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all Legal Papers promptly executed.
The resolution adds that it is hoped
that the government's decision will
lead to the triumph of those senti-
ments of national democracy from
which alone Europe can obtain an
epoch of social peace.
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” |-| Grand Duke Albrecht have been forc- London. —The official press bureau raids by French aviators a men for every dash, which was their + MEYERSDALE, - PA.
squadron of aeroplanes is in <
constant readiness to beat off
attacks,
issued the following statement by the
Admirality: ‘
“The Pegasus, in Zanzibar harbor
was attacked by the Koenigsberg and
disabled; out of her crew of 234 the
Pegasus lost twenty-five killed and
eighty wounded.
“The Germhan warship Emden, on
the China station, entered the Bay
of Bengal on the same night and
sank five British ships. She sent
another, with its crew prisoners, to
Calcutta. The Emden is now report-
ed at Rangoon.”
The British auxiliary cruiser Car-
mania was in an action off the east
WAR’S DEVELOPMENTS. | | ed back, but not until a fierce German
|- | bombardment had set the city on fire
and had severely damaged the historic
cathedral.
method of progress.
The German center concentrated its
attack on the region of Rheims. While
the kaiser’s heavy guns kept up their
relentless bombardment of the city
the infantry was hurled again and
again upon the French lines in an ef-
fort to break them, but without suc-
cess.
The Germans occupying the trench-
es kept constantly on the alert, no ag-
gressive move was started from the
allies’ lines facing them. Then all the
allied batteries seemed to open fire
‘together and every point along the
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FRANCE. —The Allies, according to
the last communique, have gained
an advantage along the battle front
from Rheims to the Argonne ridgea
The French report the capture of
Russians Bombard
Argonne and also of the heights of Two Great Forts
Lassigne, west of Noyon and on the
right of the German line. There 7
were severe engagements east of Fall of Sandomir, After Defeat of
the Oise and north of the Aisne. Germans, Is Announced by
Along this part of the line the Ger- Petrograd.
mans displayed renewed activity,
and many attacks resulted in bayo-
The fight does not consist of one
sustained and continued movement,
but of several combats proceeding in-
cessantly at the strongest points of
the Germans’ defending line along the
river Aisne.
The most impressive reports of the
battle of many days, so evenly bal-
anced, are that it is a combat of
artillery. Day and night thousands
of German cannon hammer at the
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Petrograd (St. Petersburg, via Lon-
Vi net charges. Ambassador Jusser- don.)—The Russians continue their | coast of South America with an Ger- | to gain ground, but only at dreadful | front became very active. —Strawberry Cup Pudding to
: rand filed a protest with acting progress in taking fortified places and | man armed merchant cruiser sup- | cost. The fighting at Reims between At the western end of the line the | Finish the Meal.
eepers| Secretary of State Lansing at keeping the enemy tirelessly on the |posed to be the Trafalgar or the Ber- | infantry and cavalry followed three | allied infantry gathered in the trench- | y
xtract-| Washington against the destruction | ™oOVe. The town of Jaroslaw was de-|lin. The action lasted an hour and | days of incessant artillery dueling. | es and simultaneously at various| Stuffed Flank Steak en Casserole.— °
> sirup of the cathedral of Rheims, and vastated by fire and the Russians | forty-five minutes, when the German The Germans, believing they could | points crept out and advanced caut- | Lay the steak upon a board, spread
in the, @ President Poincare directed a for-| have begun the bombardment of the| ship capsized and sank, the survivors | break the French centre by a counter | ously in wide-open lines towards the | over it a thin layer of bread dressing,
er of| mal protest to be made to all neu- fortress of Jaroslaw with heavy siege | being rescued by an empty collier. | assault, essayed three times to reoc- | German positions. roll up very compactly; fasten the side
Kk lots| tral Powers against the destruetion | uns. The Carmania suffered nine killed,)| cupy Reims and were each time hurl- | The French and British on several | and ends to inclose the dressing se
er, re- for ithe bombardment of Rheims. 5 The Jones of Przemysl RR five Seriously and twenty-one slightly | ed back. occasions succeeded in surprising and | cure. Cut a slice of fat salt pork or,
n. VL 3 re with its heavy guns upo e S- | wounded, drivi back the occupants of the Ger-| bacon in bits a d let k until the
( ‘ ort from Berlin, . A, riving oa 0 pi i s and let cook unti
united Ci nn a she com- | S18DS: The investment of this for- H. M. S. Cumberland reports from NEW ARMY FOR VON KLUCK. man trenches, but only after the most fat is drawn out. Dredge the roll of
aly e mand of the Crown Prince is at. | tress, Austria’s principal stronghold, | the Cameroon River that a German London.—Forcés of the allied ar-|stubborn fighting and after heavy | meat with flour and rub it in thorough- —
epper- ] tacking the forts at Vedun. An of. | has begun. E rom Livoft (Lempburg) to | steamship, on the night of the four- mies swept past Noyon-in the meove- losses both to the attacking and to Bef ly; then brown it in the fat, turning
TRIER ficial statement said’ that the Ger- Cracow is 150 miles, one-half of which | teenth, attempted to sink the British | ant to encircle General Alevander | defending forces. In every instance | the roll as it browns until the whole
n= man attack against British and | has been covered by the Russians. gunboat Dwarf with an infernal ma- [von Kluck’s troops and the French | the allied troops retained the ground | surface is nicely colored. Set the meat
colony French troops has progressed and Between Jaroslaw and Przemsyl the | chine in her hows; attempt failed.}paye driven back to Laon the Ger captured and immediately dug them-| in a casserole or an agate dish that
honey thet the Germans: have gone for retreating enemy destroyed the | The steamship with one prisoner | ans northwest of Rheims. selves in. : can be tightly closed; put in also an
ward at several points. The state- bridges across the San, River. Ja-) was captured. Aeroplane scouts report that a gen-| Further east at Rheims the German | onion, sliced very thin, half a carrot
3 quite ment also reiterates previous ex- roslaw Stands Iweniy Biles dove On the night ot September 16 the | gra) retreat toward the Rhine of the | developed a strong attack, but were | cut in thin slices and a cupful of toma-
hive pressions, of regret at the necessity Stream Ton + Taos 2 Tu a i Dwar was purposedly rammed by the German armies in France is under | beaten back with the bayonet, only to | to puree. Rinse the frying pan with a
stiess, tor the bombardment of Reims. Blove. uy fas : Tonge t ° r : on. 2 Nachiiger B Berman merchant ship; way. Many German troops which |return again and again, to be finally | cupful of boiling water, turn this into
yi. con: RUSSIA —The Russian cavalry cap- me or A po ant 8 Tale dy hii was ssn damaged; the | qiarted from Belgium to reinforce the | driven off to their original position. | the dish, cover and let cook three
Taira iT tows of Dublecke on the | oe as ‘likewise been Seized Min. Jags LE ey The enemy | pring line in France have been driven [Military experts estimate that 2, | hours or longer, in the oven. Let the
nding \ Ss i Co vonae the Russians. ost four white an ten natives; eig t | back to a rendezvous ai Brussels, [000,000 or more men are NOW I iho | ‘heat be very moderate. Have ready
\ wo ry at batteries of |’; i BOTs Jaana: Wiktes and fourteen natives are Miss: | where jt is reported 200,000 Germans zone where the battle. has been in| two tablespoonfuls flour, half a tea-
ample yf till ) 7d wagon loads of sup- in another pari 0 is titanic battle |g. have gathered. progress 10 days. spoonful salt and one-fourth teaspoon-
le sea- o , artillery a g A field, the Russians have taken San-| Two German launches, one carry- The flanki t left General ful * . h Bh
/ lies. This point is thirty miles 3 : : 3 dy . PR y : e flanking movement le en ul “pepper, mixed to a smooth paste
en re- Pp domir, which was fortified in their re- | Ing explosive machines, was as Khick. 1 t ely d ae ith ] ? th
# west of Przemysl and marks the . ) von uck in an extremely dangero i or fice | cold water. Stir this into e
te be treat by the Germans. troyed; the enemy’s losses were one iti The Sa my commanded Berlin.—The official war oflice |...
A furthest advance of the Russian : 111 ; : position. e Saxon army co : : t | liquid in the casserole. Let the sauce
[ill be { The whole of the enormous area of | killed, three whites and two natives by General von Hausen has been brok- statement issued says mo importan boil two or three minutes, then strain
vi the wentre against Cracow. ‘| this great struggle is now represented | prisoners. 2 up and that officer is in disgrace changes are reported from the western | , Tm :
; A report from St. Petersburg says > hn 3 : £ ' en up g . t over the meat. Set'boiled onions
as a waste through which bodies of | (an A~~~A~A~AA~A~AAnA~A~A~s French advance guards are in touch theater of war.
that the Russian army has invested nch advance gua . around the dish.
es for | 2 i soldery from the broken Austrian ar with the enemy as far as St. Quentin. | It is stated that the movement to] = :
ven at, the whole fortified line from | ,je5 are wandering: in groups and I ow hold if of the im: | take Rheims, and with it the eight im- trawberry Cup Pudding.—Butter
preb- Przemysl to Jaroslav. Sufficient | singly, seeking only to yield them- RAIN AND HAIL portant strategic positions in the Noy- | portant railroads especially sought and dust with sugar five cups; fill
> Con Russian troops have been left to|geiyes prisoners. The Russian pursuit BESET TROOPS a Compeigne Vic triangle, except the | from a strategic point of view, pro-| 'lfeequarters full with the following
dle of! bombard or storm these two for-|ig still proceeding vigorously. ON BATTLE LINE eights on the River Ole. ceeds uninterruptedly, and with every mixture: One cupful bread crumbs,
urther tresses and the main armies have : fo Laon, where the German line has | prospect of success. one cupful hot milk, four tablespoon
olony swung around the fortified line and I ] A News from the front tells of been broken by the French, is the key In this connection.it is said the fuls sugar, two eggs beatsu very well
n the : sre advancing toward Cracow. ta y rms bad weather which ls causing to the roads commanding the Ger-|French positions on the heights ot| 2nd a half pint of strawberry pre
BELGIUM.—The people of Liege have : h the troops great suffering. The mans’ direct retreat to the Rhine, |Craonne are now in the hands of the | Serves. Mix all together, set the cups
been told by the Germans to move More an Exchange Telegraph's Paris cor- through Luxemburg. Maintenance of | Germans and that Verdun has been | 'D 2 pan of water and bake about thir-
nT out of the town. The Germans are ; ; respondent says, according to : iit ; ™ ty or forty minutes. Serve hot with
SRoP 3 Fi their present positions by the French isolated. a
> intrenching many of the positions 00,000 en messages from Londen! will leave the Germans no avenue of | This strong fortified position is now thin cream.
d Ald - whieh they held on thelr advance “Reports from the front show Ji| .oiirement, except through Belgium. |being bombarded from two sides by
is and it is believed that these works| == 1.10 already has more thas the rien and British Two hundred thousand German |the German heavy siege guns, and | MENU FOR HOT WEATHER
are in preparation for the with- than half a million men under arms. roopsare bo ting waist deep In troops have resumed a serious offen- | every effort is being made to take it.| ln
drawal of the German ei Rw The best of these troops are in camps Water ihe rains having flooded sive movement against Antwerp. Bel- It is understood the present Inove | |deas That Will Save Time When
ating in France. It is officially a0 | nq parracks in the Lombardy and i ing glan troops have made = successful | ment has for its object the separation | Oss Is Not In Particular Mood
lant nounced from Antwerp that Gen.|yo oo Srovinces. : Fis Slspaion from the battle raid within twenty-two miles of Liege. | of the allied armies and especially the | | for Working.
i, vou Kiuck, eoumendse of German The forty-fourth ‘anniversary of the A RE ie ior ith 's The “Express” correspondent says | piercing of their center. This move:
: ' right wing in France, has entry of Italians into Rome was cele- cold. wind, ‘added to the ‘afd the bombardment of Rheims began | ment is slowly but surely succeeding, Ob ward days, when one’s enthust
gin Rig Bepdguusters Bt Mong. brated with a program organized by Ey ile Re ornee rs, from German - batteries posted SIX |i js declared. On the right, although gem for cooking or baking is on the
aver : the municipality, The usual proces- \ x i miles north of the city. The first shots | ho allies have been very strongly Yo ans. the tollowin ie m
made . who are entirely without tents. hattered the windows of the cathe- i : h e following suggestion ay
ields 15 000 AUSTRIANS sion to the point where the opening : shattered ows inforced, they have failed to drive| pe of help: ;
4 - ’ : was made in the walls of the city was are), Shien was Tyne the Rew Gross back General von Kluck’s army at any Buy a plain, cake from the bakere
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ratte TAKEN PRISONERS Seas on in its chancel. Of ey 150 suf- point. Cut it through the long way twice,
The cortege stopped in front of the ne Ge ombardi| Tue announcement given out at of-| ovine three layers. Then mash two
British Embassy and cheered with TRENCHES FILLED WITH WATER. fered ‘woundy during e bombard- | gi.) neadquarters relates that in the| oo three ripe tomatoes or other fresh
nt, is = : the wildest enthusiasm. Then a Brit ment. fighting around Rheims the Germans, ryj Pe oman oe o
: . - | fruit and spread on layers. For a
crea: Many Cannon and Other Supplies Also | ; flag was unfurled and the crowd Paris.—Fragments of news from the t pour, suaed SR es have occupied the heights of Craonneé| esting use confectioner’s sugar,
you d Were Captured, Says shouted repeatedly: “Long live Eng-| front confirm the serious character of Soy historic i Hour the ang that in advancing on the French | nixed with a little water and flavor-
live 7 Petrograd. land, the friend of Italy!” The |the combat on the Aisne. Some of gral have been destroyed, and city, which is described as on fire,| yng Then sprinkle with cecoanut.
on of demonstration is continuing. those wounded who have arrived here much of the town. The population is they oceupied the village of Betheny. | Or make frosting of sweetened con-
Kivi Petrograd. — In a message the The democratic Constitutional party | declare that the fighting was even |g... ts the SouthWest. The Germans have attacked the line | densed milk mixed with melted, un-
i) Fiavas correspondent says that during held a meeting and adopted resolu- i a than 2p By Mums Jad Debris and crumbling walls are all of forts to the south of Youn 2a sweetened chocolate. This makes a
ad by three days the Russians in Galicia tions saying that the manifestations say : 2 OBnne on both sides mus be that is left of the thirteenth century they crossed victoriously the eas - | fair imitation of a good home-made
have captured 15,000 Austrians, in- of democracy indicate to the govern- | heavier. The English, as on the | © thedral, the most remarkable ex- frontier of Lorraine, which was de | cake.
cluding 150 officers. Many cannon, ment the enthusiasm of the people for Marne, are bearing the brunt of the ample that was left of early Gothic fended by eight French army corps. A For soup purchase a can of tomato
quick fire guns and supplies also have the time when the national aspira-| counter attacks. | architecture. French sortie from a point northeast soup Cook half a cup of rice or bar-
been taken. tions may be realized, but expressing After many days’ constant hammer- In addition to the cathedral the mu- of Verdun was repulsed. Cote, in Lor- ley, mash through a sieve and add to
Austrian aeroplanes which flew over | the opinion that the public should |ing the German arijllery slackened its) ("the hospitals and the city hall | raine, which was defended by the| goyp This adds a little “home taste”
the Russian army were destroyed, |leave to the government the determi- | fire during a heavy downpour of rain. | oo .." gestroyed. Eighth Fremch army corps, has been | to the concoction.
the corespondent continues. On the nation of Italy’s final attitude toward | The trenches were nearly filled with| =; "onite of the bombarment and thelr occupied, the Germans now holding| ‘phen with a salad made of crisp
body of a dead aviator there were the international conflict. whi i ney i “| repeated attacks upon it the Germans | this point. A sortie of the French | |situce and cucumbers, olive oil, lemon
found ‘lists of the Austrian reserves AA AAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA a ahs rl have been unable to take Rheims. troops from the northeast front of | juice, served with a few. salted pea
together with notes as to their posi- ding to the sufferings of the woun ded Dispatches jndiente both Sermans Verdun was repulsed. nuts or other nuts, one will have an
tions, which greatly aided the Rus- : 4€C. | and Allies occupy strong intrenche attractive, satisfying supper that has
sians. WAR NEWS TOLD porns Si avs Doon Sustained positions, and in many Eres oppos- Virginia Dry by 20,000. required little ae re at
IN TABLOID FORM on. Dal BE mae places |; o ounners are holding new fortl-| Richmond, Va.—Returns from Vir hea
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; : : cial statement from the War Office de- both sides A oY re- bition DIopogision malentes Eine The evenness and smoothness of a
London.—A violent attack by the| Berlin announces through Count von |clared that the ‘battle in France is| quit : prohibitionists have car i} ei cake depends to a large degree on the
main body of the German right, under | ~Bernstorff that no move for, peace still progressing with the German by 5 majostty of igh A ition | WAY the batter is put into the baking
Gen. von Kluck, drove the Allies back | has been made at Washington, and | forces slowly breaking down 'We| BERLIN REPORTS SUCCESS Richmond gave 4,282 for prohibitlon| i, “care must be taken that the cor
over the Aisne just below Soissons that no offer of separate terms has | French defence. It is explained that . and 6,011 against. Scattering returnty © 1 oNed and that the batter does
and for a while it seemed as though been made to Belgium, as reported. | the German lines have been extended from all counties show heavy dry ma | |. io thicker in the middle of the pan.
the Kaiser's men, heartened by food! pp. jijent Wilson regrets the publica- | at certain points and now include the | Berlin, via Amsterdam.—The follow- | jorities. A list or bulge in the center of a baked
and reinforcements, both of which| ,, 5¢ unfounded stories about original French lines. ing official statement was issued: Tr cake is often the result of lack of such
they needed badly, would succeed in peace plans credited to him. He is = “Success is meeting our offensive Russians Capture Jaroslav. precaution. Smooth the batter lightly
piercing the Anglo-French line and | J iting favorable opportunity to| GREATEST OF ARTILLERY DUELS. | against the Allied British and French | Petrograd. —Russian troops haVel Lien or spoon. Ii 1s very Tecessary to
atter putting the Allies on the defensive. suggest peace to the warring na- forces. We are making progress at| occupied the fortified Austrian Posi | have special baking pans for different
h the Fresh troops were hurried to the| 4, On the Battle Front, via Paris.— | several points. Heavy rains for a few tion of Jaroslav, according to Officia | varieties of cakes such as the angel
har Allies Weak point, however, and, re- The Russians have captured Dubiecko, The armies of the nations became days compelled the German troops ta announcement made here. The RUS | £504 pans shown by dealers. The mo-
cow: suming the offensive, they drove the he Ri s tting off Przem deadlocked north of the River Aisne | withhold their attacks, but we are now | sian flag is now flying over the tOWD | ment the batter has been spread the
1d be Germans back over the river and at ou the ind 2h, - ng arr after the most terrible artillery duel | moving forward, with the enemy mak er cake should be put into the oven, as
soils nightfall the position of conflicting | ¥* om the; Western Susi of the centuries. ing an energetic defense. Prince George Wounded. it will lose its lightness if allowed to
tivity forces below Soissons was the same| "Man Armies, . Sheer exhaustion and frightful | “The reinforcements sent to the} Nish, Seria.— Prince George cf Ser | gtand.
a hee as before the bloody day’s work began. | Gen. Dankl has been driven out of | {ooces checked assaults and counter | front have given a good account of | via, has again been wounded, this Soino of the ‘host delicious calies
- On the Allies’ extreme left the Ger-| South Poland and cu} off from the | 5gaults all along the battle lne. themselves and have strengthened | time while leading a charge of 2 S61] ave rained while turning them from
oy - mans gave way on the Oise near Noy- main body of the Austrian Army. The gigantic battle, or more prop- | our lines by replacing ‘the soldiers | vian battalion. A rifle bullet penetrat| hg pan. If the pan containing the
id r on, according to an official statement | More than half of the German war |eriy battles, continue day and night | who were almost, exhausted by the| ed the trunk of his body. It is tht} cype is set on a cloth wrung out of
peal from Paris, and around Rheims the| loan of $1,050,000,000 was sub- | along the entire front from Noyon | terrific strain under which they hava | opinion of his physicians that his lf | warm water and left for a few minutes
armies of General von Einem and! seribed without foreign aid. to the German frontier. been fighting for day.” ~—- . {Is rot in danger. the cakes will turn out without any,
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