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Heavy Losses Sustaineu.
The communication says.’
“The battles In the continuation of
the British and French offensive,
which had been prepared for months,
have progressed without bringing our
assailants considerably nearer to their
aim, :
“On the coast also British warships
have attempted to interfere by their
fire, and especialaly on Zeebrugge, but
Their Positions.
Believed Beginning of Move-
ment of Huge Scope.
Landing By Entente Allies Of Big
Forces At Salonika Expected.
20,000 Germans Made Pris-
oners In France.
The offensive movement begun by
the Allies against the Germans along
the western front has assumed great
Proportions, and nctable
British forces, according to official an-
nouncements at London and Paris. The
German War Office admits that the
Germans have been repulsed at vari
ous points,
French troops have penetrated the
German lines along a front of 15 miles,
and for a depth at some places of 2%
miles, in the Champagne district, ac-
cording to the French official state-
ment. Altogether, the French War
Office says, more than 20,000 unwound
French and British in two days
Field Marshal Sir John French, of
the British army, announces the cap
ture of five miles of German trenches
and states that in some in
British troops
positions
$1,000 yards
It is intimated at London, Paris and
Athens that plans are afoot for the
landing in Greece by the Entente
Allies of a large force of troops to at
tack the Bulgarian flank, and mareh
across the peninsula to turn the Turk
Yermelles,
glances
German
penetrated the
of
for a distance
ish position at Gallipoli
Italy is reported have in
ness, for sending “wherever neces
sary,” a force of troops “sufficient to
exercise considerable influence on de
velopments.”
to readi
AWAITING BIG STROKE.
France Confident Allies Are About To |
Launch General Attack.
Paris.-—Not the battle of the
Marne have General Joffre’s forces at
tained such a pronounced and clear
cul success as the one de
scribed in the communique
The advance along 17
depth sometimes of nearly three mile:
across strongly fortified fntrenchment
disproves the generally held theory of
since
tersely
miles to a
clear proof of the contention
Joffre can get the Germans
open when he wishes
Good News From All
Of the highest significance
fact that the Champagne victory comes
at a moment when good news for the
Allies is made known from all fronts
During the last two days the Germans,
who for almost three weeks had been
harassed by a perfect avalanche
shells along the western front, have.
with the Austrians, been fighting the
into the!
Fronts.
is the
of
while Italy has advanced to within 10
miles east of Trent and 10 miles west
of Trieste,
These facts coincide with important
developments in the Balkan situation,
and it would be a mistake to consider
each one of them a separate success,
They are all closely linked in one well
planned blow for the allied cause
“In the sector of Ypres the enemy
ORS,
“Southwest of Lille the enemy suc
in repulsing one of our divi
Natur
we had considerable losses, in
BERNSTORFF REASSURES,
In Submarine Controversy.”
New York—"I can’ assure the
ery soon,” Count Bernstorff de
lared at the Ritz.
“Within a few days I will return to
for a conference on the
Secretary
yon
with
with
the misunderstandings will be
“lI have said that satis
wetory agreement will
will put an end
of which the
an entirely
reached
the
be
to
This is the first time for a consider
ble period that the German envoy has
- pi
10,297 DAMAGED FRCM AIR,
That Many Claims,
The east
in
coast raid
January,
London com
appointed sub
to
and the bombardment of the
The number of
for personal
of which 178 were fatal cases
report ed
sam
Ey
DAY BANDIT GET $2,
In Their
New York
the numerous
Automobile,
One of the most
hold-ups by
the occurred Satur
from
in
when
last year
three men
to a
Eprang
crowded
lack jacked
into the automobile
SIX KILLED; FIFTY HURT.
in New York.
New York. —Two hundred persons
construction, caved in for
streets, carrying
like
Six persons are known
of
An explosion dynamite
20,000 FRISONERS TAKEN.
British and French Capture German
Trenches.
London.—The British and French
armies have taken several large
“nibbles” out of the German lines be
tween Verdun and the Belgian coast,
capturing in the process, trenches
along a front of about 20 miles and
taking 20,000 prisoners, many fleld
guns and a number of machine guns.
At the same time British warships
and French and Belgian batteries
heavily bombarded the German posi
tions on the coast between Zeebrugge
and Nieuport.
Hold All Ground Gained.
The British forces still hold all the
ground they gained Saturday from the
German, except to the north of Loos,
according to an official communiea.
tion. The town of Loos is being held
by the British, the quarries northwest
of Hulluch have been captured and the
French on the British right have been
enabled to make further progress, the
statement says.
GERMANS ADMIT REVERSE.
Division At Loos Driven Back To Sec.
ond Line.
Berlin, via London.-~A repulse of a
German division, near Loos, northwest
of Lens, with considerable casualties
and the loss of materials, is admitted
in the German official communication.
The evacuation of an advanced Ger.
man position north of Perthes, be
tween Rheims and the Argonne forest,
also is admitted by the War Office,
TAFT NOT G. 0. P. ASPIRANT,
siat Overtures.
San Antonio, Texas —Willlam How
is not an aspirant for the
he
BAINCOAT MAKERS GO BACK.
Arbitration.
Boston, «One thousand raincoat
it was stated,
in working agree
EE
5 CENTS A DAY FOR SOLDIERS.
Raise From One Cent.
Paria ~The army committees of the
If the
notoriety, if it is a genuine,
ities, ig which the average citizen
shall wif a more Important part and
the political bosses a less important
one, if it is a movement for
overthrow of privilege and the restor-
ation of equal opportunity and fair
play in both business and politics,
then it can no more be a partisan
question than is the law of gravita-
tion or the agitation for vocational
education,
If there is substance and earnest
ness in the movement, its leaders and
followers must be even more anxious
to endorse good public service in a
progressive direction, than they are
to condemn and rebuke false repre
sentatives and reactionary officials.
For a movement that is only or chief-
ly destructive is necessarily short
lived. To live and grow and be
fruitful of good, the movement must
be constructive; it must grasp every
opportunity to carry fits plans into
effect; it _must maintain and build
every advance made by any
of government,
represenigtive
Senator Clapp, a of
declared that
in 1916 either President Wilson will
be re-clected, or a 1 He
publican of the deepest dye will suc
If that is the case, and it
only one course
choose
Wilson
genuine Progre to
They must
or swallow
They
gives
upport Woodrow
their convictions
can support Wilson
they should support
He has rid the
interests of
No one has
any
spect
ian has
Ww
consist
en-
BOY
every
dared
privileged cor
lobbyist
fated =n
him
thusliastically
ernment of special
kind and degree.
suggest that
any re
poration
any selfish politic
single move of the ison &
If it has
the
made mistakes, they
are mist previous
presidents who have lster too wil
lingly to th
erful indi
akes
not
special plead of pow
For th rat
in a generation the
the people is absolutely
time
of
i
" '
vidual
EOover ent
10 CcLOOES
free
course and to serve the peo
tut alli
that
Pro
gecret
if
to
blind
violating any
obligation
not appeal
or hidden
achievement
gressive
their
does
vyoters to
own interests i il a= ner
ition
of
including
Democratic
has
every
The Wilson
made war upon
political organization,
whe lurk under th
Tammany,
mention
administrs
the bosses
those
ban
Sullivan,
Guard f
Of
yivania
&
Taggart,
Old
to the
and
The en
infstration
President
the adn
CYerywhe Tre
who were seeking
under this
couragement of
been given
wars (o those
3
and al
10
up
of
been
SeTY
Cleve
Toledo;
of ago, Frank L
York; George Record,
Ex-Governor Fort, of
New Jersey; Charles H. McCarthy and
John R. Commons, Wiser in
Rubles, Hampshire,
all, along many
their help the of
which concern Progre:
lift government Progressiven
giripe and party
recognized and drafted
Frederick CC. Howe
Brand Whitlock,
Post, Cui
New
have
into the
of
of
foe
land;
louis ¥
Polk,
of
of
Ne
with
fo
rad
of w
others
solution
the problems
Wilson or a reaction
which will Progres
If it is to be
Republican,
enough to suit the
Old Guard, will be nominated by the
it must be Wilson!
MORE ABOUT BRUMBAUGH
From the Philadelphia Evenidg Bulle.
tin (Republican), September 14:
“THE EPISTLES OF MARTIN."
“When the Governor of Pennsyl-
vania shall again make his appear
ance among us, after his recent over.
flow in California of academic and pa-
triole gush in the syle of Star-Spangle
Sam, it will be in order to hear from
him, at close range, in explanation
and elucidation of the second of the
two letters which bears his name as!
contributions to that series by wari
ous tricks, dodges, games of deceit
and other species of hugger-mugger
that culminated in the ‘agreement’
in favor of ‘recommending. Thomas
B. Smith for Mayor. :
“In examining int those remarka-|
ble productions, it has not yet been!
made clear whether they are to be
classified as performances from the
pen of an ignoramus or greenhorn in|
politics, or a merely innocent novice
in such pursuits, or a willing, foolish, |
but clumsy, tool of crafty manipula
tors both In and out of his official |
household. :
“During the next few weeks the
two epistles are likely to be quoted
amusedly, satirically or sadly in the
discussions which will attend the can-|
vass for Mayor. But for the present |
the chief interest in them is as to
the curious denotement which they |
THE ISSUES
WILSON AND THE GREAT WAR.
It it probably within the truth
say that President Wilson has
fronted the most perplexing
matic problem ever presented to an
American President. At its opening
he proclaimed the neutrality of the
American nation He went further
in a remarkable address to the
American people, urged them to main
tain a neutral spirit and to show fit
not only by deed, but by word and
thought
That
to
con
diplo
practical and
peal to the citizens
States has had
often overlooked
ter passions and prejudices
flame high In the hearts
people through whose veins raced the
farsighted ap
of the United
mighty effects,
Foreseelng the bit
war, and foreseeing the insidious ap
sympathy and support, moral and ma
of the
and
nation
eloquent
world
timely
by a
word of
warn
that ha
purposi
sentiment Wil
address, “America
slogan of
and partisans
withstanding,
Has the Amer
genuinely
The
perfect
of the
WAr,
son's slogan in
first’
fellow
18
citizens,
contrary
his
160 the not.
ican Gove
neutral?
answer is to be found in the
Impartiality and unanimity
spokesmen of all the n
In asserting the
America to support
I that that neutrality
rough the sale
Rlions
at fallure
thelr cause
serious be
l violated t)
een of muni
fions 1 A Who can
ab
bye lige:
hipments,
destroved bs
ued
protect been
solutely
documents
tate Depart:
two gr
8
sale of
not only
neutral
18 munitio that
buy, i# absolutely essential as a
defense
will
measure of se
event
nat it may become ary for
America
in
power
to supply
the case of
There are sone
lieve that Ameri
doned ts neutral hould
intervened (« vent he
persons
ghould
-
and
that true?
the first pla ith assert
of Belgian neutrality
in vt i
i LS Units da
treaty to
it iz misct
Hague convent
ig heard nowadays
did not
jon that
bound
intervene, is not only false
nd malicious. The
, of which
evious
even if interpreted
strictly, contemplate
tion of Belgian neutral
No nation at
ever
forceful proted
ity
gium
conventi
United
would have
ne ip
War, not even
hi via hig
has intimated that
me did require or obligs
fo intervene, ant
¥ + » ¥ 4 .
been prompt to de
if they had had just
the States
they
mand
grounds
But tl
our
a8 broader and more
basis for the justification of
remaining a Belgian
controvresy In signi Hague
in which neutrality
the United States deliber
pecifically reserved
ain aloof from any pure
jere is
wpe cific
oof from
onventions
mentioned,
ately and
to ren
iropean controveray,
aff # of a European Stiafe
had been written in
present event
and directly
words
of the
more
justified present
What, has
of neutrality gained for America?
First, it has given the
peace, a boon worth having
Next, it has made America
spokesman for civilization and
manity among the nations,
America great modern
they
specifically
our position
then, the Wilson
hu
the
lomacy
Third, it has given America
ested but influential participant
any congress of the nations dealing
with the effects of the war and the
policies that shall be followed In in
ternational intercourse hereafter.
Fourth, it has given America the
opportunity to prepare to reap the
rewards of its enterprise, resources,
toward every nation in
the world, the markets of the worl
It is difficult to please some Repub
lican newspapers. Rather than grant
whole-hearted praise to Secretary
Daniels for the idea of gathering an
entists for the navy, the Philadelphia
Public Ledger complains because
Secretary Daniels has not selected
certain individuals suggested by this
newspaper, as members of that board.
It certainly is a shame that no Repub.
of the advisory board scheme. Im.
agine what a great idea it would have
Thanks to a Democratic currency
bill it is possible for American bank
sylvania, together with wonderment
as to how he Is going to reconcile his
explanations if the first letter to the
second and either of them to good
sense and decent standard of public
and official conduct.”
Might Marry to Reform Them.
It girls could see the men they are
going to marry before breakfast there
would be fewer weddings. —Topeka
Capital. .
throwing the whole business world
into confusion. This is not the first
service of the currency act. It is not
difficult to Imagine what might have
happened, when the world war threw
tne whole course of world finance and
commerce out of kilter, if there had
not been a stabilizing influence in
American finance, ready to meet any
emergency without impairing confi.
dence and desiroying financial secur
ity on this side of the water.
CARRANZA GOES
BACK TO CAPITAL
All His Departments Moved to
Mexico City.
FIGHT TO KEEP ROAD OPEN
Campaign On Big Scale In Progress.
Bandits Demand $2,000 Ransom
For American—A. B, C.
Protocol.
Washington.—General Carranza now
City and again is preparing to go wo
the capital himself, according to of
information. The of
Foreign Affairs and War were the last
to leave.
RA fad “
Ministers
ghat Carranza’s move
Villa and his is
being conducted on a big scale
indicate
to crush
also
ment allie
While Obregon is advancing to meet
Villa and Maytorena, affect
ing a Bar
bara, Carranza bas begun a campaign
against Zapata in the south. The only
of
who
are
consolidation near Santa
indication success on the
from
part of
Sher
villi
Is a8 message
Hopkins,
who i
ARCTIC
Villa
bourne
Capt
counsel for
now in El Paso
the
He
had
t §
Blas,
the nere that Villa
tured Zacatecas
centre
Cap
and capital of the Siate of the
conditions are
in the terrritory Villa claims to con
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Penns Valley Banking Company
Centre Hall, Pa.
DAVID KE. KELLER, Cashier
| Receives Deposits . . ,
@& Discounts Notes , ,
a
80 YEAR®
EXPERIENCE
of American cons to obtain tl
lease of E. P
£ aplured
Mrs. F
El
ma NR { "abe who
napped
Ie lease ad in
the », has been
ERILe Lime
order to carry a demand
for 32.000 gold as a ransom for Fuller
in
The department
whose life
it Is
the
event
has
is threatened
not given
an urgent
sonally to
In off}
¢
ini
SEC IRL
Secretary of
demand to Vill
rescue Fuller
an communicatior
State Enrigue LI
in
notified
orente
of the
OY
representative
Washington
Villistas, the American
arranza
payment
would be
ernment
might
of
that any pledge (
make the
concerning
the claims
and
points
of foreigners
illegal could not be recognized
He out
has
& vy 4
ang
Congress jurisdiction over
matters that has been
session for a long {ime
“Any obligation,
moral nature,
ranza
resent
not in
even
entered into by Mr. Car
who lacks authorization to rep
the country, even in the capa
of simple executive, would
validity,” sald Mr. Liorente
Will Stand By A. B. C. Protocol.
The department has
informally, that
City
been
Carranza will
Trace Manne
Desians
Corrmianrs Aa
Anyone pening a sheteh and Asscription
Ay secerialn eur opinion free wiether
vention 8 probadiy pstentable Comme
tons st Het} Sat Pdential Hanlboos on Pet
sent Tres, (idest ercy for sesmris.
Patanis taken ron hb Muss & iA
epacial molice, without charges, ia Lhe
Scientific American,
A handsomely (Dastrated weekly, Jemem gm
Muisilon of any sedentife lournsl “rms t
four wonths, Si by all mews
Jno. P. Gray & Son
(SRR Tobvid)
Control Stxtesn of
ae Came
DN
In the World. . . ..
by the BC
of the A
iis in 1914
the powers signing
representatives
powers at Niagara Fa
that document
agreed recognize a
established In Mexico as the result
of the decision of the Mexican people
themselves, and that the only thing re
quired of that government by the other
powers should be the guarantee of
the protection of foreign and
property and the creation of a com
for dam
during
to
lives
ages sustained by foreigners
In Carranea’s interest it is
that under this protocol the
United States is bound to recognize
his government if these conditions are
The Latin-American governments
have taken the position that the Car
ranzistas have established a de facto
government that should be recognized.
but they will not extend their recogni.
tion until after the United States has
acted
PENSION ROLLS DECREASE.
Nearly 10 Per Cent. Of Union Vet.
erans Die In Year.
Washington. — Death decreased the
government's Civil War pension roll
nearly 10 per cent during the last
fiscal year, according to the annual
report of Commissioner of Pensions
Baltzaber, just made public. A total
of $86,370 Union veterans remained
on the roll July 1, 33,256 less than a
year ago. Payments to Civil War pen.
sioners, during the year totaled $156.
688,771, compared with $172.417.546 in
1814. Avallable records of the Pen.
gion Ofce show the total death toll
since the close of the war has been
1,816,995. In that period the Federal
Government has paid to veterans, their
widows and children $4.614.643.267.
NEGRO 80Y OF 14 HANGED.
Admitted Assaulting Eight.YeanrOld
White Girl,
Jackson.—-Joe Persons, a negrd boy
not more than 14 years old, was
hanged here for assaulting an eight.
yearold white girl. To the half hun
dred persons around the scaffold the
boy admitted that he committed the
crime and stoically announced he was
ready to die.
Although he weighed only 78 pounds
his neck was broken by the fall. Om.
cores did not attach weights to his
person ax had been suggested to them
as possibly necessary to succeasfully
execute him.
MH. G0. STROHMNEIER,
CENTRE MALL, . . . . . Fn
Manufaocturerief
and Dealer in
HIOM GRADE...
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in all kinds of
Marble am
Oranite, i A er a
orn fms men Sit, ey
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