Antwerp Continues to Hold Out Against Terrific Cannonading of the German Forces HARRISBURG |§|§ißg TELEGRAPH LXXXIII — Xo. 2\o >22.10 CROWD INTO SHIM TO VIEW OPENING GJIME FOR 1914 CHIIfIONSHIP Hundreds of Persons Were Turned Away, Unable to Gain Admis sion to Crowded Stands PENDER AND RUDOLPH ARE SLATED FOR BOX Grounds Are in Good Shape and Weather Conditions Are Excel lent For Snappy Game By Associated Press Shibe Park. Philadelphia. Oct. 9. The Boston Braves, pennant winners of the National League, and the Phil adelphia Athletics, champions of the American League, clashed to-day in the first battle for the world's base ball championship of 1914. Some 22,- 000 persons saw the opening engage ment of the seven-game series. Hun dreds were turned away at the gates, unable to ohtain admission to the crowded stands. The Bostons prepared to send their slow ball boxman. Dick Rudolph, to the pitching emplacement to shell the Athletics out of their home defenses. The American Leaguers groomed the ln<iian Render to pitch off the Boston invaders with his fast ball. "Slow ball pitching Is not relished by the Mack artillery of batters and 1 guess it will be Rudolph for the fray to-day," temarked Manager George Stalling?. "Still I may switch to James or Tyler. They are all good, you know." The vast reaches of Shibe Park were choked to capacity long before game time. Three and four times the regular seat prices were offered for tickets and the demand at these fig ures exceeded the supply. Stand Soon Crowded The outfield stand, seating 4,000 per sons. was thrown open at 10.50 o'clock. It was filled within a short time and the gates were closed. The first In lines for seats in this unre served section had waited over forty hours for the gates to open. Several women stood in line since daybreak. [The crowd holding reserved tickets in Ithc covered and double-decked stand came to the park later. Hundreds v iewed the contes from temporary stands erected on the roofs of houses that overlook the back field walls. The day was warm and humid and one suited for fast baseball. An in sistent sun burned through the men acing clouds and there was only a slight threat of showers from the southwest. The infield and outer gar dens were bone dry and hard. Betting favored the Athletics at 2 to 1 and 9 to 5 when the two teams came upon the field for batting and field practice. Preliminary field play was snappy and scintillating. The work of the Boston player Deal, who substituted at third base for Smith, •who broke his lee this week, was keenly watched. He displayed no fielding faults in warming up. The umpires came upon the field at 1.55 and they were promptly photo era phed. I'mpires Dineen and Hilde brard conferred with Captain Thomas, of the Athletics, and Captain Evers. of Poston, regarding ground rules. Th- batteries announced for the game were: Bender and Schang for the Athletics, Rudolph and Gowdy for Boston. It was announced that Gowdy would bat sixth in place of Deal, who would bat eighth in place of Gowdy. The batting order as sent earlier in the day is correct, with the excep tion of the changes Just sent. Umpire Dineen gave decisions behind the plate and T'mpire Klem on the bases: Um pire Byron on left field and Hilde brand in right field. First Inning First Half—Bender's first over was an out curve for a strike. Moran went out on a high foul to Mclnnis. Evers sent up a high fly to Collins and walked back to the bench. Connolly took a strike and then fouled of:'. Con nelly fanned, missing a slow one around the next. Xo runs, no hits, no errors. Second Half—Rudolph put over a strike on Murphy. Murphy sent a [Continued on Page 12.] I Late News Bulletins ANTWERP IS BURNING London. Oct. #. 2.45 P. M.—ln a dispatch from Amsterdam filed at 12. Hi this afternoon the correspondent o ft he Ketiter Telegram Com pany sa>s: "The uninterrupted thundering of guns was head at Rosen «all from Antwerp throughout the night. The liring slackened a little in the early m< rolng. but it has now resumed with full force. The sky last night was made red by the flnmes of burning \ntwerp.** EXPENSE INQUIRY POSTPONED Washington. Oct. 9.—Postponement until after the November elec tions of action oti the Norrls resolution to direct an investigation itno financing of the senatorial primaries In Illinois and Pennsylvania was decided on to-day by the Senate Flections Committee. I RUSSIANS TAKE 10,000 PRISONERS ' Paris. Oct. 9. 3.50 P. M.—ln recent liattles along the East Prus sian frontier the Russians took 10.0(10 prisoners and forty cannon ac cording to a dispatch from Petrograd to the Ilavas News' agency. ' GERMAN HISTORIAN DIES i Berlin, via The Hague, via London, Oct. 9, 7.05 A. M.—Professor Richard Meyer, of Berlin University, the well-known historian, died l on Thursday. DRILL ENGINE II ROSE CONTESTS MIRK CONVENTION'S CLOSE Union Hose of Middletown Wins Hundred Dollars Today For Best Drilled Company 3 HOURS FOR PARADE TO PASS Hundreds Hand Water to Tired and Thirsty; Man 80 \ears Old Marches Entire Nine Miles —: v Prizes Awarded to Visiting Firemen SIOO for finest uniformed com , puny. Pioneer, of Marietta. SIOO for largest number of men in line. Fame. West Chester, 212 | men. SSO for second largest number of men. Vigilant. York, I8(i men. SIOO for company having finest apparatus in line, Vigilant. York. SSO for company tuning finest I parade apparatus. Veteran Volun teer Firemen's Association. Kliza betli. V .1. Sloo for company coming long i est distance, t.reonshurg Fire l»e --! partment, tireensburg. 214 miles. 525 for company having oldest J apparatus in line. Veteran tire men's Association. Reading, engine built in 17»0. 57.% for best Darktovvn company, Rescue. Middletown. 825 for tallest uniformed fire man. C. C. Mitchell. 21 years old, fi feet inches. Volunteer Fire men's Association. Altoona. 525 for smallest uniformed fire man, H. NtitTj. 35 >ears old. 30 i inches high,. Volunteer Firemen's j Association, Altoona. 525 for heaviest uniformed fire man. If 11. f'oteigher, 451 pounds (,OIK! Will, l.ehanon. With the conclusion of drill con tests, hoso races and tests to-day, the big firemen's week will close. The army of visitors and many fire com panies returned home late last night. Others will depart to-night, and the last of the firefighters will say fare well to-morrow. This morning the Union Hose Com pany drill corps, of Middletown, cap tured first prize of SIOO in the drill | contest. In the contest with the Union Company were the Veteran Volunteers of Altoona. Other com panies were present but they did not compete. In command of the Union Company was Captain Hershey Black Other officers were David Houser, first lieu tenant; Leßoy Snavely, second lieu tenant. The Union drill corps num bered twenty-four members. The drills took place at Seventeenth and Chestnut, streets and were witnessed by several thousand people. The judges were Captain Frank E. ] Ziegler. of Company I, and Captain | Jerry J. Hartman. Company D. Eighth j Regiment. National Guard of Penn sylvania. and Christian Nauss, a for mer member of Company D. Few Entries For Contests On the program for this afternoon were the hose race contests and the engine contests. Up to noon no en tries were reported. Chairman A. L. Pattan announced that he would have! his committee on hand for the hose races at Seventeenth street, and if any | teams reported he would have the i races. Similar announcement was I made regarding engine contests, which j were scheduled to take place at North I and Front streets. In yesterday's parade the high-j water mark in State firemen's demon- j strations was reached. The official time for the parade to pass a given■ point was three hours and twenty i minutes. The Illuminations were on | when the tenth division reached Mar- i ket Square. There were 147 com panies in line, with 136 bands and! drum corps. Kvory Courtesy For Marchers Every courtesy was shown paraders ; yesterday by residents along the line! of march. Hundreds of persons gavel water to the tired and thirsty march-1 ers. Veterans who were forced to! quit the parade toward the end of the line found welcome on porches and [Continued on Page IB.] HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1914. DR. DUBS IS AGAIN ELECTED BISHOP OF EVANGELICAL CHURCH Conference Chosen Other Harris burg Men as Important Heads of Denomination For the third bishopric, newly estab lished by the United Evangelical Gen eral Conference, in session at Barring ton, 111., a former bishop, the Rev. Dr. Rudolph Dubs, of Harrisburg, was named yesterday. The other two bishops elected are Bishop U. F. Swengel, of this city, and Bishop W. H. Fouke, of Naperville, 111., formerly of Harrisbtirg. Other officers elected are: Editor of the Evanpellaal. T.he Rev. Dr. H. B. Hartzler. former bishop, of Harris burg; editor Sunday school literature, the Rev, W. M. Stanford, former bishop, Harrisburg; associate editor of the Evangelical and Sunday school literature, the Rev. C. L. Hunt; cor responding secretary of the missionary society, the Rev. B. H. Nlebel, Pen brook; president of the missionary society, the Rev. Dr. H. B. Hartzler. Bishop Dubs is regarded as one of the notable religious leaders in the United Evangelical Church. He served as bishop for many years and held that office when the split from the Evangelical Church occurred. He re tired some years ago and since has edited the Zeitschrift. a German Unit ed Evangelical Church paper. The an nouncement of the creation of a new bishopric and the selection of the Rev. Dr. Dubs for this honor, is especially acceptable to the many• members of tills denomination in Harrisburg and throughout Eastern Pennsylvania. THE WEATHER For liurrUbtiric and vicinity; Con tinued UDMrtllrif nrathrr, with probubly aliowera tn-nl«lit anil Saturday| not much change In temperature. For Koitrrn Pennsylvania: I nset tled to-nlKtrt and Saturday, prob ably ahowera; gentle to moderate nlud". moNtly aoutherly. River The mnln river will probably re main nearly atatlonary to-nlKht and rlae Nimmhat satitrdav or Saturday nlnhl. A Htaicr of about .» ot a fool la Indicated for Har rlaburK Saturday mornlnit. (ieneral Condition* Freaaure la hlKheat aloiiK the At lantic eoaat thl* mornlnc and loneat over the Sonlbnrirl nlth the center of a well defined dla turbance over Soutbweat Kanaaa. The weather eontlnuea Kent-rally cloudy aad unaettled over nearly nil the country. Temperature rhanun have been unimportant over the eaatern half of the country, ft la 3 to Iff de gree* warmer In the \orthneat ern Stntea. Temperature, R a. m„ 87. Sum Rlaea. «tOS a. in ; aeta, BiSB p. m. Moon I Rlaea, Bit 4p. rn. Hlver stnae i Flght-tentha of a foot above low-water mark. Yeaterday'a Wrather Htfcbeat temperature, no. I.oweat temperatnre. ST. Mean tempera-lure, 02. Noitnnt temperature, 57. "It's a Ghost" Shrieks Negro Burglar Sighting Lathered Man Penn Throne Frightens Intruder Who Breaks Into House During Firemen's Parade Shrieking "It's a ghost," a negro who entered the home of Penn Lush Throne, 112 Boas street, yesterday af ternoon, dashed madly from the house when he sighted the owner with his face covered with lather. Mr. Throne was shaving In the bath room of his home when he heard someone ascending the stairs. He MM OUTSIDE RIVER WILL IST BE USED FOR FILLING So State Water Supply Commission Formally and Pointedly Notifies City In a brief but pointed letter to City Commissioner W. H. Lynch the State Water Supply Commission of Pennsyl vania yesterday formally called atten tion to the fact that material for "till" behind the river front wall Is not be ing obtained from the river bed in accordance with the terms of the State's permit. Compliance with the provisions of the commission's regulation as soon as possible is requested. Commissioner Lynch, department of streets and public improvements, said to-day that he understood the Board of Public Works had been urg ing the contractors to fulfill this part [Continued on Pace 15.] Quaker City Veteran Walks Entire Route Not one accident occurred during the parade yesterday and this was considered one of the notable features. While a number of paraders were obliged to drop out. the veterans in line stood the test better than many of the vounger One of the oldest men in line was Joseph Rose, of the Philadelphia 'Veteran Volunteer Association. He walked over the en tire route. Other members of this association, younger than Mr. Rose, quit the line before the Hill district was covered. Jacob Kohler. a member of the Hope company. Harrisburg. and a for mer fire chief, who has never missed a firemen's parade in Harrisburg or a trip by the Hope company, also went over the entire route. GIVE CONCERT The New Cumberland Band in com bination with the Carlisle City and Waynesboro hands gave a concert at the Shamrock hose house. Four teenth and Herr streets, this after noon. looked around the corner and sighted the negro. Clasping the razor tighter he advanced menacingly. The negro let out a yell and threw himself bodily down the stairs. Because of his attire Mr. Throne did not follow the man. The entrance was effected during the firemen's pa rade through the front door which was unlocked. Nothing was taken. SITS FIREMEN HIVE NO BETTER FRIEND THIN JUDGE KONKEL Paxton, Susquehanna and Wash ington Companies With Guests Pay Him Tribute Volunteer firemen have no heartier supporter, no better friend, than George Kunkel. Presi dent Judge of the courts or Dau phin county. County Detective James T. Walters, marshal of the Paxton Fire Company yesterday afternoon paid that tribute to President Judge Kunkel,before the Paxton, Susquehanna and Washington Fire Companies and the various visit ing companies who were their guests. The firefighters, en route to their place in line, stopped before the residence of the President Judge to extend their greetings and best wishes to the Su preme Court candidate. The particular tribute to the Presi dent Judge was included in a pretty little speech on the steps ot the Jurist's home in presenting the guests. In replying, Judge Kunkel spoke of the fact that the Harrlsburg com panied—the Susquehanna, Paxton and Washington—numbered among its members some of his warmest per [Continuccl on Page 12] Police Chief Commends Patrolmen For Way They Handled Crowds Chief of Police Hutchison com mended his force at roll call thin morning on Its excellent handling ofj yesterday's big crowd. "You maintained perfect order." he! said, "and a great deal of.credit fori the success of the parade was due to i your masterly work." YOHK MAW «KT* APPARATUS The chemical fire appartus, including two horseß. which was -Iven away by the Union Fire Company, of York, was aawrded to Samuel Sloat. of York. The apparatus was the property of the rom pany and when the city gave them a motor apparatus they decided to dis pose of It. 16 PAGES HEAVY ARTILLERY OF GERMAN FORCES IS ANTWERP Last Remaining Stronghold of Belgians Continues to Hold Out Against Kaiser's Army; King Albert Is Reported to Be Leading His Soldiers Out of City; Censorship Veils True Reports of Fighting in Vicinity German heavy artillery is pounding Antwerp, the last remaining stronghold of the Belgian army while German armies to the west continue the thus far indecisive struggle with the French and British allies. Be\ond this little is known of to-dav's developments in Belgium and 1-ranee. The situation at Antwerp is in doubt. The censorship w ich masked the fighting there until the Belgian government was compelled to withdraw to Ostend. is now veiling the attack on the city proper. Reports coming through London refer only to events 01 yesterday morning or earlier. King Albert is variously reported as leading a part of the Bel gian army out of the city with the intention probably of effecting a juncture with the British and French ; and as having arrived at Selszaete. a village on the Dutch frontier. Refugees from Antwerp continue to pour into Holland. They report that the German guns already have done much damage in the city. ( , 7, h * bombardment of Antwerp's inner forts is said to have begun at 1-.30 o clock 1 hursday morning. , Two of these forts are reported to have been silenced and fire is said to have started in four parts of the city. K The most recent statement by the German war office stated that tne uermans had crossed the flooded area along the river Nethe and continue to make progress. LITTLE CHANGE RECORDED The general situation in the west has undergone no change, says a French official announcement made at 3 o'clock this after noon. ihe battle continues along the line of Lens, Arras, Brav-sur- Somme, Uiaulnes, Roye and Lassigny. An artillery duel is occur ring in the W oevre district. Otherwise nothing of importance on the "ght or on the center of the allies is reported by the French. hc Paris announcement says that Montenegrin troops continue their advance on Sarayevo, the capital of Bosnia. A similar report has been made almost daily for many days. The Austrian war office, in its most recent communication re ports successes against the Montenegrins and a decisive blow against the Servian invaders of Bosnia at Vishegrad. 1 he Austrian army headquarters also reported the recapture of PrTeszow and the repulse of the Russians who arc marchine on 1 rzemysl in (jalicia. & RUSSIANS BACK IN EAST PRUSSIA The latest reports from the eastern theater of war are that the Russians who invaded Last Prussia and later were defeated and c riven back to the Niemen river, have again invaded East Prussia driving the Germans back as far as Lyck. On the other hand the Germans are in force in Russian Poland, having reached almost to W araw, while the Russian movement west through Galicia is meet ing a stubborn resistance from German and Austrian forces. The Russians claim to have captured one of the forts at Przemysl A similar claim was made several days ago. A dispatch from Athens says that German officers have placed honTs ma " gUnS the f ° rtS on the D ardanelles and the Bosp- Bntish aeroplanes have made another visit to the Zeppelin hangars at Dusseldorf where some damage by bombs was done. The airs JJ? S a ** at ' <rf l also the hangar at Cologne but without success. 1 he Australian government has proposed a gift of SSOO OCf) to Belgium. further indications of dissension in the Italian cabinet are con tained in a dispatch from Rome skying that the minister of war General urandi, has resigned. Advices from Kiao-Chow say that the Japanese have mounted siege guns, on J rince Henry mountain which dominates the forts at lsing-Tau. A dispatch from London says that a renewal of hints from \\ ashington that the subject of peace on the basis of a "dran" was is again under discussion, have been met with the apparently inspired statement by the \\ estiminster Gazette that while there is'no desire to humiliate the German people there must be no mistake as to the fact that Great Britain intends to crush militarism. Germans Open Attack on Inner Circle of Forts London, Oct. 9, 10.40 A. M.—The official communication of the German general staff given out at Berlin in the evening of October 8 Is contained in a dispatch to Renter's Telegram Company from Amsterdam. It says: "From the western scene of war no facts of decisive Importance can be mentioned. Small progress has been made near St. Mihiel and in the Argonnes. "Before Antwerp, F <rt Breedonk (to the south of Antwerp) has been taken and the attack on the inner fort line has begun therewith. The bombardment of the quarter of the town lying behind was begun after the declaration of the commander of the stronghold that he took the re sponsibility. "The airship Hall at Dusseldorf has been hit by a bomb thrown by a hos tile aviator. The roof of the Hall was pierced and the cover of an airship in the hall was demolshed. "In the east the Busslan coll mn is marching from Lomza (Russian Po land) and has reached Lyck. (lu East Prussia just beyond the frontier and almost directly west from Augus towo)." GERMAN EFFORT DESTROYED London, Oct. 9. 8.45 A. M.—The cor respondent at Antwerp of the Central News under Thursday's dftte sends the following: "The Orrman effort to wards North France with n view of Axing a wedge between Antwerp and the allies has been nearly destroyed. Fierce fighting Is occurring around Lille and south of Ghent. Prisoners have been taken to Dunkirk and Os tend and a German aeroplane has been destroyed." 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H-E Boston QBGXDDBEIBC] QED B Athletic rgnmmmraninfia mm * POSTSCRIPT Poris Expects Decisive Battle Along Aisne Soon . J'TM- ° c i- 8 - 505 A ' —Most of the letters from soldiers at the front speak of the great battle that is ex r the '"orrow that will de he,l reat Bt r" SK,e s'ons the Alsna and in the north, which shows that L « 2V Ve lL as ,he milit ary critics are '"e immense operations of ♦!» . battles here and there con stitute mere details. Heavy lighting occurs every day along some part of the battle line the importance of which cannot be gath ered from the,sober details of the offi cial statements, and so it is impossi ble to assemble all of the simultan eous movements bearing on the gen eral situation. As a consequence the reviews of the situation by critics this morning resemble what they said yes terday and day before. Incendiary Bombs Being Dropped on Belgian City London, Oct. 9, 6.05 A. M. —The bombardment of Antwerp has been terrible says an Ostend dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company under date of Thursday. "The Germans threw incendiary bomhs," the dispatch adds, "with the result that many -arts of the town be tween the railway station at the south and the Palace of Justice are in flames. It Is rumored here that the Germans have been repulsed on the left bank of the river Nethe. "A Taube aeroplane flew over Os tend at 4 o'clock this afternoon." (Other War News Pag* 10)
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