'* * " * '• * f **" , Namur. one of the most beautiful cities of Belgiun , a fortified town, will be the next object of attack of the soldiers of Germany, If they succeed ORDINANCE PISSES FOR HUBBLE [Continued From First Page] the property owners whose prop erty will be taken, injured or de stroyed by said improvement upon proper compensation for the dam ages to be done or caused by the said opening of Front street as herein authorized. , That in case the City Solicitor, in behalf of the city, and the property owners along said Front street, between the points desig nated, cannot agree upon the amount of compensation proper to be paid, or Council subse quently fails, or refuses to con firm any such agreement, or does reject the same, the City Solicitor • may, if the property owners do not, apply to the proper court for the appointment of viewers to assess the damages and benefits according to law. That the Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements be and he is hereby directed, as soon as the damages mentioned in the first and second sections hereof shall have been properly adjusted, to cause all obstructions now on the line of said street, be tween the points named, to be re moved. so that said highway may j be hereafter graded. Minor Amendments to Park Measures Minor amendments were made to the South Harrisburg improvement ordinances and they went over for re printing. In the ordinance providing for strik ing from the city map certain portions of streets in South Harrisburg the lines of the streets were changed. This improvement is for the enlargement of the Sycamore street playgrounds. The ordinance authorizing the pur chase of certain land in the First ward for public park and playground purposes was also amended as to lines of streets affected. Tennis Clubhouse Is Now a Certainty Commissioner of Parks M. Harvey Taylor in Council this afternoon read an ordinance presiding for the con struction of a tennis clubhouse in Reservoir Park. The ordinance will come up for final passage Tuesday next. Other ordinances read in place in Council and for the first time to-day were as follows: Mr. Lynch—Providing for the grad ing of Brookwood street from Seven teenth to Sixteenth streets: providing for the curbing and paving of Market street from the west side of Nine teenth street to the east side of Twenty-first street, and providing for the paving and curbing of .Nineteenth street from Market to Chestnut. By Mr. Bowman—Providing for an appropriation of s9l to pay assess ment of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church for water pines placed in Thompson street. Contracts Awarded For Park Buildings J. A. McKelvy was awarded the contract for the construction of a pavilion on Cherry Hill at Reservoir Park at his bid of $1,184. The same contractor was awarded the contract for the construction of a tennis clubhouse at his bid of $895. City Solicitor Seitz Granted Further Powers In Council this afternoon a reso lution offered by Mayor John K. Roval permits City Solicitor Daniel S. Seitz to appoint subpena servers. It was explained that because of the difficulty to find property owners delays occur when papers are served on street pav ing and grading views and in serving other legal papers for the city. The resolution fixes the pay at $2.50 per day for serving papers, the legal fee for serving subpenas. i'Joe Hosten Again Official Dogcatcher Joseph Hosten, who has served the city twice as dogcatcher, was re appointed to-day. Hosten made application for the position. On motion of Mr. Gorgas Hosten was elected. TO SHOW MOVIE OF GAME Moving pictures of the athletic events and baseball game at Island Park yesterday will be shown at the Photoplay, Thursday, Friday and Sat urday. Manager Isaac Silverman se cured many interesting views of the runners and the participants In other events. I-.IOHTNI.NG STRIKES HAHX Special In The Telegraph Hagerstown, Md.. Aug. 11. —During a violent thunderstorm lightning struck the new bank barn on the farm of John A Boppe, near Roxbury, destroying it with SOO bushels of wheat, the sea son's crop of hay and other contents. The loss is about $5,000. TUESDAY EVENING, Namur, the Next Belgian City Germans Will Assail in overcoming the stout resistance of the Belgians at Liege. That is directly on the line of march into France. It is believed If they take Liege they will have little trouble marching into Brus- Great Britain Ready to Plant Mines in North Sea By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Aug. 11. —Great Britain, pointing out the danger to neutral shipping by mines in the same waters, Colville Barclay, charge of the British embassy, to-day pre sented to Secretary Bryan the follow ing memorandum: "The Germans are planting contact mines indiscriminately about the North Sea in the open sea without regard for consequences to merchant men. Two days ago four large mer chant ships were observed to pass within a mile of the mine field which sank the H. M. S. Amphion. The waters of the North Sea, must there fore be regarded as perilous in the last degree to merchant shipping of all nations. "In view of the methods adopted by Germany the British Admiralty must hold themselves fully at liberty to adopt similar measures in self de fense, which must inevitably increase the dangers to navigation in the North Sea. But before doing so, they think it right to issue this warning, in order that merchant ships under neutral flag trading with North Sea ports should return hack before entering le area of such exceptional danger." British Cruiser Aids Big Tramp Steamer in Reaching N. Y. Port By Associated Press New York. Aug. 11.—The British cruiser Suffolk steamed into the en trance to New York harbor and to within a mile and a half of the bar this morning, clearing the way for a safe passage for the British tramp steamer New York City from Ma deira. Aboard the New York City were important dispatches for the British consul here, placed there by officers of the Suffolk an hour before. The Suffolk's officers told officers of the New York City that they had cap tured a German oil tank steamer two days ago: also that the Suffolk had sighted a supposed German cruiser with a consort recently and had given chase to the vessels, but that they had eluded her. The tank steamer captured by the Suffolk was taken, offieers of the New York City said, either to Halifax or Bermuda, they did not learn which. It was considered probable that the ves sel was taken to Rermuda. Yesterday it was reported that a British cruiser was taking a German vessel as a war prize to Bermuda. The name of this vessel was given as the Kronprinz Wll helm. one of the big transatlantic steamers of the North German Lloyd Line. In view of the story told by officers of the New York City, it was thought to-day that this was incorrect and that the prize was the German tank steamer. Germans Try to Get Home by Way of Naples By Associated Press New York, Aug. 11.—A handful of the thousands of German reservists bottled up in New York because there are no German ships to take them home, sailed to-day for Naples on the Italian liner Ancona. They were the first German reservists to' leave this port since the commencement of hos tilities between Germany and Great Britain, Most of them are officers in the Germany army and all of them are trusting to luck to find their way home from Naples. 25,000 Americans Are Within German Frontier By Associated Press Copenhagen, Aug. 11, via London, 12.50 A. M. —It is announced from Berlin that 25.000 Americans whose journeys were interrupted by the '.var, are within the German frontier. Many are without resources but are being assisted so far as available means permit. On the suggestion of a number of representatives of industry, finance, science and art in the German capi tal, a meeting was held at the Min istry of the interior for a provisional discussion of how the interest which the I'nited States Is displaying in the protection of German nationals in the countries of their enemies could be re compensed by hospitality and solici tude for the welfare of Americans who are quitting Germany in an em barrassed condition on account of the war. It was unanimously resolved upon the motion of Mayor Mermuth to hold a meeting at the town hall on Tuesday evening when all Americans now In Berlin will be invited to be present. Ambassador James W. Gerard has promised to attend. MILITIA FT'XI) SET ASIDE By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 11. Announce ment was made by the War Depart ment to-day that out of the total of $2,000,000 annually appropriated by Congress for apportionment among the various States for the purchase of supplies and ammunition under the militia law, $1,599,362 has been set aside by the Secretary of War for that purpose during the fiscal year 1913. Pennsylvania wjll r ec.?l\is 5134,231; New Jersev, $53,856 and Delaware, $5,961. sels, tJie capital. But the Belgians will lltely move their army on to the fortified town and there, perhaps with the aid of the Krench, make their last stand for their liberty. ORPHEUM 111 REM FOR "SILLY WEEK" Hundreds of Patrons Inspect Lobby of Vaudeville House on Open ing of Ticket Sale Curiosity as to the new decorations of the Orpheum Theater lobby was satisfied to-day for many people. The theater box office opened at 9 o'clock this morning for the sale of seats for all the shows next week, when the eighth season of high-class vaudeville in Harrisburg will open, as well as for the shows the following week. Callers were as careful about in spection of the lobby as they were about the selection of their seats and many compliments were paid the man agement for the charming appear ance of the lobby. The lobby has been finished throughout in gold leaf, except for the celling panel, which is adorned | with a new painting. Selection of a bill for the opening week which is dominated by comedy has proved to be a popular move. Time and again to-day callers said this to House Manager Yost and Treasurer Ferenbaugh. Comedy al ways is popular, but. as one' psyche knotted miss remarked at the box office this afternoon, "it's too hot now adays for anything serious *nd a good laugh is what we want." Next week's laughter will be cre ated by companies and individuals. "Hiram on the Farm" 'and "The Mer chant Prince" are these two acts, both said to be more than ordinarily funny. The Fern-Bigelow troupe of tramp comedians and Miller and Vincent in comedy songs also will tickle the risibles. Liboniti will play both rag time and classical music on the xvlo phone and vocal selections will be ren dered by the Bison City Four, if this troupe gets here from Europe, while Rose Loyal and a partner will juggle and perform on the slack wire. The box office will be open daily and seats always can be obtained two weeks in advance, while season orders may be placed whereby a patron may have the same seats on a given night week after week. French Masters of Situation in Alsace By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 11, via London 10 A. M. It is officially announced that the French troops around Spincourt, in the Department of Meuse, forced the German cavalry to retreat, although the latter was supported by artlllerv. The unloading of troops from trains continues in the region of Gerolstein, but the principal landings occurred earlier in the rear of Metz and Thion ville. The official communication con cludes with the statemnt that the work of fortifying Luxemburg and South Metz has been completed by the Ger mans. A large force of Germans on Sun day night attacked the French ad vance guard which had pushed for ward on Cernay and Muelhausen. Before this attack the commander of the French troops had quit Muel hausen and assembled his trops In the rear of the town. He quickly placed his forces In a fighting line and stop ped the advance of the Germans, who. according to French reports, were superior in number. The action of the French are de clared to have been brilliant and it Is claimed that they are masters of northern Alscae. There have been numerous movements of German troops toward Morhange, twenty miles southeast of Metz, and In the region of Blamont, in Meurthe-et- Moselle. An attack at Rogervillers and Ham blinville was attempted by the Ger mans but failed because the French were supported by cannon from Manonvillers. Examining Students For High School A<hnission The approach of school days was in dicated this morning when a class of more than forty candidates for ad mission to the high school were ex amined by F. E. Downes, superinten dent of schools. The examinations were undergone by those who were not present at the regular examinations and also those who had failed to pass in some stud ies. School will open Monday, Sep tember 8. Last September there was an en rollment of 10,059, and it is expected that the number will be exceeded this year. A dozen or more vacancies In the teaching staff are to be filled. Resig nations and one retirement made up the list of withdrawals. Swiss and German Troops Near Frontier By Associated Press London, Aug. 11, 8:10 a. m.—The Daily Mail's advices from Basel, Switzerland, state that the Swiss and German troops are cose to the fron tier and within a few yards of each other near Basel. RARRISBURG JUDGE KiINKEL SITS Al BUSY SESSION Lad Charged With Forgery Sent to His Father's Farm on Parole Following h1 s home coming from a three weeks' va cation, Preside nt Judge George Kun ke 1 had a strenuous day to day. On the calendar were eighteen cases in which pleas of guilty were entered. In addition a score or more or motions were presented. It was late this af ternoon when the calendar was clear ed. Bruce Kunkel to-day refused a see on the Penbrook Bank for $27.50 to pay for repairs to his motorcycle was sent back to his father's farm near Linglestown on parole. Isaac Pierce, colored, was order ed to pay $1.25 a week for his wife's support. Divorce proceedings are pending. In the case of Charles BlAck, charged with nonsupport by his wife, Anna Black, the court ordered the husband to pay his wife the sum of twenty dollars per month. Two Cunard Liners Will Be Scout Ships New Tork, Aug. 11.—The two swift est merchantmen on the seas, the Cunarders Mauretania and Lusitania, may be in commission as commerce destroyers and scout ships within a week. Although they may not find a single German liner on the Atlantic, they may overhaul and capture a dozen cr more freighters and oil car riers, unequipped with wireless, whose skippers will marvel when they are in tow at the strange sea changes of a few weeks. The Mauretania is fitting out at Halifax and the Lusitania, according to messages received yesterday on this side of the sea ,is ncaring Fishguard, where she will land passengers for London and then proceed to Liverpool. She will be transformed into an aux iliary even swifter than will the Mau retania at Halifax and will start sea ward immediately to smash or capture all merchantment of opposing powers. McAdoo and Williams Make Results Public New York, Aug 11.—Secretary Mc- Adoo and Comptroller of the Curren cy 'Williams, who are ex-officio mem bers of the Federal Reserve Board, re ported for the organization committee the result of the canvass of the voate of the member banks upon the Class A and B directors o fthe reserve banks of the various districts. The an nouncement was made of the election of the following directors: District No. I—Federal Reserve Bank of Boston—Class A—Group 1, Thomas P. Beal, Boston, Mass.; group 2, C. G. Sanford, Bridgeport, Conn.; group 3, A. M. Heard, Manchester, N. H. Class B—Group 1, Charles A. Morse, Boston, Mass.; group 2, K. P. Morse, Proctor. Vt.; group 3, Charles G. Washburn, Worcester, Mass. District No. 2—Federal Reserve Bank of New York—Class A—Group 1, William Woodward, New York; group 2, Robert P. Treman, Ithaca, N. Y.; group 3, Franklin Locke, Buf falo, N. Y. Class B—-Group 1. H. R. Towne, New York; group 2, William B. Thompson, Yonkers, N. Y.; group 3, Leslie R. Palmer, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y. District No. 3.—Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia—Class A. Group 1, Charles G. Rhoads, Philadelphia; group 2, W. H. Peck, Scranton, Pa.;, group 3, M. J. Murphy, Scranton, Pa. Class B—Group 1, Alba B. Johnson, Philadelphia. Pa.; group 2. Edwin S. Stuartx Philadelphia, Pa.; group 3, George W. F. Gaunt, Mullica Hill, N.J. Exports of Grain For Europe Cease New York, Aug. 11.—Grain ex porters of the United States will cease all efforts to export in the present circumstances if it can legally be done. Not only will contracts in existence for the shipment of between 80,000- 000 and 70,000,000 bushels to Europe be canceled but no attempt will be made to ship any more or to make any new contracts now matter how profitable they may appear to be. All depends upon an interpretation of a clause in the contracts. The absolute demoralization of the foreign exchange market, the unsatis factory statues of the proposed as sumption of war risks on cargoes by foreign Governments' and the law which holds the shipper liable until delivery were some of the reasons which induced the big export men to resolve on the action after two days deliberation, winding up yesterday afternoon. Belgians Holding Out Against Bombardment ( By Associated Press London, Aug. 11, 4:55 a. m.—Dis patches to the Times from the Hague and to the Telegraph from Maastrict, sent under yesterday's date, agree that the struggle for possession of the forts at Liege was going on continu ously and giving rise to terrible scenes of bloodshed and of-heroism. At noon, the dispatches say, the Germans were making fierce efforts to silence the forts nearest the city proper and the defenders were gal lantly holding out against almost con stant bombardment. SURRENDER DEMANDS By Associated Press San Luis Potosi. Mex., Aug. 11.— Surrender of Mexico City was formally demanded of President Carbajal yes terday by General Obregon, who, with a large force, occupies a position at El Salto, fifty miles from the capitiO. This was announced yesterday at con stitutionalist headuarters here. FALLS DOWN STAIRS George Mcßlane, 1407 North Seventh street, was slightly hurt last night when he fell down the salr steps at his home. NATURAL CURIOSITY Prisoner—Your honor, I should like to have my case postponed. My lawyer is sick. Judge—But you were caught with your hand in the gentleman's pocket. What can your counsel say In your denfence? Prisoner—That's Just what I am curi ous to know. Scene When Bank of England Raised Its Rate and Agitated Bank Messengert ==* The photograph shown nhove is the first to rpaeh this country of the scene in front of the Bank of EnK land. one of the strongest financial institutions in the world, when its rate was raised for the first time in many jears. The insert figures are those of bank messengers, their poses plainly showing their agitation. Former Local Woman Divorced 28 Years Without Knowing It Aged Mrs, Julia Ann Oswald Petitions Court to Revoke De cree Granted in 1886 to Her Husband Now Dead Alleging that although lier husband had obtained a divorce in Berks county in 1886, he continued to visit her and her children in Harrisburg, Mrs. Julia Ann Oswald yesterday petitioned the court in Reading to vacate the decree. She alleged that her husband had never told her of it and that she remained in ignorance, of the decree until re cently. Mrs. Oswald says that she was mar ried in Harrisburg in 1855 and lived WAR BULLETINS London, Aug. 11, 4.10 A. M.—The Hamburg-American line steamer Cap Or tonal with $5,000,000 in specie i abroad, has been captured by the Brit- 1 ish. according to the Daily .Mail. .The liner sailed from Buenos Aires on July iti lor Southampton. London. Aug;. 11—According to to day's Times. Kngland is now well on with her mobilization and lias between 500,000 and (>OO,OOO men under arms, not counting the national reserve. London, Aug. 11, 2.20 A. M.— A dc- ] spat eh to the Standard from St. IV t-1 ershurg says that a small German air-1 ship of the Pareval type was riddled with shot and brought to the gfound near Czenstoehowa. Russian l'olaud. on Friday. Its oeeupants, four <»cr inan Officers, were killed. London, Aug. 11, 2.20 A. M.—With! the British capture of Togoland. the German colonial possession in West-, ern Africa, one of the largest wireless stations In the world was acquired. The plant has a radius of communica tion of 3,000 miles. Brussels, Aug. 11, by way on Paris—"Lo Soir" says that German Uhlans took $3,520 from the town l treasury and post office at Tongres and forthwith expended $2lO for food j as they were Hungary. Rome. Aug. 11, 10.S0 A. >l. via< London —There is an unconfirmed j rumor that British and French war ships have captured the German I cruiser Gooben. On the other hand correspondents at Athens report that < the t.oehen and her sister cruiser, the I Breslau. were sighted this morning I rounding Cape Matapan, the southern : extremity of the Morea, Greece, at full speed. London, Aug. 11, 8.40 A. M.—A de-! spatch from Brussels to the "Times", says that it is rumored there that the Germans are masking large forces on the Butch frontier. Replying to ques- i tions, the Butch minister to Belgium ! declared that whatever happened Holland would maintain her neutral ity unswervingly. Sofia. Aug.il. via I.ondon H. 10 A. M.I Premier Radoslavoff announced in! the Sobranje that Bulgaria had de- I termined to observe the strictest neu- i trality but must take measures to re- j pulse any violations of her frontier, i New York, Aug. ll.—ln an attempt j to join his regiment Count Werener • Von BernstorfT. a nephew of the tier-1 man ambassador to the Vnited States, sailed this morning on the Anaconda; for Naples. The Count is a lieutenant j in the 168 th Prussian Landers one of' the famous German regiments. London. Alig. 11, 2.."0 p. m Knulnnil ; now holdn HN prisoner* of iv»r SOD fier ninn nallnrn token off ship* captured j by Ilrltlnli (tar VCMNOU or NEIY.NL In llrlt- INII portN. Brunneln, vln London, Ann. 11, 2.2.1 p. in.—An oftlelal ntatement InHucd by I the Belgian KorelKn Office at 11.SO this mornlnK ntntcn Hint the tiermaun have I dlnpatched Home forcen In n weaterly | direction from tile north of river Meiiie. The detaclimentn, It l« said, did j not appear verj NtronK mid W IVBN ex- . peeted thnt the allied army would drive them hack. So tin, Bulgaria, AUK. 11, vln London. —A ntnte of war lias heen proclaimed throughout Bulgaria In order to enable the government to prepare to gunrd the frootlern iiKalnnt violations. London, AUK. 11—A German nan nr- I rented nenr the envalry barracks In 1 London to-day on nunplcton of tamper- j lug with the hornm. It wan ntntcct In the pollee court thnt the man nu Heen j to utrolce iievernl horncn which Imme- ' dlately afterward were taken nick. i ItruHKelH, vln I'arln, AUK. It, 11.38 ! a. m.— An oftlctnl ntntement InHueil to- j day naya that at HoiitTallxe In llelKlan Luxemburg a French patrol attacked a ; H(|uailron of German envalry, Habred \ 'them and took several prlnonerai. With the exception of slight encountern be- : tween reconnolterlng partleH, quiet ' prevailed to-day In Belgium. Brunneln, vln London, AUK. 11.— | Among the nplen captured In Belgium | were four German officer* wearing Bel- | Klan uniforms. One »py wan dlngulned an a woman, another an a missionary and a third, who had a banket full of carrier plseoua, an a flnherman. London, AUK- 11, 4.05 p. m—A Cen tral New* dispatch from Vienna by way Of Amsterdam nay* the Austrian troops have occupied Mleehow, In Bns alan Poland. 10 miles within the harder, after defeating a brigade of Consort**, i whose losses are Riven an 400 killed 1 and wounded, while those of the Aus- 1 AUGUST 11. J 014 with her husband here until 1880 when he went to Heading to obtain employ ment. It was explained that the libellant in the case. Samuel Oswald, is now dead and consequently there will be no one on whotu to serve the rule of court. The petitioner, who is eighty years of age, says that she brings tile pres ent proceedings to save herself from dying a divorced woman. The petition will be considered October 21. ; triauM are aaid to be 140 wounded. BoMton, AUK. 11. The German ateanier Koln arrived here from Ore* j men to-day having eluded four IlrltiMh cruiaera during the latter part of her voyaKe, according to her commuuder, i Captain JnchenH. St. I'eternburg, via London, AUK. 11» .'1.05 p. in.—The RuaMiati general staff unnounceM that the Ruaaian troops to day dinlodiced a lartce body of AUM irlnn troop* from the entrenched vil lage of /.aiotclie in AiiMtriuii Galleiii to the Moutlnvent of Rnd/Jvilotf, in the ItiiNNlan provinee of Vnlhynia. The KiiMNianM .sabred a Meet ion of the Fif teenth \iistrian Infantry, while the Thirteenth Austrian Lancer* and the • Thirty-third AiiMtrian Landwehr tied in II diMorder. IVew York, AUK. 11. —The Calamarea* of the I nited Fruit Company (IlrltiMh) arrived in port to-day from Colon* t'oNta Hiea and Jamaiea. Officera of the •hip reported they had not xeen « ihlp l' v inK he German JIHK in Southern j water*. Havre, France* AUK. 11* 1.35 p. m.— Between 2,000 and American* were »till wnitliiK here to-day for the Mailing of the French trann-Atlantic ilnern 1 France and CIIICUK"* which had been expected to depart yesterday. S't. reterwburK, AUK. 11* via London* I 11. 11.15 a. in.—A teleKram received here to-day from Vllna aaya (tlx car load* of German firtMoiicr* pa.vscd tliroiiKh that city thi* nioininu on their way to the interior of RUMMIII. Four wounded German officera were taken to the Vilna hoapi'/al. RMIMMCIm, AUK. 11.—A *ecrct wlrelcna apparatiiN WOM dlacovered to-day con cealed fyehind a atatue on the roof of a j German *torc In thin city. The anten- I nae weer shrouded by flaK". | \ detachment of twenty KIIKHKH nurwc* arrived here to-day to aiutlNt i In nuralfiK Jhe wounded. I New York. AUK- ll.— The Cunarder l.uaitanla, which left here at 1 o'clock liiMt Wedneaday niornlnK for a dash . acrosH the Atlantic, reached Fnwnet, , approximately .'IFLU IIIIIcm from Liverpool i between S and 10 o'clock tliiM mornitiK. j ( iinard l.ine # ofltclaia announced that they had received cable ailvlcea from | Llwrpool to tlila effect to-day. The ! I'UMltania ahould reach Liverpool to ii I K ht. Montreal, Aiir. 11.—The Rritlnh Ad miralty IIIIM canceled all traua-Atlantlc |Ma 111 nkm of the Allen Line ateainem I AlMatian, Victorian and CorMlcan, and I will IIMC the VCMMCIM to tranMport *up ! pile* and troop* preMiimably from Can ada to lOurope, aceordinK to announce ' ment made by the line to-day. German Soldiers Marched . to Death in Liege Fight I Special to The Telegraph London, AUK. 11. Mails received I from Brussels Rive Illuminating details jof the fighting at Liege. One desorip . tlon of the first assault upon the forts I on August 4 says that German soldiers j were marched to their death almost ! shoulder to shoulder. Just as Napo- I leon won some victories by the sudden I application of meet- masses, so these German generals hoped to succeed by j repeating his tactics. , "It was death in haystacks," a Bel- I gglan soldier said, in describing the I spectacle. Meanwhile In the deep j trenches between the forts and uniting ; t hem the Belgian troops lay firing upon their enemy with rilii-s doing good ex ecutlon. ' As the forts thoundered, fresh de- I tachment after fresh detachment of i Germans rushed toward the trenches, i Each was broken and shattered, yet still they rnmi', .more and more of j them. 1 It is not. however, to suppose that I the German attack did not indict severe injuiry upon the Belgian forces. On the contrary, large numbers of Belgians i were killed or wounded. | Bayonet charges were made very fre i ijuently throughout the day, amazing | as it may sound. Retired Pennsy Blacksmith Dies After Long Illness j Patrick K. Burns, a retired black smith of the Pennsylvania railroad, died this morning at his home, 1313 Mulberry street, after an illness of several years. He is survived by his wife, two sons, John, of this city, and James, of Baltimore, one daughter, ; Marie, of this city; two broehers, Thomas and Robert, of Roverside, and one sister, Mrs. Thomas V'anghn, of Penbrook. Funeral services will be announced later. Mr. Burns was connected with the Pennsylvania railroad for forty-nine years. He was a meirfher of the Vet eran's Association of the Pennsylvania Railroad and long a member of St. i Patrick's Roman Catholic parish. Stough Press Committee Organizes For Campaign HKM, (|I , WILMER E. CROW Who Is Chairman of the Press Com mittee of the Stough Campaign The press committee of the Stough evangelistic campaign, of which WH mer E. Crow is chairman organized at headquarters last night with the election of E. S. Schilling as secretary and Mrs. F. Marion Sourbeer chair man of the press clipping bureau. Chicago Man Tells of Conditions in Belgium By Associated Press London, Aug. 11, 2.10 P. M.—John Clarkson, of Chicago, a railroad con structor who left Antwerp on Sunday afternoon and reached here by way of Ostend, says the number of Bel gian wounded is enormous. All the hospitals at Brussels, Ghent and oth er cities, he says, are full and fac tories and convents are being utilized i for the reception of the wounded. Mr. Clarkson said he saw a long 'train full of wounded soldiers unload ied at Brussels. The wounded men 1 were carried through ranks of sol t diers who presented arms as they passed while crowds of people looked lon in silence. When the German prisoners were [brought to Antwerp from the front a ! large crowd gathered to see their ar rival but no attempt was made to molest them. The German soldiers, I according to Mr. Clarkson, appeared to he in good condition. The men looked dejected but their officers wore a proud and dctiant air. The hanks at Antwerp, said Mr. I Clarkson, were paying only ten per Cent, of the deposits and refused to honor American paper. Very few Americans were left there. The prices of food were fixed by the military au thorities and any storekeeper caught overcharging was arrested. While crossing the channel, the steamer on which Mr. Clarkson travel ed hugged the French coast until near Dunkirk where she shot across to Dover. Mr. Clarkson said he saw three large battleships and four sub marines while he was making the voy age but there were no signs of French i or English troops in that part of Bel gium through which he crossed. Germans Repulsed With Loss of 800 in elgian By Associated Press Brussels, Aug. 11, via London, 8:50 a. m.-—The Germans made a desper ate attack on Fort Seraing south of Leige Sunday night and were re pulsed with heavy loss. It Is esti mated that 800 Germans were killed within an area of half a square mile. A bridge which the Germans were crossing was shattered by the fire of the fort which had an exact range. The Germans attempted the assault with great courage. Some of their dead were found, directly In front of the barb wire fencing that surrounds the fort. It is reported that Prince William, of Llppe, and his son, who were killed, were charging at the head of 100 German soldiers. Their bodies were burled near the fort. America's Desertion of His Cause, Blow to Kaiser Special to The Telegraph London, Aug. 11.—The Dally Mall's Berlin * correspondent, who is now here, enumerates a series of grotesque miscalculations on the part of Ger many in getting ready for the war. He says that for one thing the "de sertion" of Germany's cause by the United States was one of the cruelest blows. "This," says the correspond ent, "represents the collapse of the Kaiser's fondest dream," AT TYPO SESSION Harry E. Earp, 109 Paxton street, is representing Harrisburg Typo graphical Union, N y o. 14, at the an- I nual convention of the International 1 Typographical Union at Providence, Rhode Island. 9
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