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troops and the continued success In hold
ing ground gained during the last two
weeks. despite strong counter attacks
by the Germans. The statement follows
Between the sea and the Lys the
English have occupied a little forest
a. the west of Wytschaete. The
Ground gained yesterday by our troops
along the Ypres Canal and to the
west of Hollcbeke has been retained.
In spite of "a vigorous counter attack
on the part of the enemy
From the Belgian frontier to the
Sommo there is nothing TO report.
From the Sommo to the Argonno
there has been intermittent cannonad-
ing Excepting In the region OF Grouy.
this artillery fighting has not been
spirited. In the Argonne we have
made some progress and retained the
advances made by US on preceding
days.
In the Nosyes the railroad station
OF st. Leonard. to the south of St
Die, has been violently bombarded by
the Germans from a considerable dis
lance.
In Alsace there has been much ac-
tvity on the part of the enemy's ar.
tiliery, with the exception OF before
Steinbach, where an attack by Ger
man infantrymen, coming from IN
hotz, was successful In gaining
foothod. We have everywhere re-
tanned the positions won previously
by us.
Unofficial reports indicate that the Allies
have gained more ground than the official
statements claim. II is assumed In view
of developments of yesterday and to-day
that the much discussed offensive Of the
Allies which has been In evidence in
France and Alsace for some time. IL AS
Stunning definite shape in Flanders. The
forward movement is however not char
octerized as a general strategic operation
by military critics. who regard 1t rather
as taking advantage OF the enemy's weak
ness
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16
AIR RAID ON ZEPPELIN SHEDS.
at TrIcdrichshnicn In
dtcRtes Another Attach.

LONDON, Dec lG,--The Morning POSTS
correspondent az Bern telegraphs that
cannonadins has been heard again from
Friedrichshafen and that scarchlish
were buslly employed during the firing
The correspondent saws II Is supposed
that hostile ayiators have made another
attack on the Zeppelin sheds and that this
was the cause OF the cannonadins No
definite Information regarding the Incl
dent could be learned In Bern.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16
PROGRESS IN FRANCE.
Anfes Take several Grriuan
Trenches, Says London.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE following state
ment WAS issued by the official press
bureau to-day.
After a pellod OF comparative quiet
the lighting IN northern France has re-
Commenced. combined attack by the
Allies was made yesterday on the limo
from Holebeke 20 Wytschaetc (five miles
south OF fpres and three miles southeast
OF Hol!ebekeJ In Belgium, Several Ger
man trenches and a number OF prisoners
were captured and substantial progress
was made
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16

Special 'rhie De-p1feh 10 Tue SrS.
RoNr, pe'. ~ "A despatch from
smyrna says geudarrncs arrested the
crews OF two British steamers and
paraded them through tho streets yester-
day. The prisoners were Jecred at and
peted with missiles by Turkish mob
while the Governor looked on from the
house Of prominent British resident
which he had annexed
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Belgian Province. Mus, Fay hwy.

PARIS. Dec 1.-THE Mnuns CORE
spondent al HiVre Says news has reached
the Belgian Government that the German
Governor-Generai OF tho occupied terri
tory in Belgium has ordered the provincial
councils to meet on Thursday 10 adopt
measures tor tho payment OF III. war
levy OF $50 100000 francs $500 ,OOOD
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16
WARSAW OR PEACE.
Kaiser Insists ON Necessity of Polish
Triumph, says Report.

NVTFTTI WNTF UtFVUTFN 10 7 Nv oIN'
LoSpoN, Dec. 1.-THE Daily MARS
correspondent at PetroRrad t.legraphs as
follows:
"Cracow is the KEY Of the German
strategy. The Kaiser for political reasons
also has been imploring his troops to
capture Warsaw. According TO the BourS~
gazette he has distributed ~ his soldiers
a signed proclamation in which he SAYS !:
Unless you take Warsaw ! shall have 10
make peace for Germany under degrad-
ing conditions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16
Change of Tactics Encourages
Troops on Allies Side.

special CdJie Despatch TO TnE STU.
LoNDoN, Dec. ia despat TO the
Duiy Mdii dated December 10, referring
to the Allies offensive which the official
reports show has already begun. SAYS
the change In tactics to tn offensive
after so many weeks OF plodding. weary
defence has been wonderfully heartening
to the men. \ new spirit of rest is mani
fest in all the troops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16

LONDON. Dec. ij,--Mrs. Waltz Hines
Pare wife Of the American Ambassador
mere Chandler l. Anderson. Chandler
Hale ana Harold Fowler, private sr-cr-
tlrY t. Ambassador Page. are passcn-
gers aboard tho Lusitunia sailing lni
New iorh tv-murrOw
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16
>ra," ,.--p,~ sea Convention.

MAnrir, ~ rams, Dec. I5.-Thc Lon.
d"n convention relative to safety at sen.
FAAcn VIA famed following the Titan,
u'sds'''. Nis ratified by the senate To-.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16

Portions ar Lille have been alternately
IN the hands Of the Germans and the
Allies for several weeks. The above
despatch seems to indicate that the
Germans, giving up hope OF holding the
city, retired from the place and are
Smelling those parts OF the city occupied
by the Allies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16
LILLE BOMBARDED.
Germans Apparently Have Retired
From the CITY.

NVFfIUI JOTt VtsUUTTN To IHF N
LONDON Dec. IA correspondent of
the DuiW Man in northern France
telegrdphs the following
The Germans are said to be lombard
ing Lille. which suggests that they can
not occupy the city much longer. The
general impression. gathered from differ
ent sources. is that the Allies are steadily
advancing all along the line in the north,
not rapidly, which could not be expected.
but with steadiness which has pro-
duced an agreeable atmosphere OF opti-
mism"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-16
bcIGian Premier in I'ari.

~ 'ertral N,U,
PANS, De-. 1.-THE Belgian Premier.
" De Broquov.lle. has arrived here Nter
an official visit t. London
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Japanese Aviator In French Ar

PARIS. Dec. IL Baron Sh,rrno. a ia
anese aviator, has Joined the French avn
ton corps.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
BUNK

A hermit there was, and he lived in a
grotto;
Both learning and wisdom had he:
And every one wondered what could
be the motto
That guided existance care-free.
Just why he was wise or learned or
clever
Because he kept house in a grot
The world never knew. Though 1t
questioned him ever,
The hoar hermit answered them not.
And because this old world is accus-
toned to getting
Whatever it wants for the price,
A hundred-a thousand-rich tourists
came frettlng
And bribing with chicken and rice.
AS they kowtowed and begged the
graybeard to have pity,
He grabbed up his staff with a roar
And sent them all scampering back to
the city
But they left all their gifts at his
door
The hermit, obese-for digestion
abused HIM
Confided at last at deaths door:
1--WE lived without laborl Man wants
what's refused him.
Rebuffs make him pay for it more!"
-Lippincott's
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
NEURALGIC PAINS

Among the causes of neuralgia the
most important is the general physical
condition of the patient. Neuralgia is
most common in persons reduced in
strength by overwork or some form of
overexertion. physical or mental, or by
loss of sleep. Anaemia, or lack of
good, red blood, is n common cause of
neuralgia. The reason Tor this is plain.
The nerves get their nourishment
through the blood. When the blood is
thin and weak the nerves are badly
nourished, they become infiamed and
neuralgia pains are produced. These
pains have been described as "the cry
OF a starved nerve"
Hot applications to soothe these in.
famed nerves and DIR. Williams Pink
Pills to build up the blood and carry
the needed elements to the nerves is
the correct treatment and one that has
brought good results in so many cases
that 1t is no longer an experiment.
Headache, backache, sleeplessness
nervous debility. nervous breakdown.
st. Vitus' dance and the functional
forms of partial paralysis show good
results under the tonic treatment with
DIR. williams Pink Pills. Send to-day
for the booklet on Nervous Disorders
to the Dr. williams Medicine Co..
Schenectady. n. Y. 1t is free.
Your own druggist sells DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills.-Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
- BOOKS and Ia
MAGAZINES 65M
~ A#UalD o .kTE5

Lord Roberts, the British Field
Marshal. is using the pages of the
London Spectator to advertise the
Empires need of field glasses and sad
dies. His appeal for the former won
such prompt and generous response
that he has been encouraged to ask
for saddles. A personal note OF thanks
goes to each donor.
That the safety first' movement
is as old as the first metazoad and
dates back to the time of the first
wild, peranucleary kiss is the belief of
vance Thompson. author of "The
Ego Book" (Dutton), which sounds
ponuerous. but which is. in reality, a
little book, a light book Gin weight
and content), and also a delirhtful
book. Man has never done any
thing but try to find way of living
with safety" says Mr.. Thompson i'm
his chapter entitled "The Hive and
the Bee" How to protect yourself,
how to keep your Ego safe and vet
pay your debt to the hive, how to
know with granite certainty that YOU
are John Smith and not Cecil Smith,
are some of the useful things 1.-The
Ego Book" teaches.
Germany and England" (Dut-
ton) is one OF the smallest books or
the war that have been published. bu,
it's Importance is not to be gauSed by
its size. Lord Roberts, the British
Field Marshal and the Hon. Joseph
III. Choate pronounce it to be one OF
the most significant books on the sub.
tect that is focusing the attention OF
the world-the war in Europe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
BY Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Copywright, 1914, the Star Co.
Why should the poet OF these pregnant
times
Be asked to sing of wars unhoIy
grimes?
To laud and eulogize the trade which
thrives
On horrid holocausts of human Iivesr
Man was a fighting beast when earth
was young
And war the only theme when Homer
sung.
'Twixt might and might the equal con-
test lay;
Not so the battles of our modern day.
Too often now the conquerIng hero
struts
A Gulliver among the Lilliputs.
Success no longer rests on skill or fate.
But on the movements Of a syndicate.
OF old, men fought and deemed it
right and just.
To- day the warrior fights because he
must;
And in his secret soul feels shame be-
cause
He desecrates the higher manhood's
laws.
Oh, there are worthier themes for
poets pen
In this great hour than bloody deeds
of men.
The rights Of many-not worth of
one
The coming issues, not the battle done;
The awful opulence and awful need
The rise of brotherhood--the fall Of
greed.
The soul Of man replete with Gods
own force,
The call "to heights" and not the cry
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09

(Russian National Hymn.)
God the All Terrible! Thou Who or
dainest
Thunder Thy clarion and lightning
Thy sword;
Show forth Thy pity on high where
Thou reignest.
Give to us peace in our time, o
Lord!
God the All Merciful, earth hath for
Saken
Thy holy ways, and hath sighted
Thy word;
Let not Thy wrath in its terror
awaken!
Give to us peace in our time, o
Lord!
God the Omnipotent. mighty Avenger,
Watching invisible, judging un-
heard;
Save us in mercy, and save us in dan
ger
Give to us peace in our time. o
Lord!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
: DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg makes a large
tonnage of rubber collars every
year?
HELPLESS ADMINISTRATION
[Philadelphia Inquirer. ]

IllllduGlphld inquirer
President Wilson is said to be pleas
ed over the result, holding that since
the Democrats will retain possession
of the House of Representatives his
administration has been indorsed. II
he can find any comfort in the situa-
ton by all means let him enjoy it.
But the fact is that from a majority
of nearly $50 in the House the Demo-
Gratis, counting in the solid South, will
have but a slight grasp upon that
body--too slight for the President to
force his own views upon men who
may. be unwilling listeners. Add to
this fact that present Democratic
States have been swept from their
mornings; that nearly everywhere ex-
cept in the South and far West the
Republican tide has swamped Demo-
Gratis and Progressives alike. and the
outlook for continuance of Demo-
cratic rule beyond two years is any
thing but cheering.
The Present Congress with it's huge
Democratic majority in the House will
expire by limitation on March A. The
time intervening is too short to nut
through any more legislation OF an
experimental and doubtful nature.
The dozens of Democratic members
who have been led to defeat by blind
ly following their Presidential leader
will be in no humor to obey caucus
dictation. AS for the new Congress.
the Democratic majority will be SO
small as TO make anything like dicta-
ton at the White House impossible
Hence the administration will be help
less to do further damage. especially
since, as a leader, the President is
done for.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
THE vERICT OF HIS NEIGHBoRs

[From the New York Herald
Boies Penrose has been copy" for
magazine muckrakers and target for
attack by all stripes of reformers ever
since he fell heir to the leadership so
long held by Matthew Stanley Quay.
Every sin against the moral code of
politics, If there is such a code, has
been laid at his door. During this
years campaign the attacks upon him
have been especially virulent and vi
triollc. Mr.. Roosevelt contributed his
full share. President Wilson contrib
uted to the support of Mr.. Penrose's s
Democratic opponent all the power of
the national administration. Yet PEN
rose won by plurality that under
any conditions would be regarded stu
pendous.
Isn't it rather difficult to believe
that an overwhelming majority of Re-
publicans in the primary. and a large
plurality of Pennsylvania's voters in
the election, would have given their
support to Penrose If they thought the
things charged against him were true ?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
BRUMBAUGH FOR PRESIDENT

[From the Scranton Tribune Republl-
can.
We place in nomination, as the next
Republican candidate for President of
the United States. DR.. Martin &. Brum-
baugh, of Pennsylvania.
There is not man living who can
place his finger on an action by DR..
Martin G. Brumbaugh that is 20 his
discredt. He is a man about whom
the independent voters of the country
can rally enthusiastically Even Demo-
Gratis, dissatisfied with the course of
of their own leaders I'm inviting dis
aster, could give their support. without
loss of self-respect. to the brilliant
Pennsylvanian.
He is the one man in all the nation,
fitted for the place, who has emerged
from the campaign OF 1914 without hav-
ing committed n single blunder upon
which to hang an attack in a Presiden-
tial election, who is above suspicion
and whose personal and political views
are such that he makes a powerful ap-
peal to the best. most wholesome senti-
ment of the American people. There
fore. he would make an ideal standard
bearer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Professor Eric Doolittle, the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania astronomer.
made some very fine photographs of
the transit of Mercury.
Mrs. George T.. Baer, widow of
the Readings president, will make her
home in Reading.
Senator c. IL. Kline. of Pittsburgh.
president pro tenn. of the Senate, is a
member of the bar of both Philadel-
phia and Allegheny.
E. l.. Rapp, the Berks school
superintendent, is one of the speakers
for the Delaware teachers Institutes.
Major B. II. Whitaker. we'll
known Philadelphia guardsman. has
been appointed adjutant of the First
Brigade staff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
EMPLOYEES AND EFFICIENCY

~ LOWLY but surely business is
refusing to put up with the vices
~ of its employees. Time was when
workman on the job could
with impunity "liquor-up" and go on
weeks spree without being greatly
condemned by his employer. But as
the years went by and efficiency en-
tered largely into the question of
profit and loss, business learned that
it did not pay to keep men on its
hands who were Incorporate. And so
the han on all drinking was finally
placed by the railroads and other big
corporations of the country.
And now the efficiency committees
of the Pennsylvania Railroad are dis
cussing the dethronement of the god
of Nicotine even as they long since put
the bomb under the throne of old King
Barleycorn.
The efficiency experts have figured
that the men in the many offices of the
company annually waste many months
Of time in the aggregate by lighting
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09

Much of the public work of the city
can be pushed before the severely cold
weather stops outdoor operations. AS
has been suggested by the Telegraph
more than once. it is important that
the public undertakings be kept moving
as long as possible in order that idle
men shall have employment We be-
lieve that the gentlemen of the City
Council understand this and are pro-
ceeding accordingly. Every day of en-
ployment means just that much less
suffering on account of idleness during
the stress of the later winter months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09

M men, women. children and babes
! in arms. are homeless, hungry
and on the verge of starvation
as a result of the war that has devas-
tated their country.
Philadelphia people have joined
hands to send a shipload of food to
them.
The Telegraph believes that Harris
burg would like to help in this noble
charity and it has joined the Philadel-
phia newspapers in this work. Harris
burg has never shirked in times like
this. Always our people have given
generously when called upon. The need
was never greater than now. Con-
ditions in Belgium are beyond descrip-
ton. Wherever the ruthless hand of
war has fallen towns have been laid
waste. fields have been robbed of their
harvests and hundreds of thousands
of helpless people have been cast
adrift, with scarcely enough to cover
their backs-homeless, penniless and
hungry.
England is feeding every day 400, 900
Belgian refugees and thousands more
are facing starvation. Their cry for
succor has crossed the ocean. Babies
in Belgium are sick, cold and hungry
for a share of our plenty. Little boys
and girls go supperless to the poor
beds in public buildings that charity
has provided for them because we in
America have not responded to their
needs quickly as we might. Thou
sands upon thousands more must ac-
tually die of starvation as we eat our
bounteous Thanksgiving feast unless
we help and help NOW.
So grave is the situation that Pirila-
delphias shipload of provisions must
be forwarded at once. The steamer
must sail on Wednesday. or, at the
very latest, Thursday. The response
of Harrisburg must therefore be
prompt. There is no time to forward
supplies. We must send money. The
Telegraph will act as the agent of the
relief committee in Harrisburg. Send
your dimes and your dollars TODAY
Tomorrow may be too late. The
money you can so easily spare may
actually save life in Belgium.
IF these people were themselves cry
ing at our doors there is scarce a house
in Harrisburg that would not be open
to them. If they stood starving in ouI
streets the stock of every grocery in
the city would be exhausted that they
might have food. That they are some
thousands of miles away does not
make the need one whit less urgent
Try to put yourself in the place oi
one of these poor Belgians. homeless
helpless. moneyless and hungry, with
your wife and your little ones facine
death by starvation. In such desperate
straits, how would you feel toward {
people living amid all the blessings o.
peace and prosperity who would no
turn hand toward the relief of your
loved ones?
Let us give. and give generously, re
membering always the words of tn,
Master: Verify. 1 say unto you, Inas
much as ye have done it unto one O
the least of these my brethren, Y,
have done it unto me-"
NOW is the accepted time. To-mor
row the opportunity may have passed
never to return, and for your neglec
an innocent life in far-off Belgium ma,
have been snuffed out
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09

THERE is widespread regret
among his friends throughout
i the State over the fact that
Judge George Kunkel fell short
of an election, but his splendid show
ing in a majority of the counties DEM
onstrates the good opinion held of him
by great host of men who appreciate
the worth of the distinguished local
jurist
1t is also a compliment to him that
Governor Tener does not hesitate to
say that he would Immediately ap-
point Judge Kunkel to the higher
court if the opportunity came during
the present administration.
While the official vote has not yet
been computed and there may still be
hope for Judge Kunkel in the final re-
vision of the figures it is plainly evil
dent that the peculiar form of the
ballot is distinctly a hindrance to the
nonpartisan nominees. There can be
little doubt that thousands of voters
failed to express any preference for
the candidates of the judiciary and it
is quite probable the total for the
nonpartisan ticket will be many thou
sands below the total for party tickets,
Another sign of the gradual return
of the people to sanity is the protest
against the continued calamity bowling
over eugenics. Little by little the
nighty men and women who have had
the center of the stage are being pushed
into the wings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09

n EADING over the statements or
X the several national and State
l. " banks in this city one must be
impressed with the stability and
conservative character of these finan-
cial institutions. Harrisburg has been
peculiarly fortunate in the handling
of it's banking interests and at this
particular time these statements are
full of encouragement for the future.
While conservatism has been abso-
lutely necessary in the conduct of the
several banks they have not in a single
instance taken advantage of an unfor-
tunate situation to profit themselves or
menace the business interests of the
community by unfair tactics in the
Withholding of funds or charging eX-
cessive interest rates.
These institutions demonstrate in
their official statements under oath
The stable character of the business
community of Harrisburg. Nothing at
this time could have been more i'm
pressive of the solid character of Har-
risburg than these reports, and
when we speak of the city there is in
cluded, of course, the several banks
and trust companies of Steelton,
Hershey, New Cumberland and the
surrounding towns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09

up" and "fliing up" their hods--
cigars and cigarets. AS the men are
paid by the company to use their time
for the railroads benefit, the experts
claim that. there is no good reason
why smoking should not be prohibited
during working hours.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-09
U. s. SENATOR PENROSE
LOOKING AHEAD TO 1915

In letter to the Telegraph express
ing appreciation of this newspapers
earnest and effective support during
the campaign" United States Senator
Penrose says:
THE victory throughout the State
and nation is an unqualified endorse
ment of the Republican policy of pro-
lection and presages the election
of a Republican President and both
branches of Congress in 1916"