Weakening Centre ZEPPELIN DROPS Military experts assume that the battie of the Aisne is mow in the most critical stage. Reviewing the Government reports and the opinions of critics one finds that the Germans are rapidly becoming the victims of the same strategy which nearly took them to Paris -—a vast, tireless turning move- ment. As the Allies were com: pelled to surrender the Laon-La Fere-Rheims barrier by the enor- mous strength of the encircling German right, the Germans now must give up the same barrier or suffer their right wing to be en- veloped and crushed. KRIUCK tter back t, or com pel vo Luck ive battle sur ides by his Frenc center nnounced that of Rheims afterward French theims, round enemies again acti the had 1t center bombardment irtly that German umed. She stat ed been re was also the advancing east of that the real cause bombardment was the off ve by was indicating rene resumption of French. edly . sion which French tween Verdun under time the the the of wal of the ofnens for create a this undoubt diver chain Meuse be which are the present The reason is a desire to would ald the of along the and Toul, pressure at forts severe o - GERMAN AIRSHIP IS LOSER IN FIERCE SHORT RANCE DUEL rdbeh ANTWERP.—A duel in the gian biplane, Which was mak ing a reconnaissance, and a Ger. man machine, which was in pur. suit of the biplane, is described briefly by a correspondent who witnessed the contest. The two machines ascended to a great altitude, and after a swift flight, the aviators exchanged shots at short range. Suddenly the Ger man turned turtle and fell, and the Belgian biplane returned to. ward Antwerp. 504 IPHRRICPIIEPIIEE0040 » NA Dd REL EPA ML pePAOSIRIALL Phd E BOMBS admitted that the ormous, Basel It is ] few been en ¢ days ave rom Speedy Check on Envoys Who Talk Too Much| A. RUSTEM BEY TO LEAVE IN TEN DAYS—VON SCHOEN DENIES IN TERVIEW-—CRITICISMS OF U, 8S. ABRUPTLY STOPPED. WILD NIGHT ATTACKS AT ALLIES LEFT attach y due counter-atta at headquarte her (round gai said that present time Germany 1,000,000 men against France, that Austria Russia and continuous g Paris Matin the ning in the War up has lost Rus has io and nst Belgium, 1,000,000 agai sia and lost Servia OSTEND SHELLED BY ZEPPELIN BOMBS via London.—A airship coming from the direction Thourout (twelve miles southeast Bruge, Belgium,) dropped bom bs, One struck the Nayer bridge, Ostend, of of three Avenue P De Smet on the outskirts of the town; another fell in the harbor, | and another on the premises of a wholesale fish: dealer, partly wrecking | the building. The explosion here de made aged all surrounding houses, extin-|! guished street lamps, destroyed elec tric wires and created a panic. The returned toward Thielt, From Ostend, as the crow flies, only about seventy miles across a i North Bea and the Strait of Dover to the English coast. ai 1 500, 000 Russians Ave Confronted by 1,000,000 Germans Cassack Force Now Reported Near Cracow—One of Czar's Armies Follows it; Another Moves Toward Warsaw. Immense are rapldly frontier on miles thin week London ans man 160 wide, Aa to a8 VvVasl as 1.000 000 ern; mcecentirat hi Wio are cf to save the 1.500.000 dispatches fron ome, Petrograd previous in | RUSSIAN LOSSES HEAVY AT SADOWA ~~ eg ats f= mn SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS the French left fled before the Germans, but later, reinforced, took offensive The official French report said Germans had made a considerable on the heights of the Paris wing reported that the the advance Meuse. The reinforced German thrown back near St. Quentin, Allies threatening its lines of com munication to Belgium. Premier Asquith, in a speech at the Mansion House, Dublin, appealed to “loyal and patriotic Ireland to take her place in defense of our common cause.” The Marconi wireless plant at Sias conset was closed by the United States Navy until delivery of an unneutral message from the British cruiser Suffolk is explained. news dispatch from Rome states that the Russian advance guard has arrived before the fortress of Cra: cow, in Austria, A despatch from Antwerp announced heavy fighting south of the city and a German defeat by the Belgians. Thirty-two thousand Canadian volun. teers have sailed from Quebec for the front, it was officially announced. It was reported that a single German submarine destroyed the three Brit ish cruisers, Cressy, Hogune and Aboukir, in the North Sea. The British loss of life was estimated to be 1,133, | The German Headquarters Staff in Berlin said the Kaiser's artillery had fired on the Rheims Cathedral because the French, while flying a white flag from the steeple, had used it as an observation post, | German diplomats in the United States were charged with seeking to embroil Japan and the United in war by the Secretary of the Ja. | panese Embassy in Washington, | Germany is concentrating its forces along its frontier east of Breslau, preparing for the Russian invasion, which evidently is about to begin, right WAS the A = THE BOYS IN THE TRENCHES Em WITH AT THE BATTLE FRONT.— All the troops appear to have become thoroughly hardened and accustomed to conditions. The commissariat and the ammuni tion supply departments are working perfectly. While the soldiers occupying the ad vanced firing lines they are scarcely ever without one hot meal a day, which is brought to them camp kettles from field The soldiers take spells of rew pose when in deep trenches smoking pipes and cigarettes, for a ration of tobacco is served regularly. Meanwhile shells tear by overhead with a sound like the ripping of parchment are in the kitchens. occasional i i Germans Now In Control of Cracow Military Commandant trian Civil Gov Quit City in a Fearing R Attack Displaces Aus ernment and Res dents Panic, ussian TAN WOUNDED CROWD INTO TRI captured winter troop to fall suffering fr AUSTRIANS FLEE AFTER DEFEAT NEAR BOSNIAN BORDER. Paris A Agency fro “After Havas BAYS: d m several Kroupani, mi border, in which were engaged, the a compiete defeat panic from the banks Drina.” INNIS NINN NNN CANIS NNSA NNN spaich to the Nish, Servia, days battle near eg from the Bosnian 260,000 Austrians suffered in of ten Austrians and are fiving of the EVIDENCE OF A LONG STRUGGLE BORDEAUX ~Minister of War Millerand has sent a circular to all the Prefects of France re: questing them to secure as rap- idly as possible supplies of woolen underclothes, hosiery. gloves and blankets for the use of French soldiers in a winter campaign. He says the supplying of this clothing will provide employ ment for many women mill work. ers and help local industries to keep running. IN SHORT ORDER LatestNews Happenings Gather- ed From Here and There. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS Thieves Steal Chickens But Drop Gold Watch—Man Killed In Hydraulic Press—Boy On Visit, Death, [Pe Cala ed To John Mii] EAYE 11 ed Corbin Miller into 15 1a y to ds heard t} working danger reached turned d ped aroun spun early sca and head was n W. J. Houck, pastor of the First Brethren Church Rev 'n castle, has will bes Brethren ited of Green pastorate. He United resigned his ome secretary of the Orphanage at Quincy orders from District At D. Patterson. the al leged proprietors of five “blind tigers” in Roaring Springs, Martinsburg and Henrletta, all dry towns, were arrested Acting torney Marion on The business men of Bethlehem rep resenting the Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Commission, the South American trade boomers a cordial greeting on their visit there Lawrence Ganey, | old, was killed on twenty-six years the Pennsylvania Marietta. | tracks at | teen Years, time later. Chester reopened. Prof. Alvah 8S. 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