BERLIN AT LAST HEARD FROM
BERLIN, Sept. 21.—The German government officially
announces that the retirement ot the German arn\> tiom
the neighborhood of Paris was conformable to the plans
of the German general staff. When a favorable position
was reached, the statement goes on, there was no fuither,
retirement. The right wing and center ot the German |
army have been greatly re-intorced and the official an
nouncement concludes in the same optimistic vein.
CLAIM ATTACK ON RIGHT UNSUCCESSFUL j
The statement declares positively that the attack by
the French on the German right has been unsuccessful.
This is the attack which the French statement declares to
have been successful to the extent of shoving back the
German right wing seven miles. An important part of
the announcement is that the Germans are attacking the,
fortress of Verdun on the extreme allied right on two
sides. On the holding out of this fortress much is said to
depend as the allies feel that their right is safe as long as
the fortress stands the assaults of the enemy.
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REPORT GERMANS GIVING WAY
LONDON. Sept. 22.—Unconfirmed reports originating
at many points indicate that the German army is exhaust
ed and shows signs of giving way in several places. It is
declared that all the German attacks have been repulsed
and that such attacks are now delivered only with a hall
heart because of the utter weariness of the men engaged.
Numerous prisoners have been taken by the allies and this
fact leads to the belief that the enemy is losing heart and
that the struggle on the Aisne will soon he decided in fa
vor of the allied troops.
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK
DREBIZOND. Sept. 22.—The British steamer Belgian
King has been sunk in the Black Sea presumably by a mine
and twenty-two of the people aboard perished. The full
details have not been made known and it is regarded as
somewhat strange that the Germans or Austrians could
have managed to place mines in those waters.
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Peters, Winchester and Remington U. M. C. loaded
shotgun shells at J.L. Graef.
ITALY ON THE FENCE
ROME, Sept. 22.—The government of Italy has given
out no further official announcement since it stated that
it would adhere to a strict neutrality. In spite of this the
people feel that there is something untoward in the air
and that the peaceful attitude cannot be maintained. If
is well known that Austria in addition to watching the
Russians and the Servians is still maintaining a largo
force across the northern boundary of Italy and that the
first move on the part of this country to enter the war1
would be met by having the northern Italian provinces
swamped by great hostile forces. Owing to the nature of
the Austrian territory beyond the north Italian frontier
it is impossible to receive much news of the forces kept
there by the Austrians. If Italy stays out of the war it
will he because she cannot protect Ixunbardy and Venice
in time to keep out the invaders.
BRITISH TO CLEAR SOUTH ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—It is reported that six British
cruisers which have been patrolling the North Atlantic
have been ordered to proceed at full speed to the South At
lantic to clear that part of the ocean of German cruisers
which have been recently very active there. It is declared
that special efforts will he made to capture the German
cruiser Karlsruhe and the big liner Kronprinz Wilhelm.
The coming week it is thought will witness some stirring
scenes along the South America coast.
BRITISH SOLDIERS FOR JAPAN
PEKIN, Sept. 21.—The British regiment of South
Wales Borderers has left British ports in the Orient where
they were stationed in detachments and have sailed for
Tsingtau to aid the Japanese attack on the place.
BOMBS DROPPED IN HOLLAND
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22.—An unidentified aeroplane
today dropped bombs in the city of Maestricht, Holland,
and did much damage to buildings although no lives were
lost. Maestricht is the capital of the Dutch province of
Limburg and a city of some importance. It is impossible
at the present time to find out what nation the aeroplane
belonged to but it is supposed by some that a mistake was
made and that some other city was the object as Mae
stricht is near Belgium.
NO NEWS FROM THE EAST
LONDON, Sept. 22.—No information of an official
kind has come today from the eastern theater of war. The
reports coming from the Russian, Servian and Austrian
and German borders yesterday showed that the Russians
and Servians were still continuing their advances. The
lighting in East Prussia has evidently dwindled down to
unimportant skirmishes and the Germans have probably
lor the moment relieved the danger threatening Berlin
from that quarter. The Russians are said to be in large
numbers in Russian Poland near the mid German frontier
and are probably waiting for re-inforcements before
marching towards Breslau. The Austrians are reported
to be in a badly demoralized state although they are still
striving to re-organize their forces near Cracow.
It is proposed in the British house of commons that
German prisoners be employed in the highly dangerous
work of sweeping the North sea clear of mines.
SEWARD LEGISLATE RE
HOLDS ANOTHER POW WOW
Spent Two Hours Doing Nothing But
Covering I'p Old Blunders
The Bundsrath of Seward met last
evening and talked in the desultory
j fashion of an Eskimo cabinet meeting
| until nearly two hours were killed as
well as the spectators. The only busi
ness transacted apparently was to find
out that in the contract for the school
building there was no time limit so
that the contractors, so far as that
contract was concerned, could have
spent twenty-five years erecting the
structure. Councilman Graef discov
ered the joker in time and the matter
had to be righted. Another stroke of
I genius came when the gentleman who
drew the plans for the building came
forward to learn how the Seward
house of lords wanted to have the bill
presented and discovered that there
was nothing in the minutes or any
place else recognizing his claim to
anything. In each of those cases the
i members of the inner cabinet spent
what seemed to be an interminable
time trying to cover up their back
tracks and when the audience woke
up again there was still that monot-1
onous droning in which the people or I
the audience, the members of the cab
inet and everyone else seemed to be
taking part like a flock of unorgan
j ized bumblebees. It was decided that
the bondsmen of the school contrac
tors should be notified of the fact that
a limit was really placed to the time
for the building of the schools and,
I like the devil quoting scripture for his
own purpose, there was something
found in some of the back minutes
which could possibly the cabinet
thought, be construed to mean that
the drawing of the plans had to be
paid for. This after the clerk re- j
marked that the minutes had been ap
proved of and that the blunder was
made by the cabinet and no other.
BRITISH STILL RECRUITING |
LONDON, Sept. 22.—Recruiting in the British Islands '
goes on with extraordinary speed. Trade and commerce
is being carried on here so much more easily than in the
continental countries engaged in the war that the people
are still occupied at their ordinary business affairs and
many find it diflicult to leave. This fact makes the willing
ness of the men to serve all the more remarkable. Thou
sands of men are giving up their means of livelihood to
take up arms and some that never had a gun in their hands
before are now being trained at rifle firing on the military
ranges throughout the three kingdoms. A strange fact
connected with the war is that no one outside the mem
bers of the cabinet know how many British troops are act
ually in the field. Even nowr when troops are sent abroad
they are dispatched from so many different ports and the
shipments from each port is kept so strictly secret that
the country as a whole is kept in total ignorance of the
real facts.
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J. P. Gilbrett who has been in the
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with seventy-five passengers waj
probably due to a misunderstanding
as the Tahoma had about that number
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OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given, that the
partnership heretofore existing under
the firm name and style of Hitchcock
and Weierman, has been dissolved,
G. D. Hitchcock having sold his in
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who will conduct the business of the
Susitna bar and roadhouse as sole
proprietor in the future.
All accounts payable by or owing
to said firm will be taken care of by
the undersigned.
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Susitna Bar and Roadhouse, Susitna,
Alaska.
Dated this 31st day of August A. I).
1914.
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