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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
PROBE OF PATRICK PARDON
District Attorney Whitman Is Conduct
Ing an investigation.

New York, Nov. 24.-District AttOr-
ney Whitman began an investigation
Of the granting Of a pardon on Nov.
27, 1912, by Governor John A. Dix to
Albert r. Patrick, serving a life sen
tence at Sing Sing for the murder OF
William Marsh Rice.
The investigation was begun after
two afIdavi'5 had been filed with the
district attorney concerning published
statements to the effect that Joseph
Walker, Jr q Wall street broker, had
offered to obtain Pstrick's pardon il
John T. Milliken of ST. Louis. Patrick :
brotherin-l would join him in a
mining deal
Inasmuch as the statute Of limita
tions would become operative within
three days, Assistant District Attorney
Delehanty. who was placed in charge
OF the investigation, was instructed
to use all possible expedition.
Former Governor Dix. who is in this
city, said that he had pardoned Patrio I;
solely for the sake OF Patrick's chill
dren.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
EVANSVILLE.


The ground formerly owned By u. NJ.
Stanton and sisters, on the Casselman
river, near Grantsville, - a ten acre
tract. has been purchased by Messrs.
w. b. q. Hitchins, D. Ritter and others
for family summer resort. Several
bungalows are in course of erection.
The picturesque section of country
around this place will ere long become
the home of many summer vacationists.
They are valuable asset to any COM
munity.
Hotel Victoria is becoming popular
with the travelling public.
"Grantsville on the Pike" is becom-
ing famous for its picturesque surround
ings, beautiful homes and fertile farms.
We clip the following from the Star,
of Salisbury, Pa: The Petry Brothers
returned from Grantsville, Md, hav-
ing completed the remodeling of the
National Hotel IN that place, C. A.
Bender, the proprietor of this popular
hotel, found his growing automobile
trade demanded the addition of twenty
bedrooms and three baths. The
National Hotel is now one of the most
modern and commodious hotels in this
section.
Mrs. G. C. Keller has gone to Mey-
ersdale to spend several weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Bruce Lichty, while
her husband is in Accident and Friends
vile practicing dentistry.
U. o. Boucher has purchased a fine
Metz car and is learning to run it with
out any difficulty.
Jacob Glotfelty, who resides on the
Gephart farm near this place, is talk
Ing of moving to Ohio, in the hear
future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
CLAIM DAMAGE WAS DONE
Zeppelin Airsnip Factory Hurt, Official
English Report Says.

London, Nov 24-It was announced
officially that the British ayiators
who Saturday afternoon raided Fried
richshafen. on Lake Constance, report
positively that all the bombs thrown
by them reached their objective and
that serious damage was done to the
Zeppelin sirship factory.
Details of the aeroplane raid were
given in the house of commons by
Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord
of the admiralty. who said:
Commander Briggs is reported to
have been shot down, and to have
been taken, wounded. 10 a hospital as
a prisoner The other officers returned
safely to French territory, although
their machines were damaged by the
fire OF the enemy They report posi-
lively that all of the bombs reached
their objective, and that serious dam
age was done TO the Zeppelin factory.
This Night Of $50 miles, penetrating
12o miles into Germany across a noun
famous country under difficult weather
conditions. constitutes. together with
the attack, fine feat Of arms"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
LONDON PACT FALLS
United States Withdraws Suggestion
For Set Of War Rules.

Washing on, Nov. 24-The complete
breakdown Of the declaration OF Lon
don as a system Of rules of naval war.
fare to govern in the present war be
came known here with the announce
ment that thu United States govern
ment has withdrawn Its suggestion
that the London declaration be the
guide for the procedure of belligerents
In the war.
The United States government has
served notice on all belligerents that
as far as it is concerned it will stand
on its rights under the established
principles of international law.
This policy Is already in force in
connection with the numerous mari
time questions growing out OF the war
which have been the subject of discus.
sion with Great Britain.
The reason given by the United
States for this position was that some
belligerents in this war did not care
to ratify the convention without sub
stantial amendments. This proposed
modification in the rules of the decIa
alton OF London. which were accepted
in full by the United States, were ~
such vital importance that it was re
garded as impossible and impolitic to
attemp, to base the position of the
United States in any controversies
which might arise with belligerents Oh
the London convention
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
OBOE GAVE AUSTRIAN AWAY
Soldier Who Escaped From Servian
Detention Camp Found on Liner.

Soldier Who Escaped From Servian
Detention Camp Found on Liner.
New York Nov. 24-The story OF
how an Austrian soldier slowed away
on the Italian liner Napoli after escap-
ing from a Servian cholera camp and
lived on red wine for seven days only
to be discovered when he could no
longer refrain from playing weird
music on an oboe, was told by officers
of the Napoli on her arrival here.
The first evening out said the
first omcer, I'VE heard queer music
contAg from the hold, where several
huadred casks of wine were stored.
The sailors thought the ship was
haunted and refused to go near that
hold. Finally | went into the hold
and found this man packed away be-
tween several casks. He was playing
on an oboe, the only luggage he had
with him"
The man said he was Alexis Berger.
He had been a waiter at a Belgrade
hotel when the war broke out He
was arrested by Servians and sent 10
a detention camp where he said he
nursed cholera patients
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
SlEGEL FOUND GUILTY
Must Serve Ten Months Unless ~
Tries TO Pay Back Money.

Geneseo, \. Y. Nov. 24.-The jury
which has heard the testimony in
Henry Siosel's trial for grand larceny
found him guilty of a misdemeanor.
Justice Clarke sentenced him to pay
a fine of $1,000 and to serve ten
months in the penitentiary, but the
judgment as far as the prison term 5
concerned IS to be stayed until til ,
second Monday in June, when Siegel
is to appear here before Judge Clarke
Ii an effort has been made by that
time to pay back the depositors in the
Siegel bank the court will consider
that fact; ii not he is to serve the
prison term as the court determined.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
Heavy Attacks In Arsonne Region.

Heavy Attacks In Areonne Region.
Paris, Nov. 24.-For TWO days the
Germans have delivered heavy infan.
try attacks in the Argonne region in
northeastern France.
The French government claims in its
official report that all of the German
attacks there were repulsed
It would appear from the official re
ports that a new crisis has developed
at the east Of the line. 1t is assumed
here that the Germans have rein
forced their troops operating in the
ArgOnne and have commenced a de
termined campaign to advance siege
guns within range of the Verdun forts
The latest news is that the force in
the Argonne is commanded by the
crown prince.
Several factors account for the new
attack in this region. The failure 4
make progress in Flanders. the neces
sity of weakening the allies strength
at the west end of the line, the peri
of the advanced German position a.
St. Mihiel on the Mouse and the
progress OF the French offensive in
Alsace account. supposedly, for the
violent onslsughts north of Verdun.
In Belgium and northern France
the battle seems to have settled dow,
to a constant and destructive cannon
aiding, the Germans centering theii
bombardment on Ypres and nearby vii
lagos on positions northeast of Sois
sons and on Rheims in the east center
of the line.
Weather conditions and floods pre-
vent extensive movements by infantry
II seems apparent from the official re
ports that neither side has obtained
any important advantage, although tht
Germans are slowly running the towr
Of Ypres.
II is unofiicially reported that thC
Germans are rushing reinforcement.
to Belgium, getting ready apparently
for another heavy assault wher
weather conditions become favorable
1t is said that they are terrifying tht
coast with immense energy; that they
are assembling submarines at Zee
brugge; that the manufacture of Yep
pelins is being hurried, and that Their
are signs that the German fleet is get
ting ready to leave its bases-all re
ports pointing to German plan to at
tack England.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26

the Forest Wardens to attend to forest
fires, for which they are authorized to
employ assistants, and they are invested
with full authority to deal with the
question of forest fires. Five of these
Wardens are employed as Patrolmen
during the dangerous season. These
men are mounted on horseback and
travel over the county looking out for
forest fires and any violations of the
forest law. They are paid out of a
fund furnished by the Federal Govern
ment in cooperation with the State IN
protecting the watersheds of navigable
streams. Four lookout stations are
maintained in the county, one at Table
Rock, another on Meadow Mountain,
another near Swallow Falls. and the
fourth north of Sang Run. These
stations have telephone connections
with all parts of the county, and when
the Waterman observes a fire, he re-
ports it Immediately to the Forest
Warden nearest the point where the
fire is burning. The Forest Warden
then gets together force of men suf-
ticient to con troll the fire.
Garrett County has more Forest
Wardens and stronger fire protec-
ton organization than any other county
of the State, and a close cooperation
of the land owners with the Forest
Wardens should bring atout greatly i'm
proved conditions. 1t is realized that
with the best forest law protection
that can be secured, without the CO.
operation and support of the people,
the results will be far short OF what
could be done under favorable condl-
tons. 1t is gratifying to see a marded
improvement from year to year in the
better cooperation secured and a
more earnest desire to reduce this enor-
nous and unnecessary damage from
forest fires.
Under the forest laws the land owner,
upon whose land fire may be burning,
Is required to do what he can with the
help of the men at his disposal to stop
the fire. This is done tor his own
protection and at his own expense. The
Forest Warden as soon as she sees the
fire, or it is reported to him, investi-
gates, and If other assistance is need
ed he secures additional help. which Is
paid by the State and county jointly.
ANY one who allows a fire to escape
from his land to adjoining land is liable
for the damage caused and for the cost
of extinguishing the fire.
In handling forest fires the first es-
sential to success is promptness. When
fire is attacked soon after it starts
one man can generally control it IN a
short time, but if allowed to get under
considerable Roadway it may battle the
combined effort of many men for some
time, causing large amount of dam
age. AS soon as a fire is found that
cannot be promptly controlled by the
owner of the land. the local Forest
Warden should be notified, but in the
meantime every effort should be made
to check it with the helm at hand
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
TWO GERMAN
VESSELS sunk
Torpedo Boat Destroyer Ii Acct
dental Collision
ENEMY DESTROYS SUBAAR,nE

Danish Steamer Crashes Into Destroy
err, Causing Boilers to Explode; All
the Crew Saved-English WarshiP
Patroiing North of Scotland Coast
Drives Into Submarine and Latter
Sinks; Only One of Crew browns.
London, Nov. 24.-The Germans have
suffered the further loss CT torpedo
boat destroyer and submarine.
1t was unfortunate for the destroyer
that the Danish steamer Angl0-Dale
should crash into her accidentally. The
war craft sank when her boiler ex
ploded.
The submarine went down off the
north coast OF Scotland when a BIRTHS
destroyer on patrol duty discovered
the enemy and destroyed her.
The destruction of the submarin1
us, one of the newer and most eff
fectiye types, is officially reported by
the admiralty. There is an indication
that the us was at least 500 miles
from her base at Wiihelmshaven ard
was searching for the British feet.
The official statement says that the
German submarine was detected of
the north coast Of Scotland and was
rammed by patrol vessel of the Brit
ish fleet. The submarine foundered an
hour after she had been rammed and
one of the crew was drowned. The
destroyer Barry rescued and took pris-
OnerS three officers and twenty-three
men of the crew.
A cruising radius of twenty miles
made it possible for the us to make
the north coast of Scotland In the new.
est attempt to "whittle down" the
British feet. The craft had displace-
ment Of $50 tons and was good for
nineteen knots on the surface and
eight knots when submerged and car.
ried four torpedo tubes. She was fin.
ished In 1912.
The news of the loss of the German
destroyer S-l24 was received in Copen.
hagen when the steamer Anglo Dane
made port. Her commander reported
that south nj the entrance to the sound
the Anglo Dane collided with the SPA
The stem of the Danish steamer
split the destroyer between her fun
nels and Immediately the destroyer 5
boiler blew up. AS the SPA sank the
officers and crew were saved by the
boats of the Anglo Dane, but three u
the destroyer's crew were injured by
the boiler explosion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
BRITISH FLEET DRIVEN OFF
Naval Guns Had No Effect, Says Der.
lin Dispatch.

I'm DlSpGtST.
Berlin (By Wireless to London
Nov. 24-The official communication
issued by the German general army
headquarters says:
Fighting continues g. Nieuport and
at Ypres. A small British squadron
twice approached the coast, but was
driven off by our artillery. The Brit
ish naval guns had no effect.
IN the forest of the Argonne we
are gaining ground step by step, one
trench after another. and one point OF
support after another being wrested
from the French and a number of pris
Cners being taken daily.
"a violent accommodating expedition
against our position on the east of the
Moselle river was made ineffective by
our counter attack"
Official reports given out in Con.
stantinople and reaching Berlin relate
the continued successful Turkish ad
vance upon Batum, the Russian por
on the Black sea. All the territory be
tween the Turko- Russian border am
the river Chursk is in Turkish hands
while a Turkish force in the southern
part OF this territory has taken Artwin
The Turks declare that the Englisf
losses at Shatt-elArab amounted u
$50 dead and several thousand wound
ed.
The report is reiterated that the
=. 4
FL Kantara after defeating the English
in a sanguinary engagement at a point
about eighteen miles to the eastward
of the canal. The English fed leaving
MANY dead
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
YANKEES WANT TO FIGHT
100000 Offer to Enlist In Canada to
Battle Against Germans.

Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 24.--One hundred
thousand men in the United States
have offered to enlist in Canada for
service in Europe, according to Majo.'
General Hughes, Canadian minister Of
militia. He made the statement to
the Canadian club in reply to ques-
lions regarding the theory that Ger
mans in the United States might at
tempt to raid across the border.
Mr.. Hughes said he favored accept.
ing the men who had offered them.
selves. Hundreds of Americans, he as
serts, are already with the first and
second contingents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
Cost Palner 81 556 IL

Harrisburg, Pa. Nov. 24.-Congresa
man A. Mitchell Palmer filed his ex
pense account for his campaign for
United States senator, showing that
he had expended s2,55617 and had re.
ceived s1,715. The account of the Per
sonal Liberty party finance committee
was filed by George w. Allen of Pitts.
burgh showing $725.22 contributed by
the German-American alliance. The
expenditures amounted to the same.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
What Yon May Expect In Garrett
County.

The grand jury for Talbot county,
this State, after having been in session
for two days, the shortest session re-
cord for 80 years. investigating 10 cases
and finding eight presentments came
Into court and was discharged.
In its report the grand jury attributed
the short session to the anti-shipping
law. as under it there was no violation
of the local option law brought before
it, thing that has never been known
since the local option law was passed in
1875.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
New Procedure For Naturalization

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 24.-Fnstead
of familiarizing themselves with the
constitution and memorizing the
names of the presidents cabinet, can
didates for citizenship IN this district
hereafter will go through & regular
course at Los Angeles high school and
certificates issued TO them from that
institution will be accepted in lieu of
the usual examination In court.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
Canadian CHARGED With Treason.

Bridgeburg, Ont, Nov. 24-Corporal
Paul Mazur of the Forty sixth regi
ment, stationed at Port Hope, is under
arrest at Toronto charged with high
treason. accused of attempting to help
three Austrian reservists to leave
Canada. The penalty is death. Mazur
is a native of Canada, although his
parents were born in Austria.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
Store Clerk Ie Killed bv Elevator

Steubenville, c., Nov. 24.-Miss
Margaret Opperman, forty-four years
old. daughter of the late Mayor Henry
Oppernan. was caught and crushed I,
death in attempting to escape from q
runaway elevator in store here. Sin.
was employed as q slerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
OH We'll shooter vanishes.

Cory. Pa, Nov. 24.-Ralph Pubs,
aged thirty-three, IN oil well shooter,
was filing a wagon with nitroglyceria
near Titusville when IL let go Search
ers found not q yestige Of man, horses
or wagon when they reached a hole
ten feet IN depth torn In the earth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
President to Hear Women on SUFFRAGE

Washington. Nov. "a. - President
Wilson consented to see a delegation
of Democratic women who want t.
urge him to support a constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage. He
will receive them early in December
The president has told other suffra
gists that he bahSvss the question h
enc for the states.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
Germans Maintain Base or Chill.

Lima, Nov. 24.-lt is declared here
on what would appear to be good au
thority that the Germans have been
maintaining what is described as .
naval station outside of Valparaiso,
Chile.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
RUSSIANS CHECK
GERMAN ADVANCE
SlaVs Claim That Tide Of e. e.
tie Has Turned
Won HINDEH1URG IS Wary

German General Net Likely to &c
Fooled Again into Going Ahead TOO
SwiftIy-Germans Make Vigorous
Attack In Northeastern France at
Verdun-oaly Artillery Firing In
Flanders on Account of Weather.
London, Nov. 24.-The battle which
is being fought in Poland appears TO
have turned in favor of the Russians.
In fact, a special dispatch from Pc
trograd says that the Russian army al
ready has won decisive victory. While
this may be an exaggeration both the
Russian and the German official re
ports suggest that General Won Hin
denbug's second thrust al Warsaw
has been checked.
The unofficial news is that the Rus
SLAMS defeated the Germans at Kutno.
between the Warthe and the VistIla
and twenty-five miles northwest OF
Lowiscz, and captured 10000 and that
the Russians have taken Gumbinnen in
Last + uS0l-&' q lOHh NhiNL Adu bGIiA
a difficult obstacle in the advance to-
ward Insterburg.
The German general staff announced
that the appearance Of Russian rein
forcements in Poland is postponing
the decision of the battle in that re
gion.
This statement is taken TO mean
that the Russians are employ ing
tactics similar 10 the stroke which
turned the Germans back from War
saw on Oct. 1S-suddenly striking with
a large body of fresh troops which
had been massed and held ready for
the emergency.
This strategy has been characters,
tic of Russian operations since the be
ginning of the war. Russian retreats
have seldom been profitable to their
opponents.
A hint that the Russian Withdrawal
toward Warsaw was not indicative Of
weakness was contained in earlier dis
patches, which stated that Petrograd
was not at all apprehensiye. 1t is
concluded here that the newspapers of
Petrograd had an inkling Of the plans
of the Grand Duke Nicholas and were
Sware that fresh troops were ccnceE-
trated for use against the German adj
vance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26

LosT-Between Gortner and Oakland,
suit case containing one blue suit ano
work clothes. Finder will please COM
municate with Charles Culp, Henry. W.
Va, and receive reward.
Advertisement
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-26
WEATHER EVERYWHERE.

Observations at United States
weather bureau taken At s D. m.
yesterday follow;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-06
VICTORY ON NIEMEN
VITAL FOR RUSSIANS

world not often is the policy known as
swapping horses while crossing q
stream adopted, and there must be
something very gravely wrong, indeed,
If the Germans find it necessary 10
get rid OF the man who originated and
directed the whole strategy Of their
campaigns. and that at yitalIy criti-
cal moment.
AT the same time ono can understand
the dissatisfaction felt in high quar-
tcrs with Won AIoltke's work. which
often has been Of kind calculated 70
make his uncle Of famous memory
turn in his grave. But then we do rot
know how many mistakes are due 70
Won Moltke's bad judgment and how
many 20 interference in his work By
the Emperor or the Emperor's CANA
rilla. One cannot, for instance, be-
lieve Won Noltke, Of his own initiative
and free will, would withdraw troops
from France at the moment when they
we're urgently wanted TO secure dec-
sive result in that area Of the war, and.
having withdrawn them, one cannot
imagine Won Moltke sending them on a
useless errand 20 East Prussia when
their presence IN Gal;cia might have
saved the Austrian army from disaster.
But II he was responsible for such a
fatuous policy, then superseding him
will not be sufficient punishment. lie
ought 10 be sent TO take the Landsturm
division into action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-06
by Gable to The Tribune

News reached here to-nieh that Ichcn" Genera"
uh Won otkc superseded by General Weights Rhetl
chief OF the German General Staff.
Mokc nephew OF the great ,atcelst OF that name
engineered the irancouss'n War o. 1870 and died III 1871 At
Molke. he then
WAS that he would be promoted rank Of personal aide de
be major general 1890 and appointed commander
Of the Isl Infantry the Guards Potsam and he became
lieutenant general in 1907.
ON January Mo.k assumed the office OF CHIEF
General Staff in to Scllichon It
knowledge that Mokc did not consider himself quail
fled for high hard avoid it, declining the
office ON two occasions imperial will be thwarted
General Won the being hard work
soldier taciurn his huiou namesakc and
man perhaps bring the German army to the
Gohtinp pic any other OF his colleagues
OF General Noiqh, who succeeds General Mokc
Inc Gathered books His
49,, @ mentioned in "Wcr lists" His father however.
soldier Who was born and high rank the Ministry for
War He commanded division 1901 and aiterward was appointed
General 6 Hanover died in 1877 and had infantry
men named alter him
Thus the oil tan may be described as dark horse and
be he has inherited his fathers ability and
cttcr he is better than the one he has displaced