Arabic Incident Is Considered Eliminated as Source of Discord by German}- HARRISBURG £§»&■ TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 198 WORKINGMODELSTQ SHOW STIES MADE 111 FIFTEEN YEARS Floats Containing Exhibits of Pub lic Improvement Work Will Be Moored Along River Wall FEATURE OF CELEBRATION Numerous Activities of Depart ments Responsible For Ad vancement Will Be Displayed What Harrisburg has done in the way of public improvements during the last fifteen years will be shown by working models, photographs and actual demonstrations on floats anchored along the river front wall during the municipal celebration, Sep tember 23-25, if tentative plans now under consideration by the committee can be carried out. The municipal model exhibit was discussed at the recent meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Com merce and Commissioners M. Harvey Taylor. W. H. Lynch and Harry F. Bowman, under whose departments practically all of the improvements have been accomplished. Each commissioner promised to prepare his own departmental exhibit in order to give the thousands of folks who will crowd the water front some idea of what the city has done and is doing in finishing the job of making itself a greater, more beautiful Har risburg. The details of each, however, are yet to be worked out, but it is hoped to show among other things the fol lowing: Exhibit Will Be Complete _ -,y Commissioner Taylor Wt'hotographs. working models and ny other means yet to be announced, showing the parks and playgrounds, the athletic meets, water carnivals, tho bridges, the driveways, the club houses. the tennis courtß and the hun dred and one other features of the city's big recreation department. Forestry department pictures, types of trees, shrubbery, methods of trim ming, demonstrations of spraying, etc. Fire department photographs and models. Rv Commissioner Lynch: Strip of asphalt in the making, tiny wood models of the intereptor, the river wall, the dam, the Paxton creek improvement, concrete mixing. By Commissioner Bowman: Betorts and tubes showing Har risburg's water before and after filtra tion, testing of meters, lights, model and photographs, including the bureau sections devoted to the health, plumb ing. building and bacteriological ex hibits. F. H. Hoy, Jr.. chairman of the committee on the cabaret program, to-day arranged with Commissioner of Highways William H. Lynch to assist in roning off the streets to be used Saturday night, September 25. Arrangements were also made for cleaning UP the streets after the close of the celebration in order to have them ready for Sunday traffic. Chairman J. Bay Hoffert, of the water carnival committee, was busy to-day selecting his assistants. He will announce the date for the next meeting on Saturday. Vacation season is at its height. Best and recreation will not be complete unless you have all the news from home dally. 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 Harrlsburis nnd vicinity: Fair to-night and probably Friday) moderate temperature. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair nnd somewbat cooler to-nlghti Friday partly cloudyt gentle to moderate northwest to north winds. River ~ The Susquchnnna river and Ita tributaries will continue to fall. A stage of about, 5.1 feet Is Indi cated tor Harrisburg Friday morning;. General Conditions Pressure has Increased over north, central nnd middle eastern dis tricts and In the Missouri Valley and the Rocky mountains anil remained nearly stationary | n southeastern and extreme north eastern districts! It has dlmlnsh ed In the Southwest and a dis turbance of slight energy has ap peared, central over Oklahoma, which has caused scattered show ers over central and southern districts between the Roclcv Mountains and the Mississippi river. Temperature: 8 a. m.. Mi 2 p. m„ 75. Sun: nises, 3:27 a. rail seta, <j|47 p. m. Moon: Rises, 7:28 p. m. River Stage: 5.8 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 77. Lowest temperature, OA, Mean temperature, 72. i fiormml temperature. 70. <a«iy i BRESI-LITOVSK FALLS SAYS OEM DISPATCH Russian Stronghold Captured by Teutonic Forces After Terrific Struggle CENTRAL DEFENSES ENTERED Great Enveloping Movement Has Been in Progress For Some Time Past Brest-Litovsk, the great Russian stronghold, wnich has been the ap parent chief goal of the Austro-Ger mans in their advance after the tak ing of Warsaw has been captured by the Teutonic forces. The Russians gave up the fortress, | the Berlin official statement says, af-1 ter the works on the western and northern front had been stormed and the attacking forces had succeeded in entering the central defenses. A great enveloping movement has been in progress for some time past which threatened to cut off Brest litovsk from the east. Recent semi official intimattons from Petrograd have been that the Russians were pre pared to give up the stronghold. An air raid of unprecedented pro portions, so far as reported, has been made by the French, who sent sixty two aeroplanes over a German arms factory to the north of Saarlouis, in Rhenish Prussia. More than 150 bombs, thirty of them of large caliber, were dropped "with precision," the French statement says. Japan is to establish new factories for the manufacture of shells as part of her plan to give increased assist ance to her allies in the war, advices from Tokio state. Indications are multiplying that a new coalition cabinet of national de fense may be formed in Russia. The subject is being dally discussed by members of the various parts in the Duma. Unrest of northern tribesmen in In dia is causing disquietude, according to advices received in Japan but the belief ia expressed that any outbreak could Be handled by the available forces. The Russian fortress of Brest- Li tovsk, which has just capitulated to the Austro-German forces, had been considered one of the strongest fort resses in Europe and was the south ern base of the second Russian line of defenses to which the armies of Grand Duke Nicholas retreated after the fall of Warsaw. The citadel is situated on the Bug river and at the junction of several railways, 131 miles south of Grodno and 120 miles due east of the Polish capital. The storming of Brest-Litovsk by the Teutonic forces is probably the most important military achievement since the fall of Warsaw three weeks ago to-day. The town, which had a population of about 50,000, was one of the most important depots for, and distributing points of, military sup plies near the western frontiers of Russia proper. The fortress was rated by military critics as a much more im portant strategic point than was War saw. French Aviators Drop Bombs on Arms Factory By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 26, 2.30 p. m.—Sixty two French aviators on August 25 flew over a German arms factory to the north of Saarlouis, throwing down a total of more than 150 shells. Thirty of these were of large caliber. Announcement of the aerial raid is made in tho statement given out by the war office this afternoon. • The statement reads: "During the day of August 24 a French aviator threw down bombs on the railroad station of Offenburg in Baden, 17 miles from Karlsruhe. At this point there is an important rail road junction in the Grand Duchy. "On August 25 an aerial squadron composed of four groups and includ ing a total of 6 2 aviators, flew over tho heights of Delllngen. Here there is a factory where shells and armor plate are made. The location of this plant is to the north of Saarlouis in Rhenish Prussia, 30 miles southeast of Treves. The aviators threw down with previ sion over 150 bom'os, 30 of which were of large caliber." FURTHER SKIRMISHES ON FRONT By Associated Press Nish, Serbia, Aug. 26, via London, 12.25 p. m. —Further skirmishes be tween the Austrians and Serbians have marked the resumption of hostilities on this front. NO GOLI) ON ARABIC By Associated Press Liverpool, Aug. 26, 1.03 p. m.—The assertion in press dispatches from Germany that the steamship Arabic carried gold on her last voyage called forth to-day a reiterated denial from the White Star Company. It is stated that the Arabic had on board no spe cie whatever. Lanning Harvey Put on Charities Board Announcement was made to-day of the appointment of Lanning Harvey, Wilkes-Barre, to be a member of the State Board of Public Charities to fill a vacancy. Edgar R. Kiess, Hughesville, was reappointed a mem ber of the board of trustees of State College. Miss Roberta M. West, Erie, was reappointed a member of the board of examiners for registration of nurses. Mr. Harvey is a prominent resident of Wilkes-Barre and was formerly a member of the State Game commis sion. REA TO HEAD PRESIDENTS By Associated Press Washington. Aug. 26. Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, will head the railroad presi dents* committee which will appear before the Interstate Commerce Com mission September 30, October 1 and 2 to present views upon the funda mental principles of physical valua tions oI railroad# HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1915. "BACK TO PARTY" IS VERY REAL THING Republican Registration Is Far and Away Ahead of the Other Parties Combined FIRST DAY IS LIGHT, TOO Democratic Ward Bosses Peeved Over Failure of Their Partisans to Drum Up Interest According to reports made by regis trars at the polling places through out the city to-day the "back to the party" movement among men who left the Republican party in 1912 to vote the Bull Moose ticket is a regular pa rade. In many districts only one or two Washington party njen registered and men who were banner bearers in the Roosevelt movement enrolled as Republicans." The total registration for the first day was not such as to keep the registrars in danger of heat prostration from overwork on a warm day, but it was significant. The ma jority, and in some cases, by far the great majority, of those who regis tered asked that a big "R" be put after their names. Democratic ward bosses who have been trying to "frame up" the deal with the Washingtonians wefe show ing signs of indignation at the ex tremely slender registration of the Bull Moosers, which through some ob session they had believed would have rank on rank of voters marching to the polls to help support their scheme to break into public office. It was predicted this afternoon that a fresh | crop of yarns would be spun in Market Square to-morrow and for some days hereafter to hide the disorganization of the reorganized Democracy of Har risburg and the shadowy condition of the Washington party. Reports up to 2 p. m. told of Re rcontinued on Page 10] German Reservist Under Arrest For Photographing American Fortifications Washington, Aug. 26.—Facing a charge of violating the federal law for the protection of the National de fenses by making pictures of military reservations, Gustav Kopsch, a Ger man, aged 27, and an instrument maker in the Carnegie institution here, was being hsld to-day in $5,000 bail to await trial in the Federal District Court at Norfolk, Va. Kopsch, who is said to be a reserv ist in the German army, was taken into custody here last night by De partment of Justice agents following an investigation by them extending over several weeks. He had in his possession at the time, the officers said, photographs of the. fortifications and guns at Fortress Monroe and in the reservation at Cape Henry, Va., where the government is planning ex tensive works to defend the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Kopsch, it is said, did not denv tak ing the pictures, but insisted that he had been permitted to do so by a drunken sentry at Fortress Monroe. He did not explain why he made the photographs. Interprets Seamen's Law For President Wilson Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C„ Aug. 26.—Presi dent Wilson received from Attorney General Gregory to-day an interpre-- tation of the Seamen's Law passed at the last session of Congress. While the opinion was not made public, it was understood that the Attorney General upheld a decision by Solici tor Thurman. of the Department of Commerce, that Section 14 of the law, imposing rigid safety regulations upon American ships, would not ap ply to many vessels of foreign register. Some officials said that an effort would be made by the Administration in December to have the law amend ed to prevent discrimination against American ships. Turkey Threatens to Sign Separate Peace By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 26.—A rumor Is cur rent in Athens that Turkey has threat ened to sign a separate peace, with the allies unless Germany declares war on Italy, according to a special dispatch to the morning papers. Alleged Murderer of Minister Is Arrested By Associated Press Gary, Ind., Aug. 2 6.—With the ar rest to-day of George Schneider, a member of the Gary Saxon Verein, in connection with the murder of the Rev. Edmund Kayser, whose body was found near his parsonage in Tolleston, a suburb, Tuesday night, the police announced they virtually had aban doned the theory that the German pastor may have been slain because of his pro-German utterances. Schnei der's face was cut and bruised. He is said to have told a relative he was in a fight Tuesday night. The police declared his story unsatisfac tory. "Schneider answers the description of the man we have been looking for," Chief of Police Heintze said. SHIPPING RECORDS BROKEN IN CONNELLSVILLE REGION By Associated Press Connellsviile, Pa., Aug. 26.—Ship ping records for the year were broken this week in the Connellsviile coke region when 393.000 tons were sent out, leaving the yards practically clear. The region is now operating 72 per cent, of Its ovens, 95 per cent, of their capacity, and coming at a time when the operators are prepar ing to make contracts for 1916 this activity is reported to forecast $2.50 a ton for furnace coke for the coming .year. ' —— Heap Big Papoose and His Heap Big "Pap," Jim Thorpe * i* I l BIG JIM AND LITTLE JIM THORPE If Jim Thorpe, Jr., isn't a "bear" of an athlete in days to come, then his picture belies the truth you surely will agree. Don't you think the little papoose is the image of his "pap?" Mrs. James Thorpe, wife of the world's champion all-around athlete and member of the Harrisburg International ball team, arrived in town late ves terday afternoon with James Jr., to be the guests of "father" for a week. Tills is little Jim's first visit away from home. He is just three months and two days old, explains his mother, who, before her marriage was Miss Margaret iva Miller, a Cherokee Indian maid, who met her husband at the Carlisle Indian school. James Sr., declared that "Jim will get the best education that can be had. There's nothing too good for the boy, I can tell you." LYNCHING NECESSARY i SAYS COLE BLEASEj Declares Action of Mobs at Times Is a Protection to Civili zation By Associated Press Boston, Aug. 26. Former Gover nor Cole Blease of South Carolina in an address delivered here to-day be for the Governors' conference on "The Duty and Responsibility of Chief Ex ecutives in Dealing with Prisoners," declared that the lynching of men in the South for certain crimes is a pro tection to civilization. He condemn ed the "third degree" in dealing with prisoners and expressed the opinion that it was worse in some respects than lynching. "The money we spend for courts and prisons is very ill laid out," said Governor Blease. He continued in part: "We make, by ditrust, the thief, the burglar, and incendiary, and by our court ami Jail we keep him so. An acceptance of the sentiment of love throughout Christendom for a season would bring the felon and the outcast to our side in tears, with the devotion of his faculties to our ser vice. "Within the past few weeks we read in the newspapers of a man who had made an attempt upon the life of another being plied with questions until he was too weak to talk, then being walked up and down the corri dors again, and subjected to God alone knows what else, in the admin istration of the 'third degree.' Later this prisoner was found on the floor of his cell with his skull crushed in, and it was stated that he had climbed to the top of Ills cell door and jump ed to the floor, killing himself. Whether he was murdered or whether he really committed suicide I do not known; but this I do know, that the suicide of any man would hardly be unnatural under such circumstances, and that the treatment accorded ihm, before conviction, would have been a disgrace to our civilization even had [Continued on Page 10] Hope and Washington Motor Chemicals Here; Climbing Tests Today I • The Hope combination motor chem ical arrived to-day. It was put In shrpe at once and with the new Wash ington motor apparatus that arrived ' last week hill climbing and other tests L were made to-day. 1 The Initial tests were made by City I Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor, sti ' porlntendent of parks and public property, and Fire Thief John C. '■ Kindler. "Abe" Palzel!, famous in • the world of motor fire apparatus ; drivers, 'tis said, came on from the factory .and will spend several days ■ here testing out the machines and in > structlng the chauffeurs of the two > companies. Dorry street hill, the stiff i est grade in the city, from Cameron to Mulberry streets, was selected for the climbing trials, i The Washington chemical is a vivid ; red; the Hope apparatus iR pure white. Extra Policemen Will Direct Circus Crowds Special orders for Wild West day to morrow, were Issued to-dav by Colonel : Joseph B. Hutchison. AM patrolmen will be on duty. The night men will : do extra duty to-morrow afternoon, and the daylight men will work extra dur : ing the evening. Colonel Hutchison was also In con . ference with the agent for the lot rianch show to-day, and will endeavor , to prevent anv street congestions dur ; ing the parade to-morrow morning. Two traffic officers will be on dutv at every busy corner between 10 o'clock |&nd noon to-morrow morning. DUEL W. SOI 111 CITY COJCII RICE President of Commercial Bank Among Prospective Candidates Who Filed Petitions Two more formal entries into the city commissionership and the county poor board primary election contests were the features of to-day's filing of prospective candidates" petitions with the county commissioners. Daniel W. Sohn, of 1419 North Front street, president of the Com mercial Bank, who had been fre quently spoken of as a candidate for the city commissionership filed his petition for council. Fernando Loudermilch, of Halifax, a shirt manufacturer, and an active businessman of the upper end, filed his petition as a Republican candi date for director of the poor. Dauphin Democrats filed these petitions: R. R. Barnhart, councti; Leroy R. McKissick, inspector of elec tion; Taylor Winn, council; E S Feaser, school director; H. D. Bender judge of election; W. S. Bickel, coun cil. The following Millersburg candi dates for borough offices filed: Har vey W. Holtzman and J. A. W. Bru baker, Democrat, and Washington, councllmen; Theodore F. Meyers, Washington, judge of election; Enoch Williams, Washington, constable, West ward, Williamstown,; John D. Evans, Democrat, constable; East ward, Williamstown; Charles Woe gen. Washington, school director, \ Williamstown; Harold A. Richard son, Republican, first precinct. Fifth ward, Steelton. Derry township, third precinct Re publicans filed as follows: F F Kegerrls, assessor; Amos Hess, in spector; Harry I. Miller, judge. Among the. petitions filed from the city were the following Democrats: John L. Ammon, inspector, and Chas. Shaffner, judge, fourth precinct Eleventh ward; George C. Berk heimer, judge, and David E. Bright bill, inspector, third precinct. Tenth ward; William D. Dohney, judge , fourth precinct, Eighth ward. Mountaineers Accused of Murder by Bloodhounds Robbinsville, N. C., Aug. 26.—Hardy : Wiggins nad Merrltt Miller, moun taineers, were arrested near hero yes terday charged with the murder of P. L. Phillips, a wealthy farmer, after bloodhounds had picked them from a posse searching for Philips' slayers. They were Jailed here. The hounds picked up a trail at Philips' home near Topton and fol i lowed it 12 miles through the Smoky Mountain country. They overtook and attacked Wiggins and Miller after the two had joined the posse to aid in the search. Philips' wife and two children were slain last May. County officers hunted Edward Williams in connection with the murder, but he was never found The murders, it is said, grew out of a distilling feud. AWAIT HAITI'S ACTION By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 26.—Action by the Haitien parliament on the treaty submitted by the United States pro posing to the establishment for ten years of an American financial protec torate over the island republic was awaited to-day by administration offl- I cials. The American charge at Port: Au Prince had set noon yesterday asl the time for approval of the treaty but the Hattlens protested against lim iting debate in parliament and the itime was extended until to-ni*ht 12 PAGES STREETS OF EL PASO GUARDED BY SOLDIERS Rumors of Planned Uprising Brings Out American Troops at Strategic Points BELATED MEXICANS SEARCHED No Excitement in City Although Undercurrent of Uneasiness Was Apparent By Associated Press EI Paso, Tex., Aug. 26.—El Paso awoke to-day to find its streets bor dering the Rio Grande guarded by United States soldiers as a result of a report circulated last night that an j uprising of Huerta, Carranza and j Orozco factionists had been planned for the early hours of the morning. Mexicans were not permitted to cross the international bridge from 11 o'clock last night until early to-day and no American was allowed to cross to Juarez. Extra guards were or dered out at Fort Bliss where General Huerta Is being held. Companies of i infantry were posted at the interna- | tional bridge, the railroad viaduct and i all strategic points. The rumor of the alleged plot was j brought to the Department of Justice j representatives who notified General j John J. Pershing, commanding the | Eighth Brigade at Fort Bliss. A conference of city and county of ficials, representatives of the De partment of Justice, the federal mar shal and General Pershing followed. After the conference. General Persh- j ing announced he was prepared to meet any uprising that might start. During the night soldiers were hur ried to their camps by the provost marshal and officers rushed to their j posts in automobiles. The police halted and searched Mexicans in the j downtown streets. There was 110 ex citement in the city, although an un ! dercurrent of uneasiness was appar j ent. j Occasional shots were fired by tho I policemen in halting Mexicans found in the lower quarters of the city in order to search them. HERNANDEZ WOUNDED Washington, Aug. 20.—Official ad vices to the State Department to-dav said General Hernandez. Villa's com mander at Icamole, near Monterey, had been wounded and lost part of his staff in a recent battle with Carranza troops, that his forces had withdrawn frojn the town and were awaiting re inforcements from Torreon. of steel f I rounds has been secured by the Pennsylvania Steel Com- ;' L The jj | ! | I , » 't i on; for i.he E;;-::-h overt:,n'em , !* Washington, Aug. 26.—Secrctarj Garrison to-day tele- : graphed Major General Leonard Wood expressing his de- * ■ preciaticn that opponunity gt e.i h iiizen soldiery osevelts sensa- ® tional speech of yesterday and directing nothing similai * [ • J Philadfelphia, Aug. 26. —Fully supplied with stores t' ' s p ' t Philadelphia navy yard to-day probably for Haiti. 1 : j i g IP London, Aug. 26, 6.10 P. M.—A German submarine ha,s I 4 by an aeroplaine. Official Announcement to this effect was jP made here this evening. I J New York, Aug. 26. —The fitst official test of the nickel | batteries designed by Thomas Edison for use in submarines j to eliminate the generation of chlorine gas was made to-day ': I | at the Brooklyn navy yard. At the conclusion of the test 1 " made on submarine K-6, Li tenant J. F. Bailey in charge. L said he was '"much pleased" with the batteries. *, | | While leading in the first heat of the 2.15 pace at Mid- I I I dletown this afternoon, Astrota, a big b stud owned by W, I | | Andrews, of Wilmington, fell within an eighth of a mile ! e, a Shippe , > | burg horse, and Sallie Patrick, a Philadelphia owned driver, ] I I who were closely bunched with the leader rammed into the J 1 P injured horse and broken sulky and also went down. The ' \ I three jockeys escaped with bruises. Sam Besure was the j I ■ first to regain h feet and won the heat. Sallie Patrick ' I took second. ;■{ New York, Aug. 26.—Nine Ame; ionaries, f ' f I of whom are physicians, sent by the Presbyterian Boafd of j 1 I Foreign Missions for service in Persia are sailing to-day on ( | J the steamship United States for Copenhagen. r 11 MARRIAGE LICENSES Spurnrcoßi P. Frank, Steelton, and Elisabeth J. Doup, Roralton. * , William M. A * per, of near MyersvlUe, Cumberland county, and| ' jgiFlora RrlKhthlll, Myrravlllr. , I jJnA' miA'ni'A" i"W» i"Ai mfl * POSTSCRIPT DEMOCRATS AIM TO IE TROUBLE AMONG THEMSELVES Transparent Effort to Create Im pression That Republicans Are Badly Split ALARMED AT STRENGTH Realization That Republicans Are Aligned in Old-Time Force Upsets Democrats There is quiet amusement among Republicans throughout the city and county over the transparent attempt of the bosses of the Democratic ma chine to create the impression that the Repu; n party is rent asunder by factioi., quarrels and individual ambitions, i his old scheem of throw ing dust in the eyes of the voters to conceal Democratic demoralization Is having the opposite effect this year. Everywhere Republicans are reuniting for the formidable fight of 1916 and j they are not going to permit trifling | differences of opinion over candidates i to impair the fighting front for next | year. It is admitted that there are j more candidates in all parties thttti , there are places to be filled and this I necessarily involves some political j maneuvering in the placing of favor ites. but the mass of Republican voters are standing by their guns and declare that the . old fusion schemes and complimentary voting will fail of their purpose this year. As a matter of fact, Republicans in the city and county have come to the conclusion that the only hope of the Democratic machine this year or any [Continued on Page 7.] B-r-r! Get Your Flannels! Cold Weather Is Coming Another cool wave almost equal to the one of last week is predicted to reach here this evening with a drop in temperature to 5 5 degrees. E. R. De niain, local weather forecaster, how ever. does not believe that the record set last week when the mercury went to 54 two nights in succession will ba broken again. Frosts have been reported from sev< eral places in the Middle West temperatures touching 40. The cool i«ave will probably last two days.
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