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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
SHEYENNE VALLEY NOTES..

Carl Henrikson and Alfred Ander.
son were business visitors in Kathryn
last Tuesday.
Carl Hanson was visitor with Pc.
ter Gregerson last Tuesday evening.
Fritz Olstad was busy last Wednes.
day hauling straw.
John F. Henrikson was a visitor
with Alfred Anderson last Tuesday
evening.
Peter Gregerson and sons Sidney
and Axel were Kathryn shoppers last
Tuesday.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
Austrian Army Surprised.

The Austrian army in Servia, has
not recovered from the surprise the
Servians gave it. The Servians turn
ed on the invaders, and drove them
westward and northward from Ser
ian territory. The only part of Ser
via in Austrian hands comprises the
small territory including the towns of
Shabats and Losnitza.
Leave Belgrade Without Fighting
The headquarters at Vienna in deal
ing with the situation, asserts that
the retirement of the right wing was
made advisable by the amandon of
Belgrade, which was evacuated with
Belgrade, which was evacuated with
out fighting. The Austrians occupied
Belgrade Dec. after four months of
bombardment.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
APPEAL FOR HELP

The call has come and the plea has
been made from the Social Worker"
; of our Associated Charities for moro
help in his work This is a new or
ganization and young one and there
fore very much lacking in funds. Win
tre and cold weather is here, and the
suffering among our poor is most de-
plorable. Few of us realize the cond,.
tions which exist, and therefore have
not responded with the help which wv
might give. Will we not please re,
member that we have an organization
in our city for the care Of our poor anu
needy, and that each and every citi-
zen is member and has a share in the
work. Rather than allow useful and
worn things to be discarded and ac.
cumulate at home, will you not re.
member there is use and need for all
Those things at the depot of the AS
sociated Charities.
A list has been given from the So
cial Worker, Of needs, as follows:
Shoes, stockings and over shoes for
children from 3 to 12 years; underwear
for the same ages; coats, trousers and
overcoats for boy from to II years;
dresses and cloaks for girls from to
16; underwear and warm dresses for
mothers; clothing for infants; three
air tight wood heaters; cooking uten-
sile and dishes of all kinds; bedding,
comforters. mattresses and bedsteads.
chairs; non-perishable food stuffs, i. q.
beans, salt pork, -four, etc. The good
good old English carol, can we'll be re-
called at this time:
AT the Merry Table
Think of those who've none,
The orphan and the widow.
Hungry and alone.
Bountiful your behring's,
To the Altar Bring,
Let the poor and needy,
Xmas carols sing"
If it is impossible for you to deliver
the articles to the depot" which is in
the Salvation Army hall, will you not
please telephone to the depot" and
arrangements will be made to call for
them.
Dr. Acher, President.
Rev. w. C, Lyon, Vice President.
Mr.. C. J. Olson, Treasurer.
Miss Mary Hudson, Secretary.
Rev. Father Sailer, Member of Exc
cutive Committee.
Mr.. Chas. Nelson, Social Worker.
Telephone, 39l.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
ALLIES GOING FORWARD
ON ENTIRE FRONT
Germany Admits Setback in Attacks on WarsawAus-
trian Government Admits Evacuating Belgrade After
Only Few Days Occupation.

London, Dec. 16.-The offensive
movement of the French and British
has become general, and is being push
ed with strong forces, particularly in
Flanders, Argonne, Woevre and Al
SAGE. While the French claim to be
successful at all points, except near
Steinbach in Alsace, the German off,
cial report says the allies attacks have
been unsuccessful in several places.
On the whole, it appears that the al
lies, now in the superiority in numbers
and artillery, have succeeded in max
ing some progress, and have withstood
the vigorous counter attacks by the
Germans.
Admits Setback.
The only news from the east this
evening is the admission of the gen.
eral staff that the German column
which advanced through Mlawa to-
ward Warsaw has "reoccupied it's old
positions owing to the superiority of
the enemy" This in a measure con-
firms the Russian accounts of victory
on this part Of the battle front. While
the Austrians have succeeded in
crossing the Carpathians, according
to their own account, and driving the
Russian left back towards the river
San Austrian, the Germans have un-
dertaken the rather difficult task Of
forcing the Russians to withdraw
from in front of Cracow, and also Of
relieving Przemysl.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17

The association of life insurance
presidents kindly sent about a pound
of information, with letter attached,
which graciously permitted the news
papers to print the whole Dose On
account Of the liberal amount of ad-
vertising the various companies do, it
hardy seems necessary to use the free
dope and so it went to the basket
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
VALLEY CITY TO Have
ROLLER SKATING RINK

D. w. Clark has rented his hall in
the Opera House Block on Fifth Ave.
known as Clark's hall, to Messrs. Davis
and Small of Courtenay, who will open
O. roller skating rink in the near fu
tire. This will afford the young peo
pie of the city splendid indoor amuse
nent for the winter days, and it is ex
epcted that the rink will be open in
the course of week or ten days time
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17

Western Galicia has compelled the en-
envy to retreat, and caused their front
in South Poland to waver", was the
official statement. "Our troops who
are advancing from the south yester-
day reached Jaslo Rajbrot. In this
advance of our last battle we took
$1,000 Russian prisoners. The enemy
is retiring along the entire frone from
RajbrOt to PiOtrkOW,"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
VALLEY CITY RESI-.
Dent LOSES HEAVI.
LY ON FAILURE

Again Barnes County people are the
victims of mail order house failure.
1t is estimated that fully $500 was lost
in Valley City alone by the failure of
this concern. One check or draft was
sent in amounting to $50. A letter
came back explaining that the com.
pany was short of the goods ordered
and the company check was attached
to cover the customers check sent
from here. When the check was sent
back by the Valley City bank it was
returned marked mo funds" and with
a $500 protest fee added. This is only
one of many. No names are given for
the losers do not care for publicity but
it is safe to venture the remark that
they have had a lasting lesson in
tt aiding at home.
Only nine days until Christmas, do
,,o,r Cbc;otrooe r1u
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
Russians Claim Gains.

Petrograd, Dec. 16.-The Russians
continue ogain success in the Mlawa
region against the Germans, as was
officially stated. 1t adds: ION the
left bank of the Vistula large forces
OF the enemy are concentrating. Since
yesterday. morning there has been
fierce fighting between Lowicz and
Vistula on the left bank of the Bzure,
with both sides alternately on offen-
sive and defensive. Our troops were
able to make some progress"
Take $1,000 Prisoners.
Vienna, Dec. 16.-Our offensive in
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
Gained $50 Yards.

Paris, Dec. 16.-It was officially an
nounced here tonight: I'm Belgium
the Franco-Belgian troops debouched
from Nieuport and occupied the line
from the outskirts west of Lombaertz.
yde to the farm of St. Georges.
ITO the south of Ypres we made an
attack in the direction of Klein Zil.e-
beke and gained $50 yards.
I'm Alsace we continued to hold the
heights which dominate Steinbach."
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17

The eight thousand steal head trout
that were released in a creek near
Sweet Briar last year for spawning
purposes are thriving splendidly and
good sport is assured when the years
protection expires. .......
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17

London, Dec. 14.-There have been
no very marked developments, during
the last "a hours, in the situations in
the Eastern and Western battles, so
far official reports disclose, although
fighting of more or less violent char
acter is proceeding along the two
fronts. In this the opposing head
quarters claim the advantage fell to
their respective armies.
Germans Claim Gains.
Offsetting the Russian claims of
having checked the advance of three
Of five German columns invading
their territory, the Germans state that
their cavalry repulsed the Russian
horsemen on the East Prussian from
tier; that in North Poland German
operations are developing; and that in
South Poland the Russian attacks
have been unsuccessful.
Admit Russians Are Active
However Berlin admits that the
Russian resistance by no means is
broken, although according to the
German estimate, in the battles pre-
ceding the evacuation of Lodz, the
Russians lost 100000 men, including
$4,000 previously reported captured,
while the German losses, it is stated,
were light. The town of Lodz suffer-
ed little damage.
Disparity in Reports.
There is the same disparity between
the French and German accounts of
the battles in Flanders and France. II
is apparent, however, that the allies
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
BOY L00SES LIFE IN
FIRE AT LUVERNE, n. D,

Luverne, N. D., Dec. 14.-Asa, the
5-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Baker, was burned to death tnls morn.
ing about 7:30 o'clock, in fire which
destroyed three frame buildings. His
parents barely escaped with thclr lives
Three travelling men in the lodging
house escaped with nothing worse
than singed hair and eyebrows, and
I the loss of their grips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker and the child
were asleep in the front room of the
, lodging house over the barber shop in
which the fire started Mrs. Bake.
who was sick in bed recovering from
an operation, was carried to safety by
her husband, but the child asleep in
the same room could not be reached in
time.
Several Buildings Burn.
A barber shop and lodging house.
George Folness, proprietor and Svend
Svenningson, owner, is a total loss
with contents; and the restaurant, of
which Ole Vvalvik was owner and pro.
prietor, is a total loss and no insur.
ance on the building which was valued
at $780, The fixtures were saved.
From the printing Office, of which
Julius Peterson was owner, the type,
presses, etc., were saved, and the fur
niture of Mr.. Peterson, who lived in
the rear of the shop. The building
owned by Ole Jacobson was total
los. The restaurant changed hands
anly Tuesday, Mr.. William Baker be-
ing the former owner.
The fire started from the water
heater in the barber shop. The bar
ber had just lighted it, and gone out
to the kitchen stove. In few min.
utes the wall was ablaze. With no
fire protection in the town, and the
buildings, frame structure dry as
tinder, the flames could not be check
ed.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
ALLIES REPORTED ON
OFFENSIVE IN WAR

! have assumed the offensive.
The Servians continue to announce
successes by their troops who are said
to have been led by King Peter and
his two sons.
Truce Move Fails.
The pope's plea for Christmas
truce has failed for, while majority
of the powers received it sympathetic.
ally, others declined to support it.
Persistently rumors have it that the
German cruiser Dresden, one Of the
German squadron defeated by the Brit
ish squadron in the South Atlantic, Ell
ther has been sunk or has sought re-
fuge in a neutral port.
Austrians Pursue Russians.
Berlin, Dec. 16.-It is officially stat
ed here: vienna official reports say
that the pursuit of the Russians in
western Galicia has continued and has
reached the plain of Allenthal after
some important engagements.
1t adds that the Russians in Po-
land continue to retire in front Of the
German Austrian offensive, as the
position of their main forces becomes
more untenable."
A young lady in Fargo went into a
dry goods store the other day and
blushingly asked the head clerk if he
had any of those elastic bands, cap
able Of being elongated and adjusted
at pleasure, and used by the feminine
portion of mankind for putting around
the lower extremities Of their locomo-
tive members to keep in the proper
position and the required altitude,
habilaments of their tibias. The
young man is now in sanitarium re-
covering from a brain storm.
Colvin, the fellow who passed a
"bum" check in Valley City is said to
be operating his dancing schools in the
western part Of the state.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17

Buenos Aires, Dec. 14.-The Ger
man cruiser Dresden, one of the
squadron engaged by the British war
ships of Falkland Island, and which
took flight, has stranded on the Ar
gentine coast near the port of Gal
legos..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17

Some of the smaller papers could
improve their print by warming their
presses.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17

Colvin, the fellow who passed a
"bum" check in Valley City is said to
be operating his dancing schools in the
, western part Of the state.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17

Only nine days until Christmas, do
your Christmas shopping early.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
B|GELOW KEEPS
WORD To PEOPLE
Close to 5000 Men Are Working
on Repairs of States High
ways as Week Ends

The close of the week finds probably
$500 men at work on the repair of tho
State highways and 1t is expected that
on Monday this number will be in
creased to 5000 and further increases
will be made as the scope of operations
widens. The reports made TO the
Highway Department indicate that the
automobile license fund was released
by the fiscal officers none too soon, for
many of the highways were in a con.
dftion bordering on dangerous and
squads will be working on small sec
tions badly cut UP by rains and dam
aged by the enforced neglect due to
the lack of funds. Scores of bridges
will have to undergo extensive repairs.
involving much outlay of money De-
termined efforts were made by the re-
pair gangs to get the roads fixed up in
the vicinity of the cities, the county
and market towns, Gettysburg. which
is much travelled to and from, and the
National Guard camps at Indiana and
Selinsgrove. Over 1000 road drags
have been put to use.
Later on resurfacing will be started,
but the first work will be to make the
roads safe, says Commissioner E. M.
Bigelow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
NORMANDIE

CUANNETI Excellent table. Pleas
NIlANNRLL ant surroundings. Iiii-
nois and Pacific Aves. Facing ocean
running water, private baths. Capacity
800. So up weekly. Newly furnished
throughout 18th season. Swing and
amusements for children. Window
screens. Booklets. A. @. CHANNELL,
Owner and Prop. Formerly of Arkan-
sas and Pacific Aves.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
Congressman Returns
Salary He Didn't Earn

Washington, D. c.. July 1S.-Con-
gress has discovered among its mem
bers a man who is so punctiliously
honest that he has actually turned
back into the federal treasury $500,
the amount of his salary for four days
which he spent away from Washington
recently on private business. He is
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon. of the
Fifth Mississippi district.
There is tradition that somewhere
in the statute books is law providing
that a member of Congress shall not
draw pay for the days he is absent and
not attending y his public duties. But
the oldest inhabitant doesn't remem-
Der that the law was ever anything
but a dead letter.
Mr.. Witherpsoon tried to keep Sc
cret what he had done. Probably he
felt he ought not to embarrass some of
his fellow members who are not SO
particular. The fact of his having re-
imbursed the treasury in this fashion
leaked" from a quarter remote from
affairs of the Gentleman from
Mississippi"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
''Ghost" in Church
Is Starving Woman

Lancaster, Pa. July 1S.-The ghost"
of the old Presbyterian Church at
Churchtown, which has been unoccu-
pied for five years, has been laid at
last. This morning John Jacobs, care
taker of the church, while moving
grass in the church yard, noticed
window open and upon investigation
found a woman lying on dust-cov-
cred pulpit sofa. Her identity was
established and her octogenarian
mother, Mrs. James L. Cummings, of
Flatbush, N. Y, the wealthy widow of
DIR. James L. Cummings, was COM
municated with.
1t is believed that Miss Cummings,
who is 80 years old, walked all the
way to Churchtown, near which place
she spend her childhood. 1t is sup
posed that past recollections influenced
the woman's strange choice of a hiding
place. where she had been since June 3.
In all these weeks, she said, she had
not had food. being sustained chiefly
on water from a pump near by.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
NJ CALLS DAM CD.
FEARS No ACTION
Officials Do Not Believe Govern
ment viii Make Them Open
Passage Way

Officials of the Pennylvania water
and Power Company, which owns and
uses the large dam across the SuS-
quehanna river at McCall's Ferry, do
not manifest any concern over the
action of the War Department In as
suming jurisdiction over the Susque-
hanna river above the Maryland line,
according to a special dispatch from IRON
Baltimore. This action has been tax :
en- on the opinion of Judge Advocate
General Crowder and has been sane
toned by Secretary of War Garrison.
1t practically means that the de-
artificial distractions in the river If
they Interfere with navigation or are
a menace to it. This will cover the
Pennsylvania Water and Power Com
panys DAM
When the company built this dam
1t was by authority from the. state
of Pennsylvania. which at the time
had full Jurisdiction over the river from
has spent more than S16,OOO,O00 in the
plant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
HOTEL FRONTENAC Kent u cky

EIOIEL TNUNIENHI ave, loo yds
from Beach. The most popular section
Between the two famous piers, central
to all attractions; modern, high class
hotel, as good as the best, capacity $50
Will make very special terms of IS, $40
$3.50, SIS up weekly, including large
ocean rooms, metal beds. elevator
baths, phones, superior table with white
service; table supplied direct from farm
pure water. sanitary plumbing, porches
overlook the ocean and Boardwalk
Booklet w. F. WATTS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
Cumberland Valley Railroad
TIME TABLE
In Erect Nav "a 1914

In Effect May "a, 1914
TRAINS leave Harrisburg
For Winchester and MartinsburE az
5:03, 1850 a. m, "3:40 p. m.
For Hagerstown, Chamber=bu Car
Isle, Mechanicsburg and intermediates
stations at 6:03, 1850, s11:6a q m
s3:40, 5:s2, s7:40, s11:00 D. m.
Mechanicsburg At s:4s a M. 2:1s. s:27.
$3.50, $3.50 a. m.
For Dilisburg at sos, s7:5O and
'11:5s a. m. 2:1s. 's:4o. 6:32 and $3.50
D. m.
'DaiIy. All other trains daily except
Sunday. H A RIDDLE.
J. H TONGE. q. p. l.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
rba 7 exino+o, Ark's & Pac. Aves.

The Lexington aTHnnds arbrs + Paei nifb AYES. YES
mis- courts adjoining beach. Only hotel
where guests may go from house 10
surf in bathing attire without usinS
streets, which is prohibited. Care az
bathing suits and use of bath houses
Is free. Running water in rooms; pri-
vate baths. Tango parlors orchestra
$3.50 and up daily. IS to $3.50 weekly.
American plan. White service. Book
let. PAUL c. ROSECRANS, Manager.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
BERCDOLL' LATEST
KEEP HIM IN COURT
Experiments With X-Ray Said to
Have Damaged Boys Hand to
Extent of $1,000
Special to The Telegraph

Philadelphia. July IS. - Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, aviator and auto
mobilist, who has been in considerable
trouble by reason of his experiences
along the Main Line. has ventured
into sceince. AS a result of his latest
fad, the X-ray, he was summoned into
Common Pleas Court No. yesterday
70 answer suit for $1,000 damages
for severely burning a boy.
Joseph r. Shevlin, the 1S-year-old
son of owen A. Shevlin. of 291O West
Thompson street, is the complainant in
the suit, and eX-Judge Gordon, his at
torney, obtained a capias for Bergdolls
arrest. Judge Sulzberger held Berg
doll in 81, 900 bail.
According to the Shevlins, on jan
uary Ia last Bergdoll invited Joseph to
the laboratory he maintains in his
home. s29 North Twenty ninth street,
ana induced the boy to expose his
right hand to the X-ray machine. The
back of young Shevlin's hand was so
badly burned that he was unable to
go to school for five months, and II
was asserted also that the hand had
become permanently SCARED and dis
inquired. Bergdoll is charged in the
suit with technical assault and bat
terry.
the Shevlin boy had been associated
with Bergdoll, whose home is in the
neighborhood, for more than year
previous to the X-ray episode last
January, and was a. frequent compan-
ion in automobile rides, and had made
four or five flights with Bergdoll in
the latter's aeroplane. After he was
burned by the X-rays he was forbidden
to see Bergdoll by his father.
According to Dr. C. M. De Fenev.
who treated the bows iniured baod
the length of time during which the
rays penetrated the hand Bergdoll sub
Jected to exposure was enough to mean
the loss of the entire hand in most
cases. The rays penetrated the hand
Tor period of at least four minutes,
whereas the proper time of exposure is
only few seconds. He said that
while the boys hand had been saved,
he would bear a scor for life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
Nurseries Will
Be Inspected Soon

Owing to the prevalence of various
sorts of pests and the start of impor-
tations of nursery stock from other
nations and states, the nursery inspec-
uon service of the State will be started
earlier than usual this year and Au-
gust l will see the inspections under
way. In addition to keeping a sharp
watch on all importations and ship
ments the state inspectors will visit all
nurseries to note the general condition
of the trees. this information being
desired for the fruit tree service main
tanned by State Zoologist H. A. Sur
face.
The inspection at Pittsburgh will be
in charge of Enos b. Engle, with T. w.
Wlndle IN charge of the eastern dis
trict at Philadelphia, Other attaches
will visit points on the northern tier
and special attention will be paid to
Erie county, which is the center of
the grape-raising district OF the state.