/ alians Continue Pursuit of Austrians as Allies Beat Germans Back in West
HARRISBURG iSlfe TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 183
RESCUE PARTIES
ON WAY TO SCENE
OF CLOUDBURST
Toll Large and Property
Damage Is Heavy in Nar
row Valleys
TROOPS CARRY AID
Take Provisions in and Arrest
Looters; Hundreds of Fami
lies Are Homeless
By Associated Press
Charleston. W. Va., Aug. 10.—Twenty
three bodies have been recovered from
the debris carried down by the flood
which swept the Cabin creek valley,
near here, yesterday. Rescue parties
have penetrated some distance above
Cabin creek junction and meager re
ports brought back by courier and
from the railroads indicate that the
loss of life has been heavy, although
no accurate estimate can be made.
Persons driven from their homes to
the mountains are returning to find
whole villages of minin? cabins swept
away, while distress and suffering is
seen on every hand.
Two companies of the Second West
Virginia Infantry left Camp Kanawha
by trolley this morning and were taken
to Cabin creek ;unction with orders
to penetrate the valley and extend re
lief to all who needed it. They carried
provisions and tents.
Special Food Train
A special train was being made up
here on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road and will go as far as the hastily
repaired tracks will permit. From that
point numbers 01° men provided with
provisions will seek out the spots
where destitution is most pronounced.
It is expected that they will be able to
go the entire length of the valley and
penetrate adjoining valleys, also hard
hit. before to-morrow.
Reports reached here to-day from
United States Commissioner Howard
C. Smith, who led a relief party for a
number of mining companies last
night, that looting had commenced
and a number of arrests had been
made and soma property recovered.
The commander of the military has
been ordered to detail men to guard
property and restore order, leaving the
greater part of the relief work to the
many parties which will be in the val
ley before afternoon.
So great has lieen the loss that coal
companies with mines in the valley es
timate that manv thousands of dollars
will be needed to feed and clothe the
miners and their families, scores of
them having lost all their possessions.
Forty Known Dead
R. Jaco. a lineman of the Chesa
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany, reached Cabin Creek Junction
shortly before noon after a walk over
thirteen miles of the company's lines
between Miami and Desota. He de
clared that forty persons had been
drowned, and half that number of
bodies had been recovered.
Jaco was unable to get up the Kay
ford branch of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad but expressed the belief
that damage and loss of life in that
district was greater than in other sec
tions. The entire valley between
Miami and Desota was devastated, he
said, everything movable having been
washed away.
Excursion Marooned
The excursion train carrying 410
persons marooned by the flood was lo
cated to-day between Main Horse
creek and Little Horse creek with
washouts on both sides. Relief was
sent from St. Albans. Women and
children constitute the majority of ex
cursionists.
Soon after 11 o'clock the soldiers
reached Ronda where headquarters
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Mrs. Elinor Hoyt Hichborn
Elopes With Horace Wylie
By .Issociated Press
New York. Aug. 10.—Announcement
•was made to-day of the marriage in
Boston on Monday of Mrs. Elinor Hoyt
Hichborn and Horace Wylie, whose
elopement in Washington six years
ago, caused a sensation in social cir
cles. The marriage occurred two
weeks after Mrs. Catherine V. H.
Wylie. former wife of Wylie obtained
a divorce.
Mrs. Wylie is the daughter of the
late Henry M. Hoyt of Pennsylvania.
Her former husband, Philip Hichborn,
Jr., son of Rear Admiral Hichborn,
committed suicide in Washington
about two years after his wife's elope
ment and shortly after her had filed
suit for divorce.
THE WEATHER
Harrlsbur*: and viclnityl Fair
to-night and Friday, warmer Fri
day.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair, con
tinued cool to-night. Friday fair,
warmer. Moderate northeast wlndi
becoming soutkeant.
Hlver
The Susquehanna river and all Ita
tributaries will probably fall slowly
or remain nearly stationarv. 4
atage of about 3.2 feet l» Indicated
for Harrisburg Friday morning.
General Conditions
The disturbance from the Cana
dian .Northwest In moving eastward
apparently with decreasing energy.
It !a now central over Manitoba Its
sonthern end reaching to Oklaho
ma.
It la 2 to 12 degrees cooler In
the Middle and North Atlantic
States and In the upper Ohio Valley.
A general fall of 2 to 18 decrees In
temperature has occurred from the
plains States westward.
Temperature—S a. m., OS.
Snn—Rises, 3.12 a. m.| sets, 7.08
p. m.
Moon—Full moon, August 13, 7
a. m.
River Stage—3.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 86.
Lowest temperature. 72.
Mean temperature, 70.
Normal temperature, 73.
BV CARHIEn* 6 CENTS A WEEK.
SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS.
NO DISPOSITION
TO MODIFY THEIR
DEMANDS SHOWN
At First Mediation Conference
Brotherhoods Hold Firm,
Status Unchanged
ADJUSTMENT IS DIFFICULT
See Little Chance of Reaching
Satisfactory Settlement;
Demands Explained
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. 10. The United
State Board of Mediation and Con
ciliation held its first conference to
day with the representatives of the
four railroad brotherhoods of em
ployes in its efforts to prevent through
mediation a country-wide strike to en
force the employes' demands for an
8-hour basic time and time and a half
for overtime.
Nothing was officially disclosed as
to the success the mediators met, but
it was learned on good authority that
'.he brotherhoods had shown no dis
position to modify their demands.
"The status is unchanged." was the
only comment which A. B. Garretson,
head of the conductors brotherhood
was willing to make after the con
ference adjourned.
"We have only scratched the sur
face." said G. W. W. Hanger, one of
the three members of the mediation
board. "The situation may be clear
ed within 24 hours and then negotia
tions may continue for a week."
The mediators arranged for a sec
ond conference with the railroad man
agers this afternoon and to meet the
brotherhoods' representatives again
to-morrow morning. To-day's meet
ing with the men was held in a down
town assembly hall and was attended
not only by the chiefs of the four
brotherhoods—the employes official
spokesman—but by the 600 delegates
of the unions who are here. It lasted
less than an hour. Outsiders were
barred.
Seek to Learn Concessions
It was assumed that the mediators,
as was the case at tneir first confer
ence yesterday with the railroad man
agers, sought to learn from the men
how far they were willing to go in
making concessions which would
bring both sides to common ground as
a basis of settlement.
The brotherhood chiefs told them
however, that they were still firm in
their demands as originally presented
to the railroads. While expressing
their appreciation of the efforts of
the mediators, it was said that they
informed them that they saw little
chance of reaching a satisfactory ad
justment. The mediators however,
it was said did not contemplate that
the men would offer concessions at
to-day's meeting. Most of the meeting
was devoted by Mr. Garretson to a
detailed explanation of the brother
hoods demands, upon which he made
it clear, it was understood, that they
stood firm.
Three Results Possible
There are three possible results of
the mediation. One is that the federal
board will be able to get the managers
and workers to sign an agreement.
Another is that the mediators will be
able to induce both parties to consent
to arbitration, if mediation fails The
third possibility is that the federal
board will fail in both these en
deavors.
Wilson May Take Hand
It was predicted to-day that if the
board should be unable to compose
the differences. President Wilson
would ask representatives of the con
tending factions to meet him in Wash
ington and that he would ask them
to arbitrate their differences The
mediators announced that no state
ment would be forthcoming from
them until they either have succeed
°, r , failed - It is understood that
the labor leaders pin their hopes of
settling the dispute upon mediation
rather than arbitration now that the
managers have failed to agree with
them. They are opposed to arbi
tration.
Gross Has Not Yet
Conferred on Sl"pe
Job; Manning Is Here
r. ®i? CauS K, he v -; as bus >" with other
park problems, city Commissioner E
I. Cross said to-day that he hadn't
had a chance to have his proposed
conference with Citv Solicitor Seitz
relative to using some of the park
loan balance to complete the riprap
ping and other schemes of treatment
of the river slopes north of Hard
scrabble. This was approved yester
day by the State Water Supply Com-
My intention is to take this up as
soon as possible and I will make every
ii".* 1 ? get th-i work under wav this
Fall if I can use the money to do so "
said the park commissioner.
Park Expert Warren H. Manning
made a flying visit to the city this
afternoon and conferred with Park
Commissioner Gross and Assistant Su
perintendent V. Gram Forrer relative
to the proposed acquirement of a tract
?;•' and alon * the new parkway from
Miller Bros. & Co
Prominent Men Attend
Funeral of Wiison R. Blough
Prominent men from Harrisburg
and Dauphin county attended the
funeral of Wilson R. Blough, president
of the Blough Manufacturing Com
pany, to-day. Mr. Blough died Mon
day morning. Services were conducted
at the country home, near Dauphin, by
the Rev. Francis Morrow, pastor of
the Dauphin Methodist Church. Burial
was made in East Harrisburg Ceme
tery.
Employes oflthe company acted as
pallbearers honorary pallbearers
included Pre#dent Judge George
Kunkel. .
TROI.LET HITS JITXEY ( NOXE HURT
A jitney owned and operated by Ed
win Lebo. Ellzabethville, was overturn
ed at Second and Herr streets this
morning when a Riverside trolley
struck the machine. The automobile
was coming down Herr street and at
tempted to cross in front of the ap
proaching car. The passengers were
thrown to the street but escaped in-
Jury.
HARRISBURG, PA.., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1916.
FEDERAL MEDIATORS TAKE
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MARTIN A. KNAPP.' WL. CHAMBERS AND 6 WW-HANGER. ©!NrL. MM SOV4C&.
Left to right Martin A. Knapp, W. :!». Chambers, and G. W. W. Hangor.
These three members of the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation, now in New Tork, have taken
up the trouble between the railroad managers and the employes in an effort to settle the existing difficulties and
thus avert a strike. The Federal board which is not allowed to intervene until invited by one or the disputing
parties, was asked to take a hand in the deliberations, by the managers representing the 227 railroads involved
The Brotherhoods then accepted a proffc-r of its services.
FEW HOURS LEFT
FOR UNLICENSED
JITNEY BUSSES
Mayor Firm in Determination
to Enforce Ordinance; Plan
Long Siege in Strike
With only a few hours remaining
during which the police will permit
unlicensed jitneys to operate unmo
lested. leaders of the striking trolley
men and officials of the Harrisburg
Railways Company were busy to-day
strengthening their lines for a long
siege to decide Harrisburg's trolley
strike.
Mayor E. S. Meals remains firm in
his determination to enforce the pres
ent jitney ordinance and has issued
orders to Chief of Police J. Thomas
Zeil to instruct the officers to arrest
at once all jitneurs who are caught
operating without a license after 5
o'clock to-morrow morning.
John J. Thorp, vice-president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railways Employes, to
day expressed confidence that the
union men will win their demands,
and declared that the general public
will find some means for getting about
without riding the trolley cars. Felix
M. Davis, superintendent of transpor
tation for the Railways Company, was
equally as confident that the strike
is about over. He declared that suffi
cient men were now working to main
tain a complete schedule, without re
sorting to the use of out-of-town
strike-breakers.
To Explain Cause
The strikers will hold a big mass
meeting in Market Square this even
ing to present their side of the con
troversy to the public. James Maurer,
of Reading, president of the State
Federation of Labor, and other labor
leaders will speak. Other meetings
will be held in Middletown this even
ing and at Highspire to-morrow night
Vice-Prsident Thorpe. Chairman Hugh
L. McLaughlin and Charles F. Quinn,
secretary of the State Federation of
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COMPLETE PLANS
FOR BIG EVENTS
Chamber of Commerce Direc
tors Arrange For Annual Meet
ing of Schwab's Visit
Plans for the annual meeting of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, in
October, and the visit at that time of
Charles M. Schwab, E. G. Grace and
other high officials of the Bethlehem
Steel Company were discussed yester
day at the annual meeting of the board
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Wreck Does Not Disturb
Concert in Freight Car
Noel. Mo.. Aug. 10.—John Beck, a
farmer of Oretta, La., moving to Lana
hare, Neb., was sitting in his car of
household goods and stock in a train on
the Kansas City Southern Railroad yes
terday. He was leaning back In a rock
ing chair, smoking his pipe and lis
tening to his phonograph play "Put Me
to Sleep With an Old-Fashioned
Melody."
The concert was interrupted by a
broken brake beam hitting the ties.
A crash followed. Eleven freight cars
loaded with bananas and cottonseed
piled up. On the very ir>p was the car
of goods. Beck smoking his pipe, the
phonograph playing. No one was hurt.
City Fanned by Cooling
Breezes as a Diversion
Harrisburg folks enjoyed another
comfortable day. the cool hreezes from
the northwest bringing the tempera
ture down to 68 degrees at 8 o'clock
this morning. Warmer weather is
promised for to-night and to-morrow.
The rise in temperature, however, will
not be great. An associated press dis
patch from Washington, D. C., to-day
says: "Cooling winds fron. the Mis
sissippi valley were moving eastward
to-day, promising to sweep away com
pletely the heat wave that has been
scorching the Middle West for weeks."
JAMES RUSS, LONG
IDENTIFIED WITH
BIG HOTELS, DIES
Former Proprietor of Senate,
Commonwealth and Grand
Succumbs to Long Illness
JAMES RUSS
James Russ, aged 69, for many
J years one of Harrisburg's prominent
hotel proprietors and widely known
throughout the State, died last night
; at his home, 604 North Third street.
Death was due to paralysis. Mr. Russ
had been in poor health since his re
; tirement as owner of the Senate Hotel
i two years ago.
The survivors are a widow. Mrs.
I Margaret Derr Russ; one daughter,
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HUGHES ENTERS
NORTH DAKOTA
Two Speeches on Program;
Durand Letter Confirms
His Charges
Grand Forks. X. D., Aug. 10.
Charles E. Hughes entered North
Dakota on his western campaign tour
and reached here shortly after 7 a. m.
Two speeches were on the day's pro
gram, one here this afternoon and
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"Preparedness" Parade
by Elks Going to Reading
The "Preparedness" parade of the
Harrisburg Elks to-morrow evening
promises to he a gala night for those
who participate. The Commonwealth
Band will head the marchers and give
a concert at the Elks home after the
parade, when refreshments will be
served. The purpose of the parade
is to boost the attendance at the State
convention in Reading, where Harris
burg will be well represented in the
Elks parade of August 31. Members
on Friday night will march in com
plete uniform used in Baltimore last
month. Members not having uniforms
will fall in rear.
All members have been requested
to be on hand at the Elks home, at
7.30 p. m. The probable route of the
parade will be up Second to Reily, to
Third, to Market, to Second street to
Elks home.
Lineman's Skull Fractured
in Drop From 35-Foot Pole
Charles E. Boyer, seed 56 years. 1251
Mulberry street, employed as a line
man by the Postal Telegraph Company,
is in the Harrisburg hospital with &
fractured skull. He is in a serious
condition. While at work this mo-n
--ine Boyer fell from the top of a 30-
foot telegraph pole at Highsplre, his
head striking a concrete curb.
Mr. Boyer is one of the oldest line
men in Harrisburg and has been with
the Postal Company for 26 vears. He
has a wife and three children.
STRONG FIGHT
ON PARALYSIS
WILL BE WAGED
May Open Sanitary Hospital at
Almshouse to Care For
Victims
Harrisburg not only may open the
sanitary hospital on the almshouse
farm for the care of patients suffering
with infantile paralysis, but provision
may be made t'or erecting tents in the
hospital enclosure should the necessity
arise.
The problem was considered late
this afternoon by the Bureau of Health
and Sanitation following the report by
Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health
officer, thaj, Hrurisburg's third case of
the disease—tin* Lena Napolla, 126
Ann street—has developed in unusually
severe form.
The child is one of six small chil
dren of foreign parents. For days the
youngsters have been playing about
the densely populated neighborhood
with scores of other children and Dr.
Raunick told the bureau this after
noon that ,he deemed it best not to
take any chances.
The health bureau chief, inci
dentally, conferred with the Poor
Board relative to opening the mu
nicipal hospital.
"The Ann street case is particularly
deserving of attention," declared Dr.
Raunick, "and because of the fact that
there are so many other small chil
dren in the family and that the family
lives in such a congested district, I
think it might be wise to open the hos
pital and to arrange to set up tents in
the enclosure for attendants if neces
sary."
The Ann street case was diagnosed
by Dr. Oscar A. Newman, who re
ported the matter to the authorities at
once. Later Dr. Ix«unlck agreed with
this diagnosis.
Lengthens Quarantine
The health bureau this afternoon
adopted Dr. Raunick's recommen
dation that the quarantine period for
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3 GIANT "WAR"
CANOES TO RACE
Bogar Wires to Rush Two Craft
For Labor Day Regatta—
Dintaman Secures Third
Telegraphed orders to-day by George
, W. Bogar, agent to the Oldtown Canoe
| Company to build and ship within one
, week, two giant "war" canoes, defini
j tely clinched the first annual tri-high
school championship race for the fea
ture event of the Labor Day regatta
to be held under the direction of the
"Greater Harrisburg Navy."
Simultaneously with Mr. Bogar's an-
J nouncement, A. P. Dintaman. agent
I for the Morris company, received as
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"Lady" Snake Charmer
Wants to Join Army
Captain Henry M. Stine, who is in
I charge of recruiting for the Eighth In
j fantry in this city, is hunting to-day
for a tall, slender youth who applied
i for enlistment a few days ago and was
! rejected because he was too light in
weight for his heighth. Dr. Stine took
an interest in the man who was very
1 intelligent and asked permission to
! enlist him as it was apparent that the
j man had not been well fed lately, it
| turned out that he had been with a
I carnival company which had exhibited
I here and had quit the job as too
| strenuous.
"What work did you have?" asked
I the captain.
"Oh. I was the lady snake charmer,"
1 replied the would-be recruit.
Permission has come for him to be
enlisted when he Is in good trim but
he cannot be found.
ONE DEAD IN POWDER BLAST
By Associated Press
Scranton, Pa.. Avz. 10. The
Corning mill of the Du Pont Powder
Company at Belin Village, near Moosic
Pa., blew up to-day. Morgan Evans I
the only workman in the building at I
the time, was killed.
16 PAGES
WHERE THE BOY
WHO CARRIES THE
BASKETS REIGNS
Grocer's Picnic at Hershey
Park Greatest in History
Today
12,000, JUST AN ESTIMATE
"His" Girl, His Mother, His
Boss—They Were All En
joying the "Big Day"
If you visited Hershey Park to-day
you must have envied that fat, tall,
thin, short, surly, good-natured young
man whose chief aim in life, you've
always, believed, was to whistle "Tippe
rary" out of tune or to torment the
house dog. Surely you must have
recognized him.
He was the "grocer's boy"; to-day
was the day of the grocers' picnic.
Not only was the "boy" and his girl
there by the hundreds, but so was the
"300s" and the "Boss'" family; the
grocer's boy and his mother and his
sisters and the "Boss' " mother and
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BUYS SUBMARINE MOTHER
By Associated Press
New Tork, Aug. 10. The U. S.
submarine Holland, known in the
navy as the mother of all submarines,
has been purchased from the United
States government by Dr. P. G. Gib
bons. of this city. Tne Holland is said
to be one of the first submarines ever
built. Dr. Gibbons said the historic
vessel is now in the Commercial
Museum in Philadelphia and that he
purchased it because he heard it
soon was to be demolished. The Hol
land is 61 feet long by eleven feet
beam.
TO ADJOI'RN SEPT. 1
Washington, Aug. 10. September 1
is now the latest date suggested bv the
leaders for adjournment of Congress.
The plan, as formulated in conferences,
provides that no important legislation
be considered at the present session ex
cept the shipping, revenue, employers'
liability and supply bill and conference
reports with a view to adjournment by
the end of the month. It would elimi
nate the corrupt practices bill and tue
bill to enlarge the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
pi " " i
T REPUBLICANS DECLINE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS
? Washington, Aug. 10. —Republicans of the Senate in T
f conference to-day declined to accept the legislative program A
9 submitted yesterday by the Democratic steering commit- ' j
1 tee with a view of adjournment of Congress before Sep- i .
£ tember 1. Those who were inclined to agree were out- ]S
1 voted by Senators demanding action on the immigration
A bill at this session. ® ►
DIES : OUR AFTER BROTHER'S FUNERAL '
1 Harrisburg. One hour after Harry Caster's body was ' ►
placed in the grave at the Harrisburg Cemetery to-day, 1
i ; Walnut stre ry Caster died Monday of heat pros- i '
tration. The brother who died to-day had been ill with |
i pneumonia. He did not know of the first death. A wife I
•hrec hildren survive. They reside at Washington, , >
DC 1 ,
. .v . k, Aug. 10.—Colonel Rooeeve't will make his
speech in brhnlf of the candidacy of Justice ' '
' •' hes it; Lewiston, Me., on August 31. | I
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WILL BUILD RECTORY 1 ,
, day by the
1 iwrence German Catholic congregation to build a 3-®*
I sto y brick house at 114 street for a rectory. It will !
J? cost $4500. 1 f
S AFFIRMS PA. STEEL CO. AWARD
I Philadelphia, Aug. 10. —Judge Wooley, in the United
£ States Circuit Court of Appeals, to-day affirmed a decision ' *
> of Dickinson of United States District Court award
, ing the bondholders of the Pennsylvania Steel Company ® ►
$1,379,941 in its claim against the Pennsylvania Railroad.
V $500,000 against the railroad for properties it had acquired, 1
' as this matter was decided in foreclosure proceedings in t >
J • another court.
j PRESIDENT ARTHUR KING IS ILL
j I Middletown. Arthur King, president of the Middle-' f
i town Car Company is critically ill at his home here. Mr.
(Kink is the father of Mrs. Paul A. Kunkel, Harrisburg. ' ►
iriHtitiiAUi. ULtftdtd ' '
Joaeph S. Charier. and >«rnh I.OM Allen, city. t
"r"P ~ ."H ' " u »" l.nttle >lny I'loMKh. Xewvllle.
w llllani 11. Anderaon anil Angelina I.ee, Middletown. k
Wom\7J£.ri U ' XVen " H ' ,n, " D -- «»" Loul-e Jeanne M.thlld.l *
CITY EDITION
AUSTRIANS ARE
CHASED TOWARD
PORT OF TRIEST
Victorious Italians Vigorously
Pursuing Fleeing Teutons
Toward Big City
ALLIES MAKE THRUSTS
Moving Forward on Somrae;
Russians Rapidly Hemming
Stanislau In
News from the Isonzo front indi
cates that the army of the Duke of
Aosta is rapidly following up the not
ablo success won by the Italians In the
capture of the Austrian stronghold of
Gorizia, with some twenty thousand
prisoners.
Italian troops are reported in force
over the Isonzo, vigorously pursuing
the retreating Austrians, whose big
seaport of Triest. 22 miles to the
southeast is threatened.
Allies Pushine Forward
Along the Somrne the British and
French are making slow but reason
ably steady progress in their respec
tive thrusts toward Bapaume and Pe
ronne.
Last night French troops pushed
forward further in the Hem wood sec
tor where the most telling blows have
been struck in the recent fighting.
The British pressure continued to
be exerted northward from Pozleres
where they are struggling to gain com
plete command of the ridge over
looking Bapaume. They made a new
advance last night.
Hemming Stanislau In
Another important advance for the
Russians in Galicia is announced to
day. General Letchisky's army has
pushed west of the Stanislau-Kolomea
railway line and cut the Stanislau-
Nadvorna railway at Kryplin. This
progress for the Russians brings them
to the southwest of Stanislau. whose
speedy evacuation by the Austrians is
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BELGIANS HOLD EAST AFRICA
By Associated Press
Havre. Aug. 10.— The northwest part
of German East Africa is now complete
lv in the possession of the Belgians
who are closely pursuing the German
forces according to an official state
ment Issued by the Belgian war office.