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German Catholic Pastor Dies
Scranton, Pa., Pee. 9. —The Rev. Dr.
John W. Balta. 40 years old, pastor of
St. John's German Catholic church at
Honesda-le, died tit a hospital here yes
terday. He was born in Minnesota and
studied at St. Josephine College, Colum
bus, Ohio, and at Rome. After being
ordained Dr. Balto was assigned to St.
Nicholas' church, Wilkes-Barre. Later
he "was transferred to Williamsport.
Judge Buffington's Mother Dies
Kittanndng, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Margaret
Onr Buffinigton. 91 years old, mother
of Judge Joseph Buffington, of the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
and formerly o i n the bench in the West
ern Pennsylvania federal district, died
at lier home here yesterday. Her hus
band, Ephraim Buffington, died sever
al years ago.
Thousand Cords of Wood Burn
Fairmount, Dec. 9. —Nearly a thou
sand cords of wood were destroyed by
fire yesterday near this place, the fire;
being started hy gunners. It was on
the farm of Frank Greenleaf. and had
it not been for the heavy rains recent
ly, several houses would have been de-1
•troyed.
Earthquake Kills Several
I/ima, Peru, Dec. 9.—The small
mountain town of Coracora, in the De-1
ENGLISH BARON'S DAUGHTER
IS TO ACT AS A CHORUS GIRL
ijM
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With a chorus girl from the English nobility among them, forty-four young
women who are to appear in New York in the English musical fantasy "To-
Ntghfs the Night" arrived from England. The member of the nobility is the
Honorable Helen Cecil Douglas Scott Montagu, a daughter of Baron Montagu of
Reaulieu and a grandniece of the late Duke of Buccleueh, who died in London
a few weeks ago. She Is tall and blond. She has four hundred acres of land
in her own name in the southern part of England. She is on the stage, she says,
Iwv ause she likes the life and because she became tired of doing nothing at home.
This is her first trip to America. "To-.Vlght's the Night" was to have been the
annual Christmas production in the Gaiety Theatre in London and the company
was rehearsed for it. Conditions arising as a result of the war. however, made
if advisable to cancel the engagement there, and the whole production Is to be
brought In New V>rk for presentation on Christmas week in one of the theatres
controlled by the Messrs. Shntsprf
partment of Avacucho. 30g miles south
east of Lima, was shaken by a severe
earthquake Sunday. There were sev
eral casualties. The town is in ruins.
Prefer Tigers to Pigs
A curious instance of the bad result
often obtained by tampering with na
ture's balance is contained in a recent
| communication by an Indian official to
the effect that the campaign against s
tigers in several places in India has |
resulted in the enormous increase of i
wild pigs, which are doing great dam |
age to crops. The native farmers are;
forced to watch their fields carefully i
at an increased expense. This dam
age and increased expense must be
taken into consideration in fixing the j
new land tax, and thus the strange,
situation exists that by the destruction i
| of the tigers the farmers may be out
of pocket.—Consular Rej»ort.
, Her System
"It takes my wife so long to dress
1 when we want to go to the city that!
we always miss the train."' Complained
the first suburbanite. '"How is your]
[ wife? I don't hear you kick much."
j "My wife has a system that isn't so
bad," said the second suburbanite.
|"She's so late for one train that she's
generally on time for the next."—
i Pittsburgh Post.
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THE FUNERAL** fitLD-MARSHM- LORD ■DftEJCM
The funeral of Ftekl Marshal Lord Roberts took place iu Ixmdon ou Thursday, November 19, in a penetrating
downpour of ralu. The crowds of people lined up early in the morning along the route gave evidence of the nation's
appreciation of its great loss and the measure of esteem in which the deceased warrior was held. The procession
from Charing Cross Station, whence the coffin had been conveyed from Ascot, was along the Victoria Embankment,
up Now Bridge street and by way of Ludgate Hill to St. Paul's. As the cortege left the station the first shot of the
uineteen minute guns fired in St. .Innies' Park by the Hampshire Artillery was heard. Along the Embankment,
swept by a mist of driving rain, passed the distinguished procession. The mourners followed close on the coffin,
which was conveyed on a gun carriage of P Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery. Included in tlie cort&ge gath
ered to convey the dead Field Marshal to his last resting place was a mountain battery with Indian drivers and gun
nels. Tills, perhaps, more th:in anything else, brought home to the spectators something of the nature of the death
struggle which is even at this moment proceeding in Belgium and France, and to the music of which Lord Roberts
s|>ei t his last hours. The hardy inuies on which the sections of the guns were carried, the inscrutable Indians at
their side, touched the imagination of the spectator. In the above drawing Christopher Clark, a special artist for
this newspaper, the New York Herald and the London Sphere, shows the processiou along the Embankment, with
the mountain battery in the foreground.
STRANGE STIiYOF LEASE
BY GERMANS OF AN ISLAND
NEAR TO ENGLAND SHORES
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
1 .omlon, Dee. J.—Oue of the strang
est stories that has been given birth
i>y the great war is that ot' the Island
of Herin,' the leasing of wnieh to a
' (jerinau company was recently dis
: cusse.i in the House of Commons. The
ease has been termuiiated, and British
troops are billeted en the island, but
the question is still being disked, why
: was Lngiand so lax as to rent for a
song an island largei' than Helgoland,
within an hour's steaming of Knglish
shores?
Heini is one of the lesser channel
1 islands and at one tiuie supported a
; considt-iaole population, it is a beuu'ti-
I ful spot, with an attractive shell bea.h.
! In ISS9 it was leased by the Crown
; for S7O a year to the "West Bank
Liegnitz, Ltd., '' which in turn leased
it to Prince Blucber von VVn-hlsiatt, a
| descendant of the illustrious Blu.ner
of Waterloo and himself a Gernnn.
i The prince and his family lived quietly
lor years in the manor house on the
! stand, incurring ihe o reat iJisj 'easuie
I of those who sougnt to ! amble over
! the place by closing all >a\e one nar
row pathway on the beach aud plastcr
! ing aoojt many warnings to tres
! |<assers.
i Children were born to the princess
there —fiie is of the Russian royal
I family—and one of these, a boy, be
• came a naturalized Bribijh suoject. \t
no time was the prince suspected of
using his home in ai.y operations
I against Kngiand; but when the war
broke out the matter oecame one ut
natural agitation culminating in the
Home Secretary being asked tor an
explanation by Sir WiUram ball.
The explanation was brief. The gov
ernment knew the name of the mer
man company holding the lease, it
knew moreover that the rent was
about five shillings, six pence a week;
that steps 1 u:• I been taken to cancel
this document,, that for some weeks
British troo;>s nad been on the island.!
Whether Prince B!u her and family!
had moved from the luaaior house was j
not made clear.
Tiie popular outcry against the'
.prince, in the opinion of tie Lou lon
press generally, i s unjustified; bat the .
"Times" remarks rathe.- sarcastically
that the public might be tol I a littio!
more about the German company which
was able to acquire so cheaply so
much good farm and pasture hum, to- j
getlicr with numerous cottages, not to
mention the manor house. It also "is
pointed out that the island is in the
heart of the English Channel, within 1
sight ol' the coast of France, about 7 0 j
miles from Portland and 4 0 from |
Cherbourg. It could be used as a sub-!
marine base, though nothing of the j
kind appears to have been attempted, j
Jap Red Cross Corps for France
Correspondence of the Associated Press. ■
Tokio, Dec. I.—The Japanese Red!
Cross corps which is going to France '
will leave Yokohama by the steamer j
Fusbimi .Maru December IC. The corps j
consist of Dr. Shioda, professor of tne '
Imperial University, who is the chief
of the medical staff: Drs. Mogi and
<Jki, about fifteen nurses and a few I
pharmacists. Landing' at Marseilles.!
the party will go to Bordeaux.
"Temps'* Editor on Joffre's Staff
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
General Joffre's Headquarters. Dec. I
1 .—Andre Tardieu, the foreign editor!
of the''Temps," is attached as lieuten- j
ant to General Joffre's staff. His du-1
ties require him to visit every part of
the front, and he has, therefore, extra- j
ordinary op(>ortunities for seeing the
actual operations of the war. M. Tar
dieu, it is understood, is assembling ma
terial for a history of the wnr.
Vampire Bats
Fairly large bats are the vampires of
New Guinea, which alight on any pro
jecting part of the body, in prefer
ence the toes, into which they bite a
small hole, from which they proceed
to suck the blood. They fan the wound
with their wings—to deaden the pain,
the natives say—and the victim seldom
awakens before mucin harm is done.
These horrible creatures suck as much
blood as they can, fly away and dis
gorge it and then return for more.
TELL HOW MANY BILLETS AUK
HEQIIRED TO KILL A SOLDIER
Correspondence of liie Associated Press.
London, Dec. 1. —One of the things
frequently noted by soldiers at the
front in writing to relatives anil
friends is the extraordinary expendi
ture of bullets required to kill ;i man.
A Herman report st::tes that many
Herman soldiers tired -1.000 cartridges
aipieee during the first month of the
war. An E-11.31i5.-h observer estimated
that 25 German shells are wasted i'or
every nvr.ii killed by them.
In IS7O it was calculated that the
Germans firol LoO bullets and six
shjrjpnc! shells for every wounded
l'ren lunau. In the Russo-Japanese
war it is said 3.00U bullets were lire I
tor overy life lost.
SOLDIERS M{()M KROXT ARE
ALLOWED TO VISIT FAMILIES
, Correspondence of '.he Associated Press.
Aldershot, Eng., Dec. U. — As the re
sult of receut orders giveji by tJir John
French, the families of regular troops
stationed here have been delightfully
surprised by visits from relatives di
rect from the front. These men aro
given leave from the trenches and most
of them elect to spend the time with
their fnnrlies.
Wives of sergeant majors, who de
spaired of seeing their husbands before
the end of the war, have been sur
prised b\ the receipt of telegrams from
i seaports informing them of the home
i coming. These husbands arrive looking
! as spick and span as when they march
jed away to the war. for the men arc
selected from.the regiments which have
been moved to the rear of the battle
| line to give thy soldiers a chance to
clean lip and receive fresh uniforms.
it is expe tecj that later rtiiole unit*
j will be given holidays and the soldier
in the trenches, according to one officer
.just returned from tiie front, has no
rosier anticipation than the prospects
of an afternoon at a football game
followed by the evening at a music
hall.
WAR TL'RNS UIIET CITY INTO
A BUSTLING MILITARY TOWN
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Versailles. France, Dec. 1. —War has
transformed this, ordinarily quiet his
toric city into a bustling military town.
Headquarters of the Germans during
the siege of Paris, it is to-Viav the
quarters of -ome of tha troops of the
Military Government of the capital and
it is also the depot for army stores
and is an aviation center. Nearbv is
the St. f'yr Military Academy, whi.'-h is
similar to the American West I'oint.
I'he tourist at Versailles now is a
rarity. I' or in or 1 y he helped constitute
the bulk of the floating population. Ho
has been supplanted by the soldier's
wife or sweetheart making a farewell
visit. The park of the palace alune re
main* open and this is their favorite
promenade. The museum and everything
else of historical interest is closed.
Squadrons of recruits are drilled
daily in the public street®. The com
mands of their officers sometimes are
unheard in the rattle of heavy munition
wagons that pass so frequently. Other
soldiers may be seen lead iug or riding
hundreds of horses just arrived and
destined for the cavalry.
Marietta Council Reorganized
Marietta, Dec. 9. — Borough Council
reorganized Monday evening and elect
ed the old officers for the ensuing year
Monday. Immediately following there
was a banquet served at Hotel Mari
etta. The Board of Education and a
few friends were the guests of the ex
ecutive body. A curfew ordinance
was presented at the meeting.
School Girl Has Tetanus
'Marietta. Dec. 9. —The young daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Ellicker, of
Wellsdale, is seribuslv ill from lockjaw
and her recovery is doubtful. Several
days ago while at school she scratched
herself with a pin and immediately the
arm began to swell.
Stroke Fatal to Aged Woman
Hallam, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Ijeah Houde
shall, 70 years old, died last evening
from a stroke, superinduced by cancer.
She was a lifelong metnlbcr of the Lu
theran church, and leaves a husband
and several children and a number of
grandchildren.
A TERROR TO GERMANS IN
TRENCHES
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Berlin, Dec. 1. —A small French
aeroplane, t)he " Bauernschreck," which
translated moans "the peasants' ter
ror,'' is no more and great is the re
joicing thereat among one wing of the
German army, which it had disturbed
much.
For a long period every evening
about o o'clock, tlie machine used to ap
pear over t lie trenches south of
Kheims, drop just one bomb, which nev
er failed to scatter death and destruc
tion, and then itisappear. German avi
ators ascended repeatedly and made fu
tile attempts to bring down the daiiger
! ous visitor. It was evident that the
machine carried a murderous machine
gun and that its occupants were no
mean marksmen
Kver yaviator . who pursued the
••Bauernschreck" sought eagerly the
honor of bringing it down, and as a re-
Mill of bravery shown jn pursuit one
non-commUsioner officer won an iron
cross, btn lost his life. After being
1 -hot through the hips by a gun in the
French machine, he continued to pilot
a Herman aeroplane for nine miles.
Finally a reserve artillery captain
evolved a new base for a howitzer, so
constructed as to permit great elevation
and rapid change of objective and the
second shot from it finished the Bauern
-1 schreck. Both occupants were charred
and mutilated beyjnd recognition. Jt
i could only be told that one was an ofli
| cer and the other a civilian.
BALKAN WARS ALSO DEPLETED
RANKS OF SERVIAN OFFICERS
; Correspondence of the Associated I'ress.
Nish, iiervia, Dec. 2. —There is a
shortage of officers in the Servian
army, due not only to the severe losses
j sustained in the earlier battles of the
| campaign, but also to the losses of the
; two Balkan wars. The gaps have
> proved a source of considerable ein
| barrassment to the army chiefs, and a
| number of youthful cadets from the
i Military College have now been given
commissions and sent to the front.
Another matter of serious concern in
' army circles is the difficulty of caring
properly for the wounded, who arc be
| iug sent into the interior towns as
j rrfpidly as possible. Although there
! are a number of Bed Cross units from
foreign countries on Uie ground, there
, is still a shortage of trained help, and
j a still more serious shortage of drugs
| and of surgical and hygieuic appli
| ances.
War Puts Damper on Monte Carlo
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
IxMidon, Dee. I.—Because of the
war, Monte Carlo is to have a limited
season this year, opening some time
I this month. Formerly it was tihe custom
to begin the gambling season on No
vember 15, and long before tihen the
frivolous world of sport and fashion
hud gathered -here, aind by December,
gayety was at its height. Out of the
800 employes of the Casino nearly 300
are no<w serving France with the col
ors. The rest 'have been retained in the
service of the company at temporarily
reduced rates.
Lord Tennyson's Son Wounded
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
London, Dec. 1. —Liionel Tennyson,
eldest son of the present Lord Tenny
son, has returned to London from the
front, wounded in the leg. He is a
lieutenant iu the rifle brigade. Lord
Tennyson has two other sons serving,
one a lieutenant and another n mid
shipman.
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Henrietta D. Grauel
The recipe for Swiss steak is one|
worthy of some consideration for it J
teaches how to make the connective
tissues, or the flesh we Jteneralis'.e as
"meat," tender and full of flavor. Yes,
even though it be cut from an animal:
that is old and muscular and worn from
hard work and too long life.
Professor Kdnc Noble White's recipe 1
for Swiss steak: Have steak cut froin !
round of beef. It should be not less
than an inch and one-half in thickness.'!
Season a cup of flour with a half a tea
spoon of salt and as much pepper as
you like. Pound the steak with a heavy
plate using the edge of the platter. As
you pound sift in the flour. When you
have pounded as much flour into one
side as the meat will hold repeat the
process on the other side. It is possible
to pound a large quantity of Hour into
a comparatively small piece of meat.
Have hot meat drippings in a deep|
pan, brown the steak well in this. A
crisp crust should be formed on each!
side the steak. Add sutlicient boiling
water to cover the meat and put a well 1
fitting lid on the pan to hold in the
steam. Place it where this will simmer I
and cook for one hour and a half. Yon j
may have to add mofe water but doj
not put on enough to cover meat deeply.
\\ hen ready to serve this there should
be just enough water to moisten the
meat. You may make a cream gravv
with the liquor or use it clear. It will,
be thick from the flour in the meat.
This recipe may be modified bv
adding tomato juice in place of water.
Or towards the last of the cooking on-j
ions may be put in with the meat.
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Swiss Steak
Ali tough meat is hotter for having
the fibre broken somewhat before cook
ing. The ordinary meat pounder is in
clined to cut the meat so the juices
escape; by using n platter, as Miss
White suggests, the tissue is not crushed
or cut yet it is separated. Then flour
is worked into the meat to prevent the
juices escaping before the cooking is
underway and before the crust is formed
by the fat. Another thing, this crust
is heavier for having the flour on the
meat so the juices are. better retained
in the steak.
Now about the proper thickness of
beefsteak. If cut thinner than an inch
and a half the juices cannot be pre
served and the meat is bound to be
more like leather than steak. Because
meat is cut thin is no reason it must,
come to the table rare if you like it
well done. Witness the one and one
half hours Miss White suggests for this
Swiss steak. It will be done and yet
it will be as full of richness and flavor
as though it was a broiled porterhouse.
•lust now all meat should be cooked
thoroughly for it is by cooking or by
the application of heat that disease
germs are killed. They will all yield
to this sterilizing process if the heat
be long continued and high. The pub
licity given to the foot and mouth dis
ease has alarmed everyone yet hog
cholera and kindred diseases are always
among cattle and we buy the flesh con
taining the germs and by cooking it.
destroy the danger. Surely it is a
woman's duty to her family to under
stand how and why to cook well.