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HARRISBURG tfiSllli TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII — No. 207
EXCURSION STEAMER
CAPTAIN SAVES 300
FROM DEATH 111 LAKE
Vessel Caught Fire and He Ordered
Her Full Speed Ahead Into
Government Pier
'WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST"
Members of Crew Stuck to Their
Posts All Through Ordeal
Early This Morning
By A ssociated Press
Chicago, 111., Sept. 1. —The lives of
COO passengers of the excursion boat
City of Chicago, which caught fire
about twelve miles out from this har
bor in Lake Michigan at 5 o'clock this
morning, were saved by the resource
fulness of Captain Oscar Bjork.
His wireless failing to work. Captain
Bjork ordered the engines full speed
ahead and forty-five minutes later the
big boat, with a carrying capacity of
2,fi00 passengers, sank her bow into
the government pier and was wedged
fast.
All through the ordeal the officers
and crew stuck to their posts, al
though the stokers and englnemen
were choking with the smoke and
damps were bursting from the upper
works.
To avoid panic the nassepprers.
nearly all of whom were asleep in
their cabins, were not notified to come
on deck until the pier was dimly
visible through the morning mist.
"Women and children first." or
dered Captain Bjork. and the male i
passengers as well as the crew stood
back. Most of them were thrown
from their feet when the boat struck
the pier.
The plight of the ship had been
seen from shore and seven tugs, two i
fire tugs and two excursion steamers
were on the scene almost as soon as
the city of Chicago struck.
The passengers descended to the
pier, which forms a long breakwater
at the entrance to the harbor, and
were later brought into the city on the
rescuing craft.
The flames were subdued after a
three hours' flcht by the fire tues. as
sisted by streams from the excursion
boats.
The City of Chicago left Benton
Harbor. Mich., eighty-five miles from
Chieaeo. shortly before midnight.
THE WEATHER
For Hnrrlnhiirs; nn«l Vn
weather, with Mhowern to
vificht and Wednendfiys not much
rhflocr In tempornturf.
For KnMern Pennsylvania: Tnrrean-
Inn clnurllne**, followed by ihow
er* late to-night or on ivertnea
dan no t much chanpc In tem
perature; moderate southerly
ulndN.
River
The main river frill remain nearly
stationary or rl»e wltuhfly to
night and continue to rln* siowlv
AVednewdny. A *tai*e of ahou't
1.0 fret in Indicated for Hnrrln
burg Wednesday morning.
firneral CondHlonm
Thf renter of thp dlNtirrhnnre from
the Far \ortlmeat. central near
continued to move aonthca*t nn r#|
and in now central over l ake Su
perior. It l*>iM caused light to
moderately heavy rains since law*
report generally In northern dis
tricts from the Rocky Mountain*
eastward through the MlsMourl
and I'pper Mississippi valley* to
thf- eastern portion of the Lake
reirlon. 1 ocal showern have fal
len In Vennaylt anla. Kentucky,
En*! Tennessee. Alabama. Loulsi
nnn and Florida.
Temperature: 8 e. m.. 70.
Sun: Rises, 5»32 a. m.j sets, o:3ft
p. in.
Mooni Full moon, September 4. 0»01
a. m.
River Stneei 1.8 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature. S-l.
Lowest temperature, 07.
Mean temperature, 70.
Normal -lempernture. 00.
VOTERS Y
Every voter should bear these
days in mind. If he wants to vote '
In November.
I.AST DAYS
To be assessed, September 2.
To pay taxes, October 3 I
REGISTRATION DAYS
September 3 and 15. October 2.
Late News Bulletins
WHEAT RALLIES AFTER EARLY BREAK
I Chicago, Sept. I.—Wheat rallied to-day after an early break due to
sales by speculators who l>elicved that an upturn of 23 cents in the last
few weeks was enough for the present. The opening, which ranged from
half to i cents lower, was followed by a swing well ahove last night's
level. "
WILLIAMS DEFEATS McLOUGHLIN
Newport R. 1., Sept. 1— K. Norrls Williams, 11. of Philadelphia,
and Harvard, won the national lawn tennis championship In singles
from Maurice E. Mt»l,oti?hlin. of San Frnnci&co, tlio title* holder In
straight sets, to-tiny. The scores were 6—3. H ft 10 8 '
Berlin. Sept. I. via London. 1.25 I'. M.—Emperor William has con
ferred the decoration of the Iron Cross, first class upon General Aon
Undenburg.
i 1? A ork, Sept. I.—Ogden 1.. Mills, who yesterday announced
llmsccll a candidate for chairman or the Republican State Committee i
to succeed William Barnes Jr.. Issued a statement to-day declaring that
lie had forced Mr. Karnes out."
Highway Commissioner Blgclow has awarfded the Cnlon Deimslt
mad contract to Mr. Bennett & Son, Indiana, subject to approval of the
county commissioners. The Brilliant Manufacturing Company of
Philadelphia, was given the award for auto tags for 1915
Toklo. Sept. I.—The Chinese minister to Japan to-day made em
phatic denial of the report that he had protested to the Japanese
Foreign Office concerning Japanese military movements in China di
recting against the Cerinan leased territory of Klao Chow. Sneaking
In tills connection the mlnixtcr said that tin- relations between China
and Japan had never been more cordial.
12.52 P. M.—.X dispatch to the Havas Agency from
f.hent, dated August 31, says that railroad and telegraphic communica
tion between that city and Granimont In East Flanders, 21 miles south
of Ghent, has been established. This whole district has liccn cleared of
the enemy. ,
Washington. Sept. I.—Denial of threatened hostilities between
Turkey and the Balkan States was made tn-dav bv the Turkish amhas
sador. \. Bust em Bey. •
Washington, Sept. I—A German victory at Allenstein In which
three Bussian army corps were defeated and 70,000 prisoner" Includ-
I ing two Bussian commanding generals were taken, was reported to
| day to the German embassy from Berlin by wireless via Sayville, lj. I.
[ PEACE AND WAR SIDE BY SIDE IS HARVEST FIELDS
Mat*** , M fITTi ,
The picture shown above Is reproduced from photographs just received from Belgium. It shows. In the foreground, a French dragoon In the
wheat fields of Belgium on the lookout for the enemy. In the background is seen a troop of soldiers digging trenches while the peasants work by
thfir side harvesting the wheat in the vain hope of storing it before the impending battle takes place.
11. OF P. MEN HERE
IRK HARD TO WIN
EXTENSION SCHOOL
Alumni of University Send Letter
Urging Establishing of
Branch Here
If University of Pennsylvania men
of Harrishurg and vicinity prove
themselves ''live wires." and if the
deserved public encouragement is
sriven. Harrisburg will be the recipient
of an evening school of accounts and
finance under the direction and aus
pices of the University of Pennsyl
vania. promise officials of the Univer
sity. However, it means much hust
ling on the part of the citizens of
Harrlsburg. as Reading is fighting
hard to land for Its city an extension
school.
The extension branches of the
Wharton School are designed to meet
the needs of young men and women
qualified to enter college, but who
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Mrs. H. R. Wiener Asks
Gov't to Find Parents
Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Wiener, of 306
North Second street, have asked the
State Department to make inquiries
concerning the whereabouts of Dr.
and Mrs. E. H. Fried, of Baltimore,
father and mother of Mrs. Wiener,
who were last heard from at Frank
fort.
The inquiry was made some time
since, but no word has been received.
Mrs. Wiener's last letter from her
mother was dated previous to the out
break of the war and not a word has
been received from them since hostili
ties were begun.
Upper End Union Sunday
School Picnic at Rife
Elizabethville, Pa.. Sept. 1. The
Sunday schools of Elizabethville, Kil
linger. Reigle's and Rife will join In
a great union picnic at Rife on Satur
day, September 12. The Citizens band,
of Elizabethville, will play. A large
turnout is expected.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEBER 1, 1914.
His Royal Succulency, King
Oyster, Is Again the Chief Stew
Shipments of Juicy Bivalves Received Here on Advent of
the First "R" Month
His royal succulency King Oyster
is once more the main stew in the
hashhouses of the land.
The first of the "R" months rolled
in to-day and with its advent several
shipment# of the bivalre so popular
hereabouts was received by Harrls
burc hotel men and restaurateurs.
FIREBUGS TRY 10
BURN HOUSE
ON ALLISON HILL
Reading Railroad Men Discover
Building Ablaze in Two
Places; Find Oil
Timely action on the part of mem
bers of a Reading freight crew pre
vented the firing of the warehouse of
the Oliver Chilled Plow Company at
Fourteenth and Howard streets, short
ly before midnight.
Flames were discovered by the rail
roadmen in two places. At both points
where the fire was burning oil had
been scattered and at one place a bot
tle of oil was found alons with other
inflammable material.
Members of the Reading crew "were
delivering several cars from the Ruth
erford yards. One trainman noticed
the rear door of the large building
aflame and called to the' other tj-aln
men to bring some water. In the
meantime the second blaze along the
side of the structure had been discov
ered. After extinguishing the fires the
police department was notified.
No clue to the person or persons
firing the building was obtained. The
damage to the building was slight.
Gratz Fair Will Be Held
Sept. 14, 15, 16 and 17
Gratz, Pa., Sept. I.—The Oratz fair
will be held September 14. 15, lfi and
17. The entry lists are larger than
ever. One day will be given over to
the schools of Dauphin, Schuylkill and
Northumberland counties, with Super
intendent Shambaugh, of Dauphin
county, in charge.
r 1 "
Going on a Vacation?
Don't forget to have the Telegraph
gent you while you nre away.
You will have nlenty of time to
digest its happenings.
The cost Is just me same ax when
you are home. Six cents a week.
A postal addressed to the Circula
tion Department will bring you the
next Issue.
V
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ADOSRAM
No. 16
An optimist looks at the
rim of the doughnut, and
not the hole in the center.
Because they do not have the
broad vision of the optimist,
some business men are afraid to
advertise. They nee the expense
but fail to vision the manifold
returns.
Modern business advertises
in newspapers because of the im
mediate returns for a compara
tively low ratio of costs. No
other advertising; Is so near one
hundred per cent efficient as
newspaper advertising.
Oyster fries, oyster stews, baked
oyster and oysters in many other
fancy styles will be consumed in large
quantities in this vicinity this season,
for accord;ns; ifi _n.li reports lljfiy are
to be fatter. *iore jiitcV nrufrlSf a better
quality than%ver before. "
HUNDREDS THHONG
WILLIAMS GROVE FOR
BIE GRANGERS'PICNIC
Small Machinery, Stock and Mid
way Attractions Larger
Than Ever
Special to The Telegraph
Williams Grove, Pa., Sept. I.—Hun
dreds of persons crowded the exhibi
tion grounds here to witness the forty
first annual display of farm machin
ery, livestock, farm products and to
enjoy the many amusements which
have been arranged along the various
shady avenues through the grove.
The display of small machinery this
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Stefansson Reported
Headed Straight North
By Associated Press
Nome.Sept. I.—Thegasolirte schooner
King and Winge. which has arrived
here fi;om Point Barrow, Alaska,
brought news that Vilhjalmur Stefans
son, the Canadian explorer, with two
companions, set out from Martin
Point, east of the mouth of the Bar
| teri river, March 22 last, with six
I dogs, a sled, two rifles and plenty of
I ammunition, heading straight north
I over the ice in search of new land. A
j supporting party of three others ac
companied Stefansson sixteen days due
north on the sea ice and then re
turned. reaching shore April lfi.
Before starting Stefansson left or
ders with Dr. Rudolph that Anderson,
his lieutenant In the Canadian govern
ment expedition, to establish a camp
for him on Banks Land.
Stefansson may not be heard from
for two years, his associates sav. The
three men in the Stefansson party are
remarkable ice travelers and expected |
to be able to subsist on seal meat, like
the dogs. Their sled is built so as to
be readily converted into a boat for
crossing streams of open water in the
Ice.
TO AWARD CONTRACT
Decorators from New York. Phila
delphia. Reading and other cities
were in Harrisburg to-day ready to
present bids for the Hremen's decora
tions next month. The committee on
decorations from the Firemen's Union
will meet with the Harrisburg Cham
ber of Commerce committee to-night
to award the contract. Among the
bidders are a number of Harrisburg
firms.
"
Second Fly Contest
of the Civic Club
AVOtJST 9 TO
SEPTKMBBIt 2H
9A f*»r flrM prices "overal other
prizfN, nnil r» rent* n pint for all
flic* brought In on the -frlh of Sep.
I tevnher.
v i
COUNCIL TO TIKE
UP FILL II PIPE
PROBLEMS IE UN
Special Session to Consider These
Matters Will Be Held by
Commissioners
The River Front "fill" and "the wa
ter pipe in the park" problems are
due for final solution by City Council
at a special session at 11 o'clock to
morrow morning and at the next reg
ular meeting of the body, respective
ly-
The commissioners decided these
matters this afternoon.
Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor
brought up the "fill" question when
he recalled the single bid he had re
ceived for hauling 20,000 yards of
earth from the front street subway to
the river front from "Hardscabble" to
Division streets and upon which Coun
cil postponed action for two weeks.
The two weeks expired to-day.
The single bid was from Ray L.
Shoemaker who offered to haul the
earth at 75 cents per dump wagon
load or 59 cents per yard by indus
trial railway. The city will receive
fifteen cents per yard from Stucker
Brothers Construction Company, the
excavation contractors, for hauling the
dirt away.
The only question the commission
ers will likely consider to-morrow will
be the bid for hauling the earth by
dump wagon. In his industrial rail
way bid Mr. Shoemaker had stipu
lated that he should have 20,000 yards
I guaranteed ready, for delivery in 100
days. This Mr. Taylor said he didn't
feel he could safely promise as there
might not be that much available.
Mayor Has a Plan
Mayor John K. Royal, however, has
had a communication from a man
whose name he did not care to di
vulge before Jie places it before Coun
cil to-morrow In which It is suggested
that sufficient "All" can be excavated
from the river bed outside the wall for
the purpose. It is believed, however,
that the suggestion was made by H. J.
Berrler.
Among other things Council will
settle just where the "fill" is to go, as
there was a disposition among the
councilmen this afternoon to take
care of the curbing above Maclay
street first.
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I Woman Shoots Deputy
Who Tries to Help in
Ejecting Her From Home
Harry McAfee, of West Fairvlew,
was shot in the. leg at 3 o'clock this
afternoon when Squire Frank Hoke,
the borough constable and a half dozen
deputies attempted to oust Mrs. Ross
Frank from her home along the State
road at West Fairvlew for the alleged
nonpayment of her rent.
The woman refused to admit the
officers to her home whereupon the
latter procured a battering ram and
attempted to smash in the door. It Is
then alleged that Mrs. Frank, while in
the front room of her home, fired sev
eral shots through the door, one of
them taking effect in McAfee's leg.
The officers, as soon as the shooting
started, beat a hasty retreat, over the
hillside and at 3.4 5 o'clock communi
cated with the sheriff's office at Car
lisle. The sheriff Is now en route to
West Fairvlew.
STOLE CAMERA IS CHARGE
Oscar Weaver, aged 2 2 years, was
held for court this afternoon on a
charge of larceny. Frank McAllcher
testified that Weaver stole a camera
fr»m him. Detective White found the
stolen camera at a pawnshop, and
Weaver was identified as the person
who had pawned it. The hearing
took place this afternoon before
Mayor John K. Royal.
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IMPORTANT EVENTS
ARE TRANSPIRING IN
NORTIttM FRANCE
Absence of Official News Indicates That Decisive Battle Is
Being Fought; Censorship Is Drawn Tighter Today
Than at Any Time During Past Thirty Days; by Im
perial Order, Name of Russian Capital Is Changed to
Petrograd; French Are Keeping the Germans From
Breaking Through Lines; Residents of Berlin in Fear
of Russians; Turkey About to Declare War
|
New York, Sept. I.—Dow Jones and Company,
publishers of the Wall Street Journal, published the
following item on their news ticker to-day:
"London—Censorship was suddenly tightened at
noon without warning. Numerous dispatches relating
to operations in France and Belgium were held up by
the government's orders.
Foregoing dispatch is highly significant.
"Operations in Belgium" may relate to a rear at
tack on Germans by British troops reported to have
landed at Ostend." <
Rome, via Paris, Sept. 1, 1.20 P. M.—A telegram
received in Rome from Berlin announcees the mobili
zation of the Turkish army.
Following the advice of Field Marshal Von Der
Goltz it is stated the Turkish government will form an
army of the first line composed of 200,000 men, all
Mohammedans.
London, Sept. 1, 3.30 A. M.—The correspondent
of the Express at The Hague wires his paper that Em
peror William has gone to the Russian front.
The absence of news concerning the progress of the European
war is to-day most marked. Not since the early days of August,
when military operations first took serious form, has there been such
a dearth of intelligence, official or otherwise. It is evident that
there is a concerted effort on the part of both the English and the
French authorities to keep the public at large at ignorance of what
is transpiring in northern France.
Xo official statements have been issued in London, Paris or
Berlin, and such news as has come to hand is decidely fragmentary,
unsubstantiated, or of minor importance and without real signifi
cance.
This veil of secrecy, drawn tighter to-day than at any time in
the last thirty days must be taken as an indication that events of
importance are transpiring in northern France. A similar silence
was observed during the fighting around Mons, Cambrai and
Lecatecau, last week.
The latest official report on the situation north of Paris was
issued last night. It said that the French left, owing to the pro
gress of the German right wing, had been forced to "mark a new
retirement." Explaining this announcement the French embassy in
London said:
"The Anglo-French army corps have had to give ground, bu}
nowhere have they been broken through."
MAY BE FIGHTING AT LA FERE
The fighting to-day if which the allies are believed to be op
posing the German advance, is thought to be centered around La
Fere, a strongly fortified French position on the River Oise, seventy
five miles northeast of Paris. The fate of the French capital may
hang on the outcome of these operations.
It is not definitely known whether the British troops in France
have been engaged again or not.
A news dispatch from Dieppe says a great battle has been
fought at Croisilles and probably is still in progress. No detail are
given, nor has this report been receieved from any other source.
Croisilles is ten miles southeast of Arras in the Department of
Pais de Calais, and is about fifteen miles from Cambrai.
Persons reaching Paris from the north describe the preparations
of the allies for a defensive fight. A Frenchman who reached the
capital to-day, says there are no Germans in Lille, Roubaix or
Tourcoing, a group of towns near the Belgian frontier which were
occupied by the Germans last week.
ANNIVERSARY OF SEDAN BATTLE
To-day is the anniversary of the battle of Sedan, which was
fought with disastrous results to the French in 1870. This coinci
dence draws particular attention to the outcome of the present op
erations, concerning which such impenetrable silence is being main
tained in London, Paris and Berlin.
Rome has received a report from Rumania that the Russians
have inflicted a- crushing defeat on the Austrians in Galicia, the
troops of Emperor Francis Joseph suffering losses declared to amount
to 20,000. A news dispatch from St. Petersburg makes a similar
claim, says the Austrians in Poland have lost tens of thousands of
men.
Nevertheless, reports from the eastern theater of war continues
to be conflicting. Both St. Petersburg and Berlin claim important
victories.
Bv imperial order the city of St. Petersburg will henceforth be
known as Petrograd, the change eliminating the Teutonic construc
tion in the name of the chief city of Russia.
An official communication given out at Antwerp says the situ
ation throughout Belgium is satisfactory. The Germans are de
clared to have evacuated Aerschot, and railroad communication has
been restored in the Campine country
GERMAN SENTINELS POSTED
Refugees from Brussels say feed there is getting scarce, and
declare the German garrison to-day numbers not more than 10,000.
German sentinels are posted at all the public buildings.
Queen Elizabeth, of Belgium, and her children, who arrived
in London last night are to-day the guests of Lord Curzon.
A news dispatch from The Hague says the four richest men of
Belgium have guaranteed the payment to Germany of the tax of
$40,000,000 levied against the Belgian capital.
News dispatches published in London says that the people of
Berlin, alarmed at the Russian advances, are beginning to leave the
capital for neutral countries.
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