NEWS OF S
CHAMPIONSHIP
GOES TO HILL
McGovern's Boys Romp Away
With Sixty Points in Second
Interplayground Meet
. The Cottage Hill playground team
®>'ob the playground track meet on the
Cottage Hill athletic field yesterday
afternoon by a score of 60 points.
The Hygenic team finished second with
51 points. A large crowd witnessed
the events.
Rudolph Jiras was high scorer for
the boys, with 13 points; and Gladys
Christian of the Hygenio team, carried
ofT the individual honors for the girls,
with fourteen points. The summaries
follow:
Cottage Hill Special— (Boys 16 or
under), 100-yard dash—First. Knuth;
second, Devore; third, Proud. Time
13 seconds.
Senior Boys—7 5 -yard dash —First,
"Williams. Hygienic; second. Keen.
Cottage Hill: third. McCall, Cottage
HilL Time. 9 1-5 seconds.
Junior Boys—SO-yard dash —First.
Jiras, Cottage Hill: second, Sanders.
Cottage Hill; third, Keim, Lawn.
Time. S 1-5 seconds.
Midget Boys—so-yard dash—First.
Brasheaxs. Cottage Hill; second. Pat
terson, Hygienic: third, Stabanaw,
Cottage Hill. Time. 7 4-5 seconds.
Junior Boys' Potato Race First,
Jiras, Cottage Hill; second. Sanders.
Cottage Hill; third, "Wigfield. Cottage
Hill.
Senior 440-Yard Relay—First. Cot
tage Hill: second. Hygienic; third.
Lawn. Time. 5S seconds.
Junior Boys 400-yard Relay—First,
Cottage Hili: second, Hygienic; third.
Fothergill. Time. 5S 3-5 seconds.
Bar Chinning Senior—First, tie be
tween Keen, of Cottage Hill, and Sulli
van. of West Side: second. Folkers;
third, tie between Evans, of Lawn, and
Murry, of Hygienic. Number of
times. 12.
Junior Running Board —First. Car
chidi. Cottage Hill: second, Jiras. Cot
tage Hill; thifd. tie between Acrl and
Sanders, both of Cottage HilL Dis
tance, 11 feet, 10 Inches.
Midget Boys Three Standing Board
Jumps—First. Brown, Hygienic; sec
ond. Patterson, Hygienic: third.
Lodge. Cottage Hill. Distance, 19
feet, 11 Inches.
Senior Boys Running High Jump—
First. Cottage Hill; third. Morgan,
Lawn. Distance, 19 feet. 11 inches.
Cottage Hill Running High Jump—
< Boys 16 or under) First, Proud:
second, Tuptanoski: third, Knuth.
Height. 4 feet. 4 inches.
Midget Boys Elephant Race—First.
Patterson. Hygienic: second, Thomp
son, Hygienic; third, Strabanau. Cot
tage HilL
Girls' Events
Senior Girls 60-yard Dash —First,
Christian. Hygienic: second, Gardner,
Lawn: third, Jenkins. Hygienic. Time.
S seconds.
Junior Girls 50-yard dash—First,
tie between Jenkins and Christian,
both of Hygienic; second, Beckwith.
Hygienic; third, Dies. West Side.
Senior Girls Club Race—First,
Grove. Fothergill; second, Peace,
Lawn: third, Gardner, Lawn.
Junior Girls Serpentine Race—First,
Christian. Hygienic; second. Punch.
Lawn: third, Quinn, Fothergill. Time,
+ & seconds.
Senior Girls Basketball Throw
First, Murphy. West Side: second.
Peace. Lawn: third. Gardner. Hvgien
ic. Distance. 30 feet, 6 inches.
Junior 'Girls Basketball Throw—
First, Hudson. West Side; second,
Vaughn. Fothergill; third. Jenkir.s,
Hygienic. Distance, 2S feet, 3 inches.
Points Scored
Girls' Evens
First. Cottage Hill, 60 points. Sec
ond. Hygienic, 51 points. Third.
Lawn, 17 points. Fifth, Fothergill, 10
points.
STEELTON PERSONALS
Frank Waidley, South Front street,
has returned from a vacation spent at
Atlantic City.
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HIGHSPIRE
SUNDAY SCHOOL OUTING
Members of No. 2 Sunday school
class of St. Peter's Lutheran church,
taught by Miss Grace Stoner were
were given an outing on Saturday af
ternoon in a grove north of Highspire.
HIGHSPIRE PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Durborow at
tended the funeral on Tuesday after
noon at Paxtang of the former's aunt,
Mrs. Mary Durborow Cook.
Paul Kelley. of New York, is vis
iting his mother, Mrs. Clara Kelley of
Second street.
Miss Elizabeth Swelgle. of East
Penn street, spent Sunday at Mt.
Gretna.
Roy Bain, of Ephrata. spent several
days here this week as the guest of
his father-in-law, E. R. Mohler.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Bomgardner.
of Market street, left last Saturday
night, for Sugar Grove, where thev
will visit friends for a week.
Miss Verna Mohn, of Columbia is
the guest of her cousin. Miss Nina
Ruth. Second street.
Miss Kathleen Attick. of North Sec
ond street. Harrisburg is visiting her
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. A. T
Putt, of Second street.
FRACTURED LEG
Russell Mooner. aged 18. son of Mr
and Mrs. George Moon, of Vine and
Race streets, while at work at the
Cumbler stone quarries on Thursday
morning sustained a fractured left leg.
Moon was taking a truck away from
the hoist when the accident happened.
He was taken to the Harrisburg hos
pital.
HIGHSPIRE CHURCHES
Raymond C. Heberlig, a student of
Lebanon valley college, will preach in
the United Brethren church, on Sun
day morning on •'Worry"; Sunday
school, 9.30; morning service. 10 30*-
C. E., 6.30.
The Rev*. B. L. C. Baer, of the
mHighspire Church of God. will preach
1n the First Church of God. New
Cumberland, Sunday morning and
evening.
Too Late For Classification
Lost and Found
LOST Pocketbook, brown
lizard skin, containing valuable
papers and 525.00 currency. Lost
at Messiah Lutheran Church,
Sixth street side. Finder please
keep money and return papers, or
drop in mail box to Luther Min
ter, care oof The Minter Co., 19
South Second street.
SATURDAY EVENING.
"BLOCK PARTY"
TO END TONIGHT
No Efforts Spared to Make
Wind-up Brilliant; Many
Popular Features
The rain last evening interfered
considerably with the attendance at
the block party which is being held in
North Second street for the benefit of
St. James' Catholic Church. The
press committee announced this
morning that no efforts will be spared
to make the wind-up to-night a bril
liant success.
Some of the most popular features
presented throughout the week will be
continued and several new ones added.
Among the latter will be a burlesque
boxing match by the Winkleman
Brothers. This will be staged in the
circus tent. Pat McGady, a former
"Welsh Brothers producing clown has
another new clown act to show to
night.
Other features will be Clark and
Eckenrode's horse act, Colbert and
Hughes' horizontal bar performance
and the talking clowns. Brashears and
Smothers. The wind-up at the circus
will be an exhibition by the Runkle
Brothers, boy acrobats.
A Mclntyre and Heath skit by Day
lor and Martin, end men of the Georgia
Minstrels will be presented this eve
ning. Matty Cusack, as interlocutor,
has his funmakers well In hand and
manages to produce several laughs
to the minute at each performance.
An extra Italian stunt last evening by
the minstrels was vociferously re
ceived.
The freak show is gaining in
popularity each evening with Morris,
the lightning cartoonist, and Siko. the
Hindu hypnotist, remaining In high
favor. The block party will close this
evening.
Negro, Shot in Quarrel,
Over Woman Dies; Police
Fail to Find Assailant
Charles Brown, who was shot in a
quarrel over a woman in Iron alley
Thursday morning by an unknown
negro, died yesterday afternoon in the
i Harrisburg hospital. A post-mortem
examination was held last evening at
Wilt's undertaking establishment and
Coroner Eckinger is now making ar
rangements for an inquest. Local
authorities are making every effort to
learn the identity of the murderer,
whom they believe may still be in this
locality. Brown is one of the negroes
from the South, brought here to work
at the steel company plant. Efforts
are being made to locate relatives.
STEELTON CHURCHES
Church of God. Main street—the
Rev. G. W. Goetz, pastor. 10.30,
"Paul's Willingness to Depart"; 7.30,
"Striking Contrasts"; Sunday school,
9.15; Junior League of C. E., Senior
League of C. E» 6.30.
First Presbyterian church —Sunday
school. 9.45: preaching. 11. by the
Rev. Dr. Hayes, of Burgettstown, Pa
First M. E. Church—The Rev. W. C.
Sanderson, paftor. 10.30. "Believe in
John's Gospel"; 7.30, evening sermon
will be preceded by song service: Sun
day school, 9.30; Epworth League.
7.30.
Rev. J. H. Meyer, of Jersey City,
will preach at St. John's Lutheran
church Sunday morning. No even
ing service.
To Build Garage Borough Secre
tary Feidt yesterday issued a building
permit for the erection of a frame
garage to Vernon James at the rear
of property in Lebanon street.
Lawn Festival. A lawn festival
will be held by Class 17 of the St.
Lutheran Sunday school on
Mrs. Keim's lawn. 175 Lincoln street,
Thursday. August 17. Ice cream, cake
and luncheon will be served.
Held For Assault. Frank Harris
was arrested last night by Constable
John Glbb. charged with felonious as
sault on Herman Williams.
Promoted to Corporal. Alexander i
Bell, Company D, Eighth Pennsylvania
Infantry, has been appointed a cor
poral. He is with the company on
the Mexican border.
Socialist to Talk. Ross D. Crown,
a colored Socialist speaker, ■will give
an address this evening at S o'clock
on "The Fight For Life," in Poulston's
lot, Adams street.
MOBOLIZATION
CAMP CLEARED
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held at State mobilization camps dur
ing recruiting. The men have been
several weeks under canvas while a
few recruits necessary to bring each
regiment up to required strength are
being sought.
In many cases, notably In Ohio,
where six regiments have been within
a score of the number necessarv to
permit them to go to the border, in
Kentucky and Vermont where only a
lew additional recruits are necessarv
and in the District of Columbia, where
a very few additional men would re
cruit the regiment for active service,
there has been growing uneasiness
and discontent among the guardsmen
because of the weaxy weeks of
waiting.
Officials expect the effect of the order
will be to bring all delayed regiments to
necessary strength before they start.
The more favorable turn of relations
with Mexico ha.« reacted against re
cruiting, but with regiments under
definite orders it is thought there will
be no difficulty in filling up the
ranks.
The best available information on
the number of guardsmen on the bor
der is in health Matistics of last week
which covered PS.OOO State troops, all
on border service, not including sev
eral regiments. It is considered cer
tain that more than 100,000 national
guardsmen are in the camps along
the international line. Thoroughly
equipped camps readily capable of ex
pansion are waiting the troops, all
details of water and food supplies
have been worked out on a basis that
the army is conCdent insures adequate
provision for ar.y number of troops
and the addition of 25,000 troops to
the border commands are not expected
to create any new difficulties.
War Department officials insist that
the new orders are without other sig
nificance and are not connected with
the situation beyond the border.
FIELD MASS AT MARSH RCX
Permission was thU afternoon
granted by Monsignor M. M. Hassett
of St. Patrick's Cathedral, to the Rev.
T. B. Hassett, to hold field mass at
Marsh Run to-morrow morning. The
girls' division of the Hassett Club is
camping at that place. Mass will be
celebrated at 10:30. Arrangements
wer® made to-day to have the fast ex
press. leaving Harrisburg at 3:43
o'clock to-morrow morning stop at
Marsh Run,
FIRST PAY CHECKS
FOR GUARDSMEN
Men Who Did Not Go to Bor
der to Be Paid Next
Week
Tlle first |
\\\ 1 /// checks for men of |
\\\\ the National Guard
who went to the
mobilization camp
at Mt. Gretna and
J r Tj=L9S®C were either reject-
I fnxrawn oli - or physical
r f.J|f uilliijll. reasons or because
i PTgi" \ they did not enlist*
will he mhi nut
from the State Cap
itol next week. The rolls of the Eighth
regiment's rejected men are about fin
ished and the 6th and 4th regiments
will be paid after the Eighth. The rolls
of the Ist infantry have been received,
but none of the others has come in.
"When the 9th and 13th regiments!
and the three companies of the separ? i
ate battalion go into the federal ser- j
vice within the next ten days there [
will be but one organization In the
National Guard not in the United
States armv. It will be company F.
separate battalion, located at Danville.
No Information has been given as to
what disposition is to be made of It.
The Williamsport, Sunbury and Mil
ton companies of the battalion go into
camp to-day. The 9th goes to become
the Third artillery next Friday and
the 13th will mobilize at Scranton
Monday and go to Mt. Gretna Tues
day. it is expected that there will be
little delay in equipping tne 9th with
ordnance and the men will be given
as much training as possible. The six
batteries must have at least 126 men
each before they can enter the federal
service. The maximum is 174. The
13th's companies must have at least
65 men. Euipment for the number
above that figure will be awaiting the
infantrymen at Mt. Gretna. It is stated
here.
Explosives Code—The first complete
' Provide standards of safety in
t..e industries devoted to the manufac
ture of explosives is about ready for
t&e State Industrial Board to submit
lor hearings of employers and employ
es* The code, which is one of several
in preparation by the Hoard, repre
sents the result of months of observa
tion of the operation of plants engaged
in the manufacture of various kinds of
explosives including those used for
mining, quarrying and similar pursuits
and the high powered mixtures em
p.oyed in warfare. Some time ago the
Board issued rules for such plants, but
the code will combine the experience
and observation of persons familiar
with the industry. The board will give
nearings on the code and then consid
er suggestions. There is also a possibil
ity that the Board will make some
additional standards for the steel in
dustry. including a code for the opera
tion of all kinds of cranes.
County Fairs On—The State's coun
ty fair season began this week and
until the frost comes there will be fairs
or agricultural exhibitions held in va
rious sections of the State every week.
T-he bsg fairs will be held late in Sep
tember or October and it is expected
t„at attendance with good weather
this year will come close to record
breaking figures. The fairs were held
for the opening- week in Butler and
1 ork counties and next week one will
be held in Bedford county. Represen
tatives of departments of the State
government are attending the fairs.
Pardon Board—The State Board of
Pardons will resume its sessions on
September 20. Some cases have al
ready been listed for presentation and
application for rehearings will be
made in capital cases which were
heard some time ago.
THORPE AND MEALS
ARE STILL AT ODDS
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positions at some of the manufacturing
plants in the city and have been re
fused employment. He says ne be
lieves stockholders of the railways
company are responsible.
strikers will hold open-air meetings
to-night at Thirteenth and Market
streets, and at Front and Nagle streets
at 7.30 o'clock. At the latter place a
festival will be held for the benefit of
the striking carmen. Strike leaders
and labor organizers will speak.
Central Labor I n ion
New members were received this af
ternoon at the meeting of the Chauf
feurs Lnion at headquarters, 26 Xorth
Thiru street. Plans are now under way
for the organization of a Central Labor
Lnion and the first meeting to accom
plish this was held last night. Or
ganizer J. E. Roach, of the American
Federation of L3bor. presided, and
forty-six union organizations were rep
resented. Another meeting has been
caned for August 18. when permanent
organization will be effected.
Two more jitney licenses were taken
out this morning at the City Treasurer's
office, and a number of additional ap
plications were received at police head
quarters. Chief of Police Zeil said to
day that a majority of drivers without
licenses have left the streets, and that
those operating now either had paid
the required amount or were awaiting
the result of their appeals to court
Trolley car No. 622 crashed into a
cart this morning in Third street, but
no or.e was injured Strikers who saw
the accident claim that the motorman
was inexperienced. Last night a Third
street car ran into one of the automo
biles in the Elks' parade, at Third and
\erbeke streets. causing the machine
to collide v»'ith two other autos and
them. No one was injured
Officers who were on the scene pre
vented People from attacking the crew.
Frank Radle. the motorman, was taken
to police headquarters, but was re
leased.
Organizer Thorpe authorized the pub
lication of a letter yesterdav, -which
he received from Mayor J. G Arm
strong. of Pittsburgh, in which Mayor
Armstrong expressed his hope that Mr
Thorpe would bring about a satisfac
tory settlement for the striking car
commending him for his in
terest in the car men of that c'ty
The petition from the Pennsylvania
State Federation of Labor asking coun
cil to amend the present jitney ordi
nance will be open at the City Clerk's
office for signers, August 21 or 00
Twenty per cent, of the voters who
balloted for Mayor at the last general
election must sign the petition with
in'ten days after which City Clerk Mil
ler has ten days to go over the names
to see that the signers are registered
voters. Labor leaders believe that
they will have no trouble in getting
the required number of signatures.
Secret Investigation of
Wheat Market Manipulation?
Chicago Aug. 12. Reports that
a federal investigation of an alleged
attempt to manipulate the wheat mar
ket and raise prices had been under
way for some time, led to a statement
on the subject to-day by United States
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne He
said that whatever action the govern
merit might be taking in the matter
necessarily must be kept secret.
Mr. t.iyne said: "Whatever action
the government might be taking in
this matter necessarily must be with
held. An investigation of the wheat
situation or any other situation must
Require deliberate action." 1
Harjrisburg telegraph
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Three triDs of 500 miles each have |
been planned for the tour of the farm- i
ing districts of Pennsylvania which i
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh has
planned for this Fall. Instead of devot
ing 1 a week to a tour, as was done last
year, when the Governor headed a
party that inspected the highways and j
viewed the scenery of Pennsylvania, I
there will be three trios of three davs '
each, the rest to be taken Sept. 12. !
13 and 14. the others in the two sue- j
ceeding weeks.
The Governor and Secretary of Agri
culture are planning to invite friends
to accompany them on the tours which j
will cover typical Pennsylvania farm- |
ing districts by automobile. The tours i
will be by private expense as was done 1
GERMANS UNABLE
TO STOP ALLIES
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vancing westward, in the Bvstritza
riven region.
Stanislau Taken by
Russians, Opening a
New Road to Lemberg
London, Aug. 12.—The Russians
have captured Stanislau. The Galician
fortress city fell last night without
the firing of a shot.
Rapid as was the evacuation and
seizure of Stanislau, however, and im
portant as it is to the Czar's troops
in their march on Lemberg. this
stroke was completely overshadowed
by the amazing developments north
of the Dniester River. Sweeping for
ward with astounding rapidity and
power. General Letchitsky's right wing
advanced nearly 25 miles to the north
from the confluence of the Dniester
and the Zlota Lipa.
The Russians are near Halitz, the
key to Lemberg on the southwest, and
have established themselves in posi
tions directly in the rear of Von Both
mer's right flank along the Stripa.
Towns by Dozens Fall
Fortified heights, strongly defended
river positions and villages and towns
by the dozens have succumbed before
the irresistible onslaughts of Letchit-
victorious troops. Driving for
ward more swiftly than an unimpeded
army on the march, in two days and
nights they have thinned the ex
hausted forces of the enemy so that
he is no longer able to offer any kind
of efficient resistance. Ten thousand
Austrian soldiers have dropped from
the ranks in the last 4S hours, half
of them swept into the huge Russian
bag of prisoners.
With the fall of Monasterzyska and
the advance of the Russians to the
very outskirts of Halitz, the southern
arm of the Russian vise has begun to
crush in the right wing of Von Both
mer's army. Fighting along the Ser
6th. south of Brodv, brought the
northern arm nearer the point on the
! Austrian commander's left flank,
where the squeeze will begin.
Stanislau. flanked and almost sur
rounded. was captured with incredible
ease. For Halitz the Austrians are
expected to make a greater fight.
Brussiloff's troops continue their
spirited attacks along the Stokhod
line, but the lack of any concerted
movement of strength in this sector
' indicates that the Czar's commander
is merely exerting sufficient pressure
on the forces of Von Linsingen to
prevent the transfer ot troops to the
hard pushed Austrians in Galicia.
Austria Admits Reverses
"We have evacuated Stanislau with
out fighting," says the official state
ment. issued from Austria General
Headquarters. The statement also ad
mits the loss of positions in the Stan
islau and Monasterzyska regions owing
; to the Russian pressure.
The capture ct Stanislau gives the
Russians another gateway through
which they can march toward Lem
berg. Like Brody, Stanislau is an im
portant railroad center. Railroads rad
iate from It from five directions. It
is 87 miles southeast of Lemberg and
is situated between two forks of the
Bvstritza River, ten miles south of
the Dniester.
Balkan Campaign Opened by
Allies, Forzing Fire Ring
London. Aug. 12.—The battle on the
Balkan front has opened, militarv ob
servers believe Unofficial advices
from Saloniki report that the allied
forces operating from the Greek sea
port have occupied the Doiran railway
station and seized Hill 27, south of
Doiran.
This news marks a new chapter in
the allied offensive, with the applica
tion of still fuither pressure on the
Central Powers.
The attack has been expected for
the last few weeks. When it was be
gun the ring of fire around the Teu
tonic Allies would be closed. The al
lied forces have been long preparing
for the drive that would win back
Serbia. They have massed, according
to reports from Greece, nearly 700,000
men for the offensive.
Pa y for Desertion of Serbia
Sirrail commands a magnificent
Anglo-French and Serbian army,
which is likely to make the Bul
garians pay bitterly for their treacher
ous desertion of Serbia last fall. With
the Russian, the French, the Brttish
and finally the Italian offenses in full
swing, the drive from Saloniki would
find a weakened opposition.
Bulgaria has had all she desires and
is ready to quit the fray. She threw
in her lot with the Teutons at a time
when victory for them seemed certain.
But with the constantly increasing
power of the Allies demonstrated in
the offensives of the last two months,
the -tfhole aspect has changed.
Reports reaching London lately de
clare that Bulgaria is gunning for &
I last year. At noon each day a meet
ing will be held in a grove under aus
pices of the county member of the
State Board of Agriculture, the farm
: ers of the vicinity to be asked to unite
in a picnic lunch. Speeches will be
made and the special products of each
i district explained.
! The tour of September 1 will start
\ from Harrisburg and traverse Perry.
Juniata. Mifflin, Center. Clearfield,
j Jefferson, Elk, McKean, Potter. Tioga,
! Lycoming. Northumberland, Snyder.
Union and Perry counties, with noon
, stops at Centre Hall, Smithport and
j Muncy and at night at Clearfield and
I We lis bo ro.
For September 19. 20 and 21 the
I tour will be from Harrisburg through
separato peace. Some dispatches from
Athens even have declared that Czar
Ferdinand was now ready to transfer
his allegiance to the Allies. But what
ever action Bulgaria takes the offen
sive through Serbia will have a great
effect on Greece and Roumania.
275,000 Russians Lost
in Drive, Berlin Hears
Berlin, Aug. 12 (delayed).—The corre
spondent of the 2eitung am Mittag at
Austrian headquarters describes the
enormous losses of the Russians during
the summer offensive. The correspon
dent says the Russian censorship pass
ed the statement that as many as 75
trains loaded with wounded were mov
ed daily on the line to Kieff alone.
Basing his estimate partly on the orn
cial list kept at Kieff. the correspondent
places the Russian killed or wounded
in the summer offensive at 275.000 men.
"The Russians." the correspondent
continues, "are fighting much more
bravely than in 1915. Then the Rus
sians in their trenches often threw up
their arms as a sign of surrender, with
out making resistance worth mention
against the attacking Germans and
Austrians. This is now most rare. Th«
new troops are brave and well disci
plined. and their officers lead their lines
into the thickest of the fight. Hence
the mortality among officers is very
heavy, including generals."
3,135,177 German Troop
Loss Up Until August 1
London. Aug. 12.—German casual
ties during July, according to a table
compiled here from German casualty
lists, totaled 122,540, bringing the
grand total since the commencement
of the war, taken from the same
sources, to 3,135,177.
Men killed or who died of wounds
during July numbered 21,196; those
who died of sickness. 2062: missing,
15.334; severely wounded. 17,807;
wounded, 5654; slightly wounded,
50,157. '
The wounded remaining with their
; units are given as 9614.
i According to these lists, since the
last account the men killed or died of
i their wounds total 735,866; died of
sickness, 48,534; prisoners, 157,975;
missing. 199,642; severely wounded,
1 425,175; wounded, 268,085; slightly
; wounded, 1,512,158; wounded remain
| ing with their units, 147,742.
American Aviator Gets
German 11-2 Miles in Air
By Associated Press
i Paris. Aug. 12. —G. Lufbery. of
Xew Haven, Conn., is the American
aviator who was mentioned in the of
j flcial French announcement of last
. night for having brought down a Ger
man aeroplane inside the French lines
! south of Douaumont. He was flying
at a height of 12,000 feet toward the
i German lines when he perceived 3,000
, feet below him, a German aeroplane
moving toward the French.
He planed down swiftly working his
j machine gun at the same time, as he
' was alone in the aeroplane.
The German machine waas hit re
peatedly and fell in flames. Lufbery
landed safely. It was his second ex
ploit of the kind within a week.
Lone Submarine Holds Six
Ships at Once; Sinks Three
By Associated Press
Havre, Aug. 12. Six ships were
held up at once by a tJerman sub
marine on Thursday morning. The
commander of the submarine order
ted the crew of the French steamer
Marie to get into boats and then sank
the vessel with bombs in view of the
crews of the other Ave ships.
The Norwegian steamers Credo and
Soro were next sent to the bottom,
each vessel going down In ten min
utes. The other three ships were al
lowed to continue their voyages af.
ter being searched and their papers
examined. The crews of the three 1
sunken ships were picked up by the
Danish steamer Robert and landed
at Havre on Friday morning.
Would Not Resume Any
Negotiations Until All
Murderers Are Punished
By Associated Press
Paris. Aug. 12. Sir Edward Car
son. in an interview in to-day s Matin
declared that the Germans are bar
barbians and should be treated as
such. "J sin peace, as in war," Sir
Edward is quoted as saying, "the
German is a barbarian and we should
treat him as such. Let all the allied
governments declare forthwith to the
German people. Even when we shall
have signed peace we shall not send
any diplomatic representative to Ber
lin nor receive any diplomatic rep
resentative of Germany in our cap
itals, as long as you Germans shall
not have yourselves punished all those |
who have been guilty o£ murder, all]
AUGUST 12, 1916. "
| Lebanon, Berks, Montgomery, Bucks,
Lehigh, Northampton. Monroe. Lack
| wanna. Wyoming. Luzerne, Columbia.
Montour, Northumberland, Perry and
Dauphin with noon stops at Saratoga,
Nay Aug and Danville and night stops
at Kaston and Wilkes-Barre.
j The final tour on September 26, 27
and 28 will be through Lancaster,
i York, Adams. Franklin. Fulton, Bed
ford, Somerset, Cambria. Blair, Hunt
ingdon, Mitflin, Juniata and Perry,
with noon stops at Gettysburg, Ebens
burg and Mtfflintown and night stops
i at Bedford and Huntingdon.
Farmers owning automobiles will be
invited to Join the partv for runs
through their districts and to show the
| specialized forms of farming.
BANDIT LOSSES
HEAVY IN FIGHT
Carranza Forces in Continuous
Battle; Outlaws Being Driven
Into Trap
By Associated Press
Chihuahua City, Mex., Aug. 12.—Re
ports from the forces of General
Cavos and Colonel Zuazua, in northern
i Durano to General Trevino to-day
j indicated that they are engaging in
|an almost continuous fight with the
| bands under Martin Lopez, and that
| the bandits lost men in each skirmish,
| while the government losses have been
I few.
I General Trevino pointed out that a
1 number of prominent outlaw leaders
■ have been killed In the last few weeks
I and said that every effort is being
| made to exterminate the leaders, it
| being realized that without their com
| manders it will be an easy matter to
subjugate the bandits.
Being Driven Into Trap
Announcement also was made at
the commandancia here that the forces
ofiGcneral Domingo Arrleta have left
Jimlnez and, co-operating with Gen-
I eral Matios Ramos command from,
| Escalon, are/making a drive up the
Rio Florldo, intending to sweep
through to Cerro Gordo. With the co
operation of the troops marching
north from Durango City, it was
pointed out, the bandits now operating
| between Parral and Rosario will be
| trapped.
| General Trevir said that he would j
afford every protection to Americans,
especially those interested in the finan
cial development of Chihuahua. The
guarantees he cftered are similar to
those recently extended by General
Calles in Sonora.
Local municipal elections, the first !
step toward the restoration of full
civil government in this state, have
been set for the third Sunday in
September.
Roosevelt May Invade
i West With Taft and Root
I New York, Aug. 12.—Theodore j
j Roosevelt may invade the Middle West |
in the interest of the Republican cam- j
| paign, it was announced last night by
National Chairman William R. Will
cox, who visited the former President
at Oyster Bay yesterday. The plan calls
for five or six speeches by Colonel
Roosevelt, according to Mr. Wlllcox.
One of these, however, will be de
livered in Maine.
Mr. Willcox said he expected former
President Taft and- Elihu Root also
would aid in the campaign.
those who have violated those inter
national laws which were set up in
j the interests of humanity during past
centuries which have witnessed the
j progress of civilization.
"There is still another reason which
makes such action necessary. Neu
-1 tral powers have passively looked on
iat the violation of customs of law
established by all nations. They have
been powerless or unwilling to protest.
If then a special penalty does not show
clearly that these laws cannot be
transgressed, that these usages cannot
be violated with impunity, we must
renounce in future all hope of intro
ducing into war rules of humanity
and henceforth no nation in the world
would see any use in sending repre
sentatives to a Hague convention or
any other diplomatic conference."
Italians in Air Raid
Blow Up Great Tank of
Oil on Calf of Triest
By Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 2. The great damage
Inflicted by the recent Italian aerial
raid near Triest is related in a semi
official note issued at Rome as .for
warded by the Havas Agency. It says
twenty machines dropped four tons of
explosives, blowing up a great
petroleum reservoir on the gulf of
Triest and destroying all nearby
buildings. Three buildings of a tor
pedo factory, containing a large
amount of valuable machinery, were
wrecked.
The Austrlans responded with their
raid on Venice in which the church
of Santa Maria was reduced to ruins.
.Heavy, damage was done.
MILLION DOLLARS
INSURANCE FUND
Workmen's Compensation Law
Is Working Out Well,
Board Reports
Pennsylvania's State Workmen's
Insurance fund was this week reported
as likely to reach the million dollar
income mark by the end of the year.
The report of the operations for the
first 4 months of the year as outlined
to the Board by Albert L. Allen, the
assistant manager, show that the fund
started on the first of the year, when
the compensation law took effect with
5.097 policyholders and annual ad
vance premiums of $445,940.23.
In order to be sure the State fund
board reinsured Its catastrophe haz
ards to extern of $50,000.
The predictions as to the future are
based upon the fact that by the end of
April the fund had 12,032 policyhold
ers. which number has been much In
creased since that time and that the
ployes. The earned premiums for the
first four months was 58.5 per cent.
Premiums In force to the end of April
were $682,209.58. covering 117,138 em
ployees. The earned premiums for the
period were $199,211.38, expenses $37,-
732.20, losses and loss reserve $116,-
535.32 and investments $337,773.
WILSON ATTACKS
ARE^CONTINUED
[Continued From First Pagej
dent Wilson urging him to secure th©
enactment of the federal amendment.
These women, many of whom opposed
in the conference the denunciation of
the national administration repre
sented to the President that they were
pledged to oppose his re-election un
less his formal support were given.
Other members of the conference de
clared an intention to wage an active
campaign in support of Charles Evana
Hughes, the Republican nominee.
Leaders of the majority, however,
pointed out that the statement of
policy was adopted, while command
ing the attitude of the Progressive,
Prohibition and Socialist parties and
praising the attitude of Mr. Hughes
upon equal suffrage was essentially
non-partisan and that, the party was
committed to a program on behalf
of nation-wide equal suffrage. It was
Important, they added that the indi-
I viduality of the woman's party should
be maintained.
Mrs. Bertha Fowler, of Colorado,
chairman, in calling the conference to
order, termed President Wilson's atti
tude toward the movement for national
equal suffrage as one of "cynical con
tempt" and political expediency. Wo
men who indorsed the pain to secure
suffrage by States, she said, were "po
litical doormats of designing politi
cians."
Mrs. Sara Bard Field, of Oregon,
spoke of the "political tricks" whlcn
the present House Judiciary Committee
had played in its efforts to keep the
Federal suffrage amendment from re
ceiving favorable action and being:
brought before the House of Represen
tatives.
IMediced to Sound Government
Charles E. Hughes, in a series of plat
form speeches yesterday, asked th«
voters of the country to accept his rec
ord as Governor of New York State aa
evidence that he would enter into no
political intrigues nor permit any po
litical expediency or political boss ta
hamper htm in giving the United States
an honest, economic and efficient gov
i ernment if elected President. As his
special train carried him through tha
I cattle country of western North Da
kota and into the bad lands of Mon
tana. en route to the Far West, Mr.
Hughes drove home that point to thu
crowds of hardy western voters who
collected at the ten stops his train made
to welcome him with bands and wav
ing flags.
Pledging himself to the principles
of sound government, he said:
"That is what I stand for. That was
what I endeavored to have when I
i was in New York."
Throughout the day of campaigning
Mr. Hughes, using his denunciation of
political intrigues and waste as a foun
dation. built up a complete program of
efficiency, economy and protection of
American business and agricultural in
terests and the maintenance of Ameri
can honor for the voters of the coun«
try to digest.
His protestations of independence
were cheered heartily whenever they
were made.
Make* Evident Line of Campaign
Mr. Hughes made evident the line of
campaign he will follow. He feels that
the greatest need of the country is
honest, efficient, economic administra
tion of its affairs, a protective tariff
is the basis of the country's economlo
system, that the United States mav
cope successfully with the problem's
following the European war. and in
sistence upon the respect of other na
tions. Military preparedness, he will
advocate as far as it is necessarv to
obtain the respect of others. His first
step was to place the Wilson Adminis
tration on the defensive and he feela
that he has accomplished that.
That he was nominated largely
cause of his record as an independent
Governor and that attitude of Independ
ence he emphasized by word and action.
There have been no secret political
conferences in hotels or on the train.
Leaders who have come on the train
have seen him as might any friend and
then departed. There were no political
leaders on the back platform anywhere.
He pictured himself as the man with
no political obligations to meet and it
was distinctly a Hughes party on the
back platform. It was a different method
of campaigning, for the people of North
Dakota or Montana have been accus
tomed to seeing the leading political
boss by the nominee's side. And it
made a hit.
The day was replete with Interest for
Mr. Hughes, who has not campaigned
among the people of North Dakota or
Montana before. Before the train had
made its way far into North Dakota
he was striding up and down the plat
forms. shaking hands with every one
and swapping stories with cowbovs and
cattlemen. His campaigning lacked
many of the spectacular features of the
Roosevelt methods. The people also
showed a restraint not apparent when
Roosevelt was here. They know Roose
velt. but they were sizing up Hughes,
who has been a man of mystery to
them.
Women Welcome Mm. Hughen
Mrs. Hughes was welcomed bv tha
women at the little towns along the
route with cordiality. Thev had heard
she was coming and pretty girls and
buxom matrons put on a new ribbon
or their freshest gowns in honor of the
occasion. Mrs. Hughes stepped from
the train at several of the stations
and entered into the spirit of the oc
casion as if she had lived in the wilds
of Montana all her life. She received
many brilliant bouquets.
At Medora, North Dakota. vh«r«
Colonel Roosevelt once owned a ranch
Mr. Hughes Jumned to the station plat
form to talk with several of the Col
onel's old-time friends. They pointed
out to the nominee and his wife the di
rection in which the ranch lay
J. W. Foley, father of the poet, who
has charge of the big ranch, asked Mr
Hughes why he didn't bring the Colonei
"I know he would have been glad to
come,' replied Mr. Hugftes. "I wished
he could have been here."
"Yes. I know he would," replied
Foley. "I got a letter from him the oth
er day sayinsr you were coming."
"He Is in fine fettle," answered MIL
Husrhes.
"He always is," said Foley.
"What do you think of Mr. Hughes**'
some one asked Foley.
"He Is all right." replied Foley. "T
reckon, with Teddy's backing, he will
As Mr. Hughes was about to get bacle
on the train, a boy in full cowbov at
tire and riding a mustang cantered up.
Mr Hughes walked back to ehake
hands with him. The train stopped at
Medora for ten minutes. As It pulled
out a man shouted:
"Don't forget to make Teddy Secret
tary of War."
And Mr. Hughes smiled.
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