" TIME HAS COME ” CRIES JOFFRE
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PARIS, Sept. 9.—“The time has come for the soldiers
of France to drive back the invaders from the sacred soil
of the country” was, in substance, the announcement made
today to the allied armies by General JofTre, the com
mander in chief of the French army. JofTre expresses the
utmost confidence that the allied torces are now in a posi
tion to turn the tide of battle and that the day of retreat
ing has come to an end. He is working with all the enei g>
and brilliancy which France had expected from him and
the republic looks to him as the possible savior ot the na
tion’s honor.
BEER WILL BE TAXED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The ways and means com
mittee of the house has completed its war revenue tax bill
and is ready to present it for adoption to congress. It w ill
undoubtedly be passed. It provides a three per cent tax on
all freight transportation, titty cents on beer and twenty
cents a gallon on all domestic yvines. The revenue from
these taxes will be one hundred and seven million dollars
a year. The president opposed the freight tax but when
the members of the ways and means committee had dis
cussed the matter with him he yielded.
PRESIDENT SPEAKS FOR RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—President Wilson has ac
ceded to the request of the railroad executives to call at
tention to the position into which the railroads have been
brought by the yvar and to ask the public to avoid shoyy ing
its hostility unless there is shown good cause. He points
out the necessity for the support of the railroad’s credit
by the government and by the public and he has written a
letter stating that in a great measure the prosperity ol
the country depended on the prosperity ot the railroads.
TURKEY GETS WARLIKE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 10.—’The Turkish govern
ment today took a step which is regarded in many quar
ters as a preliminary move before declaring war. This
step was the abrogating of all treaties with all powers
conferring special privileges on or restricting the sover
eignty of the Sublime Porte. This is assumed to mean
that if Turkey declares war she cannot be regarded as vio
lating any of the contracts she entered into previously.
GERMANS LAND SAILORS
GHENT, Belgium, Sept. 10.—Thirty-five thousand
German sailors have arrived in Brussels and will act as
soldiers. This gives rise to the belief that Germany has
mobilized all her military reserves and that she has no
other military forces to fall back upon. The sailors have
probably been taken from the warships at Kiel to relieve
the already overworked soldiers of the kaiser.
ATTACKING AUSTRIANS BEATEN
ROME, Sept. 10.—The Austrians have again taken the
offensive against the Russians in Galicia but with disas
trous results to themselves. According to the reports ar
riving here of the engagements of the past few days be
tween the two forces the Austrians have once more suf
fered frightful losses and thousands of them have been
killed. In spite of their losses, however, they made sev
eral offensive movements in various parts of the field of
operations and some very severe battles have been fought
and are still being fought around the Austrian northeast
frontier. Great reinforcements are being constantly dis
patched from the center of Austria and as the Russians
are also being reinforced in large numbers enormous
armies will soon be facing each other.
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j ' TO KEEP U, S. OUT OF WAR
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—1The United States in now
in a fair way of having its peace plan accepted by the*
great powers as well as by others of the powers which are
nowr engaged in the great war or are likely to be brought
in to it. France, Spain and China have agreed to sign the
peace commission treaties with the United States. Ger
many, Russia and Japan have signified their acceptance
of the principles of these treaties although the negotia
tions with those countries have not advanced to the point
of drafting conventions. Similar agreements with Tur
key and Greece are almost ready for signatures. One
effect of the new' convention would be to prevent the Unit
ed States from being drawn suddenly into the conflict.
These trealies are the ones formulated some time ago by
Secretary of State Bryan and which have been signed al
ready by several smaller nations. They bind each country
signing them not to enter into a war with the United
States or any other country which becomes party to the
convention until full time is given for the investigation in
to the questions at issue by a commission. Should they be
signed by all the countries named it would mean that no
nation could declare war against this country until the
commission had made a careful investigation. The very
time required for making this investigation would be val
uable even if war finally came.
BRITAIN WANTS 500,000 MEN
LONDON, Sept. 9.—Prime Minister Asquith today
1 asked parliament to add another half million men of all
’ ranks to the regular army for the purpose of sendini)
more armies to face the Germans on the continent. The
proposals of the premier were received with enthusiasm
1 and they will certainly be granted without question. All
classes in the empire are as one in the determination to
carry on the struggle to the bitter end and thousands of
recruits are coming forward daily. New' drilling camps
have been opened everywhere. The golf links all over the
British islands are being plowed up for the purpose of
sowing farming produce to feed the people. The same is
being done to the football and cricket grounds of which
there are many thousands. The golf links alone number
two thousand. England is beginning to realize now more
than ever the seriousness of the war.
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AUSTRIA ADMITS GREAT LOSSES
VIENNA, Sept. 10.—It is officially admitted that the
Archduke Frederick has lost one hundred thousand men
during the battles which recently took place against the
Russians in Galicia. These losses are frankly admitted
1 but the government states that the losses are not at all
so great as the Russians declared and that the case of Aus
1 tria in that part of the theater of war is by no means so
bad. A great German force is now marching south to
• wards Poland to assist the Austrians in Poland and in Ga
licia but before they can join forces with their allies they
must cross the Vistula river where the Russians are post
ed in force to check them. The Austrian government an
nounces that the engagements which have taken place are
by no means decisive and that greater fighting than ever
may be looked for in Galicia and Russian Poland.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT SEES VICTORY
i PARIS, Sept. 9.—The French government announced
today that its stay in Bordeaux will be brief and that very
soon it will be able to return in triumph to the capital city
of the republic. This announcement, needless to say, has
given the French people new heart and the greatest en
. thusiasm marked the receipt of this expression of optim
; ism. While the allied forces are battling against the Ger
i man invader on the outskirts of the city Paris itself is
given over to an intense quietness which is born of the*
. profound feeling created by the stupendous issues at stake
in the titanic struggle to the eastward. Most of the men
are out with arms in their hands but the women of the
capital promenade the boulevards and watch eagerly for
every bit of news coming from the front. English colors
are mingled with the colors of “La Patrie” all over the
city.
INDIAN ARMY IN FRANCE
PARIS, Sept. 9.—Two divisions of infantry and a bri
gade of cavalry from the Indian empire of Great Britain
have landed in France and will be dispatched at once to
the front, there to take part in the mighty effort which is
about to be made to drive back the Germans. The troops
from India are made up in great part of Sikhs and Ghur
kas, who have fought in many fierce battles under the
British flag and are troops of great skill, training and[
courage. With them came twelve great potentates of the
Indian empire who will enter the fighting and thus show
their loyalty to the British crown.
It is said that the grandeur of the outfits brought by
these potentates excels the semi-barbaric splendor of the
chieftains of the crusades. In addition to these troops
Britain will probably dispatch many others from India
while the soldiers sent by the white colonies will be also
sent into Europe as quickly as they arrive.
GERMANS QUIT UPPER ALSACE
BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 9.—The Germans have en-!
tirely evacuated l pper Alsace and have left the way open
to any force the enemy might send there. It is believed
here that the evacuation is due to the necessity for using
all the troops possible in the east against the Russians
while the struggle is still progressing on French soil. It
has been stated, but unofficially, that the movement of the
Germans to the east to oppose the Russians is noticeable
all over the theater of war and that the result has been I
the weakening of the German forces in France, Belgium
and all around the frontiers.
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NEWS NOTES
The steamer Dirigo is reported at
Kodiak and should arrive in Seward!
some time tomorrow forenoon.
Fred Glassbrenner of Cordova, who
has been calling on old friends in
Seward during the absence of the
I Alameda to the westward, left for
! home on the boat yesterday.
Mrs. Kirmsey of Skagway, who has
1 been visiting with Mrs. Forgy in Sew
. ard, left for Skagway on yesterday’s
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
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. I). Hitchcock having sold his in
terest therein to Joseph Weierman,
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.
JOSEPH WEIERMAN,
Susitna Bar and Roadhouse, Susitna,
' Alaska.
Dated this 31st day of August A. D.
1914.
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Be it resolved by the Common
Council of the Town of Seward, Sew
ard, Alaska, that the Common Coun
cil meet as a board of equalization on
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER ^5, 1014,
from two until four o’clock p. m., and
continue in session until the Satur
day next following between the hours
of two o'clock and four o’clock p. m.
each day.
Be it further resolved that notice of
such meeting be published in the Sew
ard Gateway for three days prior to
such meeting.
G. G. BOE,
Ex-Officio Mayor of the Town of
Seward, Alaska.
Attest:
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