German Forces .Occupy Namur and Capture Forts Surrounding Belgian City HARRISBURG Oislito TELEGRAPH J .XXXIII — No. 201 GERMAN ARMY TAKES NAMUR; 40,000 BELGIAN SOLDIERS SLAIN BRIDGE ABUTMENT | ERECTED 50 IS TO OBSTRUCT THE VIEW Cumberland Valley Proceeds With Construction in Face of Citizens' Protest KENNEDY WAS PETITIONED South Front Street Folks Wanted Great Pier at House or Eastern Curb Line In spite of vigorous protests of property owners living south of Mul berry street in Front the great con crete abutments for the proposed new Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge across the Susquehanna have been practically completed in accordance with the original plans. These plans called for the construc tion of the first pier or abutment at the present western curb line of the street; the citizens who object to this style of construction wanted the big base pier erected on the house line. The fact that the present scheme would materially interfere with the upriver view of the residents below Mulberry street was t(ie chief objec tion. The petitioners believed the railroad company could have as read ily set back the construction work to the house or at least the east curb line of the street and then started the open steel superstructure work at that point at which the abutments have been erected. This would have al lowed a more or less open view to the park and river above Mulberry strfeet. Petition President Kennedy In order to get the matter formally and comprehensively before Presi dent M. C. Kennedy, of the Cumber land Valley Railroad, a petition voic ing the complaint of the South Front f.treet citizens was prepared and nu merously signed and sent to Mr. Ken nedy. 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Brooke Spahr Drawn as Talesmen For Fall Term T faat story about the parrot, and that one about what Smiths wife's sister said, and that other one about Hrown s cow—all those always, ever and anon side-splitting stories they tell in the juryroom while the obstinate eleventh man from the country district [Continued on Page 7] SKULL OF ROHM BEING KiTHED BY CHEEK LABORER Believed to Be Evidences of Long Ago Murder; Other Bones Are Dug Up While dlpKin* away on tlie Paxton crook improvement excavations. Just above Hemlock street, yesterday after noon, one of the laborers in Foreman R.O. Montour's gang struck something with his pick that sent cool chills slip ping clown his spine and made him hesi tate. And when he naa removed the loose earth from around the object and exposed It entirely to view, he weakly dropped his pick and sat down on a rock and mopped a perspiring brow. He had unearthed a human skull. For half an hour or so there wasn't much doing In that vicinity, and Mr. Montour and some of the others in vestigated a little more fully. And when some human hones, or what were believed to be human bones, were dis covered a few feet away, the story spread pretty rapidly and that whole section of the First Ward had much to ponder about most all dav. The skull was minus the crown, and had apparently been burled for many years, although the teeth in both law's were still In fairly good condition. A queer dent in the nose frame, evidently caused by a fracture, gave color to a report that the evidences of a long-ago murder had been unearthed. Cousin of Ex-Gov. Stuart Killed by Fleeing Man i Pittsburgh, Aug. 25.—Edward Vec ! far I shot and killed Daniel Stuart, a I cousin of ex-Governor Edwin S. Stu 'art, of Philadelphia, and Paul Rie ger, a carpenter, here yesterday after noon. Rieger and Veccari collided I with one another, and when the for- I mer attempted to strike the latter, | Veccari pulled his revolver and killed I Rieger. Stuart, who was in no way inter ested in the quarrel, gave chase after Veccari when he saw Rieger fall to the ground and the Italian running down the street with a smoking re ivolver In his hand. ! Stuart was gaining rapidly on the fleeing man when the latter is said to have turned suddenly and fired at Stuart, who dropped with a bullet In his chest. The wounded man later idled on the operating table at the j Pittsburgh Hospital. I Mrs. TJ. V. Hockwell, of Philade lphia, Is a daughter of Stuart. ! FAIjliS FROM MURRY-GO.ROUXI) Lewlstown. Pa., Aug. 25—While rid ing on a merry-go-round at Burnham Park, Mrs. William Plcketts, was flung from the seat and rendered uncon scious for a time. At the time of the accident thf woman held a small child in her arms which escaped injury. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1914. REPUBLICANS IN CONFERENCE OVER PARTY PLATFORM Dr. Brumbaugh's Platform Will Be Considered in Framing the Document Tomorrow Special to the Telegraph Pittsburgh, Aug. 25.—Discussion of ' the platform to be submitted to the Republican State committee to-mor row is taking place this afternoon and the arrival of the Philadelphia con tingent is awaited before the subcom mittee takes final action. According | to rumors It had been decided not to touch the liquor question at all, but. now it is said a plank will be inserted to meet the platform of Dr. Brum baugh. Three planks already framed by the subcommittee were lifted out of the platform altogether to-day, it was learned. These are the planks on the tariff, the Mexican situation and the third partytorces. The tariff plank is to be written entirely by Senator Pen rose. Lobbies of the Fort Pitt Hotel, where headquarters have been estab lished. rapidly filled this morning with Republicans from all over the State. The Phll&delphlana were not expebted until late in the day. Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, one of the •early arrivals, was closeted with Sen- I ator Penrose for over an hour this j morning, discussing the tariff plank. State Chairman W. E. Crow on ar riving here at noon went into confer ence -at once with Senator Penrose and Secretary of the Commonwealth McAfee, and later announced, smil ingly, that it was expected the sub -11 committee will report a platform | "upon which all Republicans can agree." "Will it be conservatively progress ive or progressively conservative?" someone asked. I "It will be Republican doctrine," the State chairman answered, rather emphatically. BLAKSLEK IN TOWN James T. Blakslee, Fourth Assist ant Postmaster General, the official headsman of the Post Office Depart- I ment, is here to-day. He was at Dem ocratic headquarters and it is about time for State Chairman Roland S. I Morris to say that patronage Is not i under discussion at the headquarters I I Democratic. leaders, from troubled [.counties are here to see Morris and. (of course, will not talk to Blakslee. SITUATION NOT AS BAD AS PAINTED IN EUROPE, SAYS WATT General Manager of Elliott-Fisher Plant Views Domestic Trade Conditions Optimistically That Americans wore fairly well treated in Europe, and that the sit uation was not as bad as it has been painted, are some of the observations on the. conditions In Europe drawn at first hand by G. F. Watt, general man ager of the Elliott-Fisher typewriter works. Mr. Watt reached America Satur day on tho American Line boat St. Louis. Among other observations in the following account which Mr. Watt has prepared for the Telegraph tContinued on Pago 7] Woman Who Said She Shot Mrs. Bailey Ends Her Life With Poison Special to The Telegraph Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 25.—Adeline Drake, who declared that she was the woman who shot and killed Mrs. Louise Bailey in Dr. Edwin Carman's office, Freeport, L. 1., and who was taken to the Buffalo State Hospital for the Insane, committed suicide by taking poison early to-day at the insti tution. When first taken to the hos pital she gave the name of Mrs. Helen Cohen. On August 12 Dr. Carman, accom panied by his attorney, George M. Levy, visited the woman at the hos pital, and although she appeared to recognize the physician at once, he was unable to identify her and said to the best of his knowledge she had i never been to his office. CHILD DIES Special to The Telegraph Penbrook, Pa., Aug. 25. Delma Oleva Feefer, 4-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Feefer, 15 South Chestnut street, died this morning. The funeral, which will be private, will take place Thursday at 10 o'clock. The Rev. H. M. Miller, of Penbrook United Brethren Church, will officiate. Burial will be made at Shoop'g Church. Tho body can be viewed be tween 7 and 9 Wednesday evening. PHYSICIAN INJURED BY FALL Special to The Telegraph Columbia. Pa., Aug. 25.—Dr. Smith Armor, aged 90 years, Columbia's old est phyhlcian, was injured by a fall at his home last evening. 12 PAGES. Russians Advance In Great Numbers On Forts in East Belgian Border Town and Five Forts Fall Under Terrific Fire of Germans; Attack Lasted Two Days; Kaiser's Forces Are Now Concentrating at Various Points to Begin March on Capital; Losses on Both Sides Are Enormous; Russian Successes Offset bv Defeat of Allied Forces in West London, Aug. 25, 2.59 A. M. —The Ostend correspon dent of the Chronicle says Belgium's losses so far are esti mated at 40,000 killed. No estimate of the appalling prop erty loss has been hazarded by the officials. Industry everywhere is at a standstill, says the corre spondent. Not a single factory or coal pit in the country has been operated in three weeks and not a single penny in wages has been received by the men engaged in the staple activities of the nation since August 1. There is nothing but dire poverty, distress and stagna tion even in the areas untouched by the fighting. London, Aug. 25, 3.18 A. M.—A dispatch to the Morning Post from St. Petersburg reviewing the opera tions of the Russians, says: "Russia's two great armies are now advancing over a front extending seventy miles, to a great pitched battle, success in which even the austere commander-in-chief, Grand Duke Nicholas, probably will deign to call a victory —a word hitherto scrupulously avoided. "In the opinion of military experts this battle will de velop within three or four days and will so nearly coin cide with the conflict on the French front as to make it impossible for Germany to detach assistance from any where." Rome, Aug. 25, via London, 3.15 P. M.—A dispatch to the Corriere D'ltalia from Antivari, Montenegro, says the fortifications of Cattaro, the Austrian seaport in Dalma tia, on the Adriatic, have been completely destroyed, and that the Austrian commander is now parleying for terms of surrender. The bombardment of Cattaro was con ducted by a fleet of the allies. Namur, the Belgian fortress, has fallen into German hands, ac cording to an announcement made by the official press bureau in London. Details of the fighting around the fortress were not given, but the English newspapers regard the fall as inexplicable. Berlin dispatches say five of the Vorts of Namur and the city itself have fallen and the capture of the remaining four forts is imminent. A reverse of the forces of the allies is generally admitted by the English and French newspapers, which say to-day's news is "decidedly bad." While plainly expressing disappointment at the failure of their forces, they declare the retrograde movement toward the line of strong defensive works near the frontier has been carried out in good order. It is assumed that the allies are falling back on their first line of defensive work running from Maubeuge, in a southeasterly direc tion by way of Hirson, Mezieres, Montmedy, Verduen, St. Mihiel, Toul and Fr>inal all of which are strong fortresses and are inter spersed with smaller works such as Ayvelle, Genicourt, Troyon, Les Paroches, Lianville, Gironville and Jouy-Sous-Lea-Cotes. Behind these lies another strong line of fortifications from St. Quentin in the north through Laon and Reims to the great entrenched camp at Chalons. POSSESSION VITAL TO GERMANY The English newspapers declare that both the English and Russians are determined to "fight to a finish" whatever the outlook may be at present. They say the possession of Namur was vital for Germany and that it "was a fine stroke for the Germans to have rushed the place under the eyes of the allied armies." In other parts of Belgium fighting is still in progress, and a report from Ostend says 30,000 Germans have attacked Malines, •thirteen miles.from Antwerp. Charleroi has also been the scene of hot fighting, this time j between the French and German troops, and a fresh encounter is believed to have begun there to-day. Twenty-five thousand Germans have been surrounded between Courtrai and Anseghem, according to an Ostend dispatch to the London Daily Express. Brussels has been left by the main body of German troops who have proceeded on their way to the frontier. Russian reports relate the advance of the Russian armies in Eastern Prussia and the surprisingly rapid movement of the troops. Russian officials, however, caution against feeling too great elation over the preliminary success, pointing out that the German terri tory about the Vistula is strongly fortified along the line of the Russian forward march. Newspaper dispatches assert that the Austrian fortified port of Cattaro, Dalmatia has been destroyed by the allied fleets. Disoatches from the Servian provisional capital, Nish, record I Continued on Page 8] * POSTSCRIPT.