U. S. Notified That "Full Satisfaction" Will Be Given For Sinking of Arabic
HARRISBURG ?l§§8& TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 199
BEIDLEMi GETS
REAPPOINTMENT TO
HOSPITAL BOARD
Governor Demolishes
Stories About His Opposition
to Organization
DEMOCRATS IN A BAD WAY
Gets Into a Big Family Fight and
Throw Dust to Hide Their
Own Dire Distress
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh to
day torpedoed the allegations put
forth from Democratic machine
sources that he was at odds with the
Republican organization in Dauphin
county. He reappointed Senator Ed
ward E. Beidleman, of this city, as a
trustee- of the Wernersville State Hos
pital for the Insane, in which the sen
ator has been very actively interested.
The announcement of the appoint
ment caused consternation in the
Democratic political yarn mill, as it
has been the aim of the Democratic
bosses to circulate the story that the
Governor was at odds with the Re
publican organization, the reason for
this Democratic activity being to hide
the continual ruction in the Dauphin
county Democratic camp. The Demo
crats just now are endeavoring to con
ceal the fact that there is a faction
trying to eliminate Robert Stucker,
a Democrat, from the district attorney
campaign by giving the nomination to
a man of another party in the hope
of creating a new fusion bund.
Stucker's friends are angry at the at
tempt to go outside of the party to get
a candidate and are threatening all
kinds of warfare. It was even inti
mated to-day that some of the Demo
crats in the city and county would
buck on Lebo as the fusion candidate
[Continued on Pace B.]
Belgians in "Fake" Race
Escaped Into Holland
/jf Amsterdam, Holland, Aug. 2 7. —How
™l2 Belgians escaped into Holland
through a cleverly faked bicycle race
is told in dispatches from the frontier.
A number of Liege sportsmen called
on the German commandant of that
district a fortnight ago and asked per
mission to organize a bicycle race for
the benefit of the local war victims.
The race was to be from Liege to
Mouiand, on the Dutch frontier.
The commandant fell in with the
plan, only stipulating that each con
testant must wear an arm badge with
the German colors and affix a small
German flag to his bicycle. After
some demur the promoters of the race
consented to the conditions. The com
mandant supplied the badges and flags
himself and agreed to send a military
band to the starting place.
The race took place some days
later with 112 contestants. The entire
countryside turned out to watch the
event and the German sentries all
along the road saluted the racers as
they pedaled by. But the cyclists did
not stop when the reached Mouiand.
They continued straight on across the
Dutch frontier and failed to return.
MINISTER'S SO\S KILI-ED
By Associated Press
Scranton, Pa., Aug. 27.—Ralph and
Harry Lutz, sons of the Rev. John G.
Lutz, pastor of the First German
Methodist Episcopal Church of this
city, were killed to-day by being
struck by a Lackawanna passenger
train.
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.
Harrisburg aad vicinity: Cloudy
to-night, Saturday fair. Contin
ued cool.
Eastern Pennsylvania i 'Cloudy to
night. Saturday partly cloudy,
probably showers In southeast
portion. Gentle to moderate
northeast wind*.
River
The Susquehanna river and Its prln
-1 clpal branches will continue to
r fall slowly. A stage of about
4.(1 feet Is Indicated for Harris
burg Saturday morning.
General Conditions
Pressure Is high over the northern
half of the country east of the
Mississippi river with center of
highest barometer over the north
ern portion of the lake region.
The disturbance that was central
over Oklahoma Thursday morning
has moved eastward and now
covers the southeastern States
with its center over Georgia.
Temperatures are below normal
over the northern half of the
country east of the Mississippi
river and frosts occurred this
morning In Minnesota. Wiscon
sin and northern Michigan.
Temperature: S a. m., S8( 2 p. m..
Sum Rises, 5.27 a. M.i sets, 6.47
p. m.
Mooni Rises, S.IO p. m.
River Stage i 5.1 feet above low
water mark.
_ _ Yesterday's Weather
Highest Temperatare, 77.
I.owest temperatare, 60.
Mean temperature, (10.
Norma! temperature, 70.
POST OFFICE TO BE
RE-ORGANIZED UNDER
TWO DIVISION PLAN
Future Work Here Will Be Con
ducted by Finance and
Mails Department
THREE CLERKS ARE PROMOTED
Samuel W. Fleming Is Made Chief
of Division of Finance; J. E.
Lenig Foreman of Mails
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C., Aug. 27.—Post
master General Burleson to-day an
nounced plans for the reorganization
of the Harrisburg Post Office upon the |
two-division plan, effective Septem
ber X. Divisions or finance and mails
arc created and all the work of the
office is brought within the two di
visions. »
Samuel W. Fleming, assistant post
master. is made chief of the division
of finance without change in salary.
In the mailing division three clerks
receive advances in salary, as follows:
E. H. Anderson and Harry E. Speas,
from sixth grade clerks at $1,200 a
year to assistant superintendents of
mails at $1,300; J. E. Lenig, clerk of
the sixth grade at $1,200,. promoted
to be foreman of mails at $1,300 an- j
nually.
One of the features of the new plan
is that clerks can be called by the
chief of either division to some other
work without regard to their regular
assignments. The new plan has
worked with much success in other
I larger cities in which it has been
| installed.
20,000 Odd Fellows
From Seven Counties to
Attend Hershey Reunion
j More than 20,000 people are -ex
pected at Hershey Park tomorrow for
the annual reunion of the Seven
County Association of the Indepen
dent Order of Odd Fellows.
Speakers of the day will be: Grand
Master of Pennsylvania, J. P. Hale
Jenkins, of Norristown; Grand Sec
retary, Usher A. Hall, of Philadel
phia; Grand Warden, Robert A.
Montgomery, of Philadelphia, tem
porarily residing in Harrisburg, and
Grant A. McClatliery.
In the afternoon the Hershey and
Highspire teams of the Central Penn
sylvania League will play a baseball
■ game on the Hershey field.
Minnesota Bishop Is
Shot by an Ex-Priest
By .Associated Press
Winona, Minn., Aug. 27.—Right
Rev. Patrick K. Heffron, bishop of
the Winona Roman Catholic diocese,
was shot and seriously wounded to
day by the Rev. Father A. L. Lesches,
a priest, for whom the bishop had
refused to procure an appointment.
The bishop was shot once through the
right lung and once in the hip. Phy
sicians said he would recover unless
complications set in. Father Lesches
i was arrested.
Manager of Company
Chartering Eastland
Held For Manslaughter
Chicago, Aug. 2 7.—Walter K.
Greenebaum, manager of the Indiana
Transportation Company, was in
dicted by the county grand jury to
day charged with manslaughter in
connection with the. Eastland disas
ter. His company leased the steamer
for the excursion which was blocked
by the capsizing of the Eastland in the
Chicago river with the loss of near
ly a thousand lives. The indictment
charges that the boat was unsea
worthy and overloaded.
Masons to Make Plans
For Consistory Celebration
Officers of the Masonic lodges of the
city will meet to-night in the Har-
I risburg consistory to set a date for
j the celebration in November of the
I fiftieth anniversary of the founding
of the Consistory.
It is probable that the observance
| will extend over a period of three or
; four days. Further arrangements
j will be made within a few weeks.
Confused Man Injured When
He Steps in Front of "Jit"
Confused when * saw a jitney
bearing down on him at Third and
Muench streets this morning, Milton
Sanderson, Newport, see-sawed back
and forth in front of the machine, ac
cording to witnesses and then jumped
in its path as it swerved around him.
Sanderson was taken to the hospital
where it was found he was suffering
from shock and probable fractured
ribs and internal injuries. The ma
chine was driven by Spencer Palmer
and is owned by .Jack Kelley, 210
Chestnut street.
WHAT? NO BUCKWHEAT CAKES?
By .issoctated Press
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 27.
Reports received here to-day from
Cadillac, Petoskey and Traverse City,
indicate that the bean, corn, potato
and buckwheat crops Northern
Michigan are practically ruined as
the result of heavy frost last night.
Garden truck also suffered extensive
ly, it was said.
WATCH FOR ALLIGATOR
It is reported that an alligator es
caped from his cage at Bernesco, near
Bloomsburg, and is somewhere be
tween that town and this city. The
alligator is six feet long and weighs
about 75 pounds.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1915.
WHAT THE WILD WEST SHOW BLEW INTO TOWN
BRITISH THREATENED |
WITH COM. SHORTAGE
25,000 Miners Go on Strike in
South Wales District Be
cause of Award
TURKS REPULSED ATTACKS
New Venizelos Minister Seeks
Agreement For Greater
Trade Privileges
Another strike of coal miners In
South Wales again threatens to cause :
a coal shortage in the British Isles.
Already 25.000 miners have gone out.
The miners are dissatisfied with the
arbitration award following the recent
strike.
Latest news from the Dardanelles
comes through the war olTiec at Con
stantinople, which reports the repulse
of weak attacks against tlie Turkish j
left wing at Scddul-V Uir.
The sinking of the Britisher Palm 1
Giove, presumably by a German sub- i
marine, is reported by London. The '
crew was saved.
The lirst reported act of the Vcni- !
zelos ministry in reaching an agree
ment for greater trade privileges bo
tween Greece and the powers of the
quadruple entente, with prohibition,
[Continued on Page 13.]
Make Unsuccessful
Attempt to Blow Safe
With $l,lOO in Cash
Yeggs made an unsuccessful at
tempt to blow the safe of the Harris
burg News Agency, 108 Chestnut i
street some time Wednesday night. I
whether they were frightened away!
or found the safe, which contained I
$llOO, too hard to crack is not known.!
When clerks attempted to open the!
safe yesterday morning they found I
that the knob had been struck with i
a hammer or other heavy instrument j
and bent. The mechanism was also j
awry and it took more than an hour
to open it. Entrance to the room was
probably made through a window,
which was found unlatched.
Horse Killed When Auto
Drags Wagon 100 Feet*
Harvey Sites and Robert Sponsler.!
of Xew Kingston, narrowly escaped i
serious injury early this morning on
the State road between Middlesex and ;
New Kingston when their carriage i
was struck by an automobile and j
dragged 100 feet. The horse wasi
killed shortly afterward because of'
its injuries. The driver of the auto
sustained lacerations of the face and
it is believed that a young woman who
was with him fractured her arm.
Sites and Sponsler escaped uninjured.
The driver of the car refused to give
his name.
Sites claims that the automobile
had Harrisburg jitney license No. 4
on it. This license was issued to Les
ter Holtzman several months ago.
Since that time the car has been sold
and the name of the present owner
could not be learned.
Man Is Shot in Legs
by Railroad Officer;
While resisting arrest, E. N. Haines
was shot in the right leg by Officer
Booser. of the Philadelphia and Read
ing railway police this morning at
Seventeenth street along the railway
tracks. Officer Booser said that the
man had thrown a large rock at hi in.
Haines was taken to the Harrisburg
hospital where an X-ray was taken to
locate the bullet.
HAVE SUPPLIES FOR WINTER
By Associated Press
Berlin, Aug. 27.—8y Wireless to
SayvlUe.—The Overseas News Agency
says: "The army and navy depart
ments announce that a sufficient sup
ply of woolen garments, shawls, un
derwear, socks, gloves, fur coats and
ear protectors for all requirements of
the winter campaign has been pro
vided.
WOULDN'T LEI THE
BUFFALO PINE: 50
HE BODE ON WAGON
I
That's the Significance That Was
Attached to His Appearance To
day Following $15,000 Suit
The buffalo in the 101 Ranch Wild
West show parade to-day rode in a
wagon: on show day last year he
traveled, carefree and untrammeled,
over the streets of Harrisburg a-hoof.
Whether the buffalo was threaten-!
Ed with the loss of his job or even, his
parading principles, because of a cer
tain legal action begun late yester
day afternoon in the Dauphin county
courts is neither here nor there; the
press agents will probably deny that
there was the least significance in the
fact that the shaggiest member of the
company rode instead of walked in
the parade to-day. However—
An action in trespass was begun
yesterday by.W. Bruce Fry and wife,
Clara, of 406'.j Reily street, against
Miller Brothers and Arlington, pro
prietors of the woolly western exhibi
tion that Is showing here to-day in
which $15,000 damages was demand
ed for injuries Mrs. Fry alleges she
received when the parade was held
here on July 6, 1914. And the buffalo
is blamed.
'Twas a "Ferae Naturae"
Senator E. E. Beidleman and
' Arthur Hull, representing the Frys
[filed the suit, SIO,OOO for Mrs. Fry
I and $5,000 for her husband. The
statement, in hrief, cites the fact that
Mr. and Mrs. Fry were watching the
parade in Reily between Fulton and
Fourth streets, when the procession's
only "ferae naturae, to wit, a buffalo,"
through the carelessness of the show
employes got away and started to run
amuck across the pavement. The
buffalo with lowered head bumped
[Continued on Pago IS.]
INDIANS AFTER SCALP OF
MONTREAL; ONLY 600 FANS
'-f
Montreal was leading in the sixth i
inning by the score ot 5 to 3. The
Indians are pounding the pill but
can't bunch their hits.
Only 6uo people turned out this
afternoon for the first game on the
Island between the Montreal Royals
and the Harrisburg Indians when the
four-game series opened. The weather
man with his bucket ready to spill
kept the fans away.
The teams lined up as follows:
Montreal Nash, s.s.; Irelan, b.;
Montreal Nash, s.s.; Irelan, 2b.;
3b.; T. Smith, r. f.; F. Smith, 1.f.;
Howley, c.; Fullerton, p.
Harrisburg Mensor, c.f.; Mowe,
s.s.: Tooley, 2b.; Kraft, lb.; Zimmer
man. 3b.; Witter, r.f.; Tamm, 1.f.;
Heckinger, c.; Lee, p.
Hart and Handiboe, umpires.
First inning. Montreal—Nash out.
Mowe to Kraft. Irelan tripled to cen
ter, scoring on Whlteman's single.
Flyn hit into a double play, Whiteman
going out at second and Flyn at flsrt. 1
One run. two hits, no errors. i
Harrisburg—Mensor died out to F. 1
Smith. Mowe fanned. Tooley out, l
Irelan to Flyn. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
Second inning, Montreal Devlin
THE GAMES TODAY BY INNINGS AT ISLAND PARK
FIRST GAME
1 23 45 6789 10 RHE
Montreal . □QEIQBDIjIEIEM BOOH
Harrisburg EMHiIIBIBBiBMi EIEOO
SECOND GAME
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Harrisburg HHHIHHIHHH IHI
PMOOND MEET
DURING CELEBRATION
Annual Track and Field Events
Scheduled For Sycamore Recrea
tion Place September 23
SCORES WILL COMPETE j
High Schools May Be Asked to
Hold Dual Sports; Rushing Work
on Lower End "Eighth-Mile"
September 23, the opening day of
Harrisburg's big public improvement
celebration, will be a "red letter" day
in more ways than one for hundreds
of the city's youngsters—the annual
interplayground track and field meet
has been scheduled for that date.
The Sycamore street playgrounds
j will likely be the place.
For weeks the park department has
been making extraordinary efforts to
' finish the grading and the laying out
of track and various courts for chil
[ drens' field events and Park Commis
sioner M. Harvey Taylor said today
that he fully expects to have the new
recreation grounds in shape by the
date decided upon.
Heretofore the athletic contests of
the city's smallest athletes have been
held on the island track but the op
erations of the Cumberland Valley
railroad bridge contractors has cut a
j portion of the tracks out of service.
I In mapping out the general scheme
for the municipal observance Septem
ber 23-24-25 the committee gave
much thought to several plans for in
cluding the children of the play
grounds in the celebration and it had
even been suggested that Romper Day
be postponed until then. The fact
that the playground organization in
sofar as the various leagues are con-
[Continued on Page 7.]
I out. Mowe to Kraft. T. Smith forced
our at second by F. Smith. Howley
walked and was forced out at second
by Fullerton. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
Harrisburg—Kraft flied out to Nash.
Zimmerman walked, going to third on
Witter s single. Tamm hit to Nash,
who threw Zimmerman out at the
plate. Heckinger tossed out Fullerton
to Flyn. No runs, one hit. no errors.
Third inning. Montreal Nash
doubled to right. Irelan hit to short,
Nash going out at third. Irelan stole
second, took third on Whlteman's sac
rifice fly to Tamm and scored on
Flyn's single to center. Devlin fanned.
One run, two hits, no errors.
Harrisburg Lee singled to left.
Mensor flied out to Devlin. Mowe
walked. Tooley forced Mowe out at
second. Kraft walked, tilling the
bases. Zimmerman Hied out to Irelan
No runs, one hit, no errors.
Montreal fourth,—P. Smith, flied
out, S. Smith, singled to first, Howley
singled to center, Fullerton fanned,
Nash out at first. No run, two hits
no errors.
Harrisburg: Whitter walked.
[Continued on Page 15.]
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'FULL SUTGHCrar
WILL BE GIVEN 11. S.
Sirs VM BEHNSTDRFF
Ambassador Explains Germany
Will Make More Than Mere
Disavowal of Act
BERLIN REPORTED FALTERING
i
Crisis Between Two Countries Has
Passed Into Realm of
Diplomacy
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 27.—Count Von
| Bernstorff, the German Ambassador,
I acting on instructions from Berlin,
! notified Secretary Lansing today that
i full satisfaction" would be given to
the United States for the sinking of
the White Star liner Arabic. The I
Ambassador explained that Germany!
w'ould make more than a mere dis-!
avowal, if it is found the Arabic was!
sunk without warning.
Count Von Bernstorff called at the j
State Department early and conferred
with Secretary Lansing nearly half l
an hour, it had been suggested that!
perhaps Germany was ready also to'
make reparation for the Americans I
lost on the Lusitania, but that sub
ject did not come up at today's con- j
ference. The disposition of the Ger
man Eml assy is to take up one step
at a time.
The Ambassador did not make pub
lic the extent of the instructions from
Berlin on which he acted, but it was
understood they coincided entirely
with the statement of the German
chancellor in Associated Press dis
patches from Berlin yesterday, ex
pressing the willingness of the Ger
j man government to make fullest rep
aration if it is shown finally that the
.Arabic was torpedoed without warn
' ing. So far the German Admiralty]
| has received no report from its sub-1
j marines which wen* operating in the I
J Arabic's vicinity. Further communi-j
(cations now are expected from Berlin
i to the German Ambassador and to the
I State Department from Ambassador
Gerard, which will advance the ne
gotiations to a point where attacks
on passenger carrying ships will be
definitely discontinued at least while
the subject is under further discus
sion. The crisis between the two
countries now is regarded as having
passed into the realm of diplomacy.
—rffr,- m ►«M m*OM3
rlarrisburg lost first game to Montreal by a score of 5 to 3..* '
TR AT : : . . T T ilRO'. G DGK- FOUR KILLED
Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 27.—Four persons were killed aAd ' '
vvt'. .■ l, vbt: i r n northb :ml Atchison.
' !
Prescolt t.-U through a bri 1 Date Creek, The bridge
urst. The engine passed | j
>ver safely, then a span collapsed, plunging a smoking car ;
into he - ,
TWENTY MEXICANS AT LARGE
B; • : . -ire. A;: - ■ Twrly Mis .nr. who -
:rossed into Texas last night near Progreso, Texas, were still
at brg" • ■ Cavalry .. n'.ers were searching for
them in the brush but according'to reports here, had failed 1
to locate their hiding place.,
i;
Chicago, Aug. 27.—Miss Elaine Rosenthal, of Chicago, ;
! I
:ng Mrs. ». ' F;n ;: • . " t '• u;: and 3to
play. • '
VARE FILES MAY! t ►
Philadelphia, Aug. 27;- r - \ essir.an William S Vare
, i
petit! :>n ; candidate ior , .lb';;. r.oTv.ir.T.ioji for
mayor. The petition has 1500 signers. .
RUSS TO EVACUATE LAST STRONGHOLD ' '
Lor Aui::. 27,5.34 V " -The Russians apparently.
have decided to evacuate Grpdno, the one important strong-' '
hoi 4 on the r i rircipal line or 'tinse which they still retau.
A message from Petrograd to Reuters' Telegram Company 1 >
quoter th; Russky Tnvalid * * -ting thst Grodno will be
given up when the retreat of the defenders has been covered, m
WILSON WITHDRAWS
Harrisburg. William C. Wilson, Philadelphia, to-day |
withdrew .is nominating; p< to be a candidate for
Su*.ior Cu: t. . (
EBY FILES S PAPERS
Harrisburg. County C .. sioner John H. Eby,
Lykens, this afternoon filed Democratic and Washington*
petitions for renomination.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Walter Jacknon and l,l»lc Maae, Stnltoa. C
TbomaH Clark Black and Marjorle Kaonle Fackler, City. f
MONTEREY EDITOR
URGES MEXICANS TO
SEIZE SIX STITES
Copies of Newspaper Confiscated
by U. S. Officials at
Laredo, Tex.
FAKE CHARGES BROUGHT OUT
Article Says Rangers and Bandits
in America Commit All Man
ner of Offenses
By Associated Press
Laredo, Tex., Aug. 27. United
States Custom officials confiscated
copies of a Monterey paper which
reached here publishing an in
flammatory article urging Mexicans to
rise against the United States, seize
I Texas, New Mexioo, Arizona, Cali
-1 fornia, parts of Oklahoma and Mlss
! issippi and name the whole "the Re-
I public of Texas."
The article charged that rangers
I and bandits in America were commit-
I ting all manner of offenses against
] Mexicans.
1 MEXICAN' MORTALLY WOUNDED
By Associated Press
) Corpus Christi, Texas, Aug. 27.
Mexican bandits and American peace
officers yesterday fought in a public
road leading into Falfurrias, Brooks
county and one of four armed Mex
icans was probably mortally wounded.
None of the Americans was hurt. The
wounded Mexican carried a high
power rifle and 105 pounds of am
munition. His companions escaped.
INTERNAL RECEIPTS INCREASE
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Aug. 27. Tlio
greatest total of internal revenue re
iceipts in the history of the Govern
| ment were recorded in the annual re
| port of the commissioner of internal
j revenue to-day. The aggregate re
j ceipts during the fiscal year ended
I June 30. including the corporation and
.individual income taxes reached $415,-
revious year.
000,000 against $380,000,000 for the
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 27, 12:27 p. m. —The
British steamer Palm Grove has been
sunk. H&r crew was saved.