Gcnran Forces Are Reported Be Hastily Retreating Before Advance of Russians HARRISBURG iSgito TELEGRAPH !.XXXIII— No. 230 LUTHERANS GITHEB HERE FOR OPENING OF SYNOD SESSION 73rd Meeting of East Pennsylvania Body Will Be Formally Opened in Zion Church Tonight BUSINESS BEGINS TOMORROW Rev. Mr. Trowbridge, of Easton, President, Delivers Principal Address Tonight Delegates of the Lutheran churches throughout the synod of East Penn sylvania were arriving in this city throughout the day for the opening of the synod's seventy-third annual session in Zion Lutheran Church this evening. The principal feature of to-night's meeting In old Zion will be an address by the president of the synod, the Rev. Charles H. Trowbridge, of Eas ton. Pa. The playing of the Zion ohimes will officially mark the opening of the sessions. The program beginning at 8 o'clock, arranged by the Rev. S. W. Herman, pastor of Zion Church, will be as fol lows: Communion service, introit, an tl-em. reading of the epistle to the Ephesians, reading of the Word, Ni ccne creed, solo by Mrs. E. J. De cevee, hymn; sermon. President Trodbridge; offertory, confession and absolution, doxology, benediction, or gan postlude. The business sessions of the confer ence will begin at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning and will be held morning and afternoon until the end of the confer ence sessions. Entertaining Delegates Visiting delegates arc being enter tained as follows: Mrs. J. P. Kellor and family. 37 North Peoond stroot, will entertain William Adams, William Roth, Charles Rhoades and the Rev. Mr. Fleck's delegate: Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Spong, 16 Evergreen street, the Rev. E. C. Ruby. Camden, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Froehlioh. lilt Market street, the Rev C. C?. White, of Mil lersburg, and M. S. Shepp; Mr. and fContinued on Page .I] Sunday Band Concert on Dauphin Mountain Slope Special to The Tflrgmfh Dauphin. Pa.. Sept. 28.—Yesterday afternoon the Dauphin Band, led by J. D. M. Reed, gave a concert on the first slope of the mountain. In spite of the cold weather the concert was very much enjoyed. THE WEATHER For Harrisburg and rlclnltyj Fnir to-night and Tuesday, continued cool! front In exponed places to night; moderate northwest winds. For Fantern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night and Tueadnyi front in cvponed plnres to-nluht: mod erate northwest winds. Itlver The main rlier will eontinue to fall slowly until rain occur n. \ Mtnice of ahout .11 of a foot IN indiented for Ilarrisburg Tuesday morning. (General Conditions An area of high hnrometrle prc*- sure coiem the eastern half of the lulled Sta'ten with its eenter over the eastern part of the I.ake region. Another high pressure area of lenn magnitude eovern the Northwestern Slates. Pres sure Is lowest over Manitoba. Fight nhowern have fallen in \ew Jersey, the St. I,aw rence Valley and In I tah and Wyom ing In the last twenty-four hours. In the vicinity of Harrlnburg the frost was heavy. West of the Roeky mountains a general lull of 2 to IS degrees ban occurred In the tempera'ture. Temperatures H n. m., 44. Suns Rises, r.s.in n. M.i nets, «:04 p. m. Moons Full moon, October 4, 12:.", D a. m. River Stage: Seven-tenths of ■ foot above low water mark. esterday'n Weather Highest temperature, «(». I.onent temperature. IN, Metn temperature, 58. Normal temperature, 61. Late News Bulletins 866 PASSENGERS REACH PORT New ork. Sept. 28.—The Anchor Mm* Columbia reached port, to day from Glasgow with 88fl passengers, aniuiic tiicm many American refugees from Europe. The ship encountered a terrific storm lalo Saturday afternoon. FIVE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH Champavne, 111., Sept. 28.—Mrs. Joseph Stone, 30 years old. ami her four children lost their lives In a fire which early to-dav destroyed their farm house near here. Stone, who slept in a portion of the house apart from the others, escaped. SNOW IN QUEBEC Quebec. Sept. 28.—The first snow of the season here fell to-day. Washington, Sept. 28.—The Jones bill for Philippine Independence again debated to-day in the House. President Wilson told callers he expected it to be passed by the House during the present session but he did not think it likely that the Senate would take it up. Ixmdon, Sept. 28. 5.15 P. M. —It was officially announced in I/Hl don this afternoon, that Duala. the official seat of the German colony of Kainaraun German Equatorial Africa, had surrendered to a British force. Bordeaux. Sept. 28. 3.45 P. M. —According to dispatches from the front the Prussian guard has been cut to pieces during the lighting of the last three days. The strength of some companies has been reduced from 250 to 100 men. Virtually all the original officers or the guard have been killed or wounded, and two l>attalioiis have In-en annihilated. Petrograd, Sept. 28.—The ministry of the Interior to-day gave out figures on the harvest for 1911, according to which the food products reached a total of more than 01,285,004 tons. Hazleton, Pa.. Sept. 28.—Salvadore Easel and George Chesbosser, both aged 22 and employed as hltchers at the foot of the Oakdnlc mine of the G. It. Markle Company, were Instantly killed to-dny by being struck by a runaway car that canicdown the plane after the hoisting chain broke. 1100 MENUIDOFF INDEFINITELY DAf ! BY PENNJ. STEEL CO. Blooming and Rail Mills Hit Hard est; Frog and Switch Suffers, Too WAR AND THE TARIFF BLAMED Terrific Blow to the Big Mill Town Has Long Been Expected in Steel Circles Eleven hundred men wore indefl : nitcly furloughed this morning by the 'Pennsylvania Stool Company, The departments hit are: ! Blooming mills, Nos. 1 and 2, I 800 laid off, and mills shut down J indefinitely. Kail mill, 300 laid off. Frog and switch department, ! 200. ; Notices posted in these departments 'and mills are to the effect that the ] men arc to remain home until notified ; to return to work. , When questioned regarding the sweeping lay-off, Pennsylvania steel officials stated that lack of orders ow- I ing to the general business depression i together with the effects of the Dcm locratic tariff are responsible. While a lay-off at Steelton has lone j been expected the sweeping furlough 'orders came as a blow to the big mill j town south of Harrisburg. The rea ' sons given by the company's officials j are exactly similar to those given by ' other companies who have been com- I polled to let the lires in many mills jgo out because of a lack of orders. 1 For several weeks the Iron Age and 'the Wall Street Journal have been j printing stories to the effect that the j steel situation is worse than it has j been for years. I Officials at Steelton this morning stated that only forty per cent, of the I number of men employed under or ! dinary tra .e conditions are now work ing. Republican Workers of Elizabethville to Open Headquarters This Week Elizabethville, Pa., S<»pt. 28.—Re publican headquarters for Elizabeth jvifl'e and vicinity will be opened this we»k i■ the largo room on the first floor of the Daniols building, in the • heart of town.. Edward Van New | kirk, county committeeman, will be !in charge and the offices will bo open day and evening until the close of the I campaign. ! Workingmen. farmers, merchants, | Hankers and manufacturers are baok |of the movement. There is much in | terest in the election of a full Repub- I lioan ticket this Fall. The party or i ganization has never been in better shape and the great reception accord ed Dr. Brumbaugh during his recent j visit here has added to the confident | feeling of a tine majority for him and his running mates north of the moun | tains. Killing Frost in City; Days and Nights Equal Kali officially begins to-ilay. Sep j tMnber 21 is usually given as the date of the equinox, but t.ho sun lias the de ' riding vote on that question and begin ! ning to-day the days will got shorter, j In the latitude of Ilarrisburg tbo sun rose, at 5:56 a. m., and will set at 5:56 p. nt. I Frost this morning in this city was so heavy that you oould carve your ' name on its white mantle. The lowest : toniperature was forty degrees, re- I corded at S o'otock this morning. A ! high pressure area is forolng its way oastward and will causo a oontinuation of cool weather for the remainder of the week. Ml* HERNIA WAS A BOTTI.K | When John Clark was arrested Satur jday night by Patrolmen Jlylan and Va'nf'amp, be requested that he bo l handled with rare. Clark, pointing to ! a lump on his right side, said he was ; suffering with a severe attack of hornia. Patrolman .Tvlan touched tbo lump, and it moved. Then it started to slide. The lump moved out of his fronser log. It was a pint bottle filled with whisky. TAKE AIJ.IIUF.n THIEVES HACK i Detective William J. Bradley returned to Altoona this afternoon with Mr. and ' Mrs. Harry Txtng. wanted in that city for larceny of jewelcry. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1914 DEMOCRATS ASK LIQUOR MEN FOR MONEY TO HELP ELECT McCORMICK PRACTIC9 111 T*t «TAT« DIfAtTIIMTI A OTOAItT. KSSIDIPT AOIHT rOH POIIIOM QOtfOIATIOItI. T. KITTINA VAN OYKK. NO> ai NORTH THIRD STREET, ATTOPt N ■ Y-AT-L AW. HARRISBURO. RA. September 22, 1914. My dear Sir:- I hope to have the pleasure of calling on you very soon, to personally solicit from you a contribution for the nec essary expenses for carrying on tne tremendous fight now being waged for honest government in Pennsylvania, by the Democratic party aided by hosts of patriotic Republicans. I was recently named by Hon. Roland S. Chair man of the Democratic State Committee, as a Member of the Finance Committee, <nd while not "Stuck on the job", hope you wixl help to make it as pleasant for me as possible. Your name occurred to me because I know of your tried Democracy and interest in the cause. We have the unqualified promise of the State Committee that not less than 60/. of the money thus secured will be utiliz ed in tne election expenses of Dauphin County, (and we certainly need it) so that 60£ of any contribution you make when I call on you, will go to the Dauphin Democratic Ccunty Committee, and 40£ to the Democratic State Committee. This will, therefore, be the only call on you^ All the pClitical indications are for the triumphant election of the whole Democratic ticket. We are, however, great ly hampered for lack of funds. I sincerely hope you will help us. Very truly yours, The Palmer-McCormick Democratic organization in Dauphin county is cry ing for local option on the stump and through the columns of its newspaper and at the same time is soliciting cam paign contributions from liquor men. McCormick has been trying to make the voters of the State believe that Dr. Brumbaugh is receiving the sup port of hotelkeepors, and even as he utters the words his lieutenants ore addressing letters to tavernkeepers because of their "tried Democracy and their interest in the cause" of electing M< < 'ormick. The foregoing letter was sent by POUR DISORDERLY ROUSES REPORTED BY POLICE CHIEF Col. Hutchison Says Law Regard ing Sale to Habituals Is Generally Violated Reports of four suspected disorder ly houses—against none of which, however, the Police Department has as yet been able to obtain sufficient evidence to convict—were submitted to the Dauphin County Court this morning at the opening of September quarter sessions, by Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison, Chief of Police. On this subject the Colonel says: "Mary Crawley still keeps such a place at Cowden and Strawberry streets. Henlamin Pruss, the owner, has been notified or the character of the house. I hava not sufficient evi [Continued on Page 7] BUILDING A DEMOCRATIC MACHINE IN THIS STATE We condemn the Democratic Administration for surrendering the efficiency of the civil and diplomatic services to the clamor of Democrats hungry for party spoils. We i>ar( icularl.v condemn tlie use of the Federal patronage in Pennsylvania to build up a Democratic machine In this State. We denounce the proposal to pay Colombia $25,000,000 and to apologize for wrongs never com mitted as an unworthy attempt to discredit the Roosevelt Admin istration. We condemn the proposal of the Democratic Administration to sur render, "right or wrong." and without arbitration, our treaty rights In the Panama Canal. •• Washington Party Platform. T. K. VanDyke, an authorized McCor miok collector, to a well-known hotel man of Harrisburg. Other letters of similar import have been sent to others throughout the county. McCormick claims to favor local option. The voters are asking them selves how they can trust a candidate who asks for the support of temper ance people and at the same time is seeking contributions of money from saloonkeepers, ending the bogging let ters with the plea that the Demo crats "sincerely hope you will help us." There is deep resentment among Demoorats over this Criah Heep ap peal for funds to assist a millionaire CANDIDATE GOES 10 HIS FATHER'S BEDSIDE AT NIGHT Dr. Brumbaugh Will Continue His Tour if His Parent's Health Permits Him to Go r>r. Martin G. Brumbaugh, who was I called to the beflside of his father in Blair Hospital at Huntingdon late on Saturday, will rejoin his campaign party in time for meetings in Clear field and Dußois this evening if the condition of his father permits. Dr. Brumbaugh cancelled all engagements on Saturday evening an<l hastened to Huntingdon. His father was taken ill on Saturday after returning from the big meeting in honor of his son at Altoona and went to the Blair Hos pital. Dr. Brumbaugh received word of tfie illness of his father while he was speaking at the laying of a corner stone in Germantown and spent yes terday with his father. He is due to speak In Clearfield, and to-morrow in Elk, Cameron and Potter counties. WILSON FAVORS PROVISION By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 28. President Wilson favors the anti-interlocking di rectorate provision of the Clayton trust bill against protests which have been made to the Senate by bankers. The President told callers to-day the provision was a pledge in the Dem ocratic platform. POPE RECEIVES BISHOP Rome, Sept. 27. via Paris, Sept. 28, 12.30 A. M.—Pope Benedict XV re ceived Bishop Chase McDonald of Brooklyn, in private audience to-day. He is the first bishop admitted to the presence of this pontiff. The Pope re called that he sat next to Bishop Mc- Donald at the dinner /riven by Cardi nal Merry Del Val ten years ago. to get a job. And not content in their display of hypocrisy and inconsistency, the bosses of the Democratic machine in this State are assessing the officeholders for contributions to the war chest. In Philadelphia the Washington party municipal emplovcs are also being held up right and left with the ex planation that If the Republicans were In power they would also do the same thing. This has been going on for some time, but McCormick, supported by contributions wrung from unwilling liquor dealers, is a new and even more odious development of the present campaign. CM RECEIVES VIELA'S TELEGRAM URGING RESIGNATION I Note Signed by Leader, 14 Gen erals, Colonels, Doctors, Lawyers and Citizens fly Associated Press Mexico City, Sept. 28.—The tele gram from Villa requesting Carranza to resign as supreme chief of the Constitutionalists in favor of Fern ando Calderon reached Carranza here last night. It was signed by Villa and several i of his chiefs, including fourteen gen erals. four colonels and several doc tors, lawyers and prominent Constitu tionalists. The press here is making no com ment on the Villa-Carranza break, probably because of instructions from the administration. President Refuses to Comment on Situation By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 28.—Develop ments in the Mexican situation, espe cially the outcome of conferences be tween representatives of General Car ranzu and General Villa were awaited with interest to-day In official and dip lomatic circles. The prevailing opin- j ion in the Datin-Amerlcan colony was, that Carranzt would withdraw and t further bloodshed would be avoided. : President Wilson refused to comment j on the situation, saying It was too in definite and that his information was: incomplete. Citizens of Vera Cruz were praised I by the State Department to-day in an official statement commending their I [Continued on rage 5] 12 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. ALLIES CONTINUE TO REPULSE ONSLAUGHTS OF KAISER'S FORCES Fierce Fighting in France Still in Progress, According to Official Statements; Germans Retreating Before Rus sians in Poland; Germany Preparing to Finance Long War; Japanese Troops Within Few Miles of Tsing Tau Washington, Sept. 28.—Great Britain has asked the United States to investigate who was responsible for sending the American ship Lorenzo with coal to the eGrman cruiser Karlsruhe in British West Indian waters. The Lorenzo was caught by a British cruiser. The departments of commerce and justice will deter mine who may be prosecuted under the neutrality laws. \ iolcnt attacks are being delivered by the Germans against the lines of the allies between the districts of the Aisne and the Argonnc, says the official French statement issued at Paris this afternoon. I hus far according to the statement these onslaughts have been ' repulsed. The official announcement is brief the French war office contenting itself with the added remark that there is nothing new otherwise, in the general situation. Germany is prepared to finance a long war. This assertion i* made in a dispatch from Berlin which passed through the hands of the Britsh censor at London. The war is costing Germany, it is stated, $5,000,000 a day. The was loan has proven a success and with the various resources from which the gdvernmcut can derive the war revenue, it will be pos sible for Germany, it is stated, to continue the struggle for a year with the money now in sight. A dispatch from Rome says that troups have been assembled at Pola, the great naval port of Austria, and that thorough preparations have been made against an attack from the sea. 'I ho hour for the battle which will determine whether the Rus sians will make their proposed invasion of Germany with Berlin as the final objective, appears to be drawing near. STRUGGLE IN POLAND Official and unofficial advices indicate a struggle in Russian I'oland rivaling in desperation and possibly in the numbers engaged, the battles of (he Marne and Aisne. The main body of the Rus sians is moving toward the Posen frontier. On its right another army is supposed to be attempting to protect the larger body by stemming the rush southward of the German force that drove the Russian invaders from East Prussia and now seeks to halt the west ward movement. At the same time the Russian army in Galicia is pushing its successes against the Austrians and moving westward with the ex pectation of meeting the combined Austrian and German forces con centrating at Cracow, on the Galician frontier in a battle that, if suc cessful. will complete their campaign in Galicia. The Germans are reported in strong force on the line from K'alicz to Cracow where they are said to be well entrenched. There is every reason to believe that the real test of the Russian aggressive strength will not louc he delaved. CROSS CARPATHIAN RANGE Again to-day the report says that the Russians have crossed the Carpathian range and entered Hungary, capturing Uzsok, is repeated. L'zsok lies in a line extending from Lembcrg, the capital of Galicia, southwest to Budapest. There is nothing to indicate that the Rus- j sian diversian into Hungary is any very important factor in the gen/ eral strategy. Farlicr reports that the Russians in Galicia had*v£ cupied a part of Przemysl on their march to Cracow have not been confirmed. In the Far Fast the Japanese-British attack on Kiao-Chow. the German leased possession in China, moves slowly. A battle between land forces has been fought on the outskirts of Tuing-Tau, the seat of the government of Kiao-Chow. Tokio claims a victory in the en gagement which docs not appear to have been on a very large scale. German reports says that their forces fell back to their first line of defenses around Tsing-Tau. Occasional fighting continues in Belgium. Amsterdam reports a sharp encounter between the Germans and Belgians four miles east of Antwerp and other clashes sixteen miles east of Ghent. HJW: thev resulted i- not known. Fresh Forces Can Win Fierce Battle in France By Associated Press London, Sept. 28. 2.25 A. M. —The I correspondent of tile Telegraph be hind the French front sends the fol lowing: "The great effort on the part of the allies to drive back th»' right wing of the German army continues with un abated fury. Both side seem deter mined to light the issue to a definite conclusion In the northeast of France and to ignore for the time being Al sace-Lorraine. "In the allies' center both side are teo strongly entrenched to allow any great offensive movement on the part of either toward the left wing. If the German right can be turned the Ger mans must abandon the fortified posit tlons on other part of the long line and withdraw their immense forces either through the Belgium or Luxem burg. "The armies cannot keep up the struggle much longer. Victory can be won only by the side which is able to bring absolute fresh forces who have not felt tli • strain of two months of continuous lighting. The strain of this modern lighting is something never known before. The troops r.re under fire sometimes for days. If they es cape the rifles and machine guns they are within reach of the deadly shrap nel, and if they are too far off for shrapnel they arc in range of the how itzers and siege guns. One may be under fire anywhere within seven miles of the enemy." Russians Said to Have Gone Over Carpathians By Associated Press London. Sept. 28, 4.11 A. M.—"Pur suing their success the Russians have pushed over the Carpathian range and captured Nszok (Hungary) near the source of the river Ungh. with num bers of guns, artillery, storep and pris oners," says the Petrograd correspon dent of the Morning Post. "Thence the Russians have descended Into the plains of Hungary." Crown Prince First to Be Thoroughly Whipped London, Sept. 28. 2.22 A. M.—A Se zane dispatch to the Daily Telegraph dated September 21, says: "The first German army to lie thor- I < Highly whipped on French soil was | that of the Crown Prince. Its rout savc< Paris. At the time of their vic tory. the French did not know the ex tort of the damage they had Inflicted on the enemy.. Actually they had smashed the flower of the German military power. "General Von Kluck's misfortune was due directly to the rout of the Crown Prince's left wing on the night of September 6. It actually retreated 24 miles during that night. "In the plan of the German oper ations the path that promised the greatest glory was reserved for the Crown Prince, but the French army opposed him with splendid strategy. In retreat they fought stubbornly over every inch of the ground and when the time came for the offensive they assumed it in the most effective manner." Describing the battle on September 6, the correspondent says: "The battle began at daybreak and continued until dusk. The artillery tire exceeded anything In history. The shells were timed as falling 30 In 30 seconds. The losses, especially to the Germans were enormous. One es timate by a trained observer, places as high as 100,000 the German casu alties, of which 20,000 were killed. "'lt must be remembered that the battle front extended for nearly forty miles. It was largely.of marsh lands and here the enemy suffered most. "The French also suffered heavily. One corps was entirely wiped out. When night came neither side could claim much advantage In position gained and a tremedous quantity of ammunition had been expended.
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