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HARRISBURG ttSSSlis TELEGRAPH
No. 254
KING GEORGE, IN
FIELD, THROWN BY
HIS HORSE; NOW
CONFINED TO BED
Bulletin Says He Had Fair i
Night; His Temperature Isj
99.2 and His Pulse Is 75;
Reported Bruised Severely
VERY FEW DETAILS OF
MISHAP MADE PUBLIC;
Horse, According to An
nouncement, Excited by
Cheers of British Troops,
Reared Up and Fell
By Associated Press
London, Oct. 29. 2.25 P. M.—An ac- j
rident to the king happened yester- j
day morning.
The king was thrown from his horse
and severely bruised.
The following official announcement
was made: "While the king this,
morning (Thursdayi was inspecting!
his army in the Held his horse, excited
by the cheers of the troops, reared up I
and fell. The king was bruised se- 1
verely and will be confined to bed for!
the present.
(Signed)
"Arthur Sloggett.
"Anthony Bowlby,
"Bertrand Dawson.
"Wilniot Herringham, j
"Cuthbert Wallace."
A later bulletin under to-day's date, |
says: "The king has had a fair night. l
with some sleep. The temperature is !
now 99.2 and pulse 75. His Majesty's
general condition has improved and no)'
complications have arisen.
(Signed)
"Anthony Bowlby,
"Bertrand Dawson." i
It is understood that the accident,
to the king was not serious, also no I
details have been made punlic beyond i
those disclosed in the official an-':
nouncemeni.
Announcement was made on Hon-1
day that King George was in France, j
having gone to visit the British army.;
On Tuesday, the king, with the Prince ji
r>f Wales. President Poincare and the !
then French War Minister, Alexandre :
Millerand reviewed the British troops. :
He then called on General Joffre and}'
witnessed a review of French colonial! !
troops.
Farmer Finds Wife
Hanging From Rafter
Returning for dinner at noon to- i
daj Joseph R. Zimmerman, tenant on j
the Stoner farm, one mile southeast,
of Highspire found his wife dead in j
the granary of the barn, hanging!
from a rafter.
No reason is known why the wo-j
man ended her life. Mr. and Mrs.'
Zimmerman were married about a'
year ago, moving to the Stoner farm j
in April. Mrs. Zimmerman was Miss j
Myrtle Shope. a daughter of Henry;
Shope. who lives on a farm a short j
distance away.
When the men returned from the ;
fields at noon, they discovered that no'
dinner had been prepared, but did:
not find Mrs. Zimmerman until they j
took the horses to the stable. It is |
believed that she had only been dead j
a short time. Coroner Eckinger was
notified and investigated the case this!
afternoon.
COUNTER ATTACKS REPULSED
By .Issociated Press
Vienna, Oct. 28. via London. Oct. !
29.—The war office communication
dealing with the operations in Serbia
follows: "East of Visegrad, the Aus- i
tro-Hungarian troops advancing have
repulsed the enemy on both sides of
Karaula to the other side of the fron- j
tier. Two flanking counter attacks by !
a Montenegrin brigade were repulsed." j
SYNOD MEETS AT YORK IV 1916
By Special Correspondence
Greervcastle. Pa.. Oct. 30. —At to- !
days session of the Potomac Synod of'
the Reformed Church, that bodv un-,
animously accepted the invitation of
the Rev. Samuel S. Stine. pastor of
Trinity Reformed church, of York,!
Pa., to hold its sessions in that church' i
October 23. 1916.
THE WEATHER I
HarrUhurg and \lHnltr: Fair
tn-Dlebt anil Saturday, nllfthtlT
cooler Saturday.
Kaatern Pennsylvania: rnrtlr
rloudy «"-nlirh«. Saturday fair,
tientlr to moderate aouthwent to
went mind*.
The saNquelianna river and nil
ll» trlhutarlea will continue to fall
alowlv.. A ataer of about 3.R fret
'* Indlented for HarrlaburfC Satur
day moraine.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
Thr dlaturhanee that wax central
north of Lakr Superior Thurxilar
mnrnlns ha* moved raatntril to
the upper St. Unrrare Valley. It
eauarri noottered nhimera In Weat
ern Pennsylvania, la the Interior of
New York State and In the upper
St. I.anrence valley.. Sfcomera fell
a*aln In Florida. Elsewhere
throughout thr country the "rath
er continued fair.
It la •omrnhat ivarmrr In thr
Middle Atlantic and »«r Holland
State* and In the upper Ohio
Valley.
Temperature: S a. m.. 4S,
Sua: Rlaea, 6.31 a. m.; aeta, 5.0T
p. m.
Moon i \ew moon, >ovember 7
2.52 a. m.
River Stace: Four fret above lon
water mark.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER
Hlehest Temperature, fll.
I.OTreat Temperature, 38.
Mean Temperature, ,"iO.
Kormal Temperature, t».
PROGRESSIVENESS,
KEYNOTESOUNDED
IN WEST FAIRVIEW
Civic Improvement Organiza
tions Will Bo Outgrowth
of Celebration
PLANS ARE UNDER WAY
Banquet Given by Women in
Honor of Fire Company Offi
cers. An Enjoyable Affair
West l'airview. Pa.. Oct. 29.—West
I'airview women who helped make the
recent centennial celebration such a
grand success last evening: celebrated
by entertaininir the officers of the Good
Will Fire Company, No. 1, and a few
invited guests at a nanciuet in the hall
of the new tirchouse.
The (fathering sounded the keynote
for continued progressiveness in the
borough and those in attendance
formed a nucleus for the civic organ
izations which will be established for
the town's betterment and for the civic
improvement of the entire, west shore
of the Susquehanna river.
The first direct result of the dinner
las' evening will be the organizing: of
a ladies' auxiliary to the fire company
next Tuesday evening. The purpose
of thit organization will be not only to
assist the members of thQ Are com
pany in their undertakings, but the
women will discuss things of general
interest to the borough Itself and will
assist in the carrying out of plans for
the town's improvement.
Speakers during the evening urged
the improvement of the river basin
along the West Shore and the binding
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Wounded' Soldiers in
Church Where Services
Are Held For Miss Cavell
London. Oct. 29. 11.30 A. M. A
service at St. Paul's Cathedral to-dav
in memory of Miss Edith Cavell, the
British nurse who was executed in
Brussels was attended by a throng
which recalled the funeral of Lord
Roberts at the cathedral almost a vear
ago.
Before s o'clock a great crowd stood
sliiverinn in the first cool fog of the
season awaiting the opening of the
doors. Shortly after ten o'clock signs
bearing the words "church full" were
hung at all the doors except the one
reserved for ticket holders.
Conspicuous among the crowd
hich waited patiently in the gloomy
fog until the doors were opened was
a large number of wounded soldiers
attended by Hed <'ross nurses. The
somber clothing of the congregation
which packed the great edifice was re
lieved here and there by spots of color
of the uniforms of soldiers and sailors
when military and naval dignitaries
took their places. The only other
seats reserved were for the lord
[mayor, the diplomatic corps of the
entente allies and 600 of Miss Cavell's
fellow workers.
The service was begun with the |
"Dead March" played on the organ, j
Then came "Abide With Me" by the;
First Uife Guards Band. Except fori
the lord's Prayer and the reading of/
one lesson, the service was entirely'
musical, no sermon being delivered. J
Mexican Bandits Make
Two More Attacks on Half
Company of U. S. Soldiers
fly Associated Press
Brownsville, Teexas. 0< t. 29.—Ban- I
dits early to-day made two attacks
upon a half company of l?nited States
Infantry stationed at Capote, a village
about 65 miles up the Rio Grande from
here. No casualties were reported on .
either side.
Villa May Be Forced to
Cross American Border
fly Associated Press
Douglas, Ariz., Oct. 29.—Prepara
tions were completed to-day for the i
third battle at Agua Prieta, Sonora, !
between various factions, since Ma
dero opened the war in Mexico five
years ago.
Five thousand American troops with I
sixteen 3-inch guns, are here to see
that the Mexicans shoot only on their
own side of the boundary. Carranza
troops lie behind an elaborate svstem
of earthworks awaiting the approach
of the Villa army.
Fighting may begin to-day, or may |
be delayed until some time next week. |
That is dependent upon the plans, dis
position and condition of Villa's
i troops, but the outcome probably will
determine whether Sonora shall come
under sway of Villa or whether he will
be driven as a fugitive across the
American border.
Whether Villa is in Sonora, leading
in person the army of invasion, was
not definitely known here, but his fate
was generally believed to hinge on the
imminent battle.
Ministers Want Change
in Government Delayed
„ - i
By Associated Press
Penking, Oct. 29.—The Russian min- j
later M Krupanski. the British minis-I
ter, sir John Newell Jordan and Charge !
Ogata, of the Japanese legation con
sulted Foreign Minister Eu Cheng- !
Hsing yesterday at the foreign office
concerning the possible results of
China's change to a monarchical form '
of go\ ernmcnt.
Charge Ohata inquired whether Pres. !
ident Yuan .Shi Kal was confident that
he could re-establish the monarch '
without unaltered results affecting the
general peace In the Far East. He !
made a friendly suggestion on behalf '
of Japan that i..» change be delayed
for some time at least, suggesting that
disturbances in Shanghai and along the
Yang-tse valley in South China Indl- .
cated opposition to the movement. He !
disclaimed any desire on the part of
.lapati to interfere with Chinese Inter- i
nal affairs, but urged that with Europe I
engaged in a deadly struggle, China's I
welfare as well as that of the entire
world was dependent upon the preve'n- I
tlcn of further International disturb
ances.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29. 1915
GETTING READY FOR |
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DEMOCRATIC
i CANDIDATES |
j DROP MASKS
i "
Royal, Gross, Copelin and Gross !
Openly Line l*p With the
Machine Bosses
j The flimsy mask of Non partisan ism
| behind which Mayor Royal, W. L. Gor
; gas and Owen M. Copelin, nominees
! for council, have been hiding was
j pulled rudely aside this morning audi
they were shown up for what they
are—candidates of the local Demo
cratic machine —when they thought
lessly permitted themselves to be in
deluded in the "official advertising" of
jthe Democratic campaign committee,
jln almost a full page of newspaper ad
' vertising these candidates, who hate
' been posing as identified with no
party, are lined up side by side with
the other Democratic candidates and
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BIG CROWD SEES I
IST TRAVELOGUE
Roberson's Pictures of Ger-;
many Arc Remarkably Clear
and Realistic
i
| A large-sized crowd sat in front of
I the screen of Frank R. Roberson, the
! famous traveler and traveloguer at
the Chestnut Street Auditorium last
! evening and was whirled on a realia
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MONTMKXT FOR VAM.ONK
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 29.—A monu
ment Is to be erected to Peter Val-
I lone, who lost his life after rescuing ■
| six girls during a fire at the factory j
I of the Union Paper Box Company on
I the North Side Monday. This action j
was decided upon at a meeting of i
J prominent local Italians last night. \
ANTHRACITE TAX
DECLARED VOID IN
HIGHEST COURT
Act of 1013 Goes Down With
Some of the Justices Dis
senting on Ruling
The anthracite coal tax act of 1913
was last night declared by the State
Supreme court to be unconstitutional
and the opinion will probably carry
with it the anthracite coal tax of 1915
which was passed as a substitute for
the statute of two years ago.
The opinion by the supreme court
•evcrses the Dauphin county court,
which had upheld the tax last summer
and it is believed that it was a 4 to 3
opinion as Justices Potter and Frazier
dissented and it is understood that the
dissenting opinion was shown to and
concurred in by the late Justice Elkin
before he died. The majority was by
i (Continued on Pajje 17.)
TEUTONS STEADILY
PRESSING ONWARD
Situation in South Serbia, How
ever, Is Reported to Be
Somewhat Improved
The total British casualties during
the war has reached nearly the half
million mark, the figures up to October
9, announced to-day, being 493,294.
Th»i formal collective resignation of
the Vlvlanl ministry in France was
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UNIMPORTANT OPERATIONS
Berlin, Oct. via London, 3.53 P.
M. —Operations of comparative unim
portance only on the western front
are reported by the German war office
in to-day's official statement, while
along the battle front In the east no
changes are recorded.
REPUBLICANS ARE
WELL SATISFIED,
WICKERSHAM SAYS
Party Methods to Which Many
Objected No Longer Exist,
Recorder Declares
THREE ROUSING RALLIES
Progress, Steelton and Oberlin
Voters Out; Congressman
Kreider Speaks
High Points in
Big Steelton Rally
Oscar (i. Wickcrsliani says all
who wen- dissatisfied with Repub
lican methods of a few years back
arc now in hearty accord with
parly management.
Congressman Kreider urges big
Republican majority this year In
preparation for presidential cam
paign.
Mark M iimmn pays tribute to
John K. Siiupp, his opponent at
primaries, and says lie will support
him for office if he comes out
again.
Frank B. Wickersham also com
pliments John F. shtipp on game
light he made.
Steelton workers turn out at
large meeting to pledge support to
whole ticket: big majority in sight
there for Republicans.
Before a crowded hall at Steeltoi
last evening Oscar G. Wlckersham
county recorder, who was elected on t
fusion ticket four years afio. said tha l
while Republicans in large number!
had been dissatisfied with the part}
mnnasenient and party methods of a
few years back, there is now perfect
harmony in the Republican party in
Dauphin county. All of the evils have
been corrected, lie said, and the party
is lined up as a whole behind as clean
a ticket as was ever put in the Held
and in preparation for the presiden
tial fii?ht next year.
This is in exact accord with what
the candidates have found in their
canvass of the whole county. Pro
gressives. Keystoners and all other
independent factions are lined up with
the Republicans.
Frank B. Wickersham presided last
evening and-in addition to calling on
the county candidates also introduced
the .Republicans who are running on
the borough ticket. A pleasing fea
ture of the evening was the kindly
manner In which Mark Mumma, can
didate for county treasurer, and Mr.
Wickersham both referred to John E.
Shupp, who was Mr. Mumma's oppo
nent at the primaries. Both said he
had made a clean tight and if he came
out for office at a future date could
count on them for support.
Congressman Kreider made one of
the telling speeches of the evening.
Ho denounced in scathing terms the
spineless conduct of the Democratic
administration at Washington, going
at length into the "watchful waiting"
policy In Mexico that cost some 300
American lives and said that if the
Mexican situation had not been
bungled from the very outstart the
German government never would have
presumed to commit the Lusitania and
other outrages of recent months. He
showed how the Democrats had ex
pended more than $200,000,000 above
the largest sum ever expended by a
Republican Congress and that if they
had not thrown money away in this
extravagant manner the country would
not need to be paying a stamp tax to
ntake up the deficiency. Mr. Kreider
asked the Republicans present to elect
the county ticket this year as paving
the way for a sweeping Republican
victory next, year and the return to
power of experienced, constructive
statesmen not to be swerved by idle
theory and capable of conducting the
affairs of the nation in a manner to
win the respect of all the world.
All of the candidates except William
Houser. candidate for register, spoke.
Mr. Houser was detained at the bed
side o/ an invalid wife.
Tin- Republican candidates also
spoke at Progress and at Oberlin.
f'ongressman Kreider made the prin
cipal address at Oberlin. where the
rally was held in the engine house.
Prospects, party workers reported,
were bright for sweeping Republican
victories in those districts.
24 Hours of Oratory
Is Part of Program
By Associated Press
New York. Oct. 29.—Twenty-four
hours of continuous oratory beginning
at midnight, to-night with' a meeting
in Long Acre Square will mark the
beginning of the whirlwind finish of
the woman suffrage campaign. Forty
eight speakers have been enlisted and
will relieve one another at half hour
intervals so that the meeting will be
continuous until midnight Sunday.
Students from Columbia University
will start the speechmnking and the
list of speakers includes many of the
leaders of the woman suffrage or
ganizations.
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DISCUSS STATE
ST. SUBWAY PLAN
ON NOVEMBER 16
|
'Board of Public Grounds andj
Buildings May Consider |
Park Scheme
j
MANNING IS COM IN G i
Walnut Street Bridge Viaduct!
Situation Explained by
Herman
Proposed plans for the treatment of j
(the Capitol Park Extension which In
! elude the widening of Walnut and
j North streets to 100 feet, and the con-
I struction of a 100-foot subway at State
; street may be considered, it is under
i stood, at the meeting of the Board of
i Public Grounds and Buildings, No-
I vember 16.
! Warren H. Manning, city park ex
! pert,' will be in Harrisburg for a few
I days during the middle of the month
lon business with the Planning Com
! mission and it is said that he will be ]
! invited to confer with the State au
j thorities on the suggestions for de
: veloping the park east of Fourth
I street.
1 The relation of the city to the State
in the proposed treatment scheme is
considered a mighty vital one and it is
for this reason that Park Kxpert
Manning may be invited for the con
ference.
The State authorities, it is said, do
not feel favorably toward the Walnut
street bridge project because of the
I fact that the structure would stretch
into the city at a point in the park
zone which would work a detriment
to the practical and probable develop
ment of the park scheme. The pres
ence of the wall-like viaduct at this
! point is not thought of very favorably
by the State officials, it is said.
Sets I-'orth Altitude
The attitude of the Planning Com
mission on the Walnut street bridge
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BOMBS RKPORTKD SIMILAR
By Associated Press
New York. Oct. 29.—Secret service
men assigend to the case of Robert
Fay. the confessed bomb plotter, and
l four others charged with conspiracy
in planning to disable ships laden with
war munitions for the allies, worked
on a report to-day that the bombs
used by Fay were similar to those
which had caused fires of certain
transAtlantlc ships last summer.
KID WILLIAMS AND K t O HERMAN SIGN
New Orleans, Oct. 29.—Local promoters to-x.'
announced they have signed Kid Williams, of Baltimore,
bantam weight champion, to meet Kid Herman, of New
Orleans, in a twenty-round bout for the world's bantam
weight title in this city, November 24. The weight will be
116 pounds, ringside.
ORDER LIEBERUM'S RELEASE
• Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 29.—The Pennsylvania Supreme
Court to-day ordered the release from jail on SSOO bond of
Christian Lieberum who was confined eighteen months age
for contempt of the Common Pleas Court in refusing to
move his house which, it was alleged had been built on a
public highway.
MAXIM HAS NEW DEVICE
Washington, Oct. 29.—Hudson Maxim of the Advisory
Board of the Navy, consulted with Secretary Daniels to
day regarding a device of his for timing the explosion of
torpedoes from aeroplanes. Details were not made public
and Mr. Maxim will not discuss it. He vrill take it up with
ordinance experts of the navy to arrange tests.
NO PERSON CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE
Peabody, Oct. 29.—Acting Chief Neal, of the State Po
lice, who concluded his investigaion of the fire at St. John's
school yesterday, announced that no one had been crim
inally responsible for the fire. Ha said that while the build
ing was badly constructed, it complied with the essentia]
requirements of the law. This afternoon all of the bodies of
the twenty-one victims were identified.
SEE MAN MURDERED IN MIDAIR
Cleveland, 0., Oct. 29.—A herrified crowd to-day saw
a death duel sixty feet in the air on an arch of the new hit?'
level bridge over the Cuyahoga river in which Fran*
Wright, storekeeper for bridge contractors, was killed by
a fellow workman with an iron bar. was v >•
nessed by Wright's wife who was making her way up tc.
him with his lunch.
JAPAN WILL NOT CONCLUDE PEACE
' London Oct. 29, 2.40 P. M.—Japan has become a party
to the agreement not to conclude a separate peace.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Kay Poater Brady and leather M. t.iiißorloh, Mlddlftown,
22 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
DEMOCRATIC POOR
DIRECTORS SHORT
SB,OOO FOR YEAR;
SEEK ASSISTANCE
| County Commissioners As
-1 tounded That Much Her
alded "Economy Adminis
tration" Has Deficit
.
"HARD TIMES" EXCUSE
FOR INCOMPETENCY
' Wilson Administration Threw
i Hundreds Out of Work
Here Last Winter; $68,-
000 Spent
Dauphin vounty's Democratic poor
board lins already expended its entire
, appropriation for the present year anil
to-day asked the county cominission
-1 ers for SS,OOO with which to meet its
J expenses for the remainder of 1915.
< This is the same Democratic poor
L
■ i board which has been lauded for its
> economic, efficient and unequaled ad
(i
; ministration of the affairs of the poor
J and needy in Dauphin county. The
1 Democratic members of the board, the
steward of the almshouse, the Denio
s
CContinued on l'ajtc -O]
S 1.500,000 I'OK H ATS
8 hy Associated Press
New Orleans, La., Oct. .'9.—More
than $4,50\),000 has been expended in
the last year in an effort to make New
Orleans ratproof.
RKSIGNATION I»rtKSKXTED
t By Associated I'ress
1 Paris. Oct. 29, 1:15 P. M. — Presl
y ] dent Poincare to-day received the for
i mal collective resignation of the en
-1 tire Vlviani ministry, nlvlng official
s for mto the decision of the cabine';
e yesterday to retire. The President re
n quested Aristide Briand to form a new
cabinet.