dabiai rorces Credited Wit ft Brilliant Successes in Moiastir Region \ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 245 SERBS MAKING NOTABLE GAINS AT MONASTIR Push Well to North Following Recent Passage at Brod OUTFLANK BULGARIANS General Haig Again Pushing Foe Toward Bapaume, Says London Notable headway is being made by the Serbians on the Macedonian front in their campaign for Monastir, ac cording to the current reports from entente sources. Parts to-day announces further gains against the Bulgarians In the bend of the Cerna. southeast of Monastir. where the Serbians have pushed Well to the north of the river, following their recent, passage at Brod. Unofficial advices also report the Serbians, assisted by French troops, attacking in the Kenall region to the west along the Florina-Monastir X'all way. Kenall is less than ten miles from Monastir. The Bulgarian position here Is declared by entente military com mentators to be virtually outflanked by the Serbian capture of Venyeselo, in the Cerna sector, six miles north east of Kenali. The latest Bulgarian and German official statements reported the Ser bians checked in their Cerna valley campaign. On the Somme front in Northern France General Hatg's forces are again scoring gains in their push toward [Continued on Paso 9] Policeman Who Hauled Typhoid Patients to Hospital Has Disease Patrolman William Balthaser, who has been off duty for the last few days, is now suffering from typhoid fever, it was learned at police headquarters last night. Officer Balthaser Is one of the ambulance guards and it is be lieved he may have contracted the dis ease while hauling the typhoid pa tients to the Harrisburg Hospital. Wilson Thwarting Will of Majority of People Oil City, Pa., Oct. 21. Woodrow Wilson, a "minority President" and a "minority Congress" are thwarting the will of the majority of the people who live in "dry" territory on the liquor questions, Ira Landrlth, Pro hibition candidate for vice-president declared to-day in a speech here to a large crowd. STEAL MESSENGER'S BICYCIJE Bicycle thieves are still at work in Harrisburg. This morning a wheel van stolen from Benjamin Longnecker, K Western Union messenger boy. It Mood in front of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway station. An Iver- Johnson make, it is red in color, and the number is 279058. The police are investigating. TWO TYPHOID CASES Only two cases of typhoid fever were reported to-day in the city—the lowest number in one day for weeks. Since the first of October, 195 new cßses were reported in Harrisburg, but city health officials now believe that, the epidemic is almost over. Precau tions are being taken to prevent sec ondary cases, and daily tests are be ing made of milk and ice cream. SHOOTS IN K ON WHITE DRESSES AND SHOES Boston, Oct. 21. A mail who amuses himself by shooting ink on the .white dresses and shoes of wo men is being hunted by the Boston police. Up to to-day more than one hundred women had reported that they had been the victims of the ink shooter. INJURED IN PA LI < Berrysburg, Pa., Oct. 21. Edward Kerstetter, aged about HO years, fell down stairs at his home here yester day'and was painfully injured. One ear was nearly severed and he re ceived many cuts and bruises. THEWEATHER For Harrisburg ami vicinity: Fnir nmi colder to-night, with hrnv.v frost; lowest temperature nliout ■IS decrees; Sunday fair, eontinu _ ed eool. For ICuKtern I'ennsylv aula: Fair, ■•older to-night, with heavy frost; temperature dose to freexliiK In north and went portlouit; Sunday fair and eool; gentle to moderate went windM becoming variable. River The TO-NIGHT After a warm day yesterday that almost reached the record for the last ten days of October, Harrisburg folks will get a touch of real cold weather. It. IK expected that the mercury will drop to-night to 35 degrees. The high est temperature, yesterday was 77 degrees. MAN WITH KNIFE BOARDS PRESIDENT'S CAR \ 4 " , I !.. ■' -i ■ - PRES. Wli-SOK At'BANXV President V\ ilson is here shown leaving Albanv on what Secret Service men believe might have been Ills last fatal trip had the attempt of Richard uilen, a machinist, 23. to board the President's car while driving* through the streets of Pittsburgh been successful. Cullen made three efforts to leap into the machine, but was frustrated by the President's guards. , A ,5 aK which Cullen was carryving when arrested contained a small bottle jf fluid and a long knife. The bag was unlocked. When questioned at police headquarters Cullen said he was dissatisfied with the President's foreign policy, ana entered into a long and rambling tirade against the Chief Executive. He ffl I to be lllentall >' unbalanced. City chemists will examine the bottle SOUTHERN NEGRO REAL PROBLEM Mayor Appoints Committee to Meet Steel Company Head j Because of the six murders committed , in Harrisburg and vicinity during the j last few months by Southern negroes jwho are brought here to work in local • plants, Mayor Meals last night appoint : ed a committee to confer with Quincy ■ Bent, manager pf the Steelton plant of i the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. The committee includes. Chief of Police J. | kidward Wetzel. Dr.Churles H.Crampton, ! president of the Dauphin County 'and Order League, and \Y. Justin Car ter. an attorney. The committee will probably meet on Monday and then irtake arrangements to confer with Manager Bent, to make arrangements for drastic action to put ;an end to the lawlessness which has I started. Yesterday's murder at Wormleys ! burg, when Railroad Officer J. 1,. Beis , ser was shot and killed by two Southern 1 negroes, was the cause of Mayor Meals taking immediate action. This has been the sixth murder since Officer i L.ewls C. Hippie, of the local force, was 1 killed in June while on duty. Harry Chubb. 1024 Market street, the other railroad officer who was shot vesterday, is in the Harrisburg Hospital with 'a (slight chance of recovery. . Although members of the committee appointed by the Mayor had not met to day, all of them expressed their willing , ness to co-operate wherever possible. : Chief of Police Wetzel is particularly 1 anxious, he stated, to have a conference | and take steps to prevent any more [Continued on Page !>] HUGHES SURE OF 300 ELECTORALS Ohio, New York, Illinois and Indiana in the "Sure" Column New York, Oct. 21.—Confident his | trip has added greatly to the certainty 'of his election, Charles K. Hughes re i tinned to New York to-day from his third campaign tour, which carried i liim through ten states during a period ; of 1 leven days and included thirty-nine speeches. A total of 300 electoral votes assured • for Hughes, with an additional 50 j probable and another 55 possible, was | claimed for the Bepublican preslden tiul candidate to-night by Charles W. I'arnham, manager or the Hughes | campaign tour. There are 531 votes in the electoral college. Farnham said i ho based his conclusions on observa ! tiori 011 conditions in all parts of the [country. Among the states he placed in the "sure" column were Ohio, New York. Illinois and Indiana. A consensus bsed on the polls taken in various Stats, the private figures supplied to State committees and the estimates of State leaders produced the following table, giving Mr. Hughes 300 electoral votes, putting 50 votes prob ably for Hughes and holding 55 votes possible to get: Sure For Hughe* Prohnlilr Ohio 24|Vew Jersey 11 Pennsylvania . . .38'Navuda . ,1 Oregon SMontana .. 4 Massachusetts . . 18! Arizona 3 New Hampshire . 4!i !onneet lent 7 New York 4SlVebraska S lthode Island .. . s!Vew Mexico .... 3 Vermont 4|West Virginia . . x Illinois 23] _ Maine 6' Total .50 Michigan 151 Possible lowa ISMaryland s Minnesota 1:! Kentucky 13 California 13 polorado fi Kansas lOl'lklahoma 10 North Dakota .. 5 Missouri 18 Utah 41 _ Idaho 41 Total 55 South Dakota . . 5' Washington .... 71 Indiana 151 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 31 Delaware 31 —I I Total 300| Total number of electoral votes ... 531 I Necessary to elect 266 During the tour Just closed Mr. Hughes received a warmer welcome [Continued ou Pago 0] BISHOP GREETED BY HUNDREDS Public Reception at Cathedral Hull Is Brilliant Affair Bishop Philip R. McDevitt, of the! ' Harisburg diocese of the Catholic 1 I church, this morning expressed his! | hearty appreciation of the cordial | welcome extended to him last night byj imore than 2,200 persons who at-j ; tended the public reception given for | him at Cathedral Hall, North street, j The reception began at 8 o'clock, t Continued on Pasc 11] MAY VOTE BY PROXY j Governor to Address Chamber of Commerce Business Meeting Members of the Harrisburg Cham- I ber of Commerce who cannot attend t the anual business meeting at the I Board or Trade Building at 6:30 on j Tuesday, October 24, may cast their ballot by proxy, according to a state- I ment issued by Secretary E. L. Mc ; Colgln this morning. Blank ballots j will also be available at the tellers' I booth at the Board of Trade office on I that evening in case any member ; neglects to bring his ballot with him. A buffet supper wlv no served to I the members who attend and at the | conclusion of the supper Governor M. 1 G. Brumbaugh will address the mem j hers on his interest in the Capitol Park Extension and the new High I School movements, both of which he I favors very much. SEVERE STORM IN UPPER END Barns and Dwellings Damaged and Trees Uprooted; Woman Seriously Injured I ! Berrysburg, Pa., Oct. 21.—Yester ■ day afternoon a. heavy thunderstorm | with wind and rain, passed over this section of the county, doing consider , able damage between Berrysburg and j Millersburg. A large barn on the tarm of Klizabeth Holtzman was blown down, one 011 the farm of John : Dockey was unroofed. The barn of j Henry Daniel Daniels was badly j wrecked by the wind. Telegraph poles | and fences were blown over and trees I uprooted and broken all through the j district affected by the storm. WOMAN HURT IN HOME Elizabethville. Pa., Oct. 21. A j severe storm passed over the north- I ern section of this valley last evening and a few miles above Deibler's Gap the clouds lowered to the ground, I forming a spout and uprooted trees and tore down buildings. When It I reached the farni tenanted by Wtl ! Ham H. Bonawitz a schoolteacher it tore the barn to pieces, scattering the J lumber and also demolished part of | the house, causing a corner cupboard j to fall 011 Mrs. Bonawitz, hurting her . internally. The storm followed the Mahantongo Mountain to the Pillow Gap when It ] turned northward and demolishing a I blacksmith shop at Pillow. Many ; trees were uprooted. "It's All Over Boys" Says Wilson Manager ! . " n ls , a " over, boys, the President i lB re-elected, ' Vance C. McCormick said to the newspaper men when they called on him In the New York head- 5 quarters yesterday. "Yes, T mean It " I he added.—New York Sun. But Chairman McCormick declared 1 he was elected Governor In 1914 just' before the people voted and he will ! admit now that he was not a howling success as a prophet. *IO,OOO BIST I'tA(KI) ON HUQHISS AT 10 to 8 Between f:t0,000 and $40,000 was bet i 011 the Presidential election in Wnll i Street yesterday, with the odds con-' tinning at 10 to 8 and JO to 7 on I Hughes. " DISAPPOINT JUST 34 HARDSCRABBLE LAND HOLDERS 1 hose Who Agreed to City's Figures Suffer Inconveni ence by Delay CAN'T MOVE AWAY Savings Tied Up in Homes and Question qf Removal Else where Undecided Of the fifty-six property owners most deeply interested in the "Hard scrabble" problem, just thirty-four of 1 hem are more than disappointed at the prospect of another winter's ap proach with the condemnation ne gotiations uncompleted. [ The thirty-four represent the tax payers on both the east and west sides [ of Pront street between Herr and Cal , del- who were perfectly satisfied with [Continued on Page 16] INVITE ALL UNIONS TO TAKE PART IN PAIIADE j The executive committee in charge jof the jitney amendment demonstra tion to be held 011 Saturday, Novem ber 4, at a meeting held last night ex pended an invitation to all union or ganizations to participate in the pa | rade. The Trainmen's band has been j secured to play for the parade. THINK COLON IKS SAFE London, Oct. 21.—Dr. Krauss. under secretary for the colonies, speaking at a celebration of the Berlin Missionary Society, declared his conviction that Germany would no* lose her colonies. FOURTEENTH LIVE CATAMOUNT Williamsport, Pa., Oct. 21. C. E. j Logue, keeper or the Otzinaclison Club reserve, captured a live cata mount that weighed twenty-live pounds, on the club grounds several :"days ago. After the cat was trapped j Logue ensnared it with ropes and then ] placed it in a cage. Capturing live j catamounts is getting to be a habit with the Otnnachson keeper, as this makes the fourteenth to his credit. STEAMER CAPSIZED London. Oct. 21.—The steamer Gus tnv Wlegland has capsized on the coast near Berwick and was driven on the 1 rocks. The crew was saved. H !'SSI A-NS KEPKI.S: M Herlm, Oct. 71, via London.- --Russian • tt mpts to take 1 i trenches on the west bank of the river Stokhod in Volhynia, < were fx* by troops under command of ' • Prince Leopold of Bivaria with heavy losses to the attack- \ [x' ers says the official statement issued to-da. at the German ® \ army h< ;.dqi ut-i s BRING IN RESCUED SEAMEN 1} Norfolk, V.H., Oct. 21.—Seven members of the crew 1 ! 1 the four-masted Amc ]i Fall River, Mass., were brought here this morning by the i. I Norwegian steamer Avon, after Captain Cai ter and the first 1 k < | 1 ' mate had been lost when the vessel was shipwrecked in ' & ! mid^c> < FRENCH SEIZE CHINESE POLICE ' * I Peking, Oct. 21.—A square mile u- ry adjoining j I the French concession at Tien Tain has been forcibly seized 1 r Iby the French consul with the assistance troops. 1 ' 1 Ch | ifor thr. : " •! VON MACKENSEN STRIKES HEAVILY London, Oct. 21.—Field Marshal Von Mackensen haa'i. striii•; !;f av;Jy in Dobr.Jdja Hi-- vr rvtends along the whole front from the Danube to the Black Sea. * ► * t REFUSE MINERS' DEMANDS 1 f Punxsutawney, Pa., Oct. 21.—8. M. Clark, assistant to \ , the preodent of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Irott |f Company, to-day issued a statement refusing the demands I - 1 agreed upon several months ago with the United Mine | ! Workers of America . i 9 SEVEN OF BARGE CREW DROWNED : Cleveland, 0., Oct. 21. The Del d Cleveland JI Navigation Company office here to-day received a wireless' [ message from the captain of its passenger steamer Western j States, which left Detroit for Cleveland this morning, that*! t I he was standing by the wreck of a barge off Bar Point and 1 thart seven of the crew were drowned. I J MARRIAGE LICENSES ~ ■ George Holnutl Houek, l.aneaater count*', and Annie Varnlele, Pnrkea-' burn. | Ueorge Mninell MeCorntlck anil Kvora I'enrl Uuenaler, city. .Irotiul l'ow( mill lalno Uia Ki-rtlu, .Hieelton. , lOluier Andrew Klrkputrlt-k, elty. nnd Kunule Hay Ober, I'eiilirouk. a > k Harry Ail Hum nnd Kather Cecelia Klnnannky, elty. , I Nnrl Adam II nrn hi nicer, Dover, nnd Kdythe Itutli Neff, Yoe, l"n. a'W"" W" " w "vV" 11