Fighting Renewed Along Ypres With King George For the First Time on the Firing Line
* HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 283
KITCHENER DECLARES
KB MUST FALL
BEFORE WAR'S END
Tells irvin Cobb Struggle Will Not
Be Over Before Three
Years
SAYS GERMANS HAVE FAILED
Scores Bombdropping on Cities;
Laughs at Invader Who
"Ceases to Invade"
Irvtn *. Cobb reports, In the car
rent IWUR of the Saturday Evening
Port, an interview on the war with
fjord Kitchener. The Interviewer en
countered a man who asked more
questions than tie answered, but
having pumped Ills questioner dry.
expressed his own views freely in the
only talk, Mr. Cobb declares, whleh
lord Kitchener lias given for pubU
eatlon .since the war began.
"The war will last not less than
throe years," Ixurd Kitchener said.
"It will end only when (iermany Is
thoroughly defeated, not before—de
feated on land and oil sea. That the
allies will win Is certain. That for
us to win wIU require a minimum
period of three years I think probable.
It might last longer—this war might.
It might end sooner. It can end in
only one way.
"That it will end in a month from
now, or six months or a year, I do
not think likely; so, to be on the safe
side, 1 say three years—at least three
years.
"If Germany gives up sooner, so
much the better for Germany and for
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MINISTERS ASKED
TO JOIN CRUSH
All Pastors in City Invited to Ob
serve "Tuberculosis Sunday";
Seal Sale December 7
All the ministers of the city have
been Invited by personal letter from
the Rev. S. Wlnfleld Herman, pastor
of Zlon Lutheran Church and secre
tary of the city mlnlsterlum, to par
ticipate in the general observance of
Tuberculosis Day, Sunday. December
8, which formally opens the Red Cross
Christmas seal sale for 1914.
Monday. December 7, the actual sale
of the seals will be started and the
pastors have been urged to call espec
ial attention to the day, the purposes
of the campaign, and the results to be
obtained. The pastors are asked to
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Highwaymen Tie
Victim in Bag and
Throw Him Into Bay
Ry Associated Press
Point Pleasant. N. J., Dec. 3.—Four
highwaymen held up and robbed C. D.
Egbert, an Insurance collector, of S3OO
while he was crossing a bridge over
Barnegat. Bay last night. He was
clubbed senseless. His assailants then
bound his hands and feet, tied a bag
over his head and cast him into the
waters of Barnegat Bay.
Tt was dark, so dark that the quar
tet failed to see that the tide was
out and the water shallow. Egbert
fell In the shallows, his head well
above water, and later recovered con
sciousness. His groans were heard
and he was rescued. The police have
no clue as to the identity of the high
waymen.
THE WEATHER
For Horrlsbor* and vicinity i Fair
A to-night anil probably Friday*
' colderj lunot trmprrrtnrc to
night nit out 40 degree*.
For Eastern I'ennnvl vnnla i Unset
tled and colder to-night and Fri
day! fresh north and northeast
winds.
River
The lower portion of the West
Hrnnch will rise somewhat to
night anil Friday. Other streams
of the system will remain nearly
stationary. A stage of ahout 2.3
fret Is Indicated for Harrtsburg
Friday morning.
General Conditions
Tlie weather continue* generally
cloudy and unsettled aouth nnil
east of the l.ake region with light
rain In nearly all districts of this
territory since last report. More
ralu has fallen In the West Gulf
States, being heavy In Northweirt
Louisiana, as a result of n dis
turbance In the Gulf of Mexico.
Haln has continued nlso In the
I'nelflc States and snow has set
In over the Western Canadian
provinces.
Teperaturei 8 a. ro., S3,
Juu: Hlses, 7ilo a. m.t nets, 4(38
p. in.
Moon: Rises, 4>59 p. m.
Illver Stage: 3.2 feet above low-
KffJrr mark.
Yeaterday's Weather
Highest temperature, .10.
I.owest temperature. 44.
Mcjiii temperatnre. "11.
Atiimal temperature, 86, j
UHSRIE VOTES
GREIT Willi CREDIT
Only One Ballot Against New Loan
Is Cast by Socialist
Member
ENGLAND BLAMED FOR WAR
So-called Treachery of Belgium
Mentioned in Address by
Chancellor
Sptcial to Tht Telegraph
Berlin, via Amsterdam, to London,
Dec. 3.—With only one dissenting
vote, that of Herr Liebknecht, a So
cialist, the Reichstag: voted a new war
credit of $1,250,000,000. The presi
dent of the chamber at the opening
of the sitting dwelt in a speech on
the unity and patriotism of the Ger
man people and commented appre
ciatively on the large number of mem
bers of the Reichstag who are now
serving the country at the front.
Almost all the members were pres
ent when the body was called to order
and at least a tenth of them wore the
gray fiteld uniform. The benches al
lotted to members of the Bundesrath
and all the gallaries were crowded. On
the seat of Dr. Ludwig Frank, the
Social Democrat, who fell as a volun
teer in his first fight, a large laurel
wreath reposed.
Speaker Kaempf, In the course of
his opening speech, announced that
sixty-nine members of the Reichstag
were performing active service. Over
2.000,000 men, he said, had offered
their services as volunteers, but only
a small part of this number has thus
far been called to the colors.
During Herr Kaenipf's speech the
stormy enthusiasm of the first days of
the war was changed into a less noisy
but more deep and serious feeling.
The enthusiasm was greatest when the
speaker mentioned the triumph of the
crusier Emden and Germany's sub
marines.
One of the most important parts of
Dr. Von Bethmann-I lollweg's address
was his declaration of Belgium's guilt
in surrendering her neutrality, of
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GERMAN WOMEN
PMY FOR WIS END
Letter to Ed. Kreidler Says There
Is No Suffering in the
Fatherland
Interesting news direct from Ger
many reached Harrisburg to-day in a
letter to Edward Kreidler, 1203 Chest
nut street, from relatives In Waldshut,
Baden. Germany. The letter was writ
ten by the wife of a young nian who
is in the German army. She says
the women are praying for the war's
end. The letter was one month In
transmission, having been mailed on
October 31. In part the letter reads:
"1 will only write a few lines this
time, but will send you a big letter
soon, as there will be much to tell
which you do not hear about In
America.
"Thero is no suffering here. We
live the same as we always dl(l before
tlio war. In Franco, Belgium and Rus
sin, where the battles are being fought,
there Is great suffering.
"There is no enemy on German
grounds any more, except 300,000 pris
oners, although there were many at
the beginning of the war. So long as
our Great Kaiser was telegraphing to
the King of England and France to
keep peace, the French and Russian
soldiers broke into Germany, but our
soldiers got them out again, and made
lots of prisoners.
"By October 1 we had no more ene
mies in our country Our army has
gone to Russia and Belgium. The
Kaiser with his men is on French
ground, so you can see how far our
soldiers have gone.
"We also iiave prayer meetings, the
same as you have In America, anil we
women hone and pray tliat the dread
ful war will soon lie ended. As we seo
by the newspapers, the English cut our
cables so only English and French
news gets to America. They tell noth
ing good about Germany. But by and
by the truth will get over there too.
"Kolnliart Is well so far. and still
| lighting. Thank the Irfird! I hop<.
and pray that he will return safe from
this awful war."
| McFarland Thinks Uncle
Sam Should Aid Small
Cities of the Country
Washington, D. C.. Deo. *.— J. Hor
ace McFarland, of Harrlsluirg, presi
dent of the American Civic Asso
ciation. spoke at the tenth annual
meeting of the association here ves
terday on "Wanted—American Plan
ning for American Cities.''
Mr. McFarland said that Congress
should create a federal municipal de
partment, which would serve to make
cleaner, more healthful and attractive
living conditions in the smaller towns.
He said the people In small towns
have the riEht to demand government
help.
Reported Capture of
General DeWet in South
Africa Is Confirmed
By Associated Press
Pretoria, via London, Dec. 3, 5.20.
General Christian DeWet, leader of
the rebellion in the Union of South
Africa, has been taken prisoner, ac
cording to an official announcement
made here. He was captured by Col
onel Conrad Brits last Tuesday on a
fnrni at Wuterburg, a town 100 miles
cpsi of Mafeking In British Bechuuna
iund.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1914.
BRING FLOWERS FOR
SHUT-INS TO STOUGH
Thousand! of Plants to Be Brought
to Tabernacle Tonight For
Distribution Among Poor
3,500 RAILROADERS ATTEND
Evangelist Again Praises Railroad
Men; Sixty Hit Trail of
Righteousness
One of the most spectacular services
of the Stough campaign will be held
to-night, when thousands of flowers
and potted plants are carried into the
front of the tabernacle for distribution
to the poor and "shut-ins" of the city.
Every woman who expects to go to
the meeting to-night has been re
quested to carry her contribution to
help make this occasion one of the
most memorable of the six weeks. The
flowers will be held in the hands of
the donators for a short time after
audience is assembled and at a signal
will be raised over head during the
singing of a hymn. After this the
plants and flowers will be collected by
the ushers and doorkeepers and taken
to the front of the tabernacle.
To-morrow morning women of the
women's work committee and any
others who are willing to lend their
aid will gather at the tabernacle to
distribute the flowers to various chari
table institutions and hospitals of the
ctjy and to any persons shut up in
their home with sickness. All persons
who know of any such are urged to
notify the committee.
3,500 Railroaders at Service
"I never saw a greater night during
my evangelistic work than this," said
Dr. Stough last night after 2,500 em
ployes of the Pennsylvania Railroad
from this city. Enola and Marysvllle
had taken their seats in the sections
reserved for them at the tabernacle.
"This Is the largest number of men
from any one organization or place of
employment that has ever attended
one of my services, and my heart is
Indeed touched by your presence. 1
hope a good proportion of you have
come prepared to hit the trail to-night
and get right with God before you
leave the building."
The men were in a spirit of en
thusiasm as they marched from their
place of assembly at the Pennsylvania
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LOCAL OPTIONISTS TO
GAINER HERE FED. 1
Petition For Presentation to Legis
lature Will Be Framed at
Big Convention
Local option will be given a big
boost at a gigantic mass meeting of
temperance workers to be held In this
city February 1, 1915.
Probably never in the history of the
liquor fight in Pennsylvania have so
many anti-booze workers gathered to
gether as it Is planned to have meet
here on that date. From the Antl-
Saloon League's headquarters in this
city Invitations are now being sent out
by the thousands to temperance so
cieties, Bible classes, no-llcense leagues
and similar liquor fighting organ
izations throughout Pennsylvania.
Dr. Slough to Speak
While the matter has not vet been
definitely decided. It Is just possible
that the sessions of the convention will
be held in the Stough tabernacle at
State and Cowden streets. One thing,
however, is certain—Dr. Henry W.
Stough, the booze-fighting evangelist,
will be one of the principal speakers of
the convention.
A morning executive session and
afternoon and evening mass meetings,
open to the public, will be the prin
cipal features of the day's activities.
Dr. Stough will talk at the mass meet
ings.
During the convention a petition
urging the Legislature to pass a local
option law will be framed for presen
tation to the lawmakers.
January 31, 1915, will be temper
ance field day. The churches of this
city have been asked to qo-operate and
a large majority have said they would
do so.
American Ambassador
Served English Colony
From Warlike Turks
By Associated Press
XA)ndon, Deo. 8, 4.10 a. in. The
Chronicle to-day publishes a letter
from Athens praising the activity of
the American Ambassador, Henry
Morgenthau, In Constantinople, on the
night of Neveniber 10, when the Eng
lish colony was not allowed to leave
the city.
j The action of the Turks caused a
panic among the British refugees, but
the American Ambassador assured
them he would endeavor to get them
away the next day. The refugees
passed a terrible night of anxiety and
besides the police were harsh and
brutal.
The sights he witnessed made Am
bassador Morgenthau determine to
make the Turks respect his wishes. He
formally advised the Turkish govern
ment that unless the British colony
was allowed to depart he would de
mand his passports and take them all
as his private guests on his special
| train.
The Turks, the letter says, had no
desire to fight America as well as the
allies, so they gav? In, but took re
venge by assessing the refugees an
arbitrary and Illegal tax of from $5 to
SIOO each.
The next day the colony assembled
at the station. Ambassador Morgen
thau was there and personally super
vised all the smallest details of the
departure. Words ran hardly express
the gratitude due him, the letter con
cludes.
GERMAN ARMY AGAIN TAKES
OFFENSIVE A
( Ficirrm RENEWED
SCALE OF MILE.S
A—Xorth of Arras, where Germans are reported to have become very
active with artillery lire. 8—120,000 Germans reported to be conducting
a hot assault in desperate attempt to cut way through allied lines. C—•
Dixmude where German front Is said to have begun a general retirement.
D—Armentieres, which has been sub-,
ment. E- Courtral, which has bee
5,000 of the wounded have been un
F—Bethune, a target for German bom
une and Lens, where French report v
GLOOMY NOTE IN
OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK
Prosperity For America on Way,
but Suffering Great at
Present
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 3.—The results o"
th<; comprehensive study of the effects
of the European war on business
throughout the United States gained
j from the reports received from more
than 600 correspondents, including
governors, mayors, officials of unions,
industrial organizations, hanks and
building associations will be made at
the fifteenth annual meeting of the
National Civic Federation which be
gins here to-morrow.
The report says that conditions are
improving and predicts that a further
advance toward prosperity will be wit
nessed during the next few months.
Strikes Gloomy Xote
The report was prepared by John
Hays Hammond, chairman of the com
mittee which handled the investigation,
and strikes a gloomy note in speak
ing of the unemployed, it states that
I the country will be confronted this
I winter "by a situation which will de
mand extraordinary philanthropic ef
forts."
"The great savings institutions of
New York city report that business is
now altogether normal," the report
says, "in Philadelphia and even In
Pittsburgh, despite the severity of the
depression in the iron and steel trade,
the deposits of the largest savings
hanks have during the last month ex
ceeded withdrawals."
War Helps Some Tiinm
Certain lines of trade have heen
stimulated because of orders placed by
foreign nations, but the purchase of
supplies by belligerent nations "satis
fies but a slight fraction of the Ameri
can business world," the report states.
"The last few weeks," says the re
port, "have brought about a little con
valescence, even in those industries
which seemed wholly crippled."
Cameron Cattle Are
Killed by the State
few new cases of foot and mouth
diseuse have heen reported from pre
viously infected farms In Lancaster
and Berks counties. At Lancaster
seventy-two head of cattle belonging
to ex-TTnlted States Senator J. Don
ald Cameron were among the aph
thous fever infected animals destroyed
by government veterinarians within
the past twenty-four hours.
I One of the inspectors in charge of
the killing was shot through the ear
by a bullet while helping to hold a
bull about to be killed.
MEXICO CITY QI'IET
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Dec. S.—Con
ditions in the City of Mexico as late as
last midnight were reported generally
satisfactory in to-day's reports to the
State Department. Consul Silliman
stated that no further molestation of
foreigners had occurred.
I»It. BALLARD DEAD AG FID 93
Hy Associated Priss
Plttsfleld, Mass.. Dec. 3.—The Rev.
Dr Addison Rallard, schorlar and
preacher, died last night in his nine
ty-third year.
lected to n severe German bombard
n turned into a hospital city, wherp
able to secure proper accommodations,
hardment. G—Section between Beth-
Ictories.
TRIES TO POISON
10 IT II TIME
Boarder "Miffed" Because He's
Asked to Pay Bill, Puts Po
tion in the Food
Presumably because he was "miffed"
at a request to make a payment on his
board bill, Andrew Melocovich, who
lives with Mr. and Mrs. John Pollicl,
1101 South Ninth street, put poison In
the sauerkraut and potatoes and added
soft soap to the coffee, causing serious
cramps in the stomachs of seven mem
bers of the famil yand eleven boarders,
it is alleged.
Charged with a poison plot, And raw
was arrested early this morning by
Constable Alexander Gibbons and
taken to the Dauphin county Jail, lie
will be given a healing before Alder
man Nicholas late this afternoon.
The first Intimation of the poisoned
condition of the family was given by
Dr. John H. Parks, a druggist, at R2i
Race street, from whom three mem
bers of the ailing family purchased
medicine to relieve their pains. He
investigated and found the cause of
the trouble.
Beside the father, mother and
boarders, five small children were af
fected—John, aged 4; Katy, 6; Joseph,
7; Mary, 9. and Peter, aged 15 months.
Melocovich ilrst showed his resent
ment when his host asked a small
payment on a back board bill last Sat
urday: the next day several of the
boarders were sick. It was not until
yesterday that the poison plot w as dis
covered.
Murderer Sanity Case
to Reach Jury Tomorrow
Before noon to-morrow the problem
of whether Edward G. Smith Is saue
or Insane will likely be in the Jury's
hands.
With the opening of criminal court
this morning the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania formally began Its at
tack upon the defense's contention
that Smith is now mentally able to
defend himself against the charge of
murdering his aged grandfather. John
E. Bush, near Inglenook, last De
cember.
CHEER UP. YOU BRIDE-TO-BE!
NO WAR TAX ON YOUR LICENSE
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 3.—Pros
pective brides and bridegrooms will
be happy as the result of an opinion
Issued by the Commissioner of in
ternal Revnue to-day. In response to
hundreds of requests for Information,
the Commissioner decided that mar
riage licenses are not subject to the
war revenue tax. "You won't get this
ofilce to discourage marriages by plac
ing a tax on licenses," said Colonel
Osborn. "I'm sure Congress never
intended any such step as that."
ARREST ANOTHER BAGGAGEMAN
Investigations Into alleged parcel
post thefts by Frank B. Gottschall, a
Pennsylvania Railroad baggage porter,
resulted In the arrest last evening of
Edward Megkley, of Penhrook, an
other baggage roo memploye. Meck
ley confessed to having taken goods
from mall pouches and parcel post
packages. Ho was held In default of ,
$1,500 ball.
STRYCHNINE KILLS CHILD
Climbing up and finding some pills
containing strychnlno on a shelf in his
] home, Kenijett Patterson, infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Patterson, 193.1
State street) ate them and died shortly'
after in convulsions lie was brought
to the Harrlsburg Hospital Immediate-!
ly after he had eaten the poison, but i
UieU iu less than UtUf an hour.
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FIGHTING AT
AGAIN; KING GEORGE
GOES TO FIRING LINE
Kaiser's Soldiers Save Themselves and Are in Tarn Pre
paring to Renew Attempt to Reach Warsaw; Cracow
and Przemysl Threatened by Invaders; Little Change
in France and Belgium
KING GEORGE PA YS FIRST
VISIT TO THE FIRING LINE
LONDON, DOC. 3. I.IH P. M.—Kills; George of Kngland. who has boon
visiting the British linos In danders, wont out to the firing
line to-day, according to <1 telephone message received this after
noon by tlie Evening News from Calais.
For the first time since the Germans
were chocked in their advance on
Warsaw It was possible to-day to gain
a fairly elear Idea of the military sit
uation in Russian Poland in its broader
nspeet. Advices front both Berlin and
Petrojtrad indicated that the Germans
had definitely succeeded in throwing
back the enveloping Itussian forces
and were maintaining stolidly their
lM)sitions west of Ix>wlez. Further
more. it is said the Germans arc tiKiiln
undertaking an energetic o(Tensive.
The completeness of clrnnge In the
situation, ascrilied variously to the
failure of the Russian General Ren
iienkamplT to close up the ring about
the Germans anil to the brilliant stra
tegy of the German leaders, Is Indi
cated by a ro|»ort telegraphed from
Petrograd by an Knglish correspondent
who previously had announced that
the Russians had won an overwhelm
ing victory, lie now states that the
Germans are holding their imsltlons
and that the situation "remains ex
tremely interesting and hazardous.*'
The latest official announcement
from Petrograd states that the lighting
has become less severe.
RAISING QUARANTINE
Washington, Dec. 3.—Continued success in stamping
out the epidemic of foot and mouth disease caused the De- .
partment of Agriculture to-day to prepare to release from
quarantine certain counties in Pennsylvania, Michigan and
Kentucky. Their names will be announced later.
EMPEROR MEETS COMMANDER
Berlin, Dec. 3, via London, 2.55 P. M.—Emperor Wil
liam yesterday had a conference at Breslau in Silesia, with
Archduke Frederick, comman(|eiv-in-chief of the Austro-
Hungarian army, according to a telegram received to-day at
general headquarters.
London, Dec. 3, 2.35 P. M.—A dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company from The Hague quotes a
message from Berlin to the effect that the Krupp factory at
Essen, Germany, was bombarded yesterday by an aeronaut.
It is said that bombs were dropped from the aeropane on the
buildings devoted to the manufacture of cannon. The air
man escaped uninjuied and the extent of the damage has |
not been dscei tamed.
WON'T HOLD UP OUR SHIPS
Washington, Dec. 3.—Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British
ambassador, delivered to the State Department to-day a note
.giving assurances that Great Britian does not intend to delay
American ships unduly in searching them for contraband.
RIOTING IN BELGIAN CAMP
London, Dec. 3, 4.08 P. M.—Rioting broke out in the
Belgian concentration camp at Zeist, Holland, yesterday,
according to Het Volk, published at Amsterdam. Dutch
troops fired on Belgians, killing six and wounding nine!
CLOSING NEW YORK STOCKS
New York. Dec. 3.—The following are the 1 o'clock
prices of some of the most important issues: American 1
Can, 25%; American Cotton Oil, 33; American Tel, 117;
Atchison, 90; Bethlehem Steel, 42 l / z ; Brooklyn Rapid, 86/ 6 ;
Central Leather, 33\\\ Illinois Central, 10354; Lehigh Val
ley, 12454; New York Central, 81; Norfolk & Western,
97J4; P. R. R., 105J4; Reading, 139; Union Pacific, 113;
Utah Copper, 4554; New York N. H. and H., 51)4.
; MARRIAGE LICENSES
< hnrlr* H. Warner, Hrrryaburg, nn.l Mary 1211 m Tr.-ni.lrr, Washing
ton towimhlp.
* POSTSCRIPT
A German military critic estimates
that the Russian losses in killed,
wounded, prisoners and death front
sickness amount to fully 1,1(10,000. or
one-third of the nation's best troops.
In Galh-la the situation Is still con
fused. Recent re|>orts front Petrograd
that the Russians had invested Cracow
on three sides are now contradicted by
an unofficial dispatch which says the
invaders are eight ndles from the city.
The archbishop of Pre/.ymsl. the Ga
llcian stronghold which has been under
siege for several weeks. Is quoted as
saying that the situation there is des
perate and that the surrender of tlt9
city impends.
Germany's determination to prose
cute the war Is rcllected hi the vir
tually unanimous vote of the relchstag
for a war credit of 5t.250,000,000.
The French official report given out
hi Paris this afternoon says tliat yes
terday there was a rather lively ar
tillery exchange at Nieuport. and to the
I south of Ypre« and that a heavy bom-
I hardment took place to the went oi
1/ens. In the Argonno several German
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