U5olANS MOVE
FOREWARD AGAIN
Offensive Operations Along
Their Whole Front.
BIG EATTLE ON THE NIEMEN
We om———
Recapture Of Przasnysz After Furious
Fighting Gives the Czar's Armies a
Fine Pivotal Point From Which To
Carry On Their New Offensive.
Athens. —The Allies have disem-
barked detachments of artillery near
the destroyed Dardaneiles forts and
British and French flags are now fly-
ing over them.
The forts on the Buropean side have
been reduced to silence. Minesweep-
Ing operations continue,
There are 50,000 Turks on the En
ropean side and 15,000 on the Asiatic
side.
The Furious Conflict In East.
London. — The Russian offensive
operations appear to extend slong their
whole front—an indication that they
have been able to bring very stronger
reinforcements into the field.
They have successfully checked the
German advance in North Poland
where the Germans are reported to be
in retreat, and the recapture of
Przasnyss, after severe fighting, ha:
given them an excellent pivotal point
from which to carry on their further
operations,
All the Petrograd correspondents re
fer to the capture of a large number
of Germans as a new phase of the war
and credit it to a lack of officers among
the German armies and the large num:
ber of young untrained men who have
been drafted into them.
The Russians claim to have captured
68 officers and 5,400 men.
The Russian offensive extends to
what is now known as the Bzura
Rawka front, where they successfully
opposed Field Marshal” Von Hinden
burg's attempt to advance on Warsaw
'n December and January.
In Western Galicia.
There has also been heavy fighting
in Western Galicia and in the Car
pathiane, but without bringing any
notable change in the situation. In
Eastern Galicia the Russians report
another repulre for the Austrians, who
have again lost a number of prisoners.
With Russia it would seem to be a
case of keeping up the supply of am-
munition, which tre opening of the
Dardanelles would greatly assist
The attempt to force the straits by
the allied fleet is indeed of momentous
importance to the Allies.
The opening of the straits would re
lease the Russian grain which the
Allies want and would give to Russia
war material which she herself cannot
produce, while {t would be certain to
have a marked effect on the fulure
policy of the Balkan States.
BELGIANS THANK AMERICA.
Grateful For Assistance Extended To
Them.
London.—Herbert C. Hoover, chair
man of the American Belgian Relief
Committee, has received a telegram
from Belgium asking him to express
the thanks of that country to the
United States for American assistance
in Belgium's extremity. The message,
which is from the Provineial Cemmit.
tee of Liege, reads as follows:
“Representatives of 900.600 Bel
glans in the province of Liege who
have met together on the anniversary
of the birthday of George Washington
send these expressions of their most
lively gratitude for the sympathy and
the admirable generosity which you
and members of the relief committee
for Belgium have shown them.
“They beg you to communicate this
expression for them to President Wil
gon and to send the heartfelt thauks
of little Belgium to great America.”
os no
LOSS IN BRITISH OFFICERS.
1,394 Killed, 2,629 Wounded and 650
Reported Missing.
London.-—¥From January 26 to Feb
ruary 16, 21 days, the British forces
in France and Belgium had 84 officers
killed and 151 wounded, while 25 were
reported missing. This information ts
conveyed in the official officers’ cas
ualty list just issued. The Hst In its
detail shows that the Coldstream
Guards "ad five officers killed and
five wounded in these three weeks, The
other losses were rather evenly divided
among the T0 different organizations
now at the front. Added to previous
officers’ casualties the list shows that
Great Britain since the beginning of
‘the war has had 1,294 officers killed
and 2629 wounded, while 690 have
been reported missing.
ANTI.SCREEN LAW VALID,
Decision Affects the Mineowners In
Eastern Ohio,
Washington. — The Supreme Court
affirmed the decision of the Federal
District Court in Northern Ohlo, hold
ing constitutions! the Ohio mine run
on antiscreen law. The law required
payment for mining on the weight of
con! before screened. Mincowners In
Eastern Ohio contended before the
Joos they could not operate under the
Ww.
QUTER TURKSH
FORTS REDUCED
British and French Forces Con-
tinuing Their Operations.
A ———————————
BIG BATTLES DEVELOPING
A —————
Possible Entry On Italy and Roumanla
into the War fe Being Again
Biscussed In Military
Circles,
London.—The forts at the entrance
of the Dardanelles have been reduced
by the Franco-British fleet, according
to an announcement made by the Ad-
miralty.
The announcement states:
“The weather moderating, the bom-
bardment of the outer forts of the
Dardanelles was renewed on Thursday
morning. After a period of long-range
firing, cloge-range firing was adopted.
“All the forts at the entrance to the
straits were successfully reduced. The
operations are continuing.”
The progress of the Allies’ opera-
tions is significant in connection with
the statement made by Sir Edward
Grey, British Foreign Secretary, that
Greal Britain was in sympathy with
Russia's operations for access to the
sea through Turkey, and her hope of
obtaining Constantinople a= a result of
the war with Turkey.
The possible entry of Italy and
Roumania into the war is again being
discussed in military and diplomatic
eircles.
Big Batties Developing.
The military are keeping
their eves on the operations along the
eastern front, where battles of im
mense magnitude are developing.
The Germans, apparently having
| found the Russian fortress line around
East Prussian frootier too strong
for them, are attempting to make their
experts
the
way to Warsaw from the northwest,
and starting from Mlawa, which has
been the base of several previous of-
fensive operations, have penetrated as
the important town of
Przasnygz, which is almost directly
north of the Polish capital. They claim
to have captured there 10,600 prisoners
and much war material.
The Germans also claim to have had
some successes in North Poland, so
that they must be in very strong foree
in that territory.
far as
Russians On the Offensive,
the Brura and Rawka Rivers,
directly west of Warsaw, from which
irection the Germans early in the
year made such desperate attempls to
reach that city, the Russians are on
the offensive, and according to the
German report, have made a slight
advance in the vicinity of Bolimow,
In Western Galicia and along
Carpathian ranges battles are still be
ing fought without slackening, and
thence through Eastern Galicia and
Bukowina the Russian and AustroGer
man forces are Sghting stubbornly
In this war ares the temperature re
maine unusually high for this time of
the year, and the armies are contest
ing every foot of ground under the
most unfavorable conditions, men,
horses and guns simking deep in the
mud, which is only conted with ice.
The armies in the west are faced
with the =ame difficulties, and as far
as the Allies are concerned, they fre
confining. themselves to a bombard.
ment of the German positions along
thé coast and to offensive operations
in the Champagne, the Argonne, on
the heights of the Meuse and in the
Vosges, where, on the h.sher ground
they are not so seriously affected by
the thaw.
There has been further contract be.
tween te Russians and the Turks in
the Caucasus, where both claim to
have been successful,
On
Hurling In Their Reserves,
Buda
around
Reuter's
London. "Telegrams from
pest report fierce fghting
Staniziau, Galicld)” says
Venice correspondent,
“The Russians are sald to be hurl
ing reserves after reserves into the
fighting line and to be defending their
positions with the greatest atubborn-
ness.
“The chief struggle is proceeding on
the heights around the town, where
the Russians have concentrated with
the object of stopping the advance of
the Austrian right, which threatens
their whole front.
“In the Carpathians, near Wyasskow,
large Russian forces are making con
tinuous attacks with fresh resceves”
A A mt
WAR IN MOVING PICTURES,
But Films Will Be Used Only For hi.
struction Of Army.
Vienna —Moving pictures taken at
the battle fronts are being collected
and shown before generals and staff
officers of the Austrian and Hungarian
armies. The Austrian War Ministry
has set apart quarters in the building
housing the ordinary war archives for
the films, These later will form a
part of the curriculum of the War
Academy,
a
L
EE £ £
GOTTA
Copyright +
ILLIONS T0 BLOCK
COMPETING ROADS
L. & N. Spent Million in Politics,
Says Federal Board.
FEES TO STATE OFFICIALS
Payments Made To Officeholders In
Tennespeo—More Bpent In Cam-
paign Te Prevent Change
in Tax Laws,
Commission sent to the
its report on the
of the finances, rates
praciices of the Louisville and
Nashville and allled railroads. It
charged the Louisville and Nashville
{with acquiring competiting lines and
meres
Senate
gation
j eliminate competition and influence
{public opinion.
ispection of the rallroad’s correspond.
jence, was said to be necessary. The
report was written before the Supreme
ithat the commission was without
| power to force the company to submit
jords and books to scrutiny
Proof Of Monopoly Sought.
The investigation, authorized last
was directed
whether the
through control of the
itanooga and Bt. Louls Railway
‘smaller lines
tion throughout much of the territory
served by those roads whether the
one-time cotitrol of the Louleville and
Nashville by the Atlantic Coast Line
(Rallroad operated to the same and in
ithe much wider field the two srstems
mainly to
Louisviile and Nashville,
WILS0N'3 WARNING
10 B0TH SIDES
President's Note to Warring
Powers Contains Threat,
MAY STOP TRADE WITH ALL
Proposal From United States In.
cludes Offer To Supepvise Die-
tribution Of Foodstuffs
To Civilians.
Washington. —~ Great
submitted to her Allies,
Russia, the proposals made by the
United States government designed to
Eritain has
arising from the retaliatory measure:
of tie European belligerents
each other
Briefly, the Ame 5
which have been submitted to boti
England and Germaany, seek the elf
{ mination by Germany of the
| prescribed zone around
Britain and Ireland, with jts
to neutral shipping through mines and
submarine torped and the adoption
iby all the belligerents
policy with regard to the
foodstufis destined
1 population of thelr enemice
rican proposals
War Great
of a definite
shipment of
"
"
EY fo wy
elviian
for the
an American diplomatic oflicers
{abroad already Mave made
isald to be some Inge
the manner of the reception of the pro
posals &t London
ed toward
i gestions it
att
the next
The
| Scandinavian count
spd
ward the
there |
eneo ment
Germany is inclin
an acceptance of he
understood
H: $e ir
gituation
+B
the of Great
in the
ud
move
tion which
italy,
have as
retaliatory measu
strong opposi
Figs,
olher neulrais sumed to
res adopted
by beliigere
i giderable part
though the
Louisville and Nashville and iis
lated roads have contributed
i political activities and r elforts
ifight competition.
| The commission qualifies its de
tion that the Louisville and Nashville
‘has wilfully restrained competition bs
Girected meet the
leompetition of other
land passes
energies wore io
large
over the .queciion of
| pursued was contrary to publie inter.
[oat ;
“The various payments nade on ac.
{count of the Tennessee Rallioad Asso
isiaMon by the Nashville, Chattanooga
‘and St. Louis Rafiroad and the Louls-
ville and Nashville Railroad Company.”
jeays te report, "were to a large ox
tent made to Btate officials and Legis
latures of Tennesesecs, municipal offi
cers of Nashville, politicians, lojbyists
and attorneys.”
THREE MEN®N DEATH CHAIR,
All From New York and All Murdered
Women,
New York, were put to death in the
electric chair at Sing 8ing Prison Pri
day for murdering women.
Oscar Vogt stabbed Mme. Aghess
Guth, a dressmaker, with whom he was
infatuated.
Vincenzo Campenella, a counter
feiter, shot his wife, after a prison
termi, because, on Fis return, he al
leged be found her faithless.
Robert Kane shot Anna Klein, be.
cause, he sald, she caused him to lose
hin wife's affections,
ds“
1,035,000 ALLIES PRISONERS.
75 Per Cent. Held In Germany, the
Remainder In Austria,
Frankford-on-the-Main, Germany, via
London, «The Frankfurter Zeitung
estimates that the prisoners of war in
Germany and Austria now number 1.
035,000. This number, it says, is di
vided as follows: Russians, 692.000;
French, 237,000; Serbians, 60,000; Dol.
glans, 37,000; British, 19,000. About
75 per cent. of the total is held by Ge:
many.
¥
———————
Fovernm
Officials, while
eaid to
the
has Been
Gormeny
Britain latest communi
the gray
bas been made
clear. In some riers
stion was made, but without con
sirmation from sources usualiy well in
da not that
' whole sitoation
deny
takably
AUREL
formed, that an embargo 03 ox}
| foodstufis from the United States tr
tboth the Allies and Germinoy wae ba
{ing considered ae the next in the
event of an sheolutle rejection of the
American plan for ameliorating tie
jeiiuation
{ There is no esncealment of the fecl
{ing in high official quarters that if tho
{ present tention over the stit'tude of
ithe belligerents continues and any
| American lives fre proved to have
been ‘ost #8 & result of their activities
the Washington government may be
exiled upon to abandon {te presest at
titude of friendlincas toward all the
warring powers,
4 Aw
en
vod
I 0)
oS
Negotiations For $15,600,000 Reported
in Progress.
Eerne, Switzerland, via Parle
There is excellent authority for the
statement t"at negotiations are going
{ ont between the Swiss Government and
representatives of American Banke
concerning a Swiss loan in the United
States, The sum mentioned is 78.
000,000 francs (315,600,000) and the
rate ol interes! about € per cent,
A RA. A Ass
GIRL GUILTY OF MURDER.
Pauline Horton, 19 Years Od, Given
Sentence Of Two Years,
Jristol, Tenn. After being out 20
minuted the jury in the case of Pauline
Horton, 19 years old, brought in a ver
dict of cullty of the murder of Merritt
Walker Bond, Her punishment waa
fixed at two years in the penitentiary
She told the jury that she led a life
of shame to support Dond and that
when she found he was unfaithful
a i ’ i ¥
5 i ¢
FRENGH GRU'SER
SEIZES THE DAGIA
American Steamer With Cotton
Taken to Brest
I ——————
ALLIES TO STOP ALL SHIPS
Allies’ Reply To the Submarine War
instituted By Germany — Even
Cargoes To Neutral Countries
To Be Held Up.
Paris (via London).—A French
cruiser has arrested the American
steamer Dacia In the channel and
taken her to Brest. This announce
ment is officialy made.
The steamship Dacia left Galveston
for Rotterdam on January 31 with
11,000 bales of cotton to be transhipped
to Bremen. It was fully expected at
that time that the ship wonld be seized
on her way to Rotterdam se Great
Britain questioned the validity of the
recent transfer of the Dacia from Ger
man to American registry. The Dacia
touched at Norfolk on February 11 and
then proceeded on her way.
TWO BILLIONE FOR WAR.
German Federal Council's Bilt
Extraordinary Expenditures.
Berlin, via London. —The Federal
Council adopted the preliminary bud
get estimates, Including 10,042.000,000
marks ($2510500000) for extraor
dinary expenditudes. This amount is
for carrying on the war. The estimate
of ordinary expenditures is 2.323.600,
000 marks ($820,750,000).
Almost all of the amount to be de
voted the war will be malized by
loans,
No redemption of war loans is pre
vided methods for such
be
Treasury
facifs
For
to
for. is
can only
the war. The
credit it fixed at 1
($250. 600,000)
The
hond
funds to pr
» ord
4
u
marks and the increased expendilure
ALL SHIPS TO BE SEIZED.
Out Germany.
Great Britain,
r allies have advised neutral coun
# that they hold themselves at 1b
“iy to slop all shipring to and from
Germany and the countries of
i es
T be
France and
Londen
declaration
representations
of German submarine
activity and the sdmission of food to
Germany for civilians. The deciars-
weg shipped be
he date of this advice 10 neutrals.
No special articles of commerce will
oned in the British-Frenct
Cotton and foodstuffs
will not be specified, but
terme will be general. The situa
created will be entirely just:zded
the English view, because
of Germany's unprecedented action in
altiempting a submarine blockade re
gardless of danger to the crews and
re of ships,
n cessation
be ment
declaration
Passel ge
1.150000 CASAULTIES,
German Figures On French Losses Are
Astounding.
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, I. L
The Hamburger Nachrichten has
published what be an
authentic list of French losees {a the
firet six months of the war. The pa
is list was compiled by tre
Fronech Ministry of War, and that it
not intended for publication as
it gives the number of dead as
and the wounded 700.000, of
00 C00 are desoribed as slightly
in addition, 260,000 men hav.
reported missing.
purperis to
per says t
wan
vel
250.000
jb
aurd.
been
ee
ia
1.500 SHELLS FALL IN RHEIMS.
Paris Says Cathedral Was Target and
Was Shattered,
via London.--At the War
following siatenent was
Paris,
Office the
given out:
“Phe bombardment of Rheims was
extremely violent. [It lasted for un Hirst
period of #ix, followed by a period of
five hours. Fifteen bundred shells
were dropped 0 all quarters of the
town. What remalus of the Cathedral
wos made a xpecial target and suffered
seriously.
ALABAMA BARS CHILD LABOR.
Stringent Law Passed in State Used
As Horrible Example,
Montgomery, Ala-—Governor Hen.
derson. signed the Child Labor bill,
said to be the most stringent measure
for protection of working children that
hae ever been passed by a Legislature
in many State. It prohibits employmen'
of ehildren under 14 in any gainful
occupation after October 1, 1915. Em.
&
&
THE NEWS T0LD
IN PARAGRAPHS
Latest Happenings Gleaned
From All Over the State.
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS,
Schaeferstown Bank Reopened--Allen.
town Girls Hurt While Roller
Bkating-—New Hard Coal
Deposit Found.
Shenandoah mining men were made
jubilant when the James Brothers, in-
dividual operators, struck a rich 30
foot seam of anthracite coal at thelr
stripping operations on Bear Ridge
Mountsin, at Gilberton. This, with the
rich veins recently uncovered on
Locust Mountain, gives a supply of the
unest kind of antnracite coal for many
years, adding new life to this region
The James Brothers will commened
the erection of a larger breaker ai
once and employment will be given 0
thousands of men and boys.
Florence Rees, daughter of Prof
Will Rees, and his stepdaughter, Ellza-
beth Seem, had & miraculous escape
from death at Allentown when they
were run over by two eolliding acio
mobiles. They were roller skating on
the sidewalk when the car of William
E. Peters ran into that of Mrs. Carrie
Wolfertz. The impact zent the sutos
across 8 yard into the side of a house
and the young girls were painfully in
ured
At Shenandoah }
David Cooney, was pushing a trip of
eight loaded mine cars at good speed
on Packer 4 Colliery cuim bank
e lost of the locomotive on
rails the cars
ive jumped off the tracks
nd plunged down an eighty-font em
Cooney snd Conductor Ma
ime to jump and save
s
No
control
slippery
of
hed
thelr Hive
and
the
wr ‘
Without
a word of advertising
official announcement
fierstown
not even an
was reopened for buziness (o Lhe joy of
of the and especially
who
gince the
i orning of February 6 last, when Alvin
the cashier, blew his
fown,
VEE CTeT
tad been In pus;
out
fom
piac 2 A
Withop!
A million-dollar fire took
Chester with no excitement
alarm whistle, securities,
of which aggregated
burned beneath the
the Beacon Electric Light
plant. All the securities
bad been fully paid and there was no
for the documents.
the
valine
were
face
of
Despondent because she had been
as ber {friends did, Miss Annie
into the house of her nexi
Mrs. Rosa Brodie, wlkila
absent, turned on the
She was
and re
gas and attempied suicide.
discovered in however,
vived
time,
Heading Railway passenger
toward Wetheril}
Junction Zeigler, a telegraph
operator, was f{rantically tryin to
move a five-ton boulder off the track
which bad roiled down from the moun
tain. When he fafled, he ran to a
nearby tower and fleshed a warning
over the wires, stopping the train In
the nick of time
While
train was
ao
Tus Ing
Josepa
ALncaster is stirred by the pre
liminary meetings incident to the com
ing of Evangeliet Stough next month.
For three weeks (he preliminary work
“as been in progress and thousands of
persone Pave been attending the neigh
borhood prayer services. The huge
tabernacle was finished last week and
the first service there will be held Sun.
day.
Carl Connors, awaiting biz being
taken to the Reformatory at Hunting.
don, tried to e414 his life in a cell at
the county prison. He took the phos
worous off two boxes of matches,
reece them in water, and then drank
the mixture. His condition is serious
and Pe * 8s been removed to the State
Hoepital
Grangers and dalrymen will uniter
with t*e State Dairy and Food officials
in an attack on the proposition in th)
Steadle bill to reduce the cost of retaf)
oleo licenses. The bill Is in the handy
of a committee which will be asked to
rive & hearing early in March. John
A. McSparren, master of the State
Grange, will appear to contest the dill.
Patrick Maroney, aged eighteen, a
popular young athlete, who started to
work only last Monday at the Bethle
hem Foundary & Machine Company,
wns probably fatally injured when in
caught in the machinery and he was
whirled around a line shaft. ;