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HARRISBURG rfSSili TELEGRAPH
I.XXXIII— No. 204
FATHER in HID
TO LIVE Oil HERD
ID WATER 2 WEEKS
St. Francis Rector Tells Story
of Grief and Desolation
Throughout Europe
FAMINE'S HAND IS HEAVY
Halted by French Dozens of
Times; Arrested Once as Spy;
Everybody Wears Uniform
. tTnder scores of electric lights strung
In a bis X across the lawn of St. Fran
cis' Church Inst night stood the Rev.
Daniel J. Carey, and while his pa
rishioners congratulated Father Carey
with phrases such as "How natural
you look." it might have been used
in a different sense. In fact. Father
Carey had some pretty thrilling ex
periences across the water, one of
which included living a couple of
weeks on nothing much but bread and
water.
The rector got back to America on
the Chicago last Monday and went to
Bridgeport, Conn., his birthplace. Mr.
find Mrs. Bernard F. Schmidt and two
sons were the hosts of Father Carey
on the trip. At the reception last
night Mr. Schmidt was given a min
iature wooden battleship. Parishion
ers of Father Carey presented him
with a purse. "I don't know how
much is in it." said the returned priest
jocularly, "but by its weight I'd like to
have Ivid about half of what it con
tains when 1 was in France."
The Schmidts were compelled to
leave their cor in the charge of the
American Express Company at Paris.
They could get no insurance and have
little hones of seeing it again.
Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Schmidt and their two sons. Joseph A.
and Albert F., members of his parish.
Father Carey sailed from New York
on the North German Lloyd liner Bar
barossa July 2. landing at Bremen. At
that time no signs of war clouds had
appeared to darken the horizon.
From Bremen the travelers started
on an automobile tour of Northern
Germany. Belgium, Holland and
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ENGAGKMI.NT A\NOITJfCED
Marietta, Pa., Aug. 28. —Engagement
of Miss Lucy Thompson, daughter of
Mr. and Sirs. Frank Thompson, of this
place, has been announced to Harry E.
Zuch, of Detroit, Mich. The wedding
will occur next month.
THE WEATHER
Fer HarrlohurK nnil vicinity: lln'n
'to-night mid Saturdays not much
chnnge In temperature.
For Enntern IVnn*rl-» nnln : nnin to
nlelit nnil Satnrrinyi mmlrrnlr
nhlftlng Hlnrls, moHtly noiitlierly.
River
The mnln river will continue to fnll
(■lowly to-night. It will prohnhly
remain stationary or rlne *ome
whirf on n result of the KCnernl
rain Inrllented for the Sunqiir
hiinuii Valley In the ne*t tlllrty
"l* hour*. A xtnge of nlimit 1.0
feet in Indicated for HarrtMliuric
Saturday morning.
General Condition!)
A general deerenae In preMMure ban
occurred oyer practically all the
country wince Inn) report.
Temperature chanucN have been Ir
reuular over nearly all the conn
try, hut not very decided over the
rnatern pnrt.
Temperntnrei S a. in.: 70.
Suns Risen. Bt2B a. m.s aetn, 6s4S
p. m.
Moon: Full moon, September 4
0:01 a. m.
River Stage: Two feet nbovc low
water mark.
Yeaterdoy'a Weather
Highest tempernture, 7R.
IjOwewt tempernture, 03.
Mean temperature, *lO.
Xnrmnl temperature, 70.
MARRIAGE LICENCES
E - and Eleanor Schaek.
Yl llliamsport.
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VOTERS
Every voter should bear these
days in mind. If he wants to vote
in November.
LAST DAYS
To be assessed, September 2.
To pay taxes. October 3.
REGISTRATION DAYS
September 3 and 15, October 3.
Late News Bulletins
FOUR KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Eunice, La., Auc. 28.—Four persons were killed and three others
probably fatally Injured near Savole. La.. to-(lay, when gasoline In n
lank car exploded. The explosion occurred several hours after the tank
car had been derailed in a wreck.
EMPEROR ORDERS RELIEF
London, Aug. 28, 3.80 P. M.—The Rome correspondent of the Ex
change Telegraph Company says: V dispatch rrom Berlin states that
Emperor William has telegraphed his council of ministers charging the
council with the Immediate organization of all possihio relief for the
oopiilatlon of his beloved province of Prussia."
HAZLETON TROLLEYMEN STABBED
Ifazleton, Pa., Aug. 28.—John Harmon and William Burns, former
striking trollcymen, who voluntarily withdrew from consideration In set
tlement of the long suspension that ended on Saturday were stabbed
this morning, it is charged, by Willlain Bannan. one of the hands who
took the place of a striker. Bannan says he used a knife in self
defense.
Reading, Pa., Aug. 28.—Because of better demand for freight cars
and Improved business, the Reading railway to-day ordered Its car shops
in this city and several other places along Its system, on 55 hours a
week instead of 40. Nearly 2,00(1 employes are affected.
New York, Aug. 28.—Charles Rudolph, or Ruoff, recently of Phila
delphia, shot and killed his one-time sweetheart, Emma Russell, a
nurse. In her apartment In the Bronx to-day, and then shot himself.
He died on the threshold of the hospital.
Washington, Aug. 28.—Representative Cary, of Wisconsin, intro
duced a resolution to-day directing the attorney general to take steps to
protect consumers against manipulators of foodstuffs and requesting
the President to embargo wheat and flour shipments from this coun
try, if In his discretion operations of speculators cunnot he checked
otherwise.
Windsor, Vt., Aug. 28.—President Wilson arrived here shortly after
1 o'clock this afternoon for his llrst vacation trip of the summer. A
light rain was falling and the trip to Harlakendcn House, the summer
White House at Cornisli, N. H., was made In a closed automobile.
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FRENCH ID ENGLISH
WIS HIDED
BY GEBMI TROOPS
Wireless to German Embassy in
Washington Tells Result of
Latest Fighting
GRAVE CRISIS IN FRANCE
German Forces Are in Contact
From Cambrai Through v
Upper Alsace
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 28.—The French
and English north armies on the Sam
bre and Meuse rivers have been sur
rounded by German troops on all sides
as a result of the latest fighting, says
a wireless from Berlin today to the
German embassy. The message adds
"that the French east army has been
partly driven to the south. This has
prevented communication between the
French east and north armies, while
all the German armies are in contact
from Cambrai through Upper Alsace.
The German cavalry has advanced to
Ostenil."
"The appearance of a Zeppelin at
Antwerp," the message continues, "has
caused a panic in London.
"Reports to Berlin from Copenha
gen and Stockholm announce there is
a grave crisis in the French govern
ment. The Spanish ambassador at
Vienna has called the situation in
France very serious.
"The Danish colony In Berlin has
warned foreigners to beware of ficti
tious news.
"A meeting to-day of all foreign
colonies in Berlin was held at which
a resolution was passed thanking the
German government for the kind
treatment of foreigners and to ex
press admiration for the wonderful
spirit and enthusiasm shown by the
German people.
Civilians of the Belgian town of
Louvain made a perfidious attack on
German troops while fighting. Lou
vain was punished by the destruction
of the city."
POSTMASTERS APPOINTED
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 28. Presi
dent Wilson yesterday sent to the Sen
ate the following nominations to be
postmasters:
Pennsylvania Milton J. Porter, at
Wayne; Jacob L Hershey, at Young
wood.
PALMER IS NAMED
Washington, D. C., Aug. 28. Secre
tary of State Bryan yesterday notified
the American Ambasador in London
that the Press Associations of America
i had all agreed upon the selection of
Frederick Palmer as representative
with the British army in the field. Am
bassador Page was Instructed to notify
the British Foreign Office to this effect.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28,1914.
PUDEIC LEDGER
BUCKS BMBHU6H
IS BEST CANDIDITE
No Advocates of Local Option
Need Fear if He Is Elected
to Governor's Chair
MAN OF PROVEN ABILITY
Leader of the Independent Press
Reiterates Its Preference
For the Educator
The Philadelphia Public Ledger,
leader of the independent newspapers
of the State, which declared for Dr.
Martin G. Brumbaugh as the best
fitted man for Governor of the list
nominated at the May primary, has
followed up the educator's opening of
his campaign by a still stronger appeal
for his election. The attitude of the
Ledger, which is that of many thou
sands of independent voters of Penn
sylvania, Is significant and foreshadows
what Is going to happen in November.
To-day, under the caption of "Dr.
Brumbaugh His Own Platform," 1 the
Ledger says editorially:
"In a keynote speech shot through
and through with the offering of serv
ice, Martin G. Brumbaugh, at Pitts
burgh, gave expression to tne purpose
which dominates him in his campaign
for the governorship:
" 'I bring no gifts of political experi
ence or financial, support to this cam
paign. I do, however, bring to it my
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Four "Fair Fakirs" Are
Arrested at Middletown
Four "fair fakirs" were arrested
this afternoon on the Middletown fair
grounds by State Policeman Rhoads.
and after a hearing before Squire
Rodfong, of the borough, they were
directed to "get out of town" after
paying the costs of prosecution. The
fakirs promised to go and paid the
costs. The men arrested were Charles
Phelts, J. M." Fredericks, Jeremiah
Pherman and a fourth who refused
to give his name. The first two were
taking subscriptions to foreign maga
zines without authority and the lat
ter two were working a fake card
game on the crowd.
Mayor and Local Guards
Have Returned to Lille
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 28, 4.03 A. M.—The
correspondent of the Daily News tele
graphing frorrt Turcoing says:
"I visited Lille Wednesday. I ex
pected to find it occupied by Germans
as It was made an open town and
abandoned by the mayor and the local
guards two days ago. Not so, how
ever. I found the mayor and the local
guards had returned, that the trains
and business had been resumed and
that the authorities were awaiting the
'arrival of the allied troops whom they
I expected shortly.
j "T"ie meaning of this Is difficult to
| say from here unless it indicates that
ithe allied armies have again moved,
i forward victoriously. But this belief
[is difficult in view of the reports of
hard fighting at Pont-a-Maroq, Mar
chiennes and Cysolng, which would
seem to indicate that the Germans
have advanced.
"Turcoing is quiet and peaceful, al
though Sunday was very near the cen
ter of a storm. The same may be said
of the other peaceful places through
which I passed to-day, such as Cour
trai and Roebal.
Just a Little Occurrence
"It Is hard to realize how rapidly
the situation changes, how quickly this
vast business moves and how swiftly
the tide of war ebbs and flows.
"Here on the French frontier, the
landlady of a little French Inn told me
| placidly as she served lunch, 'they
killed four Germans just over there
Sunday' and she jerked her thumb in
the direction and passed over the inci
dent as if it was an everyday occur
rence. She was not much impressed
I with the fighting which had been go
|lng on all about her, hut was eager
to know how the Russians were get
ting on in their march toward Berlin,
i "Everybody In this country is be
coming accustomed to the sight of
iwandering bands of Uhlans, some of
whom are very polite arid kind and
others rude and rough. These Uhlans
are a puzzle even to themselves. Fre
quent.lv they do not know where they
are, but they pusli on with apparent
aimlessr.esa."
If You're Really in Earnest
17 Isn't a Bar to Matrimony
Though Your Occupation Is, —"Nothing" That Should
Worry You Not at All
Just because one is seventeen and
unable to do things one wants to
unless one gets papa's consent isn't a
real bar fro one's matrimonial In
clinations if one is really in earnest.
That's the philosophy, anyway, of
John E. Bell, of Willlamsport, who
took out a license to wed pretty
Eleanor C. Schmauk, of the same
place, to-day. John is 17.
Some days ago John and his bride
to-be appeared at the license bureau
and wanted a license. It was pointed
out that parental consent was neces
sary in his case. He produced a letter
"SIXTEENERS" EL
CONVENTION HERE BY
TBIP TO GETTYSBURG
McAlisterville Group Holds Re
union; Two Hundred At
tend Big Banquet
Seventy of the more than 200 Six
teeners who yesterday convened here,
this morning went to Gettysburg. The
crowd would have been larger, but the
threats of rain kept many away. Most
of those who did not take the trip to
Gettysburg returned to their homes.
A banquet was served in Chestnut
street auditorium last night. Toasts
I were responded to by the Rev. B. H.
■ Hart, pastor of the Fifth Street Meth
odist Church, who spoke on "The War
Governor. Andrew G. Curtin"; by John
W. Kephart, Judge of the Superior
Court of Pennsylvania, whose theme
was "The Days of Auld Lang Syne,"
and by Thomas L. Ford, Judge of the
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Qualifying Play in ,
Golf Match to Begin
at. the Colonial Ciub
Qualifying play in an eighteen-hole
golf tournament to be conducted by
the Colonial Country Club will begin
at once and continue until Septem
ber 7, when it is planned to start, the
match play, which will be conducted
with respect to the showing in the
qualifying rounds.
All matches in sixteens will be
played between September 8 and 15,
inclusive; all matches 1n eights will be
played between September lfi and
September 22, inclusive, while the
semifinals will be carried out between
September 23 and September 29.
Finals will be played between the la.st
day of September and October fi.
Finals will be a 36-hole. Cups will
be awarded to winners in the different
eights.
A scheduling of ensuing matches
will appear dally In the Telegraph at
the end of each match. A ladles'
tournament under similar rules will be
conducted at the same time.
DIVISION OF 15TH BLAMED
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 28. 6.10 a. m.—Writ
ing to the Paris Matin on August 24,
Senator Gervals, representing the
Seine district, attributes the French
disaster in Lorraine to the cowardice
of a division of Fifteenth Army Corps.
They fled before the enemy, he writes,
and compelled a rotrrcat all along
the line.
signed by his father, but the law re
quires the filing of an affidavit relative
to age and the parental consent. A
rather disappointed pair left the mar
riage bureau that day.
To-day the same couple appeared
again—all smiles. And John E. pre
sented papa's consent—formally at
tested before a Williamsport notary.
And the license was issued.
The question of supporting a family
didn't bother John any, either. He
admitted that he can do this satis
factorily in answering a question to
that effect and his occupation is given
aa—"Nothing."
KIISEO MS I MORE
TRIED HPS TO
OPPOSE can's ■
Russians Continue Their Advance
Despite Barriers Placed in
Eastern Germany
By Associated Press
Lndon. Aug. 28, 5.25 a. m.—The St.
Petersburg correspondent of the Post,
in describing the operations in East
t Prussia, tells of the difficulties which
I nature has placed In the way of the
j Russian advance and says the Ger
. mans had enormously multiplied these
| difficulties by a modern adaptation of
luge-old methods. Lakelets and
j marshes were sown with riflet-pits
and wherever practicable redoubts of
I felled timber were placed. Every
where there were formidable entan
] elements.
i "We have ::o exact information,"
;the correspondent continues, "of how
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Red Cross G' stponed
Until Tonu Afternoon
Rain prevented t!i> .<_d Cross bene
fit game at Island Park to-day. The
program was called oft at 1 o'clock.
The Red Cross committee arranged to
have the field sports to-morrow. There
will be tvo games between Harris
burg and Wilmington.
The field sports will start prompt
ly at 1.15 p. in. The first game will be
called off at 2 o'clock, and the second
game at 4 o'clock. One admission will
be charged. Red Cross tickets will be
good for admission.
POSTPONE PLAYGROUND MEET
Playground athletes were ready for
the annual track meet on Island track
to-day, but it was postponed because
of rain. If the weather permits the
meet will be held to-morrow after
noon, starting at 2 o'clock. If it rains
to-morrow, the meet will be held Mon
day afternoon.
DOGS KILL SHEEP
Special to The Telegraph
Dillsburg, Pa., Aug. 28.—Stray dogs
killed six valuable sheep for G. A.
Bushey, a farmer of Carrol township,
while the animals were left in the field
on Monday night. A claim for dam
ages has been made on the county for
the loss of the sheep.
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Allies Routed in
Nine Day's Fight;
Russians Push On
British Destroyer Reported to Have Sunk Austrian De- \
stroyer Off Corfu; British Marines Occupy Ostend;
German Forces Break Through Lines of Allies and
Continue to Push on to Paris; Russians Are Ready to
Send Additional Forces Into Germany Which May
March Straight Into Berlin
Paris, Aug. 28, 7.25 A. M.—Colonel Osnobichin,
Russian military attache here is quoted by the Jour
nal as having remarked in an interview that he could
say without indiscretion that other armies are about
to invade western Prussia. After crossing the Vis
tula, he said, the Russians would march straight to
Berlin.
London, Aug. 28, 4.15 P. M.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from Rome says that
a dispatch received here from Vienna states that Aus
tria has declared war on B eleium. The American
ambassador in Beleium has been asked to take charge
of Austrian interests there.
A serious reverse to British arms on the French frontier is of
ficially announced in Berlin.
After nine days' fighting the Germans claim to have put the
western line of the allies to flight. The English it is asserted were
defeated at Maubeuge, France, and the Franco Belgian forces driven
back toward Maubeuge.
Belgian attacks from Nancy and Antwerp were repulsed, it is
declared.
Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of the
British expeditionary force, reports that his troops were attacked
bv five German army corps and cavalry Wednesday in the neigh
borhood of Cambrai and Leicateau; and that their casualties were
heavy. He does not state the outcome of the battle. Cambrai and
Lecateau are French towns about ten miles southwest of Maubeuge
and he description of the scene of the fighting reported by Field
Marshal French and announced in the House of Commons by Pr&-
mier Asquith to-day fits in with the battle line indicated at Berlin.
An English correspondent at Lille, France, says that the ad
vance guard of the Germans is now at Pont-a-Marcq and Mar
chiennes, French towns just south of Lille in the Department Du
Nord.
A newspaper dispatch from Boulogne reports that the Ger
mans broke through the French lines near Arras in the province of
Pas De Calais but that the French have the situation well in hand.
British marines are in force at Ostend. A press dispatch from
that town says that the Germans are with twenty miles of the
place.
King Charles of Rumania is reported seriously ill.
A British destroyer has sunk an Austrian destroyer off Corfu,
according to a news dispatch from Brindisi, Italy.
German troops are reported as taking the offensive in Bel
gian Congo.
The Russian military attache at Paris is credited with the state
ment that additional Russian armies are about to invade Western
Prussia with the intention of marching on Berlin.
Henry S. Breckenridge American assistant secretary of war,
is in Vienna looking after some 400 Americans there. He expects
to conclude his work at the Austrian capital to-day to Switzerland.
LONDON IN
ATTACK BY AIRSHIP,
SEEKS PRO
By Associated Press
London. Aug. 28, 2.1S A. M.—Tliti attack on Antwerp by a Zeppelin
dirigible balloon has aroused some an xiety regarding tlie possibility of a
similar attack on London. The Dally Telegraph discusses at length the ad
visibility of providing a suitable protection for London against such a raid.
"There exists the distinct possibility," says the paper, "that further
raids of a similar nature and on a more extensive scale may be carried out
by the Germans, especially as the present meteorological conditions all
favor such attempts. 'There is no reason to suppose that the International
code regarding an attack on an unfortilled city would be respected by the
Germans.
"Under favorable conditions a dirigible front Antwerp could reach
I/ondon in about live hours. However, the chances of detection, even by
nlglit are overwhelming, and a Zep|>elin In order to fulfill Its mission would
have to fly at a height of about 1,000 feet at which altitude It would be
well within range of ordinary artillery lire."
OFFICER IN
ARMY SHOOTS THREE
RED CROSS NURSES
Washington, Aug. 28.—France lias suhmltted to the United States and
other neutral governments a sworn statement that after an engagement at
Monoel a German ofllcer fired on three Red Cross nurses, killing two and
wounding the third.
Marcelle Jouy, a nurse who was wounded, swore that after the battle
of August 15 she was attending the wounded with two other nurses when a
German oflicer opened lire on them from a distance of less than thirty
feet. A bullet shattered her arin she stated and she fainted. On recover
ing consciousness, she found that he r two companions were dead beside
hei with bullets In their bodies. All three nurses, her statement says,
plainly wore the Inslsnla of the Rod Cross.
The French government, protesting that the act is In violation of the
Gcneye, convention of 1906, says It cxemplllles the savage character of the
war. i