Thi e? Great Armies in Western Theater of War Are Nearing End of Human Endurance
HARRISBURG SfiSllli TELEGRAPH
I.XXXIII— No. 225
5.000 MEN 10 BE
IN BIG FIREMEN'S
PARAOE. OCTOBER 8
,000 Musicians in Line Will Com
plete Formation Plans
Tonight
:AN YOU ROAST AN OX?
fficials of Association to Be Fed
at Country Home of How
ard Holstein
Complete details for the firemen's
parade, now being worked out by
Chief Marshal Howard O. Holsteln,
indicate that 12,000 firemen and 3.000
musicians will be in line on Thursday.
October 8. Plans for the formation
of the various divisions will be com
pleted to-night.
That it will lie no easy task to take
care of this big army of fire fighters
Chief Marshal Holstein long ago real
ized. He is anxious to have no slip
ups and when orders are once issued
they will be comprehensive and final.
With the exception of three com
panies, who were unable to secure a
band, every company in line, 139 in
all, will have either a band or a drunt
corps.
Other committees are working hard
to get their plans in shape for the cele
bration. which starts Monday, Octo
ber 5. A 1 IJ. Patton, chairman of the
committee on entertainment, has com
pleted plans for the Ferari exposition.
It will be held in Seventeenth street
near Market. Chairman Patton is now
hunt:nc for a competent person to take
care of an oxroast which will be given
to officials of the Pennsylvania State
Firemen's Association at Beech Club,
near New Cumberland, the country
home of Howard O. Holstein.
Arrangemeints were also completed
yesterday for a trip to Hershev Park
for the Ladies' Auxiliary of the State
Firemen's Association. The park will
he thrown open to the visitors and
arrangements will be made for a visit
through the chocolate plant.
JOHN KEEN SERIOT'SI/Y 11/ I,
By Associated Press
Elizabeth. X. J.. Sept. 22.—The ill
ness of John Keen, former Fnited
States senator from New Jersev,
reached a critical stage to-dav and !
hope that he would recover dwindled, i
Mr. Keen was stricken parly in Julv
with an ailment of the kidneys.
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THE WEATHER
For Hnrrl«bnr* end vicinity: Talr
and slightly nnrmpr to-nlKhtt
Wednesday Increasing clnurilne«s.
probably showers; anmeivhat
cooler.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Fair
to-night. slightly warmer In
north portion: Wednesday in
creasing clnudlnesa and somewhat
lower temperature) moderate
southerly winds.
River
The main river will remain nearlr
stationary to-nlcht and Wednea
day. % stnfge of about of a
foot Is Indicated for Harrlaburg
Wednesday morning.
f»fneral Conditions
The pressure has decreased over
the eastern half of the cnuntrT
and Increased over the western
half during the last twentv-four
hours. The ■ center of the dis
turbance from the Far Northwest
that was located over Western
Minnesota. Monday morning, has
moved eastward to l.ake Superior)
If hn« caused showers In the last
twenty-four hours over a belt of
country extending from Mlnne.
aota southward to Texas.
Temperature: « a. m.. 84.
*«in: Rises, 5:82 a. m.; acta,
p. m.
Moon: First quarter, September
28. 7:03 a. m.
River <t«Rfi Flght-tentha of a
foot above low water mark.
Veaterdoy's Weather
Highest temperature, SO.
l/oweat temperature. Bn.
Mean temperature. 74.
Normal temperature, 84.
MARRI \GF I.irKIVSE*
Nick Frvszyhvr and Anna Gazda.
Pteelton.
Nick Vidovlc. Vintonvale, and Ka?»
BHWmie, Steeltnn.
William and Mary Foes«l. city
Late News Bulletins
RED CROSS IS DETAINED
Falmouth. Eng., Sept. 22. via London, 2.15 P. M.—Rear Admiral
Aaron Ward. 1". S. N'„ retired, received n wireless <ll--pateh to-day from
Captain Armlsted Rust, of the American Hospital ship Red Cross, stat
ing that the vessel had been detained by foe during the last three
rlavs and would not reach Kalmotith until Wednesday night. The Red
Cross sailed from New York September 13.
GERMANS SAY THERE IS LITTLE DAMAGE
Amsterdam. Sept. 22. via London, 3 I*. M.—According to German
papers received here describing the destruction of the cathedral,
Rhelms suffered hut slightly during the recent German bombardment.
These papers aver that no damage at all would have been done to
the cathedral if the French troops had stayed away from It.
22 DIE WHEN STEAMER SINKS
Trehlsond. Asia Minor, Sept. 22, via I-ondon 11.07 A. >l.—Twenty,
two persons lost their lives by drowning as a result of the sinking of
the British steamer Belgian Kin? near Cape Kureli. yesterday. The
Belgian King carried passengers and crew to the numlier'or 120. Ninety
eight of them were saved by a Russian steamer. Tt is surmised this
accident was due to a mine, but the real cause has not l>cet revealed.
Washington. Sept. 22.—The victory of the Senate filibusters
against the River and Harlior hill bore fruit s|>eedily to-dav when tlie
eommerce committee reported a new measure providing $20,000,000 to
he spent by the army engineers. No prolonged discussion was expected
In the Senate, but how the House would re»-elve the reduction of nearly
•55.000.000 could not be predicted.
Washington. Sept. 22.—Although yesterday's official reports indi
cated that the friction between Generals Obregon and Villa was of an
insignificant character, there was a pessimistic tone In the advices from
Mexico which reached here to-day. The local troubles In Sonora have
given rise to the fear among some observers that Villa may attempt to
quell the disturbances there independent of Carranza's orders.
Nome, Alaska, Sept. 22.—The fifteen ton wooden gasoline schooner
Teddy Bear. Captain Joe Bernard, which left Nome on a hunting, trap
ping and trading expedition In 1900. which skirted the Arctic coast of
Canada, farther eastward than any other ship ever had gone and which
might have accomplished the northward pavtage and reached Hudson
Bay but for a shortage of gasoline, arrived here yesterday.
PENNSY INSPECTION
OFFICIALS TO MAKE
TRACK PRIZE AWARDS
308 in Party That Arrives From
West at 5 This Afternoon;
Spend Night Here
WATCH AUTOMATIC SIGNALS
$5,400 For Men Who Have Kept
Roadbed in Best Condition
During the Year
Completing the first day of the
forty-second annual track Inspection.
General Manager S. C. Long, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, with 308 offi
cials. will reach Harrisburg at- 5
o'clock this evening. The party, in
cluding department heads, division su
perintendents. supervisors, civil and
electrical engineers and track firemen
from all branches of the big system,
left Pittsburgh at 8.35 o'clock this
morning. The first stop was made at
Altoona. where luncheon was served
at the 1-ogan House.
While this is the annual track in
spection. officials closely watched the
new automatic signal system, which
will be given a more thorough inspec
tion during October, when the new
signals will be completed. The in
spection party occupied six trains.
Each train was made up of an en
gine, inspection car and two business
cars, with one exception. The fifth
section included the Beaverdale. an
observation car. Members of the in
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SMAI<I; VOTE I\ MASSACHUSETTS
By Associated rress
Boston. Mass.. Sept. 22. —The ab
sence of a contest for the head of the
state ticket in any of the three parties
led to the expectation that not more
than a third of the voting strength
would be represented at to-day's Mas
sachusetts primaries. Governor David
I. Walsh will be renominated by the
Democrats. ex-Congressman Samuel
W. McCall will be nominated for Gov
ernor by the Republicans and Joseph
Walker, former speaker of the house,
by the Progressives.
■sows PARK
DEVELOPMENT IS 111
EXHIBITION IN CHILE
South Americans Getting Idea of
What This City Has Done
and Is Doing
Down in faraway Santiago. Chile,
this week, thousands of South Ameri
cans are getting a good photographic
idea of what Harrisburg has done and
is doing in developing and maintain
ing its parks and playgrounds.
In a letter to the city's park de
partment the American City Bureau
of New York has explained that Har
risburg has been given representation
in the great city planning exhibition
which began Monday in the capital
of the South Pacific republic. In fact
all the views which helped make up
the big New York exhibition have
gone to South America. The Har
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LONG EIGHT FORECASTED
Rome, via Paris. Sept. 22, 3 a m.—
A dispatch received here from Petro
grad says that reports of fresh de
feats of the Austrians have led the
Russian headquarters to believe that
it will be impossible for Austria to
get into Galicia until next Spring.
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VOTERS
Every voter should bear these
days in mind, if he wants to vote
in November.
LAST DAY
To pav taxes. October 3.
I.AST REGISTRATION DAY
October 3.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1914
GERMANS SINK THREE BRITISH CRUISERS
LOSS OF LIFE IS BELIEVED TO BE GREAT
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When Brumbaugh was sweeping classrooms to pay
his way through Juniata College— WHERE WAS McCORMICK?
1!6 BISTHNS
RECORDED FOR U. P.
EXTENSION SCHOOL
Requests For Information Numer
ous; Expert Accountant Here
Tells of Courses
University of Pennsylvania exten
sion school registrations reached 12fi
yesterday—September 21—the day
an enrollment of 100 was to he assur
ed. Judging hy the rapidity with
which applications and requests for
information are coming in. it is safe
to predict that Harrlsburg will have
an enrollment of at least 175 men by
the time the school opens October 12.
Dr. Edward P Moxey, Jr., of Ed
ward P. Moxey and Company, certified
public accountants of Philadelphia,
and Professor of accounting in the
university, arrived in town last night
to give to those interected in the ex
tension school project any informa
tion desired along accounting lines.
In reply to numerous questions con
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XINF DEAD OX CARMAXIA
By Asscciated Press
London, Sept. 22, 10.25 A. >l.—The
admiralty has issued an official list of
the casualties on the Carmania which
sank an armed German merchant
steamer off the South American coast.
It show! that nine men were killed
and five seriously wounded. No offi
cers' names appear among the dead
or seriously wounded.
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HOW DR. BRIMDAVGH IS
REGARDED BY A NEIGHBOR
I have known Martin G. Brum
baugh since his early boyhood
days. He ushered himself Into
public notice as a candidate for
county superintendent of schools,
when about 20 years of age. Hi«
preliminary training was in the '
commonest kind of common
schools. His friends ajid relatives
were not identified with political
affairs in any way. His personal
appeal to the school directors in
duced their support of him as a
worth while young man. He was
big, forceful and serious-minded,
and won his first fight by so sub
stantial a majority that he was re
elected without opposition. Ho
has never been financed by anv
special interest and has never rep
resented any faction in the party,
but has always been a consistent,
loyal Republican. Whether as
county teacher, magazine writer,
bookmaker, college professor, lec
turer, or representing State or na
tion in school systems, he has been
his own sponsor. His life has been
marked by his intense energy, his
high Christian character, and his
loyalty to our system of educa
tion. He has always been earnest
yet conservative, candid yet fear
less, Independent yet loyal to our
American ideals. He Is a big,
strong, kind man. who stands as
the representative of the army of
poor boys charged with an ambi
tion to be useful citizens. He has
made good In every position he has
occupied, and can he relied on to
be an honest executive who will
have but one creed—to serve all
the people of the State to the best
of his ability.—Judge George B.
1 Orlady.
COUNCIL JUST ABOUT
IF SETTLES FRONT
ST. FILL PROBLEM
Authorizes Purchase of 2,000 Cubic
Yards of Earth For the
Upper End
Aft»r another half-hour's discussion
of the River Front "All" problem pro
and con—mostly "con" —City Council
this afternoon Just about half settled
the question by authorizing |ie pur
chase of 2,000 or more cubic yards
of earth from the Central Construc
tion and Supply Company for 20 cents
per yard. This material will be used
from Maclay to Division streets.
City Commissioner M. Harvey Tay
lor received another offer of 4,000
yards from the S. W. Shoemaker &
Son Company at 4 5 cents per yard for
dumping below Maclay street. While
Council took no action on this, Mr.
Taylor said he will consider the offer
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Edward Bailey, Head
of Harrisburg Trust,
Home From Scotland
Edward Bailey, president of the
Harrisburg» Trust Company, returned
to the city last night after his visit
to Scotland. Mr. Bailey, who was ac
companied by Mrs. Bailey and bis
three children, came from Scotland on
one of th*> Anchor liners.
The party sailed for Scotland
on July 4 and remained in the high
lands of the "land o' cakes" during
the latter part of July and all of
August, visiting many of the places
so intimately connected with the his
tory of Scotland and the Presbyterian
Church.
AN OFFER!
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer]
We do not wish to be behind
cur contemporaries in making lib
eral political offers, so here goes:
If McCormick will endorse the
Republican national and State
platforms, will resign from the
Democratic ticket and support
Penrose and Brumbaugh earnest
ly, we will give him our unquali
fied support for assistant dog
killer in the Fourth Ward of Har
risburg, and we give him until
midnight, September 26, to an
swer.
Don't Take
Counterfeit Money
Hardly necessary to give any
such advice—but It has an appli
cation.
And a very pointed one.
The dealer whn offers "some
thing Just as good" for a stand
ard article Is asking you to ac
cept a counterfeit.
The substitute seldoru has the
ring of the genuine article.
But it means profit to
the dealer—a profji you pay.
When you ask for an adver
tised brand GET WHAT YOU
ASK KOR.
AUTO THIEVES STEAL
FORD CAR AND ROB
3 PAXTANG GARAGES
Believed Larger Haul Would Have
Been Made, but Robbers
Were Frightened
Automobile thieves were busy at
i Paxtang last night. Three garages
were broken into, in the little borough
east of the city. A Ford car the
property of John C. Wensell, the brok
er, and a can of gasoline were stolen
from one garage. Another car in the
same garage belonging to I. R. Lyme,
the plumber, was stripped of its tires
and left standing on the outside of the
garage. Tires were also stolen from
the garages of Samuel S. Rutherford,
the caterer, and Arthur C. Mead, in
srranee agent.
None of the robberies were discov
ered until this morning. All were
promptly reported to the police. At
each garage, entrance war gained
through a window. It is the belief
that the robbers had intended to make
a larger clean-tip but were frightened
away. The Lyme car was found stand
ing on the outside of the garage load
ed with the tires which had been
stripped from its wheels and tools
taken from the Wensell garage. The
police believe that the thieves were
unable to run the. Lyme car after hav
ing moved it out of the garage and
were frightened while trying to re
move the tires.
At the Mead garage three bull dogs
were evidently sleeping soundly or
may have been quieted by the robbers,
as they made no noise. The tire taken
from this garage can be easily identi
fied as It was In poor condition and
was ready to be taken to the vulcan
izer.
The Wensell car is a Ford runabout,
1912 model. It is painted black, and
has an air lever on the steering rod,
found on very few Ford cars. The
car Is equipped with electric lights,
and the number of the engine is 58.-
519. The license number is 106,073.
Committee Drafting
Substitute Measure
Washington, D. C.. Sept. 22.—The
Senate commerce committee, carrying
out the instructions of the upper
house of Congress, to-day begun
drafting, a substitute for the
$34,000,000 rivers and harbors bill.
The new measure is to carry a lump
appropriation of $20,000,000 to be ex
pended at the discretion of the War
Department on existing waterways
projects. The action of the Senate in
recommitting the bill by a vote of 27
to 22.ended the fight over the measure
and was a victory for Senator Burton,
of Ohio, who had led such a deter
mined filibuster against it. It was ac
complished by sixteen Democrats who
rebelled against party leadership.
WILSON AT PRINCETON'
Washington. Sept. 22. President
Wilson left here at 8 o'clock to-day for
Princeton. N. J., where he will vote in
the primary election. He will return
to Washington at 6 o'clock to-day.
NEW PASTOK COMING
Announcement was made this aft
ernoon by an official ot the Capital
Street Presbyterian Church. Forster
and Capital streets, that the Rev. Mr.
Ward, of York. Pa., will become pas
tor of the church about November 1.
The Rev. Mr. Ward was elected some
time ago and this week acceoted the
local pulpit. He succeeds the Rev.
1 Thomas Amos.
12 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT.
Both Sides Continue
to Hold Their Strongly
Fortified Positions
After Many Days and Nights of Terrific Fighting, Situa
tion in France Remains Unchanged; Nothing but a
Successful Flanking Movement Could Have Any Ser«
ious Effect on Either Army; Neither Line Has Been
Broken, According to Dispatches From Headquarters
London, Sept. 22, 4.30 P. M.—The British war
ships Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy have been sunk in
the North sea by submarines, according to announce
ment given out by the official bureau this afternoon.
Continuing the announcement says that a considerable number
of the crews of these vessels were saved by 11. M. S. I.owstofl and by
a division of torpcdol>out destroyers. Trawlers and their boats also
aided in the work or rescue. The Aboukir was torpedoed first. The
Hogue and the Cressy drew In close to her and were standing by to
save her crew when they also were torpedoed.
The Cressy, Captain Robert YV. Johnson; the Aboukir. Captain
John E. Dnimmond and Hogue. Captain Wllmot S. Xlchoison, were
sister ships. They were armored cruisers of a comparatively obso
lete type, and were built I I years ago. The lists of the easualUes
among their crcvvs wilt be published as soon as they are known.
The warships Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy are cruisers of the
same type. Their tonnage, armament, etc., are identical. These ves
sels had a displacement of 12.000.t0n5. were 440 fe«t long 49.5 feet
wide and drew 2# feet of water. Each one had a complement of 755
men, including officers and crew.
These three cruisers had armaments consisting of two 9.2-lneh
guns, twelve <i-lncli guns, twelve 12-|>ounders and five 3-pounders.
The Aboukir and the Cressy were built at Goven in 1900 and the
Hogue was built at Barrow in the same year.
FATIGUED TROOPS
ARE KEEPING UP
CONTINUOUS
Another day has pone and neither one side nor the other, Ger
many nor allies, lays claim to any decisive outcome in the battle of
the Aisne, where the supreme conflict of the war up to the present
time has long been ranging.
The engagement, taken as a whole along its entire lines, seems
to be partaking of the nature of a siege. Both sides continue to
hold a majority of their strongly entrenched positions. The German
lines for 100 miles, are described as virtually a continuation of forts
and heavy entrenchments. The artillery fire exchanges go on day
and night and under their cover are sorties of infantry, counter
attack follows attack, and occasoinally one side or the other gains
ground. It would appear to-day that nothing but a successful
flanking movement could have any serious effect on either army.
But neither front has been broken and neither side has been out
flanked.
Rheims appears to be the. center of the most persistent fighting.
It is between the lines of battle and the city has suffered heavily.
The Germans are described as most anxious to recapture this
position.
The French official announcement issued at Paris this after
noon, avers that incessant German attacks delivered yesterday,
September 21, have been unsuccessful and that the Germans have
been compelled to retire at more than one point. The French took
many German prisoners.
GERMANS CLAIM SUCCESSES
The latest official communication from Berlin, issued Monday
night says the Germans have captured the hill positions at Craonne
and'occupy the village of Betheny, three miles outside of Rheims to
the north. This announcement described the Germans also as
attacking the strong forts south of Verdun.
The military expert of the London "Times" gives positions to
trie French forces on the left which, if correct, show a remarkable
advance along the flank of the German right wing under command
of General Von Kluck. Up to the present time the French line has
not been reported north of Noyon. The "Times" places it at
Lecatelet, Bosiel and Lassigny. Lecatelet is thirty miles north of
Noyon; Bosiel is nine miles southwest of Lecatelet and Lassigny is
eight miles due west of Noyon. These locations have not been con
firmed from any other source, the French war office having con
tented itself with saying that the French left wing was advancing
along the right bank of the river Oise.
The Germans are said to be fortifying with great haste along the
liver Sambre, from Maubeuge in France to Namur in Belgium, but
this report also lacks confirmation. It finds place in a Paris news
paper.
In Belgium the situation shows no real change. Belgium
sorties from Antwerp continue but apparently without effecting either
the German or the Belgium positions.
The Russians are before Przeinysl engaging this Austrian fort
ress in Galicia with artillery fire. The Russians .claim that the Aus
trians in Galicia are fleeing before them while Vienna declares that
•Jiese movements of her armies are for purposes of reorganiza
tions. •
Dispatches from Servian sources lay claim to further victories
over Austrian forces along the river Drina. . According to these
advices the Austrians have been driven across the river to the Aus-s
trian side with heavy losses.
200 British Warships
OH German Naval Base
New York, Sept. 22. Two hundred
British warships lie In, battle line off
the German naval base of Helgoland, so
close that at times they appear to touch
each other, according to Captain Skel
ley, of the British oil tank steamer San
Lorenzo, which reached New York to
day from London. For six weeks the
San I»renzo was with this British
fleet, her officers said, as supply ship
for the oil-burning war craft. She
took them 15,000 tons of fuel oil. The
San Lorenzo was with the fleet during
the engagement with the German
cruisers behind Helgoland, but was not
permitted to steam close enough to
see the fighting.
Like Deed of Atilla,
Declares Pope Benedict
Special to The Telegraph
Rome, via Paris, Sept. 22.—When
Informed of the destruction of tha
Cathedral of Rheims, Pope Benedict
XV said he "could not believe It possi
ble in such a civilized epoch as the
20th century to be plunged back to
the time of Atilla."
The pontiff requested that "Cardinal
Ferrata ask Cardinal Amette, arch
bishop of Paris, for full particulars, as
telegrams for Rheims are not ac
cepted.