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WEROR WILLIAM ON
VISIT TOBHUSSEIS
War Lord of Europe Reported to
Have Spent Saturday Night
in Belgian Capital
KING ALBERT IS NEAR DEATH
Belgians Are Making an Effort to
Capture Distinguished Ger
man Subject
By Associated I'ress
London. Sept. 2. 3:20 A. M. The
Daily Mail's correspondent at Abbey
ville. Prance, learns that Emperor Wil
liam was at Charleroi, Belgium, last
Saturday, where ne viewea the battle ,
field, later motoring: to Monse. He spent !
Saturday night in Brussels, where he I
stayed at the Bellevue Hall.
The young Puke of Brunswick, who
is a son-ln-law of Kmperor William.
Rave a big: banquet last week In the I
fialace of Lacken, in Brussels, accord
ng to the same correspondent. The
principal guest was the Emperor's son.
Prince August William.
The Mail's Abbeyville correspondent
also reports that an aviator from Ant
werp arrived there to-day with dis
patches for the Prench authorities, and
continues:
"The aviator told of Antwerp's terror
over the Zeppelin attack on the city,
which is now a place of absolute dark
ness at night. No lights of any descrip
tion are allowed, and even in the royal
palace only candles are used.
Kins Albert Near Death
"King Albert came within an ace of
death during a sortie on Mallnes. He
was directing operations from his motor
car when shrapnel burst ton vards
away, blowing off the rear wheels of
the car
"The Germans have installad quick
flrers In the villas all around Antwerp '
in order to prevent further sorties. Ai
Belgian detachment of 3J.0 men was
surprised by a squad of these machine
guns, which killed all but fifty of them
These particular guns were Installed in
a parish church.
"One of the principal ohjects of the
Belgian sortie is to secure a distin
guished German prisoner to exchange I
for General Leman. whom the Belgian j
King and his counsellors desire to get
bar k
"There are manv wild manifestations •
of enthusiasm in Antwerp, where |
crowds continually cheer the English
residents and officials.
"King Albert has given a decoration
and a commission to George |
an 18-year-old Boy Scout, who is in
charge of the Boy Scout work of spy
detection at Antwerp Laysen person
ally caught eleven spies and also killed !
a German cavalryman at Malines and
captured another."
Turkey Declares War
on Russia, London Hears
By Associated Press
New York. Sept. 2.—Dow Jones &
Co. to-day publishes the following In
its news ticker:
"London—l T nconflrme.d reports are
current here that Turkey has declared
war on Russia. Communication with
Constantinople has been cut off for
three d#ys and the Turkish Ambassa- f
dor stated he had no way of telling i
when he would hear from his govern- j
ment again."
CRAB REAST FOR EAGLES
As a result of their success as crab
fishermen. George Schindler and John
Shaeffer. well-known members'of the
Fraternal Oraer of Eagles, will give a
crab dinner to their fellow members
Saturday night. The feast will take
place at the hall. Sixth and Cumber-,
land streets. Schindler and Shaeffer [
will return this week from Baltimore, '
where they fished during the week.
•wag" A
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Ml DELIRIUM, HE
SLASHES HIS THROAT
Richard Sheridan, This City, in Dy
ing Condition in Pitts
burgh Hospital
Richard Sheridan, aged 4 8 years,
who lived at the Hotel Lynch, Ver
beke street, is in a critical condition
in a Pittsburgh hospital, as a result
of an attempt to commit suicide last
night. Sheridan, who was superinten
dent of shipments for the Central
Iron and Steel Company, cut his
wrists and throat with a penknife
while enroute to Harrishurg. Later
he tore the bandages from his throat
and was taken to the hospital in a
delirious condition.
Sheridan left Harrisburg on Mon
day on a two weeks' vacation. After
visiting friends in Pittsburgh, he
started for home on the train leaving
Pittsburgh at 11 o'clock last night
and due In Harrisburg this morning
at 5 o'clock. Shortly nefore the train
arrived at Pitcalrn, Sheridan who, it
is said, was under the influence of liq
uor, and appeared to have deliriums,
drew a knife from his pocket and
started to cut his wrists and throat.
The train was stopped at Wiimer
ding and he was put in the hands of
physicians and taken to the hospital at
that place. He became worse and
after receiving attention tore off the
bandages. Sheridan was taken in an
automobile to Pittsburgh hospital
where his condition was reported late
this afternoon as critical.
Sheridan is a half brother of George
Simmers, of Washington, D. C„ father
of Hiram McGowan Simmers, of Har
rishurg. He has two sisters in Har
risburg, Mrs. Robert Gemperling, 1302
North Fourth street, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Hamilton, widow of the late
John R. Hamilton, a former city su
pervisor, 1933 Logan street. A
nephew left this afternoon for Pitts
burgh.
Miss Martha Fleming
Says Party Was Well
Treated By the Germans
"We were treated Just splendidly by
the Germans; we would like to em
phasize that. And we would like to
say the same of the treatment we re
ceived at the American embassy in
Berlin."
Miss Martha Fleming, of the Elphin
stone Apartments, paid that tribute to
the Germans and the American em
bassy in the German capital in briefly
discussing the experiences of herself
and her party in the European war
zoi e. Miss Fleming traveled wtth her
sisters. Misses Margaretta and Suzanna
Fleming, Miss Martha Buehler and
Miss Mary Robinson. The remainder
of the party remained behind in
Berlin.
"Why, really, I had no exciting ad
ventures," said Miss Fleming. "I left
Berlin on August 19 for Rotterdam on
-a special that had been provided by
the embassy. We reached Rotterdam
on August 21 and I sailed on the
Rvndam of the Holland-American
Line. During the first few days after
the war began there was plenty of
excitement in Berlin, but when I left
things had quieted down. Coming over
we had no experiences. We were
stopped by an English warship, which
wanted to know who we were and
where we were going, and when they J
got that information they let us go
along on our way."
To-morrow will he the first city
registration day. You must register or
you cannot vote in November.
ORDERS ISSUED FOR
TEMP ERB FIELD DIV
William A. 801 l Will Be Adjutant;
Ceremonies Begin at 2,
October 2
Orders were issued to-day for the
big field day exercises to be held at
Island Park on October 3 under super
vision of the local Knights Templar.
The orders issued were as follows:
Headquarters Division No. 10.
September 2, 1914.
General Order No. 1.
Knight Templar Field Day.
i Commanderies of Knights Templar
Nos. S. fl and 24. comprising Division
I No. 10. are hereby ordered to assemble
|in full Templar uniform at the Ma
j sonic Temple. Third and State streets.
in the city of Harrrisburg. Pa., at 2
I o'clock on the afternoon of Friday,
October 2. 1914. to participate in field
|dsy exercises arranged under the aus
i pices of Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11,
I Knights Templar. Harrisburg. Pa.
There will be a short street parade
jto the Island Park field. The Vere
j monies will consist of flag raising,
dress parade and review of ths sir
| knights participating.
The grand commander. R. E. Sir A.
• Howard Thomas, and other officers of
j the grand commanderies of Pennsyl
vania will review the lines,
j Following are the appointments:
Sir William A. 8011, ad.hitant; E. Sir
Christian Nauss. assistant adjutant;
E. Sir Livingston Rausch, assistant
adjutant: Sir Thomas J. Weaver, as
sistant adjutant; Sir C. C. Stauffer,
chief of corps hospitaler.
A band of forty pieces will play.
The ladles auxiliaries, whose pres
ence contribute to these occasions, are
courteously invited by Pilgrim Com,
j mandery, as well as sir knights so -
j journing in this Jurisdiction, to be
i their guests.
By order of
j E. SIR ARTHUR D. BACON.
Commander of Division No. 10.
Austrian Government
Makes Arrangements For
Evacuation of Lemberg
Rome, Sept. 2, via London, 8.28
| a. m.—The Giornale D'ltalia publishes
i a dispatch from Vienna saying that
'the Austrian government has made
| arranfiements for the evacuation of
Lemberg, Galicia.
Lemberg is the capital of Galicia.
Recent dispatches have described it
as invested by Russion troops, and
reports from St. Petersburg have de
clared that the "Iron Ring" around
Lemberg was being drawn closer and
closer.
London. Sept. 2 ,12.15 p. m.—The
Exchange Telegraph Company pub
lishes a dispatch from Its Rome cor
respondent transmitting the following
official statement issued at Vienna.
"Recognizing that the occupation of
Lemberg by Russian troops is inevit
able, the provincial governmeit has re
moved the achives of state and given
.instructions to the burgomaster as to
the conduct of the city after its occu
pation by the Russians."
DEMOCRATS DEADLOCKED
Macon, Ga.. Sept. 2. After a
stormy session of seventeen hours the
Georgia Democratic convention here
recessed this morning with the dead
lock on the choice for nomination to
the short term as United States Sena
tor still unbroken. The vote at the
end of the thirteenth ballot stood:
Congressman T. W. Hardwick, 164;
Governor John M. Slaton, 110; T. S.
Fielder, 93, and G. R. Hutchens, 4.
Necessary for nomination, 188.
&ARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
ROTHRUCK URGES
I MORE coram
Support For State Policy of Forest
Reserves Must Be Given by
the Public Now
The dangers to which Pennsylvania
is subjected if the State policy of for
est conservation is not supported by
the people are being told, to audiences
throughout the State by Dr. J. T.
Rothrock. for years State torestry
commissioner, and father of State con
servation of forests. Dr. Rothrock
wis the man who started the purchase
of forest lands of which the Com
monwealth now owns more than a
million acres and who was publicly
honored by Governor John K. Tener
for his conservation work at a notable
luncheon given here last Spring.
Dr. Rothrock is telling what the
State is doing and asking support for
it. In a recent speech he set forth
what was needed
"The State is not yet entirely deso
late." asserted Dr. Rothrock. "but
one-seventh of the land, comprising
6.400 square miles, is absolutely in
waste. On this ground no agricultural
products can be grown and only for
ests can be raised at great expense.
These naked hillsides are the nurseries
both of floods and of droughts, and
the sterile truct Is rapidly growing.
"The United States Is within less
than thirty years of a timber famine
that will pinch every Industry of the
nation. We must have forests to ab
sorb the rainfall, so that Hoods will
not pour down upon fertile lands, and
so that water for electrical power
shall not be wasted. Rut unless tracts
like the desolate areas of Pennsylva
nia are planted with timber at once
we will be placed in a position where
we will have not even lumber enough
to build houses or to manufacture ar
ticles of dally use. The State of Penn
sylvania leads the Union in forestry
methods, hut It Is not doing enough.
It takes fifty years to grow a forest,
and the arid tracts are widening year
by year.
"European nations have learned to
their cost what spoliation of forests
means, and we ran profit by their ex
periences. Larger appropriations than
have ever been made are needed for
j forest restoration and for the forest
reserves, which are to be forever the
property of the State and the outing
grounds of its people. The desolate
area of the State formerly was cov
ered by forests. It is there that the
State can make its best beginning to
provide for the economic safety of the
next feneration."
Electric Index Boards
to Guide Autoists to City
Electrically illuminated index boards
on standards may be provided for the
streets at the boundaries of the city
if a plan now being considered by
Commissioner W. H. Lynch, superin
tendent of streets, can be worked out.
Mr. Lynch Is now preparing speci
fications for index boards which will
likely be a dark blue background with
white lettering.
The illuminated index boards will
be placed at Front and Division, Sec
ond and Division. Sixth and Division,
i and Derry, Cameron
and Spring creek culvert,"and Market
and I-'ront streets, if Mr. Lynch's plans
can be carried out.
AVIATOR CHEERS BRFSSELS
London, Sept. 2.—The correspond
ent In Antwerp of an Amsterdam
newspaper says that a French bi
plane appeared over Brussels Satur
lay and in a hall of German bullets
twice circles the town, dropping hun
dreds of pamphletsv containing the
message, "Take courage. Deliverance
soon."
THREE BOMBS DROP SCREE INSPECTION
11 HERRI OF PARIS! COSTS 2 CENTS ERCH
Third Attack From Sky Throws
Section of City Into
Panic
Paris, Sept. 2.—A third daring aero
plane raid of Paris was made last
evening by a German air scout and
three bombs were dropped, but with
no casualties.
Paris has been thrown into a state of
terror by these successive invasions by
German flyers. They have been of
daily occurrence.
War Between Turkey
and Greece Now Only
Matter of Few Days
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 2, 4:40 a. m.—A St.
Petersburg dispatch to the Reuter
Telegram Company conveys a semi
official statement to the effect that
In well-informed circles in St. Peters
burg the opinion is expressed that
war between Turkey and Greece is
now only a question of two or three
days.
Germans Recklessly
Sacrifice Soldiers
London, Sept. 2. 4:00 A M. The
Chronicle's correspondent sens a report
of a third British battle in the t'pper
Rise Valley, where the Germans arn»
flinging the whole of their weight to
force a wedge. The battle raged
throughout Sunday and Monday when
the Germans, it is stated, sacrificed
lives recklessly. The Britlh were com
pelled to give way slightly, but are
maintaining the defense herocially.
The battle is still undecided.
The point from which the correspon
dent files his dispatch is omitted.
Allies May Yet Send
Wedge Through Germans
London. Sept. 3. 9.15 A. M.—ln a
dispatch from Paris dated Sunday.
August 31. the local correspondent of
the Daily Mail says there is one cir
cumstance regarding the position in
which the aliiefl armies now find |
themselves which may be regarded as
hopeful. This Is that at St. Quentln,
the angle of their position, they ap
pear to have thrust forward a threat
ening wedge Into the enemy's center.
There is, therefore, a hope that a vig
orous counter-attack from La Fere
might succeed in cutting through the
German center.
"So here is the enemy within sixty
miles of Paris." the correspondent de
clares. "What will happen if the for
tune of this battle again goes against
the allies? We may perhaps see Brit
ish troops falling back with their
French comrades on Paris."
Over-wearied Army
on Its Way to Paris
London. Sept. 2, 5 a. m. The
Times correspondent at. Dieppe,
France, has telegraphed his paper as
follows:
"In the main northern theater of
the war the German advance appears
to contloue withut slackenink its pace.
It must, indeed, be an over-wearied
army that Germans are bringing to
wards the north of Paris. They have
made an effort which nearly reserves
to be called superhuman. Nothing
like it ever before was seen in war.
Yet we may be sure they have spent
themselves in vain."
SEPTEMBER 2, 1014.
County Sealer Examined Weights
and Measures in Vicinity
of Millersburg
MMlersburg and
of Pi 3 were Inspected
™" in the monthly re
! port submitted to-day by County In
spector of Weights and Measures
Harry A. Boyer. to the county com
missioners. All told there were 813
'lnspections. 710 instruments sealed,
i 103 condemned and ISS were adjusted.
| And it all cost the county only $13.76.
I County Tnxfs l'nlri In Collectors
[of county taxes in the cltv squared
their accounts for the year to-day with
County Treasurer A H. Boile.v. Among
I the payments made were the following:
First ward, John H. Tnvlor. $6,434.38;
1 Second Ward. Charles E. Pass,
$9,883.33; Third Ward. Harry A. Van
Horn. $35,350.23; Fourth Ward . $27.-
068.30; Fifth Ward. Harry A. Hoopes.
$11,892.93: Tenth Ward, Clarence V
' Fisher. $11,779.66; Eleventh Ward. Wil
liam Smith. $9,950; Twelfth Ward.
| James B. Deshong. $8,201.74.
Finish Second Street Sewer Work
on the construction of the sewer from
[Emerald to Senect street Is rapidly
;nearing completion and Contractor ("}.
W. Ensign will he ready to turn It
j over to the city 1 na few days.
I Jnll Window* Completed —• Work on
i the construction of the new windows
| for the county jail was completed to-
I day by G, W. Ensign. All told about
, loads of rubbish, stone, lime, mortar,
|etc., was removed during the work.
14,800 Austrian Dead
Buried by Russians;
Move on to Lemberg
By Associated Press
I Petrograd, (St. Petersburg), Sept. 2,
(via London, 11.55 A. • M.: The fol
lowing official announcement was
made here to-day:
"Our forces invading Galicia have
continued their advance in the direc
tion of Lemberg. The enemy fell hack
gradually before our troops. We cap
tured some cannon, some rapid fire
guns, and some caissons. The pursuit
continues.
"Near (Guila (?) and Lips (?) the
enemy occupied a strong position of
such natural strength that it was con
sidered impregnable. They also des
perately attempted to stop our ad
vance by a flanking attack in the di
rection of Haltirz (?).
"We repulsed the Austrians, inflict
ing severe losses. We buried on the
battlefield 14,800 Austrian dead, cap
tured a flag and 32 guns and a quan
tity of supplies, and made many pris
oners, including a general.
"On the south front, in the War
saw district all the Austrian attacks
have been repelled with success. As
suming the offensive on our right wing
we forced the Austrians to retreat,
capturing three cannons, ten rapid fire
guns and over 1,000 prisoners. Ac
cording to statements made by the lat
ter the Austrian losses were very
heavy."
XEW POLICE REPORTING SYSTEM
Beginning with to-day patrolmen
will follow a new system for report
ing. The officers on the even districts
will report every hour, and those on
odd numbered districts on the half
hour. This will affect four districts
in the daytime and seven at night.
ROM CLUB AIDS
WHARTON SCHOOL PI
Appoint Committee to Give W1
ever Help Is Possible; Lec
ture on Fruitgrowing
The Harrisburg Rotary Club
evening, at a meeting at Mens
Restaurant, endorsed the movemen
bring a branch of the Wharton sci
of the University of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg and President Esstck
pointed C. Harry Kain, Professor
S. Steele and Dr. Samuel Z. Shop«
a committee to communicate with
university authorities and render TO
assistance is possible.
The feature of last evening's rm
ing was an address by H F. Hers]
proprietor of the famous Gat
Heister fruit farms near Luckn
properly known as Estherton.
Hershey is an expert, scientific f
grower and amazed his hearers by
immense amount of grapes, aptf
peaches, pears, truck and small fS
he raises on the ninety acres that c
prise the farm.
Mr, Hershey gave a lecture on
scientific methods employed by
modern fruit grower and to den
strate that he has put them into
cessfui operation at Estherton
sented each of the Rotarlans pre
with a basket of apples, pears, pca<
and grapes. He received a hearty'
of thanks for his thoughtfulness.
Next Meeting at stiefl's
President Essie.k, Vice-presi<
Uufus McCnrri and ex-President .1
S. Musser made reports on their
cent attendance at a big "get togetl
meeting of Rotarlans Jn New Y
On invitation of L. Frank bass, n
ager, the next meeting will be 1
at the place of business of the C.
Stleff Piano Company, 24 North
ond street. Mr. McCord invited
organization to hold its first Oct<
meeting at his home in Bellevue P
and this was accepted. Later, on
vitation of C. A, Hlbler, manager,
club will meet at the plant of
Brelsford Packing and Storage C
pany, where there will be a den
stration of packing and refrigera
methods.
TAKE VETERAN' TO POORHOI
Thompson W. Ernest, aged
yers, a veteran from the Los Ang
soldiers' home, was taken from
train at the Union station to-day
dazed condition. The aged vet<
was turned over to Poor Dire
Charles Boyer who sent him to
almshouse. Ernest claims to ha\
brother residing in or near Hai
burg.
TO INVESTIGATE FIRES
State Fire Marshal Joseph Bald
and his deputies will investigate
tires which occurred at Penbrook
night and at the Oliver Chilled F
Company's building at Fourteenth
Howard streets early Tuesday mi
ing.
LET PAINT CONTRACT
Bids for painting the roof
cupolas of the Courthouse were op<
to-day by the County Commlssio:
and the contract was let to H,
Brooke, of this city, at his bid <#*
There were seven other bids, the h
est of which rapged to $635.
reason for the startling difference
the prices was the question of scaff
ing. One bidder said the scaffoh
would cost S3OO.
GET NEW NIGHT STICKS
Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison
order twenty-flve new locust club
be used by the patrolmen and for
cial officers who will be appointed
service during the firemen's cele
tion.