England Believes German Turning Movemen HARRISBURG frfSlglS TELEGRAPH No. 214 . 1. XXXIII— WILL FIGHT SCHOOL FRATERNITIES UNTIL LAST IS ROOTED OOT Central Head Tells Board One Secret Organization Is Still Quite Active HAS BEEN FIVE-YEAR FIGHT May Have to Close School Labora tories Because of War; Jeal ousy at Tech? War is to be renewed and continued to the finish against the fraternities in the city's high schools. At last evening's session of the School Hoard Professor W. S. Steele, principal of the Central high school, called the directors' attention to the ; fact that he has reason to believe one or more of the secret societies is not fulfilling the agreement entered into about Ave years ago by which the hoys' and girls' organizations were to have passed out of existence by 1912. Four societies had been organized. Principal Steele pointed out, two so rorities and two fraternities, and two of them have disbanded, another is at least inactive so far as he knows, but the fourth, he said, he has reason to believe is still active and maintains rooms. While he did not wish to take ex ception to the Technical high school principal. Mr. Steele pointed out that I he had been told this organization is i particularly active there. If the fra ternity system is to be stamped out. Principal Steele said he would adopt such rigid measures as might be neces sary, provided he hod the support of the School Hoard. W ants Rucking of Roarcl "Rut." added the principal. "I don't mind saying that I want to know if I'm to have the backing of the board in this matter." Attention was called to the reso lution adopted some years ago relative to the abolition of the system and upon motion of Mr. Houtz the board directed Principal Steele to enforce the requirements of the resolution. "What can you do —what would be the steps that you could take?" Mr. Steele was asked. "Why, the resolution prohibits them [Continued on Page 10] I THE WEATHER] For Hnrrlnhurs iinrt vicinity: Fitlr to-night unci Thur»d«v, pr«'l>nhly light frotl In f*ponfd pin or* to night. For ISmvt+ro Prnniij Imnlii i Fair to-night nn«l Thursday: light front In mountain district* to night; moderate wind*. Hhfr The mala river will /all nlonly to night and Thiiradny. \ ntagr of ahout I.A feet In Indicated for Harrlnbnrg Thurndny morning. General Condition* The high preaaure area central over ' the l.akc region ha* ln«*roaaed aomrwhnt In magnitude and *trength and I* moving alonl.v ■out hea at ward. The high pren anre from the Taclfir ocean linn n*er*pread moat of the country wear# of the Rocky >Vountnln. Temperature* continue low over the northern half of the cohntry cant of the Ml*Ml**ippl river anil have fallen H to degree* nlnce ln*t report In the *ontlt Atlantic Ma-le*. except Florida. Light fro*t* occurred thl* morning In \Vl*con*ln, Michigan and \ew York. Temperature: S a. m.. 54. Mini ft Inch, j3O a. m.; net*, 6:25 p. m. Moon: Rlae*. Hj'JO p. m. River Staves I.N feet ahove low water mnrk. \ eKterday'a Weather lllghent temperature, f1.%. l.owent temperature. Ti4. Menn -temperature, 110. Normal temperature, 67. r \ VOTERS Every voter should bear these days in mind. If he wants to vote in November. TiAST DAY To pay taxes. October 3. REGISTRATION DAYS September 15, October 3. Late News Bulletins BRITISH GO TO MARSEILLES | Shanghai. China. Sept. 9.—Reports received here to-day from Hong Kong say that the British Cornwall and Gloucestershire regiments liave i been ordered to Marseilles. The troops will leave Hong Kong Septem ber 14 using the Pacific Mall I,lne steamer Nile a-s a transport. The Nile will he accompanied by the hospital ship Delta and these two ves sels will be convoyed by a British cruiser. Paris. Sept. 9, 12.45 P. M.—A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Xlsh, Servla. says that the Servians are continuing their offensive move ments against the Austrian* in the direction of Vlshegrad.. They crossed j the frontier September 6 and continued to advance successfully. K very where the A list linns were thrown back to the left hank of the ' Drlua. Washington. Sept. 9.—The Senate to-day passed the million dollar i appropriation for extra expenses of diplomatic and consular service oc- ' rnsioncd by the Kuropean war. It has already passed the House and I goes to the President. Ocean City. X. J.. Sept. 9.—Dr. Matthew S. Borden, son of the late i tnlllloniarc cotton mill owner of Kail rher, Mas-.: .1, Harvey Wood and I Mrs. Wood, of Sen York, and l<eo t.nlfrcund, Dr. Borden's chauffeur, met Instant death early to-day at the Palermo station of the Reading I railroad In a collision between Dr. Borden's automobile and a moving locomotive. Reading. I'a., Sept. 9.—The thermometer drop|>ed to 40 degrees in llie Schuylkill \alley during Inst night and some sections, notably north; cm Berks, report I'rost. Paris. Sept. 9, 3.05 P. M.—An official communication issued this afternoon says the situation remains satisfactory. The German riglit Is retreating before the l-'.ngllsli. The French center is slowly advancing. The situation on the right is unchanged. Paris, Sept. 9, 1.15 P. >l.—Field Marshal Sir John French, the commander-in-chief of the British ex|iedltlonarv force now fighting with the French army looks perfectly satisfied with the situation, aci-ordlng to the British soldiers. They say lie went about flic lines smoking a clgaret as though he was on Uie parade ground. I.ondoii. Sept. 9. I P. M.—Home Secretary McKenna, speaking In the House of Commons this afternoon talit there was no organization among the aliens In Fnglaud the purpose of which was the carrying out of hostile acts and he ridiculed the suggestion made In some quarters re ccnll> that there arc 250,000 Germans In this country wltti arms in their possession. 'TAYLOR ASKS BIDS FOR HAULING FILL | NORTH OF HAMILTON Park Superintendent Means to Set- < tie Problem With Which Coun cil Has Been Fiddling TO OPEN PROPOSALS SEPT. 19 City Commission Again Postpones Meeting on Park Water Pipe; Mayor Has a Date By advertising to-day for bids for hauling: "fill" to the River Front from I Hamilton to Division streets. City 1 Commissioner M. I-larvey Taylor alone i attempts again to solve the question! with which City Council as a body has I been fiddling for months. The earth, .Mr. Taylor said, will be hauled from the Second street subway and the bids for transporting it will be opened Saturday, September 19. Specifications will be on file at the ofll-es of the Park Department. City Commissioner Taylor an nounced yesterday after Council had dircussed the question for more than an hour, that he would advertise to day. An estimate for the amount of »nrth that will be needed for filling In enough to support the curbing where necessary from Macla.v to Division streets will he obtained by the Pari* Superintendent in connection with the dumping movement. Meanwhile from 200 to 250 cubic yards of earth per day are being taken from the new excavations for the sub-1 way at Second street. Again Council Postpones a Mooting; Council adjourned yesterday after- 1 , noon to meet at !> o'clock this morn-j ing for the express purpose of taking' up the "fill" problem and to decide! definitely as to where the new pipe line for Front street is to be placed. The City Commissioners, together with ! Attorney W. K. Meyers, who repre-ij sents the Civic Club, had planned toj [Continued on Page 7] TO BOOST PROPOSED"f WHARTON BRANCH AT MEETING TOMORROW Hundred Students Must Be Assured Before September 21 to Have Course Offered I Plans for the proposed opening of I a branch of the Pennsylvania Vniver slty Wharton School of Finance in this! city are rapidly shaping. To-morrow L evening at S o'clock a big mass meet-j ing will be held for the purpose of! promoting interest in the project at the Technical high school auditorium. I It was formerly planned to have the 1 meeting in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce but it has been since de- i elded to hold the meeting at the Tech-j nical building so that a larger audi-! 1 ence can he accommodated. The effort being made by the Ro tary Cluh of Harrisburg to bring the I branch school here is one of the big-| [Continued on Page 7] Slight Frosts Reported in Mountain Districts Slight frosts were reported in the! j mountain districts of Dauphin county,, last night, when the temperature fell to 48 degrees. This is the coolest Sep- . tember record since September 6. 1902. when the mercury fell to the low mark | ! of 42 degrees. Mackinaws and over coats were old familiar sights on the . streets this morping. A strong area of high pressure cen tral over the Great is the main | cause of the cold winds. Fair and 1 | cooler weather for to-night and to morrow is predicted. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914. I GIANT GUNS THAT HAVE AIDED GERMANY IN HER INVASION OF FRANCE I Ahove is rliqwii a Kriipp rapid lire gun mounted on a Penzer motor car. above a Cupola gun car. used In bring ing down bomb-dropplng aeroplanes. Motorcars of this type hnvo Riven Germany a tremendous advantage over the allies. Beside this type of automobile the Herman army in equipped with enough motor truck* to carry the largest part of her enormous army. French aviators report. This permits! the men to sleep, while tliey are being moved forward during the night and does away with the necessity of wasting time while the army takes its rest . GERMANS CAPTURE MAUBEUGEFORTRESS FROM FRENCH ARMY Berlin Wireless Also Says Kaiser's Forces Have Taken 40,- 000 Prisoners By A?'Mtrd PrtS( Berlin, .Sept. !>. by wireless to ttte Associated Press l>y way of Say vi lie, L. I.—Official announcement was made to-day at army headquarters tbat the French fortress of ' Mau beuge, on the Bamhre river had fallen. The (iermans took 40.000 prisoners, including: four generals. Four hun dred guns also were captured. I>r. iAidwig Frank, of Manhelili, a prom inent Socialist member of the Reichs tag, was killed September 3 during a charge against the French at Uune vllle. Prince Frederick William of Hesse has been wounded. Mauheuge is a French fortress of the first-class. It is' situated .in the department Dit Nord, about six miles from the, Belgian frontier. The Gerrrtfin onslaughts on this* po sition have been determined and judg ing from incofnplete news reports, they have been going on for a week or more. Dispatches from I.ondon un der date of September 5 said that.part of the British expeditionary force in France was at Maubeuge, and assisted the French garrison in its defense. The German general staff announced In Berlin September 6 that two of the Maubeuge forts had fallen and that the fire of the German artillery was on that date being directed against the town which was in flames. On the same day an official communication given out in Paris said that Mau beuge continued its resistance. A French official announcement un der date of September 7. referred to the French defense of Maubeuge as follows: "The minister of war • - has tele graphed to the Governor of Manbeuge expressing the government's admir ation for the herojc defense and say ing:: 'You stop at nothing to prolong resistance until the hour of your ap proaching deliverance, which I hope will lie soon.' "The commander-in-chief has placed the name of the governor of Maubeuge in the order of the day for his splendid defense." Elk County Senator Is Critically Hi Word has been received here that Senator J. K. P. Hall, of Ridgwav. Ells county, is critically ill in a hospital at Rnffnlo. where he recently submitted to an operation. Ills family are at his bedside and there are grave appre hensions as to the result of his illness. ——————— The Double Guarantee Nationally advertised Roods sold by a reputable dealer come to tho consumer with a double guarantee. Behind the storekeeper stands the manufacturer who has a rep utation to protect. The customer ran choose with assurance of quality and of fair prices, fixed by open competi tion. The best brands of advertised pood? are exploited from time to time in the newspapers. Readers of newspaper adver tising always posses the Infor mation that leads them to pur chase with security _ Heroic Bainbridge Boy Saves Little Fellow's Life -i: JOHN STUMP Special to The Telegraph Marietta, Pa., Sept. 9.—John Stump, of Bainbridge, through whose heroic efforts .Walter A. Michael, 9 years old, also of Bainbridge, owes his life, is only 13 years old, but is one of the best swimmers In the vicinity. A crowd had gathered along the Collin flat, near Billmyer, to witness an im mersion service, when young Michael was pushed in. He was going down for the third time and when lifted onto the fiat by Stump was almost dead. By the promptness of a few old rivermen, who happened to bo there, he was <■ resuscitated. Stump was almost carried to his home. The water was eight, feet deep. President Opposes an Increased Income Tax By . Issociated Press Washington, I). <*., Sept. 9.—Presi dent Wilson opposes an increase In the income tax as pnrt of tlie program for raising additional revenue for the gov ernment. House Leader Underwood, Chairman Simmons, of the Senate finance com mittee. and chairman Fitzgerald, of the House appropriation committee, conferred with the President to-day and were told that in his opinion an increased income tax would not be suitable in the emergency because no returns would be realized until next year. In his message to Congress on the sub.leet the President iisited that the sources of revenue be selected which would respond quickly. 18,126 Electors in the County Outside of City Oauphin county outside of llarris burg, has just 18.1'Jfi electors on its voting lists. Compilation of the returns of the assessors from the townships and boroughs of the county which were submitted to the county commission ers on September 3, was completed to day. The registration last Fall was 17,- 690. PRESIDENT'S PLEA FORPEACE PRAYERS PLEASES MISTERS All Churches of City Will Beseech Heaven For Cessation of Hostilities October 4 In accordance with, the proclama tion .of President Wood row Wilson calling upon the people of the United States to offer up prayers for peace on October 4. a day of prayer will he Generally observed in Harrisburg OIJ that date. Every Sunday since war broke out peace prayers have been offered in the Catholic churches in Harrisburg and vicinity. Monsignor M. M. lias sett. D. I)., however, announced to-day that special attention will he Riven the President's proclamation in addition to the usual observance. No meeting of the Harrisburg Min isterial Association will be held be fore the second week in October, but the secretary, the Uev. S. Wintield Herman, pastor of Zlon Lutheran Church, was of the opinion this morn ing that ol] ministers in Harrisburg will consider the proclamation favor ably, and arrange for a special day of prayer on Sunday, October 4. Bishop James H. Darlington of the Harrisburg Diocese, of the Episcopal nurch, is out of the city, hut he Is expected to request all Episcopal churches to have a special day of prayer as requested by President Wil son, upon his return. I The Rev. Kollin A. Sawyer, rector |of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, | stated to-day that prayers would be I offered by his congregation. Two Methodist ministers, the Rev. Clayton Albert Smucker, of Stevens Memorial M. E. Church, and the Rev. B. H. Hart of the Fifth Street M. E. Church, will arrange for special prayer services on October 4. Ministers throughout Har risburg commend the proclamation of President Wilson. Heads of Railroads Ask President Wilson to Appeal For Them By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Sept. '9.—Presi- I dent Wilson was asked to-day by a committee of railroad executives to : address an appeal to the country that I the people take a more sympathetic attitude toward the railroads. The committee did not ask Mr. Wilson to move for any specific relief, but told him he could do much to remove an tagonism. which, they said, had grown up toward the railroads as a result of much agitation. The President agreed to give careful consideration to the statement of the railroad men, but made no promises on their requests. He is understood to favor the railroads' need of assist ance. The specific requests of the railroad men were: "That the President will call the at tention of the country to the press ing necessity for support of railroad credit by the co-operative and sym pathetic effort of the public and of all governmental authorities and that the railroads" be relieved as far as possible of further immediate burdens Involv ing additional expense. "That the President will urge a practical recognition of the fact tliHt an emergency Is upon the railroads which requires, In the public Interest, that they have an additional revenue and that the appropriate governmental agencies seek a way by which such additional revenues may be properly i and promptly provided. 10 PAGES French Fortress Is Taken by Germans; Battle Is Raging 3,000,000 Men Are Now Engaged in Decisive Fight Around Paris; News of Progress of Armies Suppressed by Censorship; Germans Claim Capture of 40,000 Pris oners; Rumanians, With 200,000 Men, Stand Ready to Join in Conflict; Russians Pushing Their Advance ' __________ The fall of Maubcugc, a strong French fortress six miles from the Belgian frontier is announced at the (ierman army head quarters. Forty thousand prisoners, including four generals and ■4OO guns were taken, it is said. L p to early afternoon no further official light had been thrown lon what is probably the greatest batlc of the war being fought east of Paris from Montmirail to Verdun and from Verdun to Mancy. 1 liree million men are said to Vie engaged. A news dispatch from Paris indicates a belief there that the German offensive against the city has been definitely checked. According to a dispatch from Copenhagen. Fmperor William sent a message to President Wilson protesting that ihe British were using dumdum bullets and that Belgian non-combatants were harassing the Germans. It is indicated that Rumania will soon throw her 200,000 troops into the conflict. A dispatch from Berlin says that the Bucharest correspondent of the Cologne Gazette reports a strong sentiment in favor of Russia throughout Rumania.« Advices from, The Hague are that a state of siege has been pro claimed in a great number of towns on the coast of Holland. Official confirmation of the report that Russian troops arc in France is still lacking. > An English correspondent has reached Milan from Vienna describes Austria as bankrupt and its people in panic. Bosnia, he says, is in open revolt. The situation is due to the failure of the Austrian arms agains Russia. Anxiety for the Finnish passenger steamer Sveaborg bound from Ratimo. Findland. for Stockholm, i* felt in the latter city. The .vessel has many British and Americans on board and is overdue. Russia is repi -ted as assuming the offensive in Fast Prussia and a news dispatch from Berlin says that all eyes in the German capital are turned eastward where the importance of administering a check to the invading Russians appears quite as great as the vigorous pur suit of the French campaign. The Russians arc reported as having pushed their advance sixty miles southwest of Kocnigsberg. British officers arriving in Paris to-day report that the battle east of the city still rages furiously. (Other War News Pa*es 2 and ft) CANOEISTS HURLED BENEATH DAM PIERS Boat Smashed to Bits in Swift "Wells' Water" on West ern Side of River • While maneuvering too close to the river dam in the deeper Wells' water on the western side of the river yester day. Charles Eager and William Boy son. two youthful canoeists, were swung around by the swift current and the little craft was overturned. Both boys were thrown into the stream, which is particularly swift and deep at that point, more than ordinarily so at this stage of the river. The canoe was drawn under a couple of flats tipon which gangs of the contracting firm of the F. X. Skene Company were Working, and before they could rescue the boys both slipped from sight be i neath the open pier frames of the dam—under water. I As he passed under the dam Fager grasped at a. steampipe which was i operated over the side of the "dredger" and which was used to bore into the foundation rock of the river. He tried to stop himself by clinging to the pipe and was severely burned be fore he managed to get to the sur face. The youngsters were rescued ! without any serious injury aside from a thorough drenching. Their canoe was badly battered. Canoeists who are a trifle too in trepid are causing the contractors and the employes grave concern. The boatmen try to see how nearly they can get to the breast of the dam with out touching. Sunday two boys were thrown out and their canoe was [smashed to kindling on the dam. Thief Breaks Into Garage and Steals Motorcycle P. O. Greenfield, fill Boas street, nicknamed as "Bob l£erry," was awakened from his sleep early yester day morning by a cry of "Dave, Dave! Come down at once: some cul prit has stolen your bus!" It took Dave just al>out thirty seconds to "come down." Joe Starr. 400 Verbeke street, a mo torcycle rider, late Monday evening found the lock on the Wycth avenue garage had been smashed. He dis covered his machine leaning against the wall half overturned, and found that Greenfield's machine was miss ing. Starr jumped on his mount and rode quickly to Greenfield's residence, where he told of the theft. The police were notified and soon more than a dozen motorcyclists started in -differ ent directions to find the culprit. Saimnrl Wolfensbergcr, who started out the Lebanon pike, found the stolen machine In the Rutherford sub way with one cylinder disabled. The thief had fed too much oil and evi dently knowing he was being pursued, left the machine stand In the sub way. A reward of $25 was given to Samuel Wolfensberger for the .return of the machine, the reward being for warded by tir. .7 A. M. * POSTSCRIPT. iKAISER OBJECTS TO I DUM DUM BULLETS Emperor Also Protests Against Participation of Belgian Citizens in War London. Sept. 9. 10 A. M.—"There has been published in Copenhagen a. telegram which Emperor AVilliam sent jto President Wilson under date of September 4." telegraphs the Copen hagen correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph. "In this message Emperor William protests against the use by the English of dum-dum bullets and against tin; participation of tho Belgium population in the war. "Emperor William adds in his com munication to Mr. Wilson that his gen erals have in certain cases been com pelled to punish the Belgians and he expresses his deep regret at the de struction of Louvain and other inter esting places." President Wilson Has Not Yet Received Note By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Sept. 9.—At the White House and at the State Depart ment it was stated early to-day that, no message to President Wilson from Emperor William had been received so far. At the German embassy, where both Ambassador Bernstorff and Charge Daniel were absent, it was said nothing was known of such message having been transmitted. President Wilson let it be known, in response to inquiries, that he had not yet received Emperor William's message. The German embassy, however, re ceived to-day the following dispatch from its foreign office: "The North German Gazette pub lishes the text of the kaiser's telegram to President Wilson concerning Brit ish. French, use dum-dum bullets and Belgian atrocities against surgeons, nurses and wounded soldiers." Diocesan' Committee Meets at St. Stephen'i The committee of th« diocese of HarroSburg met at St. Ste phen's rectory yesterday. The fol lowing clerical members were present: The Rev. Bollin A. Sawyer, president; the Rev. F. Baker, secretary; the Rev. Robert Bell. The lay mem bers present were David McMullen, liHncaster: Dr. Hugh B. Meredith, Danville: Ivanhoe G. Huher, Shamo kin. After luncheon the business meeting was held. During the busi ness session the standing committer consented to the consecration of the Rev. William Cabell Brown as bishop coadjutor of Virginia, and of the Rev. AVilliam Frederic Eaber. D. D.. a* bishop coadjutor of Montana. The Rev. O. F. Caruthers. of Loci* Haven, was recommended to tli*3 S>i«hot> for ordination to the diaconate.
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