American Vice Consul atLiege Tells Story of Germans' Attempt to Capture Forfs HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 192 lH HOLDS UP PLAN FOB MILLION DDLUR HOTEL J HEM Project Will Be Deferred Until the World Settles Down to Peace and Quiet SITE IS ALREADY SELECTED Will Stand on Rolling Hill With j Golf Links, Tennis Courts and Drives A project for the construction of a million-dollar hotel at Hershey, It was announced to-day, has not been aban- j doned owing to the unsettled financial j conditions, but its acual construction | will be delayed at least until the world j settles down again from Its present! war. The project has been under con- j sideration for some time, but with the ' outbreak of the war any steps toward! immediate realization of the plan has! been ruled out. XI. S. Hershey, the chocolate king, has given the project considerable attention, according to officers of the company. Site Selected In fact the proposition has reached a point where the site has already been picked out, and. as a preliminary to the construction of the million-dol lar hotel, something more than a hun dred thousand dollars has already been spent in landscape gardening and the construction of roads. The site selected lies about a quar ter of a mile northwest of the execu tive offices. Situated on a rolling hill the hotel will command a view of the surrounding country for several miles. The plan as considered includes the usual accessories of a summer resort such as golf links, tennis courts and gardens. A garage will be provided. The land for several hundred square yards is already laid out with shrub bery and walks. The setting is practi cally ready and it is expected that within a few years the hill will be crowned with the most magnificent summer resort in Pennsylvania. Boy Killed When Bicycle Collides With Auto Sfecial to The Telegraph MHl.ersburg, Pa.. Aug. 14.—A very Jistressing accident occurred last even ing when Paul Zimmerman. 17 years old. a son of Mr and Mrs. Nathan Zimmermin. residing one mile east of | Millersburg on the state road leading I to Elizabethville, was almost instantly . killed while riding his bicycle and col- j liding with an automobile driven by Henry Aucker The accident hap- I : pened on the long hill east of the red bridge known as Rabbit Hill and it is j ; said that the young man was coasting j' down the long grade when around a fairly sharp turn of the road the two machines suddenly met. In trying to avoid each other the crash came and the boy was badly crushed about the :hest and head He lived only a few minutes after his parents arrived at the scene of the accident, which was only a few hundred yards from the Zimmerman home. The automobile driven by Mr. Auker was said to have been moving very slowly at the'time the accident occurred. There are many ways to increase business—but good newspaper advertising is one certain and instantaneous way. Every successful retail mer chant is a newspaper advertiser. The same potential publicity force that makes the merchant's success possible, will create a demand for any meritorious ar ticle. Manufacturers interested in in creasing sales are invited to ad dress the Bureau of Advertising. American Newspaper Publishers' Association, World Building New York. Late News Bulletins REBELS ON WAY TO CAPITAL Mexico City, Aug. 11.—It is reported that an ad\ance guard of 1.000 constitutionalists will enter the city to guard the foreign lega tions. Xo trouble Is feared. It Is said unofficially that the army of oc cupation will enter the city to-morrow. Washington. Aug. 11.—Xo immediate action will l>e taken by the administration on the proposed censorship on cables as well as wireless stations in the United States. This was stated at the White House to day follow ing a conference between President Wilson and Secretary liryan. London. Aug. 11. 1.:15 I'. M.—A telegram from Trieste to Reuters Agency says the Austrian Lloyd steamship liar on (iautsch was blown up by a mine oft the Island of Lussin o utile coast of Dalmatia. Twen ty of the crew were killed and ISO saved. The bodies were recovered. Brussels, via l*aris, Aug. 14. 1.55 I*. M.—lt was oilicially announced here to-day that none of the Liege forts had capitulated as had been stated in German reports. It was declared that the defenders had been Instructed to blow up the forts rather than surrender. A rumor that an attempt had been made on the life of "King Albert was based on a slight accident to the Royal automobile. Washington, Aug. 14.—Tlic Senate spent hours to-day debating amendments to the bill to being foreign ships under American register. The amendment to permit their participation in coastwise trade was hotly ••ontested, Senator Gallingcr declaring foreign interests had spent large sums of money "directly and by way of advertising" to break down the coastwise laws. He declared the provision would be a greater aid to Great Britain than a great victory on a battlefield. Anna, Ills.. Aug. 14.—Three men were killed at Pongola. Ills., near here to-day when the wall of a burning building fell on them. The dead are:. Howard Snyder, Jacob Hays and William Manning. Paris. Aug. 14, 1.55 P. >l.—The Havas Agency announces that Field Marshal Sir John French, the commander-in-chief of the Knglisti field army, joined General Joseph Joffr<\ the French commander-in chief at headquarters to-day. The locality Is not mentioned. Windsor. Out. Aug. 14.—Orders were received here to-day foor the First Hussars or Ontario, a eavaln regiment, to prepare to proceed next Tuesday to Valcarticr, ready to embark for the Kuropean war. Roanoke. Va.. Aug. 14.—Two guards bearing fifteen thousand c ol lars to pay miners at Glenaiuni. W. Va., were shot to death and robbed near there to-day by a band of highwaymen. SUFFRAGE CHAIRMAN OF STATE WILL BE TELEGRAPH REPORTER So Don't Be Surprised if Deter mined Young Woman Insists on Your "Story" WILL REPORT AT 7 A. M. Sacrifice Day to Be Observed Throughout the Nation Tomorrow ✓ ' . "• MISS HANNAH J. PATTERSON State Suffrage Chairman Who Will Report For the Telegraph To morrow to Earn "Sacrifice Money" For the Cause. If a rather determined young woman insists on interviewing you to-morrow on the question of why you carelessly let your false teeth lay on the counter of your favorite quick lunch house or some other epually im portant matter do not be surprised. For tomorrow the Telegraph will have on its local staff Miss Hannah J. Pat- i terson, State chairman of the women | Suffrage Party who will do special re portorial "scouting" as her part in the national suffrage "sacrifice" day. A large group of suffragists all over] the State to-morrow will report for duty at 7 a. m. at the city desk of as many newspapers. The Public Ledger in Philadelphia will claim the undivided atten tion of the State Association's president, Mrs. Frank M. Roessing, for that day—an article on Suff rage in Pennsylvania will be her special assignment. In Pittsburgh, a vice-president, Miss Mary Bakewell will get h<er bap tism of printer's ink on the Chronicle- Telegraph. To Sell Fish For Cause Other forms of self-sacrifice are al so in favor. Mrs John O. Miller, presideut of the Equal Franchise Federation of Pittsburgh, has made up a large fishing party of men and women suffragists in Canada, where she is spending August. The fish caught, and she hopes for a record c tch, wiil be sold in person to the hotels nearby. Mrs. Ellen Price of Philadelphia is summering on a fruit! farm in New Jersey. At sunrise to morrow s'.e will fill tempting baskets with luscious fruit and drive to town where she expects to sell them for sums a bit above market prices.. A Washington county woman has made a bank of a baking powder can and listens to the jingle of real money every time she buys anything at the door, pays for the laundry or gets change of an v amount under a quar ter. Farmers' wives in different parti of the country put the price of many a cucumber, gallon of buttermilk and basket of frui: into contributions for self-denial day. City girls will do without the relaxation of the "movies" to put nickels and dimes into the fund: girls and women in the smaller towns will go without sodas and lay away the nickles. To Miss Jane Addams in Hull House, Chicago, will go the price of the slippers and thousands of other dearly desired dainties, as well as the salaries paid for this big day's work. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1914. TERRITORY OVER WHICH GERMANS AND BELGIANS FOUGHT NEAR LIEGE ' 'S «fs. & 4.^' « —**-• i HI '< »i'!<»■ Miri y'i|yiii iii yi" 1 Tnf 4 forts ai»oiit laepe. which has been besieged for days by a German army, are located in the hills about the cltv in the Meuse valley. This scene Is in Chaudfontalne valley, several miles southeast of the cltv. It shows a village through which runs a canal that connects with the Meuse river. American Vice Consul at Liege, EyeWitness of Fight, Tells of Terrible Struggle By Associated Press London. Aug. 14.—"The fierman army investing Liege under esti atod the fighting qualities of the Bel gians and paid a terrible penalty for their daring" is the opinion of Victor H. Duras. American vice consul at Liege as quoted by the Brussels cor respondent of the Times. The correspondent says that Mr. Ptiras was an eye witness of the first two days of the siege which he de scribes. Speaking as a neutral." says Mr. Buras, according fo the Times corres pondent. "it seems to a part of the new military tactics of the Germans to fight as much as possible in the night time. Comparatively little fight ing occurred at Liege .during the day. "The scheme of the Belgian de fense seemed to be not to make any serious resistance to the attack until the German troops were actually past the forts. And when they were close MOVEMENT 10 REDUCE PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS Oil IN FULL SWING Attorney General Mcßeynolds Sends Circular to Each U. S. District Attorney By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 14.—The move ment of the Federal government to in vestigate increase in food prices with a view to possible crimii.al prese cutions was under full headway to day. Attorney General Mcßeynolds has sent to every United States dis trict attorney this circular: "The department by its special agents in various parts of the country has instituted an investi gation into the marked increase in the prices of food stuffs since the outbreak of the European war with a view of ascertaining whether the increases are due to any combination or combina tions in restraint of trade or other unlawful actions. Please co-operate by communicating to [Continued on Page 12] THE WEATHER For Harrishnrg and vlolnityi Unset tled nrirthrr, probably showers this afternoon or to-nighti Satur day portly cloudy and soniew bat fooler. For Eastern Pennsylvania* Unset tled to-night and Saturday, prob ably local showers: sen tie to moderate winds becoming west and northwest. River The main rl%er will probably fall slowly to-night and Saturday. A stage of about 1.3 feet Is Indi cated for llarrlshurg on Saturday morning. (iencral Conditions I . The Canadian disturbance Is cen tral near Georgian nay this morning. It has caused general showers In the l.ake region and ' Upper St. Lawrence Valley In the last twenty-four hours. Showers have fnllen also In the I.ower Ohio, >1 Idd le and Loner Missis sippi volleys. It I* - to IX degrees warmer In the Middle Atlantic States* the most decided rise occurring In the In terior of \ew York. The tem perature has risen generally • to 14 degrees from the Plains Stutea westward except In Southern Colorado, Southern Utah and Ari zona. Temperaturei H a. m., flfl. Sun: Rises, 5:15 a. M.i seta, 7:fV4 p. m. Moons Rises, Ifttfift p. m.j new moon, August 21, 7t26 a. m. River Stagei 1.5 feet above low water mark. Yesterday** Weather I Highest temperature, 78. Lowest temperature, 63. Mean temperatnre, 70. Normal temperature, 73, up to the tow-n and their several bodies trying to effect a Jonetive. fire was opened upon them from the forts behind and from rlflles and machine guns in front, so they were caught in a trap and retreat was cut off. There was nothing for them to do but be shot dow-n or surrender. "The amount of suffering on both sides owing to an inabiiity to deal promptly with the wounded was very great but especially to the Germans whose cawtmijties were from five to ten times a> numerous as those among the Belgians. "The Germans paid a terrible pen alty for the boldness of their scheme of attack which, from a military point of view, could he justified only by a convinction on the part of the Ger man officers that they would meet with only the. feeblest resistance. The mistake they made was In under rat ing the fighting qualities of the peace ful Belgians." RUSH IMPROVEMENT WORK BEFORE MEN RETURN TO COLORS Contractors Looking Ahead to Possible Shortage of Labor Growing Out of War Looking ahead to a possible short age of labor growing out of the re turn of thousands of foreigners to the ■lighting fields of Europe and a revival of activity in some of the industries of the United States by reason of the demands growing out of the war, the contractors on the various public im provement undertakings of Harrisburg are rushing their work. This is especially true of the Stuck er Brothers Construction ' Company which is completing t life big river front job. All of this work has been practically iinished to Market street and the work on the steps and wall is now going forward with energy from [Continued on Page 12] To Begin Work Monday on New Park Buildings Work will begin Monday on the con struction of a tennis clubhouse and pavilion at Reservoir Park. The con tract was recently let to J. A. McKelvy. i The cost of the two buildings will be | J 2.07 9. COTTOX DECHKASE SHOWN By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 14.—Cotton con sumed during July was 448.269 bales exclusive of linters, compared with 462,242 in July last year, the Census Bureau announced to-day. Consump tion for the eleven months ending July 31 was 5,y93,659 bales against 5,050,- 971 last year. - Going on a Vacation? Don't foriret to have the Telegraph sent you while you are away. You will have plenty of tim» to digest Its happenings. The cost Is Just the same as when you are home. Sl* cents a week. A postal addressed to the Circula tion Department will bring you the next Issue. Second Fly Contest of the Civic Club AUGUST' 8 TO SEPTRMHRit *5 for ft rut prlxei several Olhrr j prlsea, and 5 rrntn a pint for all fllea hrouifbt In on tbe 201b of Sen | timber. BELIEVE SOMEONE IW HIVE TRIED 10 POISON YOUTH Apprentice at Star Independent Thought to Have Eaten Ar senic in Piece of Cake Whether arsenic on a piece of cake eaten yesterday for lunch by Bruce Ballets, 17 years old, of New Cumber land, a machinist's apprentice at the Star-Independent, was placed In his food in an attempt to murder him or not is puzzling friends, parents and employers of the youth. Ballets ate his lunch at the Star- Independent yesterday at the regular noon hour. A piece of cake which he found in his lunch box, he says, tasted so bitter that he took only a few bites and then threw it away. I Two hours later he was suddenly [seized with cramps and was compelled [to go home for the day. About 5.15 o'clock yesterday afternoon Dr. S. A. Kirkpatrick was summoned, but the doctor decided the young man had better be taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, he having noticed symptoms of arsenical poisoning. On telling his story of the cake's tasting bitter, the doctor's suspicions at once led him to believe that Bail ets might have eaten arsenic. On being questioned he told the doctor that he had noticed green spots on the cake but that he had thought little of it at the time. Bailets' mother, on being questioned, said she had baked the cake; that other mem bers of the family had eaten of it; that none had fallen ill as a result, and that there were no green spots on the cake when she put it in her son's lunch box. Officials of the Stat-lndependent state that they feel certain that the poison was not put on the cake by any person working at, that place. They also said that if any one desires an investigation it will be made imme diately. Magee Meets McCreath For Tennis Championship The finals in the men's sinrles for the city tennis championship will be played o-morrow afternoon at Reser voir Park. The contestants will be J'vgee of New Bloomfield and Mc- Creath of Harrisburg, the present holder of the cup. Play is schedul.d to start at 2 o'clock. Panama Canal Will Be Open to World Saturday By Associated Press Panama, Aug. 14.—The opening of the Panama Canal to-morrow to the traffic of the world will be followed Sunday by four merchant vessels en tering the waters of the canal at the same time, two of them making the trip from the Atlantic and two from the Pacific end. These vessels will be the Pleiades and Pennsylvanian from the South and the Arizonian and the Missourian from the North. WILSON APPROVES MEASURE By Associated Press Washington. D. C., AUg. 14.—Amend ments to the shipping law designed to open American registry to foreign ships in the European crisis as agreed upon by House and Senate conferees and up for final action in both houses to-day have the approval of President Wilson. White House officials said to day he would promptly sign the bills. —— i T. R. ON SPEAKING TOUR By Associated Press New Tork, Aug. 14.— The plans of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt during the fall campaign will depend upon the condition of his voice after the strain of a four days' speaking trip In New England on which he will start to morrow morning. Colonel Roosevelt ha 3 been taking a rest cure, forced upon him his physician when larynx trouble developed soon after his return from Madrid. jSale of German 1 Ships May Draw Turkey Into War Evidences of Sharp Sea Battle Brought Into Hong Kong When Two Battered War ships, Believed to Be Either British or French, Enter Harbor; 5,500,000 Russians Mobilized to Protect Country's Border; Ger man Casualties in Terrible Fighting at Haelen Yesterday Is Estimated at 3,000 Dead and Wounded; German Movement Is Believed to Have Been an Attempt to Reach Brussels but by Their Loss, the Belgium Capital Is "No Longer in Danger"; French and Belgians Make 3,500 Germans Prison ers. London, Aug. 14, J. 53 P. M.—Great Britain, France and Russia sent a sharp demand to Turkey tor the imme diate repatriation of the officers and crews of the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau. London, Aug. 14.—A dispatch to the Daily News from Rome says: "Turkey's purchase of the German cruisers Breslau and Goeben has made an unpleasant im pression here. Italy presumably will demand an explan ation as to the future of these ships and also warn Tur key that she will not allow the equilibrium of the lower Mediterranean to be threatened ,as Italy is determined to prevent complications." Evidences of a sharp sea fight in Chinese waters were brought to Hong Kong yesterday when two battered warships, either French or British, arrived there with many wounded. The tele gram, apparently censored did not identify the warships but said they were reported to have been in action with the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. A London report says the captain of a Danish steamer de clares he passed seven sunken German ships on the east coast of England. He could not identify them, but believed they were warships. > The reported purchase of the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau by Turkey, has been made the occasion of action by the British, French, Belgian and Russian allies, which are to call Tur key's attention to her duty as a neutral. Greece also is perturbed by the purchase of two cruisers, which she considers will upset the equilibrium of power in the Levant. [Continued on Page 12] (Other War News on Pages 3. 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, IS, 1#) BATTERED GIVE EVIDENCE OF BIG FIGHT ON SEA Shanghai. Aug. 14.—Two warslil ps, each having four funnels, badly damaged, and carrying many wounded, entered the harbor at Hongkong yesterday. Tlieir identity has not been learned here, but the vessels are believed to be either the British armored cruisers Minotaur and Hampshire or the French armored cruisers Dupleix and Montcalm. They are reported to have had an engagement with the German cruisers of the same type as Scham liorst and (incisenau. A dispatch from liongkong received by the Exchange Telegraph Com pany in Ix>ndon last night said It was reported in Hongkong that the British fleet in the l*'ar Kast had cornered the German Kar Kastcrn squadron. r -'ha correspondent added that weight was given to the rc|>ort by the fact tlu;t shipping along the coast was I wing resumed on a normal basis. The British cruiser Minotaur carries four ».2-inch guns and smaller armament. The Hampshire is a less formidable craft. Her four largest guns ure 1.75-Inch. The Dupleix and Moutca'lm carry eight ff.i-inch guns and smaller ones. The German cruisers Scharnhorst and llncisenau carry eight 8.2-inch guns and the cruiser eq uipmcnt of smaller guns. BERLIN REPORTED TO BE IN STATE By Associated Press London, Aug. 14, 3.20 A. M.—The Daily Citizen, organ of the Labor party, says it has learned from re liable authority that Dr. Karl Lieb knecht, the German Socialist leader, has been shot for refusing military service. The Daily Citizen says that the story was brought to London by a German refugee, who reported that Berlin, owing to the shortage of food, was in a virtual state of revolution. Dr. Liebknecht was an officer of the reserves and was called up for service. He refused to respond on conscientious grounds, whereupon, according to the story, a detachment of soldiers was sent to his residence. He was taken to the military barracks and court martialed. After a short trial he was convicted and shot by a platoon of infantrymen. It is also reported that Rosa Luxem burg, the noted Socialist writer, who declared soldiers were maltreated In the army, has been shot. Dr. Karl Liebknecht was born In 1871 and since his entry into politics as a Social Democrat had been one of the foremost leaders of the party. He was an uncompromising anti militarist. It was Liebknecht who last year in the reichstag charged that the Krupp company, mnnufacturers of arms and armanent. through an agent, bribed army and navy officials In order to y r 16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. obtain an insight into official docu. ments. He also charged that th« Krupps caused articles to be printed in France advocating .-.n increase in the French army in order to bring about a warlike spirit in Germany. All the officers accused by Liebknecht were convicted by court-inartial and given light sentences. Americans Urged to Be Careful in Giving Credence to Reports By .Associated Press Washington, Aug. 14.—The Ameri can Association 'of Commerce and Trade of Berlin, through Ambassador Gerard, has requested the State De partment to make public the follow ing telegram: "We would ask the American press and Americans In general to be care ful In giving credence to war report*, now circulating in the United Statee, concerning conditions in Germany. The city of Berlin is perfectly quiet. Food prices are normal. Foreigners, especially Americans, are fully pro tected." The State Department also received a cablegram from the embassy in. {Continued on Page 16.]
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