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The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-01-15
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

THE election of JOHN THOMSON as comptrol-
Ter is one of the explanations OF that big
vote in Shelby.
IF ALL the Democratic eggs are IN the Presl-
dents basket, they are in for the treatment
usually accorded decayed things.
TT IS funny what little confidence will DO
The recent attitude of Interstate Commerce
Commission toward the railroads put thousands
of men to work.
COME of the papers that are such ardent ad
~ vocates of boosting do so little OF 1t them
selves that we suspect they are intimately ac-
quainted with the situation.
MO MATTER how much prosperity may come
IN in the coming two years, the people Will
al7Tays believe that it would have been greater
under Republican administration.
THOSE who are charging that Gov. CoLQUITT
is irving to dynamite the Democratic party
with a frecracker are reminded that the lo-inch
pun has never been tried in this country.
T UKE LEA had the affairs of the Legislature
l. hog-tied long before it met and the Gov
ernor will not be bothered with making appoint
ments They have already been made tor him.
TOR an amateur politician, and recent con-
vert to the faith, Senator LEA has done
wonderful work He has made that bunch OF
Regulars look like pewter nickel at a bankers
convention.
THE President, in his indianapolis speech, SAID
L he knew the American people. Il ne has
an idea that the people haven't taken his meas
ure his mind will be disabused after the next
election.
THE Democratic party is much more con-
L cerned about the future Of Col ROOSEVELT
than is the Republican party 1t is evident that
he will not be such an asset to the Democratic
party in 1916 as in 1912.
THE righteous indignation of that Representa-
tive from Shelby who could not vote his
sentiments because of the caucus rule, was a
very nice bit of acting until is is remembered
that Mayor CRUMP was the caucus.
WHEN peanut politician like STANTON can
w prevent the printing OF Governor
message, the limit of partisanship has been
reached. The political rottenness OF Memphis
can not be covered up by such tactics.
THE Chattanooga Times, in giving Governor
L HOOPER credit with being the shrewdest poll
tician in the State, might have added that ne is
also the best Governor the State ever had with
ont LAYING itself open to violent criticism
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-01-15

THE President is so sure he knows it all that
L he has all but served notice that he will
take advice from nobody in future
CPEAKING of hanging up stockings, there was
y case down in Alabama where they hung
up mans stockings, only they forgot to take
the man out.
GOOD many Republican ideas have been
n emboied in laws during the part thirty
wears that the Democrats have been IN no great
hurry to repeal.
TT REALLY doesn't appeal to the man out
of work and whose family is suffering Tor
he necessities Of life to be told that his condl-
ton is Just state of mind
ccXVTHENEVER the country really wauts some
w thing besides talk says the President,
it turns to the Democratic party BUSINESS
stagnation and disaster, for instance.
INVESTIGATION of frauds in Indiana by the
L Federal authorities is just quiet tip to LUKE
LEA that he will face such one it the Shelby
County vote in 1915 reaches the proportions 1t
attained in 1914
TT IS said Mr.. BRYAN is to be arrested for hunt
mo rabbits in Virginia on Christmas day.
Hunting presidential preferment and rabbits are
seemingly his greatest diversions, but always with
the same results.
THE President had to 60 all the way to In,
L dianapolis to let it be known that wanted
another term. Indiana the home OF fraudulent
elections was rather suggestive place TO make
the announcement, at any rate.
THE spectacle of a Democratic prosecutor 60
L ing after men for participating IN the fraud
ulent election of a United States Senator gives
Southern Democrats visions of the ghost OF
force bill that may result from the precedent
CAID the President There may come time
y when the people will have to judge whether
knw what | am talking about That it true;
but # is certain that the verdict will not be as
Aattering to his bump of conceit as ne antlcl-
pates.
MIR. BRYAN says that in the WILSON laws the
lVl common people have the greatest heritage
ever oiven by party. AS heritage is a rather
LIGHT diet, it is presumed that the people would
raiber have something that will stick closer to
the ribs.
CCORDINC to the President, the Republican
n party hasn't had an "idea" in thirty years
It never did have an idea that meant the runa-
lion of business, the unemployment OF our Ia
boring people and the suffering and want that
always follows, we'll admit.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1915-01-15

LIKE LEA is very much like fea
And HILLARY HowsE the same;
With CRuMP the rump Of this political three,
All are skilled in the three-shell game.
TT WILL, be interesting to read what the next
Democratic platform has to say on the tariff
question.
THE need for a protective tariff that protects
the American people if becoming more
apparent every day.
THE appointment of Hon. M. T. FouTs to the
L office of coal oil inspector was an honor
worthily bestowed.
TO-DAY, the best Governor Tennessee ever
had will retire to private life with the love
and esteem of the best element OF the people,
ccEVERY Little Movement Has Meaning 9nd
IL every move the Democratic party makes
brings forth vision of war tax OF some KIND.
BOUT the only constructive legislation this
n Congress has brought forth has been
goodly number of hastily constructed soup
houses.
IF TWO-THIRDS of the Democratic party is
L progressive, the people will devoutly pray
to be delivered from progresslylsm, II the brano
we are now getting is any criterion.
A KANSAS editor comes back into the RePub-
n ican fold and confessess that he will be
satisfied with slice of the fatted calls liver
"Crossing the River, One by One
WHEN the tariff failed to produce tne neees,
w sary revenue, was it state OF mind
that induced the President to hustle up war
tax to prevent the country going broke!
THE attitude of the President on economic
L questions clearly indicates that he would
rather be wrong and have his own way than be
right and serve the people who exalted hum.
GAYS the Nashville Banner: Speaking OF
y Standing armies, what is the matter with the
army of the unemployed" 1t is hungry and
tired of standing around in watchful waiting
COME there are who want the tariff tax en- out
y politics. Many there are who want the tar
iH taken from some other country besides THIS
one. Anyhow, the Democrats need the money
x7OJJ will notice that CHAMP CLARK is not say
ING great deal for the Administration
nor vet very much against it, But ne realizes
what a load he will have carry if he gets the
nomination in 1916
1T IS our opinion that the Democrats were per-
L mitted to win, last Novembar, in order that
that the people might see 10 what depths that
nartv can descend in the matter Of hypocrisy,
deceit, reachery and downright dishonesty.
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ON THE EASTERN FRONT.

AUGUST, 1914.
rs. Austrians marched from Krasnik, Po-
land, toward Radon.
&c. Russians reached point twenty six
mileaafrom Danzig. Main Russian ar
my 140 miles from Berlin.
29. Russians defeated In three day battle
near Tannenberg. East Prussia
SEPTEMBER. 1914
g. Russians occupied Lemberg, capital of
the Austrian province of Galicia
g. Russian patrols penetrated Carpathian
passes into Hungary.
OCTOBER, 1914
O. End Of weeks battle at Augustowo. In
which Germans were defeated and
forced out of Russian territory with
heavy losses sustained in the Suwalki
swamps
h. German advance from Thorn and Ka-
licz, In Poland, approached the Vistula
and threatened Warsaw. North of
Warsaw, on the East Prussian border.
Gen. Rennenkampffs Russian cav
airy drove the Germans from Lyck.
An Austrian column advanced from
Cracow into Poland to cooperate with
Won Hindenburg's attack ON Warsaw.
Won Hindenburgs outposts reached
within six miles Of Warsaw
8. Battle on the Vistula. Poland, which
began on the It'll, ragged furiously, Rus
slams having the advantage over Won
Hindenburg.
H. Germans In front of Warsaw were
checked and driven back to the river
Piliza.
z-26, On the Piliza river, Poland, q des-
perate battle went against the Austro-
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Germans. who withdrew toward the
river Wharf.-The abandoning I4odz and
Radon
NOVEMBER. 1914
3 Austrians were expelled from Kielce
Poland. by Russians marching south
ward on Cracow
Sandomir, Poland taken by Russian
column aiming at Cracow. Auslrians
We're retiring toward Cracow after re-
verse on San river.
6. Russians recaptured Jaroslaw, Gaiicia.
which they had been forced TO aban-
don in October.
7. Russians reached Pieschen In Silesia
and entered East Prussia. The move in
East Prussia threatened Koenigsberg,
on the Baltic seacoast. The invaders
OF Silesia proved to be raiding Cos
sacks. who rode within 80 miles of the
fortress of Thorn,
IL Russians under Gen Rennenkampff
occupied JOHANNESBURG. in East Prus-
STA.
H. Heavy fighting between soldau and
Stalluponen. In East Prussia. Germans
defeated the Russians. driving them
upon Flock, on thsFNistula. in Poland
II. Germans defeated Russians south of
kutno, Poland. but were on the de-
fensive on the Gumbnnen- Angerburg
line. East Prussia. Fighting was dcs-
perate In southwest Poland, where
Russians were contending with Aus
TRANS alone for the passes TO Cracow
"a A great battle developed in Poland be-
tween the rivers Vistula and Wharf.-The
The Germans lost Strykow, which they
had captured ON the 18th, and general
ly We're checked.
%. Won Hindenburg's army defeated Rus
SLAMS in front of Lodz and Lowicx, Po=
land. and again captured StTyiSow. a
decisive success In the Warsaw cam
paign.
DECEMBER, 1914.
Russians recaptured Flock. on the Wis
tua, in Poland, and repulsed German
lunge at Lodz In front of Warsaw.
8. Won Hindenburgs Germans occupied
Lodz. which Russians abandoned. re-
treating toward Warsaw
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THE WESTERN FRONT.
OCTOBER, 1914.


l. Heavy fighting begun near Arras,
France the allied left flank
6. Germans forced he passage of the
river Nethe in front of Antwerp
Z. Germans began bombardment of the
city of Antwerp; also storned and car
ried Belgian fortified positions beyond
the Nethe. Belgian forces and govern
ment abandoned the capital and moved
to Ostend.
8. Zeppelins bombarded Antwerp and the
civil authorities surrendered the city to
Gen. Won Beseler, the German COM
mander.
9. Formal military occupation of Antwerp
by the Germans. King Albert and the
officials Of Belgium escaped to Ostend
10. French won cavalry engagement
around Hazebrouck, northwest of Lille,
over German raiding troopers
Is. Belgian government transferred from
Ostend to Havre, France; third re-
moval in two months
"a Allies occupied Ypres, Belgium.
lb. Ostend occupied by Germans, who
marched out to attack the French
fortress of Dunkirk on the channel
coast.
Is. Belgian army, which had escaped from
the lines at Antwerp. reached Ypres.
%. English gunboats participated In bat
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GERMAN MARCH ON PARIS.
AUGUST, 1914.

AUGUST, 1914
rs. Muelhausen, Alsace, evacuated by
French. Nonpartisan French cabinet
organized. Germans took LongWy.
Germans forced allies back along en-
tire French frontier
n. Part of Louvain burned by Germans
30. Germans occupied Amiens, France
SEPTEMBER, 1914.
2. Germans advanced to Creil. about
thirty miles from Paris. French center
between Verdun and Rheims driven
back. Seat of French government re-
moved from Paris to Bordeaux. Gen.
Joffre directed the defense of Paris.
5. Battle south of the Marine and east of
Paris, in which German right wing was
pushed back, followed by general re-
treat toward the Aisne.
IL German retreat halted on the Aisne.
TO- Germans bombarded Rheims and dam
aged famous cathedral.
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Is. German cruiser Emden entered harbor
of Penang and torpedoed Russian
cruiser Jemtchug ana French torpedo
boat destroyer.
30 Turkish warships Goeben and Breslau,
which Germany sold to Turkey at the
opening Of the war, sank two Russian
warships in the Black sea- Turkish
torpedo boats raided the harbor OF
odessa, RUSSIA Turkish cruiser bonn
barded Sebastopol, Russia
NOVEMBER. 1914
/. Captain Specs squadron OF German
cruisers, including the Gneisenau and
the Scharnhorst, Leipzig and Dresden
defeated q British squadron off Coro-
mel, on the coast OF Chile. The Brit
ish commander, Admiral Cradock
was lost. with about 1.7o0 men. Brit
ish ships Good Hope and Monmouth
destroyed.
8. German squadron made a raid to Brit
ish coast near Yarmouth
8. The German cruiser Emden defeated
and forced ashore at Cocos island, In
dian ocean, by the Australian cruiser
Sydney On the Ernden 700 were killed
and 30 wounded The Sydney lost 10
in all
IS. Naval battle in Black sea. in which
Turks and Russians both claimed vic
tory. The Gernan-Turkish cruisers
Goeben and Bresiau We're engaged.
DECEMBER. 1914
s. Sturdee's British squadron sank four
German cruisers off the Falkland is
lands, the Scharnhorst, the Gniesenau,
the Nurnberg and the Leipzig; the
Dresden escaped.
B British submarine B-1t sank the Turk
ish battleship Messudieh IN the Darda-
nelles.
German warships crossed the North
sea and borbarded Scarborough, Whit
by and Hartlepool on the northeast
coast Of England. inhicting heavy cas-
ualties.
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JANuARr lsl5.


"a In German naval attack on the Eng
lish coast the German cruiser Bluecher
was sunk with about 100 of her crew.
10 German submarines attacked British
ships in the Irish sea. 800 miles from
the nearest German naval base on the
Belgian coast.
FEBRUARY. 1915.
4 German admiralty declared war
zone In the English channel after
Feb. is.
Is. German war zone decree went into
effect, warning neutrals OF danger In
the English channel Norwegian mer-
chant steamer Belridge sunk In Eng
fish channel
20 American merchant ship Evelyn mys-
tcriously sunk In the British war zone
ia the Irish sea
Is Allied fleet bombarded Turkish forts
guarding the Dardanelles strait sea
entrance to Constanunope
a. Heavy allied feet bombarded Turkish
forts II miles up Dardanelles strait.
MARCH. 1915.
10. German submarine U-l2 rammcd ana
sunk by Il British torpedo boat de-
stroyer Oft the coast OF England. Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Eltol Friedrich
made port at Newport News. Va, at
end of a 10000 mile sea raid having
on board si2 passengers and crew OF
American ship W. p, Frye
IA. The German cruiser Dresden. which
survived the battle OF Falkland Is
lands sunk in baltic with a British
fleet near san Juan Fernandez island.
or Chile
is. British cruiser Amethyst LOST, IS Killed,
In an attack on Turkish forts In the
Dardanellcs
IS. British battleships Irresistible and
Ocean and French battleship Bouvet
sunk by Turkish mines or shell fire
during naval attack in the Darda-
nelles,
%, German submarine u-29 with Com
mander Weddlgen. sunk by Il British
vessel Ia the North sea.
IS. British ships Falaba ana AquIla tor
pedoed by German submarines In st
Georges channel loss OF life on both
1SS
81. A French and British steamer torpe-
doed off the English coast by Ger
man submarines: 80 sailors drowned.
APRIL 1916
70. French warship Leon Gambetta tor
pedoed by an Austrian submsr ine In
the strait OF otranto; 500 seamen
drowned
|, American steamer Gulflight, from Port
Arthur, Tex, to Liverpool England.
torpedoed by q German submarine of
Scilly Islands. The captain was killed.
IS. British battleship Triumph torpedoed
by Turks IN the Dardaneles while
supporting a land attack.
26. American steamship NebrasSnn, tor
pedoed by a German submarine off
southwest coast OF Ireland. reached
port with an ON board,
Is. British battleship Majestic sunk by a
Turkish torpedo In the Dardaneiles
JUNE. 1915
IA Italian submarine Medusa torpedoed
by an Austrian submarine,
90 Germany announced the sinking of
tho famous submarine U-2s Captain
Weddigeu, by Il British merchantmen
flying the Swedish nag
3d. British admiralty steamer Armenian,
with Americans IN her crew, torpedoed
Off the British coast: % Americans
lost
JULY 1915
z. italian cruiser Afnalf sunk by Aus
trIan submarines IN the Adriatic sea.
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oermans capturea lhe RussIan port of

Germans captured tho Russian port OF
Libau.
Is. Heavy fighting continued In West Ca
licia, where the Germans continued to
drive the Russians eastward.
IL Austro- Germans recaptured Jaroslaw.
on the west bank Of the San river
Galicia, forcing the Russians TO aban-
don the Carpathan mountains.
H. End of three days of heavy battles In
Galicia, in which The Germans lost
heavily. but were the victors
JUNE. 1915
5. Acknowledgements. under Gen. Won Mack
ensen. recaptured Przemysl. Gallcia.
which the Russians had occupied
March @, after siege CT % days
Z. acknowledgements pursued Russians
across Dniester river. Galicia.
o. Austrians captured Stanislau, Galicie,
pass TO Lemberg
II. Austro-German forces reached Gro
dek, fortified town l6 niles from
Lemberg. Galicia
q. Germans captured Rawa- Ruska. a
railroad center northwest of Lemberg
and guarding that fortress.
q. Lemberg. Galicia. recaptured by Aus
TRANS after 10 months occupation by
garrison OF Grand Duke Nicholas
command.
q, Acknowledgements captured Haiicz, on
Dniester river, Ia Galicia, virtually
controlling an eastern Galicia.
JULY 1915.
IL. Germans again captured the Russian
post of Przasnysz. 80 miles north of
Warsaw
20. Austrians captured Radon. Poland, 81
miles south of Warsaw,
Il. Austro-German forces cut the Radon
Ivangorod railway iine south OF War
saw, menacing lvangorod. Their adj
vance columns reported within I6, %
and 20 miles OF Warsaw. on the west.
north and south respectively
%. Germans captured Russian fortress OF
Pultusk, north OF Warsaw
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VARIOUS WAR EVENTS.

OCTOBER 1914.
IL. Col. Maritz, Boer commander in the
Cape provinces, mutinied and martial
law was declared throughout South
African Union.
81 South African revolt against British
rule was spreading Former Boer lead
ers, Gen. de Wet and Gen. Beyers, APP
peared at the head Of a new move
fnent
81. Turkish government severed official re-
lations with Great Britain: also de-
clared war on Russia; this action fol-
lowed as a sequel to raid of Turkish
navy in the Black sea on the goth.
NOVEMBER, 1914.
!. ENJOYS and ambassadors from Eng
land. France and Russia to the Turk
ish government left Constantinople.
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POLIvANov.
IL. The Austrian troops at Cracow defeat
ed the Russians east of the city and
recaptured Nowy Sandec.
Is. Germans captured Lowicz, on Bsura
river, 25 miles southwest Of Warsaw.
after fierce battle
20. Germans before Warsaw made series
Of desperate assaults on the Bsura and
Rawa rivers, winning several crossings.
a. Russians abandoned siege of Cracow,
which the Austrians firmly held as the
key to Germany and Austria.
JANUARY, 1915.
g. Russian forces were south of the Car
pathian mountains. invading Hungary.
g. Russian advance checked near the
East Prussan border of Poland.
q. A large Russian army was advancing
from the Russian border against
Koenigsburg, a German fortified city
In East Prussia.
%. Russian invaders of East Prussia
reached Tilsit.
FEBRUARY, 1915.
.. Germans checked in a desperate at
tack on Russian lines at Bolimow, be-
fore Warsaw.
7. Germans. by a forced march, turned
the Russian flank at Johannesburg, In
East Prussia, and forced the enemy to
retreat back to Russian territory
8. Germans in Russia cut the railroad
behind the retreating Russian army
North of Augustowo the Russians de-
serted their positions east Of the Ma
surian lakes.
Is. Germans reoccupied Czernowitz. Buko-
wilma, which the Russians had cap
tured early in the war
q. Russians checked German advance
over the Russian border north OF
Grodno.
n. Russians recaptured Przasnysz.
MARCH. 1915.
r. The Austrian fortress of Przemysl in
Galicia, surrendered to the Russian
army after a gallant and prolonged
SIEGE
APRIL, 1915.
s. Russians advanced through Varecze
pass piercing the Austrian lines in the
Carpathians..
q. Austro-Germans gained a victory on
the Dunajec line, in western Galicia
MAY 1915
g. Austro German forces crossed the
Dunajee, In Galicia, driving the Rus
slams and making heavy captures
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WORK OF THE NAvIEs.

AUGUST, 1914
2s British feet sunk I'VE German warships
off Helgoland
SEPTEMBER. 1914
e. German submarine sank British cruis-
ers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue In the
North sea
30 German warships bombarded Japanese
position before Kiauchau.
OCTOBER. 1914
q. The German cruiser Emden Capt. Carl
Won Mueller commanding, sank four
British steamers and captured one off
the coast OF British India
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GENERAL Won HINDENBURa AND ADMIRAL
Won TIRPTTZ
IL German cruiser Koenigsberg destroyed
by British monitors i'm African waters.
20. Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi sunk
by an Austrian submarine In the Adri-
attic.
Is. American steamer Leelanaw,- from
Archangel, Russia. for Belfast Ireland,
attacked and sunk by a German sub
marine off the Orkney islands,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-12
DEATH OF MRS. SCINDA KELLY
GATES

At Q o'clock, p. m, August !. 1915,
at the old Gates homestead, on Hous-
ley Fork. occurred the death OF Mrs.
Scinda Kelly Gates, widow Of the
late William Gates.
The deceased was born February
6 1893. She united with the Chris
tian Church at the age OF thirteen,
living a life Of high moral stand
ard, and one to be much admired.
Mrs. Gates was the mother OF nine
children, OF whom five survive to
mourn the loss OF a mother. The
sympathy OF the numberless friends
Of our dear one is extended 10 the
surviving members Of the family
She leaves three brothers to feel
the loss OF their only and beloved
sister: Morton Kelly, now living in
Missouri; John Kelly, of Station
Camp; and Curtis Kelly, OF Silver
Creek. The latter was the only one
able to attend the funeral. Mrs
Gates also leaves forty grand-chil-
dren, and thirty-flve great grand
children.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-12
C0LoRED CHAUTAUQUA A GREAT
SUCCESS

The Chautauqua at Richmond last
week for the special benefit Of the
colored people Of our County proved
a very conspicuous success. We
all know that anything planned by
Miss Belle Bennett and the other
prominent people Of Richmond
would be good. but the speakers all
proved unusually interesting and
the turn out of the colorcd people
surpassed all expectations. Supt.
Brock. Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Collins, and
others have a right To feelirg Of
great satisfaction. Prof. Williams
superintendent of the col"rri high
school Of st. Louis. and Prof. Car
Yer Of Tuskegee made very telling
addresses. Prof. DuBoise Of New
York gave a most scholarly address.
perhaps a bit over the heads" Of
his audience.
Everybody says. Lets do it
again."
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-12
LETcHER p. GABBARD HoNoRED

Letcher p. Gabbard. who was for
merly a student Of Berea, and hav-
ing graduated from the Academy
and later pursued work in the Col
lege, recently graduated with high
honors from the University Of Ten
nessee, taking the Alb. degree, be-
sides completing the agricultural
course. He is reported to be the
best and strongest in the class. He
has been elected to the chair OF
Geology and Natural Science in the
East Tennessee state Normal.
Mr.. Gabbard has received the
best position Of any Of his class
mates. He is a son Of the noun
tains Of Kentucky and belongs to a
family that has been represented in
Berea College for many years.