THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
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Feb. 14, 1978.
Germans prepared for offensive
in Alsace.
Russians checked Germans
Lyck region.
Flerce fighting in Bukowina.
Albanians invaded Serbia.
French aeroplanes routed Zeppe-
lines near Mueihausen.
in
Feb. 15, 1918,
Russian lines held ia the north.
Austria announced Bukowina en-
tirely evacuated by Russians.
Germans retook Czermowitz.
British submarines appeared in
the Baltic.
Austrian fleet bombarded Anti
vari.
Germany told U. 8. it would be
willing to recede from ockade
decree if England would let food-
stuffs for civilians enter Germany.
Maly and Holland protested
against German war zone decree.
Austrian aviators fired on Nonte-
negrin royal family at Rieka.
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Feb. 16, 1915,
French forces gained
pagne.
Germans occupied Plock
Bieisk and Russions fell back
North Poland.
Austrians won in Dukia pass.
British merchant coler Dalwich
torpedoed.
British aviators made raid in Bel.
gium, and French aviators attacked
Ghistelles.
in Cham-
and
in
Feb. 17, 1915.
French steamer Ville de
sunk by German submarine.
Two Zeppelins wrecked off Dan-
ish coast.
Allied airmen attacked network
of Belgian canals.
Cholera and typhus raging in Po-
land.
Lille
Feb. 18, 1915.
Allies in West on offensive, Ger
mans retiring from Norroy.
Belgrade bombarded by Austri
ans,
German submarine blockade of
Great Britain begun.
Germany made unsatisfactory re.
ply to American note.
Norwegian steamer
blown up by mine.
Nerdcap
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Feb. 18, 1915,
Germans abandoned march to
Nieman but advanced om Plonsk
and occupied Tauroggen.
Allied fleet began attack on forts
ut Dardanelles entranoe.
French steamer Denorah and
Norwegian tanker sunk by German
submarines.
Passenger travel between Eng:
land and continent suspended by
Great Britain.
England defended use of neutral
flags.
French
end.
Steamer Batiscan salled with re
lief supplies from 30 states of U. 8.
aviator bombarded Ost
Feb. 20, 1916.
Germans were repulsed at Osso
wetz,
Russians bombarded Przemysi.
German warship Holger interned
at Buenos Aires.
British steamer Cambank sunk
by submarine in irish sea.
Austrian aviator bombarded Cet
inje.
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Out of Old Albania.
Save in Epirus, where Greek culture
holds the towns, and even the Moslem
AMbanians of the hills write (when
they can write at all) in Greek letters,
mo foreign influence has yet nvaded
the intimate life of this exclusive race.
Individual Albanians have, indeed,
given their talents to bring umity or
order to the life of other peoples. Half
the captains by land and sea of the
Greek wars of Independence were Al
banians from Epirus or the isles
Orispi came from the Albanian ool
shy In Sicily; the kbedivial family
fmposed itself on Egypt; the last
grand vizier of the old regime In Tur
key was a Bouth Albanian magnate.
Put mo native church, no native liters
tare, no local fleld for statesmanship
has yet exercised the talents of a
race which is certainly not the least
of the Balkan peoples. Until
recently an Albanian eduestod was an
Manian lost.
The Real Need.
“Do you believe that we should have
& more elastie currency? asked the
man who is always talking national
finance. “Not much!” snorted the man
with the shiny elothes. "it's elastic
emough now. What they eught te do
i muke ® more adhesive ™
And Then Some.
i hae been sald that all she mean
nots ot his life are yanialy brought be
MAL SERVICE
BY AEROPLANES
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Routes to Be Established in
Alaska and Massachusetts.
BURLESONEXPECTSSUCCESS
Plan Is To Create More Interest In
Aviation In Connection With Pre.
paredness—8Six Weeks For
Trip Now.
Aerial mail service to
isolated Alaska and Massa
chusetts is contemplated by the Post
office Department.
Bids were for
routes, seven of them in
tober 1 is named
starting
The routes will be est
department announced,
stimulate development of aviation, be
cause of its relation to military pre
paredness, as improve the mall gery-
ice, department believes that ef.
forts egun finance an
aerial patrol of the Atlantic Coast indi-
capital will be found for
rvice undertakings
Washington.
points in
asked service on eight
Alaska. Oe-
as the date for their
ablished,
much
the
to
as
io
The
already b to
cate ready
the mail =e
If the service is successful a gr
will follow
transportation
adequate,
I'he
ulual
expansion to other routes
where is glow and in
achusetis from
Lo
partiy
Trips
week
and
Mass
Bedford
and return,
by
time
route |
Nantucket, 66 miles
and partly
made 13
£11
wii
by land
water. would
during
{ 3 ¥
Limes in
a the
' nth iy t1 toy
months RiX Lie Led
would hay
ght limit of 3,
e {0 be able to
a Wel (0
present
Carry
1 0¢ Cost of the service is 3
000 a vear
The Al
IDE
iskan routes form
a connect
from Seward to Nome
winks and back
them call for
link
ir to Valdez
ad Bervice wide
the year
of the
$100,000
out
On somes routes Lhe cost
a year and
weeks
asroplane cont
for most
route, Va
ays of the trips.
The longest ide to Falr
ks, is 258 miles. The extreme time |
of six
requ reg
to be
tha
weeks of
on rome
because mail soni
routed via Seattle
SIX MORE BODIES FOUND
Now Reaches 25.
. ¥'% Hix bodies were a
dy recovered from the
npany at Ernest. This |
own de } 14
ad to 2
im the Pittsburgh tat
Mine conduc
ed the b
would be
buried un
blown down by
ion
ting |
elief 1}
Bureau of
earch, expr
press
at |
nore The |
of |
the ex i
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part i
bodies found
were Ger masses
arth and
plosion near the f
coal
ace of the entries
was said that
of the
exploration of that
by the
mine affected explosion |
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had been completed i
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DANIELS RETURNS DIME
Declines To Accept Aid From Patriotic
Young Girl.
New York.--Marjorie the
Brooklyn girl who started a contribu
to build battleship for the
in postage stamps a news
paper and ealling upon other children
to eontribute a dime each, has received
a letter from Josephus Daniels, Secre
tary of the Navy, returning her 10.cent
contribution forwarded by the news
paper.
Mr. Daniels wrote that the revenue
required for naval construction "will
be obtained by taxation in the usual
manner,” and that he believed indivi
dual contributions UHIGCOSATYx
CLEVELAND BAPTISTS LEAD.
Sterrett,
tion a
cents to
First To Complete Their Portion Of
Ministers’ Pension Fund.
Cleveland. Cleveland Baptists an
nounced they have completed thelr
campaign for $500,000 for permanent
relief for aged pastors, begun May,
1916. It is the first block of $2,000,000
to be raised in the United States. Am:
brose 8. Wazey gave $200,000.
KAISER'S SON TO MARRY.
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Emperor William Sets March 11 As
Date For Ceremony.
lLondon-—A dispatch to the Ex.
change Telegraph Company from Am.
sterdam says that Emperor William
has announced his decision that the
marriage of Prince Joachim ie to take
place at Potsdam on March 11.
WASHINGTON.
Speaker Clark lssued a siatement
characterizing as nonsense talk of
ousting Representative Kitchin from
the House majority leadership because
of his opposition to the preparedness
program and other administration
plans,
Information about submarine war
fare and the limitations of sub
mersibles will be given the House
Naval Commitioe this week by Rear
Admiral A. W. Grant.
SEC. GARRISON
QUITS GABINET
Gives Up When Continenta
Army Plan Fails.
BRECKINRIDGE
ALSO OUT
War Department Officials
Action Of Senate In Accepting Clark
Resent
Amendment Extending Further
Self-Government To Natives.
WwW:
signed
would
Garrison re-
wil
it
whington.—Socretars
on
the
because
not “irrevocably” supp«
continental army plan, and
Administrat
definite
opposes the
of petting a
spandance
Wii
resignation and has n
The
take
pine inds«
President BON
0% ¢
Pres
CORBOF. dent
ably will perior
Administration’
plans in Congress
Ass
5
KIBO Tresigy
istant
his chief, whos
President
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Major-Gen
Army,
of
of the
redn
G
Je rv Was
arrvison Ingistent On Plan.
on the
he enforced
parted official comg
Third To Leave Cat
Garrison's Resignation Curt
The let
of Mr Garreon
War Dep
Fet
1 3
Washing
My
Mr
Just
receipt
rua 1inth,
February ot}
we hopelessly dis
I conceive ¢
principle This
the impropriety
maining
tative with respect to these
ters
1 hereby tex
ag Secretary of War,
ton
Doar
in
ry in of
that
red what
be fundamenial
manifest
longer re
represen
mad
O
makes
of my
YOur seeming
der my resignation
to take effect
at conven Sincerely
your iance
yours,
IANDLEY M
The
WILSON EXPRESSES REGRET.
GARRISON
President
In acceptance of the resignation, the
President sent the following letter to
Mr. Garrison
The White House,
Washington, Feb. 10, 1516
My Dear Mr. Secretary: 1
must confess to feeling a very
great surprise at your letter of to
day offering your resignation as
Secretary of War. There has been
no definite action taken yet in
either of the matters to which
your letter of yesterday referred.
The whole matter i& under debate
and all the influences that work
for clarity and judgment ought to
be available at this very time.
But since you have fell obliged
to take this action, and since it is
evident that your feeling in the
matter is very great, indeed, 1 feel
that I would be only Imposing s
burden upon you should 1 urge you
to retain the Becretaryship of War
while I am endeavoring to find a
successor. | ought to relieve you
at once and do hereby accept your
resignation becange it is so ovi
dently your desire that 1 should do
80.
I cannot take this important
step, however, without expressing
to you my very warm appreciation
of the distinguished service you
have rendered as Secretary of
War, and I am sure that in ew
pressing this appreciation 1 am
only putting Into words the judg
ment of our fellow-citisons far and
wide.
With sincere regret at the action
you have felt constrained to take,
sincerely youre,
WOODROW WILEON,
The Hon. Lindley M. Garrison,
Secretary of War,
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= STATE NEWS
appenings Gleaned
From Ail Over the State.
ure
¢
1876
t being
wratis
extensive
company
rescud th
The officials
carefully
then of
£m or even
bod jes
bones
1
yes
Fig made public Lhe
State
that
number
districts,
increase
There
number of mules
Eh by
Departmaent of Agriculture show
increase in the
the rural}
AROW An
despite the rapid
automobiles in
forty-four
fa farm bors
alpo ie a sieady increase
of
counties
fast year, |
the
#8 over
mn
being closed far three years,
the rolling mill of the Kittanning Iron
and Steel Company, will be reopened
February 21. Three hundred and fifty
men will be ziven employment, orders
eufficient to keep the plant in opera
tion for a long period having been
booked
After
In order to spur lazy pupils ar those i
tacking In ambition, the Potisville
School Board decided to publish the |
standings of the pupils as an adver
tisament in the daily papers. It also
was decided to enforce discipline at
all hazards and the old-time birch rod
may be resorted to,
Due to a car becoming derailed at a
frog near Lakeside, two Reading Rall
way freight trains collided, wrecking
eight cars and blocking traffic four
houre Fireman Frank Neifert, of
Temequa, sustained a fractured leg
and probably a fracture of the skull
by jumping.
Presence ip Middletown of Maxk
milian Groten, of Petrograd, a mem.
ber of the Russian Royal Trade Com
mission, gave rise to the report thal
the Middletown Car Works was about
to land a big Russian war order, The
company is making steel cars for
Franoe.
The women of Marietta and vicinity
held a meeting in the rooms of the
Town Improvement Club and orgams.
ised for preparedness. Bandages, arm
slings and all kinds of war utensils for
the injured will be made
The Shipman Coal Company was
censured by a coroner's jury for negli
genoe in not having the gates closed
at the Colbert shaft when Joseph
Pachutka started to work. He fell
100 foot down the shaft and was killed
immediaialy
of dealers violating
¥ oi
hyglent
prosecution
new law providing
displ
handling
n of meats
warkets fron
ayed
in ar reas at the Altoona Cha:
mmerce luncheon,
Commissioner Cunning
made a plea for support of a proposed
$50.000.000 bond issue for highway
provement which likely will be sub
mied people again in 1%17
State
ham
ime
to the
at Hed Hill was rob
and $200 i
bought
Welker
The postoffice
post
age stamps. A safe by
the new Postmaster, George
wis wronched by dynami
new
ta
The Fish and Game Protestive As-
ciation placed in Montgomery coun.
eltreams between 4.000 and 5,000
about four inches long,
ey
Ly
brook trout,
4 {
Harry P. Hiltner, town clerk, has
beenn chosen by Town Council to act
until a permanent successor to Edwin
Metcalf, decoased, is elected,
Commissioner Cunningham revoked
three antomobile licenses when pay-
ments meade by checks were returned
to the department because of In
sufficient funds In the banks.
livingstone Saylor, of Pottstown,
was appointed factory inspector by
Oommissioner of Labor John Price
Jackson to specialize in boller inspec
tion.
While Frank Roses, fire boss at the
Susquehanna Coal Company's Scott
shaft, was ascending & breast at the
colliery, a cloud of gas rolled over him,
causing instant death. His body was
recovered by a rescuing force.
Highway Bureau To Build Wawa Road
The State Highway Department will
construct Route No. 131 from Wawa
to the Maryland State line, by way of
Nottingham, it was announced by
State Highway Commissioner Cun.
ningham.
———-—
Auto License Receipts.
Recveipta of the antomobile division
of the State Highway Department up
to snd Including February 8 for 1816,
are $1.201.763. The total receipls for
a
the yomr 1914 were §1,154,646.50.
- ASKS ARMORY FOR
STATE COLLEGE
Alse Urges Outd
Reply To Go
ory inadequate.
pars
nge In
rr a
HNP
student
Acecore * to Pre
met ime
ident Spark
college been eriticisad
ior insu
ry instructions
has
t tir iovatsad >
cient time devoied to m
ta He said the college
4
4 » ay 2
of Pennsylvania does not give as muocl
time as the inst
with his
Beevers
tutions of other States
ber ranks, for the reason that
winter conditions would
ouldoor drill all He
0 the fact that nd
possible at the foremost! Stats
not
permit
pointed
Year
yYear-ron
because they have ample
“The
aid Ir
Pennsyivania College”
Sparks, “has a socalled arm
now used as a gymnasium. This
constructed when there were only
State
in drill.” There are 1.200 stn
These are divided inte
twelve companies of one hundred men
each.
Explaining further why
vania forced to rank
other States in military efficiency.
President Sparks told Governor Brum
baugh that the University of Ilinois
armory is 200 by 400 feet and cost
about a quarter of a million dollars
He said that at Cornell University
there was an armory which cost about
the same amount. Both of them wil
accommodate easily 2.006 men in dri
at the came time
"1 am aware that all the avaflable
State funde are demanded for the oon
struction of armories for the Nationa!
Guard. That is a necessary and useful
expenditure. But sometimes in pass
ing those splendid buildings 1 eannot
help thinking of the number of sol
diers trained in them and the number
of hours a week they are used as com
pared with an armory at the collage
of the State in which 1.200 to 1.500
troops would be trained, and which
would be in use three to four hours
a day and five days a week,” added
President Sparks,
Penny!
lower than
iw
Boric Acid In Canning Compounds
Announcement was made by the De
partment of Agriculture that fake can
ning compounds have made their ap
pearance in some of the western coun
ties and analysis by the chemists of
the Dairy and Food Division show (hat
the compounds in most instances con
sist entirely of boric acid. Prosceu
tion will be started within a shor
time, it was declared, by Dmiry and
Food Commissioner Foust,