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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.