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Bellefonte, Pa., November 27. 1914.
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Vital Statistics.
Every week the columns of the Centre
county papers contain quite a number of
deaths and very frequently comment is
made regarding an increasing mortality
rate. While the number of deaths some
weeks is large a glance at the mortality
list of the district comprised of Benner,
‘Spring and Walker townships and Belle-
fonte borough, as compiled by the regis-
trar of vital statistics.during the past
nine years, shows only a reasonable vari-
ation from year to year. The list is as
follows:
From the above it will be seen that the
lowest death rate was in 1911 and the
highest in 1909. The rate so far this
year is a little above the average. Fol-
lowing is the death list for the past week:
DECKER.—Samuel Decker, an old and
well known resident of Bellefonte, died
at his home on north Spring street at
seven o'clock last Friday morning of ar-
terio sclerosis, which was aggravated by |
an attack of the grip.
Deceased was a son of Adam and
Margaret Decker and was born at Hub-
lersburg on January 18th, 1834, hence
at his death was 80 years, 10 months and
2 days old. When eighteen years of age
he went west and for fourteen years he
was practically a “soldier of fortune.”
He followed prospecting in Colorado,
bought and sold cattle with Brigham
Young, had charge of pack trains through
the western States, in Mexico and up in
Canada. Finally tiring of the roving life
he returned to the place of his birth and
engaged in farming near Zion. He fol-
lowed that occupation for fifteen years
or more then retired and moved to Zion.
He lived there until March, 1903, when
he moved to Bellefonte and this had been
his home ever since.
In politics he was a staunch Democrat
and during his residence in Walker town-
ship he filled several township offices,
being overseer of the poor for a number
of years. He was also a candidate for
associate judge but was defeated for the
nomination. He was a member and dea-
con of the Reformed church at Zion and
was one of the leaders in the erection of
the present edifice at that place. He
was an upright, honest citizen and had
many friends who regret his death.
We know of few of the older men of
Bellefonte so young in spirit as Mr. Deck-
er was. Interested in everything, eager
and happy at having a hand in any move-
ment for the public or personal pleasure
and comfort few stopped to think that
he was in his eighty-first year. His daily
habit seemed to be to show courtesy
everywhere and do some little act of
kindness for a neighbor or friend.
Mr. Decker was twice married, his first
wife being Miss Molle Shaffer. After
her death he married Miss Nancy Maria
Twitmire, who survives with two chil-
dren, Miles X.,, and Joanna. He also
leaves the following brothers and sisters:
George Decker, living in Missouri; John
and William, of Hublersburg; Mrs. Catha-
rine Gephart, of Millheim; Mrs. Sarah
Stamm, of Quakertown, and Mrs. Mary
Schantz, in Kansas.
Funeral services were held at his late
home at two o'clock on Sunday after-
noon by Dr. A. M. Schmidt, after which
the remains were taken to Zion for in-
terment in the cemetery at that place.
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FrrzsiMMONS.—Patrick J. Fitzsimmons,
a veteran of the Ciyil war, died at the
home of Harry Shivery at seven o’clock
last Friday morning of general debility.
He was born in Ireland on March 17th,
1842, hence was 72 years, 8 months and 3
days old. When he was but four years
old his parents came to this country and
located in Newark, N. J., where his fath-
er died five years later. On July 27th,
1863, he enlisted as a private in the
Thirty-third independent battery, (New
York light artillery) and served until the
close of the war, receiving his discharge
on June 22nd, 1865. During the past
sixteen years he had been a gardener for
Mr. Shivery and made his home with the
family. Funeral services were held at
the Shivery home at two o’clock on Sun-
day afternoon by Rev. C. C. Shuey after
which burial was made in the Meyers
cemetery.
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HoOXIE.—Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie, the
sculptress who enjoyed the distinction of
being the first woman of her profession
ernment, and who did Lincoln’s statue
in the rotunda of the capitol at Wash-
ington, and the figure of Admiral Far-
ragut which stands in the square of the
national capitol bearing his name, died
at her home in Washington last Friday,
aged sixty-five years. She was a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Ream,
who spent their early life on what was
then known as the Lyon farm near Cen-
Disastrous ‘‘Reorganization.”
Under the above head we find among the correspondence of the Philadelphia
Record the following facts so truthfully and so forcibly presented that the WATCH-
tives of the real Democracy of Pennsylvania.
I am sorry to see no confirmation oft the report first published in the Record
and subsequently denied, that Messrs. Palmer, McCormick, Morris and Blakes-
lie intend to retire from their self-assumed “leadership” of the Pennsylvania
Democracy.
In their persistent refusal to abdicate, they not only violate the political
proprieties, but also the party traditions.
From the time of President Wilson's eleciion, it was given out, almost
clamorously, that this quartet was to be recognized as the party “leaders;”
that no one could be appointed to any office under the new administration
without their *“hall-mark.” Events justified the boast. Men who had stood
high in the councils of the party and had grown old in faithful service,veteran
Democrats who for decades had giyen of their time, money, intelligence and
influence to Democratic success in Pennsylvania, were snubbed, ignored and
disregarded. Even Democratic Congressmen were over-ridden in their own
districts. Any one who differed from these gentlemen in his views of party
policy was tabooed unless he betrayed his former associates and yielded
allegiance to the “new masters.”
When finally it was proclaimed that Mr. McCormick had been selected “by
the administration” as the Democratic candidate for Governor, and Mr. Pal-
mer, for United States Senator, it was stigmatized as party treason for any
Democrat to ignore the mandate or question their candidacy. All the power
of patronage and party machinery was put at work to effect their nomina-
tions.
By their extensive use and abuse of the power of patronage, and the ad-
mitted expenditure by Mr. McCormick of an unparalleled amount of money,
their nominations were secured. Without consultation with the party at large
or-direction from any representative body, they loaded the Pennsylvania
. Democracy and their own campaign with a large assortment of principles,
pledges and panaceas, to which the Democracy of this State has never as-
sented, and to some of which hundreds of thousands of its members take ex-
ception—ranging from local option through the initiative, referendum and
recall, agrarianism and socialism, to woman suffrage. :
Instead of seeking to conciliate the numerous and potential elements of the
party not in entire sympathy with them, these “leaders” did all they possibly
could to estrange and antagonize them. Where they themselves did not con-
trol the local organization, it was ignored and insulted, and every factional
difference was intensified by their conduct instead of being healed.
In my county a local organization, lawfully effected, was supplanted by an
usurper, with credentials based on self-admitted forgery and . fraud. Chair-
man Morris was deaf to an appeal to do justice between their opposing claims.
Elsewhere local Democratic nominees were ruthlessly pulled off the party
ticket and supplanted by offensive Republicans. Intrigues, plots, bargains and
combinations, little short of corrupt, were made with avowed and outspoken
opponents of the Wilson administration.
Lavish distribution of money was made to irresponsible agents, to be used
against the true Democracy in some localities. It was a campaign of blunder-
ing tyros from start'to finish, every principle of efficient political organiza-
tion being neglected and ignored.
I have been reasonably familiar with Democratic politics in Pennsylvania for
over 40 years. I saw the victory of 1874, resulting in the election of a Demo-
cratic Lieutenant Governor, Auditor General, Legislature and United States
Senator; again the victory of Noyes and Schell in 1877; the sweep of the
State for Pattison, the whole ticket and a Democratic House in 1882; the re-
election of Pattison in 1890. Later, and under ‘‘re-organized” leadership, I
have also seen the mesalliance of 1906, resulting in the Emery fiasco; the re-
volt of the “re-organizers” from the regular nomination of Grim, in 1910, re-
sulting in the defeat of Berry, when any untainted Democrat could have been
elected Governor; the result in 1912, when the Democratic candidate for
President ran third in Pennsylvania; and the humiliation of this year, when
the same fate attended the Democratic candidate for United States Senator.
Two lessons from all these experiences are conspicuous: The Pennsylvania
Democracy has never profited from a surrender to a Republican faction; and
they have never flourished by yielding to disorganizers, even though they call
themseélves ‘“re-organizers.”
I have followed the fortunes of the State Democracy under men who called
themselves and acted like servants of the party—not “leaders” and bosses—
such as Wallace, Randall, Gordon, Cassidy, Singerly, Black, Myers, Hensel,
Harrity, Scott and Guffey; with all their sharp antagonisms. I never knew
them to display the incompetency and bad leadership of excluding from the
| MAN takes pleasure in prese.ting them in full, and asks every unprejudiced Demo-
| crat who has access to its columns to read them carefully and keep in mind the
great wrong that has been done the party through the action of those now pro-
fessing to be its leaders and whose most strenuous efforts are devoted to. ostracis-
ing the older Democrats who fail to acclaim them as the recognized representa-
campaign councils those who differed from them in details of party manage-
ment; nor of staking the party’s fate on the bottomless purse and boundless
ambition of a single candidate.
Nor did I ever know any of them to deceive the rank and file of the party
into the belief that overwhelming success awaited it, when they could only i
pull it through as a poor third. ,
Under their broad and sagacious leaderstip; it would not have been trea-
son to the party for a Democrat to have adhered to the last National conven:
tion’s declaration for free Panama tolls to American vessels. A man might
have kept his place in the party even if he believed, with Mr. Underwood, -
that the repeal of the sugar duty was unwise political or economic policy. He
even might have retained his standing had he insisted that the plank in the
Baltimore platform declaring for a single Presidential term was a solemn com-
pact to be kept, and not a mere “scrap of paper.”
Not so with the intolerance of the re-organizers, whose failure to support
Lee, Logue and Donohoe lost the Democrats three Congressmen from Penn-
sylvania. Not so with Leader Palmer, whose proscriptive fight against the re-
election of Judge Staples, against Congressmen-elect Steele and Dewalt, almost
wrecked the party in his district and section. Not so with the orders which
went out from Democratic State headquarters to butcher party nominees to
make a “Progressive” holiday. Not so with Mr. McCormick, whose sinister
alliance with Pinchot and Roosevelt drove thousands of Democratic votes to
Brumbaugh. Not so with Mr. Palmer, whose timid. and defensive attitude
toward the Pinchot candidacy for months enabled it atlast to pierce and
penetrate the Democratic line. : 2
Re-organization and “re-organizers” have been favorite terms with these
gentlemen. Experience should teach them to take a drastic dose of their own
prescription. #0 HUNTINGDON.
WEAVER. — Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth
Eo
tre Hall. Distant relatives of Mrs. Hoxie
still live in Centre county.
Weaver, an only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Ream, was born at Wolf's
Store, Pa, May 19th, 1872, and died near
Rebersburg, Wednesday morning, Nov-
ember 18th, 1914, aged 42 years, 5 months
and 29 days. On September 20th, 1894,
she was united in marriage to Howard |
Weaver who, with four children, Russell,
Grace, Martha and Naomi, is left to
mourn the loss of a devoted wife and
good mother. One child and her father
preceded her in death. Her mother and
three brothers, John, of Harrisburg;
Frank, of Boalsburg, and William, of
Spring Mills, remain to mourn her de-
parture. At the time of her death she
was a faithful member of the United
Evangelical church at Rebersburg, and
assured her loved ones that she was ready
to depart to live with Christ. She was a
very faithful, devoted worker in the
church, a regular attendant at the serv-
ices, one on whom the Lord and her
pastor could depend. She was of cheer-
ful disposition and had many friends.
She will be sadly missed in the home,
church and community.
Funeral services were conducted and
interment made at Green Grove church
on Saturday, November 21st, by her pas-
tor, J. F. Bingaman, assisted by Rev. W.
H. Brown, of Millheim. Le
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PARks.—William H. Parks, an engineer
in the employ of the Standard Scale and
: i any, at Beaver F i
to receive a commission from the gov- Supply Company v ells, died
on Tuesday morning after an illness of
some weeks with tuberculosis of the kid-
neys, aged about sixty-one years. Mr.
Parks and family were residents of Belle-
fonte until the Standard Scale and Supply
company moved to Beaver Falls when
they moved to that place. Mrs. Parks
died several years ago but surviving the
deceased are a number of children. The
remains were brought to Bellefonte on.
the 9.32 train yesterday morning and
taken direct to the Union cemetery for
burial.
SHOPE. — Daniel P. Shope, a former
resident of Milesburg, died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. T. T. Taylor, in
Altoona, last Thursday morning of gen-
eral debility. He was born in Milesburg
on December 30th, 1824, hence was in
his ninetieth year. During his early life
he worked at various occupations and
finally was elected a justice of the peace
for Milesburg, an office he held for fif-
teen years. Later he engaged in farm-
ing in Boggs township, which he follow-
ed until 1896 when he sold out and went
to live with his daughter, Mrs. Millard,
in Williamsport. Three years ago he
went to Altoona and had since made his
home with his daughter, Mrs. Taylor.
He was a life-long member of the Presby-
terian church and during his residence
in Milesburg he was an elder in the
church. He was twice married, his first
wife being Sarah Shank and his second
Sarah Blair. He had been a widower,
however, for twenty-two years. Sur-
viving him are four children. The fun-
eral was held on Saturday afternoon,
burial being made in the Oak Ridge cem-
etery, Altoona.
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HASSINGER.—Carroll Korman Hassing-
er, the son of George C. and Cora Has-
singer, of Pleasant View, died on Mon-
day evening after one week's illness with
pneumonia. He was 3 years, 8 months
and 24 days old, and is survived by his
parents and a number of brothers and
sisters. The funeral was held at two
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, burial be-
ing made in the Union cemetery.
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BALSAM—COHEN.—M. Murray Balsam,
a thriving young merchant of Millheim,
and Miss Catharine Cohen, a daughter of
Joseph Cohen, of Bellefonte, went to
Syracuse, N. Y., on Tuesday where they
were married on Wednesday. No further
‘particulars are available at this writing.
Returning from a brief wedding trip they
will go to housekeeping in Millheim.
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MILLER.—G. Woods Miller died at the
| home of his sister, Mrs. T. J. Gates, in;
| Tyrone, on Thursday evening of last! :
| week after nine’ days illness with pneu- | Notes of Interest to Church People of
{ monia. He was a son of John and Maria | all Denominations in all Parts of
| Miller and was born in Halfmoon town- |
| ship, this. county, over fifty years ago. |
| His father died about thirty years ago |
| and Woods spent several years managing
the home farm then went to Penfield
where he was in business five years. At :
the expiration of that time he returned |
| to the farm but a few years later lo- |
cated in Tyrone and engaged in lumber-
ing and the real estate business. He
was quite successful and was the owner
of considerable property in Tyrone. He
was a member of the Ross Methodist
church, of the Modern Woodmen of
America, the Royal Arcanum and the
Commercial Travelers’ association.
He never married but is survived by
his aged mother, Mrs. Maria Miller, of
Stormstown, and the following brothers
and sisters: Miss Candice, of Storms-
town; Watt, Ellis, Mrs. T. J. Gates and
Miss Jean, of Tyrone. The remains
were taken to Ross cemetery, this coun-
ty, for burial on Monday morning.
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BROENEL. — Leopold Francis Broenel
| died recently at his home in Florida but
practically no particulars have been re-
ceived of his illness or death. He was a
native of Clearfield county but lived for
“| 2a number of years at Milesburg. He was
a contractor by occupation and went
west when a young man. He is survived
by seven children, also the following
brother and sisters: Frank, of Lewis-
town; Mrs. Odillie Mott, of Bellefonte;
Mrs. Adam Redding, of Gettysburg; Mrs.
Patrick Hayes, of Spangler; Mrs. James
A. Bayard, of Johnstown; Pauline and
Sidonie, of State College, and Mrs. Emile
Loiret, of Michigan.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Thomas Weber is nursing a broken arm, re-
ceived in cranking his car.
‘Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Houck were Sunday visit-
ors at the Henry Wagner home on Tadpole.
J. Hale Ross, merchant and grain dealer of
Oak Hall, was here last week in quest of stock.
Henry L. Dale is taking advantage of his in
jured hand to visit friends in the Mountain city. _
William. H, Glenn is at his parental home look-
ing after his fathers business, during the latter’s
illness.
Grandmother Dannley is suffering with a
heavy cold, but her condition is not considered
serious. .
Mrs. Sue Adair is arranging to spend the
winter with Miss Anna Campbell, in the Buck-
eye State.
Wednesday was an ideal day and a big crowd
was out to the Mrs. M. I. Swabb sale. Every-
thing offered brought good figures.
Mrs. Lizzie Mallory came down from Altoona
to spend a day with her brother, John W. Fry,
who is on a fair way to recovery from a recent
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Sommers Reish, of Hollidays-
burg, visited friends in the valley last week.
Mrs. Reish remained to take part in several
butcherings. :
Among the bounteous Thanksgiving dinners
served in this section was that of Mrs. Henry C.
Bloom, at her home at Bloomsdorf, to which
most of the clan were bidden.
Andy Lytle accompanied the State team to
Pittsburgh to be on deck for the big game on
Thanksgiving day, the latter end of the week he
will spend among old friends in greater Pitts-
burgh. .
G. Wash Campbell, of Wichita, Harper coun-
ty, Kansas, is visiting at the home of his child-
hood at Fairbrook. His nephew, Milo B. Camp-
bellis hauling him around in his new Ford car.
He is also visiting his sisters, Margaret and
Mollie.
Pennsvalley Lodge No. 276 I. O. O. F., chose
Thanksgiving day to gladden the hearts of Mrs.
H. M. Krebs and her little folks on west Main
street. Among the gifts was a fat porker, sau-
sage and lard done up, also two tons of coal, and
many jars of jelly and canned fruit as well as
cash. All was gratefully received and duly ac-
knowledged. * ;
SPRING MILLS.
Butchering here is becoming quite lively, al-
though no very heavy porkers are reported.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Elliot, of Selinsgrove, were
visiting relatives and friends in the valley last
week. .
Mrs. C. C. Cummings, after a ten days visit to
Sunbury and Lewisburg, returned home last
Tuesday.
Miss Anna M. Cummings, who has been in
Mill Hall and Lock Haven for the last three
weeks, returned home on Monday last.
The sale of household effects at the residence
of the late Jeremiah Snavely, on Saturday last,
was largely attended, notwithstanding the sever-
ity of the weather. .
We had a little sprinkling of snow here last
Sunday night, but the high blasts down this val-
ley on Monday soon made it disappear, and then
gave us showers of dust all day.
Mrs. Maggie Donachy. after being here a week
or ten days arranging her affairs previous to
moving to Lewisburg, left for that place on Sat-
upday last. A sale of her household effects will
be held on the 28th inst.
A few turkeys are in this neighborhood, but
they don’t meet with a very ready sale. They are
held at too high a figure, but no doubt in a day
or two they will tumble down to less than a fair
price—after folks have made up their minds to
dine on sausage or chicken.
——The WATCHMAN enjoys the proud
distinction of being the best and cleanest
county paper published.
Red Cross Christmas Seals.
There is no dis-
ease in the country
Vil so deadly or so hard
to combat as the
great white plague,
tuberculosis. The
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against the disease
and one way you can contribute your
mite is to be liberal in your use of Christ-
mas seals, as shown above.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Service Sunday 10:45 a. m. Wednes-
day 8 p. m., 93 E. High street.
“The Great Tribulation,” a subject
that deals with the world after the
Church of Jesus Christ has been taken
out of it, will be the theme of the nex:
sermon on the Second Coming of Christ.
Last Sunday night a large audience heard
Dr. Hawes tell where the church would
go; and another audience, as large or |
larger, will want to hear him on the sub-
ject of next Sunday night. Service at
7:30. Fine music.
The Lutheran Mission Band will hold
a Thank Offering service in the Luth-
eran church next Sunday evening at
7:30 o'clock. This will consist of vocal
and instrumental music, recitations, Etc.
All will be welcome.
Next Sunday being the first Sunday in
Advent, fourth Sunday before Christmas,
will celebrate the New Year's day of the
church, Episcopalians will again begin
their annual round of fast and feast and
holy day. The day will be observed in
St John’s Episcopal church with the cele-
bration of the Holy Communion and a
sermon by the rector at eleven o'clock.
The eight o'clock celebration will be
omitted. - Service in the evening at 7.30.
Full State Returns Show Frazer's Elec-
tion.
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 21. — Official
election figures made up in Allegheny
county permitted the completion of the
election count for the State'today. The
result shows that Judge Robert S. Frazer,
of Pittsburgh, won the election to the
Supreme court from Judge Kunkel, of
Harrisburg, by a bare majority of 8304.
Judge Frazer received a total of 386,182
votes. In Allegheny county he got 92,-
236 votes to Kunkel’s 10,687.
The complete State figures indicate
that the election hinged most strongly
were 7162 more votes cast for United
States Senator than for Governor. The
combined Republican, Democratic and
Washington party vote for Senator was
1,048,162, and the combined vote for Gov-
ernor was 1,040,900.
Senator Penrose fell short of a majority
over his opponents on the Democratic
and Washington party tickets by 22,838.
In Allegheny county he had a pluraiity
of 15,017 over Pinchot and 28,764 over
Palmer. Governor-elect Brumbaugh had
a majority over McCormick in the coun-
ty of 16,238. Brumbaugh’s majority in
the State was 136,504.
The figures showing the State-wide
vote for the principal candidates fol-
lows:
Brumbaugh.................. ohn il
McCormick (Dem)..
McCormick (Wash)....
Republican., Majority in Legislature
; » be 147. ov ;
to
HARRISBURG, Nov. 21.—Eight Senators
and sixty Representatives are shown to
have been re-elected by the first list of
the members of the next General Assem-
bly issued by Herman P. Miller, Senate
librarian, and W. S. Leib, resident clerk
of the House.
The official figures give the party
strength as follows: —
Senate—Thirty-eight Republicans; 11
Democrats and one Washington party.
House—One hundred sixty-four Repub-
licans; forty-one Democrats, one Wash-
ington party, and one Socialist.
Republican majority on joint ballot
7. )
Senator E. E. Beidleman, Dauphin, will
lead the roll in the Senate and Senator
Henry Wasberg, York, will close it. In
the House Representative W. L. Adams,
Luzerne, will lead the roll and Walter S.
Young, Dauphin, will close it.
Rainbow Saved by French Warships
After Being Disabled.
Information that has been received
in Portland, Ore. by shipping firms
from reliable sources was to the ef
fect that the Canadian gunboat Rain
bow and the German cruisers Leipzic
and Nurnberg had an. engagement
several weeks ago, in which the Rain
bow was badly damaged and the ma
jority of her crew wounded.
The Rainbow only escaped destruc
tion, the advices 'said, through the
arrival of the French cruiser Mont
calm. The disabled Rainbow was
towed by the Montcalm to Esquimalt,
where a large part of her crew was
placed in a hospital and the boal
docked.
. The censorship prevailing in Can
ada, it is said, prevented the account
of the battle from being ‘made publi¢
through regular channels.
German Who Had Taken Out Citizen's
Papers Seized by French Warship.
On the arrival of the American
steamer Wiadber at the port of New
York from Bellingham, Wash., by the
way of the Panama canal, it was
learned that the vessel was stoppeil
in the Carribean by the French cruis
er Conde. :
After loo ing over the ship’s papers
a French officer took from the Wind
ber A. C. H. Pipenbrock, a German
member of the crew, who had taken
out papers as an American citizen.
Duke’s Nephew a Suicide.
Despondent because he could nol
secure a commission in the royal navy
and over illness, Guy Ernest Hamil
ton, son of Lord Ernest Hamilton
committed suicide at the family seal
in Hortonshire, near London. He was
twenty years old.
More Boer Rebels Taken.
An official dispatch from Pretoria
announces the capture of 100 moré
Boer rebels, including Commandan!
With the Churches of the Germans Fall Back
: was severely repulsed.
best take the WATCHMAN and you'll
have it. a -
Jordaan and four other officers.
in Poland.
Kaiser Rushes Reinforcements to Po-
sen to Check Czar’s Advance—Ger
man Losses Are Heavy. :
After suffering severe losses during
the battle waged between the Vistula
and Warta rivers and forced tc re.
{reat when the Russians hurled vast
numbers of fresh troops into the bat-
tle, the Germans are precipitately re.
tiring to the region of the fortresses
of Posen.
It is expected that here they will
make their next stand against the
Russian army under Grand Duke
Nichelas. This information was re-
ceived in London in dispatches from
Petrograd.
From various sections of the Ger.
juan empire reiniorcements are being
rushed to that section to strengthen
the defeated army. They will be join.
ed near the stronghold of Posen, and
the first big battle on German soil is
expected to be waged there in the
near future.
While the extent and the complete.
ness of the German defeat was not
known in London, the very fact that
General Von Hindenberg had been
checked was by far the biggest iea-
ture of the war news.
General Von Hindenberg has about
400,000 men, but if the Petrograd re
port can be accepted they have been
separated, badly cut up and thousands
taken prisoners, so that the German
forces will require re-formation and
rést after the severe punishment in.
fiicted upon them following their dar
ing advance into the heart of Russian
Poland.
The correspondent at Petrograd of
the Matin says:
“The Russians, after having check:
ed the German offensive on the Plock:
Leczyen front gained on that side a
brilliant decisive victory. The enemy,
who had heavy losses, is flving with
all speed toward the German fron:
tier. An entire German regiment sur
rendered to the victors.
“The Russians are
pursuing the enemy.
“The Russians are also vigorously
attacking along the Czenstochowas
Cracow line. This day seems to mark
one of the most important and per
haps decisive phases of the war.”
The Times Petrograd correspond:
ent in a dispatch, supplementing one
declaring that private advices receiv.
ed in the Russian capital, had con:
firmed the reports of a Russian vie.
tory over the Germans in Poland,
says:
“According to unofficial information
the German army of 400,000, which
made an irruption between the Vis.
tula and Warta rivers, has been brok:
en up into several parts, one of which
was compelled to divert its course
southward and another northward.
“Apparently in each case the Rus
sian forces succeeded in getting. be:
hind these disjoined corps and inflict
ed upon them great losses.
“The Germans are believed to have
suffered very heavy reverses at Breze.
ziny and Tuszyn. It is impossible as
yet to give even approximate figures.”
The Telegraph's Petrograd corres:
pondent intimates that the German
crown prince’s army during the last
five days threatened Warsaw, but
The corres:
pondent says, however, that his forces
arrived alarmingly close to Warsaw
before they were finally checked.
“At Plock,” the correspondent con
tinues, “five German corps were op-
posed by only two Russian corps,
which, after putting up a desperate
defense,” were compelled to retire.
This left the road to Warsaw open,
and the Germans pushed ahead, stak-
ing all on arriving at Warsaw befor.
reinforcements could be brought up,
leaving their line of communications
to take care of itself.
“The Russians made a stand on
the Bzura river, though the position
was not the most favorable. The
Germans were always in superior
energetically
numbers, but a number of Russian
corps were moving speedily against
immense difficulties of transportation
toward the threatened quarter.
“But for the German skill in re
tirement they would be in a perilous
position.”
The following are the official re
ports:
RUSSIAN.
“Between the Vistula and the War
the rivers the Germans have retreated
from the line running from Strykow
to Zgiera, Szadek, Zdunska, Wola and
Wozniki.
“This line from which the Germans
have retreated runs from the north.
east of Lodz down past that town and
to the southwest. (Strykow is nine
teen miles southwest of Lowics).
“The Russians are also vigorously
attacking along the Czenstochowa:
Cracow line. This day seems to mark
one of the most important and per
haps desicive phases of the war.”
GERMAN.
“In the eastern theater of the war
the situation has not been decided. In
East Prussia our troops are holding
their own to the northeast of the
plain of the Mauer lakes.
“In northern Poland the fierce fight
ing which has been taking place still
has been without result.
“In southern Poland the battle in
the region of Censtochowa has come
to a standstill.
“The official Russian report tha
Generals Liebert and Tannewitz were
made prisoners in East Prussia is an
invention. General Liebert at present
is in Berlin and General Tannewiti
is at the head of his troops.”
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