ITALY WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL
ROME, Sept. I.—That Italy has finally decided to re
main absolutely neutral in the present war is the official
statement given out by Premier Salandra in behalf of the
government of King 4 ictor Emanuel.
The neutrality to be maintained will be of the very
strictest kind in conformity with the wishes of all the peo
ple of Italy who are totally opposed to entering the strug
gle on either side. Notwithstanding this determination
there is a deep rooted sympathy all over the nation for
England who has been always a friend of Italy and whose
people and policies have always been popular with Ital
ians. The statement by the premier is the announcement
which has been awaited by Europe since the commence
ment of the war. Today Italians breathe more easily and
are confident that they are safe from the devastating re
sults which would come from a great conflict. They all
believe that Italy was certainly not in honor bound to join
Germany and Austria and no country in Europe has their
friendship to the extent in which the British people pos
sess it.
TWO BRITISH BOATS SUNK
LONDON. Sept. 4.—A censored dispatch received here
announces that two more British boats have been sunk in
the North Sea by German mines. Both vessels belonged
to the British war fleet but were not important ships. One
was the old torpedo gunboat called Speedy and the other
was a small vessel called the Linsell. The manner in which
the dispatch has been censored, however, has created a
feeling of some doubt that the whole truth has been made
known. The very effort to emphasize the smallness and
unimportance of the vessels sunk is regarded as signifi
cant. The Germans are more active than ever in the work
of laying mines and the loss of the two vessels shows that
the danger is great.
Since the appeal of Prime Minister Asquith for more
volunteers the recruiting offices are constantly besieged
by men who want to go out and fight. The large business
houses have kept open the positions of their assistants
who are joining the colors so that no loss will come to the
young men in that respect. Most of those joining now will
probably he kept at home to defend the coasts of the Brit
ish islands from attack while the trained troops are sent
abroad. The Indian troops will most likely not be used in
the war as there is a strong desire to guard against any
trouble in that quarter. Britain will not be satisfied until
she has at least one million men in addition to those al
ready under arms.
MONTENEGRINS INVADE AUSTRIA
ROME, Sept. 5.—The Montenegrin army has invaded
Austria on the Dalmatian coast between Antivari and
Cattaro and will push forward to attack the Austrian
forces in conjunction with the Servians. The Montene
grin army is composed of the veterans of the Turkish war
and is expected to be of tremendous advantage in the at
tack on the Austrian south.
NISH, Servia, Sept. 5.—The official account of the bat-1
tie of Jadar between the Austrians and Servians places
the number of Austrians killed at thirty thousand. It was
one of the greatest battles of the entire war hundreds of
thousands of men having been engaged. It is also most
important in its effects as it has weakened tremendously
the power of the Austrians to hold the Russians in the
east. General Yovanovitch, commander in chief of the
Servian army in the battle, had ten thousand bodies of
Austrian soldiers buried under his own supervision alone
and other commanders in other parts of the field also j
buried large numbers. The Austrian defeat was so de
cisive that they were compelled to leave thousands of
wounded lying on the battlefield. The Servians also cap
tured one hundred cannons, three Austrian hospitals and
their outfits and a great number of prisoners which is esti
mated conservatively at sixty four hundred. In addition
a vast amount of military supplies fell into the hands ol
the victors.
FRENCH FLEE TO SWITZERLAND
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 4.—The exodus from
Paris to Switzerland has begun and crowds of refugees
are now constantly arriving in this country from the ill
starred capital of the French republic. Most of the reiu
gees are women and children but among them aie many
Americans who bad remained in Paris as long as it was
safe to do so but who are now most anxious to reach home
by the way of Italy. The train service from Paris to Swit
zerland is three times as frequent as it ordinarily is but
the trains are all over-crowded so great is the desii e to get
away from unfortunate France. Many ot the people com
ing are very poor and may have to be cared lor. Most ol
(he poorer refugees are going to remote parts ol I*ranee
where their own government will care lor them as long as
possible. This flight of the people is the most striking ex
ample of the curse which a great war can indict in these
days of dense populations.
SAYS GERMANS LOST 200,000
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The correspondent of the Daily
Mail in the French portion of the war territory estimates
the losses of the Germans since the beginning of the war
at two hundred thousand men. He estimates the losses ot
the allies at only forty thousand. He declares that the
sheer weight of numbers pressed the Germans lorward at
the rate of twenty-live miles a day. He also saws (hat (he
Germans show no superiority in artillery or in transport
and that to numbers alone they owe their advance across
France and Belgium. lie declares that the amazing speed
with which the invaders traveled cannot be taken as an
indication that the allied forces did not make a determin
ed resistance although he points out that probable in the
historv of wars no quicker march across a hostile country
was ever effected. This latter fact has been the most as
tounding one to the British people in connection with the
war. That an enormous army could face strenuous and
bloody opposition without any opposition is something
that cannot be understood unless it can be explained by
the almost superhuman perfection to which science has
brought the German soldier.
MORE GERMANS MARCH EAST
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 5.—The Germans are now
throwing large forces back eastward for the purpose of
meeting the Russian advance. Thousands after thousands
of German troops are being taken from Alsace and Lor
raine and every train in Germany has been placed in use
by the military authorities for the transportation of the
troops. This necessity of taking troops from the French
frontier is believed here to mean a great danger to Ger
j many as strong French forces are still operating on the
border or near it. The Germans probably are confident
now that they have the main French army in such a posi
tion near Paris that more strength can be safely employed
I against the Russians but the position of the Germans be
tween the two hostile forces is regarded as serious.
AUSTRIANS RE INFORCE GERMANS
LONDON, Sept. 5.—It is said to be certain now that
Austrian troops are now being brought from Alsace and
Lorraine to re-inforce the German attack on Paris and to
fill up the enormous gaps made in the German ranks by
casualties and by the detachment of troops to meet the
Russians. This would mean that the situation in the Al
sace and Lorraine districts is also favorable to I he in
vaders.
TRYING TO TURN ALLIED FLANKS
PARIS, Sept. 5.—Apparently the Germans do not in
tend to attack the allies sent to meet them to the north
west of Paris. The Germans are now evidently making
extensive turning movements probably with a view to try
to surround the allies. The plans of the invaders are be-1
ing carried out on an enormous scale and over a tremen- j
dous area and the generals of the allies arc trying by j
every means in their power to discover their plans.
GERMAN CRUISER BEATS BRITISH
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—The German cruiser Karlsruhe
has sunk the British freighter Bowens Castle in the West
Indies and has badly disabled the British cruiser Bristol
in a battle off Hayti. The Bristol is said to have escaped
after the engagement but further news of a reliable kind
is not forthcoming.
FIFTEEN BRITISH BOATS SUNK
LONDON, Sept. 5.—It was officially anonunced here
this afternoon that a German squadron has sunk fifteen
British fishing boats in the North sea. .The size of the
vessels is not yet known and it is not said that the ships
sunk included any other kind.
PARISIANS STILL HOPEFUL
PARIS, Sept. 5.—The confidence of Parisians is grow
ing that the Germans will not be able to enter Paris or
even to invest it successfully. The allied forces are so
powerful and the defenses are so strong that the belief is
general, even among army officers, that no army that was j
ever collected together could hope to break through them.!
People are now consequently going about their business
almost as usual and fear is conspicuous by its absence.
TURKS HESITATING
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 5.—The idea of entering
into a fresh war is most distasteful to the Turkish people
and they have made the fact evident in several ways, j
Even the army appears to lack enthusiasm and there is a
general hope that the government will not take sides in
the present struggle although many feel that a victory for
Russia will mean the dismemberment of Turkey and, per
haps, the taking of Constantinople by the Russian nation.
The whole matter hangs in the balance now but no one
knows what the next few days may bring forth. The
opinion is that war will come for this country.
AMERICANS GO HOME
LONDON, Sept. 5.—Eleven thousand Americans sail
ed from London for home during the past week. Four
thousand more sailed from different points on the conti
nent and others are trying to reach different European
ports as fast as possible to avoid the dangers and annoy
ances arising from the disruption of affairs.
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WASHINGTON TALKS TAXES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—Proposals to tax moving
pictures in an effort to raise revenue during the war were
made today in the house. That a tax on beer will be levied
is practically certain and certain domestic wines will also
be taxed. Cigars and tobacco will escape taxation as the
congressmen believe that the poor would suffer through
the taxation of tobacco and small makers of cigars would
be required to meet too much taxation in proportion to
their wealth.
WAR NOTES
According to dispatches of August 17 the British force
in France was composed of three army corps, with an ex
tra cavalry division under the command of General Ed
mond Allonby. Each army corps consists of twenty-four
infantry regiments of about one thousand men each, six
cavalry regiments, eight batteries of horse artillery of
six guns each, eighteen batteries of field artillery, two
howitzer batteries and corps of engineers with other de
tail, the whole expedition consisting of over one hun
dred thousand men. Since that time other large forces
have been landed from England.
On the first day of the mobilization in Germany, ac
cording to a British paper, an enormous gathering of the
people of Berlin took place in the open air for the purpose
of praying. At the foot of Bismarck’s statue thirty thou
sand men and women knelt and with the court chaplain,
Dr. Dohring, recited the Lord’s prayer while many in the
crowds wept. Then to the accompaniment of the Fusiliers
band the great crowd sang “We Praise Thee, Lord”, the
hymn which the Germans sang when they heard of the de
feat of Napoleon at Waterloo. According to the corre
spondent the Germans at that time regarded a possible
war with Britain as fratricidal hut they felt that a war
with Russia was necessary to defeat the Slav ambitions.
OLI) PIONEER DIES
Fairbanks—In respect to the mem
ory of Z. T. Clark, who was buried
yesterday morning, a number of
members of Fairbanks Igloo of Pio
neers, together with some represen
tatives of the Odd Fellows, attended
the funeral services held at the Ca
tholic church yesterday morning, and
the interment in the Catholic plot of
the cemetery.
New line fancy candies, box choco
lates and hard candies at Martin’,
Candy Kitchen.
“Aim at the best” Smoked Norwe
gian Herring in Tomato Sauce. Prow n
& Hawkins. “Quality First."
Just received a new line of Norwe
gian tobacco, Prima> Skraa Tabak at
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First".
I/>wr distance telephone Dooth at thn
Branch. *
For bread, pies, cakes, cookies and
ice cream try Cooper’s Cafe.
See us before sending outside f)r
your job printing.
A splendid quality of men’s heavy
all-wool socks in white and gray, 35c
or 3 pairs for $1; others at 25c, 50c,
60c, 65c, 75c. Brown & Hawkins.
“Quality First".
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YOUR
WIFE
HAVE
an opportunity to show how economi
cal she can be. Give her a checking
account at this bank, so that she can
pay all bills by check.
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Peters, Winchester and Remington U. M. C. loaded
shotgun shells at J.L. Graef.
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Tonight 1 Sunday
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BOB LKONAIU) in the Big
Two-Heel Feature
“The Thumb Print"
Falls of Yosemite
Valley
'File Moonshiners
Change of Program Tuesdays
and Saturdays
Watch for the Big 3-Heel Pro
duction of “ Hohison CurstiK”
Adults 2.>c : : Children, 10c
Shows Saturday, Sunday, Tues
day and Wednesday only S |». ,:i.
On broken lines, manufacturers’
samples, and odds and ends of
Ladies’ Neckwear, Hosiery and
Underwear, Children’s Stock
ings and Underwear, Men’s Un
derwear and Hosiery. : : Prices
in some instances are BELOW
MANUFACTURERS’ COST
Ladies’ fast black cotton Hose,
25c and 35c grades—
per pair. 15c
Ladies’ and Misses’ “Comfy Cut” White Vests—
they are worth double the prices asked—
each.10c, 15c, 20c and 25c
Boys’ and Misses’ fast black ribbed cotton Hose,
worth 35c, 45c and 50c (these are just what the
boys and girls will soon need for school wear), per
pair.15c, 20c and 25c
Children’s and Girls’ pink, blue and white Hose, per
pair.15c, 20c and 25c
Ladies’ Novelty Neckwear, worth 50c, each.25c
Doll Stockings
FREE
TO every little girl who
will bring her mother
to the hosiery counter of
our store any day wl.*
week, we will give a pair
of beautiful doll stockings
—pink, white or blue, in
large, medium or small
size.
These stockings are
worth 10 cents a pair and
we shall give them to you
gladly absolutely free.
Tell all your little
friends that we are giving
away doll stockings free.
We want every little girl
to have a pair*
Doll Stockings
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THE PALACE IAR
Furnished Rooms in Connection
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Old Crow Bourbon
Bond and Lillard Bourbon
Green River Bourbon
Special Reserve Bourbon
Sunny Brook Bourbon
Sandy McDonald's Scotch
Old Bushmill's Pure Malt Iiifh
Golden Wedding Rye
Guckenheimer Rye
Monogram Rye
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“OO” Octava Scotch
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