GERMAN SUBMARINES DESTROYED
IN SHEDS Bf ALLIED FLEET
London, Aug. 27—Several Ger
man submarines were destroyed and
the submarine sheds wrecked at
Zceorugge, the seaport of Bruges,
Belgium, by a bombardment by
I French and English warships today.
It is asserted also that one hun
dred Gorman soldiers and marines
were eHher killed or wounded by
j the shells.
TURKISH COAST
BLOCKADED BY
Paris, A«S. 27—A proclamation
has Ik fit Issued by the quadruple
entente dclaring a blockade of
Asia Minor coast yorts of Syria
iroui the island of Salos to the
Egyptian frontier to be effective
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Washington, Aug. 27—Official
advices received here today state:
that Bulgaria has signed an agree- j
ineut with Turkey to remain neu
tral. This indicates that the at- *
tempt to form a Balkan league to j
support t> .. allies' campaign against
Turkey has failed.
DIVIDES THE
Berlin, Aug. -7—The Austrian |
cavalry has pushed eastward from ;
Kowl on the Polish frontier and I
succfOi'td in dividing the Russian |
forces into two groups unable to
co-oper.ite with each other. It is
antK-ipaf-1 that this movement will |
ior>v ;i further retreat oa the part ^
of ouy or both wings of the Rus- :
siaa army :ts it opens the way for j
the Teutonic armies to surround j
and crush the Russian divisions;
one ;-i a time unless they find j
mentis oe reuniting.
SNOW
ALLIED WARSHIPS
immediately. The addition of a
number i J fast Italian cruisers to
the allied fleet In the eastern part
oi the Mediterranean since that
country's declaration of war against
Turkey has made it possible to In
stitute an effective blockade.
A party of big game hunters
comprised of R. Fred Vogel,
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Vo
g?l of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and Mrs. and Miss Yates of
San Francisco, arrived in Skagway
harbor yesterday afternoon at 21
o'clock on the handsome steam |
yacht Ituna, owned by R. Fred Vo- j
gel, commanded by Captain Soren-1
son, piloted by Ca.pt. Fred White, |
pioneer Alaska navigator, with H- j
B. Cloak, an engineer on the old j
Idaho when 6he was running to Al
aska 30 years ago, as chief engi
neer.
Mr. Vogel left New York the
26th of December, 1914, on the I
Ituna and has been aboard of her
continuously since, except for a j
short time spent in San Francisco j
at the exposition. He brought
the vessel, which was built In
Glasgow, Scotland, and is 150 feet
long, through the Panama canal.
"Shorty" Austin of Carcro6s has |
b-*en in Skagway for several days |
waiti'ig for the party to come as
he had been engaged to guide them
through the interior on a hunting
trip. They left for Log Cabin on f
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New York, Aug. 27—The value
OX the English pound, sterling, has
gone steadily down for the past
three weeks until today it touched
$4.63% in American money, the
lowest value ever olaced upon it
since New York became a financial
center. Utter demoralisation of
the foreign excliango markets re
sulted. This is a drop of over four
cents In ten days.
Francs followed snit, falling to
6.00, or the equivalent of 16 2-3c.
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Washington, Aug. 27—The first
payment op five hundred and four
Lhousand dollars on the purchase
Df the Alaska Northern railroad
was made by the government today.
IE SET FDfi
Washington, Aug. 27—The state
iepartrnent has given the Haitian
government until September 17th
o consider and determine whether
t will accept the offer of the Unk
:d States to establish a temporary
protectorate over that country
ind administer for ten years their
'inances and supervise the policing
>f the islands for the entire repub
ic.
The American government is ar
ranging for an extended stay with
2,500 marines at strategic points
>f the island.
Juneau Empire, August 25: Per
i?pc one of the most unusual
tides known in the entire history
if the territory—or even in the his-1
ory of the whole continent—oc
mrred as a Friday the 13th ev«nt I
n the Indian village of Klukwan,
irhich is 23 miles inland from j
laines on the Chilkat river.
About two and a half miles back [
►f the village there is in the very |
on o£ the mountains, a Ijasin such 1
is is frequently occupied by a gla
ier. This bowl surrounded by1
aountain crests has for years been I
Irained by a sma.M stream which'
•asses down the mountain 6ide j
Jirough a gorge not more than ]
.Normally, pounds sterling, are
quoted at $4.87 and francs at ap
I proximately 20c.
The German mark showed today
a slight recovery, but still stands
away below normal.
Thr> sharp fall la exchange rates
was ascribed to the demand of
American manufacturers for pay
for the goods sold by them abroad.
With the English pound debased
as never before, the American dol
lar Is now the standard of the
world's financial market.
ten feet wide. During the recent
havy rains, which lasted for three
days, this gorge gradually filled
with the backed-up waters of the
stream and a mass of mud and
rocks.
Between two and three o'clock
on the afternoon of Friday, August
13th, the natives in the village be
low heard a fearful rumbling and
grinding. A moment later the panic
stricken natives saw an enormous
river of mud and rock ploughing its
way down the mountain side, di
rectly 'n line with their settlement.
Tho slide covered the distance °f
2% miles at the rate of 8 miles
an hour and made straight for the
village.
Superintendent of Nat've Schools i
W. G. Beattie said this afternoon, I
"I never have seen anything like |
it. The mud carried rocks all tho
way "row pebbles to boulders 7
feet high, and wherever the'ground
was at all soft, it gouged out a
path for itself eight or ten feet
deep. As it approached the village
it parted into two streams. One
of them dodged the school house,
went around the corner of the gar
dens, picked up ten ricks of wood
we >*a-l piled there and went on
down into the river. The other
stream went around the corner of
the building in the opposite direc
tion and literally entered tho kitchen
through a locked door, which was;
splintered to kindling, and went on I
through the building into the dining ,
room, leaving the rooms filled with
mud and rocks to a depth of 18
inches. As soon as tho water
drained off the muck began to
harden, and we had to get it out
with a pick.
The river of mud ran for about
fifteen minutes and spread for a
width of 100 feet. The whole path ;
of its progress is simply a sheet
of hardened mud and it is so hard
that a shovel won't touch it at all. ,
It will all have to be taken out
with picks.
Although the place was pretty i
well covered with rocks and mud,
there was littlf other damage done, ,
and the largest pa^t of the expense '
of getting things into shape again j
will be just plain labor—and that <
will cost easily _?400." 1
About 86 children are registered 1
til 'he Klukwan school, which is ,
taught by P. R. Shaver, and which '
will begin its session September 1
16th. There are about 300 natives <
living in the village, though at
the time of the slide there were |
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AMBASSADOR SAYS SUBMARINE
ATTACKS ON LINERS WILL CEASE
Washington, Aug. 27—German
Ambassador Bernstorff has supple
mented his previous expressions of
his government's regret over the
loss of American lives on the
steamer Arabic with the official an
nouncement coming from Berlin
yesterday that the Kaiser would
disavow the action of the subma
rine commander in sinking the Ara
bic and declare the same to have
J. J. CLARK GIF
DEPUTYJARSHAL
Juneau Empire, Aug 25: John
Clark, chief deputy clerk of the dis
Irict court, who has been away on
i mouth's vacation which he lias
spent in San Francisco and San Di
-■go will return about the first of
the month. It is expected that he
will upon his arrival, Telieve John
P. Mullen as chief deputy United
States marshal.
Deputy Clerk J. T. Reed will as
sume Mr. Clark's old position in
th«- clerk's office, hut the ap
pointee to Mr. Reed's place has
not yet been announced.
Seward Gateway: The Alaska en
gineering commission has 15 men
employed in the laying of a new
rack over Lowell creek. It is
mderstood that they will have a
louble track all along to the head
)£ the bay.
F. A. Hancock has been given
he job of putting in concrete foun
dations for the machinery in the
new machine shop, which will be
;rectod on the site of the old one.
["he erection of the building proper
vlll not commence until something
uore definite has been learned.
Practically all the machinery that
vas in the old shop and went
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, been done contrary to orders, with
the nosltlve statement that subma
I rin© attacks on passenger liners
i will cease at once.
| As a consequence the president
aud officials of the state depart
, mei>t give evidence of great relief,
' an* everywhere the tense feelLng
' caus"d by the beli-Jf that a rupture
: of diplomatic relations with Ger
many was imminent has entirely dis
appeared.
A DESERVED
PROMOTION
Rev. Father Allard, formerly In
charge of the Catholic church at
Dawson, came out from Atlln yea
I terday, where he had been on a
' short visit before his departure
from the north for Prince Rupert,
where he will henceforth be locat
ed as assistant to Rev. Father
Bunoz, the prefect apostolic, and
left on the Princess Sophia for his
new field of labor. His new du
ties will take him over considerable
country, and it is not unlikely that
he will visit Dawson at various
times within the next several years.
Father Allard went to the Yu
kon territory from Ottawa twelve
years ago, and has been most active
In the northern field. He built
new churches at Atlin, Carcrosa
and on Sulphur creek, and during
the five years he has been In
charge in Dawson, greatly enlarged
the accommodations at St. Jlary'a
school and put In improvements,
including steam heat and other
comforts. He was also instrumental
in starting a series of popular win
ter entertainments at St. Mary's
hall.
On first going to the Canadian In
terior Father Allard was one year
at Carcrross, and three at Atlln,
then several years on Sulphur and
other creeks.
He returned to Dawson Just be
fore starting for the outside from
th° upper Stewart, where he admin
istered to the spiritual needs of 80
Indians who are adherents of the
Catholic church. Several weddings
and baptisms were performed among
them bv him during his viBit.
Rev. Father Allard was succeed
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