— Whole Austrian Line | Gives Way. Russians Say Germans Give Way In Poland When Great Flanking Move: ment Begins. Admission of an Austrian defeat in the Carpathian mountains was con tained in an official announcement from the war office in Vienna. It fol lows: “The Russian army, which a week ago began an offensive campaign against our forces which had crossed the Carpathians, has been reinforced to such an extent that it was mada necessary for us to withdraw our en tire eastern front from the plain of Gorlice. The situation in the north, however, was not influenced by this ~ movement. “In the Balkan theater of war the Montenegrins attacked our outer in: trenchments at Trebinje, but they were repulsed without difficulty. The enemy’s artillery was silenced. Tha Montenegrin bombardment of the for tress at Krewozije has been with out effect.” Austrian Armies Annihilated. A Petrograd dispatch to the London Evening News says: | “Of the five Austro-Hungarian ar: mies in the field one was put out of action by the Servians; two others are retreating through the Carpath- ians, and the remaining two will soon be compelled to seek safety in the fortress at Cracow. Przemysl has been left to its fate.” This dispatch estimates the casual ties of the German troops alone in Poland from Nov. 9 to the present at 600,000 killed, wounded and missing.’ Some of the German losses in the re cent operations on the Bzura river were as high as 200,000. Germany Claims Advance. The following official statement was issued by the war office in Berlin: “In East Frussia the Russian caw alry has been driven back in the di SLIGHT GANS IS ~ MADE Germans Violently Attack St. Georges In Effort to Recapture Town and Lose Another Point. In the western arena of the war the allies continue to claim slow progress, but the omnensive, started about the middle of December, has noticeably slackened. Even some of the British newspa- pers call attention to the marked de- crease in the vigor of the French, British and Belgian thrust at the Ger- man line, but they add that the rea- son for this quiet soon will be dis- closed. j France claims slight gains near Nieuport in the official announcement given out by the war department. This communication also recites othes . Candyland for the Best. ‘The New Grocery. Fresh Cut Flowers Every Day. ae points along the line where Germat With the Churches of the attacks have been driven back. There has been heavy bombarding at St.: Georges; in the Aisne region and on the heights of the Meuse. In Belgium the allies have won a little territory in the region of Nieu- port, opposite Polders, and to the north of Lombaertzyde. The Germans subjected St. Georges to a violent bombardment. This is the position the allies are putting in a state of de- fense. It is also declared that the allies have captured a German point of sup- port located to the southeast of Zon- nebeke, on: the road between Bece:-' ! laere and Paschendaele. In the valley of the Aisne and in: Champagne the Germans have mani fested another burst of activity that has taken the form particularly of a violent artillery fire to which French artillery replied effectively. “In the Argonne we have made slight progress in the region of Four De Paris,” says the official statement. “Between the Argonne and the Mo- selle there has been cannonading all along the [ront, but particularly se: vere along the heights of the Meuse. “In the Vosges the enemy delivered an attack against our positions at La Tete de Fauk; this was repulsed. 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., 93 E. High street. ——For high class Job Work come to ; the WATCHMAN Office. i LEMONT. The teachers all attended institute and enjoyed every session. Christmas was a white one and plenty cold | enough to please all. | The well near Willard Dale’s residence has gone dry, the first time that he can remember. Lloyd L. Houtz and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of number two, it being a great big boy. The Christmas entertainments held at Houser- ville, Lemont and Shiloh, were well attended and the young folks proved;good entertainers. The venerable George Roan, who is in the Wills Eve hospital undergoing treatment for his eye, is reported improved, and the doctors think his eye willfget much better. At present he can see better than before the operation. BOOKS,MAGAZINES, Etc. the market. “In upper Alsace we are consoli rection of Kiltkallen. The situation is unchanged in Poland on the right bank of the Vistula. Our offensive continues on the west bank of tha Vistula and on the east bank of the Bzura. “Fighting continues on the east bank of the Rawka, and also at Inow- lodz, to the southwest. “Reports from outside sources give the impression that Lowicz and Skier: niewice are not in our possession. We captured these places six days ago. “Sknierniewice is situated far be hind our front.” dating our position. Our heavy artil- lery reduced to silence the German howitzers which were bombarding up: per Aspach.” Unofficial dispatches tell of a se- vere attack by allied warships on the German positions on and near the Belgian coast, and significant advan- tages gained by the French troops in Alsace, An official statement issued in Ber. lin admits that the German troops have been compelled to evacuate the little town of St. Georges, Flanders. Fighting for the town, which was | taken by the allies in a surprise at "tack, is still going on. The official statement follows: “In the western theater of war we are still fighting for the hamlet of St. Georges, southeast of Nieuport, that we were compelled to evacuate owing to a surprise attack. i “A ‘storm; culminating in <vloud- . bursts, damaged the pesitions on both | sides in Flanders and in northern | France. On the rest of the front the’ day passed. quietly.” German Drive Crumbling. Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s drive against Warsaw is on the point of collapse and the Russians ara fighting desperately to carry out a flank movement against his German Official military dispatches from Warsaw state that the German armies lying west of Warsaw have been com: | POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY 1915.—A hospital ship in motion with the rays of a powerful light_directed on the crimson Geneva cross paintediupon its side forms the imposing cover design of the January Popular Mechanics Magazine. An interesting and instructive article on “The Rules of War” says: ‘‘Hospital vessels fitted by officially recognized relief societies bear a red band about their sides and fly the Geneva flaz and that of the country und:r which they are operating. At night, these ships are identified by a crimson Geneva cross, brightly illuminated, on their sides. They must afford relief to all wounded and shipwrecked men, alike, may be searched by a belligerent, directed to take a new course, or even, in extreme cases, be temporarily detained, but their staffs must be respected and cannot be made prisoners.” The January Maga- zine, in addition to the [article mentioned, con- tains a large amount of valuable information on the European; situation. There are nineteen pages of views depicting, as only photographs can, conditions and incidents in the zone of ac. tion. One of the most interesting features of the magazine is an article describing in detail the intrenchment system from the moment the sol- dier, unde: fire, begins to scoop out a shallow hollow for nis body until, under cover of dark- ness, he has prepared for himself a more elab- orate protection—cavelike, and, possibly, equip- ped with some comforts. Yet another article pelled to evacuate some of their first line positions under the battering as-. saults of Grand Duke Nicholas’ forces. The fighting in Poland and Galicia! is being marked by the most terrible’ slaughter in the history of warfare. It is impossible to estimate the casualties now, but the figures, when | they are announced, will be stagger! ing. ! In western Galicia stormy weather | and the muddy condition of the roads | are interfering with operations; in | the Carpathians the Austrians are" falling back, leaving many stragglers and many guns behind. | Along the Bzura and Rawka rivers! the Germans are fighting desperately . to hold their own, but they are facing superior numbers, and Field Marshal: von Hindenburg’s worn out troops are facing fresh masses of Russian sol! diers. : There was a terrific artillery duel | along the Rawka which lasted all day | Monday and all of Tuesday, but the} Germans were finally compelled to! retire after several of their batteries | had been silenced. i The German lines along the upper reaches of the Rawka and north of the Bzura are further from Yeriaw. than they were this time last week. | The German lines are now extended | in the form of a semi-circle, with the | Russian army in the Pilica valley | struggling forward in a mighty effort ' to envelop the southern wing of the: invading army. ! he Russian operations near the | junction of the Nida and Vistula riv-! ers have taken several thousand more | prisoners, together with a number of machine guns. Austrian cannon were | found imbedded in the mud, General Dankl’s men being unable to move them when the army retired. | The Austrians on the Gorlice-Jaslo line are trying to re-form their forces ' as they fall back, but in this they are doubly hindered by the impassable condition of the country and constant | harrassing of the Siberian troops. : Of the 175,000 men in the Austrian army falling back through the Car- pathians, tully 50,000 have been taken . prisoners hy the Russians. | Rob Emaus Postoffice of $500. After gaining entrance into the postoffice at Emaus, near Allentown, | Pa., by breaking open the rear door, thieves blew open the large safe and got away with about $100 in cash and’ $400 in stamps. Exports Exceed Imports. Secretary Redfield told President Wilson and the cabinet that exports from the United States during Decem: ber, until Dec. 26, exceeded the. ims ports by $88,000,000. ' describes and illustrates the small arms used by , lands of Belgium ed without an extra session of con- ' he is invistigating into the circum- Among the items given out by the the several powersZengaged in the present con- official press bureau are the follow: flict. ing: The Rritish now admit that they | The inundations are hampering the troop movements of the allies. SU FFRAGE VOTE JAN. 1 2 pear in thelJanuary American Magazine. . One, . by Ray Stannard Baker, is entitled “The Last Speaker Clark Gives the President Legislative Program. Speaker Clark discussed the legis: lative situation with President Wil son and told him he expected the ad ministration program would be finish: gress. The speaker told the president the rules committee planned to bring in a special rule for considering the pro: posed constitutional amendment for woman suffrage on Jan. 12, and he expected a vote the same day. Speaker Clark said he had not dis: cussed with the president recent pub: lished reports that he would be a can- didate for the presidency in 1916. He declared he was not a candidate. HOLD WIFE AS POISONER Atlantic City Police Say Woman Con: fessed to Crime. According to the police authorities of Atlantic City, N. J., Nettie Salines. an Assyrian, thirty-two years old, whe has been taken into custody, con: fessed that she caused the death of her husband, Alexander Salines, by putting poison in his food on Dec. 20, to collect insurance of $1000 he had recently taken out. The woman was held without bail to await the action of the grand jury. The coroner of Atlantic county said stances of the death of the woman’s former husband, who died about two years ago. Postmasters by Election. Popular election for postmasters as a means of avoiding bitter patronage “gcraps” was proposed in a bill intro duced by Senator Bristow. Family Burned to Death. Harry C. Alvey, thirty-two years of { made a mistake in flooding the low- is a great deal of other interesting material in around Dixmude. the January Magazine. It contains, in all, 244 age; his wife and their three chil- dren, of Hagerstown, Md., were burn- ‘ed to death in a fire which de- stroyed their home at Winterhaven, Florida, according to a telegram re- ceived from Alvey's brother-in-law, who is spending the winter at Flor- ence villa, two miles from the de- stroyed Alvey home. Harry Alvey went to Florida from Hagerstown two years ago and pur- chased an orange grove and built himself a handsome bungalow there. Aside from the absorbing topic o the war there articles andl343 illustrations. THE JANUARY AMERICAN MAGAZINE.—Two very remarkable contributions about the war ap- Phase of the Great War.” It is a fiction story of the German_Invasion of America in 1915-1916 and isa sort of imaginary history of the war sup- posed to be written: one hundred years hence, The other contribution cn the war is entitled ‘Hats Off to France!” It is by Will Irwin, and it reports the courage and coolness with which the French are taking part in this war. In the same issue Ida M. Tarbell continues her new series of articles entitled ‘““The Golden Rule in Business.” Cleveland Moffett writes a won- derful account of the new invention by which moving pictures are now taken under the sea. Stewart Edward White, writing under the title, “A Lion Adventure,” gives an account of his personal experiences with wild animals in Africa. A husband, who has been married twenty-five years, gives a suggestive account of his experi- ence with the problems of matrimony. Fiction is contributed by David Grayson, author of ‘‘Adventures in Contentment,” and there are other stories by John A. Moroso, Mollie Best and Maravene Thompson. James Mont- gomery Flagg, the wellknown humorist and artist, presents ‘Four Easy New Year's Resolu- tions,” and the “Interesting People’ department completes a lively and beautiful issue. ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNTY TREASURER. We are authorized to announce that-James E. Harter, of Penn township, will be a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the action of the Democratic voters as expressed at the primaries on the third Tuesday of September, 1915. New Advertisements. EGISTERED HOLSTEINS FOR SALE.— Two finely bred Registered Holstein Bulls. A good chance to improve your S. BATCHELER. "Philipsburg, Pa. herd. 58-47-6t XECUTOR'’S NOTICE.—Estate of Annie R. Long, late ‘of Bellefonte Borough de- ceased. Letters of administraion in the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned by the register of wills of Centre county, Pennsylvania, all persons indebted to the said estate are hereby requested to make pay- ment and all persons having claims against said estate are requested to present the same duly authenticated without delay to J. M. KEICHLINE, Executor. Bellefonte, Pa. For SaleorExchange One of the most desirable properties in Atlantic City, N. I. Property is located on St. Charles Place, the first Cottage from the Boardwalk. ‘Substantially built, (brick and wood), 12 rooms with base- ment, three baths and closets; up-to-date in every particular. Owners wish to leave the Shore. Address, C.J. SHOENBERGER, "169 St." Charles Place, 60-1-6t 59-38-tf Atlantic City, N. J. New Advertisements. OR RENT in the Exchange Building. The steam heated, double office recently occu- pied as Democratic headquarters. Also storage rooms at $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 per month. 59-44-tf F. W. CRIDER. fine little pigs, six and seven weeks old, mixed Berkshire, Chester White and Durok, all very thrifty which I offer for sale at Call on or write THADDEUS CROSS, Iie PIGS FOR SALE —I have 10 pair of having been granted to the undersigned upon the estate of Samuel Decker, late of Bellefonte borough, deceased, all persons know- ing themselves indebted to said estate are re- quested to make prompt payment and those having claims against the same to present them duly authenticated for settlement. Mrs. NANNIE DECKER, S. KLINE WOODRING, Executrix, Attorney. 59-48-6t Bellefonte, Pa. Ens NOTICE.—Letters testamentary Se MACHINES I am selling the two best Sewing Ma- chines made—the Standard Rotary and Eldredge Rotary. I keep in stock other cheaper Machines, as low in price as you can buy in Chicago. I repair all makes of Sew- ing Machines; keep in stock Shuttles, Nee- dles, also Key Blanks. Shop on west Bishop St., Bellefonte, Pa. G. S. CLEMENTS, 3 59-43-8t Agent for Companies. of Charles W. Cook, late of the Borough of Beech Creek, County of Clinton, and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the Orphans’ Court: has ordered the private sale for the payment of debts of the above named decedent, of the fol- lowing described real estate situated in the town- ship of Liberty, County of Centre, and State of Pennsylvania, as follows, to wit: Tract No.1, to Thomas W. Cook of Liberty township, Centre County, Penna., for the price or sum of $500.00. Tracts Nos. 2 and 3, to Elizabeth Cook, of Liberty township, Centre County, Penna., for the price or sum of $200.00. DESCRIPTION. NUMBER ONE. Beginning at a post in the mid- dle of the Pubiic road leading from Eagleville to Beech Creek; thence south 31 degrees east 27 perches along lot of Fannie Nestlerode to a post; thence along lot of David Bumgardner south 26 degrees west 33 perches to a post; thence along lot of Clara Eva Hunter north 31 degrees west 22 perches more or less to the middle of the afore- said road; thence along the middle of said road north 34% degrees east 3.4 perches to-the place of beginning. Containing 79 3-7 perches. NuMBER Two. Beginning at a corner on the Public road leading from Eagleville to Beech Creek; thence along lands of the said Fannie Nestlerode south 21 degrees east 27 perches to a Locust; thence by land of.Bumgardner’s: estate south 26'degrees west 3 perches to a'post; thence along lot formerly of Daniel Néstlerode, now of F. H. Kessinger. north 31 degrees west 26 perches more or less to a point in the middle of the Public road: thence along the middle of said Public road north 24% degrees east 3 perches to the place of beginning. Containing 79.3 perches. Prat SALE.—In the matter of the estate NUMBER THREE. Beginning in the centre the Public road leading from Eagleville to Beech Creek; thence along lands of P. T. McClintock and Helen I. McClintock south 28% degrees east 24 perches to a Hickory; thence south 203% de- grees east 6.1 perches to a post; corner of lands of J. C. Bumgardner; thence along same south 77% degrees west 3.1 perches to a Locust corner of lot of C. W. Cook; thence alonglot of C. W. Cook north 30% degrees west 25 perches to the centre of Public road leading from Eagleville to Beech Creek; thence along said road north 32 degrees east 5.4 perches to the place of begin- ning. Containing 107 perches more or less. It was further ordered and decreed by the said Court that the return of the said private sale will be made to the Orphans’ Court of Centre County, on Tuesday. January 26th. A. D. 1915, and thereupon confirmed unless exceptions be ‘filed thereto or an increased offer made for said premises; that Dorothy B. Cook, administratrix of said decedent upon confirmation as aforesaid. will be authorized and directed to make, -execute and deliver deeds of conveyance in fee simple for the above described premises, ‘to the purchasers thereof. i; DOROTHY B. COOK, Administratrix of &c., of Charles W. Cook, deceased. BROWN & STEVENSON, Atty’s for Estate. Lock Haven, Penna. 60-1-3t. Eye Specialist. i OS, ss i LOUIS DAMMERS Philadelphia Eyesight Specialist Bellefonte, One Day Only, Garman House Parlors Friday, January 8, 1915 SPECIAL OFFICE HOURS 10.00 a. m. to 4.0( p. m. A guaranteed. Pair of Glasses with a ten year 12k. Gold Filled Frame or Nose- iece(10 stylesto select from), FirstQuality Penses, an elegant Case, and the Dam-: mers’ Scientific Eye Examination as low as $1.00 mamine Eyes and Fit Glasses by Simp- ly Looking Into the Eyes. Without Test ards or Charts. Without Drops, With- out Asking a Question. This is the rea- son I have fitted hundreds of cases where all others failed. Monthly visits to Bellefonte. LOUIS DAMMERS, Office—238 Mutual Life Building, 1oi1 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. SSS ER, Er A Prosperous New Year At the outset of The New Year we desire to ex- press our appreciation of the patronage we have re- ceived during 1914 and sincerely wish for our friends A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year. All Christmas Candies Reduced to Cost. Why not resolve with The New Year to buy all your Groceries at Cash Prices and Save Money on every order? We furnish Coupon Books good for $2.00, $5.00 and $10.00, to be redeemed when orders are delivered, ROBERT MORRIS, 59- BELLEFONTE, PA. Jewelry. The Oldest Jewelry and Watch House in Centre County. have been filled since Christmas Our stocks and we are, as always, ready to serve you in every respect. . . . F. P. BLAIR & SON, JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS, Bellefonte, - s..¢ - Penna. The First National Bank. of | | | | Specially Ground Lenses at Lowest Prices. | | Contributions of Money Thousands of helpless people—men, women and children, are starving in Europe. People like ourselves who, a féw months ago, were happy and prosperous. Because of : the war they are now without food or shelter. Do You Want to Help Them? We shall be glad to receive and forward con- tributions. of money, no matter how small. The First National Bank 59-1-1y BELLEFONTE, PA. EET The Centre County Banking Company. “STOP, LOOK, LISTEN" A Lawyer received $10,000 for suggesting these words to a railroad. The sign, “Stop, Look, Lis- ten!” saved the road many thousands of dollars in damages. It’sa good sign. It’s worth $10,000. Wise people are often warned by a similar signon the road of extravagance. They stop in time. How about yourself? Think this over seriously. A bank account is the Best Kind of Security at any time. If you haven't a bank account now, start one at once. Any account, however small you are able to begin with, will be welcomed and carefully conserved at THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK, 56-6 BELLEFONTE PA.
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