Death List in Southern Storm Shows Big Increase as Communication Is Restorou 'HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 231 CITY PLANNERS OPPOSE WALNUT STREET BRIDGE Adopt Resolutions Emphati cally Declaring For State and Market Street Subways VIADUCT A DETRIMENT Other Traffic Problems For Upper and Lower End of City Discussed Building of a full-width sub way at State street and the widen ing of the subway at Market street would conserve nil interests and furnish ample and convenient means of travel to and from the eastern and central sections of the city, and that the building of a bridge at Walnut street would seriously interfere with and per haps end for all time the other two projects. In this vigorous language the City Planning Commission last evening de clared unequivocally against the pass age of the $300,000 loan to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Wal nut street. Report to Council In addition to this emphatic action f.gainst the Walnut street bridge the commission also discussed other im portant problems that, deal particu larly with the traffic question in Har risburg. The commission's suggestions for solution will be embodied in a re port to Council Tuesday. These Will include the building of a subway at Division street, elimination of grade crossings in South Harrisburg at Vine and Paxton streets and the broadening of the traffic arteries. The latter sug gestion. it was pointed out, would give freer and better access for traffic be tween the Hill and other manufactur ing sections and the new Pennsylvania freight depot on South Second street. The construction of a subway at Di vision street would afford better and ujore desirable means of eommuniea lion between the upper end of the city, Wildwood Park and the section to the north and east. Whole Commission Attends The Planning Commission, however, devoted most of its time to the discus m sion of the State street and Market street subway projects. The entire rommission. including President K. S. Herman, Secretary B. F. Umberger, George A. Shreiner, Francis Jordan Hall and George W. Reily, attended. The resolutions adopted follow in full: The Resolutions "Whereas the question of whether or not the indebtedness of the citv of Harrisburg shall be increased $300,000 for the erection of a bridge across the Faxton creek valley At Walnut street is before the electors to be voted upon in November, and "Whereas it is important thai the electors of the city shall be fully in formed of the policy and plans of the Harrisburg Citv Planning Commission with respect to the building of bridges and subways across said valley so that said electors may intelligently vote on the subject; now. therefore, be it "Resolved, That the members of the Harrisburg City Planning Commission give to the newspapers for publication a statement to the effect that the building of a full-width subway at ft ate street and the widening to' full width of the subway at Market street would conserve all interests and fur nish ample and convenient means of travel to and from the eastern and central sections of the city, and that the building of a bridge at Walnut TContinued on Page 9] Lansing and Bernstorff Confer in New York By Associated Press New York, Oct. 2. Secretary of State Lansing stopped here to-day, while euroute to Washington from his vacation, to confer with Count Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, relative to the submarine negotiations and particularly the case of the Arabic. It was the first corference between 'he representatives of the two govern ments for two weeks during which time the German Ambassador had been given an opportunity to com municate to his foreign office the evi dence gathered by the United States tending to prove conclusively that the Arabic was torpedoed without warn ing and was not engaged in a hostile act, as Germany claims. REBELS WII.I. DELIVER ARMS By Associated Press J Cape Haitlen, Oct. 2. —ln conse quence of the' agreement between Haitien rebels and officers of the Am erican expeditionary force the rebels will deliver their arms to the Am ericans on Tuesday. THE WEATHER For Harrl*bursr and vicinity! Fair to-nlKht and Sunday* Not much cbanKe in temperature. For Uaxtern Pennsylvania: Partly 4 cloudy to-nlKht; Sunday fair. w "lightly warmer: eentle to mod erate wlnda moxtly westerly. River The SuMquehnnnn river nnd It* principal branche* w ill r l*e or re main nearly atatlonary. A NtiiKe of about 8.7 feet In Indicated for HnrrlnburK Sunday morning. General Condition* The center of the troplcnl Mtorm liai moved from F.a«tern Tenne*aee «o the New Jeraey count during the laat twenty-four hour*, caunlnar rain in the Atlantic State* from ™ew Eniclnnd aouthward and over the eaxtern part of the Lake Iteglou and the t-'pper Ohio Val ley. Temperature: S a. m., .".4, Sun: Rlxe*. (1:02 a . m.| act*. 5:56 p. m. Mi.on: Sew moon, October S, 84:42 p. m. River Stage: 3.7 .feet above low water mark. Ye*terday'« Weather fllshent temperature. 50. I.oneat temperature, 50. Menu temperature, 53. Normal temperature, 00. , IAY GET LOCAL CHURCi iif R ■ liljgk * J THE REV. DR. R. R. BUTTERWICK [Unofficially In United Brethren con ference circles to-day It was said that the Rev. Dr. Butterwick. of Mountvllle, would be sent to either the Otterbein or the Sixth Street churches of this city. The rumor could not be confirm ed. The, Rev. Dr. Butterwick has been statistical secretary of the East Penn sylvania conference for a number of years. Is a conference trustee of Leba non Valley College, and a member of the educational board ] President Asks God to Lead the Nation Through Great Crisis By Associated Press Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 2.—How President Wilson went down on his knees and led his Cabinet in prayer at a recent meeting was told here yes terday by Bishop William F. Ander son, of Cincinnati, at a session of the Indiana Methodist Episcopal Confer ence. A United States Senator told the bishop of the incident, he said. The Senator had heard it from one of the Cabinet members who prayed with the President. "When the President arrived at the Cabinet meeting," aiid Bishop Ander son, "his face wore a solemn look. Tt was evident that serious affairs of the nation were on his mind. He said to the Cabinet members: 'I don't know whether you men believe in prayer or not. I do. Let us pray and ask the help of God.' "And right there the President of the United States fell upon his knees and the members of the Cabinet did the same and the President offered a prayer to God. While the war rages In Europe, we in this country should thank God that in this crisis of the world we have a chief executive who is a servant of God and who stands with his hand in the hand of God. Every minister In the land should every time he offers a prayer take Woodrow Wilson by the hand and lead him into the presence of God, and ask that he be given strength to continue to be the great apostle of peace among men." There was a chorus of "aniens" from the ministers. a telegram expressing the confidence of the dele gates in him was sent to the Presi dent. WOMAN LEADS TO VICTORY Sister of Charity Rallies Russian Com- I pany and Is Mortally Wounded I Petrograd. Oct. 2.—A Russian sister lof charity, Mira Ivanovna, was on the j field of battle during a severe engage- Jment on September 22. Heedless of \ the entreaties of the officers near her, | including her brother, who is a regi- I mental surgeon, that she leave the I field, she continued to care for the ! wounded amid a hail of rifle and ma (chine gun fire. The commander and all the other I officers of the 10th company of her j regiment were killed in the action. Realizing that the position was a criti cal one, she rallied the survivors of the company and with them charged the I German line, drove it back and cap tured a German trench. ' At the mo ment of victory she fell mortally wounded. CUT HIS THROAT William Shade, aged 40, of Pen brook, attempted suicide yesterday by cutting his throat with a pocket knife According to friends. Shade had been | under the influence of drink for a | week and attempted to end his life because the woman who was employ , ing him took a bottle of whisky from ! him and broke It. It is believed th"t i he will recover. CONTRACTOR BURIED ALIVE Special to The Telegraph j Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 2. - -George i Hoffman, of Scranton. a sewer con | tractor, was buried alive and smoth jered when the sides of a trench in | which he was directing his men at | Duryea, near here, caved in. UNREST is MOSCOW By Assc \c\ated Press ; Washington, D. C„ Oct. 2.—Delaved dispatches to the State Department report conditions of unrest in Moscow I foreshadowing the recent rioting men- Itioned in news dispatches. Unem ployed, thrown out of work by strikes iwere said to be causing trouble and [more serious outbreaks were threaten ed. Officials believe no Americans ] were injured. MEN WILL NOT STRIKE By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 2.—Leaders of the workmen at the East Pittsburgh plants of the Westlnghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company pi-.jit i who yesterday voted on a proposition made to them by E. M. Herr, presi ! dent of the company, to-day an nounced that the men had decided not to strike. HOPE FOR MEN GIVEN VP By Associated Press Pottsvllle, Pa., Oct. 2.—A steel mine car which blocked the gangway and had to he removed with chisels caused a halt in the progress being made to rescue the mine men entombed last i Monday morning in the Coaldale mine 1 Practically all hope has been aband oned of finding the imprisoned men alive. MARRIED BY ALDERMAN James Ambp and Miss Til lie Bell, both of Mlddletown, were married this afternoon at the home of Samuel : Stover, 1908 Moltke street, by Alder-' iinan George D. Herbert. HARRISBURG, PA. k SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1915 BIG SHAKE-UP IN UNITED BRETHREN CIRCLES COMING? Dr. R. R. Ruttcrwick May Come • to Sixth Street or Otter • bein, This City HARRISRI'RG IS PIVOT Revs. Ralsbaugh, Spangler and Rupp May All Re Changed A big shake-up in pastoral charges in the East Pennsylvania Conference of the TTnited Brethren Church is ex pected by many of the ministers of churches attending the conference in | session in the Sixth Street United j Brethren Church. | The announcement of these appoint ] ments will be made to-morrow morn ] ing at the regular church service by i Bishop W. M. Weekley, who is presid j Ins at the sessions, which ?nd to-mor ! row night. Harrisburg is the pivot for the big change, according to the rumor circu lating in conference circles to-day. The situation in the First United Brethren Church. Boas and Myrtle streets,' is largely responsible for the proposed shake-up. is the general be lief expressed by the majority of the pastors. Recently the members of that congregation voted whether or rot the church should be abandoned and after a discussion they decided to | maintain their existence. It is more than likely that the Kfev. J. T. Spang ler, the present pastor of First Church, will be moved. None of the pastors know Just what will happen to-morrow. All of them believe that if lhe conditions in this city can be adjusted favorably to sat isfy the five local pastors no big change will be made throughout the conference. If this is not accom | plished while the stationing committee • is in session to-day. one of the biggest I shake-ups In conference history is looked for. In Harrisburg, according to rumors afloat, the Rev. P. H. Balsbaugh will leave Sixth Street Chuch, with the Rev. Dr. R. H. Butterwick, of Mount ville. or the Rec. Dr. S. Edwin Rupp, o£ Otterbein Church, this city, taking his place. The return of Dr. J. A. Lyter to Derry Street Church is prac tically assured, and little has been said [Continued on Page 9] COURT PRAISES STATE POLICE Grand Jury and Judge Kunkel Commend Constabulary's Work Verbal bouquets were handed the Pennsylvania State police for "the diligent, persevering and efficient as sistance rendered to the law officers of Dauphin county in the detection of crime and the conviction of crim inals in the rural districts" by both the Dauphin county grand jury and President Judge George Kunkel at the close of September quarter sessions. Judge Kunkel in commenting upon the report spoke of the excellence of the State constabulary's work and re ferred to several murders and shoot ing affrays in Steelton and this city, which might have been run down if the State policemen had been on their trails. The grand jury also recommended that the county commissioners take immediate steps to condemn the Hum melstown pike through Hershey to the county line near Palmyra and that the tollgate at Brownstone be abol ished "so that the last impediment to public travel in Dauphin county be removed." After favorably commenting upon the excellent conditions found at the almshouse and the jail, the grand jury states that it acted upon 146 bills of indictment, found 109 to be true and ignored thirty-seven. METHODS OF DEALING WITH U-BOATS BEING STUDIED By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Oct. 2. —Official reports of the American Government announcing that successful methods of dealing with the submarine had been developed by Great Britain are being carefully studied because of their possible bearing upon the Amer ican naval policy. These reports assert that at least fifty and possibly seventy German submarines have been destroyed by the new methods. It is also declared that the British Admiralty is not only confident that it has crushed the Ger n.j.n war zone campaign, but that unless the submarine is made more effective, it will not. in the future prove the menace it has been to com merce and war fleets. CHARLTON MAY BE FREED By Associated Press Como, Italy, Oct. 1, via Paris, Oct. 2.—Jurists here believe Porter Charl ton, the American whose trial on the charge of murdering his wife, will begin in this city on October 5, will be sentenced to a term of imprison ment shorter than he has already un dergone and that consequently he will be freed Immediately after sentence Is I pronounced. G. A. R. REUNION ENDS By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Oct. 2.—To-day officially closed the forty-ninth annual reunion of the Grand Army of the Re public. Practically all of the veterans had already loft for their homes. A few remained, however, to clear up routine business and to attend outdoor events that had been postponed until to-day on account of yesterday's downpour of rain. SCHWAB WANTS PENNA. STEEL CO. Negotiates For Purchase of Rig Steel Plant at Steelton CONFERENCE YESTERDAY William H. Donner Finally Gets Control of Cambria Steel Company Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Oct. 2. William H. Donner, president of the Cambria Steel Company,'yesterday closed the long anticipated deal for the control of, that company, and Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel Cor poration, negotiated for the taking over of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany. The control of the Cambria Steel has passed from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the Donner- Frick interests through the sale of the Pennsylvania company's holdings in the open market. Negotiations for the sale of the Pennsylvania Steel Company were car ried on at a two-hour session held in Broad Street Station between Schwab, E. T. Stotesbury, a director of the Pennsylvania Steel, and Henry Tat nall, a vice-president and a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Announcement of the passing of the control of the Cambria Steel will be forthcoming In a few days; but there is still some uncertainty as to the exact status of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany negotiations. After yesterday's conference Schwab, Stotesbury and Tatnall alike declined to commit them selves as to the result of their nego tiations, but it is believed that if they have not reached an agreement they t*re much nearer a consummation of their efforts than ever before. Schwab In It Again It was learned last night that mat ters have so been shaped that, should the present negotiations for the sale of Pennsylvania Steel to Schwab fall through, then that property will be taken Into a merger with the Cambria Steel and a third corporation, under stood to be the Lackawanna Steel Company. The arrangements settle the reports that the Midvale would be one of the concerns to be merged with the Cam bria Steel, but leaves open the ques tion as to precisely which companies are to be enveloped with the Midvale [Continued on Page 3] SCORES FILTHY MM DEALERS Dr. Raunick Says Something More Than Publicity and Prosecution Is Needed Filthy milk dealers are severely scored by Dr. J. M. J.Ranuick, city health officers, in the September issue of the health bulletin of the city bu reau of health and sanitation. Prosecution of certain dealers last month has had little effect on others who continue to supply the commodi ity to Harrisburg regardless of the legal requirements or the effect it may have on the city's health. "Instead of the hoped for improve ment in our milk supply following our milk prosecutions last month," says I the bulletin, "a mere glance at the | August milk report seems to indicate that with some dealers, something more than prosecution and publicity will be required to insure a clean, safe milk supply for us. "When confronted with the appall ing fact that over 50 per cent, of a single month's milk samples show the presence of the treacherous colon bacilli In dangerous amounts, it must be conceded that such a filthy milk supply constitutes so serious a menace to the health of the community that its continuance cannot be tolerated u.ider any circumstances. 'Safety Hrst" precautions which have been taken by the public electric utilities in trimming the trees through which their wires must pass are fav orably' commented upon by Dr. Rau nick. 5 Killed When Auto and Train Meet on Crossing Lancaster. Pa.. Oqt. 2. Five pas sengers were killed In a railroad cross- I ing accident late yesterday afternoon at Newport Cross Roads crossing, a quarter of a mile west of Leola, on the Downingtown and Lancaster Branch of the Pennsylvania railroad. The au tomobile In which they were riding was hit by an eastbound passenger train. The dead are: E. M. Zell, a mer chant of Monterey; his 12-year-old son,, Edwin; Martha, the 12-year-old > daughter of Benjamin Buck, of Mon terey, and Paul and Jason Groff. aged j 12 and S respectively? sons of Weidler Groff, a farmer near Leola. The In-! jured are George, the 11-year-old son of E. B. McCarthy, of Leola, and Mary, ] the 9-year-old daughter of Weidler Groff. Zell, calling at the Locust Grove high school, half a mile from Leola, was hailed by the students. Nine of them clambered Into the automobile for the ride home. A few minutes later all but two were killed. TAKE LEPER FROM PITTSBURGH By Associated Press Pittsburgh. Pa., Oct. 2. Emil Grabel, the leper who came to Pitts burgh two months ago and since that time has been a ward of the city con fined in a tent on the grounds of the municipal hospital was quietly re moved from the city on Monday and turned over to United States Govern ment health authorities, who have taken him in charge. His where abouts is being kept a secret. , FRENCH MAKING ; NEW ADVANCES IN THE WEST Trenches Reported Captured on Heights of La Folic in Artois District BULGARIANS ON BOBDER Teutonic Gains Near Dina and in Volynhia Seem Fairly Well Offset New progress for the French in the offensive movement of the allies on the western front is reported to-day by the Paris war office. Advances from trench to trench on the heights of La Folio In the Artois district arc claimed. While the political situation in the Balkans is continuing to absorb atten tion, Bulgaria is disposing her troops with a view to eventualities. She is reported in advices through Athens to be moving forces toward the Greek border as well as in the direction of the Serbian • frontier. Bucharest dispatches received in Italy say that Bulgarian artillery is being massed along the DobrUdja front of the Rumanian frontier. The situation on the eastern front is little changed according to the ad vices. Teutonic gains near Dina and in Volynhia seem fairly well offset by the reported progress of the Russians in the central sectors, where they are admittedly on the offensive. Contradicting the recent brief an nouncement of success in Mesopotamia the Turkish war office declares that the British offensive resumed on Sep tember 27 was a failure, a violent at tack being beaten off despite the fact that the British outnumbered the Turks four to one. It is also claimed In the Turkish statement that heavy losses were in flicted on a British force which landed on the bank of the Tigris north of Korna. Armenians to Become American Citizens By Associated P, 's Washington, Oct. 2. —Turkey has consented to the emigation 'of all Ar menians who actually will become nat uralized American citizens on their arrival in this country. Ambassador Morganthau at Constantinople has ar ranged with the Turkish government for the free departure of all Armenians whose intention to become naturalized Americans he can vouch. ] An appeal will be made public by | the board of commissioners for for ; eign missions, for money to make pos sible the transportation and change of | allegiance of such Armenians. It is | understood that Turkey will permit I the Armenians to come to the United States although it will not allow them to take up residence in Europe. London Still Interested in Fighting in East By Associated Press London, Oct. 2, 12.20 p. m. The situation on the eastern front is still regarded in London as of the greatest immediate importance, notwithstand ing the new offensive in ihe west. To transfer the center of grtvity of the war to the western front !s the task now before the French and British. The menacing attitude of Bulgaria doubtless is having a marked bearing j on the activity of the allies in France jand Belgium for increasing pressure ion the German lines would exert a J decided influence on plans of the Aus- I trians and Germans to concentrate a ! heavy force on the Serbian frontier, I should they commit themselves to a | fresh campaign in the Balkans with | the assistance of Bulgaria. That na jtion now occupies as Foreign Secretary j Grey phrased it yesterday, the posi tion Turkey held during those weeks of uncertainty before she cast her lot openly with the central powers. MOBILIZING MEN UNDER 58 By Associated Press Milan, Italy, Oct. 1, via Paris, Oct. 2.—-Bulgaria is mobilizing all men up j to the age of OS years, according to the Corriere Delia Sera's Bucharest corre spondent. No citizen under is per mitted to leave the country and mar tial law has been proclaimed. ABSINTHE FOR EXPLOSIVES Paris, Oct. 2. Stocks of absinthe now arc being converted into an in gredient for explosives at a co-opera tive distillery at Pointois which has been supplying clear alcohol extracted ! from beet roots to government explo jsives factories where It is used in the manufacture of gun cotton. BRITISH FORCES REPULSED ' Constantinople, Oct. 2, via London, I 12.19 p. in.—Announcement was made j by the war office to-day thut the Brit ish forces In Mesopotamia were re pulsed in the recent fighting. First Game of World's Series Will Be Played in Philadelphia Oct. 8 By Associated Press New York, Oct. 3. The National i Baseball Commission, at its meeting I to-day. decided that tlie first game ol' i tlic world's series shall IK- played in Philadelphia on Friday, October x. The second same is set for the next day, October 0, in the same city. The; third and fourth games will be played ! I in Boston Octol>er 11 and 12, respec ! lively, the fifth In Philadelphia on October 13 and the sixth in Boston on' [October 14. • I The seventh game, if one Is neces- : sary, will be played on Friday, October 15. The place for this game will be I chosen by the toss of a coin. GERMANS RENEW ACTIVITY ! Paris, Oct. 2, 2:30 p. m.—There has been a heavy German bombardment In the Artols district, according to the announcement made by the French War Office this afternoon. Neverthe less the French forces have made! perceptible progress In this district on j the heights of La Folie. 4 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT—FinaI HENRY A. KELKER DIES IN 90TH YEAR He Was Long One of the Prom inent Men in the Business Affairs of Harrisburg HEADED STREET RAILWAY HENRY A. KELKER Henry A. Kclkcr. for years promi nent in the street railway andtlnan-! cial affairs of the city, died at his resl- I rlence. 15 South Front street, at 8.35 o'clock this morning. Had Mr. Kelker lived until December 18 he would have been 90 years of age. For several weeks he had been in failing health, although until very recently he main tained the marked interest he has taken in the development of Harris burg and Steelton for so many years. [Continued on Page 9] AUTO RACES POSTPONED New York, N. Y., October 2. The 350-mile automobile race for the Astor cup, scheduled to have been run at the Sheepsliead bay speedway to-day was officially postponed on ac count of rain. Definite .announcement as to when the race will be held will be made later in the day. MAY BE CHICAGO MURDERER Allentovvn, Pa., Oct. 2.—The police of this city said to day that records from Chicago indicate that Rudolf Kruger, who C i from the Lehigh county />r ; -.on, September 21, by saw in o through iron bars of a cell to which he had been confined for infractions of the prison rules, may be Robert Schultz, who was convicted of murder in Chicago, January 14, 1912 and sentenced to twenty years in Joliet. BLACK DAMP HAS KILLED MINERS Lonsford, Pa., Oct. 2.—Black damp, it is feared, has killed the nine men who were entombed last Monday in the Foster tunnel of the Lehigh Coal\and Navigation Company, Coald.ilc. The rescue'erews according to announcements by the officials will probably reach the miners late this after noon. Sixty feet of rock, timber and coal wa9 cleared away to efTect a passage last night. AUSTRIA TO SEND ULTIMATUM London, Oct. 2, 5.52 P. M. —A telegram from Amster dam says that Austria is about to send an ultimatum to uma: : s demanding the free passage of munitions to TurV NAILS USED TO HONOR VON HINDENBURG • Berlin, Oct. 2. —By Wireless to Tuckerton, N. J. —Fie! Marshal Von Hindenburg's 63t'n birthday to-day was cele brated here in a notable way. A feature of the celebration was the driving of nails by 1,000 children into the "iron Hmdenburg" the colossal wooden statute of the field ma. shal that was recently erected and which is being sheathed with gold, silver and iron nails. LANSING GETS BERLIN NOTE New York, Oct. 2. —Count Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, delivered to Secretary Lensing to-day a note from the German government concerning the Arabic case, which, it is understood, affords a negotiable basis for the settlement o.f the question. WILSON TO VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE Washington, Oct. 2. President Wilson is expected shortly to announce his intention of voting for the New Jersey State Constitutional amendment granting suffrage to women. A special election on the amendment will be held October 19. MARRIAGE LICENSES Robert ami I.lllliiii llriiiitliniigli, city. Normnii Myertt, Hluhaplrc, unit tlnrel Orr*n, city. James Ynnnit Am,II unci Tlllle Bell, lllridletnvin. Edgar H. Gflv, Lancaster. and Mary Elizabeth Kauts, Ellanhethtown. DEATH LIST IN SOUTHERN STORM IS ALMOST 600 Property Damage Is Estimated Today to Be Almost $12,000,000 PLANTATIONS RUINED Levees in Many Places Have Been Destroyed, Rescue Parties Say New Orleans, Oct. 2. — The number of known dead, reported dead and persons missing in Louisiana and Mis sissippi as a result of Wednesday night's tropical hurricane was put at 549 in a total compiled here to-day from reports that came in from many points on the gulf coast and in the interior. Property damage was estimated at $12,000,000. It was considered certain early to day that the total dead in the storm would number at least 350. The known death list already stands at 224, with 208 othe'rs reported dead. In addition there are IX7 known miss ing. Property damage throughout the storm swept territory has been enor mous and in many places the destruc tion complete. Relief parties return ing to-day from the Delta, section said that the rich plantations in that sec tion had been wiped out, crops ruin ed, orange trees destroyed, buildings demolished and washed out to sea and that the country for miles was under water four to fifteen feet deep. Tho levees in many places have been de stroyed, adding new menace to the in habitations and rendering more diffi cult the work of rehabilitation. River pilots expressed the opinion that it would be impossible to construct tha levees in many places. Many people to-day still were re-< ported marooned on the tops of un [Continued on Pa«c »1 GERMANS RELIEVE AUSTRIAN'S By Associated ftress Paris, Oct. 2.—A dispatch receivoil from the Serbian frontier announces that German troops have relieved tho Austrian forces on the first line along the bank of the Danube according to the Petit Parisien's Bucharest corre« spondent.