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FORT VAUX IS
• EVACUATED BY
CROWN PRINCE
Berlin Concedes Withdrawal
From Important Fortifi
cation
RUMANIANS HOLD FIRM
Von Mackensen Believed to Be
Preparing New Thrust;
Russ Defeated
Fort Vaux, one of the most impor
tant fortifications captured by the Ger
man crown prince in his prolonged
drive at Verdun, has been evacuated
by the Germans. The evacuation is
announced by Berlin to-day.
Shortly after Fort Douaumont had
been retaken and a wide stretch of the
front in this region regained by the
French in their sudden offensive on
October 2 5 it was pointed out that
Fort Vaux likewise had been put in a
perilous position. The French ad
vanced close to the edge of the forti
fication on its immediate front in their
great drive and pushed well beyond it
on each side, making its fall. In the
opinion of observers at the front, only
c. question of a short time.
The Germans evacuated Fort Vaux
during the night, says their official
report, without hindrance by the
French, and after portions of the fort
had been blown up. The French con
tinued to pour a heavy Are from their
oig guns on the fortification.
Lost All Their Gains
Virtually all the ground of pro
nounced value taken by the Germans
on the eastern bank of the Meuse in
their winter and spring offensive at
\erdun has now with the fall of Fort
> aux been lost to them.
French troops operating In the
Les Rouefs and Ranoourt sectors on
the Sommo front also gained ground
yesterday in attacks on the German
lines. The Paris report of night
announcing these advances is in part
confirmed by the Berlin official state
ment to-day. which concedes French
tains northeast of Morval and on the
edge of the St. Pierre-Vaast wood, but
declares that the n-.ain effort of the
French to move forward was sangui
narily repulsed.
The British likewise, says Berlin,
failed in an attack north of Courcelette
on the Somrne front. London last
night reported gains in the Les Bouefs
sector in operations in conjunction
■with the French, but announced to-
Gay that heavy rain was falling and
that there were no noteworthy hap
penings during the night.
Rumanians Hold Firm
M There is no apparent let-up in the
m pressure which General von Falk"n
havn is exerting along the Rumanian
northwestern frontier, but in general
the Rumanians are reported to be
holding him fairly well in check. No
new advances of importance are an
nounced to-day by the German war
office.
In the meantime, however, military
critics are looking shortly for definite
news from the province of Dobrudia.
on the southeast front, where "no
change in the situation" has been the
v.stial report from both sides for sev.
ral days past. Field Marshal von
Mackensen is believed to be making
preparations for a new stroke in an
effort to complete his conquest of this
Rumanian province. while from
Bucharest comes unofficial announce
ment that General Sakharoff, one of
the ablest of the Russian generals. Is
expected in the Rumanian capital to
take command of the forces in
Dobrudja.
On the Stokhod. in Volhynia, a Rus
t Continued on Page 9]
Excuse Removed, U.S. Should
Get Out of Drink Business
Altoona, Pa., Nov. 2. —Liquidation
of ihe Civil War debt, the only excuse
ever given for the Federal government
Issuing liquor licenses, long since has
been accomplished, and now the
United States should get out of the
drink business. Ira Landrith, the Pro
hibition vice-presidential nominee, told
a crowd here to-day.
, ,"T 01 ' Northerners passed this liquor
bill, he said. "You did it in 1562.
Me Southerners weren't in Congress
then. We can prove an alibi. You
jou wanted to m66t the war
debt, and you probablv did. And
President Lincoln agreed to the bill's
passage only with the understanding
that it would be repealed when the
war was over. The war now has been
over more than fifty years. The debts
R re paid. "We don't need the rnonev
any longer."
THE WEATHER]
For HarrUhurg ami vlt-inltri Fair
Und Kr,d >' '• much
chaßKc in trni|>eraturrs lourm
to-dlKbt ,iliout 40 ilrcrrra
For Baatern l>nn>laniai Fnlr
'VL. n, " ,, temperature to
night and Fritlayi moderate
KOUthnrM to nt winds.
.. River
Ihe Susquehanna river and all It*
branches 111 fall nlowly or re
main nearly stationary. \ Htiiite
of about XT feet la indicated for
Harrinburg Friday morning.
General Conditions
""" central
north of the I. rent l.akfN, \\ ril
ncdmy morning, tin* pa%e| off
northrn*twnrd <lo*%n th# st. Law
rence river, cauKins rain in thr
ln*t tnent>-fonr hours nlonir the
. northern border from l.ake *u
eaatward to Maine and In
the St. Lawrence \ alley. The
weather I* now nettled throujth
w,u. Statm with clear
aklfa In all diatrlctn except South
era California.
Temperatures are mild for the aea
son throughout practically all the
countryj they have fallen 2 to 10
deKreea in the Enat Gulf States
I.aat Tenneaaee and the Atlantle
States from South Carolina north,
w nrd.
Temperature! 8 a. m„ 4ft,
Sum Rlaes, 6i3A a. M.i sets. 5:01
Moont First quarter, to-day, 12i51
HUrr Staket 3.7 feet above low
water mark.
... . Yeaterday'a Weather
lushest temperature, AM.
I.oweat temperature. 40.
Mean temperature. Si
IVoimal temperature. 47.
HUGHES SURE
OF BOTH OHIO
! AND INDIANA
Receptions Exceeded Those Ac
corded Any Other Candidate;
Assails Democrats
HIGH COST OF LIVING
G. O. P. Nominee Attacks Ad
ministration For Extravagance
and Failure of Promises
Batavia, X. Y.. Nov. 2. Charles
E. Hughes declared to-day before an
audience here that he Is entirely con
fident of the result in both Ohio and
■ Indiana.
"I have returned from a trip
through Ohio and Indiana." he said,
i "with :x profound sense of gratifica
i tion and entire confidence with respect
to the result in both States. In both
Ohio and Indiana it is not exaggerat
| ingto say that I had receptions which
jperhaps exceeded those accorded to
! any other presidential candidate.
I "That was, of course, as I said last
night, not attributed to me personally
i but it was an indication of the deep
interest the people are taking in the
essential conditions of their prosperity
and their satisfaction that there is a
great reunited Republican party ready
for service at this critical time.
"So far as promises go no one can
I exceed the promises of our prospects
but we measure what they say by what
they have done."
Mr. Hughes assailed the Democratic
party for failure to reduce the high
cost of living, "as promised four years
ago." and for extravagance.
"They tell us now," he continued,
"that they are going to deal with
economic problems that confront us
at this time, in a satisfactory manner,
but if we endeavor to ascertain by
what principle they are to be guided
we look in vain."
[Continued on Page 41
Bank Robbed of $4,050
by Lone Armed Bandit
NHes. Mich., Nov. 2. The State Bank
at Eau Clair, about twenty miles north
of here, was robbed of 14,050 yesterday
by a lone bandit, who. with a revolver,
compelled the cashier. \ ere Beckwith.
to stand with his hands upraised while
the money was being removed from the
cashier's cage. The robber backed out
i ot the bank and escaped.
Husband's Shot Saved
Wife Attacked by Wolf
i WiUi&msport. Pa.. Nov. 2. Seeing
a dog owned by her husband being
chased by another animal. Mrs. Mahlon i
Saxton shouted to her husband, who
was husking corn in the field, for help.
The animal turned on her. but in the
.meantime Mr. Saxton had caught up a
gun and hastened toward his wife. He
stopped the animal with a shot before
it harmed her and killed it with a sec
ond shot.
It proved to be a wolf, which es
caped last year from Shoemaker's Park,
at McElhattan, and weighed sixty
pounds.
Lieut. Philip U. Kuhns,
War Veteran, Dies at Carlisle
Carlisle, Pa.. Nov. 2. All Car
! lisle and a big portion of Cumberland
| county to-day mourned the death of
one of the borough's oldest residents,
Lieutenant Philip U. Kuhns, a veteran
of the Civil War. Lieutenant Kuhns
di_ed about 9 o'clock last evening, aged
77. General complications due to ad
• vancing years was the cause.
Lieutenant Kuhns is survived by
1 these children: Harvey E., Carlisle;
Mrs. Elmer Natcher, Bethayers, Pa.;
Milton L.. and Lillian G., both of Car
i lisle; a sister. Miss Annie Kuhns, of
Carlisle, and a brother, John, of Al
i toona.
Military funeral services will be
held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
will be conducted by Post 201,
Grand Army of the Republic.
Lieutenant Kuhns was born in this
place and lived here all his life. While
he never took an active part in politics
he was always in the forefront of civic
activities and in church and Grand
Army work. For years he worked
for the Carlisle Manufacturing Com
pany and for the Waynesboro Manu
facturing Company. Later he engaged
in the restaurant business in this
place. Mr. Kuhns was a member of
the Lutheran church and a charter
member of the Empire Hook and
Ladder Company.
■ In April, 1861, young Kuhns went
to Harrisburg in answer to the "great
call" and enlisted in Company C, Ninth
Pennsylvania volunteers. Upon the
expiration of his term he re-enlisted in
Company A, Eleventh Pennsvlvania,
I was immediately appointed sergeant,
and served with that command until
he was mustered out at Harrisburg as
a lieutenant in 1865. He served In
; most of the tattles in which the Armv
of the Potomac engaged, including
Gettysburg and at the battle of the
> Rappahannock he was terribly wound
jed when a solid cannon shot struck
his musket and shattered It in his
hands.
BANK ROBBERS GET 86,000
Braid wood. Ills., Nov. 2. Four
robbers blew the Fafe in the private
bank of W. H. Odell & Company here
last night and escaped in an automo
bile with >6,000. The men cut all
wires leading into the little village
and made good their escape before
, aid could be summoned.
TORCHLIGHT PARADE FOR T. R.
Cleveland, 0., Nov. 2. Plans for
; a great torchlight procession to escort
: Colonel Theodore Roosevelt from the
i New York Central depot to the Cen
tral Armory to-night were completed
by Republican leaders to-day. Roose
jvelt will speak here this evening. At
! the same time Secretary of War New
ton D. Baker will address two Demo
cratic meetings in th. Interest of
' President Wilson's re-etection.
AMERICAN AVIATOR KILLED
i Baltimore, Nov. 2. Antoni Jan
' nus. of Baltimore, an American
aviator, was killed In the Russian aero
[service October 12 last according to a
I dispatch reeclved here to-day. Jannus
was an Instructor at the Canadian
i Aeronautical School at Toronto for a
j time during 1915,
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1916,
VOTE FOR HUGHES!
|jj TheSeAmericansare\ferikingTcxjay
are Not 8
If fimWk / qf
GERMANY TO SINK
ALL SHIPS WITH
STORES FOR ALLIES
Athens Hears Relentless War
fare in Disregard of Pledges
Will Be Waged
Washington. Nov. 2. State De
partment officials still were waiting to
day for Germany's version of the de
struction of the Rritish steamer Mar
ina with loss of American lives. They
also were expecting affidavits anil
other data gathered from American
survivors on which to determine
whether Germany's pledges to the
United States had been broken.
[Continued on Page 7]
15,000 JOINING
IN MOCK BATTLE
Pcnna. Guardsmen and Regu
lars Taking Part in Monster
Engagement
El Paso, Texas, Nov. 2. —One of the
greatest military maneuvers held on i
the Mexican border In taking place to- i
day, in which the Seventh Division, ;
commanded by Major-General Charles'
M. Clement, and United States regu- i
lars are taking part.
More than 15,000 are engaged In a
mimic battle, which is being (ought on [
the plains east of Camp Stewart. ;
Blank ammunition is used In the con- ,
flict by the artillery, cavalry and in- I
fantry units. This is the first time the
artillery ha? participated in a mimic I
battle in which such a large number of .
men have been engaged.
General Clement announced that i
the First Artillery would entrain for,
home November 8 to 9. The artillery ;
will leave in six or seven sections.
Three batteries will be allowed twenty
four horses each and three thirty-two
hors.es each. This Is expected to bo i
the last unit of the Pennsylvania
guardsmen to leave for home until |
after the first of the year.
Winning third place, the Pennsylva- '
nla National Guard rifle team which !
participated in the national shoot at ;
Jacksonville, Fla., returned to Camp ,
Ftewart. The team was commanded '
by Lieutenant Blain Aiken.
52 OX MARINA; SIX DEAD
London. Nov. 2. A telegram to
the American embassy to-day from;
Wesley Frost, American consul at
Queenstown, states that the dis
crepancies in former reports regard- :
ing the number of Americans on board
the British steamship Marina and the ' i
names of those lost have now been j
cleared up. The total number of Am- |
erlcans on board was 52 of whom six!
were lost. J •
START UNLOADING
$10,000,000 CARGO
OF DEUTSCHLAND
Naval Officials Prepare For
Formal Inquiry to Deter
mine Status
New London. Conn., Nov. 2.—Activi
ties of a varied nature centered about
the German undersea merchantman
Deutschland and her captain, Paul
Koenig. to-day. While the crew busied
themselves behind the barriers which
hide the submarine from public view
in preparing to dispose of the 700 tons
of \aiuable cargo which the Deutsch
land brought from Bremen, customs
[Continued on Page 9]
AVIATOR MAKES
! NONSTOP RECORD
On Way From Chicago to New
York Carlstroin Is Forced
to Descend at Erie
Erie, Pa., Nov. 2. Aviator Victor
| Carlstrom who is flying from Chicago
to New York landed in this city at
11.26 a. rn. to-day because of engine
, trouble, thereby establishing a new
: American nonstop flight record. Erie
is just half the distance Carlstrom set
i out to cover.
The aviator was flying about seven
, miles south of Erie when a pipe be
,came loose on his engine and he made
[Continued on Page 7]
Founder of "Hogan's Flop,"
Port For Derelicts, Dies
Chicago. Nov. 2. Ben. Hogan.
founder of "Hogan's Mop" which for
! many years sheltered derelicts, hoboes
and castaways at two cents a bed each
if they had it, died at his home here
yesterday at the age of 87. With the
passing of the former prize fighter,
preacher and humanitarian was re
called the days when thousands of un
fortunates were fed and sheltered by
the humane mission which friends
said he always operated at a financial
loss.
"Moody, the noted evangelist, taught
me to preach," Hogan onco said, "and
then I learned that there was more
to serving mankind than by giving
hungry men words. That is the rea
son I started the soup mission and the
flop." Hogan served both the Union
and Confederate armies In the Civil
war as a blockade runner. Nearly
half a century ago he fought Tom Al
len for the world's championship and
was beaten.
LOWER END SOLID
FOR HUGHES AND
LOCAL NOMINEES
,Big Meetings at Swatara Hill;
! Rally at Dauphin, Steelton
and Oberlin Tonight
Republican campaigners returned
i last evening from a tour of the lower
lend of the county confident that the
Conewagos and adjacent districts are
safe in the Republican fold. They
found Hughes sentiment strong every
where and there is no question about
the remainder of the ticket. The
Democrats have done little byway of
campaigning and are plainly discour
[Continued on Page 14]
TECH ALUMNIIN
STUDENT PARADE
i Warriors of Years Gone by to
Boost New High School
Loan Saturday
Football, track and backetball foes
of days gone by will forget all about
; the trial and tribulations of gridiron,
track and field Saturday afternoon
and turn out en masse to help a rival's
little brothers and sisters of the years
to come to obtain a place to study In
high school days.
In brief Tech high school alumni
will head the division of Maroon and
Gray students In the big student par
ade to demonstrate the necessity of
• passing the proposed $1,250,000 loan.
Announcement of the share Techni-
I cal high school graduates will take in
| the demonstration was made to-day by
James Fit*pat rick, president of the
Alumni Association, In Issuing a gen
eral call through the newspapers for
the "grads" to assemble at Tech, 12.45
[Continued on Page ]
NEW TONNAGE RECORD
Central Iron & Steel Open Hoarth De
partment Has licst Month Ever
The open hearth furnace of the
Central Iron and Steel Co., established
a record during the month of Oc
tober by turning out 10, tons, Wil
liam Brown, superintendent of the de
partment announced. The mill has
oeen In operation 22 years. from
present indications an exceptional
large tonnage will be turned out this
winter at the plant. Harry S. Evans
superintendent of the large .plate rnlli i
also reported a remarkable production
of 6,000 tons of finished steel durihg
October
Work Is in progresfl on a new open
hearth furnace that will heat 125 tons.
STATE WINS IN
COUNTY HIGHWAY
MANDAMUS CASE
Need Maintain Roads Only!
When Actually Taken Over j
by Highway Department !
~
DISCRETIONARY QUESTION
President Judge Kunkel Re
fuses Northampton's Suit
to Compel Action
Pennsylvania is required to repair
and maintain the highways Incorpor
ated In the State system by authority
of the acts of 1911 and 1913, only j
when the Commonwealth formally!
takes over this work and assumes the!
responsibility for the care and main
tenance, and not necessarily at the
time they become integral parts of
the State highway system.
In a comprehensive opinion handed
down to-day President Judge Kunkel
so decided in refusing the request of
the Northampton county commission
ers for a mandamus upon the State
Highway Department, to compel the
State to construct and maintain the
road leading from Nazareth to Bethle-'
hem via Newburg and Hecktown.
"As the State Highway Department
has not assumed the maintenance of
the road in question," savs President
Judge Kunkel, "it follows that the
Highway Commissioner is not respon
sible for its care or tne Commonwealth
liable for the expense of maintenance. ]
When it has been taken over and its
care and maintenance assumed by the
Highway Department will Northamp
ton county be relieved of the expense
thereof.
[Continued on Page 12]
C. OF C. OFFICERS
At a meeting yesterday afternoon
lof the directors of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce, David E.
Tracy was elected president. Other
officers elected are: First vice-presi
dent, Charles W. Rurtnett; second
vice-president; Arthur D. Bacon;
treasurer, Robert McCormick; secre
tary, E. L. McColgin, re-elected.
STEED MAKES NEW HIGH
New York, Nov. 2. United States
Steel common shares sold at the new
high record of 122% shortly after the
opening of to-day's market, the stock
I being absorbed in large Individual
[ lots. This exceeds Its previous maxi
i mum by half a point. It also passed
the preferred stock, which sold at 122.
N< •' Aftrr Ho i?! ' ' UT ' .
he ''some telephoning to c?o.*'
ARP E5 T MO?' •- :OY THI EVES
i
i from a house in Duncnnnon yesterday afternoon. Prem
pert is r.lno wanted for stealing a diamond ring from his
homc'in Bi'timorr Dirriii*' thr Hst tell day; citv police
. • • . • , V
almost conclusive evident hv n 1 *.t the
boys the police claim.
SEIT2 AND FORRER IMPROVING
n ' ' '' ; t ' 0;:1 ' m operation for ap
pendicitir-
_i
MARRIAGE LICENSES
i
Anthony UrKrank and Kmmn Kdlth Prayer. SteeHon.
| Harry Ureacker l.raeb, l„<-moyne, and Katherlne May Rohrcr, city.
Single Copies, 2 Cents CITY EDITION
ROSE VALUED AT
$15,000 HERETOBE
PHOTOGRAPHED
J. Horace McFarland, Editor of
American Rose Annual, Tells
of Wondrous Bloom
GROWN IN BALTIMORE
Is a "Glorified La France";
Man 82 Years Old Pro
duces Flower y
One rose—sls,ooo!
That's the price of a new and woni'
derful rose which was photographed
yesterday at the Mt. Pleasant Prlntery,
Crescent and Mulberry streets.
The rose was found last week In
Baltimore by J. Horace McFarland,
head of the Mt. Pleasant Prlntery, and
! editor of the American Rose Annual,
the official publication of the American
Kose Society. It was produced by
John Cook, a man 'eighty-two years
of age who has been growing roses
[Continued on Page 7]
Wilson and McCormick
Confer on Mayflower"
New York, Nov. 2.—President Wil
son arrived here this morning from
j his campaign trip up-State. He was
taken by automobile across town to
the East river and went aboard tha
Government yacht, Mayflower.
When the President reached tha
Grand Central Station to spend his
only day of campaign in New York
City with four speeches on his pro
gram for the afternoon and evening,
he was cheered by a large group of
railroad men, some of them carrying
American flags.
He was met at the station by Col.
Edward M. House and Vance C. Mc-
Cormick, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. With him they
motored to the New York Yacht club
pier and boarded the Mayflower for a
political conference.
The President, it was announced,
would at the invitation of Mr. Mc-
Cormick, visit Democratic . national
headquarters here. He decided per
sonally to meet the start working for
his re-election and to see the ma
chinery of the headquarters in opera
tion. Officials in the President's party
| said no announcement was ready in
■connection with the sinking of tho
British steamship Marina with tho
' resultant loss of American lives.