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
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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.
Dr. Philip Newton Surgeon Of Russian
Army Corps.
Petrograd, via London.-Dr. Philip
Newton, of Washington, who came to
Russia in charge of a Red Cross unit,
has been appointed surgeon of the
Russian Sixth Army Corps, with the
rank of general
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