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VOL. XLVII. NO. 30.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1914.
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RE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH FOR TIIR AP
PROVAL OR REJECTION. BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF TH!?
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL
VANIA. AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE
OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON
STITUTION. Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section.
one, article eight of the Coustitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Be It resolved by the Sajj&tS an
House of Representatives of Ine' 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 wltl.
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 regulating the realraUonof calculation a credit, where the workj
electors as the General Asse'rabfy'tiMyreiUltlng from any previous expend!-.
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
nnd 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, 4
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 Bhe shall have been a
citizen of the United States at leant
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 State,
he or she shall have removed there
from, and returned, then six months)
Immediately preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall i.ave re
Bided In the election district where he
or she shall offer to vote at least two
months 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 and
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 sho,"
"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
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 of property, without the assent
cf 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 ag
gregate, 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 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 bu owned by said
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to tlio city and coun
ty of Philadelphia current net reve
nues in excess of tho interest on said
debt or debts, and of tho 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 and
maintained," 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 ns 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 in
cur any new debt, or increase its in
debtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed
valuation of property, without the con
sent of the electors thereof at a public
lection in fcucu 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 lens
than such per centum, may be author
ized by law to increase the same three
per centum In the aggregate, at any
one time, upon such 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 or any of the following,
purposes, to-wlt: For the construe-,
tion and Improvement of subways,
tunnels, railways, elevated railways,
and other transit facilities; for the
construction and Improvement of
wharves and docks and for the recla-j
matlon of land to be used In the con-l
structlon offrharves and docks, ownedi
or to be owned by said city. Suchj
Increase, however, shall only be made;
with the assent of the electors thereof!
at a public election, to be held In such
manner as shall be provided by law.)
In ascertaining the borrowing capacity,
of said city of Philadelphia, at any
time, there shall be excluded from the
ture, for any one or more of the spe
cific purposes hereinabove enumerated!
shall J)e yielding to said city an an-
AaubiHrVent 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, bo to be excluded or allowed
as a credit, may be prescribed by the
General Assembly.
In Incurring Indebtedness, for any
one, or more of said purposes of;
construction, improvement, or recla
mation, the city of Philadelphia .jnay
Issue its obligations maturing not
later than fifty years from the date
thereof, with provision for a sinking
fund sufficient to retire said obliga
tion at maturity, the payments to
such slnklng-lund 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 the 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 lavs 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
such 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
those fixed by general laws regulating
actions against natural persons, and
such acts now existing are avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
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,
abolished; and the powers and duties
now vested In, or appertaining or be
longing to, that branch of the execu-
five department, office, or officer, shall
be transferred to such 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 of 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 same, 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 foe
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 for the creation
and collection of 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
Buch 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. 6.
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 of 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
shall any such municipality or dis
trict Incur any new debt, or increase
its Indebtedness to an amount exceed
ing two per centum upon such 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, and 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 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
wharves jid docks, or the reclama
tion of land to be used In the con
struction of a syBtem of wharves and
'Bocks, as public Improvements, owned
or to be owned by said city and
county of Philadelphia, and which
shall 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 be excluded in as
certaining the power of the city and
county of Philadelphia to become
otherwise indebted: Provided, That
Buch Indebtedness incurred by the
city and county of 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 lease of
land on the banks of the Delaware
and Schuylkill riven, and lrnd adja
cent thereto: the building of bulk
heads, and the purchase or construc
tion or lease of wharves, docks, sheds,
and warehouses, and other buddings
and facilities, necessary for the estab
lishment and maintenance of railroad
and shipping terminals along the said
rivers; and the dredging of 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.
DUAL MONARCHY
FACESDEFEAT
Emperor Francis Joseph Gon
frontsd Two Alternates
'-r s,;;;v
MAKE PEACE OR LOSE THRONE
Crushing Russian Victories, Inability
to Raise War Funds, and Internal
Revolution Threatening His Reign.
Diplomats foresee the end of the
war so far as Austria-Hungary Is con
cerned. Either Francis Joseph must
soon sue for peace or the rule of the
Hapsburgs will end. The aged em
peror, who fired the shot that started
the greatest war in the world's his
tory, must very shortly accept what
ever conditions the allies aro willing
to grant, or continue a hopeless strug
gle until hit, empire has been divided
among the victors.
In Russian and foreign diplomatic
circles It is believed that Austria will
sue for peace jvithin a fortnight.
A message from Vienna stales that
it is officially admitted there that
Archduke Frederick lost 120,000 men
in the recent Gallcian battles, or one
fourth of his entire command. The
Germans are marching south toward
Poland to assist the Austrians, but be
fore this aid can be given they must
cross the Vistula river, where the Rus
sians are preparing to check them.
Tho latest development along the
Russian frontier is that Cracow has
been evacuated by the Austrians. It
Is also reported that Przemysl is beinij
besieged by heavy Russian forces and
that the surrounding forts are being
subjected to a heavy bombardment.
The Russians apparently have not yet
succeeded In securing Goda, near Lem
berg. The hardest fighting, according
to a late report, Is on a line extending
from the Dnelster river to Tomaslow.
Another report says that the Russians
Are advancing into Silesia and that
their present movements are threaten
ing Breslau.
Four Austrian army corps already
have been practically annihilated iy
the Servians. These, added to the ad
mitted losses of the Archduke Fran
cis Frederick's' army in Galicia and
Russian Poland, means the complete
crippling of Austria in the field.
Of the forces remaining more than
half are Slavs, who are utterly op
posed to fighting the Russians or
Servians. The Austrian .lrst array
totals only 5C0.OOO, to which can be
added about 210,000 of the laudwahr
And Hondved divisions.
If Austria does not seek peace soon,
the Russian foreign oflice is said to
believe, a revolution Is certain. Aus
tria is bankrupt and all efforts to
float a war loan have failed.
A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd
says:
"Consternation prevails at Cracow.
The evacuation of tho town has be
gun. The authorities are trying to
induce the members of the local riflo
club to remain and assist in the do
fense of the place. Many, however,
have resigned their memberships be
cause of sympathy with Russia."
Cracow is the main rallying point
for the Austrian and German forces
in Galicia. It Is the old capital of the
kingdom of Poland and is situated in
a plain on the left bank of the Vis
tula, thirty miles from the frontier of
Silesia. It Is a city of about 100,000
population and Is about 100 miles west
of Lemberg. Between Cracow and
Lemberg Is the very strong Austrian
position of Przemysl, still In posses
sion of the Austrians.
Austrian artillery has been rushed
from Praguo to reinforce the Germans
in France.
NEW EVIDENCE PRESENTED
Mrs. Carman Is Indicted on Charge
of First Degree Murder.
A superseding Indictment, charging
murder in the first degree, was found
wgainsl Mrs. Florence Carmen by the
grand jury investigating the murder o'
Mrs. Louise Bailey, shot by an un-.
seen assailant, in tho oflice of Dr. Ed
ward Carman at Freeport, N. Y., on
June SO last.
Mrs. Caruiun, who had been at lib'
crty under $15,000 bail, was brought
to Mineola from Freeport by her coun
sel in anticipation that such an indict
ment would be returned. She was ar
raigned Immediately and coinmitied
to the Nassau county Jail without bail
for trial.
The grand jury which indicted Mrs.
Carman was the same that considered
the case in July and returmJ the In
dictment charging her with man
slaughter. Since then new witnesses
have been found, corroborating the
stories told by Celia Coleman, maid
In the Carman household, and Frank
Farrell, a tramp, star witnesses for
tug slate.
SEVERE BLOW
DEALT KAISER
BY THE ALLIES
Defeat ot Invading Armies Will
Have Grave Results
DESPERATE RALLY NECESSARY
Great Victory of British-French Armies
Fraught With Serious Consequences
to German Nation Kaiser Expected
to Redouble Efforts to Capture
Paris Plans of German General
Staff Said to Have Miscarried.
The victory of the allied armies In
France ar.d t he retreat of the German
hosts from the vicinity of Paris mark
the failure of the plans of the German
general staff which have been in
course of preparation for years.
They were the product of the best
military genius of Germany and mili
tary experts are busy today trying
to ascertain wherein they went wrong.
The extent of the defeat and its ef
fect on the German cause is ulso being
discussed. It Is agreed that the kaiser
will not likely treat for peace at this
stage of the war, but will make an
attempt to retrieve his losses. An
other effort in the direction of Paris
Is considered probable.
There is no doubt that one of the
causes that contributed to the Ger
man defeat was the breaking down of
their transport. German prisoners
seemed half famished and many had
been without food for days. The
forced marches during the rapid ad
vance toward Paris wearied the sol
diers and when opposed by forces of
equal strength to theirs they lacked
the punch.
It is known that conditions border
ing on panic arose in Berlin ns the
news of the German reverses was re
ceived. Peace talk was frequently
heard.
General Joffre, general in chief of
the French forces, lias sent a letter
to M. Millerand, minister of war, say
ing: "Our victory appears more and
more complete. Everywhere the enemy
is In retreat, abandoning prisouers,
wounded and stores."
A Havas agency dispatch from Bor
deaux gives the following communica
tion Issued at Berlin:
"Tho news is received from head
quarters that the army situated east
of Paris and which had advanced
across the Marne, was attacked by a
superior force of the enemy proceed
ing from Paris between Moaux and
Montmirail.
."The battlo lasted two days, result
ing in heavy losses on both sides. The
French troops advanced and our troops
retreated, followed by columns of
strong, fresh French troops.
"The situation in the region of the
Vosges remains without change."
Tills statement is signed by General
Von Stein.
General GallienI, military governor
of Paris, received the following mes
sage from General Joffre, commander-in-chief
of the French army:
"Tho battlo of the last five days
has ended in an undeniable victory.
The retreat of the first, second and
third German armies is hastening be
fore our left, and at our center, in
turn, the fourth German army Is com
mencing to fall back to the north from
Vitry-le-Francois and from tho Ser-niaize-Les-Bains
(in the province of
Marne, seventeen miles east of Vitry-lo-Francols).
"Moreover, the enemy has left upon
the battlefield many wounded and
quantities of munitions of war.
"Also in gaining ground we have
made many prisoners. Our troops
show evidences of tho intensity of the
struggle and tho extraordinary efforts
made by the Germans in their attempt
to resist our vehemence.
"Our vigorous retaking of tho of
fensive lias determined tho success
Every ollieer, subaltern and soldier
has responded to my call. All merit
well from the fatherland."
In making the above message pub
lic General GallienI added this note:
"The military governor of Paris is
happy to bring tills telegram to tho
knowledge of tho troops under his
command. Ho adds his own felicita
tions to the army of Paris for the part
it had in the operations.
"Ho felicitates also the troops of
the entrenched camps upon the effort
which they had made during tills
period and which efforts should be
continued without relaxation."
Tho following statement issued by
tho Russian headquartcr's staff do
scribes the Russian opt rations cul
minating in the victories of KrasniU
and Tomaszow, l(uslnn -Poland:
of Krasnik and Tomaszow, Russian
Poland:
"The total Austrian and German
forces exceeded 1, 0(1(1,000 men with
2,500 guns that is, over 40 divisions
of infantry, 11 divisions of cavalry
reinforced by several German di
visions." A message from Petrograd to the
Paris Journal states that the Russians
have taken 120,000 prisoners and that
other captures aro Imminent.
A dispatch to Lloyd's News from
Tetrograd Bays:
"Two Austrian armies are surround
ed and 00,000 prisoners have been
taken, Including 600 officers from on
army and COO from another. Tin; sur
French Commander Who Has
Won Great Victory
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Photo by American Press Assoclntlon.
GENERAL JOSEPH JOFFRE.
render of both armies is Impending.
The Germans are again moving troops
from the east to the west"
A dispatch to the Renter Telegram
company from Paris says:
"The Matin learns from Petrograd
that the first Austrian army under
General Von Auffemberg has lost 300
officers, 28,000 soldiers and 400 guns;
and that the second Austrian army
has lost as prisoners K00 officers and
70,000 men. The Russian victory is
considered to be absolutely decisive."
Tho Servian army occupied Semlin
after the bloodiest battle of tho cam
paign. The Austrian loss was very
heavy.
The Servian army took Semlin at
the point ot tho bayonet. As a result
of this conflict the entire Austrian
army, which three days ago forced the
Servians, under the command of the
crown prince, back across tho Save
river at Mitrovlcza, Is now retiring,
panic stricken. Thousands of Aus
trians have been killed and captured.
There were ino.000 Servians in the
attacking column, all veterans of the
Balkan war, and they resorted to cold
steel, many not even firing their rilles
as they rushed madly forward cheering
wildly. The Austrians could not stand
the bayonet and broke and (led.
Dragoons chasing a German cavalry
patrol in Fontalnebleau forest downed
a Taube flying at the height of 800
meters. The two occupants of the
aeroplane were killed.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
German military headquarters ad
mit defeat of their right wing army In
France and omit to mention the opera
tions on the center of the line, where
the crown prlnco was driven back,
after giving battle to the French, In a
statement Issued at Berlin. The kals
er's troops have been forced to evacu
ate Amiens In their general retreat
and his forces are now in rapid flight
at the eastern end of the battle line,
whore the Germans had hoped to re
trieve their defeats by capturing the
fortress of Verdun.
After reaching a point within a few
miles of Paris the German army was
checked by the allies and compcllct
to fall back in a northeastwardly dl
rection sixty to seventy-five miles. The
"battle of the Marne," as It has been
called by the French, lusted about a
week and ended Saturday, Sept. 12,
with the retreat of the Germans. The
German rifcht wing, opposed by the
British army, was first to give way,
followed by the center and left wing.
The allies claim to have captured
many thousands of prisoners, large
quantities of ammunition and supplies
and much artillery. No estimate of
the losses has been made, but there
Is no doubt they were enormous,
especially in the center, where the
Germans mado repeated und desperate
efforts to break the French line.
East Indian troops are said to have
fought witli the allies. As a result o
the battle, the investment of Paris by
the Germans has been indefinitely de
layed, If not prevented entirely.
In eastern Prussia and in Austrian
Galicia the battle tide has ebbed and
flowed. The Austrians have suffered
severe losses and one of their armies
lias been practically annihilated. Tin
Czar has annexed Austrian Galicia
to his dominions.
The Germans havo been compelled
to weaken their forces Invading
France to check Hie Russian advance
in east. Prussia. This they claim to
liavo done. Russia' claims complete
success of its operations in Galicia.
They ulso state that they have driven
the Austrians out of Russian Poland.
Talk of efforts In the direction ol
peace has been In progress and l'resi
dent Wilson is said to have inquired cl
belligerents as to their attitude in the
matter.
No naval events of linportnnee have
been announced. The British auxiliary
cruiser Ocernlc was wrecked o;i tin
Scotch c(ust but her clew were res
cued. Sln was formerly in the New
York trai-j nd cost nearly $5,000,000.
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The Russian cavalry is before Posen
and llreslau. Tho German and Aus
trian reinforcements are of an Inferior
uual.ty. Servian troops are advancing
rapidly through Austria to form a
junction with tho Russians.
Tho British government states that
the cruiser Pathfinder, supposed to
have been blown up by a mine, was
destroyed by a torpedo. What agency
fired tho torpedo is not stated, but it
is assumed that it must have been
fired by a German submarine or that
a spent torpedo, previously fired, was
struck by the vessel.
A dispatch from Falmouth says tho
captured German ships Guldbeck and
Orlando are on their way to that port.
At Aershot Belgian sharpshooters
dislodged the Germans, took posses
sion of the town and hoisted tho Bel
gian flag.
Thirty-three thousand quarters of
fresh beef approximately 3,500 tons
were loaded at New Y'ork for British
troops in Europe.
The Becond foreign regiment, which
includes tho American volunteers,
after a week at Rouen, has moved to
Toulouse, where It is drilling hard.
Tho French government has issued
a formal denial of tho charge made
by tho kaiser in his telegram to Presi
dent Wilson as to tho use of dumdum
bullets by tho allies.
A Swiss woman living at Basel mar
ried a German. Two sons wero born
to them. Afterward sho married a
Frenchman and had two more sons.
All four of her sons wero called to
arms, two on each side, and all four
have tallen in battle.
Abbo Ulnn, a, professor In the
seminary at Perplgnan, Is the first
priest wounded 1m the war. A ball
passed through his head. It is possible
that he may be saved.
Tho Hamberg-American steamship
llerilianla, captured by a British crui
ser two days out from Charleston, S.
C, had 500 German reservists aboard
and 6,000 tons of Welsh coal.
Among the subscribers to the Ger
man war loan aro the Krupp firm and
family, who have takeu $7,600,000 ot
the bonds.
Tho floods around Tslngtau are
spreading Inland and the fortress can
be reached only by boats. The Japan
ese Investment of the German port
probably will be delayed for months.
Prim e Joachim of Prussia, youngest
on of the kaiser, was struck in tho
tlilgh by tive bullets from a burst
shrapnel. The prince Is now in an
army hospital.
A German paper announces that all
Belgian clocks have been changed to
conform to German time.
The Bank of France has transferred
to safety Its bullion reserves. Tho
Sold weighed tons and the silver
if.OOO tons. It was trunf.ported In
barrels of Su pounds each, which filled
132 railway cars, divided Into seven
trains. They reached their destination
without u hitch.
A prominent Berliner admits that
while the nation as a wholo is op
timistic there is a growing feeling in
responsible circles that Germany cau
not win against so niifny countries.
The Guerre Sociale now says that
General Pi rein lias been deprived of
appointments, having shown hinis If
luetnclent at Lil'e.
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