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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 284
CONTINUE REVIVAL 6
WEEKS.URGES STOUGH
Evangelist Declares Real Work
in Harrisburg Is Only
Beginning
SOUL-WINNING TIME IS RIPE
Willing to Forego Spending Christ
mas With His Family For
the Cause
The probability of the Stoush party
staying longer than the contracted six
weeks was Increased by remarks made
last night by Dr. Stough. He said
that although none of the party are
anxious to remain longer than the al
loted time and all are looking for
ward to getting to their homes for the
Christmas vacation, they are willing
to forfeit the pleasures of the holi
day season if it is a time for winning
souls for the Lord.
"I am willing to give up all my
Christmas time at home with my ba
bies." declared Stough, "yes, and all
the time of the Altoona campaign if
I can move this city up nearer heaven.
1 verily believe the spirit of the cam
paign is just beginning In this city,
and think you ought to start another
six weeks campaign after the end of
next week. I say it sincerely and I
say it analytically—your city is just
getting ripe for the work.
"I am able to learn what is going
on all over the city by my personal
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VICTIM'S WIFE KILLS '
LOUISVILLE GUil
Former Saloon Keeper Fatally Shot
by Gangster in
Toledo
THREE OTHERS IN HIDING
"We Have Message For You," Said
Quartet as They
Opened Fire
By Associated Press
Toledo. Ohio, Dec. 4.—One Louis
ville gunman is dead, three others are
hiding in the underworld section of
the city, a Toledo man is in a hoapital
with perhaps fatal wounds and his
wife Is held by the police as a coroner's
witness as the result of the shooting
which took place in the residence sec
tion last night.
The wounded man is Harry C. Plum
mer. until about a year ago a saloon
keeper at Louisville. Kv. His wife is
said to have fired the shot which killed
the unidentified man.
The shooting occurred at Plummer's
home when two men rang the door
boll and said "We have a message for
you from Louisville, Harry." Plum
mer opened the door and the men
opened fire. Plummer fell to the koor
with two bullet wounds. His wife. In
her room upstairs, heard the shooting
and seized a revolver from beneath a
pillow on her bed. Hurriedly descend
ing: the stairs, she fired at one of the
intruders. They made their exit
Ihrough a kitchen window. The dead
inan was found by the police in the
rear yard. A dragnet was thrown out.
The men were traced to the tenderloin,
where they were swallowed up.
Plummer says he knew the men in
Louisville, but does not remember
their names. The police discredit his
story. The theory is that the shooting
is the result of an infraction of under
world rttles and that the four men
came here to wreak vengeance.
The dead man was about 2 5 years
old. Portions of a Socialist newspaper
had been folded aronud the inside of
his hat band. The four men are said
to have come here three days ago in
search of Plummer.
SBOO,OOO WORTH OF ART
WORKS BVRX ABOARD SHIP
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. ♦.—Paintings and
art objects of an estimated value of
about SBOO,OOO were destroyed by fire
in the hold of the freight steamer
Mississippi, which arrived here on
November 27, it became known yes
terday when the shipment was ex
amined by customs officials and rep
resentatives of insurance companies.
THE WEATHER
For HarrUhurg and vlofnltyt Rain
to-night nnd Saturday: not much
• hnnsif In tomprratnrf.
For F.aMern I'eunaylvanla: Rain
to-nlKht nnd Saturday; froth to
atrong eafit wlnda.
River
Xo material ohatigex In river con
dition* lire Indicated to-night.
The rainstorm n pprouchlng from
the South will likely caunc a gen
eral nnd probably a Niibntnntlal
r»ir In the SuM<iuehanna river
nnd all It* tributaries beginning:
Saturday. A Mtage of about 2.0
feet IN Indicated for Harrlaburg
Saturday morning.
General CondNlon*
The dl»turbanc>* from the Gulf of
Mexico la now central over
Northern Georgia moving north
eafttrrard. It ha* canned modor.
ately heavy ralna In the la*t
trrenty-four hoar* from the Gulf
northward Into the I-ower Ohio
Valley.
Tern per trittret 8 a. m., 40.
Sun j Rl*e*. 7:11 a. m.; net*. 4:37
p. m.
River Stages 2.3 feet above loir
water mark.
Waterday'a Weather
fllghent temperature, fill.
I.cmeaf temperature. 411.
Mean temperature. M.
JSomial temperature, .%0.
SENEGALESE TROOPS IN THE TRENCHES
I M - ■ ■ www*.*' num., „, ~ MJL- - , j a n-^
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Senegalese troops called to the front by France are here shown in advance trenches beyond Purv.vse durlnK the battle In Flanders.
FATE OF DEWET IS |
YETTO BE DECIDED
Death Penalty For Treason Threat-1
ened; His Capture Ends
Rebellion
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 4. 2.50 A. M.—The
question as to what punishment should
lie inflicted on General Christian
De Wet. the rebel leader in South
Africa, recently captured, is recognized
in England as one of great importance.
Martial law is in operation in the
Union of South Africa and the death
penalty for treason would he within
the possibilities. The government
proclamation calling upon rebels to lay
down their arms offered amnesty ex
cept to those who had taken a promi
nent part in the rebellion.
Cape Town messages say that the
capture of De Wet relieves the gov
ernment of great anxiety. The rising
in the Orange Free State at one time
threatened to be formidable because
of General De Wet's military prestige,
but his capture is believed to have
ended it.
The happenings at one town give an
illustration of the lengths to which the
rebellion might have gone. Five hun
dred farmers were commandeered to
defend the town, but a majority of
i them went over to the rebels and
I looted the place they had been called i
upon to defend.
But for the introduction of motors
I into warfare, De Wet s old-time tax-tics
might have enabled him to dodge his
enemies and worry them indefinitely.
The Johannesburg Motor Clirb organ
ized a force under Captain Bullock
which undertook the pursuit and Gen
eral De Wet's horsemen were run to
earth by the superior speed of the ,
motors.
Germans Repulse French;
William Back in Berlin
Berlin. Dec. 4. by wireless to Lon
don. 3 p. m.—The French troops in
Flanders are repeatedly attacking the
German line, says the official state
ment given out to-day at the War
Office, which adds that these assaults
have been repulsed.
! "In the eastern theater of war the
I enemy's attacks east of the plain of
jthe Mazurlan lakes were repulsed
I with heavy losses to the Russians,"
j says the statement.
| "Our offensive in Poland is taking
jits normal course. His Majesty, the
I Emperor, arrived in Berlin last night
jfor a short stay."
GERMAN' CRUISER EMREX
CAUGHT JUST IX TIME
By Associated Press
Melbourne, Australia, . Dec. 4, via
London, LIB p. m. —. Information
made public to-day indicated that
when the famous German cruiser
Emden was at last run down by the
Australian cruiser Sydney she was pre
paring to undertake the most daring
and destructive of her many adven
tures. George F. Pearce, the Com
monwealth Minister of Defense, an
nounced in the Senate to-day that
when the Sydney intercepted the Em
den the transports bearing the Aus
tralian and Xew Zealand expedition
ary force were within 100 miles of the
German cruiser.
AMERICAN'S IX OXFORD
VOLUNTEER FOR RELIEF
By Associated Press
London. Dec. 4, 1.54 p. m.—The
American students at Oxftjrtl who
have volunteered for relief work In
Belgium leave to-day for the_ conti
nent to take up the work of assist
ing the American Relief Commission
In the distribution of food. Since
the first squad of volunteers was cho
sen the commission has received ap
plications from any other Rhodes
scholars.
KARLSRUHE COMES XORTH
ftv Associated Press
Xew York. Dec. 4.—A report that
jthe German cruiser Karlsruhe had left
i South American waters and was cruts-
I ing near the steamship lane In the
I Xorth Atlantic on a hunt for ships
! flying flags of the nations allied
'against Germany was brought here by
I officers of the steamer Zacapa, In to
, day from Jamaica.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1014
Christmas Clubs Put Vast
Sum of Money in Pockets
of Harrisburg Shoppers
15,000 People Will Get Checks Ranging From Twelve to
Seventy Dollars During Next Week
Thousands and thousands of dollars
will be turned loose in this city during
the next week as a result of payments
to holders of shares in the various
Christmas savings clubs maintained by
banking institutions of Harrisburg.
Checks for amounts anywhere from
sl2 to S7O will be mailed to thousands
of people throughout Central Penn
sylvania between December 10 and
December 15, and as a result local
merchants expect business to boom as
it never has in the history of the city.
Merchants are making special pro
vision to take care of Vast Christmas
COITUUi FOR '
1913 ISjf SENTEDj
Balance in Treasury at Beginning
of the Present Year,
$142,562.02
Dauphin county's audit for 1913' was!
completed and filed with the Pro
thonotary this afternoon.
The report was carried up to the
first Monday of January of the pres
ent year. January 4, 1914, and shows
that at that time the cash total bal
-1 ance in County Treasurer Bailey's
! hands was $142,562.02.
I The statement of the assets shows
that the resources at the beginning of
the year in addition to the balance,
'were as follows:
i Sinking funds. $234,985.28; jail
I building and fixtures, $350,000; alms
i house. $165,000; outstanding State
tax, $138.04; a total of $1,249,213.11.
Aginst this were liabilities of $445,-
! 000 divided into the following bond
i issues: 1901. $269,000; 1902, $51,000;
I 1903, $125,000. The total resources
■ in excess of liabilities amounted to
! $804,213.11.
I The various accounts show the fol
lowing balances: Poor Board, $419.07;
| school. $472.20; road. $574.29; re
demption, $311.59, and dog tax fund.
: $1,090.90. The prison account Just
1 balances, as an additional requisition
;of $920.70 was made to meet the
necessary expenses.
During the year $1,267.30 was dis
j tributed to the various school districts,
$937.93 was paid out for the special
auditing of the Prothonotary's, Re
i corder's and Register's books.
The bank Interest on daily balances
, netted by County Treasurer Bailey to
taled $2,040.32 and the assessment
upon which the county tax was based
| was $297,435.10.
I For maintenance of prisoners for
the quarter covering from January 1
to April 1, 1913, the county got
i $2,878.80 from the city; the total sum
i received for the same purpose for
i previous keep totaled $6,402.53. City
i and county reached this figure after
! considerable discussion. The county
received $2,088.49 from the State for
1 maintenance of lunatics.
To Sell Democratic
Tax Stamps at Post
Office After Monday
I Democratic revenue tax stamps will
be on sale at the Harrisburg Post
Office on and after Monday, December
7. It was announced to-day by Post
master Frank C. Sites.
In addition to the stamps being on
sale at the Post Office a number of
local banks have made requisition for
the privilege to sell documentary
stamps. The T'nited States government
pays a commission of 1 cent on every
dollar for selling these stamps. Docu
mentary stamps are used by banks,
real estate and insurance companies,
railroad and express companies and
manufacturers.
trade which will come as a direct re
sult of the receipt of the thousands of
by the club members. Most of
the store owners will accept the sav- I
ings club checks just/ as they would ;
the greenbacks that tTncle Sain sends '
out as security for the gold and silver j
lying In his vaults.
13,600 In One Club
The first Christmas saving club was
started several years ago by the I'nion
Trust Company with several thousand
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ROTARIANS ARRANGE
FOR BELGIAN BENEFIT
"Empty Seat at Orpheum, an
Empty Stomach in Belgium"
Is the Slogan
!
"Every empty seat at the O.rpheum j
means an empty stomach In Belgium."
That is the slogan adopted by the
Harrisburg Rotary Club for its Belgian
benefit at the Orpheum Theater dur
ing the week of December 14. The
i club has taken over the entire theater
for that date, putting the regular the
ater force in charge, guaranteeing all
expenses and binding Itself to turn
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.Turkey's Holy War
on Servia and Her
Allies Confirmed
By Associated Press
| Washington, D. C., Dec. 4.—Official
iadvices of the proclamation by Turkey
of a holy war against Servia and her
allies were received at the State De
partment to-day by Minister Vopicka,
at Bucharest. Rumania.
Ambassador Morgenthau at Con
stantinople reported unrest among
foreigners in Turkey and the expul
sion of about 100 French nationals
from the interior country. The
refugees now are assembled at Beirut,
Trebizond and Smyrna without means,
but will be aided by the American
| diplomatic and consular officers.
Third Husband of
Lillian Russell Dies
in Home For Actors
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Dec. 4.—Slgnor Peru
gini, a widely-known sinner and ac-
I tor, died to-day in the Forest Home,
near Torresdale. a suburb, where he
i'iad been a resident since January. He
I was born John Chatterton. Perugini
'married TJUian Russell in 1894 and
| was her third husband. Four months
j after the ceremony they separated
and the following year were divorced,
j He was in failing health when he en
! tered the Forrest Home, established
!by Edwin Forrest years ago as a place
of residence of those members of his
profession who in their declining years
] found themselves destitute or nearly
so. Perugini was about 03.
WHITMAN OFKKRS POST
TO tJKO. «. WICKERSHAM
By Associated Press
New York. Ilec. 4. Govetnor-el"ct
Charles S. Whitman. It was reported to
day. hail offered the position of Dis
trict Attorney, of New York county,
which lie vacates next month to bo
come Governor, to George W. Wicker- i
sham, former Attorney General of the i
I'nited States. Mr. W[ckersham Is now .
engaged In private practice as a part
•ner of Henry W- Taft. I
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PRINCE OF WALES
GALLANT SOLDIER j
Among the Keenest and Hardest
Working Men in Array;
on Firing Line
By Associated Press
T-ondon, Dec. 4. 4:25 A. M. "The
Prince of Wales lins at last obtained
the dearest wish of his heart and Is
present with ttie army. He has won
golden opinions," says the military ex
pert of the Times in a description of
the lif« at General French's headquar
ters.
"The personality of this slight and
almost fragile-looking prince was hut
little known to the army until he join*
ed It and now that it is becoming
known It is a revelation. He is among
the keenest and hardest soldiers in the
army. He walks six miles before
breakfast every morning, drives his
own car and spends every moment of
the working day in acquainting him
self with the situation of the troops
and the services of the army.
"Only last week he occupied a fitting
cradle for a prince, a house rocking
and shaking day and night under the
constant detonations of bombardments
and has visited the trenches, including
those of the Indian army, it will be
I difficult to keep him out of the firing
line of his Grenadiers and a more zeal
ous, Indefat'gable young officer docs
! not serve with the king's troops."
j The writer says that while it is nec
| essary for the commander of an army
to work in the quiet headquarters be
i hind the army, often General French
cannot be prevented from dashing
along the road under heavy fire to visit
distant troops and going into the
trenches to get a close view of the in
fantry positions.
Famous Old Hotel
and Restaurant, Once
Big Money Maker, Fails
By Associated Press
New York. Dec. 4. Smith and Mc-
Neil's restaurant and hotel, a land
mark for sixty years in Washington
j and Greenwich streets, and known by
• thousands of travelers when the only
'entrance to Xew York was by ferry,
made an assignment yesterday and may
be compelled to close its doors forever.
The restaurant was started by Henry
Smith and Thomas T!. McNeil In 1849
in a basement room, emerging above
the surface of the street several years
later in a part of the present quarters.
Smith died in 1881. but McNeil con
tinued dally at the place until three
years ago, when lie retired, at the age
(of S3, to his ranch at Ventura, Cal, He
. was more than once a millionaire, and
:to the r.nd he continued the same
I homely methods of business that had
marked the partnership. For vears
; under that organization the servants
had been naid nightly and when the
I share of the house had been set aside
I the partners themselves divided what
| remained.
Fanciers From 10 States
to Compete at Show
I Another St;itc, making ten In all,
will he' represented in (lie exhibition
lof the Central Pennsylvania Poultry
(Association, in Chestnut street hall
I next week.
j W. C. Smith, of Frankford, Mis
souri, will send one cock and two
I hens of the White Wyandotte breed.
I Fifty odd White Wyandotte breed
ers from nine other States will com
i i pete.
Emergency Aid Officers
to Be Elected Monday
The election of officers for the new-
Red Cross Emergency Aid Committee,
of Harrisburg, will take place next
I Monday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, at
I the home of Mrs. Marl in E. Olmsted,
lOH North Front street.
The temporary committee has sug
gested "The Home and War Hellef
Committee as a name for the organiza
tion. The committee will be a nerma-
I nent one. and If necessary will give
| aid to the people of this city first. More
I definite plans will be made next Mon-
I day and committees will be appointed
[to take charge of the different branches
of work to be done in the next three
I or four months.
j CONGHKSSM\N MFHRITT HEAD
I Watertown. N. Y.. Dec. 4. —Edwin
i A. Merritt. .Tr., member of Congress
I for the Thirty-first district of this i
! state, died to-day nt his home in Pots !
| dam. Mr. Merrltt was .">4 years old
j and was serving his third term in Con
gress. He was a Republican and WHS !
'speaker of the state legislature when
j nominated for representative in Con
-1 «erse j
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ALLIES TAKE
OFFENSIVE IF
ENEMY FAILS
Kaiser's Forces Again Hurl Themselves Toward Coast;
New English Army Prepared to Advance to Attack if
New Effort of Opposing Soldiers Is Repulsed; Hot
Fighting in Poland With No Decision There
Should tlie new (.rrnian assault
meet wltli the same fate as liavc pre
vious attempts to reach tlie coast of the
channel, observers In liondori ex|x>»t
that it will lie followed by a general
advance on the part of the allies. There
are signs of approaching activities In
Alsace, where the French recently
luivo been improving their positions.
At the same time the (iermans are
saitl to have been heavily reinforced in
this section. (■encral .lolTre's recent
declaration to the Alsatians that "we
are back here to stay" may soon he
put to test.
Tlie almost <-omplete stoppage of
news of the war to-day from official
or other sources raised the question '
whether a censorship of unusual se- ;
verity had lieen put in force. The
cables brought practically no Infor- 1
ination notwithstanding the fact that !
surely in the cast and possibly in the
west there are now In progress battles
of the h'ghest Importance. On sev
eral occasions earlier in the war there
were similar Interruptions of news dis
patches. which proved later to have
lieen due to rigid censorship during
the progress of vital events.
For several days It has been inti
mated unofficially that another great
battle in Belgium and XothwetStern
France was pending.
The forces of the allies in that re
gion have lieen strengthened mid the
assumption of supreme command there
by the Fnglisli general. Sir John
French, was liclieved to indicate that
the new Fnglisli army recently sent
to the continent had lieen scattered
along the Yser in Belgium and in
Northern France, perhaps in prepa
ration for a great attack. It has lieen
assumed by some military critic that
the allies oil this occasion would take
the offensive, since the Germans, pre
sumably. were weakened by the with
drawal of troops for use iu the cam
paign against Ilussia. Others have
! stated, however, that Germany had
j determined to make a "last eil'ilrt" to
| push through to the Fnglisli channel.
Germany has resumed the offensive
I in the Fast and is striking another
I blow at Russia. Although authcntl
| cated reports pictured the situation
I only in vaguest outline, it was appar-
LIEBLER AND COMPANY FAIL
New Yoik, Dec. 4. —An involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy was filed this afternoon against the Company, 1
theatrical producers, by Harry Askin, of Chicago, and two
other creditors of this city. The petition estimates tre (
liabilities at approximately $350,000 and states that the value ! J
of it., assets is unknown.
RUSSIAN VICTORY REPORTED
London, Dec. 4, 5.32 P. M.—ln a dispatch from Petro- !
grad the correspondent of the Central News says: "The jj
battle of Lodz has ended in success for the Russian troops,
to the Bourse Gazette, which ad Is that gtcat
numbers of German prisoners, cannon and machine guits are
bein 6 brought into Lodz."
MAY SELECT CITY'S TREE
Hariisburg's municipal Christmas tree may be selected
to-;; . io\\. ihe big tree which \vill be the central H, ;re
of tho-Municipal Christmas celebration will be chosen from
' I
among a group of pines on the Bayard' tract in Clark's
Valley.
Washington, Dec. 4. — The House Rules Comni lee
will meet December 12 to act on the Hobson resolution for \
n. .. . ; e p jhii-ition by constitution,;! amendment. '
■A'il be necessary to have her; in.,;.," said Chai;:::,m
Hemy, "as the committee probably will take action with the
in;oi aion before it."
Bergen, Norway, Dec. 4, via London, 2.20 P. M.—The 1
,v,. . German Lloyd liner Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, w! ■. i
has b<, n lying in this port for some time diifted ashou in •
a sja>c to-day. She is now fast on a sand bank.
"New York, Dec. 4.—Following are the 1 P. M. prices
of st ci;s dealt in through the Clearing House Committee
the Stock Exchange: American Beet Sugar, 28; Amenc; l
can, 26*%; American Smelting, pfd., 97; American Tel. and
Tel., 117; Atchison, 90; Bethlehem Steel, 42; Brooklyn
Rapid Transit, Canadian Pacific, 156; Chesapeake &
Ohio, 42; Erie First, pfd., 32; General Elect, Lehigh,
125; National Biscuit, 121; New York, New Haven & Hart
ford, 51 2; New York Central, BV/ 3 ; Northern Pacific,
Penna., Reading, 139; Sout&cm.Pacific,
MARRIAGE LICENSES ~*
t
*lrw«r(l Mrl'mlilrn nnd Annlr Wrsrirli, rlljr.
CnMln l.uthrr Knslr, l.ruinjßc, anil \ rraa IXrllit Mtlfr, Wart
Falrvlm.
ent that (lie Germans, vvlio onl.v a Tew
days ago wort- lighting desperately to
avert a calamatous defeat, are now
renewing their efforts to SHW|) hack
the enemy. A new tattle ha« devel
oped southwest of 1/odz, where the
Germans have formed another lino
and are again attempting to pleree the
Russian center. The forces ( >f Fm
peror William thus are operating at
a comparative advantage with the be
ginning or their third assault. Their
first invasion of Poland, which took
them almost to Warsaw, was followed
by a retreat to (ierman territory. The
second movement was checked near
Ix>d7„ but on this occasion tliej suc
ceeded In holding their main positions,
so that now the attempt at a forward
i movement Is initiated by forces already
' fixed on Russian soil.
Allies May Have Begun
The first official word to indieatc
that tin* predicted assault of the al
lies on the German lines ill Belgium
; may have been liegun came to-day.
| The German War Office statement
I says that the French have made re
! peatc<l attacks ill Flanders, which
| were repulsed.
This brief reference does not, make
it clear liovv extensive the movement
: is. For several days It had lieen rc-
I ported unofficially that the allies had
1 determined on an assault which would
lead to one of the greatest struggles of
the war with the object on their part
of breaking the German line in the
northwest, and. If |M>sslblc, forcing a
general retreat.
In Alsace, too, the French appar
| ently have made a new attack. The
German statement reports that an at
j tempted advance northwest of Alt
' kirch. Upper Alsace, was licatcn back
j with considerable losses for the
I French.
' Paris and London are curiously re
served concerning these reported dc
velopnients. So far as was related in
| dis|Mitehes from those cities, no events
of great ini|>ortaiicc are under way.
In the campaign against the Rus
! sians. Germany asserts that she has
won a victory in Fast Prussia, in
llicting heavy losses in checking a
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