8
mill's AID
OIL BOMB HURLING
Want President to En
ter Protest Against
Dropping of Missiles
From Aircraft
PLAN PROPOSED
ABOARD VESSEL
Keoolutaon Aciop:fd by Two Hundred
Passenger? States It Is Not » Ques
tion of Neutrality but Ona of Hu
manity in War
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New York. Oi't. IT.—A resolution :
and letter a»k'ng President \V |h>: t >
protest against bc:n'.» droi' ", >\ l.'p
pelins and aeroplane* uiou Euro eit
cities were adoftei by 200 passengers
on the steamsh [• Olyni| . which »r
rived hce last night t'-om "scotliiit.
F. Hopkinson Smith, .he iijiHtti
nove.ist, ene of the passengers. matte i
the resolution to the Pre-.d?ut as loon
a.- he stepped ashore. \V th it he u.t
dressed :i pe-sona etter au;h>r:.'ei by
those who signed the resolut n.
"We fee it :•» no: a question of
neutrality but a q.iesti.m of human
ity," the lette- sets forth. "and th it
«nv power refusing t< heed your « <e
and humane counsel would forfeit the
sympathy of the world."
The meeting at wh: di the resolution
was a.topted was he i on bo ird on
Thursday night. Tne President <
asked to protest ag.i 11st the }-act.ee
for the following reason
"First —Because it t- . >i*.r rv to
the instinct of ad -e ' re«p.*eting na
tions.
"Second —As being sure ' 1 a'ciiute
every particle of sympathy from : s
endorsing sui-h outrage*.
"Third—As not only brutal and
cruei to the a«t degree. bur with iu:
any other mil tarv advantage "ban the
terrorizing, maiming aui kiUnc >f in
nocent non-combatants. wh • are heif
less against s'.,ca atv '
CANAOIftN IrtliOrS MOVE
ATNIGHTINORDER NOT TO
IMt RAILWAY TRAFFIC
S;» isburv P'.a.n, Hag.. Oct. 16. . a
Lonuou. (X-t. IT. 2.20 A. M. Before
noon to-day the Canadian troops ceased
to rea.-b cam;' here a< they are trave.
ing only n tae night time n order not
to dislocate the railway -service. Ixj.*!
Roberts will review :ae Canadians
Monday.
The oniy incident marking the firs;
day of the Canadians in camp was a
broken leg reve ve i by a troope- when
kike-1 by a norse. The horses reach
ing the camp to- iai after the long >ea
and train journeys were <o skitr sh a'
being ou the ground ftgaia that they ■
gave the r». ruits as much as thev could
do to handle them. The animals are a
strange mixture of the solid farm
horses of Eastern Canada an t the mus
stangs of tne west. but accord.ug to
a !:M'e orporal of the armv service
corps who. unt.l a time ajo. wa :
a brakenian on a railroad .□ i alifornia,
the arm horses caused the most trouble
becau>e the. understood onlv the
r-en • : language and refuse Ito obsy
orders giveu a English.
An aeroplane flying over the -amp
to- lay aiuio-*: a used a stampede anion i
the horses. The troops showeu much in
teres; 'u the heavier-thanair machines.
As the Canadians are traveling oniy
at night an! have a long march to
camp at the end of their raitrdad jour
ney. it s not expected alt the -ont n
sent will rea.h here before Monday.
The camp has not been -ompletel.
GERMAN FLA<i HOISTKO ALL
ALOW THE IHTCH FRONTIER
London. Oct. IT. 4 A. M —A " Dailv
News dispatch fron' Rotterdam, time i
Thurs la\ at midnight. ssi. ~
"The Germans to-iav entered Zee '
brugge. from a military point of view '
the mo<- vaiuaole port on the Belgian
oasrc. fo toe southwest 'ornmuni atiou
wrth Dunkirk. Fran e, ha< been cut. The
tierman flag has been hoisted ail along
the Dutch frontier.
Northeast ot Ostend the Germans
are rapidly* pushing forward to the'
coast. This afternoon their outposts
were seen at Knocke. two nu.es from
the Dutch frontier on tae North sea.
The main army from Antwer-. is ad
vancing westward.''
WAR HITS ZOO TRADE AND
ANIMALS DO NOTHING Bl'T EAT
f'o>pentyagen. Oct. IT.—Toe firm of
Hagembeek has on its hands votes of
wild animals with no market. It had
a contrarrt to deliver wild beasis to the
amount of 10.000 pounds to America,
bes.des other big contracts with zoos
of the belligerent Powers. Those can
not in tne present circumstances be
fulfilled.
So now Haoenbe-ks are left in t.he
lurch with To full-grown lions. 45 ti
gars, TO trained polar bears. 100
hvenas and ST elephants, besides five
caravans which ought to be on tiheir
way home to Africa. India or where
their homes may be, with their horses,
camels, etc.
Ail these men and beasts must be
housed and fed. The animals want fod
der and everything is getting scarce.
•>ats and maize are hardly to be bad.
Fish is almost impossible to procure.
The only thing easily obtained is horse
in eat.
Germans Sink British Prize
San Francisco. Oct. IT. —The British
tram:> steamer Ir. lima. TOO tins, last
repo ted as •• detained" at the .Marshal)
Islands, was sunk by the Germans be
fore the islands were occupied by the
Ja anese. according to unofficial infor
mation received here yester.tay.
MACHINES TO COMPETE FOR U. S. ARMY PRIZES
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OV-i -c- - -' t t • C'
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In America there Is a among
che autumn !>*it\es on the aviation fields
these iVtober days over the news of
'leria '-onflicts thtit slips past the mi'ii
tarjr censors and reaches the easier ears
">f t'.-e alrtueu «>u ; side of the ocean.
Tile aero; lane - c ; ng put to the ce«t
if pract; ai servi - n the field, in
which i s use has li?en developing ever
since tlie fir«: demnustratlors of Its
scouting value were made by Uncle
Sim's -in liters in Texas five years ago.
At the War Department it was stated
that the builders of eleven types of
aeroplanes had given notice that they
would compete for the army prices.
Tlieir names were not made public by
the government, but tluougn trade
sources most of them are known and
several have supplied pictures of the bi
planes they contemplate entering in the
trin's at San Dieco on October 20. Those
buUdto'c machines for the contest iu
clude Orviile Wright, of Dayton, Ohio:
G'enn H Curtiss. of Hammotidsport.
N. Y : (ilen L. Martin, of Los Angeles;
Thomas Brothers, of Bath. X. Y.: Silas
Cri«t 'fferson. of San Francisco; Edson
F Gallaudet. of Norwich. Conn; Maxi
milian S.-hmitt, of Paterson. N. J . ami
Charles B. Kirkham. of Savoua, N. V..
and Avondale, N. J.
CITIZENS OF GHENT HOSTS
TOGEI'IWPSINCITV
Amsterdam. Via Ixindon. Oct. IT.
T. 20 A. M. —The Sluis, Netherlands,
cor- sj oi'dent of the "Telegraaf "
says tiiar Genera'. YOUU.K has been an
poinre.i commander of the German gar
ri*on at Ghent, which numbers 4,000
men. The sol iier-> ?ire no! quartereil
in private houses but iu public build
ug*. No alcohol ; s sold to the soi
diers. who are under the strictest or
der* to prevent looting. Ghent had to
I ro iuce hosts who however, say- the
dispatch, are permitted to stay in their
own houses. The Germans seized the
money iu the pos:otti-e and in the town
treasury. The schools hive been re
opened and the Germans hope soon to
resume the railway truth- between
Brussels and Ghent.
Large supplier of provisions and
clothes have arrived at Slui- for the
Belgian refugees. A majority of the
fugitives have no idea at the present
time of returning to Belgium. The sit
uation at Bfuges is quiet.
English Aeroplane Shot Down
London. Oct. IT, 10 A. M.—A d.s
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany from Amsterdam says that accord
ing to the German ; aper "Der Tan"
an English aeroplane was shot down
near Peronue, France, iuside the G'r
man lines. The town aviators aboard
were captured.
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THE GERMAN TROOPS HAVE NOW REACHED OSTEND
V\
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••• AuiE S~"««i
'O 5 0 10 20 30 40 SO
• Kai I tic
German troops from Antwerp, after occupying Ghent and Bruges, continue*! their advance to the North Sea at
Blankenbergh«\ and then proceeded to Ostendl 12 miles to the west. The allies at Ypres are ready to oppose the German
, advance into France and the German cavalry detachments which on Tuesday were at Hazebrouck and on Wednesday at
i have been driven further east, the allies now holding Estaires in the direction of Lille.
fURRISBITRfi STAR-fNDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVKXINd. OCTOBER 17, 1914.
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f JRs: 1/ —' .—^ITH AUSTRO
v y,K>tx
™ ■ — —• gi plane
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■ . these lUit' hhii s l«e?n kept sivret. the de-i
slguer> not wUhlug ;o iuforui their coui-j
HALF MILLION WAR TAX IS !l
DEMNBEB Fftllfl BRUGES
London. Oct. IT. 3.00 A. M. —The
German efforts to induce refugees to re
turn to Antwerp are meeting with no
success, because Bu-g minster Frank
has advised the citizens of Antwerp to
wait twelve days, pending the result of i
his endeavors to arrant>e favorable
terms, says a disp\tch from tiie Am
sterdam correspondent of the ••Daily
Chroni e." Tne message continues:
"Negotiations with thi< aim will
take place iu Brussels, to which place
the Burgomaster lies sent a party of,
refugees, all me- 50 >ear« ild, to con
suit with the German military gov
ernor.
"Tim* t'ai there nave been praeti
cally no exicsses of any kind in Ant-1
werp. although the mansion of fo.mer i
■ Burgomaster Dexos has been plundered.'
I ommuuication between Brussels and i
Antwerp is being maintained hv motor j
cars only, the railroads till being uie
less. Foreigners in Antwerp have
been forbidden to leave. The city wa
ter supply is still cut off.
" Bruges, which was occupied by 50,
000 Germans, has been asked t-o pav a *
war tax of haif a million dollars. AI
trong G->rnian force which is reconnoit
strong German force which is recounoit
with no resistance.
"Lille has been badly damaged, the
whole district between the railway sta
tion and the church of St. Maurice be
! ing iu rums.''
' petitory ss to thc-r ptans. General out
-I!lues,! lues, however, have appeared in the
I photographs sliuwu.
RUSSIANS PLAY WAITING
GAM-: GERMS ACTIVE
London, Oct. IT. 5 A. M—Tele
u'ra :iing from Petrogr.nl regarding the
situation in the Russian field of opera
tions, the correspondent of the
"Times'' says:
"It loolis as if those high in Kussian
command lu.i deeded to (lay a wait-;
game. Otherwise they would not
give the German> time to entrench an 11
therein prolong the whole course of op- 1
orations
"Reliable information shows that
liie Germans seriously contemplate win
tering in Poland. Peasants have risen
at many places, notably Kielce and
Michow . Regardless of the most tec- j
rioie reprisal", they are forming gueril
la bands and attacking the invaders.:
The railroad near Nowo Radomek has j
been wrecked and train loads of Ger- •
; man soldiers killed.
"All roads front the Vistula to the
1 frontier are encumbered with the Ger- j
man transport wagons and dead horses.
The ' oads are impassable owing to j
, rains.''
Britain Charters Horse Transport
Seattle. Oct. IT. —The Great North-'
ern's steamship Minnesota is to be cuar
terei by tiie British government it is
reported, to carry to Europe 9.000
-horses purchased in eastern Washing
ton, Idaho an.l Montana. The IMinne- j
sota can carry 2,000 horses each voy- j
j ag«. j
1.200,000 RED IN
TOE ENGLISH ARM!
I
Military Scribe Re
futes Statement
That There Are Only
600,000 in Service
SEES STRUGGLE
TO END OF 1915
Main Body of the British Army Will
Then Begin to Come Into View and
Mcke Good War When the Allies
Need a Rest
London, Oct. 1", 5.40 A. M. —The i
"Times" military correspondent, re-i
plying to the "Frankfurter Zeitung's'';
statement that Great Britain was un
able to raise more than 600,000 troops.!
say s:
••We have at the present moment ex
aetly double that number, namely.
1,200,000 men, and the uumber grows
almost faster than we ran cope with.
This is only the 'beginning.
"It is our way, as well as that of
America, to begin to raise our arms,
after war breaks out aiul to go on rais
ing them until our ultimate ends are I
achieved. With 1,200,000 men at!
home, the aruiv in the field and the;
hundreds of thousands forming in In-j
dia. Canada. Australia and elsewhere.:
ure merely the nucleus upon which oth-|
er armies will eventually be built.
Only a Question of Time
"It is only a question of time. It
stands to reason that an empire of 400,- j
000,000 can never lack men. This
war for us has hardly begun. We have ;
sent merely an advanced guard into '
France. In the spring the remainder [
of the advance guard wiil begin to
come within View.
"We are sorry for the allies t'hat we i
are even slower than R.issia in making
our weight felt, but a year or so hence, |
when the allies need a rest, we shall be'
in a position to make good war.
Maritime War Against Germany
"Nothing inn arrest the steadily
| ascending figures of our army. Their
! cos; is little account, since Germany
! will ultimately have to pay in terri- j
i torv us well as money,
i "Imagine, things at their worst.!
i Imagine the last Cossack upon the *
i I'rals and the last French doorkeeper |
■ evicted from Bordeaux. Then we
i would begin a maritime war against
j Germany and still be no worse off than
■ when we began against Napoleon."
KRONTRI\ZI>SI\ I'ECKJIE
ORDERED TO NEW WATERS >
Portla-nd. Me., Oct. 17. —An order |
i directing that the North German IJovd
steamship Kronpriuzessin Cecilie, now j
'at Bar Harbor, be transferred "at
mice" to the distric; of Massachusetts,
was issued in the Federal court yester
day. The reason given for the removal \
is tlmt it is not safe for the ship to j
remain ar her present anchorage on am
ount of the ice.
United States Marshal Wilson, of i
this district, was ordered to provide the
necessary convoy, ami it is understood '
that at least one torpedo boat will be j
employed for this service. As far as I
possible the vessel will be kept within j
rhe three-mile limit, but it is not be- |
, lieved this can be done for the entire j
; vovage to Boston.
The libel for $1,040,000 which has j
teen filed against the steamship by the !
i Guarantee Trust Company, of New i
York, has been withdrawn on account !
of tlhe change of jurisdiction, but an !
( ot'her has been brought in 'Massachusetts
! and will be filed as soon as she reaches
Massachusetts water. This also applies"
i to a petition to intervene in tfhis libel, j
brought by ( Carles W. Rantoul, a pas-!
' senger on the ship, who claims dam-1
ages because he was uot landed iu Eu- i
rope.
I .
THINK FRENCH SOIL WILL BE
SOON FREE FROM GERMANSJ
London. Oct. 17, 4.38 A. M.—The
correspondent of the "Times" in Bor
deaux. commenting on the situation, tel-1
ographs as follows:
I "The geueral impression prevails:
| here that we are on the eve of the l»b-
I eration of French soil from the in-]
I carters. It is believed the Germans!
j cannot long resist the combined pres
j sure of the allied armies and will be ;
j forced to weaken their center, thus re- ;
j lieving Soissons and Rlieims. This will j
I endanger General Von Kluck's army I
I ajid will compel tlhe retreat of the >
Crown Prince's army which is in .jeop-i
! ardv more especially because snow is j
I falling in the Ardennes."
England Buys Missouri Horses
Springfield, 'Mo., Oct. 17. —Fifteen
hundred horses for use in the British ;
| army have been bought in the Ozark .
; district and shipped from here within |
two days. They were sent to Canada. j
Bids Asked on British War Loan
Loudon, Oct. 17.—1t was announced ,
yesterday tfhat the Bank of England, on
i October 21, would receive tenders for
treasurv bills amounting to $75,000,-
000. "fliis will be the fifth loan for a
similiar amount.
Lancaster County Farms Sold
Marietta, Oct. 17.—-Henry Weaver
yesterday purchased the Lefevre farm
in Strasburg township for $3,385;
Jacob Hoak. of' Manor, bought the fifty
acre farm in Providence township, be-'
longing to Catharine Huber, and Jacoh ■
B. Mver estate sold to Ralph Rutter, a
sixteen acre fafm for the high price of
$3,200. These farms are all desirous
and good farming tracts.
Rush for Hunters' Licenses
Lebanon. Oct. 1 7. —The rush for :
: hunters' licenses at tihe county treas-'
! urer's office in the Court House reached \
the 1,200 mark yesterday and there is J
every indication that there will be no j
let up until the 2,000 mark of last
year will have been reached or passed, i
Deputy <'ountv Treasurer J. W. Hart
man and bis cierk, Henry Hartman. are'
kept busy attending to the needs of tlhe
fauniera. j
AMUSEMENTS,
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MAJESTIC
This afternoon unit evening. "Sin
en Keys to Baldpate."
Monday, matinee and night, Octo I
ber 19, "The Dingbat Family." ,
Tlhursday afternoon and evening,
Oct. 22, "The Girl of the Moun
tains.
Saturday afternoon and evening,
Voxel's Minstrels.
ORPHEUM
Every afternoon and evening, high
class vaudeville.
COLONIAL
Daily continuous vaudeville and pic
tures.
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"Seven Keys to Baldpate"
George M. Cohan has gone up one!
I step more and reached the round of per-j
I nianent fame in the ladder of success.
"Seven Keys to Baldpate' is his great
! est play. It teeuis with thrills and !
| fun. "Mvsterv farce" is a new an I
| original classification for melodrama,!
I but the "mystery" element is strong!
! and keeps one guessing. The plot is
j perplexing at first —its complete solu !
It ion does not come until the curtain is !
I rung down on the last act. William 1
Hallowell Magee was the writer oi
popular melodramatic novels. He was
writing a book on a bet in "the lone
sotnest s] ot on earth"—a summer ho
tel in the winter —to which he is giv
en an alleged "only" key by its own '
i er. The wager was to write a 10,000 j
j word serious novel in twenty-four j
' hours, lie is just beginning t'o work
when unsuspected happenings rob Bald j
I pate of its lonesomeness. Five other ■
I" only" keys admit successively a rob |
: ber with murderous intent, a charming '
!girl reported (aud it's love at first i
sight with the author), an adventuress!
with "cuss" wor.ls galore, a "graft j
ing'' mayor and his henchman, an un j
j scrupulous railroad president and a i
i real, live, humorous "ghost." There I
! are political intrigues and scandal.)
! roundups aud pistol shots and thrills:
| a-plenty that start a guessing game in
i the audience. Adv.
"The Dingbat Family
Two of New York's Society's fa
vorite ballroom dancers will be carried I
by the "Dingbat Family" along with
the company of forty talented come ii ;
ans and vocalists, including the famous j
chorus of "real" Broadway beauties'
that sing and dauce their way right !
into your heart. This famous fun show
! will appear at the Majestic Monday j
' matinee and night. The musical nam
i bers, and there are plenty, are fast,!
{ lively and above all new, aud costumed i
]in fetching style; the many changes I
keep the big chorus busy from the rise j
to the fall of the curtain. The comedy ,
! situations are really funny, which is j
j more than can be said of many so- j
] called musical comedies. Taking all in !
i all it is a good, new fast, and original \
! musical comedy. A<jv.
"A Oirl of the Mountains"
1 With a plot that is unique, a style
that is graceful and clever, a love story '
of enduring beauty, background of bril-j
1 liant color, is the new version of 1-iem ;
R. Parker's four-act society drama, I
|"A Oirl of the Mountains," which
| comes to the Majestic Thursday mati
| nee and night. It is not too much to
1 say that this production embodies all,]
moreover. "A Girl of the Mountains"!
is backed by a company of more than j
! ordinary and a full scenic equip- (
| ment is carried. Popular prices will pre
j vail. The seat sale opens Tuesday.
Adv.
John Vogel's Minstrels
In other cities where John W. Vo
gel's Big City Minstrels have appeared,
! theatre parties have been a social fea
! ture of the event. It is a jolly way of '
i enjoying a perfect evening and witness
I ing what is said to be the best dressed j
i and most elaborately staged minstrel i
performance iu America. The above or-;
ganization will appear at the Majestic
next Saturdav matinee and evening. i
Adv.
At the Orpheum
The Orpheum's strongly balanced
and really deserving vaudeville bill!
| that delighted good sized audiences all!
• week, will play its final engagement to-j
! night. Owing to the furore that Liew j
j Dockstader made at Keith's Philadel j
I phia Theatre this week, where all of
|the newspapers declared him to have
! the most uproariously, sidesplitting fun-1
jny act that ever appeared iu vaude
ville, Manager Hopkins at once bent
I every possible effort to secure him for •
the Orpheum. So he comes here next
1 week, direct from the million dollar!
'playhouse, which is pretty good proof j
that the Orpheum management was "on !
| the job." According to the bookingj
j arrangements earlier in the week, Dr.,
{C'o'ok was slated to appear, but in order!
ito find a vacancy for the celebrated
| black-face l*>w, Dr. Cook was forced to
j retire. He may appear here later in i
1 the season. Anyway we are going to J
'have the good luck to see I*ew Dock
i stader in Harrisburg next week, giv i
1 ing a wonderfully realistic portrayal of i
the übiquitous "Teddy," the loquati j
' ous "Teddy," Don Quixote charging |
j the windmills of predatory wealth, the:
j famous founder of the "Ananias Club"
land the wielder of the "big club"
I vicariously in the person of this joy !
i ous minstrel man. Clothed in khaki
| uniform, wearing the familiar spec I
tacles and the grinning teeth, the cele i
brated artist of black cork gives a
burlesque of a certain "third term
candidate." that is easily the biggest |
scream that was ever served up to the j
varieties. Charging back and forth, imi
tating the famous hissing voice to per -
fection, Dockstader proceeds to explain '
"The policies." Doolev and Kugcl, the I
clever musical comedy couple, who grew
;so popular here two seasons ago in
that bright musical comedy "Thei
i Housewarmers" are also among thei
choice plums of next week's bill. I
Adv.
-
At the Colonial
A chararter dancing novelty of un-'
usual excellence, a very clever and fun-i
Iny skit of son# and nonsense, and a 1
> thrilling and handsomely staged Her- i
, i culean novelty, round out a corking
| vaudeville bill that appears at the Ct>- i
; lonia! for its last performances to-day.
I The names presenting these acts' iii
elude Mclver and Scott; Jerge and
'Hamilton and the Azard Brothers. A
j splendid program of the first run li \
I censed feature films, is also slated to be i
presented to day. In connection with
th,> entertainment that is arranged for
at the Colonial for the first halt' of
next week the management will exhibit
« local made "movie," comprising 900
feet, showing the parade of the Fire
men s Convention. The picture will bo
exhibited Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday at the Colonial and then it hat
been contracted for to appear in many
cities and towng all over the State.
Adv.
OHILX WANTS OUR OOAL
Asks Bid to Furnish Mhmmmi Tons in
Three Years
Pittsburgh, Oct. IT,— The producers
of the Pittsburgh district are to have
an opportunity to bid .on a contract for
400,000 tons of coal through the ef
forts of the Pittsburgh Foreign Trade
Commission.
The coul is wasted by the railways
of Chile. The specifications were ob
tained through the Federal Department
of Commerce, and are very full and
complete covering about 25 typewrit
ten pages. The contract is to cover
three years.
Inquiries for prices on cutlery,
pneumatic and all kinds of steel tools
continue to delude the foreign trade
commission. In eleven of the inquiries
it is stated that the concerns have
heretofore secured their needs in Ger
many.
SENATOR HALL VERY LOW
Little Hope For Recovery of Banker
111 in Cleveland Hospital
Cleveland. Oct. 17.—Senator James
K. P. Hall, banker and lumberman of
Kidgwa.v, Pa., and Democratic leader
, in State politics, was critically ill at
Lakeside hospital last night as the re
I suit of an operation performed on him
j Wednesday.
Five doctors were in constant at
tendance during tiie night, and said
j there wi;s little chance for recoverv.
I Senator Hall, who is 70 years old,
j was brought to Cleveland October 'i
to be under the care of Dr. <;, W.
( 'rile. His wife and four children are
| constantly at his bedside.
BRYAN MAKES 1,1 SPEECHES
Concludes Whirlwind Day In Tennes
see With Address at Nashville
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 17.—After
j having spoken at twelve points in mid
! die Tennessee yesterday, Secretary
I William Jennings Bryan wound up his
j whirlwind tour of this section last
| night before an audience of 6,000,
j that packed the Ivy ma m auditorium.
I Mr. Bryan pleaded for the support
of General Rye, the Democratic noni-
I inee in the Governorship fight, and vig.
| orously assailed Governor Hooper,
j To-day Mr. Bryan is touring' West
Tennessee, closing at Memphis to
j night.
ASHLAND ENGINEER KILLED
Two Shenandoah Miners Fatally In
jured When a Blast Explodes
Shenandoah, Pa., Oct. 17.—Edward
Smith, of Ashland, was crushed to
I death and Sylvester Hudock and Jo
! seph Close, both of this city, wera
J probably fatally injured at l/ocustt
Mountain colliery.
Smith was employed as locomotive
engineer. While cleaning the fire on his
j locomotive he fell under the wheels.
His father was killed in a similar -man
ner a year ago at Locust Spring eol
i liery. Hudock and Close prepared a
| blast and when he failed to go off they
j went back to investigate, when there
| was a terrific explosion, hurling both
j fifty feot down a breast.
SCORNED HUSBAND A SUICIDE
Told By Rich Wife She No Longer
Loved Him
New York, Oct. 17.—Policeman Mi
chael J. Nugent, of the Butler street
police station in Brooklyn, learning
from the lips of his wife that she no
longer loved him, shot himself in the
head early yesterday morning.
Mrs. Nugent is 26 years old, a worn
! an of property, owning stock in a Rose
j street printing company. She was mar
ried to Nugent two years ago.
BAD TEETH WORSE THAN RUM
Evil Effects on System Pointed Out
By Dentists
J Boston, Oct. 17.—Defective teeth
J cause more destruction to the system
j than alcohol, according to speakers at
I the convention of the Northeastern
| Dental Association yesterday.
Dr. W. A. White, of the New York
I State Board of Health, said 45 per
cent, of the failures among school chil
j dren were due to teeth troubles.
To Test Mileage Book Law
Concord, N. H., Oct. 17.—The con
stitutionality of the New Hampshire
, statute under which the Boston and
i Maine Railroad Company is required
i to sell 500-mile hooks of mileage for
$lO will be tested in the federal
! courts. This announcement was made
! yesterday by President James H. Hus
! tis, of the road.
Find Broken Mother, Drowned
Altoona, Oct. 17. —The body of
Mrs. Cora Daire, aged 3.5, who. while
| temporarily insine over the shooting
j of oue of her sons by another, wander
' ed away from her home at Daughertv's
! Mines, 12 miles north of here, on June
j 4. was found in a small stream near
Bellwood, yesterday by Raymond
| Shultz, Bellwood, and Blanchard Parks,
| Tyrone, who were out hunting.
Named for Peace Commission
Washington, D. C., Oct. 17.—Senator
! Stone, of Missouri, chairman of the
| Senate Committee on Foreign Relation",
j has been appointed by President Wil
son, the first memher of the Commis
sion provided for in the peace treaty
| between the I'nited States and Guatc
i mala.
Postofflce Is Robbed
Oentralia, Oct. IJ.-*- Burglars early
| yesterday morning entered the postof
! fice through n ••ellar window and stole
a package of jewelry valued at several
1 hundred dollars. The money and stamps
j were locked in the safe, which showed
signs of being tampered with, but tlie
| burglars were evidently scared away
j before blowing the 'door from its
hinges.
Reward for a Murderer
Wilkes-Barre. Oct. 17.—Offi ials of
the Lehigh Valley railroad yesterday
offered a reward of SSOO for the arrest
and conviction of the murderer of Con
: rad Ruwedel, section foreman, whose
body was found along the road lead
ing from the Silver Brock colliery to
Cranberry on the night of September
I 26. Death was caused bv two bullet
l wounus in the head.