LATEST MAP OF NEW WAR MOVEMENTS > Tf-.. - ' v\\ A \. Wv - '• X j v SS - / V ■■■■ Battli LINE <* . k Y ' JL GE R MAJ* NrtcroßtES^ 1 ° •" . This map shows battl* lines of French and German forces and scenes of recent German victories. Rploirrn fnnon AttnrhpA ' of Afric a. It is separated from Gam oeigian ■ /-i oil- Equiatorial Africa, by the French by German boldiers Congo. The area of Belgian Congo is esti »„ j J p r ,,. . mated at over 909,000 square miles. It is administered by a governor-gen- Paris. Aug. 28. 12.40 P. M.—A dis- eral and the native population is given patch to the Havas agency from at 15,000,000. The European popu- Libreville, in the French Congo, savs !u ,ion -'IVw- 1912 numbered 5,465. Of .. _, , _ .. . ' , ° these 3,30. were Belgians. the Belgian Congo has been attacked The colony possesses 18,000 native y ~? eri ß a ? tro °PS- troops. The officers for the most part The Belgian administration, in ac- are Belgians cord with Great Britain, has taken de- French Congo, or French Equatorial fensive measures and has informed Africa, is west of Belgian Congo It the French government of its action. has an area of 6.069 square miles and tv, . i .i . •«. a natlve population estimated at The Belgian Congo lies In the center 9.000.000. German Ciuiser Out of Coal in American Waters GERMAN CRUISERS OUT OF COAL IN AMERICAN WATERS THE KAISER S CRUISER BREMEN The fleet British cruiser Essex, hearing sounds of firing off Cap* Henry, iteamed up to investigate. Her commander supposed the German cruiser Bremen had met and engaged some other British vessel off the Virginia capes. The Bremen is known to be almost entirely out of coal in American waters. She is now awaiting her chance to capture some merchant vessel and take from it its coal cargo. When the Essex officers discovered that It was American warships at target practice that were making all the noise they ordered the cruiser turned about and made all speed in the opposite direction. FRIDAY EVENrNC; HABRISBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 28, 1914 TWO AND HALF STORY HOUSES ARE POPULAR Many Dwellings of This Kind Are Going Up Throughout the City <■ Two-and-one-half //■[ JfSg- story brick houses are —r~\. | Y getting to be quite wSTftt 1 Jk** " le according to Indications at the De- V>-Avf partnient of Streets • - r f-'Pt flj and Public Improve -11 ,VJ ments offices, where jr~~> ZSlj I PA j unother permit for a H-story brick and stucco operation of L£— ■ > I two dwellings was is sued to-day. Wesley Metzger is the owner. A. I"). Miller & Son will build the houses, which will be located on the west side of Fourteenth street near Sassafras street. The houses will cost $4,000. An addition of three apartments to the house of S. W. Meliling at 332 Peffer street will cost SI,OOO. Realty Transfers. —Real estate trans fers have been recorded as follows: 1816 Zarker street. D. F. Hauder to C. S. Melchon, $2,600; 31 South Six teenth street. M. M. Strohm to J. W. Brumbaugh; J. W. Brumbaugh to C. H. Flickinger; 1108 North Cameron street, F. Blecksmidt to Cora M. Zim merman; 701-3 State street, Joseph J. Winters to Commonwealth of Penn sylvania; 618 Filbert street. Max Levin to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, $2,900; Penbrook. E. H. W r alters to C. B. Hassler, $2,400; Swatara township. J. A. Dunkle's executors to W. Schlauffman, S4OO. City Clerk Miller to Head Committee on Legislative Work City Clerk Charles A. Miller, of Har risburg, will head the general commit tee on legislation that will be ap pointed by the newly organized asso ciation of city clerks of the third class cities of Pennsylvania which was formed at Meadville just prior to the adjournment of the annual Pennsylva nia third class city league convention. The association- includes Mr. Miller and Assistant City Clerk Ross A. Sea man anc\, was organized for the pur pose of advancing such, legislation which would develop and Improve that department of the affairs of cities. The legislative committee will get together in the near future to pre pare the legislation that will be sub mitted to the Legislature this winter. Commissioner of Finance and Ac counts William L Gorgas was hon ored by the Third Class City League by an appointment as Harrisburg's representative on the committee to submit legislation at the coming session of the General Assembly. This com mittee, which also includes some of the mayors and commissioners of finance of other cities, will meet at this city just before the Legislature convenes. Problems to be Threshed Out Chief among problems which will be threshed out will be the questions of a rearrangement of the taxation and assessment laws. Among the other problems that will be considered will be the possibility of levying a municipal tax on public utility cor porations. Harrisburg's entire delegation. In cluding Mayor John K. Roval and Commissioners W. L. Gorgas H F Bowman. W. H. Lynch and M. Har vey Taylor, returned from Meadville early this morning. They spoke highly of their entertainment and of the quality of Meadville folks as hosts. Police Know Nothing of Plan to Bring an Action in Shooting Case Rumors in municipal circles that an arrest is to be made in the recent shooting affray in the East End were current to-day. Walter Quigley, the man who was shot, has been removed from the hospital to his home. At the police department it was said nothing is known regarding any information that would bring about an arrest. Wireless Censorship Is Not Yet Settled By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 28.—Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, conferred with Secretary Bryan to-day on the censorship at German-owned wireless stations. Secretary Bryan said afterward that the question still was unsettled. The ambassador, touching on the question of anti-German sentiment said he felt the American people must realize that although delayed and censored messages from Berlin have brought the truth and that many re ports from London have been dis proved. Fighting on the Russian bor der, the ambassador said, had merely been clashes of outposts. The country is open and unfortified, he explained, the towns reported captured by Rus sions are undefended and unimport ant points. No Russian dispatches, the count declared, had mentioned engagements with more than one of the Prussian army corps. In defense of the action of the Zep pelin airship in dropping bombs into Antwerp. County von Bernstorff de clared that in Germany the presence of women and children in a fortress such as the city of Antwerp was not permitted. Occupation of Tilsit Confirmed in London By Associated Press London, Aug. 28.—The Russian embassy has received telegrams con firming the Russian occupation of 1 Tilsit, a town in East Prussia, 60 miles northwest of Koenigsburg. It is added that the Russians made great captures and that the garrison and populace fled. The Russians have established pos tal service in East Prussia and Rus sian stamps are used. According to the embassy's di spatches, It was the Russian cruisers Bogatyr and Pallada which destroyed the Germaji cruiser Magdeburg. The commander of the Magdeburg is said to have escaped. Wounded Soldier Carries Another on His Back By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 28, 2.20 a. m.—A di spatch from Coulommlers, France, says: . "Among the wounded who have ar rived her is a German infantryman an Alsatian by birth, who come into the French lines during the tight in Belgian Luxembery carrying on his back a wounded French sergeant, thus saving him from falling into the hands of the enemy. The Alsatian himself was wounded while rescuing the Frenchman." j FRENCH BATTERY ABOUT -™ ■ —: Reports have come from the war in Europe that the French artillery Is superior to the German and that the German Infantry has been unable to stand the Are. This photoßraph shows a French battery ready for action. EXPECT TO FISH WALL TO MACLAY ST. Work to That Point to Be Com pleted Before Cold Weather Unless Father Susquehanna should materially interfere with the present plans of the Stucker Brothers Con struction Company, the "Front Steps of Harrisburg" will be completed to Maclay street before the cold weather sets in, according to George B. Stucker, secretary of the Stucker Brothers Construction Company, to day. To-day's wet weather didn't inter fere very extensively with the work, although it did cause shutdowns tem porarily at certain points. The wall and steps have been com pleted practically to Market street trom Iron alley and on Monday Fore man Daniel Kopperhavtr will begin putting on the steps trom a point a short distance above Walnut street northward. Some of the steps have already been iinished above Walnut street. If high water doesn't Interfere work will be started on the steps con struction from Hamilton street to Ma clay by Foreman Williams, the coh struction having beeh practically fin ished from that point south to Calder. A stretch of about 3,700 feet com prises the open gap in the step con struction to Maclay street, and this it is iigured can be tinished within three or four weeks. Work Slow at Waterhouse The one section that is probably the most dilllcult portion of the jot) is around the waterhouse. So much rock is encountered there as to make the progress tedious. From Herr street southward the construction of the steps and stringers is being push ed, although the high water has in terfered to some extent with the big cofferdam at that point. The string work has been completed to a point 400 or 500 feet southward from Herr street, however. By Thursday of next week Stucker Brothers expect to begin on the ex cavation of the Second street subway, according to Secretary Stucker. The first earth will be turned at the south eastern corner of Washington. Be fore the work on the Second street subway can be started, however, Front ! street's subway must be completed for the passage of traffic, and it is expect- I ed that this will be possible by Wed nesday or Thursday. Russians Are Occupying Town Near Koenigsburg Special to The Telegraph St. Petersburg. Aug. 28. lt is of ficially announced that the Russians have occupied Tilsit, a town sixty miles northeast of Koenlgsberg, East Prus sia. Tilsit Is famous on account of the treaties concluded there In 1807 be tween Napoleon and the sovereigns of Prussia and Russia. The official communications states also: "Our offensive both In East Prussia and Galicla developed increasing suc cess on August 25. The Germans has tily retreated everywhere toward Koenigsberg and Allenstein. "In Galicia our troops are marching rapidly on Lemberg; they are approach ing the city quickly. Our cavalry has pursued the enemy everywhere on our line, our advance frequently engaging the Austrians, who each time have been beaten and routed." British Marines Landed in Antwerp, Are Now in Control of Belgian City By Associated Press London, Aug. 28, 6.06 A. M.—The British marines in force are now in control of Oostend, says a dispatch to the Times. The men present a splendid ap pearance and all are eager for a speedy meeting with the enemy. The work of disembarkation Is proceed ing with smoothness and precision. The British officers declare they did not land sooner because of objections by the local authorities who held a meeting at which officials objected to the British landing on the ground that it would frighten the hotel visi tors. The fighting at Snaeskerke on Tues day changed the minds of these ob jectors and the city fathers did forth with ask the British government to send marines. Austrians Are Building Fortifications Along Danube Near Vienna By Associated Press London, Aug. 28, 8.35 a. m.—A di spatch from St. Petersburg to the Post says a significant piece of news has reached there that the Austrians ' have begun extensive fortifications along the Danube near Vienna on the ground that it is necessary to relieve the needs of the populace by providing work. The Russian chambers will be sum moned in November to rati£v acta of high state importance. , Germans Will Have No Trouble in Getting to Paris, Paper Declares By Associated Press London, Aug. 28, 3.15 A.' M.—The j Chronicle, commenting to-day on "the war's progress" says: "Since the great disaster which be fell the Allies in Belgium a silence ! deeper than ever has been imposed by | the censorship. "From a message sent out 21 hours ago by the French embassy, showing fighting on the line between Cambrai and Lecateau, it Is apparent that the French have been driven back past • their line of frontier fortresses to a I point 20 miles behind that line. "There is no longer any serious ! fortified obstacle between the German ' main advance and Paris. Under the | circumstances It is not surprising that | French Ministry has resigned and re- I constituted Itself as n committee of public safety. | "Meanwhile as if a siege of Paris was now looming foremost in their I minds, their first step has been to ap ' point a general lnsupreme command of Paris and its troops." Germans Besiege Antwerp and Cut Communication By Associated Press London, Aug, 28.—That Antwerp is besieged by the Germans is indi cated by the following dispatch from Rosendaal, Holland: "There is no railroad communica tion between Antwerp and the Dutch frontier. There have been no arrivals I from Antwerp since Sunday. All en • trances to the town have been closed." This also is indicated in a dispatch I from Amsterdam, which says: I "A terrible battle is raging at Mech- Ilin. Dead bodies are piled to a height of six feet. The greater part of j Mechlin was. destroyed by the Bel ! gians themselves. They blew up l part of the town for the purpose of using the forts' guns effectively. The population fled to Antwerp, where a fierce onslaught is expected. "The Belgian General staff left Ant werp. The Germans are demanding a war contribution of $90,000,000 from Brabant province. Emperor Francis Joseph Congratulates Germany By Associated Press London, Aug. 28.—A German offi cial wireless dispatch was received to-Kight by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company. It reads as fol ! lows: "Emperor William has received the following telegram from the Emperor of Austria: "Victory after victory! God is with you. He will be with us also. I most sincerely congratulate you, dear friend, also the young heroes, your dear son, the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince Ruprecht, as well as the incomparably brave German army. Words fail to express what moves me, and with me my army, in these days of world history. " 'FRANCIS JOSEPH.' " Wilson to Let Railway Securities Bill Go Over Special to The Telegraph Washington, Aug. 28. Ptf"sident Wilson has virtually yielded to the judgment of the Democratic leaders in Congress and agreed to sidetrack the railroad securities bill. Democratic Senators and Represen tatives advised the President that it j would be wiser to take more time and Investigate the railway situation be fore legislating on stocks and bonds. The President gave as a reason for his action the unsettled condition of the railroad business at this time. Announcement was made to-day that the Administration has decided upon the early enactment of a war revenue bill. This decision has grown I out of a number of conferences be-j tween the President and the leaders of the House and Senate. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has informed the President that the Treasury will need approximately $100,000,000 additional revenue to meet the falling off in enstoms and other revenues brought on by the Eu ropean war. Senator Simmons and Majority Leader Underwood of the House have reached an agreement upon the gen eral character of the mt-nsure to he put forward. It will lev/ a special tax on a number of articles, probably beer, tobacco and other luxures. The bill, it Is expected by the Pres ident, w ; ill he introduced in both houses of Congress some time next week. All the force of the Adminis tration will be exerted to bring about Its early enactment. South America Sends Big Rail Order to U. S. Pittsburgh, AUK. 28.—The growing demand from South America for American steel, due to the European war, was made evident this week, when an order for steel rails reached the mills here. It calls for 100 miles of eighty-pound standard section rails. The order is one of the most Import ant that has reached the Pittsburgh mills since the trend of business to this country from South "America be gan. Gives Birth to Four Boys; Each Lad Will Be Given War Name Sfecial to The Telegraph Pittsburgh, Aug. 28.—Mrs. John | Korak, of Braddock, last night and to day gave birth to four boys. Mrs. i Korak and her Rusband are intensely | interested in the war and both said ■ to-day that they will name their chil- I uren after the lirst great battles won I by their countrymen. When the possibility of the young sters being compelled to go nameless because of the absence of Austrian victories was suggested, the happy father answered: "They can wait, but it will not be for long." Three of the children were born last night and tho fourth this afternoon. Progressives Scorn Sulzer in Convention Special to The Telegraph Utica, N. Y„ Aug. 28. —The Pro gressives repudiated Sulzer, cast off 1 Hlnman, resurrected the Armageddon spirit of two years ago and in the face of wild cries from a handful of Sulzer boomers that the primary law was being knifed and the party's gos pel profaned, nominated an all Pro gressive ticket by "suggesting" candi dates. Colonel Roosevelt before the slate was officially adopted by the Stute committee in the Hotel Utica confer ence told State Chairman Robinson over the telephone that he would stump the State for it in October ajid early November except for a few days. An attempt by William Halpln to Stampede the conference into naming Roosevelt for Governor failed utterly. For the Colonel set word that if they picked him he would have to write a letter of declination. Frederick M. Davenport, of Oneida, was slated for Governor. Scorn for Governor Sulzer leaped from William H. Childs when he pre sented his committee's report. "Even Governor Sulzer has recognized the spread of prohibition," he said. "He has refused to take a drink. I wish he would also join the Anti-Tobacco Association and refuse to take a chew." The crowd laughed. Referring to Colonel Roosevelt as that "great and good man from whom all blessings flow," Mr. Colby said of' Senator Root that "he reminded him [ of the English chancellor of whom it ] was said 'his mission was to nip in the bud the spread of human improve ment' He has a spontaneous aver sion to all reformers." War May Cause Rate Case to Be Reopened Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C., Aug. 28.—Ex traordinary conditions in this country brought about by the war in Europe are likely to cause a reopening of the advanced rate case decided about a month ago by the Interstate Com merce Commission. Information has reached the commission that the gross revenues of the Eastern trunk lines have suffered a big slump since the war and that they are now really facing a serious condition. The in formation here also is to the effect that the carriers are preparing to take the matter up with the commis sion with a view of obtaining relief. ODD FELLOWS READY The seven-county Odd Fellows' As sociation has completed plans for a mammoth outing at Hershey Park to morrow. Several thousand are ex pected to attend from all over Cen tral Pennsylvania. WHAT NEXT? Among the wonders of the scientific world are the triumphs of modern orthopedic surgery. A case which looks little short of the miraculous is reported from the Emergency Hos pital, Washington. William Averhill, a 5-year-old boy from near Oxford, N. C„ was taken to the hospital with clubfeet. His feet were turned aside and under, and his gait was slow and laborious, really more a shuffle than a step. He was put on the table and the surgeon went to work on one foot, then on the other, cutting ligaments, separating tendons and readjusting the child's feet. Then the members were adjusted, given the necessary anti septic treatment and skilfully wrapped In plaster of parls casts extending to the knees. About three weeks ago, a 1 little less than five weeks after the operation, the plaster cases were re moved and something akin to a mir acle had been wrought. Two little feet, once considered hopelessly de formed. had been transformed Into normal organs, in which practically no trace of their former deformity was left except the scars made by the surgeon's knife. It is under the intel lectual enlightenment and golden civ ilization of the Christ, who came into our world to do what he did imme diately by divine power, that the blind are made to see and the lame to walk. I Jesus sent this word by John's dis ciples: "The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear" (Matt., 11:6). —The Christian Herald. "ONLY A STAB" ThouKh Ty Cobb has been the sub ject of thousands of stories, compara tively little of his actual personality ever has been conveyed to the public. This Is because he Is averse to per sonal mention a statement that Venus De Milo Locked Up For Safe Keeping BHU v : n Mb ' «K Hf , > ra^* 1c51.4«. ~< ■w * Iffl'lM 1 "' 'l^B «lj Bss m * JPmTr 4Sb This photograph shows the world'a I most famous statue, the Venus de j Milo, which the authorities at th» Louvre, Paris, have removed to the vaults. The roofs of the picture gal leries have been covered over with bags of sand and other protection against aeroplane bomb attacks. Other art treasures, gems and state Jewels Bhare with the Milo Venus the ex perience of being locked In the Louvre vaults. doubtless will excite astonishment and incredulity, and perhaps derision, among those who have deemed him a "swelled head." But It is an actuality. Perhaps no better proof of it can ba offered than the course he took when he was stabbed by a highwayman in Detroit one night in 1912, when he was on his wap to catch tha Tiger car for the East. He proceeded to the depot and went to his berth without saying a word about the affair to any one except the Tiger trainer, Harry Tuthlll. He men tioned it to the trainer because he thought the wound might need attan tion. And verily, it did! Tuthill discov ered a wound in Cobb's back mora than two inches deep by about three inches long! Trainer Harry applied antiseptic solutions, and when they reached Syracuse a prominent surgeon was called, who. regarded the wound as so serious that it must not be sewed up at once, owing to danger of infec tion. So, with a yard and a half of gauze, he bandaged It, and left It open to drain. ♦That same day, Instead of being In a hospital, Cobb played a full gama with the Tigers against the Syracuse team. As an exhibition of grit, it was without a parallel. He supplemented it the following day by playing in a championship game against the Yan kees In New York with hi# wonted energy and dash. Almost any other player similarly wounded would have been out of the game for two weeks. By continuing with his team, not missing a single game on the Eastern trip, he convinced the public that the stab had been merely a scratch, not worth bothering about.—The Popular Magazine. » Do You Know About the Extra Cheap Tickets to the Pacific Coast For a little while you will be able to go to California at a greatly re duced fare. You do not have to sacrifice any comforts to take advantage of this fare. Tickets are good In tourist sleeping cars on fast express trains. And the trip may be made through the scenic portions In daylight. These tickets are also good on our "per-- sonally conducted" excursion parties. These parties are In charge of an ex perienced conductor who will see that your trip Is made In comfort from start to finish. Let me tell you all about the ex cursion parties and about thess re duced fares. 1 am employed by th# Railroad to see that all traveler* are well taken care of and 1 want to be of as much service as possible. I'll he glad to 'tend to details, send you maps and pictures of the country, etc. Mail me a post card to-dsy or call at the office. 13
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