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HARRISBURG gfSg&l TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 273
STOUGH CIMPMGN
. WILL COST 119.01
Closed "Strategy" Meeting Held by
Managers and Evangelist at
Market Square Church
SESSION LASTS FOUR HOURS
Ministers Unload "Things on Their
Minds"; Plan Union
Thanks Service
Dr. Henry \V. Stough, the evangelist,
this morning conferred with the ex
ecutive committee of the campaign
and the co-operating ministerium at a
special sesion in the Market Square
'Presbyterian Church.
Just what the meeting was for and
what measures were discussed could
f not be definitely learned, as newspaper
men were barred from the session.
It is understood, however, that ways
i and means were discussed toward cre
mating greater interest and increased
activity among tbe campaign workers
throughout the city, as the results
thus far have not been quite as en
couraging as expected, according to
the campaign managers.
The budget was discussed during tbe
meeting and a sreat union Thanksgiv
ing service at the tabernacle was con
sidered. Following the meeting a
committee composed of the Rev. K. K.
I'urtis, secretary, the Rev. W. X. Tates.
president, and the Rev. F. T. Cart
wright. associate to Dr. Stough, met
the press representatives.
Expenses to Be $19,000
The only facts given for publication
are that the expenses ot' the campaign
will amount to about $19,000 and that
there will be union Thanksgiving Day
services at the tabernacle for the co
operating churches at 2.30 o'clock, No
vember 26.
The expenses for the campaign are
the largest in any city that Dr. Stough
has visited. The reason for this is that
the tabernacle in this city at State and
Cowden streets is the best and the sec
ond largest that has ever been built
in the country.
The cost of erecting the tabernacle
alone was annonuced by E. Z. Wal
lower. chairman of the finance com
mittee. as $11,378.
The session was called at 10.15
o'clock this morning and did not ad
journ until shortly before 1. Dr. Cart
wright said that the meeting was
called to decide the question of union
evangelistic and Thanksgiving Day
services. He also said that each min
ister that came was supposed to un
load "anything that was on his mind"
and open the suhject for discussion.
Mr. Cartwright says the session was
"* strategy meeting."
« * After almost three hours of it the
ministers and executive committee left
and Dr. Cartwright said that he thinks
that all of them went away without
any antagonistic feeling toward each
other and that the ministers are
pleased with the work that is being
done.
Ten Couples Reunited
Ten married couples were among
the ninety-odd trailhltters who re
sponded to Dr. Stough's call of "Who
soever Will, Come," at the tabernacle
last night. Each pair stood up to
gether as the evangelist gave his con
gratulations for reunited Christian
love, and declared their promise to es
tablish family altars and work sin
cerely for the "harvest of the Lord
that is just beginning in Harrlsburg."
Dr. Stough said of them, "It Is like
falling in love again for these couples
to me together. I don't believe mar
ried people know how to love each
other properly until they are united in
Christ."
Some of ttie Trailers
Other notables among the confess
ors who hit the sawdust trail last night
were W. S. Roebuck, the builder of
the tabernacle, and chairman of the
committee in charge; William Ziegler,
subquarterback of the Central high
school football team; A. W. Holman
f-nil wife, manager of the Doutrich and
Company store.
Elderly men in fine clothes and boys
in rough blue shirts sat side by side,
and tender girls cuddled close to stout
matrons o the mourners' benches as
Dr. Stough rushed up and down his
platform in a frenzy of enthusiasm to
win souls, with the perspiration
streaming down his cheeks, his collar
wilted and his voice choked with emo
t" jn.
The converts confessed aloud to Dr.
Stough as he grasped each by the
hand. They told of their willingness
to endure persecution, to surrender
their lives and give up everything to
the cause of Christ, and to exert every
effort to bring others to the front.
"Prepare to meet thy God." was the
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THE WEATHER
for Ilarrlahiirc and vicinity: la
■ettled weather to-night and Fri
day, probably rain: colder Krlday.
For Kaatera I'ennaylvanla: Haln to
night and Friday, mow In north
portion! eolder Friday: frrah
northeast wind* Increasing to
night.
River
The main river will rlae alonly to
night and Friday. A ataffe of
about S-H feet la Indicated for
llarrlabnrg Friday morning.
Cieneral Conditions
Tbe dlaturhani-e from Western
< anada la noit central over the
Ijike Keglon and In connection
with n disturbance that has ap
peared off the South Atlantic
coast, is causing unsettled
neather over 'the greater part of
■ the Kaatern half of the country,
P with some snoiv nlong the north
ern border of tbe I.akea and light
ralna along the Mouth Atlnntle
const. Tno areas of high pres
sure cover the greater part of the
Western half of the I'nlted Mates,
one central over the Missouri
Valley- and the other over the
Middle Pacific alope.
Temperature: H a. in.. 26.
Mm: Klses, Hi.%4 a. m.; sets, 4:4<l
p. m. .
Moon i First quarter, November
--'4. Hon a. m.
\ Hlver Stnge: 2.3 feet above low
a water mark.
' Vesterday'a Wenther
Highest temperature, 37.
I.ones) temperature. 'J«.
* Mean temperature. :12.
•Normal temperature, 41.
HOW THE BIG STOUGH TABERNACLE LOOKS
BEFORE THE CROWDS BEGIN POURING IN
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The etching snows an interior view of the Stough tabernacle looking toward the platform and choir loft. The building is so large that the
camera was unable to net more than a part of the vast expanse into the view. The building seats 8.000 easily and with crowding another thousand
can be jammed into the seats and choir loft.
RECKLESS DRIVING !
CAUSES BAD SPILL
i
Iron Company Head Chases Of
fending Driver to Get Num
ber, bat He Escapes
Reckless driving charged against!
Joseph Alberts, who runs a Packard
| auto for hire, came nearly causing a,
J bad accident on the Harrisburg I
j bridge about 8:30 o'clock last night. I
ITlie Packard car hit a runabout j
buggy belonging to Harry and Frank I
Wingard who resides in Woodbine;
I street, smashing the one side of the
I buggy and throwing the occupants!
out. Alberts this afternoon was or- !
dered by Mayor John K. Royal to pay .
a fine of fifteen dollars for reckless,
driving, and to pay for damages to j
the buggy.
Robert H. Irons, general superin
tendent of the Central Iron and Steel I
Company, who with Mrs. Irons were
enroute to Camp Hill in their car. a'.so I
bad a narrow escape through the reck- j
less driving of the man in charge of
the Packard car. Mr. Irons gave chase]
in order to learn the number of the I
j Packard car, but fearing that the i
i young men in the runabout had been |
j injured, Mr. Irons returned to the j
bridge, and the Packard car got away, j
According to testimony given at the
.police station this afternoon the driver ,
of the Packard car, drove at a i
breakneck speed over the bridge,
blowing his horn loudly and
giving little heed to other cars on the
bridge. The Irons car barely scraped
being hit and the Packard went into
the runabout buggy, throwing the oc
cupants out.
Later a hub belonging to a Packard
car was picked up on the bridge and
the police started in search of a Pack-!
ard car needing a hub. A car was
found in front of the Hershey House;
with one gone. The driver was found |
to be Alberts.
Dillsburg Liveryman
Receives Team Stolen
by "Apple Buyer";
i P. A. Fries, the alleged bogus apple j
I buyer and bad checkinan, is still at j
| large. liveryman R. E. Swartz, of
I Dillsburg, has recovered his horse and I
| buggy, however. He got the team at!
' Churchtown last night, where Fries j
j left it, saying he would return.
I It is the belief that Fries took h* j
! team to make good his escape. He;
| reached Churchtown Tuesday morn- i
:ing at 10 o'clock, and left on trolley
at 10.30 o'clock for Carlisle Beforej
his departure Fries told the livery- ;
man that he was buying up apples and i
would return Friday..
WIIjSON TO VISIT DAUGHTER
By Associated Press
Washington. Nov. 19.—President!
Wilson plans to leave Washington for j
iWilliamstown, Mass., next Wednesday!
ito visit his daughter. Mrs. Francis B. j
] Sayre. The President will be there |
j Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Sayre re
cently lias not been well.
KEADV TO WED, MAN DIES 1
By Associated Press
I Manchester, X. H.. Nov. 19.—Timo
jthy F. Cronin was found dead in a
! ravine in the outskirts of the city yes
i terdav after his fiance. Miss Amelia
Schultz, who was to have been tnar
: ried to him had waited in vain for
I several hours with the rest of the
j wedding party at St. Joseph's Church.
jCronin was frozen to death while he
| lay unconscious after falling into the
ravine.
SEVEX-POUXD BASS CAUGHT
Special to The Telegraph
Hagerstown, Md., Nov. 19. The
largest bass taken from the Potomac
Iri vpr in many years was brought to
(ibis city yesterday by William Morin.
!The fish weighed seven pounds.
HARRISBURG, PA.,
BLIZZARD MAY HIT
PEIIA. TOMORROW
All Depends on What Storm Now
Over Lakes and Another Along
Coast Chance to Do
An old-fasliioned blizzard may hit
! Harrisburg before another twenty-four
. hours passes.
The blizzard is, of course, just a
I possibility, according to E. R. Demain. i
i weather forecaster—but then the pos- ]
| sibility cannot be denied,
i If a storm traveling eastward now
j centrally located over the lakes arrives
| here before another storm moving
northward along the coast. Harris
j burg will have to use the snow shovel,
j Zero weather was recorded early
i this morning in Pes Moines. lowa,
I while Duluth, Minn., records a minus
I four degree temperature. The cold
weather has gripped the whole coun
try. As far south as Florida eight
j degrees within freezing temperature
! was reported this morning.
It is possible that extremely cold
; weather will prevail over the entire
i eastern section in a few days.
Son of Elliott-Fisher
Export Manager Killed
in Battle of the Aisne
William Janssens, 19- year-old son
of Lawrence C. Janssens. of Perdix,
export manager of the Elliott-Fisher
Typewriter Company, was killed in the
battle of the Aisne. Harry, aged 21,
(another son. was injured; Lawrence,
Jr., the third son, escaped uninjured,
t The brothers were in the French
| army as noneommlssioped officers.
They enlisted in the same engineering
company in Paris. The news has just
i been received by Mr. Janssens here.
When the company entered the bat
tle it was composed of 1,200 men. After
i the battle 200 were left,
i Harry is believed to be in West
J Flanders now, after having received a
j commission, and Lawrence is in the
| commissary department.
14 Buildings Destroyed
by Fire at Girardville
Early This Morning
By Associated Press
j Pottsville, Pa.. Nov. 19.—Fourteen
j'uildings used as business places and
j residences combined, were destroyed
jby fire in the business district of Gi
: rardville. early this morning. The loss
lis SIOO,OOO. The water supply gave
! out and water was pumped from a
1 sulphur creek running through the
town. A building was razed by dyna
| mite to check the spread of the fire
i but this was unavailing. A large brick
building finally checked the onrush
of the flames. One fireman was killed
; and another was injured.
255,7 "fl PRESBYTERIANS ARE
NOW OX "SUSPENDED ROLL"
Special .o The Telegraph
Philadelphia. Nov. 19.—The Presby
terian Church has placed more than a
quarter of a million members on the
"suspended roll" within five years.
They have lapsed, dropped out. moved
away from former homes and never
been heard of again. As the Rev. Dr.
William P. Fulton expresses it. they
"slipped back into the world; fell
away; were relegated to the ecclesi
astical scrap heap."
Presbyterian records show that in
11910 there were 48,956 on the "sus
pended roll." In 1911 the total was
154,143; In 1912, 01.266: in 1913, 50.927.
| and in 1914. 50.484. The grand total!
| 25G.776, is equal to about one-sixth of
the total Presbyterian membership ii,
the United States, which was 1.368,150
in 1913, according to the Christian Ad
vocate census estimate.
THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1914.
U. S. INVESTIGATING
ATTACK ON LAUNCH
President Wilson Is Determined to
Keep This Country at
Peace
Washington, D. C„ Nov. 19.—Al
though the Navy Department contin
ued every effort to get a further report
to furnish the missing links in the
chain of incidents connected with the
firing upon the cruiser Tennessee's
launch by the Turkish forts at Smyrna,
nothing had been heard early to-day
from Captain Decker or from Ambas
sador Morgentliau.
As nearly a week was taken in get
ting the last message through to the
State Department from Ambassador
Morgenthau at Constantinople, infor
mation is expected from him before
Captain Decker is heard from. Yes
terday he got through his first report
of the incident within a few hours.
Secretary Daniels said to-day he
would not state whether the North
Carolina and Tennessee would remain
in Turkish waters, until all of the facts
were known concerning the firing at
Smyrna. Some naval officers have
urged that the cruisers be withdrawn.
May Retain Vessels
Officials believed, howeyer, that mis
sionary interests for which the cruis
ers were dispatched to Turkish waters,
might insist the vessels bo retained as
a moral force making for the protec-
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Auditors Look For 33
Cents Between Order
Book and the Vouchers
Failure to locate 33 cents some
where between the order books and
the vouchers of the Poor Board in
1913 delayed the completion of the
audit for 1913. So instead of sub
mitting their work complete to the
county commissioners to-morrow, the
county auditors may not be able to
get through with it before next Wed
nesday's session.
The chief trouble, it appears, lay in
j the difference of voucher numbers on
[the books and on the.vouchers Issued,
jln recording the numbers of the
[vouchers issued from the Poor Di-
I rectors' office, a number here and there
1 may have been inadvertently skipped,
I it is believed, while the totals of the
I sums issued by vouchers and accord-
I ing to the order books were balanced
properly.
County Controller H. W. Gough and
his assistant, Fred Holtzman, xvorked
for two days assisting the auditors to
find the 33 cents. A similar mistake
in the dog license book also kept the
auditors guessing.
FIRE DESTROYS PORTION OF
MILLIIEIM BUSINESS BLOCK
By Associated Press
Bellffonte. Pa., Nov. 19.—A big part
of the business section of the borough
of Millheim was destroyed by a tire to
day, the second time within a few
years. The fire broke out at 3 o'clock
this morning and burned until 8, de
stroying ten business places and resi
dences and damaging several others.
The loss Is estimated at from $30,000
to $40,000, partially covered by insur
ance. The post office was among the
buildings burned.
RECEPTION FOR RED CROSS
By Associated Press
Washington. Nov. 19.—Hospitality
that marked the reception of Red
Cross units delegated to Germany and
Austria-Hungary upon their arrival in
Breslau, was described to-day in a
report from Consul Seltzer to the State
Department. A luncheon In their
honor was given, the report stated, |
and so groat was the crowd that gatli- |
ered outside the hotel that the -police
had to make way for the automobiles '
which carrtad the units for Austria I
to the railway station.
WELFARE CONFERENCE
WILL CLOSE TODAY
Dixon Discusses Housing; Com
pensation and Safety Leg
islation Considered
Pennsylvania's second annual indus
trial welfare and efficiency couferunoe,
which has stimulated interest in "safety j j
first" throughout the wholo stato and i
especially in this city, will close late 1
to-day at the Capitol. This morning
i compensation acts were discussed in a
big general session and during the
morning numerous sectional meetings
were held at which various phases of
j safety work were taken up and men
and women of acknowledged promi
nence in various lines gave their views.
One of the most notable addresses
of the, conference was that of Dr. Sam
uel G. Dixon. State Commissioner of
Health, who dealt with the vital propo
sition of housing in the meeting of the
section on hygiene. The commissioner
has been organizing a state bureau to
take charge of housing conditions and
has been studying the problem at close
range for two years.
In the safety section C. L. Close,
head of the safety bureau of the big
United States Steel Corporation, pre- I
sided at a meeting at which many
leaders in industry presented addresses
on safety and sanitation, including
blast furnaces, electrical apparatus and
work, boiler construction and op
eration. explosives and other matters
were presented. Miss Alice Hamilton,
of the government bureau of statistics,
presided at the hygiene section, at
which lead poisoning, brass foundry
precautions and similar matters were
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German Attack Proves
Predominant Feature of
Day's News in London
By Associated Press
London. Nov. 19. 12.17 P. M.—The
unexpected blow delivered on the
Kussian center by General Von Hin
denburg with the German army which
had retreated from before Warsaw
J was the predominant feature of the
; news reaching London to-day, from
' the eastern arena of war.
| No change of importance has been
I recorded for some days past in the
: western arena where Flanders is still
j the scene of heavy fighting. In spite
lof adverse weather conditions and
1 flooded trenches the Germans appear
|to be holding their positions from
which, at intervals, they launch the
(attacks for which territory from the
I Belgian coast to Arras has become
famous.
The allied warships are still off the
coast, hurling shells inland when op
portunity offers. The Belgian army
remains in the region where the floods
have been the worst, and some dis
j patches says that in certain places they
have been fighting from small boats.
MISS NIKIRK HONORED
Special to The Telegraph
Hagerstown. Md., Nov. 19. Miss
Elizabeth Nikirk, of Lovettsvilie, Vir
'glnla, was the honored guest at the
i home of Clinton Shafer, of 71< Mary
; land avenue, on Tuesday evening, No
jvember 17. The evening was spent
;in games and fun. Refreshments were
! served to the following: Miss Edna
i Warner, Miss Helen MoClarey, Miss
i Elizabeth Nikirk, Miss Myrtle Snyder,
| Miss Daisy Hartle, Anion Garven, Al
j vey Bowman, Russell Shaffer, Robert'
Shaffer. Mrs. Millard Booth, of Lo- I
| vettsville, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Clinton 1
; Shafer. Carl Fry, Carl Shafer, Wil- 1
liam Shafer and little Mary Shafer. |
BRKSXAHAN APPOINTED MANAGER
By Associated Press
Cincinnati. Ohio. Nov. 19. Uogcr
Brosnahatt was to-day appointed man- !
ager of the Chicago National League
Banoball Club. He succeeds Henry
O'Kay. liresnahan nlgnrd a contract
for three years, but the figures in this
document were not announced.
14 PAGES
SUDDEN GERMAN ATTACK
RESULTS IN VICTORY FOR
EMPEROR WILLIAM'S ARMY
Russian Military Officials Admit Reverse in Russian Po
land; Petrograd Announces, However, That Her
Troops Are Steadily Pouring Into East Prussia; Paris
Reports Hopes of Allies Are Again Rising as They
Believe the Germans Are Fast Weakening; Cannon
ading Reported Off Swedish Coast
Violent lighting has been resumed
within a two-hour motor ride of the '
gates of Paris. At Tracey-le-Val, '
where the main battle line from the
north swings to the eastward at the
point nearest Paris, a German ad
vance led to a violent encounter. The
Germans attempted to recapture the
town, won by the allies a few days ago,
but, according to tho French War Of
fice staetment to-day, they weer re-!
pulsed with heavy losses.
In Flanders the artillery duel, de
scribed during the last few days as of
furious Intensity, has become still i
more violent, on the pari of the Ger
mans at least, but here, as elsewhere,
the opposing forces are holding fast
to their main positions.
An official German communication
states that heavy fighting has been re
sumed in the Argonue forest, around
which some of the most severe en
counters of the war have raged from
time to time during tho last two
months. A heavy loss, it is said, was
inflicted on the enemy. In a battle be
tween two squadrons of aeroplanes, it.
is said, one airship of the allies and I
one of the Germans wera lost.
Turkey's explanation of her act in
| firing on the American flag at Smyrna
j has not been submitted nor has the
! Navy Department at Washington re
j ceived a detailed report from Captain
| Decker of the cruiser Tennessee, one
i of whose launches was under fire. The
| Washington authorities were confi
| dent, however, that satisfactory
| amends would be made by Turkey anil
[that no complications would result.
Austria Issues Call
Austria is calling for more soldiers.
The older men of the landsturm of
1870 and 1890 have been summoned
to the colors.
Austria apparently has the upper
hand In her war with Servla. Reports
from Vienna state that the pursuit of
the enemy is being carried further,
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EXCHANGE OPENING POSTPONED
New York, Nov. 19.—The officials of the Stock Ex
* change announced this afternoon th t because of unfore
seen difficulties, the plan to reopen the Exchange for deal
ing in bonds has been indefinitely postponed. Earlier in the
day it was officially stated that trading in this class of se
curities would be resumed on Saturday, subject to minimum
price».
EXCESS RATES NOT EXCESSIVE
Nov. 19.—Existing excess baggage rates
were held by the Interstate Commerce Commission not to
be unreasonable. Charges however, for baggage of excess
value, were said to be excessive and a rate was established
by the commission at ten cents for each SIOO, or fraction
thereof above the agreed upon maximum value. The mini
mum charge for increased valuation will be ten cefits.
THREE KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Rob'nson, 111., Nov. 19.—An explosion in the Dupont
Nuro i-ri-te plant near here to-day resulted in the death
of tLrce men. They were the only employes in thjt plant at
the time.
NAVAL BATTLE IN BLACK SEfk'o
Pc, i ad, Nov. 19.—There has been a naval encounter
in the .ck Sea between Russian and Turkish warships.
No del le news of the outcome ha ; been received here as
yet beyi id the fact that the Turkish cruiser Goebem sus
tained serious injury. i,
PRIESTS REPORTED EXECUTED
.El Paso, Tex., Nov. 19.—A military bulletin from
Guadalajara received here to-day said that four Roman ,
Catholic priests had been executed by order of General
Ama;a, military governor in the state of Micheacaru
New York, Nov. 19.—The Chicago, Rock Island and
' Paciiic Railway will not be sold at public auction on Novem- j
ber 2 a., ordered by the Federal District Court. ■
WILL NOT SELL RAILROAD NOVEMBER 24
UARRUCE LICE j
Crank 9. Seldr'ra, Mcrltou, and Olive K. SUne, Siratara lonniklf, |
Rimer T. Hcflabfir, city, and Bertha F. Fort**7. (Iddoaakurff.
* POSTSCRIPT
and that the Servian retreat at places
is attended with heavy losses. Unoffi
cial German advices stated that Rus
\ sia had sent troops to assist tho Ser
vians, but the authenticity of this re
port was in doubt since such a move
ment of forces would Involve a long
sea voyage around the continent of
Europe or the Invasion of Bulgaria ot
Rumania, neutral countries.
Germany's new attack on the Rus
sian army in the center of the eastern
| battle line stood out conspicuously to-
I <lav as of chief Immediate importance
in the European war. The sudden as
j sault of the Germans In Russian Po
! land, from which territory they were
described recently as being driven in
disorder, has lent a new aspect to this
campaign, which for Germany is not
less Important than the conflict in
France and Belgium.
Russian military officials admit a
reverse In this territory and Berlin is
celebrating a great victory, but the
meagerness of authentic Information
from the front makes it impossible to
determine the extent or importance
of the German successes. Meanwhile
Russia is proceeding with her other
two adventures in her three-fold cam
paign. Her troops to the north, Pe
trograd announces, are penetrating
steadily into East Prussia, while to tho
south they are closing in on Cracow,
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MBS. PEXHKLI) RECEIVES
AUSTRIAN GRAND CROSS
Berlin, Nov. 18 (via London).—Em
peror Francis Joseph has conferred
upon Mrs. Frederic C. Penfleld. wife of
the American ambassador at Vienna,
the Grand Cross of the Order of Eliz
abeth, In recognition of her efforts
for the welfare of Austrian soldiers.
Austrian newspapers empliasi/.e the
distinction of this decoration, which,
for the first time. Is now conferred
upon a woman not connected with the
, Imperial family.