THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Sept. 27, 1914. Allies repulsed German attacks on both wings, but Germans gained in center. French re-enforced on the Meuse, Germans bombarded Malines. Russians checked German ad vance into Poland at Suwalki and entered town of Przemysl. Serbs and Montenegrins reached Roumanian border. Japanese defeated Germans outskirts of Kiaochow. German aviators dropped bombs in Paris and Warsaw, Cholera outbreak in Austria. in Sept. 28, 1914, Allies made progress on heights of the Meuse. Belgians retook Alost and pulsed Germang at Malines. General Hindenburg's forced to retire from Poland, re- army Russians occupied Dembica and took a fort at Przemysl, Russians crossed the Carpathians and invaded Hungary. Japanese approached Tsingtau. German Congo seized by British and French. French warship sunk by Cattaro forts. Russian soldiers occupied Tilsit estate of kalser, Sept. 29, 1914, Germans occupted Moll Malines and bombarded Lierre. Outer defenses of shelled by the Germans, Serbs retook Semlin. Russians Hungary. and Antwerp swept over northern Japanese invested Tsingtau. Chinese blew up railroad bridges to hinder progress of Japanese. British bombarded Tsingtau. German cruiser Emden sank five British steamers in Gulf of Bengal and all tank steamers at Madras. Zeppelin dropped bombs in Bel- gian towns, warships U. 8. 8. Tennessee ordered to the Adriatic. Sept. 30, 1914, Aliles drove back both German wings and retook St. Mihiel. Germans destroyed Orchies. Germans failed in attempt cross the River Niemen. Retreating Austrians surrounded near Dukia. Hungarians retook Uzsok pass. Japanese reached LaoChe and Germans abandoned their artillery. Italian ships sunk by Austrian mines. British cruiser Cumberiand cap- tured ten German merchant steam. ers. Cadets from Canada Royal Mili tary college sailed for England. town of to Oct. 1, 1914, Allies won fight around Roye. French shelled Germans in quar ries, Belgians bombarded Termonde church to drive Germans from steeple, Bombardment of Antwerp forts continued. German and Japanese warships fought in Kiaochow harbor. Troops from India landed at Mar. seilles. — Oct. 2, 1914, Allies checked at Arras. Germans driven back across the Meuse. Two Antwerp forts silenced. Russians broke German center and took up new battle line from Mariampol to Ossowetz. Germans bombard Ossowetz. Russians took two forts Przemysl. German cruisers shelled Papeete, capital of French islands of Tahiti. French gunboat sank German auxiliary ships Rhios and Itolo. german cruiser Leipzig sank Union oil tanker Elsinore. German foreign office accused French of torturing wounded at Orchies. American Red Cross ship arrived at Pauillac, France. of Sp ——————— As. War may be necessary--but there's no sane reason why people should try to change seats while in rowboats. } Near-Publicity. The nearest some men over conte to getting their pictures into the papers is when a cross (X) is shown on the half-tone to indicate where the inno cent bystander stood when it hap pened. Daily Thought. Even in ordinary life the unselfish people are the happiest—those who work to make others happy and who forget themselves. The dissatisfied people are those who are seeking hap piness for themselves. —Besant, ALL BALKANG MAY PLUNGE INTO WAR Greece Mobilizes to Counter Bulgar Menace to Serbia. NO WAR DECLARATION YET Whole Of Balkans Is Now Under Arme-—Russian Successes In Galicia May Stay Bul. garia’s Hand. London.—As “a measure of ele- mentary prudence,” Greece has order ed the mobilization of her naval and military forces. Thus the action making military preparations has brought the last remaining Balkan etate under arms, for Roumania, while not fully mobilized, for some time has had her troops ready for an emer ency of Bulgaria in Defensive, Says Constantine. A press dispatch from Athens states that the promulgation of King Con stantine’s decree for the mobilization of #20 classes of Greek soldiers has aroused the greatest enthusiasm, Issuance of the mobilization decree came quickly after the King had granted an audience to Premier Venizelos. The Premier informed the King that mobilization was the only possible reply to Bulgaria's move. To this the sovereign agreed, stipulating | that it should be regarded as a de fensive measure The Minister of War, General Banglis, subsequently took the decree to the palace and the King signed it The Greek, Roumanian and Serbian | visited Sir Ed- | The | formally communi | Secretary of State for Minister to the announcing that in view of Bulgaria the considers it a) of elementary prudence fo] general mobilization of the | naval and military forces.” Hellenic measure order a Hellenic 850,000 Troops Called. It Is estimated that, in addition to | the Greek Navy, 350,000 Hellenic government What plans Bulgaria really has in| mind and what Greece and Roumania | will do when these plans mature are still matters for speculation. One | thing seems clear, however, Bulgaria and Turkey, for so many years sworn enemies, have composed their differ. ences, DYNAMITE SENT THROUGH MAIL. Roughly Handled Across Continent, But Failed To Go Of. New York-—Eight sticks of dyna- mite, weighing 12 pounds, were found | in a package in the foreign branch postoffice here. The package was mailed at Napa Junction, Cal, Sep tember 1, and arrived here September 7, being sent to the foreign branch | office. Postal authorities said the package was addressed to Sig. Virginia Roascio, P. C., Seva, Italy, and the name of the sender was given as Luigi Ghirolfi, of Napa Junction. i The package aroused the suspicion | of Superintendent Cassidy, in Inspector Eagan, of the Bureau of Combustibles. The parcel handling during had received much the trip across the! continent, being transferred to and | from various mail bags. On receipt | at the Grand Central terminal it was shot down a long chute and must Failure to explode is ex- | the heavy wrappings of | able force. plained by newspapers, REAL DANCING WHIRL, THIS, GERMANY GONGEDES ANOTHER POINT Sinking of American Bark Frye Was lllegal. ” TO REFER TREATY TO HAGUE Treaty Of 1828 and Not Existing In. ternational Law Makes Ameri. can Ships Immune From Destruction. Germany in a case of the ship William P has given the United States ARRUrance that American conditional contraband under no circumstances be though iIawful prizes The right to destroy American chantmen if carrying absolute band Is reserved, but the that this will be done only case of extreme necessity as provided the Declaration of London The assurances together with acceptance by Germany of the proposals of the United States Washington note on deemed contra the the the Frye case produced over the meaning of the Treaty of 1828 produced a favorable | effect in official quarters Just what the practical operation will be officials interested to learn, for under the lists sete of Great Britain nearly every contraband has now been made abso lute The Question At lssue. i i the United States will take in next note, but it is understood that it may reiterate its insistence that the immune from destruction irrespective of their eargoes. Germany, however, to arbitration this point, and it is possible that if no further cases of damage occurs during the pendency of the arbitra BIGGEST BUDGET Huge Expenses. Taxpayers Face Heavy Increases. National Debt Of $11,000,000, 000 Expected By Year's End. Lon in the worl The d's history lon. — greatest war budget wag introduced in the House of Commons by Reginald McKenna, of the Ezxche quer, as toward financing war, which is now costing Great $25 O06 Chancellor another step the Britain nearly New military changed methods created overnight which 000 daily and warfare have expendi requirements of additional ture had not been the comparatively recent estimates of David the in out Liovd- George, minister, necessitating his budget third since the break of hostilities, the drastic and far-reaching taxes of the country, and trade the mont in the Theories Go By Board. Fiscal board, theories Mr Was myst McKenna go by the declared He actuated by the twofold principle of raising additional funds and enforcing economy by means of taxation The Chancellor estimated Government's revenue year would be £ 000.0003. that the reach £ 5906.000 000 that the dead weight of the close of the financial year would be £2.200.000000 (311 000,600,000) Mr. McKenna proposed an addition “sy 272.000, 0600 ($1,360, cision of the arbitral tribunal. One thing which attracted atten. tion in connection with the German note was the evident necessary of sub- orders to exercise the right of visit to demonstrate Broadway Trotteries. | as evidence that tHe Berlin i : | £130 ($650) or more. minimum is £160, The Chancellor also proposed an in- 4d. The present ($2.24 per hundredweight). A heavy tax on the profits of manu facturers of war supplies also was pro posed by the Chancellor. Fifty per cent. of all war profits above the amount assessed for the income tax last year will be subjected to a apecial the revenue from this source in a full | year at £30,000,000 ($150,000 000). An all-round increase of 50 per cent in the duty on tea, coffee, chicory, to bacco, dried fruits and other articles was suggested and algo an increase of 100 per cent. on patent medicines were proposed. To Raise Postal Rates. Another source of revenue is to he an increase in postal rates, which fe 875,000). The Chancellor plans to where the tango becomes a wild whirl and one’s emotions are all stirred up, not to mention one's dinner, If one ever eats any dinner in a tinseled trot. tery, are the latest things in the dance palaces, which flank Broadway. The whirling floor is a cross between a car- rousel and a riot, and while after the first trot one may feel all the symp toms of action mal de mer, the inl tiated say that it will revive the dance erage which, despite the best efforts of Broadway bonifaces, has been on the decline of late, TRADE BALANCE JUMPS AGAIN. Net Gain Of $36,423,784 By United States Last Week. Washington.-~The mercantile bal: ance of trade took a big jump for the week ended September 18, according to the Department of Commerce's foreign commerce statement. Ameri: ean exports exceeded imports by $35. 422,784, the highest weekly figure for five months, when new high levels were established in American foreign trade. The exports passing through the thirteen loading customs districts aggregated $66,240,883, while the Im- porta totaled $20,526,149. causes that have led to the strained relations between the two govern. ments, WILL CLOSE CANAL TEN DAYS. October, Washington.-~The earth slides in impose additional charges on phone and telegraph messages. A tax of 33 1-3 per cent. ad valorem on all imported motorears, bicycles moving-picture films, clocks, watches musical instruments, plate glass and hats, also was put forward by the Chancellor. tele SAYS PHTHISIS WILL YIELD. reported and probably will tie up the waterway for at least 10 days. This dispatch was received by the War De. partment from the Acting Governor of the Canal Zone: “Continued movement of slides Sun- day has caused the most serious shoal ing of the channel since last October. Movement now has stopped, At least 10 days will be necessary to open the canil. Shoals are 800 feet long and at the worst point there ix only seven feet of water, with an island five feet above water, 100 feet long and 50 feet wide, in the middle of the channel, “Not possible to work on the ob struction with large dredges until a channel ‘to float them is cut through with Belgian ladder dredges, This should be done in three days.” Years, Says Doctor. ¢ Philadelphia Dr. Jefferson D. Gib son, of Denver, Col, president of the American Association of Clinical Re search, declared in an address at the Hahnemann Medical College here that within 10 years medical science would probably have succeeded in all but eliminating death from tuberculosis from vital statistics. Dr. Gibson, whose address opened the seventh annual meeting of the as sociation, sald that recent discoveries by which the presence of tubercular fore the germs appear in the sputum, together with a later and higher de. velopment of the X-ray. will in a short time remove tuberculosis from the Ist of necessarily fatal diseases, “Ranger” ider Agents every where are dail partiovlors andepectal offer al once, ot receive and d3vptave your bieycie, I the 8. cent deponil in if you are We furnish the highest grade bicycles it is possible 10 make al one small profit above ing bloycie. 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All orders shipped sane dey received We will ship C. 0.1. on spprovs Bot need Wo pay & cent We will allow a cash discount of § 10, Descriptive bargain Hels malied frees, od roller ohaine and pedals, party repairs Kinds at half the regular retell prices, A SAMPLE PAIR TO ARTROPUDE, ORLY Notice the thick rubber tread Ar and puncture stiri od and “D'' also rim strip “WH” to prevent rimcutting. This tire will outiast any other make -SOFY, ELASTIC and You do EASY RIDING. (thereby making the pr los $4. $8 per pair) | saliafactory on ersant & pair of these 4 nation. We sre fires, you wii our order, We want y IF YOU NEED TIR sary pent WO us 1 ne wade ae § 5% & bel jonger a ba wo well Plessond th at wl you setad f ra pair of roms DO BOT THIRK OF BUYING » Moydie ora gals og know the new and wotiderful offers we are maskin of the State. PREPAREDFORQUICKREADING Four Children Killed In Fire Destroy: ing Home-—Hit By Pitched Ball Star Batter Killed—Buried Alive In Mine. Trapped by fiames which their home at Large while their mother four chil of Dante! Kish were burned to The mother returned in time entrance to the dwelling cut the fire, and was Injured seri trying to force her way The bodies of the find off by ously while near the beds had been roused Russell Kistler, aged twenty-nine, of died in Harrisburg Hos- pital as the result of having been hit on the head by a pitched ball during a game between the Pennsylvania Rail league, Through a clerical error, ichard Edwards, of Nesquehoning, was de clared nominated for County Treasurer on the Republican ticket, when, as a matter of fact, he had 230 votes less Williams, of Summit Mr. Williams is an FEastern Reilway motorman, Evan Latsha was killed instantly and Clarence Smink and Frank Robin- sky were injured, probably (fatally, by the collapse of a smokestack at the Colbert Colliery, Shamokin. The men were working on the stack fifty feet in the air when it fell PF. Fegley, of Camp No. 78, P. 0. EB of A, was appointed president of Berks District No. 2, to succeed Frederick J. Becker, of Blandon. will look after eight camps with a Milton of $56,000, Smothered to death under a dirt cave in at a Pennsylvania Coal Com- pany collier, Port Griffith, Edward Kelly, aged twenty-one, of Wyoming, | was reached by rescuers after four hours’ continuous work. Mrs, Daisy M. Knaub, of Wrights ville, is the owner of a beagle hound which adopted a brood of kittens, The kittens were born five weeks ago, and the dog drove off the mother cat and has taken charge of the litter, Little George Hathaway, of Norris town, is in the hospital because, it is alleged, Jacob Lewis, a colored watch. man at Fowler Radiator Works, shot him while he was playing near the plant with other boys, Appearing before the largest student body ever matriculated at Susque hanna University, Reed B. Teitrick, Deputy State Superintendent of Pub 1tz Instruction, delivered the oollege opening address, Henry Renninger, aged fifteen, of Zionsville, received a fractured arm when the team he was driving was struck by a passenger train at the Palm crossing of the Philadelphia & Reading. | PLAYING FAGILITIES bration Alec Promises Legislation In Housing Harrisburg Wil which Governor 2 . at nr honor, Har Lommerce ent guest of eriair men and won mental in great public | i by Harrisbur embrace the and playground acres, a filter and Wildwood Laks lic golf 11 Courts, swimmi sanitars nks, basebsi! diamond ne places ing places and ar ing of of of a Creel the water's edge and many impr Ror Brum Harrisburg for {ts ground within a very short time vania will be legisiating for the pro tection and conservation of bh peo ple in their leisure hours, instead of during their working period. He said that the tendency is toward a shorter day and this is good, bul that the open door of evil influences lead ting people astray because they find it easier with increased leisure to do wrong than to keep out of mischief. The Governor pledged his adminis tration to the development of the Capitol Park Extension area and said it is his ambition to make it the most attractive and beautiful spol in Penn- sylvania. He also dwelt at some length on the housing problem and sald, “The | State will go a long, long way very shortly to give every mother that brings a child into the world light air and a sanitary home.” Ex-Postmaster E. J, Stackpole, started the public improvement cam- paign in his newspaper, the “Tele graph,” back in 1901, followed the Gov- ernor. He said the accomplishments of the city had been made possible by | the hearty co-operation of all the peo ple, who voted the loans and bore the financihl burden, On the same program were: J. V. W. | Reynders. vice-president of the Penn. | Sylvania Steel Company: Vance C. Me | Cormick, Mayor of Harrisburg, when | the first tmprovement loan was floated: | Spencer C. Glibert, first chairman of the Board of Public Works following the inauguration of the improvements, ‘and J. Horace McFarland, president of the American Civic Association, a member of the city's first general Park Board. Moving pictures of the “new Harrisburg” closed the reception. miles conerets Pr ryt steps from minor Gove oa and sald Pennsyi- park development and or is who ——— Large Chestnut Crop in State. Reports made to the State Depart ment of Agriculture fail to bear out predictions of a fatlure of the chest. nut crop because of the weather condl- tions, and districts In counties where the trees have escaped the ravages of the chestnut blight report the usual yield. In spite of the spread of the troublesome tree disease, there was a big crop of chestnule generally throughout the Btate, only a few por tions being very much short. The reports which have come to the State Capitol are that the chestnut trees are well filled with green birrs and that, with the coming of frost, there will be found to be more than or dinarily supposed. The continued rains ang warm weather did not in. jure materially the chestnuts and there will be plenty in the mountain counties,
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