CITY WILL REDUCE FIRST IMPROVEMENT ! DEBT TO $555,110 Bond Series of $36,400 of 1902 Issue to Be Redeemed Tomorrow By redeeming another series of $36,400 worth of Improvement bonds to-morrow Harrisburg will reduce Its bonded Indebtedness under the first public improvement loan to $555,100. The series that Is to be cashed to morrow is the eighth and Is due Sep tember 1. It Is a part of the loan of $1,090,000 which WHS authorized In 1902 and marxed the first radical step the capital city of Pennsylvania really made toward Its improvement. Of that $1,090,000 Just $316,000 was expended in the construction of the filter plant, $365,000 was spt-nt for the construction of sewers, Including the Paxton creek Interceptor, $65,000 was provided for the river dam, $250,000 for parks and SIOO,OOO for street intersectionnl paving. In 1907 the first instalment of SIBO,OOO was paid off and thereafter each year the city redeemed $36,400 worth at a time up until last year, when $35,100 was redeemed, and thus far in 1914 $1,400 has been redeemed —sloo, S3OO and SI,OOO having been cashed in January. March and June. To date $398,500 of the million and ninety thousand dollar debt has been settled and with the series that falls due to-morrow the debt will be fur ther decreased by a total of $43 4,900. | Which leaves a net balance of the I debt of $555,100. All told the city treasury expects to pay out something like $40,000 In public Improvement bond redemptions, interest on other Improvement bonds, etc. This Includes the redemption of the Improvement series. In addition to this the treasury will ray off some $35,200 In assessment bonds for street paving and grading. Post "War Gazetter" Circulated by Former Telegraph Manager With the strict military censorships permitting but a mere dribble of real news of the all-nation clash of arms in Europe, most any information that has a war touch is still eagerly sought by the peoole of the United States and of especial value just now are any reli able figures and statistics that may be of assistance In an intelligent reading of the brief war dispatches. And the "War Gazetteer," Just received by the Telegraph from the New York Evening Post, fills the bill exceptionally well. The Post's compendium of war infor mation is of particular Interest to Har risburg folks because of the fact that a wcll-kno.vn newspaperman of this city had a big hand In Its distribution —Robert McCiean, formerly circulation manager of the Telegraph. He is now lllllng a similar position on the New York Post. Two Local People to * Become College Teachers Two Harrishurgers will become members of college faculties at the be ginning of the Fall term in Septem ber. They are Miss Catherine Hem perly. 1626 Green street, «ind Martin P. Lisse, son of the Rev. H. F. F. Lisse. Miss Hemperly will teach sciences at Irving College, Mechanlcsburg; Mr. Lisse will be a chemistry Instruc tor at the University of Washington, Seattle. "iimnE SHOP" ii i.ii i". "The Bride Shop," variety's most elaborate one-act musical comedy, comes to head the vaudeville festivi ties at tiie Orpheutn this week. Pretty Lola Wentworth. still In the role of the winsome bride, will trill and delight generally, at the head of the same ex cellent cast that appeared in this pro duction in Harrisburg last season. New musical scores and new costumes will likely add new Interest to the feature here this week. When tills playlet ap peared at the Orpheum last year It was the concensus of opinion that it j was the best lnlnaturo musical comedy Keith vaudeville had sent to Harris- \ burg. It was reported at the Orpheum box office on Saturday that an un usual advance sale was already re corded. which speaks pretty loud for the reception Harrisburg itilends giv ing "The Bride Shop."—Adv. AT TUB Cftl.UM \I, Tho feature film entitled "Spartacus," declared by the management to he the longest and most costly moving pic ture feature ever shown at the co lonial. will be exhibited there to-day, to-morrow and Wednesday. "Sparta cus" or "The Revolt of the Gladiators," is a George Kleine feature, and said to he even more wonderful than 'Quo Vadls." It Is In eight reels, and en acted by a cast of notable Italian play ers, supported by over 7,500 other peo ple, seen as Roman senators, Midlers, gladiators, slaves and populace.—Adv. "THE fillll, HK C'OM.nVT 111 V" "The Girl He Couldn't Buy," a pow erful play presented by a company of tine artists will be seen at the Majestic Tuesday afternoon and evening. The owners have spared no expense to pro duce it properly, both as regards the Individual members of the company, and scenery and effects. So far, a series of packed houses has greeted the attraction nightly. It Is claimed.—Adv. 11l WY imiSKI.K SIRIIOrMU'.I) BY t'HIMJIIF.X The man yotf all know and have been waiting for is coming to town. He Is ■John Runny, the comedian in all coun tries and the funny man with the moon face who has a billion friends. Bunnv's face is as familiar as that of the Pres ident's. In fact more so as It Is look ed at by an average of 7,000,000 peo ple daily. You saw him In the movies and now the opportunity presents itself to gaze upon him in person as he Is to appear at the Majestic Theater, Sat urday matinee and night, September 5, In a musical offering called "Runny in Funnyland." Comedy, song dance and fun are the principal features of tie concoction and the famous Bunny will have the assistance of fully sixty comedians. Adv. FUES SIX-FOOT KITH More than 300 children enjoved the annual Salvation Army outing at Reser voir Park. Saturday, and while the rain somewhat Interfered with the fun, there was a good time for all concerned in the pavilion. Captain Nellson flew his six foot hox-klte In the morning, much to the delight of fhe crowd. One thousand I'vo hundred sandwiches and fifteen gallons of ice cream were among the edibles dispensed. ICE MAWS NOSE BROKEN While loading Ice at the storage house of the United Ice and Coal Com pany, Forster and Cowden streets, this morning, J. H. Fillmore, aged 23 vears. of 1 226 Mulberry street, had his' nose broken when a large piece of Ice slipped off the wagon and struck him in the face. He was taken to tho Harrisburg Hospital, where the fracture was re ducud. TO TEAR DOW N GOULD'S HOME By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 31. Frank Gould'fc mansion and training establishment at Maisen I>affitte He within the zone of the Paris forts and in conformity with General Galloni's decree they must be torn down within four days. MONDAY EVENING, MAY PURCHASE MORL GROUND AT SYCAMORE Council Likely to Be Asked to Buy Land From Theo dore Calder Purchase* of about three-quarters of an acre of land from Theodore Calder fronting: Putnam street and adjoining the McCormick estate plot at Sycamore street, may be suggested to City Council to-morrow In connec tion with the proposed purchase of the new Sycamore and Thirteenth street lot as a permanent, city playground. The ordinance authorizing the pur chase of the McCormick plot provides for the vacation of Putnam street. This highway is the rear way to the Calder ground and the owner, it Is understood, doesn't like to relinquish his right of way In the street unless the ground is purchased. Vie offers this at the same price as was quoted for the McCormick lot and this will mean an additional expenditure of $1,875. Ahphalt top was placed to-dnv on tho Front street subway and work was also started on the putting down M the matslc pavement of the side walk under the tracks. The roadway will be ready for traffic before the end of the week. It is expected, when work will be started on the Second street subway. The Stucker Brothers Construction Company resumed work on that stretch of the River Front job between "Hardscrabble" and Maclay street this morning. They are also pushing the concrete stringers for the steps in the neighborhood of Forster street. It Is understood that a large force will be put at work without delay on the construction of the steps between Wal nut street and the pumping station. This particular section has been so long held up that the weeds have al most hidden the concrete stringers erected a year ago. There seems to be no doubt that the entire Job will be completed as far as Maclay street be fore winter. German Aviator Drops Bombs on Paris; Two Women Are Wounded I,ondon. Aug. 31. —A Paris dispatch' to the. Exchange Telegraph Company says: "A German aviator flew over Paris this afternoon at a height of 6.000 feet and dropped five bombs, which fell in ( the most populous quarter of the city. , In one case two women were wounded, j "One bomb fell in front of the shop j of a baker and wine merchant at Rue Albouy and Rue des Vinaigriers; two on Qual de Valmy, one of which did not explode, while the other struck the walls of the Night Refuge, behind St. Martin's Hospital. Two others dropped in the Rue de Recollets and Rue Marcin. neither of which ex ploded. "The aviator, who signed himself Lieutenant von Heidssen. dropped manifestos, on which were written: " 'The German army is at the gates of Paris; you can do nothing but sur render'." "It is horrible. Tt is frightful!" ex | claimed Cnited States Ambassador Herrick when seen after the aviator j had hurled the bombs on the city. Basel, Switzerland, Aug. 31.—Two German aeroplanes made an unsuc cessful attempt early to-day to destroy with bombs the dirigible balloon han gar at Belfort. France, which is thirly five miles northwest of here. England Urged to Send Irish Brigades to Front Special to The Telegraph London. Aug. 31.—The British gov- | ernment is urged to equip and send j several Irish brigades to France im- j mediately in an article in yesterday's | Sunday Observer. The paper says j these troops are the best lighters in i the world. "Lord Kitchener has got bis second . army of 100,000 men." says the Ob- | server.* "He is appealing yet for an- j other 100,000. There must be mnre vigorous efforts than yet seen to get j them quickly. Why have not ar- j rangements been effected to bring the i maximum numbers of Irish volunteers | from both north and south? "The prime ministers offers to ail- i dress meetings. So does Lord Curzon. I There is one other man we need above I all others—Chancellar Lloyd-George. I He alone has the kind of influence | \ and genius required to arouse the mass ! of people and burn into I heir souls the , | struggle that is before us." Italy Reported About to Join Triple Entente i London. Aug. 31.—A message to: thi' Standard from Geneva says, under! | date of August 25, that the Swiss i pa pers' publish telegrams from Rome, • Milan and Turin from their corre | spondents stating that Italy is arming ' to join the triple entente. "Troops are passing incessantly, coming from Ligulra and Piedmont." one of the papers says, their desti nation being I'ndine, on the Austrian frontier. The French frontier has been entirely vacated. "In Venetia and on the frontier I there are 800,000 men. ; "Within the next eight days the I Italian army will enter the field." German Samoa Taken by British Forces By .Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 31.—The i British capture of Apia, in German Samoa, was announced in the follow ing official message from London to the British embassy here to-day: "The secretary of state for the colo nies ha,s received a telegram from the governor of New Zealand stating that Apia, In German Samoa, surren dered at 10 A. M. August 2 9 to an expeditionary force sent by the gov ernment of New Zealand." Turkey Expected to Take Part in: Great War Soon Washington, D. C.. Aug. 31.—The most significant of the messages re ceived through the Sayville, L. 1., radio station from Berlin was made public by the German embassy in Washington. According to this mes sage, Turkey is expected to participate in the European war as an ally of Germany and Austria against Russia and England. There are hints in the dispatch of fatal consequences to Eng land from her Moslem subjects. SEAMAN MUST EXPLAIN By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Aug. 31.—Louis Livingstone Seaman, a first lieutenant of the United States Army medical reserve corps, on the Inactive list, has been called upon by the War Depart ment to explain whether he made ad verse criticism of German army op erations in Belgium as attributed to him la news dispatches. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH FROM FIRING LI * i'l* * * ' ' ' I The above photograph. snapped just before photographers were excluded from the field, shows French Infantry firing at 2,000 yards. Th< soldier In the foreground is reloading his rifle. This photograph, taken in Alsace-Lorraine ten days ago, has just been received in America. PETITION FOB NEW BRIDGE ID A ROAD. Judge Seibert, Perry, Conducts Session of Motion Court; to Sit Thursday ty, specially pre siding nt to-day's session of Dauphin county motion court. Anions other matters the court disposed of the following: Approved bond of sl,fioo for Mart in H. Gingerich, guardian for Emma; C. Baer; named E. Clarke Cowden, j P ul G. Smith and H. C. Wright, i commission to determine upon advisi-i bility of opening new road in East! Hanover township: approved bond of ißergner and Engei Brewing Company which has iippeaU 1 from State's im- J position of $ 12,500 corporation tax af ter paying $10,503.87; appointed Mich- I ael Ciarkin assessor for Second pre-! cinct. Fifth Ward, Steelton, vice Wil liam P. Funk, removed; named E.I Clarke Cowden, Paul G. Smith and Karl Stewart board of viewers to re- ; port upon advisability of building! bridge over Little Wlconiseo creek where Middle Road crosses, high wa- j ter and ice making it impossible to; ford with teams; permission granted! James L. Adams receiver for Domin ion Trust Company to pay trust fundi of $4,500 to Window Glass Rotary | Pot Company. Court will be held i again on Thursday. Expect $140,000 in Taxes.—At least in county taxes is expected Ito be paid into the county treasury | to-morrow. September 1 the abate-1 ment for payment of county taxes ex- j j pires and froifi then until January 1 i jit will be due at the flat rate. After | January 1, a penalty of 5 per cent, j i will be added. The collectors of! 'county taxes in the city will settle to morrow and it is expected thai they will return the bulk of $140,000. Vaialion at Raiiibritlgo. Miss I Maudaline Shoaf, clerk and stenog rapher to City Clerk Charles A. Miller j has gone to Bainbridge to spend a | couple of week's vacation. | \|ipointe Will. i No. 155 South Eighteenth street. a property owned by Martha Plum, who • lied some time ago in Chainbershurg, | will he sold on the steps of the Court j house at 2 o'clock, September 111. in ac ; eordance with the dead woman's will. | The sale will be conducted by her ex i ecutor. W. O. Nlcklas. "Take Paris or Die" Is Emperor's Order i London, Aug. 31, 6.55 a. m. The Times correspondent at Ostend i records, at second hand, a conversa tion with a German officer from Brus ! live months i under conditions much different than j those of to-day. I Second, the Germans had a free dis position, at least ns far as Nantuil ! Sur-Marne, the Strassburg - Paris ! through railroad lines while at present they have not >et been able to touch 'the Eastern fortified frontier and have ' been driven hack of Mortagne, north lot' Valencienes. | Third, their sole line of communi ! cation, which passes by Belgium, is at this point so precarious that it can be destroyed in a moment. The inevtsment of Paris, he de clares, If it should occur, would be nothing but "an immense bluff" and would seen be interrupted. American Flag to Be Raised Over Kaio Chow? By Associated Press London. Aug. 31, 5.30 A. M. A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Tele graph says: "According to reports here by German prisoners, it has been announced in Berlin that Anierican residents are preparing to hoist the American flag at Kiao-Chow in order to keep the city out of the hands of the- Japanese. "The St. Petersburg newspaper pub lishes the report and asks whether it is possible that Germany has some arrangement with the i'ftited States whereby the /trick played with the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau may be repeated with the stronghold on land." Austrian Regiment Said to Have Joined Russians By Associated Press London, Aug. 31, 8.50 a. m.—Ac cording to the Times' St. Petersburg correspondent, Russia's appeal to the Poles to reulnte against the common enemy. Teutonic foe, has had an ex traordinary effect among the Slav sol diers in the German service. Information received In St. Peters burg. it is stated, that the Polish sol diers belonging to the Sixth Breslau army corps, serving on the Western frontier, mutinied and killed their officers. The Slav regiments in the Austrian service are also declared to be notoriously disaffected. The Novoe Vremya states that one whole Aus trian reiiment went over to the Rus «lan side. MONTH'S PERMITS TOTAL 5im.275 Sigler Factory Largest Single Cor poration ; Better Than Last Year f >. I Building permits l I //'{ 'ssued during the; f.' I month of August run ! 1 , to il t°tal of $101,275.) i£j and numbered thirty- i H iTI ont '' according to an! "Xn PIT analytical table com- P'eted to-ilay by Chief , ill!' Clerk J. C. Thompson] QT™ I *!fx 1,1 ,ho department of j raf* streets and public im- L_— —p rove in e. n ts. The largest sinnle permit was issued for $17,000 for the erection of a piano! player factory bv 8. M. Slgler and others. A number of alterations and im provements made up the total, but the I most of the general sum is represent- I ed for the erection of rows, doubles or single brick dwelling houses. Last year for a similar period the.-e were | twenty-seven permits issued, totaling] $95,565. I >iiil
  • . I*), Miss Edna Jackel, Martha Jaffe, Mrs. Kurtz, Mrs. A. P. Lomand, Mrs. \\\ I .eight mi, Mrs. F. A. 1 -Inker, Mrs. J. Long. Mrs. Mary IMa pes, Mrs. Frank Masters. Miss Me ! Dnnouffh. Miss Rachel Mutzahaugh, j Mrs. Fracis Nell. Mrs. O. T. Noble, Dot Palmer, Mrs. Hoy Parker. Mrs. Frank Parrish. Miss K. J. Snyder. Stella Strick land, Mrs. II A. Ward, Marie Welner, , Mrs. 11. Williamson, Mrs. Mary F. Wood. | Gentlemen's List Paul Anderson, j FT. F. Anthony (2), Charles G. Bannon, Erie X. Harbour. Clarence S. Bates, J. M. Bigle. Armor Billet. *'harles Brockey, Louis Cassle. Clcolll Tony, J W. f'ol lins. Henry H. Craig. K. Cresswell, ('. B. Davis, Carlo DlPaoll, C. A. Ensminger] Harrison Frank Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Geebrlck, A P. Gorman. William Her meber. Gahrllle Hlester, Raymond i IJlnkson. George E. Howard. Joseph I* Krager. P. W. LaCosta. S. R. Leach, Gov. Lewis, Leu wood Logan. C. C. Lynch, John E. Major, John McCarthy, \V FT. Miller, David Meek, Arthur F. Morrill. H. S. Nosier W J O'Brien CD. L.). Joseph C. O'Niel, Howard F. Reed, Dewltt Saltsman. Allmon Scott. George Shield. Samuel Shoop. Mr. and Mrs. i Howard Shuey, William Jerome Speaks, | John C. Stambauarh, W. J Swartz. Jo seph Thomas. Joh" W. Welch. Daniel Wenger, Charles Wheaton, A. IT. Wil liams. Firms Harrlsburg Portrait Com pany. Foreign K Back, Miss E. Miller Persons should Invariably have their mall matter addressed to their street and number, thereby insuring prompt delivery by the carriers. FRANK C. SITES. Postmaster. Russian Reservists Get Six Weeks' Leave London, Aug. 31, 5.29 a. m.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Post, discussing the military situation in Russia, says: | "The relative situations of Germany land Russia, after a month of war. are I shown admirably In contrast by the German action in summoning school boys to the colors and Russia's de cision to-day to grant six weeks' leave of absence to the reservists of the 1907 I term of service. "These reservists have recently been withthe colors at different depots, brushing up their military knowledge preparatory to a call to the front. To-day It was found possible to allow them to return home for a nominal term of six weeks. They are to hold 'themselves in readiness to respond to the next call. "It Is reported that some of the men took the permission to return home most grudgingly, as they had counted on a oulck advance to the front." AUGUST 31, 1014. SAYS STOUGH DOESN'T USE TOO MUCH SLANG Harrisburg Should Have 30,000 Converts, Declares Sunbury School Dep't Head ■MMHWMMMH Five hundred and twenty-one was the record breaking at tendance at the Stough campaign pre liminary mass meet ■li* inK ln the Harris ( Um street Untted Evarv ' i/twli sterday afternoon.. Many of the neigh ' boring towns as well H»nl 'JJEj{ftlyt as Harrisburg repre "Baillß sentod the 38 co operating churches, '■itl 1 (Utorium and Sun j day school room of the church. I'rof. J. H. Urauser, superintendent I of schools of Northumberland county 1 and a prominent church worker of ; Sunbury, made a stirring address, jHe said In part: Sunbury had 16 J I churches co-operating in the Stough campaign with a result of 3,200 con- I versions. We can congratulate Har ; risburg on having 38 churches: You should have 30,000 converts here. "It is said that Hilly Sunday and Or. Stough use too much slang, but they only preach in modern ways to appeal to modern peple to be con verted. Different now are the con ditions from those of twenty or thirty years a no. Say <;crinai> r.mpirc Will Kali.— The downfall of the German mon archy, and the end of Imperialism, j trom the ruins of which will arise [the great German Republic were pre | dieted by the fteV. < \ A. Smiicker in a sermon last night in which he said that the Kaiser, whom he called the "War I.ord" was responsible for starting the "world's murder mill." M)C. \I. CII\HTI:k liItANTKII Robert C. Neal, Jr.,. Charles K. Co- I vert and Charles ('. Stroh were to dav granted a Slate charter for the I'nion Sales Company, capital $5,000, to handle automobile tires. Takes Field at Head of His Army of 8,000,000 Men Czar Nicholas, of Russia, who has reached the headquarters of his army, invading Germany, and superseded Orand Duke Nicholas as Generalissimo of the Russian troops. The entire army of 8,000,000 men has been set in motion by the Czar, to fall upon and crush >the Kaiser's forces. AT SUNDOWN I have in mind two men whose work is done. Each did his stint and to himself was true. Now, rest well-earned, they watch the setting sun And let the rays agone pass In re view. «. S. FLAG SPARES SECTION IN LOUVAIN "World's Work" Correspondent Tells of Conditions in Belgium When He Departed By Associated Press liondon. Aug. 31. 1.58 P. M.—Arno Bosch, a correspondent of the maga zine World's Work, who went into Belgium some days ago, arrived in London to-day from Brussels, which J city he left last Thursday. He said to-day that John T. McCutcheon, of ('hicago; Irving Cobb, of New York, and Mr. Hanson, of the Chicago News, were safe in Brussels when lie left. Referring to the military situation in Belgium. Mr. Dosch said: "The German automobile trucks are a marvel. Kquipped with s< ythcte, they mow right through hedges and wire fences if the roads do not suit the drivers. These trucks are heavily ar mored and they are able to resist any. thing except artillery tiro. They en able tho Herman forces to make forty miles a day. The number of these trucks seems unlimited. "It is estimated that 300,000 troops have made their way through Brussels and that 4 00,000 moved south of Brussels. The troops which passed through Brussels were later engaged with the British forces. <>nly n small detachment of Germans was left in the Belgian capital. "I have no personal knowledge of the horrible German atrocities re ported from Belgium." Mr. Dosch went on. 'and I am inclined to discredit most of these stories. The Germans also tell many stories of Belgian atrocities, most ofwhieh I believe. In some cases Belgian boys and old men undoubtedly tired on German soldiers from inside of buildings. This was the case in Brussels and elsewhere, and the men in'huildings from which shots were tired were in some cases i w ??rPted. I know of no women or children being killed because of their having been found in buildings from which shots had been tired. "From what I have heard T believe the Germans have wedged into tho allies and that they are not keeping a straight front to the enemy. The line of fighting from Namur south has been a zigzag and nothing like what many strategists have guessed. "Louvain is a pitiful ruin. T came through that city on my way out from Belgium and saw the smoking ruins. . y tho cathedral was visible above the smoke, and that may have gone later. 1 was unable to go to that section of Louvain where the Ameri , can colleges, maintained by American bishops, are located, but I heard that they had displayed the American flag and bad been spared. "I had no opportunity to learn of the events which preceded the de struction of Louvain. The loss of this city is universally mourned in Bel gium." Germans Are Confident That Paris Will Fall on Wednesday, Sept. 2 H x Associate# Press London. Ann. 31, 3 A. M.—The Post to-day editorially calls attention to a statement issued l>y the French em bassy as indicating (hat the allied forces have again been compelled to rail back before the German advance in the neighborhood of La Fere, which is twenty miles nearer to Paris than tho Cambrai-Le Cateau lino, where the allies reorganized after tho Germans crossed the French border. Fighting is also reported in the vicinity of Amiens. I.a Fere is only a little more than sixty iniles from Paris as the crow flies. He'd Rather Hit the Pike Than String Beans Hot dusty roads to travel for a cer tainty with three square meals a day land a bed at night as mere possibili ties are preferable to- stringing beans at the county almshouse to quote ona inmate of that institution who appeal ed to Poor clerk John P. Guyer with a bitter complaint of what he consid ered n plain case of man's inhumanity to man. Tho appellant had been confined in the hospital and during his convales eense wasn't ol course, required to work. Finally Steward S. F. Barber brought him to time and suggested that he do some light housework —■ preferrably stringing beans. This was met with indignant refusal. "If you don't string beans you'll have to hit the pike," declared Mr. Barber (Irmly. (Hitting the pike is the vernacular for leaving the alms house >. "I'll hit the pike," grimly announced the rebel. Jr. 0. U. A. M. Organizer Found Dying; a Suicide v Special to The Telegraph Wiikes-Barre, Pa., Aug. 31.—Gen eral Clyde M. Rishel, 38 years, organ izer of the first Junior Order United American Mechanics regiment and founder of the tirst brigade of that order, was found in a dying condition ■ in the attic of his home here Satur | day afternoon. His throat was cut I and In his hand was clutched a razor. | He died within a short time. Family and friends are unable to j give any cause for his suicide. For the last three weeks he has been slightly indisposed, but he was able to discharge his business duties and did not appear to be alarmed over his i condition. For many years General Rishel was 'active in tho Jr. <>. U. A. M. He oh tainod a military training in the Ninth i Regiment of tho National Guard, and served during tho Spanish-American War. Several years ago he decided to organize a Jr. O. U. A. M. brigade rnd after organizing a rbglment here, he went to Scranton and organized one there, and later formed the brigade. He leaves a widow and two chil dren. Austrians Claim Victory Over Forces of Russians Fly Associated Press Berlin, Aug. 28, via Copenhagen and London, Aug. 31, 12.48 P. M.—> The following account of Austrian op erations has been obtained In Berlin from an official Austrian source: In the Austro-Hungarian theater of war decisive battles have been In prog ress for several days. Our forces, yic- I torious near Krasnik, pursued thfi Russians in the direction of Lublinj The Austrians advanced also into enemy's territory between the rlvera Bug and Wieprz and we have taken positions in frotn of Zamoso. j "Other contingents of the Austrian army hold their positions northeast and southwest of Lembergr. Aftei" crossing the Dniester they encountered great forces of the enemy. "Emphasis is placed on the word 'decisive' in this official report. "The Austro-Russlan battle fron| stretches for a distance of 700 kilo* meters (420 miles). 5