I THE WEATHER / FAUt TO-NIGHT A AND TO-MOEKOVT if Detailed Report. Pass « \ SffimSE™ VOL. 76—NO. 119. VIOLENT ATTACKS ON ALLIES' LINES BY THE GERMANS ARE ALL REPULSED Desperate Assault Kaiser's Forces Dixmude and With Graat Energy, Says Of ficial French bardment of matia, Continues Violence Eng tween German and Hostile the Baltic, Nearß Off Prussian ported From By Associated Press. Paris, Oct. 21, 2.40 P. M.—The French official com fmunication given out this afternoon says that the attacks iyesterday of the enemy on Nieuport, Dixmude and La Bas see all were repulsed by the allies. The text of the com munication follows: "During the day of yesterday the attacks of the enemy were particularly violent at Nieuport, Dixmude and La Bassee. They all were repulsed by the allied armies with great energy. "At all other points the situation is without notable Change." BOMBARDING OF CATTARO Rome, Oct. 21, 3.50 P. M*— Late news from the Adriatic is to the effect that the bombardment of Cattaro, Dalmatia, continues with great violence. ENGAGEMENT ON THE BALTIC London, Oct. 21, 10.05 A. M.—An engagement between German torpedo boats and hostile submarines in the Baltic near Rugen Island off the Prussian coast, is reported from Stockholm, according to a "Central News" dispatch from Copenhagen. No details of the fight or its result are given. Violent attacks and counter attacks for possession of the seaeost in the extreme north of France continue with out decisive results. Only oue official statement—that from Paris—had come through early this afternoon. It threw little light on the situation, being brief and referring to events of yester day. The attacks of the Germans especially severe at Nieu port, Dixmude and La Bassee, Tuesday, were repulsed, says the French War Office. TLuere was no noteworthy chauge elsewhere ou the battle front. News dispatches indicate the sharpest fighting in the vicinity of Lille with a renewal of activity at various points all along the line. Counter claims regarding the situation in the east leave much to speculation. There appears, however, little doubt that the German advance in Russian sPoland has been so successful that Warsaw is seriously threatened. Przemysl remains in possession of the Austro- German forces. There has been a renewal of activity in Eastern Prussia without definite result. A statement from Vienna issued yesterday says that the fighting in Central Galicia has become more severe and that the Austrian attacks are •progressing. I A news dispatch from Copenhagen says that German •torpedo boats have been engaged with an enemy in the Baltic off the Prussian coast. No details were given. Albania looms again as a possible influence upon the at titude ol Italy towards the war. The Italian government I to-day denied that Italian troops had occupied Avlona, which has been threatened by insurgents since the abdica tion of Prince William. At the same time the Giornale »D'ltalia of Rome declares that there is a state of anarchy at Avlona. Estimates that Greece is taking advantage of the disturged conditions, and declares that -the Italian government has notified the powers that it will not tolerate a violation of the integrity of Albania; Rome reports of ficially that the Anglo-French fleet is still bombarding Cattaro, Dalmatia. Turkey's attitude is a matter of concern of all the belligerents. The Sublime Porte is reported to have for bidden warships to enter the gulf of Smyrna. The inhab itants ot Smyrna recently were said to have been in great tear ot a naval attack. An Athens dispatch says: A revolutionary outbreak in Portugal is reported. Be yond the statement that the movement was suppressed few details are given in a message from Lisbon. It is probable that the Royalists have seized the opportunity afforded by the departure of a large contingent of the army for Portuguese possessions in Africa. There are further rumors of a German intention to begin a great aerial campaign. Following reports that air sheds w<?re being constructed at Brussels and Antwerp, C«atlmued on Fourth Page. itie Star- Itikp^ttktti HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1914—12 PAGES. 11. S. PROTESTS TO GREAT BRITAIN ON SEIZURE OF AMERICAN OIL TANK VESSEL Washington, Oct. 21. —The United States has protested to Great Britain against the seizure by a British war ship of the American tank steamer, John D. Rockefeller. This was an nounced to-day by Acting Secretary Lansing, of the State Department. As the Rockefeller was American owned and flew the American flag and no change of registry was involved, the American government considers the seizure unwarranted. She had American officers and crew. The ship was bound from one neutral port to another, leav ing Philadelphia on September 2 for Copenhagen and carried illuminating oil, which Secretary Lansing said had not been classed as contraband in any notification received from Great Brit ain. The vessel was taken to the Orekney Islands. Mr. Lansing said no representations or protest had been made in the case of the steamer Briudella taken recent ly to Halifax and that he was await ing further information as to the char acter of her cargo and the conditions under which she was seized. The protest was made to the British government through Ambassador Page at London, who was instructed to ask for the immediate release of the Rock efeller. As the cargo of the Brindilla was the same as the Rockefeller's, the gov ernment 's action to-day was taken to foreshadow another protest and de mand for release, unless some difficulty in the change of the Brindella's reg istry ,not yet developed, comes up. STANDARD OIL STEAMER IS SEIZED BY BRITISH SHIPS New York, Oct. 21.—The Standard Oil Company, Plat.uria, flying the American flag has been seized by British warships off the coast, of Scot land and taken into Stornowav, a port in the Lewis Islands, according to cablegrams received here to-day by the company from her captain. GERMAN CRUISER EMDEN SINKS FIVE BRITISH SHIPS London, Oct. 21, 4.55 P. M.—The Gorman cruiser Einden has again been sinking British steamers, this time at a point 150 miles southwest of Cochin, British India, according to a report re ceived by the Admiralty from Colombo, Ceylon. She 'has sent to the bottom the Brit ish steamer? ChTTkan, Troilus, Benmohr and Clan Grant and the dredger Pon rabble, bound for Tasmania. r i%« Brit ish steamer Exford was captured by tlhe Einden. GERMANS ABANDON DIXMUDE AFTER BIG ARTILLERY DUEL London, Oct. 21, 4.40 A. .\T. The Germans in force attacked French posi tions during the night of October 1617 says the "Times" Dunkirk correspond ent. telegraphing Tuesday. "The assault began about midnie'ht. large numbers of infantrv advanced against t!he trenches outside the town. The troops holding them were outnum bered and compelled to retire on the town, where they 'hold on grimly in t)he outskirts. "Reinforcements arrived aibout dawn, when a counter-attack was delivered' and -with the help of the artillery fire the Germans were driven back and the trenches won again. During the course of tihe day the heavy artillery duel continued with t<he result that the Ger mans withdrew from Dixmude." LOSS OF NATIONS IX WAR WITH GERMANY PLACED AT 750,000 Berlin, Oct. 21, by Wireless.—The military expert of the "Kreutz Zei tung" estimates the losses of the French, the British, the Russians and the Belgians, in killed, wounded and prisoners at least three quarters of a million men. Allied Front Withstands Attacks London, Oct. 21, 10.10 A. M.—The Bordeaux correspondent of the "Star" sends the following: "On Tuesday the Germans made an other great effort to burst the narrow ing circle, of steel that is hemming them in. They tried vainly at no few er than six points to discover a weak spot on the allied front, the main effort being made at La Bassee." No Important Changes, Says Berlin Berlin, Oct. 21, by Wireless to Say ville. —According to information given out in Berlin to-day there has been no change of importance in the military positions on wings or in the center of the western theatre of the war. SAWIRS.CARffIAN WITH A REVOLVER AFTERSHODTING Negro Maid Gives Evi dence Damaging to Woman Accused of Killing Mrs. Bailey SWEARS ACCUSED SAID: "I SHOT HIM" I Servant Also Asserts That Doctor's Wife Exclaimed, "Oh Celia, What Did I Kill That Woman For? I Hope God Will Forgive Me" By Associated Press. Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 21.-i-Celia Cole man, the negro maid in the Carman household and star witness for the ; State, testified to-day at the trial of | Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, accused of the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, that Mrs. Carman had appeared, revol ver in hand, a moment after Mrs. Bail ey had been shot, and said: " 'I shot him.' " Celia thought Mrs. Carman referred to her husband, Dr. Carman. "The next morning about daylight Mrs. Carman came to mv room," Celia continued. "She said, 'Oh, Celia, what did I kill that woman for? I hope God will forgive me. You stick to me and if anything happens to you I'll take care of your little boy.' " Under the questioning of District Attorney Smith, Celia told her story as follows: Negro Maid's Story of Murder "I am from Charleston, S. C. I went to work at Dr. Carman's May 18, 1914. On the night of June 30, I served din ner at 6.45 o'clock. After dinner I started to wash the dishes. "While 1 was washing the dishes, Elizabeth, —Mrs. Carman's daughter,— came into the kitchen. Soou afterwards Mrs. Carman came in. She wag dressed in a kimono aud had a shawl around her neck. She tolch Elizartiettt to go back into the house. Then Mrs. Carman went out the back door. A minute later 1 heard a crash of glass and the report of a pistol. Mrs. Carman came in the door again. | "1 was standing in the door between j the pantry and the kitchen. She said Continued ou Fourth Paxe WINTER WARM! MISSING | Burglar Outfits Himself in Store of A. Garner to the Extent of SIOO Worth A burglar with a 6 7-8 head, a thir ty-seven chest measurement and a weakness lor four-in-hand neckties out fitted himself iu the haberdashery of A. Garner, 1209 North Third street, during the wee small hours this moru ing. A little thing like the lai\k of money did not hamper this burglar, who went into the Garner store by prying open a j shutter at the rear of the store and then pried off some iron bars on the in side of the window. One hundred dol lars worth of vanished clothing and furnishings this morning bore evidence of his visit. The thief took a new blue serg e suit, thirty-seven chest measurement; a bal macaan light overcoat, a chinchilla overcoat, a raincoat, a brown felt hat, size 6 7-8; two sweaters, blue and ma roon with shawl collars; six four-in hand neckties and several of the latest round-cornered collars. It was quite a haul and to get away more easily he packed his winter ward robe into two suitcases from the stock and a handbag which is the personal property of Mr. Garner. He then made his escape from the window through which he gained entrance. The shoes to complete the outfit were stolen from a nearby store several weeks ago, prob ably by the same thief. In the chap ter of petty robberies committed recent ly this has been the greatest haul. WORK ACAIN FOR 500 IN Central Iron & Steel Company Will Re sume Operation of Three Mills on Monday Three of the four plate mills of the Central Iron & Steel Company, which have been idle during the last few weeks, will resume operations 011 Mon day, giving employment to 500 more men, both a night and day force. Em ployes said they had been so informed to-day. Efforts were made to have the report officially confirmed but communication with the receivers of the company could not be established this afternoon. The report was confirmed, however, from several unofficial sources. The mills to start working Monday are the Universal and No. 2, bridge plate being the product of the former and boiler plate the latter. No. 2 will, it is ex plained, actually constitutes two mills in itself. It was said among plant employes tbat a number of small orders will be worked out. IST AWARDS 111 81l CONTEST Many Persons Entered Letters Choosing the Most Liberal Offer on Page of Ads. 3 PRIZES FOR BEST REASONS Winning Communications Written by Fannie Maugans, E. P. Ochs and j Mrs. A. A. Poist Were Judged on j Merits of Subject Matter The first, awards for the three best letters submitted in the Star-Independ ent's Bargain and Educational Cam paign are to-day announced by the Bar gain Editor as follows: First prize, $3, Fannie Maugans, 623 Dauphin streeit; second prize, $2, E. P. Ochs, 1251 Walnut street, anil third prize, sl, Mrs. A. A. Poist, 1813 North Sixth street. From the appearance of the first page of bargains ia3t Wednesday until the c.lose of the contest last Monday noon many letters were received giving selec tions of what the writers considered ■the greatest bargain on the page, and stating reasons for the dboice. The widespread interest which has been Nhown in the contest has been very sat isfying. The prize-winning letters were se lected by the judges without knowledge of the names of the writers, and pen manship and grammatical construction were not taken into account in making the selections. The winning letters give concise and logical reasons why the j writers consider certain offers of local j merchants the best bargains on the bar- ! gajii and educational page,.and accord-1 ing to the judges are lore convincing ! in tone tftian other entries. The letters winning the prizes are as follows: Letter Winning First Prize "Bargain Editor: "Dear Sir— '' 1 consider B. B. Drums ' advertise ! ment, the best because bargain price is convincing without printing the regular valw# for ctMnparidom; because it is not.{ an advertised saving, but an actual sav-1 ing at a reduction of 20 per cent.,' proved by a comparison of market prices; bocauso his advertisement tells; he has a bargain; his selling price; proves it is a bargain; ho gives his ar ticles standard as 'fresh pork,' 'the! best sauerkraut,' ' Mity-Nice Bread' and the regular value has not been over-1 rated witlh a view of making the spe- j cial price appear to be a greater reduc-1 tion; also because he has told all that; was necessary and has made his adver- i tisemcnt attractive by paying fqr! enough space to properly display it. "Fannie Maugans." Letter Winning Second Prize "Bargain Editor: "Dear Sir— "Pomeroy's bargain of 15 pounds j of sugar for SI.OO. The above bargain 1 I consider the best on your "Bargain! i page," for the following reasons: The' | majority of people deal by book or j I credit system, buying sugar in small j Continued on Pace, TO FILL CAPS JN PARKWAY : Plans Are Started to Effect a Complete Loop About the City—Mr. Manning Departs Warren H. Manning, of Boston,! Mass., Harrisburg's landscape archi- j tect, who was here on a three-day park I inspection trip, departed for his home last evening. By the time he visits Harrisburg again, which will be some j time next winter, it is believed the j Park Department will have acquired j the ground necessary to complete the' link in the Harrisburg parkway from j tho intersection of the Cameron park- i way with the poor house lane around 1 the city to the intersection of Beily j street with Paxton creek. Herman P. Miller has offered to the city a plot in the vicinity o£ Prospect Hill cemetery; the Dull estate, owning adjoining laud, has made a similar of-i fer, and negotiations are now under: way for acquiring land owned by Bel- j let Lawson and the Rutherford estate, j After acquiring this ground and a ! small strip north of the city, officials j will turn their efforts toward opening j the parkway from Iron avenue to Cam eron street. Then there will be a con-1 tinuous parkway loop around the city, j Mr. Manning yesterday afternoon j conferred with officials of the Pennsyl-! vania railroad as well as the State Water Supply Commission regarding features of the proposed improvements, although no definite action was taken it being decided first to prepare plans of the proposed South Harrisburg park way, snowing just what the city de sires. HOPES TO ADJOURN SATURDAY Congress Still Hanging Fire on Differ ences in War Revenue Bill Washington, Oct. 21.—After a con ference with President Wilson on dis puted points between House and Sen ate on the war revenue bill, Bepresen tative Underwood and Senator Sim mons took under consideration a ten tative proposal to reduce the Senate >ax of $1.75 a barrel on beer and to restore the House tax on gasoline. Both leaders were hopeful of an agreement and that Congress would ad journ Saturday. GOES TO COURT ON J STRETCHER Boy, 13. Testifies; While Reclining Flat: on His Back in Alder* j man's Office ACCUSED MAN HELD FOR COURT Jacob Albitz Charged With Having Given Beer to the Youth—Child Was Burned July 8 and Will Have! to Undergo Skin Grafting After being confined to his lin) for j sixteen weeks suffering from terrible 1 burns as the result of an explosion of ! fireworks in his trousers pocket, Paul L. .Erb, 13 years old, 236 Charles! street, was taken from his bed on a: stretcher in an ambulance this after noon to be the principal witness in Al derman Murray's lourt in a case against Joseph Albitz, 27 years old, of Enterline, who is charged "with having provided the ;boy with liquor. Wihen the ambulance arrived at the Alderman's office policemen lifted' the stretcher on which the boy lay and j PAUL L. ERB, la YEARS OLD i Boy Who Went in Ambulance To-day to Testify in Liquor Case I carried the youth into the building, j The stretcher was placed on chairs in front of the Alderman's desk and young Erb gave his testimony from his reclining position. Erb was visiting the Albitz farm, he testified, and was given beer and wine. I He said it was given to him to make him rest easier because of the pain ' from the burns, principally at night. Information made by Constable j Grove charged Joseph Albitz with fur j nishing liquor to Krb on July 3. It j waß on that day thnt the boy was car j rying a pocket full of "sparklers," | when an older companion ignited them. I The boy was terribly burned about the right hip before tiie lire was extin ■ guished. It was two weeks before the ! boy was removed to his home in this i city. Alderman Murray held Albitz in j S3OO bail for court. Bail was entered (following the hearing. A large part of Erb's wound has j failed to heal properly and a skin- I grafting operation has been declared I necessary. Dr. David I. Miller, the j attending physician, has decided to per i form this operation next week at the I Iboy's home. Stewart Forney, a friend j of the burned boy, will permit some of ■ his cuticle to be transferred to the : burned surface. About 80 square inches will have to be taken from For j ney's body. The trip to t'he Alderman's office on j a strete.her did not endanger the boy's | chances of recovery, according to the : physician, and on request of Alderman Murray and the bov'a relatives the po- I lice ambulance was pressed into service | to haul the 'boy to and from the office. | BEBKL OUTBREAK PIT DOWN Head of Revolutionists in Portugal Has Been Arrested By Associated Press. Lisbon, Portugal, via London, Oct. 21, 12.37 P. M.—A revolutionary out break in the cities of ißraganza and IMa'fra under the leadership of Adriano IBeca, a former colonel, lias been prompt ly put down, according to official an nouncement made to-day. Beca has been arrested and a band of the revo lutionaries who went from 'Mafra are being pursued 'by the troops. Beyond the cutting of the telegraph wires and the stopping of trains, noth ing seems to have been accomplished. Pardon Board Decisions The Board of Pardons this after noon held the case of Mike Peterson, convicted as a Aim Hammer, under ad visement. A pardon was denied Flor ence Wilson, charged with keeping a disorderly house and pandering. Ray Timberlanke, charged with burglarly, was pardoned. POSTSCRIPT PRICE. ONE CENT. PUS SWEEPING COOK 10 THE Mll9O Li Committee of Third Class City League Is Here Considering Urging Amendments A CITY MANAGER MAY BE FAVORED Under This Plan the Commissioners Would Have Only Legislative Duties—Proposed Also to Give Mayors Power to Fire Policemen Radical revision of the Clark eotn mission ii rm of government act, under which Harrisburg and all other third class cities of the State are now an.l have been governed since the first Mon day of December, last, was being con sidered by a special committee of the League of Cities of the Thiid CI as.-, which wont into session in the Court House here this afternoon at 1.30 0 'clock. The committee is composed of lb city solicitors of the third class cities of the State and includes also Mayor John K. Royal, of Harrisburg; Mayor William J. Stine, of Erie; Mayor Wil liam Ward, Jr., of Chester, and Mayor Ira VV. Htratton, of Reading. The session this afternoon was the committee's first since the convention of representatives of cities of the third class, held during the summer, and it was not thought likely any final action wquld lie taken before adjournment of to-day's meeting. Some members of the committee are of the opinioD that the work of formu lating proposed changes,—-which of course must be submitted to and sanc tioned by the next Legislature,—could be accomplished more expeditiously ! through the appointment of a sub-com j iniLtee of three or five, whose sugges tions should first be approved by the i general committee before being submit ted as recommendations to the Legis lature. The City Manager Idea Under tentative plans, committeemen said, the object of the committee is to , rid the Clark act of ambiguities and j conflicting sections and also to effect such changes as will better apportion Continued un Fourth Vngr. WITHDRftWINGU.S. FORCES Mexican National Convention Approve! Plan of American Consul Silli man and General Aguilar By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 21.—The Mexican j National convention at Aguas Calientes j has approved the arrangement made by 1 American Consul Silliman and General Aguilar for withdrawing American forces from Vera Cruz. (ieneral Carranza is expected to issue ' a proclamation giving guarantees to | citizens of Vera Cruz who have served I the United Stateß. i The convention granted all the re | quests made by the American govern i meut as prerequisite to the withdrawal v !of the troo[ s. The United States ; asked that customs duties collected dur ! ing the American occupation, as well j as local taxes, should not be reimposed j and that the Mexicans who had served I the United States in a civil capacity I and all clericals should be given every protection. The American government, it is un derstood, however, will not order with | drawal of the troops or ships until Gen- I eral Carranza has formally issued his ! proclamation. There were some intima tions that < arranza's authority to issue I the manifesto might be doubted by.the Villa faction and some pronouncement I from the convention might be made in | its place. TRUANTS IN SUiEIDE PACT Fejir of Punishment for Playing Hookey Probably Drove Lads to End Lives in Tragic Manner By Associated Press. Freeland, Mich., Oct. 21.—Albert I Woodruff and Lloyd Pierce, aged 10 j and 12 years respectively, are dead as j the result of a double attempt at sui cide last night caused, it is believed, i fear of punishment for having played | liookoy during the afternoon. | The boys failed to appear at their i homes for supper and when inquiries revealed that they had not been at school during the afternoon searching parties were organized and for three hours men with lanterns patrolled the nearby woods and river banks. In the meantime the boys had been seen hurrying back toward their homes and a bystander informed them of the commotion their disappearance had caused. Ten minutes later two shots were heard. The lads were found lying side by side in front of the Pierce home. Each had a bullet wound in his forehead and a small revolver clutched in his hand. They were hurriedly taken to a hog pital in Saginaw, but efforts to save their lives failed.
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