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Great Anglo-French Offensive Along Somme Fr Is Halted by Bad Weather '
HARRISBURG SfSSlllsi TELEGRAPH -
T YVY\r 017 BY CARRIERS CENTS A WEEK.
LAAAV l\o. -1/ SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS.
INCREASE SCHOOL
LOAN TO MILLION
* AND A QUARTER
Board at Special Meeting To
day Votes on Submitting
Matter to People
FIRST ESTIMATE LOW
Citizens' Committee Raises
Amount to Be Voted Upon
at November Election
- City school directors in session this
afternoon ere to vote on the proposed
loan cf a million and a quarter dol
lars for improvement of the city high
school system and for the erection of
new buildings.
The voters of the city will be given
an opportunity to cast ballots on the
loan at the November election. A spe
cial meeting of the board was called
for 3 o'clock this afternoon to con
sider the proposed loan and the
recommendations of the special high
school committee with the reports
of President A. Carson Stamm and
City Superintendent F. E. Downes.
Increase Loan
After a number of conferences with
ttye citizens' committee, it was decided
to recommend that the amount of the
loan be increased $60,000 as the esti
mates of Dr. Downes and President
Stamm were considered too low.
This increase makes the total
amount $1,250,000, which provides for
purchasing a site and the erection of
a senior girls' high school for more
than a thousand pupils; alterations to
Technical High School, Camp Curtin
grade school. Central High School,
and the erection of a junior high
school on Allison Hill.
Committee's Report
The special high school committee,
of which the Rev. Dr. William N.
Yates is chairman, submitted the fol
lowing report with the recommenda
tion that it be adopted:
"That three junior high schools
and one senior high school for
girls be established and that all
boys, of the senior high school
grade be assigned to the Tech
nical High School as outlined in
the accompanying report pre
pared by the president of the
board and'the city superintendent.
"That the amount asked for in .
the report be changed from sl,-
190,000 to $1,250,000 in accord
ance with the recommendation of
the citizens' cojumittee which is
herewith submitted."
. The building committee recom
" mended that Herman Bitner and Dan
iel White be elected assistant janitors
at the Technical High School with
salaries of S6O each, per month.
FLYER HAS "LEG" SMASHED
Paris, Sept. 19.—Flight Lieutenant
c".e Rochefort, who brought down his
sixth German machine on Saturdav,
has been posted as missing.
Adjutant Tarascon, who was men
tioned in yesterday's official statement
by the war office as having brought
down his fifth enemy machine, l;as
only one leg. The other was ampu
tated as a result of an aeroplane acci
dent prior to the war. Adjutant Taras
con.'i artificial leg was smashed bv a
shell splinter during one of his latest
"daring flights.
[THE WEATHER,
For HarriKburg and vicinity: Fair,
continued cool to-iiitfht, witii
low cut temperature about -14 tle
ifree*; Wednesday fair and
a r mer.
For Eastern Pennsylvania t Fair
to-nitfht and Wednesday; lifciit
frost In exposed places
rising temperature; moderate
west winds*
River
The Susquehanna river and Its
branches will remain nearly sta
tionary. A st of about 3.< i
feet is indicated lor llarriburg
Wednesday morning.
General Conditions
center ol extensive nren of
high pressure lias moved from
lowa to the I pper Ohio Yallev
during the last twenty-four
hours. I'rcM.sure is lowest over
Manitoba and Saskatchewan and
the low urea over .Arizona still
persists.
Showers lia\e fallen generally in
the Middle Atlantic and Southern
Jew Kngland States and there
have been shower* In Cast Ten
nessee, Alabama, Florida, Colo
rado, Southern Utah and .\ortli
eru Michigan.
It is 2 to 14 degrees cooler than on
Monday morning in the Atlantic
and East Ciulf States and in the
Ohio \ alley and Tennessee. Frosts
occurred this morning in West
\ irginia. Southern Michigan, the
Interior of \ew York State uuu
in Northern I'enusy I vania. Over
nearly all the country west or
the Mississippi river and tbe
greater part of the Lake Region
there has been a general rise of
2 degrees to 1H degrees.
Temperature: 8 n. ra., 48.
Sun: Kises, 5:41) a. in.; sets, 6:IS
p. m.
Moon: Last quarter, September 10,
12:3." a. m.
ltiver Stage: 3.5 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Hluhest temperature. <IH.
Lowest temperature, 753.
Mean temperature, 60,
Normal temperature, 04.
Register Today
REMEMBER
EVERYBODY,
G° early, too:
TNSURE your chance.
gO there'll be no slip
pO cast your vote in November
TTXCEPT October 7, to-day's the
last day.
REGISTER!
With the exception of October 7
to-day will be the last day for
registering to vote at the presiden
tial election in the Fall. The regis
trars will sit at the regular polling
places from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m 2
p. m. to 0 p. m. and 7 p. m . to'lO
p. m.
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HARRISBURG ON ||
EVE OF GREATER
PROSPERITY ERA
With New Hotel Assured Fact,
Commerce Chamber Plans
Big Expansions
! UNITE WHOLE PEOPLE |
, Campaign Will Be Ripened;
About Time Schwab and j
Grace Visit City
11 With the new hotel assured, the j
: directors of the Ilarrisburg Chamber !
of Commerce, through the president, j
J. W. Bowman, to-day made known a
; plan for a campaign which is being i
j inaugurated in the interests of in-1
| creased membership, larger funds and j
. a type of organization which will place !
1 this cily in the forefront of progressive •
| municipalities over the entire country, j
As a part of this ambitious plan the
annual dinner of the Chamber, to be j
held on the evening of Monday, Oc- j,
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Contest Between Whitman i
and Seabury Is Feature 1
of Primary in N. Y.
j New York, Sept. 19.. A contest 1
1 between Governor Whitman and!
~ Samuel Seabury, the Democratic can- !
. didate for nomination for Governor, '
to obtain the progressive nomination.
for that office was the most interesting I
' i feature of the New York State primary i
1 to-day. It was not expected that more I
than 20,000 of the 46,000 enrolled!
> progressives would take part in the |
primaries. Both candidates asserted!
; that they would win the progressive)
1 • nomination.
Governor Whitman's friends as-:
serted he undoubtedly would win the!
'! Republican nomination over William
;M. Benr.ett, a State Senator, by a
i large majority. Mr. Seabury's candi-j
j daey for the Democratic nomination j
j was unopposed. The names of both j
j Seabury and Whitman appeared as |
I candidates for • the independence I
i league nomination.
Another contest of importance was:
j that of Robert-Bacon, formerly United
I States ambassador to France and |
j William M. Calder, a former Congress- :
! man for the Republican nomination ;
' for the United States Senate. Mr. ]
j Bacon was supported by Colonel I
i Theodore Roosevelt, who based his j
attitude upon Mr. Bacon's support of I
universal military service. Mr. Calder 1
r.etorted that such service means!
1 compulsory military servide in time j
of peace, to which.he is opposed,
i The candidates for the Democratic!
j nomination for Senator are former I
i Lieutenant Governor Thomas Conway!
: and William F. McCombs, formerly i
; chairman' of the Democratic National I
, j Committee.
Episcopalians May Omit
Prayer For All Infidels
•j New York, Sept. 19.—A'proposal to
" j omit from the prayer 'book of the'
1 Protestant Episcopal Church prayers
c for Jews. Turks, infidels and heretics'
will be submitted to the Episcopal tri- i
J ennial general convention to be held in
• St. Louis in October. . The proposed
changes are approved by the special
commission on the revision of the
j pra> er book.
The proposal to eliminate the Jews
I from Episcopal prayers is based on the
I ground that it is an insult to class
them with infidels and heretics. The I
I purpose in striking out the Turks from I
the prayers Is to avoid .confusing them I
! with Mohammedans. The prayer as j
j proposed reads: "Have mercy upon all j
! who know Thee not as revealed in the !
j gospel of Thy Son."
Think Syndicate Is Getting
September Morn Pictures
District Attorney George E. Lloyd. !
apnea ring as prosecutor at a hearing
of William and Lena Lusard in Worm- I
leysbuTg last night, asked Squire P. C. I
j Coble to h'old the pair for court pend- i
[ ing an investigation which he is plan- |
ning to determine whether "September 1
i Morn" pictures are being posed for in j
| Cumberland county.
The Lusards were arrested, together j
; with AVilliam Marsili, on Sunday after- ;
! noon. Ai that time the woman said |
j that the men wanted her to pose for I
"September Morn" pictures, but she I
| refused, and a fight followed. Marsili \
j was released last night. lAisard was j
• hold * under SOOO bail, charged with
i felonious assault, and Mrs. Lusard un- I
der ?COO bail on a serious charge. Dis- i
j trict Attorney Lloyd said that he be- j
! Jievos that, pictures are being pored for j
! and sold to a syndicate. Two photo- !
i "raphs were exhibited at the preiiini- ]
I nary hearing last night.
I Illinois Leaders Gather
to Hear Hughes Speak
Peoria. 111.. Sept. 19.—Republican!
leaders of Illinois assembled here to- j
; day to attend the Republican state!
i convention and listen to Charles E. )
Hughes open hi? second speechmaking j
campaign in the Central Western
States. The convention is to nominate !
[ university trustees and adopt a plat- i
■ ; form.
I It was the first round-up of state '
* | party leaders since the recent pri- i
maries and every county in Illinois was j
represented.
BOY SLEEPS SERENELY OX
AS BOLT PIERCES BODY
, White Fish, Mont., Sept. 19. —An !
instance in which lightning passed j
: through an entire house from roof to '
cellar, and through the body of a
sleeping boy without killing him, was
reported here.
In a heavy storm, Elmer Brown,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. John A.
! Brown, was sleeping in a room on the 1
second flyor of the family's residence, j
A bolt struck the roof, passed through j
the lad's body, went through the floor |
and tin. floor of the room below and I
into the cellar. In the roof. In the 1
j two floors and in the cellar, it left a
small, round hole and the exact re- 1
plica of that hole shows in burns on i
young Brown's neck and breast. The |
boy WHS not awakened, although he '
j suffered severe pain later. j
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916.
BRITISH MONSTER WHICH HURDLES TRENCHES j
V. j__. j j
Here is an artist's conception of the latest death dealing machine used by the British. It Is a battleship on land,
can Jump trenches, crawl out of shell craters, and is impervious to machine gun or rifle tire. Germans flee in terror
before it. The machine Is built upon a caterpillar tractor made in the U. S. A.
SEVERAL OF GANG
MAY BE RELEASED
Three Women Members of
I Alleged Blackmailing Svndi- ;
cate Out on Bond
Chicago. 111., Sept. 19.—Release on 1
j bond of several members of the al- '
i leged blackmail syndicate arrested by I
: Federal agents here and possible con- j
; tinuance of their preliminary hearing 1
was in prospect to-day us witnesses
from eastern cities arrived in Chicago
•o testify against the seven persons!
| under arrest.
j James Christian, one of the four \
(men arrested with three women in the |
j raid here Sunday night, was freed on
i bond late last night. His bail was re
: duced from $5,000 to $2,500 when
officials admitted they had little evi- I
i dence to connect him with the alleged '
! fleecing of Mrs. Rpgina Klipper, of.
I Philadelphia, the principal witness!
; against the defendants. The bail of j
j threo other members of the syndicate '
! may be reduced to-day. The alleged !
\ leaders, however, probably will be held \
\ under $25,000 bond each, unless!
United States Commissioner Foote, be- j
i fore whom they are to be arranged, !
| can be pievailed upon by their coun-:
, sel to reduce the amount. These three !
j are Helen Evers, Edward ("Doc") J
I Donahue and Harry ("Slick") Russell.
Mrs. Klipper is expected in Chicago
to-day to testify at the hearing, which
| is set for 2 p. m.
CONDEMNED OF UNPARDONABLE
SIN, DROWNS SELF IN CREEK
After Hearing Evangelist's Sermon, Youth Pens Note and J
Then Seeks Oblivion in Old Canal
Condemned of the "unpardon- \
\ a hie sin."—Leonard.
P. S.—You will lind me in die
canal. ,
These are the last two lines of a note !
| scrawled by Leonard Littlewood, aged j
| 25, of West Kildowm Winnipeg, Can
| ada, to a fellow-boarder at his board- j
; ing house in Bressler & short time after :
| he attended a revival service in the'
i TJresgler .Methodist Church, where the
! Rev. A. Stahl, an . itinerant j
; evangelist, is conducting a campaign, j
Littlewood's body was recovered I
I from the n.ire at the bottom of the old ;
Pennsj lvania canal opposite the Cum- |
' bier quarries, below Ste'eltpn, shortly '
| before noon to-day by Chief of Police i
| H. P. Longnaker and a party of officers
' who had conducted several bouts' j
| search.
Littlewood, a youth of 25 years, I
! came to the borough from Virginia on i
j August 22 and obtained a position in j
! the frog shop of the Bethlehem Steel j
i Company. He became a boarder at
PHILA. REGIMENTS!
ARE COMING HOME
First, Second and Third Will;
j Be Released Soon as N. C.
Units Reach EI Paso
j San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 19.—Three
| regiments of Pennsylvania infantry |
j will be sent home from the border'
| when the North Carolina Guard, three I
logiments strong, reaches its station
j at El Paso, it was announced to-day at
Southern Department headquarters.
| The regiments releused probably will
• be the First, Second and Third, of the
I First Pennsylvania Brigade,
i General Funston has decided that
I when the advent of fresh regiments of i
! guardsmen permits the release of or-I
| sanizations which have seen service
|on the border, the regiments which !
i first came south will be the first to re- '
! turn home. In this instance priority j
| would go to the First, Second and j
| Third Regiments. although final de
cision will be left to Msijor-General
| Clement, commander of the Pennsyl
\ vania division at El Paso.
inmates of Reading Jail
Work in Park Ungarded
Reading, Pa.. Sept. 19. Berks
county .iail officials yesterday put a
| dozen short-term prisoners at work on
] the lawns in city park, where the
prison in. The men are working with
; out guards and the experiment is being
| watched with interest. The prisoners
are cutting grass and clearing up
1 rubbish. (
NEW "TANKS" ARE i
THINGS OF HORROR
More Like Some Fantastic
Antediluvian Brutes Than
Anything on Earth
British Headquarters In France,
j Sept. 19. lt is reported that one of j
j our "tanks," or land ships, penetrated J
! Morval village yesterday, where it
found no opposition, and so came
home again. When a "tank" comes
j along the Germans take to their dug
i outs and hiding places and lie low.
It is possible to write more* freely
of the notorious "tanks" than was pru
dent heretofore. Two days before they
were used the writer had an oppor
! tunity to see the whole herd. They
were resting before their first expe
: rience of real war. It was an incredl
j ble as a nightmare or one of Jules
! Verne's fantastic imaginings.
There were a few acres full of the
; monsters, their huge shapeless bulks
! resembling nothing seen on earth,
; which wandered hither or thither like
I some.vast antediluvian brutes that na
ture had forgotten. I watched the great
! things maneuver about the fields and
\ at each grotesque new antics I could
do nothing but sit down and laugh.
We know now and the Germans
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the home of Mrs. Martha Hurst at
Bressler.
"The Unpardonable Sin"?
Although rather taciturn, the map
was a tavorite with the other boarders j
at the Bressler home and told them ;
many interesting stories of his homo ]
in Canada . and his travels through ;
England and the South.
A short time ago the Rev. Lawrence j
\. Stahl. an evangelist, came to Bress- j
ler and opened a religious revival cam- '
paign. Fellow-boarders became at- j
tendar.ts.at tbe meetings and last Sun- i
day evening they induced Littlewood I
to go along with them, according to
the stories thev told the police to-day.
It was to be the evangelist's supreme j
effort, they say. and his subject was
"The Unpardonable Sin."
Littliw id left the meeting deeply
impressed, his companions say, but did
! not comment much about the sermon,
i Returning from his work shortly after
i 0 o'clock last evening, Littlewood went
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I
!N0 LIGHTS FOR
FEDERALSQUARE
Chance For Further Elimina
tion of Wires and Poles Goes
A-glimmering
Ornamental lighting of Federal
| Square which involves the elimination
lof additional wires und poles in the'
business district, will not be provided'
for until next Spring.
City Commissioner Harry P. Bow- j
; man who had promised to give this
j section his attention, two years ago,'
j a year ago. and again this year, stated i
; after Council meeting to-day that he
| certainly will incorporate provision for
[Continued on Page 14]
Registration Holds Up
to Normal Figures Today i
Registration to-day, the second day '
set apart for the purpose, was not;
above normal as compared with pre- ■
vious years, according to political!
leaders throughout the city, although
it was believed that the number will \
I be increased before the polls close at j
10 o'clock to-night. In eoine places,
the fact that the buildings lacked heat
caused some complaint from registra- j
tion boards, and among those which j
whooped early for heat was one of the
boards of the Ninth ward. Early in I
the day, the registrars of several up- |
town precincts asked for an additional j
1 supply of tax affidavits-
CAMP HILL PEOPLE
ASK FOR PAVING
Petition Council to Use Loan
Already Approved For Main
Street Improvement
Camp Hill, Pa., Sept. 19.—Canip
j Hill is at last in the way of paving
j Main street from one end of town to
the other. This improvement has been
hanging fire since June of last year,
when Hie voters approved a paving
loan with the understanding that the
State would assist in the construction,
due to the fact that Main street is part
of the State highway through the Cum
berland Valley. Then came the de
cision of the Attorney General to the
effect that no State money could be
used for road construction within bor
ough limits.
When the matter of using the loan
for paving purposes without State aid
came up this summer some of the
councilmen held back because, they
said, they had promised voters that
the State would assist. To counteract
this the taxpayers themselves have
gotten out petitions for the paving and
they are being signed by everybody.
Council will then have no reason to
postpone further action on the paving.
There is ample money in sight .for the
improvement.
GOVERNOR'S TOUR '
OF EAST STARTS
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i
'Lebanon Valley First Section:
Traversed in the Second
of the Trips
Reading, Pa., Sept. 19.—Governor
| Martin 'G. Brumbaugh's party of seven
j teen automobiles was given a splendid J
; greeting through the towns of Lebanon
I and Berks counties to-day on the
j morning rua of tho second tour of
the agricultural regions of the State.
. The party, which left I-larrisburg at 8
| o'clock, was cheered in several towns
[Continued on Page 5]
Wilson on Way to His
Summer Home to Finish
Flans For Campaign
Washington, D. C., Sept. 19.—Presi
dent Wilson passed through here early
to-day en rcute to Long Branch, N. J.,
from Columbia, S. C., where he at
tended the funeral of his sister, Mrs.
Annie E. Howe, yesterday. The train |
is due to arrive at 2.30 this afternoon
at West End, N. J.. two miles from
Shadow Lawn.
| The President expects to plunge
actively into campaign plans to-mor
j row and to be engaged until election
day. Later this week he will see Vance
McCoimick, chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, and with
him map out a program of receptions
| to delegations at Shadow Lawn and
short tpeechmaking trips. His first
speech away from Long Branch will
be at Baltimore next Monday. Sat
urday he will speak to at least two
delegations at Shadow Lawn.
From now on Mr. Wilson plans to
make up for lost time and meet the
criticisms of Charles E. Hughes, the
Republican presidential candidate, with
j attacks of his own. Outside of his
j speech of acceptance he hac done no
campaigning up to the present. He
I has mapped out several points he
| wants to discuss, Including the settle
ment of the threatened railroad strike,
| the legislative record of the adminis-
I tration. the Mexican problem and
Kuropean questions, the record of the
Republican party and subjects affect
ing Progressives.
Who Cares if You Don't
Go Home 'Till Morning ?
i After Harrisburg's newest industry
is well on its feet, it will make little
j difference if you don't get home till
i morning--BO far as solving the early j
morning problem of Inserting a latch- |
, key that is too big into a keyhole that j
; is too small, or vice ve^sa.
Max H. Hite says he has arranged
jto open a plant in the near future
whereby the "Violet Ray Enamel"
I Company can do business. This nianu
! factures a product which gives out
| a clean violet ray, acording to Mr.
I Hite and can be operated on door
; knobs, plates, electric buttons, auto- i
i mobile and house numbers and key-
I holes. i
BROTHERHOOD OF
ENGINEERS FIGHTS
O.P.KELLER'S PLEA
I
Senator Beidleman as Counsel
Defends Action of Union in
Expulsion Case
QUOTES SCHUYLKILL SUIT:
Expelled Member Holds That;
Mutual Association Is Not
Labor Organization
Denial that the Mutual Beneficial
I Association of Pennsylvania Railroad
Employes is a labor organization was
made to-day during an argument be
fore Judges Kunkel and McCarrell in
the equity suit of Oliver P. Keller a
passenger engineer on the Philadel
phia division of the Pennsylvania rail
road against Harrisburg division, No.
"4, Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers.
Engineer Keller was expelled from
r the Brotherhood two years ago, after
I charges were preferred that he had
violated the constitution and by-laws,
by joining the Mutual Association, al
leged to be a labor organization. The
court is asked to perpetually restrain
I the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
I j [Continued on Page 14]
[ I
13.5 Per Thousand, Lowest
Death Rate in History
Washington. D. C.. Sept. 19.—The
lowest death rate in the country's his
tory is shown in preliminary vital sta
tistics for the year 1915, made public
to-day by the Census Bureau. The
rate 13.5 per thousand is based on re
-1 ports from 25 states and 41 cities with
; a total population of about 67,000,000.
j In 1914 the percentage of deaths was
13.6, the lowest recorded up to that
1 time. There has been a steady de
, crease. The average rate during the
r period from 1901 was 16.2.
3 PLANT LO\G IDLE TO
MANUFACTURE RU LES
Rock Island, lit.. Sept. 19. The
small arms plant at the Rock Island
" arsehal is to be reopened next Monday
; fo manufacture rifles after, lying idle
, I for four years. Eight hundred persons
' j will bo employed. Plans for' the
' I $1,250,000 munitions plant are being
prepared and it Is hoped to begin
J I actual work on the buildings this year.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
J' '
William Weiley Flora, Kholh, and Jennie lludesNa Zclgler, Carlisle.
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( Millard Wlnfleld ThoiniiNon and Mary Hefrlck, City. |
14 PAGES CITY EDITION
BAD WEATHER
BRINGS GREAT
DRIVE TO HALT
Attacks Which Won Allies
Many Miles of Ground
Cease
FLEE FROM MON ASTIR
Bulgarians Reported Evacuat
ing Ciiy Under Pressure of
Allied Advance
Bad weather lir.a "ct in along the
Sommc front, in Northern France, and
the Ang'.o-vFrCnch offensive haa halted.
Both London and Paris report a
cessation of the heavy attaeka by the
British and French which during the
last few days have won them many
square miles of new ground, carried
the British to within four miles ot
Bapaume, virtually pocketed Combles
and seriously weakened the hold of
ihe Germans on Peronne and Chaulnes.
Meanwhile the Germans have made
a diversion in the Champagne district,
j where the French a year ago this
month struck their heaviest blow in
the autumn offensive of the Allies.
Yesterday's reports from the Cham
pagne of notable artillery activity were
followed to-day by the announcement
from Paris that the Germans last night
made five successive attacks on Rus
sian troops there, in the sector between
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! Eight Bohemian Villages
Inundated as Flood From
Big Dam Sweeps Valley
London, Sept. 19. Many lives
have been lost and enormous damage
I has been caused near Gablona, Bohe
j mia, by the bursting of a'davn in the
I valley at Weissendesse, according to a
dispatch to Reuter's from Amsterdam
quoting a telegram received here from
Gablonz.
water carried away many
glass polishing factories and it ia
feared there were many victims. The
bridges were not destroyed but are in
danger of collapse. The damago is
very great. The villages of Deszen
dorf, Tiofenbach, Tannawald, Schum
burg, Schwarow, Grossliammer and
Haratz are inundated. Ten bodies of
victims have been recovered and iden
tified.