THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Jan. 3, 1918,
French completed capture of
Steinbach and gained near Reims
and St. Mihiel, but were repulsed
near Ste. Menehouid.
Floods hindered the fighting in
Flanders.
Germans captured Bolimow
from Russians, but their advances
on Kielce and between the Bzura
and Rawka rivers failed.
Russians took thousands of Aus
trian prisoners and swept through
Bukowina.
Germans rushed to defense of
Cracow.
Ghent taxed bachelors to meet
German demands for money.
Day of intercession and prayer
throughout British empire.
Second Australian expeditionary
force sailed for England.
Shipload of food for Albanians
feft United States.
Jan. 4, 1915,
Russians occupied Suczawa and
again threatened Cracow.
Turks ravaged Persian territory
British ships shelled Dares
Salaam, German East Africa.
French aviators dropped bombs
near Brussels.
Germans put Young Turks under
oath to support existing regime.
Jan, §, 1915,
Germans began moving big guns
from Ostend.
French forces made advance to
ward Cernay.
Russians defeated Austrians In
Uzsok Pass and prepared for in
vasion of Transylvania.
Germans renewed
along the Vistula.
Pope obtained release of French
Catholic missionaries held in Syria
Beigian food ship sent by state
of Kansas sailed.
Germany agreed not to hinde:
sending of food to Belgians by
America.
Russians crushed Turks at Arda
han and Sarikamysh.
Jan, 6, 1915.
French made further progress at
St. Mihiel.
Germans bombarded Furnes and
compelled Belgians to move head
quarters.
New Russian army prepared to
combat Germans at Mlawa.
Germans and Austrians checked
Russian advance against Cracow.
Turkish cruiser Goeben damageo
by mines.
activities
Jan. 7, 1915,
French made progress in direc
tion «f Altkirch.
Germans in the cast hampered
mud.
Turks occupied Urumiah.
Report made by French commis
sion charging Germans with habi
tual “pillage, outrage, burning wna
murder.”
United States refused to irvest:
gate Germany's charge that Brit
ish used dumdum bullets,
French government sent thanks
for work of Lafayette fund.
President Poincare of France
signed decree prohibiting sale anc
transportation of absinthe and sim
ilar liquors.
y
Jan, 8, 1915,
Allies gained north of Soissons
near Reims and in Alsace.
Germans attacked Russian lines
near Bolimow, their riflemen using
tee! shields.
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium
placed under restraint by Germans
because of pastoral.
Germany accused republic of San
Marino of encouraging espionage
by its wireless station.
Roumania began mobilizing 750,
0C0 men.
California's Belgian
started.
relief ship
Jan, 8, 1915.
Germans renewed offensive
against Russians from direction of
Mlawa.
Severe fighting on the Rawka
and in the north,
Turks hurriedly building railway
lines across Sinai peninsula.
Germans retook Steinbach and
Burnhaupt.
French captured Perthes
gained near Soupir,
Russians entered Transylvania,
French won victory in the Kame
un, Africa.
and
BRIEF INFORMATION
Homing pigeons can travel 70 miles
an hour,
The skeleton is one inch shorter
than the measurement of the living
persan.
Louis XV1 drank the first cup of cof
fee made In France. +t was then
worth $29 a pound
To protet *..ing motorcyclists from
injury there has been invented a suit
of pneumatic armor, covered with rub
ber tubes in*o which air can be
pumped,
A Kentucky man has invented an
electric fan to be mounted under an
umbrella to circulate air, so designed
that it can be folded as the umbrells
18 closed
After ten years experimenting a
Liverpool man has perfected a prod
uct from senmweed for the manufacture
of noninflammable motion pleture
films and vaper claimed to be water
flame and germ proof.
ciplined By Austria.
DID NOT CONSIDER PANIC
Note Diminishes Fear Of Rupture.
Punishment Of U-Boat's Captain
Practically Meets Demands
Of United States.
London. The oPly of the Austrian
Government to the second American
note on the sinking of the steamship
Ancona, with the loss of American
lives, is forwarded to Reuter's Tele
gram Company from. Vienna by way
of Amsterdam.
The reply states that the commander
of the Austrian submarine has been
punished for not sufficiently taking ac-
count of the panic aboard the Ancona
which rendered disembarkation more
difficult,
existing friendly relations with the
United States, and to make
tions still cordial.
says
more The note
Note Friendly In Tone.
the
the
fully
Cabinet
second American
Austro-Hungarian
agrees with the
that the sacred
“In reply to
Ancona note
Government
Washington
account also in war, and emphasizes
that it, in the course of this war, has
given numerous proofs of the most hu-
mane feelings.
“The Austro-Hungarian Govern
ment, too, can positively concur in the
principle that enemy private vessels,
so far as they do not fly offer re.
sistance, shall not be destroyed before
the persons aboard are gecured
“The that the
States Government attaches
the maintenance of the exist
relations between Austria
and the United States is warmly
ciprocated by Austro-Hur
Government, now, as
anxious
or
assurance
value to
ing
re
the igarian
hereto
rela
which
to
cordial.”
render these
Willing Te Pay Indemnity.
The Austrian
the hope that Washington will be
to supply the part of how
American affected,
in the
lacking
unable
able
the
but
iculars
citizens were
of
the
how
to their death,
event such evidence
States
American citi
the Austro
ready to
and United
to state the
Government
aver this
for damage
cannot be fixed,
:
the incident will
Hungarian
pass lightly
indemnify
mate cause
thereby
“is
deficiency, and
whose proxi
and hopes
that be re
ended.”
The the
"can
caused
fleeing
of boats
that
sry t
note states, however,
Governms
admit lability for damage
the
or by the
the
Au
commu
capsizing
torpedo was fired.”
tro-Hungarian
the
The
nicates result of the
recently concluded
wowed |
submarine,
first
ing sh on the steamer,
11.40 in the
believed to be
the
1 4 ¢
vi £1 0 8100p
The inquiry com
1 a4 great
fired a
hited
at
team
ha
fron
ance,
Ange, In ihe
at forenoon, ich he
a tran
EiVing a
As the &
cape,
fired
ich
port
ame time
for the teamer
the
16
three
and tried to es
“hy
submarine gave chase and
ved to hit
after the third hit
obser The steamer
{ i immer
stoppd
the
commander cease
Already during the lig!
steamer
eral boats filled with peo
which a capsized. After the
stopped the commander of
the submarine observed that «
fully manned and they
ed away from the steamer
L Once
ple,
Panic Aboard Liner.
of the submarine saw that a great
panic prevailed aboard the steamer,
and that he had before him the pas
senger vessel Ancona, on account of
in lifeboats. At least 10 lifeboats were
still aboard, which would have more
than sufficed fo rescue the persons)
still on the vessel, but as no other
preparationg were made to holat out
the boats, the commander decided,
after an expiration of 45 minutes, to
torpedo the vessel in such a manner
that it ought to remain afloat for a
still longer time, in order to leave suf.
ficient opportunity for the people still |
aboard to be rescued.
forth, cannot be attributable in the
first inatance to the sinking of the ves
sel, but In some degree to the drop
ping of the first boats while the steam.
to the fact that the crew only thought
of their own safety, and did not rescue
the passengers from the capsized
boats though also to the shells which
hit the fleeing vessel. Bul the death
of the persons drowned with the sink.
ing vessel, must, above all, be abserib.
ed to the “cupable behavior” of the
crew,
the American note in several points
a
Et gud]
describes as incorrect that a shell was
at once fired, that the submarine, on
pursuit, overtook the steamer, that
only a short time was allowed for
those aboard to enter the boats, and
{ that several shots were fired the
| steamer even after it had stopped
Captain Found At Fault
of the submarine,
allowed the steam-
er more time than was necessary for
the passengers to take to the boats,
and then torpedoed the vessel in such
a manner that it would rer
as long as possible
sengers to
on
The
the
commander
note continues,
to enable the pas-
disembark-—"an object |
passengers had not been forsaken
the crew.”
“Fully appreciating the
the commander who had
rescue of the
the note,
i naval auth
by
att
in view
and
Austro-Hungarian
ved at
neglect
ito considers
engers,
rendered disembarkation 1
fifficul and the
at t Aus ir o-Hu
uld refuse assistance
the
passengers crew,”
“the
have arri
Bays
orities
ion tha
ake suffi
{
tion the
i
conclu t he
apparently
ed to fently
panic among
whic h ore
rela
naval offi
to
tions thi
no
The
for vio
“
wt
8, even
nemy
or efore punished
ig the instruction embodied in
in force for such cases.’
i SUBMARINE DESTROYERS NEXT.
| Two Types Submitted and Models
Will Be Tested.
Washington.—Plans for two
: of motorboat submarine destroyers, de
signed to have a of at 41
an he been submitted
to the Navy Models will
! be at the
yard and teated to de
designers
develop power for
epeed
re
s peed least
miles ur, have
Department
construcied at
here
wer the engines the
once navy
termine
i whetl pro
pose to install will
| the required high
| The department
{ bide from several boat
craft of this type, but
wide variation i
for boats of app
ize and lines that
{on to determine just
would be required
The boats 3
CATrTIo
recently obtained
builders on
such
power propo edd
there was
n Lhe
roximately the same
was decided
how much power
5
a test
intended to
ship
nd to forr
fo a battlezh
an inner
marines
at
{ at 1
From
craft
anchor or cruis
the experiments
motorboat
duty along
entrances in t
| be develope
POSTAL RATE CUT URGED.
| Twenty-One Bills In Congress For Re.
duction In First.Class Matter.
Hefo
J
holid
lays
Congre
21
introduced
Washington
for the
billa had been
{ for a more equitable adjustment
the postal rates on first-class m
ter. A strong demand being
for a change In existing rates,
Most of the bills introduced propose
{a straight reduction in the rate on all
local delivery letters from 2 cents to 1
| cent an ounce. Friends of the proposi
tion offer the argument that the pro
reduction will not cause any
falling off in the annual revenues and
{will act ag & nceded stimulant to
| business generally
re
CORs od
providir Ba
nil wiz
ail a
made
is
posed
JAILED FOR PEACE PLAN.
Wealthy Paterson Man Wanted
$1,000,000 Temple.
New York-John Dell Berei,
wealthy resident of Paterson, N.
i planned a $1,000,000 eathedral in Pat
ierson in which were to be offered
prayers for peace. He subscribed
$1,000. His friends intervened and
now he ig in fall, awaiting observation
{as to his mental condition.
KILLED BY MULE'S KICK,
Half.Frozen Man Carried Into Stable
By Friends,
Lancaster, Pa-Hisa mind unbal
| anced, Adam Blase, 40 years old, slip |
ped from his home partially dressed |
and was found by friends nearly
| frozen, He was carried into a stable
and, in the absence of his caretakers,
wandered into a mule’s stall and was
kicked to death.
WAIT ON WINTER
|
|
tions On All Fronts.
ALLIES IN WEST CONFIDENT
Enough, They Claim,
Break Through German Lines
When Opportunity
Is Ripe.
8]
express the
in
London
West
er weather
spate?
wint likely
Nos se
Yere ole
pr iL
week
acie 10
on the
few
‘The mo
ipal fronts du
declares tha h
for postp
, and adds:
an
novenen
nd exirems
ties always involve
acks, whi
AgEres
country in a porou
on, it mpoasible
ential quick move
without which
ive is foradoomed to fall
Allied probably would
little trouble occupying the
greater part of the Germar
trenches forthwith because the
eae lightly But then
igen registered (0 a nicely fron
of artillery hine g
: vould be hear
ity is ripe
osponde
art
the Russel:
that
counter-att
ng ap the
of the
conditi
in rol
face
5
tillery, any
troops
have in
front
eneiny
the
1 my
ings
with
and
until the opportu
A Russian cor
the mos! severe »
now hegun in
doubtful! {f
will ocenr until the of
the Au
the
te the weather
Mountair
nltinues
of the biz op
in
it May eve
y he one
war
xl accounts
Ce rtainly the Central Pow
haste Allies’
EY iyv-five
Saloniki i® no
attack the
and
at Sentari and
and the Montenegry
tofore has been
from taking large
is now throwing itself
into the contest against
fo
Serbs
i Eloa
thou
med
Albania,
reforn
here debarred
geographically
part in the war,
enere iy
the Austrians
Reports that the Augiriank are at
tacking Seutari are authoritatively de
nie Arereding to the latest advices
the Austrians were at Bielopolje,
they were recently lsed by
Montenegrinas, and
Scutari without crossing the Albanian
Alps and the flooded River Drin
tien
repu
cannot
WILSON 59 YEARS OLD.
:
:
{
i
and Dinner With Wife.
Hot Springs, Va.—-On his fifiy-ninth
birthday President Wilson worked
soveral hours, read hundreds of tele.
grams of congratulations from people
all over the country, took a long auto
mobile drive over snow-covered moun:
tain roads and in the evening had a
quiet birthday dianer with his wife In
their suite.
GENERAL VILLA
NOW A FUGITIVE
Hiding With Two Followers in
the Guerrera District.
They Are Crowding Into
Where They Are Paid Off
and Enlisted In Gow
ernment Forces.
Texas Gen
Medinaveitia
the
not
El | 3° 0,
Villa, Manuel
E. Rodriguez,
Villa faction
the de
fugitives
Western according
latest advices to General Obrep
Carranza military ehief.
Parts of their
into
South
and
leaders of the
accorded amnesty by
Mexican government,
in the Guerrero district
Chihuahua,
three
facto
of
on,
recent armies crowd
from the
supply trains
ed Juarez on
West
provision io
Villa
non
trains
and and
carrying
of former
both direct
isolat
troops, were
sent
Payment of former
{ Juarez
{ the
army has begun.
Reports from Casas G
eral Obregon were that
eral Rodriguez's
oute to Juarez,
pe Ace
continues and
randes to Cen
1.5060
there
of Gen
men wore
L be paid off under
i and that Genera
i Rodrigues had fle »d with a few men to
Join General Villa in the
trict. Another report
| Medinavaitias’
{rendering in regiments
Trevino, in the Madera dis .
leader, with a handful of men, havin
i
]
to
the pact
Guerrero dis
was that Cen
men were
fled alan
Large
wailtis
| Ju
hipments
2
rez
Washingt
El Paso
n the
shown that
probable that
tee will pres
neutrality viol
fore the grand
next month
McADOO TO STAY IN CABINET.
Will Not Be Senatorial
New York Campaign.
ington ut
hat
nl
ai
horitative
4 G
wil
he Treas
Democratic
New
iam
1 ury
the
Senate
10 become
for the fromm
fall,k A
the effect
not
Sen
re¢lec
becomes
the Ad
min: upport
the
the Th
1
he props Mn under |
rhed
Washington
venartment
§
WOMAN GETS
Dr. Katherine B. Davis On
Parole Board.
Dr rine B
of and
to hold an important
in this city,
appointment
New
Commas]
York Kathe
aner
nan
Correction, the
ad-
re.
by
ww municipal
salary will be
she received as
Lr we
ministrative position
signed accept an
Mavor Mitchel to the
parole board. Her
$7500, the game as
Commissioner Davis was ap-
pointed Commissioner of Correction
by Mayor Mitchel when he took office
January 1, 1914
in
Mian
BARNES TO PAY T. R. $1,442.82
Fails To Have Verdict Set Aside Or
3
Get a New Trial,
Syracuse, N. Y.—Former President
Theodore Roosevelt was allowed
$1442.52 against William Barnes, Re
publican leader, as costes and disburse
ments in the recent trial here, when
the Jury dismissed the $50,000 libel
suit brought by Barnes.
It was agreed by atlorneys that
Roosevelt could bave exacted $2,
more because of the extraordinary
length of the trial, but he asked only
the actual court costs incurred.
FRANCE TRIES. NEW DIRIGIBLE.
bers of the Cabinet. Many of the
{others coupled with felicitations, ex
for keeping the country al peace and
hope for his re-election,
was a cake designed by Mrs. Wilson
herself.
New Model Watched Circling Eiffel
Tower.
Paris. —A new model of French
dirigible made ils appearance over
Paris and attracted much attention.
The balloon, which is of very large
size, moved across the cily and circled
{ the Eiffel Tower.
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