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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. « ,
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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
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