Tropical Storm's Total in Texas Is M>llai\ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 191 TROPICAL STORM ALONG GULF COAST OF TEXAS CAUSES HEA VY LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY Galveston,Houston and Beau mont, Damaged to Extent of Millions of Dollars, Re main Cut Off From Outside World; Assistance Offered Stricken Cities 50 REPORTED KILLED WHEN BUILDING FALLS State Officials Announce They Are Prepared to Rush Aid to Various Points and Will Soon Have Situa tion Well in Hand By Associated Tress Galveston. Aug. 18- ( h y less from t". S. Transport Buford) In tills city. The water system, lighting system, gns ana street systems are out of commission. There is no drinking water tn tjie city. Three hundred feet of the causeway has been destroyed, all officers, classified employes, en listed men and their families are safe. (This refers to the garrison at Fort Crockett). By Associated Press Dallas. Tel.. Aug. IS. Nearly a hundred Uvea were lost and millions of dollars worth of properry ce«royed in the Wctt Indian hurricane that swept the Texas coast yesterday and the day before, according to informa tion received to-day from the stricken districts which have been cut off from wire communication with the outside world. Tp to noon, no definite news | concerning loss of life had «een re ceived from Galveston which city Is believed to have seen her worst dis aster. Newspapermen who got within sight of Galveston said the evidence* of destruction that met their eyes indi cated the damage there would exceed « that of the 1900 storm. Houston, Galveston and Beaumont remained practically cut off from the outride world, but wire companies ex pected to be able to communicate with all three places before night. Although rain was still falling in some districts, the wind had lessened in velocity. Copies of yesterday's Houston news papers received to-day told of the deaths of twelve soldiers and tliirty or forty civilians at Texas City and said six persons were drowned at Ija Porte, twenty miles southeast of Houston. Eight men were reported dead near Morgans Point. Military rule, according to the Hous [Continued on Page 4.] Vacation season Is at Its height. Rest and recreation will not be complete unless you have all the news from home daily. Your favorite newspaper, The Harrlsburg Telegraph, will fill the gap. The cost Is the same as when yon are home, six cents a week. The Circulation Depart ment or drop a postal. THE WEATHER] For Harrlsburg and vlcinltri Fair to-night and probably Thursdays continued cool. For Eastern Pennsylvania i Fair, continued cool to-night and Thursday; gentle to moderate north to northeast winds. Hlver The Susquehanna river and Ita prin cipal tributaries will continue to fall slowly. A stage of about 4.1 ~ feet la Indicated for Harrlsburg Thursday moralng. General Conditions The tropica] hurricane has passed *»to the Interior of Texas with probably greatly diminished en ergy. On account of missing re ports from Texaa and Jiew Mexico It Is not possible to locate defi nitely Its center of activity. Showers have fallen In XeH Eng land and In the South Atlantic and Gulf Statea and moderate to heavy rains In the Lower Ohio ' Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleya and In the AVeatern Canadian provinces. Temperature: 8 a. m., 80. Sum Rises, SilDO Oa. M.i aeta, OiSfl p. m. Mooni Full moon, Anmrnt 26, 4:40 p. m. River Stagei 4.3 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, T7. Lowest temperature. <lO. Mean temperature, 78. Normal temperature, 72. i FORMER HARRISBURG HOSPITAL RESI — Since his arrival in Ponca City. Oklahoma, Dr. Leroy Zimmerman, former resident physician at the Harrlsburg Hospital and at one time a reporter for the Telegraph, has b£en a mighty busy "medicine man." His first patient was "Baby Eagle," son of an Indian brave, Frank Eagle, and the doctor is seen above with his little charge on his arm. On the right are seen a group of prominent Indians who have warmly greeted the new medicine man. Heading from left to right they are Frank Eagle, father of "Baby Eagle;" the Doctor, John Robin. William Otter and Bob Buffalo, an Indian chief. ■SB® CIPITIL HIS IIIADED HEUSHEY Buy Big Slice of Land Right Under Nose of the Chocolate King, Who Long Wanted It STONE'S THROW FROM MILL Intentions of Promoters a Mys tery; Rumor of Big County Fair Grounds Right in the heart of the Hershey district, within a square of the Her shey post office and store company, a corner of farm property prevents the growth of the town of Hershey on the west as effectively as if the traditional Chinese wall had been erected there as a barrier. This is the Peters farm, a tract of 74 acres which has never been Included among the 8,000 acres acquired by M. S. Hershey. Surround ed by Hei'shey farms on three sides and the famous town of Hershey and its beautiful park on one side, this farm has nevertheless remained a. part of the Peters estate, for reasons not clearly known. Local capital with prominent men of Harrisburg back of the enterprise have now completed ar rangements whereby It wUI come into possession of this farm, as soon as legal formalities can be complied with at the October term of court. Illg Fair Grounds? Various rumors are afloat as to the intentions of the promoters who have [Continued on Page 7.] Love May Laugh at the Locksmiths, but Not at a Good Interpreter When Giovinni Tongana, aged 25 years, and Gearhini Annette, 20 years, applied for a marriage license to-day, they brought along Salvator Palmeri as interpreter. The marriage license clerk was busy nearly an hour preparing the license and recording answers to the numer ous questions. Neither the prospec tive bride or bridegroom could speak English, and they had considerable difficulty in writing their names. Plan to Use Eastland For Excursions Again Special to The Telegraph Chicago, Aug. 18. The steamship Eastland formally was released from the custody of the United States Gov ernment and turned over to Its owners to-day. What disposition will be made of the ship, which capsized three weeks ago, drowning nearly 1000 persons, has not been determined. Plans are being considered by the owners, it was said, to have the boat overhauled, and if inspection shows that it can be fitted up safely to carry passengers, it probably would be taken to some other port and used in the ex cursion trade. OBSERVE EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY By Associated Press Berlin, Aug. 18, via London.—Aus trians living in thia city win celebrate to-morrow the elghty-flfth birthday of Emperor Francis Joseph and the Ger mans will honor the rites or tnelr ally by a display of flags. HARRISBURG. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1915 WOMAN'S VOICE /IS SUDDENLY AS IT LEFT HER Comes Back After Year and a Half to Mrs. Chester Trout, of River side, When She Went to Call Her Daughter Mrs. Chester Trout, 3024 North Third street, was most pleasantly sur prised this morning when, after be ing unable to speak above a whisper for a year and a half, she found that she was able to speak just as plain ly and loudly as anyone. It was when Mrs. Trout went to call her daughter that her voice sud denly returned. It came back to her just as suddenly as it had left her. Mrs. Trout stated this morning that there was no apparent reason for this sudden return of her voice. Al EL CHOSEN HEAD OF STATE SEALERS Elected Over Scranton Nominee by 9; Philadelphia Delegation Doesn't Vote Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 18. H. D. Reel, of Harrisburg, was to-day elected president of the Pennsylvania Associa tion of Sealers of Weights and Meas ures which concluded Its fourth an nual convention In this city this aft ernoon. He was chosen to the posi tion by a margin of nine votes over W. L. Jansen of Scranton. Mr. Reel's vote was 28 to that of 19 polled by his opponent. Forty delegates to the convention from Philadelphia did not vote in the elec tion In response to an appeal from their leader, John Virdin, chief of the Philadelphia Bureau of Weights and Measures, who argued as that neither of the nominees were known to the Phlladelphians and that it wns unfair that because of their superior numbers they should swing the elec tion. Other officers elected were: first [Continued on Page 7.] FORTRESS OF KMO TAKEN M GERMANS War Materials, Including More Than 400 Cannon, Also Reported Captured By Associated Press Berlin. Aug. 18 (by wireless to Say ville). —The following announcement was made here officially to-day: "The fortress of Kovno, together with all the forts and an amount of war material, which has not been de termined, has been In German hands since last night "More than 400 cannon were taken. The fortress was captured by storm In spite of the most tenacious resistance by the Russians." TODAY'S GAME BY INNINGS AT ISLAND PARK 1. 23456789 10 RHE ProvidenceHHQEQlOifliHHH BBH HarrisburgQDQQlQQHHa Bn though she has been taking various medicines and resorting to all kinds of treatment she has never received any encouragement. On Saturday her doctor advised smoking cubeb clgarets. She smoked several, but it cannot be said absolute ly that the return of her voice was due to the cubebs. Mrs. Trout stated that there was not the slightest rea son for the losing of her voice. She said that she was not afflicted with a cold at the • time she lost it and the cause could not be discovered. FULL-LIKE BREEZES SEND MERCURY DOM Low Temperature Records For Au gust Almost Broken; 47 De grees at Dauphin Temperatures in this city and vi cinity almost broke low records es tablished for August for the last 2 7 years. The thermometer at the local weather bureau registered 5 4 degrees as the low mark, within nve of break ing the record set several years ago on August 27, when the mercury dropped to 49. At Dauphin and other nearby towns residents said this morning that late last night their thermometers were down to 4 7 and 48, and in some parts of this city to the low fifties. The cool wave which hit the city yesterday will probably remain until to-morrow and will be followed by showers the latter part of the week according to a forecast sent out from Washington. E. R. Demaln, local forecaster, said this morning that the storm which caused heavy damage in Texas, will af fect the weather conditions locally at the end of the week. 6ERMII AIRSHIPS ON OUTSKIRTS OF LONDON Ten Persons Killed and Thirty-Six Injured, According to Announcement London, Aug. 18, 3:303 p. m. The outskirts of London were raided last night by Zeppelins. Ten persons were killed and thirty-six injured. The damage to property was nut import ant. One Zeppelin is believed to have been hit. The air raid was over tne eastern counties of England. A Central News dispatch from Am sterdam says four Zeppelins were sighted passing over the Islands of Vlieland and Wlerlnger, oft the Nether lands coast. PUBLIC niGinrr AT LIBELOUS ATTACK OIHITY COICILMEN Newspaper Charges False; Attempt to Halt Lighting of River WaU Fails WHOLE THING TISSUE OF LIES Commissioners on Tour of Light ing System When Outrageous Tale Is Concocted Intense indignation was expressed throughout municipal circles and" the city in general this morning over the outrageous attempt of a local news- paper to discredit the City Commis- sioners and bring to an inexcusahle bait completion of the ornamental lighting system along the river In time for the big municipal Improvement celebration in September. Some time auto the Harrisburg Light and Power Company proposed to Council, after repeated requests, that. 11 complete the lighting of the river wull, the river path and a part of Sec ond street, according to plans already made, and wait for payment until the citv had the money. The work was to be done at cost, and. as the city thereby would get the benefit of the iniprcv ement a year or two before it would be otherwise possible, council men and the people in general united in commending the company for its public enterprise and in endorsing the movement. All that remained to do was to get [Continued on Page 4.] WS MAYBE U».E 10 HOLD HEW HIS Teutonic Advance on Petrograd Is Being Discussed Today as a Possibility ITALIANS CROSS PASSES Strong Russian Fortress of Kovno Falls After Being Ham mered by Germans Kovno, the strong Russian fortress on the Niemen at which the armies of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg have been pounding heavily since the fall of Warsaw, has been captured by the Germans. Berlin announced the taking of Kovno, together with 400 cannon and quantities of war material, "in spite of the most tenacious resistance by the Russians." German troops took posession of the fortress last night. Military observers are questioning whether the Russians, with Kovno in German hands, will be able to hold the Brest-Litovsk line of defense, in the general direction of wl«ch the Grand Duke Nicholas' armies have been falling back since Warsaw was taken. A Teutonic advance on Petro grad also is being discussed in Russia and England as a possibility. From the Dardanelles General Sir lan Hamilton reports an advance of 500 yards by the British left flank at Suvla on the Gallipoli peninsula. Italian mountain troops, Rome an nounces, in squads Joined by ropes, crossed high mountain passes and climbed and ocupled Turokett Spits and Hinter Madatasch Spits each about 10,500 feet high. Italian advances are claimed in up per Rlenz in the Monte Nero section and in the Tolmino eone. In the last named section, according to the offi cial statement, infantry attacks re sulted in the capture of a line of strong entrenchments on the Santa Maria and Santa Lucia heights. News agency advices from Athens through London state that former Pre mier Venizelos has notified King Con stantine of his readiness to form a new Grecian Cabinet. Rebels in Haiti Want to Fight Americans By Associated Press Cape Haitien, Haiti, Aug. 18. —An other detachment of American marines, has been landed from the warships off this port. The rebels have refused to disarm and in some sections have expressed a desire to fight the Americans. The people of Cape Haitien axe greatly excited though no outbreak of any kind has taken place up to the present. Foreigners at Port-a-Paix, a Haitien town 35 miles northwest of Cape Haitien, report that they are being menaced by Haitien rebets and they have requested that American forces be sent to protect them. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ELECT NEW OFFICERS FOR YEAR By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 18. —The grand encampment of the Knights of Pythias elected these officers: Grand chancellor, George A. Ment zell. South Bethlehem; grand vice chancellor, Henry W. Fox, Johnstown; grand keeper of records and seals, mast-r of exchequer, Julius Mounte ney, Philadelphia; grand prelate, Lewis J. Jacoby, Philadelphia. For the office of grand Inner guard, none of the twelve candidates received a majority and they will be balloted 'upon again. 10 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT REVOLVER SHOT IS ANSWER TO PITCHER HURLED AT ROBBER Bullet Took Effect in House Just Below Where Steelton Youth Stood CRIME WAVE UNCHECKED ' _ Borough Police Unable to Cope With Situation; Want Vigil ance Committee One of the most daring attempts at robbery reported since a wave of crime struck Steelton several months a go. occurred last evening when a thief attempted to enter the home of William Nichol, a carpenter, 263 Main street, in the mill town. Mrs. Nichol heard the man at tempting to open a second story win dow and called her son, Harry. When the young man went to investigate he saw the form of a man pressed close against the window. Seizing a heavy water pitcher he heaved It at the in truder. who dropped to tne ground and fled. As the heavy pitcher crash ed through the pane and whizzed by [Continued on Page 7.] COLDEST AUG. 18 IX HTSTORY By Associated Press Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 18. An other of the varied weather reports which have been fractured with strik ing regularity this month was shatter ed when the temperature «egan to drop last night and continued its descent until the mercury in tne offi cial thermometer registered 58 degrees at 5 o'clock this morning, making this the coldest August 18 in the history of the local weather bureau.' ROMPKR DAY AUGUST 31 Romper day has been postponed 1 from Friday, August 27, to Tuesday, August 31, because of the circus which wil! exhibit here and to give the play ground children a longer period to prepare their "stunts." ** »• mtt ||V iwrf|A» <» 1 ; VILNA ATTACKED BY.AEROPLANES ', Petrograd, Aug. 18, via L0nd0n,.3.46 P. M.—German ■ • aeroplanes arc persistently bombarding the city of Vilna, i about fifty miles east of Kpvno. The possibility of .the cap- I • ture of Vilna by the Germans is foreseen in Petrograd, and I operations preliminary to its evacuation are in progreta. J i HARRIS SAYS HE WILL INVESTIGATE | Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18.—Governor Harris, speaking of II the Frank case, to-day said: "This affair is shocking and I am going to have it investigated to the very limit of my < I power." The governor had not decided when he reached his office whether a reward would be offered for appre < hension of members of the lynching party. * NO INVESTIGATION AT MARIETTA ', -ta, Ga~ lynch \. opinion being tLai should be the scene of auy ] L-cui.-y cllicr than that conducted by the coroner's jury, j » it: Tuesday. < , ' TOWN'S POPULATION HOME.LESS Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 18. Three men and one womar. < were killed, almost the entire population of Port Arthur made homeless and property damage estimated at more than $200,000 constitutes the toll of the tropical storm Monday < ' night. TAMM GOES TO TORONTO < » Harrisburg. Tamm, Harrisburg's utility outfielder, , was said t*-day t* Toronta team, of the International < I League. He leaves here to-night. Lowe, who came from the Bostoa Nationals, will remain here. I EVERY BUILDING IN HOUSTON DAMAGED 'Houston, Texas, Aug. 17.—(8y mail, to Dallas, Aug. ; ( 18.) —Though only one person, a negro, lout his life, Hous -1 ton has sustained a loss estimated at from two to five mil / ! lion dollars in the worst tropical storm known on the Texas 4 • coast. Not a single building escaped damage. I ' . ■■ I, , ■ . ' ;, MARRIAGE LICENSES i Glnramiln Tangana, and Grarhlnl Annette, flteelton, Pa. EX-GOVERNOR SLATON IS WARNED 10 KEEP MAY FROM GEORGIA Mayor of Atlanta Says Frank Suf fered "Just Penalty For an Unspeakable Crime" MAKES SPEECH IN CALIFORNIA Little or No Applause Greets Re marks Made at Assessors' Banquet By Associated Press San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 18.— J. G. Woodward, mayor of Atlanta, Ga., In an address here last night declared that Leo M. Frank, who was lynched Monday night, suffered the "Just pen alty for an unspeakable crime." The Atlanta, mavor at the same time warn ed Ex-Governor John M. Blaton, now ih v-Hlifornia, not to return to Georgia. Mayor Woodward's address was made at a banquet of the California State Assessors' Association. Little or no applause greeted his remarks, although he was listened to with close attention. Harris Is Expected to Begin Investigation By Associated Press Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 18.—With the arrival to-day of Governor Harris, from Fitzgerald, Ga., where he de livered an address yesterday, it was expected definite stepß would be taken for the investigation of the lynching of Leo M. Frank. The statement made by R. E. Davidson, chairman of the State Prison Commission, last night, that he did not believe any one could ! be blamed for conditions wnicn made ! it comparatively easy for the mob to I take Frank from the prison neemed to ! indicate that the prison feature might | not be investigated immediately. The commission has absolute autnorlty in such matters. The mob had planned Its work so carefully and acted so qulcKly that little excitement was causea at Mill edßeville. Marietta rapidly assumed its normal poise after Franft's bony had been cut down frorrf a tree near the town and brought to Attanra. Here immediate interest in the case ended when the body, accompanied by Mrs. Frank and a few friends was started [Continued on Pag© 4.]
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