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Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
one, artlelo eight of the CoiiBtitu-
tion of PoQiuiylvuia.
Be It resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania be, and the same . is
hereby, proposed, In accordance wltt
the eighteenth article thereof:
That section one of article eight,
which reads as follows:
"Section 1. Every male citizen
twenty-one years of age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
ject, however, to such laws requiring
and reguluting the registration of
electors as the General Assembly may
enact:
"First. He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one
month.
"Second. He shall have resided in
the State one year (or, having pre
viously been a qualified elector or
native-born citizen of the State, he
shall have removed therefrom and re
turned, then six months) Immediately
preceding the election.
"Third. He shall have resided in
the election district where he shall
offer to vote at least two months Im
mediately preceding the election.
"Fourth. If twenty-two years of age
and upwards, he shall have paid
within two years a State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed at
least two months and paid at least
one month before the election," be
amended so that the same shall read
as follows:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or
female, of twenty-one years of age,
possessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at all elec
tions, subject, however, to such laws
requiring and regulating the registra
tion of electors as the . General As
sembly may enact:
First. He or she Bhnll have been a
citizen of the United States at least
one month.
Second. He or she shall have re
sided in the State one year (or, hav
ing previously been a qualified elector
or native-born citizen of the Statei
he or she shall have removed there
from, and returned, then six months)
Immediately preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall have re
sided in the election district where he
or she shall offer to vote at least two
monthB immediately preceding the
election.
Fourth. If twenty-two years of age
and upwards, he or she shall have
paid within two years a State or
county tax, which shall have been
assessed at least two months uuil
paid at least one month before the
election.
Fifth. Wherever the words "he,"
"his," "him," and "himself" occur in
any section of article VIII of this Con
stitution the same shall be construed
as if written, respectively, "he or she,"
"his or her," "him or her," and "him
self or herself."
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight of article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh
teenth article thereof:
Amend section eight, article nine of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: "Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, shall never exceed seven per
cim! urn upon the assessed value of
the taxable properly therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district incur
any new debt, or increase its indebt
edness to an amount exceeding two
per centum upon such assessed valua
tion of property, without the assent
of the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as Bhall be
provided by law; but any city, tho
debt of which now exceeds seven per
centum of such assessed valuation,
may be authorized by law to Increaso
the same three per centum, in the ag
gregate, at any one timo, upon such
valuation, except that any debt or
debts hereinafter incurred by the city
and county of Philadelphia for the
construction and development of sub
ways for transit purposes, or for the
construction of wharves and docks, or
the reclamation of land to be used In
the construction of a system of
wharves and docks, as public improve
ments, owned or to bo owned by said
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and coun
ty of Philadelphia current net reve
nues in excess of the Interest on sum
debt or debts, and of the annual In
stallments necessary for the cancella
tion of said debt or debts, may be
excluded in ascertaining the power of
the city and county of Philadelphia
to become otherwise indebted: Pro
vided, That a sinking-fund for their
cancellation shall be established nnd
nittintuined," so that it shall read as
follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, Bhall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of
the taxable property therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt, or increase Its in
dehtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed
valuation of properly, without the con-
Bent of the electors thereof at a public
lection iu such manner as shall be
provided by law; but any city, the
debt of which on the first day of Jan
uary, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, exceeded seven per cen
tum of such assessed valuation, and
has not since been reduced to less
than such per centum; may be author
ized by law to increase the same three
per centum in, the aggregate, Jr any
one time, upon.,BUch valuation. The
city of Philadelphia, upon the condi
tions hereinafter set forth, may In-,
crease Its indebtedness to the extent,
of three per centum In' excess of seven
per centum upon such assessed valua
tion for the specific purpose of pro-,
viding for all q atjy of tb following,
purposes, to-wlt; iFor the construe-.
tlonL and lruprimnt of subwaysJ
tunnels, railways, elevated railways,'
and other transit facilities; for the
construction and Improvement of.
wharves and dockit and for the recla-j
matron of land Ure used in the con-l
struclion of wban and docks, owned)
or tS be owned by said city. Suchj
Increase, however shalDonly be made:
with the assent of the electors thereof!
at a public election, to bevhold in such
manner as shall be provided by law.l
In ascertaining the boripwkig capacity
of saidaclty of Philadelphia, at any
time, theVe shall be excluded from the
calculation a credit, where the 'work
resulting from any previous expendi
ture, for any one or more ot the spe
cific purposes hereinabove enumerated
shall be yielding to said city an an
nual current net revenue; the amount;
of which credit shall be ascertained
by capitalizing the annual net revenue
during the year immediately preceding
the time of such ascertainment. Such
capitalization shall be accomplished
by ascertaining the principal amount
which would yield such annual, cur
rent net revenue, at the average rate
of interest, and sinking-fund charges
payable upon the Indebtedness incur
red by said city for such purposes,
up to the time of such ascertainment.
The method of. determining such
amount, so to be excluded or allowed
as a credit, may be prescribed by the,
General AssemDiy.
In Incurring indebtedness, for any
one, or more ot said purposes of;
construction, improvement, or recla
mation, the city of Philadelphia may
issue Us obligations maturing not
later than fifty years from the date
thereof, with provision for a sinkings
fund sufficient to retire said obliga
tion at maturity, the payments to
such sinking-fund to be in equal or
graded annual installments. Such ob
ligations may be in an amount suffi
cient to provide for and may Include
the amount of the Interest and sinking-fund
charges accruing and which
may accrue thereon throughout the
period of construction and until the
expiration of one year after the com
pletion of the work for which said
indebtedness shall have been Incurred;
and said city shall not be required
to levy a tax to pay said interest and
sinking-fund charges, as required by
section ten of article nine of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania, until the
expiration of said period of one year
after the completion of such work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
twenty-one of article three of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of , Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania be, and-Ahe same is hereby,
proposed, in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof:
Amend section twenty-one, article
three of the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
reads as follows:
"No act of the General Assembly
shall limit the amount to be recovered
for injuries resulting in death, or for
injuries to persons or property, and
in case of death from such injuries,
the right of action shall survive, and
the General Assembly shall prescribe
for whose benefit such actions shall
be prosecuted. No act shall prescribe
any limitations of time within which
suits may be brought against corpora
tions for injuries to persons or prop
erty, or for other causes different
from those fixed by general laws reg
ulating actions against natural per
sons, and such acts now existing are
avoided," so that it shall read as
follows:
The General Assembly may enact
laws requiring the payment by em
ployers, or employers and employees
jointly, of reasonable compensation
for injuries to employees arising in
the course of their employment, and
for occupational diseases of employees,
whether or not such injuries or dis
eases result in death, and regardless
of fault of employer or employee, and
fixing the basis of ascertainment of
Biich compensation and the maximum
and minimum limits thereof, and pro
viding special or general remedies for
the collection thereof; but in no other
cases shall the General Assembly limit
the amount to be recovered for in
juries resulting in death, or for in
juries to persons or property, and in
case of death from such injuries, the
right of action shall survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribe for
whose benefit such actions shall be
prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any
limitations of time within which suits
may be brought against corporations
for injuries to persons or property,
or for other causes, different from
thoBe fixed by general laws regulating
actions against natural persons, and
such acts now existing are avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. S.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania abolishing
the office of Secretary of Internal
Affairs.
Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylva
nia shall be amended by adding there
to section twenty-three, which shall
read as follows:
The office of Secretary of Internal
Affairs be, and the same is hereby,1
abolished; and the powers and duties
now vested in, or appertaining or bo
longing to, that branch of the execu
tive department, office, or officer, shall
be transferred to Buch other depart
ments, offices, or officers of the State,
now or hereafter created, as may be
directed by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution ot this Commonwealth in
accordance with provisions of the
eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, and it Is
hereby enacted by the authority of
the sam e, That the following is pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth (XVIII)
article thereof:
AMENDMENT.
Laws may be passed providing for
a system of registering, transferring,
Insuring of and guaranteeing land
titles by the State, or by the counties
thereof, and for settling and determin
ing adverse or other claims to and in
terests in lands the titles to which
are so registered, transferred, Insured,
and guaranteed; and tor the creation
and collection ot indemnity funds;
and for carrying the system and
powers hereby provided for into effect
by such existing courts as may be
designated by the Legislature, and by
the establishment of such new courts
as may be deemed necessary. In mat
ters arising in and under the opera
tion of such system, Judicial powers,
with right of appeal, may be confer
red by the Legislature upon county
recorders and upon other officers by
It designated. Such laws may provide
for continuing the registering, trans
ferring, insuring, and guaranteeing
such titles after the first or original
registration has been perfected by the
court, and provision may be made for
raising the necessary funds for ex
penses and salaries of officers, which
shall be paid out of the treasury of
the several counties.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE,
- Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Six.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution ot the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh
teenth article thereof.
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight, ar
ticle nine of the Constitution of Penn
sylvania, which reads as follows:
"Section 8. The debt of any coun
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
Bhall any such municipality or dis
trict incur any new debt, or increase
its Indebtedness to an amount exceed
ing two per centum upon Buch as
sessed valuation of property, without
the assent of the electors thereof at
a public election in such manner as
shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law
to increase the same three per centum,
In the aggregate, at any one time,
upon such valuation, except that any
debt or debts hereinafter incurred by
the city and county of Philadelphia
for the construction and development
of subways for transit purposes, or
for the construction of wharves and
docks, or the reclamation of. land to
be used in the construction of a sys
tem of wharves and docks, as public
improvements, owned or to be owned
by said city and county of Philadel
phia, nnd which shall yield to the
city and county of Philadelphia cur
rent net revenue in excess of the in
terest on said debt or debts, and of
the annual Installments necessary for
the cancellation of said debt or debts,
may be excluded in ascertaining the
power of the city and county of Phila
delphia to become otherwise indebted:
Provided, That a sinking-fund for
their cancellation shall be established
and maintained," so as to read as
follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of the
taxable property therein, nor shall any
such municipality or district incur
any new debt, or increase its Indebt
edness to an amount exceeding two
per centum upon such assessed valua
tion ot property, without tho assent
ot the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be
provided by law; but any city, the
debt of which now exceeds seven per
centum of such assessed valuation,
may be authorized by law to increase
the same three per centum in the
aggregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation; except that any debt or
debts hereinafter Incurred by the city
and county of Philadelphia for the
construction and development of
wharves and docks, or the reclama
tion of land to be used in the con
struction of a system of wharves and
docks, as public Improvements, owned
or to be owned by said city and
county of Philadelphia, and which
Bhnll yield to the city and county of
Philadelphia current net revenue In
excess of the Interest on said debt or
debts and of the annual Installments
necessary for the cancellation of said
debt or debts, may bo excluded in as
certaining the power of the city and
county of Philadelphia to become
otherwise Indebted: Provided. That
such indebtedness incurred by the
city and county ot Philadelphia shall
not at any time, In the aggregate, ex
ceed the sum of twenty-five million
dollars for the purpose of Improving
and developing the port of the said
city and county, by the condemnation,
purchase, or reclamation or leaso of
land on the banks of the Delaware
and Schuylkill rivers, and land adja
cent thereto; the building of bulk
heads, and the purchase or construc
tion or lease of wharves, docks, sheds,
and warehouses, and other buildings
and facilities, necessary for the estab
lishment and maintenance of railroad
and shipping terminals along the said
rivers; and the dredging ot the said
rivers and docks: Provided, That the
said city and county shall, at or be
fore the time of so doing, provide for
the collection of an annual tax suffi
cient to pay the Interest thereon, and
also the principal thereof within fifty
years from the incurring thereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
F. RITCHEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tioneata. Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. SHAWKEY.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Uts., Tioneata, Pa.
j'RANK S. HUNTER, D. D. S.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
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DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONEdTA, PA,
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
D
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KAISER'S ARMY
IS PRESSING ON
Aiming to Reach Gateway to
Valley ot the Oise
FATE OF CAPITAL YET IN DOUBT
Allies Claim to Be Holding Most of
Their Line But Admit Retirement at
La Fere French Fiercely Attack
Germans Along Meuse River, Hoping
to Compel Reinforcement of Ger
man Army There.
London, Sept. 1. The allies hurled
back in defeat one of the huge tent
acles that the kaiser has been reach
ing toward Paris from the north of
France. General Pau, the one-armed
hero of the Franco-Prussian war, de
feated part of the German army that
within a week has driven the allies
from Valenciennes to Cambrai, from
Cambrai to the banks of the Soiiime
river.
u. patches report that the alibis
scored a brilliant victory near Po
lumie, on tlie Somme, and drove back
for the lirst time since its entry iulo
France one of the three huge invad
ii. K columns of Germans.
Fighting hard to stem the German
advance on Paris, the French und
British troops who have been retreat
ing for the last week in the north have
dropped back to positions along the
Somme river, roughly speaking within
seventy-five miles of the Frencli
capital. To the east the French have
beeu pressed back from the line of
the Meuse to the Glue river.
Turn in the fortunes of war In favor
of the allies is believed to have come
through the concentration of the 3,
000,000 soldiers on France's second
line of defense and through the over
whelming successes of the Russians
in east Prussia.
The invasion of his eastern territorj
has forced the kaiser to withdraw
nearly all the army left to occupy
Belgium.
With the consequent weakening ol
his attacking force in France by the
urgent need of meeting the czar In
battle, the kaiser is exposed to the at
tack of France's army, which Is now
operating under tho protection of tha
guns of tho strongest fortresses in the
world.
Earl Kitchener, secretary of statu
for war, Issued a more hopeful state
ment of the situation of the allies in
France based upon late dispatches
from Sir John French, comniunder hi
the field. The secretary, says that the
British, after struggling against
tremendous odds, retired to a new line
of defpnse, where they have not been
molested siuce Thursday. Thoir
casualties are between 5,000 and 6,000.
Since tliis fighting ceased the Frencli
on the riglit and left have brought
the German attack to a standstill, it
Is declared.
Lord Kitchener's statement, which
was issued through the medium of the
official information bureau, follows:
"Although tho dispatches of Sir
John French as to the recent battle
have not yet been received, it Is pos
sible now to state what has been the
British share in the recent opera
tions. "There has, In fact, been a four
days' battle on Aug. 23, 24, 25 ami
26. During the whole of this period
the British, in conformity with a gen
eral movement of the French armies,
were occupied in resisting and check
ing the German advance and in with
drawing to new lines of defense.
"The battle began ut Mons on Sun
day, during which day and part of
the night the German attack, which
was stubbornly pressed and repeated,
was completely checked by the Brit
ish front. Monday, the 24th, tho Ger
mans made vigorous efforts in su
perior numbers to prevent the safe
withdrawal of the British army and
to drive It into the fortress of Man
beuge. "This effort was frustrated by the
steadiness and skill with which tin;
British retirement was conducted and
as on the previous day very heavy
losses far in excess of anything suf
fered by us, were Inflicted on the
enemy, who In dense formation und hi
enormous masses, marched forward
again and yet again to storm the Brit
ish lines.
"The British retirement proceeded
on the 25th with continuous lighting
though not on the scale of the previous
two days, and by the night of tho 25tii
the British army occupied the line ol
Cambrai, Landrecies and Le C'uteau.
"It had been intended to resume
the retirement at daybreak on the
26th, but the German attack, In which
no leBS than live army corps were en
gaged, was so close and flerca that it
was not possible to carry out this In
tent ion until the afternoon.
"Tho battle on this day, the 26l!i,
was of a most severe and desperate
character. The troops offered a su
perb and most stubborn resistance to
the tremendous odds with which they
were confronted and at length extri
cated themselves In good order
though witli serious loss und under
the heaviest artillery lire. No guna
were taken by the enemy except those
the horses of which hud all been killej
or which were shattered by high ex
plosive shells.
"General French estimates that din
ing the whole of these operations frou
Warns Great Britain That
War May Bs Long
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EARL KITCHENER.
the 23d to the 2Cth, Inclusive, his
losses amounted to 5,000 or 6,000 men.
On the other hand the losses suffered
by the Germans In their attacKI
across the open and through tlieii
dense formation, are out of all proper
tion to those which we have suffered.
"In Landrecles alone, on the
twenty-fifth, as an Instance, a German
Infantry brigade advanced in close
order into a narrow street, which they
completely filled. Our machine guns
were brought to bear on this target
from the end of the town. The head
of the column wus swept away. A
frightful panic ensued and it Is esti
mated that 800 or 900 dead and wound
ed Germans were left In this Btreet
alone.
"Another incident, which may he
chosen from many like It, was the
charge of the German guard cavalry
division upon the British Twelfth cav
alry brigade, when the German cav
alry was thrown back with great
losses and In absolute disorder. These
are notable examples of what has
taken place over practically the whole
front during these engagements and
the Germans have been made to pay
the extreme price for every forward
march they have made.
"Since the twenty-sixth, apart from
cavalry lighting, tho British army has
not been molested. It has rested and
refitted after its extreme exertions
and glorious achievements. Rein
forcements amounting to double the
losses sustained already have Joined.
Every gun has been replaced nnd the
army is now ready to take part In the
next great encounter with undimin
ished strength and undaunted spirits.
"Today the news Is again favorable.
The British have not been engaged,
but the French armies, acting vigor
ously on the right and left, have, for
the timo being, brought tho German
attack to a standstill,
"Sir John French ulso reports that
on the twenty-eighth the British Fifth
cavalry brigade fought In brilliant
fashion with German cavalry, In tht
course of which the Twelfth Lancers
and tlie Royal Scots Greys routed the
enemy and speared a largo number ii
fight.
"It must bo remembered through
out that the operations in France ur
vast and that we are only on one wlna
of the whole field ol battle. The
strategic position of ourselves and oui
allies are such that whereas a de
cisive victory for our armies In France
probably would be fatal to the enemy,
a continuance of resistance by the
Anglo-French armies upon such a
scale as to keep In the closest gri
the enemy's best troops cuii, If pro
longed, lead only to one conclusion."
A German aeroplane, flying at a
height of 6,000 feet over Paris, dropped
four bombs Into the city. The first
bomb struck near L'Est railway sta
tion, not fur from the military hos
pital, but did no damage, and the
other three bombs fell near Quai d
Jeiiimapes, Hue Itlcollet and l'laco dt
la Republique. No damage was domj.
Willie us far as can be learned nc
lives were lost tho actual presence ol
the enemy threw the capital into the
wildest excitement. The German wat
filer, after hovering over the city foi
an hour, turned north and disap
peared.
When the aeroplano first appeared
an attempt was made to bring it down
by small arm fire and light artillery,
but the machine was safely out ot
range.
Tho excitement In tho regions where
the bombs fell was so great that extra
gendarmes were called out to prevent
a panic. The fact that the explosive
did not work, however, combined with
the etl'urts of the silt horil ies to calm
tin1 fears ot' the populace.
While over the Uue de Vinalgrleis
the aviator dropped a (laming torch
seven or elj.ht feet long, wound with
the German colors and at the same
time a letter, weighted by a sand bag
The letter written in German said:
"Tlie German army is at the gales ol
Paris. There Is nothing for you tu
do except surrender. Lieutenant Yon
Heldssen."
Tho capture of Allenstein and the
investment of Koenlgsberg, both cltiei
in east Prussia, by the Russian
armies was announced In a cablegram
from lUs Pu.is foreign olllcu.
BRITISH FLEET
BEATS GERMAN
Sink Eleven Kaiser's Warships
Off Heligoland
NO BRITISH VESSEL IS LOST
Nine Hundred Germans Lost British
Lose Twenty-Nine Killed and Thir.
ty-Eight Wounded in Engagement.
The British admiralty in an official
statement says that of 1,200 men com
posing the crews of the eleven Ger
man warships sunk in a sea fight off
the German naval base at Heligoland
ouly 330 were saved.
Twenty-nine killed and thirty-eight
wounded was the price iu men paid
by the British.
Stories of the battle say It was per
fect in execution as well as in plan.
The British destroyers lured tlie Ger
mans to the open sea where other de
stroyers were spread out In fan shape.
According to the announcement no
British ship was lost In the battle and
the British loss of life was not heavy.
Heligoland commands the mouth ot
the Elbe river and is in a position of
great Importance in the North sea.
The war office declined to divulge
the names of the British ships en
gaged, but said that no BrltUh ship was
lost in tlie engagement and that thero
was little loss of life on the English
side. The names of the German craft
sunk and what became ot the crews
Is withheld.
Tho British squadron was command
ed by Rear Admiral David Beatty, who
married In 1910. Miss Ethel Field,
daughtor of the late Marshall Field of
Chicago.
Tlie people of London are the more
Joyful over the news of the victory
because of an announcement of tl.e
admiralty that all the British ships
involved returned from the engage
ment safely.
The British torpedo boat destroyer
Welland has engaged and sunk tho
German torpedo boat dostroyer, S 90,
near Chefoo, China.
The Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse has
been sunk off the west coast of Africa
by the British cruiser Highflyer.
WAR PARAGRAPHS
Puris is preparing for a siege. All
pretense of hiding these preparations
were abandoned following the an
nouncements that the Germans have
taken the French towns of Llllu, Rou
balx aiftl Velenclenncs.
French forces concentrated for de
fenses between Verdun, a first class
fortress, and Sedan, numbering 1,000,
000 men, equipped with the most
powerful artillery ever made.
Austrian reservists are massed on
the border of Italy and are en
trenched in camps which have been
formed In the Tyrol, where the fortlll
cations have been strengthened with
feverish haste.
A French army aviator and his
pilot, whose names are suppressed
under the : ale of the minister of war,
wero killed In the fall of their ma
chine at Juvisy.
Tho Dutch chamber has passed a
credit of $2,000,000 for the purpose of
maintaining neutrality.
Significant of the differences be
tween offensive and defensive tactics
wus a stutemont by the war office
that the German losses to date are
estimated at three times those of the
allies. And tlie lutter are admittedly
"Btuggerlng."
Sixteen-year-old Gordon Botts, pri
vate In the Fifth Royal Highlanders,
was shot in the eye and killed by an
unseen assailant while on sentry duty
at the canal at Soulanges, near Mon
treal, Can. Since the outbreak of the
war a guard has been placed over all
canals in the dominion to prevent
their being injured by dynamite. Sol
diers at Soiibinges, guarding the canal,
have been fired on repeatedly.
Dispatches from Nlsh declare that
there have been wholesale desertions
from the Austrian army. Prisoners
taken by the Servians say that in
some regiments- 40 per ceut of the re
servists failed to appear.
Tho fierce nature of the fighting on
the Fruiice-Bolgian frontier may be
estimated by tho fact that C'harleroi
was taken and retaken seven tinie.i.
Lunevllle, near the Alsatian border,
has been retaken for the third time
and it is believed it is again In the
hands of the French.
Several of Japan's lurr.ett warship
are bombarding the eastern defenses
of Tsingtau and owing to the fact tha
they carry heavier guua than those t '.
the Germans tliey aro inflicting dar
tigo without danger from the shore
artillery.
All captured German officers say it
is a horrible war and that the Ger
man losses are enormous. Out of two
regiments the 112th and 142d
fantry only 60 men were left after
Dim engagement. All reports India-'.o
tho tremendous heaviness of the fre
and say the murderous results have
beeu of unprecedented proportions.