THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Oct. 4, 1914,
Allies defeated flanking move-
ment, and battleground shifted to
vicinity of Arras.
Allies claimed success in Woevre
and Soissons region.
British forces aided in defense of
Antwerp.
Russians defeated Germans at
Augustowo and their advance
reached Nugy valley, in Hungary.
Germans made unsuccessful at-
tacks on Ossowetz forts,
Japanese marched to Weil-Hsein,
Anglo-French fleet bombarded
Cattaro and destroyed Lustica.
Belgian government issued Gray
Paper.
France officially denied German
charges of torture.
Prayers for peace
American churches.
offered in
Oct. 5, 1914,
Allies repulsed on left wing.
Germans resumed offensive in
Argonne district and along the
Meuse,
Three Antwerp forts taken by
Germans.
Two Russian armies advanced on
Allenstein.
Austrians defeated Montenegrins
in East Bosnia,
Japanese captured German naval
base in Marshall archipelago.
Prince of Wales fund reached $15,-
000,000,
Oct. 6, 1914,
Desperate fighting on the Oise.
Allies gained at Soissons.
German column was at Lille.
Germans claimed victories near
Suwalki and Augustowo.
Russian forces from Baltic forced
Germans back between Wirballen
and Lyck,
Austrians claimed victory at
Uzsok pass, but Cossacks were re-
ported 80 miles from Budapest.
French laid mines in the Adriatic.
German prisoners in France sen-
tenced to die for looting.
Oct. 7, 1914,
é
Allies drove
back from Lille
Roye.
Germans bombarded Lanaeken
because of attacks by civilians.
Germans closed in on
and crossed the Nethe.
Belgian government was moved
to Ostend.
Germans on East Prussian fron
tier checked Russian advance.
Russians shelled Przemysl.
Austrians reported victory near
Tesco, Hungary.
Canadian troops landed in Eng-
land,
Japanese seized island of Yap.
British submarine sank German
destroyer off mouth of River Ems.
Six Austrian torpedo boats sunk
by mines in Adriatic.
New York Staats Zeitung barred
from mails.
German cavalry
and gained at
Antwerp
Oct. 8, 1914,
Antwerp bombarded by German
siege guns and Zeppelins.
Germans crossed the Scheldt.
Douai, France, recaptured by Ger.
mans.
Allies gained near Arras, which
was being shelled by the Germans.
Russians announced capture of
Biala.
Montenegrins made gains in Her
zegovina.
German aeroplanes
bombs on Paris.
dropped
—
Oct. 9, 1914,
Germans captured Antwerp, Bel
gian king and army escaping to Os-
tend.
Germans occupied Courtrai and
destroyed bridges between Brussels
and Mons.
Rugsiang drove the Germans out
of Lyck.
British air squadron destroyed
Zeppelin in hangar at Dusseldorf.
Cavalry battles near Lille.
&
Not Clear to Paw.
Little Lemuel““Say, paw, can any
one see through glass?’ Paw-—"Cer
tainly, son.” Little Lemuel—~"Then
why can't Uncle Joe see through his
glass eye?”
——————
An Exhibitor.
“You say this man has had a rather
lurid past?
“Yes, but I mean no reflection on
his character.”
“Nao?
“You see, he's been in the fireworks
business,”
An Exception.
“When a man is in earnest about
looking for an opening he alwa
finds it.” "
“That’ so? How about the early
morning keyhole?”
i
He
opyright.
ARLY FIF
DIE IN STORM
Property Loss in New Orleans
Put at $2,000,000.
Hurricane Attained Maximum Of 130
Miles An Hour — Olid Land.
* marks Damaged Or
Destroyed.
New Orleans. The West
hurricane that spent its force Wednes
least
at smaller
accord
ing to advices coming in slowly
crippled lines of communication
injured by
falling signs or flying glass
in Frenier and Manshae, La. The rail
road agent at the former town
graphed that eight white persons and
17 negroes had been drowned
streets,
At Manshac, 10 miles
a railroad section foreman and
negro laborers were reported drowned
Two children lost their lives in Pas
cagoula, Miss., when a house was de
cuted here by wires torn down by the
storm
ported in isolated sections
In severel instances entire families
are reported missing
RUSSIAN NUN JOAN | OF ARC.
Trench At Cost Of Life,
Petrograd, via London —A Russian |
Sister of Charity, Mira Ivanovna, was |
oe
September Heod
of the entreaties of the officers
including brother, who
that she leave
on
leas
her
wounded amid a hail of rifle and ma- |
chine-gun fire.
The commander and all
officers of the Tenth Company of her
regiment were killed in the action |
Realizing that the position was a |
critical one, she rallied the survivors |
of the company and with them charged |
the German line,.drove it back and |
captured a German trench. At the]
moment of victory she fell mortally
wounded.
HAITIANS wiLL SURRENDER.
the other |
Rebel Leaders Agree At Conference
Te Lay Down Arms.
Cape Haitlen, Haiti —At a confer.
ence of leaders of rebel Haitians and
American officers the Haitians agreed
to lay down their arms and offer no
further resistance to the United States
marines. Anouncement of the sur.
render was made Thursday.
FALL CUTS HIS THROAT.
Man Bleeds To Death When He Severs
Artery On Tool.
Philadelphia. ~Severing an artery in
his neck when he feli from a ladder
and struck a sharp implement in a
dwelling at 4210 Chester avenue, Wil
liam Greenhalgh, a paperhanger, of
5642 Osage avenue, bled to death be-
fore he could be taken to the Uni.
Ek, n——
TO DOUBLE MUNITIONS PLANT.
So————-—
Du Ponts Gather Materials For New
Buildings At Hopewell,
Norfolk, Va.The Ei O. Du Pont-De
Nemours Powder Company has decided
to double the capacity of its plant at
Hopewell, Va, Structural material to
be used in the construction of new
buildings has already arrived at Hope:
well. The company will, it ig claimed,
give employment to 36,000 men when
the new buildings are ready for opera
tion.
ALLIES TO GET
5 Per Cent. Bonds.
i
LONG DISTANGE
WIRELESS ‘PHONE
Words Spoken at Arlington,
Heard on the Pacific Coast
VOICE CARRIED 2,500 ‘MILES
Practicability Of Trasmitting By
Radio Message Started On Land
Wire Demonstrated By Suc.
cessful Experiments.
Washington. — Wireless telephone
conversation was curried on Wednes
day between the Naval Radio Station
at Arlington, Va.,
Navy Yard, on the
2,600 miles away.
ilifornia coast,
Announcement to
by
following
this effect was
of the Navy Dan
successful culmina
made
jes
Secretary
the
has
ment in co-ops
can Teltphone
pany and
pany
Les six mont}
long-distance
of
been done by
ration
and
Wie
the Depart
Ameri
Com
Navy
the
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with
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stern ri
than ARO &
telephoning
271
in
Hise
Wilson talked over
White Houke 1
Building at the
tion at San
time the telephone
with
Pres
from
wires began
the wires
the Adm
Panama-Pa
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cific
Up
never
Lxposi
that
been
10
To Be Convertible At
Into 4), Per Cent. Bonds.
Branches Proposed In
All barge Citles.
New York —The
and the American bankers with whom
they have been conferring over
proposed credit loan to Great
tion of a defl ite plan, it was officially
for the establishment
of a $500.000,000 loan issue om five
5 per cent. joint British and
French bonds, payable jointly and
severally by the
which the big loan will
The bonds will be {issued
at 98, thus yielding approx
imately 5% per cent. to the investor,
and to the nation-wide syndicate
bankers which will subscribe
at 96
To Be Sold On Instaliment
Formation of the
left to J. P. Morgan & Co.
Year,
two nations,
to
io
the
Plan.
and a
The bonds will be jus
denominations as low as $100 and
subscribers thereto may pay
by installment
At maturity
in
cial houses.
will be re
into
bonds
convertible
these
cash or
from 10 to
after by the two governments jointly
AMERICANS LURED TO WAR.
ish Army.
London There
inducing American members of
Skinner, the American Consul-Gen
has effected arrangements with
P.
eral,
turned all cases of the sort over to
Consgul-General Skinner, who now has
a number of them under consideration,
The factz in all the cases are strik-
ingly similar. Men arriving in Eng-
land are met on board ship by recruit.
ing agents. The British Government
does not favor the practice and is do
ing all it can to break it up
TO HOLD up TELEGRAMS.
Britain Announces 48 Hours’
For Messages To Europe.
London.—The Postmaster-General
announced that, pending further
notice, all telegrams for neutral coun-
tries in Europe, for Russia by way of
the Oreat Northern lines and for
Serbia will be subjected to 48 hours’
delay.
Delay
wenisidhasan
PRIESTS EXPELLED BY TURKS.
Leave Constantinople,
Sofia Hears.
London.--A Sofia dizspateh to Ren
ter's Telegram Company says: “Aco
cording to private advices from Con.
stantinople, the Turks are expelling
all Catholic priests from that city.”
Forced To
BATTLESHIP BLOWN UP.
887 Saved From Italian Vessel After
Explosion Following Fire.
Paris.—A dispatch to the Havas
Agency from Vrindisl says: “A fire,
which wus followed by an explosion,
has occurred on board the Italian bat
tleship Benedetto Brin. Eight officers
and 279 marines have been saved thus
far. “RearAdmiral Rubin de Cervin
i# among the dead. “The fire was
purely nccidental.”
used for such
Today's
a distance
of mplets Is
the
announcement
for not only
able
had
10
was Sec
of the
the
from
Navy to announce
1 been car
Washington San Fran
of wires but the
to predic t
Yoice
ried
t the use
it reasonable
within a
incident made
be
telephone conve
would possible to
regular rsatlions
Epoch-Making, Say Navy Men,
The importance of this ach
from
lime «¢
naval
rded by
From
the standpoint of
f war is reg
officers as epoch-m
redial the
American
aph Comp
standpoint,
Tele
announcs
Telephone and
able
the
wire
me central stat
e in the near future
to pick up the
and converse
any were to
with use of
from 10 wireless
tele
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hig friend the
on
at sea
Secret who consistently
of the
ary Daniels,
scientific bureau
the development of new inventions,
sald:
‘It pleasure to announce the
of
ip
my
successful out
ich ©
come
wl ave bed
months by the American Tele
phone
eotric Lompany in co
radio siat
the Navy
distance
possible.”
operation wit} ii fons
Depart
wireless
the jurisdiction of
by whict
phony has
jong
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Leis a. oeen mae
HEARS OF INDIAN MUTINY,
ments, Is Report.
Berlin, via wirelesg 10
N. J—The
gays
“The Lokal Anzeiger publishes a dis
hifrom Bagdad telling of a mutiny
n regiments in the B
Army--the Eighth Murhena Regiment
and the Tenth Sikh Regiment
that followed the mutiny,
dispateh statesyl.200 British were kill
ed, among whom were Majors Hy! and
Goors. Of the Hindus 1.100 were kill
ed or wounded.”
News Agency
Overseas
43 AMERICANS DECORATED.
Honors Them For Services In
Fighting Plagues.
Serbia
Nigh, Serbia. —Forty three American
physicians and sanitary engineers
have been decorated by Crown Prince
Alexander in recognition of their serv.
feces in stopping epidemics in Serbia.
The Americans are representatives of
the Rockefeller Foundation and the
Red Cross.
2» MINERS ENTOMBED.
Killed By Explosion At Hanna
City, HL
Peoria, 111.--One man is dead, an-
other dying and 20 others imprisoned
as a result of an explosion in the
Empire Mine at Hanna City, 30 miles
west of here. Rescuers have recover.
ed one body and brought one fatally
injured man to the surface.
One
Wilson Names Blackman To Act At
Newark, O.
Washington. Secretary Wilson,
the Department of Labor, appointed
William Blackman, Seattle, Wash, a
conellintor in the strike of the boiler.
makers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, at Newark, 0. A. L. Faulk.
ner, Cleveland, was named cenciliator
in the controversy between the Coal
and Coke Rallway Company and its
whoomen, at Gassaway, W. Va,
fe: blosole far,
sdvsnce, prepoy
by us. Our Rider Agents every where are
lyon prosive and svtove § your Heyela,
if @ cent deponilin
Wa furnish the highest grade bicycles itis
possible 10 make st one small profit Te
ing direct of us an
an ori Do
UY 8 bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at
prices and
bleycies for was pone,
above factuty o pry
J owe name
BECOND
but seulely have 8 number on hagd
ol oAsT
regular vetafl price of these
otal offers.
when you receive our beaotife! este.
logue and study our se pert modes at
you fis Jon Wo well the ui ght grade
ether fants Fe wre satisfied with 64 profit
the day recived,
¥ hand in second hand boyoes,
our Ch Pp a slores, Thess we cient
10, Descriptive bargain Hots oalied free.
rolier a]
Rade b
A SAMPLE PAIR
TO INTRODUOE, ONLY
Buon wae sell sa sell you a sample pair for Ma (cash
#0 MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES
Malle, Tooke or Glass will not let the sir out.
A hundred thousand pairs so Lust Fens,
DE SORIPTIO sae in wires
Nz is Hvely and easy
riding, very durable and lined inside with
8 special quality of rubber, which never be-
ch closes up small
BO more than an ordinary tire, the
an pared fabric on the tread. The regular p
dres is B10 00 per palr, but for adverts sing i i
remaking a special factory prios Ww the ric
8 per pair. All orders shipped same day
received, We will ship C.O.D
ot need Wo pay a cent until you
We will allow a cssh discount of {1
you send PULL CABH WITH ORDER
sending us an order as the tires may be rely
salisfactory on exmmnination
BS pair of these Livres, you will 8nd thal they wi
IF ¥ EF YOU INEE ve or TIRES
{
weigh fi Moties the thick rubber tread
“A% 3 nd puncture strips“‘'B"*
snd nr also rim strip “"H"*
to prevent vimeutting. This
tire will cutiast any other
make --SOFY, ELASTIC and
EASY RIDING.
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You do
You run no risk in
reason hey sre not
3m bani. If y
onger and
be po well pleneed The! whe
¢ resmarEatie 1
forse pair «
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t OUR expense if for any
finer
u want
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of Bed Bf ot 3 =
unl you send
fpwin of YO Tr WA. ATT
of tires from Je tan unt
DO NOY THINK © OF BUYING a bicycle or a pale
offers we are ek ug.
LET SEVENTEEN
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
~ Hand Plot—One Dead In R, R.
Accident—Labor Shortage
Coke Region.
in
cn
The longest sentence ever imposed
in the history of Alle
courts was passed on
Vicarre, aged twentvone, in
in Pittsburgh Vicarre
to serve not less than
eleven months and
fifteen days and not more than forty
vears in the West Penitentiar
twice was convicted of murder in
gheny county
Criminal Court
was sentenced
He
’ he
ictments
ern
degree on separate |
different juries.
nd
and by
ion of the bridge
River at Phoenizville
The erect across the
Was
of Montgomery and Chester
rejected all bids
considered, be
to the
were
counties when they
The lowest was not
in conformity
the other bids
plans and
cases already
facing a serious
With thirty
Shipy pensburg in epi
thought that
the polliotion
the town at
unknown. It
began by
of
is i=
the water supply
where a
just
Mainsville,
and reservoir has been con
the capture of Frank Gregg,
believed to be one of the three who
shot John James at Mt. Carbon in a
dispute over three cents’
cream,
With
which has been operating
ville.
Qearcity of labor in the Connellsville
coke region is beginning to be felt by
producers, but, in the face of this con
dition. some 300 ovens were added to
the active list. The labor shortage is
due to the European war. Production
and shipment of coke continue at ap-
proximately 300,000 tons a week.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board declared a quarantine against
any shipments of cattle from the
northern part of lllinois for any pur
pose whatever. The order also will
prevent shipments being made through
the State from Illinois,
Deloss W. Henry, aged lorty-eight,
who shot and killed his wife, Isabel,
aged forty-five, and her mother, Mrs,
Sarah A. Smith, aged eighty, at their
home Meadville, on September 13 and
then attempted suicide, died from his
wounds.
Colonel J. B. Hutchison, Colonel of
the Eighth Regiment, announced that
he would resign as chief of police Oc-
tober 15. He has been Chief under
Mayor Royal, having previously served
under Mayor McCormick.
Alfred McCord, of Addingham, was
convicted and sentenced to a term of
gix months in the county jail for
cruelty to his two children, Myrtle,
aged fifteen years, and Mildred, thir
teen years old.
Commissioner Cunningham
Notice Builders Must
To Agreement.
Gives
Live Up
arrisburg Seventesr
highwas
{OT 60
bridges on State
aw
ham, no award being
arded by Comm
in Pike and Monro
in one
and the
high. En
case there
figures wey
OTK Were
y
, Gne bidGer nes
i
un i
Ninety-three bid
were
Can
neering Co, 1
Township, M« ounty, Jacob Stem,
nd
rr
onsirac
Stroudsburg Lenter a
Clearfield counties, Central (
tion Co., Wooster,
Township, Wyomi
Bridge (
Paraflise Township,
Jacob Stem, Stroudsburg,
Clifford Township,
Ly.
Falls
Anthra
$1564.30;
Monroe county,
$1,633.49;
Susquehanna coun-
Anthracite Bridge Co., Scranton,
$2,278.30; Shippen Township, Cameron
county, G. W. Ensign, Inc., Harrisburg,
$113.16: Gibson Township, Susque-
hanna county, Anthracite Bridge Co,
Scranton, $1,917; Davidson Township,
Sullivan county, Whittaker & Diehl,
$4.26845; Eaton Town
ship, Wyoming county, Anthracite
Bridge Co., Scranton, $3,845.50; Brook-
vn Township, Susquehanna county,
Anthracite Bridge Co., $1,931.50; Penn
Township, Butler county, Central Con-
struction Co., Wooster, O., $1804.40;
Township, Elk county, Will
Dickinson, Ridgway, $2819.80; Hamil.
Monroe county, Jacob
Stroudsburg, $1,263.25; Pocono
Jacob Stem,
Raccoon Town.
R. D. Hunter,
county,
ng
cite '0., Scranton,
Stroudsburg, $680.62
ship, Beaver county,
Beaver, $2,665.80,
300.000 Trout Distributed.
Nearly 300,000 young trout, varring
from three to six inches in length,
were distributed by the State Depart.
ment of Fisheries during September,
making the largest month's work of
the kind in a long time. The distribu.
tion of young trout for “planting” will
continue throughout the winter. The
young fish were distributed in Schuyl-
kill, Cumberland, Columbia, Potter,
Erie, Cameron, Sullivan, Jefferson,
Clinton, Berks, Washington, Elk, Ly.
coming, Somerset, Crawford, McKean,
Clearfield, Forest and Vepango coun
ties. Eastern counties will receive
consignments soon. At the request of
the Department of Fisheries, Stata po-
licemen have been detailed to inspeet
the Susquehanna and other eastern
Pennsylvania rivers to destroy eel
baskets and arrest owners who have
placed them in streams,
17 Pure Food Prosecutions.
"Agents of the State Dairy and
Food Commissioner brought seventeen
prosecutions in Philadelphia and
Luzerne counties, most of them in
Philadelphia.
Hertzler Quits Office.
William Hertzler, Deputy Secretary
of the Commonwealth, bade goodbye
to friends ot the Capitol and left his
office. Fred A. G of Milton,
will be appointed 0 succeed him.