pir John French Gives Detailed Account of
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII — No. 215
ENGLISH ARMY FORCES GERMANS BACK ALL ALONG LINE;
SERIES OF RUSSIAN VICTORIES OPENS ROAD TO BERLIN
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rCORMICK WILL
3ETSNWLL FRACTION
OF LEWIS^STREiGTH
ilk of Progressive Vote Goes to
Republicans; Many Demo
crats Desert
Prohabilit\ of fusion on the guber
torial nomination between the
mocrats and Washingtonians luis
r>n so thoroughly discounted in this
\ Hint folks were able to-da\ to
c estimates of the effect of the deal
nsummated iit Philadelphia yester
v in behalf of Vance <McCormlck.
Men on Capitol llill thoroughly con
rsant with conditions in over a score
the counties of the State stated to
y that McCormlck would not Bain
strength which Dean l.ewis would
vp polled had he remained on tlip
Hsbincton ticket. The estimates on
"Ir home counties ranged from 25
tin per cent, of the Washington
te goinc for Met'ormtck. These es
lates werp made on an acid lest
sis and the average is below 50 per
it. This does not take into account
morrats who will now repudiate
tf'ormick for making a dicker with
• men whose party chiefs have been
unsparing In criticism of the na
nal Democratic Administration as
• Republicans. Neither did it take
o account any Democrats who rc
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VOTERS
Every voter should bear tbeso
lays in tnind. if he wants to vote
n November.
DA ST DAY
To pav taxes, October S.
REGISTRATION DAYS
September 15, October 3.
j
Late News Bulletins
Vcw York. Sept. 10.—Further evidence of a clearing of the financial
situation was afforded to-day when the committee or liankers and bond
dealers, appointed to regulate the purchase and sale of bonds, an
nounced that In its judgment the time had come to resume operations.
Washington. Sept. 10.—President Wilson lias acceded to the re
quest of the railway executives who asked him to "call the attention of
the country to the pressing necessity for support of railway credits by
tlie co-operative and sympathetic support of the public and all govern
mental authorities." To-day lie sent a letter to Chairman Prank Trum
bull, of the Cliettapeakc and Ohio board pointing out that a great
measure of the nation's prosperity Is ilc|>cudcnt upon the condition of
the railroads.
l*ondon. Kept. 10. 8.20 I*. M.—lt is stated that the British cruiser
I'atlillnder which was destroyed in the North Sea Septeinlier fl, sup
posedly by contact with a mine, was lu reality sunk by a torpedo. This
in forma tiou Is released by the official Information bureau.
WAR TAX BILL COMPLETED
Washington, Sept. 10.—Democrats of the Ways and Means Commit
tee to-day completed the war revenue tax bill nrovldlng for a tax of 3
per cent, on nil freight transportation, an Increase of fifty cents oil beer
and twenty cents a gallon on all domestic mines. This will net an esti
mated revenue of 5107.000.000 a year. The tax on freight was agreed
to after a conference with the President who liail expressed opposition
to It.
Washington. Sept. 10.—Chairman I'ndcrwood estimated that the
war lax revenue from freight will lx> su.~t.ono.noo: from beer, $88,000,-
000. and from domestic wines 8H.000.000. The latter will be' assessed
against those wines "hereafter manufactured and sold or hereafter re
moved for sale."
I.ondoii. Sept. 10. 8.10 I*. M.—A dispatch to the Kcuter Telegram
Company from l'etrograd says that the Austrluns have begun evacuatinir
Cracow.
New York. Sept. 10.—The unfilled tonnage of the United States
Corporation on August 31 totaled 1,218,831 tons, an Increase of 54 718
tons over .Inly, '
Washington, Sept. 10.—Great Britain, France. Spain and China have
■peed to sign peace commission treaties with the I'nlted States One
effect of the new conventions would be to prevent the l ulled States from
twin* drawn suddenly Into the conflict. Germany. Russia and Japan
hate signified their acceptance of the principle of these treaties though
negotiations have not advanced to the point of drafting conventions
REGISTRATIONS IN
COUNTY SHOW DIG
GAINS EVERYWHERE
Gubernatorial and Senatorial Fights
Bringing Out the Voters
of Dauphin
With very few exceptions there were
increases in registration in all the dis
tricts of the county, accordine to the
complete tabulation of the assessors'
returns made yesterday by the clerical
force in the County Commissioners'
office.
All told there are IS,l2fi, as against
1 7.H90, a gain of 43fi over the regis
tration of 1913, and the gain is at
tributed in a measure to the fact that
this November will mark the election
of governor, t'nited States senator and
other -State officers.
In some of the townships and
smaller boroughs the number is prac
tically the same. For instance, Rer
rvsbtirg still has 102, Rush township
lias 10. and there are TO voters In West
Londonderry.
llummclstown. though divided into
two precincts, can boast of <<79 electors
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Peaches Reported Damaged
by the Frost Last Night;
to Be Warmer Tomorrow
Peach crops were reported damaged
in many parts of Dauphin county last
night as a result of a visit of Jack
Frost. Although the frost was not
a heavy one, much damage was done
to fruit trees within a two-mile radius
of the mountainous districts. The
lowest temperature reported last night
was 4 4 degrees.
HARRISBURG, PA.,
SIR JOHN FRENCH
TELLS OF MOVE
OF BRITISH FORCES
By Associated Press
5; Sept ' ,0 - 2.53 a. m.—The
■t.JYiI 1 Gazette issued late last night
l""! 8 ' 1 ?* n dispatch from Field Jlar
'! r John French, commander of
forces in France, reporting
tne proceedings of his force. The re-
Port is addressed to Earl Kitchener,
he secretary of War, and its publica
tion indicates that the government is
responding to the public demand for
luller information on the progress of
operations, as far as the Rritish forces
are concerned in France.
The report says:
"The transportation of the troops
from England by rail and sea was ef
fected in the best order and without a
check. Concentration was practically
completed on the evening of Friday,
August 21, and T was able to make
dispositions to move the force during
Saturday to positions I considered
SPEED OE MISSIS
SURPRISES MILITIRY
EXPERTS IN ENGLIND
Germans May Not Arrive in Time
to Assist Their Allies in
Galicia
London. Sept. 10, 10.25 A. M.—Ex
ultant messases from Petrosrad and
admissions of disasters from Vienna
indicate that the lons service of mili
tary misfortunes marking the history
of the dual monarchy are about to be
capped with an unparalleled debacle,
which may not only open the road to
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THE WEATHER
For Harrlabiirit an<l vicinityi Fair
to-nlehtt Friday partly cloudyi
continued cool.
For Kantem I'enna.i Ivanla: Fair 'to
night! light front In the moun
talnm Friday IncreaalnK cloudi
ness; moderate northerly nlndß.
River
The mnln river will continue to
fall slowly to-nlsht and Friday
and probably for aevernl day*. A
ntaice of about 1.5 fe«-t la Indicat
ed for Ilarrlshurg Friday morn-
Inn.
tieneral Conditions
Pressure la high over the eastern
part of the countr- anil over the
Northweatern State*. A small
depression, now central over
Southwestern Knnaaa. haa cauaed
rain In t'olorndo. Kansna. West
ern Mlanourl, lowa, Kastern South
Dakota and Minnesota.
It Is cooler In Tennessee, the t'aro
llnaa and In the Interior of New
Yorkt alao In Western South Da
kota and Northern Wyoming:
elsewhere temperature changes
have been slight In Nevada, Idaho
nnd H laronaln, where It Is 1« -to
12 degrees warmer.
Temperatnrei H a. m., 52.
Sunt Hlaea, 5i40 a. M.i aeta, 8i24
p. m.
Mooni Rises, Ris2 p. m.
River Stage. l.tl feet nborc low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 82.
I.oweat temperature. |S.
Meaa temperature, 55.
Normal temperature. B".
MARRURR I.IT'F.NSF,«
Warren Tteichard. Elizabeth town, and
Lulu May Fowler, Tower City. <
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914.
most favorable from which to com-1
mence the operations which General
•Tnffre requested me to undertake. Thej
line extended along the line of the
canal from <'onde on the west through
Mons and Minohe oil the east.
"During August 22 and 23 the ad
vance squadrons did some excellent
work, some of them penetrating as
far as Soignles (a town of Belgium
ten miles northeast of Monsl, and
several encounters took place in which j
our troops showed to great advan
tage.
"On Sunday, the 23rd. reports began j
to come In to the effect that the I
enemy was commencing an attack on j
the Mons line, apparently in some
strength, but that the right of the
position fr<jm Mons was being par
ticularly threatened.
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P. R. R. Mir CUT
IK ID SMIES
mi W THE LINE
Highest Official and Lowest Em
ploye Will Be Hit by
Retrenchment
Failure to secure increased freight
or passenger rates together with the
decrease in freight traffic may bring
about sweeping retrenchments on the
Pennsylvania Railroad within the next
thirty days.
According to rumors in railroad cir
cles following yesterday's meetings of
the heads of various departments there
Is likely to he a cut in salaries and
wages of every employe from the
highest official to the lowest employe.
It was thought that some action
might be taken at the first Fall meet
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BIG ATTRACTION* ON ISLAM)
I'IKI.I)
Enola Y. M. C. A. and Monarchs
will play Saturday afternoon on H.
A. C. Field. Island Park. This game
will be called at 3 o'clock and prom
ises much interest.
Quick Mobilization
One of the military marvels
in the Kuropean crisis was the
quick mobilization of great
bodies of troops.
There is a lesson in that for
the aggressive business man.
Newspaper advertising Is su
perior to any other medium be
cause of its quick attack.
There are no long watts be
tween preparation of copy and
publication.
A message can be printed
when the news is fresh and the
time is lipe.
Such a message has double
force—and results are Immedi
ate.
National advertisers are find
ing by experience that newspa
per advertising produces greater
results at 1« ss cost than atif
other form of publicity.
Prospective advertisers are In
' tted to address the Bureau of
Advertising. American Newspa
per Publishers Association,
World Building. New York.
ENGLAND WILL II
MIKE PEACE UNTIL
KAISERIS BEATEN
So Ambassador Page Notifies Presi
dent Wilson in Message
From London
Ffy Associated Press
Washington, I>. C., Sept. 10.—Great
Britain is ilotprmlneil not to make
peace until silo lias decisively defeated
Germany. Tills sentiment has been
conveyed to President Wilson in dis
patches from Ambassador Page at
I.ondon.
No formal message was communi-
cated by the British Foreign Office to
the American ambassador, but after
I Mr. Pace's conversation with high
I British officials and iiis own observa
tions he reported that efforts to ini
itiate peace negotiations through the
i allies at this time would lie fruitless.
Great Britain, France and Russia have
signed their agreement not to make
peace except by common consent.
Ambassador's Page's report and the
convention signed by ItAiy have had
the affect of discouraging efforts on
the part of the Washington govern
' rhent to renew its tender of good of-
I (Ices. Officials pointed out that the
text of Emperor William's dispatch to
I President Wilson protesting against
j alleged of dumdum bullets contained
| no references or intimations of a wll
j lingness to discuss peace.
Ella Marie Kreidler
Leads the Hope Contest
! Ella .Marie Kreidler is leading in the
j girls' popularity contest being conduct
ed by the Hope Fire Company Juniors.
I The vote is as follows:
I Miss Ella Marie Kreidler, 877; Miss
| Snowden McGlaughlin. 567; Miss Mary
I McGlaughlln, 558; Miss Frances Kind
lier, 366; Miss Mildred Shupp, 230.
i Every committee of the Firemen's
M'nion was on the move to-day. There
l is considerable controversy over the
I probable route of the procession A
general opinion prevails that a long
| march is out of the question, and that
| the people would see more of the pa
| rade with a short route. Hill residents
i are insisting on having the parade come
to that section. Chief Marshal lfolsteln
says he will not decide upon a route
until every request lias been given
| proper consideration.
Wilson Opposes Tax
on Railroad Freight
By Associated Press
| Washington'. D. C.. Sept. 10.—Presi
dent Wilson opposes the proposal to
1 tax railroad freight as a means of rais
i ing revenue to equalize the decrease in
I customs receipts caused by the Euro
! pean war. Democrats of the ways und
> means committee had worked out a
| plan which Included such a tax of
I 3 per cent. The President let it he
known to-day that he believes the
tax may be placed elsewhere with less
! effect to consumers. The President
i already had notilled Congress lenders
I of his objertion to increasing the in
| come tax and they have altered their
| progress in that regard.
President Wilson believes the de
i flclency can be better made up by'
' placing a stamp tax on checks and 1
"other forms of commercial paper.
12 PAGES.
PEOPLE OF EUROPE
GET LITTLE REAL
NEWS OF THE WAR
Dr. Charles B. Fager, Jr., Technical
High Principal, Tells His
Experiences
After thrilling experiences in the
terror lands of Europe, T>r. Charles 15.
Fager, Jr., 119 Locust street, prin
cipal of the Technical High school,
returned to this city last night.
i Conditions as painted l>v i)r. Fager
in a story oir his experiences written
especially for the Telegraph are more
terrible, he declares, than anyone can
describe. He says every man and
every boy capable of carrying arms at
all has been dragged off to the front:
that the women and small children
are sorrowfully doing the work in the
lields: that the people in the very
center of Europe are kept in almost
total ignorance of the real news of
the war by the military censors; and
that the horrors of the situation will
never be really written.
l)r. Fager says that the American
tourists found great difficulty in get
ting from place to place after Europe
was declared in a state of war because
of the inexperience of the United
States Department representatives,
many of whom were bewildered when
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Austrians May Sue For
Peace Within Fortnight
By Associated Press
l.ondou. Sept. 10, 6.20 a. m.—A dls
| patch to the Chronicle from Pctro
jgrad says:
I "In Russian and foreign diplomatic
[circles. It is believed that Austria will
1 sue for peace within a fortnight ns
| the only means of avoiding a com-1
j plete breakup of the empire."
20,000 Wounded Soldiers
Cared For in Viennal
By Associated I'ress
Rome, via London, Sept. 10, 8.25
A. M.—The Trlbuna's Vienna corre
spondent says that 6,000 wounded ar
rived in Vienna on Tuesday, 5,000
on Monday and 0.000 last Sunday.
About a third of these are Germans.
Rudapest and Prague also report the
arrival of large numbers of wounded.
COMET SIGHTED
Delavan's Comet, discovered last
December and now approaching the
earth, was seen last evening between
8 and 8.15 by several observers near
the city. The comet was very near
the horizon and just barely visible to
■ the naked eye, and had a tail about
'one-quarter of a degree long,
i The comet will be more favorably
I situated for observation toward the
( end of this month and when It passes
closest to the earth, October 2. may
'become nearly as bright ns Halley's
comet of 1910 and possible brighter.
* POSTSCRIPT.
ALLIES ME MIKING
DETERMINED EFFORT
TO RECOVER GROUND
TOKEN BY GERMING
Decisive Battle Now in Progress;
Emperor William's Forces Are
Pushed Back 25 Miles by British
and French
KAISER'S ARMY REINFORCED
ON HARD PRESSED CENTER
I Russians Continue to Push For
ward With Speed Which Sur
prises English Military Experts
i
British Drive
Germans Back
at All Points
By .*f undated rre.ts
I London. Sent. 10. 'JiSO P. M.
The offlelnl prf«« hurenu tins (liven
i out the following ulntrmrirli
The ImKlo run tln u oil ypntrr.
<lny. The enemy linn been driven
hack nil ic the line. Mr .loin*
French reports thnt our Klrnt
corps hn« hurled 200 Herman
dend nnd tnken twelve Matlni
Kiina. Some prisoner* alao were
tnken. Our Second arm.v enrpa
hnn enp'lured 3!WI prisoner* nnd a
I hntter.r. The tiermnn* nufTrred
heavily. Their men are ntnted
to he very exhnuMted. • British
troop* hnve crowned the River
'lame In n northerly direction.
•
Tlmt Iho enemy was driven hai'l* nil
AlnnK flic line yestcrday Is the news
cheering to British readers, Hint T'leld
Marshal Sir John French command
er-in-chief of the British expedition
ary forces, sent to Knglaud llils after
noon from the hnttle line of the allies
to the east of Paris.
This statement of the British com
mander is driven homo to Fiigllshmcn
; l»y the further announcement of the
annexation by British troops of a
dozen German maxim guns and a bat
lory of German field trims and It Is fur
ther emphasized by official confirma
tion of the capture of numbers of tier
man prisoners.
Field Marshal French's telegram
shows that fighting of the fiercest
character Is in progress and his state
ment that the liornun forces are very
exhausted confirms unofficial Infor
mation from other quarters that the
counter attacks of the allies have been
delivered with such speed and Impe
tuosity that the Invaders have lieen
Riven no chance to recover from the
effects of their rush from the north.
Itrltish military writers lind con
siderable satisfaction in the statement
of the French and British official re
ports that "in the center their advance
Is slow but general." It Is pointed out
toy these writers that the allies had
prepared their center for the most
formidable and dangerous attack,
which If successful would have divided
their forces. This evidence that, the.
German rushing tactics had been at
least temporarily countered has given
more courage to itrltish optimists
who believe that the Germans are
feeling the pressure and have found
it necessary to liurry reinforcements
from Belgium and practically denude
II|M>II Alsace of T poopa Hint are being
rushed to the central fighting zone.
Russians Threaten Berlin
Reports that the Russian invasion
of silicla is threatening Breslau indi
cates an entirely new move on the part
of the Muscovites which If carried out
on a really serious scale may claim
the early attention of the German gen
eral stall and result ixisslbly in fur
ther relieving the German pressure, ou
France.
Diplomatists in Rome, taking time
by the forelock, already are discussing
the point at which a treaty of peace
will be concluded. The general views
seems to be that |>eaoe Is most likely
to be brought about.ultimately through
the mediation of President Wilson in
which case the international confer
ence naturally would l>e held at Wash
ington.
The Germans liave great difficulty in
disposing of their wounded, and this In
spite of their splendid organization.
On the other hand the allies are en
countering no such trouble, their rear
being perfectly free for the trans|>or
tatlon of men put out of action to
hospitals in the provincial <-enters of
France.
There are Indications that the Ger
mans ure reinforcing their center,
which Is bearing the hrunt of the
British-French onslaught, aiul are
making a tremendous effort to rgcaln
the ground lost to the allien—esti
mated by the latter to l»e twenty-live
miles. There arc evidences also that
the allies arc strengthening their left
wing.
The Russian advance Is described at
I'etrograd as now occupying almost a
straight line from K»>cnigsberg on the
Baltic in Kast Prussia to Chateau.
The Russians are said to !>c driving
the Germans before them on the west
bank of the Vistula. It Is believed
that a firm stand of the Germans and
Austrlans will be made at Cracow.
According to Servian advices, Ser
vian troops have crossed the river
Save and arc successfully Invading
'Hungary. .Montenegrin troops arw In
Bosnia, hoping to Incite a revolution
In that Austrian province.
l*remier Asqulth lias called upon
parliament to ndd another half-million
men to the British army.
Ambassador Page. at I/ondon, has
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