VOL. XC. NO. 49 REVIEW OF "GERMAN WAR PRAOTIVES.” Book Issn 'd by U, 8, Government Heveals Bloody Horrors, Yay bs Had for the Asking, 8 me of the blackest pages in all bistory, comprising a documentary record of * deeds that make one dee- pair of the future of the human race,” are found in a book named * German War Practices,’ which has just been issued at the Government Priotiog Office by the Committee on Publie Iu- formation for free distribution. It is edited by Prof. D. C. Monro, of Prince- tor, and other scholare, The cumbfounding evidence which this book presents to the jary of man- kind is drawn mainly from German and American sources, and includes official proclamations and utterances of the responeible heads of the Im- perial German Government, letters snd diaries of German sridiere, quota tiovs from German newspapers, snd msterial drawn from the archives of the State Department which lay bare the elory of ipconceivable German strocities, Ibe purpose of the book is to show that the system of frightfulnese, itself the greatest atrocity, is the definite policy of the Germsn Government, so tinister that German soldiers have themselves at times revolted. Iodi- vidusl acts of wanton cruelty snd bar baric destruction are cited ouly to ill ustrate the opeiation of the remorse- less system. The book supplements the Bryce re- port which was the firs! official survey of the path of horror, ruip, and death lefi by the German sry on the lande of inpecent and defenseless people. The book is eupple vental algo to the ficial reports by the Belgian Com- mission and the French Minister of Foreign Aflsire, and it reveals more of the damping German war philosophy es expresecd in the German White Book aud various cflicial utterances, exievuatirg r volting crimes on the grounds of expediency and the ad- vaccsraept of that * Kultur” which pow mocks its own npsme throughout the civil'z:d world. The bumanity oi German soldiers wes #0 torn by the gystem of brutality that they cried out io letters to Ambassador Gerard, one expriseing his protest sgsinet «the slaughter of the Kuselsue lo the Masu- rian lakes snd swawps by saying, ¢ Tuere is no God, there is no moral ity, and no etbics apy wore ; there are no bums belogs apy more, but only beasts, "’ fhe ilumicatiog reporte of Brand Whitlock, Minister to Belgium, tell of raiseries i. flicted upon the Belgian people, Mr, Whitlock saying: “Oage le 80 overwhelmed with the horror of the thipg itself, that it bes beer, and even now I+, diflicult to write camly snd Jastly about it, Herbert Hoover, writing for book of his exeriences in Belgium, gaye: *“Ihe sight of the destroyed bowes aud cities, aud widowed and fatberiesr, the destitute, the physical misery of the people but partially nourished at bes’, the deportation of men by tens of thousands (o slavery in German mives and factories, the exccition of men snd women fot pal- try «flusions of their loyalty to their country, the slacking of every resource through fioancisl robbery, the fatien- ing of armies on the slender produce of the country, the denudation of the country of catile, horees, and textiles 3 all these things we had to witness, dumb to help other than by protest and eympathy, dariog this long and terrible Lim», and still these are pot the «veuts of battle heat, but the eflocta of a griodiog h el of & race de mandiog the mastership of the world, All these LGings are kuowa to the world—bul what can never be known is the dumb agony of the people, the expressionless faces of millions whose souls bave passed the whole gamut of emotions. And why? Because these, 8 free and democratic people, dared plubge their bodies before the march of sutceracy, The book gives excerpte from the diaries of G. rman soldiers of which these are sp-cimens : * Ia the night of August 18-19 tue village of Hainte Maurice was punished for having fired ou German eoidiers by being burnt to the grouud by the German troope, The villsge was surrounded, men post. ed abcut 8 yard from esch other, so that uo one could get out. Then the Ublsue set fice 10 it house by house ; neither mar, womsp, or child could escape ; ouly the greater part of the live stook we carried off, as that could be used, Avy one who ventured to come out was shot down, All the in bavitante left in the villlage were burot with the houses, " “A horrible bath of blood. The whole village wburnt, the French thrown into the biszing houses, civil 1ans with the rest, ”’ ‘Thai the reign of frightfalness was the definite poiley of the German Gove ervment lo testified to by an smszing -— Aboutluued on Dext ooluis) this TAKE BET:ER UARE OF STOUK, Animal Diseases Rob Army of § Months’ Eatlous. ** One of the greatest problems before the American farmer today is not only to supply the animal products deeded by the United States but also to sup- ply the ever increasing demand for these products by our allies,’ asserted Dr. I. D, Wilson, veterinarian at the Pennsylvania State College. Conser- vative estimates taken in England and France alone show a decrease of 8,000, 000 head of cattle, 7,000,000 hoge and 17,600,000 sheep in these countries since the beginniog of the war, The American farmer must not only com- peneate for this great loss but must al- 80 ward off poseible animal bankruptey after the war is over, It is estimated that the annual loss in the United States due to animal dis eases is $212,000,000, Thia amount of money is approximately sufficient to furnish the meat ration for 2,000,000 soldiers for 8 monthe. Most of this loss results from infectious diseases which can be controlled in a large measure Dy proper management, Daring the past fifteen years the population of the United States has been locreased by 15,000,000 people, During this same time there has been a decrease of 6,000,000 head of beef ani- mals and 11,000,000 sheep. The pum- ber of hogs bas increased only 11,000, 000. It is thus very evident that the livestock industry esnnot continue to decrease in the future as it has in the past. Iofectious diseases must be con- trolied and better livestock produced, A —— TP ——————— Displaying the Hed Cross, Many suxilaries of the Red Cross so- ciely are arranging to have displayed the Red Cross emblem in the win- dows of their homes, The plan also provides to indicate how many mem- bers of the society are in the home, The geuversl plan of constiuctiog the Red Cross “flag” is printed below : I'ske a white card fourteen inches wide and not less than fourteen inches long, paste two strips of red paper four inches wide by twelve inches long up- i the card, crossing the strips of Red paper in the center, To indicate the number of the mem- bers of the eoclety in the family 8 cor- responding number of small crosses are to be posted in the white spaces of the corners of the large cross. The small crosses may be made by crossing two red strips of paper one rch wide Ly three incues long. a ——— Al A ————— Harsl Mall se: vice : topped for a Day, Both rurs! mail carriers from the local post office— William F, Keller and Jasper Wagner—found the roads biocked with snow on Monday morn- ing and were compelled to return bowe, (Conlinued from previous column.) colleciion of documents and ulterances of German officialdom. Herewith sre excerpls from documentary proof fur- uisbed by German records eslablishing the truth beyoud question : * As soon as you come to blows with the enemy be will be beaten, No mercy will be show! No prisoners will be tagen ! As the Huoe, under King Attila, made 8 nsme for theme selves, which is still mighty in tradie tions and legends today, may the same of German be so fixed in Chios by your deedr, thal no Chinese shall ever again dare to look at a German sskaper. Open the way for Kultur ounce for all,”—From the Kaiser's speech to the soldiers on the eve of their departure for China in 1800, * Whenever a national war breaks out, terrorismn becomes a necessary military prioeipal, "—(ieneral Von Hartmsup, * Tne city of Brussels, exclusive of its suburbs, hae been punished by an edditional fine of 5,000,000 france on account of the attack mad: upon a» German roldler by Kyckere, one of its police official. "—Baron Von Luett- wits, Governor of Brussels, “I am thirsty ; bring me some beer, giv, ram.” “It you lle to me I will nave you shol immediately, "These sentences are taken from a phrase book supplied to German soldiers, age cording to Mioister Brand Whitlock. * One cannot make war in a senti- mental fashion, The mote pitiless the conduct of the war, the more humane it is ino reality, for it will run ite course all the sooner, "—General Von Bein hardi, * The innocent must suffer with the guilty. Allthls must not in our eyes emanation of a high Kaltar, and in mies, "General Von Bissing, Committee on Public Information, snd request one copy War Practices,” THE NEW DRAFT SYSTEM, All Necessary Materials and Sapplies to Fut New Plan Into Effect Received By Local Board, There will be no delay nor sem- blance of a hitch in puting the pew classification draft eyetem into effect Saturday, December 15, all necessary materials and supplies for the purpose having been received by the the local board in Bellefonte, Questionaire pamphlets to the number of over 3,000, forme, blanks and other material came from Washington. Beginning Batarday, the 15th, ques- tionaires will be mailed in daily al- lotments of five per cant, to the coun- ty total of regisiered men until all ex- cept those actually in the service have been supplied. The questionaire is msde up in booklet form having 16 pages and contains in all a list of 148 questions in 12 separate series. It is not necessary that each and every que ry be mnawered but the minimum number to which answers are required 4 about 86, BSpace Is provided in the questionaire booklet for the filling out of affidavits in support of claims fr ceferred classification. These affidavits may be made out before a Justice of the Peace or other public official duly suthorized to administer oaths, or any wember of the local draft board, Draft Board cflicisls may not exact any fee for th e service, Interest naturally centers in the type and character of the leading ques tions which must be snswered by rep- istrante. Tue full peme, age, address and occupation and also employer are first required, A table of oerupations cecuples page five and the registrant is obliged to designate the trades or profes ions in which be is experienced aside from the work he may sclually be engaged in at the time. Opportunity 1s also sforded the individusl to specify which branch of sry service be would prefer to serve in If selected. The divisions named srtilitery, aviation, engineer the pume of Questiops to the numb r of 31 are grouped under the dependency series, Among others the following are of in- terest : Have you a wife or chiid, or sged, infirm or iuvalid parents or grandparents or brother under 16 or less brother or sister of whatever age, mainly dependent upon your physical or mental labor for support ? Histe both the spproximate totoland the average monthly smount of your support of your wile and children dur- iog the last twelve mouthe, What was your total income from all sources during the last 12 mounthe, whether in cash or in any other thing of value ? How much of this was the fruit of your labor, mental or physi cal? Give as full s'stement of ali property owned by or beld in tus for you whether income producing or not snd net iocowe ftom seme during tie last 12 monthe, Siste value of ail property owned by or held in trust for apy person named as dependent, Biate amount per mouth 3 ou coneid- er nece sary for the support of ail your dependents, Has your wife ever been employed? If #0 In what calling? Do you or your wife live with her pat- ents? {Answer fully.) Do you own the house you live iu? Does any of your funily or dependents own ii 7 Do you reat your house ; if so state the monthly rent and Lhe name and address of landlord, Uuder the verles of questions pertsin- ing claims for de'erred classification the query is put: diste the reasons why you cstnol be edsily replaced by anotlLer person, ———— A ———————— MAalL wirTs EARLY, Postal Authorith s Bog 0 Ear y Admonitions tr ubiistmae Shoppe s, To help lighten the butdens of Uae cle Bam's postal furces ln thelr anuual co-operated dutles for Sauta Claus, lo- cal post office authorities have erected cards contalning admonitions about early shopping and mailing of gifts, “ Wrap Becurely—Address Pialaly ~Mall Early " in big type is posted in well regulated post offices. The irflux of holiday mall has siready been start. ed and thie post office attacthes will be kept busy during the next iwenty daye, Because of freight congestion, the over-taxing of the express companies and other means of delivery, mails for the holiday period will likely surpses all previous seasons, This is a pertio- ularly imperative reason why those who desire recipients to get their remembrances promptly and safely, should comply with postal sutborities’ suggestions. Packages may be mai k- ed *' Don't open uutll Christmas,” Thrifc Stamps and war certificates make excellent Obristmoss gifts, They will lnoresse in value every Jean, JERSEY sHORR'S BIG FIRE, Business Houses snd Herldences Barn In Early Funday Morning Blaze, Loss Half Miililon, The business section of Jersey Bhore was visited by the most damag- log fire in the history of the town ear- ly Bunday morning, when all the buildings exceping two churches and their parsonage, in two large blocks, sere destroyed. The loss is estimated at nearly $550,000, One hundred persons were driven from their homes, many in their night clothes. All escaped Ir jary. The fire was discovered at 4:80 o'- clock, It is belleved to have been ¢:used by a defective flue in a large de- partment slore owned by Robert Me- Cullough, president of the Jersey Bhore Trust Compspy. The MeCul- lough store was located in the centre of a block on Main sireet, Letween Smith and Wilson streets, The flames epread repidly to buildings on both slides of the store. Three or four stiuofures were on fire when the fl mes were discovered, The fire epresd north and south on Main street. Moving ecutbhward, the flimes quickly burned the Willard block, a toree-story structure, contain - ing living spartments. The occupants were forced from their homes in scan ty clothing. The march of fire con- tinued to the large home of Alexander Browp, which quickly fell prey to the flames, The pa.sonage of the First Metho- dist Choareh je the ex uliding and the churen » § | Arsonsge, Th: fire was eseiry checked here altho the Brown home, ten feet away, was a total loss ; neither the parsonage nor the church was damaged, To the north the flames spresd to “outh street, They quickly consumed the line of butldiogs 10 that thorofare, including the home of Philip Barrow, the home and uodertaking establish went of J. W. Kleehner, Carter's shoe store and the bome of M. A, Keyser, Tre Lock Haven fire department responded with two motortrucks te the call for help. Brow drifts made the trip of twelve miles from Look Haven to Jeieey Bhore dangerous, When the chains on the trucks were ground to pleces, one of the crew walked a mille to a farmhouse to ob- tain log chains before the journey could be resumed. Williamsport ap- paralus which responded stuck in snow drifts five miles out of the city and bad to return, 3 A Hf A PATON, Court in Session, . Court convened on Monday morn- ing with the Honorable Henry C. Quigley on the bench, and the officers in their pisces. Considersbie delay was experienc d by reason of the biizg- zirl over Bunday, sud traics pot Ret. tivg io on UUme. Moilons and peti- Hoos were beard aa presented by sev- eral members of the bar, The graud jury was called and sworn, and W. A, Sickle, druggist of dpow ouoe borough, selected as fore- war, and alter being daly charged by the court ae to its duly, they retired to the grand jury room to pass on the several bills of indictment to be placed before them by the district attorney. The constables of the several boroe, wards and towoshipe made thelr quan dreuial report to Lhe court, List of traverse jurorr was called snd sbeeutees noted, Toe civil list of cases was then call. ed over and the following disposed of. Bardine Butler ve, the Pennsylva- nia Raliroad Com pany ; trespass, con- tinued at the costs of the defendent. John OC. Confer ve. Blandard Fire Iosurance Company of Tremtor, N, J.; smumpsit, Settled, J. B. Coit comjany, a corporation, ve. A. U. Kopler ; smsumpsit. Con- tiued, pending settlement, Court re-convened oa Monday after- noon at two o'clock, tut litigants not being ready and many witnesses bee ing unable to get in on account of late- ness of traloe, court adjourned untii Tue:day morning st ten o'clock, I ———— Driv: For New Bed Uross Members, The National Red Cross organ's tion have resoived to make a Chris- mas drive to secure ten million pew members before the Ubrlstmas hol dayr. The time specially set apart for this purpose is from December 16 to December 22, incusive, Centre Hall has responded nobly to the cause of the Red Cross ; the town hag been well canvassed aud has subscribed lib erally. The country around the town has done well too in some distriote, but in others it has not Leen osnvass- ed. The few in the town who have not yet joined should do 0 so now, sud those living io the neighborhoods that iave not been canvassed will be eflorded an opportunity t) jolo be. tween this and Christmases, AI AA, Mis Jenule H. Bartger, of Spring M1il, represents Centre county on the bow thie West Ubester State Normal soho roll, : ® EE SPRING MILLS RED OROSS AUXILIARY, Over One Mandred Members in the meigh. boring Auxillary Red Cross work is progressing nicely in Penne Valley, where the various euxiliaries to the State College Chap- ter are constantly adding new mem- bers as well as doling work of various kinds. Attached Is a complete list of the members of the souxilisry with head- quarters at Bpring Mille, Mra. W. H, Willis ms Jacob Lee T. M. Gramley Samuel Ulrich John Eckel C. G6, King R. D. Musser, W. R. Hosterman R. G. Kenne'ley W. H. Bmith W. H. Binkabine C.F Carter D. W. Corman Calvin Meyer William Zones J. M, Heckman Irma Bhuliz C, G, Decker My J.C Lee M T. Zubler May Gramley Mary Lyles, Ellen Burrell H.1. Brian H. ¥. Rossman H. 8. Braucht H.M. Allison J. H. Hartinan A L. Kreamer H.B. Herring B. M. Brown B. FP. Hennigh Austin Long A. J. Bhook. W. H. Hettinger J. Russe! Condo Minot Euth Moser Cora MeCormick Margaret Zottie Lottie Evans Martha Smith Ethel Hettinger Catherine Finkabine Bara Condo Madeline Walker Jennie Huw Lucy Musser Nancy Hunter Mabe! Alltson Lib, Frederick Mensrs, — MT Lubiler W.( Jolin Miss Gertrude Mveer Magvie Seltosnger Mabel Brown Beatrice Lee Helen Finkle Ethel Gentzel Kate Frederick Alla Binkabine Emma Hosterman Lydia Zeigler Ruth Bmith Carrie Neose Bara Sweeney Orpha Gramley Mosmrs, — Bev, W. H Wiliams T. M. Gramiey Eugene Gramiey John Wagner John Smith J. C, Lee C. 6. King Gramley Emany Smith W. Bright Bitner A.B Loe BC. Decker 8. M. Ulrich Howard Weaver G. 8. Weaver BM. Brown M. W. Johnson C. R, Zerby Dr. HB, Braucht Dean Braucht Donald Allison H M. All'son A. Alison M. Weagley W. lH Biskabine J. Rowse! Condo C F, Albright Juin W, Corman E. Roy Corman Gay Corman Walter Woile Roy Kr mrine B. PF, Heanigh Earl Vooada ER, G, Keunelley Harold Meyer Winter i» Hare, Wioter—100 per cent, pure—was ushered in on Haturday when eight loches of snow fel’. la the evening 8 gale of sixty-mile velocity, piled the locee snow in huge drifts, snutting off travel for the time® beivg, The tem- persture dropped to 0 on HSsturday uight and intense cold and storm pre- vailed throughout Bundsy snd Mon day. EE ——— A ————— Eig Loss By Fue, Brief mention wee msde in thes columns last week of the destruction by fire of the large bank barn on the farm of the iste Mills Alexander, pear Julisn., Besides the varp, six large bhoreee, thirty-six boge, vine beef cat- tie, 400 bushels of wheat, 300 bushels of ont, 45 bushels of buck whea!, 60 tons of hay, 50 tous of straw, t geiier with farm implements, wagons, Luggiee, elc., were totally destroyed. The fire was a myslery, and iocurred a loss of about $10,00), with only $1800 insur. ance. The fsrm was occupied by Carol Alexander. A threshing outfit, valued at $1,000, belonging to Jacob Mitchell, was also destroyed, ———— A ————————— Bosh Twp's. Big Koad Faod, It is worthy of note that the Rush township road supervisors at the present time have over $4,000 in the treasury. Iu addition to thie splen- did sum they have due them the Siate bonus for the years 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917, amounting to about $5,000. This surely is a splendid showing, no doubt surpassing spy other township in the coun'y and unequalled by few others in the state, I —I A —————— Crushed and Baraed to Death, A red hot pressed steel whee!, weigh- ing over eight hundred pounds, be. came detached from a crane in the wheel rolling department of Burnham steel worke, and fell upon the head and shouldura of George F. Hopple, aged twenty-nine years, He wae crushed and literally roasted to death. Every particle of clothing was burned from his body. He was a resident of Lockport, Mifflin county. Deaibe of Usatfe Countinne, Mrs. Jane Irwin, at Dicks Rap, aged eighty-five years, Daniel Hall, of Fleming, aged sevenly-one years, William K. Maoo, in Marsh Creek, of typhoid fever, aged almost twenty: two years, Bamuel E. Campbell, a Civil war weleran, ot Bhlioh Chureb, aged James OC. Wion, in Philadeiphis, formerly of Bellefonte, aged fifty yoare, | A — Wanted—Turkeys, Geese, Ducks Ee Tw? TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL FROM ALL PAR The Ru ¢lan symphony will be st Btate College, eniog, 16'h fost, NTERESBT rs orchestra urday eve Wanted—Turkeys, and Chickens. —Chas, mew, Centre Hall, Ps. John D, Lucas snd fs: Lewistown Thuareday Beveral motor frucks eo bousehold goods to thei: ters, D. R. Goodlander, of bad charge of the loca i station Curiog the time Age Frank Bradlord was on his hunting trip in the Seven Mou (ree D. y Ducks Hartholo- moved to week, yed the W (QUAI smsport, Devoling one hour ternoon to koitiiog boys Dime become vation dn the scliools from Very i ar Philig the eiXx I need lots of poultry Bands to your cull stock, Any th in the Poultry line, Both ~— Cline, D. Bartholoms w, Cet Pa, Ute Leg mak yoar =ell It was 80 coid op So the electric street were put out of commis be oll through which pected with the tiwe c¢ E pase coming stiff, t that wrough slog lo 28 OOD- y bigw The Btate College bak I E. SBsuers, aight [asl week ge cream and four bi 3 1 be (llcvVee 1 ned by VO Due ns of & Lake of Was Ww thought tty avings I nickels te, and of four three Purchase Thrili ertificates with tt in Lue you will gel inleres per cspl. oon manihe, Mees CaliGre The marrisge Hasetings, taughiter sud Capt. of Harrisburg the Presbyterian on Lhe eight! ! The United State Agriculture dyer, specialist fo Harsh ’ Hastings, Dg, GLY aas tpg of Cealre cuu ¥, | a Dep y 3 Yeti a devise wiih ad- » JOAar. Jivau gi equate lsbor dusiag t wetbods of supp yin The infant son ado y Dr. Mire. H. H. Longwel!, is gelling sioDg 0 wi er parenis are becoming only of the wee bit of bums { thelr ability to proper y real baby. and Hall, i€ fos ad ¥, ¢ A0r not but a E mer Hettinger wae ao en visite ar 0 Centre arday. Along other Llbiogs, Mr. Wloger stated ibat Runkie Frsz wouid succeed Charles Poorman ss | 20 the A. B. Lee [a a2, ai iakiug creek. Mr. Poorman coaslemplates going to the works al Burubaw Ww uy nis hand, Eugen Welk, the prog : prio. cipal of the Bellefonte High ool, is thinking seriously of joining (he avia- tion corps and may ivave some time next week, according tL» a sianlement in the Bellefonte Hepublica The paper farther s ys: Heo is ing ex- cellent work here and there is little doubt but that be will be jul ss efi. cient iu the air, Aun lows man proves azively that Wilhelm vontdonenesliora has 80 thoroughly out done the Do vil that his Satanic Msjwsiy has resigned in mvor of the Kaiser. Tue Uorman Fiend scoepled the position most graciously aud is now ou ihe job in every land in the world, Aud Qu Nick William will gel you if you don’t watch out. It is evident thal deer are iaterest- ed in the movemenils of residents io the district over wiica they roam. As proof of this statement iL is men tioned that a buck deer looked into a window in the home of Frauk Barker, sud then leisurely trotted ap the moun. a'n, He selecieded Sunday as his day to pay this social visil, no doubt knowing that deer were protecied by the Sanday buotiog law. Barker jast mo ed into his new aowe (rom Rego vo, and Mr. Buck was aaxious to have a view of the newcomer, Clyde Bradford, a member of the Bradford hunting party, is oul a floe buck this year because the wechanism of his Winchester rca) up jast when tie had the floesl opportuniiy to land a beauty and bring the total of the camp's kill up to five deer. Hisndiag ona" waoh' on Samurdsy morning a buck aud a dus deer cums ap to within twelve steps of Bradford spd stopped. Toe fying scow Lad en tered the breech of Lue rifle and pas the workings of Lhe gun oui of order, with the re:ult that woen Clyde drew a bedd on jhe buck aud pulied the trigger, there was nO report save that Hali Gd 00 Pl ee m+
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