Russian Forces Continue to Hold OutQgajnst Xierman
HARRISBURG Sfilllii TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 178
IMS FOUND FOR
EARLY COMPLETION
OF IMPROVEMENTS
Long Controversy Comes to End
When Councilman Lynch In
troduces Ordinance
NO REASON FOR DELAY
Taylor and Bowman Dig Up Bal
ances; Gorgas Makes
Statement
The long controversy over the com
pletion of the River Front improvement
is at an end. The gap in the wall at
Market street will be finished within
a few weeks. This decision was
reached at a meeting of city council
this afternoon. The money necessary
for the work was found through the
efforts of Councilmen Taylor, Lynch
and Bowman.
When it had been clearty demon
strated that there is in the various
balances ample money with which to
complete the work Mr. Gorgas said
the only thing remainin-* was to get
up an ordinance covering the various
amounls and appropriating them to
the River Front project. Mr. Lynch
responded by producing an ordinance
already draughted and when this was
corrected to make it agree with the
statement of the superintendent of
finance it was read for the first time
and will come up for final passage a
week hence.
Mr. Taylor at to-day's meeting
brought out that there is on hand a
balance in the outstanding interest
fund of J20.855.38. at least $13,000 of
which is available for use in com
pleting the public improvements held
up by the refusal of Councilman
Gorgas to countersign warrants.
In this fund are $15,000 worth of
city bonds, purchased out of surplus
funds, and these could be easily trans
ferred to the surplus water depart
ment fund by having Commissioner
Bowman purchase them out of the
money over and above the sum needed
by the water department. Indeed Mr.
Bowman is on record in his annual re
port as urging Commissioner Gorgas
to Invest the water surplus in perman
ent securities that would yield the city
more than the two per cent, paid for
deposits. It is merely a matter of
transferring the bonds from one de-
JHartment to another.
~ Mr. Gorgas' annual report shows
that after settling with the county for
the keep of prisoners there remains
In the fines and forfeitures fund a sur
plus of $1,071.26 and in the dog
license fund there is $443.48, while
there remains in the milk and meat
license fund $1,216.78.
Superintendent Gorgas, according to
his report has reserved $6,941.20 for
State tax on city bonds, but according
to a recent decision not more than
half of this will be required. Some
time ago Mr. Gorgas himself raised
the point that the city need not pay-
State tax on municipal bonds held by
banks, trust companies, etc., and in
this Auditor General Powell agreed,
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Killed While Trying to
Secure His Children
Special to The Telegraph
Rio de Janerlo. Aug. 3.—Baron Alle
mand Werther. son-in-law of the late
Baron De Rio-Branco, Brazil's famous
foreign minister, was killed last night
while trying to gain possession of his
children, who have been living with
his former wife who obtained a divorce
from him.
Next to e.iting one's cake and
sharing it, too, is going on a vaca
. tlon and knowing all about what
is going on at home. For six
cents a week the Harrisburg Tele
graph ■will keep you in touch
with all the doings.
Call the Circulation Depart
ment. The next issue will meet
you no matter where you go.
THE WEATHER
For Harrtaburg and vlolnltyi l'n
•ettled nnlhrr to-night and
tYedneadar, probably ahower*|
■ lightly pooler to-night.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: I'naet
tled to-night and Wednendayt
probably ahonrra; allghtly pooler
to-night; fresh eaat to northeaat
Wind ft.
River
The >orth and Went brant-hew and
the main river will continue to
rl«e. A atner of about 4.8 feet la
Indicated for Harrlahurg Wednes
day morning.
i General Condition**
me The disturbance that n» central
~ over Northern Florida, Monday
yrorning. Han moved Inland anil
apparently merged with the de
pression that nan over the I.ower
Missouri Ynlley and appears this
morning aa a well defined fttnrm
central near Chicago. The weather
Is unsettled and rain has fallen
generally over the eastern half of
the country la the laat twenty
f.mr hours.
A further fall of 2 to 10 degreea la
temperature baa occurred ovet
nearly all the territory eaat of
the nocky mountains, except In
the I.ower Ohio Valley and Ten
nessee and along; the South At
lantic coast, where It la allghtly
warmer.
Temperaturei Ba. m.. 72i 2 p. m„ M.
Sun: Itisea, 5.04 a. M.i aeta, 7tis
p. m.
Moons New moon, August 10, 5i52
a. TO.
River Stnget 4J feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, Kfl.
Lowest temperature, T2.
Mean temperature, 80.
JKormal temperature, 74.
WARSAW, THE PRIZE IN THE GREATEST BATTLE THE WORLD HAS KNOWN
This is a general view of Warsaw, looking from Prague across the Vistula river. It is the prire to be won in the greatest battle the world has ever
known. The Germans and Austrians are pressing the Russians hard, and while the defense has been stubborn there is a feeling that this Russian city
of nearly a million will fall into the hands of the kaiser. If It does, it will be the largest city thus far taken in the war. No other city in Europe that
might be taken compares with It in size except the capitals.
SITUATION IN POLAND
REMAINS UNCHANGED
Russians Appear to Be Holding
Their Ground at Many Points , i
Along Line of Battle
BRITISH IMPROVE POSITION
Crest of Ridge on Gallipoli Penin
sula Captured, According
to London Dispatch
i
The silence of several weeks on the
situation of the allies in the Dar
danelles was broken to-day by an offi
cial announcement in London saying
that the crest of the ridge on the
peninsula has been gained by British
trooiis, thus Improving the British
position.
The situation at Warsaw shows no
material cluuigc. The German en
circling movement continues. A Rus
sian official report says desperate and
sanguinary fighting is still going on on
the banks of the Xarew, south of
Ostrolenka and tliat there have been
equally heavy engagements between
the Vistula and the Bug. Russian
troops before Ivangorod. southeast of
Warsaw, have withdrawn to "more
concentrated positions" while on both
banks of the Vieprz they nave repulsed
the enemy.
On the other hand an Austrian offi
cial statement says that Austrian regi
ments have been successful at Ivango
rod. capturing 2,000 men and nu
merous supplies.
The relative inactivity on the west
ern front appears to have undergone
a sudden change. A dispatch from
Amsterdam reports heavy fighting on
the British front near Yprcs. with a
steady stream of wounded men being
brought to the rear.
The French official report relates the
customary night activity with artillery,
bomlw and hand grenades together
with several infantry attacks by the
Germans, all of which were checked.
Strasburjc. on the Rhine forty miles
from the FrencH frontier, again has
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Burning of John Harris
to Be Big Feature of
Improvement Fete
Members of the Harrlsburg Cham
ber of Commerce, with C. Floyd Hop
kins and representatives of the local
tribes of Red Men. met last ntght and
discussed plans for the big carnival
September 23. 24. 25. One of the
features will be a pageant of the burn
ing of John Harris.
On Friday evening. August 13, a
mass meeting will be held in the
<">rpheum Theater for the purpose of
arranging details for this feature.
Neighboring tribes of Red Men will
be asked to ioin with Harrlsburg
members in making the pageant a big
success. In attendance last night were
J B. Looker and George W. Rupp, of
No. 57; C. E. Pass, of Tribe No. 61;
No. 57; C .E. Pass, of Tribe No. 61;
Charles Kilpatrick. of Tribe No. 91:
Charles Stroh. Charles Peters and Ar
thur Chenoweth. of Tribe No. 331; D.
H. Elllnger, Charles Tunis and George
Sellers, of Tribe No. 340, and R. H.
Ralmer, of Tribe No. 382. D. H. El
linger was appointed chairman and
Charles Peters secretary.
Bullard Company Gives
Men Voluntary Increase
By Associated Press
Rridgeport. Conn.. Aug. S. The
Billiard Machine and Tool Company
announced to its 800 employes to-day
that, effective at once, the plant would
work on an eight-hour basis and that
the employes would receive the same
pay for the eight hours as at the old
schedule of ten hours.
The company's action 1b stated to be
| voluntary.
HERSHEY STUDIO MADE
D., P & S. PANORAMA
Many readers of the Telegraph who
saw the big strip photogTaph of the
Dives. Pomeroy and Stewart employes
who picnicked at Hershey Park were
interested in knowing the name of
the photogj-apher.
The panorama was furnished the.
Telegraph through the courtesy of the
Hershey Studio, Hershey, Pa.
WANT CABINET RB7TAIXED
By Associated Press
Toklo. Aug. B.—The elder statesmen
have recommended to Emperor Toshl
hito that the cabinet headed by Count
Okuma as premier be requested to re
main In office unconditionally.
$5 FOR ICE BSPND
A contribution of J5 for the Ice fund
was received from Mrs. John C.
Kunkel, Jr., at the Telegraph office
to-day.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1915.
MEXICANS
IN BATTLE
U. S. CAVALRYMEN
By Associated Press
BrownsviUe. Tex.. Aug. 3.—Twelve to fifteen Mexican bandits are reported
killed In lighting to-day with United States cavalrymen and American posse
men in the low, thick, thorny brush north of Brownsville. Private McGuire.
of the 12th cavalry, was reported killed. Private Curtis possibly fatally
wounded. Joe Taylor, a customs guard, shot In the shoulder, and Deputy
Sheriff C. A. Monahan. of Brownsville, shot in the leg.
SATAN SPIKES GUNS OF FORMER
HARRISBURG PASTOR AT SUNBURY
Rev. John H. Daugherty Accuses Electric Company of Being Lea
gued With Imps of Darkness
According to the latest advices from
Sunbury, the Rev. John H. Daugherty,
former pastor of Ridge Avenue Meth
odist Church, has been beaten to a
standstill in his first round with the
devil, whom he announced recently he
would put out of business during the
summer by the use of electric fans in
his church.
The fans suddenly stopped running
and the . lights went out on Sunday
PA. STEEL SOON MAY
BE MAKING SHRAPNEL
Reported That Company Will Put
in Special Machinery at
Steehon
That the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany is making preparations to install
machinery suitable for the manufac
ture of shrapnel shells at the Steel
ton plant, is reported in well-inform
ed circles to-day.
With the exception of a few special
is well equipped for the manufacture
is well equipped fo rthe manufacture
of such material. Some of the best
steel manufactured in this country is
turned out here, and it is known that
the plant is now busy on a large order
of projectile steel.
High officials of the company at
Steelton this mornlngr. nowever, de
clared that they did not know any
thing of the plan. If such an under
taking were being considered, they ex
plained. the news would come from
Philadelphia.
With the entire battery of eight
open hearth furnaces in full blast
and the new rolling mills at the west
end of the plant in operation, indica
tions point to a rapid increase in busi
ness at Steelton. Within a short time
the capacity of the big plant will he
further increased by the blowing In
of No. 4 and the new No. 5 blast fur
naces.
PUNS LAID TO END
TROUBLE IN MEXICO
Latin-American Ministers Asked to
Confer With Secretary
Lansing Thursday
By Atsociated Pt^ss
Washington. D. C.. Aug. 3.—When
the three South American ambassadors
and the three ranking Latin-American
ministers meet with Secretary Lansing
Thursday to hear President Wilson's
plan to ask the co-operation of their
countries for restoring; peace to Mexico
a course of action will be outlined
which all will be asked
to approve.
It contemplates the restoration of
constitutional government without the
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Express Train Runs Into
Landslide; One Killed
Parkers Landing, Pa., Aug. 3. —Run-
ning at high speed, the Buffalo express
on the Buffalo and Allegheny division
of the Pennsylvania railroad ran into
a landslide near here early to-day.
Jesse Williams, engineer, of Pitts
burgh, was killed and R. Gelfrtch, Are- -
man, of Pittsburgh, was seriously
scalded. Three day coaches and a
sleeper left the track, but remained
upright
evening. The Northumberland County
Gas and Electric Company is in
league with his satanic majesty, the
Rev. Mr. Daugherty believes.
"When I came here," said the Rev.
Mr. Daugherty. "I thought you had a
real electric light service. I find that
the plant which serves the people of
Sunbury Is a fragile toy that falls down
on the job whenever the w-ind blows
or a peal of thunder jars the atmos
phere."
PEIYBROOK PAVING
AT A STANDSTILL
Legal Entanglement May Hold Up
Improvements in
Suburb
As the result of several legal tangles
brought before the Penbrook council
at the regular meeting last night by
I. K. Swartz. borough solicitor, plana
for the paving of Main street from
end to end with State aid are at a
standstill.
The borough solicitor unearthed an
old law, which, he claims, forbids the
levying of an assessment on abutting
property owners after a road has once
been Improved. He contends that the
highway was improved seventeen years
ago at the expense of the borough and
therefore abutting property owners are
not liable for the cost of the contem
plated improvement.
The last Legislature passed a law
providing one-third the cost of the
paving can be assessed against the
property holders regardless of former
improvements. A copy of this law was
read by Borough Clerk Speece. but he
had no sooner finished than the bor
ough solicitor jumped up and said that
the law had been pronounced uncon
stitutional.
A special meeting of council will
be held as soon as additional In
formation on these two laws is pro
cured.
Petitions are now being circulated
among the abutting property owners
and. while all have not been reached,
from present indications it is believed
that all but six will sign.
STORM DOES DEWY
DIUIGE NEAR YORK
Church at Littlestown Struck by
Lightning and Burned
to Ground
York, Pa., Aug. 3.—Flood and fire
in the wake of a severe electrical
storm over York and Adams counties
and the adjacent section of Maryland
caused heavy losses on buildings and
crops last night. Glen Rock, 19 miles
from here, was inundated by overflow
of the south branch of the Codorus
creek, the damage amounting to $15,-
000. St. John's Lutheran Church near
Littlestown, was hit by lightning and
burned to the ground entailing a loss
of $6,000. Two barns and a tobacco
shed stored with crops were burned
by bolts, the aggregate loss on them
being $9,000.
KUXKEL FOR MAYOR?
The name of Samuel Kunkel of the
Mechanics Trust Company was men
tioned in Democratic circles to-day as
a probable candidate for Mayor. It
was the gossip that a committee of
prominent Democrats would wait upon
Mr. Kunkel sometime this week and
urge him to be a candidate. It is also
reported that Mayor John K. Royal
would announce his candidacy for
Mayor in the event of Mr. Kunkel's
refusing.
NO VACATION FOR
SUFFRAGE WORKERS
Plugging Away Right Through
Summer Getting Ready ;
For November
BAKING PIES FOR CAUSE
Another Makes Cottage Cheese;
Antis Bringing in Best
Speakers
The suffragists of this State have
changed the meaning of the word "va
cation" this summer. To them it
means a time for extra hard work for
the cause instead of pleasant times in
the mountains. Those who are able
are making speaking tours or helping
at headquarters. One of the women
is baking pies to sell for the cause. ]
Another is making cottage cheese for
the same purpose. During June one
woman sold the peas and strawberries
from her garden and turned the money
into the campaign fund.
All of the officers of Pennsylvania
Woman Suffrage Association are work
ing right through the summer. Mrs.
Frank M. Roessing. the president of
the association, says the time for vaca
tions will be after election day. Neither
Mrs. Roessing nor Miss Hannah J.
Patterson, the State chairman of the
Woman Suffrage party, has had a
vacation during the three years they
have been directing the campaign.
Miss Lida Stokes Adams, Miss Ruth
Yerlonden and Miss Helen Price have
carried the campaign to the summer
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Ice Hits Man on Head;
Both His Legs Broken
Special to The Telegraph
Marvsville, Pa., Aug. 3.—As a result
of being hit on the head with a niece
oT ice weighing thirty pounds. Ben
jamin Weaver, car inspector for the
Pennsylvania Railroad at this place,
is at his home with two fractured legs.
Weaver was working on a car near
FX tower this morning. The relief
train was passing at the time. As Is
thf custom every day. ice is delivered
to the towers in the Enola and Marys
; ville yards by this train. A large niece
; was thrown off for FX tower and hit
I Weaver on the head. In falling his
feet caught under the rail and both his
legs were broken near the knee in the
fall. Weaver was also injured Inter
nally and received several gashes on
the head.
Temperature Falls 17
Degrees in Few Hours
Relief for sweltering Harrisburg
came last evening, following the rain.
The temperature dropped 17 degrees
in seven hours. The highest tempera
ture yesterday was 89 degrees. It fell
to 72.
This morning the atmosphere warm
ed up to what it was at 8 o'clock yes
terday. but took a tumble by noon.
More rain and cool weather is sched
uled for to-night, with a probability
of further relief to-morrow. Up to
noon to-day a trifle over a half an Inch
of rain fell.
Lynch Showing Value
of Street Repair Plant
I City Commissioner Lynch has al
-1 ready demonstrated to the satisfaction
of (very open-eyed citizen the value
of t>he City Asphalt Repair Plant. He
is going about the work quietly, but
efficiently and there is general com
mendation of the character of the re
pairs thus far completed.
Commissioner Lynch expects to
have all the streets in fine shape
within a few weeks and his long ex
perience in highway work is enabling
him now to place the large area of
paved highways In Harrisburg In bet
ter condition than for years.
PUBLISH SECOND GRAY BOOK
Paris. Aug. 2. The Belgian Gov
ernment has published a second Gray
Book containing various documents
relating to the war.
fHKRE ARB A FEW IMPORTANT
DATES TO KEEP IN MIND
August 24—Final day for filing j>rl
mary petitions for State offices
with Secretary of Commonwealth.
August 2S. SI and September 11
City registration days.
August 31—Final day to flla pri
mary petitions for county and city
offices with County Commission
ers.
September I—Final day to be as
sessed for November election.
September 2—Return day for regis
tration lists to County Commis
sioners.
Septembr-r 21—Final day to pay poll
taxes for primary election.
Sept»mber 2!— Fall primaries.
October 2—Final day for out-of
town voters to pay taxes In order
to vote at Fall elections.
November I—General elections.
12 PAGES
LOCAL BOY SHOWS
VALUE OF MILITARY
TRAINING ON MARCH
Kenneth M. Jones Shows Soldierly
Ability on Patrol
Duty
600 STRONG IN CAMP
Put Through Regular Army Work
and There's Many a
Blistered Foot
By Special C orrespondenee
Camp at Black Brook, N. Y.,
Saturday, July 31.
Private Kenneth M. Jones of Com
pany D, of the Student Camp, located
at Plattsburg, N. Y., which is now on
the march to Silver Lake. N, Y., to
day. received special mention by the
captain in command of the student
troops for having shown soldierly abil
ity on patrol duty. The students,
over 600 strong, were on the march
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Dr. Zimmerman Gets
Post With Indian
Agency in Oklahoma
Dr. Leroy Zimmerman, of 214 Peffer
street, left to-day for White Eagle,
Oklahoma, where he will resume his
duties as physician and surgeon at the
Ponca Indian Agency after a short
vacation at his home.
The Ponca Agency includes 100,000
square acres of land under the juris
diction of the Department of Interior
and is inhabited by over a thousand
members of the Ponca and Kaw
tribes. As resident physician and
surgeon. Dr. Zimmerman has charge
of the Ponca Hospital at the Ponca
School.
-Dr. Zimmerman is a former mem
ber of The Telegraph staff. He served
as resident physician at the Harris
burg Hospital the past year.
SIOO,OOO FIRE AT MAIiOKE
By Associated Press
Malone, N. Y„ Aug. 3.—Fire at Ho
gansburg. X. Y., last night destroyed
Murphy's Hotel, five stores, the village
post office, a church and two resi
dences. The Are was still burning late
last night, owing to a lack of fire
fighting apparatus. The loss Is esti
mated at SIOO,OOO.
JTI ON VERGE OF FAMINE £
< -»*».. J
Washington, August. 3. Haiti, racked by revolution I
1 and mob rule, now is threatened by famine. Reports com- A
!ing In to-day say many cities and are on the verge of I •
starvation. It probably will be necessary to send food sup- jL
plies and sanitary relief as one of the first steps in rehabilit- 1 .
ating a government there. <
LINDSEY FOUND GUILTY OF CONTEMPT < *
> Denver, Colo., Aug. 3. Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the
Denver Juvenile Court was found guilty of cojitempt of court ' '
: suited from the juvenile court judge's refusal to reveal on t
1 the witness stand what he claimed was a confidential conver
* ® sation with Neal Wright, 12, whose testimony in criminal I J
1 ! court had much to do with the acquittal of his mother, whe !
4 • was charged with the murder of her husband. I >
j Toronto, Ont., Aug. 3. Lake Ontario was whipped to- i
| I day by a howling gale, the worst in twelve years. The steam- j »
; er Chippewa after being out two hours came back to Toronto T
| I with a big hole in her side, battered in by heavy seas. £
, , VILLA STATEMENT IS DENIED i
* El Paso, Aug. 3.—George E. Carothers, special agent of £
! the State Department, who arrived here early to-day from 1
< * Chihuahua City, denied General Villa had declared "If the A
I United States does net like my actions it can go to hell." ;
I » CAPTAIN REPORTS SNOW STORM .
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Aug. 3.—Captain McLean, of 1 ,
< the steamer Lakeland arrived at the Soo this morning and
reported running through a snow Storm on Lake Superior ' *
; last forty-eight hours in this vicinity.
EASTLAND'S DEAD TOTAL 981 ;
< 1 Chicago, Aug. 3. Nine hundred and eighty-one per- | |
1 sons lost their lives in the btcanier Eat>iland disaster, ac- I
(I cording to final figures given out to-day by the
, Electric Company which completed the checking of its em- '
j l ployes and friends who boarded the vessel.
j.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Ira Hoffman. MillrmburK. and Ruth Snyder, Lykena.
John Hear) Whittle aAd 7.elena Kathr>n I.eldls, Htglmplre. « 3
Henry Keener Ebr, Holiday abnrv, and Edith Ida Dun, LaadUburt. *
* POSTSCRIPT
JIM PLIIKES
OVER n BUNK
II DIVISION SI.
Machine Takes Light Standard
Along As It Hurtles
Over Curb
TWO PASSENGERS ABOARD
But "Jitney Ethics" Prevents
Driver From Disclosing
Their Names
Jay 3. Ruppert, 22 North Fifteenth
street, a jitney owner and driver, with
two passengers, a man and a woman,
had a narrow escape last night when
tlie bus hit a light standard at Front
and Division streets and plunged down
the embankment, a distance of fifteen
feet.
The light standard was broken off
and fell into Front street with a crash.
The passengers in the car, who were
en route to Harrisburg from Rock
ville, were badly frightened, but no
one was hurt. The steering gear of the
car was broken. Ruppert and his pas
sengers came to the city by street car.
Tl.e car was brought to the shop this
! afternoon.
Ruppert says a bright light from
another car going north blinded tolm
and prevented his seeing the standard
when he tried to turn out of the way
of the other automobile.
When asked who his passengers
were he remarked: "We jitney drivers
don't have to give the names of our
passengers."
Ruppert admits it was a lucky es
cape and added: "Unless they fix that
part of the .there will be more
accidents of the same kind."
One Man Killed When
Big Shell Explodes
Philadelphia. Aug. 3.—One man was
killed and three others are seriously
injured in an explosion to-day in the
experimental bombproof department
of the Unitod States arsenal in Frank
ford, this city. The man killed was
James Harklns. a civilian. The in
jured are M. Frusco and Arthur Lum
leet, soldiers assigned to the ordnance
department, and George Brown, a ci
vilian.
The two soldiers are in a critical
condition. Brown is not «eriously
hurt.
It Is understood that the experi
ments were beinK made with a high
power explosive shell at the time of
the explosion.