Germany Carries Forward Plans to Drive Three Wedges Into Russian Defensive
HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 203
* GERMANY ACCEPTS PRINCIPLE TO NOTIFY
SHIPS BEFORE
Count Von Bernstorff Hurries
From New York to Wash
ington to Give Latest In
formation to Secretary of
State Lansing
STATEMENT WILL BE
REDUCED TO WRITING
Situation Eased Greatly as
Result of Latest Develop
ment Is Belief of High Gov
ernment Officials in Wash
ington
By Associated Press
Washington, Sept. I.—Germany has
accepted the declarations of the United
States in the submarine warfare con
troversy. Count Von Bernstorff, the
German Ambassador, gave oral and
written assurances to Secretary Lan
sing that no more passenger ships will
be sunk without warning.
After a conference at the State De
partment Ambassador Von Bernstorff
sent Secretary Lansing this letter:
"My Dear Mr. Secretary: With
reference to our conversation of
this morning I beg to inform you
that my Instructions concerning
our answer to your last I.usitanla
note contains the following pas
sage:
LINERS WILL NOT BE SI NK
BY OUR SUBMARINES WITH
OUT WARNING AND WITHOUT
SAFETY FOR THE LIVES OF
NONCOMBATANTS, PROVIDED
THAT THE LINERS DO NOT
TRT TO ESCAPE OR OFFER
RESISTANCE.
Although I know that you tlo not
wish to discuss the I.usitania ques
tion till the Arabic incident has
been definitely and satisfactorily
settled, I desire to Inform you of
tlie above because this policy of
my government was decided on
before the Arabic Incident occur
red.
I have no objection to your
making any use you may please
of the above information.
I remain, my dear Mr. Lan
sing,
A ery sincerely yours.
J. BERNSTORFF.
In connection with the letter, Sec
retary Lansing made the following
statement:
"In view of the clearness of the fore
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Robbers Try to Enter
Two Sixth St. Houses
An unsuccessful attempt was made
Inst night by robbers to enter the
homes of Frank E. Musser, photogra
pher, and Charles F. Spicer. treasurer
of the I>. Bacon Company, who reside
at 702 and "04 North Sixth street, re
spectively.
A member of the Spicer family
heard a noise on the balcony. On
looking out one man was seen workinn
on a rear shutter at the Musser home
and another was climbing over the
balcony of the Spicer residence. A
neighbor in the rear of the Musser
home also saw the men. The alarm
was given and the robbers were
frightened away.
Mr. Musser. who returned soon
after, was notified and he made an in
vestigation. He found nothing missing.
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 fin 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 Hnrrlshurir and vicinityi Knlr,
' continued cool to-nlKbt anil
TliurKriay.
For Knutrtn I'eiinaylvanlnt l-'alr
weather to-nliclit and Tliurnclavi
™ fri-xli uorthon»f wind*.
River
The SuHqiiehanna river imil It*
brunches Mill fall olowly. A
utatce of about 4..*> feet la Indicat
ed for Harrlaburg Thursday
morning.
General Conditions
Under the Influence of the area
of hlah barometric pressure tbiit
covers nearly all the territory
east of the Rocky Mountains,
with Its crest over the Ipper
Suaqaehnnna Valley, fair weather
has prevailed, except In the At
luutlc States from Virginia
southward, where llsht to mod
erate rains have fallen. The dis
turbance In Western Canada has
lost strength.
Temperature* 8 a. m., 56.
Sun! Rises, 5:33 a. m.| sets, 0:38
p. m.
Moon I Rises, 10:25 p. m.
River Stages 4.7 feet above low
wster mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, OH.
I.onest temperature, 55.
Mean temperature, 82.
A'ormal temperature, Off
|' BRIDGE REPORTED BLOWN UP Br BRITISH SUBMARINE
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<-■ J' ,s re P° r ted <h ft t a British submarine has blown up a portion of the famous Galata bridge, which spans the
Uolden Horn at its point of Junction with the Bosphorus, and connects titamboul and Galata, two of the most im
portant sections of Constantinople.
To reach the bridge the submarines must have come through the Sea of Marmora and the western end of the
Bosphorus, sailing completely around Stamboul and entering the very heart of the waterway.
GERMS CUV ON
NEW PUN IN RUSSIII
Three Wedges Are Slowly Being
Driven Into Defensive
Lines
RIGA IS ALMOST ISOLATED |
Rain of Shells From French Guns
Pours Into German Trenches
in )&esT
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 1, 11:45 a. m.—Ger
many's plan for driving three wedges
into the Russian defensive lines is
being carried forward, but not with j
the same speed as marked the sweep,
over Poland. Riga is almost Isolated,
and unless the Russians soon throw
heavy forces against Von Hinden
burg's exposed flank this port must
fall Into the hands of the invaders.
Although this northerly attack seems
to have been checked for the moment,
the Russians have been unable to de
velop a counter offensive in that
region comparable with their activities
in East Galicia, where on the river
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Japan May Help Russ
in Forcing Dardanelles
By Associated Press
Paris, Sept. I.—What appears to be
an intimation tlint Japan may co
operate in the campaign to force the
Dardanelles, is contained in an inter
-1 view with Baron llayashi, Japanese
Amhassador to Italy, sent to the Petit
Parisien by its Rome correspondent.
"I cannot say much about that." the
baron is quoted as saying in reply to
a question regarding the Dardanelles,
"for we must not allow our enemies
to prollt by information about the
movements of troops."
Discussing the pan Japan has play
ed In the war the ambassador said:
"We have not ceased to collaborate
with our allies to the extent assigned
to us. The world will he astonished
when it knows what we liaTC done,
what we are doing and what we are
willing to do. The Russians are near-
I est to its and we can lie most useful
|to them. Rest assured it is the great
< est desire of Japan to assist every day
| in the sacred cause of civilization."
Unbelievable Prosperity
Is Prediction of Bankers
By Asseciated Press
Chicago. Sept. I.—Bankers passing
through Chicago to-day to attend the
annual convention of the American
Hankers' Asso<iatloii at Seattle, pre
dicted that an nlmost unbelievable
prosperity Is rushing on the nation.
"When the hank reserves which are
greater now than they have ever been
in the history of the country are dis
tributed the nation will enjoy almost
unlH-lievable prosperity." said William
A. law, of Philadelphia, president of
the American Bankers' Association.
"The volume of money on hand Is so
great that it cannot ilnd a natural out
let. The movement of the tremendous
crops, with the attendant financial ac
tivity. will still further increase the
hank reserves." >
Mr. Law attributed the present state
of business to the upset conditions pre
vailing in international trade relations
and to a wave of economy.
Millersburg Motorists
Whiz on Through City
More than twenty members of the
| Mlllersburic Motor Club passed through
the city this morning on their way to
Hershey Park, where the day was spent
in races and contests. H. H. Hoy, sec-
I retary, had planned to have the ma
| chines In the run, park In Market
j Square this morning, but berause they
I lost nearly an hour up alons: the river,
where roads are being repaired, they
went whlzzinir straight on through the
i-clty.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1915
CITY UNDER-POLICED
DECLARES HUTCHISON
Comments on Escape of Murderer
of Mrs. Albright and of Mrs.
DeVerter's Assailants
NEED MORE PATROLMEN
Says Present Force Is Efficient,
but Is Hampered by Lack
of Men
Harrisburg's need for more ade
quate police protection, particularly a
greater number of patrolmen, was
pointed out to-day by Colonel Joseph
B. Hutchison, Chief of Police.
Within recent months the police
have been baffled by a series of bur
glaries and robberies in various parts!
of the city, ranging from petty house
breaking to the startling affair Mon
day night when Mrs. William DeVer
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VALUE OF ENGLISH
MONEY DROPS IGI
Effect of Great Decline Since Yes
terday Was Paralysis of
Foreign Markets
By Associated Press '
New York, Sept. I.—English money,
alreadj depreciated to figures without
parallel in the history of finance, took
another phenomenal drop to-day. The
pound sterling sold down within the
first hour of dealings to $4.50, a break
of SV» cents over night and a down
ward plunge of 11 cents within two
days. •
The drop caused the gravest anxiety
as to its possible effect on American
exports, now at top figures. Continued
and unchecked depreciation, it was
thought, would affect tens of thou
sands of American workmen, possibly
by ultimately closing down factories
now supplying Great Britain with
commodities.
This effect was In perspective, in
the minds of some of the leading
bankers of New York. Before that
could happen. It was explained, there
would have to be cancellation or cur
tailment of foreign orders to Ameri
can producers, at present totaling hun
dreds of millions of dollars, and great
diminution in the value of new orders.
Both the latter contingencies were
expected, it was said, in case sterling
should go much lower.
The immediate effect of the great
drop since yesterday's close was the
virtual paralysis of the foreign ex
change markets.
A torrent of bills poured into the
offices of international bankers horct,
but in the chaotic condition of the
market there were few actual trans
actions. Fear, amounting almost to
conviction, that sterling would go
much lower yet. checked trade and
held the big factors in New York's
international money markets appre
hensive and awaiting the day's de
velopments.
There seemed little doubt that buy
er* in Great Britain would soon refuse
to bear the heavy burden of exchange.
ST.\TT'K OV ,11'PITFR IS
FOUXI) IX CITY OF CYRENE
By Associated Press
Rome, Aug. 81, via Paris, Sept. I.
Important archaeological discoveries
have been made at the site of the an
cient city of Cyrene, in the Barca re
gion. Africa. These include a large
statue of Jupiter which is said to be
eoual in artistic value to the famous
statue of Alexander the Great, dis
covered at the same place last year.
SKELETONS OF F4'S
VICTIMS ARE FOUND
Naval Officials Entertain Little
Hope of Identifying
Dead
SUBMARINE WAS DEFECTIVE
All Vessels of F Class Reported to
Be Faulty by Investiga
tors
By Associated Press
Honolulu, Sept. 1. Naval officials
In charge of the wrecked United States i
submarine F4, indicated to-day that |
there was scant hope of establishing
the identities of the 21 remaining bod
ies still held In the aft-compartment
of the vessel.
The bodies, of which little is left ex
cept bare skeletons, were located last
night, mixed with the debris of the
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!GEN. DRDZCB SHOT 7
KILLED mm
Trouble Feared Along Border For
Supporters May Try to
Avenge His Death
By Associated Press
Sierra Blanca. Texas, Sept. I.—Men
of the Big Bend country in the vicin
ity of the boundary line of El Paso
and Culberson counties were under
arms to-day for fear of reprisals by
General Pascual Orozco's organization
' of "colorados" as a result of the kill
ing of the noted Mexican leader by
United States soldiers and Texas Rang
ers on Monday.
Appeal was made for more military
protection. It was believed that the
followers of Eduardo Salinas, now at
Bosque Bonito, were connected with
Orozco's plans and might attempt to
avenge his death.
From the reports American authorl
j ties formed the theory that Orozco
i was trying to brtns to a focus an or
| ganized Invasion of Texas upon a large
scale under the name of the Nation
alist party. Into this party were to
bo drawn malcontents of all factions.
This party eventually was to align
with Carranza and not Huerta in the
e\ent of Oarranza's refusal to accept
the A. B. C. plan for a peace confer
ence of Mexican leaders, according to
reports.
The story of the 2 4-hour man hunt
which ended in the death of General
Orozco in the Green river canyon, be
tween the Ragle and the Lonesome
mountains, Monday, reads like a page
from a border romance. The chase
was through the wildest part of the
Big Bend country. Twenty-four ranch
owners, cowboys, customs house offl-
I clals and troopers of the Thirteenth
Cavalry participated.
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11.000 WILL ENROLL
111 curs SCHOOLS
Thousand Will Enter Central and
400 Odd Will Go to Tech
High
SHIMMELL BUILDING READY
Will Relieve Congestion on Hill;
Many New Faces on
Teaching Staff
More than 11,000 students are ex
pected to enroll next Tuesday, the
opening day of the city public schools,
not including the children who will
be admitted for their first year of
school.
About 1,000 of the total number of j
pupils will enter Central High school j
and more than 400 will go to the j
Technical High school. Preparations j
for the large number of pupils have
been made during the summer and ]
practically everything in the line of j
supplies has been provided for the j
many thousands of boys and girls, j
These supplies are being sent to the
buildings this week from the school
board office.
New Building Finished
The new L. S. Shimmell building will
be finished in time for th« opening
next Tuesday. Nine rooms will be
used in the building and about 400
children will be transferred from the |
crowded rooms In the other buildings
on Allison Hill.
Parents are allowed two weeks from
the opening day of the school to enter
their children for the first primary
grade. The time limit closes Septem
ber 21, and will not be reopened until
February when the second term of the
1915-1916 school year begins.
A number of new faces will be seen
in many of the buildings as changes
have been made in the staff of teach
ers owing to the necessity of supply
ing a staff for the L. S. Shimmell
building which resulted in transfers
in other buildings as well.
The open air schools will be re
opened also next Tuesday and will
be continued along the plan of former
years.
Of the private schools of the city,
the Harrisburg Academy will reopen
September 21, with about 150 stu
dents. The new dormitory will not be
complete but parts of it will be finish
ed so that some of the pupils can be
accommodated until all of the work is
finished.
The Seller school will reopen the
latter part of September.
The four parochial schools of the
city will reopen next Tuesday, too.
An increased enrollment is expected.
At the Technical High school, the
shops have been put in shape for the
students. At Central High there will
be no change from the two session
| pian. Professor Howard G. Dibble.
| th« new principal, is busy completing
a program.
State Will Lay Down
Policy as to Alien
Dog Law Operation
State Game Commission officials
will have a conference with Attorney
General Brown late to-day regarding
a policy to be adopted in the enforce
| ment of the aliens' dog law. Reports
I reached the Capitol to-day of con-
I stables in western counties bringing
I a dozen or so suits and of one instance
| where a constable brought 100 suits,
tinder the law the informer receives
part of the fine.
Attorney General Brown, who in a
recent opinion held that the law
should not be >used oppressively, will
likely intervene in cases where the
law is being enforced for the sake of
the fees alone.
Banana Supply Here
Is Nearly Exhausted
Because of the prevalence of severe
hurricanes in the tropical belt from
which Harrisburg's supply of bananas
come, the city Is now practically with
out a supply of this fruit.
Harrisburg. ever a lover of the lus
cious "banan" and a heavy consumer
of the delicacy does not seem to take
kindly to peaches at 25 cents a basket
in their place for some unaccountable
reason. A local dealer in bananas said
tills morning he would not be surprised
if the demand tot the fruit here would
cause bananas to go to fifty cents a
dozen.
Pegoud. Famous Aviator,
Reported to Be Dead
Paris. Sept. 1.- —Report of the death
of Adolpli E. Pegoud, the famous
aviator, have been official y confirmed.
The news caused sincere sorrow
among the French people, who re
garded him as a hero.
Pegoud, who was only 2fi years old,
setved five years in the French cav
alry. fighting in the Morocco cam
paign. At the outbreak of the present
war he joined the aviation corps as a
private, but soon gained a sublieuten
ant's commission because of his skill
and daring. His exploits won him the
military medal and the military cross.
Pegoud brought down his sixth Ger
man air craft on July 11.
OYSTERS ON MENU AGAIN
To the great delight of the palates
of scores of residents of the city King
Ovster made his return bow In several
of the larger "beaneries" to-day. He
was served in fries, stews, raw and a
hundred and one fancy styles to the
pleasure of his constituents.
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Mir HDITES
FILE IT 11TII HOUR
Harry F. Sheesley and William F.
Burgoon Get Into Mayoralty
Fight
16 WOULD BE COUNCILMEN
Charlie Fohl Fails to Throw His
Hat Into School Director
Scrap
The eleventh hour entrance into
the city mayoralty contest of Harry F.
Sheesley, former select councilman,
and William I'\ Burgoon. an uptown
merchant, and of Charles E. Landis
as a candidate for city commissioner,
of Wllmer Crow and C. F. Snyder for
city controller, a few more candidates
for school director, half a dozen or
more from the Seventh ward to fur
ther insure a two-party row for alder
man at the primaries, and another
flood of minor papers filed In person
or by mail were features of the closing
hours of business in the County Com
missioners' office yesterday.
Both Sheesley and Burgoon had
been spoken of among their friends as
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Mary Garden Who Will
Sing at Orpheum, Now
Nursing French Soldiers
Following the announcement made
last week of the forthcoming appear
ance in this city of the celebrated
prinia-donna of the Metropolitan
Opera House, Miss Mary Garden,
comes the announcement to-day, by
her local representative that arrange
ments have been concluded with Wll
mer and Vincent, managers of the Or
pheum Theater, this city, whereby she
will appear there some time in No
vember, the exact date to be announc
ed In the near future.
Miss Garden, it Is further announc
ed, will be accompanied by a com
pany of five assisting artists, all of na
tional reputation. These will include
soloists on the piano, the cello, the
violin, the harp and a singer of either
bass or tenor voice.
Miss Garden is at present in France
where she is nursing French wounded.
She leaves next week for England from
whence she will directly sail to this
country, arriving about the middle of
October.
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HARRISBURG. THE MORTON TRUCK AND 1
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"Tell the folks back home that while California is hospi* |
\ table and pleasant, Pennsylvani '
I hearr ' said Governor Brum! ' •" talkin he lon^
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I ladelphia, Sept I.—Da v.
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I to-day to William S. Vare, urging him to withdraw as a ca:
r didatc tor mayor. The samt
■ from Mr. Lane to the five o
I ation. excluding Thomas B. Smith, all of whom Lane ex
pects to respect his wishes. ! tiould Vare insist 1
Ithe nomination, it is said that Lane will support Vare ar.
ask Smith to withdraw. . 1
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| Berlin, Sept. I.—By Wireless to Sayville.'—An official J
I review •
j the Overseas News Agency, estimates that since May 2 1
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1 wounded. and 1,100,000 men a •-i by the •
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. I.—Harry K. Thaw, through his j
I attorneys. Stone and Stone. this fterno
1 Common Pleas C«urt asking a divorce from hi-; v ifc. Evel> n '
L Nesbit Thaw,, charging misconduct with John Pralncis, of i
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[ MARRIAGE LICENSES «
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John Alexander Sllkullti, Steelton, mid Knthrtn Jennie Tsealak, city.
Hurry N'orrl* i'ulllun, Oxford, nnd Olive Mnrle At kin*, Penbrook.
Wllllniu H. Wood* and Snllle Kreamer, Dlulne.
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GOVERNOR 'PINES
FROM 'FRISCO TO
THE STIFF CRPITOI!
Prominent Gathering in Executive
Suite Hear Dr. Brumbaugh's
Voice 3,000 Miles
WOMEN "LISTEN IN" TOO
Brown, Woods, Stewart and Jack
son Exchange Messages
Over the Wire
Carrying over the 3,000 miles of
land between the Pacific and the Sus
quehanna, this afternoon Governor
Brumbaugh's voice reached State offi
cials and prominent men gathered in
the reception room of the executive
suite at the Capitol on wires of the
Bell Telephone Company. It was the
first talk of its kind which ever had
to the State Capitol.
Attorney General Brown, Secretary
of the Commonwealth Woods, Ad
jutant General Stewart and Commis
sioner Jackson exchanged messages
with the Governor and others at the
Golden Gate, while a number of others
heard the remarks, including a score
of prominent women of the city who
listened over special apparatus in
stalled at the Bell Telephone office in
| Walnut street. Col. Fred Tavlor Pusey
lof the Governor s staff, reported to
Adjutant General Stewart on the
military end of the official party
which is at the Panama-Pacific Ex
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RESCUED CREW LANDED
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 1. The steamer
Possano, arrived to-day from Cardiff,
bringing Captain Wrya and the crew
of seven of the British schooner St.
Olaf. which was sunk by a submarine
58 miles east of Gallyhead, Ireland,
on August 19.
OFFERS NOT ACCEPTED
London, Sept. 1, 11.45 A. M.—Al
though an agreement was reached
yesterday at the conference in London
of representatives of the Welsh miners
and mine owners, the men themselves
have not thus far accepted the sit
uation. Reports to-day from South
Wales say that 25,000 more miners
are on strike.