Czar in Command of Russ Forces; Grand Duke Transferred to Unimportant Post HARRISBURG tSSBIi TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 209 10,000 CHILDREN TO TAKE BIG CELEBRATION Mammoth Parade of School Boys and Girls Held Friday Morning, Sept. 24; to March Over Principal Streets; Reception Com mittee Meets To-day to Make Up List of Guests; Markers to Be Dedicated to Be "Made in Harris burg"; Magnificent Fire works Display Night of September 24 Another big feature of the great municipal improvement celebration was made a certainty to-day with the definite announcement that on Friday, September 24, 10,000 school children ■will parade over the city's main streets. Harry A. Boyer, president of the School Board and chairman of the committee in charge of the school end of the big celebration announced this morning that preliminary plans for the great demonstration of school children were decided upon last night at a meeting of the School Board, dis trict supervisors and principals of the various school buildings. Seven Big Divisions The parade will be made up of seven big divisions. The Central and Technical High school students will march in sperate groupes. The other five divisions will represent the dis « tricts over which the five supervisors of the city schools have control. Professor J. J. Brehm will be in charge of the formation of the mam moth procession. His aids will be the other supervisors, the school building principals and the teachers. It was at first the Intention to have the children dress as nearly alike as possible, but the shortness of time until the day of the parade caused the committee to alter its decision in this matter and no special dress will be recommended. Band With Each Division The parade will form at Front and Boas street and will march down Front to some objective point where brief exercises will be held. The route of the parade will be completed along ■with other details at a meeting to be held next week. It is proposed to have a band at the head of every di vision. Each school will contribute to the fund to pay for the bands. Con tributions for the music can be left with the secretary of the Harrisburg School Board, Daniel D. Hammel baugh. Advisory Committee to Help Merchants Get Ideas For Their Floats More encouragement came to-day in numerous inquiries regarding dec orations for boats in the water carni val parade. Chairman J. Ray Hof fert said to-day that many merchants (Continued on Page 7.) PASTOR OF WEAI/THY CHURCH TO HOLD STREET MEETINGS By Associated Press Atlanta, Ga., Sept. B.—Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden, pastor of the Central Pres byterian Church, one of the largest and wealthiest churches in Atlanta, will begin holding regular services next Sunday afternoon on a downtown street corner, it was announced here to-day. The choir of the church will assist at the services. Dr. Ogden in applying to Mavor Woodward yesterday for a permit Mated that recently he had been listening to a number of street preach ers and found that many were "igno. rant and were not giving the people the old-fashioned gospel," but were preaching from 'obscure Bible pass* pges which old Bible students find it hard to understand." THEWEAfHER Harriabare and Vicinity: tnart tled, probable ahontrt to-night or Thursday. Not much ehange in temperature. Eastern Pennsylvania! Local showers to-nlKht and probably Thursday. Light to moderate south wtnda. 4 River The Susquehanna river and Ita principal branches will probably fall slowly or remain nrarlT sta'- tlonnry. A stage of about 3.7 feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Thurs day morning. fieneral Conditions Preaaure la high over New Eng land and the southeastern States and in the Northwmt an area of high pre**are la moving Inland from the North Pacific coast. Local showers have fallen In the Middle Atlantic States, the upper St. Lawrence and upper Ohio val leys, the lake region, the middle nnd upper Mississippi and the Mis souri valleys. In the Rocky Moun tain region and weatern Canadian provlacea and the middle tiulf coast. Temperatures have risen generally nnd are new above the seasonal average ever nearly ■II the eastern half of the conutry. " Temperature, H a. m., OS. Sunt Rises, ft.3o n. m. Sets, 6.28 p. m. Mooni New moon to-morrow, 5.52 I. m. River Stage i Four feet above low water mark. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Highest temperature, S3. I Lowest temperature. «7. Mean temperature, 75. Normal tenner at ore. 07. , HARRY A. BOYER Chairman of School Demonstration End of Great Municipal Celebra tion. »ALFONSO WIT NOT VISIT AMERICA In Interview He Says He Will Not Leave Country Because of War SEES NO END TO GREAT WAR When Peace Is Concluded He Be lieves Armament Will Be Greater Than Ever By Associated Press Paris, Sept. 8. King Alfonso of Spain has had to abandon plans for a visit to America because of the war, he told Senor Cevillier, an Argentine Journalist, during an audience at which the conflict now raging was freely dis cussed. "It is quite impossible to prophesy when the war will end," the monarch is quoted as saying in a review of the conversation printed by the Espana Review. "It was my pet dream to visit America but I shall not be able to go now for years. When the war is over the work here will be enormous. To hasten reforms we shall have to abandon all outworn forms and I do not deceive myself the role Spain will have to play will be such that her progress, which hitherto has been at a snail's pace, will be increas ed to a tremendous speed. "The same progress may be ex pected for all humanity if the war re sults in general disarmament," ob served Senor Cevillier. Predicts Greater Armament "Ah, no," returned King Alfonso. "After the war nations, neutralized by agteement of all nations, eventually finding no other defense than her own armed force, it is easy to understand that other countries, big and little, realize that to exist it is indispensible to work In times of peace and sur round themselves with the most posi tive of guarantees." "Does not Your Majesty think the lower social orders will exercise pres sure on the governments to prevent them from increasing the burden of aimed peace?" said the interviewer. "1 think, and you may repeat this," replied the Spanish ruler, "that social ism will become daily more govern mental and that socialists will obtain satisfaction for their more just as pirations by legal methods without having to use violence, but I think also that as they evolve they will find out they have been deceived by certain politicians who have made of inter national pacificism a banner on which they have lived. "Even the pacificists will recognize after this war, while the instincts of human nature remain unmodified there are no better safeguards for right in international questions than foresight and strength. Besides, after the *ar there will be no unemploy ment. On the contrary .there will be work for all and it will be necessary to work. The world will continue to be what it is and in ten or twelve years we shall ask ourselves, astound ed: 'But what happened?' " Murderer of Three Is Glad He Killed Them By Associated Press Baltimore, Md., Sept. 8.—"I shot her. lam glad I killed all of them. My heart is satisfied now and feels easier than it has for many months." baying his right hand over his heart in his cell at the city jail to-day, Frank Grano, the Italian who yester day killed John Levin P. Robinson, his wife and their farm hand, Alonzo Red den on the Robinson farm, near Snow Hill, Md., and who, as Carmine Stumpo, killed his wife in Frankford, Philadelphia, in 1913, told why he had committed his most recent mur ders. Grano blames the triple tragedy on his love for Mrs. Robinson—a love which, he says, was returned until Redden won her away. "A year ago," said Grano, " I went to the Robinson farm as a farmhand. From the first day I went there, Mrs. Robinson showered her affections on me: "Yesterday I met her In the hallway. I had gone to the house for the pur pose of trying to get her to restore to me the love which she had transferred to Redden. She spurned me and I shot her." i HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915 27 CANDIDATES DRAW FOR PLACE ON TICKET Nonpartisan Ticket For Mayor, "City Commissioner and City Controller Arranged on List USE MR. HOFFMAN'S HAT Names on Printed Slips Pulled in Presence of Candidates by County Commissioners Four candidates for mayor, sixteen for City Commissioner and seven for city controller this morning "drew for position" on the nonpartisan primary ballot, before the county commis sioners. Most of the candidates themselves were on hand although a few didn't appear; neither Mayor John K. Royal, City Treasurer O. M. Copelin or City Commissioner W. L. Gorgas were on hand. The drawing was simple. The names of the city commissioners were print ed on slips of paper. These were fchaken up in a hat which President Isaac Hoffman of the county com missioners held while a newspaper re porter picked out the names. The same plan was followed in drawing the candidates for mayor and for city controller. Commissioners M. Harvey TaylcSr, William H. Lynch and Harry F. Bow man are scattered through the list. Mr. Taylor was fifth to be drawn, Mr. Bowman eighth, and Mr. Lynch tenth. Messrs. Gorgas and Royal were first and third respectively. In the mayoralty drawing Dr. E. S. Meals, ex-mayor was third with Harry F. Sheasley. leading; Ashton D. Peace heads the list of city controllers. The drawing In full follows: Mayor Harry F. Sheesley, William Bur goon, Ezra S. Meals, Edward M. Win ters. City Commissioners William L. Gorgas, Daniel W. Sohn, John K. Royal,, Owen M. Qopelin, M. Harvey Taylor, J. L. Yoder, Albert P. Doranz, Harry F. Bowman, Charles E. Landis, William H. Lynch, J. Edgar Rodenhaver, Charles C. Steiner, Ray mond Breach, A. H. Nuss, J. Grant Koons, Edward Z. Gross. City Controller Ashton D. Peace, DeWltt A. Fry, Clarence F. Snyder, Samuel T. Kin singer, Wilmer Crow, Harry M. Riley, Leo H. Lentz. BERLIN SAYS VESSEL WHS NOT TORPEDOED Persons in Authority to Speak Say Hesperian Was Not Attacked by Submarine Berlin, Sept. 8, via London, 1 P. M.— Persons in a position to speak with ruthority assert positively the convic tion that the steamship Hesperian was not torpedoed by a German sub i marine: at least, under the conditions thus far described. Queenstown, Sept. 8, 2.20 4 P. M—lt has been established that an American named Wolff was lost on the Hes perian. Wolff signed as an able sea man of the crew. He came from Newark, N. J., and was of Dutch parentage. Lansing Asks Gerard For All Available Information By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Sept. B.—Secre tary Lansing to-day cabled Ambas sador Gerard, at Berlin, to forward any information available on the sink ing of the steamer Hesperian. A State Department dispatch from London indicating that one American was lost is so Inconclusive that officials do not accept It as final. Queenstown Report Says Gun Was Mounted on Ship I By Associated Press Queenstown, Sept. 8, 11.45 A. M. — | There is absolutely no doubt that a gun was mounted on the Hesperian. It is understood the Run was visible to all who cared to look at It, no secret being made of its presence. Enlarging of Merchant Marine, Administration Plan, Declares M'Adoo • By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Sept. 8. —The administration's plans for national de fense and for enlarging the merchant marine, It was indicated to-day, will be co-ordinated in the forthcoming session of Congress. A striking argu ment for increasing the number of merchantmen under the Stars and Stripes, Secretary McAdoo said to-day, was that such ships were needed as naval auxiliaries. He has obtained from the Navy Department an outline of the need for auxiliaries and has asked the Depart ment of Commerce for information on the tonnage of merchant ships now flying the American flag. Mr. McAdoo said he thought it was possible that many merchant ships that have assumed American registry since the outbreak of the war In Europe will return to their original flags at the conclusion of hostilities. GARONY SCNO BY GUNFIRE By Associated Press La Rochelle, France, Sept.' 8, 2.15 P. M.—The British steamship Garony of Liverpool, was flred upon and sunk by a German submarine last night. J Her crew was saved. GRIND DUKE NICHDIiS' IS SENT TO CMICW Czar Makes Gigantic Change Upon Assuming Control of Rus sian Forces NEW POSITION UNIMPORTANT All Europe Surprised at Latest Move of Head of Petrograd Government By Associated Press Petrograd, Sept. 8, via London, 1:06 p. m.—Grand Duke Nicholas has been transferred to the Caucasus by Em peror Nicholas. The Eftiperor took this action on assuming command of the military and naval forces of Russia. In transferring the Grand Duke, he appointed him Viceroy of the Caucasus and commander-in-chief of the army in the southern front. The transfer was made in connec tion with a general reorganization of such Importance that it has stirred the nation deeply. The Grand Duke replaces the famous Viceroy of the Caucasus, Count Von Vorontzoff-Dashkoff. Emperor Nicholas addressed to the Count a communication acknowledging the value of his labors, and stated that he "yields to his request to be per mitted to devote his energies to work for which his state of health is more equal." The emperor therefore re lieves him of the post of Viceroy and attaches him to his personal staff. I>tter to Grand Duke In relieving the Grand Duke, the Emperor addressed a communication (Continued on Page 7.) I'IFTKKN MOTORISTS WHACK IIP $1 FINE ANI) COSTS Practically all of the traffic law violators reported by special officers to the Motor Club of Harrisburg have admitted that the charges preferred were true and appeared before Alder man Hilton during the last two days to nay their fines and costs. Each fine was sl, as all of the motorists had committed their first offense. URGES ROTARY CLUB TO BOOST FOR HOTEL William S. Essick Says That Is Cry ing Need; Observation Result of Continent Trip William 5. Essick, ex-president and delegate to the San Francisco inter national convention, told the members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club in his official report that they ought to get together and boost for a new hotel for Harrisburg in 1916. Get the hotel and additional industries, and business en terprises will follow, he said. This was his Judgment after a visit to many cities. Mr. Essick's address followed a "dinner in the trenches" at the Har risburg Club, during which the mem bers wore the military hats of various nations, sang military songs, saluted the American flag and the picture of George Washington when it was un- [Continued on Page 5.] Additional "Feeder" to the Lincoln Highway It was announced this morning: that a third spoke would be added to the half-portion of wheel which is formed by the Lincoln Highway, running from Lancaster through York, Gettysburg and Chambersburg, with Harrisburg as the hub and the two spokes al ready fixed being the "feeders" from Harrisburg to Lancaster and Harris burg to Gettysburg. This announcement cmme as a re sult of a meeting of the Motor Club of Harrisburg held last evening. The road from Harrisburg to Chambers burg is a fine stretch of stone road for fifty miles, all State highway, and the prospect that tolls will soon be abolished enhances the value of the road so greatly thqt the Motor Club decided to make it also a 'feeder" for the Lincoln Hgihway and post the distinctive red, white and blue arrows along that highway as well. The Telegraph, prints on page 4 a large map of Central Pennsylvania which Indicates clearly all the State Highway roads and the Lincoln high way and Its "feeders" and will be of interest to all motorists. Passenger Steamers in Collision in Fog By Associated Press Stonlngton. Maine, Sept. B.—The passenger steamers J. T. Morse and Pemaquld were in collision to-day In a thick fog off Turk Island near here. The Morae was badly damaged below the water line and was beached. All her passengers, who numbered nearly 200, were landed safely. The Pema quld was not injured. POSTMASTKRS ARE NAMED | Washington, D. C., Sept. "B.—Penn sylvania and New Jersey postmasters commissioned to-day Include: Benja min H. Caldwell, Frazler, Pa.; Clair F. Grim, Bevere, Pa., George W. Krider, Yoe. Pa., and Lurelda Sooy, fiomers Point. N. J. . THUDS ATTEND in one Masses of People Throng Market Square Long Before Time For Doors to Open BIG CROWDS ARE DELIGHTED Building Equipped From Top to Bottom to Give Service and Convenience to Public \ Mk DAVID KAUFMAN Crowding into South Market Square, thousands of people gathered last night long before the time set for the formal opening of the New Kaufman Store. Twenty officers, practically every member of the daylight force l of the police department, were kept busy keeping back the masses who had as sembled to make the inspection trip through the big department store. Promptly at 7:15 o'clock. David Kaufman, proprietor of the store, with a number of assistants, swung open the doors of the main entrance and let the hundreds of visitors pass into the store. In the meantime the I crowd in the Square increased as each [Continued on Page 10] Scores of Witnesses to Be Called at Inquest Into Shuman Girl's Death Working under the direction of Coroner Eckinger and District At torney Stroup, city and county detec tives spent to-day completing and re vising the evidence against William H. Shuman, former police chauffeur now In jail charged with feloniously attacking his daughter wi'th intent to kill. Miss Shuman was buried yester day. , Coroner Eckinger announced this morning that at least a score of wit nesses will be subpoenaed for the in i quest into the girl's death which will be held in the office of the District At torney to-morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. On the verdict returned by the coroner's jury a charge of either Involuntary manslaughter or murder will be made against Shuman. The preliminary hearing will probably be held by District Attorney Stroup Fri day or Saturday. Millions of Mosquitoes Bore Into Hides of Allison Hill Folk Millions of mosquitoes invaded the Allison Hill district last night. Resi dents were driven from their porches and front stoops earjy in the evening. Cool places in the back yards were deserted because of the pesky biters. To-day 50 r>er "<»rt. of the residents were kept busy scratching. Where the long-bill disturbers came from is a mystery. Up until last night mosquitoes were rather a scarce article on Allison Hill. But there were swarms of pesttferous buzzers about last evening. Shortly before 8 o'clock pedestrians were attacked by thou sands of mosquitoes near the street arc lights. Many of the residents found their homes filled with the Invaders and lost considerable sleep. Druggists did a land office business In cltronella and Chinese punk. It was some time be fore the rush was exolained. One druggist had retired at. midnight and was called from his bed by a customer who said "his family was being eaten up by mosquitoes." New York Girl Coming on to Participate in Great Water Carnival That interest in the great Municipal Improvement Celebratiorf is not con fined to Harrisburg and vicinity Is demonstrated by the entry of Miss Gertrude Gross of New York Citv with Walter J. Shaffer, of the State Print ery in the mixed canoe race during the water carnival, Friday. September 24. Miss Gross is an enthusiastic canoe ist and usually spends much time on the Susquehajina on her frequent trips with fritnds and relatives at Dauphin.- Last week she read a story of the water carnival In the Telegraph and immediately decided that the op, portunlty to participate In the canoe race was worth the two hundred mtie journey. Her entry was filed with J. Ray Hoffert, chairman of the water carnival committee yesterday. Dur ing carnival week she will be the guest of Miss Ruth Staffer at Dauphin. BRITTSrf STEAMER SUNK By .Associated Press London, Sept. 8. 12.34 P. M.—The British steamship Douro has been sunk by jrunflre, presumably from a submarine. Her crejv vyas savacL 10 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT GEROIMN SHIES INCREASING ACTIVITY Undersea Craft Sinks Steamer Off French Coast; Crew Escapes in Boats SERBIAN ARTILLERY BUSY Efforts of Austrians to Fortify Left Bank of Danube Meet With Opposition Ry Associated Press Grand Duke Nicholas, who has been at the head of the Russian armies since the beginning of the war and d'rected their movements in the great campaigns on the eastern front, has been transferred by Emperor Nicholas to the Caucasus, where the compara tively unimportant operations against the Turks are in progress. The emperor's action was taken when he assumed command of all of Russia's armed forces on land and sea, it developing to-day that he had placed himself at the head of Russia's naval as well as her military forces. Grand Duke Nicholas is appointed viceroy of the Caucasus and com mander-in-chief of the army on the Russian southern front. Count von Vorontzoff-Dashkoff, who has been viceroy of the Caucasus, is congratulated by the emperor on his achievements in the region and is at tached by imperial order to the em peror's personal staff. German submarine activity, now in creasingly in evidence off the French coast, has resulted in the torpedoing of syiother steamer, the Guatemala, of f.,913 tons, which went down off Belle Isle. The crew escaped in boats and were picked up. Gunfire, presumably from a sub marine, sank the 1,600-ton British steamer Duoro. Her crew was saved. Serbian artillery along the Danube continues its activity in efforts to break up Austrian fortifying op erations on the left bank of that river. Four Give Skin to Save Life of Burned Boy Two nurses, a staff physician and an orderly at the Harrisburg hospital yesterday sacrificed skin from their arms to be grafted to the body of Paul S. Erb, the 14-year-old boy, who was seriously burned by fireworks at Enterline July S, 19)4. ' | Enola yards' late this afternoon, William Givlcr, of West I London, Sept. S, 4* M —Ten'persons were killed and f ( ♦ . t ;; > . «., ' - Washington, Sept. S.- Prospects of a trillion bushel • * a r ; ziTZZtZi g rrT' i 000,000 bushels, an increase of 15,000,000 since the August ■ • bald nil! - ' a: , n ' ' I fall i mo? r I ■' •"!. -■ • ■ ■ : \ ' and c■ ■■' • . ■i . ■ . : '] 1 ''l( LEASED most'important step yet taken by the United States army in the boi-drr ccrnpii ition- t';c low; Rio Grande Valley 1 came tq-day with the issue here of an order giving to army officers commana over the actions of the civilians on the ! river bank in case the shooting across the international i boundary is resun ed i , SHIPMENT AMOUNTS TO $19,000,000 . New York, Sept. B.—Great Britain's third shipment of gold to the L rii>.«••.; States v. ithin five weeks, placed to day in the Subtrca a here a mounted to $19,465,000 and not J approximately $66,000,000 as reported,, according to an of ficial ann ir.cemcM made t»dsy by J". P Morgan and Com » pany, the -jn;i Berlin, Sept. «. -1.1 I .en lon. 3.50 P M.—Germ ah forces I engaged in battle with the Russians in the district north of the R:elu/ir b , >•© captured the city* of Wo!» j kowys.k, it was announced by, German army headquarters | ! ' . i MARRIAGE LICENSES I . I Charles S. A (nicer and El vo Viola Anderson, Slddonsburgr. Allen F. Thoman and Mar? Gettler, Blslrrvlllr. » Irvln M. Ruby. Enola, and Myrtle D. Reber, city. 9li * < WILSON ID USING 111 CONFERENCE TIKE UP DH. DIM'S CASE President Reverses Usual Arrange ment and Goes to State Department HIS CALL WAS UNEXPECTED Mrs. Lansing Was Calling on Her Husband at Time Chief Executive- Entered By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Sept. B.—Presi dent Wilson went to the State Depart ment to-day and conferred with Sec retary Lansing. It was generally un derstood they discussed the case of Dr. Dumba, the Austrian ambassador. The president's action was so un usual that White House and State De partment attaches were slow to realize what had happened. So far as offi cials could recall the only precedent for a President going to call on a Sec retary of State, was recorded when (Continued on Page 7.) Dr. Dumba's Letter to Count Burian at Vienna, Made Public in London Special to 1"» c Ttlsgrafh Chicago, Sept. B.—A disphtch from London to the Chicago Herald gives the exact text in English of the Dumba letter seized among the effects of James P. J. Archbald, which has made such a sensation In the United States. It reads: New York, Aug. 20, 1915. My Lord: Yesterday evening Consul General von Nuber received the enclosed memoire from the chief editor of the locally known paper, "Seabadsag," after a previous conference with him and in pursuance of his proposals to arrange for strikes in the Bethlehem Schwab Steel and Munitions War Fac tory and also in the Middle West. Doctor Archbald, who is well known to your lordship, leaves to-day at 12 o'clock on board the Rotterdam {oi [Continued on Page 5.]
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