Russians Reported to Have Been Victorious in Great Battle in Poland HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 279 PUUUEIDETO • INCREASE COMMERCE Warring Nations May Be Urged to Keep Warships Out of Neutral Waters SOUTH AMERICANS MAKE MOVE 1 United States Asked to Join in and Make Request in Europe By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Nov. 2 7.—Deter mined to reduce the effects of the Eu ropean war on the trade of Pan- American countries, the principal na tions of South America are endeavor- In)?, it was disclosed to-day, to secure the co-operation of the United States in a movement that would bring about an agreement with the belligerent powers of Europe to withdraw their warships from the neutral waters of the two Americas. Extension of the territorial waters of a neutral country from the present limit of three miles to much larger limits that would permit an unmo lested coastwise trade between the two Americas, the calling of a general con ference of diplomatic representatives of the twenty-one republics of this hemisphere and prohibitions which would make it impossible for warships to sustain themselves with coal or sup plies in neutral waters, are among the suggestions which have been formally communicated to the I'nited States government for consideration. Argen tine, Chile, Brazil, Peru and Uruguay have taken an active part in the nego tiations. President Wilson and Secre tary Bryan will confer on the subject when the former returns from Wll liamßtown, Mass., and in the Interval South American diplomats were busy 10-day discussing with each other the various suggestions advanced by their governments. Informal Discussions Tligh officials of the American gov ernment have had some preliminary discussions with South American diplomats on these proposals. Any arrangement that would be sought would, of course, be dependent upon the final agreement, of the belligerents. It is understoond that while the Amer ican government is hesitant about taking the Initiative, the South Ameri can countries have paved the way by their various suggestions. Some of the South American coun tries feel that as Europe has disrupted the trade at neutrals, the latter should more vigorously assert their rights. Scores I>ylnn Idle The presence of a German fleet in South American waters has held back many British merchantmen, while German steamers by the scores are lying idle in South American ports. While none of the remedial pro posals suggest whether sonic of the big freighters flying belligerent flags would be released for coastwise trade within certain neutral zones, It Is known that the South American countries would welcome an arrangement between the belligerents whereby some of 1 these vessls would be permitted to engage in coastwise trade. MEIHCAI, ACADEMY BANQUET More than eighty physicians are ex pected to attend the nineteenth an nual banquet of the Harrisburg Acad emy of Medicine in the Common wealth Hotel to-night. The dinner will be preceded by a meeting of the physicians at the Acad emy when Dr. Friedenwald and his assistant. Dr. IT. F. Baetjcr, of Balti more. will give an illustrated lecture on "The Value of the Roentgen X-ray Examination in the Diagnosis of Dis eases. COM MITT HE SEEKS INQUIRY New York, Nov. 27. —A movement looking to the formation of a commit tee. "to advocate an inquiry under con gressional authority as to the condi tion of our army, navy and national defense," has been inaugurated by more than fifty men of prominence in this city. A meeting has been called for Tuesday, December 1. MQIOR DAWS ARK VIOLATED Washington, Nov. 27.—Gross viola tions of the law against selling liquor to Indians or taking liquor onto an Indian reservation caused Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian Affairs to-day to resort to drastic measures to stop what he believes has become a prac tice on the Osage reservation in Okla homa. Commissioner Sells has in voked the low which empowers him to suspend payments to the Indians when he is convinced liquor le within. I THE WEATHER For Hitrrlibiirg unit vicinity: Fnlr and collier 'to-night. with Innml temperature about 3K degree*: Saturday cloudy rind colder, prob ably rain In the afternoon: frcah weaterly wlndn becoming vari able. For F.natern rennnj Ivanla: Fair and mueh colder to-night; Satur day cloudy and colder, probably rain late In the afternoon; freah weaterly wind* becoming vari able. River The main river will remain nearly atntlonnry 'lo-nlght and Snturdny. A atagc of about "J.a feet I* Indi cated for llarrlaburg Saturday Saturday morning. Cienerttl Condition* The deprraalon that covered Canada M edneaday morning, la paaaliiK * <i lf the *orth Atlantic conat. A disturbance central over l.oulal nnn baa canaed general and mod erately heavy rain* In the Middle \\ eat Gulf region. A new depres sion haa appeared In the -Far Morthweat. The northcentral part of the I'nlted State* la covered by an area of high prenaurr with Ita center over the Middle Mis souri Valley. Temperature: S a. m.. 54. Sun: niaca, 7:01 a. m.; acta, 4144 p. m. Moon: New moon, December 22, I p. m. Hlver Stage: 2.2 feet above low water mark. | Yeaterday** Weather Highest temperature, 84. I.oweat temperature, 43. Mean temperature, 54. Normal temperature, 88. THOUSANDS RESERVE TABERNACLE SEATS "Sunday School Night" Observed Tonight; Dr. Stough Will Preach on "Lost Sheep" 47 MORE HIT SAWDUST TRAIL Evangelist Tells Throng That Many' Christians Have Foot and Mouth Disease Sunday school night at the taber- | nacle this evening will doubtless be one of the biggest occasions of the campaign. So great has been the demand for reservation of seats from all the co operating churches that the ushers have been compelled to restrict as signments in proportion to the total enrollment of members from each school. Each party will assemble at its church and march to the tabernacle under the leadership of its superinten dent and class teachers. The general public will be accommodated after the seating of the marching members of the Sunday schools. Dr. Stough will preach a special sermon, "The Lost Sheep." Dr. Stough has made a special ap peal to Christian people to help in the work of the campaign by bring ing people to the front at the taber nacle meetings to confess Christ. He has circulated cards of the depart ment of personal service to church [Continued oil Page »] MAY SXOW TO-MORROW Indications are that snow will fall here to-morrow afternoon, according j to the weatherman. A cold wave ac-; companied by snow is sweeping in; from the lakes. Yesterday the mer-1 cury registered 64 degrees, the warm est Thanksgiving Day since 1900 when| the temperature rose to 74. KSKwmra BUTTLE IN POLAND Actual Details of Gigantic Struggle Are Still Being With held in East By Associated Press London, Nov. 27, 11.55 A. M.— While the belief grows hourly that the j Russians in Northern Poland have won the greatest battle of the war, 'actual details of the operations in this locality still are withheld, and the whole incident is beginning to take on the aspect of a mystery. From Petrograd comes a neport that the patience of the ltussian peo ple awaiting official confirmation of the reported victory, is approaching the breaking point, and the same thing may be said of the public here. Ger man reports, without entering into any such details as dates describes successful operations in the region of this great battle, but admit that the German army has not succeeded in bringing the struggle to a close. Military critics at Petrograd profess to be astonished at the German as sault on Lodz, maintaining that such a movement made the defeat of the in vaders inevitable. Thirty miles to the east of the Suez canal British forces are in touch with the Turkish invaders, but there is no isign of a general action in this vicln- PREPARING BILLS FOR CODIFYING LAW Chief Moore Getting Things Ready For the Next Legislature to Start Big Task Bills embodying the changes to the laws of the State to erect codes on the subjects of taxation, boroughs and corporations are being prepared at the State Legisaltive Reference Bureau by James N. Moore and James McKirdy, who have had charge of the compila tion of the codes. The book on cor- P rations Is the last to be Issued and It is unlikely that anything more will be put out until after fhe next Legisla ture finishes Its work. "The codes issued are only live law," said James N. Moore, chief of the bu reau, in discussing them. "The statutes of the State were searched and only such acts as are in full force are Included, but there is no new law in troduced. Nothing which is not on the books has been included. It is simply a compilation with a View to simplifying the laws, which the Legis lature will be asked to enact." The corporation law code is the first to be issued since the passage of the general corporation law of 1874, which followed the constitution's ratification. Numerous requests for assistance of the bureau In drafting bills for the next general assembly are being made by men interested in legislation and the Inquiries made Indicate that there will be many more. Many of the In quiries made relate to municipal laws and foreshadow some lively discus sion*. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1014. TECH-CENTRAL GAME NETS SCHOOLS $2.51 Beck Is the Man Who Won the Game For Tech and Ended the Defeat of Ten Years BLUE AND GRAY BIG SURPRISE Central Lads Played Better Than They Knew How and Nearly Won Victory More than 7,000 people saw the Cen tral high team lose to Tech high on the island yesterday afternoon, score of 19 to 12. About $2,G00 were re ceived by the gates and each school will receive more than SI,OOO of this | amount, the remainder •to go for ex- I penses. Tech was picked a sure winner by everyone and the fact that Central scored two touchdowns against the wonderful Maroon and Gray machine | is considered remarkable. For Tech there was one man and one man alone who shone —Beck. The ground he gained for his team almost equalled that gained by th r *'hole Central team. Both lines wet«< weak, most of the gains being made through them, but Central showed up best on open field work. Displaying an TiUirely different game than they had been playing, the Central boys went into the game with the old spirit of the Blue and Gray of years gone by and the result was tb*t less than one minute after play [Continued on Page IS] FOREST FIRE AT DAUPHIN ! Besidents of Dauphin and Heckton Mills are still fighting a huge forest tire which started in the Dauphin mountains from engine sparks last Sunday afternoon. The lire was be lieved to have been extinguished Tues-1 dav night but it broke out again. At a late hour the fire was still raging. Scores of acres of timberland have] been destroyed. THEY DIDN'T GET NOME 'TIL MURK Car in Economy Contest Gets Stranded and Occupants Get in at 3 A. M. Losses of ThanUsiving dinners, rim and tire trouble tie-ups, 'he eating of a coat sleeve by a hungry cow, keep ing of telephone wires hot with ap peals for succor for the poor boobs who went along, anxious wives fum ing. fretting. weeping because of elaborate qpreads grown cold, —these were a few of the high lights of yes terday's economy run of the Motor Club of Harrisburg. "Testing a Tire" would be a good title for a funny story, telling of the ■ ups and downs of members of the 1 party who wanted to lind out the lvalue of Union self-sealing tubes and Union blue tires. There was nothing ! wrong with the Union goods. It wag | the tubes and rims of other firms j used on the car that kept the "test ing" party out until 3 o'clock this morning. Tlie Heroes Tn the party were General C. F. Humphreys, of the United States War Department who was anxious to see what the new Union tires could do; I I »r. B. E. Nevin, of Mercersburg, who j is here watching what the new Union ' tube tests; R. It. Bender, vice-presi !dcnt and general sales manager for [Continued on I'age 1] AUTO TURNS TURTLE INJURING DRIVER Smashes on Hill and West End Make Up Thanksgiving Acci dents in This City Norman S. Bunks, 1441 Shoop street, employed by the 801 l Manufacturing Company, received probably internal injuries and severe body bruises when his automobile turned turtle yesterday afternoon at Sixteenth and Regina streets. In making the turn at the street cor ner something went wrong with the steering gear. The ambulance was called, but before it arrived Mr. Banks had been taken to the Harrisburg Hos pital in another auto. A second automobile accident yes terday occurred at Second and Cum berland streets. Oloyd Stelnger. a clerk in the Harrisburg Post Office, riding a bicycle, was knocked down by an autoinpbile driven by Harold Whislcr. Steinger went to the Harris burg Hospital with (lirco| fractured ri I if?. Hoth the auto and bicycle turned the street corner at the same time. Mr. Steinger tried to net around the auto and was thrown beneath the wheels and pinned fast. The auto had to be jacked up to get out the injured man. ROBERT rX>RRAINE WOUNDED London, Nov. 27. — Robert Lorraine, the well-known English actor and aviator, who is a second lieutenant In j the British flying corps, is among the wounded reported from army head- I quarters under date of November 23. I Mr. Lorraine, who was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic of the I British aviators, narrowly escaped death in a flight across the Irish Sea three years ago. GERMANS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DECISIVELY BEATEN IN GREAT BATTLE IN POUND MANY WIRES UNDERGROUND IN HEART OF CITY ■ '9O:iSLkH!H 1 as ■ - r-rtH I Bell Telephone Company map, black portions showing sections of city fed by underground system of that eompanv, the Capitol Park extension district to go under ground as rapidly as ground is cleared. Black lines show conduit, dotted lines indicate pole lines Other companies are doing as well or nearly as well in this district. PREVENTS ROBBERY OF STEELTON POST OFFICE William Carlson Frightens Burglars Away; $15,000 in Coin and Stamps in Safe A daring attempt to rob the Steel ton post otlice was frustrated early this morrjing by William Carlson, an employe of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company. Two men, believed by the post office authorities to have been expert cracks men, attempted to enter the building through a small cellar door in the rear. At the time there was more than $15,000 worth of money and stamps in the office safe. I Carlson, who is employed at the ! electric substation a short distance from the post otfice was going to his home in North Second street about 1.30 o'clock this morning when he no ticed the glow from a light in the area way in the rear of the post office. Walking over to the post office he started an investigation. As hp ap proached the cellar way in the rear two men sprang up and dashed up Second street. Carlson followed but 'lost sight of the yeggrtien near Second [and Adams street. Returning to the post office he ex amined the cellar door, which is about eight feet below the surface of the street and hidden from view of any pedestrian. Laying on the floor of the cellar way he' found a small steel drill. The door bore the marks of the yegginen's efforts to force the door. BATTLESHIP HIGH MOID OFF COPES Navy Tugs Standing by Ready to Give Assistance at Oppor tune Moment By Associated f'tess Norfolk, Va., Nov. 27. —The United States battleship Michigan which grounded early yesterday at the Tail of the Horseshoe off ('ape Henry, was still fast this morning. Navy tugs arc standing by. The sea is calm. At high tide to-day the Michigan prob ably will be floated. Washington. D. C., Nov. 27.—Rear Admiral Fletcher reported to-day that he expected to get. the battleship Michigan off the sandy bottom in which her stern rests, during high tide this afternoon. In case the high tide to-day is not sufficient to float the ship she will be lightened some. Wealthy Breslau Folks Leave City Fearing an Invasion by Russians Geneva, Switzerland, via Paris, Nov. 27. 12.40 A. M.—Seven thousand refu gees. mostly of wealthy German fami lies in Breslau. have arrived In Munich during the last forty-eight hours. They declare that the city is in a state of consternation owing to the reported approach of the Russians and that business is at a standstill. Germany continues to send naval and military officers to Constantinople. Twenty-eight of them passed through , Inneshruck yesterday, coming from Munich. There ,was a heavy fall of ■now auain Wednesday In Alsace, HARRISBURG IS TO BE "WIRELESS CITY" Poles and Wires Come Down; Much Accomplished; Much More to Do Great progress has been made dur- j Ing the past year or more in the re-I moval of overhead electrical wires from | the streets of Harrisburg. Practically , every one of the more important pub- j lie service corporations has been work ing toward that end, with the result that Market street and many other of the thoroughfares in the central busi ness district have been freed from the dangerous and unsightly encum brances of poles and current-laden masses of wire cobwebs that used to obscure the sky and threaten the lives of pedestrians in tormy weather. Thousands of dollars have been ex pended in this way and almost all of tlie corporations controlling wire lines arc planning the extension, as rapidly as their finances will permit, of the network of underground conduits that now radiates in every direction from the heart of the city. Strange to say, the city government itlsef, while very properly insisting that corporation controlled poles come down, has been slow in setting an ex ample in this direction. The city can at comparatively small cost remove fifty or sixty poles in the heart of the city by providing funds for the string- [Continued on Page 15.] WILSON OISUPPROVES DROPPING OF BOMBS President Careful to Take Mat ter Up With Diplomats Unofficially By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 27.—President Wilson has communicated unofficially to the diplomatic representatives of the United States in the belligerent countries of Europe his disapproval of attacks by bombs from air craft dropped on unfortified cities occupied by noncombatants. The President was careful not to take the matter up officially and did facts came to light through tlie puhli jiot even make his communication through the State Department but [■Continued on Page 1] German Army Corps Said to Have Surrendered in Body to Russian Forces Z?;i A. metaled i rest Paris, Nov. 27, 4.50 A. M.—Tele graphing from Petr grad regarding the fighting around x.odz in Russian Poland, the correspondent of the Ma tin says: "One German army corps which was surrounded by Russian troops sur rendered in a body. This represents nearly fifty thousand prisoners. An other corps which also had been cut off, has now been completely put to route. ' "The Russians are attacking along! tho </. storhowa-t 'racow line with intensity." j 16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT Aged Woman Drowns Self in Almshouse Bathtub Following out numerous threats which she made to commit suicide, Caroline Weaver, f>s years old, an in male of the county almshouse. Wed nesday night committed suicide by drowning in a hathtub full of water. She was fully clothed. Her head was under the water when found and she tvna dead. She wan a drug vtetl according to the almshouse officials WAR LQAN OVER SUBSCRIBED 7 :.lon, Nov. 27, 2.45 P. M.—Chancellor of the Ex chequ Lloyd George announced in* the House of Commons to-day that the war loan of £350,000,000 ($1,750,000,000) had been greatly over subscribed. MOTORCYCLE RACER DIES Savannah, Ga., Nov. 27. Z. D. Kelly, of Savannah, one of the participants in the 300-mile motorcycle race over the grand prize race course here yesterday, died early to-day from injuries received when his machine struck a tree. George Sloop was killed yesterday during the race. PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE OPENS MONDAY Philadelphia, Nov. 27.—Announcement was made to day that the Philadelphia Stock Exchange will be reopened on Monday, November 30, at 10 a. m., for the transactions in all securities listed on the regular and unlisted depart ments of the exchange. VILLA'S MEN IN MEXICO CITY 101 Prso, Tex., Nov. 27.—A part of General Villa's "orces have entered Mexico City, but Villa remains at Tula. COLLIER BLOWN UP BY MINE London, Nov. 27, 5 P. sl.—The British Admiralty this evening announced that the collier Khartoum had been blown up to-day by a mine off Crimsby. The crew of the Khartoum was landed at Grimsby. Grimsby is on the south bank of Humber, 15 miles southeast of Hull. BURSTING SHELL DESTROYS SHIP Sherness, Eng., via London, Nov. 27, 2.25 A. M.—lt is believed here that the explosion of the battleship Bulwark, yesterday, was caused by the fall and bursting of a 12-inch shell in her magarine. Between 700 and 800 men on board were lost. . CARRANZA'S GUARANTEES SHORT LIVED Washington, Nov. 27.—Despite Carranza's guarantees that Mexicans employed by Major General Funston in the administration of Vera Cruz would not be pnolested, the ar rest of one such Mexican was reported to the State Depart ment to-day by Consul Canada. From Mexico City came a report that the property of an American dairyman on a lanch neai the city, had been looted by soldiers. MAkßiAut uctnMS. Snnuirl Mnrcua, Indian*, I'M., nnd Minnie Morrison, city. Jnmrn Henry Uarmn and Mary llrhcrrn l.ondnn, city. [Kitchener Says Kaiser Has Just Suffered Heaviest Loss of Cam paign in East; Definite Word Withheld in Petrograd HOLY WAR PROCLAIMED BY SULTAN OF TURKEY Reports From Various Fields In complete and Confusing; Ger mans Will Again Attempt to Reach English Channel The campaign in France and Bel gium. commonly regarded as the main conflict of the European war, seemed to-day to have entered, at least tenv porarily, upon a new phase. For the time being Germany has relinquished the offensive, which she held so relent, lcssly during the earlier weeks of the war. Official statements from Berlin and Paris showed that the fighting, which has been diminishing steadily in severity for at least two weeks, has now flattened out to a more series of de tached skirmishes involving only small numbera of men. It remained to be seen whether this state of affairs was the prelude to another German on slaught. as Ixjndon has been predict ing. or whether it meant that Germany had adopted new tactics which would thrust upon the allies the burden of the attack in an effort to drive out the ; invaders. Only Small Kiiauitenient* The French statement said that in the Argonne, where some of the most spirited fighting lias been In progress recently, there were only small engage- I mcnts yesterday. Ground was taken ' by the Germans and retaken by the I allies, but the insignificant scale of s these operations, measured by the , magnitude of the war as a whole, is - shown by the statement that fighting ■ involved no more than one battalion and the disputed ground extended over • no more than twenty-five yards. The 1 German statement reports some prog i ress In this region. At a few other [Continued on Pa*e 4}
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