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SPORTS EXTRA EVENING LEDGER SPORTS EXTRA VOL. I NO. 12 PIIIIiADELPniA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBEK 2G, 1914. PRICE ONE CENT af: GERMANS IMPERIL ALLIES' WHOLE LINE BY MEUSE ADVANCE Entire System of Defense May Collapse if Invaders Hammer Way Through Ver-dun-Toul Forts at St. Quentin, When They Have Gained Foothold. YILLA SCORNS PEACE PROPOSAL AND WILL FIGHT TO THE END Great Britain's Official Press Bureau Says Counter Assaults on Kaiser's Right Wing Have Been Repulsed With Severe Losses Fierce Fight Near St. Quentin. PARIS, Sept. 2G. O, That tho desperate attack of the Germans on the lino of French fortifi cations between Verdun and Toul on the River Mouso Is hearing fruit Is In dicated by ofnclal admission that the Germans succeeded In crossing the JIcuso. . p Though tho official statement says that the greater part of tho attacking forces wcro driven back across the TheWarToday Replies to Carranza, Who Sought Settlement Ac cuses Late Ally of Violat ing Treaty of Torreon. river, It does not account for those re maining on the west band. If. a strong force remains there. It may prove highly dangerous to the Allies. Great Britain's official press bureau broke Its long .silence by announcing repulses of heavy German counter at tacks on tho Allies' left. Tho fortress of Verdun Is the key stone of tho French defense. If tho Germans succeed In capturing It thoy will be able to align their armies on almost a straight front from tho Olse to Metz. This would give security to their lines of communication through Luxemburg and Metz and permit them to regain the ground lost when tho Crown Prince's army was forced to re treat from Ste. Menehould to Mont faucon. Tho capture of Verdun and tho re duction of tho forts about Toul would put tho Allies In the position Into which they have been trying to forco the Germans. As they are trying to turn tho German right wing, so the Germans would bo in a position to turn tho Allies' right. If this were accomplished by the Germans, tho Al lies' centre would be compelled to re treat from tho position It has gained at heavy sacrifice. According to tho ofllclal announce ment heavy fighting continues on tho entire left wing of tho Allies, both along the Olse and tho Alsne. The ofllclal ttatement follows: On our left wing the battle con tinues with groat violence between tho Somrao and tho Olse. Between tho Olso and Soissons (on tho Alsne) our troops havo made slight Progress. Tho enemy has not at tempted any attack. Between Sols eons and Pvheims there Is no Impor tant change. At tho centre, from Rhelms to Verdun, the situation Is unchanged. In the Woevre region tho enemy succeeded in crossing the Mouso In the vicinity of St. Mlhlel. hut m, oftenslvo taken by our troops has already thrown back tho greater Part across the river. At tho touth of the Woevre our attacks have not ceased to progress. The Fourteenth German Corps has been thrown back ufter suffering heavy lossos. On our right wing (Lorraine and the Vosgcs), tho German effectives seem to have been reduced. Some detachments which had attacked our advanco posts at certain point have been repulsed by tho entry into action of our reserves. Dispatches from the front today de clare one of tho most violent engage ments of the great battle of the Alsno la In progress near St. Quentin. on tho German right. General von Kluk, heavily rein forced, compelled the Allies t,o retiro yesterday and additional forces for tho French and British arrived Just In time to prevent a severe reverse. St. Quentin, a place of much stra- Cuncluilril on I'ugc t r& S BJ 15, CJ FAIR. WEATHER FORECAST For Philadelphia and vicinity Fair and continued cool tonight and Sun d'J, with poaiibly frost on lowlands tonight; moderate northwest winds- pr ctetaiit, tee. ld$t pag German forces today crossed tho Mcuso River at St. Mlhlcl, on tho fortified lino between Verdun and Toul. French ofnclal statement says most of the foe's lines were forced to re treat across the river. On tho Allies' left a violent struggle Is In progress around St. Quentin. Tho French claim somo advantages In lower Alsace. ' Aviators report tho Germans are con structing lines of entrenchment In southern Belgium near tho plains of "Waterloo. This Is Interpreted as a plan to provide a haven, In case of necessity, for tho right wing, which has berti badly damaged by tho Al lies In the battlo along tho Alsne. Belgian authorities expect an attack on Antwerp, as German troops aro moving In that direction. Firing heard a few miles from Ghent Indi cates the presence of ' nearby force and tho Inhabitants are fleeing from tho city, which was belloved safe a day or so ago, when several train loads of wounded were carried thero. Russians have occupied Chyrow and Dynow, important railway centres near Przemysl. Tho bombardment of Przemysl continues and two outer forts havo been taken. Its fall is declared imminent. Near Dynow tho Russian advance guard was repulsed by a superior force of Austrlans. The Austrian army Is concentrated on tho River 'Wlsloka, west of tho San, where they will oppose tho Russians before falling back on Cracow. Petrograd War Office reports capture of small towns, giving control of en tire railroad system In East Gallcla and opening way for westward prog ress to Cracow. It Is said German officers havo taken command of tho defense of that city. In East Prussia tho Russians havo as sumed tho offensive after Rennen kampfs strategic retirement south. Germans who attempted an Invasion of Poland near Suwalkt wero re pulsed, according to Petrograd, and forced back to Gumblnnen. Se vere losses on tho Gorman side, both of men and guns, aro reported. Berlin ofllclal statement says tho Al lies havo fallen back 12 miles along the Olse, although tho enemies' lines had been reinforced. Further ad vances along the Mouse aro reported, whllo tho German artillery continues to bombard tho French forts. London Is Intensely excited over op erations of the Zeppelin fleet in the North Se, and exiremo precautions havo been adopted against a possible night nttack. Lights are out early and great searchlights comb tho skies. Chinese Foreign Ofilce has formally protested to tho Japanese Legation at Pekln against tho occupation of Wel-Hslen In Shan Tung province. The town, which was seized with out resistance, is 80 miles from Tslng-Tao, In tho German leasehold JUAREZ, Sept. . 26,-Tho fight between General Francisco Villa and Provisional President Vonustlnno Carranza mutt go 011U0 the end; thoro can bo no mediation of their differences. , This was the reply General Villa sent from Chihuahua today to Carrrfnza's mil itary chiefs, whahad urged him to accept a peaceful settlement. Villa charge 1 that Carranza had violated tho "treaty r.f Tor reon," framed several months ago when a similar brenk between the two leaders was mended. Backing up his declaration of hostilities, Villa continues to mobilize his forces, and fighting below Torreon Is expected to begin shortly. Tho messago to Villa was drawn up by Generals Kduardo Hay, Ignaclo Pes qulcra, Rafael Buelnn, Luclo Blanco and Juan Medina. It urged pcaco "In order that tho Ideals of the revolution may not bo broken." Those men met at Mexico City last night and offered themselves to Villa In any capacity ho might wish to avoid hostilities. Villa has released General Alvaro" Ob rcgon, Carranza's chief military leader, according to ofllclal announcement. Ob- rcpon Is en routo to .Mexico uuy. in bidding him farewell, Villa told Obregon they would meet again soon on the bat tlefield. General Benjamin Hill, Carranza's lead er In Sonora, was defeated yesterday In a skirmish with Governor Maytorena's forces at Santa Barbara. Hill's troops retired to Naco and are fortifying the town against attack. Advices received In Juarez last night say fighting has been In progress at Zacatecas during the day. As Villa has no troops at Zacatecas and has sent none to that city, Juarez officials believe a mutiny has occurred In the Constitution alists' camp. , Villa has continued to fortify Torreon and to send troops there from the north. Carranza forces are reported moving on Torreon from threo directions. VERA CRUZ. Mexico, Sept 2C.-Con-stltutlonallst troops sent to the north of Vera Cruz to check tho supposed rev olutlonary movement under. General Agullar are reported to havo entered tho mountains below Alta Luz, where the ex-Federal general and his forces wero last seen. Agullar In aiipposcUjUu.be. moving townrd Vera Cruz. Ho occupied Esporanzc, 100 miles west of Vera Cruz, driving out a post of 25 men, eight of whom wero hilled. SENATE INVESTIGATION OF SLUSH.PUNDS EXPECTED i . i Believed Committee Will Favor In quiry Into Penrose and Sullivan Campaigns. frnOM A UTACF COflltKdroNllBNT.l WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-neclclon will bo reached today bytto Senate Priv ileges and Elections Committee on ft ro port to be submitted to the Senate on tho Norrfs resolution providing for an Investigation of the Pennsylvania and Il linois senatorial primaries. This an nouncement was made by Senator Vard aman, of Mississippi, when members of tho committee wero called Into tho Sen ate chamber at 11 o'clock. After answering tho roll en 11 tho mem bers of the committee again went Into executive session. Dr. Call S Vrooman. of Illinois, As sistant Secretary of Agriculture, ap peared before tho committee this morn ing It Is believed that tho resolution, Hhlch Is aimed at Senator Penrose nnd linger C. Sullivan, will bo favorably re port! and that the Senate will order the Investigation. It Is likely, however, that the Inquiry will not begin until aft er tho Novombor election, PENN IS VICTOR IN ITS INITIAL GAME OF SEASON BASEBALL RESULTS AT A GLANCE FIRST GAME OF A DOUBLE TREAT IS ION BY PHILLIES By a Sensational Ninth In- ning Rally the Dooin Club men Nose Out the Visitors, 10 to 9. PHILADELPHIA BALL PARK. Sent. 26.-Wlth a stiff wind blowing across the field, and In the presenco of about 2000 spectators, the Phillies and Cincinnati began the first game of the double-header. The Reds began scoring In the first, when, with two men out, Bryne paved the way for the tallies by making a low throw on Groh's grounder. Nlehoff followed with a single and Miller with a double, two runs resulting. Tincup and Ames were the opposing pitchers, with Slrnsr.i!f1i?1 Gonzale3 doing the catching. Tho Phillies came back In their half of the first, tlclng up the count on Magee's Pt i L.V, ""'" nome-run drive over the right-field wall. Local Eleven Defeats Get tysburg Representatives in Speedy Contest at Frank lin Field. NATIONAL LEAGUE FIRST GAME Cincinnati 2 11 3 0 2 0 0 Phillies 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Batteries Tincup and Burns; Ames and Gonzales. Umpires Klem and Emslie. R. H. JE, 0 9 15 5 410 14 4 GERMANS AGAIN REPULSED IN POLISH MOVEMENT PHILLIES. Heed, ss. Byrne, 3b. Magee, If. . Cravath, rf. Becker, cf. Luderus, lb. Irclan, 2b. Buxnsc. xincup, p. CINCINNATI. Daniels, If. J. Klllefer, cf. G roh, 2b. Nlehoff, 3b. Sillier, If. Gonzales, c. , Berghammer, ss Grahnm, lb. Ames, p. Umpires Klem and Emslie, of Klao-Chau, whero the Japanese are operating, and Its occupation Is regarded as an Infringement of Chlneso sovereignty. BISHOP SPALDING KILLED Head of Utah Episcopal Church Dead in Auto Wreck. SALT LAKE CITY. Utuh, Sept. !. Blhp V. S. Spalding, head of the Kplsco. pal Church In Utah, was Instantly killed here last night when tho automobile In which ho was riding struck a curbstone and was t vet turned. Bishop Spalding was about 47 vears old. He was a graduate of Princeton Uni versity, whero he was known as one of Princeton's best football ulayera. rn uouui jive iir, in iiio me aoa. ha I . .- n .. ,,. " J " i rcciur ui du x-ui jipiscopul tfhureh, . - -'t Eennenkampf, on Offensive, Checks Invasion, Inflicting; Heavy Damage. PETItOGBAD, Sept. 26. It Is announced that the Russian army of General Hcnnenkampf has assumed the offensive and has repulsed the Ger mans who tried to Invade Russian Po land In tho direction of Suwalkt. While details are lacking, the early reports to the General Staff Indicate that the repulse has been serious to tho Germans, who were driven back toward Gumbln nen with tho loss of many men and a number of cannon. The general Russian advance on Ger man positions Is described as well In progress. For strategic reasons the de tails are ordered withheld by the censor, but the announcement Is authorized that the advance, with Berlin as the ob jective, Is "now In progress." Whether this means that the known movement? are being carried on with this Intention or whether i great move ment Is masked is not revealed ; hut tho significant fact Is admitted that the en tire Russian army, Including even tho troops Drought through Siberia from Man churia aro now at positions available for service. "bRRLTN, Sept. 26. Minister of Agriculture Von Schorlemer and an Imperial commission havo re turned from Enst Prussia, whero they went to Investigate conditions nnd esti mate the loss caused to the population by the Russian Invasion. The commis sion decided to replace the destroyed buildings with temporary structures so that the people could continue their cus tomary pursuits. Food has been distributed to the poor. Tho Russians on their retreat before General Von Hlndcnburg are said to have loft great quantities of supplies of vari ous kinds which fully compensate for the damage done. FIRST GAME. PHILLIES. AB. R. Byrne, 3b 4 i need, ss. ., 4 o Magce, If. 5 2 Cravath, rf. 4 Becker, cf 5 0 Luderus. lb 5 2 Irclan, 2b G l Burns, c B 0 3 Tincup, p 10 0 Oeschger, p 10 0 Mattison, p 0 0 0 Klllefer,( i n 0 II. 1 1 O I 2 1 PO. A. E. 1 O 1 1 I 14 O 6 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 s 13 27 16 CINCINNATI. AB. R. H. uanieis, ir 5 0 1 Kllllfer. cf. 4 3 3 Groh, 2b 3 4 1 Nlehoff, 3b 4 14 Mlllor. rf. S 0 2 Gonzales, c 4 0 1 Borghammer, ss. ,. 4 l i Graham, lb 4 12 Ames, p 4 0 0 Schneider, p 0 0 o PO. 4 4 O 0 1 CLOSE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Contagious Disease There Closes TJp the Place Temporarily. St. Christopher's Hospital, Lawrence and Huntingdon streets, was closed to all new patients today because of a contagious dfsease case which developed yesterday. The hospital authorities re fused to give out any details of the case. It was learned, however, that a youthful patient had contracted scarlet fever. The case was Immediately re movrd to the Municipal Hospital. Fumigation was begun In the dispen sary of St. Christopher's where the pa tlent had been received. It Is understood that all the regular wards of St. Christopher's will be orened as usual tomorrow and that the dispensary will be ready for service on Monday. Totals 37 9 15 25 11 5 Stolen bases Klllefer. 2. Two-base hits Miller, Nlehoff, Luderus, Irelan, Burns. Three-base hit Magee. Home run Cravath. Left on bases Phillies, if Cincinnati, 7. Struck out By Tincup! 2; by Ames, 3; by Oeschger, 3. Double rlays Groh, Berghammer and Graham: Reed and Luderus; Irclan and Luderus; Byrne, Irelan nnd Luderus. SnoHri lilts Nlehoff, Cravath. Base on ballB Off Tincup. 1; off Ames 2; off Oeschger. 2. Hit by pitched ball-By Ames-Cra-vath. Hits apportloned-Off Tincup, u '" 4'nnlnK8: ff Oeschger, 3 in 4 innings; oft Mnttlso, l In 1 inning; off Ames, u in 8 Innings; off Schneider, 3 In 1-3 inning. Time Two hours. Umpires Klem and Emslie. FIRST INNING. Daniels out, Irelan to Luderus. Kllllfer was thrown out by Reed. Omh ., ,., on Bryne's wild throw. Nlehoff singled to centre. Groh stopping at second. Mil ler doubled to right, scoring Groh and MehofT. Gonzales filed to Ciavath. Two runs, 2 hits, 1 error. Heed walked. Byrne hit Into a double play, Groh to Bergerhammer to Graham. Magee trlDlcd airalnst tlm Ht-hf ni .....n Cravath drove a home run Into Broad street. Magee scoring also. Becker filed to Klllefer. Two runs, two hits, no errors. SECOND INNING. Bershammer beat out a hit to Irelan and took second when Oraham rolled out to Luderus. Ames as thrown out by Irelan, Berghammer taking third. Dan lels singled to centre, scoring Berghom- ...w, uiiu iuuS secunu wnen Uecker fum. bled the ball. Klllefer beat out a slow one to Reed, but Daniels was retired at the plate. Reed to Luderus to Burns On. run. three hits, one error. Berghammer threw out Luderus. Ames throw Irelan out. Burns' hit bounded oft urohs shanks. Tincup forced Burns. Groh to Berghammer. No runs, one hit no errors. ' ir PENN WINS 14 TO 0 "FRANKLIN FIELD, Sept. 26.-A(ter sweltering through 10 days of prelimi nary practlcn, tho Pennsylvania nnd Gettysburg elevens found Invigorating weather for their opening of the 1911 foot ball season this afternoon. There was Just enough crlspness to the air to send the blood tingling. The Quaker management mado prepara tions for ono of tho biggest llrst-day crowds Ir. Its history. And, nlthough the gamo was not scheduled to stalt until 3 o'clock, tho gates wcro opened nn hour before this time and tho undergraduates lost little time In trooping through them to their specially reserved section In the south stand. It didn't take them long to get their vocal batteries loosened up, cither. Flanking the students on either side wcro the usual thousands of "old grads" with their wives and sweethearts, who never miss a game In which tho Red and Blue plays. Even the Gettysburg team, whose followers are usually lost In the big stands, had a substantial del egation this time, n special train bring ing up a goodly sized body of students this morning. In the stands there was heard un stinted praise of tho Pennsylvania and Gettysburg managements for their pro grcsslveness In consenting to number tho players. Every player and substitute on both teams had his number carefully sewed on his jersey this morning, so that the players could be Identified In stantly. No more will the spectators have to worry over the identity of their favorite players or guess at the man who makes a sensational play. Thero was a wonderful color scene In the south stand which from time Im memorial has been the home of the hosts who root for the Red and Blue. In this day and generation, when the extremes of color are quite the correct style, those who affect contrasts were qulto in their element. Of course, the Red and Blue predominated. Sometimes It was a flar ing red and sometimes a quieter blue, but the two were always In evidence, though all the other hues Had their share. Tho management Installed an Innova tion by having several troops of Boy Scouts act as ushers Instead of tho un dergraduates who have beenrrformlnir this service heretofore. In their khaki uniforms tho scouts gavo a business like appearance to things. Tho Gettysburg team was first on the field and received a great cheer from the Pennsylvania undergraduates In the south stand. The Gettysburg student delegation In the centre of the north stand did Its best to return the compliment when the Red und Blue, led by Captain Journeay, raced on the gridiron. The two teams raced through a spirited signal drill and then Captains Journeay and Schacffer met In the centre of the Held, where Referee Langford tossed a coin for sides. Captain SchcfTer called the turn and chose the west goal, with his team receiving the kick-off. This gave the Gettysburg team the Initial advantago of a fairly stiff breeze. Gettysburg did not show any conspic uous line-plunging ability during the first half. Pennsylvania gained ground pri-ny inucu m win, out mere was a great deal of fumbling In the back fleld. Mofi'ltt and Erwin being the worst offenders. B-tween the halves the crowds In the north stand nnd In the cheaper seats decided to take the empty seats In the centre. But a line of Boy Scouts lined kv and joined hands to restrain them. They repulsed the first attack with the timely assistance of a lone policeman. Ono Individual was getting through the line when three husky scouts pounced on him and held him fast. He ulti mately got away, but a policeman co' lared him and marched him back Into his section. But In the left wing things did not go so well for the valiant scouts. This por tion of the enemy rushed pell-mell over the scouts, who didn't have the assistance of a cop. Although about a hundred spec tators got through the line, the scouts re formed their broken ranks nnd restrained the oncoming foe. The big crowd en joyed the battle hugely nnd vigorously applauded the complete victory of the scouts on one flank nnd their half vic tory on tho other. Pennsylvania. Seelbaoh left end , KcrwaM left tackle Kuisall lert Ruard Carter Centre .. Jnuniwiy rlKlit suaM HarrU right tarklu . Murdoch right end SECOND GAME 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Batteries Alexander and Killcfer; Lear and Gonzales. Umpires Klem and Ensley. FIRST GAME 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 1 0 2 x Batteries Harmon and Coleman; Tesrcau and Meyers. Umpires Hart and Riglcr. Cincinnati 0 Phillies 0 Pittsburgh 0 2 New York 1 0 Chicago :. .0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Boston 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 x Batteries Vaughn and Brtsnahan; Tyler and Whaling. Umpires Byron and O'Connor. St. Louis 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 Brooklyn 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Batteries Doak and Wingo; Pfeffer and McCarty. Umpires Quigley and Eason. AMERICAN LEAGUE Athletics 3 Chicago Batteries Brcsslcr and Schang; Scott and Kuhn. Umpire Evans. 0 x 2 4 2 6 3 6 7 9 6 9 8 5 0 3 i 4 0 i i 5 3 R. H. E, Boston 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 Washington 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 FIRST GAME 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Batteries Engle and Henry; Hagerman and Egan. Umpires Dineen and Egan. New York 1 0 Detroit 0 0 FIRST GAME 2 1 , Batteries Keating and Sweeney; Dauss and Stanage. Umpires HildebranarujConnolly. TODAY'S FOOTBALL RESULTS Pennsylvania Gettysburg . . Cornell Pittsburgh . . Fordham . . . Georgetown . Dickinson . . . F. and M Penn State. .. Westminster W. and J Mt. Union . . . Harvard Bates Princeton Rutgers 7 0 C 0 0 C 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 21 0 3 ' 0 0 0 7 0 -4 0 WATCHFUL WAITING TO BE POLICY AT WASHINGTON ZEPPELINS SCOUR SEAS FOR HOSTILE WARSHIPS German Airships Reported Flying Over the Kattegat. LONDON. Sept. K. News agency ndvlces from Copenhagen report continuous fllchta hv Kenn.tin. over tho Kattegat It U believed they VJyine, afterward disappearing U t)U . idlrocilsn or thj Um Bflt. THIRD INNING. .Gra!' ,n8led t0 rl8ht- Nlehoff sac llflcad, Tincup to Luderus. Miller sin gled to left. Groh taking third. Gonzales singled to centre, scoring Groh. Miller stopping at second. Berghammer hit to a double play. Reed to Luderus. On run Amos threw out Reed. Byrne walked Slasca tingled to right. Byrne stopping at second. Cravath bunted In front of the Plate and Gonzales threw to third to force Byrne, but NlohoCC dropped tho oos Everybody ,afe and bases full. Becker singled to right, scoring Byrne and Ma gee. Cravath stopped at second. Luderus fouled to Gonxalea. Irelan Med to Miller Two runs, two hits, one error. FOURTH INNING. Gettysburg. McKco Schaeflfc-r . Webner TIUH1 Mercer . Mc-CMIIouwh . . . . Tiirnliiitl Jrwin quartorlacK Mcar Jon Wt halfback Swone liuihTS rlnht halfback , Welmer MoiTott fullback ......... Stration nefereo-W B I-ansfonl, Trinity. Line, man Mr. Tassart. Jtorhester. TJms at periods 0 minutes each PLAY BY PLAY Carter kicked off for Pennsylvania and the ball went out of bounds on Gettys burg's ywjard line. On the very ilrs' line-up MeKee fumbled, but his ,.,.,! mate. Sivope, recovered the ball for a loss of two yards. On the next play Swore fought his wny off the Quakers" left tackle for four yards. Then Swope punted to Erwin on Pennsylvania 35-yard line On tho first line-up Motlltt stumbled, but recovered without losing any distance On the next play ho plunged ahead for 2 yards and the Quakers are search tv, lot hostile shies I v - . time Zeppeln soared over the Island o( lranj m "lnKle1'? 'ht Ara" fanned. BMMI ;, '!-Hi DanUlj u called out on strikes. Kll Caduded ca Fi M .r - i A "iftti m ..... received 5 yards for an offside penalty. On a beautiful double piss Hughes sprinted around left end for 13 yards. Moflltt mnde 7 yards In two successive rushes and on the third trial went ahead fc- s yard advance. Moifeit couldn't gain on the next play, but Jones advanced S yards. " On Gettysburg's 10-yard line Moffltt fumbled and Tltsell recovered It for Gettysburg. Gettysburg tried twice to gain ground, but failed, but on the third i,mjr ,.o.i..-. lumuieu ami seelbach re covered It on Gettysburg's 20-yaru line In two plays Mount plunged ahead for 0 yards. On the next play Hughes and Erwin worked the double pass cleverly and the speedy Quaker halfback sprlntod around for Penn'a tlrst 19H touchdown Erwin Mc!"2 ut ,0 ""Shcs and Beelbach kicked the goal which made tho scoro Pennsylvania, 7; Gettysburg, 0. Carttr Jgut so much strength Into hu Cududei oa l'u It Administration Strictly Neutral. Evacuation of Vera Cruz Held Up. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. Strict neu trality between Villa and Carranza. sllenco and continued watchful waiting were the Administration's watchwords In the Mexican situation today. No hint was given regarding decision upon a date for departure of Amercan troops from Vera Cruz, except that evacuation before October 5 was impos sible. Meagre official ndvlces today Included word that Consul Carothers had finally left Bl Paso for ChlhuHhua to Interview Villa. Wire communication with Mexico was interrupted and few consular re ports on the situation are being re ceived. Publication was promised today by Car ranza's representatives here of corre spondence between Carranza ana Villa which preceded the breach that, It was said, would show that Carranza made every etfort to placate Villa without success. Kxpected objections from Villa against tho sui render of Vera Cruz and transfer of moie than Jl.OW.onn in customs collec tions to a Carranza agent was one of the knotty problems troubling the Administration. BRITISH FLEET REPORTED IN MINE-FILLED CHANNELS May 3o on Way to Assist Russian Ships in Baltic Ben, LONDON, Sept M. Developments In the naval situation are imminent, it has bven learned on good aiitliurltj Just what they will he can not be stated, but there hav ben a number of Important conferences during the last i hours that will bring about results. tiugfe-esttons are heard that a British fleot has passed through the Skagerack around Denrrark, presumably headed for the Baltic This would be a dangerous move, as tho channels are mined unj it would b Impossible to employ Scandina vian pilots to insure a safe poesage. But British admirals In the past hare defied mines and torpedoes, and it Is well known here that tho German Baltic fleet Is dy ing tho flag of Admiral Prince Henry brother of the Kaiser And. as a matter of fact. It Is realized here that the Russian Baltic fiet needs help, so the- may be much more In ih! Vim,!rs,H!alnow aPPa-. Anyhow, the Admiralty refuses to discus. h i- anv vtv. -v-, m GERMAN CAPTAIN BLEW UP SHIP TO EVADE CAPTURE Survivors of the Captain Trafalffas Says Officers Were Lost, BUENOS AIRES. Sept. 36. Some of the survivors of the German ship Captain Trafalgar, who arrived her Thursday on the steamship Wacrmann, today stated that the Captain Trafalgar was not sunk by shells from the British auxiliary cruiser Carmanlu, but that tha captain of tho Captain Trafalgar blew up his own ship with dynamite when ho saw her capture or sinking by the Car- mania was Inevitable, when she was at tacked several days ago about M0 miles on Rio de Janeiro. Tho survivors denied the first leports that the Carmanla fired on a yawl that contained some of the sailors who got away from the Captain Trafalgar befor she was dynamited. Three officers and U members of tha crew were lost through the sinking of th Captain Trafalgar, the survivors said. They feel certain that the captain and at least eight members of the Captain Tra falgar's crew were eaten by sharks. GERMAN TOWN IN AFRICA TAKEN WITHOUT OPPOSITION Kaioor's Colonics Settled Luederito Bucht in 184. CAPETOWN, South Africa, Sept. W. Troops of Uie Union of South AUioa. have occupied the town of Luedortts. Buclit, German Southwest Africa, with out opposition. Luederltz-Bucht ts en Anara Vtnntr, Usroan Udy, and it ua there colonization beian In UK tbat PRESIDENT SIGNS TRADE BII.I, WASHINGTON, B.pL M.-Prssidsot WiUon today signed tt Federal Trada Commission bill. No ceremyny attended law without his signature had he fallid to sign it today. AXMOST STRANGLED BY BONE A nshbon In Ms throat nearly .traajl.d Jaraea Hoclcmti. IS year. oU.tUU. North Ninth stfl.L until i. J..'"Jvi by pbyaicUBj Bt eamartUa lfo,r,j n