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Bellefonte, Pa., December 4, 1914,
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
——The rain in the beginning of the
week will help some, though there was
not nearly enough of it to do the springs
and streams any good.
——On Friday of last week Mrs.
Jeremiah Shutt fell down stairs at her
home on east Howard street and badly
injured her left leg and arm. The injury,
however, was mostly to the ligaments, as
no bones were broken, and the last day
or two she has been able to walk a little
with assistance. She had Mrs. E. R.
Taylor’s baby in her arms when she fell
and it was her effort to save it that re-
sulted in the injury to herself. The baby
escaped unhurt.
——Joseph D. Harris, who for some
time past has been located in Pittsburgh,
departed on Friday for Muskogee, Okla-
homa, where he has accepted a position
with the Midville Valley Railway compa-
ny, a line extending through Oklahoma,
Indian Territory and into Texas. Mr.
Harris has a month’s tryout of the posi-
tion and if everything is satisfactory he
will move his family there after the first
of the year. Mr. Harris is a son of Mrs.
John Harris, of this place.
——Remember the Scenic is open every
evening. You don’t have to wait from
one week to another for an hour’s good
entertainment. Go to the Scenic each
evening and you’ll get more than your
money’s worth. If it is cool outside, it is
always comfortable in the Scenic. Man-
ager T. Clayton Brown gives as much at-
tention to arranging for the comfort of
his patrons as he does in securing the
biggest features put upon the market. If
you are not a regular patron you should
be.
——Mr. and Mrs. Frank Galbraith
celebrated Thanksgiving with a family
reunion at their home on Bishop street,
and two brothers and three sisters met
for the first time in many years. Those
present as guests of the Galbraith family
were W. C. Kerstetter, wife and daugh-
ter, of Loganton; Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Bower, of Salona; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Bower, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs.
M. M. Royer and Mr. and Mrs. Kerstetter
and son, of Mifflinburg, and Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Kerstetter, of Lock Haven. Of
course a big turkey ‘dinner was one of
the chief features of the gathering.
——On Wednesday of last week Sam-
uel Harris, of Julian, came to Bellefonte
and hired a horse and buggy of Albert
Thompson to drive to Milesburg. He
failed to return that day and on Thurs-
day a warrant was sworn out for his ap-
prehension and officer Dukeman went to
Julian and placed him under arrest.
He stated that instead of going to Miles-
burg he went to Stormstown then was
afraid to return the rig because he
had no money to pay for it. He
was brought to Bellefonte and put in
jail and at a hearing before Squire Mus-
ser was held for court. The horse and
rig were recovered.
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DAVIS—SOMMERVILLE.—The marriage
of Lawrence John Davis, of Pittsburgh,
and Miss Ellen Ramsey Sommerville,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bond Sommer-
ville, of Crafton, on Wednesday of last
week, was a brilliant social event. The
Rev. R. H. Monill, pastor, read the ser-
vice in the First Presbyterian church, of
Crafton. The bride who was given away
by her father, wore a gown of white
satin trimmed with princess lace, fash-
ioned with a court train.
tulle was caught with orange blossoms,
and she carried white orchids and lillies
of the valley. Mrs. Richard Osborne
was matron of honor. The maid of honor
was Miss Jane H. Sommerville, a sister
of the bride. The bridesmaids were Miss
Isabel Downing, of Toledo; Miss Eliza
Ramsey Sommerville, a sister;
Mary Foster, Miss Ruth Zahn, Miss Lou
Mcllvain, and Miss Mildred McCue. C.
L. Davis, a brother of the bridegroom,
acted as best man, and the ushers were
Dr. David Ludwig, Paul Warner, Charles
Arrott, Donald Roberston, Alvin Evans
and Donald Sommerville.
A reception for the relatives and close
friends followed in the Sommerville
home, where the decorations were in
exotics and white chrysanthemums. The
couple left on an eastern trip.
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COoRL—TRESSLER.—A pretty but quiet
wedding took place at the Methodist par-
sonage at Pleasant Gap, on Thanksgiv-
ing evening, when the pastor, Rev D. J.
Frum, united in the holy bonds of mat-
rimony Boyd Corl, of Bellefonte, and
Miss Grace Tressler, of Zion. Both
young people are well known in the com-
munities in which they have lived, and
their many friends wish them a full
measure of happiness and prosperity.
A ————— A
SHAY—BUCK.—Edward J. Shay and
Mrs: Nellie M. Buck, both of Lock Ha-
ven, were married at the Lutheran par-
sonage on Friday of last week by the
pastor, Rev. W. M. B. Glanding. They
returned to Lock Haven the same even-
ing.
Her veil of:
Miss |
LIGGETT.—John Liggett, one of the
most prominent and best known men of
nesday of last week at the home of his
niece, Mrs. Sudie L. Vanderhoof, of
very active life up until three years ago
when he was compelled to retire on ac-
count of his age. About a year ago he
went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he spent
the winter, returning to Beech Creek late
in the spring. He was very feeble, how-
ever, and during the summer was taken
to the Lock Haven hospital for care and
treatment. Several months ago he was
taken to the home of his niece at Canal
Fulton, who gave him every care and
consideration during the remainder of
his life.
Deceased was born in Howard town-
ship (now Liberty) on April 29th, 1834,
hence at his, death was 80 years, 6
months and 26 days old. He was educat-
ed in the common schools, Dickinson
Seminary and the Iron City college, Pitts:
burgh. In 1856 he went to Ohio where
he spent two years then returned to the
place of his birth and engaged in farm-
ing and lumbering. Ten years later he
quit the farm and moved to Eagleville.
A year later he was one of the incorpora-
tors of the town of Beech Creek into a
borough. From 1870 to 1875 he was en-
gaged in the mercantile business with
his brother, Benjamin Liggett. He then
engaged in lumbering and contracting
and Liggett’s camp in the Scootac region
stands as a monument to his memory
today. In 1887 he secured a contract to
build a public road from Beech Creek to
Renovo over the mountains on the water-
shed line, but the work was finally aban-
doned owing to lack of funds, though a
good part of it is still used for travel.
In 1890 he was appointed a justice of
the peace for Beech Creek, and was re-
elected several times, making one of the
best justices in Clinton county. He also
filled various borough offices. For six or
eight years he served as a ranger on the
state forestry reservation in the Scootac
region. He served in the Civil war as a
member of the emergency militia. He
was a member of the Methodist church
for many years and a Republican in
politics.
Mr. Liggett was a great hunter and
was shot twice while indulging in this,
his favorite sport. On one occasion
he was shot in the knee with a load of
buckshot, but it healed without causing
any lameness. On another occasion he
received a 44 calibre ball through one of
his lungs by the accidental discharge of
his own gun. This wound proved very
serious as pneumonia developed and for
a number of days his life was despaired
of but he finally recovered, and was none
the worse for the accident. The death
Creek a man who for at least two gen-
erations has been an unique character
and “land-mark” in that vicinity.
On Christmas day, 1857, he was united
in marriage to Miss Hannah D. Long-
shore, of Nashville, Ohio. Two sons were
born to them but while yet quite young
both died within a few days of diphthe-
ria. Mr. Liggett’s only survivors are one
sister, Mrs. Isaac Gray, of Buffalo Run
valley, and his niece, Mrs. Vanderhoof.
The remains were taken to Beech
Creek last Friday evening and the funer-
al was held on Saturday afternoon at one
o'clock. Rev. J. Edward Dunning offi-
ciated and burial was made in the Fearon
cemetery. Mrs. Gray, of Buffalo Run,
attended the funeral. E
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CONFER.—Mrs. Sarah Confer, widow of
John Confer, died at her home on Logan
street about eleven o'clock on Sunday
night following a stroke of paralysis sus-
tained about a week previous. She was
a daughter of George and Mollie Breon
and was born in Centre county about
sixty-four years ago. Practically her
entire life was spent in Centre county,
the past ten years of which were in
Bellefonte. She was a member of the
United Brethren church and an unas-
suming christian woman.
Her husband has been dead for many
years but surviving her are the following
children: Mrs. Samuel Morrison, of Ty-
rone; Mrs. J. L. Johnstonbaugh, of
Pitcairn; Mrs. George Sowers, of Philips-
burg; Miss Anna Confer, of Bellefonte;
J. H. Confer, of Cleveland, Ohio; John
Confer, of Bellefonte, and ‘Mrs. Lucy
Adams, of Philipsburg. She also leaves
two brothers and three sisters.
Funeral services were held at the Unit-
ed Brethren chusch at 2.30 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon by Rev. A. B. Sprague
and Rev. C. C. Shuey, after which burial
was made in the Union cemetery.
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ConrER.—Following an illness of only
five days Mrs. Charity Confer, wife of
Ezekiel Confer, died at her home near
Fairview, Boggs township, last Thursday.
She was seventy-four years old and is
survived by her husband and the follow-
ing children: Ira, George, Thomas, Jere-
miah, Jesse, Irvin, Edward, Mrs. Jennie
Lucas, Mrs. Emma Watson and Mrs. Liz-
zie McCartney. The funeral was held
from her late home on Sunday afternoon,
burial being made in Fairview cemetery.
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ALEXANDER. — Lillian. Maude Alex-
ander, the thirteen year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alexander, of Snow
Shoe Intersection, died on Sunday even-
ing after a painful illness with inflam-
matory rheumatism. She is survived by
her parents, four brothers and two sis-
ters. The funeral was held at ten o'clock
Wednesday morning, burial being made
in the Unionville cemetery.
the lower Bald Eagle valley, died on Wed- |
Canal Fulton, Ohio. Mr. Liggett led a
of Mr. Liggett removes from Beech:
PARKS.—Wm. H. Parks, very brief no-
tice of whose death was given in the last
issue of the WATCHMAN, was born in
Williamsburg, Blair county, in 1852 and
died in St. Francis hospital, Beaver Falls,
of tuberculosis of the kidneys, Novem-
ber 24th, 1914. He grew to manhood
and learned the trade of blacksmith in
the place of his birth. Afterwards he
moved to Bellefonte and many of our
older residents will remember him as
foreman of the Valentine Iron company,
of this place for a number of years, until
he accepted a position with the Standard
Scale company, now of Beaver Falls, and
| with which company he moved to his
late home when it changed its place of
business to that location. At the time of
his death he was, in the line of service,
the oldest employee of that company and
was held in high esteem, not only by his
employer but by his associate workmen
as well. 2
Mrs. Parks died several years ago but
surviving the deceased are a number of
children, three of whom, Harry, John
and Frank accompanied the remains to
this place on Thursday morning of last
week, and saw that they were properly |
interred in the Union cemetery. Mr.
Parks was a man highly respected by
every one who knew him, and who will
long be remembered by his scores of
friends for the many excellent qualities
with which the Creator had endowed
him.
(The sons of the deceased herein de-
sire to return their thanks to those citi-
zens of Bellefonte who showed their re-
spect for their father, on the occasion of
his burial.) |
MEESE.—David H. Meese died at his |
home at Julian last Friday morning after
an illness of two years as a result of a
stroke of apoplexy. He was fifty-six
years old and was born in Halfmoon |
township. When a young man he learn- |
ed the trade of a blacksmith and for a
number of years worked at Fillmore.
He was a member of the United Breth-
ren church and a man respected by all .
who knew him. He is survived by his
wife and four children, Roy, in Colorada;
Darius and Mrs. Myrtle Callowell, of |
Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Elva Andrews, of
Julian. He also leaves his aged mother
and two brothers, George Meese, of
Barnesboro, and W. F. Meese, of Philips-
burg. A granddaughter, Kathlyn Holt,
made her home with the deceased. The
funeral was held on Sunday morning at
ten o'clock, burial being made in the
Julian cemetary. |
SMITH.—MTrs. Charles H. Smith died
on Tuesday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Harrington, in Hazelton,
of general infirmities. Her maiden name
was Bridget Flynn, and she was seventy-
eight years old. She was a resident of
Philipsburg for forty years, but about
four years ago she went to Hazelton to
make her home with her daughter.
is survived by two children, Charles H.
Smith Jr., of Philipsburg, and Mrs. Har-
rington, of. Hazelton. The late Mrs.
Dominic Judge, of this place, was also a
daughter. The remains were brought to
Bellefonte yesterday and taken to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Oscar Gray, on
Thomas street, where funeral services
will be held this morning, after which
burial will be made in the Catholic ceme-
tery. l
JonnsoN.—Silas W. Johnson, father of
Mrs. J. H. Hartranft, of this place, died
at his home at Hughesville, Lycoming |
county, on Saturday evening, following a
brief illness with heart disease. He was
seventy-three years old and is survived
by his wife and two daughters; two
brothers and a sister.
held on Tuesday afternoon.
——Last August Mr. and Mrs. Edward
D. Stewart came to Bellefonte from Pal-
myra, N. J., and took rooms with New-
comers, on Curtin street, in order to send .
their daughter to State College. On Mon-
day of last week a little son was born to
Mrs. Stewart, at the Bellefonte hospital,
but the child died on Saturday. The re-
mains were taken to Palmyra, N. J., for
burial. Mr. Stewart is a traveling sales-
man for Strawbridge & Clothier, Phila-
delphia, having been with the firm for a
period of twenty-six years.
SPECIAL BASKET SALE.—At China Hall
December 10th, 11th and 12th; also
Christmas Goods, China, Cut Glass, Elec-
tric Portables, Brass Goods and Art Nov- |
elties.
Marriage Licenses.
Boyd Corl, of Bellefonte, and Grace G.
Tressler, of Zion.
Roy S. Myers, of Wilkinsburg, and
Frances I. Rider, of Gatesburg.
Herman Valimont and Nellie Fye, both
of Moshannon.
Edward J. Shay and Nellie M. Buck,
both of Lock Haven.
Real Estate Transfers.
W. C. Heinle to E. Frank Vail, tract of
Jand in Rush Twp.; $1.
A. M. Kerstetter et ux to Charles E.
Schreffler, tract of land in Spring Twp.;
$1,400.
John Hamilton et ux to Charles E.
Male: tract of land in College Twp.:
Mary E. Miller et bar to Sadie Emen-
hiser, tract of land in Spring Twp.; $425.
Mary E. Miller et bar to Annie M. Ri-
der, tract of land in Spring Twp.; $425.
C. T. Gerberich to James Morrison,
tract of land in Bellefonte Boro.; $250.
John M. Shugert et al to Howard E.
Wells, tract of land in Benner Twp.;
George Schuyler et ux to Clayton H.
Pressler, tract of land in Penn Twp.; $80.
She |
The funeral was
County.
Notes of Interest to Church People of
all Denominations in all Parts of
the County.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Service Sunday 10:45 a. m. Wednes-
day 8 p. m., 9% E. High street.
U. B. CHURCH NOTES.
The ladies bible class will meet in the
aid room of the United Brethren church
this (Friday) evening. A full attendance
of the class is desired.
On Monday evening, December 7th, J.
S. Fulton, D. D., Allegheny conference
! superintendent, will preach at 7.30
o'clock and hold the first quarterly con-
| ference for this conference vear. You
Th be glad to see and hear him. Don’t
fail.
| Sunday services:—Sunday school at
9.30 a. m.; preaching 10.30. Subject,
| “Faith, a Necessity for the Christian.”
Juniors 2.00 p. m.; all children invited;
Pastor will read a story for Juniors. Y.
P. C.E, 6.30; preaching 7.30; subject,
“Evangeline.” Every non church goer
i invited. Special seats for strangers.
A. B. SPRAGUE, Minister.
CHURCH—SUNDAY NOTICE.
Rev. W. M. B. Glanding, in the Luth-
eran church next Sunday evening, will
| deliver the fourth sermon in the Good
' Name series under the topic, “Defending
Our Good Name.” The subject of the
, morning sermon will be, “Belief of the
; Second Advent of Christ as a factor in
| real christian life.”
The evening services at the Presby-
terian church are increasing each night.
Next Sabbath evening’s topic is, “Behold,
. He Cometh!” No one can afford to
i miss this one. Special music marks these
| services.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Dr. C. T. Aikens, of Selinsgrove, greeted old
, friends here last week.
| Farmer Frank Lohr is among the sick this
| week, threatened with fever.
Harry Sunday and wife, of Tyrone, are visiting
i friends in the valley this week.
Samuel A. Homan spent last week sight-seeing
in Chicago and Cleveland, Ohio.
| Sheriff A. B. Lee was a bidder at the Swabb
, sale and purchased a good horse.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson, of Saulsburg,
. visited friends hereabouts last Friday.
| J.F.and S. E. Kimport transacted business in
| Lewistown the latter part of last week.
The Mrs. Swabb sale on the 25th totaled $2,400.
Samuel M. Hess took possession of the farm.
John Sunday, of State College, was here Wed-
nesday looking over his farm in Ferguson town-
| ship.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Cronover are closing their
home at Awlsworth to go to Huntingdon for the
winter. :
i Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Krebs, of State College,
| spent Sunday at the Mrs. Sallie Fortney home on
{ Main street.
Perry Barner, the jovial Grand Union tea man,
i is making his rounds soliciting orders for his
| winter trade.
i This week will see the bulk of the hogs in the
| pork barrel. Thus far we have heard of no very
heavy weights. * ’
Mrs. J. Harry Wiiliams, who was quite ill last
week, suffering with a nervous break down, is
: now improving.
| The Star harness company purchased the
| Oliver F. Shaw harness business on south Alien
! street, State College.
| W.K.Corl and wife are arranging to attend
| the State Grange meeting to be held at Mead-
ville. Pa., next week. :
| J. I Markle and Mrs. John Lytle, of Bellwood,
were here for Thanksgiving and participated in
| several big butcherings.
| Miss Winifred Fortney, of Albuquerque, New
| Mexico, is visiting Blair and Centre county relas
| tives during her vacation.
Myton & Bumgaruner shipped a car load of
; hogs from Penna Furnace to the eastern market
. on Tuesday at eight cents a pound.
Master Walter Dreiblebis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
i N. O. Dreiblebis, has been quite ill for several
! days with pnuemonia, but isnow better.
i Master George Hoover, who underwent an
| operation for appendicitis in the Bellefonte hos-
i pital, returned home last week well and happy.
Services will be held in the Presbyterian church
| next Sunday at 2.30 p. m., by Rev. J. C. Kelley, of
i Lewisburg, a former pastor of the Spruce Creek
, church.
| Sheep dogs invaded O. P. Bloom's flock on Sat-
urday evening badly crippling a number of lambs,
but were frightened away before they succeeded
in killing any.
The Christian Endeavor society will hold a
! festival inthe town hall on Saturday evening,
i December 12th. The patronage of the public
will be appreciated.
Jared Mayes and wife and Frank Graham and
lady friend, Miss Allen, all of Milton, autoed
here Saturday and spent the Sabbath with friends
here and at Lemont.
S. E. Kimport, a former butcher at State Col-
lege, is about closing a deal for a large farm in
| Tioga county, where he expects to go to farming
and raising fancy stock.
Paul Tate, one of the R. F. D. men at Philips-
burg, with several friends, autoed over the
Alleghenies and spent Thanksgiving day with
friends here, returning home the same evening.
Murray, son of Frank Smith, entered the Belle:
fonte hospital Saturday for eye treatment. While
hunting on old Tussey Thanksgiving day a sharp
snag penetrated his eye and it is feared he will
lose the sight of it.
On Thanksgiving day William J. Dale, aged 82,
and D. L. Dennis, aged, 78, hiked it to the top of
the Seven mountains, to the highest point in this
section, returning the same evening none the
worse for the trip.
Dr. Frank Bailey, one of the Modock crew, had
the misfortune to sprain his left ankle while out
on the mountain. He remained in camp to the
end of the hunt and has been holding down his
mother’s couch ever since. It will be some days
before he will be able to get around.
It is estimated that fifty bucks were slain on
old Jussey mountains between the Bear
Meadows and Charter Oak, a distance of not
more than eight miles. The bunch from Coates-
ville captured the largest buck ever brought
down. Its rack of horns consisted of ten prongs.
Made Deaf, Dumb and Blind by Shells
The medical men in Paris are very
much interested in a number of curi-
ous cases contained in the military
hospital. It is reported from Lyons
that soldiers are under treatment who
have been struck deaf, dumb and
though they were not wounded.
®blown up the northwestern salient of
blind by the explosion of shells, al
‘With the Churches of the German’s New
Drive Blocked. |
The French Artillery Is Battering Its’
Way Toward Metz—Berlin Claims
Gains In Argonne.
Although it cannot be said with of!
ficial authority that the Germans
have started as yet on what is be: |
lieved by many to be their final dash;
for Calais, the resumption of severe
fighting in the wesiern taeater of the
war gives color to that belief.
The kaiser, according to report, has
decreed that the French coast town
must be taken by Dec. 10, and recent
shifts of the German forces in Flan:
ders and the arrival of heavy rein
forcements indicaie that an import
ant movement there is under way ot
imminent.
The renewal of military operations
on quite an extensive scale just below
the Belgian border in France tend ta
bear out the report that the dash ta
Calais is to be made in that region
rather than along the shore of Bel
gium.
The transfer of German troops tu
Zeebrugge on the North sea is re
garded as evidence taat the kaiser
may suspect an attempt by the allie.
to land troops in that vicinity in a.:
effort to surprise his extreme righ:
flank.
According to Amsterdam advices
another British war fleet is reported
to have put into the North sea and:
is lying off Ostend.
A correspondent of the Daily Mail
in West Flanders, telegraphing ou
Nov. 360, says:
“Every one believes that the lasti
dash for Calais is beginning. The gen:
eral hopefulness on our side depends
in no small degree ,on the great con
fidence in General Foch, whose grasp
of the situation was largely responsi
ble for the victory on the Marne, and
General Potain, who has so consist
ently repelled the insistent Gerinan
attacks at Arras. These two names
ought to be familiar to all the allied
nations.”
The sound of cannonade continues
all along the Aisne and on the Arras
Bethune-Armentieres line. The Ger
man artillery is showing no signs of
weakening its terrific fire. = Bloody
hand-to-hand fighting is reported from
west Flanders, being carried on
chiefly by small detachments which
are detailed to seize groups of houses
and patches of small wood land held |
by the enemy. The fierceness of tha
fighting is fully attested by the enor
mous trains of wounded that are daily
arriving at the base hospitals.
The Germans are making vigorous
demonstrations east of Ypres, evi
dently under orders from the kaiser
to give the English no rest and to ac
eount for as many British soldiers as
possible.
The fierceness of the struggle be
tween the Germans and .the allies in
the northern part of France and west
Flanders has for some weeks over
shadowed the operations elsewhere
along the 300-mile battle "front, but
the presence of General Joseph Joffre,
the French commander-in-chief of the
eastern end of the line, has for the
time being shifted some of the public
interest into that quarter.
The French army which has cut its
way northward through the Moselle
valley to Arnaville, nearly within ar
tillery range of the outer circle of
forts at Metz, is carrying on a vigor
ous bombardment of the fortress
there is an effort to move further to
the north.
The following are the official bul
letins:
FRENCH.
“In Belgium our lines have been
subjected to a violent bombardment
from ILampernisse to west of Dux
mude. <
“In the Argonne the enemy has
the wood of
been mined.
“In a general way we have affirmed
and developed our progress on this
part of the front.
“In Alsace our troops have captured
Aspach-le-Haut and Aspach-le-Bas,
southeast of Thann.
“In the region to the south of
Ypres and Saint Eloy, an attack of
the enemy against an entrenchment
taken -by our troops during the day
was repulsed by us. Our artillery in.
flicted damage on a group of three
batteries of heavy artillery of the en-
emy.
“At Vermelles the chateau and the
park surrounding it, two houses in the
village and some trenches were bril
liantly occupied by our forces.
“There has been a spirited artillery
exchange in the vicinity of Fay, to
the southwest of Peronne.
“In the region between Vendresse.
Craonne there has been a violent
bombardment to which the French ar
tillery replied with success, accom:
plishing the destruction of a battery.
“In the Argonne a German attack
against Fontaine Madame was re.
pulsed, and we made some progress
in the occupation of a trench in the
forest of Court and Chaussees, and a
minor fortified position near St. Hu.
bert.
“On the heights of the Meuse, in
the Woexre district and in the Vosges
there is nothing to report.”
GERMAN.
“In the western theater of the war |
the enemy made insignificant ad.
vances which were checked.
“In the ferest of Argonne a stromg
point of support of the enemy was
taken by the Wuertemburg infantry
regiment, No. 120, his majesty the
kaiser’s own regiment. On this occa:
sion two officers and about 300 of the
enemy's troops were made prisoners.”
La Grurie, which had
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
WENNESDAY.
The British battleship Bulwark was
destroyed in the Thames river, thirty-
five miles east of London, by an ex-
plosion. it is estimated that 750 lives
ware lost. Only fourteen men were
saved. The British admiralty believes
the e=plosion occurred in the Bul-
wark’s magazine.
Crushed by the overwhelming force
of the Russians, General Von Hinden-
burg’s army in Poland is in full re-
treat, which, Petrograd dispatches
say, approaches a rout. One army
corps (40,000 men) has been captur-
ed, while another corps is reported
to have been cut to pieces and dis-
persed. Further south, the Russians
are reported to be within twelve miles
of Cracow.
Dixmude, in Flanders, has been re-
taken by French marines after a bril-
liant charge, and the Germans are re.
ported to have been driven back sev-
en miles at this point of the battle
line. The French movement toward
Metz is reported to threaten the Ger-
man position at St. Mibiel.
FRIDAY.
The importance of the czar’s victory
in Poland grows with the receipt of
late news. Forty thousand of the sol-
diers of the kaiser are reported cap-
tured. Five German army corps (200,-
000 men) are in a desperate plight
near Plock, their retreat barred by
| Russians.
A Turkish submarine 1s reported to
have been sunk trying to enter the
harbor of Sebastopol, on the Black
sea. The British collier Khartoum
was destroyed by a mine off the Eng-
lish coast, and the British steamer
Primo was torpedoed near the mouth
of the Siene.
Proclamation of 4 “Holy War,” call-
ing upon Moslems throughout the
world to open hostilities against Rus-
sia, France and Great Britain, has
been issued by the sultan of Turkey.
SATURDAY.
Continued advance by the Russian
armies between the Vistula and the
Warthe rivers, in Poland, and also to-
ward the city of Cracow, is reported
from Petrograd. Near Cracow the
Austrian forces are reported to be re-
treating in a rout. The Austrians are
reported to have evacuated Czerno-
witz. Unofficial dispatches from Ber-
lin say the Germans are holding their
own in the vicinity of Lodz and Low-
icz, where they have been very hard
pressed.
The Anglo-French allies are rein-
forcing their armies in Flanders.
Heavy artillery firing is reported
from that section, and also in the
Champagne district, on the southern
tront of the battle line in France.
Reports reaching Paris say that the
German battleship Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse has been sunk by a mine
in the Baltic sea and that the German
cruiser Hertha also h~~ Heen sunk.
SUNDAY.
The Germans resumed their offen-
sive in the region of Arras, but were
repulsed, says the French communi-
cation. Near Ypres the allies cap-
tured several important German po-
sitions. On the remainder of the bat.
tle front there was little action.
In Poland the Russians announce
that they have made some gains, but
they were meeting with a vigorous
resistance in the region of Strykow.
Berlin dispatches say there has
been little fighting in either zone of
the war and that the Germans main-
tain strong positions.
Germany has paid $37,500 indemnity
to Luxemburg, presumably as a re.
compense for violation of the duchy’s
neutrality. .
Berlin officially announces that
Kaiser Wilhelm has gone to the front
in the eastern war zone and will di-
rect personally the campaign against
the Russians. ?
MONDAY.
A battle rivaling in intensity the
struggle on the Aisne is in progress
in Poland, according to unofficial dis-
patches to London. Notwithstanding
the claim of victories made by bith
Berlin and Petrograd, the Russian
and German armies are deadlocked in
a gigantic combat, these dispatches
say, the outcome of which is still in
doubt.
Progress by the allies at certain
points is Belgium is reported officially
in Paris. in that section of the west-
ern battle front the Germans are said
to be on the defensive. To the south-
ward, between Ypres, Belgium, and
Arras, france, the kaiser is said to
have massed 560,000 men for another
effort to pierce the allies’ lines and
make a drive for the French coast.
TUESDAY.
Simultaneously with the appearance
of King George V. with his troops in
France, the Germans have begun a
new heavy attack along the Yser, ac:
cording te ap unofficial! dispatch to
London.
Stubborn fighting still continues be
lween the Russians and Germans in
central Poland. near Lowicz, appar-
ently without decisive results. Petro-
grad says a German attacking force
has been repulsed near Rzeszow, Ga-
ficia. Vienna confirms Russian claims
that the czar’s troops have crossed the
Carpathitns, by reporting a Russian
defeat at Homena, Hungary.
According to a dispatch from Con-
stantinople, Turkish forces are invad-
ing Asiatic Russia, and are within
seven miles of the port ef Batum, on.
the Black sea.