Russian Forces Stubbornly Resisting A HARRISBURG TELEGRAPR LXXXIV— No. 1% LIGHTS ALONG CITY WATER WIN TIME FOR BIG CELEBRATION Council Adopts Taylor and Bow man Measures Providing For Ornamental Standards MAYOR FIXES SALARIES Royal Puts in Ordinance to Give Controller SSOO a Year; to Mo torize Fire Department Harrisburg's entire river front wall and the section of Second street be tween Walnut and Pine streets will be lighted by the new electric stand ards in time for the big municipal Im provement celebration in September. City Council formally made this pos sible this afternoon by unanimously adopting the Taylor and Bowman or dinances providing for the installations in accordance with the plans sug gested by the Harrisburg Light and Power Company. Both measures permit the city to pay for the installations in five-year instalments. Fifty-four standards will be placed on the wall this year' by the Taylor ordinance at a total cost of $0,581.60. These lights will be kept burning during May, June, July, Au gust, September and October. During the winter months they will be re moved in order to safeguard them [Continued on Pagv S.] Mr. Taylor Takes First Steps to Motorize City's Whole Fire Department City Commissioner M. Harvey Tay lor, superintendent of parks and pub lic property, this afternoon took the initial steps toward placing before the people the question of whether or not ilarrisburg's entire fire department Sroulc be motorized. The question was embodied In an or dinance offered In council which if passed, will give the people a chance to vote in November upon the problem of floating a $60,000 loan to buy ad ditional motor driven apparatus. Ir offering his measure, Mr. Taylor said that the few motor driven ma chines the city now owns have proved that the cost of maintenance can be cut down by substituting motor ap paratus for the horse drawn vehicles. Edward Adams Instantly Killed by Passenger Train On Railroad Near Carlisle Sfecial to The Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 24.—Edward Adams. 54 years old, employed on the farm of Horace Cornman, near Bon nybrook station on the Gettysburg and Harrisburg branch of the Reading railroad, about four miles south of Carlisle, was instantly killed by a pas senger train near his home about 8 o'clock this morning. Mr. Adams was slightly deaf and it is thought he did not hear the approach of the train. He was rolled a considerable distance and his head and body were crushed and one leg cut off. He was walking on the track between stations when struck by the train. Two daugh ters live at Harrisburg. ■ 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. THE WEATHER For HarrUburK and vicinity: Proh nhlj- •howrm to-nlKbt and \V«d nmilij'i not much chance in tem perature. For Eantern Pennnylvanla i Partly cloudy to-night and Wednesday, probably nhowera In north and neat pnrtlonHi gentle to moderate soutlineat to neat winds. River The >orth and West branches will probably fall to-night and Wed nesday. The main river will fall slowly or remain nearly station ary. A stage of about 0.4 feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Wed nesday morning. General Conditions A depression from Manitoba has moved down over the Lake Re gion. This disturbance and the remnants of the Texas storm which passed down the St. Law rence Valley, Monday, have caused light to moderate show era along the northern boundary from Minnesota eastward to Northern New England. Temperaturei S a. m., 70s 2 p. m., R4. Sun: Rises, si2ft a. m.j sets. 6ißo p. m. Moon i Moon rises, 7 iOT p. m. Hiver Stage i 8.8 feet above low water mark. Vesterday'a Weather Highest temperature, H4. Loweat temperature, <l7. Mean temperature, 76. Normal temperature, 71. LEO FRANK MET HIS "DEATH BY HANGING" So Coroner's Jury Says in Its Find ing Following Deliberation of 3 Minutes LYNCHERS ARE NOT KNOWN Mayor Says It Is Difficult to Dis cover Names of Man's Murderers By Associated Press Marietta, Oa., Aug. 24. Without being able to elicit from any one of the eleven witnesses a single clue as to the identy of any person con nected with tTie lynching of Leo M. Frank near this city last Tuesday morning, a coroner's jury to-day re turned a verdict that Frank came lo his death by hanging at the hands of parties unknown. City and county officials declare that they have endeavored diligehtly to get at the facts of the lynching but so far their efforts have been of no avail. "Of course, you know these things sire kept pretty close and are hard to find out," said Mayor E. P. Dobbs, of Marietta. Deputy Sheriff Hicks and City Mar shal Looney stated they were work-! ins hard on the case but at this time could throw no light on the identity of the parties who participated in the lynching. The nearest disclosure as to what happened in the Oak Grove near the Frey gin came from J. A. Benson, a Marietta merchant, who drove by the place soon after the lynching party had parked its automobiles by the roadside and had led Prank to the tree where death awaited him. Mr. Benson said he had a "pretty good suspicion" as to what was going on but he did not stop to see it, and he did not recognize anybody in the party. The text of the jury's verdict was at follows: "We, the jurors, upon our oath say that Leo M. Prank did on the 17th day of August, 1915, in said county, come to his death by being hanged by the neck until dead, by unknown parties." Boston Firm Will Not Sell to Atlanta Until Lynchers Are Punished By Associated Press Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24. A Boston Arm. which for the past two years has furnished the city of Atlanta with caulking yarn and tools has refused to have further dealings with the mu nicipal authorities until action is taken in connection with the lynch ing of Leo M. Frank, according to W. E. Chambers, city purchasing agent. Mr. Chambers to-day made public the following letter received from the concern: "Answering your letter of the 17th we do not carc to quote prices on caulking and we do not wish to solicit further any of the business of the city of Atlanta until the State of Georgia has taken official action looking to the apprehension and punishment of those men who murdered Leo M. Frank." The communication was signed by the president of the company. Terrific Fire Opened on German Ships When They Were Near Land By Associated Press London. Aug. 24. 3:30 p. m.—From details of the attempted German land ing In the Gulf of Riga last Saturday as published in the Novoc Vrcmya, it appears that three large transports tilled with troops approached the shore under cover of a German squad ron. The German ships were allowed to come close to land before a terrific artillery fire was opened by the Rus sians. A duel l>etween the cruisers and shore batteries continued for two hours when the last transport was sunk. Only a few crowded boats then re mained and these were soon smashed to pieces by the Russian fire. ' Details Surrounding Loss of Arabic Lacking By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 24. De tailed official information surround ing the destruction of the White Star liner Arabic with the loss of two ! American lives still was lacking to- I day. Officials, however, continued their efforts to get the facts necessary to enable the United States Govern ment to base a course of action upon. Further dispatches were looked for from Ambassador Page at London giving a summary of affidavits ob tained by him from American sur vivors and also word from Ambassador Gerard as to whether he had received a report from the German Govern ment on the sinking of the Arabic. 2,000 Homeless Face Shortage of Supplies By Associated Press St. Louis, Aug. 24.—Two thousand residents of Valley Park, Mo., made homeless when the 25 foot rise of the Mcrimac river flooded the town with 10 to 15 feet of water, to-day faced a food and drinking water shortage ■which threatened to result disastrous ly. Twenty-five truck loads of food wore rushed to the flood refugees from suburbs of St. Louis yesterday hut tills wa* consumed before the night was over. A committee of St. Louis busi nessmen is planning relief. The flood waters receded six feet last night. Valley Park was still without light and to-day the factories gave no hope, of early employment to 10.000 homeless and unemployed men. Two railroad bridges at Kdwards ville. Ills., near here, collapsed last night after withstanding the onrush ing flood of w|ter for two days. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1915. IMMEDIATE MOVE BY THE COMMISSION Chairman Ainey Sends Word to Commissioners That the Gov ernor Wants Action ENGINEERS GET BUSY Campaign Against Grade Crossings Has Been Launched With Con siderable Vigor Members of the Public Service Commission were to-day formally called upon by Chairman W. D. B. Ainey to take up at once the problems connected with the elimination of the grade crossings In the State and inti mation given that the railroads hav ing crossings on the line of the Lin coln Highway would be asked to a conference on their removal. The commissioners are asked to take up without waiting for the formality of a meeting the questions connected with the grade crossing elimination and to make observations and to study the problem trom all angles, especial ly in their own districts. The first steps toward elimination of thfe crossings were taken yesterday when engineers were directed to make surveys of crossings on the Lincoln highway, while the problems attend ing crossings in other sections were taken up by orders for special reports. In addition Chairman Ainey and Thomas B. Smith, the new commis sioner, and Assistant Counsel F. H. Snow and Accident Investigator J. P. Dohoney went to Norrlstown to at tend the inquest into the deaths at the grade crossing accident on Fri day. The letter issued by the chairman is as follows: Harrisburg. Pa., August 24, 1915. To the Public Service Commission of The Comonwealth of Pennsylvania: Gentlemen of the Commission: I desire to lay before you formally and as a part of the general program of grade crossing investigation, pro tection and elimination, to which the Commission has by resolution turned its attention, the suggestion of the Governor with respect to the Lincoln Highway, over which there are thirty six steam railroad crossings at grade. It is the desire of the Governor, expressed to me on Saturday, August 21st, that these crossings be made the subject of investigation by the Commission, in order that the con ditions surrounding each of them may be promptly determined, and that thereafter such steps be taken as may be warranted under the authority of the act constituting the Public Serv ice Commission, and may be proper in the light of the results of such in vestigation. I have directed the Chief of the Bureau of Engineering to make a pre liminary field examination and en gineering report, in order that there may be laid before the Commission when it re-assembles September 7th, full information as may in the interim be secured, and I have also directed the Chief of the Bureau of Accidents to submit such information as he may now have or may secure. It is possible that an informal con ference with the railroads affected can be arranged, with the view of secur ing their co-operation. Very truly yours, W. D. B. AINET, Chairman. Big Demonstration of Voters to Pledge Their Support to Dr. Keene Neighbors and friends to the num ber of 150 or more called last even ing at the home of Dr. C. E. L. Keene, in the Thirteenth ward, to register their approval of his candidacy for the school board. Dr. Keene has been spoken of as a likely candidate for some time, but it was not until yesterday that he announced definitely that he will run. Dr. Keene is very popular and when his friends learned that he would run they got together and went to his home to pledge their support. There never has been such an occurrence in the history of the school board in Harrisburg. In the delegation that waited on Dr. Keene last evening were representatives of the Thirteenth, Eleventh, Ninth, Eighth, Seventh and Second wards. Dr. Keene told them that he enters the race pledged to no course of ac tion other than the best interests of the school district, and that he is tied to no faction or individual. Dr. Keene Is well known for his indepen dent political tendencies. Newsies to Have Big Time at Medal Presentation More than 125 newsboys and car riers of this city have promised to be on hand this evening when Samuel Sherman will be presented with a medal for saving Charles Emanuel, a chum of his, from drowning early this summer. I State and city officials and honorary members of the Newsboys' Association have been invited to be present at the ceremonies and practically all of them are expected. Mayor Royal will preside this even ing at the celebration. Charles Eman uel. the boy rescued, will also be pres ent. Charles has been seriously ill for several weeks, but has recovered. The program will be given in the rooms of the Harrisburg Newsboys' Association. 304 North Second street. President Wagner Hoffman, assisted by the committee of arrangements, having made all necessary prepa rations for the awarding of the medal. The room has been decorated and sev eral surprises are In store for the guests. BAKKENTINE IX DISTRESS By Associated Press Mobile. Ala.. Aug. 2 4. —The Ameri can barkentine Daisy Read, which sailed from Mobile on March 16, has reached Paloma, Argentina, In dis tress, it was reported here to-dav. The vessel was leaking, all stores were exhausted, and Captain Oiffln and all the crew were ill when the vessel was towed into port. Captain Swan, of New York, Is owner of the Daisy Read. She carried a cargo of lumber. / >. ALLISON HILL WOMAN SAYS ACCEPTED DATA ON CITTS FOUNDING IS "ALL WRONG" i J | t ' ♦' '' i • ■-..v i . MRS. ANNA MACDANIELS An original and unique biography of John Harris and history of the found ing of Harrisburg is now being rushed to completion after five years' toil bj Mrs. Anna Mac Daniels, of 1417 Market street, who claims she is a direct descen dant Of the Ulustrous trader. While Mrs. Mac Daniels is adverse to making all her findings public, she asserts that she has facts and figures to prove that the accepted theories of the founding of the city are "all wrong." "Why there are scores of the descendants of Harris living In this city, unaware of their relation to its founder," she said this morning. It is understood, however, that the older residents of the city, who are well versed in the history of the city's founding, discredit Mrs. MacDanlel's views on the subject. HORNET STINGS TO HATCHED OUT BY LONELY PARROT All of Which Goes to Prove That Love's Labor's Lost and That There Are Times When Even Polly Doesn't Want a Cracker Polly DOESN'T want a cracker! But she does want a crack at the horrid hornet that stung to death her one chick—her one child. It's a long story and a sad one, but here goes for the telling of It in a bit more than a stickful: Polly, be it known, is a pet of Mrs. Humes Hall, of 228 Boas street. And what't more Polly is possessed with all the longings of the feminine heart, albeit she has long been a spinster and unattached. Every summer she sets about to satisfy these longings by building a nest in her cage and there INDIANS ARE HOTFOOT ' Oil TRAUF BISONS 1,400 Fans Cheering For Red skins; Enzmann on Mound For First Game Buffalo won the first game by a score of 3 to 0. The Buffalo Bisons and the Har risburg Indians opened the first game of their double-header this afternoon, both teams determined to win, Buffalo trying for a stronger hold on second place and the Indians after revenge for yesterday's defeat. Fully 1,400 fans turned out for the game. The visitors lined up as follows: Gilhooley, c.f.: Jamieson, 1.f.; McCar thy, 2b.; Channell, r.f.; Judge, lb.; Carlstrom, 3b.; Keating, s.s.; Onslow, c.; Fullenwelder, p. Harrisburg batted in the following order: Mensor, c.f.; Mowe, s.s.; TColey, 2b.; Thorpe, 1.f.; Kraft, lb.; Zimmerman, 3b.; Tamm, r.f.; Heck lnger, c., and Enzmann, p. In the first inning both sides went out in order. Buffalo, first Inning—Gilhooley filed out to Tooley; Jdmieson shot a foul fly to left which Thorpe gathered in. McCarthy fanned. No runs, hits nor errors. Harrisburg—Mensor out on fly to Jamieson. Mowe out, McCarthy to Judge. Tooley out, Keating to Judge. No runs, hits nor errors. Buffalo, second inning Channell singled to center. Judge filed out to Tcoley. Carlstrom fanned. Judge out trying to steal second. No runs, one hit. no errors. Harrisburg Thorpe, batting left handed, singled to short, hut was caught off first. Kraft singled to left and stole second. Zimmerman out on foul fly to Carlstrom. Tamm out, Keating to Judge. No runs, two hits, no errors. Buffalo Third Inning: Keating [Continued on Page B.] THE GAMES TODAY BY INNINGS AT ISLAND PARK FIRST GAME 123456 789 10 RHE Buffalo.. rargpiiimrommfiM fitnn Harrisburg 000000000H 000 SKCOND GAME Buffalo.. EKSIEHBHH ■■■ Harrisburg □□□■■■■■■■ ■■■ on setting for many a weary week on the eggs she laid that never did hatch out. and never would hatch out. When Polly began her cavorting about this summer, her mistress placed a chicken egg in the nest and in due time a beautiful black "peepie" came forth to scratch its way re joicingly through life. But alas, life is short and time is fleeting—or the other way 'round if you like —and yesterday the horrid hornet stung the peep to death while it was sitting asunning itself. And that's the reason Polly doesn't want i a cracker. GOVEIOO BOOMS BOYHOOD EOIEIID Declares Strongly in Favor of Re nomination of Superior Court Judge Orlady Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh has come out with an unqualified en dorsement of his friend from boy hood days, Superior Court Judge George B. Orlady, who la a candidate for renominatlon. Before leaving late yesterday afternoon for San Fran cisco to attend the Pennsylvania Day exercises the Governor declared that he hoped the judge would be re nominated and promised a statement of his personal interest. This was given out to-day In the following form: "I am interested in the re-elec tion of George B. Orlady to the superior court of Pennsylvania because of my long acquaintance with him and my high regard for him. "I believe his record in that position amply Justifies every friend of justice in Pennsylvania in giving to him his support at the coming primaries and at the Fall election. "It has always been a source of pleasure to me that Judge Orlady and I began our public service at the same time in the little home county of Huntingdon and I have followed his advance from the district attorneyship of his native county with increasing Interest and can assure the people of Pennsylvania that he entirely justifies my commendation and support." KDUCATIONAIjISTS IN* SESSION By Associated Press Oakland, Cal„ Aug. 24.—Sessions of the various departmental congresses of the National Education Association made up the program to-day for the thousands of teachers who are here attending the fifty-third annual con vention of the organization. 12 PAGES UNSY TO SHOW IIS MOVEMENTS Railroad Company Will Take Part in Great Celebration Next Month WORK ON PAGEANT PLANS Details of Merchants' Night to Be Discussed at Meeting Tues day, August 31 Pennsylvania Railroad improve ments-will be featured in the Munici pal celebration program, announce ment was made to-day at the company i offices. The official plans are not com- I Plete, but will be taken up, it is said, jon the return of Superintendent Wil [ 11am B. McCaleb next week from his vacation. Plans now under consideration in clude a series of exhibits showing im provements made by the Pennsylvania Railroad in and about Harrisburg during the past fifteen years. Photo graphs will be a part of this exhibi tion. In addition to the photographs showing improvements, a model of the new freight station to be built in the near future, will be shown. Another probability is an exhibition of loco motives, old and new. These engines will be run on sidings in South Har risburg. It was said this morning that dur ing the rapid growth of Harrisburg, with the many improvements each year, the Pennsylvania Railroad also made rapid strides. Members of the committee in charge of the John Harris pageant will meet to-morrow night in the hall of War rior Eagle Tribe No. 340. Verbeke and 1 Fulton streets. At this meeting ar-1 rangements will be made for the se-1 lection of the cast of characters for the spectacular production. "The Burn ing of John Harris." Weekly rehears als will be in order commencing next week. A meeting of the merchants who are members of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday night, August 31, to discuss plans for Merchants' Night. This meeting was arranged to-day at a meeting of the executive committee of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce. A. E. Buchanan was authorized to issue a call to the merchants. ywwry*' w ««ry% nwwyi n n«ry» »■ ■ iryyw «»y»iWi«^yvw.<>ywfcj \ RICANS TO CONTROL KA ! if | Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 24.—The American gov- I L i { r re that there be accepted without draft o 1 I convention for ten years, under which there shall be est I P lished an effective control of Haitien customs as well as ' , I ministration of the finance of the country, under a recci ;j L general and American employes. « CONTRARY TO INTENTIONS I L * Washington, Aug 24. Count Von Bernstorff in hi I telegram to the State Department to-day said that if ! j i Americans had been killed "it was contrary to the intention ' of the German government," and that it was not the in; < | tion of the German government to sink any peaceful me , ' " chant ships in a flagrant manfter. j BENTON IS NE\y YORK'S PROPERTY * f i New York, Aug. 24. The National Baseball C I mission to-day decided that Rube Benton formerly of the property of the New 1 i club. ; I GERMANS SINK RUSS SHIP. , ' i ■ Berlin, Aug. 24.—8y Wireless to Sayville.—The Ge~ [ Admiralty to-day announced that a German submarine ha | torpedoed and sunk a Russian auxiliary ship at the entrai ; to the Gulf of Finland. ' MEXICANS ARE LEAVING TEXAS 1 j Laredo, Tex., Aug. 24.—An amnesty proclamation • ( General Carranza the terms of which have not definu • | [ been made known, to-day began to draw many Mexi. 1 families out of this section into Mexico. \ 1 WILJCESvBARRE WOMAN DIES, AGED 103 Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Aur. 24.—Mrs. Elizabeth Hillma ! , I aged 103, the oldest woman in Wyoming Valley, died at h* ] home here tlfi« afternoon after a short illness. I RAILWAYS FOR GOVERNMENT 1 1 ; Cologne, Aug. 24, via London 5.15.p. m.—According ; the Cologne Garette the railways of Rumania have reccr ; 3 . orders to place all rolling stock at the disposition of the nun- J ' ister of war on Sepiember "14. • ! MARRIAGE LICENSES C'harlea A. I.ynch, Steeltom, and Gertrude E. Dunn, Oherlln. J L Robert F. Putt, Dauphla, and Bather R. Shaffer, Mlllembur*. 3 j)iW»i ll<i|g * POSTSCRIPT BERLIN URGES U. S. NOT TO TIE FINE STAND IIME DIITELY Von Bernstorff Instructed to Ask Washington to Wait Until All Facts Are Known ACTION WILL BE DELAYED State Department Is Willing to Wait Reasonable Time For Official Report By Associated PrrsM Washington, 1). C., AUK. 24.—Ger many, through her ambassador, Count von Bernstorff, to-day asked thfl I'nltcd States not to take a final stand on the sinking of the White Star liner Arable until all the facts were known. It was the first word from Germany since the disaster. Count von Bernstorff telegraphed the State Department to-day, saying he made the request at the Instruction of his government and added that the German admiralty had not been able to get a report on the sinking. In view of the ambassador's request, the State Department can do nothing but wait a reasonable time for word from Berlin. Ambassador Gerard has l>een instructed to watch for a report, but has not l>cen told to ask for one. The German ambassador's request to day Indicates that one soon may be volunteered. Meanwhile the State Department la Catherine evidence from all other sources to supplement what it already lia* but considers too fragmentary to lie of full value. When some word Is received from (Vermany the govern ment's action will be decided. The result of this latest development in the situation Is to delay any forward movement a few days longer. GOOD TIMES RETURNING New York, Aug. 24.—The fact thai people are again buying jewelry wai cited by T. !». Combs, of Omaha, Neb. president of the American National Retail Jewelers' Association, in the opening session of the convention her« in evidence that good times are re turning. The convention began yes terday and will remain In session until Saturday.
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