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'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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.