Washington Continues to Discuss Likelihood of S
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH .
LXXXIV— No. 195
STORM OF CYCLONIC FUR Y RAZES FOUR TH OF HANOVER;
HEAVY DAMAGES AT ANNVILLE; LOSS HALF MILLION
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ONE-MINUTE TORNADO
SWEEPS BIG PART OF
TOWN FROM THE MAP
Factories, Stores and Homes Blown to Bits; Panic in
Theater as Roof Crashes Down; Church of the
Brethren in Lebanon Valley College Town Wrecked;
Mount Holly Dam at Carlisle Breaks; Wires Down
l Throughout Hurricane-Swept Section; Heavy Crop
Losses in Schuylkill County; Nearly Four and Half
Inches of Rain Fell in This City; Subway Flooded
and Traffic Is Tied Up; Cellars Flooded; No Lives
Lost
Sweeping with cyclonic fury through five counties in the south
central part of the State, expending its greatest force in Lebanon and
\ ork counties, a gale—which though of local origin was within the
large disturbance that wrought havoc in Galveston and St. Louis—
yesterday morning wrecked property valued at half a million dollars.
Because of the barrier of mountains, Harrisburg and the country
immediately surrounding it escaped the full fury of the storm but
suffered much inconvenience from the downpour of water which
filled cellars and streets to a depth of several feet and delayed traffic.
Hundreds of homes and business places were destroyed in Han
over where tbe loss will exceed $250,000. Annville's loss will total
nearly SIOO,OOO. Crop losses in the Schuylkill Valley will total
thousands more.
SIOO,OOO Property Loss
In Lebanon Valley;
Annville Hardest Hit
Annville. Pa., Aug. 23.—Without
any warning a fierce storm hit this
place Saturdav night and in less than
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Vacation season is at Its height.
Rest and recreation will not be
complete unless you have all the
news from home dally.
Tour favorite newspaper, The
Harrleburg 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.
THEWEATHIf
For Hatrlsliarg and vtclnltyi Fair
to-night and Tuesday) not much
change in temperature.
For Eaatern Pennsylvania i Fair to
night and Tucsdayi gentle to
moderate weat to southwest
winds.
River
The West Branch and the upper
portion of the North Branch will
fall to-night and Tuesday. The
lower portion of the North
Branch and the main river will
rise alowly thla afternoon and
to-night and begin to fall Tues
day. A stage of about 7.1 feet la
Indicated for Harrlsburg Tuea
day morning.
General Conditions
Tie Texas storm that was central
near Indianapolis, Saturday
morning, haa - passed off north
eastward with i diminishing
strength. It caused precipitation
In the last forty-eight houra
generally over the territory east
of the Lake Region and the
I'pper Ohio Valley.
Temperature) 8 a. m., 70| 2 p. m., 82.
Sum Rises, 5i23 a. m.| nets, flifi2
p. m.
Mooni Full moon, August 24, 4i40
a. m.
River Stage i 6.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature. Til.
I,on eat temperature, ««.
Meaa temperature, 71.
Normal temperature, 71-
Hanover's Loss Quarter
Million; Many Plants
and Homes Demolished
Special to The Telegraph
Hanover, Pa.. Aug. 23.—Hanover set
about systematically to repair the
damage from the terrific windstorm
which Saturday night wrecked £he
most important business and manu
facturing structures and scores of
dwellings in the borough without the
loss of a single hufnan life. Com
plete reports show not a case of seri
ous injury, although hundreds were
cut. scratched and bruised. Residents
of the city place the property loss at
more than a half-million dollars. As
sociated Press dispatches sav that the
damage will not exceed $250,000. •
The destruction was loosed when a
raip and gale coming from the north
clashed with another storm from the
j south directly over the heart of the
business seotlon. In time to be reck
[ oned by seconds big industrial and
commercial establishments were de
molished. homes converted into scrap
I heaps and every public service com-
Ijjany in the section put temporarily
out of business.
Striking Losses
Among the more striking losses was
the destruction of the Hanover Glove
Company plant, George D. Gltt, pro
prietor; the Centershaft Penholder I
Company plant, H. E. Hoke, pro
prietor; the Keystone Novelty Works
and Box Factory. William Brand
staedter, proprietor; the leveling of
the new home of David McG. New
comer. in Wall street; damage to de
partment stores in Baltimore street
and in the public square; the wrecking
of parts of the Fltz water wheel works,
the John F. Rohrbaugh & Co. plan
ing mill, the Penn Milling Company
plant, the Hanover Cordage Works
and scores of residences in Abbotts
town and Penn streets.
As remarkable as the storm itself
was, the fact that not a person was
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Helfferich Favors
an Honorable Peace
Amsterdam, via London, Aug. 23.
At the secret conference of cabinet
ministers, political leaders and influen
tial writers, caled by the German Im
perial chancellor before the reas
sembling of the Relchßtag last Thurs
day to discuss the political situation
the Telegraaf says Karl Helfferich,
secretary of the treasury, explained
that the new German war loan would
completely exhaust the empire's finan
cial resources and that the increase in
exchequer bonds would cause bank
ruptcy. Therefore. Dr. Helfferich
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HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1915.
_ ' , , , . „ A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HAPPENKD IN HANOVER
t J" e central part of Hanover, York county, suffered the most from the big storm of Saturday night. Factories and
"s"®® w ® r ® wrecked and roofs were blown off of dozens of dwellings. Some of the wrecked places shown in the
o re the Hanover Theater, the Keystone Variety Works, the C<...tor Shaft Penholder Company, the Han
thf Heating Company s plant, the Shoe \ eterinarian Hospital and a new dwelling house of D. M. C. G. Newcomer, in
ine course or construction.
PUR ACCUSED OF
GIVING MTU
TO GEfll AGENTS
New York World Wakes Grave
Charges Which Democratic
Leader Denies
In to-day's Installment of the
by the New York World as to
the activity of the German agents in
the United States a person designated
as "M. P." in correspondence printed
to-day in the World and the Philadel
phia Press, is charged with having
had access to President Wilson and
Secretary of State Lansing and to have
secured from them secrets, after
| wards communicated to officials of the
German Government. Former Con
gressman A. Mitchell Palmer is al
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Prominent Republicans
Announce Themselves
For the School Board
i
Robert A. Enders, president of the
Sixth Street Bank and prominently
identified with public improvements
in the West End, to-day announced
his candidacy for the school board on
I the Republican ticket. Mr. Enders is
one of the best-known businessmen
of West Harrlsburg and has always
had a leading part In matters looking
toward the development of the city.
He was president of the West End
Improvement Association and one of
its most energetic members.
At the same time it was announced
that A. Carson Stamm and Dr. C. E. L.
Keene would also be candidates for
the school board on the Republican
ticket. Mr. Stamm is a member of
the law firm of Olmsted and Stamm,
and was formerly a member of the
Board of Public Works. He has long
been identified with every movement
that has been for the up-building of
th<i city. Dr. Keene is a resident of
the Thirteenth Ward and is very much
interested in the development of Har
risburg in general and especially the
new section in which he lives. He is
a prominent physician enjoying a
large practice.
Edwin S. Templeton
on Education Board
Edwin S. Templeton, of Greenville,
Mercer county, was to-day appointed
a member of the State Board of Edu
cation to succeed John S. Rilling, of
Erie, who resigned to become a mem
ber of the State Public Service Com
mission. Mr. Templeton is an attor
ney and has been prominent In edu
cational affairs In the western part of
the State, serving as a member of the
board of trustees of Edinboro State
Normal Stfhool. He will assume his
duties at the next meeting of the
board.
It Is likely that the board will meet
next month as soon as Secretary Becht
returns from San Francisco.
The Governor will likely not namfc a
successor to Dr. Jacobs, of Philadel
phia, for the present ,
DH LOSE 01
GIBOIT 111 BOTTLE
Petrograd Claims "One of the
Most Powerful Dreadnaughts of
German Fleet" Was Sunk
Germany's naval losses in the re
cent operations in the Gulf of Riga
and in the Baltic were "one of the
most powerful dreadnaughts of the
German fleet," two cruisers and eight
torpedoboats, according to the Russian
admiralty statement to-day. It had
been previously announced in Petro
grad that the big vessel sunk was the
battle cruiser Moltke. sent to the bot
tom in the Baltic by a British sub
marine.
The only Russian loss mentioned in
Petrograd's account of the Gylf of
Riga engagements was that of the
gunboat Sivutch, sunk after an un
equal fight with a German cruiser and
torpedo craft after accounting for
two German torpedoboats.
A German torpedoboat destroyer
was sunk off Ostend Sunday night by
two French torpedoboats, which es
caped undamaged. Paris announced.
The British government issued an
official denial of the report that the
steamer Dunsley, which was torpe
. doed shortly before the sinking of the
i Arabic, was an armed patrol. She
| was an unarmed and peaceful trader
it in declared.
! Plans for joint military action by
! Italy, England, France and Russia
I against Turkey were arranged in July
I and can immediately be put into exe-
I cution. advices from Italy declare.
Dr. Hawes to Move Into
Market Square Manse
Early in September
I The Rev. George Edward Hawes,
|D. D„ pastor-elect of the Market
Square Presbyterian Church, expects
to occupy the pulpit regularly begin
ning September 19, he and the family
moving into the manse the week be
[ fore. The Presbytery of Carlisle meets
at Newville on September 28, when
arrangements will doubtless bo made
for Dr. Hawes' installation. Mr. Cooke
will be in charge until September
12, moving from the manse next Tues
day to an apartment at 2019 Green
street. .
British Admiralty Says
Dunsley Was Not Armed
London, Aug. 23, 1.38 p. m .—Thcj
Admiralty to-day authorized a denial |
of the report that the steamer Duns-1
ley, torpedoed shortly before the Ara
bic was sunk, was an armed' patrol I
The Admiralty states the Dunsley was
a peaceful and unarmed trader.
TODAY'S GAME BY INNINGS AT ISLAND PARK
1 234 5 6789 10 RHE
Buffalo.. uExnim mum
Harrisburg PiniEl[ilßW^M^
■ MANEUVERS AT
RESERVOIR PIT GE
GREAT CELEBRATION
Shooting, Bayonet Charges and
Skirmishing on Grassy
Slopes of Park
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; Program of Municipal
Improvement Fete
1 Sunday, September 10—Commemora
tive nermona in loeal churches.
! Thurmlny, September 23 1 p. m.,
Automobile tour of tile elty cover-
Inu all Improvement* made In
I fifteen year*; 8 p. m. t Merchants'
>"l»Sht Feature*.
; Friday, September 24—1 p, m., TTn
velllnK of John Harris Memorial
! Tablet; 2 p. m.. Red Men'* Papreant,
"The Burnlnic of John Harris;" 3
f>. in., AVnter Sportsi 8 p. m„ ll
u»!n«ied Water Carnival with
Pyrotechnic*.
I Saturday, September 25—1 p. m..
Military I'aratle; :* p. m.. War
Maneuvers, Reservoir Park) 8 p.
TO.* Street Ca tin ret and Vaudeville.
War maneuvers at Reservoir Park
by local military companies will be a
big feature for the closing day of the
Municipal Celebration. Colonel Jos.
B. Hutchison of the Eighth Regiment,
National Guard, Is chairman of the
committee in charge of the arrange
ments for this event.
Assisting Colonel Hutchison will be
Captain Jerry J. Hartman, Company
D, Captain Frank E. Ziegler, Com
pany I, and Captain George C. Jack,
Governor's Troop. These loeal military
companies will form in Market
Square at 1 o'clock, Saturday after
noon, September 25 and march to
Resew'oir Park.
The maneuvers will start at 2
o'clock and will include skirmishes
and extended order formations, which
are followed during warfare. There
will be shooting, bayonet charges,
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Robert A. Zentmyer For
the Water Commission
Governor Brumbaugh to-day an
nounced the appointment of Robert A.
Zentmyer, of Tyrone, to be a member
of the State Water Supply Commis
sion. Mr. Zentmyer will probably as
sume his duties immediately as the
commission has the Coatesville dam
case and a number of other important
matters to dispose of very shortly.
Mr. Zentmyer has been engaged in
a number of engineering projects in
Blair and adjoining counties and is
well known throughout the State. He
is a personal friend of the Governor
who has known him since boyhood.
BIG FOREST FIRES REPORTED
Vancouver, B. C.. Aug. 23.—From
Alter Bay to the International boun
dary line, the coast of British Colum
bia was shrouded to-day with smoke
as a result of forest fires.
12 PAGES
U. S. CONSIDERS PRESENT
INFORMATION ON ARABIC
OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE
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Lansing Cables Gerard at Berlin, Asking if German Gov
ernment Has Received Official Report of Sinking of
Ship; Not Instructed to Ask For One, However;
Washington Continues to Discuss Possibility of
Breaking Off Relations
Washington, D. C., Aug. 23. —Sec
retary Lansing to-day cabled Am
bassador Gerard at Berlin asking If
the German Government had received
an official report on the sinking of
the White Star liner Arabic. The
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X ' AU OFFICIAL AK-Jm
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1 "AS SOON AS. ALL THE « \
f DING THE ARABIC ARE ASCER , I
I >UR cbURSE OF ACTION WILL BE D ,>
T MINED " ' i
: WILSpN TO REMAIN IN WASHINGTON > L
< ' 'resident Wilson has given *
II for the present his plans. 'to return to his summer home at <
< l Cornish, emain in Washington. He ha j t
, ogo to Cornish late this week. The President does J I
< i xpect t« kold the usual cabinet meeting to-morrow. ,
SERBIA QIVES WAY TO ITALY j i
! Milan, Italy, Auj. 23, via Paris 3. <5 P. M. — One of the
r*ain difficultie* i# the way of a solution of the Battus, < (
problem fa"orab!e t the e: c.-tc allies has lieen settled, ac- *"
■ cording to an interview with Premier Pachitch of Servik, ' I
published in Corriere "Dell* Serra. Th'e premier is quoted , ■
J .Italy regardi | 1 \
i Albania. • - J P
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"1 m COMPLAIN OF ROAD « ,
The Lancaster Automobile Club this afternoon file
lplaint with the State Highway Commissioner, alleg
< ® infe that the Lancaster and Marietta Turnpike Company has ' ?
L failed to maintain its road properly.
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STARVATION CAUSES DEATHS
< Mexico City, Aug. 23.—Deaths by starvation continue ' ►
in this city and most conservative estimates place them at "
, i ' a dsy I |
* TROOPIISSj RETURN FIRE
, Douglas, Ariz., Aug'. 23.—Troopers of the Tenth cav- < ►'
* ; airy doing-border patrol duty near Lochicl, Ariz., were fit !
' 1 upon yesterday and returned the fire. . >
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l GERMANS TAKE OSSOWETZ
j I Berlin, Aug. 23, via London 5,24 P. M. troops ' '
j have the fortress of Ossowetz, which was evacu
< I ated by the Russians, Germany army headquarters at* If
nounced to-day.
f MARRIAGE LICENSES
1 Geor«e Walker, city, and Mary A gum Arnutr<iii(, Wntpnrt a I
< Benjamin Goldber*. Wnnhlnjtton, and Sarah Finkelatela, city. , >
* POSTSCRIPT
ambassador, however, -was not in
structecl to ask for one. It was offi
cially stated that the American Gov
ernment is not yet at all Bure of the
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