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JUNEAU, Aug. 22. — Authority yes
terday was granted the city of Juneau
to vote on a bond issue of $75,000 for
the erection of a school building, by
a bill which passed the United States
senate.
The passage of the bill was obtained
by James H. King, of this city, now
in vVashington, who enlisted the sup
port of Senator Key Pittman.
The news has caused great satisfac
tion in Juneau, the people here realiz-]
ing the great nead of a modern school I
building.
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YUKON GOLD CO.’S DREDGE
making rapid progress.
The big dredge of the Yukon Gold
Company, on Flat creek, is making!
rapid progress toward the mouth of!
the stream, being now only about a
mile from the town of Flat. The mesa
house recently was moved, and now is
located about half a mile from town,
which will he its permanent location
in all probability. The ground through
which the dredge has been working
recently is very narrow, but as it nears
the mouth of the creek and the town
of Flat it widens out considerably, and
progress will be much slower.—Idita
rod Pioneer.
■ BILL AGAIN
PASSES THE
BOUSE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. — The
house today again passed the army
appropriation bill without the revised
articles of war to which the president
objected, and which prompted him to
veto the bill. It is understood that
when the bill reaches the senate, ar
ticles of war acceptable to the presi
dent will be added to the bill,
MOVEMENT TO STOP OPIUM
TRAFFIC IN CHINA
PKKING, Aug. 22. — The Rev. K.
W. Thwing, chief of the International
Reform llureau, has submitted to Pre
sident Li Yuan Hung, a long letter,
urging the absolute prohibition of
opium. On account of the monarchical
movement, the late President Yuan
Shi Kai found it necessary to levy the
opium taxes at Shanghai, and in other
prominent centers for the purpose of
financing the movement. As the term
stipulated in the opium agreement will
soon expire, Mr. Thwing suggests that
a mandate should be issued abolishing
all offices for opium tax and the en
forcing of prohibition throughout the
republic.
CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN
AT EMPRESS TOMORROW
h.
i acre will he a concert in the Km
press theatre Wednesday evening,
August 23, at 8 o'clock, given by prae
licully all of our local talent, under the
direction of Mrs. S. Hedges. A chorus
of sixteen will sing, and a good pro
gram is promised. There will be two
piano work and an orchestra. It is
for the benefit of a new organ at the
l'ro bytorlan hcurch. Admission BO
cents; children under 12 years 25
cents.
The concert will mark the first ap
pearance of the Bon Ton orchestra, an
organization of local talent which has
been practicing steadily for the past
several months.
All the persons who will take part
in the concert have rehearsed con
scientiously, and the entertainment is
sure to be appreciated by all lovers or
good music.
PROGRAM—PART I.
Mrs. S. R. Hedges, Director.
! (n) Hon Ton Orchestra. Selected
(lit linn Ton Orchestra Selected
2. Soldiers’ ('horns, front "Faust” Gounod
Vocal Solo "For You" Sidney Smith
Mrs. G. Kizor.
4. Two Piano I met—“Invitation to the Dance” Carl M. von Weber
Mrs. Hedges, Mrs. Benedict.
r.. Ladies’ Quartet “Kentucky Babe.”a plantation air A. Giebel
Mrs. Kizor, Mrs. O'Neil, Mrs. Appleby, Mrs. Courtright.
•1 Vocal Solo- (al “But Why” jc Logan
(b) “One Fleeting Hour" Dorothy Lee
Mrs. L. Nichols.
7. Piano Solo—(a) “Will o' the Whinp" MacIkiwell
(b) “Waltz Impromptu" Richard Platt
Mrs. p. Benedict.
8. Vocal Solo—“I Hear You Calling Me" C Marshall
Mrs. A. Courtright.
9. Air from Paul Kodway—“The Cla ng of the Forge" G. A. Rezie
Mrs. li. Servlck and Chorus.
PROGRAM—PART II.
1. Ladles’ Chorus—“Awake, Awake" j. Lincoln Hall
2. Vocal Solo (a) “I Love the Moon" P. N. Itubans
(b) “You and Love" Guy D. Ilardelot
Mrs. Baird.
3. Anthem—“O Paradise, Fair Paradise" . Charles Gabriel
By Choir.
4. Quartet—"Little Grey Home of the West” Wllmot, Lohr
Mrs. Kizor, Mrs. Courtright, Mrs. Chittenden, Mr. Servlck.
5. Vocal Duet—“Somewhere a Voice is Calling” . A. Tate
Mrs. O'Neil, Mrs. Appleby.
6. Bass Solo—“A Son of the Desert Ami” W. Phillips
^ Mr. H. Servlck.
7. Eight Hands, Two Pianos—“March Hongroise” . Henri Kowalski
Mrs. O'Neil, Mrs. Sapiro, Mrs. Benedict and Mrs. Hedges.
8. Grand Finale—“Now the Night in Sturlit Splendor" Sextette from Lucia
Bon Ton Orchestra.
Accompanists for Evening.
Mrs. S. Hedges Mrs. E. Benedict Mr. J. Gilbert
Members of Bon Ton Orchestra.
Mrs. A. Courtright Mr. C. Morgan
Mr. II. Chittenden Mr. A. Steele
Members of Chorus.
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Sopranos. Altos.
Mrs. G. Kizor Mrs. A. Courtright
Mrs. J. O’Neil * Mrs. Randall
Mrs. P. Benedict Mrs. E. E. Smith
Mrs. M. Wilson Mrs. Appleby
Mrs. Grennig Miss Sarah Clough
Tenors. Bass.
Mr. H. Chittenden Mr. H. Servlck
Mr. Ziegler Mr. A. Cohrs
Mr. C. Morgan Mr. F. Jones
ATHENS, Aug. 22.—It has just been announced that since
Sunday morning Greek troops have been fighting with a Bui
garian force near Seres, which is endeavoring to force a pas
sage on to Grecian territory.
On account of the temper of the t. -ople news of the fight lias
been withheld a3 long as possible, but the arrival of wounded
soldiers made concealment no longer possible.
SERBIANS CAPTURE FORTS.
SALONIKI, Aug. 22.—Fighting on the Balkan front is be
coming more general, and is rapidly developing into an engage
ment of the first magnitude. In the Dorian section the Serb
ians captured two forts. The heaviest fighting extends from
Kaviala to Barakli.
A brigade of Russian troops, the first to make their appear
ance on this front, arrived here today to join the entente forces.
VON MACKENSEN IN COMMAND.
ATHENS, Aug. 22.—The reported occupation of KaStorve
and Corytea by the Bulgarians has been confirmed. German
Field Marshal von Mackensen is with the Bulgarians, and is in
command of the forces.
All the civilians are fleeing before the advance of the Bui
gars, and the roads are so crowded with refugees that the
movements of the entente forces are hindered.
BERLIN ANNOUNCES BULGARIAN ADVANCE.
BERLIN, Aug. 22.—The left wing of the Bulgarian field
army yesterday began a general offensive, advancing in the
Struma valley, which was occupied after a French and British
force had been repulsed near Seres.
RUMANIA TO ENTER WAR
LONDON, Aug. 22.—Rumanian dispatches say that the
agitation for war, which in the last few days has reached a
fever-heat, has suddenly cooled down, on the announcement that
the Rumanian premier has reached an understanding with the
NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF TOE
T. L. Young, xvho has charge of the
Bernard interests on the Lewis river,
near Anchorage, reports the pay
streak on that stream too narrow to
he worked by dredge. He has been
prospecting the ground with a drill,
and says that it will make a good hy
draulic proposition.
Miss Zetta Mary Williams, of Fair
view, Wash . and S. Alexander Buch
anan, of Thomas ton, Alabama, were
recently married at Haines. The bride
is a grand daughter of Chief Seattle,
former chief of the Seattle tribe of
Indians, from whom the city of Se
attle is named.
W. S. Pekovitch, manager in charge
of the development of the Funter bay
mines, says the work is tied up
on account of the strike of the Seattle
longshoremen, which has prevented
the shipment of machinery for the
mine now lying on the Seattle wharf.
Quartz prospecting is said to have
taken a new- lease of life in the Kus
kokwirn river district, owing to the
bonding of the McDonald J. Betties
lode claim to A1 Welsh, who is ro
j ported to have agreed to pay $200,000
for the property.
The body of a man, found in the
woods near Lemon creek, at Juneau,
by two surveyors who were running
a line, has been identified as that of
Ernest Schwaab, who Is supposed to
have wandered away and died while
in a state of insanity.
Word has been received from Ne
nana to the effect that A. G. Pearson
and I. P. Taylor, of the land survey,
narrowly escaped drowning recently
when their boat capsized in the Ne
nana river. Pearson is said to have
saved Taylor’s life.
Charles Spurgeon, who for the past
year has been engaged in placet*' min
ing in the Taylor bay region, south
eastern Alaska, reports having made
a strike near Baird glacier. He took
out ten ounces of gold in ttix days
with a rocker from his find.
The Territorial Board of Dental Ex
aminers is composed of Dr. W. E. Zu
ker of Ketchikan, president; Dr. E. H.
Kaser of Juneau, secretary-treasurer;
Dr. C. L. Hale of Cordova, Dr. L. W.
Fromm of Nome, Dr Robert R. Myers
of Fairbanks.
George Johansen, an old-timer of
the Dawson country, was brought to
Fairbanks by Deputy Marshal Berg
recently. Johansen is charged with
maliciously shooting a dog in Richard
son. He is out on bonds furnished by
Rill Mcl’hee and Gus Kurglin.
B. VV. Yeatman and C. G. Cameron,
located at Camp 213. in the Matanuska
district, report a recent catch of 123
pounds of trout in one day; part of
which they brought to camp and the
balance was left for a big black bear
that interrupted their sport.
C. \V. Cook, school teacher at Tati
lek. states that the natives at that
place are taking advantage of the sal
moil run, and many of them are mak
ing the first good money they have
ever made in their lives. Several of
the natives are reported to have aver
aged as high us $139 per week during
the recent salmon run.
NT. Farcelli. under arrest at Juneau
on the charge of murdering Mike Be
fina at Douglas several months ago,
has been adjudged insane and has
been sent to the sanitarium at Morn
ingside. Since has confinement the
prisoner has been steadily growing
worse, until it is necessary to have
guards constantly watching him.
When T. M. Case, a woodchopper,
who has a camp at the head of Bould
er creek, in the Idiatrod, returned to
his cabin one evening recently, after
working all day in the woods, he found
that a forest fire had crept upon his
home and completely destroyed it, to
gether with about 73 cords of wood
piled near it. His loss amounted to
between $800 and $900.
Mrs, Rasmus Knge, of Petersburg,
was recently arrested anil fined at
that place on a charge of petty
larceny. The transcript shows that
three fishermen had secured three bot
tles of beer legitimately, but on meet
ing Mrs. Knge. for some unknown rea
son abandoned the beer and fled. She,
fearing her husband, who had been
“siwashed,would get the beer, dump
ed It off the dock. Later the fisher
men returned and had her arrestef
for petty larceny.
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MARVEL CREEK GROUND
SECURED BY LUTHER HESS.
It Is understood that Luther C. Hess,
the Fairbanks mining man, has ac
quired all of the claims on Marvel
creek, with the exception of those held
by W. Y. Fisher.
Mr. Hess has been in the district
for some weeks, and has been endeav
oring to secure control of sufficient
ground to Justify the placing of a
dredge on that stream, and it Is likely
that arrangements will now be made
to this end.
Marvel creek, a tributary of the Kus
kokwim, is knowu to have consider
able pay of medium grade, and the
near future is likely to see develop
ments there on a larger scale than
ever before.—Iditarod Pioneer.
TELLS ABOUT ALASKAN
PLUNGING OVER CLIFF.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says
By a fall of 175 feet to the rocky
base of a cliff In the Olympics, Walter
It Sheffer, aged 30 years, for seven
years manager of the Hammond Ware
house Company of Seattle, was in
stantly killed about 9 o'clock Wednes
day morning. His skull was crushed,
but not another bone in his body was
broken.
Sheffer’s companions believe tha
part of the trail gave way. He hail
taken a route slightly different from
that of his host, \lbert F. Beeves,
mayor of Bremerton, and two women
When the three failed to meet Sheffer
either at the intersection of the two
trails or at the camp, search was hi
gun and the body found.
C. K. Hammond, of 1915 Tenth ave
nue north, stepfather of the young
man, brought the body to Seattle ves
terday. Except Mrs. Hammond, his
mother, Sheffer leaves no other close
relatives.
GYPSUM PROPERTIES TO
BE DEVELOPED
W. B. Nichols, manager of the Pa
cific Coast Gypsum Company, at Gyp
sum. who arrived in Juneau recently,
staled that it was the Intention of the
company to develop the third level of
the gypsum vein and that work would
begin as soon as he will arrive at the
| miles with a crew of men. He states
i that there is a steadily Increasing de
i maud for gypsum, which has detpr
mined his company in making some
substantial developments with u view
to increased operations.
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MONTANA FOR WILSON.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22. — Stephen Cop
ley, of Great Fulls, yesterday told Sen
ator Walsh, of Montana, at the West
ern Democratic headquarters that Wil
son is certain to carry Montana.
Mrs. Laura Boone, of Anchorage, is
the guest of Mrs. I. W. Ward.
S DIPI0I1T
\TK\N.\, Aug. 22. — Allan Welsh
Dulcs, a nephew of Secretary of State
Lansing, and a grandson of the former
secretary of state. Tulin W. Foster, has
arrived in India to take a position as
a third secretary under the American
ambassador, Frederick Penfield.
Mr I Miles, who though but 2:: years
old. has already had an unusual edu
cational career, and w ho has been pro
fessor at a university in Vienna, had
cherished the thought of a diplomatic
career for some time, hut he had never
let his hopes he known for fear that
any appointment he might receive
would lay him open to the charge of
favoritism on the part of his distin
guished uncle Therefore, in taking
his examination he did not enter hie
name, but merely a number, and re
vealed his identity only when it was
definitely established that he had oh
tabled the highest percentage of the
thirteen candidates who competed.
By an odd coincidence he comes to
Vienna for his diplomatic start with
.Mr Penfield for his preceptor and in
structor. Mr. Penfield in turn accords
to Doles' grandfather. John W. Foster,
all the groundwork of diplomatic
knowledge which lie possesses,
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ARTHUR CELENE DIES
OF STOMACH TROUBLE
A. t'elene. a well known pioneer
of the north, died recently at Nulato
Mr. t'elene had for a number of years
been ailing with stomach trouble,
which was finally the cause of his
death.
Mr. t’elene was one of the best
known old timers in Alaska and the
Yukon Territot\v. he having been iden
tified with mining in the early days
of these districts. He was a member
of the Yukon Order of Pioneers, whose
membership will he saddened on heal
ing of his death.—Ruby Citizen.
FOOD SCARCE IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, Aug. 22.—A merchant in Hamburg has been
fined 2,000 marks for one of the most remarkable offenses yet
recorded against the pure food laws A “liver sausage” sold by
him for two marks and twenty pfennings the pound was found
on analysis to contain macerated rubber, finely ground hair and
gelatine. There was neither liver nor other flesh nor fats in the
sausage.
MILITARY ZONE IN SCOTLAND.
GLASGOW, Aug. 22.—The whole of Scotland north of the
Caledonian canal has been declared a special military area, and
no person is allowed to enter the area without permission from
the commandant. The order keeps out tourists, who are ad
vised to visit other parts of Scotland.
WASHINGTON, Ane 22. l-jv .
dent Wilson today informed falters
that ho will again veto the Inimiarn
' Hon hill if the literacy tost is jnc 1.t>t< |
Hast year ho vetoed the hill for lne
same reason. After the president's
| announcement the senate defeated a
motion to consider the hill immediate
!y and resumed the disc ussion of he
! revenue hill.
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TOLLS
\nnouiieement he been made by
the Signal Corps officials of the
I tilled States government, that the
I cable tolls to all part- of \l iska will
he reduced about 4n per cent, becom
ing effective after October 1
! he \laska cable rates for commer
cial and day messages and for night
letters w ill lie as follows
All southeastern Masks points. $1.
r.iirbanks and all poin's on the
Tin.inn and on the Yukon river,
Seward peninsula rates will he i. mi.
1 he night rate will be 77 per cent
: "i these figures.
The reduction in cable t dl- will
| mean tit it after Oitol er 1 the ten
! word day message which has been
charged for *.] i;i will I. ne This
message will he deli e-ed at desiina
lion upon the day rec. e.| The night
letter rates, for ,7n word . h\e been
'I'd. and will alter October 1 lie «1.
I ease mess. :;es are never delivered
until the following morning. The
night rate of lit words will he 77 cents
instead of $1.00.
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i HIM>AI’EST. Hungary. Vug l’2. —
j Hungary, probably more than any Eu
ropean nation is going to have to
erect restrictive barriers against the
I emigration of its inhabitants to Am
; erica after the war. in the opinion of
Hr. Gustav Gratz, member of parlia
intent and director of the Hungarian
Manufacturers' Association. At the
same time If th** Gnited States hopes
j entirely to escape from an inundation
j of so-called "cheap labor," it must
j co-operate and itself put up barriers
j which shall help to keep out the thou
i sands who. Hr. Gratz believes, will
want and try to forsake their native
j country and its heavy problems.
Dr Gratz declares that he knows
from |f >n.1 investigation that the
tendency to emigrate from agrieultu
j ral Hungary will be in strong contrast
j to the tendency in industrial Austria
| and Germany to stay at homo
The cause for this tendency, of
j course, he explains, is to lie found in
; the fact that the agricultural worker
I is not going to he so fortunately situ
ated after the war as the industrial
man. especially as the worker in Ger
many and a great part of Austria
who is probably going to find plenty
j of work at wages high enough to off
set the present and prospective high
prices.
Yet. he believes, there will he some
tendency on the part of the skilled
laborer to go~across the new home
; Ills hope that this (s going to be pro
j vented during a critical period in Eu
rope lies not only In laisslble legisla
tion here, hut In the repeated indica
tions from America that she would
like to check the number of emigrants
coming to her.
' entente ,so that further negotiations are unnecessary, and that
Rumania now is actually a participant in the war.
The great drive by the Russians is largely responsible for
the desire of the Rumanians to enter the war on the side of the
allies. It is recognized by all that if Russia is victorious in the
war, the lot of Rumania would be very unhappy if she did not
help in the victory.
FRENCH ADVANCE ON THE SOMME.
PARIS, Aug. 22.—According to an official announcement
by the war office, the French forces made substantial gains on
the Somme front last night. Several lines of trenches near Es
trees and Soyecourt were taken after heavy artillery prepara
tion.
BRITISH GAIN MORE GROUND.
LONDON, Aug. 22.— (Official).—British troops on the
Somme front last night advanced along a line of more than half
a mile in the face of strong German resistance near Pozieres.
MORE GERMAN VICTORIES.
BERLIN, Aug. 22.—(Official.)—All the Serbian positions
on the Malka Niezeanlania, on the Macedonian front, have been
captured by the Teutons and Bulgarians. The French forces
also have been driven from Butskova and Tahimos.
GERMAN BATTLESHIP SUNK.
LONDON, Aug. 22.—(Official.)—It is believed that the
Br.tish submarine E-21 sank a German battleship of the Nashau
chs3, which is a vessel of 18,000 tons. No particulars of the en
gagement have been made public.
BERLIN'S REPORT FOR TODAY.
BERLIN. Aug. 22.—(Official.)—The Russian forces along
tne Stokhod river continue their determined efforts to advance,
bat thus far have been repulsed with heavy losses
Attacks by the British and French forces on the SdTnmo
front were repulsed.