THE WEATHER RAIN TO-NIOHT AND TO MORROW Detailed Report* Page 8 dkT a 7 l I'KT" ed VOL. VH—NO. 115 ANOTHER BRITISH BY THE GERMANS; 350 MEN LOST Only 50 of the Crew Are Res- i cued When the pedoed by a Submarine Loss of the Bi Vessel Is Officially by the British Admirality in Statement Gi day— Refugees saw Report sians Have Be German Advan That City By Associated Press. London, Oct. 16, 12.03 P. M.—The British cruiser Hawke has been sunk in the North Sea by a German sub marine. Out of a crew of 400 men fifty were saved. London, Oct. 16, 12.15 P. M.—The statement that the British cruiser Hawke has been torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea has been officially confirmed. London, Oct. 16, 12.20 P. M.—The admiralty has given out the following announcement concerning the loss of the cruiser Hawke: "His Majesty's ship, Theseus, Captain Hugh D. Ed wards, was attacked by a submarine in the northern waters of the North Sea yesterday afternoon and was missed. His Majesty's ship Hawke, Captain H. P. E. T. Williams, was attacked about the same time and was sunk. "The following officers with 49 men of the crew have been landed at Aberdeen from a trawler: Boatswain Snd ney Austin, Gunner James Dennis and Acting Gunner Harry Evitt. The remaining officers and men are missing. Further particulars will be published as soon as available. The Hawke was a cruiser built in 1889." The Hawke is the British cruiser which collided with the White Star Line steamer Olympic September 20, 1911, near Osborne bay, on the north side of the Isle of Wight. She received serious damage. GERMAN ADVANCE REPULSED London, Oct. 16, 4 A. M.—A Reuter telegram from Petrograd says: "Refugees who fled from Warsaw at the approach of the Germans are returning, the Russians having beaten back the German advance, chiefly through the brilliant work of the battery. "The fighting is now in progress 30 miles from War saw. The town of Grodzisk, which was captured by the Germans, has been retaken by the Russians. The fighting, a few days ago, was within seven miles of Warsaw. "The Germans are making excellent use of aeroplanes which signals by means of long black streamers whenever they pass over Russian batteries. The fighting line of the opposing forces extends 160 miles from north of Warsaw to a point due south of Przemysl. Half of Galicia is oc cupied by the Russians." Petrograd, via London, Oct. 16, 4.36 A. M.—The "Courier" publishes a report that a German force which entered Warsaw, Russian Poland, region after two days of hard fighting was cut in two and driven back on the Lodz, Petrokoff and Kielce line. The newspaper says it is claimed that 10,000 German prisoners were taken. German naval forces have scored again. The British Admiralty announces that the cruiser Hawke was sent to the botom in the North Sea by a German submarine Thursday. The loss of life on the Hawke is not made known but the warship belonged to an older class of vessels that ordinarily carry about 500 officers and men. Only fifty of her crew are known to have been saved. A sister ship, the cruiser Theseus, was also attacked by a submarine but escaped. The French War Office reported this afternoon that the progress of the allies indicated in Thursday's com munication had been confirmed. The field of action on the left wing of the allied armies extends from the region of Ypres to the sea. There was no official word from Berlin up to early afternoon, but news dispatches report that the Germans marching on Ostend are within ten miles of their ob jective, having occupied Blankenburghe, a town on the Belgian coast connected by rail with Ostend. The belief grows in London that Ostend will not be occupied by the Germans until at least they have fought Coatiaaed on Fifteenth Pace. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1914—16 PAGES. DESCRIPTION OF BRITISH CRUISER SUNK IN NORTH SEA BY CERNIAN TORPEDO London, Oct. 16. —The British cruis er Hawke, sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea yesterday, was of 7,- 350 tons displacement. She was 360 feet long, of 60 feet beam and drew 23 feet of water. She was a sister ship of the Edgar, Endymon, Grafton, The seus and Gibraltar and was launched in 1891. Her armament consisted of two 9.2 inch guns, ten 6 inch guns, twelve 6 pounders, five 3 pounders, two machine guns and two torpedo tubes. Her com plement is given as 544 men, but she may have had fewer on board when she went down. The Hawke was commanded, accord ing to the British Admiralty list of September, 1914, by Captin Hugh P. E. T. Williams and among her officers were Commander Bernard A. Pratt Bar low and Lieutenant Commander R. Sosoman. The disaster to the Hawke follows by about three weeks the sinking in the North Sea of the British cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Gressv. These ves sels succumbed to the attack of a Ger man submarine and with them some sixty British officers and 1,400 men went to their death. When the Hawke was laid down in .June ol' 1889 sh ? was launched at Chat ham on March 11, 189 t.Among her of ficers at the time of this disaster were eight naval cadets. Other British warships lost since the outbreak of hostilities are the cruiser Amphion, which was sunk in the North Sea by a mine August 6 and the cruiser Pathfinder, torpedoed in the North Sea September 10. The loss of the Hawke makes a total of six British cruisers destroyed by Germany in the North Sea since the beginning of the war. IMPORTANT REINFORCEMENTS FOR GERM ANS ON WEST FRONT London, Oct. 16, 12.25 P. M.— "Important; German reinforcements, es pecially artillery, have been Bent to the west front," cables the Copenhagen cor respondent of Hauler's Telegram Com pany. " My informant, who has just return ed 'here, met at Brendenburg twenty eight trains of reinforcements in one hour all packed with men and horses. He estimates the numtber of troops to be 'between 300,000 and 400,000." ALLIES TAKE H4NNESCAMPS; GERMAN'S ALSO MAKE ADVANCE Washington, Oct. 16.—Capture of Hannescamps, south/west of Arras by the allies, and an advance by the Ger mans from Audenarde to Courtrai were announced in an official dispatch made public here to-day by the French em bassy. The dispatch follows: "The Germans hav e advanced from Audenarde toward Courtrai. The enemy occupy a line of defense at Meroine, Armentiers and Givenchy. To the west of Ija Bassee he is in contact with our troops between that locality and Ar ras. A violent combat took place northwest of Lens to Vermelles which resulted in our favor. We have taken Hanndscamps, southwest of Arras." PITTSBURGH IRON OFFICIAL DIES OF WOUNDS AT ANTW ERP Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 16. —(Lieuten- ant Alfred Sang, vice president of the Garland Nut and Bolt Company of Pitts burgh, and until recently in charge of the London business, has died of wounds sustained during the recent lighting at Antwerp, according to information re ceived by his business associates here. Lieutenant Sang was born in En gland and came to the United States a number of years ago, residing in Pitts burgh until sent abroad by his company. Lieutenant Sang saw active service in Prance almost from the outbreak of 'hostilities. 'Students Honor Poincare Bordeaux, Oct. 16, 1.05 P. M.->- President Poincare has accepted an in vitation of the students of Glasgow University to their next Lord Sector. This is the first time this honor has been conferred upon a foreign states man. TOLL OF BRITISH hebiiii Sinking of the Cruiser Hawke Eighth Big Vessel Destroyed by the Germans NORTH SEA THE GRAVEYARD OF 7 Bad Aim on Part of German Gunner All That Saved the Hawke's Sister Ship, the Thesues, From Destruction at Same Time London, Oct. 16, 1.42 P. ;M.—Anoth er thrust from the German submarine service has robbed the British navy of the cruiser Hawke and has raised the tally of British warships sunk by the Germans to seven. To tlhis must be added the virtual destruction of tihe cruiser Pegasus by a German warship at Zanzibar. The Hawke, a cruiser of 7,350 tons, under command of Captain Hugh Wil liams. was sunk yesterday in the North sea, the graveyard of six other war ships which were the victims of Ger man torpedoes. It was only bad aim on the part of tihe German gunner whicih saved tlbe Hawke's sister ship, the Theseus and the doubling of yesterday's disaster, for tfhat vessel, too, was attacked, but she escaped. ~v _ -#,.«—• The exact complement aiboard the Ham-ke 'has not been announced, but in ordinary times the men numbered Conttnnrd nn Sixth I'nse. BRITISH ADVISER COMES TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL SITUATION WITH THE U.S. New York, Oct. 16.—Sir George Paiss. adviser to the British Chancel lor of the Exchequer, reached New York to-day aboard the steamer Baltic, to ■confer with Treasury Department of ficials at VVaShington" and bankers and financiers in this city in regard to es tablishing a basis of exchange between this country and England. The 'Baltic 'brought 1,515 passengers. The Mjvuretania also arrived Ihere to day. She had 990 passengers. It was said that this probably would be her last trip to New York for some time, as she will be laid up at Liverpool for repairs upon 'her return there. Sir George said that he was here at the invitation of the Secretary of the Treasury. He was accompanied by (Basil B. Blackett, an official of tihe Brit ish Treasury. "While T am in America," said Sir George, "I expect to investigate the situation ihere so far as the handling of the cotton crop and its financing is con-i ■eerned, as well as the exchange situa tion. England is vitally interested in the cotton situation ihere. Sir George and Mr. Blak'kctt said 'thev thought that before British mora torium expired on November 4 some (plan migQrt 'be arranged whereby the London Stock Exchange might 'be re opened. 5.000 PRISONERS AND BIC BOOTY TAKEN BY GERMANS Washington, Oct. 16. —The German embassy to-day received the following official wireless report from Berlin: "Official headquarters reports that near Antwerp between 4,000 and 5,000 prisoners were taken and among the war booty are 500 cannon, 4,000 tons of'grain and plenty of wool, metal and cattle. The harbor works are un damaged. '' The French attacks near Albert have been repulsed. The Russiau ad vance in East Prussia has failed. The Russian attack with eight army corps from Warsaw and Ivangorod has been repulsed." U. S. ADMIRAL ORDERED TO CLOSE HONOLULU WIRELESS Washington, Oct. 16.—Rear Admiral Moore, commandant of the naval sta tion at Honolulu, was ordered to-day to close the Marconi wireless station there within twenty-four hours unless the company gave a satisfactory Explana tion of the sending of a wireless dis patch announcing the arrival of tihe 'German gunboat Geicr. H LINES mm ATTACK Mexicans Have Two Mounted Guns Train ed on U. S. Outposts at Vera Cruz AGUILAR MARES A PROUD BOAST General Is Reported to Have Made Wager That He Will Take Break fast In the City of Vera Cruz Next Sunday By Associated Press. Vera Cruz, Oct. 16. —Evident prep arations on the part of a small detach ment of men under General Aguilar for an attack last night on the American outposts around Vera Cruz have re sulted in the strengthening of the Amer ican lines. Some 200 Mexicans are in a posi tion about halt a mile from the Amer ican posts and they have two mounted guns trained on the American soldiers. Their warlike activity is attributed in Vera Cruz to over-indulgence iu liquor obtained at a house just beyond the American lines, but their boasts that they were about to inaugurate an at tack that ultimately would drive the Americans out of this port are taken , juore or leas seriously on account of the ■ pendstency of the reports that-Afluiltir will not be able to restrain himself much longer and that the impatience of his men to enter Vera Cruz is ren dering his control over them doubtful. Aguilar's entire force is estimated at between 4,000 and 6,000 men, with several pieces of artillery. It is re ported in Vera Cruz that Aguilar has made a wager that he will take break fast in this city next Sunday. Washington, Oct. 16.—General Car ranza's resignation has not been pre sented to the Mexican convention at Aguascalientes. To-day's reports to the State Department reiterated that the question of his retirement would not Ibe taken up until additional delegates from General Zapata arrived. Conditions in the west coast of Mox ico are rapidly assuming a more peace ful aspect and Rear Admiral Howard, reporting to-day from the flagship West Virginia at La Paz, predicted the speedy restoration of peace in Lower California. CANDIDATES JUTOTTRUCK Norristown Reporter Killed and Aspir ant for the Legislature Not Expected to Live By Associated Press, Norristown, Pa., Oct. 16. —Wihile re turning to this place from a political meeting held in a town near here last night, Frederick E. Simons, a reporter for a Norristown newspaper, was killed when an automobile in which he was riding was struck by a railroad train. Three others who were in the automo bile were injured. Arthur McFarland. justice of the peace at Gulf Mills, near here, candidate for the Legislature, is not expected to .ive. The other in jured are John Decie and Bernard Shaifter. John Rex, candidate for State Sena tor, and Harold Knight, of Ambler, candidate for Congress, who were also in the automobile, escaped injury. The men were returning from a Washington party rally. McFarland was taken to a hospital in South Bethlehem. MARION VERBEKE RESIGNS Gives Up the Post of Clerk to the Jury Commissioners Marion V e rbeke, clerk to the Jury Commissioners, to-day sent in his resig nation to the Commissioners. It will become effective on November 1. Mr. Verbeke for years had been deputy City Controller, and when that office was abolished he was retained as chief clerk to William L. Gorgas, City Com missioner of Finance and Accounts. His appointment to the clerkship with the Jury Commissioners was made shortly after the new board went into office almost a year ago. He was named successor to George W. Mcll henny. The Jury Commissioners will hold a special meeting within the next few days to select a clerk, and it is said upon good authority that Freeman C. Gerberick, of Dauphin, a clerk in the State Department of Public Grounds and Buildings, will "be named Mr. Ver beke 's successor. The clerk to "the Jury Commissioners works, as a rule, on not more than a dozen days a year or only w>hem court jurors are draw*. NIB FUSION MIJO-DIIII Mann, Democrat, Quits 9th District Ticket for Hetrick, Wash ington Party GOSHORN OUT OF SENATE CONTEST Yields His Place in the Crawford-Mer cer Race to R. E. Smith, Bull Mooser—Combination on Assembly Candidates in Lancaster It was announced in Democratic State headquarters to-day that the ob ject of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the State Committee was to till vacancies on the ticket caused by fusion. State Chairman Morris came up from Philadelphia at noon and the Executive Committee at once went into secret session, there being present, either in person or by proxy, all of the members with the exception of Eugene Bonniwell, of Philadelphia, one of the Old Guard Democrats who, it is under stood, has not become reconciled to the, new order of things instituted by the Reorganizes. Instead of occupying the regular meeting room of Chairman Morris tho committee got off into a room up stairs and all outsiders were re)jciou?ly barred from the conference. Jt *as ail nounced that the conference would last until late in the afternoon, which Continued on SUth Pace. 4 DODGE THE STONE PILE Escape Detention After Enjoying Two Meals and Warm Beds at the County Almshouse Fourteen hours after each had been sentenced to ninety days exercise on the stone pile, John White, Howard Wilbert, Joseph Fellen and James Clark, four defendants taken to the Almshouse last evening, made their es cape and went away rejoicing over the fact that they had received two full meals and had enjoyed a night's sleep in warm, dry beds. They obtained their freedom by slipping out of the Almshouse at breakfast time this morn ing while Charles Jones, the night watchman, was not looking their way. The four now are among the missing and the police of the city, who yester day nabbed them on charges of vagran cy, have been asked to be on the look out. These four defendants with three others were slated to go to the stone pile this morning. Two panhandlers, who a week ago were committed to the care of the Directors of the Poor, told the new arrivals of the work they would have to do, inasmuch as the two already had experience breaking stone, .md the quartet resolved to "beat it." They were successful and S. F. Barber, the Almshouse steward, said he is with out means of bringing them back. At noon to-day one of the Directors of the Poor announced that steps will be taken at once to have one or more guards commissioned with full police powers to watch the " stone-nappers.'' Jt is likely that a special meeting of the Poor Directors will be called to con sider this plan. ELECTS GILBERT PRESIDENT Board of Directors of Chamber of Com merce Choose Him As Head of the Organization Henderson Gilbert, w