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.
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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
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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.
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crlin, Aug. 30, via London, 6.30 P. M.—lt is under- !
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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.
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licago,
npany, is quoted in the Daily |
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y. -inch shells for the United States . L
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I purchasing munitions of war in the American market. '
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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
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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-
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;i MARRIAGE <!
Raymond W. Jobnaou nml Kinlly Kather Uvtugiton, city.
I JamoN Krancla Doran and Edna Rhine, city.
Stiff Huetser and Katie Rcmencluk, city. ( '
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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.