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From Uptown Merchants Come Messages
SCHWAB TO BlTIil) VKSSELS:
BUYS BIG CALIFORNIA YARD
Special to the Telegraph
South Bethlehem, Pa., Feb. 4. —
That Charles M. Schwab expects to en
ter the shipbuilding industry on an
extensive scale —though war vessels
will not be built—became known yes
terday when it was announced that
he had just acquired the United Engi
neering Workß, at Alameda, Cal.,
across the bay from his Union Iron
Works. The purchase price is said
to have been considerable more than
$1,000,000.
Three ships, where the largest mer
chant vessels can be built, are to be
constructed.
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the kind that wear
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to $1.98
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MANY people are
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usually caused by sensi
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Crooke's glass eliminates
harmful rays of light.
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made from this glass will
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will be sold for cash only. Ami "wo sell this guaranteed merchandise at I<OWKR PRICES LaUICS HHu iVIISSCS
— tlian you'd have to pay anywluue else for furniture and betiding of \kl 'x." IT\ „ 1_ _
| • equal grades. Writing UCSKS
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FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 4. 1916.'
DANUBE RETURNS |.
TO PEACEFUL AIR'
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Fields and Hillsides Again if
Being Cultivated by
Huns t a
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FISHING FOR MINES \
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Hazardous Occupation Is In- [
dulged in by Serbian
Monitors
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(Correspondence of Associated Press.) 1
Semlin, Austria-Hungary, Nov. 15. J
—A month ago the scene of fierce!]
combat between the armies of Austria- |
Hungary and Germany on one side. '
and Serbia on the other, the Danube ]:
lias now returned to more peaceful i i
aspects. Were it not for the partly 1 1
ruined towns and villages on its Ser- 11
bian bank, four miltiary pontoon!'
bridges, and boats and barges loaded i
with troops and army materials, all!'
j traces of the struggle would be lack-j
I ing in the Danube landscape.
Stamped Covers
in any size
Give us the size of the !
piece of furniture for !
which you wish a cover; '
select the linen from our .
stock of piece linens; J
choose the monogram 1
and design; and we'll cut : \
and stamp a cover for ]
'] you. '•
—of particular advan- 1
tage in those cases i
where a standard size !
cover is slightly too j
small or too large. <
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c TKe Wimi\S EXCIM& j
iKlrd Street at Herr 1
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The Shop lad i vidua! !
Along the Hungarian bank men j
plough broad and fertile acres in the I
plains, and where the hills and moun- j
tains come close to the water hundreds !
of women and children gather grapes, j
the harvesting of which was retarded |
by the military operations. An occa- j
sional smoking stack brightens the j
impression that life along the Hungar
ian shore is again normal, though the |
masses of soldiers in the streets and j
along the river jetties indicate that
the region is still in the base zone In j
rear of a large army.
The Associated Press correspondent
made the trip up the Danube from !
liom Palanka, Bulgaria, to Orsova, !
Hungary, aboard the Austrian moni- j
tor Sava, a craft into which all the;
fruits of experience in Danube warfare
during tilt last year have been em- j
bodied. For a boat of her tonnage the 1
Sava, as also her sister ship, the 1
Temes. must be looked upon as a re
markable example of how much heavy {
and light artillery may be crammed
into small space. Her main battery j
would do credit to a small cruiser. I
while a speed of from 22 to 26 knots
makes the Sava class an enemy to be
respected.
On Board a Monitor
The monitor left boni Palanka at
5.30 a. m. Driving sheets of rain and
a cold wind drove everybody into the!
ship's cubby-hole of a mess room. Hot
tea and rum helped to cheer those
1 whom a long walk through Lom Pal- '
anka's muddy streets, and finally a
tight-rope performance on the tim-
I bers of an uncompleted jetty had rob
bed of good humor. The officers
land men of the Austrian Danube fleet
i have all seen service in the navy, and
! being a genuine seafarer and a light-!
! hearted Austrian to boot, the com
mander of the Sava explained to the
passenger that in addition to having
run the risk of slipping from a wet
string-piece of the Jetty into the deep,
muddy water of the "blue" Danube,
he might, during the course of the
day, sail skyward, impelled by a Rus
sian mine.
"We have so far fished up over five
hundred mines." he said. "We have
reason to believe that there are an
other three hundred in the river, but
the heavy rains which have made life
in Serbia for our troops one long round
of bad language, have also caused the
river to go up about four feet. The
Sava draws a little over four feet and
the mines generally lie from two to
four feet under the normal water level.,
So we are fairly safe."
"It would be interesting to know
how the Russians hoped to get those
mines out of the way in case they had
to do the job," continued the com
mander. "The worst type of them all,
also of Russian manufacture, remains
alive, ready to go off at the slightest
touch, so long as you exert the slight
est pull on the ring by which it is ;
moored. At tlx*? same time the mine
cannot lie brought out of its horizon
tal. or floating position, without its
electric contact arrangement becom
ing alive. Then, off she goes. The I
only way of getting rid of these mines;
is to shoot them. Probably that is how !
the Russians intended to get rid of
them afterwards. If they did they
overlooked the fact that the mine has i
first to be found and that in dragging j
for it you are bound to upset it suffl- I
February Furniture Sale
A carload of Bed Davenports just unloaded and placed in this Sale at
Record Breaking February Prices
These are not Davenports made especially for this sale. Everyone of
them is a regularly made, high-grade Davenport and guaranteed satisfactory
in every way. The only cheap thing about them is the price.
Free^With Every 1 Free With Every
Davenport Davenport
Our February sale is full of big furniture bargains. • Better take a look at our
values this month before making your purchase. We can save you money.
"t~I Brown & Co., lis"
credit 1217-19 North Third Street Furnishes
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ciently to cause the explosion."
Reduce Artillery Positions
Thd sun rose on a Danube that
seemed a lake of fluid mud. The
monitor division commander came on
deck—a very dignified but affable man j
of about 45, and the very "beau ideal" 1
of naval officer. From him the Asso
ciated Press correspondent learned |
what part the Austrian monitor fleet
had played in the crossing of the Dan
ube by the troops of the Central Pow- j
ers. The heavier guns and mortars',
hud been assigned to reducing several j
Serb artillery positions near Belgrade, j
while the machine guns had been J
trained upon some infantry positions!
, close to the banks. The monitors had I
I succeeded in enl'duding several Serb [
I positions. The result was a rout, said i
; the division chief. One of the roles;
of the monitors had been to draw the
I lire of the Serb and British artillery j
! along the river, and, monitors being j
thoroughly detested by the Serbs, the
ruse had worked, although ordinary.
field artillery could do no more than J
blister the paint on the monitors' ar
mor, as an inspection of the ship j
showed.
The Sava had been very lucky, ex- j
i plained the division commander,
| though her sister ship, the Tcmes,
| whose original namebearer still rusts
I and rots in the Save river west of
Gypsy Island, had not been so fortun
ate. A heavy shell struck her deck,
penetrated a hatch into the crew's
I quarters, and killed and wounded nix.
| But otherwise the Temes did not suffer
land, as if to prove the remarks of the
I commander, the monitor at just that
| moment made a bend in the river,
' heading another large convoy of
I barges.
With a patrolboat in tow, the Sava
j nosed her way through the liquid
| mud, past low-lying banks, submerged
[islands, marked only by tree tops,
| miserable Serb and Rumanian villages,
! and the houseboat watermills peculiar j
to the Danube. Scenically a trip on |
'the Danube in the late Fall is not un
interesting. This is especially true in
! the hill region close to the famous I
i "Iron Gates." The yellow and gray j
: foliage of tlie willow trees is effective- j
j ly contrasted by the blue of the hills
in the background. Where the hills J
Iconic close to the river, their sides]
I form a crazy-quilt of all shodes of the
| reds and tans of autumn foliage and j
j the somber green of the conifers.
I The correspondent talked to an Aus
trian official who on the previous day!
J had been in Turn-Severin (Rumania.) |
j for the purpose of inducing the Serb j
poplation of Kladowa, who tied |
i there, to return to their homes. Every j
guaranty was offered but it seemed j
that the" Austrian had to compete wtih I
a Russian agent who also made offers, j
The Austrian lost out. despite the fact
that Kladowa already had a Serb!
burgomaster and a civilian adminis
tration.
Mill Rncc of Mud
' There has been little fighting in the I
I Kladowa region. The fort or citadel, ,
an ancient Turkish structure, recently
reinforced by some modern redoubts,;
was abandoned by the Sorbs. Cattle l
and sheep grazed on the glacis and in
the moats. Anciently, the fort com
manded the western limits and Kazan j
little but fractured masonry.
The channe'. of the Iron Gates was a
mill race of turbulent mud. Though j
the Sava pulled hard against the;
treacherous current, she needed eigh- I
teen minutes to fcet into quieter water. |
A turn brought the ship within sight
of Orsowa and Ada Kale, the latter,
up to 1913, the last outpost of Turkey
in Europe. Fearing that Serbia might
annex the island, the Austro-Hungar
ian government took possession nomi
nally, though leaving to the Turkish j
population every right and preroga-1
ttve it iiad ever enjoyed, including the i
privilege of carrying 011 smuggling in 1
tobacco with whosoever it pleased.
At Orsowa some of the Central
Power troops crossed the river. The
town itself showed signs of the recent
and former artillery lire of the Serbs
from the opposite bank. How the
Austrians and Germans succeeded in
scaling the cliff-like elevations on the
Serbian shore is hard to understand.
Dislodging an enemy entrenched on
top of the Hudson Palisades looks less
difficult. But many a man tumbled
and more were drowned before they
set foot on Serbian soil. Nevertheless
the attack was successfully carried
through asul will probably remain one
of the monuments of the great war.
Americans Revive Road
Orsowa lie.' on historic ground.
Here the Iron Gates end and the
i [Continued on Opposite Page.]
On the Down Grade
Are the Prices of Sweaters
Now, if Ever, Is the Time to Effect a Real Saving
Lot No I.—Light Tan Sweaters with heavy roll collars; sizes
38, 40, 42. Guaranteed all wool. E*
Former price $6.50, now vr
Lot No. 2.—Navy and Maroon Sweaters, roll collars; sizes
34. 38, 40, 42, 44. Formerly Olflk
$4.50, now
Lot No. 3—Navy, Maroon and Oxford Sweaters, heavy rope
weave with roll collars; sizes 38, d? 0 OC
40. Formerly $4.50, now
Lot Xo. 4.—Navy Sweater with Byron collar, exceptional
value at the original price which was $3.00.
Sizes 34, 36, 38, 42, 44.
Now selling at <P»«vU
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