CENTRE HALL, PA. THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THiS WEEK Nov. 22, 1914, Ypres bombarded. Germans trapp- | Dixmude. Germans fortified Belgian coast German army advanced to forty miles from Warsaw. Russians tock Gumbinnen, Austrians evacuated Neu Sandec. Austrians crossed the Kolubara and took many Serbians, Turks won fight near Port Said and reached the Suez canal. Turkish warships shelled Taupse but were repuised by shore bat teries, Mayor of Ypres shot by allies as a spy. by floods at Nov. 23, 1914. Fierce fighting in the Argonne. Ypres again bombarded. German advance on checked. Many Germans captured near Lo- wicz. Austrians captured 2,400 Rus cians near Pilica. British defeated in attack on German railway terminus in East Africa. British defeated Turks near Per sian gulf. British warship Patrol! rammed German submarine U-18 and took crew. Serious riots in Constantinople, British embassy looted. Warsaw Nov. 24, 1914, Germans attacked allies Ypres to La Bassee. Ten-day battle in Poland ended in Russian victory. Russians defeated the Turks in Armenia. British ships attacked German naval base at Zeebrugge. Chile charged German warships had violated her neutrality. from Nov. 25, 1914. French bombarded Arnaville. East Indian troops retook trenches in Flanders. Germans made gains at Arras. German army in Poland in re treat. Russians again invaded Hungary and cornered Austrians in the Car pathians. Serbians routed Austrians who had crossed the Kolubara. English coast towns prepared to resist invasion. Russia began mobilizing first re- serves. American Christmas ship Jason with cargo of presents for Euro pean children reached Plymouth, American relief clearing house organized. lost Nov. 26, 1914, Allies’ armored train wrecked bridge across the Yser. Germans reported victories be tween Lodz and Lowica. Turkish advance checked menia. British battleship Bulwark blown up in the Thames. Turkish mine layer sunk in the Bosporus, British aviator wrecked German military train. Germany made public proof of Anglo-Belgian agreement. in Ar. alleged military Nov, 27, 1914, Reims again bombarded, French made gains in Alsace. German army in Poland re-en. forced. Montenegrins defeated Austrians near Vishegrad. Col. Maritz, South Africa rebel, defeated. Nov, 28, 1914, Enver Bey started for Egypt. Germans accused French of us ing dum-dum bullets. American hospital opened at Pe. trograd. New British army France. Germans massed near Arras. Retreating Germans in Poland fought stubbornly. Russians gained near Cracow and Strykow and occupied Czerno witz, Fierce fighting in the Caucasus. Riots at Erzerum, Armenians slain, landed in Sunset Gun, Paragraph 210 of the Regulations of the United States army reads: “At posts supplied with ordnance and with ammunition for the purpose a morn. ing and evening gun will be fired daily at reveille and retreat.” As the rg is run up at sunrise and down at sunset simultaneously with the firing of the gun, it is probable that a salute to the flag is intended. “Abide With Me.” The famous hymn, “Abide With Me, Fast Falls the Eventide,” was written by Henry Francis Lyte, a minister of the church of England, born at Kelso, Ireland, in 1796. He wrote it when suffering from an incurable disease which he knew must soon end his life, Easy to Accumulate. “What a splendid lot of silver and cut glass you have” “Yes, it's a great thing to have a golf player and & bridge expert in the same family.” ~-Haltimore ZLmerican, EH CHINA 15 ASKED 10 JOIN ENTENTE Broadening of International Combine Planned. Would Forestall By Japan. Complications Feared In Case Of Interference By Lat. ter In China. Action Washington. - made by Great Britain, Russia to include China bership of the entente now aligned against the Germanic Powers. Dis. closure of this fact directed the atten tion of official Washington to a com plicated situation in the Far Bast, the seriousness of which had not France and in the mem- It became known order 1t« insure friendly tnat in relations between Japan and exchanges Peking and looking to China conversations and had been proceeding the European capitals the formal entrance China on an equal footing with Japan | into the alliance include Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan and Serbia. ! in | of | that now Jap Warships On Coast. | Military by in | not expected, but | the political necessity of adding China | to the Allies is by them ; &s of vast importance i So far t is Known the conversations have 8 the i participation China the war would be looked upon as | here, most of been conducted Peking, and it is not clear how far | proposal has been discussed with | Tokio. | { that | Japanese Govern belief ment at is general, however, alliance with Japan, prob has consulted the Tokio Govern nt freely China Believed Favorable. China's attitude has not yet develop the Government here Yiew held that favorably the Pekin inclined In Entente guar during the to the would antee the integrity of China disturbed and safeguard her interests at ent condition of world politics Just advantages would lie in it 1s what in not to acquiescing the but uggested ir quarters that, by ing on a solid foundation the relations and interests Proposal are clear, plae China Japanese China Japan, in immune from the possible might be disturb bring about The feeling in China against Japan negotiations, and the more friendly spirit the two countries also is said to be a fac of Japanese possibility might be Oriental that between for in approval of the Lansing declined to com the situation, had ~ been Government Secretary on declaring that received by the on the subject whatever American closed LAST GEORGIA DRY BILL SIGNED. Work Of Special Session Of Legisia. ture Now Complete. Atlanta, Ga. Revision of Georgia's prohibition laws, one of the purposes for which the Legislature is in special session, was completed when Governor Harris signed the last of a series of bills designed particularly to banish from the State all breweries, locker clubs and “"near-beer” saloons All the bills become effective May 1. 1918. One prohibits the manufac. ture or sale within the State of any beverage containing more than one half of one per cent. of alcohol Another forbids the advertisement of intoxicating liquors in newspapers, periodicals, on bill boards or by any other means A third provides that shipments of Hguor into the State for personal use shall be limited to 2 quarts of whiskey, 48 pints of beer and 1 gallon of wine to any one person within any 30-day period. ROOSEVELT WON'T FIGHT, i Secretary Says Report He'll Go To | War Is Absurd. ! New York.-~Col. Theodore Roose | velt is not going to Europe to fight for | the Allies. His secretary, John Me | Grath, issued the following statement | relative to the report from Canada that the former President has been offered the command of a Canadian contingent: “There is absolutely no! truth in reports that the Colonel may leave this country to fight for a foreign power. The report is absurd, ridicul ous. Colonel Roosevelt will not go to Europe to fight.” MARSHALL PRESENT ON WAY, Vice-Presidents’ Gift To Mrs. Galt . Navajo Blanket. ' Phoenix, Ariz. — Vice. President | Thomas R. Marshall's wedding gift to | Mrs. Norman Galt, President Wilson's | fiancee, is a gorgeous Navajo Indian chief's blanket, made at the reserva tion in Northeastern Arizona. PS LS | SHIP PLANT Secretary Daniels Would Have Government-Built Navy. WOULD MAKE MATERIAL 100 Figures On Acquisition Of Ore Fields. | 6,000-Ton Battleships With 16. Inch Guns Proposed—Public Ownership Plan, of the Navy | the ideration Vashington Is made it known at Gov has under cons the Nas able to build its whereb: he 5 and to manufactur poriant elements into them The evolutd t result of plan is the Me $ HAD of pressure on private shipyards for mer Oiler vesuels before wRs hipbuiidin privately owned itusgtion came the Nave® Depa that squarels tment when it found plants more the private R instance asked for we two new dread naught had for been appropriated developed that vards at Mare Island within £4 nearly saved on the two contracts Naval constructors, therefore, figuring, the Secretary admitted, upon & plan which ment ownership of ore fields, of fur ness of armor other establishments make the government inde. of private enterprise the construction of future ships the ime it navy New York, Philadel had in each of the the Government plants, phia and instance bid appropriation awarded to half a will be million dollars are fsovern contemplates s811¢ and mills, such an plate plant and will pendent in The navy has already proceeded fur ther in this direction than any other department. All the powder used for target practice and other naval pur poses is being made at Indian Head, | Md. Guns are being turned out at the factory in this city, and a commission months ago recommended the erection and operation by the department of a fully equipped armor plate plant Acroplanes will be constructed at the Pensacola \Naval Station and clothing and other supplies are being produced at Philadelphia It is now proposed to include the de velopment by the Government of ith own iron supply, its own mills and eventually put itself in a position to build its own vessels from the ground up. Such a proposal, of course, must be provided for by and it may become a part of the general de. fense policy of the Administration Congress, MAY TIE UP CANAL 6 MONTHS. Panama Employes Sent On Furloughs Or Vacations. Panama. —Owing to the tying up of | the Panama Canal by the recent slide many employes, mainly in the operat. to indicate that the canal will remain closed for a much longer time than was at first expected. In most cases employes are being dismissed. In a of cases employes of the operating . division have been trans | ferred to other divisions which were | in need of men owing to the increased work, notably the dredging division, which has taken over most of the canal pilots as tug masters and cap tains of dredges, ——————— A ———— ASSISTANT POSTMASTER FIRED. W. H. Brand, In Office 17 Years, Ac. cused Of Perjury. Fairmont, W. Va -W, H. Brand, as. sistant postmaster of Fairmont, who was removed on charges, received his dismissal papers from the Postoffice Department in Washington. He has served 17 years. Charges of perjury and of giving assistance to persons at civil service examinations were filed against him, Perry Burton, George Cochran and James Hall, clerks and carriers, also have been dismissed on various charges, DOGTOR BLAMELESS FOR BABYS DEATH Infant Was Doomed to Life of Anguish. WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED Died As Result Of Curvature Of Spine and Hemorrhage Of Spinal Canal. Chicaro Bollinger, died Wednesday aliending An the AULOPp=y tnmother an 1 @greed 1 it to pi {einhard and W. D. McN CIURIONS Are previous iy eX pres ¢ fant was doomed eith a life of ar br. BH 4. } child to die errsiad guia} ified i airelden, who allowed the wher operation might have saved its Jife The result of the a Hop before the jurs It howed paraiveed on the left side i to foot On the right side but xs) = would have formed, lacked the child 15¢ there wns On the right no neck, the skin growing to the of the of the spinal canal no ear aide +h ¢ cheek shoulder blade and hemor alee Curvature pine rhage were nd The would } of ree {Oo cording to phy 4 © latter, ac sicians, Ave caus complete paralysis the body and would have iited in death had there been other causes Mrs mother defective infant, was told of the non of the death She made no comment save to repeat that denial of simple operation which would have saved the life was best for all concerned Anna Bollinger, the LARGEST CAPTIVE BISON KILLED. Black Diamond's Likeness On Notes and Nickels. New York Black Diamond, the aged Buffalo, whose likeness is printed on £10 Treasury notes and stamped on the largest Scent pieces, was put death here. He was more than years old, and the largest bison captivity. He had been an inmate the Central Park corral for years measured 13 by 13 feet, will be made into an automobile robe $10 of was obtained. remarkable of dressed meat in a were atate mounted, sold for a congiderable TURNS DOWN WAR ORDER. Moundsville (W. Va.) Firm Refuses To Make Gun Stocks. order has been refused by a Mounds Schwab Com- pany was tendered an order for 3,000, 000 gun stocks to be supplied at the rate of 50,000 a month. They turned down the order. A short time ago the Royal Gun Company was tendered a large order for guns, but refused to accept it. In both cases it would have been necessary to install a Jot of ape cial machinery and both firme had all the work they could turn out without accepting any war orders, A A SE BS BS WILL TAKE UP DISHONEST “ADS” Trades Commission Is Not Sure It Can investigate. Washington, <= The Federal Trade Commission announced that on next Tuesday it would hear representatives of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World on the subject of dishonest advertising. The commission will seek to determine whether it has juris. diction to investigate dishonest adver. tising practices as a form of unfair competition under the Trade Commis. sion sect. AKGONA STRUCK AFTER HALTING American Passenger Contra- dicts Official Explanation. DIPLOMACY WILL GET BUSY United States Will Contend That Placing Of Passengers In Open Boats At Sea Is Not Provid. ing For Their Safety. Washington While the United States will wait for the Austrian reply to Ambassador Penfield's inquiry cerning the circumstances unde; which the Itallap liner Ancona con Was Have You Read These Books? MR. CREWE’S CAREER THE DOCTOR A CERTAIN RICH MAN STOVER at YALE THE GARDENof ALLAH WHITE FANG, 50c each. Other Bcoks for Boys and Girls, H. A. DODSON Centre Hall sunk, It was stated officially | placing of American citizens boats the high geass according to then hin used in internat) that the on arded as ¥ of safety” wit the COrres ponds nee © CRE eroment expressed Lhe id not This rpretation Loals 4d 1 safets was broadened by an o cial inte to apply Can cilizer whether traveling neutral ship iq ialitied by gtroved lifeboat that belligerent os { Official their assertion within a few mile 0:1 would be regarded as weather conditions an opportunity given for passengers pe From these inti the transferred even then were tinent circumstance 1 3 believed nl oul i develop the entire tion of submarine warfare furs Austr ard Austrian Ad 45 minutes was PpRssengers anc with ia correspondence ft even though, as the iy has declared, n for the the Ancons not crew of be transferred. this was affording American tizens § cient opportunity to regarded as he raved win 1} not “* Senet American citizens.™ A ng the t hie formal den was shelled Ancona stopped, 1} fart that the torpedoed while a aboard tually was BL number of passengers still were is regarded as the chief cir upon made CUmsiance which representations will be NO PARCEL POST TO TEUTONS. gary Suspended. Washington Announcement of suspension of parcel post mai! to Ger many and Austria-Hungary was 1 by reason the Postoffice Department the accept the country refuse destined ascribed ie tha refuse ; masters throughout been instructed | parcel iries steameshin eamsnij COM panies to it Post io fo accept poet to these coun CYCLIST KILLED IN RACE. Falls 20 Feet. Chicago.—In the first heat of (amateur handicap at the opening {the six-day races here, louis | Kueh! was killed instantly when, on { hie third lap, he plunged over the rail ton the north turn and fell 20 i {the concrete floor below of bicyele fo {eet ‘slip and Kuehl swung high | him, skidding over the rail to avoid TO SEND FOOD TO TEUTONS. | Committee Formed For Supplying Civilian Population. New York. An organized movement {to aid the civilian population of Ger many and Austria by sending from the United States wae launched here by a "Citizens' Committee for | Food Shipment” consisting of 45 physicians, clergymen and prominent | women. The organization has pro | vided for branch committees through out the country. food TURKEY HIGHER THIS YEAR. Expected To Retail At 27 To 28 Cente a Pound. Chicago-—It was said in South Water street that Thanksgiving tur key will retail at 27 to 28 cents a pound this season, or about 15 per cent. higher than last year. The heavy raing which marked the spring and summer are said to lie at the bottom of the advance. PARTS OF WIFE'S BODY ON DUMP, Husband Failed To Bury Them After Amputation, Atlanta. ~The finding of parte of a woman's body on the city dump heap was explained when a surgeon identi fied the parts as those amputated from a woman injured in a street car acc dent. Her husband failed to bury them as directed. WASHINGTONIAN A GENERAL. 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