Japan Declares ar Against Germany
Another Big Battle Raging
In Belgium \
Tokio, August —The (Jermnii
government having refused ^o rum
ply with the demand rmntly made
l>y Japan ilutl the (>«tnuiin (iini|k
I'vacualr the Kiau Chan furls in
China, and the time limit of the
nltimatiim having expiml on Sat
urday . the Japanese government at
once declared war against that
power, ami has already commenced
n bombardment of Tsiugku, one of
I lie fortifications ucrupietl by the
(ienimiK
t.ERMANS HAVE EXCELLENT
DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS
Shanghai, Augum -4—Advices re
ceived here from Tsins;ku are to
the effect that the (iermaas have
made excellent preparations lor de
fense and lhat it will take a strong
force and cost heavily in human life
to wrest its possession from them.
i;i<; rattle ix progress
vr charleroi. relgiim
London. August 24—The Paris
correspondent of the Daily Mail says
MEETING OF THE SKAGWAY
HORTICTT.Tl'KAl. SOCIETY
The annual exhibits of the Skag
w iy Horticultural and Agricultur
al society, which have been held
hero for the past two years, have
proved so successful that people
are looking forward to an announce
ment of .the time for holding the
third event with a great deal of
interest.
The Daily Alaskan has already
been approached by several lo
cal people and urged to call a meet
ing of all those who would care to
t:tk* steps for arrauging a progi^im
of events, and list of prizes, etc..
as well as deciding upon a datfe for
the holding of the third annual fair.
A meetiug is therefore called for
tomorrow t Tuesday) night at 8
o'clock at the town hall, where
everyone interested, either man or
woman, will have the privilege of
stating thtir views and offering s'tg
that there is a hij; hattle in |tr<>
Cffss now nt Oiarleroi, Itelgium,
mill that the (ieriuans are wcupy
iiu; all the villages brtwten Lou
vain anil Alvo .so that the passage
of the mailt army across It.l^iiiin
may not Ik* interrupted.
At Antwerp the (•crutau forces
have been driven in all directions,
hut the in.:in Innly has not yet ap
proached far enough to get into
action.
It is uiinufftclally staled here j j
that <>rcat llritain and Kiuni'e ltav<
agrei-d to advance l>ol!;imtt SIOO.
(H)<>,000 for war iiuriMit.es.
The news is momentarily e\pcct
eil to reach here of the declaration
of war l>y Italy utfuin>t (iertiiany.
HUITISH AM) KKKXCH TROOPS
AUK ASSl'Ml-N'ti OFFK.XSlVK
l'urts. August —Reports aie '•
roiiimeiicin<; to reach hero of a grea
Uattle that is being fought trout j S
Moils, in lUslgium, to the frontier
>f Luvuiulterg. They also state that
he French and British have every- s
ivhtce assumed the offensive.
gestious as to the best way to pro- (I
ceed.
We understand that is is the de- s
sire of some of the citizens of Skag
way. ro take up at this meeting the
matter of the creation of "The City l
Beautiful," and the starting of an u
aggressive campaign for eecurin '
the tourist travel Of the United j -5
States and Canada, with a "See Am- :
erica Firt," slogan.
riMttUXK.Vr ItATLUOAD MAX I
IS DKAU IX CHICAGO
Clicago, August 24—Darius .Mil
ler, i>resident of the Chicago Our- i
lington Ac Quincy railroad. Is dead fi
here today as the result of an opcr- ;
atlon for appendicitis which he u«
derweut at a local hospital yester- !'
day. 1
n
Miss Williamson, principal of the >;
Polytechnic high school of I-os | a
Angeles, California, is returning on
the Alameda to her home after a v
round-trip to the westward. !<
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THE LOYAL OlSDKK MOOS*
IS OIUJAM/.Kl) i\ .IAINICS
J. Frederick Johnson, who is the
Alaskan organizer for the Loyal
Order Moose, having just got
through Instituting a subordinate
branch at Haines, left on t it is morn
ing's train for "At'.in, where lie is
going to perform a. like service.
" After he gets through there he
will go on to Xomc, stopping at
several iniet mediate points to ■
nanize other lodges, and- if ho!
reaches the nortl era metropolis in
limo to catch an outgoing boat be
fore iho c!ofe of navigation, will |
ng Sea route.
>leswhere in today's paper, Joseph I
he Maine's Ic-lgc, nt.d an invitation
s extended to .ii.> reputable white |
eside.it of to send in his ,
.;>;> 1'- '.i ii t .• • -s!tiA. I
MOTOUliOAT CAUMVAIj OX
Xe.v \ oi k, Aug ii A week ol
omprtitions under the auspices ol
li« Nation. I 11 :orb: f !'..:rival As
iH.-ia!ion, beu.'it to lay at Manilas
lJr.y. For ten .voir; tiiis carni
! h:is been the motorboat racing
-sic of the season, Tho pro
ram includes as us». I torupetliions !
>r the five perpetual championship !
rophit's offered by the National As-,
Delation it K' siue and liont Man- i
facturers. in addition tHere will!
e added events for r.Jl classes of:
The five chunpionships
.
lid uader; national tH'e Tor speed
i
•t to 'I" tivi loti. ..:ul t\e till*'
v motor yniiits ' f -e' or i^ore in >
>iiRth. j(
UK ! KWI!;.. i.f \ < VTS
IN WITH A i(II* CAKtfO
ist ntg'iv ttivfi '• "I- of
. Weeks. V. GiT'-nlciUl:; l ha*.
:iu, U:v l». JoV. i. Mrs. C. \V.
Sirff, Katherhie Maionc., Miss A. j
nderson.
She will pot away to the we.*t- J
srd .13 sivu ;.s s- fini-Uis wn- !
ading.
li.\(J\V.\Y I'l'lil-lC st'linoij is
Ol'KXKI) l'OK I!>1 I-l". TKItM
Tiie public school for the 1914-1
5 terra was opened this morning'
1th Miss Keenati a* principal. Miss 1
•
le grades. Miss Sowerby, teaclur
the thlid and fourth g. ales and '
iss Maloney as te;M'l < of the |
rimary grade.
Mrs. Chiis. Dodd left on tlie City
f Seattle yesterday for Seattle. Mr.
odd is one of the office force of
:o W. P. & Y. Tv. and will short
• leave for the interior as stetio
rapher for Traffi< Manager, J. E.
OlSEGOX EXGIXEER COMES
TO SUCCEED McCAUSXLAXD
Seattle, Aug. 24—William Frank
liu Allison, professor of hydraulic
.uid sanitary engineering in the Un
iversity of Oregon, is to succeed
Elmer J. McCaustland as professor
of highway and municipal engineer
ing in the University of Missouri,
and will leave for his new post j
next week.
Professor Allison has had a 19
years' career in the teaching and
prac'iee of engineering. He was
graduated from South Dakota state
college In 1895 with the degree of
bachelor of science; from Purdue
University in 1897, with bachelor
of scicnce in civil engineering. Cor
nell conferred the degree of civil
engineer on him in 1904. In 1898
99 Professor Allison served in the
Philippines as major and engineer
officer of the First South Dakota
I'olu'iteers.
From 1904 to date, Profas6or Al
lison was successively instructor in
iivil °n.i;ineering in the Colorado
School of Mines, professor in charge
5f the department of civil enginqer
111* in that institution, city engineer
3f Golden, Colo., and professor in
.lie University of Oregon. He is a
ueiuber of the American Society of
?ivil Engineers.
FLOOR OF LAKE ERIE
BEING SWEPT TODAY
Conneaut, Ohio, Aug. 24—The .
loor of Lake Erie today is being
swept with huge electrical mag
iat«s in an effort to recover the 1
ar ferry Marquette and Bessemer i
>>"0. 2 which went down off '
'onneaut harbor during ,a terrible
torm on the night of December !>, '
tuiy. The ferry carried n cargo of
oal valued at $35,000, and a crew
thirty men all of whom were lost.
The work has been undertaken '
■y a syndicate of business men from
Vindsor, Out., who have taken a 1
l\ moiil'i option on the boat and '
:irgo, and expect to realize hand- '
omely if she is recovered. E. L. '
Viiite, an electrical engineer of St. 1
'homas .will direct the search from '
he large yacht Berthie, which has •
ri>n equipped with special appara- I 1
us for the work.
HK CITV OF SEATTLE WAS |c
IX AXD OUT YESTERDAY
Tile City of Seattle got In yes- c
erday afternoon with 42 round- <
rippers from Seattle, 6 round-trip- 1
ers from Juneau and 3 round-trip
ers from Ketchikan In addition to
lie following peoplo who debarked
ere:—
Mrs. Sciicfcl, C. N. Keith, Mrs.
Elizabeth Keith, Dr. W. Good, Mrs.
lazel Good, William Gilzan, M. O.
5ell, Tlios. Griffin, Jas. P. Lake, A.
:. Green It. M. Cummins, Peggy
Vatts.
She sailed for Seattle, via Sitka,
■t 8:45 last night with the follow
ng peoule bound for the outside: —
Mrs. Helen Dodd, O. Hansen, wife
Lnd child for Seattle; J. B. Stiteler,
or Juneau; A. C. Spaeth, and wife
or Ketchikan.
JUST RECEIVED
Caramels de Cuxc
Something entirely new; the most
delicious candy we have
ever shown
45c per pound
Comi'ig on the S. S. Alameda, a complete line of
Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Etc.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
[floating fort rivadavia
TURNED OVER TO ARGENTINE
Boston, Aug. 24—With elaborate
ceremonies, tho groat super dread
naught Rivadavia was today form
ally turned over to tho Argentina
government in Boston harbor. A
thousand men, brought here by
transport from the Sou*u American
republic were formally assigned to
their posts to wan this greatest
battleship afloat. The huge float
ing fort will dock at the CharleS
town navy yard for final touching
up, the United States navy depart
ment having offered this courtesy
to her sister republic. AWbassa-1
lior Naon, representative of Argen
tine at Washington, was to come
to lead in dedicating the dread
naught. The Rlvadavia has no su
perior on i he seas, in armament,
speed, horse-power, tonnage or armo
During lior speed trials her monster
engines forced the great bulk at a
>peed of 22.56 knots an hour. When
-lie war cloud hovered over Europe
ind before the rattle of mus
tetry and boom of big guns began,
several European nations offered ft
iandsome price for the Rlvadavia,
iut all were turned down. The
Moreno, sister ship of the Rivadavia
s now-building at New York, where
ihe will be launched probably in
September.
>RV WHEELING CITS
JAIL AM) POLICE FORCE
Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 2-1—Dry I
Vest Virginia has bettered Wheel-1
ng's morals, but it has temporarily I;
lowed up Whoeliug's business, ac
ording to an investigation report :
rliich is on filo today. Wheeling
las been dry for more than a month
Jefoi'o July 1 when tho saloons
k'ent out there was an average of
10 cases in police court daily. Since
hen two a day has been the limit,
"here are today just one-third as j
aany inmates of the county jail as ;
ormorly. The board of control !
lid off night and day jailers,
alf the work house guards were I
ischarged and the council plans to !
ut the police force „to one half . i
ls preseir size. On the other hand, <
lerhcants say the ousting of the '
aloon has seriously hurt the busi- t
es«, and they predict hard times ;
ntil business can adjust itself to
hanged conditions.
Oren Bran, the mayor of Fraser, i
amo over Saturday and left for ,
Ilifton this morning, where he will '
ie stationed for some time.
NEITHER CAN' YOU GET
NOTHING FOR SOMETHING
Seattle, Aug. 24—Everyone re
cognizes—or pretends ha doe#—
that there -s no getting apythlag for
nothing bat Is It as clear that
there is 110 getting nothing tor some
thing? That may require a LLUla
consideration, and ouch It .w*s giv
en at the time it was stated, by I>r.
C. J. Ducasse, of the philosophy de
partment of .the University of Wasb
ingpton, in a lecture before the sum
mer session of students on "Tha
Practical Value of Philosophy."
"Whatever we get has to he paid
for in some way, and once wa are
made conscious of tha price, we
may decide that after all It Is loo
high," said Dr. Ducaaae."Convar»a
ly, there is no getting nothing for
anything. Whatever we lose, .fall
in, or suffer from, la compensated la.
some way. ' aOqco the compensa
tion is pointed out to us, -re may
some to the conclusion that efter all
it is fair enough. That Is, tha r*l
ae o? the experience ia clear to us
"Philosophy attempts to broad an
Dur pers- active both In prosperity
md in. adversity. Its valua to the
practical man ia to show Mm that
there are other values in life than
the purely practical values. Aa ax
ciusive devotion to the latter blinds
one to the others."
working as deckhand
DID NOT APPEAL TO HIM
Dr. W. P. Good of Kubjr «JTir«d
•esterday on the Seattle, l«ft
vith. his wife this morning for th«
nside. z.
Dr. Good left Ruby last April vlth
line dogs for the Kuskokwlia oa hJa
tvay to Seattle, thinking that would
je the quickest way, and arrived lu
Seattle July 5, haying worked hi®
ivay out as deck hand oa th^ Mg
ras boat Ruby, which he took
3ethel about ninety miles up tho
•Cuskokwim river. The reason tha
doctor had to work was the Ruby
ias no license to carry passed genr,
o lie had to ship as one of th»
Tew, and as he said "Believa m«, I
■arned my passage," and says he
i'ill never try that route again *a
he up river and W. P. & Y. R.
re good enough for him.
Mrs. J. McKettrlck, who haa been
u the W. P. & Y. R. hoepital for
several days, haa eo far recovsr«d
«s to be able to be out and *111
eave for her home in Bennett oa
iVednesda*.
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