German Army Reported Cut Near Brussels hy Belgians Reinforced by Russians
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 218
"KICKED IN DE FACE
BY 6EMMIN FRIEU'"
SAYS THE LEDGER
Fusion Game For McCormick's
Benefit Strongly Resented;
Washington Voters Flopping
PROGRESSIVES ARE 'SOLD OUT'
Thousands of Them, Left With
out a Party, Go to
Brumbaugh
Sincere and honest men who have
been identified with the third party
movement in this State are deserting
the sinking ship of the Washington
party in every county. It was re
garded as inevitable that the scheme
to tie up voters professing entirely
different, principles to the Democratic
candidate for Governor would fall of
its own weight. The protest against
the withdrawal of Lewis. the Wash
ington party candidate for Governor,
in favor of McCormiek, the Demo
i ratic nominee, lias assumed such
proportions as to indicate the prac
tical dissolution of the third party
movement in Pennsylvania. Lewis is
suspected of a political deal by which
lie is to be a beneficiary in the event
of McCormick's election and honest
Washington party men are openly de
claring that they cannot be turned
n\er to the Democracy with whose
principles they are not in sympathy.
There is already trouble among the
allied bosses in completing the fusion
arrangement. Percy P. Smith, the
Washington party nominee for lieu
tenant Governor, declining to get out
of the way for Fred E. Lewis, the can
didate for Secretary of Internal Af
fairs.
I>r. Martin G. Brumbaugh's strong
declarations in favor of local option
and his platform pledge on this ques
tion, his broad and able discussion of
the. real issues in the State, and his
■eoiared intention to pursue the con
structive policies of his personul plat
form have won to him thousands of
independent voters who have been al
lied for several years with other par
ties. It Is believed by many promi
nent Washington party men that Dr.
Brumbaugh has made unnecessary a
continuance of the third party move
ment and this is causing a rapid drift
to the Republican candidate that no
fusion scheme or deal can chock.
Brumbaugh I? Popular
His nonpolitical speeches are having
a tremendous effect upon voters of all
parties who are impressed with his
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Registration Day
Comes Tomorrow
To-morrow is the second registra
tion day and strenuous efforts are be
ing made by the Democratic city
committee in every city in the State to
make a better showing than that made
on the first registration day. Acting
on orders from the machine head-"
quarters. Democratic city chairmen
have heen stirring up their people
everywhere and Market Square Is
getting ready to announce a big turn
of the tide.
The registrars will sit at the polling
places from S to 1, 2 to 6 and 7 to
10.
A man may enroll as a nonpartisan
and he may make affidavit that he has
paid taxes.
■\
Second Fly Contest
of the Civic Club
AUGUST n TO
SEPTEMBEIt 2(1
fft ff»r flr»t prlrei neveral other
prl/cw. find ft c«*nf* n pint for all
file* hrooKbt In on the Uttth of Sep
VOTERS
Every voter should bear these
days in mind. If he wants to vote
in November.
I,AST DAY
To pay taxes. October 3.
REGISTRATION DAYS
September 15. October 3.
Late News Bulletins
1 EARTHQUAKES IN PERU
i Lima. Peru. Sept. It.—The earthquakes In the department of Are
quipa continue.. Yesterday 35 shocks, some \erj violent. Mere recorded
at Caravell, which was destroyed last week. The tremors continue to
da\.
PANIC IN VIENNA
London, Sept. 14, 8.05 .V M.—A dispatch to the Central News from
Petrograd says it is repotted from Burcliarcst that a panic occurred in
A'lenna on receipt of the news of the capture of Semlln by the Ser
bians and that thousands ol' unemployed are parading the streets of
the streets of capital,
WAR'S EFFECT ON COTTON
Washington. Sept. 14.—The extent of the effect of the European
war on the American cotton Industry was disclosed to-day in the. con-
I HIS bureau's August cotton consumption report, showing that during
August only 21,210 hales of cotton was exported, while during August
last year 257,172 bales went abroad.
London, Sept. 14. 2.28 P. M. —John Pltcairn, of Pittsburgh, chair*
man of the lioard ol' directors of the Pittsburgh Plate tilass Company
wlileh has a plant near Charlerol, Belgium, valued at .$1,000,000 was
advised to-day that this factory has not been Injured by the (ieminns.
He Is. however, unable to make his way'to Cliarleroi to look after the
property because of the military occupation.
Berlin, Sept. 14.—An official report Issued to-day, says: "The gar
rison at Antwerp has been repulsed. The Crown Prince's army Is now
attacking the forts between Verdun and Toul on both sides. Prince
Joachim arrived to-day in Berlin and has been lodged In Belle
vue Palace.
London, Sept. 11, ».2:i P. M. —lord Asqulth told flic House of
Commons to-day that no official Information had reached the ministry
of war concerning the repeated stories that (ierman soldiers had abused
the Red Cross flag, killed and maimed the wounded and killed women
and children.
J
WRITES OF TROUBLE
TOURISTS MEET IN
LAND OF THE BEAR
Russian Police Wink at Outrages
to German Travelers and
Diplomats
"GERMANS ARE GONE MAD"
American Ambassador's Secretary
Hears Uncle Sam's Subjects
Are Mistreated
From beneath the grim veil of the
Czar's censorship comes a startling
story of what is coins on in the far
away capital of the Russians.
The writer is an attache of the
American embassy and wrote to
friends in this city under date of Au
gust 10. It not here via Stockholm,
the naval attache haxing borne it out
of St. Petersburg on his way home.
For fear of possible diplomatic com
plications the recipients have thought
it best to withhold the name of the
attache as well as their own names.
Ihe letter was written at odd mo
ments while the scenes throughout the
Russian capital were at their wildest;
war had .iust been declared: the Ger
man ambassador and his wife had just
left for the border; the Russian mobs
were busy retaliating upon the Ger
man embassy buildings for similar
German outrages upon the Russians in
Rerlin; the refusal of the banks of
Russia to cash drafts or travelers'
checks was having its effect: the
troubles of American. German and
Austrian tourists were fast graying the
temples of the• hard-working, weary,
sleep-needing, anxious staff of the em
bassy of Uncle Sam.
Hrief but none the less heart-break
ing glimpses of what is occurring in
the families of Germans and Aus
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SINGLE IKK Oil
SECOND SI. LIE*
DURING SUBWAY JOB
Harrisburg Railways Co. May Not
Operate Cars via Meadow
Lane
Single track trolley service may be
continued in South Second street until
the construction of the subway at Mul
berry street is completed.
Permission had been granted the
Harrlsburg Railways Company to tem
porarily extend its lines down Third
street and out Meadow lane to con
nect the South Second street line at
Washington. This change of service
was to have been continued until after
the excavation in Second street hud
all been completed.
To date .however, no effort has been
made to make the change of line and
the traction company has been op
crating on a single track uj> and down
Second street. It is said that the snag
is a question of sr>oo in the cost of
making the necessary track changes.
This is between the contracting com
pany and the Cumberland Valley Hail
road. each contending that the other
should assume that much of the finan
cial burden.
Excavations have been started on
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BARN AND HOUSES BIHM',I)
Waynesboro, Pa., Sept. 14.—The
large barn on the farm of Frank
Kyner. near Urcenvlllage. on the road
leading from the turnpike to Tuiola,
was totally destroyed by tire on Friday
night, together with six horses, '.IOO
bushels of wheat, all the crops and
farm machinery. Sparks from a burn
ing straw stack set the barn on tire
and when discovered the horses and
other property was doomed. The
wheat crop had only been threshed
out a couple of days before. Loss, $4,-
000; insurance, *4OO.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1914.
"HEY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE MINE!"
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
CATHOLIC SLOVAK
UNION OPENS 16TH
BIENNIAL SESSION
High Mass at Cathedral Marks
the Opening of Week's
Meeting
With high mass at St. Patrick's Ro
man Catholic Cathedral and a business
meeting in the Board of Trade Hall,
the First Catholic Slovak Union of
America began Its sixteenth biennial
session in Harrisburg this morning.
Sessions will continue all week, cul
minating on Saturday with imposing
dedicatory ceremonies of the Slovak
Home on the Jednota farms near Mid
dletown. Delegates to the number of
2.j<) enrolled to-day, including a num
ber from Canada. These delegates
represent a membership of 60,000.
The meetings opened at !i o'clock
I his morning with 11. V. Kozak, of
Wilkes-Barre, president, in the chair.
Following the enrollment of delegates
and presentation of credentials the
members marched to St. Patrick's Ca
thedral. High Mass Coram in Epis
copal was sung by Vicar General M.
M. Hassett. D. D. Ills assistants were
the Rev. John I.iscinsky, of Cleveland.
Ohio, and the Rev. Vaclar Moravek,
Monesson. Pji. In the sanctuary with
the bishop of the Harrisburg diocese,
tlii- Rt. Rev. J. W. Shanahan, were the
Rev. S. Furdeck. Cleveland, Ohio, and
the Rev. Joseph Murgas. of Wilkes-
Barre. Bishop Shanahan preached the
sermon. Returning to the Board of
Trade, the delegates were welcomed
by President Kozak and an address
bv Bishop Shanahan followed. The
program for the week was announced
and the delegates went Into executive
session for the nomination of officers.
The election will take pace to-morrow.
This afternoon the delegates were
taken to the Jednota farms in four
special cars.
| At the meeting to-morrow morning
i reports will be presented showing the
, success of the farms and giving the
cost of the new lmme which will be
dedicated on Saturday. There are two
local branches of the First Catholic
| Slovac I'nlon in this vicinity. At Steel
ton Lodge N'o. 321 has a membership
of 300 end is represented at the bien
nial sessions by John Sinko. Middle
town. Lodge Xo. 27K, with 200 mem
! ers, is represented by John Hursck.
editor of The Jednota, the official
Slovak paper.
other officers of the union are M.
Seriko. Middletown, secretary, and
■Michael Bosak, Scranton. financial sec
retary.
Rotary Club Wheel
Contains Only $ 11,000
Worth of Pure Gold
Would you care to have a look at
SII,OOO worth of gold?
Such a glam c can he had from now
until to-morrow evening at Dlener's
jewelry store, 40S Market street. And
it will cost you nothing.
The SII,OOO is represented hv the big
golden Rotary Cluh wheel that Is now
on exhibition In this citv on its great
country-wide tour of Rotary Club
cities. After the tour it will l.e plared
in the Panama-Pacific Kxposition at
San Francisco.
The emblem consists of one big
Rotary wheel of beaten gold, surround
ing six smaller ones. These represent
the clubs in California. Helow It are
attacheil more than 100 smaller wheels,
each representing a club in some other
city of the country. The whole system
is connected by cogs.
MECHANICS IX SESSION
Dr. \V. H. Painter. State councilor
of the Junior Order of American
Mechanics, left to-day for Scranton to
attend the fifty-fifth annual conven
tion of the order. The session will
continue for four days. ft Is ex
pected that 200 delegates will attend.
ALLIES REPORTED TO
HAVE LED GERMANS
STRAIGHT INTO TRIP
Correspondent Says Two Regi
ments of 1,000 Men Each,
Were Annihilated
By Associated rress
London, Sept. 14, 4.51 a. m. A
Times correspondent who wires from
tive miles south of Provtns in the de
partment of Seine-et-Marne, says:
"I have traveled to this point prac
tically along the whole line of the
allied army. General Von Kluck's
host in coming down over the Marne
and the Grand Morin rivers to Se
zanne. twenty-five miles southwest of
Kpernav. met little opposition, and I
believe little opposition was intended.
The allies, in fact, led their opponents
straight into a trap. The Knglish
cavalry led the tired Germans mile
after mile and the Germans believed
the Englishman were running away.
When th tremendous advance
reached Provins the allies' plan was
accomplished and it go no further.
"The fighting on Sunday, Septem
ber 6, was of a terrible character and
began at dawn in the region of La
Forte Gaucher. The allies' troops, who
were drawn up to receive the Ger
mans, understood it would be their
duty to bold on their very best in
order that the attacking force at
Meaux might achieve Its task in secur
ity. The battle lasted all night and
un'il late Monday. The German ar
tillery tire was very severe, but not ac
curate. The French and Knglish
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GI'KKTS AT PICNIC
John C. Nissley and Walter S.
Young, Republican candidates for the
Legislature, were guests at the union
Sunday school picnic at Rife on Sat
urday. They shook hands with hun
dreds of people and were entertained
by tnembers of the committee In
charge at dinner.
To-morrow will l>c the second regis
tration tiny. Have you registered?
I THE WEATHER
For HarrlNlmrg and vicinityi Con
tinued fnlr ufnHier IN Indicated
tor till** afternoon, to-nlKht and
proliahly Tnenda.v with but lit
tle chnitfte In temperature.
For Gaatera Fennaylvanln i Fair
to-nlglW and probably Tnendayt
not much change In temperature*
frcali northeast ulmla.
River
The main river ..I«I continue to fall
nlowly to-night and Tuenday. A
atage of about 1.1 feet la Indicated
for llnrrlflburiE Tucmday morning.
lieneral <'ondltlona
Under the Influence of an area of
high barometric preaaure that
covera the caatcrn part of the
country, fair weather haa prevail
ed except along the South Atlnn
tle eoaat, where ahowerN have oc
curred. The center of the dla
turbunce In the Far Norfhweat
ban made no progreaa alnce Innt
report, but Ita front baa advanc
ed Into the region of the Kreat
Lakea.
Temperature: H n. m.« 54.
Nun: ItlacM, 5:44 a. m.| acta, (1.17
p. m.
Moon: VtiacN. 12.01 a. m.; new moon,
September 10, 4.HH p. m.
Hirer Stage: 1.2 feet above low
wirier mark.
Yenterday'a Weather
lllgheat temperature, <1(1.
I/O we at temperature, 4H.
Mean temperature, nB.
Normal temperature, ttfl,
MANIHAVR '.IrKNSK.H
Jerome E. Beit lor, Will lain Mown and
Caroline A. SheafTef, city.
Michael Ilaydek and Mary Patrle
Steclton.
TO BUILD POLYCLINIC
HOSPITAL AT FRONT
AND HARRIS. RUMOR
Understood That Purchase of the
Capp Mansion Is Under
Consideration
At a meeting of the officers and
i trustees of the Harrisburg Polyclinic
Hospital, held tills afternoon, the pur
chase of the property of the late Judge
Thomas Capp, Front and Harris
streets, was discussed.
The meeting was held at 4 o'clock
at the office of Dr. Simon Z. Sliope.
.None of the officials would say the
purchase was contemplated. It is un
derstood that option on the property
has been held by the Polyclinic offi
cials for sometime. Officials of the
Polyclinic Hospital announced that
they would have no information re
garding the purchase until after the'
I meeting to-day.
| Reports in circulation to-day were
;that the site would be purchased and
[that hospital buildings would be erect
j ed In the near future.
To-morrow will be tlie second regis
tration day. Have you registered
Dr. Brumbaugh Will
Be at Gratz Fair on
Public Schools Day
Accompanying the party that will
escort Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, Re
publican candidate for Governor, to
the Gratz fair on Wednesday, will be
John C. Nissley, candidate fpj; the
Legislature, and Congressman Aaron
S. Kreider, candidate for re-election
to Congress.
The. party will be in charge of
James C. Lentz. Republican vl6e
chairman, and will make stops at al
most all of the towns of tlie upper
end, concluding with a rally at Mil
lersburg in the evening.
Dr. Brumbaugh has written that
he Is especially pleased that Wednes
day Is to be school children's day at
the fair, as he is deeply Interested in
education and will be delighted to
meet the little folks and their teach
ers. Dr. Brumbaugh takes much more
pleasure in meeting .school boys and
girls than In making political ad
dresses and any of the pupils at Gratz
on Wednesday who want to shake
hands with the next Governor of
Pennsylvania will have the privilege, j
Bids Opened Today For
Two State-aid Roads
Rids have been asked by the State
Highway Department on two State-aid
highways in the northwestern part of
the State. Proposals will be received
until October 6. when bids will be
opened.
One of the roads is a section of
brick block pavement 1,050 feet in
length In Tlonesta borough. Forest
county, extending along Kim street
from the end of the present brick
pavement to the bridge over Tionesta
creek.
The other road is In Mill Creek
township; Krle county, and Is of brick,
about three-quarters of a mile in
length, extending from the northeast
line of the city of Brie to the south
west line of the borough of Wcsley
vlllc.
200,000 Austrians Are
Now Held as Prisoners
By Associated Press
Rome, Sept. IS, via Paris, Sept. 14,
3.19 a. ill. —News received here from
Petrogrpd Is to the'effect that the Aus
trian prisoners now In the hands of
the Ruasians aggregate about 200,000.
12 PAGES.
GERMAN RIGHT AND
CENTER RETREATS;
LEFT WING RESISTS
Crown Prince Holding His Own in Vicinity of Verdun;
Official Paris Statement Says Germans Are Abandon
ing All Positions Which They Established to Cover
Possible Retreat; Russians Before Koenigsberg; Ser
vians Claim Continued Success in Austria
§
The right and center of the German army of invasion in France
is gradually withdrawing and the left wing is stoutly resisting the
advance of tlie allies according to the best obtainable information
to-day.
1 be German Crown Prince appears to be holding his own in
the vicinity of Verdun.
I lie capture by the Germans of a fortified position southwest of
Verdun and a battle between Paris and the river Manic, described
in a report froni the German headquarters have been noted earlier in
press dispatches.
1 be British statement reviews the operations of the British in
I" ranee from September 4 to 10. but reveals nothing.
An official communication issued at Paris at 3 o'clock this after
noon ( Paris time) declares that the Germans "arc retreating every
where. I hey arc, it is added, "abandoning all the positions which
they established to cover a possible retreat."
Reports concerning the fighting in Russian Poland and Galicia
•TIC conflicting. It appears that the Atistrians have met serious re
verses but continued struggles established that they have not been
completely overwhelmed by the Russians.
Still less is definitely known of the operations in East Prussia.
According to advices from Petrograd, a Russian army is before the
capital, Koenigsberg. But Russian official advices two days ago
stated that their forces were bombarding Koenigsberg.
According to German reports, the initial success of General
Hindenberg in East Prussia, which has been admitted in Petrograd.
was followed by further German triumphs to the south of Koenigs
berg.
The Belgian army operating from Antwerp is represented a
harassing the Germans in that district to prevent the two German
army Corps there moving south to the aid of the German main Jinc
Belgian official reports admit that tlieir forces were obliged to retire
after a counter attack by the Germans.
The Servians claim continued success against the Austrians, the
greater part of whose armies are engaged with the Russians to the
north.
Parisians Return With
Many Souvenirs of Fight
By Associated Press
Paris, Sept 14, 3.46 A. M.—Certain
parts of llie field of the battle of
Marne in the department of the Oise
were subjects.of a varictable pilgrim
age Sunday. The suburban trains of
the northern railroad carried great
numbers'of sightseers, most of whom
returned with souvenirs of the great
battle. From 8 o'clock to midnight
Sunday trains brought into the north
jern station many souves, turcos and
I infantrymen wounded near Meaux.
I The souvenirs brought from the bat
tlefield consisted of helmets, frag
ments of shells and cartridges, wea
pons, pennants and equipment. All
who visited the battlefield wero en
thusiastic over the evidence they had
seen of their countrymen's victory.
They said, however, that the battle
fields still are gruesome and the bod
ies of Frenchmen and Germans, shat
tered by shell wounds, are lying thick
along the roads and lanes.
CSernian soldiers, suffering from hun
ger are still being brought into Meaux.
One British soldier Sunday afternoon
brought in five Germans who seemed
to be willing captives.
Demonstration in Opera
House Marks Victory
By Associated Press
j London, Sept. 14, 10.30 A. M.—A
Petrograd dispatch to the Central
iNews describes a scene of tremendous
enthusiasm "on the first night of im
perial grand opera season when a. bul
letin describing the destruction of
Ithe Austrian army between the rivers
I Bug and Dniester was read in the
| middle of the performance. The Rus
sian hymn was sang over and over
lagain and the national anthems of the
laities also were sung, while the ambas
jsadors and minister of these countries
I bowed from their boxes.
' Tumultuous demonstrations took
| place in the streets, the crowds almost
i fighting to get the newspapers. The
Russian minister of commerce and in
dustry has dispatched a commission
of engineers lo the town of Ktryj, Gall
cla, which has been recently occupied
by the Russians, with a view of study
ing the resources of petroleum in Aus
tria to meet the shortage of naphtha
in Russia.
Russian Troops Are .
Assisting Belgians in
Cutting Communication
By Associated Press ,
London. Sept. 14, 740 a. m.—ln a
dispatch from Ghent the correspond
ent of the Daily News says that after
two days of investigation he has con
firmed the statement that Russian
troops are in Belgium.
Afternoon papers of Ghent,, the cor
respondent says, published last Satur
day a statements as follows:
"The German army has been cut at
Countenberg, between Brussels and
Louvain, by a Belgian army rein
forced by Russian troops."
His investigations confirmed this,
"but where these Rusuians arc and
what their numbers may be it would
be indiscreet to tell," he says. Con
tinuing, the correspondent mentions
the "possibility that the Russian is not
the only army reinforcing the Bel
gians." *
* POSTSCRIPT.
MANS WITHOUT
FOOD, mm
lIIH REIICH
Commander-in-Chief of the British
Forces Issues Statement /
Through War Office
By Associated Press
London. Sept. t4. 2.45 P. M.—lm
portant details of the operations of
the British army in France are con
tained in a report which the war office
issued this afternoon.
When the German army began its
eastward movement to cut the French
center, according to General French,
it was ignoring the British as a factor
in the tight. The allies began a gen
eral advance on September 7 against
the German rear guard on their right
wing, which had been left along the
river Ourcq. The British army was
reinforced. The Germans began a re-'
tirement on their right on the 7tli.
It was the first time that they had
turned back since the battle of Mons.
According to letters found on pris
oners. they had expected to enter Paris
in a few days. The order to retreat
was a bitter disappointment. The Brit
ish crossed the river Marne on the 9th
with the French and on the 10th cap
tured 1.500 men. four great guns,
six machine guns and fifty transport
wagons.
The Germans of the right army
seemed demoralized. They were with
out food and surrendered readily, ac
cording to British report. The con
tinued advance. General French says,
| has delighted the troops, who, -with
j reinforcements received, were filled
with zeal and anxious to press on.
The statement follows:
"The following report is compiled
from information sent from the, head
quarters of Field Marshal Sir John
French, commander-in-chief of the
British expeditionary forces on the
continent, under date of September It.
A summary of the operations of the
British army in France was issued by
the war oflii c on the 6th instant .and
an account, stated to be incomplete,
of further operations WHS issued from
the bureau on Saturday night, the
12th instant.
"To-day it is possible to give more
complete reports of the movements of
the British force and of the French
armies in immediate touch with it.
This account is compiled from data
received from the front and carries
the operations from the 4th to the
10th of September, both days Inclusive.
"It will he remembered that the
general position of our troops on Sun
day, September 6, was stated to be
south of the river Marne, with the
French forces In line on our right and
left. Practically there had been no
change in the situation since Thurs
day. September 3. which marked the
end of our army's long retirement from
the Belgian frontier through northern
France.
Alteration in Advance •
"On Friday, September 4, it be
came apparent that there was an
alteration in the advance of almost
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To-morrow wtll be the se«*md mgia.
traUon day. Have you registered?