| « r rUp, 3 o c f- Qhof" A War Story of Today by Frederick Palmer, Noted War Correspondent; a Startling l- Prophecy of the conflict in Which Europe Is Now Engaged; in the Telegraph Tomorrow HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH I.XXXIII— No. 202 SERINS ENCOUNTER UTILE RESISTANCE 'III TAKING HUH Wire Entanglements, Electricity and Broken Glass Useless to Belgians CHARLEROI, CITY OF DEAD French Guns Battered Town and Drove Germans Across Sambre River Special to The Telegraph London. Aug. 26. 5 a.m.—The Paris correspondent of the Times, who had been on the battlefield earlier in the fighting. says he met a few miles out side of Philippeville, n Belgian officer and the paymaster general of Namur, who told him that the town of Namur had been occupied by the Germans. It had been subjected to a furious bombardment and the German fire was so well regulated that the first shots had silenced Fort Marchovel lette on the northeast and Fort Maizeret on the east. • Fort Andoy also suffered badly and was almost i out of action. The story continues: "The Germans entered the town without encountering much resis tance. Fort Dave at the southeast of the town and Fort Wepion on the op- j posite side of the Meuse and the line I of forts to the north still resist. "In spite of the elaborate prepar ations with wire entanglements through which was passed an elect rical current of I.ROO volts, and the liberal use of broken glass. Namur fell into the hands of the Germans on Sunday. "The FMgians evacauted the town in an orderly manner. All rolling stock and motor cars were removed and the stationmaster left on the last locomotive with the railway cash box under his arm. The Belgian troops | numbering about 3,000 parsed under' the protection of a French cavalry screen. within the French lines." Open Fire on Clmrlcrol The correspondent adds: "Thus the Germans have done much to win mastery over the two banks of the Meuse almost as far as Dinant. Thev however, left behind them six of the eight forts of Namur which, it is ex [ Continued on Page I] THE WEATHER] For llnrrlnhiirs ami vlrlnit.vi Tart ly elond.v t<>-nlght nml Thiirntlny, no! much rhan«p In temperature. For EnMrrn l'fnn»> I vnniii: i unfi tted ti>-nlKl:<; Thai rMriti y |»irtlr eluuily and »li K htly narmrri gentle rant »vln<l«. River The main river will eontlnue to fall Indefinitely. A utage of about feet IN ludlented for llnrr| M hur K Ihurttriny morning. (•enernl Condition* Vnaettlert nnd generally elouflv weather haa i>ret ailed ' over the eaxfern |iar« „f the country dur ing the laMt twenty-tour houra, ami rnln fin* fallen nv«*r monf of the territory »oufh and eaat of the Ohio river. A further fall of 2 to 12 degree* ha* occurred In temperature Ken eraMy over the territory emit of the l(oek> llountnlifN, except in a few loenlltlea, where It I* *ll Kl,t ly warmer. reiiipernture: S a. in,, 02. ."i2tl a. m.; *et«, (1:48 Moon: Flr*t quarter, Augunt 27 11:.'2 n. m. River Staice: 2.« feet above low water mark. ... Yeaterilay'a Weather IllKhent temperature, till. I.oweat temperature, ttl. Mean temperature, 04. Normal temperature, 70. MARRIttiF. I.IfKVSES Hefs'?h r cit^ 1 ' Malley anil Elizabeth cit>* COb ® u,ckel nnd Bertha Pelffer, Late News Bulletins Hong Kong. \i s. 25.—The German slraiwr Elizabeth lias been cap lurod and sunk in iitiluiTan. Paris, Aug. 2«. 11 a. in.—The French war office was silent this morning. No official announcement has been Issued, Inofficial military opinion Is that the fighting along the Frciich-ltclgian frontier continues Quiet confidence exists in Paris that the allies will hold off the German attack and take the offensive when the proper hour arrives. Home, AUK- 25, 5.55 I'. M., Via Paris. Aug. 2«, 3.45 A. M The American embassy through the consuls has advised all Americans in Italy to return home now while communications between Europe and the United States are free. I.ater, It is said, complications may arise rendering transportation dinicult. The warning adds, "Americans do- Ing otherwise remain at their own risk." Columbia. S. C.. Aug. 2«—Additional but In.-omplcte returns to day rrom all counties In the Democratic senatorial primary give Gov ernor tole 1.. Blcas 48,0110 and Senator K. D. Smith 65,000 out of 117 000 votes reported. f h cago. Vug. 26. —Excited by predictions that the European war would IH- long drawn out. the wheat market soared to-day and a half hour l»efore the close was seven to eight cents higher than yesterday s ••lose. December wheat sold at 51.15 and May at $1.21%. C leyeland, Aug. 26.—-C. (', Hills, aged 70, secretary of a Cleveland wholesale provision company, was shot and killed early to-day in East forty-third street, by ail unldentliied man who then killed himself hv tiring a bullet into his mouth. I/Ondon. Aug. 26. 3.45 P. M.—David Lloyd George the cliancellor of the Echequer to-day introduced in the House of Commons a resolu tion as the lwsls for the forthcoming war loan bill. The hill Mr Llovd George said, would differ from the previous war loan measurements in two respects. Seattle. Wash., Aug. 26.—Ten lives were lost when tlir steel pas senger steamship Admiral Sampson of the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company was rammed and sunk by the Canadian Pacillc nasscmrcr steamship Princess Victoria at 6.30 o'clock this morning. . .. Washington. Aug. 26.—The German embassy to-day received the following wireless message rrom the Berlin Foreign Office bv wav of Sayvllle, L. I.: "An English cavalry brigade has been remdsed Mau beuge. An English Infantry division has been beaten off with complete rout of the division. An Austrian corps attacked two Russian corns south of Krasnlk and carried off 3.000 prisoners, three colors "t ■runs and seven mitrailleuses." ' " * REPUBLICANS TO SETTLE PLATFORM NCOJMMITTEE State Committeemen Will Deter mine Whether to Declare For Local Option or Not DR. BRUMBAUGH'S POSITION Says That His Speech Will Be His Platform For the Coming Campaign Work Sferial la The Telegraph Pittsburgh, Pa.. Aug. 26.—Indica tions early this afternoon are that the draft of the Republican State plat form to be submitted to the Republi can State committee to-night at the Pitt Theater will not contain any dec laration on local option. There were rumors that the committee would submit two drafts. Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, candi date for governor, who arrived dur ing the morning, said, "I have not seen the platform. My own speech to [Continued on Pago 8] If Would-be Suicide Recovers He'll Never Be Able to Talk Again William Charles, aged 68 years, of 1411 South Twelfth street, during a j fit of despondency this morning at- I tempted to end his life by cutting his throat with a razor. Charles is in the hospital in a serious condition and little hope is entertained for his recovery. He has had fre quent attacks of despondency during the past six months and often threat ened to kill himself. The aged man brooded over his inability to get em ployment and over the death of his wife, which occurred some tjme ago. At the hospital 11 was found that Mr. Charles had an ugly gash In his throat. The razor had severed the aesophagus. but had cut no arteries. Should he recover, he will not have the power of speech. PM. GIDSIiT WITH HUNGARIAN mm IT FRONT War Correspondent Says They Went Back Home Without One Thought of Duty ! Pennsylvania's National Guard is j : represented in the big European war. j In the September number of The i ] World's Work magazine, known as j • "The War Manuel," James F. J. i Archibald, war correspondent, gives; special reference to former Pennsyl vania National Guard soldiers now at | the front in the great war theater of i the continent. Mr Archibald, who has seen seryice in fifteen campaigns, has been with | twenty-six armies in the field and has i seen sixteen armies in actual inter- I national war, writes his impressions | of lighting armies for the World's Work. Among other things he says: j "I was visiting a couple weeks in I Belgrade and was Invited by the Aus- | trian minister. Count Forgach, to at- i ■ tend a review of several thousand ' troops at Semlin. just across the river in Hungary. While riding back to the barracks after the review the com manding officer of the regiment of Hungarian Hussars, with whom I rode, called up man after man from the ranks to speak to me. "Every one of them were American | citizens, eight of them belonged to the j * Pennsylvania National Guard, and j i each of them had returned to Hungary , for his military service as a matter of pleasure, not duty. The war spirit is!' very strong." i I HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 26, 191.4, "PATRONAGE WAS NOT DISCUSSED" = —~~-y > , ( ih C | \ Announcement at Democratic headquarters after conference of Morris, Blakslee, at al: "Patronage was not discussed." Asks Police to Help Find Sister; Learns She's Arrested Pretty Philadelphia Girl and Italian Companion Held For "White Slave" Hearing On a charge of enticing? pretty 17-year-old Minnie Rekeroff here from Philadelphia, Morris Muff, an Italian, was to-day held in default of SI,OOO bail by Alderman Edward Hilton for a hearing on charges of violating the Mann "white slave" act. Muff and the girl were arrested together last night at 123 South Third street. They had registered as man and wife. They were held by the CULLS REPORTS IT IMERICRIUS WERE NOT WELL TREATED FALSE Returned Tourist Describes Mobili zation Scenes and Tells of Dif ficulties Encountered For the Telegraph Mrs. Elizabeth | Graybill, of Philadelphia, who is visit j ing her brother, E. Z. VVallower, has | written some of the experiences | through which she passed in Europe I immediately prior to and during the | earlier days of the great conflict and of how she eventually got out of the ; war-torn country to America. Mrs. Graybill made the voyage home with a party that Included Miss May Fox, 129 Walnut street, and Dr. and [Continued oil Page -I] British Ship Damages Steamer Princess Alice By Associated Press Manila, Aug. 26.—The North Ger man Lloyd steamer Princess JVlice reached Cuba from Zamboanga to-day with a huge hole in her stern patched with cement. The captain admits that after leaving Manila he tried to establish wireless connection with Yap, one of the Carlina Islands but found that the Yap station had been destroyed by the British. While speeding from Zamboa he was chased by a British warship and barely reached port. He does not explain the damage to his vesrel. The Prin cess Alice sailed from Hamburg June 25 for Yokohama and arrived at Penang, July 29. Breckinridge Leaves Berlin For Vienna By Associated Press Berlin. Aug. 28, (By Wireless)! : Henry Breckinridge the American assistant secretary of war, accom i panled by a group of officers from ] the American cruiser Tennessee, left here to-dav for Vienna. Mr. Breckinridge and his stafT are | distributing to needy Americans the I financial relief sent to the continent | by the American government on the I Tennessee. police department pending an investi gation to-day. This morning a brother of the girl, Nathan Bekeroif, came to Harrisburg from Philadelphia and asked the police to find his sister, who had run away. What was his surprise to tind that his lost sister had been arrested with Muff. Follow'ng an investigation it was discovered that Muff had sent the girl a ticket, promising to marry her when she reached Harrisburg. CHLEI SMS FILLED WITH DEAD AFTER GREAT FIGHT French Infantryman Declares Car nage at Charleroi Is Indescribable London, Aue 26. 5.12 A. M. —Re- turning from the front a correspon dent of the Times sends the following under a Paris date: "At Mons the British troops have made themselves at home. Prepar ations for the city's defense were ex tremely comforting in their work manlike detail. In the woods lurked innumerable field guns. Everywhere in the town confidence was dominant. "When with heavy firing audible in [Con(lnncd on Page 8] American Minister Protests Against Hurling of Bombs By Associated Press London, Aug. 26, 1.38 P. M.—The Dally News publishes a dispatch from Its Antwerp correspondent saying It Is reported thai the American minister to Belgium, Brand Wliitlock, lias sent an energetic protest to the German government against the hurling of bombs Into Antwerp from a Zeppelin airship. German Forces Levy on Brabant For $90,000,000; Exhaust Champagne Supply By Associated Press London. Aug. 26, 3.18 A. M.—A dis patch to the Morning Post from Ant werp says: "In addition to the German war levy of $40,000,000 on Brussels the province of Brabant has been levied on for $90,000,000, to be paid by Sep tember 1. "The German officers at Brussels are living riotiously. The city's supply of champagne is becoming exhausted. The royal palaces have been Invaded [by German officers." TRIPP CONFIRMS THE RUMOR THAT HE IS GOING TO NEW YORK Commerce Chamber Will Take Nr Action Until Regular Elec tion Time George B. Tripp, president of the Chamber of Commerce and vice-presi dent and general manager of the Har risburg and Power Company, to day confirmed the report that he is to become an operating executive of the United Gas and Electric Corporation, with headquarters in New York city, and that the general managership of the company would be taken over by C. M. Kaltwasser, general manager of the electric company at Lockport, N. Y. Mr. Kaltwasser will be succeeded at Lockport by Edgar 7,. Wallower, this city, now superintendent of con struction for the local firm. All the [Continued on Pace -I] Places His Houses in France at Disposal of Red Cross Society Theodore D. Goals, of Boalsburg, a member of the well-known Center county family, who was here to-day, has arranged to place the two houses owned by him in France at the dis posal of the Red Cross organization yfor hospitals. He will also send a complete equipment of all necessary stores for them. Mr. Boals, who spends part of his time in Washington and France, is well known throughout the State, as his family is one of the noted resi dences in ("enter county. His niece has already gone to France to take charge of the arrangements to con vert the houses into hospitals. Austrians Victorious in Three Days' Battle Berlin. Aug 26, by wireless to the Associated Press, by way of Nauen and Sayville, L. I.. —Official reports made public in Vienna and received here by telegraph says that the battle of three days duration at Krasnik (In Russia Poland, 28 miles south west of Lublin) ended yesterday In a complete Austrian victory. The Russian forces were repulsed along the entire front of 70 kilo meters (12 miles) and are now in full flight in the direction of Lublin. According to official announcement made here to-day, Lieut. General Prince Frederick of Raxe-Meiningen, was killed by a shell before Namur August 23. No news of the situation on the eastern and western front of Ger many has been given out to-day. The above dispatch evidently clears up the reports published yesterday and to-day that an uncle of Emperor William had been killed In battle The identity of the German Noble man who has lost his life, up to the receipt of this dispatch from Berlin, had been uncertain. A report from Paris said he was presumed to be prince Albert of Schleswlg-Holstein. Price Frederic of Saxe-Melnlnnen was born In 1861. He was the third son of George, late Duke of Saxe- Meiningen. He was married in 1889 to Adelaide, princess of Lippe and had six children. Austrians Win in Poland; Russians in P russia; War Grows Austria Declares War on Japan According to Dispatches From Vienna to Rome; Russians Continue Their Offensive Movement and Are Pouring Additional Troops Into German Territory; Germany May Take Ostend as Naval Base For Operations Against Great Britain; No Decisive Engagement on French Frontier. London, Aug. 26, 5.26 P. M.—German forces de livered an attack on the French southern frontier yes terday. They were repulsed and retired all along the line. This information was given out by the official bu reau this afternoon. The text of the announcement is as follows: "It is officially announced that on August 25 the French, on their southern frontier, were attacked in force by the Germans. "The attack was repulsed and the enemy retired all along the line." New York, Aug. 26.—The Japanese attack on Tsing-Tau, the fortified port of the territory of Kiao- Chow, has failed and the Japanese are preparing for a siege, according to a cable message received here to day by Count Von Bernstorff, German ambassador to the United States from the German embassy at Peking. London, Aug. 26, 11.45 A. M.—A dispatch from Paris says : "The losses of the Austrians in the battle of the Drina continue to grow according to the telegrams from Nish. The latest aver that out of 300,000 Austrians engaged, 15,000 were killed, 30,000 wounded and 15,000 made pris oners. Seventy-five guns were captured." London. Aug. 26, 3.26 P. M.—A dispatch to the Renter Telegram Company from its Antwerp correspondent says that another raid on the city by a Zeppelin airship was at tempted last night. The effective measures taken by the Belgian military authorities, the correspondent continues, caused the German airship to retire. London, Aug. 24, 8.40 A.M. —A Central News dispatch from Paris states positively that Austria has declared war on Japan. London, Aug. 26, SA. M—A dispatch to the Chron icle from Antwerp says that all the German troops are re ported to have departed from Brussels and that the Bel gians expect to reoccupy the city immediately. Official reports made pnblic in Vienna and transmitted from Berlin by wireless to New York declare that a battle of three days' duration at Krasnik, in Russian Poland, ended yesterday in a com plete Austrian victory. The Russian forces were repulsed along the entire front and arc in full flight in the direction of Lublin. This is the first indication of an Austrian advance into Rus sian territory. Krasnik is about twenty miles north of the Galician frontier. [Continued on Page 8] Germans Beaten Off After British Forces Lost 2,000 Soldiers By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 26, 3.50 a. m.—Ac cording to Englishmen arriving from Mons, the British army was attacked six times by six different bodies of Germans and beat them all off. They estimate the English casualities at 2,000. They report that the allies made a hecatomb of the Germans near Mons. Certain parts of the field, they declare, were covered with Ger man dead piled so high that the TUFCOS, the French African troops, had difficulty in getting over the bodies to attack the Prussian guards. Germans May Use Ostend as Base of Operations Against Great Britain By Associated Press London, Aug. 26, 4 10 A. M.—The Dally Mall believes the Germans will occupy Ostend for use later as a base of operations against England. "The German movement against Ostend Is of great Importance and is dictated possibly by naval as well as military considerations," says the paper. "Ostend is only sixty-six miles off the British coast. If the Germans es tablish themselves there and bring up heavy artillery they may render It a dangerous base of operations against England. Airships acting from it could watch the channel and the Thomas and carry out raids against Greu Britain. "From a naval standpoint Ostend Is well equipped to serve as a refuge. and harbor. If It were strongly held by land several German warships might attempt a dash thither from Wilhelmshaven and Helgoland. They then could carry out a harrasslng war fare against shipping In the channel and await a favorable opportunity for disembarking expeditionary forces for the British Isles." 10 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. (Other War News Pages 5, 7, 8) Plank to Protect the American Industries in Republican Platform Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 26.—The Re publican State convention adjourned here to-day after a short session dur ing whieh a platform was adopted by unanimous vote. The so-called liquor plank, over which the rules committee argued practically all last night, pledged the party to stand in favor of continued restriction of the liquor traffic under the present laws and such liquor laws as hereafter may be enacted. Woman suffrage is not men tioned in the platform. other planks call for a "tariff law that will protect American industries," a merchant marine and liberal appro priations for agricultural purposes. "We denounce the Underwood tariff act as a law in the Interest of the for eign rather than the American pro ducer." the platform states. Governor fox was characterized as a State executive wielding "autocratic powers" and his administration gen erally was attacked. "God Save Belgium" 3-Word Prayer on Every Letter From That Land "God Save Belgium." Across the fece of every letter that has gone out of Belgium since the outbreak of the European wars. Is that quaint little prayer of the Belgians stamped In the upper right hand cor ner. Among the Hnrrlsburg folks who get a great deal of correspondence from abroad Is S K. Allison. Inciden tally he is a collector of stamps and watches closely the outpourings of I foreign stamps that get in here. Here tofore the letters from Belgium were simply stamped and addressed like any other foreign letter. Since the broad ribbon of the army of the Hohenr.ollerns has begun to slowly wind Itself around the tiny country that has unintentionally be come the cock-pit of Europe, every Belgian invokes that tiny three word prayer for the fatherland.
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