Teutons Renew Their Efforts to Clear Last Corner ofjQjalida of Russian forces HARRISBURG dSfib TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 201 HIGH WATER MAY HOLD UP FISH OF IMPROVEMENTS River Stage Above Records of Years; Is Now at 4.9 Feet EXTRA HEAVY RAINFALL Susquehanna Not Likely to Fall Much During Next Month, Either The unusually heavy rains and the unprecedented condition of the river, which is higher at this time than it has been for years at the correspond ing period, render it doubtful as to whether the Department of Public Works will be able to complete the closing of the gap in the "Front Steps of Harrisburg" at Market street be fore the big celebration. Moreover, until the water recedes somewhat it will be impossible to install the thou sand feet or more of concrete slabs in the breast of the dam. The river stage this morning was 4.9 feet and i' has seldom been below that during the Pntire summer. The department is rushing the work along as fast as possible, and with a cessation of rain it may be possible for it to be finished in time. The records of the local United States Weather Bureau reveal an in teresting comparison between con ditions this year and last. The highest stage of the river in 1914 was 18.2 feet, in March of that year, while the maximum, in 1915, reached in Feb ruary. was only 15.60 feet. Last yeajT' the water gradually receded frorti 10 feet in April to less than one ffliot in September, remaining in the neigh borhood of that stage during the three hottest months. On September 23, it had reached 7-10 of a foot. This summer, on the contrary, it has nevci' been lower than 2.9 feet, which was the temporary stage reached in June. In July the lowest was 3 feet, and the average well above 4 feet. During the present month it has gone up as high as 7.6 feet and is now hovering around 6 feet. The cause of these va iations is found in the following ctWpilation of the rainfall in inches dunng seven months: 1914. 1916. March 1.58 1.88 April 4.52 8.13 May 2.61 2.84 June 3.13 2.87 July 6.21 4.67 August 4.43 10.40* September 68 'To date. Tt is clear from this that the Spring and summer rains to date this year are heavier than they were last year to the first of October. The normal average of rainfall for the month of September is 2.85 inches, and if nor mal conditions prevail the river cannot be expected to fall very materially (Continued on Page 7.) Squire Jacob C. Lehman Dies at Boiling Springs Special to The Telegraph Boiling Springs. Pa., Aug. 30.—Jacob C. Lehman, aged 73, justice of the peace of South Middleton township, Cumberland county, for almost forty years, died at his home Saturday morning. Squire Lehman was for merly proprietor of a store at this place. He also Invested in ore land which was later developed by the Pino Grove and Crane Iron Companies. He is survived by his wife and three sis ters, Mrs. C. C. Kutz and Mrs. V. H. Rltchey, of Carlisle, and Mrs. George Brandt, who resides near Carlisle. Funeral services will be held to-mor row morning at 9 o'clock from his late home. Burial will be made in the Mount Zion Cemetery. Vacation season is at Its height. Rest and recreation will not be complete unless you have all the news from home dally. Your favorite newspaper, The Harrisburg Telegraph, will flu 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 HnrHsburg and vicinity: Part ly cloudy and cooler to-night; Tuesday fair and cooler. P For Rastern Pennsylvania: Cloudy and cooler to-night; Tuesday fair, cooler; moderate wind* becoming northwest. River The West Branch will probably run. tlnae to fall slowly. The North Branch and the main river will remain nearly stationary. A stance of about 15.0 feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Tuesday morning. General Conditions Pressure Is low over the Atlantic and Gulf States and the St. Law. rence Valley and light to mod. erately heavy rains have fallen over the greater part of this ter ritory In the last twenty-four hours. There have been light rains In the I.eke Region. Temperature: 8 a. m., <lO. Snn; Rises, 5:81 p. in.; aeta, fltSl p. nt. Moon: Rises, 0:43 p. m. River Stage: 4.0 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, fl«. J.on cat temperature, sf>. Mean temperature, 60. Normal temperature, 70. "HATCHET FIEND?" ATTACKS HIS NURSE Steelton Police Think They Have Man Who Axed Seven Women HITS MISS MIRIAM ELDER Strikes Hospital "Trainer" in Face When She Leans Over His Cot Basins their claims on the similar ity of an alleged attack on Miss Miriam Elder, a student nurse at the Harrisburg Hospital by E. N. Haines, a big West Indian negro, to those made upon seven sleeping Steelton wo men within the last several months, the authorities believe they have at last got the much feared "hatchet fiend" within their grasp. Haines was taken to the hospital on Friday morning after he had been shot through the leg by Officer Booser of the Philadelphia and Heading Rail way force while resisting arrest. It was while the young nurse was lean ing over his cot inquiring as to his condition in the night, it is said, that the negro, without a word of warning brutally struck her in the face. He then attempted to get out of a window but WHS subdued by orderlies. The Steelton police heard of the brutal attack and asked for a descrip tion of the man. It tallied exactly with that given them by a twelve year-old Steelton girl, who saw a big negro in her room one night when she awoke. This girl will be brought to the city late this afternoon by Chief of Police Longnaker and Constable Gibbs and taken to see Haines, who was strait-jacketed to his cot after the attack. Upon the child's evidence will de pend whether or not the "hatchet fiend" is ever brought to justice as none of the seven women whom he struck over the head with blunt in struments while they slept ever saw him. Miss Elder the nurse whom, it is said. Haines struck in the face with his fist has been at the hospital but a short while. She came here from Xewvillc and is the niece of Dr. H. M. Kirkpatrick, of 132 Walnut street and Dr. S. A. Kirkpatrick, of New Cumberland. The hospital author ities refuse to say how badly she was injured. TO PUT $60,000 FIRE LOAN UP TO PEOPLE "Triple" Motor Apparatus Will Be Installed Says Commis sioner Taylor Triple motor fire apparatus will be piovided for Harrisburg in the pro posed motorizing of the city fire de partment if the $60,000 loan for that putposo is authorized by the people in November, according to City Commis sioner M. Harvey Taylor, superintend ent of parks and public property. The "triple" machines include nec essary equipment for pumping, chem ical and nose carriage. How many will be purchased, Mr. Taylor wouldn't say. The ordinance authorizing the people to Vote on the subject, which was offered by Commissioner Taylor, was one of a few read finally this afternoon by Council. The commis sioners held a brief session at 3 o'clock, as the whole Council will leave to morrow for Reading. Other measures on the final reading calendar were: Fixing the salaries of the Mayor. City Commissioners and City Controller for the next year at $3,000, $2,500 and SSOO, respectively (the Mayor's and Commissioners' be ins the same as at present); authoriz ing the grading of Lexington and Reel streets from Mahantongo to Division; authorizing the placing of twenty ot moro arc lights and several Incan descent in various parts of the city. The bids for the supplying of cable for the police and lire alarm system, which were opened by Commissioner Bowman a week ago. may be pre sented to Council to-day. Following the session of Council the commissioners heard a number of complaining property owners who live in the vicinity of State, Sixteenth and Boas streets as to the unsatisfactory condition of the sewers in that neigh borhood. American Put to Death by Bandits in Mexico By Associated Press Washington. Aug. 30.—Official dis patches from Vera Cruz to-day tell of the receipt of mall reports there on* the killing of E. F. Welles, an Ameri can auditor of the Tohasco Plantation Company. No details were given, fur ther than that Welles was killed by bandits who blew up a train and shot the passengers, of whom Welles was one. The State Department to-day ac knowledged receipts of General Za pata's acceptance of the Pan-Ameri can peace appeal. Favorable replies now have been received from practi cally all chiefs outside the Carranza forces. WILL NOT REESTABLISH CAMP By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 30. Secretary Garrison today announced that the War Department had determined not to reestablish the divisional army camp at Texas City, Texas, destroyed by the recent storm. No decision haa yet been reached as to Its future lo cation. Major General J. Franklin Bell, commanding the division recom mended the Texas City camp be aban doned. J HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1915. ROMPER DAY PLANS ! UP TO WEATHER MAN' 2,500 Playground Youngsters Ex pect Him to Make It Big Event at Reservoir KUNKEL TO BE HOST AGAIN Gigantic Luncheon to Be Spread Under Trees; "Princess of Playberg" Feature Now Mr. Weatherman, take it from a great niany hundreds of Harris burg's playground youngsters, it's cer tainly up to you to be good to-mor row. To-morrow is Romper Day. The big feature of the day will be the production of the "Princess of Playberg," in which the story of what has been done on the playgrounds will be told by some 600 small actors and actresses. Games of various kinds, folk dances and so on will be demonstrated in the play. Reservoir park will be the setting and the forty foot stage with its throne for the "Princess" has already been erected. More than 2400 young sters will be entertained including the 500 children in the cast. At noon the luncheon under the trees is to be served when Samuel Kunkel of the Mechanics' Trust company as usual will be host. The youngsters will be hauled to Reservoir by special cars, a string of trolleys having been supplied by the Harrisburg Railway' Company. These will be stationed as near as possible to each playground and as soon as the Romper Day folks are all aboard the cars will swing Reservoir-ward. The Princess and Her Attendants The curtain on the "Princess of Playberg" will be turned back at 2 o'clock and the opening number will be the grand entrance of the "Prin cess" Miss Evelyn Joyce and her at tendants. The principals in addition to Miss Joyce, include John Todd as "Prince Charles of Foto Philm," Misses Ruth Arnold, Jennie Booth, Mary Broxterinan. Geneva Chubb, Mary Foultz, Helen Henderson, Anna Herbert. Sue Herford, Eva Kline, Vio let Mitchell, Josephine Rader, Helen Rapp, Catherine Young, Caroline Slitzer, attendants to the "Princess"; the playground boys who camped oti McCormlck's island as "Men of Prince (Continued on Page 7.) ARTILLERY BATTERY HERE POSSIBILITY To Be Made Up of Young Men In terested in Nation's Pre paredness There is a movement on foot among several of the younger men of the city to organize an independent battery to be composed of those who are interested in the expanding at tempt to put the country on a sound basis of preparedness. The presence in this city of an artillery organiza tion, well equipped and efficiently managed, would be not only an op portunity for forming associations and receiving disciplinary instruction and training which cannot be gotten in any other than a military organiza tion, but it would be a fine thing for the, city and for the individuals who will compose it. No definite plans have us yet materialized, but it is ex pected that the organization will be mad some time during the fall. The student and business men's camps at Plattsburg have done more in two months to bring the people to a realization of the necessity for ac tivity along the line of preparedness than all the talk and Investigations of months. A battery of the sort con templated in the minds of those men who have been considering the matter for some months would, in their Judg ment, be very apropos at the present time and a good thing for the city and the State. President Gives Up All . Idea of Another Vacation By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 30.—Presi dent Wilson had given up all idea to day of further extended vacation this year. He had planned to spend the whole month of September at Cornish, N. H., but his plans now are not to leave Washington until the situation between the United States and Ger many clears If he leaves at all. The President already has received assurances from official German sources which he hopes will result In solving the controversy with Germany over her submarine warfare. 1,000 Canadians Perish When Ship Is Torpedoed Berlin, (Saturday), Aug. 28.—Pas sengers on the Holland-American Line steamship Ryndam arriving in Am sterdam bring a Teport that a British transport, with 2000 Canadian troops on board, was torpedoed off the Scllly Islands on August 15. It Is said about 1000 men were saved. The foregoing story is denied by authorities In Ottawa. TOURNAMENT POSTPONED By Associated P&ss Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 30.—The opening round of the national lawn tennis championship tournament, scheduled for to-day, was postponed until to-morrow owing to wet coUrta. f » The Ankle Watch, Displayed at Jewelers' Convention MISS KAY LAUREL.L, WEARING ANKLE WATCH New York, Aug. 30.—Listen, girls, and you who have passed beyond the girlhood stage, put away your wrist watch, for it is now out of date. The latest position for the timepiece is strapped to the ankle. Several models of the ankle watch, the latest thing in Jewelry, were shown at the jewelers' convention in Grand Central Palace. The watch is fastened to the ankle by means of a dainty strap of leather, gold or silver. It Is said to be convenient as well as beautiful. IS. FREDERICK IV DIES FROM INJURIES Fatally Hurt in Auto Accident Au gust 17; Other Victims Will Recover Mrs. Frederick E. Ray. aged 35, 108 Boas street, who was Injured In an automobile accident near Hogestown, Monday afternoon, August 16, died in the Harrisburg hospital at 6.40 o'clock this morning. Three other women were injured in the accident, two of whom are now in the hospital recovering irom injuries which were thought might be fatal. Mrs. Oliver S. Shiras, 402 North Second street, and Mrs. David J. Reese, 237 Woodbine street, who are in the hospital now are improving rapidly it was reported to-day. Miss Anna R. McClintock. 106 Boas street, the fourth partv injured, has practi cally recovered at home under the c«re of a physician. Oliver Acy, 132 Liberty street, the chauffeur for the party has recovered from minor Injuries. The accident happened near Hogestown when the four women were returning from Carlisle. A blow out swerved the car into a gutter turning turtle. Mrs. Ray is survived by her hus band, Frederick E. Ray, one of the proprietors of the State printing office; bar mother. Mrs. Hannah Hughes, of Middletown; two sisters. Misses Mar garet and Marian Hughes, of Middle town: and three brothers, Frederick, of Middletown; John, of Birmingham, Ala., and Lloyd, of Clearfield. Private funeral services will be held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, the Rev. T. C. McCarrell. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Middletown. officiating. Burial will be made In the Middletown cemetery. TODAY'S GAME BY INNINGS AT ISLAND PARK 1 23 456789 10 RHE N.Y. Am. nmnrannnriiM nnn Harrisburg GRANGERS' PICNIC IT WILLIIMS GROVE Forty-Second Annual Exhibition Opens Today; Kg Program For Week Special to The Telegraph Williams Grove, Pa., Aug. 30. The forty-second annual Grangers' picnic at Williams Grove, which opened to day promises to be the most interest ing in the history of such shows here. Twenty-four hours free from showers will put the grove in good shape to receive the big crowds who always at tend. Wednesday will be Peace Day. Un der the presidency of Mrs. Gertrude B. Biddle, of Carlisle, head of the Wo man's Peace Society of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Peace and Arbitra tion Society will present Dr. Jenkln Lloyd Jones, a Civil War veteran from Chicago. A leading speaker will be Mrs. Percy B. Pennybacker, president of the National Federation of Wo man's Clubs, which includes more than 6000 women's organizations. Mrs. Samuel Semple, president of the State federation will speak. On Thursday, at 11 o'clock, the Prohibitionists will occupy the plat form, and In the afternoon Dr. Anna Howard Shaw will present the suffrage cause. The decision of the manufacturers to again present heavy farm ma chinery at Grangers' picnics has thrown an immense lot of such ap pliances into Williams Grove. FACTORY WORKERS RETURN By Associated Press Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 30.—Many hundreds of factory workers who had been on strike recently, returned to their accustomed tasks today, their differences with employers over hours and compensation having been ad justed. 12 PAGES HUNDRED PETITIONS FILED JN WIND-UP Taylor's Papers For Commissioner in; Bowman and Lynch to Follow TOMORROW LAST DAY Harry M. Riley Wants City Con troller Nomination; Ashton Peace Possible Candidate City Commissioner M. Harvey Tay lor, superintendent of parks and pub lic property, was the first of the com missioners to file his papers to-day for renomination and re-election to council. 31 r. Taylor filed only half a dozen petitions containing about 200 names but additional papers contain ing all told close to a thousand signa tures were filled out. City Commissioner Harry F. Bow man, superintendent of public safety, said he meant to file his petitions con taining several hundred names late to-day or early to-morrow prior to leaving for Reading to attend the third class city league convention. He, too, withheld numerous petitions which bear signatures to the number of 600 or 700. Commissioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent of streets and public improvements will file his pa pers to-morrow before leaving for Reading. City Treasurer O. M. Copelin said he will file his papers to-dav or to morrow. Caldwell For Sheriff The high water mark for signers was recorded by the county c'ommis (Continued on Page 7.) California Policemen Must Attend College By Associated Press Berkeley. Cal., Aug. 30.—Policemen of Berkeley are required to attend the University of California, it was an nounced to-day. This, it is believed, is the first time any city in the world has made prepa rations to have a "college-bred police department." The course of study is in the re lation of mental disease to criminology. The theory is that the policemen will be enabled to "size up" a man arrested for a crime and ascertain what other crimes he might have com mitted. 1 f crlin, Aug. 30, via London, 6.30 P. M.—lt is under- ! I * tcided upon and that it is i ( i mann- | ' Hollweg, t?ie German chancellor. ; ; 2,500 AT BALL GAME , JI / cans lined up at Island Park this afternoon with Eddie Zim < i te exception of Maisel, Donov.. J presented his regular line-up. A crowd of 2,500 was present i A new feature was the introduction of the New York players 1 ► ■ came to bat by Umpire Curry. '' , * ? licago, npany, is quoted in the Daily | < ' y. -inch shells for the United States . L < 1 I purchasing munitions of war in the American market. ' <■ COTTON YIELD MAY BE 11,800,000 BALES I f I Washington. Aug. 20. While no official statement ' :otton figures was forthcoming from the | ► 1 | Department of. Agriculture, Leo M. Estabrook, chief of ! \ the Bureau of Crop Estimates announced unofficially, that > { I the r ited a yield thia seasor approximately , 00 baler, of cotton, as compared with an' actual pro <l ' ' AWARD BELLEVUE PAVING CONTRACT ■ | Council this afternoon awarded the contract for paving 1 * all the streets in Bellevue.to the Central Construction and | ' . Supply Company, at its bid of $1.39 a yard. I \ * 1 < LATE PETITIONS FILED 1 Mark Mumma, former Steelton tax collector, late this | > I 1 afternoon filed nomination petitions for the county treas- ' E j . urership. He is a Republican. At the same time, C. C. Cum- | jj I bier, of Highspire, filed his papers for County Commissioner ! , on the Republican ticket. Ed. M. Winters, 711 North Sec- J> ;i MARRIAGE <! Raymond W. Jobnaou nml Kinlly Kather Uvtugiton, city. I JamoN Krancla Doran and Edna Rhine, city. Stiff Huetser and Katie Rcmencluk, city. ( ' Vb*" l »i VW' ■ »i 1 «i " iiW*"m j J * POSTSCRIPT TEUTONS ENVELOPING RUSSIANS FROM SOUTH Germans and Austrians Are En deavoring to Push Enemy From Galicia CENTRAL POWERS ACTIVE London Anxiously Awaits Official Reports of Heavy Fighting in Dardanelles By Associated Press London, Aug. 30, 11.44 A. M.—Re- IKirts from the various eastern fronts indicating that the Austrians and Ger mans are engaged in an effort to clear the last corner of Galicia still held by their opponents have excited great in terest here. The Russian iines on the upiier Hug and Zlota Lipa have been pierced, but it is not yet clear how serious a resistance is being offered to the vast enveloping movements from the south. , Having lost B»est-Litovsk, Grand Duke Nicholas cannot afford to hold the river positions in the south in the ftice of an important movement, for to do so would endanger his armies. The opinion is ventured by some English critics that this latest move may con clude for the present the great offen sive effort against the Russians, which has been in progress since May, and that once Austrian soil Is cleared of the invaders a new campaign may be undertaken by the Teutonic forces, this time in the near east. In support oi this theory is cited the report that the central powers are massing troops near the Rumanian border. The wek-end withnessed violent and almost continuous activity on the part of the artillery of the allies all the way from the North Sea to the Vos;ges. There are no indications, however, that this expenditure of big gun mu nitions is being followed by infantry attacks. London is again awaiting official re ports from the British or French au thorities concerning the campaign at the Dardanelles, where, according to (Continued on Page 9.) TRENCHES SERIOUSLY DAMAGED By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 30, 2.35 P. M. —Violent artillery fighting took place yesterday evening at many points in the Argonne district, as a result of which the trenches of the Germans were seri ously damaged, according to the French official report of this after- I noon.
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