German Ships Driven Off in Gulf of RjgaJUfeck; U. S. Warships May Go
HARRISBURG Ilßi§lßi TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 184
' WARSHIP SQUHOII
MA! BE ORDERED TO
MEXICAN WATERS TO
PROTECT FOREIGNERS
Anti-Foreign Demonstration
Feared by Commander Mc-
Namee, Senior American
Naval Commander at Vera
Cruz
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
LOUISIANA PREPARED
Speeches Made in Public
Places in Mexican City in
Effort to Incite People
Against Americans
Brownsville, Tex.. Aug. 10.—
r nited States cavalrymen and
Mexicans fought acaln to-day,
this time near Mercedes. Texas.
One Mexican was killed. None
of the troopers was reported
hurt.
Six United States cavalrymen
were on the border patrol duty
near Mercedes when the Mexicans
attacked them. Parties of armed
farmers and merchants have gone
from Mercedes and other nearby
towns to try to capture some of
the Mexicans.
Washington. P. C., Aug. 10.—
The gunboat Marietta has been
ordered to proceed from Progreso
to Vera Cruz in ortler to liave a
ship at the disposal of the Bra
zilian and Guatemalan ministers,
who are leaving Mexico. It is
assumed that the Louisiana and
New Hampshire will he held at
Newport for further orders.
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 10.—Commander
McN'amee, the senior American naval
officer at Vera Cruz, has asked the
Navy Department to send a battleship
squadron to guard against anti-foreign
demonstrations which he fears.
The battleships New- Hampshire and j
Louisiana now at Newport, R. 1.. with 1
the Atlantic fleet, were ordered to pre- i
pare at once to get to Vera Crua, but if 1
the emergency should become pressing ;
the battleship Connecticut, now in ;
Haltien waters and about two days'
sail across the Gulf would be ordered
to Join Commander McNamee. The
Connecticut could reach Vera Cruz
several days ahead of the New Hamp
shire and Louisiana.
Commander McNamee's report did
not give details but officials here be
lieve the anti-American feeling which
is reported is a direct outgrowth of
the Pan-American negotiations in j
Washington for the adjustment of dif-:
ferences between the factions. Other
developments in Mexico such as Gen- j
eral Carranza's expulsion of the Guate
malan minister and his differences I
with the Brazilian minister because j
the countries of both participated in j
the Pan-American conference, are
taken as evidence of Carranza's dis-!
pleasure with the stand the L'nited
States has taken.
Sacramento at Vera Cruz
Although there are other small ves
sels in Mexican waters, the gunboat l
Sacramento, on which Commander'
McNamee has his flag, is the only
American naval vessel at Vera Cruz. J
With the arrival of the Louisiana, the
flagship of the fourth division of the
Atlantic fleet. Commander McNamee
•will be superseded in command of the
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After your swim In the ocean,
you will be ready for a quiet rest.
Then Is when you will want your
favorite paper, so that you may
know what Is going on at home.
Going on your vacation and read
ing strange newspapers is like
breaking In a pair of new shoes.
Enjoy reading comfort by hav
ing the Harrisburg Telegraph
mailed to your vacation address.
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg and vicinity i Fair
to-night and probably Wednes
day) not murk change In tem
perature.
For £a*tera Pennsylvania: Fair to
a nights Wednesday Increasing
W cloudiness: gentle to moderate
north to northneat winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and Ita prin
cipal branchea mill continue to
fall. A stage of about 3.4 feet la
Indicated for Harrisburg Wednes
day morning.
General Conditions
Pressure continues relatively low
over the northeastern part of the
country and showers have fallen
In the laat twenty-four hoars In
the Upper St. Lawrence Valley
and generally along and near the
Atlantic coast from Northern New
England to ?iorth Carolina.
Temperature! « a. m.. TOt 3 p. ni.. 78.
Sum Rises, 5:1- a. m.; acta, 7:0»
p. m.
Moon: Xew moon, to-day, 8i.12
p. m.
River Stage: Six feet above low
water mark.
Teaterday's Weather
Highest temperature. Ml.
I/owest temperature, (13.
Mean temperature, T>,
Normal temperature, 73.
STEELTd WOMAN
IS LATEST VICTIM
OF 'HATCHET FIEND'
Grim Visitor, Terrorizing South
End, Uses Ax on Mrs.
John Patterson
GETS MONEY AND JEWELS
Robs Another House After Slash
ing Sleeping Housewife
in First
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MHt«. JOHN' PATTERSON
Latest Victim of "Hatchet Fiend"
Some time during: the silent earlv
hours of this morning the name of
one more woman was added to the
already lons list of victims of the mvs
terious "Hatchet Fiend," who for
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NO BUCK DISS FOR
WILDWBBOIFTER ILL
Park Authorities Advised to Stock
Lake With Perch and
Sunnies
The sunfish and the yellow perch of
W'ildwood Lake which had been all
wrought up over the report that black
bsss were soon to be in their 'midst
needn't worry any more; the black
bass aren't cominc. That w«ts the offi
cial tip that went out from the city
park department yesterday.
Early in the season requisition had
been made as usual to the State De
partment of Fisheries for a supply of
baby fish for the city lake. Heretofore
yellow perch and sunfish have been
selected. They've had things pretty
much their own way and It's ques
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8 Women, 4 Children,
Killed in Zeppelin
Raid on English Coast
London. Anf. 10. 5:45 p. m.—An
attack by German airships which flew
over the English coast last night was
announced to-day by the Official Press
Bureau. The statement rays one of
the airships was damaged by British
aeroplanes and was towed Into Ostend.
According to the official announce
ment eight women, four children and
one man were killed, and six women,
four men and two children were
wounded as the result of the explosion
of missiles dropped by the Zeppelins.
WANTS TO BE ALRERMAV
Among the late afternoon primary
petitions filed to-day were the papers
of Adam W. Hoster. who wants to be
the Washington party nominee for al
derman from the Thirteenth ward. j
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Telegraph Invites Views
of Boys and Girls on
City Improvements
In view of the great interest in j
the September celebration of the
first big program of improvements
for Harrisburg. the Telegraph de
sires to get the views of the girls
and boys of the city upon the value
of these improvements to them.
In order to encourage these ex
pressions from the school girls and
boys of Harrisburg the Telegraph
is going to offer a series of three
prizes for papers not to exceed 200
words in length upon the theme,
"Why Is Harrishnrg a Better City
For the Girls and Boys as a Re
sult of Improvements of the Ijist
Fifteen Years."
This contest will begin Septem
ber Ist and continue to September
15 inclusive. All papers will be
submitted to a committee of com- j
petent Judges and prizes of J5.00,
$3.00 and $2.00 will be awarded for i
the best three papers.
Further particulars will be an- '
nounced later. Public and private
schools are included. The most •
meritorious of all the papers sub- I
mitted will be printed.
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HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, AGUST 10. 1915.
MAYOR AND GORGAS
VOTE AYE' AT LAST
1 ON RiVERWALL GAP
i Quit Fussing, Back-pedal and Turn
in For Improvement
Measure
I HOW MONEY WAS FOUND
Commissioners Lynch, Bowman
and Taylor Find Balance In
—Gorgas Report
City Council this afternoon passed
finally the Lynch ordinance providing
for the closing of the River Wall gap
at Market street.
Both Mayor John K. Royal and
Commissioner W. L. Gorgas back
pedaled as gracefully as they could—
under the circumstances—and voted
for the measure on final passage.
For weeks the two had Insisted that
they did not mean to obstruct public
Improvement, nor were they opposed
to the completion of the wall —If
money could be found. They surely
didn't want the people to think they
were opposed to the movement to
complete the River Front improve
ments. they said.
Neither Finance Commissioner Gor
gas nor Mayor Royal made any effort
to find the money, however. So it re
mained for Commissioners Bowman,
Lynch and Taylor who have advocated
the completion of the city's public Im
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British Cruiser Sunk
Off Swedish Coast
Bv Associated Fress
Berlin. Aug. 10.—By Wireless to
Sayvilie.—The British auxiliary crui
ser Indiana, of 7.900 tons, has been
torpedoed off the Swedish coast.
Eighty members of the crew were
saved.
IsISSMEN REACH!
CAMPATPUrai
Mayor Mitchell Assigned to Task
of Setting Up Cots in
Tents
By Associated Press
Plattsburg, N. V.. Aug. 10.—The
vanguard of the little army of 1,200
business and professional men from
the chief cities of the eastern and
middle western section of the coun
try who are to undergo a month's mil
itary training in a camp of instruction
here had arrived to-day. One thou
sand more of the volunteer military
students were due to arrive some time
to-day from New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Boston and other cities.
Many men of national reputation or
of prominence in the various cities
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CITY'S GUARDMEH
Willie II) SHOOT
Company I Wins 300 and 500-
Yard Matches; Co. D
Second in Both
Companies D and I. Eighth Regi
ment. National Guard of Pennsylvania,
this city, cleaned up everything In
sight at the regimental shoot on the
Licknow rifle range this afternoon.
1 In the 300-yard match Kennedy
I scored 46 and Rogers 42, taking first
I place for Company I. Second place
went to Gerdes with 45 and Burtnett
with 40 for Company D. >
Company I by fast shooting won the
( 500-yard match with a score of 94,
, j Kennedy scoring 4 4 and Rogers going
; tin limit to 50. Company D took sec
ond in this match, Gerdes scoring 48
and Burtnett 40.
The 600-yard slow fire match was
opened late this afternoon with the
local company making good showings.
The complete score of the 3 00-yard
shoot follows: Headquarters team,
j hetington, 37; Crow, 41; Company
iD, Gerdes, 45; Burtnett, 40; Com
! pany E, Smith, 34; Cleckner, 38; Com
• puny F. Cutshall, 41; Moyer, 37; Com
pany G, Chamh'erlin. 28; Knochl, 34:
| Company H. Martin. 31: Heisler, 34;
j Company 1. Kennedy. 46; Rogers, 42:
| Company K, Uhler, 43; Dillon, 43;
I Company L, Shaffer, 43; Whetstone.
41: Company M, Barlett, 30; Reiser 26
During the 500-yard match Gerdes.
Company D. made 4 9 out of a possible
50 points He hit the bull s-eye nine
times in succession and fell down on
the tenth shot; Kennedy, Companv I,
shot lf.ter and equaled Gerdes' record!
He also made nine hits, falling down
on the sixth shot. At the end of this
! mate h Company L was leading by a
| narrow margin and Companv D was
| se-'-ond. In the two matches Kennedy
j war, high man.
BRICKS F.VLZ OX WORKMVX
BKEAKING RIGHT i,EG
Edward Baldwin, aged 55, of Coates-
I ville, employed as a bricklayer at the
Pennsylvania Steel Company, suffered
I a fractured right leg this morning
■ when several hundred bricks fell on
him from the part of a furnace which
he was repairing. He was admitted
| to the Harrlsburg Hospital.
\
14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
MRS. CHRIS SA UERS TODA Y
FOR CITY
j
MISS RUTH STARRY
Reservoir Par, 5.30 P. M.—By
winning two straight sets. Mrs.
Chris Snucrs. City tennis cham
pion, this afternoon successfully
defended her title on the Reserve
Park courts by defeating Miss
Huth Starry, champion of this
year's tourney. The scores were:
8-6: 6-4.
On the Reservoir tennis courts this
afternoon Miss Ruth Starry, a 14-year
old girl, of 3 3 South Eighteenth street,
is playing Mrs. Chris Sauers, 1719
State street, for the tennis champion
ship of Harrisburg.
Never In the history of city tennis
has so young an aspirant for honors
wielded a racket In the final round as
Miss Ruth. A pretty lass, as her pic
ture proves, a product of the Ueservoir
playgrounds, and as "husky" as she's
pretty, the youngster has played rings
around all her opponents in this year's
tournament, and last Saturday after
neon won the tourney by defeating
Miss Kate Sweeney: score, 6-4 and 6-1.
And now to-day she plays Mrs. Sauers,
holder of the city championship, for
the title.
Odds are. of course, in favor of Mrs.
Sauers. who has been playing much
longer than Miss Starry, who has a
: PENROSE ASKS EDO
j 11FF RESTOMTION
Urges Democrats to Assure Pros
perity's Return and Large
Revenue
Philadelphia Aug. 10.—The imme
diate enactment of a protective tariff
; not only for national prosperity but
as well for national-security and de
fense was advocated by Senator Pen
| rose yesterday. He announced his
purpose immediately upon the recon
vening of Congress to call on the
"Democratic majority in Congress to
be broad and patriotic enough to drop
| their principles in favor of free trade
jand direct taxes and to Join In re
| storing a protective tariff."
| Only by such a financial measure,
j Senator Penrose believes, can sufficient
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Si TELL WI CITY
IBTO CELEBMTE
| .
Harrisburg Folks Plan to Entertain
Thousands From Surrounding
Towns in September
Harrisburg folks aione aren't going
;to celebrate the completion of its pub
! lie improvement program next month
jby any means: thousands of people
j from surrounding towns will be here
I for the three-day celebration, it is ei
ipected, and In order to acquaint the
| out-of-town folks with Just how this
[city is planning to entertain them a
publicity organization was effected
i yesterday afternoon bv C. Floyd Hop
kins, director of the September event.
| Co-operation of the local newspa
pers Including the three dailies and
the Sunday paper, was obtained and
representatives of these papers will i
j comprise the publicity committee.
Within a few days the first stories
of what Harrisburg proposes to do
| and why it desires to do it—based on
the completion of fifteen years of pub- |
lie improvement work—will be sent'
out. Thus it is expected to keep the I
people of towns within a radius of 25 I
or 30 miles in close touch with what Is j
going on.
Mr. Hopkins was chosen chairman :
of the committee and he will direct
! the work.
Whether or not excursions can be
run from various points to this city
has not been fully decided but Mr.
Hopkins expects to have definite infor
mation on this subject in the near
future. Another session of the com
mittee will be held Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
XEW APPARATUS COMING
Repaired Friendship Tractor Shipped
Today From Hohoken
Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor re
ceived word to-day that the Friend
ship steam fire engine and tractor
would be shipped from Hoboken,
X. J.. some time to-day. The Friend
ship engine was badly damaged while
enroute to a fire during June.
It was also announced that the com
bination chemical and hose motor
trucks for the Hope and Washington
companies and the tractor for the Mt.
Vernon truck, would be shiped from
the LaFrance plant at Elmira on
August IT.
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MRS. CHRTS SAVERS
terrific drive, a hard serve, more en
durance and a powerful backhand.
Miss Ruth, however, is fast on the
courts, has placement down to a
J science and never gets "rattled." The
i match Is i'cheduieil for late this after
! noon.
Pollock Meets Clark
The semifinals in the men's singles
j was another interesting feature of to
day's program. Charles Pollock played
H. Clark. The winner this afternoon
will play Llghtner in the finals for the
tourney championship. The winner of
the final match will challenge Wil
liam Mci'reath. holder of the city ten
nis championship for several seasons.
In the finals of die men's doubles
j yesterday afternoon Llghtner and Beck
] defeated Pollock and Frasch. scores
: 0-3. 6-3. 5-7 and S-6. The women's
' doubles were completed last week, the
| winners being .' ss Mildred Sheesley
■ anr" Miss Kathe: .» Martin.
In the third "fcound of the men's
i singles yesterday afternoon Pollock
j defeated Sherman, 8-1, 6-3. Official
scores of the various matches will be
filed with the committee to-morrow
evening. In addition to cups for win
ners In each class, runners-up will also
receive trophies.
MR WILL PLAY
COLONIAL WM
For Years Has Been Leader of
Vaudeville Orchestra at
Orpheum
JHHF
HERMAN V. YEAGER
Following upon the announcement
of changes in policy in the various
Harrishurg theaters—legitimate at
the Orpheum, vaudeville at the Majes
tic. and high class moving pictures at
the Colonial theater, comes the an
nouncement that Herman V. Yeager,
I who for years has been leader of the
j vaudeville orchestra at the Orpheum,
! will preside at the pipe-organ at the
j Colonial theater during the coming
season, which will open August 28.
| The Moller Organ Company of Ha
, gerstown is now at work building for
the Colonial theater what is claimed to
| be the largest pipe-organ in use in any
(theater in Pennsylvania. It is a three
I manual organ with an additional man
ual separate and apart from the or
gan proper carrying all of the ef-
I fects that might be desired to make a
moving picture realistic.
While Mr. Yeager has gained wide
spread prominence among vaudeville
people as one of'the most efficient
leaders in the variety houses of the
Keith circuit, it is as master of the
pipe-organ that Mr. Yeager has
reached the highest attainment of his
musical success, giving this instru
ment up in favor of the piano in the
orchestra pit only because the field for
vaudeville leaders has been muchj
greater than that of pipe-organists un
til the present day demand for pipe
organs in the moving picture houses
got Its foothoid. In taking up the!
pipe-organ at the Colonial theater, Mr. I
Yeager re'urns to the line of musical;
"Work he most enjoys. Mr. Ye;iger Is I
a graduate of the Roston Conservatory
of Music where he took a thorough
I course of instruction on the pipe
organ.
The Colonial theater, which be
comes a straight moving picture the
ater with its opening next month, will
undergo several changes between now
and its period of renewed activity.
12 PAGES
KIDS FEAR 'SILENT'
CURFEW SAYS CHIEF
Moral Efect of Bluecoat Backing
Has Worked Wonders b Keep
ing Streets Free of Yougsters
WITHOUT BELL OR WHISTLE
Wouldn't Effect Incorrigibles Any
way; Better Class Child Knows
Law and Obeys
Sans whistles, sans bell, sans every
thing but the moral backing of a blue
coated cop in the offing, Harrlsburg's
curfew law is working out admirably
just the same.
That, at any rate, is the opinion of
Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison, chief of
police, after a couple of months' op
eration of the new city mandate that
requires youngsters of fifteen or tinder
to be off the streets at 9 o'clock dur
inr the winter months and 9.30 o'clock
on summer evenings.
hen Council adopted the curfew
measure some criticism had been ex
pressed because the section providing
for the blowing of whistles or the
ringing of a hell had been stricken out.
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4th Censorial District at
Country Club Saturday
The annual outing of the Fourth
Censorial District of the Medical So
ciety of Pennsylvania, composed of
the medical societies of Dauphin, Leb
anon and Lancaster counties, will be
held Friday. August 10. at the Harris
burg Country Club.
Invitations were sent out this morn
ing. At least sixty members of the
societies are expected to attend the
stssion. Sports will be enjoyed in the
morning, the business session opening
at noon. Diner will be served at 1.30
o'clock. Dr. Harvey F. Smith, presi
dent: Dr. J. Harvey Miller, secretary,
and the following committee made tlie
ai rangements for the outing: Drs
George R. Moffitt. J. Edward Dickin
son, David M. Rank, Walter H. Bru
baker. T. C. Shookers and Edward I.
Noble.
COMMUTES MI'RDERER
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 10.—Presi
dent Wilson commuted to expire Im
mediately the life sentence imposed on
James Brumfleld In March. 1905, by
the Federal Court In the then Indian
Territory for the murder of his sister
in-law . Brumfield is 65 years old.
ill to — r ninr ri maryy g% * <f||% rn * ryv ~i inrr|pr n nnfyvn[*i|
ZEPPELINS NEAR ZUIDER ZEE <
• London, Aug. 10, 4.21 P. M.—A Central Newi dispatcl 1
from Amsterdam says that live Zeppelins were sighted this £
morning o.? Vlieland, near the entrance to Zuider Zee. They 1
were taking a north\v estcrly course in the direction of the m.
Scottish '
SIX HAVE PTOMAINE POISONING
Six children of the family of Mrs. Bridget O'Connell, 1 *
I :sir home fro
: ptomaine poisoning. All will recover. * k
i
Con..».j'.:iw;>:e, via iicihn, Aug. IC. « 9
, f
which threw bombs upon .the crew were los>t. #
ii
Lathi yn L.atx, -o, and xia.o.
York City, were refused a marriage license late this after- L
noon because the b;idc-to-be wasn't sure she could get her j
parents' consent. They went to Ha^erstown.
GIRL'S ALLEGED ASSAILANT CAUGHT f
Harrisburg. Tony Eudkobic was arrested this after- £
noon on the charge of having stabbed Katie Kulitz, 903 1
■ South Ninth street, in the neck, as she slept at her home X
last Thursday night._ %
a Suit for £5,000 damages was filed against J Bernard I
Schmidt, Harrisburg baker, in the Dauphin count/ court to- |
day by Richard C Keister and his son, Joseph A. Keister, 5
; each claiming $2,500. In the statement filed with the suit, »
. it is charged that an automobile driven by Schmidt's son, |
| Thomas, ran down and struck Joseph Keister, the son, in m
I Eighteenth street, near the Forney school building, Decern- f
1 ber 23, 1914. X
Mexico City, July 31, via Vera Cruz, Aug 8, and Laredo, I
I Tex., Aug. 10. —(Delayed in transmission). Eight »
deaths by starvation, all children, were reported by the '
I police station of the Second Ward to-day. * \
; The Public Service Comn ssion this afternoon approved '
' t the application for the approval of the Nineteenth street * \
bridge. The objections were withdrawn at the hearing.
' MARRIAGE LICENSES '!
Robert J. Mc.\nmara, Wllllamstowa, and Jrul< M. Ropy, IWn Ott]S| I
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GERIUUIIIDTTEMPT TO
SEIZE GULF OF RIGJI
RESULTS IH FAILURE
Russians Succeed in Checking Ad
vance of Enemy in Russian
Courland
BRITISH FORCES MAKE GAIN
Rome Reports Capture of Austriail
Trenches in Cavallo Pass in
Carnia Region
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 10. 12.32 P. M.—Al
though military operations in Russian
Courland have hardly reached the de
cisive stage, the Germans who have
been smashing their way toward Riga
have been checked. Almost simul
taneously German warships which at
tempted to sieze the Gulf of Riga and
attain a strategic position to assist the
troops ashore were disposed of ami
damaged. The assemblage of German
craft was the largest of any engaged in
the naval actions of tne war thus far
with the exception of the allied squad
ron at the Dardanelles. It nosed its
way toward Riga much after the man
ner of the British ships ranged off th«
Kelgian coast last Fall. The fact that
the German warships were forced to
retire is a source of satisfaction to the
British press, which finds encourage
ment in the resistance of the Russians
in this northeastern theater in con
trast to their retirement elsewhere.
The British advance In the vicinity
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CATCH GOLF CLl'B THIEF
Park Police Xab Man After Clubs
and ('tears
Harry Cassner, alias Cook, was ar
rested last night at Reservoir Park by
one of the park policemen after he
had broken into the golf house with
the alleged intent of stealing cigars
and golf balls. He will be arraigned
before Alderman S. Brady Caveny for
ft hearing at 7.50 o'clock to-morrow
evening.