnph
le* for free distribution, which we
will gladly give out to persons in
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YC'tr consideration and give an ac
curate description of the surround-|
ing territory without exaggeration
i>y government experts.
fIGHI AGAINST
CHICAGO, Jun-e 8—The news of
the declarations of the followers of
RnUbevelt to place his name before
the convention has caused a panic
amongst the oild «mard. Senator
Fall of New Mexico will nominate
him.
Senalor Barah has a decidedly
strong backing for vice president
an>l uo opposition bus loomed up on
the horizon to take tbe honors.
The urogressdves will probably
hold • ueir nominating convention
this coming Saturday. Roosevelt
and Jchnson will in all probability
be the candidates on that ticket.
A cable his been sent Roosevelt
urging that he come to Chicago to
a'tci.'. the convention. Harding
was made chairmun of the conven
tion.
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IN CUSS
WASHINGTON, June 8—Justice
Hughes remained saelud-d writing
declarations all day yesterday. He
appearn' for a siliort time on the
streets last night but did not make
a .3,tt'-ch as was formerly the con
sensus of opinion amongst the po
licial kailtts here. He refuted
to ?ive forth a statement to the
press.
F. V°dicka of Selkirk, Y. T.
came in en the train last night and
is stoppirg at the Golden Nortih.
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