PREMIER BORDEN DECLARES
ALLIES CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
London, August 9—Premier Bor
den of the ' Dominion, of Canada,
"who returned to this city today af
ter visiting the trenches along the
battle front In France for a week,
declares that his countrymen are
confident of the ultimate success of
the allies. '
Advices received at the British
war office this morning are to the
effect that Russia has rejected
peace proposals that are said to
have been submitted by the Teu
tons through tho King of Denmark.
The British press is "outimistic, the
Russians being reported as retreat
ing In an orderly manner to a
new liue of defenses.
Indications are that the Teuton
forces are In practical possession of
the Russian territory from the Xie
men river to the Oulf of Riga. I1
is claimed that another army Is
directed tog-ard Dunaburg or Dvin
ski, on "the Dvina river.
Kuovno fortress on the Niemea
river, well to the Interior and the
capital of the province of that
| name, has been evacuated, ac
cording to a dispatch from • Copen
hagen. The go fern or and his staff
have tied and nil the banks' have
been closed. The civilian popula
tion has been leaving the place
for more than a week, in! anticipa
tion of possession by the German
forces which have been operating
along the Niemen river from Prus
sia.
It now appears that besides the
three wings of the German army
which enveloped Warsaw aud took
possession of Poland territory, -an
other considerable army kas been
penetrating inland along the Xei
men river and that sea farces
have taken possession of Libau
and are about to Invest Riga.
The fate of the main part of the
Russian army 'which has been re
treating from Warsaw, is still In
doubt. No recent advices have been
received from Petrograd, • and
nothing direct from Berlin. It is
claimed, however, that a battle is
still raging on the Bug river.
Berlin, August 9—Milo by mile
tiie Austro-German armies are push
ing the Russians back from the
ground around Warsaw and In the
meanwhile are making stupendous
attempts to trap or crush the Rus
sian Graad Duke's army. Praga,
a suburb of Warsaw, is now oc
cupied Vy the Germans while ' the
Atistrians have forced the Russians
to retreat in disorder across the
Vieprz aud have also badly defeated
them near Miechow.
London, August 9—Thousands of
cases of ammunition that have been
opened at the front by the Rus
sians have been found to contain
nothing but rubbish. The exchange
is believed to have been the work
iof German spies.
Pttrograd, Aug. 9—In the direc
tion oX Riga it is reported the Ger
mans are being dislodged between
Kvina and tho lower course of the
Ofas. '
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INTOJNGUSH
Petrograd, August 9—The Eng
lish language Is to 'be substituted
tor German in the commercial
schools of Russia, according to
1 an announcement issued today.
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LOOKS LIKE ARMED INTERVENTION
IS THE ONLY REMEDY IN MEXICO
| Washington, Aug. 9 — The hopw
j for a restoration of peace in Mexico
wichout the armed intervention
o' the United States and tbe South
and Central American ropublics
faded away almost entirely today
when it became known that General
Cartanza had ordered the mediating
representatives of the South and
Central American countries out of
Mexico. '
Following out the findings of the
Pan-American conference, an ap
peal for peace was to have been
made to the Mexican people and to
all factional leaders.
The appeal was to nsk for a
stable government and election of
the choice of the people without
regard to factional differences, and
was to have been circulated through
out Mexico through 'Latin and Am
erican consular officers.
It was believed that when tbe
people of Mexico realized that not
only the United States, but that
the other nations of South Ameri
ca wern joining to see that peace
was resored in Mexico, that the
rhiefs would also desire -peace.
It is now admitted that the
only solution left is armed inter
vention. American, troops are
being sent to the Mexican border
in 'ncreasing numbers with a view
o° being ready for any emergency.
Washington, D. C., August 9—
The Brazilian minister at Mexico
Citv, the only diplomatic representa
tive of America in Mexico, has been
withdrawn by his government be
cause General Carranza was pre
paring to have him expelled.
Brownsville, Texas, August 9—
The whole of Cameron county is un
der martial law following a raid
bv Mexican bandits. Six hundred
soldiers are now in pursuit of the
bandits. '
PREMIER OftUl ILL REMAIN
AND ORGANIZE NEW CABS1EI
lokio, Aug 9—Premier Okuma
today decided to remain in office :
and will at once proceed to organ-1
lze a uew cabinet.
On July 30th 'the Japanese cabi-j
net, headed by Count Okuma as
premier, tendered its resignation to
Emperor Yoshihito. This action fol
lowed the resignation of Viscount
Kanet'ike Oura, minister of the
interior, following an investigation
by 'hp ministry of justice into
bribery charges resulting from tlie
parliamentary elections last March.
Visoouu* Oura's resignation was
sanctioned by the emperor after a
report on the situation had been
mai'e to him by Count Okuma.
Oil July 30th the following ap
pointment of deputies was made by
United States Marshal Hurry • A.
Bishop of the first division:
Jas. Li. Manning' to succeed Hoc
tor McLean at ;Juneau.
W. C. Sharp to succeed J. H. Da
vies at Ketchikan.
J. W. Coombs to succeed W. S
Harding at Haines.
Henry L. Barth to succeed John
Goodell at Sitka.
It is also reported that Jack
Mullen, head deputy in the Juneau
office of the United States marshal,
has tendered his resignation, 1 to
take effect September 1st, and that
J. J. Clarke of Juneau is slated
for the place.
government to survey
SEWARD TERMINAL TRACT
Seward, Aug. D—United states
surveyors are platting a sixty-acre
temiual tract under a recent order
bT president Wilson. This v;as the
ground that was the scene of • a
stampede and staking of lo's early
last spring, following rumor that
the la id would be thrown open. Ad
ditional acreage included in the
order is an irregular tract west and
north of the terminal tract, includ
ing all the remaining unsurveyed
kind in the town limits. The time
for sa'e of lots has not yet been
announced.
Ha!? the terminal tract will be
reserv'd by the Alaska Engineering
Commission for residences of the
permanent employes, shops, yards,
etc. The comniissio n has made
arrangements with the water com
pany for the immediate laying of
500 feet of street mains. Sixty
men are grading Main street here.
The Alaska road commission has
a fores of thirty men building wag
on roads to connect the mining dis
tricts of Kenai peninsula and Wil
low creek, in E'.usitna valley, with
points 011 the govornraent railroad.
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associated with E. R.'Peoples and
Co., of Fairbanks, formerly of
Skagway, was a passenger 011 the
Northwestern.' Mr. Johnson Is
taking a sawmill to Portage Ray,
where he and John Enlund, former
ly of Fairbanks, will engage in the
milling and lumber business. The
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CHIEF FORESTER OF THE U. S,
IISKAGlf VISIIOR rESTERDAV
Heury S. Graves, chief forester,
for the United 'States, arrived in
Skagway yesterday evening 011 the
government launch 'Tahn, with As
sistant Forester E. A. Sherman and
Local Forest Supervisor W. (J.
Weigle. Tile, Tahn made an exten
sive* cruise o' Southeastern Alaska,
to give the head of the federal for
estry service and his assistant an
insight into conditions in tho Ton
ga® and Chugach forest reserves.
The Tahn left Ketchikan 011 -Inly
18, and has been along the West
Coast of Prince of Wales Island,
and at Sitka. The Tahn will return
to Ketchikan in charge of her crew.
Mr. Graves and Mr. Sherman left
this moraine for the interior of
Alaska, for the purpose of collect
ing data to support the forest de
partment in its opposition to tho
abolishment of tho government's
conservation policy. They will go
to Cordova, overland from Fair
banks. While on this trip Mr.
Graves will classify lands within
the reserves that are not timbered
and these eventually will be exclud
ed from the resrves. In speakiiig
to a Daily Alaskan representative
last evening Mr. Graves said:
"Wo are trying to' worjt o»i ;i
fair and equitable plan for the de
veloDment of the various hot springs
in Alaska, which are governed by
our department.. We are spending
some money on them ourselves and
I think some of them will be de
veloped by the service, while others
are turned over for a term of years
to private capital. At any rate I <
think tuey are wonderful assets and
should be fully developed."
lie rofused to express an opin
ion on the action of the legislature
in dividing the receipts from the
sale of timber in the First and
Third division'foroot rooervc-j, equal
ly among the four divisions of Al
aska. "This is a matter for the
courts to settle," Ire said.
In an interview published in the
Juneau Daily Empire of August 1th,
Mr Graves declared ho had been
misquoted by the newspapers in re
feruioe tc the Alaska development
board plan advocated by Secretary
of the Interior Lane. "Several pa
pers said I was opposed to Mr.
Lane's plaan," ho said, "but 1
am not, although I cannot say at
this time that I am in favor of it.
Secretary 'Lane and I are very good
friends and we have worked in har
mony, and if he thinks it is a good
plan we will let it go at that. I
ha\e nothing to say of the matter.
"I am making my first visit to
the north " said Mr. Graves. "I,
of course, have a lot of information
relative to the reserves here, but
want to see the country and get
first-hand knowledge of such lands
."S can rightfully he throjvn out of
the reserve limits. I will also
bnsj myself in collecting data to
coml.at any such bill as that in
treduce'1 last winter in congress to
.:bolish the Chugach reserve. I am
oppuosed to any movement to abol
ish any forest reserve in Alaska,
.:."d the Chugach particularly.
"Thase reserves must serve as
the woodpiles of Alaska and ' for
this reason, if for no other, must
be preserved. A wrong impression
has b'jeu created through the
complaints of Alaskans over the
fact that some land not bearing
timber has been included within
the reserve. It is time that this
matter was cleared up. When the
Chugach reserve was created the
land was not any too well sur
vyed. Hence, in order to list boun
daries that could be recognized
without any later dispute, it was
necessary to take natural lines
(Continued on page 4.)
ISLANDER not
YEHOCATED
Juneau Empire: Dragging for the
wreck of tiie steamship Islander,
off the southerly point of Douglas
Island, h'i3 thus far failed to reveal
tiie suot where the vessel lies on
tho floor ot Lynn oaual, afccording
to W. J. Rogers, exuert diver, who
has financed the expedition. Mr.
Rogers was in Juneau today.
Mr. Rogers declares that the drag
was made for a distance of 200
yards in every direction from the
spot where the Islander was
thought to have sunk. The spot
where the Islander went down, af
ter striking an iceberg on August
15, 1901, is said to have been
known to Henry Finch, a veteran
diver, who showed Mr. Rogers its lo
cation o lithe charts. By no means
disheartened, Mr. Rogers announces
his determination to continue the
search for the vessel, having an
ticipated when the expedition was
formed, that the location of the
wreck would be no easy task.
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