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BRITISH WOUNDED
ANXIOUS TO GET ID
THE FRONT AGAIN
Despite Their Injuries, They Are
Cheerful and Want to Shoul
der Their Guns
By Associated Press
London. Aug. IS, 3.40 a. m.—The
Rouen correspondent of the Patly
Mail describes the arrival of British
wounded there and Elves their stories
of the fight. He says the appearance
of the wounded was terrible but not
harrowing. They were, despite their
wounds, not miserable but instead
appeared cheerful.
"They had all come from the fight
in the neighborhod of Mons, where
two French army corps had success
fully held off the enemy or. Sunday
and Monday. The British, the cor
respondent says, had taken the field
immediately on their arrival after
several days march. They arrived
just in time to stem the German on
rush.
"Although sorely in need of rest
they behaved liked fresh troops and
held their ground with splendid cour
age, earning general Joffre's warm
praise.
"Not many of the British have bad
■wounds. Many have only broken
down from the hard marching and
■will be well again in a few days.
Most of theose who were able talked
•with picturesque profanity about their
bad luck. One described how his re
giment. ordered out of Mons on Sun
day morning, came under fire im
mediately. They had no trenches or
cover of any kind and were obliged
to lay down all day and pop up their
heads occassionally to fire. When
night fell they did their best to make
trenches.
"Another British regiment was
luckier. They were entrenched and
although the Germans bombarded
them for nearly 24 hours they had
very few casualties.
Wanted Morp Fighting
"Some curious rumors are current
In the British lines, the Mail's cor
respondent continues. One of the
soldiers told him the Russians had
reached Berlin and were driving the
Germans onto the British lines, "so
that we can crumple them up."
Some of the British soldiers are highly
irritated because they did not see
enough fighting. One said:
"I hardly saw a German. I came
on one German- Infantryman while
marching through a village and_ he
began talking to me, saying 'Yah,
Yah' or something like that. What
did X do? I ran my baynet through
him and would do so again."
There is much difference of opinion
among the Britishers as to »he ac
curacy of the German gunnery. One
of the soldiers said regarding this:
"They had a bunch of their big
guns trained on the gas works at Mons
but they shot badly. If they had shot
straight I would not he hero for we
were posted right under the big tank.
Shell after shell whizzed over head.
Every time they missed we cheered
but each time we waited for the next
shot pretty, anxiously."
Bayonet Charges
A fussilier told the Mail's corres
pondent of street fighting in a col
liery town. He said:
"It was mostly desultory fighting
hut there, were stirring bayonet charges
bv the British. The Germans don't
like that sort of thing. They quit the
neighborhood as soon as It starts.
"One time we ran up within see
ing distance of a huge mass of the
enemy in close formation. Our
machine guns did them up properly.
When we catch them like that they
don't ask for two helpings."
One of the hussars spoke en
thusiastically of the work of the
British artillery.
"There was one battery, or rather
half a battery, in rather an exposed
position" he said " which was doing
a lot of damage to the Germans, so
they trained several of their batteries
on it in an endeavor to silence it.
It was a fight between one David and
half a dozen Goliaths. One by one the
guns were silenced until only a single
gun and a single gunner remained.
He went on doing the best he could,
firing steadily and calmly and would
have gone on until he dropped except
that an officer called him back and
you can bet he went back unwillingly."
Chief Characteristic of
German Shell Is Noise,
Says Wounded Soldier
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 28, 2.23 A. M.—A
(Reuter dispatch from Paris says a
French Zouave officer who has re
turned wounded from the front, de
scribes some of his impressions:
"My regiment," he said, "took part
in the fighting around Charleroi where
the imperial guard suffered very se
verely. I was surprised at the lack
of effectiveness of the German artil
lery. Their shells when they burst
jtroduced a series of terrific explosions
but did comparatively little damage.
Tho soldiers, quickly perceiving that
the chief characteristic of the shells
was noise, soon got accustomed »o
them. One man who was struck in
the back by a splinter from a shell was
merely bruised.
"On the other hand the French ar
tillery fire had a deadly effect and its
accuracy was little short of marvel
lous. For instance I saw a German
battery appearing in the distance but
even before it could unlimber it was
destroyed by the French fire.
"The ravages caused by the French
artillery were enormous. Whole ranks
of infantrymen were mowed down by
shrapnel. Some of those shot dead
remained standing owing to the num
ber of bodies that had accumulated
around them."
Active Defense Line
Has Been Abandoned
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 28, 4.55 A. M.—The
Times military correspondent, in dis
cussing the situation on the French
frontier, says:
"The newa that the allies have re
tired to the line from Lecatau to Cam
bral shews that acttve defense of the
line from Lille to Maubeuge has been
abandoned and these two fortresses
have been left temporarily to look
after themselves.
"Tho necessity for holding the In
terval between Cambrai and the
Sambra near Lecatau is probably due
to the noed for holding Mezieres.
Once this point goes or the Meuse be- 1
tween Meziores and Verduen Is pene
trated by the Invaders the whole sys
tem of frontier defense of Eastern
[Franco breaks down, and if the field
pu-raies are inforior to the enemy
nothing remains but retreat to the
Falases of Champagne.
"Xt this linn is skilfully defended It
onouM be most difficult to penetrate
•Lafertw Laon and Kheims, which are
(provided with pern>an«nt fortifications.
Gat t "that point yet." >
FRIDAY EVENING, SXRRISBVRG TELEGRAFB AUGUST 28, 1914
"AND THE GOBUNS'LL GIT YE, IF YE DON'T WATCH OVT"
Soldiers Hidden in Old
Factory Turn Victory
to Defeat For French
By Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 28, 6.35 A. M. The
Matin's correspondent at Chartres,
France, a colonial Infantryman,
wounded at Charleroi, related his ex
periences in the battle.
"We marched with our African com
rades against the Prussian guard," he
said. "We advanced in bounds amidst
bullets humming, using every bit of
cover we could. We felt intoxicated
with the Joy of battle.
"I couldn't say how long the action
lasted. All I remember is that we
fired our last shot within fifty yards of
the enemy. Then it was the pitiless
thrust of cold steel. It would have
given us the victory.
"My regiment's effort, alas, was
broken by quick-firers skilfully hidden
in the ruins of an old factory. We
were obliged to fall back and we suf
fered heavily, but we have the con
solation of saying that we made enor
mous gaps in the kaiser's crack regi-.
ments."
"Belgium Is Ready
to Fight to the Last
Drop of Her Blood"
Special to The Telegraph
London, Aug. 28. E. de Cartier.
Belgian Minister at Pekin. formerly at
tached to the Be.lgian legation in Wash
ington. where he married Miss Colburn,
niece of General Draper, formerly Am
bassador to Rome, and of Governor
Draper, of Boston, arrived to-day from
Antwerp bearing official dispatches, in
cluding the Belgian Government's com
munique charging German atrocities
which have been presented to this and
to other Governments. De Cartier will
be stationed in London temporarily,
then returns to Antwerp.
Discussing German atrocieties, ha
said:
"Belgium is in this war through none
of her own seeking, but is prepared to
fight to the last drop of her blood. She
knows full well the responsibilities,
horrors and miseries attached to par
ticipating in the war. yet she is willing
to engage in the fight for her existence
and stands ready to accept all legiti
mate consequences.
"Our troops onter battle asking no
quarter, hut are prepared to give quar
ter to wounded enemies. What we do
demand, however, is immunity for our
wives, daughters and our noncombat
ants.
"The charge which my Government
has made of German atrocities are not
made in any spirit of damning the en
emy who overruns Belgium, but they
constitute facts gathered as judicially
as circumstances permit and which are
vouched for by high officials of the
Belgium Government, who know the
difference between legitimate and ille
gitimate warfare.
"We are in the midst of a war which
is more terrible for Belgium than for
any other country, and for the legiti
mate consequences of such war we have
no regrets nor complaints to offer.
"It Is probably useless to hope for
anything else but that the world, par
ticularly America, should know what
has happened across the channel. There
is no power to stop these crimes or to
administer punishment for them, except
that of the allies, who surely will ob
tain full satisfaction In the end. In the
meantime, it remains for us only to
fight, accepting the consequences with
fortitude.
Grey Tells of Berlin's
Plan to Remain Neutral
By Associated Press
London. Aug. 28, 1 P. M.—Answer
ing a question in the House of Com
mons to-day Sir Edward Grey, the
British Foreign Secretary, declared
he had Been an Incomplete publication
by the German government purport
ing to contain proposals alleged to
have been made with the Idea of se
curing • French and British neutrality
during the war.
The circumstances, Sir Edward
said, were as follows:
"It was reported to him one day
that the German ambassador in Lon
don had suggested that Germany
might remain neutral in a war be
tween Russia and Austria-Hungary If
Great Britain would remain neutral
and secure the neutrality of France.
The foreign secretary replied that this
seemed possible. It transpired, how
ever, that the German ambassador's
proposal was that Great Britain
should remain neutral and secure the
neutrality of France if Germany went
to war with Russia. This was quite
a different proposition, the foreign
secretary continued, and In view of
France's alliance with Russia, one
which could not be entertained. As
jsoon as the misunderstanding was
cleared up the German ambassador
sent an explanatory message to Ber
lin saying the German telegram had
inot been published, although one
i based on the initial mlsuoderstandlng
[had been given out.
GERMHVS HDPE SOON I
10 CLEAR THEIR SOIL
OF ROSSI FORCES
Berlin Populace Believes Work in
West Will Be Speedily
Finished
Berlin. Aug. 28, by Wireless to the
Associated Press via Sayville, L. X.,
Aug. 28, 7.46 A. M.—Headquarters has
issued an official report declaring that
the western enemy has everywhere •
been defeated and is in full retreat
after nine days' fighting.
General von Kluk defeated the
English army at Maubeauge, renewed
the attack to-day and threatened to
surround it.
Generals von Buelow and Von Hau
sen completely defeated the Franco-
Belgian forces, about eight corps, be
tween the Sambre and the Nair.ur and
the Meuse in several days' battle and
are now pursuing them to the east
ward of Maubeuge.
The attack on Maubeuge was opened
by the Grand Duke Albrecht of Wuert
temburg, who defeated and pursued
the enemy across the Semois and the
Meuse.
The German crown prince is ad
vancing toward the Meuse and the
crown prince of Bavaria repulsed an
attack from Nancy and the south
General von Heeringen continues
the pursuit southward through the
Vosges.
Belgians Repulsed
Four Belgian divisions attacking
Tuesday and Wednesday from Ant
werp have been repulsed, losing guns
and many prisoners. The Belgian
population generally' participated in
the fighting, necessitating severe re
pressive measures.
The corps of the last reserves have
been called out to guard communi
cations.
It is difficult to describe the fierce
exultation of all classes in Berlin over
the news of the British reverses at
Maubeuge, as announced officially
from army headquarters to-day.
The German resentment against
England for having "injected herself
Into this conflict" and for calling in
Japan, a yellow race, is so deep that
news of the surrender of the British
army on the continent would be re- !
ceived with more joy and satisfaction |
in Berlin than tidings of the fall of
Paris.
It Is reported here to-day that a
portion of the British force is at pres
ent shut up in Maubeuge.
Surrounding Allies
The Berlin populace, inspired by the
announcement from military head
quarters that the "iron ring" is mak
ing its way around the French, British
and Belgian forces from Cambrie to
the Vosges, exhibits little concern re
garding the situation on the eastern
frontier of Germany. It has full con
fidence that the task on the western
line will be speedily finished and that
the victorious German armies will
then make sharp work of clearing
German soil of the Russians.
A correspondent of the Berlin Tage
blatt reports that Louvain, In Belgium,
bitterly punished for the uprising of
the civilian population, has almost
ceased to exist.
Germans Take M alines
From Plucky Belgians
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 28, 4.25 A. M.—The
Mail's Antwerp correspondent says:
"After a magnificent defense of two
days by the Belgian army Malines was
retaken by the Germans.
"On the first day 20,000 Germans
opposed the Belgians and on the sec
ond day 40,000 flung their might
against a greatly Inferior force. In
the end the Belgians retired on Ant
werp, leaving the enemy in possession
of the town. The Germans imme
diately entrenched after ordering the
inhabitants to leave. Wachten and
Heindonick were destroyed by the re
treating Belgians to prevent their be
ing used as a cover by the enemy in
their operations against Antwerp."
Two Russian Warships
Destroy German Cruiser
By Associated Press
St. Petersburg, Aug. 28, via London,
10.35 A. M.—The Russian official ac
count of the destruction of the Ger
man cruiser Magdeburg says:
"Thursday morning when the fog
lifted our two cruisers were sent to
look for the Magdeburg and opened
Are when they found her. The Ger
ttian cruiser replied but her fire soon
ceased. The Russian shells destroyed
the funnels and caused an explosion
which shattered the bows as far as
the captain's bridge. Some of the
officers and crew were taken prison
ers."
Correspondent Tells of
Early Fighting in and
About City of Namur
By Associated Press
London. Aug. 28, 2.10 a, m.—The
Daily Telegraph Paris correspondent
to-day gives a story of the earlier
fighting at Namur as described by
August Mellot, Belgiah deputy for
Namur. M. Mellot says that until
August 13 the citizens of Namur had
hopes that the Belgian army would be
Joined by the French and English
and would meet and rout the Ger
man forces befQre they reached Na
mur. but on that day a detachment
of Belgian horsemen met a detach
ment of Uhlans and engaged in a
smart tight in which the Germans
were smashed up.
This incident, "sad M. Mellot." left
no doubt that the Germans would
return in greater numbers. The fol
lowing day while we were in Namur,
busy completing the defenses, the
first three shells fell in the town.
One shell struck the bridge at Salzln
nes and killed five persons. I was
standing twenty yards away and must
say the impression was a disagreeable
one.
"From that moment we were shelled
daily and numbers of persons were
killed and great damage done. We
still hoped however, that the allied
armies would dfive the Germans out
of Belgium, but the German cavalry
came ever nearer and on the 18th we
felt that we were being surrounded, j
"Then on the 20th we heard the
news of the occupation of" Brussels
and gave up hope of a decisive battle
north of Namur. The cannonade in
creased during the night and on the
21st the battle around Namur became
general. It lasted all day.
"While eleven German corps were
passing the Meuse coming from Vise,
a powerful force was detailed to mask
their march and keep up a heavy fire
on our position. The German attacks
were multiplied all the time and their
fire extended over a line of some ten
miles on the leff bank of the Meuse
and over the Himslar line, of right
bank.
"During this time ths. French force
sent to meet them tried to check the
German advance. (Here portions of
the story were eliminated by the cen
sor. )
" Namur was the center of all this
fighting. Toward noon of the 21st a
German battery were hurriedly placed
between the forts and began to bom
bard Namur. The fire was kept up
for a long time but only did im
material damage
"At ten o'clock, that night I suc
ceeded in getting out of town. Dur- |
ing the time I was there the town wag I
defended by Belgian troops. I do not
know what became of them. I can- j
not say whether they beat a retreat !
or joined the French troops."
M. Mellot reached the French lines ,
at Charleroi Saturday and proceeded i
thence by slow stages to Paris.
Big Boom in Steel Is
Shown in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Aug 28. Pittsburgh
iron arid steel manufacturers are being
deluged with inquiries which look to
the placing of orders by South Ameri
can and other countries, which, finding
their source of supply shut off by the ,
European war, are making strenuous .
efforts to buy to the best advantage in 1
this country. No concealment is made !
of the satisfaction felt here among iron
and steel men over the riew demand
which is reaching them from over the
seas. Tbe prediction is freely made
that if the European war continues for
any great length of time, the steel
business of England. Germany and
Belgium will be in the hands of Ameri
can manufacturers when the war is
over.
The South Americans as well as buy
ers in other parts of the world, want to
know about prices and about the time
and the manner of deliveries. There
are many other things they want to
know, and it is freely admitted that
the building of a, export trade will re
quire time.
WHEAT PRICES DROP
Special to The Telegraph
Chicago, Aug. 28.—First trades in
wheat here to-day sent the price 3 Vfc
to 3% cents under yesterday's close.
May wheat opened with sales ranging
from sl.lß ot Sl.lß % and dropped
unchecked to $1.15 % as compared
with the top price of $1.25 held for a
moment yesterday. The decline was
based on small profit-taking sales.
AUGUSTUS KREIDLER IS 73
Augustus Kreidler, father of the
Kreidler brothers, celebrated his sev
enty-third birthday anniversary to
day. Mr. Kreidler cam© to America
from Germany, fifty-four y ea*a ago.
WAR BULLETINS .
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 28. 1:20 P. M. The
Anirrlniii KmbaMsy ban received a din
put «-li from American Amhasador Ger
ard, at Berlin, l>y nay of Copenhagen,
stir lifg that a special traiu Mould ar
rive at Flushing thl* morning bringing
(ISO American refugee* from Germany. 1
These passengers had been left ntrand
ed and are now being ne.it through by
the Hmhassy.
(tome, Aug. 28. 12:48 A. M., Via.
Paris Aug. 28. 4:05 A. M. The
newspapers publlNh correspondence to
the lierlla Tagelilatt from Liege, May
ing that town ha» been little damaged
and nut only Home group» of houses
on the hill there have been destroyed.
London, Aug. 28,—6 A. M. A Times
special from Pur s declares that Alex
andre Milerand, Minister of War, dis
cussed with the Cabinet, last night,
steps which be planned tor the defense
of the entrench camp of Paris.
Toklo, Aug. 28. The commander of
'the tirst Japanese Squadron has report
ed to the .Navy Department that bis
torpedo flotilla ran iuto a typhoon. The
boats were scattered and live men lonl
their lives as u result of the storm. The
location of the fleet Is not given.
Paris, Aug. 28. 11:25 A. M. The
Ifuvas Agency declares to-day that
two motorcyclists attached to the Bel
gian army, who arrived In Paris this
morning from Namur, declare that the
torts at Namur are still holding out
and that they are not even ready to sur
render,
Folkestone, Via. London, Aug. 28.
4sOR A. M. A number of Belgian
wounded from .Namur have arrived
here, but It is difficult to get any con
nected account of the light there. They
state the Germans bomoarded continu
ally from Friday till Sunday and they
believe It was the superiority in long
ranKe of the German guns which gave
them tlie victory.
Home, Aug. 27, Via Paris, Aug. 28.
7rOf> A. M. Vienna reports that As
sistant Secretary of War Breckcnridge
arrived trom Berlin, Wednesday, and
began the work of aiding needy Ameri
cans promptly. Aided by American Am
bassador Penfleld, he opened a relief
bureau In the evening in the H«'&el Im
perial.
London, Aug. 28, - 12:3 d p. M. A
Central News dispatch from Ilrlndfsl,
Italy, says that a British destroyer ru.ok
on Austrian destroyer oil" Corfu after a
ten minutes* fight.
London, Aug. 28. 1:15 P. M. Five
members of the crew of a Scotch lull
ing craft, which has been sunk by a
floating mine, thirty miles oft' Bl>tli,
.Northumberland, were lauded at Hull
to-day.
New York ,Aug. 28, The steamer j
Amolco, which arrived to-day, reported ;
that she left the Hamburg-American
Line steamer l'raesldent at anchor In
San Juan harbor on August 22. The
l'raesldent had been ntrlpped of her re- |
servlstto by the German crnlser Karls- i
rime, which recently coaled at San Juuu '
nd put to sea.
Home, Via. Paris, Aug. 28. —. 0:35 A.
M. A news agency dispatch from
Bucharest spates that King Charles of
Houmania Is seriously 111. It Is rumor
ed, according to the dispatch, that he
will shortly abdicate.
London, Aug. 28. 4:30 A. M, A
dispatch to the Express from Lille, an
nounces that the advance guard of Ger
mans Is now at Pont-a-Maroq and
Marchlennes.. "This represents,** says j
the correspondent, " a slight further I
advance movement from Cysolng, where |
they were reported on Monday.
London, Aug. 28. 4:53 A. M. The ■
Times Itouen correspondent, descrlb- 1
Ing the battle of Mons from the no- |
coutr's of the British wounded, says: j
"The English artillery was magnificent, |
but there won not enough of It In com- |
puarison with the enemy's. There Is
uulversal testimony that gun for gun
both the English and French are su
perior to the Germans.
Residents Pay $400,000
and Save Burgomaster
By Associated Press
London, AUK. 28, 4 a. m.—The Ost
end correspondent of the Daily Chran
lcle says:
"The Germans on entering Tourni,
Belgium, took the burgomaster and
threatened to kill him and the other
town officials If $400,000 demanded
from the town was not forthcoming
in two hours. The Inhabitants were
able to save the life of the burgomas
| ter.
"No German forces are within 20
i miles of Ostend. The Gorman ■ forces
appear to be pressing forward all
ialong the French frontier. I noticed
| all the names of towns had been ob
literated from the signs posts.
Germans Said to Have
Broken Through Lines
By Associated Press
London. Aug. 28, 4.50 a. m.—A dis
patch to the Times from Boulogne
says it is asserted that German troops,
presumably cavalry, broke through
the French lines near Aarras In the
province of Pas De Calais. The
; French moved up with rapidity. It is
: declared, and have the situation well
in hand.
The dispatch says that the allied
troops are being swiftly arranged to
deal with any further attempt to
break through the line between Dun
kirk and Lille.
Aarras, the birthplace of Robes
pierre, lies some fifty niilea east by
*?uth of Calais. ,
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NEW ICE COMPANY
TO ELECT OFFICERS
Central Location For Big Plant
Under Consideration; Capital
to Be $50,000
Election of officers of the new Mer-1
chants Ice Company of Harrisburg,
which will take place next Tuesday
evening, September 8, in the Board of
Trade building will be followed short
ly thereafter by the application for a
charter for the $50,000 corporation.
At a meeting addresses will be made
by George Fisher, president of the Al
lentown Merchants" Ice Company:
John Hindershitz, who holds a similar
position with the Reading Merchants'
Ice Company, and also by Joseph
Dickison, attorney for the Reading
company.
The Harrisburg plant will be 11 5
by 50 feet and will be erected in a
central location. It will have a ca
! pacity of fifty tons a day, and storage
capacity of 2,000 tons. It is planned
to deliver ice to all merchants who are
stockholders at 10 cents per hundred
on the factory floor. Merchants now
pav 20 cents a hundred and this rate. |
it 'is understood, will be maintained
by the new concern to all those who
are not in the company.
Norfolk Man Confers
With Commerce Head
Following a conference with Hen
derson Gilbert, vice-president of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce,
held this afternoon. E. L. McGolgin,
who. it is said, will succeed Robert M.
Wadsworth as secretary of the local
Chamber of Commerce, returned to
Norfolk, Va.
No definite time was announced as
to when Mr. McGolgin will take up
his new duties. Before leaving for
Baltimore. Md.. where he will take
tire boat for Norfolk this evening, Mr.
McGolgin said he had nothing to say
at this time and that he wanted to
meet with the officials of the Norfolk
Chamber of Commerce before an
nouncing definitely his plans.
The retiring secretary, Mr. Wads
worth, also announced a change in his
plans.. He will leave to-night for
Cleveland. Ohio, where he will visit
relatives, and expects to assume his
duties as secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce of Younsrstown, Ohio, on or
about September 15.
Germans and British
Lost Heavily in Fight
at Camdrai Wednesday
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 28, 12.45 p. m.
! Premier Asquith announced in the
| House of Commons to-day that the
I British troops in Wednesday's' fight
j ing were exposed to the attack of five
i German army corps. The losses on
both sides, he said, were great.
Premier Asquith said:
"We have heard from Field Mar
shal Sir John French, commander-in
chief of the British expeditionary
lorce, that in the fighting which took
place between his army and the enemy
on Wednesday, August 26, and
which appears from French official
reports to have been in the neighbor
hood of Camdrai and Lecateau, our
trops were exposed to the attack of
five German army corps; two divis
ions of cavalry and a reserve corps of
cavalry and a second cavalry division.
v Our second corps in the fourth di
j vision bore the brunt of the cavalry
(attack, while our first army corps was
attacked on the right and inflicted a
very heavy loss on the enemy.
"I regret to say that our casual
ties were heavy, but the exact num
bers are not yet known. The behavior
of our troops was in all respect ad- 1
mirable. General Joffre, the French'
commander-in-chief, in a message
published this morning, conv*eys his
congratulations and sincere thanks
for the protection so ably given."
TIIIXK SUICIDE ATTEMPT
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
No hope is entertained for the re
covery of William Charles, who was
admitted to the Harrisburg Hospital
Wednesday morning with a deep gash
in his neck, which he inflicted with a
razor in a suicide attempt.
Deaths and Funerals
FUNERAL OF HARRY MUSSER
Funeral services for Harry Musser,
aged 91 years, who died at the home
of his son, C. E. Musser. 1715 Hunter
street, Wednesday morning, were held
this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev.
William N. Yates, pastor of the Fourth
Street Church of God, Fourth and
Strawberry streets, officiated. Burial
was made in the Harrisburg Ceme
tery.
THEODORE R. ERB
Funeral services for Theodore D.
Erb. aged 39 years, who died at his
home. 325 Crescent street, Monday
night, were held this afternoon at 1.30
o'clock. Burial was made in the East
Harrisburg Cemetery.
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM BOWEN
Funeral services for William Bowen.
aged 42 years, 1511 Vernon street,
who was seized with heart failure
while walking down Second street near
Pine street yesterday and died in
stantly, will be held from his home
on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
body will be taken to Sunbury tor
burial directly after the services here.
PRIVATE DUMI WINS
GOVERNOR'S MEDAL
IN N. G. P. MUTCHES
Harrisburg Guardsman Beats Out
Indiana I ot by One
Point For Total
[Special Phone Message to the Tele
graph.]
Mt. Gretna. Pa.. Aug. 28.—Private
Albert L. Dunn, of Co. D, Eighth Regi
ment, and a resident of Harrisburg,
to-day won the Governor's medal on
the State rifle range. The gold medal,
which is Governor John K. Tener's
trophy award, carries with it the title
of "Pennsylvania's best marksman."
Dunn's score was 33 2 in the seven
stages of the match. Dunn won the
trophy five years ago.
Up to to-day Corporal Harvey Davi
son, of the Tenth Regiment, and who
makes Indiana, Pa., his home, had a
small margin on the two day's shoot
ing. The first five stages, which in
cluded slow and rapid-fire shooting
were shot Wednesday, while yesterday
the 800-yard match was concluded.
With the shooting of the 1,000-yard
stage to-day, Dunn crept up on his
opponent, and finally beat him out on
the total result by one point.
The Provisional brigade, consisting
of cavalry, engineers and the Four
teenth Regiment won the Daugherty
match at a thousand yards to-day.
The Third Brigade was second, the
Fourth Brigade finished next and the
Second Brigade was last.
Condition Exams on at
Central High Next Week
Condition examinations will begin
next Wednesday in the Central High
School. *
The schedule includes: Wednes-
I day morning, September 2, first term
I freshman English; second term soph
! omore literature, business arithmetic
land geometry; third term, algebra:
Wednesday afternoon, first term com
position and Greek; second term
Latin, phonography, physics, chem
istry, Caesar; Thursday morning,
September 3, first term French, his
tory, physiology, geology; second
term algebra, bookkeeping; Thursday
afternoon, first term geometry, Ger
man, business arithmetic, •"'aesar,
physiology, Latin, freshman French:
second term zoology; Friday morning,
September 4, first term algebra; sec
ond term composition, botany, Cae
sar, Virgil; fourth term composition:
Friday afternoon, first term zoology,
Virgil; second term freshman Eng
lish, French, freshman and junior
rhetoric, German; third and fourth
term algebra.
SEEK IIFIR TO $30,000
Inquiries have been made at the
local police department for Milton
Bentley. aged 27 years, formerly of
Baltimore. Md. According to Robert
Carter, marshal of the Baltimore po
lice department, Bentley is the sole
heir to $30,000. He left Baltimore
March 15. 1313. Bentley's mother died
two months ago.
BREAKS ARM AGAIN
Several days after having his left
arm, which he broke six weeks ago,
removed from splints, Alfred Robl
son, 9 years old, 2148 Susquehanna
street, fell and broke the same arm
yesterday afternoon while playing at
the Maple Hill playgrounds. He was
taken to the Harrisburg Hospital.
LET ALLEGED HOLDUP MAN" GO
Failure to identify H. L. McGonigal
as the young man who held up H. H.
Thomas on Tuesday morning resulted
In McGonlgal's discharge to-day. The
case was heard before Alderman
George D. Herbert. Seven witnesses
were examined. None identified
McGonigal.
SMALL EIRE UP TOWN
Members of the Good Will Fire
Company were called last night at
8.15 by telephone to fight a fire at
1410 North Sixth street. The flre
was caused by a defective .flue. Dam
age was estimated at $25.
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