German forces Are Reported to Be Fast Moving in Direction of Antwerp
HARRISBURG (&K& TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 197
GERMANY WANTS TO
GIVE PROVINCE TO
UNITED STATES FOR
RETURN TO CIA
Inquiry Was Made Today to Ameri
ca Charge d'Affaires in Pekin
by Chinese Government Officials
PLAN, IT IS SAID, MAY MEET
WITH SOME OPPOSITION
China Declares That She Will
Maintain Her Neutrality No Mat
ter What Outcome Is
By Associated Press
Pekin. China. Aug. 20.—China to- j
flay inquired of the United States;
what its attitude would bo toward the
cession by Germany to the United i
States of the territory of K'au-Chow j
for Immediate cession thereafter hack j
to China.
The inquiry of the Chinese govern- |
niont was made to the American j
charge d-alTalros and it was under- I
stood to be based on intimation from I
tiermany that such a course might
solve the problem.
The Chinese government is not sure
(hat such a program would meet with
the apnroviil of Japan or (irciit Ilrlt- j
nin and the option is freely ex-'
pressed that it will not. But China 1
has informed the United States that
no matter uhat action Japan may
take as a result of her ultimatum the
Chinese government «11l reserve an
absolutely passive attitude.
Car Hurled From
Track When Cyclist
Crashes Against It
Shooting up Herr street on a motor
cycle this morning Joseph Beck.
1930t£ Wood avenue, ran into a street
car at Sixth street. Motorman o. .
Morgan stopped his car within its j
length with such suddenners as to j
throw the front trucks off the track, j
After the ear had hit him Beck got |
up and walked around in a dazed way]
and then went to the curb and await
ed the arrival of the ambulance from!
the Harrisburg hospital. Beck is suf- j
fering from a broken rib and sev- |
eral severe abrasions. Not knowing j
that the car tea off the track an at- ,
tempt was made to start it and It
nearly crashed into S. S. Pomeroy's ;
grocery wagon. Traffic was held up j
twenty minutes till the ear was put j
on the track again.
TRIMS tiAS ROUTE
Myrtle Coslow, aged 21 years, color
ed. i! 34 Minnlch street, a domestic, at- I
tempted suicide yesterday by the Kas i
route. She was found in an unconscl- |
nus condition in her bedroom. She was |
taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, where I
her condition Is reported improved.
THE WEATHER |
For HnrrlMlnirK nnil vicinity: Un
settled wentlier to-nlKht nnil Fri
day, prolinldy t liundemliowrmi*
not much chime? In temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Unset
tled to-night and Friday, prob
ably thniidersliowerNt Kentle to
moderate Mhit'tlnK wlndN.
(■encriil Conditions
The center of the Western disturb
ances has moved northeast ward
to Wisconsin with somewhnt di
minished force. In connection
with the IIIKII pressure nrea to the
northwestward It hns enused
sh'mers and thundrrstormx In the
Missouri Valley nnd In the Mis
sissippi Valley as far south as
St. I.ouis In the I.ake region. »«■
York, I'ctmsylvnnln and Southern
\ew England.
Temperature: K n. m. t 74.
Sun: Rises, 5:21 a. m.t seta, OtSO
p. m.
Moon: New moon, Friday, August
21. 7:2H a. m.
River Stage: 1.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest tempernture. )>3.
Lowest temperature, AS.
Mean tempernture, SO.
.Normal temperature, 72.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Charles Henry Sorge and Daisy Riba
ertz. city. 1
Hairy Allen Stambaugh and Lottie
May Paxton. city.
Late News Bulletins
ULTIMATUM ARRIVES IN BERLIN
I Toklo. Japan. Aug. 20. 10.to a. m.—Confirmation lias horn rccptvpd
hero of iho arrival In Merlin of llio Japanese ultimatum. No hostility Is
shown to Germans hero.
RELIEF REACHES PARIS
Paris, \ug. 20, 1 P. M.—American officer In charge of the rollff of
stranded \mericnns In Franco arrived licre on a special train from Cher
bourg to-day, bringing with them casks each containing $50..
000 In gold. The money was transferred to automobiles in which the
officer proceeded to the American embassy accompanied by a guard of
four cyclist policemen. 1
Spring I,alio. \. J., Aug. 20.—Cardinal Gibbons. of Baltimore, was
so shocked by the news of the pope's death that he was unable to pre
pare any statement. The cardinal came here last evening for a week's
rest.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Officials here wore silent to-day with refer
ence to the inquiry of the Chinese government as to whether the United
States would undertake the transfer of Kiao Chow from Germany to
China. It was predicted In official circles, however, that the United
States would not assent to the proposal unless It had previously been
assured that such a course would be accepted by both JUIMIII and Great
Britain.
San Francisco, Aug. 20.—The tramp steamer Mazatlan, which at
one time and another lias flown Mexican and German flags, was forbid
den to-day to leave port until she discharged !>OO tons of coal in sacks
which it Is alleged was intended to l>e transferred to the German cruiser
Leipzig at sea.
Pittsburgh. Pa., Aug. 20.—1n announcing the suspension of divi
dends "for the present" the South Penn OH Company, a Standard Oil
subsidiary to-day explains that "the suspension of commerce between
the United States and European countries now engaged In war has
caused such general serious depression irt the petroleum industry that
the lioard of directors believe It is to bo for the best interests of its
stockholders."
Rome, Aug. 20.—The Osservatore Romano in a special mourning
edition, says: "The sweet and angelic Pius X has closed Ills eyes, struck
with horror by the terrible spectacle of the war."
Boston. Aug. 20.—Seven hours after receiving news of the death
of Pope Pius X, Cardinal O'Connell started for Rome to-day to attend
the conclave at which a new pontiff will be elected.
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POPE PIUS X DIES
WITH WORDS OF LIFE
MOTTO ON HIS LIPS
.
Pontiff Just in Act of Bestowing
Blessing Upon Those About Him
When Heart Was Stilled
WAR HASTENED HIS DEATH
Head of Catholic Church Stricken
With Grief Over European
Clash of Arms
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BISHOP SLIANAHAN GIVES
HIS IMPRESSIONS OF POPE
|
Speaking of Pope Pius X, whom
he met nine years ago In Rome,
Bishop Shannlian. of the Harris
burg diocese, said this morning:
j "His Holiness was a man of great
personal piety. He was an ardent
lover of America. Pre-eminently
S he was the people's pope, endeared
1 to all liy his democratic ways.
; "After his elevation to the Vati
can he kept his two sister* and a
( niece In rented rooms within sight
of the Vatican, and they were al
! most daily visitors at the Vatican."
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By Associated Press
Rome, Aug. 20.—"Together in one,
all things in Christ."
I These words, which Pope Pius X
I adopted as his motto in an encyclical
j issued on August 10, 1903, six days
after he had been elevated to the
Pontificate, were on his lips as he
entered the valley of death.
The end. which came at 1.20 o'clock
this morninK. was peaceful. A few
moments before he had been roused
from a state of semi-consciousness
and he attempted to bestow a bless
ing upon those gathered in the cham
ber, but his strength failed him. After
| a pause he murmured the Scriptural
text and did not speak again.
The death of the Pontiff In the
eightieth year of his life and the
twelfth year of his Pontificate, while
lone anticipated because of ailments
I Incident to advanced age, neverthe
less came as a shock even to those
! near him. For several days he had
! been suffering from gouty catarrh, blit
lon Tuesday his physicians declared
I that the trouble was of no great im
| portance and yesterday morning re
| assuring reports concerning the pa
i (lent were current.
| The change came suddenly during
i the forenoon yesterday and early in
i the afternoon those in attendance an
nounced that' death was imminent.
War Hastened Death
Similar attacks had been resisted
with the aid of the Pope's will power,
I but depression over the clash of arms
in Europe mitigated against another
recovery.
At 10 o'clock last night the Pontiff
i experienced an attack of coughing
Ithat greatly distressed him. He could
i not move in bed without assistance
! and the struggle he made to breathe
was painful to witness. As the su
preme moment • approached the
coughing ceased and the restlessness
which the doctors had been unable
to relieve disappeared. The features
of the patient, which had given evi
dence of his pain, resumed a normal
expression, except for the pallor,
which increased.
The Papal Secretary of State, Car
dinal Merry Del Val, Cardinals Fer
rata, Cagiano and Bisletl, the Pope's
two sisters and physicians, who were
at the bedside, recognized the calm
preceding eternal rest. Dr. March
iafava, his hand on the Pontiff's pulse,
turned toward the Papal Secretary,
who was kneeling, and shook his
head. Cardinal Merry Del Val under
stood and covered his face with his
hands. Meantime Cardinal Vannu
teiii, the Pope's niece, Gllda Parolin.
Mgr. Bianchi, Mgr. Misciatelli, and
his secretaries, Mgr. Bressan and Mgr.
Peschini, had joined the group in the
chamber.
The two sisters and the Pope's sec
retaries could not restrain their sobs
and their voices seemed to bring back
the Pontiff from the state of coma
Into which he had lapsed. His eyes
opened and his lips moved and it was
plain that he was making an effort
to impart a final blessing. For a
moment it seemed that dissolution
had taken place and then the lips
moved again. "Together In one, all
things in Christ," he whispered,
i Dr. Marchiafava released the wrist,
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HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, AUG.UST 20, 1914.
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His Holiness, Pope Pins X, Who Died Early This Morning Following Short Illness
1110 REASON FOR FEAR
OVER SEWER ODORS
ALONG RIVER FRONT
Detaching of Old Extended Pipe
Outlets at Different Points
Is the Cause
Perhaps no public work in the city!
has ever been more closely watched
by the people generally than the im
provement along the River Front, |
owing to the fact that thousands of
people resort to the green park strip
during the summer season.
For several days there has been
considerable complaint about sewer
odors at different points along the
river and the principal engineer of
the Board of Public Works was asked
this morning regarding this condition.
He said there was nothing to be
alarmed about, inasmuch as the de
taching of the old extended pipe, out
lets at different points was the imme
diate cause and this would be reme
died as soon as the work shall have
been completed. He explained that
the old castiron pipe is now being cut
off at the wall and a concrete box Is
being constructed in such a manner
as to place the outlet of the lateral
sewer beneath the surface of the
river. This will eliminate all sewer
odors, which will amount to little
after the steps shall have been com
pleted. Indeed, the silt basins at in
tervals in the big interceptor will take
up all of this gas and prevent the
offensive conditions.
Had the unsightly sewer outlets
been allowed to remain in the river
beyond the wall lines they would not
only have been a menace to boats and
canoes, but would have created ed
dies along the wall that would have
overcome in some measure the very
purpose of the improvement.
The Stucker Brothers Construction
Company is cleaning up the deposits
outside the wall as rapidly as possible
and those stretches which cannot be
removed by the steam shovel will be
eliminated by men with picks and
Bhovels and the debris back of the
wall will be removed by the use of
wagons and carts.
CORN CROP NORMAL.
Special to The telegraph
I Washington, r>. C., Aug. 20.—Pro-
I duction of 2,700,000,000 bushels of
| corn in the United States this year Is
Ithe forecast to-day of the committee
ion statistics and standards of the
i Chamber of Commerce of the United
| States. Its report is based on data
secured as of August 12. The out
look Is for about a normal crop, since
[the averaKe for ten years Is 2,690,000,-
i 000 bushels. . W
HOTTEST AUGUST 20
IN 15 YEARS; NO
COOL WAVE IN SIGHT
Humidity at 79, Thundershowers
Scheduled; Forecaster Poopoos
Katydid Theory
It is too late in the season to intro
duce the usual wail "all Harrisburg
tossed on its bed last night," but the
fact is, it is officially hot to-day. In
fact, in further fact, in fact, to-day
was the hottest August twentieth in
fifteen years. Put that in your pipe
and smoke—no, we mean, put it in
your refrigerator and cool it. This
morning at 8 o'clock it was seventy
five degrees warm; at 1:15 this after
nooYi the weather bureau took a spe
cial trip to the roof and saw that
the thermometer stood at 90. Last
year it was 79 on August 20 In 1899
it was 95 degrees at the hottest and
this is the highest record since the
twenty-six years in which records
have been kept. Humidity is 79.
Thunder showers scheduled for t.-
night are expected to cool thinros up a
bit, but there is no cool wavi In sight,
although it is hoped that one will de
velop within a short time.
In regard to the katydid theory, that
there is only six weeks till frost after
the bird first sings its interminable
song about Katy, which is reported to
be going on new in the country, the
weather bureau is silent. Chief Clerk
Peterman said he might believe in it,
but it wasn't official or scientific.
"That's in the domain of the natural
ist," he said.
OVERCOME BY HEAT
J. XV. Field, aged 60 years, 1830
North Seventh street, a machinist at
the State Printery, is in the Harris-1
burg Hospital in a serious condition.'
He was overcome by the heat.
D. D. Lentz, aged 27, Dead
at Mont Alto Today
The death of D. D. Dentz, of Eliza
bethvllle, occurred, this morning at
Mont Alto, after an Illness that began
last April. He was unmarried, 27
years old and a son of Mrs. J. C.
Lentz, of Elizabethville, with whom he
resided. James A. Eentz, vice-chair
man of the Dauphin county Republi
can committee, is a brother. The
funeral will be held Saturday morn
ing. with burial at Matter's Church
I Cemetery. r '
SPY! SPY! YELLS
GERMAN CROWD AT
ACADEMY PROFESSOR
Four Others Shot Down Without
Warning When They Tried
to Run Away
Professor J. C. Allen, of the Harris
burg Academy faculty, accompanied
by Mrs. Allen and their baby, arrived
in Harrisburg last night after a jour
ney from Cologne after the declaration
of war between German and Russia
marked by hardships and experiences
they wilj not soon forget.
As previously noted by the Tele
graph, Professor Allen was arrested in
Cologne by the military authorities
because he carried a Camera and was
therefore suspected of being a spy.
He was paraded through the streets
escorted by a soldier on one side and
a policeman on the other while an
evergrowing mob at his heels cried:
"Spy! Spy! Down with the spy."
Professor Allen was finally able to
prove his identity and he did not fully
realize, his danger until the day fol
lowing when soldiers shot down with
out warning or inquiry four men sus
pected of spying in the very vicinity
in which he was when he was arrest
eel.
The Aliens came over on the New
Amsterdam, of the Holland-American
line, which landed in New York Mon
day afternoon at 2.35 o'clock with
nearly 3,000 passengers on hoard.
Eight times the boat was stopped by
French, German and British battle
ships and cruisers. Once two shots
were fired at the ship. She sailed from
Rotterdam August 8.
"We had no band on board," said
Professor Allen to-day, "but there was
a cornet and the man who had the in
strument knows how to play the na
tional airs. Did we sing. You can
just bet we sang.
"Yes, L was arrested as a spy in
Cologne. 1 got into trouble when I
tried to take a photograph of an old
bridge and a historic fortification in
Cologne. I was marched through the
streets by soldiers and police guards.
I was subjected to taunts and redieul
ous questions. It required nearly eight
hours for the German soldiers and po
lice to find out that I was all right. I
was lucky in having relatives in Colo
gne.
"Onre they gave me an opportunity
to run. The guards turned their heads
but kept a watch on my movements.
I have since learned that four others
were shot in an attempt to get away.
I was glad I remained quiet. I tried
to get off before my wife beard of my
arrest, but a sister-in-law saw me
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OPENING IN NORTH OF
BELGIUM MAY CHANGE
PLANS OF CAMPAIGN
Persistent but Unconfirmed Rumors Say Brus
sels Has Already Been Captured by German
Forces; Kaiser's Army Is Headed For
Antwerp and Belgians Are Retiring in
That Direction to Assist British and French;
Reports From Various Points Say Ger
many Has Decided to Refuse Japan's
Ultimatum; Terrible Fighting Is Believed
to Be in Progress Throughout Belgium.
London, Aug. 20, 5.33 P. M.—The following informa
tion was given out by the official bureau this afternoon:
"The Belgian field army, confronted by superior num
bers has fallen back.
"The Belgian troops had admirably performed their
duty in delaying the hostile advance and enabling their al
lies to complete their concentration."
The invaders already have reached a line between Di
nant and Neufchateau—the latter point being less than 25
miles from Sedan as the crow flies. To the northward their
advance troops have reached the River Dyle, near Malines,
almost midway between Brussels and Antwerp.
Before this northward rush, the Belgian forces are re
tiring on Antwerp. In Brussels they call this a strategic
move.
London, Aug. 20, 6.45 P. M.—A dispatch to the Star
from Brussels says the German occupation of Brussels is
imminent.
The burgomaster of the Belgian capital has ordered the
civic guard to disarm.
Paris, Aug. 20, 3 P. M.—The recapture of Muelhausen
was preceded by a very severe battle during which the
French troops took one of the suburbs at the point of the
bayonet. They also took as the result o ftheir victory six
German cannon and si?c ammunition wagons.
The official note says the situation in the Vosges moun
tains is unchanged. In Upper Alsace the French have occu
pied Guebwiller 14 miles southwest of Colmar.
In Lorraine, it is stated the French lines extends from
the north of Saarburg, passing by Morhange to Delme.
The situation in the Duchy of Luxemburg and in Bel
gium is unchanged.
An entire change in the plans of campaign may be brought
about by the finding of an opening to the north by the German
armies in Belgium. This was admitted in an official communi
cation from Brussels to-day which said the Germans "had gained
ground on both banks of the Meuse and are in contact with the
allies." It adds that "the Belgians, having done all that could be
expected by holding the invaders in check for fifteen days, their
strategy will now be merged into the general plan of the allied
armies." It concludes with the significant sentence that "the
retrograde movement does not mean defeat," implying that the
Belgians have been operating hitherto by themselves in checking
the Germans, while the French and British were making preparations
to meet the advancing German forces.
Rumors that Brussels has fallen into German hands were per
sistently current in Paris, but no confirmation could be obtained.
The Belgian capital was known certainly to be threatened by daring
German cavalry who had reached the forest of Soignies, flanking the
city. All the approaching roads had been barricaded and en
trenched. Four of the Brussels hospitals arc filled with wounded
soldiers.
Antwerp apparently is the temporary goal of the German troops
in Belgium. They are reported moving slowly but steadily in the
direction of the great fortified port on the River Scheldt. The Ger
man soldiers have occupied the town of Tirlcmont and their masses,
pushing in from the frontier arc believed to have come into contact
with the allies' front.
BATTLE AT CHARLEROI
Reports in Brussels asserted a battle'had occurred near Char
leroi, in which the Germans were supposed to have suffered a loss
of 6,000 killed. This was not confirmed by any official source.
Reports were current in many Furopean quarters to-day that
Germany had decided not to comply with Japan's ultimatum calling
| for the German evacuation of Kaio Chow and the abandoment of
the eastern seas by German war vessels. Holland is said to feel
uneasiness in regard to her East Indian colonies in view of Japan's
attitude.
Gumbinnen, a German town twenty miles from the Russian
frontier, has been occupied by the Russians who, according to Rus
sian official advances captured twelve German field guns and took
many prisoners.
OFFICIAL BULLETINS BRIEF
News of the military developments issued by the official bureaus
becomes more brief as the great masses of Germans and Austrians
approach the opposing forces of the Belgians, French and British
and indications of the positions occupied are entirely suppressed.
This morning's note sent out by the French War Office just men
tions that important events are occurring in Belgium and adds that
there is nothing new along the front in Alsace Lorraine.
French official advices announce the rapid progress of the
French column invading Lorraine in the direction of Metz.
A corps of Amazons is reported being raised in Berlin, accord
ing to a statement made by Chinese medical men who have arrived
in Rotterdam from the German capital.
Montenegrin troops have invaded Austria territory in Herze
govina where they have been incorporated as an army corps in the
Servian army.
French Officer Tells of
Capture of German Flag
Paris, Aug. 20. 8 A. M.—An officer
of a French rifle regiment gives to
the Petit Troyen the following ac
count of the capture of the first Ger
man flag:
"The engagement of the French
troops with the Ninety-ninth brigade
of Germans lasted from R. 30 a. m. to
9 at night.
"The artillery combat wac terrible.
[The French 76-mllllmeter guns made
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havoc among the German horses and
then reduced the heavy German guns
to silence. The gunners were deci
mated by the French Are and they
abandoned their pieces which fell into
French hands.
"The German machine guns from a
church steeple continued to ravage
the French but the church was finally
demolished.
"At nightfall thft French charged
the enemy's defense works with irre^
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