Russians and British Advance Lines Against Ge ♦ HARRXSBURG lfll§S|l TELEGRAPH LXXXV — No. 180 ORGANIZE FORCE TO KEEP PLAGUE OUT; CASE HERE Every Railroad, Bridge, Ferry and Most of Highways Will Be Guarded LOCAL BABY IS VICTIM Dixon Gets Hourly Reports on Epidemic From Other Commonwealths t _ South Harrisburg Baby Stricken With Plague One mild case of infantile pa ralysis was reported to-day to Health Officer J. M. J. Raunick. Edward Huber, 19 months old. son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin T. Huber. Jr., 127 Vine street, is Har risburg's first victim. Health Of ficer Raunick said to-day the case is not seriou.-.. The house has been quarantined. Orders have Tieeri given to screen every door and window in the house. Dr. L. K. Graber, the family physician, called in Dr. Clarence L Phillips and Health Officer Rau nick this morning and they diagnosed the case as infantile pa ralysis. Th'i family has not been out of town, and the origin of the cas^^ioMinowiv^ Pennsylvania's quarantine against rhildren under sixteen years of age coming from New York or New Jersey without certificates of health, the dras tic measure adopted yesterday by Com missioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon to prevent spread of infantile paraly sis, is being rapidly organized. By to morrow every railroad, bridge, ferry and most of the main highways enter ing the Keystone State will be in charge of a State health inspector, a medical officer or a duly authorized representative of the State Department of Health. Municipal, county, railroad and other officials will be asked to assist where necessary. This exercise cf the authority con ferred upon the commissioner is the most notable in the history of the De partment of Health and was ordered by Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon after thorough investigation of the situation. The practical operation will be that no child under sixteen years of age will be permitted to enter Pejnn [Continucd on Page 16.] Four Deaths and Four New Cases in Philadelphia Philadelphia. Aug. s.—Four deaths snd four new cases of infantile paraly sis were reported here up to noon ko-day. making five deaths within the past 2 4 hours, and a total of 17 fa talities in the city since July 1 and 72 cases. One death was reported in Camden, N. J. State Health Commissioner Dixon arrived in this city to-day to com plete details of enforcing the State quarantine against all children under sixteen entering the State from New Vork and New Jersey. The ban will become effective Tuesday. Inspectors will guard all railroad terminals, bridges and ferries leading into this State. Hundreds of children accom panied their parents from this city to day for seashore points. Unless "they return before the quarantine is en forced they will be barred from the State, provided they have not secured a health certificate. LITTLE CHANGE IN N. Y. By Associated Press New York. Aug. 5. Little change In the epidemic of infantile paralysis ■was shown in to-day's bulletin of the Health Department. During the 24 hours ending at 10 «. m.. there were forty-one deaths and 168 new cases in the greater city. Since the incep tion of the epidemic June 26, there have been 1,066 deaths and 4,842 cases. [THE WEATHER. For Harrloburg and vicinity: Gen crally fair to-night nod Sunday; n °t nmch change in temperature. for LnMern Pennsylvania: Mo.stlv fair to-night and Sundays not much change in temperature; light south to west winds. L River Che Susquehanna river and all Its branches will probably continue to fail slowly. A stage of about S-o feet Is indicated for Har risburg Sunday morning. General Conditions Pressure I* high In eastern dis tricts, along the \orth Pacific coast and over Manitoba and low over the Central West and South west. Showers have occurred genernllv In the Gulf and South Atlantic °» d Ea *« Tenneiu.ee, • 'rK'nla .and the District of Co lumbia and locally in Northern New England, the Upper Mlm.|»- klppl and I pper Missouri valleys. Temperature: H a. m., 70. Sun: Rises* 3:08 a. m.; sets. 7:15 p. m. Moon: Flrat quarter, to-morrow. 7 p. m. River Stqge: 3.« feet above lovr w*t«r mark. Yenterday'n Weather Hlghent temperature. SS. I. orient temperature. -Oarn, Brrtukl and Urlgeri Htrrtaburg, Huenkl and Wheat. U-BOAT SHELLS LETIMBRO BOATS Loss of Life Heavy; Submarine Continues Fire After White Flag Is Hoisted By Associated Press Syracuse, via Rome, Aug. 4. —The submarine which sank the Italian mail steamship Letimbro shelled the boats in which passengers were try ing to escape, according to the stories told by 2-4 survivors who have arrived here. It is stated the submarine was an Austrian. The Letimbro carried 120 passen gers and a crew of 58. Nothing is definitely known as to the loss of life which is believed to have been heavy. The survivors h£re say that the Le timbro hoisted 'the white flag and stopped her engines before launching a boat, but that the submarine con tinued her bombardment. CHOLERA IN YOKOHAMA. By Associated Press Yokohama, Aug. s.—There are 32 cases of cholera in Yokahama. Tokio has declared a quarantine against this city. MEXICAN REPLY UNSATISFACTORY Viewed as Opening Way For Broader Negotiations, However Washington, Aug. 5. The re ply to General Carranza's note regarding the proposed joint com mission to settle border difficul ties will not be formulated until Presi dent Wilson returns Monday from his week-end cruise down tne Potomac. State Department officials said there would be no announcement as to the position of the United States until that time. It was indicated that while not en tirely satisfactory General Carranza's note is viewed as opening the way for broadening the scope of dis cussions by the commissioners as is desired by the President, and informa tion has reached Department officials [Continued on Pa Re 3] Drops Chunk of Ice Into Lake Then Catches Fish Milwaukee, Aug. 5. Fishing with ice is the novel but successful inven tion of C. F. Karstaadt, who 6pent the hottest days Milwaukee has had in years fishing with ice in Lake Kegonsa. one of the favorite resorts south of Madison. "During the middle of the day the bass refused to bite. I reasoned that they were suffering with the heat as much as humans. So I took a large cake of ice out in my boat and drop ped it in the weeds near my favorite hole. Two hours later 1 drifted by the spot with two golden shiners on my hooks I caught two bass, one two and a half and the other three pounds in weight. I wheeled around and caught a four-pounder. Within a half-hour I had caught eight nice ones. "I figured that the cool water at tracted the fish to the weeds in the hole and whetted their appetites." SHOWERS. THEN HOTTER By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. s.—Weather predictions for the week beginning Sunday were announced by the Weather Bureau to-day as follows: Middle Atlantic States: Generally fair, except for local thunder showers at the beginning of the week. Normal temperatures first half of week, fol lowed by temperatures above seasonal average latter fialf. LIGHTNING TOYS WITH VICTIM Altoona. Pa., Aug. 5. Lightning shattered a tree near John P. Laffertv's summer cottage at Mount Etna last night, glanced off and struck John P. Lafferty, Jr., 13, standing on the porch, knocking oft his left shoe, igniting his stocking, tearing his trousers and gear ing his abdomen. Splinters from the tree lacerated his face and chest. HOLD SCHEDULES NEAR NORMAL IN NEW YORK STRIKE Professional "Busters" and Loyal Employes Take Place of 2,500 Strikers POLICE ON EACH CAR Reserves Quell Demonstration at Carbarns; Many Cases of Intimidation By Associated Press New York, Aug. s.—Although strikes were in effect to-day on nearly every surface car lino in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx, with between 2,200 and ! 2,50u motormen and conductors re- I ported idle, professional strike-break- 1 ers and loyal employes were in the 1 places of the strikers and officials of the New York Railways Company and the New York and Queens County Railways said at 10 a. m. that almost normal schedules were being main tained. Police Commissioner Woods assigned a policeman to every car of these lines and except for r few minor demon strations there was no disorder. Of ficers of the two companies asserted that fewer than 500 men had struck. Reserves Quell Demonstration The cars were late in getting away from the barns, which led to the belief early in the day that a serious tie-up | had been effected. Reports received by Police Inspector | Max Schmidtbcrger during the early forenoon showed that 51)8 of the 1.291 j carj operated normally by the New York Railways Company were in serv- | ice. that the Third avenue line in the Bronx was operating 109 cars out of 252, but that iri Manhattan only 73 j out of 505. in Queens, the reports said, 83 cars out of 171 were in op eration. About fifty cases of intimidation were reported to police headquarters, including a demonstration at one of the New York Railways car barns, which called police reserves there. The , threatening attitude of the strikers, and their sympathizers frightened a number of loyal men into returning their cars to the barns. Variance in Figures In the face of the police figures in dicating that half the normal iiumber of cars were running, W. D. Mahon, president of the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Street and Electric Railway Employes, asserted that two-thirds of the employes had quit. Mahon said he would go to Detroit to-night to attend a meeting of the executive board of the Amalgamated association and that during his absence, William [Continued on Page 3] EARLY CLOSING IS SUCCESSFUL Merchants Do More Business; Shoppers Approve; Prompter Clerks Pleawe Harrisburg's first Saturday half holiday was inaugurated to-day by ninety merchants, mostly downtown business men. These stores were open last night and reports say the business transacted was equal to that of Saturday night, and in a number of stores larger. Merchants were un animous in their belief that the Sat urday closing will prove a big success, and already there is gossip of a [Continued on Page 3] Annual Outing of Orphans at Hershey Park, August 23 The annual outing given by the Motor Club of Harrlsburg, for the needy orphans of this city will be held at Hershey Park, Wednesday, August 23. The cars taking the children to the park will report at Market Square |at 10.30 o'clock. Returning the cars l will leave Hershey at 5 o'clock. Af ter arriving in the city there will be | a short automobile parade. Danish Papers Make Violent Attacks on Sale of Islands London, Aut;. s.—Some of the Dan ! ish conservative papery have opened a 1 violent attack upon the government | over the treaty with the United States lor the sale of the Danish West Indies, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph. The National Tidende says: "In a question of such great impor tance for the.whole nation the govern ment acted in a manner such as its worst antagonists would not have be lieved it capable of." On the other hand, Politiken points out that Denmark several times at tempted to utilize the islands, but her efforts were in vain. This paper says that under the present war conditions the islands mistht become a danger to Danish neutrality and that it might be difficult for Denmark to defend them from encroachment. SELL MANY RED CROSS SEALS IX HARRISBURG The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, with head quarters in Philadephia, which has charge of the sale of Red Cross seals throughoutthe in its report, just made public shows that up to the close o£ the fiscal year, on March 31, the receipts from the sales of the seals was $44,069.83. Harrisburg was the largest contributor in the state excepting Philadelphia and Pittsburg WHEW! REACH 90 TO-MORROW The hot wave enroute East for sev eral days is here. It has not been as severe as anticipated. The highest temperature yesterday was BS. It was expected that 90 degrees would be reached to-day. The humidity was strong to-day. Warmer weather is said to be due to-morrow. 6 BRITISH CAPTURE MAIN SECOND LINE OF GERMAN DEFENSE In Renewal of Powerful Drive Along Somme Effect Mater ial Strengthening of Front For More Than a Mile; French Hold Gains Made in Offensive at Verdun RUSSIANS CONTINUE THEIR ADVANCE ON KOVEL AND LEMBERG IN EAST Meet With Stubborn Resistance in the Stokhod Where They Are Within Twenty Miles of Great Railway Center; Cross Sereth River in Northern Galicia and Console date Positions Renewing their powerful attack along the Somrne front in Northern France the British have captured the main second line defensive system of the Germans along a front of more than a mije north of Pozieres, London announces to-day. The advance claimed by the British j is on the part of the line where their j gains in the offensive movement so | far had been less pronounced than j elsewhere along this front. The gain, \ if maintained, will effect a material j straightening out of the line in the i sector between Pozieres and Thiepval. j French Hold Gains At Verdun the French offensive is successfully withstanding German ; counter attacks, Paris declares. The j important Thiaunont work, which has I changed hands several times during the battle, is now firmly in French possession, according to the official bulletin, all the costly efforts of the crown prince's troops to regain the position being completely repulsed. I The battle for this worlf lasted from ! earlv last night until this morning. j In the village of Fleury, three miles north of Verdun, the battle is still raging. Last night the French re- 1 I DEAF MUTE UNABTTE TO'TELL'OF HURTS " * Harrisburg.—George Bingaman, 118 Hanna street, I employed at the Central Iron and Steel Company, had hi \ right leg severely lacerated this morning while at work. Hr 1 was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital for treatment. He is L a deaf mute and was unable to explain how the accident oc- j MONOPOLY GROWING? « . Washington, D. C., Aug. s.—Monopolization of Ameri- ; can industries is growing. This is skown by the Department ! | of Commerce's report on the cost of manufactures in 1914, * made public to-day. Although there has been an increase of 11 2. 7 per cent, in the amount of corporations, and 23.7 per < ' cent, in the amount of capital invested, there has been a de- i I crease of 3.1 per cent, in the number of proprietors. The j | value of products manufactured in the United States in 1914 was $24,245,323,000. * , | i f MAYFLOWER IN LOWER CHESAPEAKE < J Fortress Monroe, Va., Aug. s.—The naval yacht May- . 9 flower with the President and Mrs. Wilson aboard, was J I cruising early to-day in lower Chesapeake bay having made i a leisurely trip from Washington. Toward noon the ves- < "1 sel was oF Cape Charles City, Va., and it was expected she i ► Y would later drop anchor in Hampton Roads. I J GERMANS CLAIM RUSS IN RETREAT I Berlin, Aug. 5, via London. Russian detachments which penetrated the German positions across the rivej ' , I Sereth near Ratyseye were forced to retreat, it was officially a announced in the statement given out to-day by the Germar ' * , army headquarters. Near Meidyzgory and Tchistopady < | the statement adds, the Russians are making a stand or ® * the southern bank of the river, ] MARRIAGE LICENSES 1 * Edward Miller and MUTT Mnrararet Luti, city. . Onney Brltcsn and Martha JOIICK, Sterllon. . Aabley D. Kern, Wine heater. and Adda H. Breta, Steelton. I ' CITY EDITION 16 PAGES j ported they had succeeded in recap ! Turing the greater part of the village ; and to-day they announce that the ! night's fighting lesulted in no appre- I ciable change in the situation there. Russians Continue Drive On the eastern front the Russians j are continuing their drive at Kovel and Lemberg. Stubbornly resisted by Gen | oral von Linsinsen in the Stokhod be i fore Ko< el, where they are fighting to break through at a point less than twenty miles from this important rail | road center, they are having more suc | cess in northern Galicia. Petrograd I to-day reports that south of Brody, in the direction of Lemberg, the Russians ' have crossed the Sereth river and ! established themselves In their new ! positions. ! HEAT WAVE IX FRANCE BREAKS Y.'ith the British Armies in France, via London, Aug. 5. Hundreds of [Continued on Page 3]