Battle Between Allies and Germans Rages on Line Through Belgium and Luxemburg HARRISBURG iSllglll TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 196 Ml MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT WILL NOT TELL < POLICE WHO DIO IT Found Shortly Before Midnight by Captain Thompson at 15th and Herr CONNECT COPELIN'S NAME Morning Newspaper Reports Hint That City Treasurer Worked the Gun »Tith seven bullet holes in his right thigh, one near the left groin. and two fingers of the left hand chipped as if by the flight of other bullets, Walter M. Quigley, machinist, 42 South Cameron street, rested fairly comfortable on a Harrisburg Hospital cot to-day and steadfastly refused to divulge to the police a single clue that would help to solve a mystery that had all Harrisburg by the ears. Quigley was found shortly before midnight last night by Police Captain Joseph P. Thompson and City Detec tive Ibach tottering about in the vi cinity of Fifteenth and Herr streets. The ambulance was called and Quigley was hurried to the hospital. To the police he first gave his name as "George Thomas." Morning newspaper reports asso ciated the name of City Treasurer O. M. Copelin with the shooting and this statement had all Harrisburg discuss ing the mystery. At the office of the City Treasury the clerical force explained that Cap tain Copelln and his daughter. Miss Eleanor Copelin, left the office at 3.35 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Mt. Gretna. Consequently Captain Cope lin's host of friends in this city and in Mt. Gretna flouted the morning newspaper's broad hints that the Eighth Regiment's inspector of small arms practice might have had any connection with the shooting in the vicinity of the Copelin home at Fif teenth and Verbeke streets. Couldn't I .oca to Copelin Captain Copelin himself could not be located to-day. Mrs. Copelin was prostrated by the story, it was explained at her home to-day. and remained in bed upon the advice of her physician and refused to see reporters. Mrs. Quigley frankly admitted that she wouldn't talk now. but it ail de pended upon what might develop as to whether or not she would in the future. Friends of the captain r-ere eagerly seeking for some word from him to day in view of the more or less con flicting reports that were current as to his whereabouts yesterday. Went to Gretna Yesterday United States Commissioner Leroy Wolfe told the police that he went down to Gretna on the 3.35 train in the afternoon with Captain Copelin and his daughter. Prior to his departure the inspector of small arms practice conferred with Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison, com mander of the Eighth and the city's chief of police, relative to the ar rangements for the opening of the rifle practice on the Gretna ranges to-morrow. Captain Copelin's right arm had been in a sling up until a few days ago because of a tracture he received in a fall from his horse July 4, and even now hasn't the full use of his right hand—or arm. Because of this he asked that Lieutenant Ambrose be placed in charge of the ride ranges, althought the captain explained that he meant to oversee the work, even if he could not take active charge. Colonel Hutchison issued this order and the captain of small arms practice went to Gretna. Registered at Plaza Here Inquiry at the rifle range to-dav elicited the fact from Colondl L. V. Rausch, deputy quartermaster general on the ranges, that Mr. Copelin was seen on his way to his hotel with his daughter presumably to register. This was at 6.20 or thereabouts last even ing Further inquiry at the Hotel Conewago and Gretna Inn failed to reveal any registration by Captain O. M. Copelin. On tne register of the Hotel Plaza, at Union Station entrance, this city, the name of "O. M. Copelin," no resi dence given, appears. He was assign ed to room No. 1. A friend of Mr. Copelin recalled [Continued on Page 12.] r Late News Bulletins POPE PIUS SUFFERS RELAPSE i Rome, Aug. 19, via Paris, 4.10 P. M.—The Pope has had a sudden relapse. A bulletin issued by Dr. Marchiafava leaves no doubt that the patient's life is in danger. The sisters of the Pope are convinced that a momentuous crisis has arrived, and they are deeply apprehensive. They have lighted candles before the miraculous image of St. Joseph and remain prostrate i in prayer. Rome, Aug. 19, 1.10 P. M., via Paris, 6.15 P. M.—lt is reported that the Pope has received the last com munion. Mexico City, Aug. 19.—A decree Is to be Issiird to-morrow by the governor of the federal district repudiating: government notes of the Is sue of July 25 last. This Issue Has made during the regime or Provi sional President Fransclco Car ha la I on the authorization of tlie $60.- 000,000 si* per cent, ten-year gold bonds, made by the Huerta admin istration. About ten million dollars of this pa;>er Is now in circulation. Rotterdam, via Ix»ndon, Aug. 19, 5.25 I*. M.—The Cologne Gazette asserts that the advance of the German troops while slow, has not been seriously checked anywhere. I.argc contingents of Austrian troops In cluding mountain artillery which the Germany army Is without, have passed points along the Rhine on their way to the front. London. Aug. 19. S.S4 I'. M.—An unsubstantiated report has been received here from St. Petersburg to the efTeet that a Russian warship foundered In the Black sea after striking a mine, and that the Odessa docks are on fire. The official Information bureau lias no confirmation of this report. Washington, Aug. 19.—The President signed to-day the nomina tions of Attorney General James C. Mcßeynolds to be a member of the United States Supreme Court and Thomas Watt Gregory, of Texas, to be attorney general ot the United States. 1 - ■ - yosiTiox or DIESTv VHAEUN \ r rVHAISEI'I JT\ x""" mBRUSjifcJ-V M 1 A \ >< \\\\ ; i;: \ y | Vjo«O.«N. / N tavier» wAßEi^^wnffi^i; 1 , • M XMHiwt i'.'.;; <' \ < ■ i*«B \ WwmFft A* K\ Vim f f n^if 1 S «e»?WArt *rwv A>» V m ' I L^yiXv.' >' ' Auown 9TM. NAM 1 > M / s|~'V£« / s®f toikiP SHADED POJ£TIOJ\f SHOWS /\> y /J/ POvSITIO3C OF GRJSTt A»f /V\X AJV XNFAyTJRTf RtJ ■■ MB COSITIOV 0£ / # SWJSAffigfflaiff* AY * PIN ANT Y////s*¥?Z&Z\ ARTILLRgy HERB TELL STORIES OF GREIT BUTTLE IT LIEGE Returning Yankees Telling of Ly ing in Ditches While Bul lets Fly Over Them By Associated Press New York. Aug. 19.—First-hand tales of the fight at Liege and grim narratives of the war sweeping Eu rope came into port to-day on the lips of American refugees from the contin ent aboard the Red Star liner Finland. Many of the Americans aboard were without money or ba>suge, some had been held as spies; others had made their way on foot from the interior of Belgium to Antwerp amid the scenes and dangers of warfare and nearly all had stories of hardships encountered in their flight. With a Dutch pilot aboard. Captain Barman steamed his ship through a little-used channel of the harbor of Antwerp to the North Sea where he found the horizon smudged with the smoke of British battleships. In his perilous passage through the mine strewn waters there were DO buoys to guide him. James A. Patten, of Chicago, and Mrs. Patten, passengers, said they [Continued on Page 11] SUBCOMMITTEE GETS TREATY ! Washington. D. C.. Aug. 19. The ! treatv to pav Nicaragua $3,000,000 for ! perpetual interoceanic canal rights and coaling stations, was referred to a special subcommittee of the Senate for ptgn relations committee, to-day as the first step toward ratification. MAY MCENSE WAREHOUSES Washington. D. C., Aug. 19. Sena tor Gore introduced a bill to-day for Government licensing of grain ware houses. A bill for licensing cotton warphouses is pending. Both are de signed to facilitate loans on farm products, particularly during the Eu ropean war. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1914. MAP SHOWING HOW GERMANS ARE CLOSING IN ABOUT BRUSSELS Katy Sings of Early Frost and Cold by Mid-September Who's Telling the Glad News About Town? Why the Smil ing Coal Man, Who Else? The farmers through this section of the State are preparing for an early frost and the harvesting of the crops is being rushed with all possible speed. The cause for the alarm came last week when the katydid was. for the first time this year, heard in the meadows. An old weather legend, says Waiter Montgomery, the coal man, which is infallible with the agri- MOLICSOFWOOID URGED BY POPE PIUS TO PU FOR PEACE Head of Church Addresses Exhor tation From Palace of the Vatican By Associated Press j Rome, via London, Aug. 19, 10.50 ia. m. —The Pope has addressed the ! following exhortation to the whole j world: At tills moment, when nearly the whole of Europe Is being dragged into the vortex of a most terrible war, with its present dan gers and miseries and the conse quences to follow, the very thought of which must strike every one with grief nnd horror, we whose care Is the life and wel fare of so many citizens nnd peo ples cannot but be deeply moved and our heart wrung with the bit -1 teresl sorrow. I And In the midst of this uni versal <•onfusion and peril we feel and know that both fatherly love and apostolic ministry demand of us that we should with all earnest ness turn the thoughts of Chris tendom thither "whence cometh | help"—to Christ, the Prince of ! Peace and the most powerful 1 mediator between God and man. We charge, therefore, the Cath | olics of the whole world, to ap | proach the throne of grace and mercy, each and all of them, and more especially the clergy, whose duty furthermore It will be to I make In every parish, as their bishops shall direct, public sup plication so that the merciful God may. as It were, hewearied with I the prayers of His children and speedily remove the evil causes of war. giving to tliem who rule to think the thoughts of peace and not of affliction. From the Palace of the Vati can. the second day of August, 1014. (Signed) PIUS X. POXTIFKX MAXIMUS. Report of Servian Victory Confirmed; 3,000 Austrians Dead By Associated Press London, Aug. 19. 12.20 P. M.—An official communication received here i from Paris declares that confirmation lls at hand of previous reports of a j Servian victory at Shabats over 80.000 ] Austrians. Shabats Is in Servla, forty ] miles west of Relgrade. I The Austrians suffered a severe de ] feat with very heavy losses tn men I and munitions. According to advices from Rome, their casualties amounted I to 3.000 men killed and 5.000 wounded. eulturists of this section, is that con tinuous cold weather and frost follows the first appearance of the katydid by not . more than six weeks. The insects 'appeared unusually early this year. They do not usually arrive until the last of August or Sep tember 1. Farmers expect the weath er to be decidedly chilly by September 15. MIWHO DROVE LUST HORSE CAR in cur STREETS IS 0 U RIE D Hundreds at Funeral of Aged Henry Frickman in Augs burg Church t ' >■** ■wyk \ HENRY FRICKMAN Man Who Drove Last Horse Car in City Is Buried* Henry Frickman. the man who drove the last horsecar in Harrlsburg, was buried this afternoon from the Augsburg Lutheran Church. Fifth and Muench streets. Mr. Frickman died Sunday at the age of seventy-one. For more than thirty years he had been a resident of Harrlsburg. For many years Mr. Frickman was a farmer in New York county but in the eighties he came to this city and [Continued on Page 3] War Causes Loss of $300,000,000 to German Marine, Is Estimate Special to The Telegraph London, Aug. 19. 3.55 A. M.— The Dally Express estimates that the number of large German vessels captured at sea by the British, French and Russian warships totals 200 with a tonnage of one million tons and a value of 5300.000.000. The paper says there is remaining at sea about 500 German ships liable to capture. These have a total ton nage of 2,700,000 tons and a value of f 1700,000,000. BRUSSELS HELD OUT IS BUT 10 FORCES OF GERiN MISER Daily Express Correspondent De clares Second Emperor Is to Meet His Waterloo By Associated Press London, Aug. 19, 3.05 A. M. —The Daily Express correspondent, a Bel gian who was expelled Monday ac cording to the Belgian government's decision to allow no outside newspaper men in Belgium, arrived in Ostend yesterday and sent the following dis patch to his paper:' "The great battle may be said to have been begun on Saturday when an attack was made on the French posi tions south of the river Meuse near Dinant. This feint attack, without much weight, was beaten back. "On Sunday the real German attack began in an attempt to strike toward Waterloo and France. The battle started with the pushing forward of cavalry supported by infantry and ar tillery. "This entire force, as soon as it came n contact with the Belgians was vir tually surrounded and Its advance guards exterminated. The shattered fragments fell hack on the massed 0,-~iii S waiting to attack. on Sunday the main German attack began from Saint Trond, eleven miles east of Tirlemont. The lighting was tremendous, great execution be ing done on both sides. Force Belgians Back "By sheer weight on numbers the Germans finally forced the Belgians back on their second line. Then the French came up and heavy firing was heard all along the line ail day yester day at Wavre. "The German advance did not follow any of the main highways. They cut across these, using the smaller roads. The Germans were unable to operate their heavier field artillery "The outstanding fact in the de velopments in the present week is the dramatic abandonment of Brussels, which was an heroic act of self abne [■Continued on Page 7] I THE WEATHER For HarrUhurK nn«l vicinity! Gen erally fair to-night and Tliur«- dnyt not much rhnuge In tem perature. For Knatern Pennsylvania i Inset - tleit to-nluht and Thursday, probably local nhowcra; gentie to moderate shifting winds. HI ver The lower portion of the main river will rise slightly to-night and begin to fall Thursday) the upper portion will fall slowly to-nlscht and Thursday. A atage of about 1.1 feet Is Indicated for Harrlsburg Thursday morning. General Conditions The Western disturbance la centrnl over lowa this morning, with Ita front reaehlns northwestward In to Western »w York. A second ary depression Is central over Southern Irlsona. Pressure la high over the Southeastern Mutes nnd along the Northwest border. Thunderabowera have fallen gen erally from the Lake region east ward to the Atlantic coast, the heaviest rainfall reported, 1.42 Inchea, occurring at Blnghamton, N. Y. Temperature ■ S a. m., 75. Sum Klaea, 5:20 a. m.| aets, 11t57 p. m. IHoom New moon, Augaat 21, 7i2tl a. m. River Stagei 3.5 feet above lon water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature. 111. I.oweai temperature, H5. Mean temperature. 78. Normal temperature, 72. 12 PAGES Censors Silence News of Battle Raging in Belgium Reports Which Have Leaked Through Lines Indicate Fight Between Allies and Germans Is Now in Progress; Battleships in North Sea Are Believed to Be Shelling Each Other, But Official Confirmation of This Is Withheld; Liege Forts Said to Be Holding Out; Servian Victory Over Austrians Is Confirmed By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 19. Secretary Garrison of the War Depart ment admitted to-day that the cruiser Tennessee, held at Falmouth, Eng., on her mission to relieve Americans stranded abroad, was awaiting his orders, but refused to discuss the matter. The secre tary said, negotiations with various countries the Tennessee will visit, were proceeding but he would not say how far they had pro ceeded or state why it has been found necessary to hold her. Complete silence is maintained as to the fortunes of war in the big fight understood to be in progress somewhere along a line ex tending through Belgium and Luxemberg. Dispatches give evidence of the presence of masses of German troops pushing their way to the front behind an impenetrable screen of cavalry whose dashes in search of information as to the whereabouts the allied troops have resulted in sharp clashes and heavy casualties. The commanders of the allied forces of French, British and Belgian will not permit anything about their positions to become public and since the official note made known the presence of a large British expeditionary force on the continent its movements have been hidden from the outside world. At Brussels it is said there has been no change since yesterday, in the position then reported to be excellent for the allies. The fate of the Liege forts is not definitely known. German dispatches describe them as in the hands of the German army since the arrival of heavy artillery while Belgian military authorities assert they are still intact and holding out bravely. FRENCH PROGRESSING STEADILY In Alsace Lorraine the French turning movement through Southern Alsace appears, from French reports, to be progressing favorably for the French and this seems to receive confirmation in a dispatch sent out by the Wolff Bureau, the German official news agency, saying two batteries of guns were taken by the French, who continued their march forward. All these reports, however, refer to the preliminary meetings of opposing bodies of troops leading up to the great battle which may already have begun. Even leading Frenchmen take occasion to point out to the countrymen that the decisive conflict is yet to come and that too much reliance must not be placed on reports of demoral ization among the German troops. It is reported that a naval encounter has occurred in the North Sea but this is without official confirmation. On the Russo-German-Austrian frontier fight of small import ance are recorded. German troops to-day occupied Mlawa, in Rus sian Poland, close to the German frontier, and Russian reports relate a repulse with heavy casualties of Austrian troops who had attacked Vladimir, in the Russian province of Volhynia. SERVIAN VICTORY CONFIRMED A strong force of German troops is said to have attacked Fdykuhnen, a German town on the Russian frontier which was occupied by the Russians soon after the outbreak of hostilities. A French official note confirms reports of a Servian victory at Shabats, over an Austrian force of 80,000 men. The Austrians are said to have lost 3,000 killed and 5,000 wounded. A Montenegrin army is reported within two hours march of the fortified Austrian seaport of Ragusa, in Dalmatia. The Montenegrins bad already captured a number of towns in the vicinity. Two large Austrian steamers were captured to-day by the French. An exportation to the world by the pope calls for prayers fot peace, "so that the merciful God may, as it were, be wearied with the prayers of his children and speedily remove the evil causes of war, giving to them who rule to think the thoughts of peace." King .Alfonso of Spain, with Premier Dato, are to confer with the French and British ambassador at Madrid concerning Spain's attitude. Dispatches from Paris and London report fighting around Brus sels but with what success is not known. The Belgian and French allies are in contact with the advance lines of the German army. Germans Attacking Brussels London, Aug. 19. 2.20 P. M.—The curt announcement of a telegram from Brussels dated last night of fierce fighting between Belgian and Ger man troops along an extended front is generally accepted in London to-day as Indicating the real beginning of the first great battle in the war. The German attack is to-day again reported made on the direct orders of Emperor William himself to his generals in the field. The exact extent of the line of fighting has not yet been revealed, but presumably it stretches in a north and south line. Beyond this Its definite location is virtually guesswork. Refugees from Dierst, Tirlemont and other towns in that section of Belgium who fled as the Germans approached, are coming Into Brussels In great numbers. They declare that since the inhabitants vacated Tirlemont German shells have been dropping In the town and that subsequently the Belgians broke the German advance there at the point of the bayonet. Paris Believes Fight Is Started Paris. Aug. 19, 1.09 P. M. —Careful study of the military situation oil the norther frontier leads French military observers to the conclusion that the events transpiring in Belgium to-day are the beginning of operations on an immense scale. Germany, it is declared, is making fresh effort to break Into France through the comparatively open Belgian country. Government opinion in Paris, however. Is confident that the allies will be able to meet this shock successfully and reply to it crushlngly EMPEROR NICHOLAS SENDS GRE TO HIS SOLDIERS London, Aug. 19, 2.40 A. M.—Reuter's Moscow correspondent, telegraph ing Tuesday says: "In the hall of St. George in the great palace of the Kremlin to-day. Em peror Nicholas and the Empress Alexandria fulfilled the ancient ceremony of the eve of war. They received deputations of the nobility and the Zemstvos 1 4 Continued on Face 71 POSTSCRIPT
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