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The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
CLAIM ENORMOUS VICTORY

LONDON Dec. 1S-The official dispatches from Der lin and Vienna this morning claim an enormous victory for Germany and Austria over the Russians According to the accounts the Russians falling back along the en- tire front from the Baltic the Carpathans with the invading center less than thirty miles from Warsaw and still advancing If these reports true 1t hardly be denied that the greatest battle in all the history of war has been fought and lost by Russia although she had mil lions of men under at the front. The IS not fully accepted here yet but there is too much reason to believe that it has very strong foundation and the ports which will probably later in the day are being awaited with great anxiety 1t asserted that the AuSrO German columns have advanced two thirds of the way across Gaca and nearing the fortress of Lemberg which has been in the possession of Russia since very short time after the beginning of the This nfoma tiOn if true would mean that the Russians have been driven from PremyS which they had invested and that they no longer threaten CracOw The Russians however admit none of this They dismiss the happenings in Gacia with the statement that nothing has occurred there with the exception of some unmpOant engagements but the unreabty of the reports received from PetrOgrad in former times has rather discounted the value of other dispatches from the place In speaking of the opera tiOns to the west of Warsaw the Russians treat them
 lightly if they had not been decisive any sense There can be no doubt that Russia will defend Warsaw to the utmost as it's capture by the Germans would mean the acquisition of a most important base.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
BERLIN CLAIMS GREAT VICTORY
FIERCE FIGHTING IS RENEWED IN THE WEST
SAYS CONGRESS WILL ASK
 ONLY FIVE MILLIONS.
Washington Correspondent of Post Intelligencer Writes About Railroad.

In it's issue of December the Seattle Post Intelligencer contains a letter from it's Washington correspOn- dent in which he states that $5,0OO, 900 only will be asked for this year towards the construction of the Alaska railroad. This letter is probably the foundation of the report telegraphed to Alaskan papers. One of the reasons, the correspondent says, why no more will be asked at present is that a greater sum could not very well be spent on the work in one year, and another reason is the necessity for curtailing expenditures owing to the European war. The letter also goes into the method of construction and speculates as to whether the mem bers of the present commission will be placed in charge of the work or whether it will be done by the en- gineering department of the army.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
ALLIES SAY GERMAN
 LINE IS YIELDING
Both Sides Report Successes in French and Belgian
 BattIefelds
SAY GEMANS ARE YIELDING

LONDON Dec. 18.-The German armies occupying French and Belgian territory declared by the allied leaders to be yielding before the attacks of the a
 lied troops It is stated however that their yielding is very slow. Todays official announcements report vic tories for the French here and there along most of the battle lines The allies have also made further advances in Belgium although the report that they had captured Westende Newport has not been confirmed Several German trenches have been taken although it is admitted that the Germans have blown up the French trenches in the Argone forest region The forward movement re- ported to be increasing in extent and intensity gradually and the belief is general that the whole allied force will be launched against the enemy soon in one grand effort to hur him backward The details of the fighting seem to indicate that the present engagements rather in the nature of trials although important struggles are taking place near the Belgian coast
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
COMMERCIAL CLUE REQUESTS
 PROTECTION FOR SHIPPING.
Recent Accidents Result in Strong Ap-
 peal for Aids to Navigation.

At a special meeting of the Com mercial club held today it was decided to make a strong appeal to Washing ton urging appropriations for aids to navigation along the Alaska coast. The recent accidents to shipping were pointed out as further proofs of the need of a survey of the coast, the em- ployment of dragnets for the dis covery of hidden reefs and the pur- chase of a lighthouse tender. A tele- gram was dispatched today by the club to Congressman Fitzgerald, chairman of the appropriation com mittee of the house, and this tele- gram will be followed up by a letter to Secretary Redfeld of the depart ment of Commerce.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
NOW SLUICING
 ON GROUNDHOG
PLACER MINING PROVEN TO BE POSSIBLE IN MIDDLE
 OF WINTER.

That placer mining may be carried on during the winter in this section is now being fully proven by Messrs. Poindexter and partners who have just begun, in the middle of the month of December, sluicing their property on Groundhog creek. They recently completed a fifty foot Hume on the creek and had everything prepared for the starting of operations. The ground at no place ever freezes more than four inches in that locality and when the snow falls on it even the frozen places thaw out again. Ground hog carries too much water in summer for sluicing but the conditions are perfect in winter. Mir. Poindexter says that their experiment shows clearly that winter placer mining here IS perfectly feasible. The same parties have also sunk 15 holes to bedrock on Bench creek at the head waters of Sixmile and have found prospects. The mildness of the climate, they be- lieve, makes this section ideal for dredging all the year round.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
GERMANS CLAIM VICTORIES

BERLIN, Dec. 18-It is officially announced that heavy fighting is proceeding at Neuport on the Belgian coast and that it is going favoraby for the Germans No decision has, however, yet been reached
 The French attacks between La BasSe and ArraS and on both sides of the river Somme have resulted in failure and in large losses for the enemy. On the Somme the French lost twelve hundred prisoners and eighteen hundred killed while our losses were under two hundred In the Argome forest attacks very successful and resulted in the capture of seven thousand five hundred prisoners in addition to war material It is evident here that the allied forces have begun the long talked of at tempt push forward but they have met with not the slightest success Their losses in these attempts are sure be very troops strongly entrenched along the whole line.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
FINE PROGRAM TONIGHT
 BY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
All the Young HOpefuls Will be Heard at Their Best in the Casino Theater.

A splendid program has been ar ranged for the school entertainment at the Casino theater. After the enter tainment a dance will take place. The following names are on the program; Hazel Borgen, Gertrude Schalaben, Alice Dagget, Merit Eide, Beatrice Baughman, Dorothy Baughman, Ida Rever, Gladys Green, Lavonia Stotko, Thelma Tallason, Katherine Madsen, Marjory Daykin, Geraldine Cook, Helen Romig, Margaret Romig, Elsie Baldwin, Thelma Ellsworth, Susie Guest, Blanche Daykin, Helen Tallasen Leona Churchill, Mary Me Cornell, Elizabeth Torrey, Elizabeth Will on. Aldoren Carlson, Emily Bor- gen, Forest Vaughan, Jack Sauers, Harold Rudolph, Emmet Thurman, Joe Bradshaw, Arthur Atkinson, Harry Reven, Frank Revell, Werner Boe, Robert Dagget, Robert Manthey, Vim cent Seifrert, Tom Madsen, Francis Baldwin. Jack Sullivan, Ed. Wilson, and Jim Hawkins.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
.LAUBNER LOTS
 BRING $4O,OOO
ROBERT ASHLAND CLEARS TEN THOUSAND ON SEWARD
 PROPERTY.

Robert Ashland who purchased the Laubner addition in this city some months ago for thirty thousand dol lars has now sold the same property for forty thousand dollars. C. Ben jamin Poindexter who received the information regarding the sale states that the Alaska Land company is the purchaser although he seems not to be quite certain. As to the price Mir. Ashland says mercy that he cleared ten thousand dollars on the price he paid for the lots this year. The number of lots in the addition is S26. In the same mail Mir. POindexter heard from Fred Laubner who was about to leave Seattle for trip to Ohio.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
FINE PRIZE OFFERED.

A lovely quadruple plated tea set is now offered as prize by George the Jeweller to his customers. Each per son will receive a ticket for every dollars worth purchased in his store and these tickets will be placed in a box until after Christmas when the drawing will take place. The first name picked out of the box will be the winner. The tea set may be seen now in the store and is well worth looking at, not to speak of winning it.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
BRITISH ANNEX EGYPT

LONDON, Dec. 18-The British empire today form ally annexed Egypt and the SOudan by this annexation Turkey loses her last possessions in Africa. Formerly Great Britain supposed only to eXerSe sovereignty over thes countries but she really in possession a- though nomnay regarding them independent countries The sultan was supposed be the sovereign lord over Egypt and the Soudan although the Khedve still remained the nominal ruler of Egypt The annexation really only removes the fiction that Great Britain did not those countries before
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
EMDEN CREW CAUGHT

TOXIC, Dec 18-It is officially announced that Bri- tish warshps have captured the members of the crew ot the German cruiser Emden who escaped after the desrc-
 on of the vessel COcos island It was not given out at the time but it has since been learned that when the cruiser was driven ashore of her crew got out and seized schooner in which they put to sea rather than be taken prisoners by the British For some time search has been kept up for this schooner and this search has now been reported successful
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
BELGIAN EDITORS LOYAL

AMSTERDAM, Dec 18-General von BisSing Ger man governor of Belgium, has made every effort to ln- duce the owners of the newspapers of Brussels and Antwerp to publication but they refused to do so as long, they say King Albert is exed from the coun try and while the German censorship enforced The eff fort to have the publication of the papers continued is to be due to the desire of the Germans to have
 chance of showing how the actual conditions in Belgium are and also to the desire have Belgian life resume its normal condition
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
KAISER NEARLY WELL

BERLIN, Dec. 18-It is unofficialy reported that Emperor William is the road to recovery and will re- turn to the front this week It is stated that his enforced dleness is the greatest suffering undergone by him and the doctors have found it necessary almost to force him to remain in bed earger has he been to reon the armies in the field This city is looking forward to tremen dous victory in Russia which they believe will be the real beginning of the end of the war.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
EASTERN RAILROAD CAN
 RAISE FREIGHT RATES
Interstate Commerce Commission AL
 lows an Increase of Five Per Cent.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The In- terstate Commerce commission has granted the application of the eastern railroad for a five per cent advance on freight rates. This increase will be permitted on all except few specified commodities.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
COMING ON ALAMEDA.

SEATTLE, Dec. 17.-Aboard the Alameda for Seward are Samuel Besseman, Rose Besserman, William Nutter, Mrs. Baughman and one in the steerage. Mrs. Helen van Campen, the noted magazine writer, is aboard for Latouche.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
SCHOOL TERM ENDS

The schools closed today for the holidays and will reopen on the first Monday in January. Curtis Morford of the board says that both schools did excellent work and everything has been perfectly systematized by Mrs Forgy and Miss Root. It is probable that the new school building will be occupied at the beginning of the next term.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
ALLIES PRESSING HARD

LONDON, Dec 18-FOot by foot the allies appear to be forcing the Germans out of the trenches in Flanders and maintaining a strong pressure all along the other parts of the front from the sea to Switzerland The great forward movement has apparently been started and with the hands of Germany tied in Russia there perfect cOn dence that the allied armies can drive out the invaders in the west No very definite information to the result of the movement had arrived this morning but important news may be expected before evening.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
MANY BERLINERS DIE

BERLIN, Dec 18-A Berlin newspaper states today that of the seventy thousand residents of this city who went to the front as soldiers the majority have pershed already Of six hundred and sixty thousand organz- ed workers in Germany thirty per cent in military service The same paper states that the German Fedora ton of Workers has given three and three quarter millions of dollars for the relief of the unemployed and for the assistance of needy women and children.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
AUSTRIAN LOSS ENORMOUS

NISH, Servia, Dec 18-The losses sustained by the Austans in their recent defeat by the Seans are re- ported from the front to have been enormous lnnumer- able unbured bodies lying along the line ot the re- treat for miles and miles through the country as no time was given for their intement The Servian army has reached the frontier in the pursuit but will probably not cross the rivers dividing Austria from Serva until the moment ripe to renew the invasion of the enemys coun trV
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
BRITISH BONIBARD SAROS

LONDON, Dec 18.-A dispatch from Athens says that British warshps have bombarded the Turkish fort
 cations in the Gulf of Saros and have inflicted severe losses on the Turkish garrison says also that the Turks fled inland and abandoned the Notifications The Gulf of SaroS in the north of the Dardanees whose Notifications were declared be under the fire of the British ships time ago that much damage was inflicted on them.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
WHOLE RUSSIAN LINE
 REPORTED FALLING BACK
British Take Over Egypt and BOmbard Forts On
 Turkish Coast
PURSUING THE RUSSIANS

BERLIN Dec-In Poland the German and Austrian armies are continuing the pursuit of the Russians who have been deciSivey defeated all sides The war office has given statement as to the intentions ot the Ger man commander in chief but the newspapers of this city declare that our army will move direct on Warsaw and lay seize to it if the enemy decides to hOdit
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18
EVANS AT CORDOvA.

CORDOVA Dec. 1S.-The Admiral Evans arrived at CordOva at nine o'clock last night after a fine trip The only remarkable circumstance noted on the journey was that slush ice was encountered in Valdez harbor
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18

Tte regular meeting of the Moose Lodge will be held this evening at eight o'clock sharp. Final arrange ments will be made for the Christmas tree.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18

PARIS. Dec. i8-The British auxiliary cruiser Elm press Japan has captured the collier Oxford with three officers and forty men of the cruiser Emden aboard These are supposed be the men mentioned in an earlier dispatch who escaped from the cruiser when she was des trOyed at Cocos island
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18

CAIRO, Egypt Dec. 18-A British prOtectorate was formally proclaimed today throughout Egypt In all the garrison towns in the kingdom sautes were fired and the British flag was hoisted to show that Egypt now under the British crown.
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-18

See us before sending outside f)r your job printing.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-14

The following statement was made by w A. Kicker president
of the ST. ohnsbury Commercial Club the banquet rendered
the business of Burlington here the evening of October
We have in factory which call the making of
the Fairbanks Scale Works Some of you may be in
teresed about they this factory a year.
would think this Company much lumber but
they actually 100000 per year, $4,000
melted about 900 of coal and cOke bar iron
STEEL 1000 Their shipments per year
average 400 cars inward about 1000 The number Of
scales shipped in approximately 100000 The
roll is 100000 When at its height this company
poys about 1900
We another industry called the Cary Maple Sugar
Company which claims be the largest dealer in the United
States and Canada for this product They do business of
100000 year handling upwards of 300 of maple
This is all shipped into ST. JOhnbury but the bust
is all done here in this office.
another maple sugar company known the TOwe
Maple Products Company Their home office is in ST. Paul.
Minnesota but they have branch Office in this doing
business of $50O0 year handling about rs of syrup
and other maple products Some time SINCE they made one
shipment California of % full
We also have another factory Ely which
amalgamated itself with the American Fork Hoe Company
employs so hands, doing business of 100000 year,
shipping shove forks rakes and all such articles all parts
the United States and the water Probably
many being shipped the the present time
We have small bakery down here under the firm
Geo. H. Company Their sales last year amounted
using barrels of -four 20 barrels
day for the working days of the year. They make 100
different varieties of pastry and confectionery know of
pie when in this from Connecticut that will buy ST. Johns
bury crackers because they like them much better than they
can buy in their section.
We have called the o. v Hooker Son Company
which furnishes mill supplies covering the country from here
the Mississippi River. They have special sharpener
they big sale and at this time getting out
patent for it in Canada 1t something that far ahead
of other sharpener that the market They do
a business of about $4,000 per year.
We have two wholesale grocery firms in town. One, the
Johnsbury Grocery Company H E. Wilson, proprietor
This does business of $4,000 year The other,
French carries business of about
100000 per year.
Now if the speaker not modest he would tell you of
another business in and you will pardon him for being
personal he will You the figures and you guess who
that doing the business He handled in 1913 12
223 CATTLE 3O542 calves 602 sheep and 1851 hogs amount
ing 81 100000 This stock all handled alive and shipped
mostly Boston market but part of to New Haven, Conn
Lately made shipment of $50 cattle to Norristown Pa.
We think have pretty good state and pretty good town
when furnish cattle for states like Pennsylvania.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-14

Tennyson caught the same great
truth, and expressed it simply as fol-
lows:
"More things are wrought by pray
Than this world dreams Of"
which discloses his recognition of a
fact we should keep before us in our
praying, that although God may not
always give us what we wins, He does
give us what we need-or, as MrS.
Eddy has so helpfully epitomized it
''Divine Love always has met
and always will meet every
human need" Is. & H. 494.)
1t would save us many a pang of
disappointment if we were to test
our prayers by the little word fright"
and its Derivatives this prayer
a righteous one?" cam l praying
aright?" are questions that should be
applied to every prayer. May I give
you a few passages worth remember
ing that bear directly upon the sig
nificance of the word fright" in con-
nection with prayer? The first is
from the Bible Games 5:16). "The
effectual fervent prayer of a right
eous man availeth much" The sec
ond 1 take from the text book of
CuT1SLldu DcleuC6 IL. lUO-1A j. Inc
exercise of the sentiments-ho
faith, love-is the prayer of the
righteous. This prayer, governed by
Science instead of the senses, heals
the sick" And again Is. & H. 2-5)
''The desire which goes forth hunger
ing after righteousness is blessed of
our Father, and it does not return
unto us void" The third is chosen
from Scotland's blithesome singer,
Robert Burns, who, in his "Cotter's
Saturday Night" truly says
They never sought in vain
Who sought the Lord Alright"
might go a step further and quote
from Alexander Pope's poem "The
Universal Prayer" where the word
right" appears as the basis of ex-
pectancy:
eff I am right, Thy grace impart
Still in the right to stay.
II am wrong, o teach my heart
To find that better way"
So, rather than to wonder if our
prayer is to be answered, let us first
assure ourselves that it conform to
our highest sense of right and then
leave 1t in the hands of Him who
doeth all things well, knowing that
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-14

then it will not return to us void.
Let us know that some one, some
where, because of ii will be blessed
in the way that God assigns.
Healing In Christian Science is al
ways by means Of prayer. The word
generally used is treatment" but II
is always to be understood that q
Christian Science treatment is a pray
er, and just in the proportion that it
is a righteous prayer does It heal the
sick and reform the sinner. IL is
not the prayer of supplication, but OF
realization; 1t is not merely asking
God to do something for us, but
Continued on page III
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-14

The Is cent piece was made IA
Gus by the American Liver Tablets,
the perfect laxative.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-14

Scribner's Magazine and The Gale
DOMAIN one year for 81. The Gale
DOMAIN Office.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-10-14

NO1InOI I1AuO nOI pace can restrict
the prayer of unsettled love, for, after
all, love for God and man is the es-
sence of prayer. Coleridge has truly
said:
'He prayeth best who loveth best
All things, both great and small.
For the dear God who loveth us
He made and Ioveth all"
The prayer that results in no dis
appointment is the prayer that car
ries our highest desires to God and
contentedly leaves them in his hands.
When we bring more of God and less
Of man into our thinking, we will get
more of happiness out of our praying.
The Founder of Christian Science
attributes to prayer, combined with
vigilance and diligence, the abundant
blessings which have accompanied
the progress of Christianity wherever
it has been manifested in healing
the sick and saving the sinner.
The worlds progress in civiIiza-
ton, in so far as it embraces "the
enduring, the good and the true Is.
& H. 261-4) is due to Christianity,
and, without prayer, Christianity is
inconceivable. Mankind in general,
and even that portion of 1t which is
accounted Christian, has little con-
ception of the part that christianity
scientific prayer has taken in the bet
terment of humanity, and of what it
Is yet to accomplish.
Mrs. Eddy is by no means alone in
the acknowledgment Of the power of
prayer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-12-07
THE MEMORY Of
DEPARTED ELkS
WAS RONORED
BY Their Brethren Yesterday in An.
nual Exercises Given at the
Elks Hall.

The annual memorial exercises in
honor of the departed Elks, was
held yesterday afternoon at the
Elks hall and was attended by a
large number of members and
friends of the order and friends and
relatives of the departed members
Rev. Cummins, pastor of the
First Methodist church gave a most
excellent address appropriate to the
occasion and the music which was
furnished by Mrs. Whiting Miss
Brown, Paul Clendenen and Joseph
McNulty was of the highest order.
Rev. C. Robert Dunlap, Phi. y.
gave a prayer and Rev. a. NJ. Eells
the benediction.
The departed members of the local
Elk5 during the past year were T.
c. Florence, Edgar A. Martin, G. A.
Schmutte, w. T. Wall, J. VI. Berg
man and J. H. Morehcad.