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LXXXV—
, TEUTONS SLOWLY
BRING JAWS OF
TRAP TOGETHER
ON RUMANIANS
Tchernavoda on the Danube
and Vulcan Pass on Tran
sylvania Border Taken by
Germans Who Are Closing
in From Two Sides
LAST RAILROAD
LINE CAPTURED
French Succeed in Holding
Gains Made in Sweep
North of Verdun; Have
Possession of Fort Douau
mont Which Is in Flames
The "process of closing In on Ru
mania from both sides is being: con
tinued by the armies of the Central
Powers. Tchernavoda on the Danube
and Vulcan Pass on the Transylvanian
border have been captured. The loss
of Tchernavoda by the Russ-Ru
manian forces to Field Marshal Von
Mackensen's victorious armies is con
ceded by Petrograd which announced
the evacuation of this important town,
from which stretches the only bridge
across the Danube from ■ Dobrudja,
carrying the railway line running
into interior Rumania.
Important entente forces evidently
remain on the Dobrudja side of the
Danube as Petrograd mentions the
continued retreat of Russ-Rumanian
troops northward along the Black sea
coast. Berlin comments that the loss
of Tchernavoda deprives them of
their last railroad communication.
Opens Another Route
The Austro-German success on the
north likewise is important as open
ing another route into Rumania from
Transylvania for General Von Falken
hayn's forces. This pass penetrates
the Transylvania Alps half way be
tween the iron gate of the Danube
and Rothenberg Pass below Herr
manstadt.
Petrograd announces a success for
the Russians near Dorna Watra, flose
to the junction of the frontiers of
f Bukowina, Hungary and Rumania,
£ where the Austro-German forces have
been driven from a series of heights.
Reporting on the French advance
at Verdun, Berlin says the attack
gained ground as far as Fort Douau
mont, which was in flames and that
the was continuing.
German submarine attacks on Nor
wegian shipping continue. To-day five
additional Norwegian vessels arc re
ported sunk.
The French have maintained the
important ground they won yesterday
in their coup north of Verdun, the
War Office announced to-day.
Last night parts of the regained ter
ritory which includes Fort Douaumont
and stretches along a front of more
than four miles at points nearly two
miles inside the former German lines,
were subjected to a German counter
attack.
The French held their ground, how
ever. according to Paris, repulsing
the German assaults, which were de
livered in efforts to recapture the
Haudromont quarries, west of Douau
mont, and the Damloup battery
southeast of Vaux. The commander
at Fort Douaumont is among the pris
oners taken by the French, which a
preliminary report placed at 3500 men.
For Vaux is still in German hands
but the French lines run beyond it on
both sides.
Rain is interfering with operations
on the Somme front. Only artillery
actions are reported in that area.
To-day's French official report an
nounces an important military move
in the Balkans where Italian cav
alry from Southern Albania has
formed a junction with cavalry and
artillery from the entente front in
Macedonia. This gives the entente an
unbroken front of 150 miles across the
southern Balkan peninsula from
Avlona, Albania, on the Adriatic to
the mouth of the Struma river, east
of Saloniki, on the Aegean coast.
Ready to Move on Trenches
Berlin military critics point to the
capture of Predeal. reported yester
day as marking the loss by the
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THE WEATHER
Fpr Hnrrlshnrg anil vlrllitri Ilaln
nn.l warmer to-night; I hur,din
partly clouds.
For Etfrn Knn;ligulii: Itain
nnH Marnier to-night; Thurdnv
partly cloudy In wmt and Mouth,
probably rain in northeast por
tions frexh. pofculhly ntronc,
Mouth to went Minds.
River
The main river Mill full lvrlr to
night and probably Thursday.
*ome of the trlliumrlc* may rltte
a* a result of rain In the' ne*t
I m euti-four to thirty-nix bourn. %
Mtaiee of about 4.8 feet U indi
cated for llarrlburii Thursday
morning.
(icneral Condition*
A disturbance of unknown Inten
sity appears to lie approaching
the South A tlantic coast. It kn>
■ <'UM*d rain on the Florida cast
where the Kinds hme
freshened aommliai. The South-
Wft disturbance lion united with
the disturbnnce thnt Man motlng
down from Manitoba, Taftday
morning, forming a storm of ron
siderahle energy and magnitude
now central over the I.ake Su
perior region.
There Han been a general rise of 2
to :>0 degree* In temperature over
the I'pper Mississippi \ alley and
nearly nil the eastern half of the
country. If la 4 to 2-1 degreea
cooler In the Middle MtssUslpnl
Valley.
Temperature! 8 a. m., 42.
Sum Mines, I2T a. m.; set*. Sill
p. in.
Moon■ Xew moon, October 26, 3537
p. m.
Illver Stage: 4.8 feet above ion
vvater mark.
Yeerday"a Weather
Highest temperature, HI.
I.owest temperature, .141.
Mean temperature, 48.
Annual temperature, 31.
STREETS ABOUT
i CAPITOL SHOULD
BE WIDENED
(Governor Says "It's Up to Har
risburg to Persuade the
Legislature"
ADVOCATES SCHOOL LOAN
City Is "Educationally Sick"
Declares Brumbaugh at
C. of C. Meeting
i Governor Brumbaugh's maiden
| speech as a member of the Harrisburg
jChamber of Commerce, President J.
, William Bowman's condensed report
I of the Chamber's activities during the
period of his incumbency, a brief
j summary of the past and prospective
j for the fut.ure by Secretary Edward
L. McColgin, and the election of live
new directors were the outstanding
j features of the annual meeting of the
i greatly enlarged Chamber of Com
i merce which had been postponed from
j the time of the recent complimentary
! dinner to the Bethlehem Steel King.
Charles M. Schwab.
The speakers touched upon the
Capitol Park Extension, the new mil
lion-dollar hotel, the proposed 51,250,-
000 school loan, the growth of Har
risburg educationally and industrials,
and urged through a still larger and
all-inclusive Chamber of Commerce
tho continued civic and commercial
development of the growing citv of
Harrisburg.
The retiring board of directors.
Henderson Gilbert, David Kaufman,
George A. Shreiner. Warwick M.
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Five More Neutral Ships
Sunk With Loss of Life
I.ondon. Oct. 25.—The sinking by
German submarines of five more Nor
wegian steamships, valued at about
a,C00,000 kronen, is reported in an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Christiania.
Shipping shares dropped consid
erably on the Christiania exchange
to-day.
The steamers Alix and Rising and
the schooner Theodori, together with
the Swedish schooners Antoinette and
Henriette. are among the latest sub
marine victims, adds the dispatch.
The Tidens Tegn, of Christiania,
states that one boat with six men from
the Norwegian steamer Ravn, reported
sunk by a German submarine in the
Arctic on October 2, has been lost,
while another boat with eleven men on
board is reported from a lonely part
of the Russian Muruian coast after
drifting thirteen hours.
Two American Marines
and Haitian Colonel Are
Killed in Engagement
Washington. Oct. 25. Official re
ports on the killing of Captain W. W.
Low, and First Sergeant Frank L. At
wood of the Marine corps in the Dom
inican republic yesterday while at
tempting to arrest a bandit, were re
ceived to-day by the Navy Depart
ment from Col. Pendleton, command
ing the American forces.
First Lieutenant John Marston, 111,
was injured by a fall presumably dur
ing the fight, although the dispatch
gave no details. The bandit. Ramon
Batista, was killed. The dispatch
does not say where thfe fight occurred.
It adds that conditions otherwise are
quiet.
DEATH OF BATISTA IS
SMALL LOhS TO ILVITI
New York. Oct. 25. The death of
General Ramon Batista, a rebel leader
in a fight between his forces and Am
erican troops in the Dominican Re
public yesterday was characterized by
William W. Russell, United States
minister to the republic upon his ar
rival to-day as "the smallest loss that
could come to that country. Batista
has been a thorn in the flesh of the
present Dominican government for
some time," Mr. Russell said.
Reformed Synod Plans
$1,000,000 Annuity Fund
ork. Pa., Oct. 25.—An overture
to the General Synod of the Reformed
'Church in America to set aside the
next trienniuin as a period for raising
$1,000,000 for annuity fund for relief
of aged ministers and their wives was
adopted by the Potomac Synod here
to-day. The General Synod will be
overtured to consider a more uniform
i system of relief. Details for the cele
; bration of the 400 th anniversary of
the Reformation, next year, were left
to a committee.
Prohibition Special
Will Make Stop Here
Frank J. Manly, Prohibition candi
date for President, will be in Harris
| burg November 1, n:ien a Prohibition
rally will be held In the courthouse.
He will come fith his partv aboard
I the Prohibition Special and will be
| here about two hours, from 7.30 to
: 9.30 In the evening.
COTTON IS HIGHEST
SINCE CIVII, WAR DAYS
New York. Oct. 25.— Cotton in the
future market sold to-day above 20
cents a pound, the May option rising
22 points to 20.01, the highest price
it has touched since the Civil War.
FLOUR $lO PER BARREL
Chicago, Oct. 25. The wholesale
price of high grade family flour was
advanced to $lO a barrel to-dav, the
highest price since the Civil war, an
Increase of thirty cents In two days.
.11 T.N EC RS PLAN PARADE
Final arrangements will be made
next Wednesday night at the Penn
sylvania Federation of Labor head
quarters. for the booster parade and
demonstration to be given on Satur
day night, November 4, by labor union
men interested in the Jitney 'amend
ments. Thrrfe bands, a drum corps
and plenty of red (ire will be features
of the parade, which will end with a
mass meeting.
IIARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25. 1916
WILSON—THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND
<Zd
UPPER END SOLID
FOR REPUBLICANS,
CANDIDATES TOLD
Great Rally at Elizabcthvillc
One of Best and Biggest
in History of Town
Elir.abethville turned out In force
last night to welcome the Republican
candidates, who were in that town for
the first rally of the present campaign.
The meeting was held in the Star
Theater, which was crowded to the
doors, many being unable to find seats.
The sentiment throughout the upper
end, many party workers reported, is
all for Hughes and the Republican
ticket, and the result on election day
will be a sweeping Republican victory.
Many Progressives and not a few
Democrats were present last night.
Among them were several former Pro
gressive committeemen who are out
this year for Hughes. This is in sharp
contrast with four years ago, when the
Taft men at any meeting might have
been counted on the fingers of two
hands.
Elizabethville is the home of County
Recorder James E. Lentz and he was
In charge of arrangements. The Eliz
abethville band played during the
meeting, which was called to order by
So.uire I. S. Daniels, a prominent upper
end Republican, and Recorder Lentz
was the first speaker, dwelling mainly
upon the local ticket and saying a kind
word in its behalf.
The other speakers were David J.
Rechtel and Ira Ulsh. candidates for
..the Legislature; Charles E. Pass, Sen
j "tor Reldleman and Congressman
1 1 Kreider. Senator Beidleman is verv
• popular in the upper end, which has
strong sympathies with the mining ele
ment, on account of his excellent rec
ord on mtne legislation both as a mem
ber of the House and Senate. He got
a warm reception and after the meet
j ing was assured of hearty support
! throughout the whole upper part of
the county.
Kreider Speech a Hit
Congressman Kreider. who is as
sured of re-election-, made a wonderful
; impression amonj unper en- 1 people
last night. He has been in Congress
ever since President Wilson's in
auguration and has been a close ob
server and a strenuous opponent of
i most of tlia policies that have made
Mhe Democratic rnrty so unnopular.
He went at length into the Mexican
| policy of the President, showing that
i resent conditions in that troubled re
! public are largely attributable to him.
I and flayed Congress for its reckless
I expenditure of money on a scale hun
-1 dreds of millions of dollars in excess
jof the appropriations of any of the
; Republican Congresses which were de
: rlared in the 1912 platform as "ex
jtravagant." He pointed out that
whereas that platform had declared
against the "needless offices" of Re
j publicans, the Democrats themselves
| have since then created 30,000 new
offices. ft was 10.30 when he con
cluded, but not a man had left the
| hall.
• At Berr.v.slnirg
Another large meeting was held at
, Rerrysburc. Morris Daniels presided
l there, while his brother was accorded
| a like honor in Elizabethville. The
Porrysburg band played. Speeches
iwcre made by Congressman Kreider,
! Senator Beidleman. Philip S. Moyer.
County Solicitor, and Candidates Ulsh
; and Bechtel.
| Meetings will be held Friday even
ling at Lvkens and Wiconisco. where
f addresses were made by Senator
j Peidleman and Candidates Ulsh and
Pechtel.
BOMBARI) AUSTRIAN WORKS
! Rome. Oct. %4, via Paris, Oct. 25.
j Squadrillas of Italian and French sea
! planes have bombarded Austrian mili
• tary works In three places on the west
roast of Istria and escaped unscathed,
says an official announcement of the
Italian war office to-day. An aerial
battle between the French hydroaero
planes and Austrian seaplanes. In
which one of the Austrian machines 1
was capsized .and another fell into a!
laeoon at Raseleghe. on the Italian I
c oast near Carole, also Is reported. The I
i AuFtrian squadrllla had been throwing
I bombs on Carole. I
HUGHES SCORNS
HYPHENS' VOTE
Before German - Americans
G. O. P, Candidate Repudiates
"Divided Allegiance"
New York, Oct. 25. Charles E.
Hughes last night opened his last big
tour before election day with three
meetings, one in Queers, one in Har
lem and one in the Bronx, signalizing
the occasion with a definite repudia
tion of any class or interest or na
tionality opposed to Americanism.
It was in Schuetzen Park Hall, in
Queens Borough, where citizens of
German descent dominated, that the
Republican nominee said he did not
want the support of any persons ad
vocating alien interests.
Mr. Hughes will go westward after
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Man Beaten by Thugs Is
Found Unconscious in
South Harrisburg Street
Beaten into unconsciousness by
thugs the police believe, less than two
squares from his home, D. C. Potter
709 South Front street, was found
early this morning by Dr. C. V. Hart,
lying in the street. City detectives
to-day could learn little of the attack
orr Potter, as he was still unconscious
at a late hour this afternoon. Potter
is suffering from a fractured arm, and
severe bruises of the body. It was
thought at first that he had been
struck by an automobile and left
lying in the street, but police doubt
this story. His condition is serious.
Bomb Badly Damages
New York Subway Station
! N'ew York. Oct. 25. Explosion
I of a bomb or dynamite at the 110 th
: street station of the Lenox avenue
j subway line early to-day did con
isiderable damage to that station,
j smashed the ticket agent's booth, in
jjured the agent slightly, broke the
| electric lamps and windows, tore off a
'portion of the sidewalk overhead and
broke the windows in some of the
apartment houses nearby. There was
no train at the station or near it at
the moment. Traffic in the subway
; was suspended for half an hour or
more as the result of the blast.
Subway employes at that station
said they saw no one loitering about
! and did not know how the explosive
was brought into the station. The only
, theory they could suggest was that it
might have been set off because of the
| street railway strike which has been
1 in progress since early in .September.
WILSON OX WAY WEST
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 25.—Pres
ident Wilson left here at noon to-day
for Cincinnati where he will make
three addresses to-morrow. Mrs. Wil
| son. Secretary Tumulty and Dr. C. T.
Grayson, the White House physician,
accompanied him. He is due to ar
; rive at Philadelphia at 3.40 p. in. and
; at Baltimore at 6 p. m. and to reach
I Cincinnati 11.30 a. m. to-morrow.
I CANCEL OLD LICENSE TO WED
Altoona, Pa., Oct. 25.—Halting at
I Hymen's altar four years ago, Miss
Jessie F. Martin, of Duncansvllle,
could not be induced by her lover,
Charles M. Arthur, of Altoona, to be
come his wife, so, at his request, Judge
Baldridge has annulled the marriage
license Issued to the couple on June
1?, 1912. They were to have been
married on the following July 4. The
trousseau of the bride-to-be had been
purchased, the wedding trip planned
and a house and furniture selected,
but Miss Martin declined to fulfill her
part of the contract at the appointed
time, and since.
• SCHOOTS HIMSELF
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 25. Charles
G. Bryant, chairman of the Duluth
Board of Grain Appeals, committed
suicide last night in his office In the
Board of Trade building. The motive
Is unknown. *i
KNOX GUEST OF
REPUBLICANS AT
RALLY TONIGHT
Big Meeting at Chestnut Street
Auditorium to Be Preceded
by Walk-Around
Philander C. Knox will be the guest
of Harrisburg Republicans this even
ing. They will gather at Chestnut
Street Auditorium to give him one of
the most enthusiastic greetings of his
campaign. The big auditorium will be
crowded to the doors.
All of the Republican clubs will be
in line of parade previous to the rally
and it was announced to-day that thev
will be joined by the newly formed
Hughes College Alliance, the members
of which will meet in front of the
Union Trust building to join with the
Harrisburg Republican Club, the East
End Republican Club and others,
which in turn will be met by the West
End Republican Club and the Capital
City Republican Club at Third and
Reily streets. Marching delegations
from Mechanicsburg and Penbrook
Republican Clubs also will be in line.
Ex-Senator John E. Pox will be
chairman of the meeting and among
the speakers will be Senators Sny
der and Beldleman, Congressman
Aaron S. Ivreider and Representatives
Wildman and f-wartz.
Prince Boncompagni and
Miss Draper Are Married
"Washington, Oct. 25. Margaret
Preston Draper, daughter of the late
General William F. Draper, am
bassador to llaly in President McKin
ley's administration, was married
here to-day to Prince Andrea Bon
compagni of Rome. Cardinal Gib
bons officiated In a chapel which had
been converted froijj the ball room of
the Draper home in accordance with
a privilege granted to the Boncom
pagni family which has given two
popes to the Roman Catholic church.
Bishop McDevitt to Be
at Cornerstone Placing
Cornerstone laying ceremonies for
the new St. Lawrence German Catholic
Church, will be held Sunday after
noon at 3.30 with Bishop Philip R.
McDevitt as celebrant* The cere
monies will be held in the open at
State and Buttonwood street, and all
of the priests of Harrisburg and vicin
ity will attend.
Tho Rev. I'. S. Huegel, rector, will
be master of ceremonies, assisted by
visiting clergy. Addresses will be
made in both English and German.
The Knights of Columbus will attend
in a body, and other Catholic societies
have been invited. An old-fashioned
German sauerkraut supper will be
given to-night, In the basement of the
church in Walnut street.
Coroner Holds Inquest
on Dauphin Tragedy
Coroner Eckinger, late this after
noon held an inquest at Dauphin to
I determine responsibility for the acci
dent early yesterday morning when
Mrs. S. Wilbur Shetron was killed, and
Thomas G. Adams, 1614 Regina street,
severely injured, when the auto in
which they were riding was struck by
a fast freight train.
Louis Conrad, watchman at the
crossing, was the principal witness.
Adams Is in the Harrisburg hospital
suffering from a fractured left hip,
and bruises.
I WANTS HEOI'I.AR COLLECTIONS
Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, city health of
ficer, 1s planning to have regular col
lections of ashes during the winter
months. Since the tyhold fever epi
demic has abated, the city official has
been spending much of his time pre
paring plans for a Fall and winter cam
paign to clean up the city. Only ten
new cases of typhoid fever have been
reported since last Thursday.
BIDS TO RIPRAP
RIVER SLOPES BY
BLOCK UNIT PLAN
Park Department Will Ask
Proposals For Job as Whole
100, to Save Expense
BEGIN AT MACLAY STREET
Ise Stones From Parkway—
Push Construction With All
Speed Before Winter
Proposed plans for riprapping the
river front slope north of "Hard
scrabble" will call for bids for the
com etion of the work by two meth
od® 'op the job as a whole from
Maclay to Calder streets, and by
single block units.
| Operations will be started at Maclay
street and pushed southwardly as
I speedily as possible.
The cost of the much-needed, long
talked of Improvement will be paid
for from the balance of the park im
provement loan fund and the cost may
not exceed $4,000. Stones for the
bracing of the embankment will be
brought frcm the many tons of lime
stone which has been quarried from
the new Cameron parkway and piled
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Lancaster Inventor Claims
He Has Unsinkable Ship
ILancaster, Pa., Oct. 25. United
States naval authorities at League
Island are investigating a model ship
mode by Charles K. Baker, of this city,
who claims torpedoes cannot sink it.
The present system of shipbuilding
provides for a single section construc
tion; his model calls for a double.
He sent his model to the Navy De
partment at Washington and was di
rected to report at League Island for
a consultation with the officers, lie
spent several days there and the naval
officers think his plan is feasible. They
will construct a large model on the
P.aker plan for further investigation.
Mr. Raker lias not protected his
idea. He says that if it is adopted by
the Navy Department, he will be paid
for it. If it is turned down by those
authorities, he will take the matter up
! with private shipbuilders.
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14 PAGES CITY EDITION
MILK 8 CENTS
i NOV. 1; FIGHT
JUMP TO NINE
Retailers Declare Producers*
Are Asking Too Much
at 20 Cents Per Gallon
TO OPPOSE DEMANDS
200 Dairymen Unanimously
For Increase; to Fine
"Quitters"
Milk will retail in the city fit S cents
a quart on and after November 1, ac
cording to an announcement made last
night by C. E. Cooper, president of the
Dairymen's Association of Marrisburg
following an announcement of the
dairy farmers that they will raise the
wholesale price ono cent a quart after
November 1.
Ketail dealers In the city arc up In
arms against the demands of the
farmers for 20 cents a gallon whole-
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14-Year-01d Girl, 111
Hasn't Eaten in 35 Days
York, Pa., Oct. 25. Anna, 14-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Jamison, of Spring Grove, Pa.,
has not eaten for thirty-five days.
She has been precariously sick fop
several months. With the exception
of water and medicines, no nourish
ment has passed her lips in that time.
CALLS JUDGE "DEARIE" FINED
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 25. lt cost
George McCabe S2O to be familiar
with Judge Geraghty it central police
court here yesterday. He was brought
into the room in a drunken condition
and became noisy. When Judge Ger
aghty entered McCabe yelled, "Hello,
dearie," and was immediately fined.
PLACE T. 11. AMONG DEAD
Reading, Pa., Oct. 25. Cries of
"Roosevelt, Roosevelt," greeted
Reuben Post llalleck. of Louisville,
Ky., at the county teachers' institute
yesterday when he was enumerating
the "six dead Americans most men
tioned. Lincoln, mentioned first, and
Washington, got no applause. Jeffer
son, Jackson, Grant and Clay were
named next, deep silence resulting
until samebody shouted "Roosevelt!"
Tt started a chorus of cheers and calls,
interrupting the lecturer.