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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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(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
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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.
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