German and British Troops Believed to Be
HARRISBURG llllSlli TELEGRAPH 1
LXXXIII— No. 199
IE CELEMES 64TH
BIBTHDHY Br PASSING
AS MANY MILESTONES
His Name'* Plank, —And Oh, Yes!
He's Related to
"Eddie"
VISITS KIN IN PENBROOK
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K. n. PI.ANK, AfiKD fil
Who Thinks 60-mile Hike a "Mere
Stroll"
If you had happened to have met
a white-headed, genial, jovial, rather |
sprightly gentleman plodding along]
the highways between this city and'
Gettysburg last Friday the rhan.«s'
are that you would have inquired !
where he was going.
"Oh. ,lust taking a little walk for
my health," he would probably have
replied.
"How far are you going?" you'd
have asked.
"Oh, sixty-four miles or so," he I
would have replied casually.
"Why, sir!" cn 1 your surprise
■would have been well-merited, "how
old are you?" you would have con-1
tinned.
"If a man's as fold as he feels then '
I'm in that same class that Mr. I
Holmes once so famously toasted," he!
■would have returned smilingly. "In!
mere yearc, though, I'm going on;
fi4. will be fi4 on September 14. and
I'm celebrating by taking this sixty
four mile tramp to visit my dnugbt r.
Mrs. Oeorge Koppen haver, in Pen
brook. Pn."
And then he would have probably l
told you that his name was S. D.
Plank; that he lived a mile and a
half this side of the Mason-Dixon
Line; that he left his home at 12.30
o'clock Friday morning; that he was
tramping it all the way to Penhrook;
that he did a similar birthday anni
versary stunt last year in sixteen
hours. His trip this year he did in
fourteen hours.
Perhaps, too, you would have smil
ingly recollected that you only knew
of one man who lias planned to do
anything of the kind, and that is Or.
John A. Fager. He'll he fin next
month. "How far is he going to
«a'V Mr. Plank would have asked.
"Sixty miles." you'd have replied.
"Mere stroll," Mr. Plank would have
observed.
And, oh, yes, Mr. Plank has another
claim to fame. He's related to Eddie.
Late News Bulletins
London, Aug. 22.—A dispatch to (ho Exchange Telegraph Com
pany from Rome says the Duke of tho Abmttl lias boon appointed
commander In chief or the Italian navy.
Rome, via Paris. AUK. 22, 11.30 a. in.—The Trilnma to-day pub
lishes a telegram from a correspondent at the front who says that the
German retreat from Muelhausel, under the Infernal lire of the French
artillery became a tragedy. It was impossible for the Germans to see
whence this lire came.
London, Aug. 22. 3.50 P. >f.—The German advance Into the west
ern part of Belgium has not as yet Interfered with the passenger
steamer service between Folk stone and Ostend. The regular morning
boat from each port left on time to-day.
Paris, Aug. 22, 1.35 I'. >1. —Oliiclal announcement was made
here to-day that the (iermans had shot to death the burgomaster and
a group of the inhabitants of the Hclulau town of Acrseliot. The exe
cution Is declared to have been without provocation. The men were all
shot at once.
I.lgln, 111., Aug. 22.—Spencer Wisliart, the hero of inany automo
bile races, was fatally injured when bis car overturned while he was
leading the Held In the Flgin National ltoad race to-day. Ills me
chanician, John Jentcr, also was badly hurt. Wishart's skull was frac
tured. his right leg broken ami Ills ••best crushed, lie died soon after
being taken to the hospital.
2,000 SAIL FROM GLASGOW
London, Aug. 22, 3.25 P. M.—About 2,000 American and Canadian
tourists sailed rrom Glasgow to-day from America. Tlicro aro now
only a few tourists ieft in the Scottish city.
DUM-DUM BULLETS FOUND
Parle. Aug. 22, 12.10 P. M—.The government to-day calls the at
tention of the powers which signed The Hague convention to Its report
that on August 10 following au engagement, a French army surgeon
found Ave duin-diim bullets on the road to Minister in Alsace. These
bullets were In a rifle clip and wore turned over to the French com
manding general.
"MAGNIFICENT VICTORY" FOR GERMANS
Washington, Aug. 22.—An olHcial German dispatch reports a "niag
nincetit victory" of the German forces between MeU and the Yositcs
mountains. No additional details are given.
WASHBTOIII AVOIDS
ALE DISCUSSION OE
I JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM
U. S. Notes With Satisfaction That
Attitude Was Based on Anglo-
Japanese Alliance
; MAINTAIN OPEN DOOR POLICY
Government Also Understands
That Japan Seeks No Terri
tory in China
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C., Aug. 22.—The.
signiiicance of the policy of the United
States toward the situation in the Far
East, as expressed in a formal com
munication from the American gov
ernment to Japan was widely dis
cussed by diplomats here to-day.
The declaration that the United
States would remain absolutely neu
tral in any eventuality was not unex
pected, but the extent to which the
present Administration would reaf
firm the policy of John Hay for the
I preservation of the territorial integrity
jot China and the principle of the
; "open door" for the commerce of all
nations had not been generally
known.
In its latest communication with
! Japan, the United States has carefully
I retrained from expressing any opin
| ion on the merits of the ultimatum
I presented by Japan to Germany, but
has noted with satisfaction the follow
ing points:
That Japan has promised to restore
to China the territory of Kiao Chow,
if she should obtain possession of it
from Germany.
That Japan seeks no territory in
China.
That Japan would naturally com-j
municate with the United States be
fore taking any steps outside of the
boundaries of Kiao ("how in the event
j that revolutionary outbreaks or dis
turbances In the interior of China
threatened the lives and interests of
I foreigners.
I That Japan's attitude was based on
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, one of
the objects of which is:
"The preservation of the common
interests of all powers in China by
insuring the independence and integ
rity of the Chinese empire and the
principle of equal opportunities for
the commerce and industry of all na-1
tions in China." .1
By referring to this part of the
' Anglo-Japanese alliance the Washing-
It on government, it was pointed out to
, day. has in effect expressed the expec
tation that the "open door" policy and
(the principle of the preservation of
China will be maintained no matter
what the outcome of the present situa
tion.
Japanese Newspapers
Doubt Whether Return of
Kiao Chow Will Be Made
I By Associated rress
Tokio. Aug. 22. Japanese news-
I papers that are sometimes officially
inspired say that if Kiao Chow is to
I be a prize of war. Japan may not be
I obliged to restore the German pro
tectorate to China. Restoration, they
|state, would be conditional on the
peaceful transfer of Kiao Chow to
Japan by Germany.
A number of German officials have
left Japan for San Francisco.
Captain Dmitri Vassilieff, naval at
tache at the Russian Embassy in
Washington, who stopped here on his
way to the United States, said that
Russia bad 4,500,000 men ready to
strike and probably they would itrike
soon.
Japanese Cruiser at
Frisco Awaiting Orders
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 22.—After
twenty-four hours in drydck, where
her plates were freed of barnacles, the
Japanese cruiser Idzumo was iloated
out to-day and dropped anchor in the
stream to await orders.
It is deemed probable in marine
circles that should war be declared
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HARRISBURG, TA., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1914
JAPAN READY TO BOMBARD KIAO CHOW;
! GERMANS PUSH RAPIDLY TO ANTWERP
Demand For Shade Tree Commission
Following Vast Destruction by Storm
'
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These pictures show destruction wrought by storm among trees In the
River Front Park. Much of the damage could have been prevented had a
"tree doctor" been employed to look after them.
BODViOF POPE PIUS, !
CLAD IN PONTIFICAL
ROBES, LIES 111 STATE
Preparations Are Under Way For '
Burial; Troops Withdraw
From St. Peters
Rome. Aug. 22.—The body of Pope
Pins X, clad in his pontifical robes and
with the emblem of his sacred office
beside it, lay to-day in the chapel of
the Blessed Sacrament in St. Peters.
The doors of the great church were
opened and the faithful resumed their
pilgrimages to the bier.
Preparations for the burial are now
under way. The stairway leading to
the crypt under the altar where lie :
the remains of St. Peter has been cov
ered with heavy boards. Down these
the bier will be lowered gently until
it is finally deposited near the casket
of Pope Pius VI.
Three hundred invitations have
been issued for the ceremonies of en
tombing. Among those present will
be members of the diplomatic corps
and representatives of the Italian no
bility. 1
The troops were withdrawn from
the square of St. Peters this after
noon.
I THE WEATHER]
For llarrlshurg and vielnMyt Fair
to-night and Sunday! slightly i .
wnrnifr Sunday.
I For Kaatern Pennsylvania: Fair to-
DIK HI II ml Sundays slightly j"
warmer Sunday In north HIIII WPN!
portions; gentle northerly winds
brooming variable.
River
The main river will eontlnue to rise l
slowly for two or throe days. A j«
stum* of aboul feet Im Indloat- i j
eil for llarrlshurg on Sunday | f
morning:.
(•fiiernl Conditions
The dlMurbnnee that waa eentral '
near Montreal. Friday morning* I
liiim moved uortlieiiatwiird to \ova <
Seotla. It eaused t hundershow - <-
era In the lawt twen'ty-four hour* <
In the Ohio Valley and from the
I.like region eastward to the At
limtle eoiist and southward along i
the eoast as fMr as North ( aro
llna.
It IM 2 lo 10 degrees eooler with a
substantial deereane In humidity
In the Ohio Valley* New York*
Pennsylvania nnd New Jersey. (
Temperaturei 8 n. m., 70.
Sunt Rises, 5:22 a. m.; set*, 0i53
p. m. t
Moon i New moon, first quarter, a
August 27. 11(52 p. m. f
River Stagei 1.7 feet agove low H
water mark.
Yesterday** Weather 0
Highest temperature, HI. h
l.owewf temperature, 88* |]
Mean temperature, 75.
Normal temperature, 71.
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MARRIAGES LICEN9BI t
II. Harris, Carlisle, and Rhoda J
E. Reeser, Lewistown. j|
Simon C. Nye, Qrantvllle, and Mamie r
E. Neldig, East Hanover.
John Holler Bush, Etters, and Clara 1
Cline, New Cumberland. c
Arutln Csurvlcs and rtara Cslrmazia, s
Steelton. {
Albert Strasser, Duncannon, and Car- c
rie May Swain, Marysvllle.
Samuel A. Kaster and Clara O. Sny- f
der, Wiconisco.
GREAT BATTLE MUST
HAVE JUK ENORMOUS
EFFECT ON FUTURE
Germans' I.ine May Extend Far
to Westward if Reports
Are True
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 22, 2.45 P. M.—With
the Germans bombarding the forts of
Namur and large bodies of their troops
continuing to move westward, a con
tact must soon be joined with the
main allied forces. The German army
will then find itself facing opponents
and a great battle, which must have
an enormous effect on the future of
the war, will probably ebb and flow
for several days before a decision is
reached.
The front of the German fighting
line may extend far to the westward
if the suggestion is well founded that
the right wing of the emperor's bat
talions is carrying out a great circling
movement with a view of breaking
into France. Further to the south,
according to French ofticial reports,
victories gained by the French troops
have opened the way to Colmar, capi
tal of upper Alsace.
Seven thousand Austrians are re
ported to have arrived at Strassburg
for the defense of that fortress.
Roth Germany and Austria have
called the landstrum, their last re
serve of troops, to the colors.
Tf the news of a great Servian vic
tory, which comes from many
sources, be true, Austria-Hungary,
which must he reeling under tlie
smashing blow delivered by her small
adversary, will need every available
man.
Russians Emerging
The Russian army on the eastern
frontier of Germany gradually is
emerging from the mist and in such
force as will soon demand more at
tention.
The official press bureau this after
noon Issued a warning to the public to
bear in mind that for practical pur
poses almost all information, official
or unofficial, concerning the progress
of the land operations come at present
from the allies.
German Gazette Doubts
Czar's Promise to Jews
IFroin Philadelphia Uermnn Oatrtte.]
Trnnnlntcd (or the Public Ledger.
The promise of the Czar to grant to
the Russian Jews the same civil rights
as his other subjects can only call
forth from those familiar with the
situation a smile of pity. With this
promise he seeks to buy the loyalty
of a part of his people whom he and
his ancestors have pitilessly held in
bondage and slavery.
The treatment that the Jews have
received in Russia forms one of the
blackest chapters in human history.
No one who knows the social and po
litical conditions in the Russian Em
pire believes the Czar's promise. Will
the man who banished the American
citizens of Jewish descent from Rus
sia. whose ears were deaf to demands
for Justice from the President and the
Congress of the United States, sud
denly transform himself into a friend
of the Jewß?
"Why Sacrifice River Park J
For a Water Pipe?" Asks
a Forestry Expert.
Perhaps nothing that could have
occurred has had such an effect upon j
I the people of Harrisburg as the de-j
struction of the shade trees, especially i
those in the River Park and else- j
where, by the recent storms. They j
are now waking up to the importance
of a Shade Tree Commission and the
protection of the trees which are be
ing so seriously neglected and dam
aged.
In a communication which the
Telegraph received to-day from Ernst j
Morell, a trained expert in forestry,,
connected with the Berryhill Nursery |
Company, ho says:
"Why sacrifice River Park for a,
water pipe? By actual count 165 j
trees are in danger between the pump
ing station at North street and Paxton !
street if the water main is laid in j
River Park, aa proposed, instead of j
in the street.
"There are trees ranging from 15:
to 75 years of age and a few fine old j
.. buttonwood trees, probably over 100
years, which will be. affected. They)
will either he killed or their period j
of life considerably shortened by the!
digging of the trench, as their roots!
must necessarily be cut.
"When you stop to think that the i
root-system of a tree extends over an |
area wider than the lop you can easily |
see that the River Park is one net-1
work of roots. So, no matter where I
m the trench in the park strip would be
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Admiral von Tirpitz,
r German Naval Chief
One of the iron men of Germany!
who has had as much to do with
bringing on the European war as any I
other is Admiral von Tirpitz, secretary
of the navy and chief of the admiralty.
He has built up the German fleet
under the direction of the Kaiser, and
he has prepared for the moment that i
t has come.
s The fleet is now bottled in the
Baltic, held there by the British fleet
which is so much stronger that a hat
e tie would be foolish. But the fleet is
y strong enough to hold the Russians
s from trying to attack German Baltic
cities or to land a force. In fact, it
is powerful enough to clear away oh
f t<tructions and possibly later land a
v force which may try to march into
s St. Petersburg.
5 May Have to Graft Skin
on July-Fourth Victim
K
K Skin grafting may yet be necessary
'• to save the life of Paul Sidney Erb, I
'• the small son of Mrs. Bottie Myers j
a Erb, Charles and Green streets, who I
* was burned by fireworks, July 3, at
Halifax.
Physicians, however, believe the j
B boy is out of danger and will recover.
- Priest Charges Man With
y Getting Money Falsely
p On a charge of obtaining money
i, under false pretense from the Rev. W.
W. Whalen, \V. H. Burns, residence, at
e large, was held under S3OO hall this af
ternoon for appearance at court.
Rurns told a hard-luck story, was
given aid. and later it developed that
T he was making a profession of touching
s kind-hearted clergymen,
l Henry Hunter and Rdward Sachs,
. both of whom said they were from the
South and left a circus af Plttston,
were held under S3OO ball each on al
charge of film-flamming merchants by j
3 the short change game.
1 SHOOTS SELF TO END PAJX
3
t Beacon, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Austin
Hall Watson, former nresident of the
New York Credit Men's Association,
committed suicide at his country home
here to-day. For six weeks he had
. been almost frantic "With pain from
' an injury sustained when a hard
driven ball bounded back from a stone
I wall on the golf links near his home
into his eye. It is believed that he
j killed himself to end the agony.
1 MEAT CHEAP IX PARIS (
l Paris. Aug. 22, 4.40 A. M.—Cheap i
, living is an anomaly of . the present
, situation in Paris. Meats to-day sold
at the lowest prices in twenty years '■
and at the central markets yesterday 1
vegetables were abundant and com
! paratlvely cheap. In spite of this <
3 some merchants have raised their ,
• prices at the risk of boycott and prose
" cutlon.
1 AUTO TURNS TURTLE; ONE DEAD |
New York, Aug. 22.—.Charles J.
i Htte, of New Rochelle, president of
B Thanhauser Pile Corporation, whose
- automobile turned a somersault off a i
i bridge last night,died of his injuries to- j
day. ;
14 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT.
Great Britain Instructs
Reservists in U. S. to Be
in Readiness to Move
Ultimatum Expires To-morrow and Japanese
Charge d Affaires Has Been Instructed to
Leave Berlin at 4 A. M. If Reply Is Not
Forthcoming; Germans Are Reported Mov
ing on to Antwerp Where Forces of Allies
Are Believed to Be Concentrated in Im
portant Position; Stage Is Set For Great
Battle in Which Millions of Men Will
Participate
—
BELGIUM PROTESTS TO U. S. OF
GERMANY'S VIOLATION OF TREATY
By Associated Press
M AUK. Mr. llavcnith, tin- ItHuimi minister, pre
sented xi nolo of protcMt to the Stole Dciiurtuicnl HKninMl violation by
Germany or Ihe treaty of iK\t> wli leh KIIU run teen the ueut rnllt y of Bel
gium. The Maine note will he delivered to the foreign offleeN of nil neutral
and allied nation*.
An official dinpatcli to .IliiiiMter llnvcnitli announce*! Ihe «lefeat of
the ItelKl'iii army in SonthcaMt Itelgium where it wan forced lo yield to
superior German forceN. Tin* troops retreated In good order lo \ntwerp
the dlNpatch added, from where tliey will co-operate with the allien.
ItriiMMclN IN entirely cut off from eominiiulcatioii with the temporary
governmental hcnd«|iinrt«»rM nl Antwerp.
mention wan made In nay of the dlnpatchen of alleged German
violation of (he rule.M of war.
Washington, Aug. 22.—The Japanese government to
day instructed its charge d'affairs in Berlin to leave there
at 4 A. M. to-morrow Berlin time, if an answer was not
returned hy Germany to the Japanese utimatum.
Baron China asked Secretary Bryan to transmit through
the American embassy at Berlin a message to the Japa
nese charge d'affaires giving him instructions in detail as
to the course he is to pursue if no answer is returned to
Germany.
Baron Chinda said the Japanese charge d'affaires at
Berlin would wait for an answer until 4 a. m., and that if
jno communication were received he was to ask for his
passports, place the interests of Japan in Germany in the
hands of the United States and leave at once.
Baron Chinda did not say what course the Japanese
charge d'affaires was to pursue if an answer were re
turned and it was unsatisfactory, but it was presumed he
will remain in Berlin until the answer can be communi
cated and formally considered by the Japanese govern
; ment.
Haniel Von Emmichausen, the German charge d'
affaires, was a State Department caller just a few min
utes before Baron Chinda arrived, and said that while he
had no definite information, he would not be surprised if no
answer were returned to the ultimatum,placing the burden
of action on Japan.
Shanghai, Aug. 22.—According to information ob
tained to-day from an official but not Japanese source, the
tenth division of the Japanese army, consisting of 16,000
men went on board transports at Kokura last Friday.
Furthermore a Japanese battleship fleet, including the su
perdreadnought Kingom has sailed to bombard Tsing
Tau, the seaport of Kioa Chow and cover the landing of
the first Japanese forces of occupation.
The second Japanese cruiser squadron from Port Ar
thur is patrolling between Korea and the island of For
mosa.
A British cruiser from Hong Kong passd here to
i day, going north.
Washington, Aug. 22. All British army reservists in the
i United States have been ordered to place themselves at the orders
of English consular officers in their districts. The reservists have
[not been ordered to join their colors in the full sense of the term
but they have been ordered to get in touch with British consuls to
ready for orders. The British embassy here expects that some
l of them will be assembled in Canada to be ready for transportation
to the British Isles, Europe or the Far East. Others will remain
in the United States, in close touch with the British consuls.
London, Aug. 22.—2.37 p. m.—The American embassy up to
2.30 o'clock this afternoon had not been advised of the arrival at
Rotterdam of the American cruiser Tennessee with assistant Secre
tary of War Breckenridge on board.
The Tennessee is carrying financial relief to Americans on the
continent. She left Falmouth Thursday and should have reached
Rotterdam yesterday. Mr. Breckenridge expects to go from Rotter
dam directly to The Hague where messages for him have been
forwarded by Ambassador Page.
The failure to hear from Mr. Breckenridge is arousing apprehen
sion here that the Tennessee has been delayed and that she will not
be able to rush her relief to Americans marooned in Germany. The
officers of the cruiser hoped to get this money into Germany by way
of Holland.
The German advance into Belgium is going on to-day, appar
ently without serious check. Having taken Brussels, the troops
of Emperor William arc forcing their way steadily and rapidly to
|lhe north and west.
They have occupied Ghent and are approaching Brughes and
|Ostend. They would appear to be endeavoring to overrun the whole
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