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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII—No. 186
GERMANTROOPS ACKNOWLEDGE
LOSS OF 25,000 MEN AT LIEGE
STUBBORN BELGIAN DEFENSE OF LIEGE
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LIEGE AS SEEN FROM THE OLD FORT OF IJA CHARTREUSE
With va|or seldom equalled, never surpassed, a comparatively small force of Belgian patriots is holding the city of Liege against an Invading armv of 100,000 Germans under
the command oi. the Crown Prince. An army of 80.000 French soldiers is being rushed to the relief of the heroic Belgian defenders. The Kaiser expected but little difficulty in pushing
his forces through Belgium's neutral territory and crossing the French border. The resistance that has been met was entirely unexpected. While one part of the Belgium army is
holding Liege against the invaders, another is digging trenches and throwing up breast works behind the city. When the German artillery forces the evacuation of Liege the invaders
wll' meet an equally stubborn defense Just back of the city.
MRS. WILSON'S DEATH 1
CAUSE OF MOURNING
ALL OVER COUNTRY
Messages of Sympathy Pour in on
President From Every Part
of U. S.
Bv Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 7.—Messages
from every part of the United States
anri from abroad poured into the j
White House to-day bearing the sym- j
pathetic e pressions of thousands for
President Wilson and his daughters!
on the death of Mrs. Wilson.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed early to-day but it was
certain that the burial would be i
either at Rome. Ga.. the girlhood
home of the President's wife or at
Princeton, X. J. It was regarded as i
probable that the funeral services i
■would be simple and that only the i
family and close friends and relatives
■would be Invited.
'earing up well under his dee < j
grief, the President went t.. his desk
early to-day to sign a few important !
papers but returned immediately to j
the White House, where the flag flut
tered at half mast. The shades of the '
windows were drawn, and the silent
pall of death pervaded. Gates to the i
grounds were closed, only the most l
pressing business was transacted at
the Executive Offices, and attaches and '
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Late News Bulletins
GERMANS ENTER LIEGE
Paris. Aug. !>.—Official reports say German hare enured city of
Liege, hut have not captured forts and that Belgians have captured 27
German cannon.
FRENCH APPEAL TO UNITED STATES
Paris. Aug. 7.—5.50 a. in.— \n appeal to the Inlted States to pro
test against violations of the Hague treaties is made in to-day's Figaro
h» nahriel Hanntauv former minister of foreign affairs. He suggests
that an Inquiry should l>e begun Immediately and proposes that President
Wilson. Secretary of State Bryan. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew)
Carnegie. Nicholas Murray Butler and Robert Bacon assume the duty.!
He declares the fate of civilization to be in the hands of the neutral
powers.
SAY 19 SHIPS ARE LOST
I-ondon. Aug. 7.—A dispatch to the Daily News from Whitby says a
ship owner Is responsible for the statement that in German ships were
sunk or captured In the hattle in the North Sea anri that several British
and French vessels were sunk. Reports from various ports say that
heavy firing has been heard in the North Sea for the past 24 hours.
Quebec .Aug. 7.—Reports to-day from Rimouski. Quebec, on the
lower St. I-awrence river, were to the effect that a German steamer was
being held at that place as a prize.
Washington. Aug. 7.—Potato prospects increased 9.000,000 bushels
and a 370.000,000 harvest is indicated. Weather conditions for the
great grain crops were not especially favorable during July.
Washington. Aug. 7.—Foreign merchantshlps being converted for
war purposes, or carrying foreign reservists in organized manner, will
not be permitted to clear from ports of the Vnlted States.
Washington. Aug. 7.—A1l day to-day the body of Mrs. Wood row
Wilson remained In the room in which she died. The President went
to the room last night at midnight ami to-day a number of. times where
he sat alongside of the body undisturbed by other members or the house
! hold. President Wilson is truly a grief-stricken figure to-day.
RUSHING IRK ON
SUSQUEHANNA'S DAM
TO CLOSE ALL GAPS
High Water Alone Will Interfere;
Walk Practically Com
plete to Market
Unless a sudden and decided rise in
the Susquehanna should interfere, tne
entire stretch of dam on the eastern
side of the river will be completed
within another week and the con
tractors will be free to devote their
whole attention to the casing of the
last gap in deep water on the western
side.
The closing of the narrow gap in the
eastern section, however, doesn't nec
essarily mean the completion of the
job, but merely the pier form work, so
that the water can flow through the
openings. The slabs that are to com
pose the facing slope of the dam will
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Second Fly Contest
of the Civic Club
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f.l for first prlnes aeveral other
prlr.en. anil ft cent* n pint for all
fllr* brcuEht 'n on the -Olh of Sep
tember.
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HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1914
To Celebrate His Sixtieth
Birthday by Walking 60 Miles
Dr. Fager Takes a Little 30-Mile Trip Today For a Bit of
Training
| In training for his annual birthday
anniversary hike, Dr. John H. Fager.
1234 Xorth Sixth street to-day walked
thirty miles. Jn September 7, Dr.
Fager will be 60 years of age. As it
Is his custom to walk as many miles
ias he is years old it means a sixty
mile trip.
Dr. Fager to-day walked to Hum
melstown. From there he climbed
MOD! FORTS BUR
WAY OF GERMANS
IT HISTORIC LIEGE
Kaiser's Army Finds Progress Into
France Checked by 12
Citadels
It is believed by many military ex
perts that Liege will become one of
the central points of the war and that
the Germans will have to besiege the
place before taking it. With the as
sistance of France it may be able to
resist or drive the besiegers away.
The city is itself a prize in many ways.
It has been called the Pittsburgh of
the Continent. The rich coal mining
district not only surrounds, but cen
j ters in the town. Like Scranton and
. Pottsville, of the anthracite region of
I Pennsylvania, the houses are built
■ over rich deposits.
More than 20,000 persons in and
| around the city are engaged in the
i manufacture of arms, ranging from
1 small guns to the largest .of modern
! weapons. For miles to the southwest
of the city the industrial activity is
great. Along the banks of the River
Meuse are scores of blast furnaces,
rolling mills and forges. This would
make It a rich prize of war. The
| lion erected as a monument on the
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I
|j TRADE COUNCIL TO MEET
i Xew York. Aug. 7.—A meeting of
I the Xational Foreign Trade Council
I has been called for Monday tc dls-
I cuss plans for the further relief of the
. tourist andcommerclal congestion In
'Europe resulting from war. Many
!| men foremost In the financial and
shipping circles of the country will be
!in attendance.
( .
Going on a Vacation?
Don't forget to have the Telegraph
«ent you while you are away.
Tou will have plenty of tlm* to
digest Its happenings.
The cost Is just the same as when
you are home. Six cents a week.
I A postal addressed to the Clrcula- I
j tion Department will bring you tha i
! next Issue.
the hills and strolled into Mlddletown
and returned to Harrisburg via the
Oberlin route, covering a trifle over
thirty miles.
Last year on his birthday anniver
sary Dr. Fager walked to Dauphin,
returned to Harrisburg, crossed the
river and went over a circuitous route
which took him to New Cumberland
and returned to Harrisburg, covering
i a distance of fifty-nine miles.
AUSTRIAN YOUTHS
STORM STORE OF
RUSSIAN RESIDENT
War Spirit Breaks Out in Steel
ton ; Arrests Are
Expected
Austrian youths of Steelton, filled
with war spirit, stormed the store of
L. Marcus, a" Russian Jew. at 256
Christian street, last night. The boys
:tore off the shutters, broke down
| two doors and broke a half-dozen
j windows with stones and pieces of
cinders.
The boys. number twenty-five,
started their attack shortly after 7
o'clock, while Marcus was at his sup
per. They were chased away, but re
turned a half-hour later and renewed
[the attack. When the proprietor
remonstrated with the lads they
[threatened to stone him.
To-day High Constable A. C. Baum
igardner and other officers were on the
i hunt for the warriors. Several names
were secured and arrests are expect
ed to-night.
MANY MIXES CLOSED
By Associated Press
Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 7.—At the
offices of the Southwestern Coal Op
erators' Association to-day it was an
nounced that alt save ten of the coal
companies in Kansas were closed as
the result of the strike of 3.000
miners several days ago.
FUNERAL OK DAVIT SNYDER
The funeral services of David Sny
der. 56 years old. 1713 Green street,
who died Wednesday, will be held from
his late residence to-morrow after
noon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. E. E.
Curtis, pastor of Westminster Presby
terian Church. Reily and Green'
streets, will officiate. Burial will bo,
made in the Harrisburg Cemetery.
FOREST EIRES RAGING
By Associated Press
Quebec, Aug. 7.—Forest fires were
raging to-day in the woods around
Quebec and the Valcartier military]
camp, where 20,000 men are expected I
to mobilize within a few days. *
COniD [IST
ISSUED if ENGLISH
IS CABLED BY PAGE
Arms and Military Supplies in "Ab
solute" Class; Food, Grain
and Money May Be Seized
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 7.—Great Bri
ta:n's contraband of war proclamation
was cabled to the State Department
to-day by Ambassador Page. It placed
arms, ammunition and all distinctly
military supplies on the list of "abso
lute' contraband, and designated food,
grain, money, horses and general sup
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Ml BULLETINS
Paris, Aug. 7 (via I/ondon, Aug. 7.
9.40 a. m.).—The minister of war an
nounced that French troops have oc
cupied Vic and Moyenvie, small Ger
man (owns in Alsace-Lorraine Just
over the lK>rcler and about seventeen
miles east of Nancy.
Brussels, Aug. 7 (via London, Aug.
7, 5.05 a. m.). —It Is reported that the
attack on I.iege forts has been aban
doned after a three days' encounter.
The German division has retired to the
left of the River Meuse.
Constantinople, via f<ondon, Aug. 7,
11.20 A. 51.—The British steamer Crig
forth. of 1,812 tons, was beached near
here to-day after striking a mine.
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THE WEATHERI
For llarrlahurg nnd vicinity! Gen
erally fair to-ulght nnd Satur
day) not raurh change In tem
perature.
Fur Kastern Pennsylvania i Gener
ally fair to-night and Saturday)
Ken-tie to moderate winds mostly
south.
River
The main river will oontlnne to fall
slowly to-night and Saturay. A
stage of about 1.1 feet la Indicat
ed for Harrisburg on Saturday
morning.
General Conditions
Show era have fallen nlong the
South Atlantic and Gulf coaats In
the laat -twenty-four houra, be
ing moat I y light to moderate,
except on the Tenia coast, where
they were heavy, Galveston re
porting a fall of l.llrt Inches with
rain falling at time of observa
tion. Klsewhere the weather haa
been fair since last report
throughout the territory repre
sented on the mnp, except some
light scattered showers along the
northern border of the Great
I.akea.
Temperaturei 8 a. m., 08,
Sun: Riaea, 5:08 a. m.t seta, 7:15
p. m.
Moon t Rises, 8:0.' p. m.
River Stage: 1.1 feel above low
water mark.
Yesterday'a Weather
Highest temperature, 78.
I.owest temperature, 00.
Mean temperature. 72.
Normal temperature, 74.
16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.
BIG NAVAL VICTORY
FOR ENGLISH FLEET
RUMOREDIN LONDON
Tenth German Army Corps, Reinforced by
Cavalry, Makes Another Unsuccessful Attack
on Liege; Belgians Had Territory Mined
and Explosion Carried Death For Many;
1,200 Wounded Were Picked Up After
Battle; Belgians Have Not Lost a Single
Fort; Six Germans Pretending to Be English
Officers Are Put to Death
London, Aug. 7. —4 p. m.—An Exchange Telegraph
Company's dispatch from Brussels says the German
troops at Liege acknowledged the loss of 25,000 men.
The agency says this statement is official. Another dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Brussels
says the French army has now entered Belgium and has
advanced well into the country.
Le Peuple says the bombardment of Liege had
caused six or seven fires in the city up to 7 o'clock last
evening. * The heaviest firing occurred yesterday after
noon. German officers then came to the city with a white
flag and demanded the surrender of the place. They re
ceived a negative reply and the bombardment was re
sumed at 6 o'clock.
Martial law has been proclaimed throughout Bel
gium.
London, Aug. 7. —3.55 p. m.—A dispatch fom Brus
sels to the Exchange Telegraph Company to-day says
the German troops attacking Liege have asked for an ar
mistice of 24 hours.
„ Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the British Admiralty, declared In
i.I i £? Commons there had not been any fighting or losses other than
h*, l li*?". anno, "J <, cd officially. Tills statement ensued on reports of a naval
Iwttle I between German .....I British ships received from several sources, but
i'liii?^fJe«'r« r , l h* information. It was regarded as significant that the
fishing fietts 011 the east coast of England were given permission to go out and
Complete silence reigns as to military movements in both Germanv ami
I ranee, and it Is assumed both armies are concentrating for decisive battles
>o hint a-, to where tliey will come Into contact has been given.
! iiT' "elgium, was again attacked by (ierman troops last niclil but was
Beriln r,| '° rt * Gepman reverse there was denied in a dls
ti Pr,,,a, J cruisers Goeben and Breslau. obliged owing to Italian neu
fralitj to lea\e Sail Salvatore, Sicily, have gone out to meet the British fleet
* a ' U "" VC handed thelr w,lls •« ,he «er.nan Vnsui
t newspaper report says the German crown prince has been
seriously injured by an unidentified assailant. been
h„,.i V **'» on 11 rriving at Stockholm reported the Russian naw
bottled up at Helsiiigrors and the Russian ports of l,ihau and Kevaf f
burning after an attack by German vessels. Xo confirmation >Q
h. M-.. a i n i y rl "" n '"erchant vessels were brought into English norts to ,i„v
bj British cruisers. The Holland IJoyd steamer Tubantia with s•' 5?o oon
South America for (he Deutsche Bank to London «is also
Thc'S'l *n' i * "I s " '■ a P ,,,red . scveral merchant ships
wheat and S'C" " PPC,,,eU «« gather the
BritJh' Gem,an M,,Ua " r,,n at Tslng-Tau, China, hemmed in by
, T,,P British tank steamer San Wilfredo is reported destroyed bv » ,„i„„
;;£• D " merr •> •<»•«* ».
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MI ROMS
CiTY S SYMPATHY TO
PRESIDENT WILSON
Vance C. McCormick and Howard
Jones Also Send Messages to
Bereaved Executive
Mayor John K. Royal this afternoon
wired President Woodrow Wilson an
expression of sympathy In behalf of
the citizens of Harrisburg. The mes
sage was as follows:
Woodrow Wilson, President of
Vnlted States, Washington,
l>. C.
On hclialf of the citizens of
llarrtshurg I extend to you and
yours our heartfelt sympathy in
your great bereavement. May
God sustain you In this dark hour
Is our prayer.
Messages of sympathy were also
sent by Vance C. McCormick, Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, and by Howard Jones,
tecretary of the Central Democratic
Club of Harrisburg.
Sympathy for President Wilson on
the death of his wife was expressed
throughout Harrisburg to-day. Flags
on the Federal Building, at the State
Capitol and on office buildings and
residences throughout Harrisburg
were draped and placed at half-mast.
Orders to place the flag on the Fed
eral Building at half-mast were re
ceived by Postmaster Frank C. Sites
last night.
HAS APPENDICITIS
„ Margaret Schilling, 617 Emerald
street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Schilling, was operated upon at the
Harrisburg Hospital to-day for ap-
Ipendlcitls. ,
'REBEL FORCES ME
REPORTED MARCH!
ON MEXICAN CAPITAL
Carranza and Carbajal Represen
tatives Fail to Agree; Popu
lace Panic Stricken
Washington, Aug. 7.—General Car
ranza and Provisional President Car
bajal have failed to agree on trans
ferring power in Mexico and trouble
Is expected In Mexico City whwe the
population is reported panic-stricken.
Constitutionalist forces are marching'
on the capital.
This was the official explanation to
day of events in Mexico during the
last 24 hours. The United States gov
ernment gent a strong protest to Gen
eral Carranza, urging that he give the
Carbajal delegates an opportunity to
be heard but the envoys already had
left Saltillo and are on their way to
Vera Cruz.
Reports to the State Department say
General Carranza did not accord the
Carbajal delegates "even scant cour
tesy." When the envoys presented
what they termed six suggestions, the
rarranza representatives flatly rejected
all and declared the conference at an
end. The American government sent
word it had every reason to believe the
suggestions would be completely modi
fied. If the Carbajal delegates were
given an opportunity to talk them
over, b'ut discussion was denied.
REPAINT TRUST COMPANY Blll.n-
ING
Contractors Gohl and Bruaw to-dav
completed the repainting of the ex
terior and interior of the Harrisburg
Trust Company Building, Market
Square. The same firm last week com
pleted the repainting of the -*t«rlor of
the Commonwealth Trust Comi»*iy.