'* * " * '• * 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
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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.
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