British Cruiser Pathfinder Strikes Mine in North Sea and Is Blown Up HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— Xo. 212 MERCY HOSPITAL OF PHILA. MAY SOON BE MOVED HERE Look For Rural Site in Dau phin County, Says the Dispatch DOES BIG SOCIAL WORK Institution Plans Vocational Train ing For Benefit of Col ored People Dispatches from Philadelphia state that the Mercy Hospital of that city Is planning to transfer Its social work to Pauphin county and if possible will locate near Harrisburg. A farm site is being sought by the trustees and. says the dispatch, as soon as a suitable place is found buildings will be erected. Buildings for the proper housing of convalescents, orphan and negro deficients and vocational train ing and hospital treatment, along with general education, will be necessary. A committee, composed of Dr. A. R. Jackson. Dr. E. T. Hinson and Dr. H. M. Minton, has been named to work out a detailed plan to be sub mitted to the board of trustees. A large, well-watered farm, with some woodland, is what the Mercy Hospital wants to buy. Pr A. Leslie Marshall, Boas and Cowden streets, a widely known col ored physician, explained to-day that the Mercy Hospital has at its disposal j » state appropriation of SIO,OOO. He he knows nothing of the transfer. A Philadelphia dispatch says: "It is prooosed to transfer the en- j tire social service work of Mercy Hos- | pital to rural Pennsylvania. This plan : anticipates the establishing of the j most comprehensive sortal service I plant in the worlu devoted to the j uplift of the colored race. "A farm site for the proposed plant 1# now being sought in Dauphin county bv the trustees of Mercy Hos- ' pital and when a suitable place shall have been secured buildings will be erected for the proper housing of con valescents. ornhans and negro de ficients who require changed environ ment. vocational training and hospitat j treatment along with general educa- j tion "The most intimate study of the j negro and his problems has convinced > the twenty-four --olored physicians on j the staff of Mercy Hospital that until ! rolored people <*an he taught personal j hygiene, general sanitation and the ; rommon rudiments of health preserva- ' tion all social service in behalf of the j rolored race is futile. Thev are agreed | that the large cities not only imperil 1 the lives of the sick colored person ! but the morals of the weak." Crippled Finger Prevents Evangelist Going to War Carlisle. Pa Sept. 7. J. Raymond Hemminger has rented from Mrs Ellen Parker, in North Hanover street, her fine new property, for merly th° '""hlldren's Home, for the Rev. W F Nicholson, the evangelist, who is coming to farlisle from the lorth of Ireland to live He and his Tamilv expert to arrive in Philadelphia I ?eptember JMh The house will be •eady furnished for Mr. Nicholson. The Rev. Mr. N'loholson would be 'acinc the Germans in battle to-day n the British army but for a defec tive index dinger. He responded to lis country's call to go ITHE WEATHER] For Hnrrl*hiirp nnrt vlHnltr: Tnrt rlnndv and rnoler to-dnr; Tnf«- fair and rnoler. For IVnn^ylvnn»»» : C lear and roofj Tit«»adar fair mid cooler. Temperatnrf: « a. m.. .Vj 'J p. m.. TO. *uo! niae*. rt:Jl7 a. m.; nrlrn, 6:20 p. ni. Moon: Hlaea, 7:31 p. m. River f»tnne: l.r» feet above loir wafer mark. , r -\ YOTKRS Every voter should bear these days in mind, if he wants to vote i in November. LAST IMY To pay taxes. October 3. REGISTRATION DAYS | September 15. October 3. f Late News Bulletins ; Parts. Sept. 7. 3.38 P. M.—According to advices received here a second Austrian army operating In front of Krasnosedow. in the I.iihlln region, lias suffered great and is now on the defensive. Some of the Austrians ha\c been forced to retreat. Washington. Sept. 7.—C onsul John V Raj at Odessa. Russia, re ported seriously injured in the Wreck of the Wilson steamer Runo. lias returned to Hull. England, and notified the state department that his injuries arc slight and that lie intends to proceed to his post. San Francisco. Sept. 7.—The British freighter t'etriana which ar rived here early to-day reported that she had been halted in Mexican Waters by the tier man cruiser Leipzig. lier wireless outfit removed and her German c«>ok transferred aliojird the Leipzig. ||cr captain would not say when or where, and was reti<-ent about particulars. Winnipeg. Man.. Sept. 7.—Vilhjalmur Stefansson. the C anadian ex plorer is marooned on the ice off Hcrsehell Island, according to the Rev. \V. H. Fry. a mlssioncr.* wlio has Itecn among the Fsquimos a ,„| who arrived here from liittijagj\itt. Stefansson k „„ immediate danger. Washington. Sept. 7.—A Iter In wireless to the German embassy says: "British cruisccr Warrior is stranded protrahly a- result of Hgiit with cruiser Goelien while escaping rrom the Bosphorus." The Mis patcli contains nothing to ampllf> or explain. I-a crosse. Wis.. Sept. 7.—Seven men. railway construction em ployes were burned to death iti a tire in a hay liarn jli«t outside tlie cit> to-day. I'lie men are supp-sed to have stopped in the Imrn to sleep with the result that the building was set afire li> matches. Washington, Sept. 7.—China to-da> officially notified the state de partment of it* inability to participate in the na\al rendezvous at the Panama-Pacific exposition. Conditions arising l>c<aiisc of the war were given as the reason and the Chinese officials expressed tlicir deep regret. Wasliingt Sept. 7.—Hie \niericau Red Cross announced the names of the twcl\e nurses making, up the unit for Servian relief work which will sail from New York foi saloniea on the steamer lonniu liv ing the Greek flag. The director of the unit will be l>r. I d\\aril \. Ryan, of S«-ranton. Pa., who had experience in relief work lu Mexico last Spring and was sentenced tolcatli by Huerta officials London, sept. 7.12.20 P. M.—Baron Herbert l>e Renter of Reuters Telegram fonipan). Issued a public >tateuieiit in which he declare-. | that the version'of the efforts of tierinan interests to influence the I Renter company as published by the German pres.. bureau and re- I ported by the former British ambassador at Berlin, "docs not tail\ with I the facts within my knowledge." TRI-STITE PENNANT RAISED ON ISLAND BV SEASON VICTORS Senators Take the Morning Game From Reading by the Score 6-4 GRAHAM PRESENTS CUP Second Flag Brought to Harris burg Under Cockill's Guidance Well, boys, the flag's up! What'flag? You're not a fan! Then here's the story: After a long and bitter struggle, as the New York sporting writers might, j and again might not, say. Harrisburg [this afternoon hoisted the 1914 Tri | State pennant, emblem of the league | i hampionship. at Island Park. Victory came when the last man was i called out for the Trenton Tigers Sat i urday afternoon. The race had been i run and won. The Senatofs couldn't lose the rag if they wanted to ever so ! badly—which they, of course, didn't. The 1914 flag is the second pennant wen under the leadership of George I' Ooekill. he having landed it for Har risburg in 1912. Now. evervbodv together: HIP' HIP: ' HVRRAY: FOR ! GEORGE! Two <»ame> To-da> To celebrate the flag raising event and to give honor to whom it is due — i which means everybody on the team— I two games were played to-day and i elaborate ceretnoneis were held this I afternoon in front of the grandstand \ when everybody was present. O, yes, i everybody was present: | The first game started at 10.3(1 this I morning. Harrisburg trimmed Read j ing. 5 to 4. This afternoon's ceremonies began fContinued on Pace 0] Mayor Thinks It's "Wiser to Build Roads Than to Open Soup Kitchens" In the current issue of the Ameri- | <-an City, a magazine of national repu tation having to do with municipal i and public Improvement problems, there is an interesting article on the I various public improvements that, (have been undertaken during the year in different cities, and the possible : effect these big Jobs may have in coun- ( iterating any tendency to unemplov j men' because of unsettled conditions srowing out of the European wars, i Twenty-three of the principal cities ]of the country from Maine to Cali fornia have answered, and among them is Harrisburg Mayor John K Royal replies for this city, as follows: Our city has a number of public improvements now going on. such as street paving, grading streets, laving of water pipes, new sewer svstem and improving the river | front, and others are contera j plated which will be taken up at once. I am thoroughly In accord with the views expressed on the cover of the August edition of The American City. ,- It is wiser to build roads than to open soup kitchens." but we should not let our zeal lead us to do more than we are able and thus unduly bur ! den the taxpayer JOHN K. ROYAL, Mayor. Germans Leave Thousands of Dead on Battlefield By Associated Frrss ! London. Sept. 7. 9.30 A. M.—A dis-i patch to the Exchange Telegraph ! rompanv from Antwerp dated Sunday | !gives a Belgian official communication! i which says: j "The repulse of the German attack 1 against the southern part of Antwerp; at rhapelle-au-Bois yesterday was ; successful, the Germans leaving thou sands on the field and retiring in dis order in Vilvorde. six miles northeast of Brussels. They are demoralized by j the complete check of the attempt I ; against Antwerp and becausse of 'losses inflicted by our field artillery. 1 1 The Belgian losses are not numerous." ' HARRISBURG, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER / 1914. "HELL ISN'T SUCH A BAD PLACE AFTER ALL" LABOR DA Y—1914 To-day a? a nation we rest. thank God! j! With pitying eyes to the east, While the horrible ghost of the God of War Intrudes as a guest at our feast. j! | We feeT the tremor of marching feet, ;[ [ The echo of bursting shell, While our hearts turn sick at the agonv ;! ! Which opens the floodgates of Hell. [ And our cry arises, "How long, oh Lord. Shall men murder and preach Thy law, ; Until Scribes and Pharisees scoff to see The nations, of Christ at war?'' Written by Anna I{. Wood for the Harrisburg Tel*>Erraph. ]! 12.000 IVIEIH. 23 GUNS MB ZEPPELIN WITH HER CREW CAPTURED Russian Embassy in London Issues Reply to the Claims of Austrians I L«ondon, Sept. 7. 12.25 A. M.—The i German public has not been permitted | to learn of the Russian victories in jUalicia and Poland, according to dis- Ipatches from Amsterdam. Some of the papers which published the news of these victories were suppressed and i Austrian staff reports, claiming sue jcess. were circulated. Heavy German forces are rushing to the relief of the Austrians according 'to the same correspondent. The Rus sians report that a German corps ap proached the scene of the Eemberg [battle too late to participate. The Russian embassy lias issued a ! reply to the Austrian claims by a ; counter claim that the latest reports 'of the battle at Lemberg show it to have been n greater stroke than at ! tirst indicated; and that besides 70.000 ! prisoners and 3uo guns, instead of 200 las first reported, were taken together jwith 30 locomotives. 150 cars and 'enormous stores of provision. The lembassy also claims that the Russian army between the Vistula and Bug river in Poland has maintained a suc icessful "fTensive since August 21, de jfeated the fifth division of the Aus trian army on August 28. taking 12.000 ! men and 23 guns and has also cap ! tured a Zeppelin dirigible with a crew I of 30. The Montenegrin army under the ; war minister, Vukovitch, reports the (decisive defeat of an Austrian army iin Herzegovina. I The British papers hail these re verses as the beginning of the down ' fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire. I The prospect that the European Conflagration may spread to the near J East is becoming more threatening. All the latest dispatches from Turkey idescribe preparations for war against jGreecp which include the importation iof 2.000 German officers and noncom i missioned officers, the majority of jthem attached to (he navy and the | artillery. Should Turkey fight as the (ally of Germany and Austria the Brit i ish and French fleets, in the Mediter ranean would turn their attention to l wards her. < PUSHING WHIG WORK TO COMPLETE SUMMER SCHEDULE Program Pretty Well Cleaned Up; Considerable Grading Must Be Done With a couple of months at least of worka'ble weather ahead of it the department of streets and public im provements is nevertheless pushing the the paving schedule for 1914 as rapidly as possible. lJespitc the fact that the failure of the passage of the 1913 street paving intersection loan naturally restricted j the number of streets to be paved this year, there were a few to be improv ed and this program has been pretty well cleaned up. Ordinances are now pending in council providing for the paving of Market street from Nineteenth to Twenty-first and Derry street from Twenty-third to Melrose yr the city i limits. Ah soon as these measures are passed several others—passed some time ago—will likely be advertised I along with them for bidders. These include: ■ Kmerald, Front to Fifth; Apricot, Wengert to Whisler alley; Primrose, Fifteenth to Eighteenth; Ethel, Eigh teenth to Nineteenth; Gruber, Swab, Nineteenth and Market to Regina; Wharton, Fifth to Sixth, and Howard, from Woodbine to Camp; Howard, from Curtln to Seneca. Howard atrcct from Curtin to Em jerald has been paved ano accepted by I the city. Concrete will lie put down [on Orange, Macl&y to Woodbine [within a day or two; excavations are | being made for Nineteenth street from Derry street intersections—the Thir teenth ward's triangle. Tracks have | already been raised there by the Har .rlsburg Railways-Company. Elizabeth I alley from c'urtin to I'amp has been completed and accepted. in Xaudain street from Fifteenth to .Sixteenth streets needs to be graded 'and grading operations are also under ; way at Prospect street, Market to ■ Whitehall Mulberry from Seven teenth to Eighteenth has finished con creting and it will be ready for the city's acceptance by to-morrow. TWO BDYS WILL FLV I IK BIG BIPLANE ! ABOUT THIS CITY Lad? Sixteen and Eighteen Form Hartman-Grunden Avia- • tion Company If you should happen to glance sky ward one of these days and should no tice a khaki-colored object soaring iike 8 huge bird hleh above the house tops or swooping in a graceful curve around the image of Miss Penn. don't let your imagination run to French or German aerial craft and the bomb dropping feats you are reading so much about. The object you will see is nothing more than the Curtiss bi plane of the Hartman-Grunden Avia tion Company, America's youngest aviators—yes. the youngest in Amer ica. if not the worl i. The senior member of the firm is Raymond Hartman. son of W. H. Hartman. Steelton; the junior member is Paul S. Grunden. of Paxtang. Hart man. a student of the Steelton High School, is lfi years old and Grunden is only IS. The two boys, with the help of M. S. Hcrshey, the Chocolate King, have purchased a Curtiss bi plane from the E. Ft. Heath Aerial Vehicle Company, Chicago, an<U will give a series of flights around Tteel ton, Harrlsburg and Hershey. The machine is driven with a HO-horsc power engine and can make fifty-five miles an hour when going full speed. On the Kelker farm, between Har risburg and Steelton. the boys have established a camp. Two tents house their supplies and h huge canvas covers the machine. To-morrow if the weather is good the boys will attempt their first flight. Hartman will be at the wheel. Several short flights will be made around Steelton. and then, if everything goes well, a flight may be attempted over the city and around the Capitol dome. Next week the boys will fly to Hershey. Plans Completed For Big Port Royal Fair Port Royal. Pa.. Sent. 7.—Plans for the opening of the fifty-fifth annual fair of the Juniata County Agricul tural Society here to-morrow are com pleted and from indications there will be more entries than in any previous year. Farmers from some of the out lying districts were here to-day, bring ing with them many of the farm prod ucts. handiwork, heirlooms and live stock which they will place on exhi bition when the big show opens to day. The Port Royal fair grounds are In excellent condition and pleasant weather is all that is necessary to in sure a record-breaking attendance during the week. The midway this year will be bigger than ever and for Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday fhe Port Royal, Mount Union and Tyrone bands have been engaged. Races have been arranged for Wednesday. Thursday and Friday and between the various heats there will tie a number of vaudeville attractions. Two aeroplane flights will be made dally, the aviator and his machine be ing already here. TO FORM ICE COMPANY Merchants of the city interested In the organization of the projected Merchants Ice Company will meet to morrow nleht at the Roard of Trade building. Officers will be elected at this meeting. Shortly after this meet ing a « harter of incorporation will be asked for. J 10 PAGES Germans Are Determined to Deal Crushing Blow Before Investing Paris Fighting on French Center From Rethel to Verdun Reported With Opposing Forces on Almost Even Terms; Ger man Movement Toward Southeast of Paris Is Not Understood by Allies; General Engagement Fought East of French Capital and Germans Are Said to Be Retiring; British Cruiser Blown Up by Mine Paris, Sept. 7, 12.30 P.M.—ln the fighting which is going on to-day in the east and northeast of Paris, the German forces have their backs toward the capi tal. French troops are harassing their march. From time to time the Germans turn and engage the French at their back. French shells fall continually in the German rear. London, Sept. 7. —The light cruiser Pathfinder, of the British navy has been blown up by a mine in the North Sea. The loss of life is not definitely known. The paymaster, Sydner W. Finch, was killed and the commander, Captain Francis M. Leake, was wounded. Six junior officers are missing. The Pathfinder is the second British cruiser blown up by mines in the North sea. She was of 2,940 tons and carried a complement of 268 men. She was commissioned at Portsmouth in October, 1913, and was attached to the eighth flotilla. Xews dispatch from Berlin says that ajiattle is being fought on the French center from Rethel to Yerdum with the opposing forces on almost even terms. Reports from other sources, while failing to reveal the purpose of the German strategy in moving a great force to the southeast of Paris, indicate a determination to deal the allies a crushing blow before the complete investment of the French capital is attempted. German pressure on the left wing of the allies had been with drawn and apparently the main strength of the invaders has been thrown against the enemy's center and right. It is officially announced in Paris that a general engagement is being fought east of that city to-day and that the Germans have begun to retire at that point. Official reports from Petrograd stated that the Russian troops are gradually closing in on the strong fortress of Przemyl, fifty miles west of Lemberg and that this last remaining stronghold of the Austrians in Galicia will soon surrender or be taken bv assault. It is stated officially at Antwerp that the P>elgians have re pulsed a German attack against that city. According to a news dispatch from Rome members of the Italian Socialist reform party have formally declared for Italian neutrality. Two thousand Americans of the American Relief Committee in London were opened to-day. The committee is hard put to afford prompt relief. It is estimated that it will be another month before all the American refugees are able to leave the continent. General Action Goes on East of French Capital By Associated Press Paris. £ept. 7. .t.30 P. M.—A gen eral action is to-day proceeding to the east of Paris, from Naneuil-le-Hau douin to Verdnn. according to an offi cial communication given out this aft ernoon. The text of the official notice Is as follows: "A general action has started.on the line through Nanteuil-le-liaudouin, Meaux, Sezanne and Vitry-le-Francois and extending to Verdun. "Thanks to the vigorous action of our troops, strongly supported by the British, the (Jermans started retiring. "The < Jermans had advanced Sat urday and Sunday into the region be tween Coulommiers and La Ferte- Gaucher. "Iti the Austria-Russian theater of operations twelve divisions of the Aus trian army in the vicinity of I.emberg, (Jalicia. have been completely de sttoyed." WAR BULLETINS By Associated Press I'arU. Sept. 7. ll iJIO P. M. A dlapateh from Oatend to (hr Havai Agfnry, nayM the C>ermaiiN have pouted a proclamation In BTIINMCIM guarantee ing the life anil property of the In habitant on eondltlon that tlie.v nh ataln from all manlfeNtatloiiM aKalniit the tronpa anil furni*h provlnlonm nnd forage. The InhahltantM muNt alao lodge aoldlera and their lioraea, light their honNeN durlns the night and keep the Mreeta In eondltlon to faellltate trnn»- portal ion. They muat alao nld troopM. London. Sept. 7. 12t14 l\ M. Tele graphing from Oatend a correspon dent of Keuter'n Telegram t ompnny nnyn the German eaatialtleM In the flght- Inn: around Termonde, alxteen mlleN en*t of tihent, on nnd Saturday, nre at .1,(100 men. \ number of tierman aoldlerN «ere drowned when the dykea around Termonde v»ere eat. (i'enfvn, Via. Pari*. Sept. 7. IS A. 11. —Kew* ha* reaehed here that early Sunday morning a (German aeroplane dropped three homha on llelfort one falling on the Red t ronn hoMpltal nnd Injuring three wounded Noldler**. I.ondon. Sept. 7. 2:3.*» >l. The Oatend eorreapondenl of the lleuter Telegrnm Company, telln a atory of an attack on a motor ear In wlil<*li MIX KnslUh journnliftf N were traveling from Oaten, by the (iermanN near a amall vil lage. The QcmiM tired thirty Mliota and nma«hed the wind aereen of the ear. hut >lie oeeunanta laid down In the bottom of the ear and were unliurt. (Oilier Bulletin* Page 7) SERIOUSLY HIRT IN PAI/L In a fall from a hay mow yesterday I John T. Nutt received injuries to his spinal column. Nutt is employed by the Broujrher stable and was found lying on the floor. He was removed to the Harrisburs Hospital. His con dition is reported slightly improved. 1 * POSTSCRIPT. 1 Kaiser in Actual War Theater For Fifth Time By Associated Press London, Sept. 7, 1.55 a. m.—The j Berlin correspondent of the Tele- I graph, under Friday's date, described j the hattle now being fought on the [French center from Kethel to Ver dun. which he says Is in an extremely [difficult country. | "The Frenoh have strong forces concentrated there," he says, "and the opposing forces are lighting upon al- I most equal terms. Such advantage I in numbers as may rest with the Ger mans is offset by the French pesi ition of defense. j "Emperor William has joined the | frown Prince's army and this is the [ Kmperor's fifth appearance In the ac tual theater of operations. | "The armies of the Duke of Wur j tern burg and Crown Prince Frederick | William have long been operating to 'gain a foothold on French soli. Thev have now crossed the Mouse and have come to grip with French ormy corps." (Other War News Page 5) Star Spangled Banner Celebration Opens By Associated Press Baltimore, Sept. 7.—ln recognition jof the workingman's holiday to-day | was designated as Industrial Day at the celebration of the centenary of the writing of the Star Spangled Ban ner. The chief feature was a civic and industrial parade. Other Inter esting features of the day were the arrival of the old United States frigate «'onstcllation. which will remain here during the week's festivities: the an nual convention of the Fraternal Or der of Orioles, the unveiling of the tablet to mark the site of the station in Pratt street near l.ight where the first telegraph message was received, and the Middle States regatta. 200 Made Homeless by Flood in Kansas Bv Associated Press Kansas t'ity, Mo., Sept. 7.—Two hundred families were driven front their homes, houses were swept away nnd there were many narrow escapes from death early to-day when Turkey creek, a local drainage stream, ran out of its banks and inundated Roae dale. Kan., a suburb. Three feet of water stood In the Uosedale city hall. In Kansas City. Mo., much property .damage was done.
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