8
Austrians Win in
Poland; Russians in
Prussia; War Grows
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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
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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
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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."
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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"