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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
Declaration Expected

Italy and Germany have been drift
ing steadily toward war. In fact.
Italy's formal declaration amounts to-
little more than official recognition of
a state of affairs which already ex-
listed. Diplomatic relations were sew
cred last year The declaration be-
came inevitable when Italy recently
sent troops to Saloniki to cooperate
In the campaign of the Entente Allies.
on the Macedonian front. inasmuch as
Germany is directing the opposing,
forces and has troops on this battle
line.
ltaly's Position
Italy's position in regard to Germany
has been anomalous after italy with
drew from the Triple Alliance on May
% of last year, and declared war Oh
Austria. Although by this act she ar.
rayed herself on the sides of the En-
tente powers and against her former
allies, Germany and Austria she re-
manned officially at peace with Ger
many until yesterday Germany exert
ed every effort to induce her to re-
main neutral. sending to Rome as am
bassador. Prince Won Buelow, former
chancellor and one of the ablest
statesmen of Germany The prince
succeeded for some time in averting
war between Austria and italy and
when he saw that a rupture was in
evitable, took steps toward preserva-
ton of an official peace between Ger
many and Italy. On behalf Of his gov
eminent, he negotiated with Italy
special agreement under which, in
case of war between Austria and Italy.
Germany and Italy pledged themselves
10 respect the properties and lives Of
their respective subjects in each others
domains. This meant for Germany a
guarantee of many millions of dollars
worth of property in Italy and safety
of 10000 Italians who are still living
in Germany According to reports,
ltaly's allies were dissatisfied with this
state Of affairs and at the Paris coun-
Gil of Entente Powers in February last
asked the Italian representatives why
their nation was not at war with Ger.
many.
Italy has already agreed not to con-
clude separate peace and as a result
Of the Paris conference sanctioned the
plan for formation of a permanent high
council of the Entente Powers for flu
ture conduct of the war. The increasing
cooperation among the Entente Allies
and the necessity for bringing into SER
vice Italy's surplus Of troops, which coulo
not be employed on the other fronts with
out bringing on war with Germany,
gradually brought Italy into such a po-
sition that it became evident that dec
laration of hostilities against Germany
was only matter Of time.
Italy's action probably will have little
effect on the military situation in the I'm
mediate future. although as the war goes
on 1t may have a more important bear
ing. On the Austro-Italan front italy
finds active use for hardly more than
half her army. and in future will be able
to send available troops to any front
CONTINUED on Page 12-colunn y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
Hughes Plans
D0M0untain
Climbing While
Is in Colorado

Estes Park. Col. Aug. N.-Charies E.
Hughes arrived here today and plans
to remain until Thursday. resting before
resuming his speaking tour. Mr.. Hughes
was tired and advised his secretary not
to bring him any papers unless they per-
tanned to matters demanding immediate
attention.
The nominee and Mrs. Hughes motored
here from Lyons. Col, where a company
Of Boy Scouts and most Of the popula-
ton Of the place greeted them. The
scouts gave three cheers for Mr.. Hughes
and afterward shook hands with him.
The sominee's favorite recreation Is
mountain climbing. and he plans to take
several hikes In the mountains about here
during his brief vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
BREMEN ON Way
WITH DYE CARGO
Report Has It that Under-Sea
Trade Will Soon Increase Ma
terially

Berlin, Aug. 27.-(By Wireless to
notwithstanding to the Cologne
Gazette as quoted by the Overseas
News Agency. the German Merchant
submarine Bremen is now on her way
to the United States with cargo of
dyes.
There have been many reports con-
corning the Bremen, whose arrival at
an American port has been expected
for some time. Last week passengers
arrived from England giving report
that she had been captured by the
British
The Berliner Tageblatt today prints
an interview had at Cologne with Dr.
rector Lohmann Of the company own
ing the submarine Bremen. In which
he says the Bremen is already on her
way to Baltimore, and that trade by
means of submarine feet will soon
be increased materially.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
Lction pending the investigation

action pending the investigation.
At today's conferences. consideration
also was given to the problem Of keep
ing the railroads in operation in the
event Of strike and how far Con-
gress should go in extending federal
authority over the railroads.
Among the presidents and managers
the opinion prevailed that the proposal
of the men would not be acceptable
to them, and there was no conceal
ment of the feeling that If President
Wilson has no other suggestion to
make strike is coming. The proposal
may be taken under consideration if
the President asks it. but little hope
is entertained that the view tonight
will be changed. The railroad execu-
tives already have formulated the most
careful plans to take care Of the sit
uation should a strike ensue. They de-
clare that a strike cannot last long
and that their precautions will insure
the running Of all necessary trains.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28

Washington, Aug. 27-Tentave plans for joint session
of the Senate and House to hear President Wilson ask
isaon to the threatened nationwide railroad strike
discussed by the President with Senator Kern the Senate
leader tonight when seemed virtually certain that break
between the railroads and their employees must follow final
ferences at the White House tomorrow. Newlands,
chairman of the Interstate Commission and
Lane During the day and tonight he made quiet
the Senate office building to find Senator Kern attending
meeting of the finance committee
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28

take their soup plates to the French
and beg for their leavings and get
them. Driven to the desperation they
sometimes even search the garbage
and devour everything they find there
that can possibly be eaten. We have
heard Of this from English and French
prisoners who saw it and l have been
told of it by Russians who have ac-
tually been obliged to do it."
OF 1000 or more prison camps in
Germany and Austria only about 100
are receiving help from the relief
committee, he declares.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
SWISS CONVEY
NEWS OF ACTION
Official Announcement
Forced by Co-opera.
ton of l italians in,
Campaign of Entente
Allies on Macedonian
Front

Rome, Aug. 27.-Italy today
declared war on Germany. The
following announcement was
made here today:
. "The Italian government has
declared through the Swiss gov-
eminent that it considers itself,
from August %, at war with
Germany"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28

Heavy fighting is still in progress
between the Entente and Teutonic AL
lies in the Macedonian theatre from
the region Of Lake Ochrida eastward
In Kavala on the Aegean sea, but with
results beclouded by the variant state
ments of the Berlin and Paris war Of
fees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
HOOtS for Crews

Some Of the car crews working to-
day were hooted and greeted with
cries Of "scab." but otherwise there
was no disturbance, and the aspect Of
The city is normal. The linemen have
organized and may 60 out on Monday
I'm sympathy with the carmen, but the
power station men remain unaffected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28

sass'er NJ. Dacoombe, who has been
4. ae'pa! OF the town schools in VIII
s'aage for eight terms, has ten
br,es ms resignation and accepted the
H.'ipalship Of the Pontiac Gram.
school Of Warwick. r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
Ills Personal Efforts to Prevent Railroad Strike
Failure President Puts Matter Up to Congress
NEGOTIATIONS EXPECTED TO
END WITHOUT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN EXECUTIVES AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF men

Brotherhood Committee of $40 Wearied by Flu
tile Efforts Depart for H m President
Wilson Discusses Legislation to Deal with Cri-
sis-Railroad Heads Adhere to Demands for
Arbitration
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
THE WEATHER
FAIR

FAIR
Weather forecast for northern New
England: Fair Monday and Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
The GAO Start for Homes

Since last night the belief that ne
gotiations between the railroad ex-
ecutives and representatives Of the
men would end without an agreement
has been growing. This feeling was
strengthened today when the members
Of the brotherhood committee Of $40,
tired of their long wait. departed for
home, after delegating their powers to
effect settlement or call strike to
committee Of "a, instructed under
no circumstances to agree to arbitra-
ton of the demand for an eight-hour
day at the present rate Of pay for 10
hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28
AT
WAR WITH
GERMANY

Declaration Sunday the
elimination of Long
Preservation of Pecu-
liar Agreement - Is
Really Official Recog-
milton of Situation AL,
ready Existing
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Bulgars Advancing
onMacedoniaFront
Russians and the
British Make Gains

King Ferdinands Troops Capture Malik and APP
preach Mouth Of the Struma British Cap
ture 200 Yards of Trenches while French Re-
pulse German Attacks-Russians Push Ahead
at Koverla Mountain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-28

effect a settlement or call a strike to
a committee of "a, instructed under
ton of the demand for an eight hour
day at the present rate Of pay for 10
hours.
viii Go to Congress
Whether the plans considered by
President Wilson and his advisers at
the capitol will be carried out depends
upon tomorrow's developments, but il
is understood that if all efforts fail
to bring the employers and their men
together the President will go before
Congress and ask that it deal with the
situation.
Unless the railroad heads recede
from their demand for arbitration Of
the eight-hour day proposal. one
brotherhood head said tonight, strike
will be called within the next 10 days.
Representatives of both the railways
and the brotherhood will confer with
the President tomorrow. The execu-
tives Of the lines will present the plan
to which they agreed finally yester-
day. Its outstanding feature is a de-
mand for arbitration Of wages under
the eight-hour day or any day. When
they have departed the brotherhood
heads, acting under instructions re-
ceived from the committee Of $40 to-
day. will go to the White House and
apprise President Wilson that they
cannot accept arbitration OF this fea-
ture of their demands and that in gem
eral they stand on his proposal, made
week ago, to concede the eight-hour
principle and arbitrate the other is
sues.
Framing Bills
What will follow no one attempts to
forecast accurately. There was report
tonight, however, that the President
might ask the men to postpone action for
a period in order that he might seek leg
islation which would force and provide
for a settlement without tying up the
country's transportation systems.
Secretary Lane and Senator Newlands
worked until late tonight framing oills
for presentation to Congress.
The measure given most serious consid-
Grafton was one drawn along the lines OF
the Canadian act which provides for in
vestigatfon Of Industrial disputes by
commission for one year and prevents
strikes or lockouts during the period OF
Investigation. If 1t finally is decided to
nress such a measure an effort win be
made to put It in effect at once.
Other LEGISLATION
Other legislation under consideration in
cluded:
An eight-hour day law for railroad en-
ployes.
A bill increasing the membership OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission from
seven to nine members with authority to
divide into groups.
resolution stating it to be the sense OF
Congress that IL the railroads grant a
basic eight-hour day they should be en-
titled to increased revenues compensatory
with the increased operating expense.
A bill already pending directing the
Interstate Commerce Commission TO
ascertain minimum maximum ana
average wages paid with hours OF SER
vice to every class of railroad en-
ployes and compare them with wages
Of other industries in which similar
skill and risk are involved, to deter
mine the relation Of railroad wages to
railroad revenues and to urge both
sides to the present dispute to defer
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
MINING MEN IN TOWN.

C. B. Smith. one Of the head men of the Granby Consolidated Mining. Smelling and Power Company. of Van couver. R. C., registered at the Revil. la Hotel today and later left for Had ley accompanied by Mir. P Boyles, of Boyles Brothers, firm of mining en- gineers of Spokane, Washington, and NIT. and Mrs. Sweetser. superintendent of the work at both the Mamie and It mines at Hadley. Mir Smith is here on an inspection tour.
 Sometime ago the Granby Company gave contract to the firm of Boyles Brothers. who make speciality of op- erating diamond drills. and one of the firm has been experimenting the bor- ing in both the It and Mamie mines with fiattering success
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
WORK
 TO COMMENCE SOON
fJuneau Empire.

John Zugg. of the Alaska Road Commission force, who has been in Juneau for the past two months. left for the westward yesterday on the Mariposa- Mir. Zugg stated before departing that Lieutenant J. c. Me haffey- who is now in Seattle. is making arrangements for the neces- sary apparatus which will be brought to Juneau to make the borings for the Channel bridge.
 In order to determine the exact cost of construction and also the amount of excavation necessary to plant the piers for the bridge, it re- quires several borings with dia- mond drill on the site This work will be done this summer MT. Zugg has taken the elevations and profile of the land on both sides, as well as soundings of the depth of soil wherever possible and the plans for the bridge will be worked out at Valdez when he arrives there
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
National Forest Timber For Sale.

Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan, Alaska. up to and including July g, 1916. for all the merchantable dead timber standing or down. and all the live timber designated for cutting on an area of approximately 120 acres situ- ated on strip of land 2000 feet wide beginning at the mouth of small stream which lies s. 50 degrees E. from the south end of Joe Island, thence southerly along the shore for a distance of one-half mile, the total area lying between a large slide on the south and small stream on the north. southeast shore Clover Pass, Revilla gegido Island. Tongass Nation al Forest. Alaska, estimated to con- tain 1.250.000 feet B. M. spruce, red cedar, and hemlock saw timber, more or less No bid of less than $150 per N feet B. M. for spruce and red cedar and soc per M feet B. NJ for hemlock sawtimber will be considered Deposit with bid s50000. The right to reject any and all bids reserved. Before bids are submitted, full information con- corning the timber, the conditions of sale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Super visor, Ketchikan, Alaska
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
COMPLETED HIS WORK.

M s. Smith, who has been fin charge of the construction of the five build ings for the Nakat Inlet cannery, has returned after having completed his work He says that Mir Hume, who is in full charge of the cannery, may well be proud of the buildings as they are about the best in the country. One of the buildings that MT. Smith con structed is 176 feet long and will be used for a warehouse. The others are equally as good for the purposes in- tended While there, Mir. Smith was the head man of a gang of carpenters ranging in number from 15 to 30 men. and every man is we'll pleased with the treatment accorded them by the management.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
TOM PIERCE WELL AGAIN.

Tom Pierce. everybody's friend and who is known from Ketchikan to Point Barrow by every Alaskan, walked out of the hospital yesterday after a siege of three weeks, of just loafing. Tom left here early in the spring for Cape St Elias and got homesick He they brought him home where he has anchored for good. No more Cape St Elias for him, he is reported to have said.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
TRAVELLING TO ANCHORAGE.

Mrs. Chas. Sunderbrook was a pas senger travelling through to Anchor age today on the Farragut where she goes to join her husband. who has been there since April last The Sun derbrooks are old timers of interior Alaska, who have lived in Seattle for the last eight years. but who have again answered the call Of the north, and plan to make Anchorage their home. While the boat was in port Mrs. Sunderbrook visited with several old sourdough friends of the interior.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
RETURNS FROM COLLEGE.

Eldon Daly. eldest son of Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Daly returned on the Prince Rupert last night from Indiana, where he has been attending Notre Dame college for the past school year. Mir. Daly has added a few inches and sev, eral more pounds since leaving here last fall, and looks indeed as if the climate and the school work of the east had agreed with him. His friends are glad to learn that he is back for his vacation here again.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
MISS MAJoRy HOME AGAIN.

Miss Lillian Mallory. who has been spending the past three months or more in Portland visi,-Ig With rsa- lives, returned last evening on the Prince Rupert, accompanied Ey her grandmother, Mrs. Patterson. who comes to visit her many relatives in this city. Many friends were down on the dock to meet them. and a heavy shower of rice occurred just at the time of landing. which is very un- usual in Ketchikan.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
THE cHlsANA.WHITE RIVER DIS
 TRicT, ALASKA.

The discovery of gold in stream gravels on several of the beadwater tributaries of Chisana River. Alaska. led to a stampede of prospectors into this district in 1918 that recalled to old-timers the early days of placer mining in the Territory. This district is described by Stephen R. Capps in U. s. Geological Survey Bulletin 630
 Upper White River valley was first brought to the attention of mining people by the discovery of native cop per on Kletsan Creek, and 1t was not until gold was found on Bonanza Creek, in 1913. that the district began to be thought of as source of gold rather than copper, though gold very locality at least six years before 1913. When, late in the summer. the men who found the gold on Bonanza Creek returned to Dawson for sup plies their discovery leaked out, and several thousand gold seekers rush ed into the country, many of them without equipment or provisions and unaccustomed to the rigors of an Al askan winter The small supplies of food then in the region were soon ex- hausted, prices rose to prohibitive figures, and sufficient provisions were not available even for those who could afford to buy them. Fortunate ly, the district was we'll supplied with game, so that for weeks many lived on a diet of rabbits and ptarmigar. In 1914 most of those who had been disappointed in stalking valuable claims or disgusted with their exper- fences left the district, and the real business of mining began.
 The rocks of the Chisana-White dis trict are of many types. The high mountains of the Wrangell and St. Elias ranges, on the west and south, are composed dominantly of igneous rocks, but the Nutzotin Range, in which the gold-bearing gravels were found, is composed primarily of sedi- mentary beds, which are cut by dikes and intruded by large masses of crystalline igneous rocks, and con tain also some surface lava flows.
 The whole area is strongly glaciat- ed. During the last retreat of the glaciers the melting ice left morainal material throughout the district Large. deposits of out-wash gravels were laid down and are still accumu- lating in the valleys of the glacier fed streams. Talus, peat, muck, and some volcanic ash, as well as normal stream deposits. make up the post glacial materials in the areas that are not now receiving glacial and glacio- f.uvial deposits.
 The productive gold placer gravels of the Chisana district are found with in small area. nearly all the gravels that have been profitably mined ly- ing within a circle miles in diamet- CT. Bonanza, Little Eldorado, and Skookum creeks have produced most of he gold mined. The short mining season, comprising only 90 to 100 days, and the remoteness of the dis trict from lines of transportation combine to make mining expensive. Gold has been mined actively, how
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
COMES FROM PORTLAND.

E. L. Elliott arrived on the Jeffer- son last evening to spend the sum- mer with his brother and sister here. Mir and Mrs. Harry Elliott. and has already been assigned the position of engineer on She Hal Lee"
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

c. Olson. head of the firm of Wash ington Fish and Oyster Company, of Seattle, who opened a market here some few months ago. arrived last ey- ening from the south and registered at the Revilla Hotel. He is here on business.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

After an absence of about two months Jack Helm is back in the city. and has re-opened his business in partnership with Montie Robinson, the Ketchikan Messenger Service, located across from the Royal Bar
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
WILL BRING CRUISER BACK.

Robert Olson of Petersburg was 8 passenger for Seattle where he goes to bring up big cruising boat for a San Diego capitalist, who will tour Southeastern Alaska, fishing, hunting and cruising.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
VISITORS FROM scowL ARM.

T. R. Spellman, accompanied by
 Mrs. Spellman arrived in town yes terday for a few days visit in the city from Scow Arm, where Mir. Spell man is the superintendent in charge.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
AT THE sTEDMAN.

J. R. Brown, j. w. Lowell and wife, J. c. Elsivick, A. B. Hamer, Mrs F. Heckman, T. J. Spillman and wife, o. c. Rogers. F. B. Hyder, T. F. Hopkins, R. F. Davis. F. N. Silver, w. E. Wiese and H. S. Smith.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

The United States coast survey will make accurate measurements across Florida to determine whether the Gulf of Mexico is higher or lower than the Atlantic Ocean
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

F E. Chapman and E. c. Briggs. who are interested in the By-Product plant at Wards Cove, arrived in town last evening and registered at the Re villa.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

A machine has been invented to ac- curately test and record the adhesion between the different plies of canvas used in rubber hose, belting and au- tomobile tires.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

Mir. Anderson, who has been at Un- ga in charge of the cod fishing sta tion. for the last several months, ar rived in town yesterday.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

ever, and the total production of the district up to and including the year 1s14. was probably not far short of sS00.000.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
TO REPORT TOMORROW.

The council held an interesting meeting last evening. the minutes of which will be published in tomorrow's issue
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
IN FROM cHoMLEy.

Mrs T. Heckman is a visitor in town for a few days from Chomley and is a guest at the Stedman hotel.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
AT THE REvILLA.

w. Williamson, H. Johnson, R. Ol- son. c. Olson, J. Metineyer, c. Thayer, r. E. Chapman, E. c. Briggs, H. Wos- tad and I. Kern.