THE WEATHER
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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 <!ermaivs delivered a
spirited attack on Frencth troops iu
which numbers were won ruled. As niglit
closed this force of t'he enemy was
driven back in t'he direction of Muel
hauseu.
Lieutenant Colonel Rousset. the
"French military critic, in his article to
day, declares t hat tSie recent official j
communications are lacking in clearness
and that it is impossible to find in them
any indication. even an absolutely
harmless one, of the present military
situation.
Colonel Kousset says he calls atten
tion to this fact without any thought
of recrimination. He is well aware that
it is difficult to reconcile the legitimate
curiosity of the public with the safe
guarding of national interests, but when
those interests are not at stake more
liberality could be shown. The French
people have given evidence of dignity
with firmness, wisdom and patriotism
and they should be taken more into the
confidence of the government. In con
cluding his article t'he critic points
out several instances in which, in his
; opinion, the official communications
have been lacking.
The Hotel De Villa (town hall) at
Arras, which was burned down after
the bombardment of that place, was a
building of Gothic style. ft was erect-
I ed in the beginning of the sixteenth
| century and was one of the finest types
' of this style of architecture in North
ern France.
THE BBLGIANSAND ENGLISH
LOSE HEAVILYAT ANTWERP
Berlin. Oct. 15, By Wireless to Say
ville, Li. I.—A telegram received here
from Rotterdam says that the losses of
the Belgian and Enghsh troops during
i the 'bombardment of Antwerp were
tremendous. Bursting shells from the
German side repeatedly killed at one
time between forty and fifty soldiers
in the Antwerp trenches.
The statement from Russian sources
to the effect that the two Oernian sub
marines were sunk during the attack
off the Gulf of Finland last week on
j the Russian cruiser Pallada was to-day
given official denial in Berlin.
More thau 2,000,000,000* marks
($5,000,000) already have been phid in
on the war loan. This is nearly 1,000,-
000,000 marks more than required.
HAIURC-AIICAN LINER
SUNK BY BRITISH CRUISER
London, Oct. 15, 4.5 3 P. M. —The
admiralty announces that the British
j cruiser Yarmouth has sunk the German
j Hamburg-American Line steamer Mark
| omannia in the vicinity of Sumatra
| and has captured and is taking into a
j harbor the Greek steamer Pontports.
! Both the Markomannia and the
! Pontports have been reported previous
ly as accompanying the German cruiser
! Emden. The Yarmouth has sixty Ger
i man prisoners of war on board. The
Markoiuannia had a gross tonnage of
1 4,505 and was engaged iu the African
service.
AUSTRIAN WAPSHIP BURNS
IN TRIESTE ARSENAL FIRE
London, Oct. 15, 3.30 P. M.—Fire
; in the government arsenal at Trieste,
■ the principal seaport of Austria-Hun-
I gary on the Adriatic sea. has virtually
i destroyed an Austrian dreadnaught un
j der construction there, according to a
"Central News" dispatch from Rome.
Six torpedo boat destroyers also
were damaged by the fire which quick-
Ily enveloped the workshop. It is al
| leged that a quantity of wood work
in the arsenal was soaked with petrel.
A number of workmen have been ar
rested. The arsenal is said to have
been greatly damaged.
RUSSIANS CLAIM BIG VICTORY
AT WARSAW, RUSSIAN POLAND
London, Oct. 15, 3.44 P. M.—A dis
patch from Petrograd to the "Messa
gero" of Rome says that the Austro-
German army yesterday was complete
ly defeated in the neighborhood of
Warsaw, Russian Poland.
The Austrians and Germans suffered
enormous losses. The Russians are
stated to have taien thousands of pris
oners.
$5 GIVEN FOR BELGIANS
George B. Stucker Heads List of Con
tributors as Result of Appeal
Made to Harrisburgers
lii response to the appeal for funds
for the aid of the war sufferers in
stricken Belgium, published in the Star-
Independent last evening at the request
of P. Hagemanii, Belgian Consul Gen
era! in Philadelphia, a contribution of
$5 from George B. Stucker was sent
to this office this morning. This money j
will be forwarded at once to the proper!
agency in Philadelphia.
The Star Independent desires to call
the attention of prospective contribu
tors to the fact that, while the Star-In
dependent wil! gladly forward any fur
ther amounts received, it was the re
quest of the Consul General in Phila
delphia that all money be sent to
"Charles C. Harrison, .Tr„ & Co., Laf
ayette building. Philadelphia, treasur
ers of the Belgian Belief Fund for
Destitute Non-Combatants, who will
forward the money direct to the Bel
gian Minister in Washington, who has
endorsed the movement."
The Philadelphia Arm will promptly
acknowledge all contributions thus sent
and will send receipts to the contribu
tors. 1
LOCAL RED CROSS FUNDS
Eecent Contributions Swell the Amount
to #237,<1«
Recent contributions from the Penn
sylvania Amusement Company and the
People's Bridge Company, for moneys
taken in on Red Cross baseball day
and a contribution of SSO from the
Pine Street Presbyterian church, has
swelled the European war fund of the
local Red Cross chapter to $237.63,
The money from the baseball game
on August -8 turned over recently to
George W. Reilv, local treasurer,
amounted to $74.88. Bridge toll on that
day, which was turned into the fund,
amounted to $14.50. Contributions pre
viously acknowledged amounted to
$118.25.
TO TURN DOWN MAYOR'S MAN
City Commissioners Will Appoint Sey
mour as Policeman Instead of Kinley
George W. Seymour, Sr., 1070 South
Cameron street, it was said upon re
! liable authority to-day, will be named
to succeed Andrew Murphy, the patrol
man whom the Mayor has suspended
on charges ot insubordination'and who.
it is said, will resign. •
Seymour's appointment will in all
probability be made at next Tuesday's
meeting of the City Commissioners.
Murphy has not yet sent,in his resigna
tion, although city officials say they
expect it will be received by the City
Clerk before the Commissioners' next
nfeeting
Seymour's appointment will come in
| the form of an amendment to Mayor
Royal's resolution, which has been
pending for several weeks, under which
the Mayor proposes to appoint Jacob
Kinley in Murphy's stead. The Re
publican Commissioners, it is under
stood, will back Seymour, and they
have sufficient strength to appoint him.
ALL TRIIL AT
NEWGERMAIITOWN
Autumnal Robe Has
Arrived on Time and
Squirrels Scamper,
Says Space Writer
i
FOREST'S AFIRE
—BUT NO MATTER
Levi Swartz Has a 4-pound Potato, Ci
der Is Oocing From the Presses
and Special Correspondent's Milli
nery Store Has a Fine Fall Opening
(From Our Special Correspondent)
New Uermantown, Perry County, i
Oct. 14. —Nature's gav autumnal roue
is changing to a more sombre hue since
the tine rain we had last week and
I more is badly needed now.
Farmers are bus\t seeding and tired
are the reaper* that come from the
cornfields these evening 9, for it is an
abundant crop.
Hundreds of gallons of cider and
apple butter have been -made and the
apples are being packed and stored
for winter '• use.
Rifles are being fitted for use and
the squirrels doing their best
scampering after nuts, not knowing
that the hunting season is on. The
Nimrods will soon be climbing our
i ridges.
Nuts of all kinds are plentiful, but
not nearly as large and perfect on ac
! count of the drought. '
Sweet potatoes are fine and a plen
tiful crop.
Levi 1). Swartz had a sweet potato
that weighed 4 pounds.
A forest fire IB raging northwest of
town.
John Odell is the potato-raiser of
this county. He had 140 bushels this
year.
A party of fakirs, eight in number,
from Bedford county, passed through
[ town to the Newport fair on Monday.
Pine Turkeys bv many farmers are
being fed foi the Thanksgiving.
The stores here have a fine line of
| winter goods, and the latest and stylish
I millinery for the winter at M. E. Mor
j rison's.
Editor's Note—M. E. Morrison is
the corresj^ondent.
ii "CHIEF"
CALLEDIMPOSIOR
Soliciting Aid From
Clergymen and Oth
ers on Pretext That
He Was Robbed
POLICE CHIEF
' LOOKS HIM UP
Hutchison Asserts That Redskin Is Tell
jing Conflicting Stories and Latter
Departs When Closely Questioned
by the Officer
A tall ludian, whft says he is 7S
years old and who claims to be the
chief of at least two tribes of red men.
is working clergymen and police de
partments iu this section for a living,
according to Chief of Police Hutchison.
Lust night a clergyman tried to 'induce
the Police department to give some
aid to the aged man and. fearing that
he was still in this vicinity plying his
trade. Chief of Police Hutchison decided
to make public, the manner in which
the man is workiug.
Several days ago the Indian walked
into police headquarters and gaVe his
name as "Frank Wilson," saying he
was chief of the Oneita tribe and that
he had collected al' of the Indians of
this tribe in the East and was follow
ing them to a reservation in Green
Bay, Wis., -when his money was stolen,
leaving him enough to get only as far
as Harrisburg.
Chief Hutchison wired the Indian
Bureau in Washington and in the mean
time sent the redskin to Carlisle. At
the Carlisle Indian School, According
to Chief Hutchison, the man told an
entirely different story, claiming to be
the head of a different tribe. In addi
tion, Chief Hutchison received word
from Washington that there is no rec
ord of a chief of that name, instructing
the police here to wire on his Indian
name for identification.
A Harrisburg clergyman walked
into police headquarters with the In
dian chief, saying that the man had
appealed to him for aid, whereupon
Chief 'Hutchison confronted him with
the conflicting stories. .
"If you will toll me your Indian
name I will try and identify you and
secure aid," said Chief Hutchison.
"You don't want to help-me,'' re
plied the Indian and he walked out of
the office.
Ijast. evening another Harrisburg
clergyman telephoned the police that
the man asked th.it a collection be ta
ken for hirn in the church. Fearing
that other attempts would be made by
the Indian to get aid in this way, Chief
Hutchison is warning the clergymen.
HI'RT SUCKING A LOLLYPOP
Little Girl Sent to Hospital Following
Injury Caused by Sweetmeat
Evelyn Morgan, 8-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Morgan, 160S
BerrVhill street, suffered sevoro lacera
tions of her 'palate and t'he roof of her
mouth at 2.P.0 o'vlock this afternoon
when she fell at her home while suck
ing a lollypivp.
Sihe was taken to the Harrisburg hos
pital where she was operated on im
mediately.
WHAT BOMB DID TO CATHEDRAL
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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 <his coming.
PLAN FOR MUMMERS' PARADE
Association Will Have Rules Ready for
Next Meeting, November «
When the Harrisburg Mummers' As
sociation meets Friday, November 6,
definite plans for the New Year's T>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 .
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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<l Hazlett report their
revelations will show that the game
1 was a widely-worked one and the swin
dlers profited considerably.
The Insurance Department, is deter
mined to break up this "death bed
insurance" game, and believes that it
has worked the coils about the swindlers
1 so that they cannot escape. Mrs. Ep
stein is the first known arrested, but
there are a number of others under sur
veillance and they will be taken into
custody.
RESICNATIONJ CARRAKZA
Adjournment of Mexican Convention
Without Taking Action Awaiting
Arrival of Zapata Delegates
By Associated Press,
Washington, Oct. 15.—Adjournment
ofj the Mexican convention at Aguasca
lientes last night without acting upon
the proposed resignation of General
< arranza as .first chief, pending the ar
rival of additional delegates represent
ing Zapata, was announced to-day in
official dispatches to the State Depart
ment from Consular Agents Carothers
and Kanova.
October 20 was tentatively agreed
upon as the date for reconvening the
con vention.
Aguascalientes. Mex., Oct. lo.—Un
official reports of the results of the
peace conference here yesterday sav
that a successor to General Carranza
for the Presidency of Mexico is to be
named soon. These reports, which are
■brief, do not explain when General
Carranza is to resign, or how, but indi
cate that the conference finished iu
work successfully last night.
Washington, Oct. 15.—lolonel Hat
field, at Naco, Arizona, telegraphed
Secretary Garrison to-day that Govern
or Mavtoreoa had at least 4,000 troops
attacking the Carranza garrison, that
he was looking for 500 men from Cans
ilea and that a large force of reinforce
ments were expected in Nogales.
BANK RE-ELECTS DIRECTORS
Old Members of the Board Retained by
the Citizens
The seven directors of the Citizens'
bank, Thirteenth and iDerry streets, all
were re elected at a meeting of'the
stockholders held *t)his afternoon. They
are as follows: Spencer F„ Barber
•lossph C. Eshleman, John F. Foeser
C. Xewton Herb, Charles H. Hoffman
John H. Mcllhenny and Edwin C
Thompson.
The directors will meet next Wed
nesday for the election of officers. Tfa
'bank [was organized on July 15, 1907
having deposits totaling $21,284.25
To-dav the 'bank statement shows t'h.
deposits to be $221,951.65. The i»
crease in deposits over last year •>
ceedejl $27,000,