BE RECEIVED IT
ASSAY GEE1CES
Tin- assnycr in charge of the
I'nitcd Stati - assay office at Seattle
has received authority from the
i'nited States government to accept
deposits of platinum metals when of
fered in the form of jewelry, dental
scraps, etc
The authorization was received by
Assavcr J. \\'. Phillips at Seattle in,
e letter from Acting Director of ttie
Mint M. M. O'lteilly, in which it is
va id:
"The department has under con
ijderation a plan for permitting the
establishments of the mint service to
receive deposits of platinum metals
when offered in the form of jewelry,
dental serai), etc, the details of which
v ill he communicated to you as soon
as possible.
“Pending final arrangements you j
ltors or notifying them of your in
ability to mnke payment tor the same
You will, instead, give every encour
agement to the patrons of your mint
in deposit with you, for the use of
tho government, all forms of metal
i.f the platinum group.
It lias been tentatively determined
by the institutions of the mint service
went to ttie New York assay office,
where ail equipment is being installed
for the ready determination of values
In platinum.
"I'lion receipt of deposits irnin you
•he superintendent of the New York
assay office will find a purchaser for
the platinum who will utilize the
metal for government purposes. The
value ol the individual deposit will
he remitted to you for transmission
to the depositors.”
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SKATT1.K. Aug 2fi, The Cordova
passengers of the steamship \laska
are as follows: Miss Klsie Ware. Miss
K. Keever, Mrs. 11. ('. Caldwell. Mrs. j
M K Russell, Miss Mattie loslvn. Mr.
and Mrs. F (V Ditnond. Mr. and Mrs.
F. J. Dnelmney. Mr. ami Mrs. Kdwartl I
Walsh. Mrs. .1. II. Casey, Miss June i
Allen. T H MeClellaml. Will Clayson,]
J. W draff. F. Spearman. Margaret
Kollinson, Sophie Sjohetg. Mr. and
Mrs. .1. 11. C.asklll and son. Albert
Walker, Mrs II d Walker.
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< HORDES CF HUNS ♦
« TAKEN PRISONERS ♦
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♦ r.\ Ills, Aik: HR The Hritish ♦
♦ have taken twenty thousand ♦
A prisoners since Uigust HI ♦
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SIDETRACKED
FOR ■ Rill
WASHINGTON. Ana. HR.- The sen
ale is considering the nian-]>ower bill
as passed by the house today, and il
K hoped to dispose of it tomorrow,
Th prohibition bill has been tempo
rarily sidetracked in the senate in
favor of the man-power bill The
President, according to the senate
prohibition leaders, is not opposed to
the legislation pending which provides
f/w- saiinnai prohibition during the
war, but he has suggested that the
time proposed for its becoming effec
tive- next January , be extended three
months. It is claimed this would as
sure passage of the bill.
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VL\ hi VOSTOK. Aug LMI. Four
Red Cross physuianH hiive gone to
ilu* Manchurian front to establish an
cvaciuition hospital and surgical de
partment at Harbin The military
hospital there already has been taken
o\ c! by the Red Cross
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CONSTANTINOPLE BOMBED
BY ALLIED AID SQUADRONS
\MSTKTtDAM. Aug. 1'ti.—A Turkish
official stal**ment says that two hos
tile air squadrons attacked Constan
tinople Wednesday night. It makes
no mention of the casualties or the
damage done.
EXPLOSION ON TRANSPORT
KILLS SEVERAL OF CREW
AX ATI.ANTIC I’OHT. Aug. IT.
A steam pipe aboard an American
transport exploded, killing several
members of the .row An offlclal
statement of the accident is not forth
coming.
BOLSHEVIK TROOPS ARE
ROUTED BY JAPANESE
LONDON, Aug. 2l*.—Japanese troops are completing their
concentration on the Ussuri front, according to a \ ladivostok
dispatch, w liieli aiso states that at Kngenueuka the sailors, sup
ported by armored cars, attacked tin* Bolshevik troops in tin*
fact* of a heavy artillery fire and routed them.
Czecho-Slovak Success on the Volga
AMSTERDAM, Aug. The Czechoslovaks have re
occupied the town of Kazan, on the Volga. It is reported that
the Bolsheviki retreated after heavy fighting.
o
The siminiarv ol the war situation issued by tin- Assoei
at<il Press Ioilay is as follows:
'I’mlav's attack is a new development of the terrific buttle
east of tlie Ancle. The British appear to lie unite near ..Id .
11 indenburg line, south ot Arras, and i! sucee-slul along' tin1
Scarpe might foree a (ierman retreat over a w ide section. Far
;her south, since Wednesday tile Germans have hceii driven j
eastwanl four miles on a thirty-mile front. The greatest gain j
has been six miles.
*• If the enemy has counted on gaining the old llinihmliurg j
line and there finding secure positions from which to ward off;
allied attacks, his plans may be upset by the rapidity with j
which the British have progressed toward Bullecourt. Once)
inside the Hiudenhurg defenses around Bullecourt. the British
have a good path toward CauibraL
"Premier Cleinenceau says t^e fortunes of the war have
been definitely decided owing -victories of the last six
weeks.
" Austro Hungarian soldiers have learn taken prisoners at
two different points, but there are no indications that Austrian
,nd has been extended in the shape of great forces.
‘•Comparatively heavy fighting has taken place in A1
Irnnia. Both sides claim to have been successful. ”
New Attack by British Makes Kaput progress
l.oNDdX, Aug. 2b. The British attacked to*lay in the
Snarpe sector, cast of Arras, making good progress. The Brit ,
isii situation southeast of Mory and west of <'roiselJes Inis heen
improved, < !*• * s p i t * * the heavy ruin lulling. J tie British have
, taken Kavreuii, a mile awl a northeast ol Bapnnmo, which was
imolfieiti11\ reported to have laden yesterday.
The British lines have heen advanced slightly astride the
Somme, and progress gits been nm le toward Mnrieourt, tmn
j miles nortInsist of Bray.
In today’s attack the’British have taken .Moneliy le Bn*n\,
(imunappe a:nd Wancourl, tmd advanced a distance ol live
miles.
Bapaumt Almost Surrounded
WITH Till-: BRITISH FoRC’KS, Aug. 2(1. The Hermnn.
are making a great efforl In link! Bapaumc, hut the town is
gradual! ly beiag siirroumteH.
Pressure on Arras Relieved
The British have succeeded in pushing hack tin* (iermau |
line southeast of Arras, coiisidctal y t 'I'eviiig 111<■ position ol 1
that city.
Reaching Out for Bapaume
BRITISH HKAlXJl ARTKRS. Aug. 211. The British yes
terdav took another fifteen hundred prisoners, besides many
nuns, (ieneral Haig's forces sw ung forward as tar as l.oiigue
\al, north of tin* Somme. North "I Bapaume flu* Hermans
have I ice n d liven fm I her hack, and tin* British I rout I i ties Jin vc j
icaclicd the Bapiiunn* Bcugtiatre read and established then*,
selves then*.
An Abortive Counter Offensive
BARIS. Aug. 2(1. The Herman today attempted a com:
ter-offensive on a large scale against the right wing ol the
French army between Ynilly and Soissons. The attack utterly
failed.
French Everywhere Successful
BARIS, Aug. 2(i.—(ieneral Mnngin’s army has repulsed
the (iermau onslaughts everywhere nnd gained ground. In
some places the French flung hack the attackers even beyond
their starting points.
Sl.500.000 GOES UP IN
SMOKE IT CANTON TOOK!
CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 26.—Fire yes
terday destroyed an entire business
block here, causing damage estimated
: t u million and a half dollars.
SUBMARINES SINK SEVEN
DUTCH FISHING VESSELS
YMU1DEN. Holland. Aug. 26
Seven Dutch fishing boats have been
sunk by the same German submarine
off the fishing banks. The crews were
landed.
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> GERMANS LOSE ♦
> HEART IN MAKING ♦
LOSING FIGHT ♦
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WITH THE AMKUH'AN ♦
EDIM’ES. Aur. -0.—Herman ♦
soldier.. In-lie v I- I lla I < ;' : 111.' I: ♦
i- not planning any more of- ♦
fensiw-s. beraUso ot lllall ♦
power shortage. a-eording I" ♦
prisoners taken by lie- Ani'-ri- ♦
tans They sav fhai (t'-ri.i.-n ♦
soldiers have no more eiilhusi- ♦
-‘■in 'or the war. ♦
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT IS
ANNOUNCED IN GERMAN!
COPKXH \(1KN. Aug Kin
Leopold of Bavaria announced todav
th»* engagement of Crown Prim »
Kupprecht of Bavaria To Princess \n
loinette of Luxembourg, according t<
«d official statement from Munich.
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IRAVELEG FIVE
A LITTLE III
11. S. Trislam, who spent tin pa*
few months in Interior Alaska in th
interests of a fur concvrn. left t ela;
for Vancouver. H <’ During hi •
in the Northland It*- passed thro I
some trying situations.
\ rri \ in a. at t'nrdova tin* early pa*
ot last Ilet ember. he went in over tie
trail a* lar a- Culkaiia and < ndeav
ored to rut across t omit ty to tie
Forty-Mile country b\ way of Tamm
Crossing and Lake Mansfield \l
went well with him until he left tie
beaten trail and tried to make his vv.n
through a country unknown to bin
and spam ly inhabited With a do*
team and a lull equipment of rami
outfit, he made good progress until In
encountered many overflows on otn
ot the creeks oil wilirli lie was travel
it.g. getting soaking wet all over. Hi
supplies were also made unlit for u-«
at the satin' time Owing to a higt
wind and cold weather, he was com
pelled »o stay in his slcening ha. hi
three day?-, siittering from hunger dm
ii.e tin* period Coniph'tel.v lost, his
position would have hern a hard one
hut the timeh arrival ot a party
mi indi'te. who took him to iln-ir
camp and made him comfortable .mil
he was readv to travel again \itin.
on their guidanc e, he sin • ♦ ■ech d m .
riving at Chicken creek, in tin* .lack
\V:«de d’-triel about tin* middle «*t
May, being five months making tin
trip and crossing a country that even
:• hardy sourdough would coin enu
some time before undertaking
With flu* experience he had passe !
through he still entertained a good
ipiuion of the country, and his main
egret was that there was a sc-unity
jf Cur.
SEATTLE STEEL WORKERS
STRIKE EOR MORE WAGES
SKATTI.K. Aug it! -More than a
thousand employes of the l’aoilic
'oast Steel Company, working on
Kmergency Fleet Corporation eon
Iraets. went on strike for pay and
working conditions similar to those of
shipyard workers
1
til'
I tavis. i outran,nr amt manager
spectively of the Alaska Anthracite
railway, arrived front Katalla v-tm
day in their own lanmh. and will
main here a couple ot d. \ oil o"
ness
' They report the work 1 oitpl- '■
, ing the road from the river terminal
■ to the emit mines at Carbon moun
tain is progressing satistactorilv. 1 m
surfacing is being done on the 1.-st
1 litre, miles of tlte road, and the track
( will soon lie laid. On account of me
! scarcity of material in the State it
was impossible to secure an earl 1
sttirt on the railroad. Imt notwith
standing this tact the road will be IP.
operation this tall About one h 11
' tired men are now employed
* A promising coal mirte Is also being
| developed by Mr. Davis, who reports
! that a thirteen foot vein of anthracite
coal has been struck in. tunnel No.
1. which lias beet) driven for a dis
tance of ilearlv 1.000 net liter, is
also a four foot, v. in in "mm I No -
' 1 -,f;l--s run >t mine coal
j «ere brought over to Cordova ;'1"1
, 1 .,.... p, ing shipped to tlie ,-tf ties as
1 specimen-, of the fpiali, v of hue I in
I the IP-ring river eountrv It is ex
■1 peeled that U.nun „r 4."" 1 ’ u
J will lie shipped front the mine t is
I fall before the river terminal
' fteezes tip. ' , € f \
^ _Sm._
The first Cordovan to meet death
as a member of I'm le Sam imhtini;
ton** in Pranre was .lames Bennett,
formerly employed on the < upper
IBver railway, and well ami t.r.nrably
1 now n by mir resilient>
The sad news is conveyed in a copy
0 The Spiker." publish* d by the
men of the eimineers" retBmeni.
1 ui'e'i States army nmcw here ill
Branco, received in tin* last mail by
• S. i Bright well. Tin* article is as
follow s
C Co. Man Drowned
.lam* s Benin t * «»t C company w as
drowned Juin* .!' a hi!.* swimmiiu; in
a ri\«*r near one oi tin* company
camps It is believed that In* was
stricken with heart failure while in
t!:• water. Se'eral members of the
(ompany wa re with him. hut he w -<
dead before he could he dragged from
the river He was buried in the ceme
tery near Base Hospital No »
LACK OF RAW MATERIAL
CLOSES GERMAN PLANTS
LONDON, Aug. 26—(iomi III) to
I ;u cii manufacturers have decided to
.. !■ their cigar factories on January
J, 191!*. because of lack of raw ma
terials
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SEATTLE, \ug. 26. Special build
ings have been erecled at Camp Lewis
and other military camps, so that
hud wealber will not be allowed to
Interfere with training in held work.