Japanese Cruiser Strikes Mine Laid by Germans and Sinks in Kiao Chow Bay HARRISBURG ifillSs TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 248 WASHINCTOII PARTY ' OMTORS RING IN ON REPUBLICAN CROWDS Hang Around Edges Until G. 0. P. Speakers Conclude, Then Make Speeches HUNDREDS AT TWO RALLIES Elizabethville and Berrysburg Both Turn Out Record-break ing Attendances Discouraged by their inability to draw crowds, the Washington party campaigners in Dauphin county have hit upon a new plan to get a hearing before the voters. They now stick around on the outside of the large audiences attending the Republican rallies and after the Republicans have concluded their addresses the Wash ington party speakers rush to the platform and announce that they will speak for the Democratic-Progressive ticket. Thus they manage to reach people who have persistently declined to attend the fusion meetings. These tactics were followed at both Berrys burg and Elizabethville on Saturday evening. The Republican meetings were the largest ever held in either Elizabeth ville or Berrysburg. The enthusiasm of the people for the Republicans was manifested by the fact that in both towns the crowds of Saturday were larger than those that turned out to meet Dr. Brumbaugh, and those In most of the upper end districts were regarded as record-breakers up to that time. At Berrysburg the Washington party had a stand erected, but failed to get the crowd, so Dr. Kreider, candidate for Congress, waited until after Con gressman Aaron S. Kreider, the Re publican candidate, had finished speaking and then asked the crowd to stay and hear him. Some of them did. but most of them went home. At least 400 people attended the Berrysburg rally. It was the largest ever held in that town, even exceeding those of presidential campaigns. This has heretofore been a strong Pro gressive and Democratic district. The Republican speaker at Berrysburg aside from Congressman Kreider was Phil. S. Moyer, attorney. Walter S. j Toung, Republican candidate for the legislature in the county district, and , Dr. J. H. Lehr, a prominent upper end j Republican, attended this rally, mi well ' as that at Elizabethville. Maurice i another well-known Repub- j ■*l;can. presided and introduced the i speakers. James E. Lentz, viee-county chair- i man. presided at the Elizabethville meeting, which was the largest ever ] held In that town The speakers were Frank B. Wiekersham, Senator E. E. Beldleman and Congressman Kreider. They were enthusiastically received and after the rally scores of voters thronged about Congressman Kreider to promise him their support. At the conclusion of the Republican rally Dr. Kreider. who had hurried across from Berrysburg for the pur pose, together with Martin and Len ker, Washington candidates for the Assembly, announced that they would hold a meeting on the other corner and quite a few remained to hear what the tail-end orators had to say. This method saves advertising and insures the Washington party candi dates of a crowd, as the attendance at Republican meetings this year has been unusually large, while the Pro gressives have everywhere failed to get the people to turn out In numbers. Buy Blankets Now All the world is demanding blankets, and European govern ments are coming to America to place orders for immense quantities. That means busy-i-ness. It also moans shorter stocks and the possibility of higher prices. It emphasizes the fact that now is the time to obev the buy ing impulse and lay In supplies for the cold days ahead The advertising columns of the Telegraph are a dally index ♦" stores where the blankets can be purchased with certainty as to quality ar.d assurance of fair prices. v f —— -> Late News Bulletins CRUISER ON PATROL DUTY ( 1 Toklo. Oct. I#.—The Takachiho sunk In Klao Chow bay was on patrol duty outside Tstng Tau wlicn -lie fouled the mine. The Japanese destroyers heard the explosion and saw the flames that resulted.. Tlie.v hurried to the assistance of the cruiser which, however, disappeared quickly and in the darkness it was possible to rescue only twelve men. Twenty-eight officers, 54 noncommissioned officers and 189 seamen I perished. TYPHOON STRIKES KIAO-CHOW Toklo, Oct. 19.—1t is announced that a typhoon has struck Klon- Chow destroying the landing pier. Twenty Japanese sailors were drowned. Petrograd, Oct. 19, via London, 3.50 P. M.—A newspaper correspon dent at I.embcrg, referring to the German losses In the attempts to cross the upper San river, telegraphs that this stream is filled with the bodies of German soldiers. N I 1 Amsterdam, via London. Oct. 19. 5.03 I*. >l.—According to a tele gram re<-clved here from Berlin tlie Turkish government ha* requested the head of the Greek Orthdox Church to leave Constantinople. Washington, Oct. 19.—Reform in marriage .aud .divorce .law through uniform State legislation was urged by ex-President Taft to-day in a brief address before the commission on Uniform State haws. Tlie ex-president condemned the looseness with which the marriage tie Is looked upon In many States. - ' Constantinople, Oct. 19, via I/ondon, 3.50 P. >l.—The i>orte has de clined to discharge the German crews of the cruisers (ioeben and Brcslau which have been in Turkish waters since early In the hostilles. This reply was given in answer to British representations repardlng the con tinued presence of Germans on boar<l liiese two vessels. Washington, Oct. 19.Ex-Presldent Taft called unon President Wilson to-day at the White House. He was immediately received by the I'resi dent, who greeted him warmly. Berlin, O it. 19, by wireless to Sayvllle, L. I.—"Great Britain's cry for help to Portugal," tlie "chaotic situation" in South Africa and the "revolts In India." according to announcement made in Berlin to-dav all arc tending to raise German confidence. WORKING UNDER THE GROUND TOISSIST VANCE ran Carlisle Man Shows the Way Re ligious and Other Bodies Are Being Used to Boost Him TURNING IN THE BOY SCOUTS Resentment at Trickery Employed in Behalf of the Wealthy Harrisburger Shown Th>. underground schemes to help out the wavering candidacy of Vance C. McCormick for Governor, which have been played by his supporters in religious conferences and meetings of temperance folks, are commencing to react upon the candidate and there is strenuous opposition being voiced to him being considered as the candidate of the church people. As was pointed out by Deputy Attorney General J. E. B. Cunningham at Heading on Thurs day night. Dr. Brumbaugh is immeas urably superior to McCormick in the fundamentals and as a man. while his life work and his strength of will cause him to be considered by fair minded men as measuring up to the ideal candidate than the wealthy Har risburger. Just as an Instance, the Carlisle Herald says: " 'When I stepped Into the hall in Scranton where the State Sunday school convention was in session and found that McCormick and the Demo cratic State committee were at tempting to turn the convention into a Democratic rally by having the Boy Scouts of the city distribute his cam paign literature, I immediately became disgusted with the management of the convention for allowing such a thing. But upon investigation I learned that this was done without the consent of the convention, and by a disreputable agent of the McCormick machine, who gained admittance by pretending to be a delegate.' "This was the statement of a promi nent local Sunday school worker this morning. In voluntarily speaking of another of the characteristic McCor mick tricks in attempting last week to convert a religious meeting to his political purposes. This procedure [Continued on Page 2] NEW Y. W. C. I. TO BE THROWN OPEN TO PUBLIC 3N THURSDAY Building Is Thoroughly Equipped From Basement to Roof to Meet Every Need ! Thursday of this week from 10 (O'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock In the evening, the new building of the I Young Women's Christian Associa ' tion will be open for the inspection of the people of Harrisburg. The build ing committee, members of the board I of directors and <-f the reception com mittee will act as hostesses on the ! tour of inspection through the build 'n The building is thoroughly equipped from basement to roof, and is up-to -1 date in eevry respect. The main en trance is on the Fourth street side. A j beautiful grandfather's clock finished lin mahogany bas been presented for i the lobbv by Mrs. Mary J. Coder, of ; Mechanicsburg. To the right on the 'first is the public and private office of | the general secretary, and to the left 1 is the large cafeteria, i On the second floor of the new ! building is the assembly hall, which will be furnished by Mrs. John Y. i Boyd and her daughters, and shall be J known as the John Y. Boyd Hall. : Committee rooms, club rooms, class ! rooms and the library are on the sec | ond and third floors. On the fourth floor is the gymna ' [Continued on Page 3] HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, O CTOBER 19, 1914. CLEARING OE CITY Hie FRONT ORBED BY EXPERT MINING Too Much Stress Cannot Be Laid on Importance of Con tract's Provisions Too much stress cannot he laid on the importance of clearing away the silt, stumps, tree trunks, rocks and so on that litter the lowlands just outside the river front wall. The whole purpose of the improvement will he lost oth erwise. If this work Is Included hi tlie contract for the wall con struction, tlie proper authorities should see that the provisions of tlie contract are fully carried out. Warren H. Manning, Harrisburg's architectural engineer and park ex pert, expressed his opinion of the con ditions that exist along the "front steps of Harrisburg" in those words to-day, following an inspection of the whole Job from one end of the city to the other. Mr. Manning reached Harrisburg yesterday and put in a part of the day in a long walk from Iron alley to Ma clay street. The expert spent to-day with Park Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor and Assistant Superintendent Hoffert inspecting the city's park and parkways. His program includes an other dfiy of it to-morrow. The Iron Alley Link In addition to inspecting the plans [Continued on Paee 3] THE WEATHER For Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to-night nnil Tuesday. For Kastern Pennsylvania* Fair to night nnd TlMlayi slightly unrmrr Tuesday; gentle to mod erate winds becoming southerly. River The main river will remain nearly stationary to-night nnd Tuesday. A stage of about 1.3 foot In Indi cated for Harrisburg Tuesday morning. (General Conditions A slight barometric depression, central over Southern \eu Kng- Isnd. has caused scattered show ers In Pennsylvania in the la Nt twenty-four hours and light to moderate showers generally In .Yew York, the Yew Kngland States and In the St. Lawrence Valley. It Is 2 to 12 degrees cooler than on Saturday morning over the north ern half of the country cast of the MlNNhslpnl river and in Utah, Yevnda. Wyoming and West ern South Dakota and fl to IH de grees cooler In tin- Northwest ern Canadian provinces. Temperatures S a. m., 51. Sun: ltlses, «»!!> a. m.t sets, rt:22 p. in. Moon i New moon, to-day, 1133 a. m. River S'taget One and three-tenths feet above low-water mark Yesterday's Weather I Highest temperature, IM. I Lowest temperature, 53. I Mean temperature. 58. Normal temperature, 33. MARRIAGE LICENSES I George Douglas Andrews and Helen Rill Shaver, city. Robert Scott Smetbers, Berwick, and Helen Matilda L#ohr, city. JURY BEING PICKED TO DECIDE FATE OF MRS.EDWIN CARMAN Special Panel of 150 Talesmen Summoned to Appear in Supreme Court Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 19.—From aj special panel of 150 talesmen sum moned to appear In the Supreme Court here to-day, the jury will be se- ! leeted for the trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman charged with the murder on June 30 last of Mrs. Louise Bailey. Hundreds of persons anxious to attend the trial, who have known Mrs. Carman for many years, or who were friends of the murdored woman, were doomed to disappointment by the announcement that the courtroom would only seat about 200 spectators and the doors would be locked after that number had been seated. The Nassau county courthouse where the trial was to begin to-day [Continued on Page 9] Says Successful Student Is the Successful Man An interesting talk by the Rev. j Wiiliain S. Bovard, D. D.. general sec-! retary of the Brotherhood of the ] Methodist Episcopal Church, was a feature of the chapel exercises at the 1 Harrisburg Academy. The Rev. Dr. Rovard said the suc cessful student of to-day is the suc cessful business or professional man of the future. Rotary Club Will Meet Visitors in Automobiles The Harrisburg Rotary Clui) will entertain the Reading Rotary Club at dinner at the Colonial Country Club to-morrow evening. The Rotarians will come to ilarrlsburg by<- automo bile. The Harrisburg members will meet in Market Square between 4 and 4.30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon to escort the visitors into town. There will be automobiles for all who de sire to help welcome the guests and Secretary Howard C. Fry requests that those who desire to accompany the party present themselves at Bogar's store not later than 4.30 o'clock. / \ STANDS BY LOCAL OITION "I cannot too strongly empha size before you to-night the fact that in my primary platform and throughout my whole life I have been steadfastly a friend of the local option movement in Pennsyl vania, and I believe that is the duty of the Legislature and the Executive to give to the people of each county the right to decide for themselves whether or not licenses shall be issued in the several coun ! ties of this Commonwealth. I have said this so frequently and so defi nitely that I trust the good people of this Commonwealth will not lie misled by those who for the sake of winning votes wilfully and de liberately misrepresent others. For I will not say a thing to get a vote that I will not do after tije vote is given."—Martin G. Brumbaugh. ORUMM STICKS AS CANDIDATE FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP Schuylkill County Judge Remains on the Official Ballot; Bull Moosers Meet Again Although to-day was the day when the machinists at the Democratic windmill expected Judge Charles N. Brumm, oi Pottsville, to file his with drawal as a candidate for Governor on the Bull Moose ticket so that there would be a clean field for Vjince C. McCormick, there was nothing doing. Instead, the veteran Progressive showed his abhorrence of the chican ery attending the formation of a mule ticket by issuing a blast against the Democrats. McCormick and some scattering candidates for congres sional, senatorial and legislative hon ors stand as the only fruits of the fusion deal. The Democratic bosses do not ex pect to hold any further meetings and point to Palmer's characterization of stories of his withdrawal as "silly ru mors" and to his interview at Wash ington yesterday as proof that he will not quit. The inside ring of the Wash ington party State committee was here to-day to see if Palmer had really and truly kicked Boss Wm. Flinn. Vance C. McCormick's friend, and would not retire. They were hoping against hope for a late message to-day telling that Palmer had decided to quit. The Bull Moosers here declared that they saw no signs of Pinchot getting out of the race and pointed to the proud fact that he had recovered his voice. The committee has a few legislative places to fill. Worried by Brumbaugh Beneath the businesslike bustle of the Bull Moosers it was plainly evi dent that they were worried over the [Continued on Page 0] Naturalists to Take a Peek at Delavan Comet The Delavan comet will be viewed from the river park at Front and For ster streets this evening at halfpast six by the Natural History Society's astronomical section. Anyone In the city who has not seen the comet may Join the party. Each person is advised to bring along a pair of opera glasses or binoculars. As the comet sets soon after 6.45 p m. all should be on hand at 6.30 sharp. TRACKS SERVICEABLE By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 19.—Experiments show that for the field service of the United States army t..e one and one half ton motor truck is the most ser viceable according to Quartermaster General Aleshlre in his annual report to-day. Of the thirty trucks purchas ed during the past fiscal year all but three were of that kind. BAR MEN GATHER By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 19. —The annual meeting of subsidiary and allied bodies of the American Bar Association to day drew hundreds of lawyers from all parts of the country to Washing ton. The association proper will hold its first session to-morrow. 12 PAGES Germans and Allies in Struggle For Seacoast; Two More Vessels Sunk Exact Battle Line Is Not Known According to Official Statements; Allies Are Moving on Lille, Occupied October 13 by Germans; Belgian Army Is Repulsing Attacks of Kaiser's Forces; German Mine Layer Is Captured A struggle for the possession of the strip of French seacoast that is nearest to the shores of England was the most interesting phase of the war situation to-day. British naval forces are reported to have joined in the movement with the allies who arc making a determined stand on the Belgian frontier against the westward drive of the German right wing. Ihe exact battle line is not known. This afternoon's official French statement says that the German artillery has atacked with out success "the front of Nieuport to Vladisloo, to the east of Dix mude." The allies, it adds, have advanced as far as Roulers and there has been sharp fighting un a front from La Basse to Ablain and | St. Nazaire. Paris states that the allies arc moving on Lille which was occu pied by the Germans on October 13. An earlier dispatch from London stating that the Germans were bombarding Lille may have referred to events prior to October 13, and been delayed in transmission from France to London. There is nothing from Berlin to reveal the position of the Ger mans that are contending for the coast line. There is no doubt, how ever, that they are bound for Dunkirk and Calais and are preparing to meet a strong resistance. Rains that caused much suffering to the troops in France earlier in the campaign arc falling again on the battlefield so continuously that great hardships result to the men and military maneuvers are made more difficult. BAD WEATHER IN POLAND Germans and Austrians have encountered bad weather in Rus sian Poland, heavy roads delaying the movement of their artillery. They claim, however, to be making progress along the Vistula. Petrograd asserts that the invasion has been definitely checked. Nothing is known definitely of the fate of Przemysl in Galicia, but the best information is that it is still holding out against the Russians. Vienna asserts that the siege of the city has failed. An Austrian submarine was sunk by a French cruiser in the Adriatic to-day. Japan lost the cruiser Takachiho which struck a mine while patrolling off Tsing Tan. Two hundred and seventy-one officers and men perished. Additional Canadian troops were landed at Avonmouth, Eng land, to-day. The Turkish government has refused the British demand that the German crews be discharged from the cruisers Goeben and Breslau which Turkey bought from Germany. Conditions Good For Submarine Operations By Associated Press Berlin, Oct. 19, via London, 4.13 A. M.—Thus far no German report of the sinking of the British cruser Haxvke has been received. The ad miralty, however, is not surprised but will not express an opinion as to whether or not the attacking German submarine was lost. The shortening days and the thickening weather in the Xorth Sea are steadily improving conditions for the operations of sub marines and torpedo boats. Marine experts expect that henceforth there will be intense activity throughout the entire North Sea. Cruiser Is Firing on Germans Near Ostend London, Oct. 19, 3.14 A. M.—The Daily Mail's Flushing correspondent telegraphing Sunday says: "The pas- j sage of the German forces westward from Ostend ceased at 2 o'clock < yes- I terday afternoon and lighting has begun | between them and the allies. Three wagon loads of German wounded have ! been seen returning from the front. Germans have been killed or wound ed." [Continued on Page 10] FREIGHT RATE CASE ! REOPENED; WILLARD TELLS OF BIG LOSS President of Baltimore and Ohio Addresses Inter-state Com merce Commission Washington, Oct. 19.—Public hear ing on the new application of eastern railroads for increased freight rates which they contend are necessary be cause of the world-wide financial I exigency due in part to the European war were begun here to-day before the Interstate Commerce Commission. To-day's hearing was given over to a statement for the railroads. The shippers and their representatives will be heard later. Daniel E. Wiilard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad made the opening statement for the roads. Mr. Wiilard called attention to the decision of the commission in the for mer case, wherein was stated that the "net operating Income of the railroads In official classification territory is smaller than is demanded in the In terest both of the general public and the railroads" and to the fact that the [Continued on Page 9] * POSTSCRIPT French Fleet Sinks Austrian Submarine By Associated Press Cettinje, Montenegro, Oct. 19, via London, 1.46 P. M.—An Austrian sub marine was sunk in the Adriatic to day by a French cruiser. Two submarine vessels went out from the bay of Oattaro to attack a French fleet which was making its way along the Dalmatia coast. They were quickly sighted, however, by the French who took-aim and sent one of them, the leader, to the bottom. The other submarine escaped. Prince Owes His Life to Attack of Heart Failure By Associated Press London, Oct. 19. 3.15 A. M.—A dis patch to the Times from Copenhagen says that it is generally stated in Ger j many that Prince Oscar, the fifth son of the Emperor, owes his life to his ! attack of heart failure. It I from the stories current that a partjf of Turcos were tiring from trees and / , shot down all the officers surrounding the prince without exception. Th» sudden excitement led to the heart at-, tack and the prince fell unconscious. The Turcos, It appears, believed h* was dead and stopped firing. ISTOUGH KLE WILL PROBABLY BE FINISHED WEDNESDtr "Gang" of 75 Workmen Busy To day Placing Roof and Sides of Big Meetinghouse Work on the Stough Tabernacle was continued to-day with about seventy five men on the Job. The "gam?" was busy putting on the roof of the hlsr building In which the evangellstlo meetings will be held. On Saturday all of the heavy work was completed. E. F. Weaver, execu tive secretary of the Htough campaign committee, says the tabernacle will likely be finished by Wedne«day. By the end of this week everything is ex pected to be In readiness for the cam paign's opening. Wiring for the elec tric-lights, pipes for the steam heat, completing the choir loft and the mak ing of seats will all be done this week. Enough food to feed the men for three days was supplied to the women's work committee Saturday and the women again cooked the meal for th® men's dinner. 4 Complete plans for this week's [Continued on Fifi fg
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