Arabic Was Not Convoyed at Time ofAffjick, HARRISBURG &M 3& TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 194 Ml 10 LEFT ONE WIFE HAS ANOTHER A! SIX CHILDREN IN BROCTON, MASS. By Merest Chance Detective Finds Alleged Bigamist in a Cell in the Dauphin County Jail HELD FOR NONSUPPORT OF THE SECOND WOMAN Makes Complete Confession; Will Be Tried on Bigamy Charge; Chief of Police Hutchison Helped in Cap ture By mere chance, a detective from Brockton, Mass., while in this city this morning, learned that a man wanted In Brockton, on a charge of deserting his wife and six children, was being held in the Dauphin county jail on a charge of non-support of a second wife, whom he married about a year ago shortly after he deserted his first wife in Massachusetts. Detective O. A. Saunders, of Brock ton, while in the city to-day made the discovery. He arrived last night to secure requisition papers for another man being held in Philadelphia, ana wanted by Brockton authorities. While speaking to Chief of Police Hutchison, he mentioned the name of George Furlong, the man who had de serted his wife in Brockton. The de tective told Colonel Hutchison that ne would like to see Furlong punished for the desertion and that he had heard that Furlong had married an other woman in a little mining town Dauphin county. During the con versation Colonel Hutchison remem bered that Furlong was in jail charged with non-support and this morning he and Detective Saunders paid the pris oner a visit. Furlong Confesses Furlong made a complete confession to the authorities they said. He ac knowledged that he 'had left his first wife more than a year ago. The prisoner said that while in Brockton he and his first wife never had any troubles and that "she was the finest little wife in the country." He said that he would be willing to go back to her and provide for her but when asked why he left her last year he had no excuse to offer, the officers said. According to the police, after Fur long left his first wife, he came to this county, settling in Lykens and marry ing a woman there. He has had one child to the second wife. Recently he was brought before the court by Mrs. Furlong No. 2, who charged him with non-support. The court directed him to pay his wife a certain sum regularly which it is said he did not do. The authorities then arrested him and he went to jail. Furlong is now being held and will be brought be fore court charged with bigamy. National Recognition to Be Accorded Finch By Associated Press Dublin. Aug. 21.—The survivors of the Arabic arrived in Dublin last even ing and were due to reach Holyhead early this morning. Captain Finch re mained at Queenstown. The Queenstown town council met last evening and adopted a resolution extolling the bravery and seamanship of Captain Finch. The Imperial Mer chant Service Guild announced it had recommended to the admiralty that national recognition be given of the captain's heroism. Wirt Appointment First Chief of New Bureau George H. Wirt, of Mont Alto, who has been connected with the State Forestry Department for several years and lately engaged in supervision of State reserves, was to-day named as chief of the new Bureau of Forest Protection. The place carries a salary of $2,500. Mr. Wirt will assume his duties at once, being experienced In the forestry work and In the organization of fire fighting forces, which he will direct. The new bureau was recommended by Governor Brumbaugh and authorized by the recent Legislature. WILL SELL BOSTON 'HERALD Boston, Mass., Aug. 21.—Notice of sale at auction of all property of the Boston Herald, Incorporated, publish ers of the Morning . Herald and the Evening Traveler, was published to- A day. The sale, which will take place w on September 14. has been ordered be cause of a default in payment of semi annual Interest on mortgage bonds. 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 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. ELIMINATE GRADE CROSSINGS ALONG LINCOLN HIGHWAY Governor Brumbaugh Would •Start There He Tells Ser vice Commission 36 TRAPS ON THE ROAD Menace to Traveling Public De clares Chief Executive; Wants Action Soon Governor Brumbaugh to-day de clared that the State ought to make a start in its effort to abolish grade crossings by eliminating those along the portion of the Lincoln highway in Pennsylvania. The Governor has trav. eled many miles by automobile this summer on his tours in this State and has noted the grade crossings. The Governor said. In suggesting that the State start on the Lincoln highway: "I hope that the Public Service [Continued on Page 7.] Motorcyclist Thrown to River Road When His Machine Gets "Wobbles" When his motorcycle was suddenly seized with the "wobbles" while he was traveling at a high rate of speed up the River road at Coxestown yes terday Ray Morris, of this city, lost control and was thrown to the macadam. The young man was rolled over and over, but escaped serious injury. The machine was not badly damaged. Existing Relations Cause Unsettlement By Associated Press New York. Aug. 21. The possibility, noted in high banking circles, that ex isting relations with Germany may necessitate the floating of a large do mestic loan to meet possible emer gencies caused general unsettlement in the stock market to-day. At the outset only the specialties were materially a<fected. but later when It became known that the Arabic had not been under convoy, the entire list began to weaken on heavy offerings of standard shares. Losses of two to three points were registered by Union Paclflr and Read ing. and United States Steel, which fell a point to 72% in the early dealings, soon declined to 71. War stocks, which opened with mod erate losses, soon receded to two to six points, urgent liquidations being shown in the haste with which prices declined. CiTY MAKING GOOD AS CLASS Aft TOWN President Barrow Says It's Too Early to Predict About Chance of Retaining Team President Edward G. Barrow, of the International League, was In Harris burg: to-day. He said Harrisburg is malting good as a class AA town. President Barrow said it was too early to make any predictions about next season. Harrisburg's chances are as good as those of any other city, in the opinion of the league'leader. President Barrow came to confer with President Thomas Fogerty on future plans and to settle any contro versies regarding postponed games. He expected to see part of the game this afternoon and was scheduled to leave later for New York city. President Barrow was asked if he knew anything about a major league club taking over Harrisburg and using this city as a farm next season. He said he had heard the report and simi lar rumors about other deals, but as yet nothing was known officially. Asked for an expression as to Harris burg's patronage, he said: "Harrisburg has made good, and I like the city. The patronage has been very satisfactory. Plans for c£xt sea son are still in the dim future. It is too early to talk about next year at this time. All towns on the circuit are drawing crowds and the International League will finish in good shape." Youth Will Dive Off Walnut Street Bridge George Swartz, aged 18 years. South Harrisburg, who claims he is the champion high diver of the city, will give an exhibition this evening. Start ing at 6.45 o'clock. Swartz will dive at intervals of 10 minutes from the Wal nut street bridge. Swartz gave an ex hibition last Sunday and attracted a Urge crowd of spectators. ONE KILLED IN CRASH By Associated Press Philadelphia, Aug. 21. E. H. Hart, 20 years old, was killed and Clarence Mearns. 19. was probably fatally in jured to-day when a motorcycle they were riding along a boulevard in the northeastern section of this city crashed into the rear of an automo bile. The chauffeur, who was the only occupant of the automobile, was not hurt. BUY M'QCILLAN'S RELEASE By Associated Press Philadelphia, Aug. 21.—The Phila delphia National League baseball club to-day purchased from Pittsburgh the release of George McQuillan, pitcher. McQuillan played with Philadelphia several years ago, but he was released to Cincinnati and subsequently played with Pittsburgh. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1915 GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR HISJNG TOUR Will Spend Week-End in Philadel phia and Start From That City For San Francisco HE PRAISES MR. AINEY Says That Appointment Was Made With Approval of Other Mem bers of Commission Governor Brumbaugh and Secretary Hlatt left this afternoon for Philadel phia and will start from that city early next week with the Keystone State's official parly to the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The Governor will not return to Harrisburg before going west. The Governor declined to make any comments upon the appointment of Thomas B. Smith or the Philadelphia mayoralty, saying his statement of yes terday had covered everything he cared to say. Among the State officials who called upon the Governor before he left was Public Service Commissioner W. D. B. Ainey, who was last night appointed to the chairmanship of the commission. Mr. Ainey called to discuss some of the i work that is pending and will continue j the policy outlined while he was act- I ing chairman. The Governor took oc casion to compliment Mr. Ainey for his work, saying that it had been very painstaking and energetic, and he felt that he was in every way qualified for j the place. He remarked that the ap pointment of Mr. Ainey was with the approval of all the other commis sioners, who had been working with him. The Governor spent some time going over routine matters and considering (Continued on Pajje 9.) Chambersburg Minister, Arabic Passenger, Is Safe; Will Return Home at Once Sfecial to The Telegraph Chambersburg, Pa., Aug. 21.—The Rev. Dr. George A. McAlister, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church here, who was on the Arabic, cabled his safety this morning. He wired that he- lost everything and would come home as quickly as he could. McNeill Is Appointed Pittsburgh Postmaster By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 21.—Presi dent Wilson to-day appointed George 1 W. McNeill postmaster at Pittsburgh. 9 OEM RESULT OF STORM HI ST. LOUIS Two Other Persons Reported Miss ing; Eight Victims Are Negroes St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21.—Nine per sons are known to have perished in the flood that swept the western and southern parts of St. Louis and some of the suburbs yesterday and two per sons are missing. Nine bodies were found to-day, one that of a white woman and eight those of negroes. Th< missing are negroes. Damage Will Amount to Several Million Dollars St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21.—An off shoot of the storm which swept Texas earlier in the week yesterday did dam age estimated at several million dollars to crops and other property, seriously impaired transportation and wire fa cilities and endangered thousands of lives in Illinois. Arkansas and Mis souri. Six persons are missing and thousands are homeless. St. Louis, its suburb and neighboring Illinois towns suffered most from the flood waters which followed the storm. The unprecedented downpour—seven 1 to nine inches in twenty-four hours— [ converted brooklets into raging tor rents which tore away everything in their paths. At East Alton. 111., a 300-foot sec (Continued on Page 9.) Two Runaway Girls Are Located by Local Police Hazel McCreath, aged 15, wanted by her parents in Chambersburg, who heard that she ran away with another girl to this city, was located late yes terday by Motorcycle Policeman Schelhas and Sergeant Eisenberger. The girl was found with Marie Abinger of Chambersburg, who gave her age as seventeen. Miss McCreath's par ents claim that their daughter was lured away from home by Miss Abing er. Miss McCreath was sent home last night, and the Abinger girl released as no one had inquired for her. The girls were by the officers in a room in a Market street lodglnghouse. The police spent most of the afternoon hunting for the runaways. HELD FOR DEFALCATION Clerk Took Several Thousand Dollars; Bonding Company Makes Good Charged with defalcation of several thousand dollars during the last year, Augustine S. Wiest, 23 7 Kelker street, a clerk for the Security Trust Com pany was arrested last night and lodged in the Dauphin County Prison to await a hearing before Alderman Murray. The Security Trust Company will not lose anything as a result of the de falcations as the loss will be made good by a bonding company, which la prosecuting Wiest. I Beautiful, but Broke; or How She Lost $6,000,000 Lt r. | MRS. MAUDE BREVOORT BARCLAY The strange story of the loss of $6,000,000■ by a New York society beauty came out in court the other day when a judge fined her $250 for contempt in failing to explain why she could not pay a debt of $3,027. The alternative for the line Is imprisonment, for despite the general be lief to the contrary, they still imprison for debt in New York City and State. It developed that Mrs. Barclay had filed a petition In bankruptcy, and that practically all her great fortune was gone. Where the well-known society leader's $6,000,000, represented by large holdings, has vanished was explained by her lawyer, Norman K. Kerngood. He said Mrs. Barclay, like many other social leaders, had intrusted her uusl ness affairs to agents and servants. The result was that Mrs. Barclay's agents borrowed money nt usurious rates, paid exorbitant bonuses for loans and made unreasonable and un businesslike concessions to tenants. This mismanagement had brougnt her to a point where she had little more than $30,000 worth of realty left. The marriage of Ms. inircray to her present husband was, like ner nrst wedding, an affair of much social prominence. She is the daughter af the late George W. Fowler of Tarrytown. Until a few years =go she ex hibited at the horse shows. Her first husband, Augustus Browning Prentice, was left a vast fortune by his father, but the task of looking after it weighed so heaviry upon the son's mind that he became afflicted with nervous disorders and he was fl nally committed to Bellevuc, where hedled in 1906. BEGIN OPERATIONS ON ; SHIMMELL BLOG. IS DIVISION ST. BRIDGE! WORRYING DIRECTORS Place Concrete Foundations Next Week; Start Steel Construc tion Soon Excavations are being made for the addition to the overhead bridge at Division street over the Pennsylvania Railroad. Concrete foundations will be placed in position next week. The construction of the steel portion of the bridge will be under way within n week. Work on closing up the gap in the River Wall at the foot of Market street, will go with a rush after Mon day. Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor said to-day that the surveys and other preliminary work were completed, A small force of men was at work to day. Commissioner Taylor also said the work on the parkway between Reser voir Park and Cameron Park was pro gressing nicely and that every effort will be made to have all work com pleted in time for the Municipal Cele bration in September. Torrential Rains Spoil Path Valley's Big Picnic Chambersburg, Pa., Aug. 21.—Path Valley's big picnic, looked forward to eagerly each summer end, met an ignominious finish at the hand of Aquarius to-day. Long before dawn torrential rains began and by 10 a. m. the word was telephoned that the pjc nlc was off. Hundreds had gone to the vniley last night and despite the rain hundreds started this morning. The I worst disappointed body will be the candidates; it always is a gala day for them, and all would have been present with bells on. Bulgaria Concentrates Men on Turks' Frontier Naples, via Paris, Aug. 21.—A dis patch to the Mattino from Saloniki says that Bulgaria has concentrated 160,000 troops on the Turkish frontier. Recent news dispatches from Sofia have agreed that Bulgaria is satisfied with the territorial concessions offered her by the entente powers as the price of her aid in the war. The consent of Serbia and Greece to these terms is awaited before the allies can bring their negotiations with Bulgaria to a successful conclusion. If Bulgaria de clares war upon Turkey, it is under stood that she will receive general financial assistance from the entente powers. TODAY'S GAME BY INNINGS AT ISLAND PARK 1 23456789 10 RHE Jersey City QE3EH3HHBMM ■■■ Harrisbutg E3K3E2HHHHHIH ■■■ Contractor Hasn't Yet Finished Work on New Schoolhouse; Ap point Miss Crowl Principal Notice was served to-day by the city school board on the Edward B. Car ley Company, Inc., that work on the new Shimmell school building must be renewed at once and the building gotten ready for the opening day of school, September 7, or the contract will be turned over to the company's bondsmen. The remainder of the work to be completed includes minor details which were to have been finished re cently. The only hitch now in the plans for the opening of school next month is the failure of the contractor to finish the new building. Routine business occupied most of the time of the board at its meeting last night. A full corps of teachers was appointed for the Shimmell build ing and bills totaling $14,444.59 were ordered paid, including expenditures [Continued on Page 1-I.] NEW MINISTERS APPOINTED By Associated Press Buenos Aires, Aug. 21.—Francisco Oliver, has been appointed minister of finance and Carlos Saavedra Lamas minister of justice. THE WEATHER For Harrlaburg and vlclnltyi Rain to-night nil (I probably Sunday) not much change In temperature. For Kantfrn Pennsylvania! Rain to-night and probably Suudayi moderate to frrah south wind*. River The Suaquehnnna river and ita prin cipal branches will probably re main nearly stationary or rise. A stage of about 3.8 feet la Indicat ed for liarrlsburg Sunday morn ing- Temperature! S a. m„ «W| 2 p. m., 72. Sum Risen, SIZ a. in.; aeta, «i 54 p. m. Moon i Full moon, August 24, 4i40 p. m. River Stagei 3.8 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 78. I-oweit temperature, 87. Mean temperature, 08. Normal -temperature, 72. 14 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT STEDIVIER ARABIC WAS NOT BEING CONVOYED Facts Regarding Sinking of Liner Not Officially Commented Upon BULGARIANS CONCENTRATED Troops of Grand Duke Nicholas | Are Making Successful Stands Against Germans The British Government to-day offi cially declared that the White Star! Line steamer Arabic, sunk by a Ger- j man submarine, was not being con-1 I voyed when she was torpedoed. Facta regarding the sinking of thej Arabic with the loss of two American lives are being gathered by the Wash-1 Ington Government, which has not as yet officially commented upon the dis aster. f Foreign Minister Sonnlno has re ported to the Italian cabinet on the Turkish situation, declaring Turkish provocations of Italy to have become intolerable. Reports from Rome through Paris are that Italy will asu the Porte to declare categorically whether Italian subjects will be per mitted to leave Turkish possessions. Bulgaria has concentrated 150,000 troops on the Turkish frontier accord ing to a dispatch from Saloniki, re ceived In Italy. Petrograd officially announced in a dispatch received late last night that a strong German fleet had penetrated the gulf of Riga and was engaging the Russian naval forces tnere. The Russian War Office declares that troops of the Grand Duke Nicholas are making a successful stand against the Germans northwest of the fortress of Brest-Litovsk. ITALY WANTS STATEMENT By 4sso.:ictcl Press Paris. Aug. 21.—The Italian am bassador at Constantinople says a Rome dispatch to the Matin, has been instructed to hand to the Porte a note asking for a formal categoric state ment as to the departure of Italians from the Turkish possessions. I WILLIAMS WINS CASINO CUP ? ; Newport, R. 1., Aug. 21.— Tennis history repeated itself f [ ad, of Phi 5 San Franci # tie court £ which 1 McLough :c title of natioi 1 champion a year ago. The score was 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. L * DEAD REACHES FIFTY-SIX \ on, Aug. 21, 3.15 P. M. —An amended list of pas- 3 ® t le Arabic gives a total of sixteen, which, | of the crew who were lost, place j I I the number of dead at fifty-six. I DECLARE COTfON CONTRABAND TO-MORROW J \ I Paris, Aug. 21, 2.45 P. M. The Fortign Office an j nounces that the Journale Office to-morrow morning w < i contain an announcement by the French and British gov ' - ents declaring cotton absolute contraband of war. ' i J I Galvcuton, Tex.-, A Total known deaths fro I the hurricane both for Galveston :r,lawl and the mainland < [ < i I southeast 1 < I BANK CLERK HELD FOR COURT ! i I ' i Harrisburg.. Augustine S. Weist, charged with de : falcations of several thousand dollars from the Security j L ; Trust Company during the last year was held under $3,000 I * bail by Alderman Murray at a hearing late this afternoc , » GERMANS CAPTURE BIELSK ' Berlin, Aus;. 21, via. London, 4.13 P. M.—The Germans I have captured the Russian town of Bielsk, twenty-five miles ' ► south of Bialystok, and have driven the Russians over the v Biala river, according to an official announcement give < I out to-day by the German army headquarters staff. FOUR WARSHIPS SUNK t \ v 1 London, Aug. 21, 6.37 P. M.—Three Russian warships I and one German warship, all small vessels, have been sunk j i ' in the battles in the Gulf of Riga. Official announcement ; to this effect was made to-day. Two other German war- I ships were put out of commission during the engagement. ' ' One ran ashore and the other was damaged. MARRIAGE LICENSES Francis Harvey Tripp, Philadelphia, and Koaa Florentine Well, city, g I |C lty. « , n nflj. i EMPEROR WILLIAM WILL BE INVITED TO EXPLAIN SINK! OF STEISHIP .Wit State Department Announces That Ambassador Gerard Has Been Notified to Call Germany's Attention to Disaster PRESIDENT'S WARNING WILL BE DISREGARDED Reported That Captain Finch Was Warned by Submarine and Made an Attempt to Escape; Two Americans Among Dead London, Ante. 21, 12.3S P. M.— The British government to-day authorized the statement that the steamship Arabic was not IK-IIIK convoyed when she was torpedoed by a German submarine. Washington, D. C., Aug. 21.—1t was announced at the State Department to-day that Ambassador Gerard prob ably will be directed to call the Ger man government's attention to the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic and to invite an explanation. This was the first indication from any official source that Germany would have an opportunity to give the rea sons for the attack apparently in dis regard of President Wilson's solemn warning that such an act would be re garded as deliberately unfriendly. The State Department's attitude is tbat if the German government has any facts which, in its opinion, go to mitigate the circumstances of the at tack. such as an attempt to escape or an attempt to resist or attack the sub marine, the Berlin foreign office should have opportunity to present them. To-day's announcement, however, In dicates that before President Wilson takes any action there may be some (Continued on Page 9.)
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