THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Jan, 17, 1918, Allles took German trenches in Belgium and closed in on Lille. Russians took Kirlibaba pass in Bukowina and pushed along sight bank of Vistula. Germans were pushed back on Plotsk, Turkish co ps was cut to pieces in the Caucasus. Antiwar demonstration a Vi enna; Czech editor executed for treason. Jan 18, “96. Fierce fighting took piace at La Boisselle, Germans occupied Kisice and Russians fell back to Radom. Plotsk evacuated by the Germans. Paris darkened at night by po fice order. Jan, 19, 1915 French advanced in attempt to cut off St. Mihiel. German airships dropped bombs on Ya‘ mouth, King's Lynn, and other English towns, killing four persons. French in forest of Le Pretre within ten miles of Metz. Austrian army flanked by Rus sians in Bukowina. Jan, 20, 1815, British troops captured Freyling huysen, Russians drove back Austrians in Hungary and marched on Jacobenl Dutch naval patrol! boat sunk by mine, five men drowned, Governor of Cracow ordered partial evacuation of the city, Jan. 21, 1915, Germans repulsed in the Ar dernes woods by French and Bef gians, F=ench retook trenches at Noire Dame de lLorette. Germans retook the forest of Le Pretre Russians renewed their offensive against Mlawa. Austrians routed Russians from ntrenchments along the Donajec. German cruiser Karisruhe report ed off Porto Rico. Allied airmen dropped bombs on Essan, Jan, 22, 1915, in Hartmanns Fierce fighting weilerkopf region, New Russian army neared Prus an border. Russian invasion of Hungary was nalted, German zubmarine sank Britinh Steamer Durward, Maj Gen. Sain Hughes began en fisting third Canadian contingent Russia ordered expulsion of Aus and German subjects. Jan. 23, 1915. German troops were massed Hungary. Ru sans made further advanca n the north. German airmen dropped bombs on Dunkirk. Mme. Grouitch came to America seeking seeds for Serbians, Germans renewed their activity near Ypres and bombarded left wing of allies. Severe battle in the Argonee re gion German supply ship was sunk by Australian cruiser, italian viceconsul at Liege dis missed by Germans for aiding Bel gians trian in TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES in Sweden a mile is 11.690 yards. Scotland has the longest bridge In the world-—the Lay, two miles and 70 yards in length. it is said that 2a humming bird when stripped of its feathers is no larger than a bumble bee A duster made of cheesecloth, soaked in turpentine and them dried, will accumulate dust instead of scat tering it The Cape Cod canal is now re stricted to boats of less than 18 feet draft but it will soon be deepened to a 36-foot waterway A Russian inventor claims to have perfected a motor that can safel: util ize electricity drawn wom storm clouds A partitioned gravy dish bas bern invented that permits fat gravy to be poured from one side and lean from the other The governments of both Denmark and Sweden are investigating a recent discovery of coal on the island of Bornholm, a Danish possession close to the Swedish coast. So that bicyclists will not have to wear trouser guards a North Carolina has invented a large disk to be at tached to the outside of the forward sprocket of a wheel, The needless infantile death rate owing to neglect and Ignorance costs this country $3,000.000 a day One of the famous ecoiillons of Flanders. a magnificent chime of hell, bas been transierred to the English village of Cattistock, where great in terest is taken in the frequent con ce ts for which use is made of them. The fossil 0. an elephant that is be ing excavate” from a gravel bed near Chatham England is declared to have supported the carcass of an "elephan antiquus 2 the early pleistocens period.” a puny ttle rum of a beast but a trifle larger than a mammorh, U. 3. SUBMARINE Explosion Occurs on the E-2 in Dry Dock. A—————————— NEW YORK NAVY YARD AT Ten Others Hurt; Five Dangerously. Marylanders Among Those injured-—investigation is Started. New York Four men and ten others injured, five of them dangerously, in an explosion which oc- curred on the submarine E-2 while the craft was undergoing repairs in dry- dock at the New York Navy Yard. One of the men killed was an enlisted elec trician and the other three civilian workers, At least three of the ten now in hos- pitals are not expected to lve. Although the detonation was ter the elf from shows none of the effects of the sion, the acond fatal kind in the history of the Units Navy. The apparatus was badly tered, but so tigl wa 1¢ Vesa 11 tt were killed wifi fie, submarine its the outside explo of its d State; acelds ere was n RNS 0 WCa pe which i it Gas Drives Back Rescuers The injured men and one t ved on wild not be re nber of m Had New Batteries. The E-2 was the only vessel h the Edi on nicks i she made he first trig 4 i ad equip y ¥ ant ther on orted that the 3 lew arin we abou ubn had beer ber 30 ware gasoline torpedo no ny of the BRITISH LOSSES HEAVY, Total Cf Officers Killed, Wounded and Missing 1s 22.081. Londor the Officers nonth of Decer British army in that ofucers killed, 638 miscine. a total of 52 Deducting from the wounded and m totals a number since includ ed in killed, the total losses from the beginning of the war to the end of De cember, 19215, are 6.847 killed, 13.489 wounded and 1,745 missing, a total of 22,081. During pra’ received wounds cluded in the casualty month. Losses have been heaviest in the In. dian contingent during the month, 35 having been killed, 76 wounded and 3 missing: the royal field artillery had 12 killed, 43 wounded: engineers, 12 killed and 37 wounded: Yorkshires, 8 killed, 25 wounded; Lancashires, 11 pitta 24 wounded: Australians, 13 killed, 24 wounded; Canadian, 10 killed wounded. Losses in many other regiments ran into double figures, casualty lists for how that the month lost 27% at wounded and 1boer 15 December four brigade gen and are in lists for the 29 FORD PARTY SAILS. Peace Delegates Leave 30 Members At The Mague. The Hague, via London. -- The American members of the Ford peace mission, except those associaed with the permanent peace board, sailed from Rotterdam aboard the steamer Rotterdam for New York. A great crowd assembled on the wharves and cheered as the steamer departed. INTERVENTION IN The Massacre of Arouses Congress. SITUATION VERY SERIOUS | i ture and Punishment Of Bandits Who Slew Americans-—De. tails Of Outrage. Washington. Congress was swept by a wave of impassioned indignation over the killing of American citizens by Mexican bandits near Chihuahua, Demands for action minorily members, and ministration lea coun even Senat Senate calle Ad pats while the seied ence, or Stone, chal Relations admitted that if ( iled to pre the Foreig: tee, fair trial fa " " Mexico ArTanz {ect foreigners intervention Secretary I proval of Pre to Consul Sill: woentlation to 1 uncing i near Ut iy dit and « ult nerpet of ths pers ators « Wilson Unsh wa "TAKE HIM" SAID WIFE TO U. 8 Turned Down But Marine Sergeant “Good MM ting Man" ¥ \ in the diers. PAIVIOE BUYS 11.000 ACRES ZINC LAND Philadeiphian Will Erect Model Town On Tennessee Property. Kn i T ell, 11,000 acres cock cou £2.000. 000 ill be way at and imately long Ral ville Mountain ended to Ferry, Va. A plant of 10,000 tons daily capacity and the building of a modern town, at a total outlay of $10,000,000, is contemplated Lone later ex NEAR.BEER SALOONS CLOSE. Anticipate Atlanta “Dry” fective May 1. Atlanta Approximately half the 164 near-beer saloons in Atlanta e had their doors closed Tue: close within the next few dava, accord ing to announcement made at the office of the City Clerk Now laws becoming effective abolish near-beer saloons clubs, Law Ef. thar ner prohibition May 1 may and locker EXJACKIE KILLS THREE WOMEN, Commits Suicide. San Francisco.--~Floyd Pevser, a gailor, murdered Mra. Marjorie Hill, with whom he was infatuated, After shooting her dead he also killed her mother, Mrs, G. W. Evans, and her sieter, Mre. Irene White, and then shot and killed himself. STEEL ORDERS PILE ue. 7.006.220 Tons on Books Of U. 8. Con poration On December 31 Last. New York.--The United States Stee) Corporation reporied unfilled orders on its books on December 31 of 7.808 290 tonsa, aa compared with 7.189.487 on November 20 and 3,836,643 on Decem: ber 31, 1914. Prince Albert such friendly is tobacco He counts it lost the national joy Watch your step! IVs easy to change the shape and color of unsalable brands to imitate the Prince Albert tidy red tin, but it is imposible to imitate the flavor of Prince Albert tobacco! The patented process protects that! smoke that if men all over the the world, ires? We tell you this t and inviting all the , Buy Prince Albert evevywhere tobacco is sold ~ in toppy ved bags, Bc; tidy red tins, 10e; handsome pound and hall -pouend tin humiders—and~in that clossy crystal - gloss pourd bumidor with sponge-moistener top thot keeps the tobacco in such greet triem ! R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY Winston-Salem, N.C. KEYSTONE STATE N SHORT ORDER i ed From Here and There. r. and Rosas mour Co., Altoona cled in Blair coun d storafe eggs consumed The y The bitte case rly fought. ant to the Dairy for the reason State's od enart ent, : it recognizes the ztand ard of an to determine the age of an egg. BSecrviary of Agriculture Pat Reading Coal & ointed Edwin C. rintendent in the He now ig inside iny's Henry Clay the Shamo- He will be succeed Clay workings by ‘hamokin foreman of Shaft and is ember of School Board at the od Michael Reiland Henry Wilton sent these nomi manters to the Senate: Fadden, McKeesport; P. Bellefonte; William K. Fddystone: William H. Cooper, Oakmont; Perey E. Faust, Weatherly; William F. Elgin, Glenolden; Howard Kemrer, Paradise, Births In Johnstown decreased hy 200 in 1915 over 1914, due to the de parture of foreign residents for sery. joe in the European war, according to State Registrar of Statistics D. T. Ed wards. Pre ide; it { poat Frank W. Mc H. Gherrity, Jacob IL Hartranft and Bugene Fein. over, Allentown, members of a Phila: de'phin & Reading Engine crew, were hurt seriously by an explosion on & locomotive in Rutherford Yards, ene Finch and Con Hanley, both ere kille Bug Lattimer, w the Lattimer mines of damp in of Tort Incorporated, tha fire coke oot food t nent one ing of the was O11 wenty. TI bul sliR That eso Jot the Wemenst Alderman in olected h Chester, Phil and Delaware formerly the Fourdounty tire RBrumbaueh and Secretary Pation were invited to farmers’ arch 1. ans, head extended Uw first ter of a will hours Mayor Me meed that he al be found at his office in City between 9 and 12 in the time in a fF For the century, GUAT ‘homter's Chie secntive * office re have Dowell wavs oonld Hall o'clock morning. State Sinking Fund has $150.000 of bonds of va ions boroughs the new State Fire In surance Fund. They all have been in vestigated and are declared to be gill- edged The chased par. for James Sweeney, Chief of the State ! fBurcau of Standards, has received word that Clearfield, Bedford and Mon- roe counties and DuBois and Corry cities have appointed Sealers of Weights and Measures, Dauphin County Commissioners wera given a shock when State factory inspectors condemned the elevator In ase in the Harrisburg Court House. It is about a quarter of a century old. yovernor Brumbaugh (George Q. ville, and Horace Orwig, Miffiinburg, as a trustee of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Danville, od from eggs brought to America on the last westward voyage of the Lusi tania, were the feature of the fourth annual poultry show at Jehnstown. Helen Roche, sixteen years old, daughter of Mrs. A. Roche, of Ches. ter, has been missing from her home two days. The girl took all the money in the house, according to the police, and packed her clothing. Decause of the large amount of or ders on hand, all of the larger shops in Waynesboro have night forces of men. The town’s (actories are busier than for many years, . INDUSTRIAL BOARD FAVORS INSPECTORS Casualty Men With Certificates May On Boilers Pass and 0 ou inves cond whe Prices Of Foodstuffs nto food the people of markabl were bring nna count 46 elphia Allegheny, Hing for the average of its a dozen in Green and 32 cents in Indiana county Delaware and Montgomery | go i an average of 40 cents a pound for | butter and in Fulton 26 cents was the { average price, with Franklin, Bedford | and Greene getting 27. Lambs sold { for $7 in Montgomery and for $6.50 in | Dauphin, but brought only $3.85 in + Washington, Lancaster, the garden county the State, had to pay an average of 32 cents a pound for holk day turkeys, dressed. Dauphin, North { ampton and Schuylkill paid 31 and | Berks, Montgomery and Westmore { land, 30 cents, Adams getting only 22 cents. Schuylkill paid the most for | live turkeys. Potatoes, which sell around $4 cents in Lancaster and Somerset, and 67 in Berks, were #4 in Allegheny and Beaver, and $1.10 in Cameron. Hay ranged from $20 a ton in Luserne to $12 in Tioga and $13.50 in Butler and low Philade armenrs of Plans For West Chester Armory. The State Armory Board suthorized plans for the new armory at West Chester and directed improvements to be made to ithe York and Lebanon !armories. The committee in charge 'of work at the Artillery Armory in Pittsburgh was directed to secure son firmation of the deed and plans wii be made later, —————" Action Against Loan Society. The Attorney General's Department Bas brought an action in equity to re gtrain the State Capilal Savings and Loan Association, of Harrisburg, from issuing full paid stock.
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