THE WEATHER RAIH, TO NIGHfr AND TO MORROW Detailed Report. Pas* < SRfFSK." 0 VOL. 76 —NO. 114. GERMANS NOW OCCUPYING BRUGES IN THEIR ONWARDMARCH TOWARD OSTEND Kaiser s Troops Are Within Fif teen Miles ofLast \ serted by the B j ment French I clares Situation in Center Is About to Develop idly and That tinue to Make P Newspaper States Germans Lost 12,000 to 15,000 Men in Defeat at Arra Attacking Russian Positions in Galicia , Bp Associated Press. London, Oct. 15,1.50 P. M.—A dispatch to the "Central News" from Amsterdam confirms the report that the Ger mans have occupied Bruges, fifteen miles east of Ostend. The Hague, via London, Oct. 15, 6.35 A. M.—Train •service Rosendale and Antwerp h been ordered resumed Thursday. The concentric movement of German troops in Belgium upon Gstend is progressing. The van guards are believed to be at Bruges, Thourout and Dix mode. At Selzaet (30 miles north of Ghent) a proclamation issued by the Germans demands the registration of all males between the ages of 18 and £0 years. The proclama tion says that soldiers in uiiifonhs are to be treated as prisoners of war and that soldiers dressed in citizens' clothes will be treated as spie§. ALLIES' POSITIONS FAVORABLE Bordeaux, France, Oct. 15, 1.15 P. M.—A high official of the French government declared this morning that the last dispatches from the front showed that the military situation was about to develop more rapidly in the center, in the region of Berry-au-Bac and on the left in the La Basse Estaires and Bailleul district. The allies continue to make progress, this official con tinued. Several hotly contested positions which had changed hands repeatedly during the past few weeks, were now held strongly by the French, and the Anglo-French situation was most encouraging. THE GERMAN DEFEAT AT ARRAS Paris, Oct. 15, 1.02 P. M.—The newspaper "France du Nord" declares to-day that when the Germans were de feated at Arras they lost from 12,000 to 15,000 men who were surrounded by the French in some marshes. AUSTRIANS PURSUING RUSSIANS London, Oct. 15, 8.05 A. M.—Reuter's Telegram Com pany has received from Amsterdam the following official statement issued in Vienna at noon Wednesday: "General staff says that the Russians have occupied fortified positions on the line of Stry, Samber and Midyra, in Galicia, The Austrians are now attacking the positions. "In the Carpathians the Austrians occupied Toronya after four days of fighting and pursued the enemy in the direction of Wyskow. Smaller successful skirmishes have taken place in the Visso valley." The Germans who arc moving ou Osteud are reported to have occupied Bruges, fifteen miles east of the former city. This report is confirmed from neutral sources. A German official statement coming direct from Berlin by wireless says that their troops in Belgium are now marching iu part towards Ostend and in part in a south westerly direction towards the French frontier. There lias been heavy fighting east of ISoissons and the Argonnes, the Germans have at no point lost ground, it is declared! :> rench claims of successes in the Woevre district are denied. This afternoon s French official statement announces that the allies have made marked progress in the region of Lens and between Arras and Albert. On the center the allies, it is said, have advanced in the direction of Cra oune, while a German offensive movement to the north of Saint Die has been definitely checked. The reports and claims regarding the situation in the eastern theatre are as conflicting as before. A dispatch from Petrograd says that the Austro-Ger rnan army was completely defeated Wednesday in the neighborhood of Warsaw, Russian Poland, suffering enormous losses in casualties and prisoners. A wireless message from Berlin says that it was officially announced there to-day that the battle to the east of Wirballen in Russian Poland continues after eleven davs of lighting, favorable to the Germans. Repeated advances of the Rus sians having been repulsed with heavy losses. Paris says that the fighting continues along the front from Warsaw to Przemysl but gives no details. HARRIS BURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1914 12 PAGES. GERMANS MAKE SPIRITED ATTACK ON THE FRENCH: MANY SOLDIERS WOUNDED Paris, Oct. 15, 6.30 A. M. —The right wing of tthe allies is now begin ning to show signs of activity. Accord ing to reports reaching Paris this morn ing there wns yet an almost continuous firing of heavy artillery aloug the fron tier. A force of s^H. ||raßw%V *■ Jfr l/msr JHH HOLE •BLOWN IN PLOOC. OF ST PATfeiCKB C«THEDBftL BY BOM 6 The police of New York are confronted with one of the most mysterious cases of bomb throwing they have yet bad to deal with While fifty men, women and children were praying a bomb was exploded In the famous St. Patrick's Cathedral. The explosive hurled fragments of iron and steel throughout the nave of the great cathedral, wrecking pews and memorial windows. A few hours later another borub'explosirun occurred In SL Alpboosus" Roman Catholic Church, Tffe police have absolutely no clew. RAT POISON KILLS WOMAN Arsenical Preparation Taken With Sui cidal Intent at Her Home Near Beaver Station (imperial to the Hummelstown, Oct. 15.—Mrs. Rnth | M. Crook, 21 years old, died at 12.30! o'clock (his morning at her home # on the Wright farm, a mile north of Bea ver Station, near this place, from the effects of rat poison, an arsenical prep aration, taken Sunday with suicidal in tent, according to Coroner Eckinger, whd investigated the death this morn ing. No reason is given for the woman's rash act, but persons said she had been losing interest in life for some time past. She loaves her husband, tenant farmer on the Wright farm, two small children and her mother, Mrs. Bertha Gingrich, who resides at Beaver Sta tion. Funeral services will be held at the farm Saturday afternoon. Services will be private. Burial' will be made in the Hummelstown cemetery. DR. STOUGH IS SURELY COMING Mr. Gross Removes a Wrong Impression Given by a Rumor To-day The issuance of circular letters call ing upon the members of the special committees now arranging for the Sitough evangelistic campaign, to be h-eld in this city beginning November 1, in Which it 'was 'pornted out that the meeting to night may determine t'he re sult. of tthe work accomplished 'by t'he individual committeemen, is believed to 'have been responsible for the spreading of a baseless rumor that the future of the campaign itself hinges on to-wight's session. E. Z. Gross, one of the leaders 'in the movement, said the sum-ess of tihe campaign never was in question. Mr. Gross also denied a rumor that l>r. S'tough had decided not to come to Harrisburg. Mr. Gross declared emphatically tihat. l>r. Stough will positively be 'hero. Ho will arrive on Novemiber t and a hottse for him has been opened preparatory to ay j parade will be made. Representatives jof twenty-one organizations which met with the association last evening will return to the next, meeting roadv to vote on the time of parade for that day. It is expected that 1 p. m. will be the time fixed. It is also expected at that time that a preliminary announcement will be made of how SI,OOO in prizes will be distributed in the parade. One of the important actions taken at last night's meeting was admitting organizations to membership in the association with a voice in the meeting on payment of the $5 parade fee. All rules and regulations will have been perfected by the association be fore the next meeting. ENDORSES WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE State Federation of Women's Clubs Gives It Their Support. The State Federation of Women's Clubs that is meeting this week in Pittsburgh passed a resolution at 12.30 o'clock this morning endorsing women's suffrage by a very large majority. Mrs. E. W. Biddle, of Carlisle, chair man on resolutions, presented the reso lution, which was voted on by the dele gates. POSTSCRIPT PRICE, ONE CENT. SCEIII DEATH-BED INSURANCEFDRUD Inspectors Allege Well Persons Are Imper sonating 'Risks' Who Are Close to Grave ONE WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST State Authorities Say They Are Abwrt to Spring Trap on Other* Alleged to Have Operated In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia . H ? '** jt ( The State Insurance Department, through Inspectors D. E. Hunihan, of Pittsburgh, and William H. Hazlett, of Philadelphia, is now engaged in un earthing an alleged insurance swindle that has been operated in those two cities with some success. It consists of the impersonation by a vigorous, healthy person, of an old, decrepit or sickly applicant for insurance for the purpose of obtaining the certificate of the examining physician that the appli cant is a good "risk." The party in whose name the risk is taken does not livo long thereafter and the insurance company pays the insurance to the heirs of the insured. This scheme, according to Deputy In surance Commissioner MoOulloch, is not a new one, having been played in Scran ton last spring, where it led to the ar rest of three persons, one of whom pleaded guilty. The other two are now awaiting trial. An insurance company doing business in Pittsburgh had reason to believe that it was being swindled and noti fied Inspector Hunihan who began an investigation. The trail led to Phila delphia where it was found the same game was being played, the parties in the two cities acting in unison. Inspec tor Hazlett, in his investigations, said be found that a woman named Bertha Epstein, who was said to claim a resi dence in both Pittsburgh and Philadel phia, was implicated, and she was ar rested ou Saturday in Philadelphia and plat ed in jail. The two inspectors are still working on the several cases, and will not make a detailed report until they have secured all the evidence needed for the conviction of all en gaged in the plot. It was said to-day that one of the seven companies swindled was the Min nesota Mutual Life, doing business in Pittsburgh, and that its agent was the one who became suspicious of the opera tions of the gang and called in the in spector. For two mouths Hunihau worked 011 the case, and it is stated that when he an ceedejl $27,000,