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CITY AGAIN WINS
" IN HARDSCRABBLE
LEGAL ARGUMENT
Judge McCarrell Refuses lo
Allow Reargument on Excep
tions to Viewers' Report
C A N NOW APPEAL
Doubted in Municipal Circles
Whether Such Action Will
Be Taken
Harrisburg to-day with flying col
ors, carried the third-line trench in
the T lardscrabble legal battle when
Additional Law Judge S. J. M. Mc-
Carrell, of the Dauphin county courts,
refused to allow rearginnenj. 011 the
exceptions to the report of condem
nation viewers.
"We have carefully read tlic
brief submitted by the learned
counsel for exceptants in support
of tills motion," declared Judge
McCarrell in tlic concluding para
grapli of the brief opinion, "but
we are unable to sec that wc com
mitted any error in overruling the
exceptions or that any additional
light could be thrown u|oii the
subject by a formal rcargumcnt.
"The motion for rcargumcnt is
therefore overruled and dis
missed."
City Emphasized Victory
The court's action is construed in
legal circles to mean that the city has
only tightened its grip on the victory
that was virtually won several weeks
ago in the fight to formally open
Front street from Herr to Calder
streets.
All that remains for counsel for
the property owners to do now is to
appeal from the court's exceptions on
technicalities to the Supreme Court
and it is doubted that this will be
tried. The appeal can be taken, how
ever within six months of the filing of
the. opinion.
Lawyers intimated that the cost of
an appeal would amount to a thou
sand dollars or more, as the prepara
tion of testimony for presentation of
the appellate courts would approxi
mate that much alone.
On Question of Appeal
A month ago Additional Law Judge
McCarrell overruled with one excep
tion, all the legal objections that had
been raised to the viewers' report. The
•single exception was not adjudicated,
however, as it applied to the question
of the city's right to pay for improve
ments that had been made on the
property in question after 1871. This
point, Judge McCarrell pointed out.
could be settled when the question
of the amount of damages allowed, is
threshed out before common pleas
juries when appeals from the viewers'
awards are heard.
Counsel for the affected property
owners, however, asked for a reargu
inent and in refusing it, Judge Mc-
Carrell said:
The Voice of the Court
"The motion for reargument sug
gests that we misconstrued Section 2
of the Act of June 27, 1913, and over
looked Section 3 of the same act.
Article XIV of Act of June 27, 1913,
relates to the exercise of the right
of eminent domain and the assess
ment of damages and benefits.
"Viewers are thus given power to
ascertain damages and benefits, and
in the present case they have exer-
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FORCING BELGIANS TO WORK
London, Oet. 17. The Amster
dam correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph Company wires the follow
ing: "Three hundred workmen in a
Ghent factory who refused to work in
German munition factories in Belgium
have been arrested and sent to Ger
many. Twelve who resisted were
shot. The Belgians are being forced
to work for the Germans.
THANKSGIVING DAY NOV. 30
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 17
Thanksgiving Day will be the last
Thursday in November as usual. Sug
gestions have been made that Presi
dent Wilson designate November 22 as
the official date this year. It was
learned however, that the President
would name November 30 ir his
proclamation to be issued.
APPEALS TO HAPPY CHILDREN
Rorne, Oct. 17. The Pope has
made an appeal to the "children of
happy and prosperous Americans to
aid the million and half unhappy
children of Belgium." The request of
the Pontiff is the result of a visit paid
him by George Barr Baker, of New
York, who came at the instance of
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the
American Commission for Relief of
Belgium.
THE WEATHER.
lor lltirrlMhurtf nnd vicinityt Fair
and cooler to-night, itli lowcnt
temperature nlioul 40 decree*:
Weilnwday fair, continue.l cool.
■or iMtMlrrti I'enna? Ivanln j Fair,
mnoli cooler to-night* nltli frost.
<*< l nc><lnv fnlr; moderate norili-
HIIKIN.
.. River
■he *UN<|tiehanun rl%er nn<l it*
tributaries* will reiiuiiit nearly Mn
vioanry. \ Mtase 01 about 4.0 feet
I* Iml lea ted tor llarrlNhuru; \\ eU
oenday morning.
C-cneral < ondltloiiM
* rop ** al . Htorm 1,1 < h * <- l t of
Mexico linn cmiMed IncreaNlau
Mind velocities on the Went t.ulf
const ami heavy rala over the
v° U, ;i ," f ,I,C Aver.
rV\ ' 1 J 1 f H "" / ° r < 1 '■ K .1.44 Inchon
for the Inst twenty-four lioura.
lt" r 7' high |ir<-xiirr from fbc
\\emt coyer* north-central <ll„-
oVl" "". h - v " Kcneral fall
of _ to 30 ilesrerM In temperature
In the <>reat Central Valleys,
rempernturex have rlnen from U
to lO dctrreex In ihe Atlantic and
Kant t.ulf Mate*.
Temperature: S a. m., 88.
Sunt It turn, (lilt) a. M.i mol.h .-,i2-
l>. m.
Moon I ItlKeH, 0:82 p. M.i hint quar
ter, to-morrow, Smi) a. m.
Itlver Stage: 3.4 feet ahoic low
water mark.
Yesterday** Weather
IflltheMt tempera tore,
loueNt temperature, fiiS.
Mean temperature, SN.
-\ormal temperature, ,'l,
FARM LOAN BANK
LOCATIONS NOT TO
BE DECIDED NOW
Districts and Locations Will Be
Selected in December,
Norris Savs
BIG HEARING HERE TODAY
Law Provides Loans on Com
paratively Easy Terms lo
Farmers
"Districts uiid locations of banks tor
the Federal farm loan system will not
be determined upon until December,"
said George W. Xorris, of Philadelphia,
in opening the Pennsylvania hearing
of the Farm Loan Board at the State
Capitol to-day. .Mr. Xorris presided at
the hearing in the absence of Secretary
ol the Treasury William G. McAdoo,
who, he stated, was prevented by pub
lic business from being present. There
was a large attendance of bankers,
farmers and business men at the hear
ing, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Berks
and other counties being represented.
The board will leave late to-day for
Baltimore and later on hold hearings
in the. Southeastern States. The open
ing session was largely devoted to a
greeting extended to the members of
the board by the committee of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
headed by Donald McCormick and to
an explanation of the act by Mr. Nor
ris, who went into its provisions in de
tail, as was done yesterday at the New
Jersey hearing held in Trenton.
Farm Loan Needs
Mr. Xorris said that the hearing to- I
day was the thirty-second and that it i
was the desire to learn the farm loan j
needs of each community, as the dis
tricts will ire made, not with regard to
area or population, but as to farm loan I
needs. "What, we want to learn is to
what extent the farm loan system is |
needed, how it can benefit the farmers 1
and where the banks had best be
located," said he.
Secretary of Agriculture I'atton and
his bureau chiefs. Banking Commis- 1
sioner Smith and other officials at
tended the hearing.
In the audience were a delegation ;
of farmers from McCormick estate {
farms in Cumberland and other coun- j
ties and a number of farm
ers interested in tobacco.
Dr. H. H. Langsdorf, of Dickinson, '
Cumberland county, said farmers in
the Carlisle district would have little I
trouble in obtaining loans up to 70 per |
cent, of value and also remarked that !
farmers in that section were investors, i
Mi' explained the banking methods |
used in rural districts.
Because of a. change in their plans
the members of the Federal Farm
Loan Hoard reached Harrisburg at
11.20 this morning instead of last
night as they had anticipated The
board went directly to the Senate cau
cus room of the capitol to hear the
views of Pennsylvania's farmers rel
ative to"the new rural credits law, and
to the needs of the farmers of the
State.
Most of the grange and farm socie
ties of the State were well represent
ed at the meeting and the commis
sioners had ample opportunity to get
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Caruso in Robin's Egg Blue
Tells of Farmyard Tragedy
New York, Oct. 17.—Enter, Caruso,
wearing a trimly cut business suit of
robin's egg blue.
The steamship Lafayette, of the
French Line, was still miles out at
sea when marine observers at the
Hook distinguished through their
glasses a spot of vivid blue. When the
vessel reached quarantine the bright
spot disengaged itself from a group of
passengers and the 'peerless tenor
stood revealed in all his splendor.
Robust and in tine spirits Caruso re
turned for the opening of the Metro
politan season. He was not inclined
to talk o t'the stage or to discuss his
voice, but took delight in relating an
experience he had this summer at his
villa. Bellogarda, with chickens.
"It was terrible," said the tenor. "My
poor nerves. I had, you see. a number
of choice fowls, so as an experiment I
chose to raise and breed them. At first
all was well, but soon they would
awaken me mornings.
"It was terrible. I coud not sleep.
Day after day it continued until my
nerves \yere worn to shreds. Just at
daybreak they began, thus"—
Here Caruso imitated loudly the
crowing of the cocks, the cackling of
the hens, separately and in chorus, to
the delight of the ship's passengers.
'Finally I could stand it no longer,"
said the tenor, "I arose and took my
revolver, I l°aned fro mthe window
and tired.
"Blooie, blooie! At each shot off
came the head of a chicken."
SUPPRESSED FOR PRINTING
"DESTRUCTION OF BREMEN"
London, Oct. 17.--According to the
Yosf.isehe Zeitung, says a Renter dis
patch from Amsterdam to-day, the
commander of the second German
army corps has forbidden the pub
lication of the Pomrnersche Tagespost
for printing an article entitled "De
struction of the Bremen," the German
commercial submarine. After the ar
ticle appeared the newspaper received
a warning for violating the censorship
legislation. It is now established, it Is
added, that the news of the destruc
tion of the Bremen was Incorrect.
WHEAT PRICES TAKE JIMP
Chicago, Oct. 17. Wheat prices
made an excited leap upward to-day,
7>4c a bushel, as the result of a gen
eral stampede to buy. It was said ex
port transactions amounted to more
than 100,000 bushels, and that the
British government appeared to be
making every effort to cheapen the
cost of handling American wheat,
notably in the direction of cutting
down the freight rates on the Atlantic.
COURT-MARTIALING FOURTEEN
London, Oct. 17. A courtmartlal
will assemble at Brussels to-day for
the trial of fourteen persons accused
of conspiracy, according to news dis
patches from Rotterdam. The dis
patches say that the prisoners include
I)r. Bitll, a wealthy Englishman, who
is charged with having provided Nurse
Edith Cavell with funds to assist, in
the escape of Belgian soldiers. Dr.
Bull, who was formerly dentist to the
Belgian royal family, will have the
assistance of United States minister
Hrand Whltloek in his defense, the
dispatches say.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1916
THREE MARKET SQUARE PA
The group shows Dr. George E. Hawes, present pastor of Market Square Presbyterian Church; his wife, and two
jormer pastors and their wives, Dr. George B. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart, Dr. J. Ritchie Smith and Mrs. Smith.
Ironi left to right, they are: Dr. Smith, Mrs. Hawes, Mrs. Smith, Dr. Hawes, Dr. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK OF
CENTURY PORTRAYED IN
MARKET SQUARE PAGEANT
Tlic Sunday school of long ago in
Harrisburg and the modern school
with its varied activities were pre
sented at Market Square Presbyterian
church last night as the closing of the
celebration of the centennial of the
Market Square Sabbath school, the
oldest in this part of Pennsylvania. It
was an entertainment not only unique
and well prepared, but tilled with
much of interest to the church work
ers of the State capital. Not the least
was the gathering of those who had
been scholars fifty years ago, some of
whom are still 011 its rolls, and por
trayal of teachers and scholars of
older generations by their descend
ants.
Market Square school received yes
terday more greetings from other
schools and denominations and W. G.
Landes, secretary of the State Sab
bath School Association, brought the
congratulations of that body which
has just closed its annual convention
DECLARES TARIFF
IS INADEQUATE
Hughes Assails Administration
For Underwood Law; Imports
Increase, Revenues Decrease
Mitchell, S. D., Oct. 17. Charles
i E. Hughes to-day assailed the admin
! istration for the Underwood tariff
| which he declared to be inadequate
j for the agricultural interests of the
nation. Mr. Hyghes spoke before a
i crowd of farmers, many of whom had
I come from miles around to hear him,
in the Corn Palace here.
| "Let us iook at the figures of irn
j ports and of revenue," Mr. Hughes
I continued, "in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1913 under the Payne
lAklrich tariff, our imports were $1 ,-
! 800,000,000 and our tariff revenue
! was $319,000,000. In the fiscal year
lending June 30, 1916, under the Un
derwood tariff, our imports had in
j creased to $2,197,000,000 but our tariff
; revenue had fallen to $212,000,000.
Think of that. A vast increase in im
ports and a vast decrease in revenue.
Our opponents furnished neither econ
omy of administration nor the revenue
] for an economical administration.
"We must have adequate govern
! mental policies for maintaining con
l trol and securing the advantage of our
i own markets."
Omaha, Neb., Octobor. 17.—Charles
j E. Hughes continued his campaign to-
I day with four speeches in South Da
j kota and lowa. The lirst stop was at
j Mitchell, S. D., for half an hour. The
I second speech was set for Sioux Falls.
Closes Nebraska Campaign
! Mr. Hughes closed his campaign in
Nebraska yesterday with addresses to
, four audiences of farmers at Hastings,
I Grand Island, Columbus and Fremont,
j and a meeting in Omaha last night.
| The station, the nearby viaduct and
j the streets in the vicinity were crowd-
I ed when the Hughes special reached
j Omaha. The nominee's way to the
I hotel for much of the distance was be
tween lines of parked automobiles,
I whose occupants cheered the eandi
| date.
i Mr. Hughes reached Omaha some
i what tired and In poor voice. His
day was a busy one. beginning with an
address at Hastings in which he as
sailed the administration for the
Adamson and Underwood laws and
declared that "those who are declaim
ing to the American public about in
visible government had better remem
ber that when 1 was in executive re
sponsibility in the State of New Vork
there was no invisible government in
[ that State."
In his speeches and again last night
the nominee against answered the dec
laration that a "vote for me means a
vote for war."
Favors Path of Peace
"When we criticise our opponent's
action in connection with foreign af
fairs," Mr. Hughes said, "we are told
that we much desire war. A more
bankrupt justification 1 cannot ima
gine. A more preposterous suggestion
I cannot conceive! 11 is said and pro
claimed as though the American elec
torate could be deceived by such
words that a vote for me means a vote
for war. Why, I am devoted and my
whole life has been devoted to the
institutions of peace.
"Is it conceivable that anyone
should desire the horror and wastes of
war? Is it conceivable that at this
ftime with Europe in arms anvone
should be under misapprehension as
to what war means?
"What we do say is that it is not
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11 at York. His address emphasized
1 what schools like Market Square have
_ I meant to the life of communities and
| what Harrisburg owed lo it.
The Original School
j The representation of the lirst Sab
j bath school in 1816 was given after
!a brief outline of the locations of the
j school by Mrs. Herman P. Miller. It
' was under direction of Mrs. F. K.
j Croll who appeared as Miss Juliana
Fisher, the directress, and Miss Anna
L j S. D.-Orth as Miss Abigail Wyeth, the
1 assistant. Both wore dresses and bon-
I mis of lsiti and the roll of the school
- | was called from the original list,
f hymns sung from the original hymn
- als and the program from the very
; program of 100 years ago, all having
- been preserved. Each of the original
r scholars was represented and the cus
•! tome of that early day were shown
-1 even to the courtesies and the use of
51 the tuning fork, while a letter from
II
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GREATER CHURCH
PUBLICITY URGED
Episcopalians Laud Value of
Newspapers; to Install Effi
ciency Systems
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 17. —Use of
[ efficiency systems in the conduct of the
| business of the church, coupled with a
i larger publicity for such propaganda,
; is being urged by delegates to the gen
| tral convention of the Protestant Epis
| copal Church in session here to-day.
j The Rev. .Tames Wise, of St. Louis,
I suffragan bishop elect of Kansas, has
i drafted a resolution calling for a per
ruaneht church publicity commission,
j "In bur churches we can reach
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Wilson Announces Failure
of His Polish Relief Plans
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 17.
President Wilson announced to-day
that his efforts to bring about an
agreemenf among belligerent nations
to allow relief supplies to be sent to
Poland had failed.
The President gave out a statement
saying he had received replies from
the rulers of Great Britain, France,
Russia. Germany and Austria Hungary
to a letter he sent in July suggesting
that those nations combine to assist
in Polish relief work.
Strikers' Committee Is
in Conference on Wages
Bayonne, N. J., Oct. 17. —A commit
tee of ten representing the striking
emptoyes of the Standard Oil plant
held a conference to-day with George
It. Hennessy. general manager of the
company's establishment at Constable
Hook, where riots have caused three
deaths and many injuries. The con
ferees will endeavor to reach an agree
ment on wages.
The strikers demand an increase of
2ft per cent, for those receiving $3 a
day or upward and of 30 per cent, for
those paid less than $3.
Mr. Hennessy said the company was
willing to lake the men back only at
the wnges which prevailed before the
si rikc.
Bishop McDevitt to Preach
Jubilee Sermon at Portland
Bishop Pliillp It. McDevitt, of the
Harrisburg diocese, who assumed
charge of bis new duties yesterday,
has cone to Portland. Maine, where
he will preach the jubilee sermon to
t iorrow for Bishop Lewis S. Walsh at
that place. Bishop McDevitt will re
turn to Harrisburß Thursday.
On Friday nisht at 8 o'clock the
I. nights of Columbus will hold a pub
lic reception in honor of the bishop at
Cathedral Hall. The committee In
charse. of which J. W. Rodenhaver
is chairman, is planning an interesting
program.
The reception nnd banquet for the
bishop in Cathedral Hall yesterday
came to an end late yesterday after
noon. The visiting clergy left last
night for their homes, the Philadel
phia party returning by special train
Bishop McDevitt will take up his dio
cesan duties on his return from Maine'
WEST ENDERS ARE
ENTHUSIASTIC FOR
CHAS. E. HUGHES
Uptown Club Gives Reception
in Honor of Candidates;
Rousing Rally
The biggest and most enthusiastic
rally in tlie history of the West End
Republican Club was held last evening
when a reception was given at the
clubhouse in honor of the candidates.
The sentiment for Hughes and the
whole Republican ticket was strong
and the enthusiasm in marked con
trast to the differences that existed
four years ago as to the head of the
ticket.
The meeting, which was held in the
large auditorium of the club, was call
ed to order by Howard C. Sponsler,
president of the organization which
has grown and prospered under his 1
administration. The arrangements
were in charge of the entertainment
committee and the guests were usher
ed to the handsomely decorated hall
by a special reception committee-
President Sponsler in a brief speech
introduced William M. Jlargest,, de
puty attorney general, who presided
over the meeting. Every chair was
taken when he rapped for order and
many were standing in the aisles.-
Jesse E. B. Cunningham, one of the
best known Republicans in Pennsyl
vania, was the first speaker, and he
won round after round of applause b>
his references to the definite, con
create promises and policies of Mr.
Hughes, as compared to the weak
kneed, inefficient methods of the
President and those by whom he is
surrounded.
Congressman Kretder, candidate for
re-election, recalled the strenuous
days of 1912 when the Republican
party was split wide open and con
trasted them with the present when
Republicans are standing shoulder to
shoulder and marching toward victory
in November. Congressman Kreider
has been a close student of affuirs at
Washington and his exposure of Dem
ocratic extravagance and mistaken
legislation were very enlightening.
Representatives Swartz and Wild
man, who are up for re-election, ad
dressed the rally briefly and the clos
ing speech of the set program was
made by Senator K. K. Beidleman,
who was received with rousing cheers.
Senator ISelilleman made one of his
usually eloquent addresses and con
cluded with a prediction of the elec
tion of the whole ticket in November.
Among those who were on the
speakers' platform were W. B. Me-
Caleb and Harry Oves, city chairman.
Letter of regret were read from Sen
ato- Penrose, State Chairman Crow,
W. Harry Baker, E. J. Staokpole and
other Republicans invited but unable
to be present.
After the speaking roast pig and
sauer kraut was served to the more
than 350 present.
So-Called Canals on Mars
Strips of Vegetation Under
Human Cultivation, Claim
Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 17. Dr. Perci
val Lowell, for 22 years head of the
Harvard Observatory at Flagstaff,
Ariz., in an address at the University
of California last night, announced
as his most recent deduction from hla
study of the planet Rlars that the so~
called canals were not water channels,"
but strips of vegetation under human'
cultivation and undoubtedly watered
by artificial canals.
In support of this decision, Or,
Lowell said he had determined that
the smallest observable spot on Mars
would be at least ten miles in dia
meter. Canals, therefore, could not be
seen from earth. Mars, he added has
four seasons much like ours, but
longer.
Mayor Asks Citizens to
Give Money For Americans
Mayor E. S. Meals In a proclamation
to-day lias called upon tlie citizens
of Harrisburg to contribute on Sat
urday and Sunday, October L'l and
for relief for the stricken Syrian and
Armenian people, in accordance with
the proclamation of President Wilson.
A similar statement was issued on
Saturday by the executive committee
of the Harrisburg Ministerial Associ
ation.
WOMAN" FHIGHTKWS BURGLARS
Harrisburg's "first floor favorites,"
the busy burglars, made an attempt
early this morning to rob the home
of E. .1. Schell, 1C37 Naudain street.
But "Wily Will Windsor's Sleepv
Sleutho" were not called this time
Mrs. Schell, who was alone In the
house at the time frißlitened the man
away who attempted to force open
one of the shutters. She said that
the man was tull and sllni and wore
a slouch hat.
CITY TO EMPLOY
SANITARY EXPERT
ON SEWER REMEDY
Ordinance Appropriating ,SIOOO
For Consultant on Typhoid
Preventative Scheme
LYNCH ANSWERS DIXON
Benjamin Gipple Resigns as
City Forester; Authorize
Fire Loan
City Council this morning took defi
nite steps to comply with the State
Health Department's peremptory or
der relative to protecting the river
water supply from towns below Har
risburg by passing upon' lirst reading
an ordinance appropriating SI,OOO for
the employment of an expert consult
ing sanitary engineer.
l>y the terms of the measure the
new olticial will act with the City Engi
neer and the State health authorities
in devising feasible means for treating
or sterilizing the sewage which Har
nsburg empties into the river via tho
interceptors.
I'i'om Old Pa\ ine Fund
The ordinance was introduced by
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Negro Shoots Man When He
Refuses to Hand Over Coin
Shot through the abdomen by a negro
who attempted to hold him up early
this morning at Tenth and Market
streets, Tom Pakowich, aged 39, 663
South Second street. Steel ton, is In
the Harrisburg hospital in a critical
condition.
John Robinson, colored, aged 19, a
Southern negro is in the Dauphin
county jail charged with the shooting.
Men who heard the shot chased the
negro over the Mulberry street bridge
from the Tenth street steps Patrolman
Charles Kelly joining in the chase. At
River and Strawberry streets after a
race through the downtown streets,
Paul Kelndel, 11S Washington street,
captured Robinson.
At police headquarters the prisoner
admitted that he shot Pakowich.
Investigations by the detectives
brought to light the fact that the
revolver which Robinson used was
stolen last Friday morning from the
store of N. Brenner, -134 Walnut street.
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T HERSHEY CREAMERY COMPANY FINED S2OO 1
I Harrisburg.—Alderman George A. HoVerter this after- <| fc
II noon fined the Hershey Creamery Company s 'loo as a pen '
* i alty for each of two charges of violatin'g city food regu- |
lations and orders from the City Health Department. The I
! Hershey Company, it was announced • l>
* 1 had not decided whether an appeal will be made.
1 Pa., Oct. 17. Stockholder of the Pitts- 1 ,
, I J
4 i burgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroads here to- ;■
'
I i day adopted by almost unrmirrous vote the- agreement for ! :
J I the merger and consolidaticfri of the railroads in the Penn- 1 '
j sylvania system between Pittsburgh and St. Louis, and, ;
| the 1 I
' , 3u
I earner. ■
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* * SIXTY-FIVE AERIAL FIGHTS
I Paris, Oct 17.—French and German aeroplanes yes* 1f"
\ ® terday fought sixty-five engagements in the region of the. | t
I I river Somme, says to-day's French official statement. Five ® ►
4 • German machines were brought down.
I
CLAIM VICTORY OVER RUSSIANS
Berlin, Oct. 17, via London.—The Russians have suf- • ,
fered a heavy defeat in Galicia, the war office announced to- j |
I day. Repeated attacks were repulsed and trenches on ag I
■; front of 1 % miles were taken by the Austro-German forces j
II Nineteen hundred prisoners and ten machine guns were
' ' captured.
j i Harrisburg. Loomis Michael, charged with giving ' p
, short weight when he sold a woman on Allison Hill five
j | bushels of. potatoes, was held under S3OO bail for court this 1 >
afternoon by Alderman DeShong . '
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, MARRIAGE LICENSES
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JaniPM HiiMHrll and Marie dura. I'll txhuruli.
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14 PAGES CITY EDITION
ENTENTE HANDS
ANOTHER GRAVE
NOTE TO GREECE
King Hurries to Athens as 1,000
Bluejackets Occupy Public
Buildings
HARD FIGHTING ON SOMME
French Make Further Progress?
Serbs Repulse Bulgars; Hus
sions Holding Attacks
The Greek situation apparently has
entered a critical phase-
Following yesterday's advices that
I the entente powers had formally
| recognized the provisional government
; set up by former Premier Venizelos
j and his followers in tho Island of
I Crete, news dispatches from Athens
to-day report a new |jote>of "an ex
tremely grave character" handed the
Greek government by V'tce Admiral
Fournet, commanding the entente
fleet, causing King Constantine to re
turn hurriedly to the capital.
Coincident with this the landing
; from the entente warships of more
j than 1,000 blue jackets who have oc
| eupied the railroad stations at Athens
and Piraeus and various public huild
| ings is reported together with the
summoning of an urgent cabinet
| council.
Hard Fighting on Sommc
Concerning the fighting in Greek
Macedonia Paris reports the repulse
by the Serbians of a Bulgarian coun
ter attack in the Cerna river region,
southeast of Monastir, and consider-
I able artillery activity. Only patrol
1 activity has developed in the Struma
! sector. Heavy fighting continues on
! the Somme front in Northern France
i French troops last night again took
j the offensive north of the river and
I pushed their way further into the vil
lage of Sailly-Sailllsel, on the Peronne
; Bapaume, road, capturing another
group of houses and repulsing a Ger
man counter attack, according to
j Paris.
In Galicia southeast of Halicz the
, Austro-German forces have begun
I heavy attacks on the Russian lines.
I Petrograd makes this announcement,
I instancing the launching of assaults
in the district north of Korytniza
i and in the vicinity of Bolshovtse, five
I miles north of Halicz, after intensive
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