German Forces Moving Southward Through Belgium and Across French Frontier
HARRISBURG iSSSffli TELEGRAPH
I.XXXIII- No. 200
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
EXCESS ASSETS ORE
WORTH HREF MILLIOH
Total Value of City's Syitcm Close
to Million and THtec-
Quarteri
$13,614.35 IN TEACHERS' FUND
ThouMtuin Pflid Out For SnUriri;
$4 in Finrn; $1,827.59
For Tuition
ißarrishurg* whnol district l» pretty
Well.to.do, ACl'Ot'dlll* I<• Hi l ' IlllttUitl
report of ilia auditor* milttnltted m
the Dauphin cnunt\ court lo day ll*
exce** a**et * total itiore than Imlf it
million dollar*
The *tntcmiMtt of n**ct* Mild llnl'lll
tie* inuw a whole piii of the
thirteen pu km report ahd *liowe that j
Ih« tnlnl assets iiit Miofe tlliilt n mil i
ii<>n ana three quartere. 9t.Ttfl.lot.oßl
In exact figures, llinl the lnliil llahlll* j
ties were $1,1)13,00(1, leaving .■hi
gSnCt* •..til 1111M I fit 11, I I'll, '• f.
Th." receipt* front nil for j
the fiscal vear Wri'i' sll4*,lilt* in nlii! |
thin added to the balance of ♦lrtS.Oflit I
.17 on hand nt the pre\ iotis Near, in "If
n rim ml tutu I nt |xlt,?iil M I'll" j
expenditure* 'IIIIIIIH the |i*«nt «I* |
Were Well nlpf llilir I million t • v
MR, Which left it halaili ■ In handled!
iiy the treasurer of o III,SOI oi
Alt overdraft of II in lo ill >nn In
the American Healing mi l V.'itiil ting
Company had been h turned nml j
placed to the ImArd'H credit
Tllt< Si In ml Hanking I'tllills
The value of the school sinking
flln <t n I* |IT2.*IH, bearing interest j
from local biink* ntld depniuiorlert ill i
three tier cent, thin Ini'ont. belli* I
Credit#)! nf Conine to the general r«111>1 , I
Th» IHi'hiri' letli e lltenl fuliil ll" 111 i
r• 111 <t11\ good ehepe, iii.' receipts fori
the year having been ♦ ■'",11817(1
Which added In the l imit balance nti |
bind itt the clone of the last vrup of
»«.t»ot 21, ran the tiill*l receipt* to
1'*1,910.11 The tut il expenditure*
were IIN.AIO ', s.l,Mtil fit hnvil g
been pttlil out In unnultle* mid the fr |
training I > of.ii h ivini l.eeti paid out ,
lit loan* The cm nh balance tbin ye ill |
It 111,114 II
In the lint of source* from which
Income wis deti*ei' tbe Mhiii' alp'Ws i
Ih iI (ISt.srt 9* *a* collected tol l
iota rril»lile tnx and thai 19.w si*
re. enei) f.ir occnpmion Int The
inter--!* on d*|nii|ii tieitci) fit int it*'
tuition from outside students SI.*BJ, j
(•> while the .Hitic It |> IM'O llf I.» 111 ■t*
totaled MT.ltt *1 The school .|l» '
trlet collected M In fine* ii.o, which!
went Into the general Income ut ile-j
ment.
(Jiiartcr Million I or Teacher*
llat rlshitrg * »• hotil teachers' pay
roll is a might* big itein too During
the year iu*t pant It paid ott nearly a I
uiiarter of a million alotie for ihe
teacher* stafT, t!l!IS,IM 9" lit exact i
r*nr»» Altd llt In ilocn't Ittclttde the :
I.'V.xiki paid I 1 !•' r>own*i tli.< citv ;
niperltiienilent, nm ftri'iei,.r\ l< |i
II aiti tu i-11 nmb nor filter tticiiiber* of I
tt i lerieal ■iaff
The otatement relative to the con |
dltloii of the leaehctV let 11 elite lit fund
l« pai'lleitlnrh lnteie«ting however in
that It effe, In |0 Rillt) of tb. .lt\ n
great »lnff of teiiclteta in the public
ichooln
*Plte report shown that the teicber*
contrlbnttd |lt,x:*tl ia the mtperin.
tendelil ontrlbllted I,Nti the Mchool
bi a I'd'* nhare totaled |S,*7it It, ''ie
Interent from litvcntitictita atttottnte.)
to si.tm it an.i payments os won
v iK. n iittd loan* ri n hed $7 oort
I lite recnpttlllattotl of the aaoet*
the value of the dtx'a aehaioi butld*
|i •« and Riotittilii t* uliowtt to be
$i ISft.ooii the school furnlttire m
worth sf.it nail tbe book* and ap>
par,-dm ?S,eftO, otti*ian.||ttii taxes
11,000. «lnkin« fuiiil* nsi sM, t*«
Hhtmntel bittt«ttitw fund contain* $* .
I** and the actual cash In bank l»
r I.OS, a total of $ 1,7t11,10.V0.V
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WAR SCARE DISAPPEARS
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IN MIDNIGHT EIHE
IT MIELERSBURG
Wholo Center of Town at One
Time Threatened by Stub
born Blaze
IS WORK OF INCENDIARIES
llrtrrishurg Firemen Called For,
But Their Aid Is Not
Needed
St'tliil (ii 7 Tfltvrk
Mlllerihurc. I'a.. Ann 24.—-A tire
nuppoNcd tn have been of Incendiary
urluln ile»lrnyed the larse hardware
mori of 'l'liontae l.onii, at the corner
of Market and t'enter itreetn, and the
dwelllnehoiup of Rtay llruhak»r. ad
lolninu, 111*1 iiiuht The * nd etory
..i it. hardware ii waa ueed .■* a
j tint and w.m occupied hi Mr, and Mrs.
II en I'll c \\ liver and Mr, and Mm,
r \ \Vel«el, all of wliotit escaped by
,i tut It'll xt 111 Aram, an Ihe lire was well
under wav before din. overcd.
j The tluee sinr> brick hulldln« ad
lolnlmt lite Itarilwnre store, occupied
b\ I'iiler A t'o. Hetieral store, M 1..
lurk, mid Tahoe Tribe of
1,1 M, II Wan flooded w till water,
which milled all of the wood*. This
brick Inilldlna helped to conrtne the
nrc lo the hardware store, as at one
tline tb.* whole block was threatened
I 'Hid teieitrmiis were sen! to Hunbury
hiti.l lUrrlshttm for engine* to aaeiet,
I t'he uppcnl w is Inter couitternionded,
1 in the lite was lint ten under control.
I The liuliiiv lire department brought
I jf,o fr. i o( hone by aulonioblle, which
uriMitt.x assisted in the worlt.
The nil was illscovernl ahoiii 20
niinutes before 1 o'clock and started
111 111. w nebulise of the htitldinu on
'the i'enter ntreet Hide, ?le\er»l per.
1 ions who passed the place only a
i let' of an hour before ttaw no tire,
j However, ll Is said that a panel of the
I warehouse door was knocked In early
in ihe evening, and together with the
ii?. the tire assumed almost Immedi
ately, It Is stippoited to have been set
J il M I " „
I The building* were owned by the
>,! \| Uruhnkel entate and the losh Is
I covered l«\ ittsurance H. It. Bruhnker
lost all bis fiirnßtui'e with no Insur-
I an. e, tiii'l It Is not known how much
! instil mce Messes l.ong, I'hler, VUver
| i,||i| \\ el*e| carried
The Millerehurg rtre company did
Iheroic work am t><e water eumly
was vcrv good, account of live
wire* tbe lights were turned off and
thieve* laking advantage of the lire
and darkness, raided several homee.
I The firemen were menaced by the
explosion of thousands of cartridge*
and oil barrels and other explosives
Several people were overcome by the
heal and a number received minor
iniuriea,
THE WEATHER
I'ar ltnrri*imra anil tMnllyt I n*et-
IteO, |ir.ili»bl> iliHini_rr»h»wer»
«ht» «fieiiti>«nt fntr an 4 cooler l«-
ntufct ami 'tnesdaji.
for t 'aklrm IVnnnt l« nnlm Inuu
ilfrskiiwern ibis alternexn or to
ttlabi, .'iinleri TiifmliO iiartly
,'limit< snil eooleri gentle In m«it
erale •ntriltweal In north ttlmls.
litter
Tke twain liter ttlll continue to rise
to-night nnit I'tnitmltj. * atnge
„t ntoial n.tl feet Is Indicated for
tlnrrlstiurg, Tiie»il«> mornlna.
I.enrrHl • onilKlons
The renter ot (he disturbance from
the Northwest ha* niotetl east
nnr.t to the ttalne cunt during
the latt fort* -eight hours. It has
enuseil shutters In the last
tttrult.four hours from the m>-
,„.r tllsslsst|«|»l rlter eastttar.l
through the lake region Into
IS «ns,tltanla anil Nett Xorh,
l entueratwrei * a. m„ T*.
sunt nises, IkaS a. 111,1 seta, tti.M
t> in,
tlooni first .(uarter, Xuaust DT.
11 iA* a, »»,
Hlter t|ii>||| a.T feel ahnte luw
ttater mark,
Xesterilat's leather
Highest temeerature,
1 I attest tetntiei mure, M,
tiean tewtwratwre, !tl
Xoriwal irMinfiniiw, Tl,
XI \tlllt xt.l tlt t;\*l S
William 11111" I'ell uul IHiiabeth
ttenetie Uarrett, PIP
IIAKRISBURG, PA.,
JAPAN BOMBARDS TSING TAU SEAPORT;
GERMAN FORCES CROSS FRENCH FRONTIER
I MEN WHO CLASH ON RVSSO-GERMAN FRONTIER
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In the upper photograph is shown a troop of German Infantry eating dinner In the field. This photograph
contradicts the published stories that the German army Is in a state of revolt because of lack of food. These
stories said that each man received only two small sausnsres and a teaspoonful of peas at each meal. Tn the plc-
Iture the men are eating soup, good. generous portions of it, and seem,perfectly contented and happy. In the
lower photograph is shown a group of Russian infantry patrolling the border line between Germany and Russia.
Swimmers of City Use Island
Sands as a Tango Beach
In Bathing Suits? Of Course! To the Gentle Strains of
Baby Phonographs, They Do Those
Daring Dances!!
Are the city's boy and girl canoeists)
anil swimmers transferring a bit of j
Atlantic City's beach to the islands In
the Susquehanna, figuratively, from
time to time, by tangoing on the
aanda?
Someone who read the Telegraph's
evening "chat" column a few evenings
ago raised the question.
ll appears that the "chat" was
ahoiT the use of small phonographs or
talking machines by canoeists and
swimmers who like to have a little
muaic with theirs of a moonlight
PROBLEMS OF THIRD j
CLASS CITIES TO BE
CONVENTION TOPICS
Officials Will Discuss Good and
Evil of the Qark
Act
Harrisburg's delegation to the first
session of Pennsylvania's Third Class
City l.easue to he held since the com
mission form of government was
adopted hy the municipalities of thi |
State, has practically completed its;
plana to leave for Meadville. the con
vention city, this evening.
Prior to leaving for Meadville. th«-
t\»uncllm*-n will attend the luncheon
to he held at the Reservoir
(OUIIIIIIIIHI oil l*»se 8]
Apple Crop Will Total
19,500,000 Bushels Here
I*v rrtts
Washington, Aug 24.—An apple
wp of !U,OW,#nO hushels is fore
cast to-da.v by the Department of
Agriculture which bases its estimate
upon lis latest reports- That 1s about
hushels more than last
\eav but 11.1H.M1l hushels less than
in t»IJ and about four million bush
els less than in lit). The mean p ice
to producers in the three months of
hea\> marketing. iSept,, Oct., and Nov.
latt veaf, was SS.S cents bushel. In!
I>IS It was (►J.* cents and in 1911 it
was H T cents Pennsylvania will)
produce I**oo,l*oo bushels and Dela-i
war* 10«>,0i)0 bushels. 4
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1914.
! night. But the reader in question
thought the matter hadn't been gone
into fully enough.
"Don't you know what they do with
those machines or why they have 'em
—some of 'em, I mean? Why they use
'em to tango on the sand!"
"Do you mean to say that the canoe
ists tango on the sand by moonlight
to the music of a phonograph?"
"Yes, Indeed—and the swimmers do
it too." t
"In bathing suits of course?"
"Eh? Oh. yes—of course!"
HOUSING BUREAU
BILL IS READY FOR
NEXT LEGISLATURE
State Health Department Is Doing
Great Welfare Work in
Pennsylvania
Manifestly the Democratic candi
date for governor of Pennsylvania has
In his weeping over the alleged ills of
the farmers failed to see the great
work that has been done for the
babies of cur State through the State
Department of Health. There appears
In the Johnstown Democrat, which
to be good authority, a most
interesting article on a recent baby
show held in that city under the
{Continued on Page 12.]
Does Not Believe That
Emperor Caused War
By Msspeiiittd Press
Paris, Aug. 24. 6 A. M.—Abbe
Wetterle. a former member of the
Reichstag from Alsace, writing for a
morning paper says It is a mistake to
believe the war was the work of
either Emperor Williair. or German
officialdom.
"It is," he says, "the will of the
people of every degree who have been
made to believe that the Germans
race is superior to all others and
ou~ht to dominate the universe. The
, emperor would have compromised
i his crown if he had tried to resist the
Ipopular movement." j
LIGHTHOUSES SET UP
BY EPISCOPAL BISHOP
00 SPLENDID WORK
No Telling How Many Have Been
Steered Aright by the Rev.
Darlington's Plan
"Pointing a New Path to The Way
ward." in the title of a page article in
yesterday's Philadelphia North Ameri
can which Is of special interest to
Harrisburgers. It is a story of the
great social work being done by the
"Lighthouse" established by Bishop
[Continued on Page ■!.]
RUSSIAN FORCES
CLAIM VICTORY
IN FIRST BATTLE
Fighting Extended Nearly Thirty
Miles on Both Sides of
Main Railway
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 24. 3 a. m.—A dis
patch to the Dally Mall from St. Pe
tersburg sent under to-day's date says
that the first great battle in the East
Prussian theater of operations has
been fought and won by the Russians,
who gained a complete victory after
six days of desperate lighting. The
correspondent continues.
The battle front extended nearly
thirty miles on both sides of the main
railway running from Eydtkuhnen, a
town on the Russian border westward.
The fighting began Thursday, when
the Russians attacked the German
first division, which had delivered sev
eral unsuccessful assaults on Eydt
kuhnen. The forces on both sides
were gradually Increased, the Ger
mans linally having three army corps
engaged. One army corps had been
hurriedly called from Lyck.
"Fierce fighting took place at Gum
blnnen on Thursday when the Ger
mans attempted to turn the Russian
flank. Though the attack here was
conducted with the utmost vigor, the
attempt was frustrated by the bravery
and stubbornness of the Russian
troops on this wing. The Russians
took the opportunity offered by the
concentration of the Germans to the
northward to direct a vigorous as
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12 PAGES.
Wireless Dispatches Tell
of Victory For Kaiser;
Germans Invade Nancy
Reports Received in London and Paris Tell of Invasion oi
City in Northern France by Emperor William's
Forces; British Engaged in an All Day Battle Yester
day Without Either Side Falling Back; Two Great
Armies Are Now Engaged in Actual Warfare; Rus
sians Are Invading Germany and Are Thirty Miles
From the Frontier
Paris, Aug. 24, 3.10 P. M.—An official announcement
this afternoon says that Luneville, Amance and Dieu
loard, in the department of Meurthe and Moselle, have
been occupied by the Germans.
The French front otherwise has not been modified.
Tokio, Aug. 24.—The Yamato in an extra edition to-day says
that the bombardment of Tsing Tau by the Japanese fleet has com
menced. This message was passed by the censor of the navy de
partment.
London, Aug. 23, 4.25 A. M.—The Ostend correspondent of
the Daily Mail says that the German columns are marching south
ward toward Valenciennes on the Scheldt, thirty-one miles south
east of Lille, one proceeding by way of Ninove and Grammont and
Lessines, Belgium, and the other going by way of Hal, Braine, Le
comte and Mons, Belgium. They are moving with great speed.
advanced parties have appeared and done
damage successively at Thielt and Lichtervelde. It is suggested
that this means a dash upon Roubaix, one of the wealthiest of
French towns, or upon Lille. In that case the movement toward
Valenciennes probably would be an encircling one.
Paris, Aug. 24, 10.24 A. M.—A rumor is in circulation in Paris
this morning that the Germans have occupied the unfortified town
of Nancy. This report, however, lacks confirmation.
Nancy is the capital of the Department of Meurthe and Mosille,
thirty-five miles south of Metz, on the left bank of the river Meurthe.
It is about ten miles from the German frontier. It is one of the
finest and best built towns of France and has a population of over
90,000. Of the ancient fortifications of the town only the citadal
has been preserved.
Udine, Italy, Aug. 24, via Paris, 12.15 P. M.—Reports receieved
here from Vienna are to the effect that the Austrians are about to
abandon their operations against the Servians on the Drina river
in order to concentrate their forces against the Russian advance.
London, Aug. 24, 1.35 P. M.—The official bureau of informa
tion to-day gave out the following announcement:
"British forces were engaged all day Sunday and until after,
dark with the enemy in the neighborhood of Mons, Belgium. They
held their ground."
A dispatch of the Associated Press from Berlin by wireless
telegraph has brought news of German victories over the French.
Official announcement is made in the German capital that a German
army has defeated a French army at Neufchteau, capturing guns and
prisoners, including several generals. The Germans are pursuing the
French vigorously in one case beyond Longwy. Another German
army captured 150 French guns in the French department of
Meurthe and Moselle.
The Germans are reported west of the river Meuse, advancing
against Maubeuge. They have defeated an English brigade of
cavalry.
The great battle between the allied forces of England and
France against the bulk of the invading German army continued
again to-day with no word as to whether a decisive result had been
reached. Official information given out in London states that the
British forces wer» engaged all day yesterday with the enemy in
the neighborhood of Mons, Belgium. The English held their
ground, according to the official statement.
The conflict between the allied forces and the Germans in Bel
gium extends along the complete line of contact and the French
embassy at London has received information that up to the pres
ent the battle has been without advantage to either side.
Reports were in circulation in Paris to-day that the Germans
hav.c occupied the unfortified town of Nancy, France.
The bombardment of Tsing Tau, China, by the Japanese fleet
has begun, according to the Yamato which published an extra edi
tion in Tokio to-day. The message giving the news of the bom
bardment was passed by the navy department censor at Tokio.
The German troops, according to reports from upper Alsace,
are making another offensive movement against the French army
which is occupying Muelhausen and vicinity.
RUSSIANS ARE INVADING GERMANY
The Russians according to Paris reports, now occupy territory
fifty miles on the German frontier.
A Vienna report filtering through Udine, Italy, says that the
Austrians are about to abandon their operations against the Servians
on the Drina river in order to concentrate their forces against the
Russian advance.
The agreement of Austria to dismantle her cruiser, the Kaiserin
Elizabeth, now at Tsing Tau, has removed the danger of war be
tween Japan and Austria, according to diplomatic information in
Washington to-day.
The Standard Oil Company, United States Steel Corporation
and the United Fruit Company have notified the government that
their fleets will be put under the American flag.
(Continued on Page 10] , (War News, Pages S, 10. 11]
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