8 MADAME MELBA ON WAR'S HONOR Declares England Will Fight Until Nothing Is Left Madame Melba, one of the greatest sopranos the world has evpr known, who will appear at the Orpheum to night, in a recent interview with a representative of the Yale News said that Englishmen will fight until noth ing more is left. . "As much as I would like to return to England I cannot at the present either at the front or have been killed etthe rat the front or have been killed in action," said Madam Melba. "Their widows and children remain at home in sorrow and it is more than I could bear to go there at this time. "I have two nephews who are at the front now, lighting for England. My brother-in-law lost his mind while in an engagement on Ualllplli. "During the past year I have been giving concerts for the Red Cross. I have raised $200,00 for this cause in ten of'these. At one concert $70,000 •was cleared to help the wounded sol diers who have fought so nobly for Australia and for the English empire. 1 have just completed a tour of Can ada. raising money for this cause. The spirit there is marvelous." In 1887, Madame Melba accom panied her father, who was a Com missioner to the Paris Exposition, to "France, and studied singing under Madame Marches!. She made her first appearance at the Theater de la Monnaie, Brussels, as Hilda, in "Rigo letto." She made her first appearance in England at Covent Garden, in "Lucia dl Latnmerinoor," in 1888, since which she has been regarded as ono of the greatest of prima donnas, having sung in all the great capitals and at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. for the past year Madame. Melba has been at her home In Australia, but the greater part of this season she will be In America, making a concert tour under the direction of C. A. Ellis, of Boston. Corporal Gerdes Leads Penna. Rifle Team CORPORAL C. W. GERDES Pennsylvania's expert rifle tram at the Jacksonville matches was led l>v Corporal O. W. Gerdes, of Company li, Kighth Infantry, of tills rlty. lie made a score of .105 and the Keystone State men scored 8,563. Sergeant Rufux Ftlester. of the Governor's Troop, also did notable work. The Pennsylvania team finished eighth in the national match, the best place it has ever occupied. It was eighth in class A and first in class B, so that the men get $360 prize money, the Hilton trophy and medals for both classes. Two years ago Pennsylvania was twenty-fourth and In class R. This year it was led by the United States in fantry, marine and cavalry teams, Massachusetts, Oregon, Wisconsin und New York. The Empire State men led only by three points. BRYAN TO I jECTURE HERE Final arrangements were made to day by the Peace Society for the lec ture of William Jennings Bryan in the auditorium of the Technical High school on November 5, the subject be ing "The European War and Its Les sons for Üb." Tickets are on sale at the usual places or may be had by mail from W. R. McCord, the Calder building or Dr. J. J. Mullowney, of Paxtang. COTTON' CROP ANNOUNCED By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Oct. 25.—Cotton ginned prior to October 18 amounted to 6,713,347 bales, the Census Bureau to-day announced. Round bales in cluded 54,422; sea Islands, 40,257 bales. FRENCH REPORT SUCCESS Paris, Oct. 25, 2:35 p. n>. An im portant success by the French troops in the Champagne district is an nounced by the French War Office this afternoon. 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That was the gist of a talk by Benjamin Prizer, of the Middletown Stove Works before the Harrisburg Rotary club at luncheon at the Senate Hotel to-day. Mr. Prizer took the old Grand Opera House site at Walnut and Third streets as an example. He said that, if assessed at the value at which it is held by its owners it would not be long before it would hold a large building giving ■ employment to both capital and labor. "Assess your real estate at its real value and your town will develop and grow as never be fore," he said. George Brinton, a member of the club, presided at the luncheon and among the guests were Dr. Charles L>. Koch, of the State Educational De partment: C. R. Hoffman, of Lewis town: Dana Griffin, of Harrisburg, and Dr. Frederick Gardner, formerly of the Yates School, Lancaster, and now an official in the educational work of the Episcopal church. • The next meeting will be held on Tuesday evening of next week at Mt. Pleasant. Press, with Samuel Eby as speaker, giving an illustrated address on the Panama Pacific Exposition. Harrisburg Rotarian s to Charter Special Train The Harrisburg Rotary Club will run a special train to the Cincinnati convention next July and will invite Rotarians of York, Lancaster, Read ing, Pottsville and other Central Pennsylvania cities to go along. The hotel reservations are now being made in Cincinnati and the transportation will be in charge of Andrew E. Buch anan, division passenger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad in this city. George W. Mumma, secretary of the Cincinnati club, as the Harrisburg delegation styles itself, is receiving registrations and W. G. Rauch is treasurer. The other members of (lie committee are Samuel P. Eby, John S. Musser and Howard C. Fry. DOG "GETS- RIIRGLAH A large Collie dog early yesterday morning prevented a robbery at the home of John Bush. 415 Herr stret. Mrs. Bush was awakened between I and 2 o'clock in the morning by a knock on the front door. Thinking it was a member of the household, Mrs. Bush went downstairs and opened the door. Before she had a chance to see who was on the outside, a colored man forced open the door and knocked Mrs. Bush down. The woman screamed and the dog came from an adjoining room, grab bing the Intruder by the leg. The burg lar beat the dog off and escaped. GERMANY DEFENDS KILLING OF WOMAN Prominent Germans in U. S, Opposed to Execution of Miss Cavell Berlin, Oct. 25.—Dr. Alfred F. M. Zimmerman, German under secretary for foreign affairs, has Issued an offi cial explanation of the recent shooting in Belgium of Miss Edilh Cavell, the British nurse. He prefaced his re marks by the declaration that he had examined every Jot and tittle of the evidence with the greatest care and found the verdict, though regrettable, to be just. He says in part: "Countless Britisii, Belgian and French soldiers now again are lighting in the allied ranks who owe their es cape from Belgium to the activity of the band now sentenced, at the head oi which stood Miss Cavell. "With such a situation under the very eyes of the authorities only the ftmost severity can bring relief, and the government violates the most ele mental duty toward the army and its safety that docs not adopt the strictest measures. These duties in war are greater than any other." New York, Oct. s.—Herman Ridder, editor of ihe Sfauti-ZeltunKi many prominent Germans and others in this city expressed deep regret yesterday at 1 lie execution of Miss Edith Cavell, the English nurse, in Belgium. "It is a terrible thing." said Mr. Ridder. "Tt seems too awful that such things should have to happen. There should never he a necessity for the execution of a woman under any cir cumstances. Had Miss Cavell's case l>een taken before the kaiser she would probably have been pardoned. There are times when German commanders may do things in war in which even their own people will not support them." Oscar Straus also was gravely stirred by the incident. "It is one of the most shocking and atrocious inci dents that any war in modern times has disclosed," he said. George Sylvester Viereck, editor of The Fatherland, said: "In Belgium a British war traitor i who had been conspicuous for her' work in behalf of the allies was tried, confessed of her own accord and was duly executed. It has been a long ' recognized rule of warfare that when! caught the spy of war traitor must ! be executed." Chicago, HI., Oct. 25.—With pity for the fate of the woman, regret for hei death, but holding that, if guilty, she should be dealt with exactly as a man would be in the same circumstances, | many Chicago women expressed them- ] selves regarding the execution of Miss j Edith Cavell in Belgium. "If Miss Cavell was convicted of helping prisoners to escape, she ought ' to be dealt with exactly as a man j would be under simijar conditions," i said Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, presi- I dent of the Illinois Equal Suffrage As- j sociation. Presents Plan to Bring About Peace in Europe By Associated Press New Haven, Conn., Oct. 25.—A reso- ! lutlon to place the National Council i of Congregational Churches on record j against increased armaments in the United States was presented at to- j day's session by the business commit tee on behalf of the Rev. Dr. Charles | E. Jefferson, of Broadway Tabernacle, New York city. Moderator K. M. ! Beardsley. of Kansas City, after re linquishing the chair to Professor Wil liston Walker ,of Yale, offered an amendment which in effect would af fect all churches in the country with- j out regard to creed to join in some | way in a move against militarism and 1 increased armaments and toward a path which would bring an early peace \ in Europe. TRIES CARBOLIC ACID ROUTE Harry J. Williams, who yesterday ' attempted suicide by the carbolic acid ] rorte, is still in the Harrisburg Hos pital. He was better to-day, but in a j weak condition. Williams, who was; despondent because of poor health, j was found in Derry street near Cam-! eron in an unconscious condition. He I has a brother, residing at Dickens, , Cumberland county, to whom the | would-be suicide wrote before he took i the dose of poison. ABROGATE ARTICLE 57 By dssociated Press London, Oct. 26. 10.25 a. m.—An I order was gazetted to-day abrogating i from Wednesday last observance of' article 67 of the Declaration of London | which ' provides that the neutral or enemy character of a vessel is deter mined by the tlag she is entitled to I fly. In lieu of this article British prize i courts henceforth will apply the rules! and principles formerly observed' by them. ' 1 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FRENCH SOLDIERS BEAT OFF BULGARS [Continued From First Puge.] that the line has been cut at Veles, the Bulgarian attack on that place having been defeated. Further north, according to the latest claims by the invaders of Serbian territory, Uskup Is in Bulgarian hands together with a long section of the railroad to the north. The latest official statement from Nish shows offenstve movements on the part of the Serbians in efforts to of machine guns and equipment in two engagements is reported. The new Italian offensive has not resulted in permanent breaches In the Austrian defensive line, the current official statement of the Vienna War Office claims. Almost without excep tion the recapture is asserted of such positions along the lines as the Italians had taken. Hostile possessions of out post trenches In the southern sector is admitted. Especially severe fight ing at the Tolmino and Gorizia bridge heads is reported. Russian Forces Send Masses to Destruction London, Oct. 25. The following statement from a high authority rep resenting the views of the Russian staff regarding the Russian military situation was received here from the correspondent of the Times at the Russian headquarters: "From May 1111 October the Rus sian army has been subjected to un interrupted blows along a front of 700 miles. The Austro-Germans have applied every possible means, not ex cepting such as are forbidden by in ternational treaties in order to in crease the pressure against us. Masses of their troops were flung against this front and sent to destruction regard less of numbers. History does not af ford another example of such pres sure. LIEUTENANT DREYFUS KILLED By Associated Press Paris, Oct. 25.—Sub-Lieut. Emile Dreyfus, nephew of Alfred Dreyfus, lias been killed in action with Ills reg iment, the Tlilrty-second artillery. Al though he was only 24 years old he = s GERMANY S U —AND THE WAR! Thursday and The First of the powerful Fridav Nights | TRAVELOGUES BY FRANK R. ROBERSON CHESTNUT ST. I Under the Auspices of AUDITORIUM THE TELEGRAPH You'll see wonderful motion pictures of scenes in the trenches—artillery in action—infantry charging —war-time scenes in Berlin—an intimate view of the Kaiser leaving for the front and general Von Hindenburg with his staff. You'll tour Germany in beautifully colored views—visit Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Leipsic— and see all the interesting places, the people, and the natural beauties of the land——you'll hear a lively talk on Germany's part in the war. (COMING— PRICES— ' Saturday Evening—"Belgium and Holland." 1 A _ with Coupon on first page of the Tele- Monday Evening—"California and the Expo- lyC graph, commencing Wednesday—gen sition." era[admission. _ , _ . , „ OP for seat in reserved section, admission Tuesday Evening— England. ZOC included. Wednesday Evening France. 25c seats on sale at Telegraph office daily Thursday Evening—"lreland and Scotland." 1 to 5 p. m. * •*— I > bad won the military cross of the le gion of honor. ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK By Associated Press Paris, Oct. 25.—Dispatches from Sa loniki say that the Italian steamer re ported on Saturday sunk by a sub marine is the Scllla. It Is believed that the submarine was a German flying the Austrian colors. RUSSIANS STOP MOVEMENT By Associated Press London, Oct. 25.—The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent says that the Russian descent on Cape Domeness, at the head of the gulf of Riga was to destroy a German post Whose presence had nothing to do with the German military plans in Courland but was solely for purposes connected with naval movements which the Rus isians by destroying the Post have ef fectively stopped. CABINET CRISIS NEAR By Associated Press London, Oct. 25.—A cabinet crisis is imminent according to a dispatch to Ihe Dally News from Rome, owing to the resignation of several of the min isters who oppose Rumania's interven tion in the war. How to Wave Hair to Appear Naturally Carly You won't need to resort to the parching, scorching curling iron if you will adopt the simple plan I will men tion. Isn't that good news? At night merely apply a little liquid silmerine with a clean tooth brush, drawing this Ihrougli the hail- from root to tip. This will Impart a delight ful wavy appearance and a bright luste: suggestive of "hidden sunshine." It will prove beneficial to the hair, in stead of making it brittle and dead looking as the hot iron does. In the morning, instead of your tresses being mean and contrary, you will And them quite easy to do up In any form, and there will be no unpleasant odor, grease or stickiness about the hair, i would suggest that you ask your druggist for the liquid silmerine—four or five ounces—which will require no mixing and you can pour a little into a saucer when required.—Emily Coulson in Hygienic Review. OCTOBER 25, 1915. IIKI.n ON ASSAM,T CHARfiE John Henry this afternoon was held for court to await a further investiga tion on a charge of assault and Bat tery. While Clyde DeHart, a huckster, with his team was enroute Saturday night through the Herr street subway, three men attacked him. DeHart man aged to get away from his assailants and called the police. ! Cufm Uniw»» >uu '" H KLICK'S" jrou may \jet m, buUtltuM Oven fo "Try it for Soodness Call us for Convenience PENBROOK BAK E R.Y ? * Meeting Aga ; nst Woman Suffrage j f t MRS. O. D. OLIPHANT, a celebrated anti-suf- i J frage speaker, will make an address on J ;j "Why Women Do Not Wish To Vote", ;I J in Courtroom, No. 1, in the Courthouse, Market street, j! S 011 Tuesday, October 26, at 8 p. 111. \£ \ FREE ADMISSION NO COLLECTION S HEAVY FIGHTING RKPOKTKI) Berlin, Oct. 25, (By wireless to Sav« ville).—Heavy flghtinK is still in pro. Kress lor possession of Hie Baltic poll of Ritfa. The official report elven oul there to-day mentions no further pro- Kress for the Germans, and indicate) that the Russians are now on the of fensive on one part of the Rißa front.
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