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RUSSIANS MAKE
FRESH STAND
Muscovites to Fight For East
Prussia and Bukowina.
————
ROUT BY GERMANS DENIED
Heavy Artillery Operations in the
West, During Which Rheims Has
Suffered-—Financial Plans Of
the Allied Powers.
London.-——Two big battles, it is be.
lieved, have already begun or will soon
begin on the Russian side of the East
Prussian frontier and on the River
Sereth, in Bukowina.
The Russian forces have withdrawn
both in East Prussia and in Bukowina,
in the face of superior German and
Austrian armies, so that they might be
enabled to concentrate and come into
closer touch with their lines of com-
munication.
The official reports make only the
briefest reference to the operations at
these two extremes of the Eastern
front, but what they do say indicates
that the Russians have already reach-
ed the lines on which Grand Duke
Nicholag has decided to give battle.
Other Events Overshadowed.
The rest of the campaign in
East, even the fighting in the
pathiang, which is proceeding under
the worst weather conditions, ig over
shadowed by these greater events, on
the result of which both sides are stak
ing so much
The Germans claim to have won a
big victory over the Russians in East
Prussia, and the Austrians announce
the Russian retirement in Bukowina
the
Car
views these incidents with misgiving
In the West there has been a con-
ments
fered, and several infantry attacks on
different parts of the line in which
both sides clalm to have been
cessful
From unofficial sources
news that St. Mihiel, on
which the Germans have held so long
has come under fire of the
guns, which shows that the
have either made an advance in
region have brought up heavier
guns in an effort to dislodge the Ger.
mans
-
comes the
French
or
CAPTIVE TURKS NUMBER 49,000.
527 Officers
Number.
Petrograd Reports In
London. Forty-nine thousand Turk
ish prisoners, including officers,
have passed through Pyatigorsk, in the
Territory of Terek, Ciscaucasia,
route to the interior. since
with Turkey began, according to the
Petrograd correspondent Reuter's
Telegram Company. The same dis
patch says that George T. Mayre, Am
bassador from the United States
Russia, today formally communicated
to the Russian Forelgn Office the Ger
man declaration of intention to block
ade the British Isles >
£97
vad
of
to
953,207 GERMAN LOSSES,
Capt. F. B. Nelson, U. 8. A. Brings
Figures Of Casualty Lists.
New York.--That it will require
four Allies to one German to dislodge
the latter from their fortified positions
in France and Belgium is the opinion
of Capt. F. B. Nelson, First United
States Infantry. who just returned
from Germany by way of the steamer
Nieu Amsterdam from Rotterdam
Captain Nelson brought the latest fig
ures of casualties in the German Army.
He stated that up to January 31 the
logges had totaled 207 in killed
wounded and missing
6953
MAY VOTE ANYWHERE.
Texas Has Plan To Guarantee Suffrage
To Traveling Men.
Austin, Texas.-—~The House of Rep
resentatives voted favorably on a reso
lution submitting a constitutional
amendment, which, if adopted, will
permit traveling men and railroad men
to vote in State and national elections
wherever they may be in Texas on
election day.
$126,000,000 BILL PASSED.
Sundry Civil Service Measure Is
Adopted; Pensions Pending.
Washington.—The Sundry Civil Ap
propriation bill carrying $126,000,000
was passed in the House. Debate was
begun on the pension bill carrying
$165.000.000,
SELEBRATE 100 YEARS PEACE.
Ratification Of Ghent Treaty Being
Commemorated Today,
New York.--Sunday being the near
est to the date of the ratification of
the treaty of Ghent, celebration sery.
ice over the completion of a century
of peace hetween the United States
and the British Empire was held in
nearly 100,000 places of worship in
the United States and Canada, the
American Peace Centenary Commit
tee announced.
ARMEN RAID
BELGIAN COAST
Bombs Dropped By British
Aviators at Ostend.
RAILWAY LINES DAMAGED
The Attack, Launched From Dun.
kirk, Directed Against Ger
man Submarine
Bases.
The British Admiralty’'s statement
on the raid is as follows:
“Combined aeroplane and seaplane
operations have been carried out by
the naval wing in the Bruges, Zee
brugge, 'Blankenberghe and ‘Ostend
districts, with a view to preventing
the development of submarine bases
and establishments. Thirty-four naval
aeroplanes and seaplanes took part.
“Great damage reported to have
been done to the Ostend railway sta-
tion, which, according present in-
formation, has probably been burned
to the ground. The railway station sat
Biankenberghe was damaged and
railway torn up many
places
IR
to
the
lines were
“Bombs were dropped on gun posi
at Middelkerke, and also on
station and the German mine
sweeping vessels at Zeebru f the
I
damage done is unkno
tions
power
Grahame. White In Sea.
“During the attack the
countered heavy
submarines were
‘Flight Commander
machines en
of No
banks ENOW
geen
Grahi
pilots are =zafe Two ma
“The
under the
mander
seaplane: and aeroplanes were
command of Wing Com
Sameon, assisted by
Longmore
rs
nders and
orte ouriney
Started From Dunkirk.
Paris A dispateh
from Dunkirk
ty British aeroplanes left
to the Havas
RAYS
“Thir
here
dam-
aviator
ish gunboat.
suffering severe
towed with its
Channel,
It was
‘A proposed German air
Dunkirk was defeated by the
8 dropped bombs
at
the
"ive French aviator
German
an
aerodrome
in
military
Aleatian
the
town
GERMANS LOSE 40,000.
Failed In Poland.
Paris — An official given
out at the War Office announced the
compiete failure the
fen Poland. The
siatement
of German of
give in statement
“The failure of attacks by
the Germans in Poland appears to be
The losses of the Germans
edented. It is reported that
they exceed 40,000 dead
“Cold and the frequent use of dense
formations are among the causes given
for the the Germans An
eye-witness of the
machine guns mowed down the ranks
of the enemy like a steel biade
“When the combat ended the Rus
glans hille of dead before them
night, under the glare search
lHghte, the undulating mags of wounded
made efforts extricate
Then, towards 2 o'clock
ing, they moved no more
recent
complete
losses of
SAW
of
themselves
in the morn
”
to
"PHONE TO 'FRISCO IN SERVICE,
Continent.
Philadelphia. —Telephonic communi
cation between Philadelphia and San
Francisco was formally
Thursday over the Bell system
three taps on the Liberty Bell,
sound of which over the wire was the
signal to a bugler in the Far Western
city to play "The Star-Spangled Ban.
ner.”
The strains of the national anthem
were distinctly and clearly heard by
200 perrons who held receivers to thelr
ears in this city.
Mayor Rolph, In San Francisco,
speaking to Mayor Blankenburg here,
Liberty Bell to the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position and Mr. Blankenburg
promised fo do all he could to give
the people of the country an oppor
tunity to see the historie relic.
JOMN L. WILLIAMS DEAD,
Father Of Comptroller Of Currency J.
Skelton Williams,
Richmond, Va.--John Longbhourne
Williame, father of John Skelton Wil
Hams, Comptroller of the Currency,
and R. Lancaster Williams, of the
banking firm of Middendor!, Williams
& Co. of Baltimore, died at hie home
here. Mr. Williams was 84 years of
age. He was taken (ll several months
ago and for the last 10 days his life
had been despaired of,
.
CENTRE HALL, PA
/
POPULATION
i
Copyright.)
ERMANS HURL
at Mazurian Lakes.
AAISER WATCHES VICTORY
reutonic Allies Also Gain On Lower
Vistula, Taking Town Of
Sierpie, North Of
Warsaw.
id
AMERICANS MUST
land and Germany.
|FROWNS ON USE OF FLAG
| England Notified That This Country
: Objects To Having Its Flag Used
As a Shield Because Our Own Ships
Are Thereby Imperiled—Germany Is
Warned
Against Committing Any
Viclations.
\ i y .
Washington D, { Notes
to
and Germany nade
Stats
ritain
by
cate the
the ndi
the
Department
possibility of
iefforis of the United
ment {0 maintain
A Crisis in
Silat govern
neutrality toward
the European belligerents
Ty fe » ’ Ta
in 8 note to Great
deceptive British vessels of the
the Department
use by
flag,
i American State
{BAYS
United
of the
irusts
The government
States his
in
of
therefore that
government
power restrain vessels
from the deceptive
of the bag of the United States
in the seh area defined in the Ger
man declaration, since guch practice
would greatly endanger the vessels of
a friendly navigating those
waters, and would seem to Im
pose upon the government of Great
Britain a measure of responsibility for
the loss of American lives and vessels
in case of an attack by a German
naval force
Majesty's will do all
their
ritish nationality
to
use
power
even
Sharp Warning To Germany.
In the note to Germany the
man government is informed that
United States would consider it "an
ndefensible violation neutral
richts” if commanders of German ves
sels of war should act upon the pre
sumption that fiag of the United
| States was not being used in good faith
and should destroy on the high seas
an American vessel or the lives of
American citifens
Then this warning Iz given to Ger
many “If such a deplorable situation
should arise, the [mperial German
government can readily appreciate
(that the government of United
! States would be constrained to hold
the Imperial German government to a
gtrict accountability for such acts of
Ger
of
the
the
she hae declared do their
risk, it is admitted that a very
#0 nt own
Eerious
eyes now turned
upon Bast Prussia, where the German
Army, under the observation, if not the
ommand, of Emperor William, has
aken the offensive and compelled the
{ussians to
are
evacuate
east of the Mazurian Lakes
to their own territory
The Russians
irateg
and ret
refer
to
ical retirement, but the Germar
ficial communication intimates
{ situation will be presented
| In that case the United St:
the
be confronted with
either of warning i's merchant
to keep out declared war zone
or run the if if a
would inflame
country
It is
that
tO warn it
disaster whic
evident
note the
{ intend
of the war zone
many's attitude mas
upon
chared
their right
gone without danger of
If attack
through the poxition whicl CTIAnNnS
will take,
arise as 10
3 attack
ghould threatened
4 y " i
het wonia
what "nited
States should take
voyage of (is
|
ie expert opinion
circumstances
be
for
sels
War Zon«
forced to fur
all United
which entered
Neutrality Situation Changes
The of Americar
the war ot
be a grave step
ould the
hant
The neutrality =i
have undergone a
Heretofore the
partisans of both Germany Great
Britain have that
the United States was not mainigining
a strict neutrality
Now the United
is officially representing {o both Great
Britain and Germany that thelr prac
tices and declarations are
with the neutral of
States In such manner ae
the strict neutrality which the
if anxious to maintaain
taking
io
enfe
mere vesaels
situation &
and
been complainis
government
States
riehts
Yo esid
Hintles
ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
Minister Vandyke Of interfer.
ence With Letters,
Washington, DD. C.-— The United
States has rent an inquiry to Germany
on the complaint of American Minister
Vandyke, at The Hague, that German
military commanders were interfering
with his diplomatic communications
with Luxemburg
A report that some of his mail had
been held up by German military au
reached the State Depart
Dr. Van Dyke, Secretary
Ambassador
thorities
ment from
Brian said
Gerard, at
sentatione to the German
Office
PAPER SUED ON LIQUOR “ADM
steps it might be necessary to take to
| and to secure {o American citizens the
full enjoyment of their acknowledged
‘rights on the high seas ™
England Expected To Give in,
The reply of Great Britain not
to raise an issue belween
governments, becange it js
| generally regarded as inconeeivable
‘that Great Britain should seek to
maintain the right of her vessels to
uge the flag of the United States de-
gpite the United States protest
1 if Great Britain concedes that the de-
i coptive use of the American flag is
| wrong, she must, in the opinion of
1 State Department officials, express her
iregret that justifiable cause of com
| plaint has been given and pledge her
self to do. all that she can to avoid
{ such cause of offense and danger in
{the future.
But it is admitted that the reply
}
'
in
, expected
{the two
| ernment’s representations will
awaited with some concern.
! It Germany shall refuse to recede
from her position that neutral vessels
in entering the sea war zone which
MORE WAR NEWS FOR BRITONS,
| Reperts From Sir John French To Be
i Published Twice Weekly,
London. The British Government
has capitulated at last to the insistent
demand for more news from the front,
Prime Minister Asquith promised that
arrangements would be made to pub-
High communications from Sir John
French, the British commanderin.
{ chief, twice weekly.
Constitutionality Test Of Alabama
Law Begun.
Montgomery, Ala.--Legal proceed
ings have been started by
{General W. L. Martin agninst
Montgomery Advertiser to enjoin
newspaper from publishing liquor
vertisements. The proceedings, it
said, will be the firet step to test the
constitutionality of the Denson Anti
| Liquor Advertising law, which was
| passed over the Governor's veto Wed.
i nesday. The law also makes
ithe sale within the State of papers
| that carry liquor advertisements and
| come from other States,
Attorney.
the
that
ad
is
| SAMUEL T. PICKARD DEAD.
| rn
He Was Literary Executor
Greenleaf Whittier.
Amesbury, Mass Samuel
{ ard, biographer and literary
T. Pick:
exceutor
[87 years. iis wife, who was a niece
‘of the poet, died several yearsz ago
Mr. Plekard was formerly owner and
editor of the Portland Transeript,
win dnmealiisismniisiiiatioss
BOMBS FALL ON ADRIANOPLE.
ama
f Mytelene Tells Of English and French
: Airmen Over Thrace.
Mitylene, via Paris®™ Several BEng
lish and French seaplanes flew over
Turkish Thrace, according to a dis
patch from Tenedos. Two of the ma.
chines went as far as Adrianuple,
dropping bombs on the forts. The
Turks are sald to have been unpre.
pared for a bombardment, as they did
not expect allied aircraft to venture
mo far inland
€ Appearance
ew, sirong German
the Russia
ured 2
Gains Also On Vistula,
3 the Carpathian moun
hut the gone ral glial of
contending forces gives
the
ation CON
WWeTHINg
A CANADIAN SCARE,
Reported Plot To Destroy Bridges and
Elevators Of the Grand
Trunk Railway.
of
Poriland, force
police and
Me, —A
watchn
iarge
en stationed at the
elevators, docks and coal pockets
the Grand Trunk Railways
creased substantially, in «¢
of a reporied plot to destroy
road's here and its
bridges this city
Canadian
Word
general
that
California,
i bound here
was in
onsequence
the rail
property
between
boundary
eived from the company’s
offices at Montreal
and the
Te
the
send that six men were
to carry it out
FANNY CROSBY DEAD.
| Blind Hymn Writer Continued Work
Almost To the Last—Came Of
Long-lived Family
Conn.—Fanny Crosby,
write died sat
bh vear., Her death was
fed, as her health had
for Shortly
end rhe
Bridgeport
wellknown hymn
home in her §
not unexped
been fa
before the
At
iling gome time
became uncon
her bedeide were her niece
D. Booth, and other mem:
family, with whom she
In zpite of
her home
especially within the
Croeby con
Migs
up to a short
tious
Mra. Henry
bere of
jong had made
feeble health,
: past months
tinued writing hymns
, time before her death
the
few
| BANKER AND WIFE MURDERED.
Firet Bound and Then Beaten To
Death By Robbers,
{| Oakland, Cal--Jacob Vogel. former
| president of the Citizens’ Bank of
and his wife were found
ia suburb. They had been beaten to
{death by burglars, who first trussed
{them up with ropes and Mrs. Vogels
{apron strings
CROSSED CANAL, TURKS SAY,
Vanguard To Wait Till Main Force
Can Attack.
Constantinople; via London. Turk
feh army beadquarters has issued an
official announcement which refers to
the “successful reconnoitering march”
of the Turkish forces on Egypt. It
gaye that some companies of Turkish
infantry crossed the Suez Canal. “Our
vanguard will keep in touch with the
enemy and continue reconnoitering the
east bank of the canal”
KEYSTONE STATE
IN SHORT ORDER
LatestNews Happenings Gather-
ed From Here and There.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
While coasting on one of the streets
of Hazleton, Francis Galagher, a four
yearold boy, was instantly killed by
an automobile truck
The Pennsylvania Asociated Dailies
held a meeting at Reading to arrange
for combating legislation prejudieial to
the newspaper interests Hkely to come
up at this session
While on the way home from school,
six-yearold Franklin Roderick, of
Northampton, fell from the wagon on
fatally hurt when a rear
A fifteen-ton steam roller, owned by
the Main Line
through the bridge cver
the and
Tony
Stone Company, broke
Darby Creek
Road, at
the eng
on Chester Radnor
Broomall
¥ 411s
Spicelin,
Neer wa
The Pennsylvania Steel Company
started another open hearth fur
making seven al
largest number ir
are er
hant
Moun
after bus
of
ness in town, when his auto truck was
struck by a train
turned
his ass
X Was over
Berke
y compel the Philadel
; and the Pennsylvania
something
of maintaining prison
l instance of rail
charge of
County
Prison will tr
phia & Read
Railroad Companies to pay
toward the cost
ers sent to al i the
road
legal car
dels
Edwin S Stuart has a
little daughter bom to
Mr Mrs. A. B. Millar, of Harris
burg. Mr. Millar was secretary he
former Governor and is now
to the Public
little girl
Ex Governor
namesake in a
and
io1
BOOT ary
Service Comm The
named
isgion
wae Svdney Stusrt
Mize Emma
gigter
Cunningham was killed
Bttie, suffered a broker
iriving from Huntingdon to their
bome in Hartslog Valley, crashed into
a telephone pole, after their horse had
A broken shaft frightened
The dead girl suffered a
fracture of the neck
Harry N. Atwood, the aviator, who
airship courtship of Mise Ruth
he afterwards married, ar
rived in Reading and announced his
research institute, the only
An sttempt to liberate twenty
Frank Keckler and
awaiting transfer
to the Eastern Penitentiary for rod
bery, are declared to have been the
ringleaders, with Howard Winged
who was taken to the Huntingdon
Reformatory, after pleading guilty to
highway robbery
frustrated.
Mre. Sallie Yelk, wife of Daniel K
Yelk. a prosperous farmer, of Gibraltar,
was [instantly killed and her three
Nora, probably
injured. when a southbound
Pennsylvania Railroad freight train
struck them at a croszing near their
home. Mother and daughter were re
turning to their home after an inspec
tiou of » bungalow, which was erected
by the father along the banks of the
Allegheny Creek, some distance away.
At a meeting of half a hondred
farmers of Berks county, held at the
headquarters of the Chamber of Coin
merce, Reading, the Berks Produce
Exchange was made a permanent or
ganization by election of the following
directors: H. H. Rupp, Robeson; N.
H. Fisher, Muhlenberg; Orlando ¥.
Berger, Upper Bern: F. L. Wanner,
Washington; John C. Klinesmith,
Exeter; J. G. Engleman, Robeson;
Irvin Miller, Centre: W. F. From,
Spring; George H. Rohrer, Richland:
E. 8 Merkel. Windsor, and Earl
Sheble, Richmond. The directors will
elect officers on February 25.