Russ War Chiefs ClaiitrTheir Advances HARRISBURG iSSslte TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 274 OBREGDN'S FORCES . EVUCUUTE CAPITAL Consul Silliman Makes Report of Occurrence to the State Department ENTRAINED FOR ORIZABA Mexico City Said to Be in State of Unrest as Result of the Troop Movement By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Nov. 20.—Amer ican Consul Siiiiinan in a dispatch filed in Mexico City at 8 o'clock last night reported that General Obregon's troops were entraining for Orizaba and mov ing the offices of the government with them. The capital is In a state of unrest. i 'onsul Silliman did not indicate whether the <>bregon troops were eva cuating the city to leave it undefend ed before the troops approaching from the north or whether his forces were 1o be replaced witli other Carranza troops moving down from yueretaro under General Gonzales, one of Car ranna's chief supporters. Mr. Silliman added that railroad i ommunication northward and also between the capital and Vera Cruz was interrupted. Previous reports have left it to be understood that a sufficient garrison would remain in the capital to main lain order and prevent entrance of the Zapata forces until Villa's forces were in the immediate vicinity and ready to enter when the Carranza troops would withdraw. Villa Is Not Likely to Encounter Much Fighting By Associated Press Washington. Nov. 20. Pressing southward at the head of an army eager for fight after months of recupe ration. General Villa will encounter little difficulty in reaching Mexico City, according to the opinion of American agents expressed in dispatches review ed to-day by administration otlicials. Other reports told of the continuation o* Villa's triumphant march. Quere la ro, where a clash has been forecast having been abandoned by t lie Car ranza forces. Whether they intend to make a stand was not indicated. 1913 Audit Will Not Cost More Than SI,OOO Preparation of the Dauphin county audit for l!>1". will cost from SSOO to S6OO less than last year. In tliv opinion of the auditors. The report lias been practically completed, except for the transcribing, and tliis will be finished in time for presentation to the County Commissioners next Wednesday. The work on the preparation of the audit ivas begun July 27. The mem bers of the board - are compensated at the rate of s:i per day and mileage once a week. The whole bill last year totaled $1,595.76. This year, it is be lieved, it will not run above SI,OOO. To Fight Efforts to Move State St. Saloon Uptown People of the Eleventh ward will get together under the leadership of the Kev. 13. 11. Ilart, pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist Church, and several other West End ministers to tight the attempt to transfer a liquor license owned by Patrick Sullivan, front 727 State street to 1819 North Third street. Sir. Sullivan is the owner of an Eighth ward liquor license and will apply to the pauphin county court December P for a transfer of the li cense. His reason for this is that his saloon is in the ward that was taken over for the Capitol Park extension. What action will be taken by the West End people Is not positively known b-.-.t they intend to tight any , attempt to bring a saloon uptown. The subject will probably be discussed at the Stough tabernacle and signers of a petition will be obtained there. Many of the business men of the Eleventh ward will be asked to help In the fight. GIVES WAGE STATISTICS Addressing a mass meeting of Penn sylvania Railroad employes in AVest • 'liester last night. Ivy E. Dee. execu tive assistant of the company, said that the system had paid out $1,932,- 026,384 in wages during the past sev enteen years. During last year, he said, the ssytem paid $189,000,000 to its employes. This was 35 per cent, higher than in 1900, he added. Mr. Eee also told how the railroad had paid its dividends in London last Au gust when foreign exchange had ceased to exist. I THE WEATHER ' For Harrisburg nnd vicinity: Fair nnd dfcidely colder to-nlßlit with lowest temperature about 1H de- Saturday fair and colder. For FJastern Pennsylvania: Kalr and decidedly colder 'to-night} Saturday fair. colder; strong north went winds. River The main river will remain nearly xtntlonary to-nlicht and Satur dny. A atage of about -'.(I feet la Indicated for Harrisburg Satur ( day mbornlng. r General Conditions The lake storm has disappeared and the Southern disturbance lias moved northward some distance of the coast and Is now central off the New Kngland coast. It has caused rain and snow In the Atlantic t oast States tfrom South Carolina to Maine during the last twenty-fonr hours. Tempernturei S a. in,, 111. Sunt Rises, O:SU a. in. | sets, 4:48 p. m. .Moon: Full moon, December 2, 1:21 a. m. "* River Mage: It feet above low water mark. lesterday'a Weather Highest temperature, ,W. I.owest temperature. M. Mean temperature. 3a. Normal temperature, 10. STOUGH RECEIPTS J THIRD OE EXPENSES With Campaign Half Over Finan cial Situation Is Being Care fully Considered TO HOLD "BUDGET-MEETING" Executive President Confident AH Debts Will Be Paid During Tabernacle Meetings With the Slough evangelistic cam paign almost half over, the executive committee Is beginning to figure on the financial end of the campaign. j It was announced yesterday that the cost of the entire campaign will be about $19,000 and the finance com mittee made its report. The estimated lotal attendance at ail the meetings in the tabernacle is about 161.000 and the total receipts from all the meet ings, including last night, amount to $5,684.53. or less than one-thinl of the total estimate expense. E. Z. Gross. executive committee president, said this morning that a "budget meeting" will be held soon on which day it is expected that sev eral thousands of dollars will be rais ed for the expenses. "Reports are en couraging financially," he said, "be cause each week the totals increase over those of the preceding week. If l»ebts Are Not Met Mr. Gross also said that in case thei expenses of tlie campaign were not met by the end of th- next three weeks when the campaign closes that he is sure the people of the co-op erating churches will pay the balance willingly. He said further that the cost of the tabernacle was more than had been expected because it was necessary to use steam heating, and that the build ing had to be covered with fire proof roofing and sides. During the next two weeks tfie fi nance end will be closely watched and just before the end of the campaign something: more definite will be an nounced by the committee of finance of which E. Z. Wallower is chair man. High School Night One of the biggest nights since the opening of the campaign three weeks ago is expected to-night, when hun dreds of students from the Technical and Central .high schools will till re served seats in the front of the taber nacle. Professor Spooner, director of the chorus, will march at the head of the boys and Miss Saxman will have charge of the girls. The students will march in a body over the city streets to the meeting from the two high school' buildings. School cheers, pen nant waving and horn blowing will be features of the parade and early meet ing. Dr. Stougli will aim his sermon dl [Continued on l'age 16.] MERCURY TO FALL TO 18 DEGREES TOiIGHT Coldest Weather of Season Sweep ing in From Northwest; Snow in Parts of the State Harrisburg and vicinity Is due for a decided change in the weather before midnight, according to bulletins issued this morning by E. It. Dcmain, weather forecaster. Temperature as low as 24 degrees has been recorded thus far this Fall, but this record will be smashed to night when the temperature Is expect ed to fall to 18. A real blizzard passed over the north and western parts of the State j last night, leaving Pittsburgh and Scranton in a mantle of white, the in struments recording several inches of snow. The storm swept around llar risburg. The cold weather will continue sev eral days over the eastern section of the country. By to-morrow night even colder weather may be expected. Har risburg was two degrees warmer than Jacksonville this morning when a 28- degree temperature was registered. COIJ) WAVE SWEEPS SOUTH By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 20.—The cold wave, witli some snow which lias swept rapidly down from the north west and spread over the South At lantic States from Virginia to Florida to-day has forced temperatures to the lowest recorded in November in forty years. The cold extends northwest from Florida, through the Ohio Val ley and over the plains States. The wave has moved southeasterly and will be dissipated in a few days. A storm originating off the Carolina coast Wed nesday morning has extended to New England and caused gales and rain on the coast there and heavy snow in the interior of New England and Northern New York. Snow is predict ed to continue in New England and along the great lakes to-night. Cold wave warnings have been issued for Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the Carollnas, Virginia and Central Flor ida. ALIEN' LAW TO REACH COUHT By Associated Press New York. Nov. 20.—A case against the Dock Contracting Company which comes before the Public Service Com mission to-day was expected to be the basis for taking the state alien labor law to the courts to test its consti tutionality. $250,000 FIRE IN NEW JERSEY By Associated Press Keansburg. N. V.. Nov. 20.—Twenty five small buildings, most of them stores, were leveled by tiames which swept through this town early to-day. The duina&e is estimated at $2 50,00 0. i HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1014 THREE BLUE-BLOODED KITTIES AND THEIR MISTRESS | > < MRS. D. B. AND IIKU Til HE IS. PKIZK WINNERS Sunset Lassy, Sunset Honey and Sunset Honeysuckle. New York, Nov. 20. With one hundred and twenty-five exhibits of vainablo .specimens of cathood, the thirteenth annual show of the Atlantic <'at Club is under way at the Waldorf-Astoria. Six hundred prizes are r iT <! ' ol ** ln w,nners ,n tlie various classes. Mrs. 1). N. Champion, one oi thu exhibitors, has beep offered fabulous prices lor her throe thoroughbred felines. Sunset Lassy, Sunset Honey and Sunset Honeysuckle, but she lias no idea of selling the three prize winners. Samuel Fleming's Daughter Near Battieiield of Kurds and Cossacks When Last Heard From Mr. a nd Mrs. Labaree Were Work ing at Urmia, Persia I Much concern is felt in Harrisburg by friends of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert M. I.al>aree, who arc in the missionary field near Urmia, Persia, where thy Kurds and Russians are furiously fighting. Mrs. Uaharee is the daughter of Samuel W. Fleming, assistant post master. She WHS formerly Miss Mary Fleming. With her husband she was working, near .Urmia when last heard Ticket Complaints Must Be Made as the Lawmakers Provided The Pennsylvania public Service I j Commission will investigate the pro | posed increase in passenger fares and | | aboilition of trip tickets by the Penn- 1 j sylvania and other railroads if persons | i who have written letters of protest j will follow them up by formal com plaints in the manner provided by the public service company law, but It is improbable that any action will bo taken until after the rate changes go Itno effect next month. The commission to-day received the letters of protest and complaint which have been piling up for several days and determined to suggest that the writers send formal complaints, duly sworn to, and be prepared to under take a formal presentation of the mat ter. Practically every letter was an individual protest mid none has been sworn to. It will also be suggested that where several persons In a com munity have protested they designate sonieon eto present their case and that the protests be undertaken sys tematically. STUDENTS START FOR GAME By /issociated Press Cambridge, Mass.. Nov. 20.—Unde terred by prospects of muddy roads and possibly snow in some of the country districts hundreds of Harvard 1 students and graduates to-day sent - their motor cars splashing over the 1 pavements soaked by last night's ' downpour on their start for New 1 Ifaven where to-morrow they will watch the Crimson eleven in its final struggle of the season in the Yale I bowl. DUBLIN, N. H.. HEADS I,IST > Washington, D. C., Nov. 20.—Dub- 1 tin. N. H„ has taken the lead for per capita contributions to the Ked Cross European war relief. With a popula tion of fiOO persons Dublin has sub- i scribed SI,BOO. three dollars for each Inhabitant. In addition, Dublin has I niv«n SI,OOO to the Belgian relief com- 'I milteo and much clothing and' sup- I plies. it from, October 1. They arc now lo cated at Tabriz., sumo distance from Urmia. In the lust letter received from the Tabriz mission of the Pres byterian Church, Mrs. Labarec U/Id of impending trouble. Mr. and Mrs. I.abaree had arranged to attend the annual missionary meet ing at I'rinia, but were warned l>y Hi ■ I I'nited States and British counsels not I to go. : | 1 Hamburg-American Liner | Reported to Have Been Sunk in Persian Gulf By Associated Press London, Nov. 20, 5.22 a. m.—The! Daily News states that news lias been (received that the Hamburg-American; | liner Ekbatana has been sunk in thoi | Persian gulf. There are no details of | | how this was accomplished. |_ The Kkbatana, a vessel of about ; 5,000 tons, was last reported as having; arrived at Hussorah, Asiatic Turkey, | early in August. SAYS M'.MBKRS DO NOT COI'XT J By Associated Press ' Berlin, via The Hague and London, I Nov. 20, 5.21 A. M.—"The Hussians i have numbers on their side but num-j : hers al'.ne are not the decisive factor, in the present stage of the war less than ever before we are not afraid of Russian numerical superiority. At Tannenburg the Russians outnumber ed us three to one yet the result was a notable German victory." These are the views of General Von Hindenburg, now facing the great Russian war ma chine as expressed in conversation with the Berlin correspondent of the Neue Frele Presse of Vienna. TO CHOOSE EBY MEMORIAL SITE| S. P. C. A. Will Consider Location For Fountain to Former Mayor's Memory At a meeting of the Society Protec tion for Cruelty to Animals Monday, November 23, at its headquarters in 1 the Telegraph building, final plans will 1 lie i.ade for the erection of the foun- 1 tain in honor of the late Maurice C. 1 Eby, former mayor. 1 At this evening the possible sites < for the fountain will be considered. ' The memorial will be built under the 1 supervision of Miss Fannie M. Eby, j sister of the late Mr. liby. ' i. DEMOLISH RUSSIAN CONSULATE' By Associated Press London, Nov. 20, 9.4S A. M.—An! Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter's Tele- i grain Company says that during the 11 bombardment of the Turkish port of 1 /' Treblzond on the Black Sea by the j l Russian consulate was demolished and la the consul was severely wounded. jn BELIEF SHIP 10ID 101 BOUGHT VET i More Money Is Needed and Needed Quickly to Get Food to the Starving Belgians if the Thanksgiving ship is to sail for BelgiUm with food for the starving people next week con tributions must be given quickly, j This is the message which reached j here to-day from the committee in icharge of the collection of funds to 1111 the second ship with food for the I people of ttiat country. The Telegraph |bas already received over SI,BOO, but more is urgently asked from the pco jple of this community, j Appeals are being sent to the city | from committees for speedy cash con tributions for the purchase of food and if money is given promptly the hold of [the ship can be filled in a few days. Sliippciishiivg Active | The Telegraph to-day received a •circular giving the steps being taken by the peope of Shippensburg and vl jcinity to raise funds for the relief | ship and the money or gifts are asked iby Moi day n on. This circular goes | at things !n the right way. I It says in part: | "Volunteers for canvassing town and | rural districts wanted to report j promptly to L. P. Teel, J. W. McPher son and Sterrett Woodburn. I "A canvass of the community will |be made on or before Monday, Novem ber 23. Have your response ready. Canvassers will arrange to collect any donations that cannot be delivered. "Efforts will be made to establish receiving stations at Newburg, Lees burg, Oakvllle, Jacksonville, Mowcrs ville, Roxbury, Orrstown, Green village Burgess lleails Relief Work and Upper Strasburg." The work is in charge of Burgess J. Beattie Harbour, Charles L. Rumtnel, Curtis O. Bosserm&n, committee on publicity; L. P. Teel, J. W. McPher son, D. Sterrett Woodburn, committee ion canvassing, and J. Bruce McCrcary, J . D., treasurer. Donations to 2 p. ni. to-day Include: Previously acknowledged ...$1821.30 W. C. T. U., Hiirhspire, Carrie D. Mathias, treasurer .... 5.00 M. S. C 2.00 Cash 1.00 Cash for condensed milk .... 1.00 Cash 2.00 Cash .. 1.00 Cash 1.00 t'ash 3.00 Cash 1.00 Charles Leeds 2.00 Bill 10.00 A. A 10.00 80 I'ER CENT ACT CARRIES , By Associated Press Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 20.—Arizona's' Initiative measure providing that SO* per cen*. of the employes shall be American citizens in any business em ploying more than live persons, carried J at the recent election it was an-1 nounced to-day. 20 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT VIGOROUS ATTACKS MADE BY KAISER'S INFANTRY REPULSED BY FRENCH German Military Chiefs Concentrating Their Efforts Toward Dealing Crushing Blow to Russia; General Von Hin denburg Says Germany and Austria Will Win; Storms Add to Sufferings of Soldiers at Front; North Sea Flows Through Locks at Nieuport The coming of winter having inter rupted the lighting aolng the North Sea coast, Germany is making an ef fort to press the line of the nllies at another point. The French war ottlce announce to-day that in the region of the Argmne forest where severe en gagements have been in progress for the last few days, three vigorous :•*- tacks had been made by German In fantry. These assaults, it is said, were repulsed. The importance of this battle, for eign military critics explained, lies in the fact that if the Germans should succeed in pushing back the allies they would bo able to join forces with their troops which, further to the east, have thrust a sharp wedge into the line. Such a junction of forces would result in the surrounding of the strong fortress of Verdun, which the German crown prince attacked in vain during the earlier days of the war. The reply of the allies to this chal lenge was an attack on Germans in the neighborhood of Verdun. An offi cial German statement to-tlay said this attack hasf been repulsed. In Helgium the liminution of acti vity has become still more pronoune !ed. There was almost a total absence lof infantry attacks in the northwest and, even the artillery fire, which re cently has been unusually severe, has | Issened. The Germans, on their left wing, have reoecupied a section of the town nf ('hauvoncourt. which they recent ly blew up with mines after the French had forced their way in. I.ittlc News From Other Points Either the censorship or the ab sence of decisive events was respon sible for the fact that from other fields of battle, in Itussian Poland. Turkey, Servia and Persia, there came only fragmentary information to-day. The German statement, said that the Rus sians were continuing their retreat in Poland but that in Kastern Prussia they hat 1 , captured an unoccupied fort Comparative calm In the west and reawakened activity in the cast are ORDERS RATES SUSPENDED Trenton, N. J., Nov. 20.—The Board of Public Utility Commit loners to-day ordered suspended the new rates to be put into effect by the railroads. The suspension which holds until March 15, applies to the new rates insofar as they apply to New Jersey or intrastate business. The utility board meets December 22 for a hearing as to the reasonable ness of the increases. J. H. EDWARDS RELEASED ON BAIL Washington, Nov. 20. J. H. Edwards, of New York, former assistant secretary of the treasury, indicted for non support of wife and children and whose bail bond recently was forfeited when he failed to appear in court here, gave a satisfactory explanation when brought in to-day on a bench warrant and was re-released on bail awaiting trial. KILLED IN AUTO SMASH Fort Dodge, la., Nov. 20.—Five persons were killed and one i:. cd v.hvn an automobile in which they were riding was struck to-day by a Minneapolis and St. Louis north bound passenger train at Halligan, 12 miles from here. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20.—The State Supreme Court to-day jrefused to certify * writ of error to the United States Su preme Court in the case of Leo M. Frank, under sentence of death here for the murder of Mary Phagan. Counsel for Frank announced that the immediately would be taken to the United States Supreme Court. # The Mt. Vernon hook and ladder fire truck was struck by a street car near Third and Market streets this afternoon at 1 o'clock while on the way to answer an alarm from box 13, Race and Paxton streets. The trolley was bound from Market Square east ort Market street, and failed to stop at the approach d? the fire truck. No one was hurt. The fire was caused by an oilstove at the home of the Rev. Robert Runyan, 116 Vine street, pastor of the Vine Street M. E. Church. The damage did not exceed §SO. Augusta, Cia., Nov. 20.—Fifteen valuable trotting horses were burned to death early to-day when the F. L. Dodge racing siuUies, near Here, were destroyed by lire. Among the horses burned were Silk Hat, Lady Wanet and Holland Ben. The loss is estimated at $150,000. i MARRIAGE LICENSES . William 11, Au<lrr«ii, I'blindrlphla, nutl Mary Alive Dclbler, Herrji bur*. taken by London to indicate that tha German military chiefs have decided to concentrate their energies at the present stage of the war toward deal ing, if possible, a crushing blow to Russia. Such fragmentary reports as were received to-da.v from the eastern zone of lighting showed that the German army was still pressing the Russians back through Russian Poland, over the same battlelields across which the Russians a few weeks ago were ad vancing victoriously. No clear ex planation has been made of the re versal In form of opposing armies, although it has been reported on sev eral occasions that the Germans were sending thousands of their finest troops from IT ranee and Belgium to the east. The Russian w.ir chiefs state that their advance in Kast Prussia and Gallcia continues in spite of their ad mitted retreat in the center. German strategists believe that continued re verses In Russian Poland would fore a the Russians to draw back their north ern and southern armies. Confident of Suet-ess German opinion admits of no doubt as to the outcome of the war with. Russia. General von Hlndenburg, Ger many's popular hero of the lighting in the east, is quoted as saying that Germany and Austria will win, al though outnumbered, because they have stronger nerves and because their soldiers do their own thinking, while Russian discipline Is "a mere blind and dull obedience." Besides the possible withdrawal of German troops for use against Russia there is another reason for the lull in the lighting in the west. Gold, wet weather lias numbed and exhausted the soldiers so that great physical effort is almost out of the question. The weather in Belgium is compared with a black, windy December day on the New England coast. The storm continues and the waters of the Nortli Sea flow through the locks at Nleuport, which the allies opened to flood the [Continued on Page I#]
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