8 Austrians Win in Poland; Russians in Prussia; War Grows [Continued Prom First Page] A news dispatch received in London from Antwerp conveys die report that the American minister to Belgium, Brand Whit lock, had sent an energetic protest to the German government against the hurling of bombs into Antwerp from a Zeppelin air ship. The French War Office was silent this morning, the usual official announcement not being made. Unofficial military opinion, however, is that the fighting along the French-Belgian frontier continues. A news dispatch from Faris says that in Lorraine the allied armies have taken up a combined offensive movement, and that the situation in the Vosges is unchanged. The battle continues in the region of Luneville and the French troops are said to be making progress. AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN A dispatch received in Rome from Vienna declares that Austria- Hungary has declared war on Japan. Dispatches from the general staff at St. Petersburg announce fresh victories for Russia against both Germany and Austria. Rus sian troops are now said to occupy the whole of the eastern and southern half of Eastern Prussia. The Russian armies arc declared officially to be continuing on the offensive. A news dispatch received in London from the Russian capital describes the Rus sian center, composed of the great bulk of the Russian army, as marching "silently but with terrible force" on F'osen. in Prussia. Rome reports the receipt by the Italian government of a tele gram from General Conrad, chief of the Austrian staff character izing as absolutely without foundation the reports that Austria- Hungary has aggressive intentions against Italy. News dispatches received in L/indon from Ostend convey the belief there that Germany will occupy Ostend for use later as a base of naval operations against England. Ostend is sixty-six miles from the British coast. BRITISH SEIZURE OF WARSHIPS MAV LEAD TURKS INTO CONFLICT Secretary Bryan Learns That Americans May Be in Dan ger in Turkey Washington, I). AUK. 2 6.—A. Rus- ] tem Bey. Turkish ambassador, said to day he was without information as to the stand his government will take in the European crisis because of inter rupted communication. "Turkish sentiment has been cut raped." said the ambassador, "by the taking over by the British government of the two dreadnoughts just com pleted in English shipyards for the Turkish government. This action on the part of the British government was entirely unnecessary. The British navy did not need the warships and they meant everything to Turkey. Thi' vessels had just been completed and wert ready for their trials." The ambassador said he had re ceived no advices from Constantinople since the outbreak of the war and had sent only one message because he felt sure that messages from and to Con stantinople will be intercepted. He conferred «-ith Secretary Bryan, but declined to discuss the conference. Secretary Bryan said reports had been received from time to time indi cating that Americans might be in danger in Turkey. At the Navy De partment it was said that as yet no requests had been received to send American warships into Turkish waters. Gunner Spat on Shell For Luck; Shot His Mark Jy Associated Press London. Aug. 26, 6.02 a. m.—Wire less Operator Marsden, of the British cruiser Gloucester, which pursued the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau among the lonian Islands, wrote an account of the chase to his mother. He said: "The chase lasted four days and nights, during which our gunner in dulged in some long range shots at the Breslau. After missing the first shot at 11,000 yards, he spat on the second shell for luck and it went true, carrying away half of the Breslau's funnel. The gunner repeated the op eration on the third shot, which cleared the Breslau's quarterdeck and put her after gun out of action. The i ruiser fired thirty shots in return. Two of them smashed boats on the davits on the Gloucester's upper decks. Our ship narrowly escaped de struction from a torpedo fired by the Goeben." William Throws British Honor Medals on Floor By Associated Press London. Aug. 26, 4.08 a. m. —The burgomaster of Ghent says the cor respondent there of Reuters Tele gram Company, has Issued a pro clamation requesting that all flags be taken down and prohibiting pub lic balls and music as not being in harmony with the national calamity. The civil guards who have been re called to the colors were sent by special train to Bruges In the neigh borhood were Uhlans had been seen, and drove the Germans off. The express publishes the follow ing which, however, in not confirm ed elsewhere: "When Sir William Edward Gos chen went to say good-hv to Emperor William, the latter stalked into the room where the British ambassador was waiting. The emperor was wear ing several British orders and medals on his breast and these he tore off, saying: 'Tell your king that that is what I think of him and his medals,' whereupon the emperor marched out of the room." Russians Occupy East and South of Eastern Prussia, Says Dispatch By Assnriatcd Press Ertndon, Aug 26. 1.15 p. m.—The Russian pmbnssy is in receipt of tele frams from the gpnernl staff at St. etnrsburg which announces fresh Russian victories against both Ger n any and Austria. These messages declare that Rus sian troops now occupy the whole of thf eastern and southern half of Eastern l'russia. WEDNESDAY EVENING fiIRRISBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 26, 1914. BUTTLE 111 MIDAIR MARKS BEGINNING OF DECISIVE FIGHT German Failure at This Time Means Loss of Three-quarters of a Million Soldiers London, Aug, 26, 4.30 a. m.—"At last the British army is at grips with the Germans," says the Ostend cor respondent of the Daily Mail. "It was a great moment when the British gen eral staff when their men arrived. The inhabitants went mad with enthusi asm. 'The British army has come to Belgium!' exclaimed the townspeople gleefully and nothing was too good for them. The populace was eager to provide for the visitors, who re quisitioned eggs, bread, butter and coffee. All requisitions were paid for in gold. "The civil population was ordered to retire in the direction of France. The people regretfully shouldered their bags of belongings and passed silently down the road. "The troops advanced to battle po sitions at 3 o'clock in the morning. At 1 o'clock eight German aeroplanes appeared, whereupon a flock of Brit ish aeroplanes rose like birds to drive them away. "Then the artillery began to talk! and the air became thick with can- 1 non powder. The great battle had ' begun. Forward went the infantry. I Rifle fire and maxim tire added to the boom of the big guns. Sunrise min gled with the glow of burning for- j ests and the flash of guns. "This was Monday. The battle con tinued Tuesday and probablv will con tinued for several days, either alone or merging with the battles on the left and right. Th great battle which is now in full swing along the whole French, British and 'Belgian line is really a series of Inked battles form ing what may well be a decisive en gagement of western Europe. It is a supreme efforts on the part of Ger many to break into France, an effort yhich it stopped must mean disaster to three-quarters of a million German soldiers. There seems to be no sol diers left to guard the German line of communication. All is being hazarded upon the success or the failure of this blow. The German advance has been rapid and steady. Their columns have averag* twenty miles a day since they reached Brussels." Russians Dash Headlong Into Fire of Germans y Associated Press St. Petersburg, via London, Aug. 26, •".40 A. M,—The Novoe Vremya pub lishes an account of what it terms the memorable charge of the Russian Horse Guards at Gumbinen during the recent fighting in which the Russians were victorious. It says: "The Germans held a position in a small village from which they were pouring a murderous fire on the Rus sian troops. Cavalry was ordered to silence the guns. The first squadron rode straight at the battery which, firing point blank, mowed down the Russian ranks frightfully, annihilat ing the squadron. The second squad ron followed fast and would have shared the same fate except that at the critical moment a third equadron rushed on to the enemy from the flank, sabered the gunners and routed the whole German force. "The Germans ren like rabbits, dis carding swords, helmits and clothing in their mad haste to escape the avenging Russian horsemen. "One squadron of Nichni Hussars, who are all famous swordsmen, cut down seventy Germans without receiv ing a scratch in return." War Revenue Legislation Inevitable, Say Leaders Washlnton, Aug. 26.—War revenue legislation, according to administra tion leaders is inevitable. Majority Deader Underwood said I to-day that President Wilson was ; convinced of the necessity of new taxes | to replenish falling customs but that j he wanted trust legislation to be out of the way before addressing Congress on the subject. "We will do nothing In the House on the war tax measure' said Mr. i Underwood, "until the Senate assures lus that it Is ready to proceed. Any ' war tax measure naturally dlsturhs 1 business and when It Is decided what should be done, the legislation should 'je consummated without delay. , STEAMERS COLLIDE OFF PACIFIC CMSt; ONE GOES TO BOTTOM Loss of Life Not Indicated in Mes sage Telling of Latest Sea Disaster By Associated Press Seattle, Wash., Aug. 26.—The Paci fic-Alaska navigation steamer Admiral Sampson was sunk this morning at Point No Point, twenty miles from Seattle by the Canadian Pacific Princess Victoria. The Princess Vlc taria, reporting the accident said she was proceeding to Seattle with most of the passengers and crew of the Ad miral Sampson. The Admiral Samp son was bound from Seattle to Alaska. She had fifty-six passengers and a crew of sixty-five. The Admiral Sampson sank in four minutes. The collision took place at 6.30 o'clock this morning. The Admi ral W r atson, hound for San Francisco was near the scene of the accident at the time. It is inferred from the Princess Vic toria's message that there was loss of life. The Admiral Sampson was a steel steamer of 2.262 tonnage, hullt at Philadelphia in 1838 for the United Fruit and used in the banana and tourist trade to the West Indies. She was pnrch&sed by the Pacific- Alaska Navigation Company several years ago. CHARLEROI STREETS FILLED WITH DEAD [Continued From First Page] the distance British soldiers can sit quietly on the banks of the canal, calmly fishing with bayoneted rifles aa fishing rods, the spectacle inspires con fidence even though from all direc tions the presence of the dreaded German cavalry is reported." The next day the correspondent pro ceeded to Tournai where he found the populace In great alarm. Six German cavalrymen motored into the town and inquired whether there were any French soldiers. They were told that there were none but later in the dav French troops entered the place and killed the six Germans. The next morning a large force of Germans at tacked the town and was repulsed. Germans Ilayonatted Proceeding to Valenciennes the cor respondent found that troop trains filled with British soldiers were con tinually arriving there. The British officers were In absolute possession of the refreshment bars and no food was obtainable. The correspondent con tinues. "'Near Charleroi I heard some stories of the bravery of the French soldiers. The Germans were bombarding the city. The French troops made what amounted to a medieval sortie but finding the enemy in much greater force than was expected were com pelled to withdraw. The bombard ment continued relentlessly where upon the French Turcoa, picked troops from Algeria, debauched from the town and with a gallantry which must | live in history, charged the German i attery bayonetting all the German gunners. Their losses, it is said, ex ceeded the famous Light Brigade at Balaclava. Of a battalion only 100 men, It is reported, returned un scathed. Their bravery, however, was powerless against the German advance which crept foot by foot through the outskirts of Charleroi to the very heart of the town. I>ead Stood Upright "There, in the narrow streets, the carnage was indescribable. A French Infantryman told me that the roads became so jammed with dead that the killed remained standing upright where they had been shot, supported by their dead comrades. The last stand of the French was made at the railway station in front of which passes the canal. Here the Germans fought for two hours to take the bridge. After they had captured the station with heavy casualties the Ger mans moved rapidly ahead, taking various suburban villages. New York Democrats Meeting at Saratoga By Associated Press Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 26.—The platform presented to-day to the De the national and state administra tions, declared for the short ballot, proposes that the legislature meet only every two years, opposes doct rines declared to be destructive of representative government although ! not mentioning specifically such mea : sures as the initiative and referen dum, and denounces the recall of judges. I The woman suffragists were de | feated in their fight for an upright declaration for suffrage, as the plat form simply reaffirms the stand of the party in 1912 for submission of the question of popular votes. LOCAI, RAILROADER KILI/EI) Special to The Telegraph Norristown, Pa., Aug. 26.—8. V. Wolf, of Marrlshurg, a Pennsylvania Kailroad fireman, was brought to the Norristown Hospital yesterday after noon with both legs badly crushed In an accident on the Trenton cut-off railroad near Norristown and died three quarters of an hour afterward. Mr. Wolfe is aged 34. He lives at 1 222 Bailey street. He has been a Pennsylvania employe three years. He is survived by his wife. Henrietta; a son, Harold, and the following broth ers and sisters: Ralph M., and Wil liam H. Wolfe, and Mrs. C. E. Blair. FREDERICKS NOMINATED By Associated Press San Krancisco, Cal., Aug. 26. Re turns from yesterday's primary have not changed the results indicated last night—that John D. Fredericks, Re publican. will oppose Hiram W. John son, incumbent Progressive, for the governorship In the November elec tion: that Francis J. Heney has won the Progressive nomination for United States senator, and James B. Phelan the Democratic nomination. Returns kept Samuel M. Shortrldge In the lead over Joseph R. Knowland for the Re publican nomination for senator. HEIjD ON PERJURY CHARGE James Biggan. 625 Emerald street, was held for court In default of s&on hail to-day to answer a charge of perjury. Testimony presented at a hearing before Edward J. Hilton charged Biggan with swearing he had property valued at It, ooo In order to ball a friend who was In trouble, , COMMITTEE IS NOW AT WORK ON PLANS FOR U. P. BRANCH Enrollment of One Hundred Stu dents Necessary For For mation of Class Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania met at the Harrisburg Club last evening to discuss the ad visability of establishing a class of the Wharton School of Finance for the young men and women In Harris burg. An executive committee was appointed by Thomas L. Montgomery with power to act, and directed at once to devise waya and means nec- essary to procure the establishment of a branch of the Extension School of the University. A letter was pre pared and signed by the proper of ficers of the association antl sent to the University provost, urging him to open the school here this Fall, and thereby provide for the young men and women of Harrisburg who desire to obtain a University business train ing the same facilities which are now provided by the University In Wilkes- Barre and Scranton. The committee members appointed are VV. M. Donaldson, Spencer C. Gil bert, Bishop James H. Darlington, Vance C. McCormick, G. F. Watt, J. V. W. Keynders, W. T. Hlldrup. Dr. Hiram McGowan, the Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, John E. Fox, ,B. F. Burns. D. E. Tracy, Paul Johnston, J. Horace McFarland, W. B. McCaleb, Dr. J. B. McAllister. Need 100 Students An enrollment of 100 students will be necessary for the formation of the class. The classes in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton have each about 200 students. The total cost per year for tuition is SSO, or one-third the price of the tuition in the regular college course. Four evenings a week are given to instruction by the faculty of the Wharton School. W r hen seen this morning Mr. Mont gomery said that the school would be opened In Harrisburg this Fall pro vided (hat the enrollment of 100 stu dents was assured. Reading through its Chamber of Commerce has al ready met the University's conditions and guaranteed the required number of students. A number of progressive business men here have already offered to be members of a group of guarantors. Others have offered to provide schol arships for such of their employes as may meet certain requirements. These guarantors are to meet at the call of Mr. Montgomery as soon as a suffi cient number of scholarships have been assured. Professor Raine, of the University, one of the teachers in the extension school, when asked as to the subject matter of the course offered, explained as follows: The courses offered in the extension school are included among the courses which are Riven in the Wharton School. Amons others are the following: A three-yenr course in accounting; a three-year course in business law; a three-year course in financial subjects, such as banking, corporation finance, together with various other courses such as adver tising. selling, real estate, insurance, business English, etc. The teaching Is not theoretical but practical. For example, a few of the subjects with which the accounting course deals are principles of cost keeping, direct and over-head cost, accounting for labor and material, preparation of esti mates, etc. Train Men for Business The instruction is so planned as to train men for business in the same manner as men are trained to become physicians and lawyers. The work is conducted by a teaching staff com posed of two groups. Members of the faculty, who give the same course In the dav and evening departments of the Wharton School in Philadelphia, and successful businessmen who are secured for special work in subjects on which they are able to speak with authority. The entrance requirements are the same as those for entrance in the two year special course of the Wharton iSchool, viz., if under 21 years of age, three years of high school education or its equivalent; if over 21 years of age, sufficient business experience to warrant the faculty in accepting the applicant as a student. On the com pletion of the course a certificate is awarded. The class of students who have at tended the evening school in Phila delphia ranges from that of book keeper to president of a corporation. The average age is about 33 years. In some classes there are men as old as 65 and In others as young as 19. Deaths and Funerals R.MIjROADKBS AT FI'XKRAI; Members of Lodge No. 782. Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Knginemen. will attend the funeral of T. D. Erb to-morrow afternoon. The members will meet at Fackler's Hall, Thirteenth and Derry streets, at 1.30 o'clock. The services will take place at the late home of the deceased, 325 Chestnut street, at 2 o'clock. CIVIL WAR VFT KUAN DIKS Harry Musser, aged 91 years, a vet eran of the Civil War. died this morn ing at the home of his son, C. E. Musser, 171S Hunter street. Besides the son with whom the deceased lived another son. B. F. Musser, survives. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will <•»«> conducted by the Rev. W. N. pastor of Fourth Street church of Church. Burial will be made In Harrlsburg Cemetery. Post No. 58, Grand Army of the Republic, of which the deceased was a member, will turn out In a body. MISS BOMGARDNKR DIKS Miss Mary Elizabeth Bomgardner, aged 26 years, died at the home of her parents at Aqueduct yesterday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the German Catholic Church, Walnut street, at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. Burial will be made In Mount Calvary Cemetery. CHILD DIKS Harry F. Ohmmacht, aged 5 years, died at the home of his'parents, Mr. and Mrs. John I>. Ohmmacht, 735 South Twenty-third street, last even ing. The body will be taken to Leb anon for burial Thursday morning. LOCKJAW FROM BAD TKKTH John Wallace, aged 13 years, of S3 North Bedford street, Carlisle, Is In the Harrlsburg Hospital with lockjaw. His recovery is doubtful. The. boy's case is a peculiar one. He has no woundi. Physicians at the hospital say the tetanus came from bad teeth and an infected ear. MASS MEETIXG A mass meeting to he held in of P Hall. 1220 North Seventh street, to-morrow evening by the Afro- Amerlcana oI Harrlaburg. < TO BRING WHOLE CITY j TO KNEES IN PRATER: i Stough Neighborhood Committee Has Completed Plan of Ac tion in All Wards Great interest was manifested at the the second meeting of the neighborhood • prayer meeting com mittee held at the 1 >•" I<* Stough campaign L tfUJ headquarters last i, . " M. evening. Miss C'aro , I . .1 JHW . line R. Kelfer, chair-1 | _ man of the commit-j 1 neighborhood prayer ", meetings constitute j EpSSHBrI one of the most im- A aJj portant branches of! S "T wrTtr T in' the Stough campaign, | ■ for, in a measure larger than can be ; estimated, the success of the cam . paign depends upon the work done In > these prayer meetings, say the Stough J workers. The city has been carefully divided s into wards and districts and a captain ■ appointed for each ward and a lieu tenant to secure leaders for each ser vice. There will be approximately 500 I prayer meetings held In the city, be ginning Tuesday, September 8. fol lowed with another one on Friday, September 11. The meetings will be held twice a week and as the Interest increases the more meetings will be ' held. It is said that there will be " nearly 1,000 meetings In progress by the time the tabernacle meetings , be>gin. , W. W. Shannon, preliminary or , | gani/.er and prayer meeting leader, , will be in the city about the middle . 1 of September, when he expects to see ,jthe neighborhood meetings in working , I progress. J To Hold Festival. —The second de . partment of the Augsburg Duthernn Sunday school, assisted by the first and third departments, will hold a rainbow [ festival to-morrow afternoon and evening in the basement of the new [ church. Homemade candy, cake, lolly J pops and ice cream cones will be sold for the benefit of the building fund. : REPUBLICANS TO ! SEnLE PLATFORM r » [Continued From First I'age] be delivered to-night will express my J own views—my platform." t The declaration of Dr. Brumbaugh 1 had a very good effect upon the > crowds gathered here as he is known 5 to be a man of force and his fight » will be waged along the lines he laid s down in his primary campaign. He 3 was greeted by hundreds of people l when he arrived and his rooms were i thronged. The gubernatorial candidate and the l platform were the big topics of the ■ day, dwarfing the fusion stories which . have been coming into the city at a » lively rate. ' Redrafting Platform > The State platform to be adopted ; to-night, after being twice redrawn ' yesterday, is to-day undergoing a third r redrafting at the hands of the State " leaders and the subcommittee, of which ex-Lieutenant Governor Walter Dyon, of Pittsburgh, is chairman. It ' was announced the platform, com ' plete in the final form in which it will " go before the State committee to night, would be given to the Associated j j Press late to-day. ,' The important planks are: I Reaffirm the Republican policy of protection to American indus j tries, to foster American c&pital 3 and American labor, i Denounce the Democratic Na tional administration for incoin -3 petency, inefficiency and for lack of patriotism, and specially ar i raign the administration of the , Secretary of State. » Attack the Underwood tariff as f destructive of American Interests ) to the benefit of foreign manufac s turers and foreign labor. View with indignation the hun ' dreds of thousands of unemployed American workingmen, and hold the Democratic party responsible for the depression in practically all lines of business. Charge that loss of life and de -1 structlon of property of American • citizens in Mexico must be direct ly attributed to the "watchful waiting" policy of the Wilson ad ministration. Declare for an extension of the merchant marine and pledge State aid for the development of the Delaware river and harbor, j and for the construction of the f Krie Canal to connect the Great , Lakes With the Ohio river. Cordially Indorse State legisla j tlon for the protection of child . labor, for good roads, for a prac ; tlcal Worklngmen'B Compensation act, for a submission to the peo ple of the proposition for woman suffrage, for continued liberal support to the public school sys tem and for deserving charities, and for other propositions set forth in the platform of Dr. s Brumbaugh on tSate issues. 1 Many Conferences Republican leaders were in almost continual conference to-day, the plat ' form in each Instance being the cause. • Senator Penrose, Secretary of the • Commonwealth Robert McAfee, State 1 Chairman W. E. Crow and Senator J. • P. McNlchol, were closeted together 1 for over an hour this morning. When 1 the conference broke up it was an nounced it was done to allow time to get Dr. Brumbaugh's views on a num ber of knotty points. Considerable interest is being manl f fested among the prominent Republi y cans here In the report a leading Re- B publican received from Washington last night that Congressman Palmer } will withdraw as candidate for sena l tor, and permit Democratic-Bull Moose fusion all along the line. After many rumors of fusion and denials, Republican leaders declare they be lieve this one is "the goods." i. To make a ticket with Pinchot, . Washington, for the Senate; McCor -5 mlck, Democrat, lor governor; Lewis, - Washington, for lieutenant-governor, - aYid McNalr, Democrat, for secretary of Internal affairs, would Involve, he sides Palmer, the elimination of I.ewis as Washington party candidate for governor, and both Creasy and Smith as candidates for lieutenant-governor, 1 and the Washington party nominee for ' secretary of Internal affairs. ® "Farmer" Creasy, in the vicinity of : Pittsburgh to-day. commented on the > rumor in a way which Inferred that he "is willin." He is expected In the city to-night. Among the Harrisburgers who are attending the meeting are Secretary ; W. Harry Baker. Senator E. E. Beld leman, County Chairman William H. .' Horner, and State Committeeman J Frank A. Smith. ANTWERP FIRST CITY 111 WORLD TO BE ITT WHOM SKY Bomb Dropping Exploit Prom ises to Be Considered Internationally By Associated Press London, AUK. 26, 7.15 a. m.—The bomb dropping exploit of the Zeppe-1 lin airship at Antwerp promises to! become a matter of international con sideration. The Belgium authorities | claim the attack was a clear violation of Article 2fi of the fourth Hague con vention and they are preparing to pro test officially to all the powers against i this manner of warfare. ! Accounts vary as to the amount of | damage done by the aerial tighter; One account says twenty-six lives were I lost, although from more conservative | sources it Is reported that only twelve; j bodies have been recovered so far jfront the ruins of the wrecked houses.! A dispatch states that 900 houses i I were slightly damaged .and • sixty | houses nearly destroyed. This dis | patch was sent to Iyondon, it is said, after a committee which included the Belgian Secretary of State, the Rus- Isian Ambassador, the Papal Nuncio land King Aylbert's secretary, had cx jnmlnert the entire city with a view to appraising the results of the aerial bombardment. WAD BULLETINS Berlin, via Copenhagen and l*m don. Aug. 2<i, 1.52 a. in. Kspress Augusts Victoria learned of the Ger man capture of Naniur by accident while making a visit. Slie was greatly moved ami claimed: "Tliank God, wo may all lie content. I have three of my sons with the nriny." London. Aug. 2«. I. oh a. m.— A dis patch to Renters Telegram Company from Ghent says: "A violent combat raged at Toiiraal on .Monday, the can i nonade lasting from I o'clock in tiic afternoon until It) the next morning. ; Workmen relate that the Germans l were driven hack and that the French flag was Hying at Orrolr, hi East Flanders." l/ondon. Aug. 2<>, A a. m.—The mili tary correspondent of the Times to da> says: "We anil the Dutch need have no doubt that the annexation of | all the North Sea ports from the! Straits of Dover to Kmden will follow la (icrman sini-ess in the war —a suc leess which would only lie preliminary I jto the concentration id" all German 1 effort ii|H>n the suhj-.igntlon of Eng ! land." London. Aug. 26. 2.1(1 p. m.—Ac-i cording to a dispatch from St. Peters burg to the Kxchange Telegraph Com pany. German troops retreating in the direction of Ostcrode. Kast Prussia, left behind about 100 pieces of artil lery. New York. Aug. 2«.—Count JoliHmi Von BernstorlT. (icrman Ambassador to the I'nitcd Static. Issued a state ment to-day in which he announced that neither himself nor any nine con nected with the Gorman Embassy was making predictions as to the future! or discussing peace or mediation ill any manner whatever. Paris. Aug. 26, 5.55 a. tn. —lt Is officially announced dial a German prince lias lieen killed in battle and the Ministry of War says it presumes that it was Prince Albert of Sclileswig- Holstclii-Soiidcrhiirg-Glucksburg. An earlier announcement had given the name. General Prim e Adalbert, who was described as the Emperor's uncle. Washington, I). C., Aug. 26.—Ilea ton Harris, American Consul at Prankfort-on-Main, to-day cables the State Department that his district was entirely outside of the military zone ami that the few eases of distress among Americans in l-Yankfort could lie cared for by the resources of the consulate. Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Aug. 25. via Paris, Aug. 26, 11.15 a. ni.— Pour Americans made their way on foot across the German frontier at Basel yesterday. They were without money and had been without food for some time. Fragmentary information reporting Americans here by letter i from Germany indicates that there are still many American tourists stranded In hotels and hoardiiighouses In German cities. Ixmdon. Aug. 26. 8.50 a. m.—A dis patch to the Kxchange Telegraph Company from St. Petersburg says the Russian chief of staff announces that since Sunday the Russian invasion of Galicia and IVussian continued un interruptedly along a wide front. liOiiiloii, Aug. 26, 5.45 a. m.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says: "Military circles are much Impressed by an order dismiss ing the (icrman mid Austrian sover eigns and princes front honorary eol onelships tn Russian regiments and depriving tliem of Russian decoration. This has never lieen done lu any war. The Kmperor has positively forbid den Russian officers to wear German or Austrian decorations." New York. Aug. 26. With every cabin oi-cupied by homing Americans and with sixty-seven weary American tourists ill the. steerage, the Italian steamer Taormlna reached port to-day from Genoa. Palermo and Naples, after an eventful voyage. Seven hun dred and sixty-eight passengers were aboard, nearly all with tales of hard ships endured In F.urojie. London. Aug. 26, 1.17 p. m.—.Midge McCants Stewart, of the Supreme Court of Liberia, called at the Amer ican Kmbassy to-day in an effort to i Interest Americans in saving Liberia | from distress through the destruction lof the republic's trade with Germany. Tourists Witnessed Collier's Destruction New Vork. Aug. 2(l.—Nearly 1500 Americans stranded in Kurope at the outbreak of the war reached New Vork to-day with varying tales of hardship on the Scandinavian Line steamer Oscar II from Copenhagen, and the Italian liner Taormlna from Genoa, Palermo and Naples. Among the Oscar's passongers was a party of three who saw from the deck of the ship a British collier i blown up by a mine in the river Elbe on August 5. All hands were lost, ac cording to the Btory told. CHICACiO BOARD 'OF TRADE Chicago. 111.. Aug. 2«.—Board of Trade closing: 1 Wheat September. I.AB Vi; Decem ber, 1.13 H ; May, 119\. Corn September, *2; December, 72 H. Oats September. 48H; December, BOH. Pork September, 21.45; January, 22 19. — September, 10.10; October, 10.25; January 10.70. Ribs September. 12.50; January, i 11.37. , WANTED TO KNOW IF HUBBY HUD HIURRIEIT Wasn't Peevish About It, She Told Sheriff Wells; Just Wanted to Know she had asked from really been handed down. She noticed by the papers, she said, that her hus band hud married again. She hoped the sheriff wouldn't consider her peevish about it. she just wanted to know. The sheriff scented a possiblo bigamy case—until he had read tha ] letter to the end. Then he quietly; smiled and looked up the divorce rec j ords and notified the writer that her ! divorce had been formally decreed. "All I'd like to know positively and officially," concluded the letter, "is whether it is true that John hits mar ried again and whether it Is true that the divorce has been granted, be cause." concludes the letter, "if suclv be the case—why, I want to get mar ried again myself!" To Open Sewer Bids.— Rids for the construction of the Cumberland street sewer and sewers in Cameron, Mnnroa and Maclay streets will be opened at 12 o'clock noon Friday, September 4, by City Commissioner W. 11. Lynch, superintendent of streets and publla improvements. Will Sell Stocks September 2.—Hun dreds of shares of various kinds of stocks will be sold at sheriff's sale for the United Water and Guarantee Com pany at its office in the Union Trust building at 10 o'clock September 2., With the stocks will be sold the oifica furnishings. Following are among tha stocks that will go under the sheriff's hammer: Twenty-two shares Avis Gas Fuel Company, 4,000 Jersey Shore (las, no Porter Gas. 1,000 Tldaghton Water Company, ir.2 Halifax Water. 2.00(1 Renwood and McMeehan Consolidated i Water, 50 shares Avis Gas. 1,000 York I Consolidated. 50 each of Jersey Shore | Gas Fuel and Porter Gas Fuel, 300 Porter Water Company, 4fi Salladas burg Water Company, 41,000 Jersey Shore Water Company, 9H Nlpperosa Water. Schedule On Itrown St. Grading.— Paul G. Smith. Karl Steward and E. E. Graeff, the board of viewers ap | pointed to fix benefits and damages i growing out of the grading of Rrown street from Seventeenth to Eighteenth streets, to-day met in the Council | chamber and submitted their schedule. The report shows that the job cost | $157. The allowance for damages will total $l9O ann the benefits accruing will net $347. To Build New Bridge.—Rids for tho I construction of a new bridge over Swatara creek between Middletown and Royalton providing the State Water Supply Commission approves the plans will be opened by the County Commissioners in the near future. Tha plans were prepared, some months ago Iby the commissioners. In the lower end of the county there has been con siderable discussion relative to tha i moving of the bridge from its present site to a point a couple of hundred I feet north. This, it is figured out, will run to something like $5,000 for tha { approach job alone. The proposals • may be opened next week. Fair Manager to Make Harrisburg His Permanent Residence A. T. Stewart, general manager of ! the Keystone State Fair and Expo sition company, which proposes io | establish a State fair and automobile i speedway on a large tract of land | between this city and Middletown, left | for Pittsburgh to-day to bring his | family to Harrisburg. Mr. Stewart has sold his property in that city ami I will reside permanently here. Before leaving he said: "The fair company is now coming along very | nicely. Stagnated business conditions | and the war have combined to make' | our project move much more slowly I than we have anticipated but we havo I got over the hardest part of our i organization work and expect to be gin grading for our auto speedway this fail and to hold the first races next year. Our board of directors is now being permanently formed and embraces the names of well-known men. It will be announced week after next." - sa LEGAL NOTICES NOTICES THE following Ordinances were read in place in the City Council at its meet ing held Tuesday Afternoon, August 18, 1914, and are published as required by Article 5, Section 3, Clause 10, of tha Act of Assembly approved June 27. • 1913: AN ORDINANCE To authorize the paving and curbing of Derry .Street, from the west side of I Twenty-third street to the Eastern I City Line, and providing for the pay , | ment of the cost thereof. ! Section 1. Be it ordained by tha Council of the City of Harrisburg, anil it is hereby ordained by authority of the same. That Derry Street, from tho west side of Twenty-third Street to tlio Eastern City Line, be and the same is hereby authorized to be paved with sheet asphalt, on a concrete base, and , curbed with granite, granolithic or steel-bound granolithic curbing, tha | cost and expense thereof to be assessed 1 according to the foot front rule, said I cost not to exceed two dollars per square yard for paving and one dollar per linear foot for curbing. Section 2. That all proceedings and work incident to the improvement here in authorized shall be taken and done, and the cost and expense thereof shall ' be paid for, and the assessment levied • on 4hc abutting properties shall ba collected as provided by Ordinance No. , Ml, Session 1914-1915. and Ordinance No. 21, Session 1914-1915. Section 3. That the sum of Five 1 Thousand ($5,000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby apnroprlated out of the fund known, as "Paving Street In tersections." Ordinance No. 111, Session, of 1914-1915, to pay the costs of paving i intersections of any highways wltffl Oerry Street, as hereinbefore pro vided. ) AN ORDINANCE I To authorize the grading of Wlconlsco I Street, from Sixth Street to Jefferson Street, and providing for the pay ment of the cost thereof. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Harrisburg, and It Is herebv ordained by authority of the same. That Wlconlsco Street, from Sixth Street to Jefferson Street, as 1 marked upon the city official plot, he and the same Is hereby authorized to he graded; the cost and expense thereof to he assessed upon the abutting prop erty owners according to benefits, as provided by law. Section 2. That all proceedings and work Incident to the Improvement here in authorized shall be taken and done, and the cost and expense thereof shall he paid for. and the assessments levied on the abutting properties shall be col lected as provided by City Council Or dinance No. 19. Session of 1914-1915. Section 3. That the assessments for the grading of said highway be and tha samp are herebv appropriated to the contractor for the pavment of the cost and expense of the said grading. CHARLES A MILLER, Clerk of the City Council. Office of the Clerk of the City Council, n Harrisburg. Pa., August 18, 19V"
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