Ro Wl rrr Secretary Favored Course Which Would Not Involve U. S. In Trouble | With Germany — His Resignation | Promptly Accepted. Secretary of State Bryan submitted: his resignation to president Wilson and it was accepted. | ‘Robert Lansing, counsellor of the state department, automatically will, become acting secretary of state. It was stated authoritatively that] Mr. Bryan’s resignation, which had, been under consideration for several days, was accomplished with the ut: most good feeling between the secre | tary of state and President Wilson. It! resulted from differences of opinion, over the note about to be sent to Ger | many. Officials let it be known that Secre | tary Bryan determined to leave the | cabinet because of his desire not ta! embarrass the president by his oppo | sition to the policy of the administra: tion in the present foreign situation. | While Secretary Bryan’s attitude to ward the situation which has arisen between this country and Germany is not definitely known,'it has been gen | erally believed that he favored a note of the character which, under no cir. cumstances, would involve the United States in grave complications. Bryan's Letter of Resignation. In submitting his resignation, Mr | . Bryan outlined his viewpoint on the administration’s policy. The following is his letter of resignation: “My Dear Mr. Wilson—It is with sincere regret that I have reached the conclusion that I should return to you _ the commission of secretary of state with which you honored me at the be i ginning of your administration. y “Obedient to your sense of duty and actuated by the highest motives, you have prepared for transmission to the | German government a note in which. I cannot join without violating whal | I deem to be an obligation to my coun | try, and the issues involved is of such moment that to remain a member of the cabinet would be as unfair to you. as it would be to the cause which ia nearest my heart, namely, the pre | vention of war. i “I, therefore, respectfully tender my | resignation, to take effect when the | note is sent, unless you prefer an earlier hour. Alike desirous of reach ing a peaceful solution of the prob : lems arising out of the use of sub marines against merchantmen, wd find ourselves differing irreconciliably | as to the methods which should be em: | ployed. i “It falls to your lot to speak offi: _clally for the nation; I consider it ta. be none the less my duty to endeavol as a private citizen to promote the end which you have in view by means! which you do not feel at liberty ta! us2. ! “In severing the intimate and pleas ant relations which have existed be | tween us during the past two years mit me to acknowledge the pro ound satisfaction which it has given me to be associated with you in the important work which has come be fore the state department, and tc thank you for the courtesies extend ed. | “With the heartiest good wishes fo1 | your personal welfare and for the suc | cess of your administration, I am, my dear Mr. President, “Very truly yours, “W. J. BRYAN.” President Wilson's Acceptance. | President Wilson’s acceptance of the resignation was as follows: “My Dear Mr. Bryan—I accept yout resignation only because you insist upon its acceptance; and I accept il, with much more than deep regret, with a feeling of personal sorrow. Oui ! two years of close association have been very delightful to me. Our judg: ments have accorded in practically every matter of official duty and ol: public policy until now; your support of the work and purposes of the ad: ministration has been generous and. loyal beyond praise; your devotion tc: the duties of your eat office and | your eagerness to take advantage ol geod opportunity for service it of: ered has been an example to the rest of us; you have earned our affection: ate admiration and friendship. Even now we are not separated in the ob: ject we seek, but only in the method by which we seek it. | “Jt is for these reasons my feeling about your retirement from the sec retarys ip of state goes so much deeper than regret. I sincerely de plore it. Our objects are the same, and we ought to pursue them’ togeth- er. I yield to your desire only because I must and wish to bid you Godspeed in the parting. We shall continue te work for the same causes even when we do not work in the same way. “With affectionate regards, sincerely ' yours, “WOODROW WILSON.” Brakeman Gets Doubie Compensation, The supreme court of New Jerrsey decided in Trenton that under the New Jersey workmen’s compensation act a man employed in New Jersey and hurt in Pennsylvania is entitled te recover compensation in both states. The case was that of George A. Rounsaville, a Jersey Central brake: man, who was hurt at Odenweiler, Pa., last January. The lower court held that because of the federal lia. bility law the plantiff was not entitled to payment under the New Jersey act. The higher court upheld Rounsa- ville’s contention, and also declared that for him to recover in two states would not necessarily be more unjust than for an injured man to collect on two insurance policies. British Lose 29,900 in Week. The British casualtiy lists for the week end are the heaviest that were issued since the war began. They in. clude eighty officers and 5200 men, of whom 1674 were killed. This brings the total British losses during the last week to 900 officers and 20,000 men. Lynch Negro For Assault. Masked men overpowered the keep er of the county jail at Princeton, Ky, dragged Arthur Bell, a negro, from hig cell and hanged him to a tree. Bell was charged with having attacked a young white woman. The mob worked © Bryan Quits the Cabinet. | 80 quietly that the authorities were not aroused. — BRYAN FAVORS ARBITRATION. . Says U. 8. Course In Lusitania Case is Against Principles of Peace Treaties to Which Germany Sub scribed. William J. Bryan's statement on. the reasons for his resignation of the office of secretary of state contends that the difficulties between Germany and the United States should be in vestigated by an international -com mission, and that Americans should : be warned to keep off belligerent ships or those carrying ammunition through the danger zone. Mr. Bryan's statement follows: “My reason for resigning is clearly stated in my letter of resignation namely, that I may employ as a pri vate citizen, the means which the president does not feel at liberty tc smploy, I honor him for doing whal he believes to be right, and I am sur that he desires, as I do, to find 3a eaceful solution of the problem which as been created by the action of the submarines. “Two of the points on which we differ, each conscientious in his com viction, are: “First, as to the suggestion of in vestigation by an international com mission, and, “Second, as to warning Americans against traveling on belligerent ves sels or with cargoes of ammunition. “] believe this nation should frank ly state to Germany that we are will ing to apply in this case the princi: ple which we are bound by treaty tc apply to disputes between the United States and thirty countries with which we have made treaties. “These, treaties provide for investi gation of all disputes of every charac er and nature. : “Negotiated under this administra ’ tion, they make war practically im possible ~ between this country and these governments representing near ly three-fourths of all the people ol e world. “Among the nations with which w¢ have these treaties are Great Brital France and Russia. No matter wha disputes may arise between us and these -treaty nations, we agree thal. there shall be no declaration and nc commencement of hostilities until the matters in dispute have been investi gated by an international commission and a year’s time is allowed for inves tigation and report. “This plan was offered to all thd nations without any exceptions what ever, and Germany was one of th¢ nations that accepted the principle being the twelfth, I think, to accept No treaty was actually entered int¢| with Germany, but I cannot see thal that should stand in the way when both nations endorsed the principle. | do not know whether Germany would accept the offer, but our country Shon d, in my judgment, make the of er. . “Such an offer, if accepted, would at once relieve the tension and silence all the jingoes who are demanding war. Germany has always been 32 friendly nation, and a great many of our people are of German ancestry Why should we not deal with Ger many according to this plan to which the nation has pledged its support? “The second point of difference as to the course which should be pur sued in regard to Americans traveling on belligerent ships or with cargoes of ammunition. “Why should an American citizen be permitted to involve his country in war by irsveling upon a belligerent ship, when he knows that the ship wil pass throngh a danger zone? | “The question:ig not whether an! American citizen has a right, under international law, to travel on a bel | ' ligerent ship. The question is whether : he ought not, out of consideration fot | | his country, if not for his own safety, avoid danger when avoidance is pos! sible. “It is a very one-sided citizenshiy ' that compels a government to go tc war over a citizen’s rights, and yet relieves the citizen of all obligations to consider his nation’s welfare. “lI do not know just how far tha president can legally go in actually preventing Americans from traveling on belligerent ships, but I believe the government should go as far as il can, and that in case of doubt, ii should give the benefit of the doubt to the government.” At the White House Secretary Tu multy stated positively that no com: ment would be made on Mr. Bryan’s statement. BRYAN TO BE CANDIDATE Will Run For Presidency on Peace and Prohibition Platform. . A member of the national Republi: can committee made this statement in Washington: ! “William J. Bryan will be a candi date for the presidency in 1916 on a platform of prohibition, peace and woman suffrage. “This has been evident for some time to close observers. The questions of prohibition and woman suffrage, which have.been carefully avoided by President Wilson, Bryan has rushed in and endorsed whole-heartedly. “The break with President Wilson would have come anyhow. It was only a matter of time. Bryan will be the candidate of the Prohibition party.” Still Bigger German Gun. It has been learned from a semi official source that the Germans have introduced in the western theater of war a new gun of the biggest caliber ever known. This gun fires a 17-inch shell and has a range of twenty-five miles. One of these guns was recently used in the bombardment of Verdun. Cholera In Vienna. , The Havas agency in Paris has re gelved a dispatch from its agent at Madrid, who says it is officially an- pounced there that an epidemic of cholera has broken out in Vienna. Unpleasant for Americans In Germany. Americans are arriving in Basel, Switerland, from Germany in small numbers. They describe conditions there as unpleasant for them because of the apprehension that war may come between Germany and the Unit: ed States. Submarine Sinks Russian Cruiser. The following statement was given out in Berlin: “A German submarina on June 4 sank the Russian cruiser Amur, of the second class, near a Bal tie port.” : French Extend. 2 Fighting Area. Pushing Offensive. From the Aisne to British Front Against Desperate German Counter Attacks. Virtually the entire western line of battle, except those positions held by the Belgians and the British, has been the scene of what would appear to be a series of offensive movements by the French. y In the region of Arras the French have extended the area of their at- tack, while they are pressing all along i the front from the angle of the Aisne and the Oise in a northerly direction as far as the British positions near La Bassee. Far the past three weeks the French have been advancing slowly but stead- ily in the country immediately north of Arras. Here they met determined resistance from the German forces on a position known as “the Laby- rinth,” part of which, however, is now in their contrel. . Desperate German counter attacks, according to the French report, have been made, but without success and with terrible losses to the attackers. The German official announcement makes but brief reference to events on the western front, merely record: ing repulses of French attacks. Paris expects that the entire Ger- . man line from the Labyrinth to Ablain + will be forced shortly to make a gen- eral retreat, leaving the long inclu- sive series of trenches in the hands of the French. Not far from Moulin-sous-Toutvent, north of the Aisne, where French . troops captured two lines of trenches on Sunday, the Germans spent Sun- day night and Monday in making vio- | lent counter attacks. The fighting here is described as most desperate, the Germans having brought up reinforce- ments in automobiles. At the close of the day 2000 dead German soldiers were counted on the newly captured ground, Thirty yards of German trenches were blown up by a mine at Ploeg: steert on Sunday, it is announced in official dispatches from British head- quarters in France. Ploegsteert is in Belgium, three miles north of Armen: tieres, France. Neuville St. Vaast, north of Arras, for which the French have been fierce: ly fighting over a fortnight, has been evacuated by the Germans, it was admitted in the official statement given out by the German war office. Neuville St. Vaast is an important ac- | quisition for the French forces that | are trying to drive the Germans from | their defenses known as “the laby- | rinth,” southeast of Neuville. | Canadian Casualties to Date 8008. rr ——— ae ; With the ‘Churches of the | 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. The County Christian Endeavor con- vention will be held in St. John’s Re- formed church, Bellefonte, Pa., on Tues- day, June 15th. Session will be held 9.30 a. m., 1.30 and 7.30 p. m. The public is invited to attend. REBERSBURG. [Continued from page 3.] Miss Kathryn Ocker and brother John. returned from a weeks visit to Mifflin- burg. Mrs. Samuel Brown, of Spring Mills, was a guest of Mrs. Ida Harter on Wed- nesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Page went to Belle- fonte on Tuesdey, Mr. Page’s sister being very ill there. . _W. J. Hackenberg took his trial trip in his new auto to Elmira and Yankeeland, to be gone several weeks. . John Metzger, son of Rev. Metzger, has arrived home from school to spend his summer vacation. He graduated from Conway college at Carlisle. Miss Miriam Weaver has returned from the Female College, Allentown, where she is taking a full course, with music as a specialty, in which she is quite apt. Miss Arla Benner, of New Berlin, is visiting her schoolmate, Miss Gladys Hackenberg, and also her mother’s rela- tives in this and Sugar Valleys. Mr. Benner, her father, was a County Com- missioner of Union county and her mother was Ollie, daughter of T. Newton Wolf, of Wolf's Store. { -_ ANNOUNCEMENTS. JUDGE. We are authorized to announce as the candidate of the people and forthe people the name of J. Kennedy Johnston for the office of Judge in Cen- tre County (being the 49th Judicial District) who respectfully solicits your influence and suppoit on iis behalf for said office upon a non-partisan icket, : We are authorized to announce that N. B. Spangler is a candidate for the office of Judge, subject to the decision of the voters at the prima- ries to be held Tuesday, September 21st, 1915. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. We are authorized to announce that D. Paul Fortney, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for District Attorney, subject to the action of the Democratic voters as expressed at the primaries on Tuesday, September 21st, 1915. 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. SHERIFF, We dre authorized to announce that George R. Richards, of Philipsburg borough, willbea can- didate for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of Centre county as expressed a the primaries on Tuesday, September 21st, i The Canadian casualty list to date | 1915 | totals 8008 men, consisting of 1213 | killed, 5230 wounded and 1565 miss- | ing, according to the records of the militia department in Ottawa. ITALIANS ATTACK FOE i ‘Hurl Army at Entrenched Austrians North of Tolmino. Firmly posted on the left bank of the Isonzo, in the upper reaches of that river, the Italian army is in touch with the Austrians north of Tolmino, and a general attack on the Austrian positions south as far as Gradisca is believed to be under way. Between Gradisca and the sea the Italians have crossed the river at sev- eral points under the fire of the en- emy and have’ strongly intrenched themselves. : The heights back of Gradisca, which is the key to the entire frontier posi- tion of the Austrians, are known to have been strongly fortified and large forces of troops are posted there. Severe fighting has been reported at Sagrado, just south of Gradisca, on the Isonzo. The railway to Trieste passes through Sagrado and if the Italians capture this town the im- portant town of Monfalcone will be at their mercy. : ) GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK | British Admiralty Announces Destruc- tion of Hostile Under-Sea Craft. i The announcement has been made i in London by First Lord of the Ad- | miralty Balfour that a German sub- marine had been sunk and that six of her officers and twenty-one mem-, bers of her crew had been captured. Mr. Balfour announced also that German submarine prisoners hereafter shall be accorded treatment identical with all other German prisoners in England. Mr. Balfour failed to state when or where the German submarine was sunk. He merely said it had been sunk recently.. 500 Die Daily In Mexico City. The streets of Mexico City, Mex. are filled with paupers who are beg- ging for food, and the death rate is averaging 500 a day, many of them children, who die from hunger, ac- Antonio by a relative from S. Jami- son Swarman, a merchant in the Mex- ican capital. To Pay For Gulflight. Ambassador Gerard, at Berlin, has cabled to the state department a note from the German government agreeing to pay an indemnity for tha damage done by a German submarina to the American steamship Gulflight, torpedoed off the Scilly Islands. The note was brief and said the ship had been torpedoed by mistake in the belief that, being accompanied by British patrol boats, she was 38 belligerent veasel, cording to a letter received in San | PROTHONOTARY. We are authorized to announce that David R. Foreman, of Bellefonte, Pa., will be a candidate for Prothonotary, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of Centre county as expressed » ge primaries on Tuesday, September 2lst, RECORDER. We are authorized to announce that W. Francis Speer, of Bellefonte, Pa., will be a candidate for Recorder, subject to the decision of the Demo- cratic voters of Centre county as expressed at the primaries on Tuesday, September 21st, 1915. « REGISTER. We are authorized to announce that J. Frank Smith, of Centre Hall, will be a candidate for the nomination of Register, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of Centre county as ex- pressed at the primaries on Tuesday, September St, 8 * JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. We are authorized to announce that W. H. Musser, of the North ward, Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination of Justice of the Peace on the Republican ticket in said ward, at Die primaries to be held on Tuesday, September st, 1915. * We are authorized to announce that Charles L. Gates, of the North ward, Bellefonte, will be a candidate for_the nomination of Justice of the Peace on the Republican ticket in said ward, at the primaries to be held on Tuesday, September st, 1915. New Advertisements. DMINISTRATRIX NOTICE.—Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned upon the estate of Susan Jane Wistar, late of Howard Borough, deceased all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt payment and those who may have claims against the same must present them duly authenticated for set- tlement. J Miss SALLIE E. WISTAR, W. HARRISON WALKER, Administratrix, 60-21-6t.* Attorney, Howard, Pa. UDITOR’S NOTICE—Notice is hereby given that the undersigned auditor, appointed by the Orphan’s Court of Centre county, Penna., to make distribution of the balance in the hands of Anna C. Gulick, executrix of the estate of Charles H. Gulick, Dec’d., late of the borough of Philipsburg, Centre county, Pa.. as shown by her first partial account, will sit for the of my appointment at my office, in the: urposes oster Block, in Philipsburg, Pa., on Saturday, June 19th, at 10 o'clock, a. m. At which time and place all persons haying claims against said estate are notified to present them or be for- ever debarred from participating in said fund. GEO. W. ZEIGLER, Auditor. May 27th, 1915, 60-22-3t To Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls Personally-Conducted Excursions June 18, July 9, 30, August 13, 27, September 10, 24, October 8, 1915 Round $9.30 Trip FROM BELLEFONTE SPECIAL TRAIN of Pullman Parlor Cars, Dining Car, and Day Coaches through the Picturesque Susquehanna Valley Tickets good going on Special Train and connecting trains, and r on regu- lar trains within FIFTEEN DAYS. Stop- off at Buffalo on return trip. Illustrated Booklet and full information may be o ed from Ticket Agents. PENNSYLVANIA R.R. 60-24-3t : Candyland for the Best. LOOK! ~ Both Phones 60-1-1y ~—Subscribe for the WATCHMAN New Advertisements. " Important ! We are distributors for the celebrated RED SEAL PACIFIC COAST RED CEDAR ; SHINGLES carefully made - from selected edge grain red cedar timber. Don’t be induced to buy any kind of roofing until you have seen them at P. B. CRIDER & SON'S LUMBER YARD SPECIAL! Turkish Caramels Made Fresh LOOK! 20 | ~<a CANDYLAND. New Advertisements. H. N. KOCH Funeral Director Successor to R. M. Gordner. STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Day and Night Service. b Street Brid 60-22-4¢ Bellefonte. Pa. | - 60-21. Bell and Commercial Phones. Jewelry. for the makes a Bellefonte, - A FINE GIFT Graduate. An article of Jewelry gift of life- long remembrance. . . F. P. BLAIR & SON, JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS, 50-4.tf P enna. ro The Centre County Banking Company, “STOP, LOOK, LISTEN!" in damages. A bank account is the any time. carefully conserved at 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 It’s a good sign. It’s worth $10,000. Wise people are often warned by a similar sign on the road of extravagance. They stop in time. How about yourself? Think this over seriously. Best Kind of Security at 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 THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK, BELLEFONTE PA. Announcement. Keep Your The Farmers’ Peepers on Supply Store . 60-14-tf. DON'T YOU KNOW That we are selling No. 3 New Idea Manure Spreaders at $115.00 and No. 4 at $120.00—guaranteed. Cham- pion 5-foot draw cut Mowers, with two knives at $40— none better ; 1o-foot Automatic Hay Rake at $22.00, Hay Rope, Blocks, Harpoons and Track at prices that will astonish you. Binder Twine at 9 and 9} cents per pound. We carry a full line of Tilage Machines, and you know all about the merits of the . : Brookville Wagons second to none and fully guaranteed at prices that you are paying for No. 3 quality Wagons. because we don’t keep up automobiles, horses and rigs to come out to take up your time for we eat at our own table and sleep in our own bed and can give you’ the benefit of our traveling expenses. Thanks for past favors and if we have done the right thing with you we ask a share of your patronage : JOHN G. Both Phones We can do this DUBBS, Bellefonte, Pa.
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