Teutonic Forces Are Making Renewed HARRISBURG liilfllll TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 189 PORCH CLIMBER ROBS 2 RIVERSIDE HOMES; DRIVEN FROM THIRD BY DEFENSELESS GIRL Early Morning Thief Gets s3l Booty in First Two Houses He Entered; Works in Bedrooms While Folks Sleep Peacefully On uNTERS LAST HOUSE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT Miss Elsie Lower's Screams Sends Prowler Scurrying Across Fields; Believed to Have Been a Colored Man; Sought by Police Three Riverside homes were entered early this morning by a "porch climb er," believed to be a colored man. He got booty amounting to s3l in the first two houses; at the third, which he boldly entered in broad daylight, he was frightened away by tne screams of a defenseless girl. At the home of Harold A. Hanson, 3016 North Third street the burglar got eighteen dollars from a pocket book in a second floor bedroom and a few articles of engraved jewelry. David E. Zeiter, 3020 North Third street, lost thirteen dollars in bills of small denomination. Evidently growing more bold as he looted the houses, the burglar, from the evidence, walked across a small field, secured a ladder and entered the home of John E. Kline, at 2830 North Second street, from whicn ne was frightened by the screams of Miss Elsie Lower, a step-daughter. Girl Frightens Climber Away Miss Lower said this morning that she was awakened by the noise of the ladder as it came to a rest against the house just beneath the second story window. A minute later snc saw the face of a colored man peep around the drawn blinds. Horror stricken she lost her presence of minci ror a moment and covered her face with the covers. Then as the man started across the room she crawled out of [Continued on Page 7.] World May Soon Be Made Immune From Cancer By Associated Press New York, N. Y., Aug. 16. The RockefeUcr Institute announced yes terday through the Academy of Science at Wasliington a discovery by two of Its investigators whereby im munity from cancer, it is hoped, may be obtained. The investigation was conducted by Drs. James 15. Murphy and John J. Mortan, over a period of two years. They discovered that In in the white lympth cells of the blotnl there are the necessary factors in mak ing them immune from cancer. The investigators treated several mice with a serum of lympnoid tissue and say the number of wiine lymph cells in the animals almost doubled within a few days. The increase of the cells can either be natural or through the injection of lymph tissue. It was found also that two kinds or animals and humans were immune from can eer—those naturally immune ana those in whom immunity was Induced through the previous injection of the lymph tissue. Vacation season is at Its height. Rest and recreation will not be complete unless you have all the news from home dally. Your favorite newspaper, The Harrisburg Telegraph, will fill the gap. The cost is the same as when you are home, six cents a week. Call The Circulation Depart ment or drop a postal. r THE WEATHER For Harrliharg and vicinityi Part ly cloudy to-night and Tneaitay) not much change in temperature. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Partly cloudy to-night and Tuesday; gentle to moderate northwest winds. River The main river will continue to full slowly. The principal tribu taries will rise slightly or remain nearly stationary. A stage of about 4.4 teet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Tuesday morning. General Conditions The tropical storm Is central In the West Gulf region and appears to be approaching the Texas coast. Galveston reported a strong north wind of thirty-four miles an hour at Ba. m. to-day. At New Orleans the wind was blowing twenty miles from the southeast and i.lO Inches of rain had fallen In the last twenty-four hours. Temperature t 8 a. m., 74. Sum Rises, 5i17 a. m.; sets, 7 p. m. Moon: New moon, flrst quarter. August 17, 9*17 p. m. River Stage: 4.5 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 84. Lowest temperature, «8. Mean temperature, 7«. Normal temperature, 72. r \ THESE ARE THE WEAPONS USED BY STEELTON"HA TCHET FIEND" ON TWO SLEEPING WOMEN ■Hi " TTW " /#? - ::/&§& These are the weapons used by Steelton's "hatchet flend" in his midnight attacks upon Mrs. John Patterson, 401 Francis street, and Mrs. Sara Robinflnger, Mohn street, two of his seven pretty women victims. Both women were sent to the Harrisburg Hospital with deep gashes in the head. Mrs. Robinflnger was discharged in a few days but Mrs. Patterson still occupies a cot in that institu tion. Physicians there fear she has a concussion of the brain. The long-handled axe was used by the "hatchet flend" up Mrs. Patterson, and the hatchet was left behind when Mrs. Robinflnger was assaulted. Both are spotted with blood and matted hair still clings to the tarnished steel. Both weapons are in charge of Detective I. N. Durnbaugh, a Steelton detective, who is trying to rundown the criminal. SECOND JESS WILLARD SIX COLORED ME Young Goliath "Cleans the Bunch" When Fist Play Follows Argu ment at Carnival Grounds Over near New Cumberland some where there lives a second jess Wil lard. Some hundreds or more lovers of the "manly art" who saw him perform in Steelton, Saturday night are wonder ing what would happen should he and the new world's champion meet. And the odds are on the New Cumberland man. It was in North Front street, near Franklin, that the young Goliath gave Steelton fight Tans a few thrillers on Saturday night, according to the story circulating in police circles this morn ing. An argument started at the carnival grounds a half block away, it is said. Then blows passed between the New Cumberland man and a burly negro. Then, as :he story goes, five more of the colored man's friends came to CRIME WAVE HITS CITY OVER WEEK-EWD Two Holdups, Two Slashings, and Brutal Attack Upon Girl One holdup, one attempted holdup, two lovers' quarrels, and a brutal at tack upon a girl, constituted a series of crimes committed in this city and vicinity Saturday night. Only one person was seriously In jured, Miss Mary Summers, colored, 617 North street, who is in the Har risburg hospital suffering rrom a slash ed throat as a result of an alleged quarrel with her lover, Charles Saund ers, colored, of 635 Briggs street. Saunders escaped and is now being hunted by the police. On Saturday evening he stole around the corner of the souse and on Page 7.] Hutchison Will Never Place Ban on Whiskers While He's the Chief "Let them wear their whiskers and plait them for all I .care," said Col. Hutchison, chief of police this morn ing, in commenting about the action of the chief of police in Williamsport who insists on having a whiskerless police force. The colonel Just quietly remarked that he had no crazy notions like that, and that he didn't care whether or not his officers had whiskers or mous taches. A look at the force will prove this as there are about a dozen of them that have moustaches, and by the way— So has the colonel and Captain Thompson. WAR FEATURES REPORT By Associated Press New Orleans, Aug. 16.—War's ef fect in curtailing American exports of forest products featured the report of lumber exports for the fiscal year end ed June 30, as published In the cur rent issue of the Lumber Trade Journal of New Orleans. It shows that the past year's exports of all items under the head of wood and Its manufactures decreased 52 per cent., the value being $49,475,635 compared to $103,179,649 the previous year. WILL CONSIDER DEFENSES By Associated Press Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16. Consid eration of the alleged necessity for larger army and reserve corps was expected to occupy much of the atten tion of the delegates who assembled here to-day for the sixteenth national encampment of the Veterans of the Foreign Wars of the United States. Ihe Ladies' Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was also meeting here at the same time. SWIMMER BREAKS NECK By Associated Press Utica, N. Y., Aug. 16. —W. Donald Crawford, of Laporte, Ind., a sopho more at Cornell University, is in a serious condition at a local hospital to-day as the result of diving In the dark into an empty swimming pool at the Y. M. C. A. Saturday night The pool had been drained and Craw ! ford was removed with a broken Deck. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1915. their companion's aid. With his back against the building in which Wm. M. Holler conducts a wall paper store, the you«i ß Goiiath gave battle to his six opponents. With arms swinging like a flail, ne rained blows upon the rushing, slugging negroes. One by one, it is aeciared by witnesses, his assailants were beaten off. But one of them, more agile than the rest, dropped to the ground and grasped the New Cumberland man's leg. Reaching down thw ».vould-ne heavyweight grasped the squirming negro. Struggling, he raised him above his head and heaved him through a window. Then the story goes. Patrolman James Pearson happened along. The victorious fighter, it Is said, defied Pearson to arrest him. Then he left So did the cop. BAD LEGISLATION HOLDS OACK NATION Senator Weeks Claims That Re strictive Laws .Are Causing Capital to Hesitate "This country is suffering from un wise and restrictive legislation more than from any one other thing," Sen ator John W. Weeks,\ of Mass., told the members of the Harrisburg Cham ber of Commerce at luncheon at the Harrisburg Club to-day. "It used to be that when our crops were plentiful, when the banks were overflowing with money and when the (Continued on Page 9.) "Pat" Reagan to Catch For Local Internationals "Pat" Reagan, of Steelton, who won laurels on the baseball and foot ball teams of Villa Nova College some years ago and one of the best known athletes in Central Pennsylvania,' has been signed as catcher by the Harris burg Internationals. He was on the field in uniform at this afternoon's game. The Cincinnati Nationals, who are playing a Btrong game in the Tener circuit, will play the Harrisburg In dians immediately after the regular scheduled game with Rochester on September 2. Final arrangements were made late this afternoon. Committee Named on Nonpartisan Ticket William Pavord, of the Eighth ward; Dr. R. L. Perkins, of the Twelfth ward, and Henry Bloser, of the Second ward, were to-day appoint ed a committee to ascertain public opinion concerning the placing of a nonpartisan School Board ticket in the field this Fall. The appointments were made by City Chairman Oves in compliance with a recently passed resolution of the Republican city committee. In making the appointments Mr. Oves said thaft as soon as the committee is ready to report he will call a meeting of the city committee. BREWERY CO. DECREASES CAPITAL STOCK 845.000 The flrst notice to be filed by a brewery company of decrease In stock was entered to-day at the State Capi tol by the Ashland Brewing company, which decreased its stock from 000 to $30,000. Decline in values is apparently the reason. THE GAME TO-DAY AT ISLAND PARK 1 23456 789 10 RHE ProvidenceQQQQggggigigmi 8188 Harrisburg QE3E2KDE2BB9BB 888 RUSH IRK OH MIL 10 COMPLETE GAP I FOR CELEBRATION Big Gang of Workmen Will Hustle Job Along, Stuckers Promise FINISHES "FRONT STEPS Cut Shrubbery Along Bank Inter fering With View Across Susquehanna Work on the closing of the gap in the River Wall at Market street was started early this morning when gangs of men and teams started moving ma-1 terials and equipment to the spot. An additional force of workmen and a steam shovel will start to-morrcw morning on grading the bank in prep aration for the concrete form,s. The river bank beneath the bridge has been broken down and strewn for some dis tance out into the water by the sand and coal carts. The removal of this dirt will cause more work than was necessary along the other portion of the wall because of the much larger amount. Stucker Brothers, contractors in charge of the work announced this morning that they would make every effort to have the work completed be fore the date set for the big improve ment celebration in September. The completion of this stretch of wall will mark the ending of work on "the city's front steps." It will also mark the ending of the work of Joel D. Justin, engineer in charge of all Harrisburg's public improvements since July, 1912. He will leave early next month for Wisconsin where he will be in charge of a big hydro elec tric operation which will require about three years to complete. 1 The tangled mass of small trees and vines which have sprung up along the top of the slope which leads to the wall has been cut out. It had attained such a height that it interfered with the view. WIMj NOT VISIT CAMP Washington, D. C., Aug. 16. —Presi dent Wilson will not visit the Citizen 3' Soldiery camp at PlattsbuiK, N. Y., be cause he feels public business.rorbids him to leave Washington at tlfls time. He has.written Major General Leonard Wood who Invited him to tne camp, expressing his regret and his interest in the movement. 2 HARRISBURG MEN RAVE NARROW ESCAPE F. L. Cook and Edwin L. Cowden in Auto Crash in New York State Frank L. Cook, of the L. W. Cook dry goods store, 308 Market street, and Edwin L. Cowden, who is also connected with the Cook firm, had a narrow escape from serious injury to day in an automobile collision near Henderson Harbor, N. Y., this morn ing. Mr. Cook and Mr. Cowden, who were members of a party enroute to the (Continued on Page 9.) Doubles Tennis Champions Beaten in Open Tourney on the Reservoir Courts City tennis champions Llghtner and Black were defeated by F. Shreiner and C. Pollock by scores of 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4 in the open invitation tourna ment which was held at Reservoir Park Saturday preliminary to the organization of a tennis club in this city. The defeat of the champions came as a big surprise to the scores of en thusiasts who lined the edges of the courts. Captains of the teams were L. Llghtner and F. Shreiner. The latter's aggregation cleaned up. Yahn and Messinger defeated E. Clark and R. Clark, 6-1, 6-0. Dasher and Royal won from Haseltine and Shoener 6-1, 7-6 and G. Snreiner and Bostelle went down before H. Shreiner and Stocker by scores of 6-4, «-z. The winners will be guests of the losers to-night at a dinner which will be held at the Engineers' Club. After ward a meeting to which all tennis players of the city are invited will be held and plans discussed for organ izing a club to come under the juris diction of the National Lawn Tennis Association. INCREASE FOR OIL MEN By Associated Press Franklin, Pa., Aug. 16. An in crease in the wages of all employes of the Atlantic Refining Company, once a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company, was announced to-day. Employes at the Franklin, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia plants affected, the base being an advance of 1 % cents an hour for laborers. BUSINESS OUTI/OOK BRIGHTER Duluth, Minn., Aug. 16. Good times in the business world was the topic informally discussed to-day by delegates from all over the United States here to attend the annual con vention of the Association of Mercan tile Agencies. Most of them declared the business outlook is brighter than it has been for three years. — ENOLA MOTHER'S YOUNGEST SON DROWNED; ANOTHER HAS BEEN MISSING TWO WEEKS I : J CLARENCE HORTON ACTIVITY INCREASES ! 01 SERBIAN BORDER Exchanges of Artillery Fire at Bel grade Followed by Serbs' At tack on Defenses TWO PARLIAMENTS MEET German Submarines Continue to Make Attacks on Merchant Vessels The parliaments of Serbia and Greece meet t'o-day and important de- j velopments in the Balkan situation j i are expected. Capitals of the entente allies hope for a speedy agreement among the Balkan powers by which their concerted aid may be given the allied cause, but prediction of quicK action to this end are lacking. Ob servers of the trend of diplomatic in terchanges recognize many difficul ties, in view of the reluctance of Ser bia and Greece to grant the territor ial claims of Bulgaria. Military activity is increasing along the Austro-Serbian frontier. Ex changes of artillery fire at Belgrade have been followed by Serbian bom bardment of defense* before the vil lage of Dobra on the Danube. Heavy concentration of Teutonic forces on the edge of the Balkan region is re ported. A German submarine has sunk the [Continued on Page 10.] Americans Want Reply Within Next Ten Days Special to The Telegraph Washington, Aug 16. —The test of the Pan-American appeal, signed by Pan-American diplomats, follows: "We, the undersigned, believe that if the men directing the armed move ment in Mexico—whether political or military chiefs should agree to meet, either in person or by delegates, with no other inspiration save the thought of their afflicted land, there to exchange ideas and determine the fate of the country—from such action would undoubtdly result a strong unyielding agreement requisite to the creation of a provisional government which could adopt the first steps nec essary to a constitutional reconstruc tion of the country—and to issue the ! first and most essential of them all, an immediate call to genet'fe.l elections. "The undersigned expect a reply to this communication within a reason ! able time and consider such time would be ten days after the communi cation is delivered, subject to preroga jtion for cause." This is the proposition of appeal which is preceded by declarations that the signees are wholly disinterested and are only inspired by moßt sincere spirit American fraternity in offeHng their help to establish peace. Ten days will be given to Mexico to reply. After that—armed intervention, most likely. $6,000 LOSS IN FIRE Royal Bedding Company's Plant De stroyed by Flames Fire believed to have been caused by a short circuit did $6,000 damage late Saturday afternoon to the build ing and contents of the Royal Bedding Company plant, 22 North Cameron street. The blaze started In the picking room on the third floor, where two electricians were repairing electric motors and wires. These men believe that two wires crossed, the spark fall ing Into some cotton and other in flammable materials. Quick work by the district firemen prevented the flames from spreading to a number of nearby plants. • M. Eaturln. proprietor of the Royal company, said that he would rebuild the plant at once. TWELVE BUILDINGS IN RUINS Reno, New, Aug. 16.—Twelve build ings, constituting about half of the business section of Upper., Rochester, in ruins to-day as the result of a flrt which burned for several hours yesterday. The loss is estimated at $200,000. Upper Rochester is a gold and silver camp in Humboldt county about 200 miles eqist of here. FOUR PRIESTS INJURED Corpus Chrlstl, Aug. 16.—The Rev. Isadore Mark, a Catholic missionary, formerly of Hoboken, N. J., now lo cated in Corpus CJirlstl, was fatally in jured and tnree Catholic clergymen were seriously hurt in an automobile wreck near here yesterday. The driver of the car lost control and it (an Into a ditch JO PAGES NORE HORTON Prostrated with grief over the tragic death of her youngest son and the sudden disappearance of another, Mrs. Isaac Hortpn is in a serious con dition at her home in Enola. While helping a companion from the old reservoir at Enola yesterday, Nore Horton, aged 12, slid down the steep bank into seven feet or water atjd was drowned. Two weens ago his elder brother, Clarence, «ged 16, dropped out of sight and has not been heard from since. The two shocks coming in close sequence nave made the. mother so ill that physicians des pair of her recovery. The youngest son had Just put on his clothes when a companion asked for aid in getting up the bank. The lad stretched forth his hana and nad pulled the other boy to the top when he lost his balance and went piunging into the deep water. His small com panions instead of going a rew yards further up the. reservoir and sum moning older hoys dressea and ran home. In the meantime Merle Myers found the body. First aid efforts proved futile and the dripping body was home just as Mr. and Mrs. Horton returned from Newton Hamil ton where they had spent tne day at tending campmeeting. Funeral serv ices for the boy will be heia Wednes day afternoon. JANCE COMMITTEE AT STEELTON 2f At a meeting in German Quartet Club Hall, 1 residents of the lower end of the borough, £ authorized to offer Burgess Fred Wigfield 1 embers of the club to act-as a vigilance com- A ppress the wave of crime that grips Steelton. I ay the plan before the burgess as soon a I POUND STEADILY DECREASING 9 \ug. 16. The value of the English po. I Sterling went steadily and rapidly downward to-day until it 2 i touched $4.64 in American money, the lowest value ever J placed upon it since New York became a financial centc. C ■ Utter demoralization of the foreign exchange markets result- i y ed. Francs followed to the equivalent of 16-2-3 cents.' Nor- , j 1 mally pounds is quoted at $4.87 and francs at ap -1 proximately 20 cents. ' , U. S. CONSUL SILLIMAN ILL 4 ' Washington, Aug. 16. Consul Silliman has been I|i I stricken by the hot weather but his illness is not serious. < ' J. P. MORGAN VISITS HIS OFFICE J I New York, Aug. 16. —J. P. Morgan appeared at the ; office of J. P. Morgan & Company in Wall street today for i I ' the first time since he was shot in h>s summer home at Glen , Cove, Long Island, on July 3, by Eric Muenter, alias j > < i Frank Holt. ' , FIVE KILLED BY EXPLOSION ' Emporium, Pa., Aug. 16.—Five men were killed and the n £ gelatine house of the Aetna Explosive Company's plant at , Grove Run, near here, was blown to pieces to-day by an ex- • plosion. „ ' j MEXICANS GATHER NEAR BROWNSVILLE | ► ! ® Brownsville, Tex., Aug. 16. Captain Sanders said he had received reports that Mexicans are crossing into Texas | > * one or two at a time and that they are attempting to gather ' again in Hidalgo county, west of Brownsville. I BREAKS WORLD'S RECORD Cleveland, 0., Aug. 16.—Peter Volo broke the world's record for four-year-old trotters and tied the world's stallion ' ' trotting records here to-day. Time, 2.02. • , MARRIAGE Walter Crltzer. Milton, Pa., Hazel Fern Orwlgr, Mtfflinburgr. Pa- . » / x * POSTSCRIPT, CARRANZA WILL IT OBSTRUCT DELIVERY OF AMERICAN APPEAL' Safe Conduct of Messengers to Za pata and Others Promised by Gonzales RELEASE BISHOP IN VERA CRUZ Destitute Americans in Mexico City Want to Be Sent to . u.s. Washington, r>. C., Aug. 16.—Assur ances that General Carranza will not obstruct delivery of the Pan-American appeal to Mexico reached the State Department to-day in a message from C. B. Parker, of the American embassy staft in Mexico City, saying General Pablo Gonzales, Carranza's commander there, had "promised safe conduct to the messengers who are to carry the „ appeal to General Zapata and others." Parker also reported destitution [ among Americans in the capital and said 120 being aided by American em , bassy attaches had asked to be sent to the United States. A message from Consul Silliman, at Vera Cruz, reported that the bishop of Vera Cruz, who hkd been imprisoned by Carranza authorities for some time, i had been released. , I Advices from Monterey said Villa ? I forces under Rosalie Hernandez and * j [Continued on Page 7.] Sylvia Pankhurst Says She Will Not Register i By Associated Press 1 London, Aug. 16.—Sylvia Pankhurst, 3 famed as a militant suffragist, will not I comply with the national registry i regulations, she asserts. S "I am not going to register: that's - all I know about It," declared Miss s Pankhurst at a meeting followed by a - demonstration of East London suf i fragettes. "For my part, I think it s | merely a ruse to get more power out s of the workers. I am not a man, so y! they can't take me to war, but they i. won't send me to a munition factory. - ' They know there will be trouble. -I "They pay 2 shillings 8 pence (66 - cents) a dozen for soldiers' khakt i- shirts and men must fight for better 1 conditions for women."
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